Release Date: Sept. 6, 2019Platform: XBO (reviewed), PCDeveloper: The CoalitionPublisher: MicrosoftGenre: Third-person Shooter If 2016’s Gears of War 4 was the Star Wars: The Force Awakens of the franchise, a sequel hellbent on feeding our nostalgia for the original, then Gears 5 falls squarely in The Last Jedi territory, a follow-up that branches out from an established
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Droids is a tragically forgotten piece of Star Wars culture. Taking into account that the show has basically been disowned, in part because it’s incredibly dated, this cartoon about two droids wandering around desert planets getting into trouble isn’t likely to get the acclaim it deserves anytime soon. Which is funny. Droids happens to be an influential
Michael Clayton and Nightcrawler producer Jennifer Fox has made a deal with Euphoria‘s production company, A24, to develop a new adaptation of Ursula Le Guin’s best-selling Earthsea books for TV (via Deadline). Fox was originally looking at turning the Earthsea series into a string of films, but has changed direction to target the small screen.
Nintendo will no longer release classic games (which now include NES and SNES titles) on a monthly basis via their Switch Online Service. The news initially appeared on Nintendo’s Japanese website, but it gradually spread to their US site and other outlets. In a statement to Vooks, Na Nintendo representative said that they do intend
This Killjoys review contains spoilers. Killjoys Season 5 Episode 8 “How exactly do you plan on turning these violent felons into freedom fighters?” Let’s be honest; “Don’t Stop Beweaving” probably doesn’t make the list of best Killjoys’ episodes. That said, as usual, there’s still a lot to like about a chapter that flounders a bit
Shared universes are apparently no longer restricted to Marvel and DC blockbusters, at least that’s the notion streaming service Hulu was embracing last December, when it started plans for television series adaptations of multiple John Grisham novels. That’s right, folks, Hulu was conceiving a live-action franchise that was to be called The John Grisham Universe!
PlayStation is releasing a series of special edition covers designed to celebrate some of the PS4’s best exclusives. It’s called the Only on PlayStation collection, and so far it includes Spider-Man, God of War, Bloodborne, Shadow of the Colossus, The Last of Us Remastered, Horizon Zero Dawn, The Last Guardian, Ratchet and Clank, Uncharted 4,
The gravity-abused life of iconic stuntman Evel Knievel (1938-2007) will be chronicled by USA Network, which has ordered a limited series, titled Evel. Milo Ventimiglia, who currently stars on NBC television drama This is Us (which manifests under the same corporate umbrella as the cable channel), will play the eponymous daredevil on USA Network’s Evel,
This article is presented in partnership with Leftfield Media and Big Easy Con. It isn’t enough to throw a party in New Orleans; it has to be done the right way, in a style befitting the Crescent City. And that’s a big part of why the Big Easy Con pop culture event by Leftfield Media
Steve Mayles, the creator of the Banjo and Kazooie characters, spoke via Video Game Chronicles about how pleased he is that the characters have been added to the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate roster. “Now they have returned in Smash, I’ve been surprised by the reception,” says Mayles. “Part of it is being away for so
This Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance review contains no spoilers, except for some information that was presented in the series’ trailers. It is based on all ten episodes of the debut season. While it earned a modest profit during its original 1982 theatrical run, The Dark Crystal never lived up to the high expectations that
Margaret Atwood’s classic dystopian novel The Handmaid’s Tale was released in 1985 and was adapted into a TV series for Hulu in 2017. Atwood’s long-awaited Handmaid’s Tale sequel, The Testaments, will be released on September 10, 2019. It definitely won’t take 32 years for that to be adapted. Deadline reports that MGM TV and Hulu
Deadly Premonition 2 was quietly confirmed during the loaded Nintendo Direct that also featured Overwatch, the Jedi Knight games, and SNES games coming to Switch Online. While it may not be quite as high-profile as some of those announcements, the fact that we’re getting a sequel to Deadly Premonition is one of the most pleasant surprises
Disenchantment Season 2 (or, as it’s being billed, “Part 2,”) is coming to Netflix very soon! Netflix was apparently enchanted enough with Disenchantment, since it gave the Matt Groening animated series an early order for Season 2 of the series, also setting up a release strategy that will see episodes released all the way through
Superpowered stories tends to focus on the external powers more than the internal when it comes to powers. Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound. Sometimes you gotta run before you can walk. You wouldn’t like me when I’m angry. (Bruce isn’t talking about the emotional repercussions of pissing someone off here.) Enter The
At the Gamescom 2019 conference in Cologne, Germany, precisely 237 days prior to the release of Cyberpunk 2077, Den of Geek was ushered into a darkened cinema to watch close to 45 minutes of gameplay from CD Projekt Red’s upcoming sci-fi RPG. With one member of the development team playing the game live and another
Amazon’s mysterious – purportedly billion-dollar-budgeted – Lord of the Rings TV series will take place before the events of Peter Jackson’s movies. Setting the tone for the prequel to J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy, the first two episodes will be directed by J.A. Bayona, who helmed Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, as the latest news
“A fairy tale has a way of getting into your head,” promises the new Gretel & Hansel trailer. “Even before you hear it.” Directed by Osgood Perkins (The Blackcoat’s Daughter, I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House), the upcoming adaptation of the classic cautionary story from the Brothers Grimm looks like it
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is currently in the middle of its run of DLC, which is an exciting guessing game because you never know who’s joining the fight next. They can be from any game! So far we’ve already seen the Piranha Plant from Super Mario Bros., Joker from Persona, Hero from Dragon Quest, and
The Toys That Made Us Season 3 is coming soon, set to dispel the whole “8-part documentary series” mandate from its theme song. Indeed, the success of Netflix’s incisively entertaining toy industry series made it too good to keep in its proverbial packaging, leading the way for Season 3 to tackle more toy titans. Seasons
Here at Den of Geek, we love a good space opera: that delightful subgenre of science fiction that combines action, adventure, romance, and melodrama and sets it all in space. Between now and the end of 2019, fans of space opera have a lot to look forward to. Whether or not you’re excited about the
Kotaku is reporting that Overwatch is coming to the Nintendo Switch later this year. The site claims that sources have informed them that the rumors of Overwatch coming to Nintendo Switch are true and that Nintendo should formally announce the port during their Direct stream later today. Information leaked from retails suggests that it will
It’s no accident that Stephen King is one of the most heavily-adapted writers in horror movie history. From horror gross-outs and intense psychological thrillers to far-out sci-fi romps and ambitious horror epics like It Chapter One and Chapter Two, there’s a King movie or TV show for everyone. It certainly helps that King is also
A good adaptation will make you reexamine (or reevaluate) the source material. This is why Doom Patrol will endure as a great TV show. It revelled in its comic book-iness in a way that no other comics TV show would ever dare, and amplified the things about the comics that made them so unique. Gerard
Actor and former WWE star Dave Bautista will appear in Gears 5 as a special playable character who is scheduled to be added to the game on September 15. Bautista confirmed his appearance in the game by sending out a tweet that included the words “It’s about damn time.” That’s seemingly a reference to his vocal
Those who subscribe to the theory that there is Too Much TV™ will find some powerful evidence in the upcoming fall tv season. In fact, call this Fall 2019 TV Preview “exhibit A” in The People v. Content. Even with beginning after Labor Day this upcoming TV season is absolutley massive. From Kurt Sutter’s SAMCRO
We are in a new age of Stephen King adaptations, with dozens of novels and stories from the legendary author being developed for the screen as either movies, limited series or ongoing TV shows. One of the best to come out of the gate so far was director/co-writer Andy Muschietti’s 2017 adaptation of King’s mammoth It – or rather, half
Popular streamer Ninja has caused the quite the stir by joining World of Warcraft Classic and playing World of Warcraft for the first time. Twitch streamer TimTheTatMan and fellow streamer members of his WoW guild spoke to Tyler “Ninja” Blevins this morning and convinced him to hop on their WoW server after much speculation regarding
This The Terror review contains spoilers. The Terror Season 2 Episode 4 The Terror: Infamy finally starts to come together as a horror show in “The Weak Are Meat,” a grotesque episode that sees several characters fall victim to the yurei haunting Chester Nakayama and the rest of the Terminal Islanders. While the horror continues
Robotech: Remix is fast approaching and fans are beyond hype. Following up on the events of Robotech: Event Horizon, Robotech: Remix will shift the focus onto Dana Sterling, the main character from the Masters Saga of the franchise. This is the first time in quite a long time a Masters character has gotten the spotlight