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1 CommentWatch Pokémon Go interrupt an ISIS briefing at the State Department
A State Department spokesman was delivering the daily briefing to a group of reporters when he called one out for playing Pokémon Go, CNN reports.
"You're playing the Pokémon thing right there, aren't you," spokesman John Kirby said, interrupting himself in the middle of an update about ongoing efforts by the anti-ISIS coalition to fight the terror group.
"I'm just keeping an eye on it," the reporter responded.
After finishing the briefing, Kirby looked back at the reporter to ask if he got one.
"No, no the signal’s not very good," the reporter said.
Kirby responded "I'm sorry about that."
Yes, Kirby. KIRBY!!!!
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5 CommentsIron Fist gets first look at San Diego Comic-Con
Marvel and Netflix premiered the first teaser for Iron Fist, one of several upcoming dramas coming soon to the streaming platform. Watch above to see the hero's debut, which first premiered during a panel today at San Diego Comic-Con.
Iron Fist stars Danny Rand, a wealthy Buddhist monk-turned-martial arts master. After a four-year disappearance, Rand takes on crime in New York City — where he'll inevitably meet the rest of the Marvel television universe.
Next up for Rand, in fact, is The Defenders, a crossover that will team him up with fellow Netflix heroes Jessica Jones, Daredevil and Luke Cage. All four will work together to protect New York from evildoers. Marvel debuted a short clip of the series at its Comic-Con panel today, alongside new footage from Luke Cage and confirmation...
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10 CommentsDaredevil is coming back for season 3
Netflix and Marvel announced that Daredevil season three is on the way during a panel at San Diego Comic-Con today. The superhero series' third outing is "coming soon," as revealed in the short clip above.
Daredevil stars a blind superheroic fighter based out of Hell's Kitchen in New York City. The first season premiered in 2015 to critical acclaim. Season two debuted this past March, introducing the Punisher, who will soon star in his own show.
There's more for Daredevil planned, however. Marvel's upcoming series The Defenders will have him team up with Jessica Jones, star of her own Netflix show, along with Luke Cage and Iron Fist. The latter two will also star in shows on the streaming platform, and Luke Cage got a new trailer during the same Comic-Con panel where Daredevil's third...
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6 CommentsMarvel's The Defenders gets first teaser at San Diego Comic-Con
Marvel will bring The Defenders to Netflix in 2017, but the new series received its first teaser trailer today during San Diego Comic-Con. Watch above for a mysterious taste of what's to come from the superhero series.
Fans of other Marvel collaborations like Jessica Jones and Daredevil will recognize those series' logos appearing during the one-minute video. The drama will bring them together to fight crime, and they'll be joined by fellow Netflix stars Luke Cage and Iron Fist in the fight.
Luke Cage received a new trailer of his own during a Comic-Con panel held this afternoon. Most viewers will already recognize him from Jessica Jones, where he played a pivotal role.
Netflix and Marvel are working hard to bring the comic book company's connected universe to the smaller screen....
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3 CommentsWatch the latest Luke Cage teaser straight out of San Diego Comic-Con
The cast and crew of Netflix's upcoming Luke Cage series premiered a new trailer tonight at San Diego Comic-Con 2016. You can watch that above to see the show in action for the first time since this past March.
Luke Cage stars the titular superhuman who fights crime in New York City. Surrounding him are Harlem-based police detectives Misty Knight and Rafael Scarfe, the villainous Cottonmouth and others who are determined to find out the truth about his past — or bring him down.
Also set to make an appearance is the Punisher, who will star in a Netflix show of his own. That series is currently in production, the crew behind Luke Cage revealed during the Comic-Con panel.
Luke Cage first appeared in Jessica Jones, a Marvel and Netflix collaboration that premiered last November. That...
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2 CommentsWorld of Warcraft will get an audio drama leading in to new Legion expansion
Today at a San Diego Comic-Con panel titled "Warcraft: The Road to Legion," Blizzard Entertainment announced a new media platform it will be exploring for its World of Warcraft franchise. Beginning Aug. 1, the publisher will launch an audio drama titled Tomb of Sargeras, which will blend iconic music and sound effects from the series with prose.
Serving as a setup to the upcoming World of Warcraft: Legion expansion pack, Tomb of Sargeras will tell the story of how the orc warlock Guldan opens up portals to Azeroth, allowing an army of demons to journey through and attack the planet. It will play out over the course of four episodes that will be available free in podcast format.
The podcast feed for Tomb of Sargeras is now available to subscribe to on iTunes and other popular podcast...
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5 CommentsWatch 12 minutes of Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare campaign gameplay
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare opens with a devastating attack on Geneva, and you, as Capt. Nick Reyes of the United Nations Space Alliance, must lead your squad through the city and then into space as you fight back against the Settlement Defense Front. You can see that sequence in a 12-minute gameplay video that developer Infinity Ward showed today at San Diego Comic-Con.
The footage comes from the beginning of Infinite Warfare, and is called "Black Sky." After the SetDef’s surprise assault on Geneva, Capt. Reyes and his crew encounter mechanized SetDef soldiers. Then they get the call to go airborne, and they hop into fighter jets that they fly straight upward — from the streets of Geneva to the black sky hundreds of kilometers above the Earth. In space, the UNSA squad takes on the...
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12 CommentsAmazon's revival of The Tick looks weird, debuts in August
Amazon Studios’ reboot of The Tick is coming to Amazon Video next month, along with two other comedy pilots, and our first glimpse of Peter Serafinowicz’s take on the character is, well, interesting.
The new Tick will be a live-action show, just like the short-lived Fox series from 2001. Both shows, as well as the 1994 animated series, are based on the comic book character created by Ben Edlund in 1986. Edlund is an executive producer on the Amazon revival, along with Barry Josephson and Barry Sonnenfeld; all three were executive producers on the original show 15 years ago.
Here’s the synopsis of The Tick from Amazon:
In a world where superheroes have been real for decades, an underdog accountant with zero powers comes to realize his city is owned by a global super villain...
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10 CommentsOverwatch's latest patch brings Ana to PS4 and more
Overwatch players on PlayStation 4 can now play support sniper Ana Amari through a patch released today. If you've done your homework, you'll know that Ana is one of the original members of the Overwatch strike team and also Pharah's mother.
A number of hero balancing updates have also been rolled out; self-healing abilities now charge ultimate attacks. This, however, means that the cost for ultimates has been adjusted accordingly per character. Mercy's Resurrect ability, for example, will need to charge 30 percent more than before. The long-awaited D.Va update is also included. This adds an invulnerability to her own Self-Destruct and a one-second cooldown for her Defense Matrix.
Similar to last week's MOBAwatch Brawl, Competitive Play matches will now allow your team only one of...
Hey Arnold! movie will premiere on Nickelodeon next Thanksgiving
Hey Arnold! creator Craig Bartlett has announced that the newest movie based on his beloved cartoon series, Hey Arnold! The Jungle Movie, would debut next Thanksgiving.
On a San Diego Comic-Con panel celebrating 25 years of NickToons, Bartlett said that they've started production on the film and showed off some of the concept art. Slight changes have been made to Arnold and his crew to modernize their looks — the last time Hey Arnold! had something new was in 2002 for the Hey Arnold! film — but Bartlett said he thinks fans will get a kick out of just how meta the movie is.
"It's very meta and it answers just about every fan question I've ever gotten from fans over the years," Bartlett said. "The biggest question the movie will answer is who Arnold's parents are and what happened to...
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0 CommentsOverwatch comics and art books to be published by Dark Horse
Dark Horse Comics and Blizzard Entertainment are joining forces to publish a series of works centering around the wildly popular first-person shooter, Overwatch.
Blizzard has already released eight digital comics that revolve around specific characters like new support sniper Ana Amari and bounty hunter McCree. A number of these have been republished by Dark Horse, and are already available through their digital comics platforms.
Fans can also expect a 100-page hardcover graphic novel that details the story of the original Overwatch strike team in April 2017. That same year will also see the release of The Art of Overwatch, which will contain never-before-seen concept art.
More comics are currently in production with Dark Horse, with others slated for additional release some time...
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4 CommentsPro gamers called out in latest CSGO betting site controversy (correction)
Several members of FaZe Clan, a hugely popular professional gaming team known for playing shooters, have been called out for a lack of disclosure on promotional videos for gambling site CSGO Wild. YouTuber HonorTheCall compiled evidence pointing to a previous obfuscation of the group's relationship to CSGO Wild in the video above, much of which has been addressed in a statement by the sponsor, which is set to shut down operations at the end of the week.
Among those involved are Noran "FaZe Rain" Shat, according to HonorTheCall, who previously helped expose YouTubers Trevor "Tmartn" Martin and Tom "Syndicate" Cassell as having an undisclosed stake in a site they promoted. Until recently, some of Shat's videos of his CSGO Wild winnings lacked notice that they had been sponsored by the...
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14 CommentsNecropolis will see major changes in response to reviews and criticism
Necropolis, the new Dark Souls-inspired roguelike, will receive considerable updates after receiving criticism for some of its key game elements, according to a post on Steam by developer Harebrained Schemes.
Many reviewers, including Polygon’s own Philip Kollar, were disappointed by the glib and unhelpful item descriptions, lack of variety in environment, enemy design and combat. In an attempt to address all of these issues and more, Harebrained Schemes has promised to add new content to the game within the next few weeks at no extra cost to the player. The developer stated in their forum post:
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3 CommentsSonic the Hedgehog ✕ Hello Kitty = adorable
Sega and Sanrio have teamed up with Toynami to merge the characters of Sonic the Hedgehog and Hello Kitty for an adorable collaboration. Sonic the Hedgehog X Sanrio toys and plushes, which are on display at Toynami’s San Diego Comic-Con booth this week, show off just how well hedgehogs, kittens, echidnas and penguins combine.
The Sonic the Hedgehog X Sanrio collaboration includes a series of 3-inch blind box PVC figures, 6-inch plush toys and larger "deluxe" plush toys. The lineup includes Sonic the Hedgehog/Hello Kitty, Knuckles/Badtz-Maru, Tails/Chococat and Amy Rose/My Melody.
The Gold Sonic/Hello Kitty you can see in the gallery below is a Comic-Con exclusive and limited to 1,000 pieces.
Sonic the Hedgehog X Sanrio toys launch this fall. Prices range from $9.99 from $29.99.
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11 CommentsTelltale details The Walking Dead's third season in new screenshots
Telltale’s The Walking Dead returns this fall for its third season, and the studio is designing it to work just as well if you’re new to the series as if you’ve played everything to this point, the company said during a Comic-Con International panel today.
Now known as The Walking Dead: The Telltale Series, the game picks up with our hero, Clementine, in her early teens — and missing half of her left ring finger. She is one of two playable characters, along with a new survivor named Javier. Telltale noted in a press release that "you may not be playing each character within the same frame of time."
Just like Clementine was Lee Everett’s ward in the first season of the game, she is now protecting a young boy named A.J. People who have played Season Two will recognize A.J. as the son of...
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