Netflix kicked off its big Geeked Week live show with quite a reveal: Miya Cech will be playing Toph Beifong in Season 2 of its live-action Avatar: The Last Airbender adaptation.The reveal was accompanied by a short video that focused on Toph, showing her feet before launching into an Earthbending move. The video also confirmed that Avatar: The Last Airbender Season 2 has officially started production.Meet Toph, played by Miya Cech in Avatar: The Last Airbender Season 2. #GeekedWeek pic.twitter.com/2WJ3wBlCZf— Netflix UK & Ireland (@NetflixUK) September 20, 2024 While we've met plenty of Avatar's important characters in Season 1 of the live-action series — including Aang, Katara, Sokka, Zuko, and even Azula — Toph wasn't introduced until Season 2 of the animated sh…

Netflix reminded everyone that it was making a Magic: The Gathering animated series during its avalanche of Geeked Week Live 2024 announcements, showing off just a single image to give proof of life. Yes queen, give us nothing. It's pure speculation – we've only got that title card to work with – but the bulky figure on the right has to be Planeswalker warrior Ajani Goldmane, while the glow in the hand of the smaller character could signify that it's pyromancer Chandra Nalaar. It’s happening! Netflix’s MAGIC: THE GATHERING animated series is now in production from showrunner Terry Matalas in partnership with Hasbro Entertainment and Wizards of the Coast. #GeekedWeek pic.twitter.com/6502FcslqO— Netflix Geeked (@NetflixGeeked) September 20, 2024 Originally announced as a…

During Netflix's Geeked Week live event, the streaming platform revealed an "inside look" at One Piece Season 2 and, at first glance, it was just a mere behind-the-scenes clip of a table read. But watch until the end, and you'll get something fans have been clamoring for: a first look at Tony Tony Chopper.You can watch the first look below.Come along for the very first One Piece Season 2 table read with Iñaki Godoy 🏴‍☠️ #GeekedWeek pic.twitter.com/dUH4nybHQT— Netflix (@netflix) September 20, 2024 There's not a ton we can glean from this, but it looks like they're taking an approach similar to the live-action Sonic the Hedgehog movies. We can just see Chopper's furry hat and antlers, and it could be something of a live-action/CGI mix (but mostl…

Transformers One isn't in theaters until later this week, but franchise producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura is already looking toward the series' next moves.Di Bonaventura provided a few updates in a recent interview with Collider, teasing his plans for the series in both live action and animation. As for the latter, di Bonaventura says they're planning on a sequel to Transformers One, depending on its success at the box office, and it will "exist completely separately to whatever we do live-action." The first animated Transformers movie in more than 40 years is currently tracking for a decent debut in the $30 million range domestically, according to Deadline. On the live-action front, di Bonaventura confirmed that the next live-action Transformers film, following Rise…

While it’s not yet known which villains will appear in The Batman 2 – save for the return of Colin Farrell’s Penguin, but more on that in a bit – the makeup designer who brought both Penguin and Barry Keoghan’s Joker to the big screen in The Batman shared his thoughts with IGN about how realistic versions of “weird” characters like Clayface or Two-Face could be brought to life within Matt Reeves’ Batman Epic Crime Saga.While there have been several incarnations of Clayface (who IGN ranked 73rd on its list of the Top 100 Comic Book Villains), the character’s clay-like, grotesque physical appearance and ability to shapeshift have largely remained consistent since the first Clayface, Basil Karlo, appeared in 1940. While such a fantastical ability and countenance may not seem…

Microsoft has announced the Xbox Game Pass September 2024 Wave 2 lineup, taking subscribers up to the end of this month.Just three games are listed as coming during September’s second wave in Microsoft’s Xbox Wire post, two of which are PC-only strategy games that launch day one on Game Pass, the other a turn-based strategy game released last year. Wargroove 2 (Cloud, Console, and PC) hits Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass on September 19; PC strategy game Frostpunk 2 releases as a day one title straight into Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass on September 20; and Ara: History Untold on PC launches straight into Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass on September 24.Wargroove 2 is Chucklefish’s Advance Wars-style strategy sequel released in 2023. IGN’s Wargroove 2 review returned a…

It's been nearly 100 years since Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy first teamed up and changed cinema forever. What better way to put the spotlight back on these two comedy legends than with a new line of action figures?That's what Wandering Planet Toys aims to do, with the company's latest crowdfunding campaign featuring two versions of the Laurel and Hardy figures – one in color and one in period-appropriate black and white. IGN can exclusively reveal the first image of the black and white versions, as well as a new Laurel and Hardy lunchbox set. Check them out in the slideshow gallery below: …

Sony has released a significant update for the PS5 that adds a Welcome hub, Party Share, and more new features. Unfortunately the update does not add themes or folders, two of the most-requested features from PS5 owners.VP of product management at Sony Interactive Entertainment Hiromi Wakai unveiled PS5 system software update 24.06-10.00.00 on the PlayStation Blog, with its patch notes, below, published to the PlayStation website.The Welcome hub is a new personalized space with customizable widgets and backgrounds in your PS5 home screen. Welcome hub is a reimagined version of the Explore tab, Wakai said, which was previously only available in the U.S. It will roll out globally over the next few weeks, starting today for select players in the U.S.…

Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead has revealed the PC and PlayStation 5 co-op shooter's next Premium Warbond, dubbed Chemical Agents, alongside a September 19 release date.While Chemical Agents does not include any new weapons, it adds two stratagem variants — the TX-41 Sterilizer, which lets you spray a gas at the Terminids and Automatons, and the Guard Dog's ‘Dog Breath,’ which is a corrosive gas sprayer — and, in keeping with the alien exterminator theme, the G-4 Gas grenade, which covers the whole area in a cloud of noxious fumes.Explaining the decision to include new stratagem variants but no new weapons, Katherine Baskin, social media and community manager at Arrowhead, said in a post on the PlayStation Blog: “Adding stratagem variants to Warbonds is new with Chemi…

Elden Ring developer FromSoftware has released a patch that makes a number of significant balance changes to the base game as well as DLC expansion Shadow of the Erdtree.Update 1.14, out now for Elden Ring across PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X and S, and PC via Steam, brings bug fixes and a long list of balance adjustments, including changes to the rock hard final fight in Shadow of the Erdtree that make it easier.Elsewhere, there are PvP-exclusive balance adjustments, general balance adjustments, and various fixes, including for unstable performance. Check out the patch notes below, courtesy of publisher Bandai Namco.…