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Every Game on Kingdom Hearts: The Story So Far Review
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This morning Square Enix announced a new Kingdom Hearts compilation coming to PS4 at the end of this month.
The Kingdom Hearts: The Story So Far collection is a combination of Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5+2.5 ReMIX and Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue, which themselves are made up of different Kingdom Hearts games. We’ve put together a slideshow of every game review for every game featured in the Kingdom Hearts: The Story So Far collection.
WWE Super Show-Down 2018: Live Match Result Updates
WWE is taking its show on the road for Super Show-Down, a special PPV. It is taking place, today, at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne, Australia and is airing live on the WWE Network. Super Show-Down started at 7 PM AET, which is 2 AM PT, 5 AM ET and 10 AM PT, so it’s a very early show and many people may be skipping out on watching live. Don’t worry though, we have you covered.
The Australian event will have 10 matches over the course of the evening, four of which will be title matches. The main event of the evening will be none other than The Undertaker vs. Triple H, who have had a longstanding rivalry over the course of 20 years in the company. Additionally, Charlotte will get a rematch against Becky Lynch for the Smackdown Women’s Championship and Ronda Rousey joins the Bella Twins to take on the Riott Squad.
There is no Kickoff Show for the event, so the 5 AM ET start time is when the main card will begin. Check out the match card below, as well as the start times for different time zones.
The matches may not happen in the order listed. In case you’re not caught up, don’t worry; we put the final results in spoiler blocks.
Super Show-Down Match Card
- Cedric Alexander (c) vs. Buddy Murphy (Cruiserweight Championship)
- Asuka & Naomi vs. The IIconics
- The New Day (c) vs. The Bar (Smackdown Tag Team Championship)
- Daniel Bryan vs. The Miz
- John Cena & Bobby Lashley vs. Kevin Owens & Elias
- Becky Lynch (c) vs. Charlotte Flair (Smackdown Women’s Championship)
- Ronda Rousey & The Bella Twins vs. The Riott Squad
- AJ Styles (c) vs. Samoa Joe (WWE Championship)
- The Shield vs. Braun Strowman, Dolph Ziggler, & Drew McIntyre
- The Undertaker vs. Triple H
Super Show-Down Start Times
- 7 PM AET
- 10 AM BST
- 5 AM ET
- 4 AM C
- 2 AM PT
Main Card
The New Day (c) vs. The Bar (Smackdown Tag Team Championship)
New Day wins by pin at 9:38
Becky Lynch (c) vs. Charlotte Flair (Smackdown Women’s Championship)
Charlotte wins by DQ at 10:36. Becky Lynch retains the title.
John Cena & Bobby Lashley vs. Kevin Owens & Elias
Match in progress
Updating
Best NYCC 2018 Cosplay — Spider-Man, X-Men, Doctor Who, More (Day 2)
New York Comic-Con 2018 Day 2 is officially complete and we saw a lot more cosplayers on the show floor. Here is everyone we were able to meet during Day 2. We will continue to keep adding pictures throughout the weekend. Be sure to keep checking back.
There was even more comic book representation on the second day. We ran into a whole new Spider-Squad, this one composed of the best-dressed Spider-People we’ve ever seen. We also saw a trio of captains–two Captain Americas and one Captain Marvel. The X-men couple Rogue and Bandit were in attendance as well, and we also spied The CW’s Green Arrow, Netflix’s Matt Murdock and Elektra, Marvel’s Dr. Strange, and DC Comic’s Joker, Harley, Poison Ivy, and Catwoman.
In terms of video game and movie characters, we teared up a little when we saw Destiny 2’s Cayde alive and well, and then we had to crane our necks to take in Transformers’ Bumblebee. The newest Dr. Who was also at NYCC, and we also met Avengers: Infinity War’s Black Widow and Nier: Automata’s 2B and 9S.
Day 2 of NYCC had plenty of trailers too. The new extended look of the upcoming Aquaman is probably our favorite, as it provided our first good look at Black Manta in action and Aquaman donning his comic book gold and green suit. We also saw teases for plenty of Netflix series, including The Dragon Prince Season 2, Daredevil Season 3, and Umbrella Academy. We also got to hear the cast of Starz’s American Gods talk about Season 2 and watch the premiere of DC’s Titans.
New York Comic-Con 2018 runs from October 4 to October 7. We’ll be writing up our impressions of what we see and hear all weekend long.
New York Comic-Con 2018 Coverage
Netflix’s Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Casts a Spooky Spell
These are our spoiler-free first impressions of Netflix’s Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, which debuted its premiere episode at New York Comic Con. All episodes will be available to stream on Netflix beginning Oct. 26, when we’ll have a full review.
Much like Riverdale put a new spin on teen high school dramas, Netflix’s Chilling Adventures of Sabrina will completely change your perception of Sabrina Spellman (Kiernan Shipka) – at least if you grew up with the wholesome teenage witch portrayed by Melissa Joan Hart in ABC’s TGiF lineup.
Here, Sabrina’s spells involve Latin incantations rather than pithy poems, Salem the cat isn’t a sassy puppet (although we kind of wish he was), and the leader of the witches isn’t Penn Jillette, but the devil himself (there’s a whole lot more Satanism in this show than you might’ve been expecting). Of course, for fans of the Archie Comics title of the same name (written by showrunner Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa) none of this will seem shocking at all – and viewers who dig the tone of this wicked teen tale will probably want to rush out and stock up on reading material.
Dark Phoenix: This Is How Jean Grey Becomes the Phoenix
Fox brought the next X-Men movie, Dark Phoenix, to New York Comic-Con to show off new footage, and writer-director Simon Kinberg, stars Sophie Turner and Tye Sheridan, and producer Hutch Parker were also on hand to discuss the film.
The team debuted a 14-minute sequence from Dark Phoenix which shows the X-Men’s trip to space and how Turner’s Jean Grey becomes the Phoenix. Spoilers for the scene follow, but note that it takes place early in the film.
Check out the first trailer for Dark Phoenix below, and keep reading for a breakdown of the footage:
The sequence began with a space shuttle launch — don’t forget, this film is set in the 1990s. But there’s some kind of mysterious disturbance on NASA’s monitors, and the shuttle crew loses communication with Mission Control. They’re in danger, and back at the X-Mansion Professor Xavier and Beast are watching the news of the space accident. Xavier asks if the upgraded X-Jet can make it up to space, and Beast discourages this notion. But then the president himself calls — there’s an X-Phone in the Oval Office! A black phone with a big X on it! — and the decision is made to attempt a rescue.
Mortal Engines At NYCC: The First 30 Minutes Is Pure ’80s Adventure Nostalgia
Those attending the Mortal Engines panel at the Hulu Theater at New York’s Madison Square Garden were in for a huge treat on Friday afternoon. Before the cast and minds behind the upcoming December movie came out to talk to the audience, moderator Andy Serkis (Lord of the Rings, War of the Planet of the Apes) announced they’d be watching the first 30 minutes of the film. Don’t worry, this is spoiler-free.
Mortal Engines takes place in the far future where modern technology as we know it has been destroyed and morphed into a steampunk-like world, where giant, moving cities traverse through Europe looking for other cities to eat, in order to use the eaten city’s structures to power their gigantic machines to continue the hunt.
The story and world–based on the novel of the same name by Philip Reeve–is bonkers, to say the least. The viewer is thrusted into this very different universe where the rules of our world barely apply. It’s doesn’t have an exceptionally high concept, but at first glance, everything is pretty confusing. Luckily, the world, its rules, and just what happened to the Earth more than 500 years earlier are incredibly fascinating and something ultimately more interesting than the character’s stories. The digital effects looks good from what the audience saw. Nothing was muddled or hard to read on the big screen. When you see a giant city that eats other cities, the effects and design makes sense and comes off looking great.
Where the opening act of this movie shines is in the fact that it feels like you’re watching a classic fantasy/sci-fi adventure film from the ’80s. The mobile towns and cities and overall feeling of this world are reminiscent of something Terry Gilliam would have come up with, like Time Bandits or “The Crimson Permanent Assurance.” While Mortal Engines takes itself a bit more serious than Gilliam’s work, it does have that odd world-building sensibility where the viewer simply has to accept what’s happening with the hopes of things being explained later on. For some viewers, this may be a tad tough to swallow, but immersing yourself into this world sooner rather than later is a better way to go.
However, the most jarring part of the opening scenes isn’t the gigantic city of London travelling at what looks like to be 100 miles per hour, preparing to eat a small town, it’s jumping from that high action sequence to meet the cast of characters. We’re introduced to Thaddeus Valentine (Hugo Weaving) who is the main antagonist of the film and seemingly in charge of London, trying to shape the world in his image. In the books, he’s the Head Historian. There is also his daughter, Katherine (Leila George), young historian Tom Natsworthy (Robert Sheehan), and the vengeful Hester Shaw (Hera Hilmar). There is a lot being tossed at the audience in the first half and hour through world-building, history of the world, and characters and their development. It’s borderline sensory-overload, but it’s still fun.
We’re still a few months off from Mortal Engines, as it won’t hit theaters until December 14. However, the movie looks promising, even if it doesn’t seem to have mass appeal, those much more apt to check out something with a heavy fantasy/sci-fi bend. It feels like watching something from your childhood, something with a great sense of adventure and wonderment, caked around a traditional “get the bad guy in power” story. Just make sure to prepare yourself for a concept that is a bit out there.
Assassin’s Creed Odyssey Skills Guide: Combat Tips And The 12 Best Abilities To Unlock First
As you play Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, you’ll inevitably come across several battles and conflicts that’ll test your wits and reflexes. As a Spartan-turned-mercenary/proto-Assassin, you’ll need to rely on every tool at your disposal to fight against the warring armies and mysterious cults that seek to take over Ancient Greece.
Like last year’s Assassin’s Creed Origins, Odyssey blends together RPG elements within the framework of an open-world action-adventure game, allowing you to explore and uncover resources at your leisure, while strengthening your character in the areas that you wish. However, the level of customization for your character in Odyssey is far more flexible, giving you more room to specialize the protagonist across several different archetypes.
Centering around the Warrior, Hunter, and Assassin archetypes, these areas are tied to melee, long-range, and stealth respectively. Each archetype possesses its own set of abilities and passive skills that add new options for you to take advantage of, many of which can be used in clever ways for some effective combos. With the amount of skills to choose from, you’re free to respec your character at any time, allowing you to rebuild them to make a stronger and more refined adventurer.
In this feature, we’ve come up with several tips to help you out in battle, and along with our selection of the most useful abilities to overcome the deadly foes of Ancient Greece. Of course, this is all spoiler free, and only focuses on the core skills that can be unlocked from general progression. For more info on the series’ new entry, check out our full Assassin’s Creed Odyssey review along with our look back on every Assassin’s Creed game we’ve reviewed over its 11-year history.
Robin Actor Says Batman Is a Killer in DC’s Titans
While talking to IGN about his role in the upcoming live-action Titans show on the DC Universe subscription service, Dick Grayson/Robin actor Brenton Thwaites explained that it was Batman’s murderous methods that drove Robin away, which is why the show finds Robin fighting crime solo in Detroit instead of Gotham.
“Batman is a killer and Robin wants to get away from that,” Thwaites said. “The idea is that he doesn’t want to become a killer himself. And although these guys that he’s fighting are bad and they deserve, you know, they deserve what he’s dishing out, it seems, he believes that when you kill someone you crossed the line and you become almost as bad as them, so it’s pretty clear in the series that he was with Batman, Batman crossed the line and he was teaching me to do the same thing, and he’s trying to break away from that.”
How Star Wars Resistance Is Intended to Set Up The Force Awakens
It’s one of the trickiest balancing acts of extending the Star Wars universe: how do you give the audience something that feels fresh and original, but still completely immersed in all the aspects of the galaxy far, far away that fans have loved for over four decades now? In that respect, Star Wars Resistance is hoping that the Force will be with it – in a brand new way.
Resistance is the new Disney Channel animated series debuting October 7th that, in the tradition established by the fan-embraced, critically hailed series Star Wars: The Clone Wars, hopes to expand and deepen the established mythos. Like Star Wars Rebels, it desires to establish a new group of characters that viewers can invest in. And Resistance enters with a couple of its own distinct characteristics: its visually arresting cell-shaded animation style is in a more anime tradition than its CG-rendered predecessors, and it’s the first series set just prior to the events of the third Star Wars trilogy kicked off by Episode VII: The Force Awakens – six months prior, to be specific.