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.…
Space Marine 2 has its first patch following its record-breaking launch, but don’t expect big changes — those are coming in a larger update due later in September.Publisher Focus Interactive announced that a small hotfix (hotfix 2.1) is out now for the Saber Interactive-developed Warhammer 40,000 action game across PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X and S (check out the patch notes below).It focuses on crashes and bug fixes, with a PC-only optimization for behavior on high-end CPUs thrown in. The big, hotly anticipated patch that Focus has already confirmed adds the much-needed ultrawide support and private PvE lobbies is due out later this month.…
Michael B. Jordan has reportedly been tapped to direct and star in Amazon MGM Studios’ The Thomas Crown Affair.Details on Jordan’s second directing gig come from Deadline, which says he picked up the job following the announcement that he would appear on screen in 2016. The Black Panther and Creed actor will also produce through his Outlier Society banner alongside Elizabeth Raposo. Amazon has plans to bring The Thomas Crown Affair to theaters globally, though no release date has been shared yet.Michael B. Jordan. Image credit Jun Sato/WireImage.The Thomas Crown Affair’s origins in film date back to the '60s with Steve McQueen and Faye Dunaway’s movie of the same name. It follows the titular Thomas Crown (McQueen), a wealthy businessman who orchestrates an impressive heist but…
Sony has quietly bumped up the price of the standard PlayStation 5 DualSense controller worldwide.Despite no public announcement from the company, myriad retailers including Sony's own PlayStation Direct increased the price of all DualSense colorways by $5 today, September 9, 2024. Target, Best Buy, and Amazon all saw the price rise too.The standard DualSense in White, Starlight Blue, Galactic Purple, Cosmic Red, Midnight Black, and Gray Camouflage now costs $74.99 instead of $69.99, while the more expensive colors including Sterling Silver, Cobalt Blue, and Volcanic Red have increased to $79.99 from $74.99.…