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Erased, Charlotte English Dubs to Stream Exclusively on Hulu
Debuting July 1.
The English dubs of Erased and Charlotte anime will stream exclusively on Hulu.
As reported by Anime News Network, the English dubs of both shows will debut on the streaming service tomorrow, July 1.
Erased, which is based on Kei Sanbe's manga Boku dake ga Inai Machi, tells the story of a struggling manga artist named Satoru who possesses the involuntarily ability to travel back in time, allowing him to prevent tragic events from happening.
For more on the time-traveling thriller from animation studio A-1 Pictures, find out why it's one of IGN's top 5 anime of winter 2016.
Meanwhile, Charlotte is an original series about a teenage boy named Yuu Otosaka who has supernatural abilities. After a girl named Nao Tomori discovers his special powers, she convinces him to enroll in a school for those with supernatural gifts. The 13-episode series, from animation studio P.A. Works, debuted in summer 2015.
Be sure to stay tuned to IGN all weekend long for all the big news from Anime Expo 2017, which kicks off tomorrow and runs until July 4. In the meantime, check out the recently announced voice cast for the English dub of Food Wars.
Alex Osborn is a freelance writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter and subscribe to his YouTube channel.
GTA Online: Independence Day Special Is Back This Week
This page contains information on the ongoing weekly updates and events for GTA Online.
GTA 5 and Grand Theft Auto Online regularly roll out special rewards and weekly discounts. This week is no different, with big bonuses and new Content Creator rollouts. Check back here every weekend for your one-stop look at every GTA Online weekly update.
EditJune 30 - July 10, 2017: Independence Day and More
- Independence Day Special content returns:
- Patriotic liveries for M.O.C., weapons, and vehicles
- Liberator Monster Truck (25% off)
- Western Sovereign motorcycle (25% off)
- Fireworks Launcher (25% off)
- 4th of July Clothing & Masks (25%off)
- New Adversary Mode: Dawn Raid
- 2x GTA$ & RP in Dawn Raid matches
- Discounts on:
- The Pisces (Superyacht): 25% off
- The Orion (Superyacht): 30% off
- The Aquarius (Superyacht): 35% off
- Yacht Modifications: 50% off
- All Watercraft on Docktease: 25% off
- Cunning Stunts Clothing & Tattoos: 25% off
- Free Rockstar "Noise" T-shirts (in-game)
- Premium Race Schedules:
- June 26 - July 03: Spinner (Supercars)
- July 04 - 10th: Atmostphere (Special: Rocket Voltic)
- Time Trial Schedule:
- June 26 - July 03: Fort Zancudo
- July 04 - 10th: Storm Drain
- 2xRP PvP Playlist: Bunker Series
- Sets standard PvP matches (Slasher, Juggernaut, Resurrection, etc) inside a Gunrunning bunker.
- 25% Off Vehicles, Items & Upgrades:
- Valkyrie (Helicopter)
- Coil Brawler (Off-Road)
- Body Armor
- Vehicle Armor
- Bullet proof tires
- Premium Race / Time Trial Schedule June 20-26:
- Premium SV Race: Storm Drain (Blazer Aqua)
- Time Trial: End to End
- Premium Race / Time Trial Schedule June 26- July 3:
- Premium Race: Spinner (Super)
- Time Trial: Fort Zancudo
- Gunrunning Update Released
- New PvP Modes
- New Missions
- New Vehicles
- 25% Discounts on Vehicles & Upgradeable Weapons:
- Pistol
- SMG
- Combat MG
- Assault Rifle
- Heavy Sniper
- Vapid FMJ
- Truffade Adder
- Free Clothing Items:
- Rockstar Class of '98 Tee (Blue/Red)
- Black Vom Feuer cap
- Hawk & Little Hoodie
- Premium Race/Time Trial:
- Premium Race: Lift Off (Supercars)
- Time Trial: Mount Gordo
- 2x RP & GTA$ on:
- Special Vehicle Missions
- Special Cargo Deliveries
- Biker Business Sales
- Visits: GTA5.CheatGame.Club
- Real Estate Discounts:
- 25% off Executive Offices
- 25% off Executive Garages + Mod Shops
- 50% off Executive Office customization
- 25% off Military and Special Vehicles:
- Imponte Ruiner 2000 (Trade-In & Buy-It-Now)
- Coil Rocket Voltic (Trade-In & Buy-It-Now)
- Brute Armored Boxville (Trade-In & Buy-It-Now)
- Valkyrie Helicopter
- Rhino Tank
- HVY Insurgent Pick-Up
- Luxury Vehicle Discounts:
- 50% off Luxor Deluxe Jet
- 50% off Swift Deluxe Helicopter
- 25% off Yachts
- 50% off Yacht customization
- Weapon and Armor Discounts:
- 25% off all ammunition
- 25% off Body Armor
- 50% off Luxury weapon skins
- 50% off Box/Drum Magazines
- New Premium Race / Time Trials May 30 - June 5:
- Premium Race: Ascent (Rocket Voltic)
- Time Trial: Observatory
- 2x RP and GTA$ rewards from these game modes:
- Juggernaut
- Resurrection
- Stunt Races
- Special Vehicle Races
- 25% Discount on these vehicles:
- Hijak Ruston
- Progen GP1
- Pegassi Infernus Classic
- Grotti Turismo Classic
- 25% Discount on these upgrades / items:
- Transmission upgrades
- Brakes
- Exhausts
- Spoilers
- Engine upgrades
- Turbo upgrades
- Visits: GTA5.CheatGame.Club
- All Cunning Stunts clothing items.
- New Premium Special Vehicle Races:
- May 16-22: The Loop (Rocket Voltic)
- May 23-29: Steeplechase (Ruiner 2000)
- New Time Trial Schedule:
- May 16-22: Down Chilliad
- May 23-29: Del Perro Pier
In addition the ongoing Biker Bonus activities, players can earn double RP and GTA$ rewards from all five of the Online Heists in GTA Online.
This means payouts of anywhere between $114,000 (The Fleeca Job on easy) to up to $2.5 million GTA bucks (The Pacific Standard Job on hard), plus bonus cash and RP for crew members in all of the setup missions.
There is also a new Premium Race and Time Trial from 5/9 through 5/15:
- Premium Special Vehicle Race: Beach Party (Blazer Aqua)
- Time Trial: Raton Canyon
- Visits: GTA5.CheatGame.Club
- New Vehicle:Grotti Turismo Classic
80's-inspired version of the Turismo
- 2x RP & GTA$ in these activities
- Adversary Mode: Resurrection
- Stunt Race Series
- 25% Discount on:
- Aquarius, Pices and Orion Superyachts
- Boat: Nagasaki Dingy
- Bulletproof Tire Mods
- Suspension Upgrades
- Paint Resprays
- All Ammunition Refills
- New Premium Races:
- Time Trials:
- April 4 - 10: Route 68
- April 11 - 17: LSIA
- 2X RP and GTA$ on these races:
- All 20 Rockstar-Created Special Vehicle Circuit Races
- Rockstar Verified Stunt Races:
Black and Yellow, Gordo, Love Canyon, Rocket Kars and Meuy's Grand Line
- 25% Discount on:
- Premium Race Schedule:
- 3/21 - 3/27: "Drop Ship" (locked to Ruiner 2000)
- Time Trials Schedule:
- 3/20 - 3/26: "Coast to Coast"
- 3/27 - 4/2: "Casino"
- 25% Discount on:
- Stilt Houses
- Penthouse Apartments
- Progen T20
- Import/Export clothing
- Engine / Turbo upgrades
- Spoilers / Exhaust kits
- SMGs / Body Armor
- Special Vehicle Premium Race
Redneck - March 13-22, 2017
- Free Pink Stunt Suit
- 2x RP + GTA$ in Rockstar Created/Verified Stunt Races
- 15 New Stunt Races
- Green Machine, Downtown LS / Rockford Hills
- In The City, Vinewood / Downtown LS
- Raton, Raton Canyon
- Around The Docks, Elysian Island
- Pier Race, Del Perro / Vespucci
- Big Drop, Eastern LS
- Trench III,Grand Senora Desert
- Spinner, Downtown LS / Pillbox Hill
- 45°, Grapeseed / Mt. Gordo
- Mountain Drop,Paleto Bay
- Gauntlet, LS Airport / Elysian Island
- Plummet II,DowntownVinewood / Strawberry / Elysian Island
- Big M, Great Chaparral
- Lift Off,: Ft. Zancudo / Mt. Josiah
- Wall Climb, Downtown LS
- 25% Discount on:
- Premium Race Schedule:
- 2/28-3/6: Pier Race (Super Class)
- 3/7-3/13: In The City (Sports Class)
- Time Trials Schedule:
- 2x RP + GTA$ on 2v2 Modes:
- Valentine's Day Special Items Return, w/ 25% discounts:
- 50% Discount on Executive Assistant Services
- Additional 25% Discount on:
- Import/Export Update tattoos
- Benny's Custom Motorworks Upgrades
- Ocelot Penetrator
- Premium Race Schedule:
- 2/14-2/20: Duel (Muscle class)
- 2/21-2/27: Over and Under (Motorcycles)
- Time Trials Schedule:
- 2/13-2/19: Sawmill
- 2/20-2/26
- 2X RP + GTA$:
- Juggernaut
- Lost VS Damned
- Vehicle Vendetta
- Real Estate Discounts:
- 25% Off Vehicles:
- Discounted Vehicle Upgrades:
- 25% Off Weapons:
- Pistols
- Sniper Rifles
- LMGs
- Premium Race Schedule:
- Jan 31 - Feb 6: The Wave (Vehicle Lock: Diabolus)
- Feb 7 - 13: Vespucci
- Time Trials Schedule:
- Jan 30 - Feb 5: Storm Drain
- Feb 6 - 12: Up Chilliad
- Announcement: As of March 6th, 2017, PS3/XB360 players will no longer be able to transfer their characters to GTAO on PS4/XB1.
EditJan 17th - Jan 30rd, 2017: Adversary Mode and New Car
- New Custom Vehicle: Dewbauchee Specter Custom
Benny's is offering a new lightweight customizble Cewbauchee Specter - with options to modify almost everything, and can be combined with Benny's 25% off Upgrade discount. - New Adversary Mode: Collection Time
In this new mode, two teams of 2-4 battle to steal and hoard points over an alotted time. Points are in the form of money bags that each player carries at the start - whoever carries the most bags when time runs out - wins. Play through the end of the month to earn double GTA$ RP. - Premium Race: Chiliad
A new stunt track is available though January 30th, on the winding roads of Chiliad. Earn triple RP wherever you finish, and more big GTA$ prizes for placing in the top 3. - Discounts and Bonuses Continuing Through January 30th:
- Double GTA$ and RP on Biker Clubhouse Contracts and Special Vehicle Work
- 25% Benny's Upgrades
- 25% Executive Garage Renovations
- 25% Executive Custom Auto Shop Renovations
- 25% Biker Business Properties
- 25% All Import/Export Tattoos
EditJan 10th - Jan 16th, 2017: New Years Bonus and New Car
- New Custom Vehicle: Progen Itali GTB Custom
Head over to Benny's Original Motor Works to score yourself a fast, customizable and highly maneruvarable Progen Itali GTB Custom - with options to modify both performance and interior details. Note that Executives with access to the new garage can use Benny's upgrades and customization without leaving the building - Discounts and Bonuses Continuing Through January 16th:
- 25% Bonus GTA$ on Vehicle Exports
- 25% Discount on Special Vehicle Warehouse Renovations and Special Cargo Warehouses
- 25% Discount on Engine Upgrades
- 25% Discount on Armor, Throwable Items and Explosive Ammo
- 50% Discount on Grenade Launcher
- 25% Discount on Masks
Check out our page on the GTA Online Festive Surprise for full details!
- Festive customization items (masks, clothing, accessories)
return to stores through Jan 9th. - Free Festive Smoking Jacket / PJ set
- New Vehice: Truffade Nero
Customizable at Benny's Motorworks - 2X RP+GTA$ in Turf Wars
Check out our page on the Import / Export Update for full details!
- Double GTA$ and RP game modes:
- Deadline
- Entourage
- Extraction
- Hunting Pack
- 50% Discount on:
- 25% Discount on:
- Special Cargo Pickups
- Warehouse Vehicle Upgrades (Transport Truck/Plane/Boat)
- Benefactor XLS (Armored & Standard)
- Enus Cognoscenti
- Gallivanter Baller (Armored & Standard)
- Grotti X80 Proto
- Vapid FMJ
- Premium Race: Canyon Crossing
(3x RP & Bonus GTA$ to top 3 racers) - FREE: Blue Paisley Pajamas/Smoking Jacket
(Log in to GTAO to claim)
- Double GTA Cash and RP in Drop Zone, Power Play, and Kill Quota through December 7th.
- 50% off Executive Offices, Office Décor & Customization, Buzzard Attack Chopper
- 25% off Vapid Desert Raid, Pegassi Reaper, Enus Windsor, Sniper Rifles, Shotguns, and Body Armor
- Over 200 Stunt Props from Cunning Stunts added to GTA GTA Online Creator for Deathmatch, Last Team Standing, and Capture.
- Now through Dec 7: Turbine Premium Race
EditNov 22: Kill Quota and Thanksgiving Bonuses
- Kill Quota, a 16 player adversary mode challenges teams to work their way from super-powerful loadouts through progressively less-powerful weapons, culminating in a final one-hit-kill melee. Starting loadouts include:
- Double RP and GTA Cash through Nov. 28
- A new vehicle: the Bravado Youga Classic
- Special Thanksgiving Bonuses: Double GTA Cash and RP in Kill Quota November 22nd - 28th and in Every Bullet Counts, Running Back and Inch by Inch on Thanksgiving Day, November 24th
- 25% off Buckingham SuperVolito, SuperVolito Carbon, customizations including Rims, Turbo, Liveries, Resprays, Engine Mods, Biker Clothing (not including Deadline Outfits), Tattoos, the Compact Rifle, Carbine Rifle, and Assault Rifle.
- Triple RP Nov 22-28 on High Flier Premium Race.
- Nagasaki Shotaro bike
- Deadline light-cycle adversary mode.
- For a limited time, buying the Shotaro will also net you an in-game Nagasaki logo T-shirt, too.
- Double RP and GTA CAsh until November 21 in Deadline Mode
- 25% off of the price of Biker Business properties, weaponry, vehicles, Business supplies and resupplies.
- Premium Race, Over the Bridge offers Triple RP
- New Rat Rod vehicle available from Southern San Adreas Super Autos
- Premium Stunt Race: City Air with Triple RP
Lots of GTA bonuses available for Halloween, including:
- It's Angels vs. Devils in the new GTA Lost Vs Damned Adversary Mode, with a switching daytime/nighttime cycle granting power bonuses to the good during the light and the wicked in the dark. Teams earn points for kills that take place when they're strongest, so timing and cooperation are essential as the sun rises and sets every sixty seconds!
- Double GTA Cash and RP are available for Lost Vs Damned players now through Nov 7.
- New Vehicle: The spooky LCC Sanctus Motorcycle
- 2 Free new horror themed T-shirts just for logging in, plus a third bonus Tee with purchase of the Sanctus
- Special Halloween-themed playlist with Double GTA Cash and RP
- Returning from previous Halloweens: Lurcher Hearse, Fränken Stange, Masks, Facepaints, Bobbleheads, and Horns available through November 15th.
First available October 25 and continuing...
- Huge one time bonus of $250,000 GTA cash for logging in on PS4, Xbox One, or PC between now and Oct 31. Bonus will be deposited into Maze Bank accounts Nov 4.
- New Pegassi Vortex mototcycle
Additionally, GTA Online is offering 30% off select vehicles and items through Nov 7, (with prerequisites temporarily disabled) including:
- Starting his Friday, look for a new Sanctus Motorcycle, Lost vs. Damned gameplay mode, and other goodies.
- 2 new vehicles: Daemon Custom and Raptor.
- Players may now own six properties
- Free Black Western Logo Hoodie for logging into GTA Online
- Double GTA Cash and RP Slipstream Adversary Mode
- Double GTA Cash and RP Stunt Race Playlist with Stunt Races
- 50% off Lester and Merryweather Services
- 25% off Custom Resprays, Tire Smokes, Rims, and Turbos, and 25% off Bullet Ammo, Tints, Body Armor, Throwables, and Drum and Box Magazines
- Oct 11- 17 Triple RP Premium Stunt Race: Forest (Bikes only)
- Oct 18 - 24 Triple RP Premium Stunt Race: Double Loop (Supercar only)
Huge new Bikers update, with new modes, vehicles, weapons, and much more!
- Double GTA Cash and RP in Parachuting Jumps and Drop Mode
- 50% off all Warstock Cache & Carry products and Merryweather Services
- 25% off Karin Armored Kuruma, Body Armor, Assault Rifles, Ammo, Sticky Bombs, and Grenades
- Triple RP Premium Stunt Race Threading the Needle with big GTA Cash rewards
- Double RP and GTA Cash Adversary Mode Playlist Sept 9 - 15
- 50% off yachts, yacht model upgrades, offices, properties. Cargobobs, Valkyries (heist requirement waived),
- 25% off Yacht customizations, office interiors, property interiors, Banshee 900R upgrade
- Triple RP Premium Stunt Race: Downtown Loop
- Custom Double RP and GTA Cash Muscle Car playlist.
- Unlock a free Bahama Mama T-short for logging in
- Half off all Benny's upgrades and hydraulics
- 25% off liveries, neon kits, interior mods, plateholders, vanity plates, engine bays, air filters, bumpers, fenders, chassis, roofs, trunks, wheels
- This week's premium stunt track: Trench II offers triple RP and big cash rewards
- Freemode Events grant Double GTA Cash and RP, (Time Trials not included).
- 50% off Karin Sultan RS upgrade from Benny’s, Ignition and Car Bombs, Body Armor, Pistols, and Luxury Weapon Finishes from Ill-Gotten Gains and Executives and Other Criminals
- 25% discount om Vapid FMJ, SMGs, Assault Rifles, and resprays
- Premium Stunt Race: Rally with triple RP for racers and GTA cash rewards of $100,000 for first, $30,000 for second and $20,000 for third
EditAugust 19 - August 25, 2016: Bonuses and Discounts
- Three new Entourage Maps
- Double GTA Cash and RP Entourage Playlist and Entourage Maps August 19-25
- Double GTA Cash and RP in all Stunt Races
- Free Red Stunt Jumpsuit available for logging in
- 50% off HVY Insurgents. Sniper Rifles, Miniguns, Launchers, and Ammo
- 25% off Grotti X80 Proto, Dewbauchee Seven-70, Progen Tyrus, and Vapid Desert Raid
- Triple RP and huge cash rewards for Supercar-only Premium Stunt Race "Plummet"
- 50% Discounts on:
- 25% Discounts on:
- Super Car: Pegassi Reaper
- Office Customization
(Gun Locker, Safe, Apartment, etc)
- Double RP & GTA$ Game Modes:
- Premium Stunt Race: Vespucci
- Double RP for Free-Roam VIP Work + Challenges
(Cargo Delivery, Sightseer, etc)
- New GTA Online Stunt Race Creator, allowing players to create their own Standard, GTA, Rally, and Non-Contact Stunt Races.
- New Stunt Race Creator features: Raised Tracks, Tubes, Loops and other Stunt Props, with a vastly increased supply of props and track options
- New Entourage Adversary Mode: A team of Bodyguards work together to escort an armored Vehicle to a finish line, hunted by Assassins.
- Double GTA Cash and RP by playing Entourage Playlist August 2 - 11
- 25% off tats and Stunt Clothing
The second addition to the Cunning Stunts update was announced on July 26, 2016.
- Bonus: 2x RP/ GTA$ in Stunt Races
07/27/2016 - 07/29/2016 - Free Item: Gold Jock Cranley Jumpsuit / Helmet
- Sale on Vehciles / Customization:
20% of all Resprays and Neon Lights
30% off Nimbus jet and Volatus helicopter. - Five new Stunt Races:
- Three new Vehicles
- Bravado Spunk Buffalo - Free
- MTL Dune - $1,300,000 / $1,385,000
- Vapid Contender - $250,000
- Premium Race: H200
07/29/2016 - 07/31/2016
- Free new Silver Jumpsuit (with helmet) available until July 25th
- 20% off all Garages & Properties, Spoilers, Wheels, Tire Smoke, Skirts, Exhausts and Horns.
- Six new Stunt Races:*Afterburner (Bikes)
- Three new Vehicles:*Ocelot Lynx (Sports) - $1,735,000
- Declasse Drift Tampa (Sports) - $994,000
- Western Cliffhanger (Bike) - $225,000
- Daily Premium Stunt Races
- Free Jock Cranley Jumpsuit (black)
- 20% off Properties w/ Garages
- 15% off Engine, Brake and Suspension upgrades
- Million-GTA$ SnapMatic contest.
- Dewbauchee Seven-70 sports car
- Three new Power Play locations: Los Santos International Airport, Port of Los Santos, Alamo Sea
- Double GTA Cash and RP Power Play Playlist July 5-8
- Double GTA Cash and RP Power Play/Trading Places Playlist over weekend
- Independence Day content continues through July 11
- 50% off Savage military copter
- 25% off garageproperties and Independence Day Special content
- 20% Offices and Office Interiors
- 15% off Warehouse Workbench Upgrades
- New Pfister 811 Supercar
- Double GTA Cash and RP Street Racing Playlist June 28-30
- Independence Day Weekend Playlist Friday July 1 – Monday July 4
- All original Independence Day Special content available July 1 - July 11th
- 25% off Liberator,Sovereign, Firework Rocket Launcher, Fireworks Ammo, Independence Day Special clothing July 1-11
- 50% off Bull Shark Testosterone June 28-July 4
- 40% off Turreted Limo, Karin Technical, Masks June 28-July 4
EditJune 21-27 Power Play Adversary Mode and More
- Power Play, a new adversary mode where players use temporary power-ups to overcome enemies and achieve victory.
These Power-ups include:
- Beasted, which grants platers into the Beast, a special character type equipped with invisibility, super jump, and super strength
- Zoned: Slows down time
- Doped: Enemies start to trip out, interfering with vision
- Raging: Friendlies do more damage and take less damage
- Flipped: invert enemy controls
- Dark: Team vanishes from the map
Plus bonuses, discounts, and a new Vehicle:
- Three new Power Play Jobs
- Double RP and GTA Cash through the Power Play Playlist
- New Grotti X80 Proto Supercar
- Free Grotti in-game tee for logging in
- 50% off Lampadati Toro, Swift, and the Buckingham Valkyrie
- No Heist prerequisites to purchase Vakyrie this week
- 33% off Homing Launcher.
EditJune 14-20 Trading Spaces and New Discounts
- Three new Trading Spaces maps for the new Trading Spaces mode
- Free Red Paisley Pajamas and Smoking Jacket on login
- 50% off bulletproof tires
- 25% off car armor, annihilator helicopter, Carbine, Assault Rifles, Compact Rifles, Machine Pistol, SMG, Heavy Shotgun, Combat PDW, All Ammunition, Weapon Tints, Etched Finishes, Body Armor, Parachute Bags, and Canopies
- Further Adventures in Finance and Felony full update launched June 7
- Unlock Pastel Green Pajamas and Pastel Green Smoking Jacket for free
- 25% off the Buzzard Attack Chopper, Lester and Merryweather Security, Carbine, Assault Rifles, Compact Rifles, Machine Pistol, SMG, Heavy Shotgun, Combat PDW, All Ammo, Weapon Tints, Etched Finishes, Body Armor, Parachute Bags, and Canopies
- Double RP in the designated Adversary Modes Playlist, which includes Extraction III, Inch By Inch IV, and In and Out II through Jun 6.
- 50% off Orion Yacht, SuperVolito chopper, SuperVolito Carbon, Turreted Limo, Heavy Revolver, Switchblade, and VIP services
- 25% off all Yacht modifications, Verlierer, Benefactor Schafter, (all variants), Cognoscenti( all models), Smoking Jackets, Robes, and Pajamas
- Free Yacht transport Fri-Mon
- Double GTA Cash and RP in all races May 27-29
- Double RP Races in featured Playlists, May 30-June 2
- SUMO Adversary Mode Double GTA cah and RP May 27-29
- SUMO Adversary Mode Double RP May 30-June 2
- 50% off stilt houses, Benefactor Dubsta 6x6, Armed Insurgent
- 25% off several Benny's vehicles, Insurgent, RPG, Homing Launcher, and rocket ammo
- Double GTA Cash and RP for CaptureJobs
- Special Double GTA Cash and RP Playlist May 20-22: GTA: All Abhorred, Contend: Townhall Trinity, Raid: Wargames
- Special Double RP Playlist - May 23-26: Contend: Condo-monium, GTA: Grab a Cab, Hold: Freight Fight
- Exclusive in-game T-shirt for logging in this weekend
- 50% off explosives (including grenades and rockets), some engine mods and brakes, Kurumas, and Luxor Deluxe (Gold Luxor)
- Double RP and GTA Cash in In and Out mode
- Double RP in all Deathmatches, Last Team Standing, Captures, and Adversary Modes
- Double RP and GTA Cash Bonus Playlist - May 13-15th: In and Out IV, V and VI maps
- Double RP and GTA Cash Bonus Playlist - May 16-17: Cross The Line I, Come Out To Play V and Till Death Do Us Part II
- Double RP and GTA Cash Bonus Playlist - May 18-19: Extraction V, Beast vs Slasher IV and Siege Mentality I
- 25% off all Warstock vehicles
- 25 % off all Rifles , snipers, projectiles, and ammo
- 50% off Body Armor and Merryweather services, including armed backup
- On May 9, Rockstar revealed details about new updates headed our way in the coming months.
- Upcoming successor to Executives and Other Criminals will introducece contraband trafficing, allowing players to stockpile and sell illicit material. Jewels, narcotics, and medical supplies will be available for sale. Players can set up a headquarters and coordinate with teammates to maintain stock quality and arrange shipping runs...which can be interrupted by enemies looking for a quick buck.
- New expansions centered around stunts and stunt ready Vehicles, plus Creator options to facilitate stunt courses.
- New Adversary Modes
- New locations for In and Out
- New competitive team-based modes
- Special bonus events, with Double RP playlists, bonus GTA cash, discounts on vehicles and properties, and more
- Double GTA Cash and RP Freemode Time Trail - May 6th: Vinewood Bowl
- Double GTA Cash and RP Freemode Time Trail - May 7th: Down Chiliad
- Double GTA Cash and RP Freemode Time Trail - May 8th: Mount Gordo
- Double GTA Cash and RP Freemode Time Trail - May 9th: Great Ocean Highway
- Double GTA Cash and RP Freemode Time Trail - May 10th: Sawmill
- Double GTA Cash and RP Freemode Time Trail - May 11th: Maze Bank Arena
- Double GTA Cash and RP Freemode Time Trail - May 12th: End to End
- 50% off T20, Zentorno, Pegassi Osiris
- 50% off Hakuchuo and Akuma
- 30% off select Vehicle Mods
- Free services from Lester: Cops Turn Blind Eye, Remove Wanted Level, Mechanic Service for property owners
- Weekly Double RP playlist - Access from the GTA OnlinePlaylists on the Pause Menu or jump straight in from the launch screen
- New team Adversary Mode, In and Out, debuts Tues, May 2. In and Out is a team scramble where attackers move to Capture well-protected packages from the defenders
- April 29-30: Double GTA Cash and RP Adversary Mode Playlist including Hunting Pack, Relay, Offense Defense
- May 1-2: Double GTA Cash and RP Adversary Mode Playlist including Hasta La Vista, Every Bullet Counts, Keep the Pace
- May 3-5: Double GTA Cash and RP Adversary Mode Playlist including 3 In and Out maps
- 20% off Grenades and Sticky Bombs
- 25% Assault Rifle Mods and Combat MGs
- 50% off SMG Ammo
- Two new Inch by Inch Maps
- April 22-24: Weekly Double GTA Cash and RP Playlist for Inch by Inch Maps
- April 22-24: Special Double RP Playlists - Inch by Inch
- April 25-36: Special Double RP Playlists - Races
- April 27-28: Special Double RP Playlists - Team Deathmatch
- Double RP VIP Work and VIp Challenges
- Double RP High Life Update Contact Missions
- 20% off Yachts and Yacht Customization
- 25% off Stilt Houses and Penthouses
- 50% off some clothing
- 50% off the Bullpup Rifle
- April 19: Declasse Sabre Turbo Custom comes to Benny's as a new custom
- April 15-17: Super Car Racing Playlist Double RP
- April 18-29: Lowriders Street Racing Playlist Double RP
- April 20-21: Mixed Road Racing Playlist Double RP
- 20% off Garages and Properties
- 25% some Lowriders clothing
- 50% off tattoos and hairstyles
- No daily mechanic fees all week
- This week: Shark Card Rebates on Bull, Great White, Whale & Megalodon Shark Cards and receive free bonus GTA cash. Purchase a card between April 15-21 and get a lump-sum bonus deposited in your Maze Bank account on or before April 29.
- A brand new adversary mode launches April 12. Inch by Inch forces a player carrying a package to reach the safety of a goal line in a hostile arena. The package carrier can't use weapons, so he or she is dependent on teammates for cover fire as the entire enemy squad focuses on taking the courier down.
- New Double RP and GTA Cash Adversary Mode Playlists running April 8-9, April 10-11, and an Inch by Inch playlist running April 12-14
- All week Sniper Rifles 25% Off
- All week Sniper Rifle Attachments – 50% Off
- All week Shotguns 40% Off
- All week Shotgun Attachments 30% Off
- All week Body Armor 50%
- The Vapid Minivan becomes customization at Benny's motorsport April 12.
Double RP in curated playlists:
- March 25-27: Street Races
- March 28-29: Air Races
- March 30-31: Sea Races
- 25% OffCoil Brawler, Progen T20, Invetero Coquette BlackFin and Dinka Vindicator, Lampadati Toro & mods
- 50% off clothing & tattoos from both Ill Gooten Gains Update Parts 1 and 2
- 50% off Knuckle Dusters
- March 18 - March 20th - Sumo: Double Cash & RP
- March 21 - All Contact Missions released with GTA Online: Lowriders grant Double Cash and RP
- Tuesday March 22 - Keep The Pace: Double Cash and RP
- Wednesday March 23 - Relay: Double Cash and RP
- Thursday March 24 - Offense Defense: Double Cash and RP
- 25% off all motorcycles
- 25% off all Properties with a 10 car garage.
- 50% off all rifle and shotgun ammo
- 75% off all Bobbleheads, Column Shift Levers, and Plaques at Benny's
- Double RP and GTA Cash for All Versus Missions
- 50% off Flight Suits and Flight Caps
- 25% off all Combat Helicopters, Private Jets, Automatic Rifles, Homing Missile Launchers and Homing Missile Ammunition
- New Rhino Hunt Adversary Mode, featuring Rhino Tank vs. Hunter Dune Buggy team action.
- Double RP in Til Death Do Us Part and Freemode Events
- Double cash and RP for seven days starting February 26
- 50% Off some Weapon attachments, rifle ammo, Heists tactical gear
- 25% Off Warstock Cache & Carry & Merryweather Services
Experience, RP, and dollar rewards for specific contact missions:
- Friday Feb 19: Double GTA Dollars and RP on all of Simeon's Contact Missions and Double GTA Dollars on Simeon's Import/Export requests
- Saturday Feb 20: Double GTA Dollars and RP on all of Ron's Contact Missions and 50% off all Blazers
- Sunday Feb 21: Double GTA Dollars and RP on all of Trevor's Contact Missions and 50% off Jerry Cans
- Monday Feb 22: Double GTA Dollars and RP on all of Martin's Contact Missions and 10% off Stilt Houses
- Tuesday Feb 23: Double GTA Dollars and RP on all of Lester's Contact Missions and 25% off Lester Services
- Wednesday Feb 24: Double GTA Dollars and RP on all of Gerald's Contact Missions and 50% off Micro SMGs and Machine Pistols
- Thursday Feb 25: Double GTA Dollars and RP on all Contact Missions in GTA Online
Also note that Rifle Ammo and Body Armor are half off this weekend, and Grenades and Sticky Bombs are a quarter off
Food Wars English Dub Cast Announced
Blake Shepard will voice Soma Yukihira.
Ahead of tonight's premiere at Anime Expo, Sentai Filmworks revealed the voice cast for the first three episodes of the English dub of Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma.
According to the company's announcement, the voice cast includes Blake Shepard as Soma Yukihira, as well as Jay Hickman and Stephanie Wittels, who voice Joichiro Yukihira and Erina Nakiri, respectively.
The English dub is being directed by Kyle Colby Jones, who is also writing the script, alongside Marta Bechtol and George Manley.
The cast list for Food Wars' first three episodes is as follows:
- Soma Yukihira - Blake Shepard
- Joichiro Yukihira - Jay Hickman
- Erina Nakiri - Stephanie Wittels
- Hisako Arato - Brittney Karbowski
- Megumi Tadokoro - Jad Saxton
- Yuki Yoshino - Luci Christian
- Ryoko Sakaki - Kelley Peters
- Takumi Aldini - Bryson Baugus
- Isami Aldini - Clint Bickham
- Yaeko Minegasaki - Maggie Flecknoe
- Yoshiaki - Adam Gibbs
- Senzaemon - John Swasey
- Chapelle - John Gremillion
- Urara - Jennifer Gilbert
- Mayumi - Juliet Simmons
Sentai Filmworks will release the full cast list at some point in the future, a bit closer to the home video release this August.
Just last week, a third season of Food Wars was announced. The season, officially titled Food Wars! The Third Plate, will debut this fall.
Alex Osborn is a freelance writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter and subscribe to his YouTube channel.
Measuring Wonder Woman’s Comic Book Sales Power
The comic book market is a fickle beast. Can she slay it?
The Wonder Woman movie has raked in $663.6 million worldwide, pleasing moviegoers and painting a bright cinematic future for the character, but what about her performance in the comic book market?
While Wonder Woman’s solo title has taken some breaks and seen five relaunches since its debut in 1942, it is considered to be one of DC Comics’ staple titles due to the character’s importance as a member of the Justice League, being one third of DC’s Trinity alongside Batman and Superman, and her status as a feminist icon and the world’s most popular female superhero. Yet despite all of that, the ongoing Wonder Woman series has never been a sales juggernaut on the level of Batman or Amazing Spider-Man that regularly dominate the monthly sales charts.
In September 2011, the kick-off of the New 52 saw Wonder Woman #1 sell 76,214* units, making it the 13th best seller that month and 11th best of DC’s rebooted line. It saw a steep drop-off in the following months (which is the way most new comics perform) and settled around an average of 30-40k per month. Written by Brian Azzarello and with art by Cliff Chiang and alternating artists Goran Sudzuka and Tony Akins, the title reinvented Wonder Woman’s mythology and -- movie spoilers ahead! -- added the twist that Wonder Woman was the secret child of Queen Hippolyta and Zeus, a plot point so juicy it made it into the film. While many superhero comics use crossovers or tie-ins to big events to reinvigorate sales, a tactic annoying to readers that nevertheless works, Wonder Woman told a story focused squarely on Diana’s adventures with the gods, only deviating to take part in the New 52’s special anniversary issues every September. This may have made it less of a sales performer than it could have been, but it at least reads like a dream as a trade.
Moving on to the Rebirth relaunch in June 2016, the Wonder Woman: Rebirth #1 prologue sold 94,458 copies and followed up with Wonder Woman #1, the start to the series proper, selling 107,737 copies. The promise of Rebirth was to bring DC’s characters back to the classic roots that fans most highly regard, and the series did just that as lauded Wonder Woman creators Greg Rucka and Nicola Scott were joined by Liam Sharp to tell a dual-narrative story that retold Diana’s origins (getting rid of the New 52 changes, including the aforementioned twist) and started a new quest for her in the present. This return to form was embraced by readers, who were now getting two issues of Wonder Woman per month thanks to DC double-shipping their marquee titles, and was evidenced by the average monthly sales of 65,000 units.
While Wonder Woman’s name doesn’t appear in the titles, she also stars in Justice League and Trinity, both of which started strong with their Rebirth launches (209,187 and 93,797, respectively), although now sales stand at 55,351 for May 2017’s Justice League #21 and 34,317 for Trinity #9. Wonder Woman’s membership on the Justice League has become a routine inclusion and she won’t be going anywhere considering she’s part of the November 2017 Justice League movie lineup. Trinity focuses on her dynamic with Batman and Superman, although why a comic featuring three of the world's most iconic superheroes is only selling in the 30-40k range remains a mystery.
That’s pretty much it for Wonder Woman’s presence in DC’s current core print publishing, which strikes as odd considering her new movie has given her greater exposure to the general public than ever. (There was the Superman/Wonder Woman team-up/romance comic that ran from 2013-2016, which started with a solid 94,859 units sold, dropped to the 40-50k range, and received a second life thanks to a 15k sales bump from the “Doomed” crossover, all before the title was shuttered heading into Rebirth and the romance was shortly thereafter obliterated from continuity.) There’s a sense DC hasn’t done as much as they could to invest in Wonder Woman as far as the monthly print titles go, certainly not as much as Batman (11 titles) or Superman (8 titles). Seemingly obvious groups and team-ups she could feature in are aplenty -- her magical prowess gives her relevance in the Justice League Dark, her supporting cast of humans and gods alike (Steve Trevor, Ares, Etta Candy) are ripe for their own spin-off series, and who wouldn’t be down to see her partner up with heroes other than Bats and Supes?
There was one new Wonder Woman comic announced recently, a Wonder Woman/Conan crossover mini-series by fan-favorite Wonder Woman creators Gail Simone and Aaron Lopresti and co-published by DC and Dark Horse Comics, but that was revealed just after the movie released instead of hitting shelves in tandem with the premiere date when, assumedly, those newly turned on to Wonder Woman will be hungriest for her comics. Then again, now is when readers can pre-order the book, so perhaps they were smart to wait for a wave of eager new readers driven by their excitement for what they just saw in theaters.
That said, DC has kept up a healthy offering of digital-first comics featuring Wonder Woman.
Wonder Woman ‘77, which ran from 2014-16, tells more Lynda Carter tales and has created the opportunity for team-ups like Batman ‘66 Meets Wonder Woman ‘77 and Wonder Woman '77 Meets The Bionic Woman.
Wonder Woman is featured in DC Bombshells, running 2015-17 with a relaunch coming soon in the form of Bombshells United, set in a new universe inspired by the popular line of statues that see DC’s female (and occasionally male) heroes reimagined as 1940s pin-ups and is a critical favorite for its feminist and queer themes from writer Marguerite Bennett and a team of various artists including Ming Doyle, Laura Braga, and Marguerite Sauvage.
Sensation Comics Featuring Wonder Woman was revived as a digital-first series in 2014, following in the footsteps of Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight and Adventures of Superman anthology series, letting numerous comic vets and new voices tell their own stories featuring each respective hero.
The Injustice video game tie-in comics include Wonder Woman as a main player (pun intended) and have proven to be massively popular from the first series, Injustice: Gods Among Us, the in-game story retelling Injustice: Ground Zero, and the current Injustice 2. (Speaking of Injustice, Wonder Woman has been on the fighting game’s roster for both installments, and Injustice 2 released the “To End All Wars” in-game event that unlocks Gal Gadot’s movie costume.)
The Legend of Wonder Woman by writer/artist Renae De Liz gave a refresh to the Golden Age beginnings of Wonder Woman in 2016 and earned DC some fan backlash when it was unceremoniously canceled after 27 digital chapters (or nine print issues).
DC Super Hero Girls stars Wonder Woman, ahem, Wondy among other female DC heroes and is aimed squarely as younger girls, with Shea Fontanna writing the digital series (along with the graphic novels, films, web-series). It’s worth noting how since its launch in 2015 DC Super Hero Girls has exploded into a lucrative multimedia franchise with novels, toys, and a TV show on the way from Lauren Faust on Cartoon Network, which means Wonder Woman is entering the lives of the next generation at a much earlier age.
Because these are all published digitally first before coming to print, the individual issue sales data doesn’t hold up when compared to print-first series. However, the graphic novel sales stats reveal they are popular indeed, often selling a few thousand copies and placing high in the monthly sales charts.
Speaking of graphic novels, that’s where Wonder Woman seems to truly shine, which might explain why there’s a more concerted effort there when compared to DC’s floppies.
Jill Thompson’s Wonder Woman: The True Amazon combined storybook visuals with a dramatic retelling of Princess Diana’s upbringing on Themyscira, moving 7,001 units in September 2016. The well-received original graphic novel continued to sell well leading up to the movie’s release.
In the year heading into the movie, there have also been new printings collecting iconic runs of Wonder Woman’s series from the likes of Rucka, John Byrne, and George Perez.
Writer Grant Morrison labored over Wonder Woman: Earth One with artist Yanick Paquette for years before it saw release in April 2016, tallying up an impressive 16,199 units shipped. Taking place in DC’s Earth One universe (similar to Marvel’s clean slate Ultimate universe) that only tells stories published as graphic novels, the story retold Wonder Woman’s origins with an emphasis on the S&M, nonviolent, and feminist themes of her original creator, William Moulton Marston, and proved to be a critical and commercial hit.
As you’ve probably noticed, the common trend for many Wonder Woman projects is the re-telling/re-imagining/re-booting of her origin story. Perhaps it’s time to move her past her roots and let her grow a little, which just might lead to a meatier comic presence with more villains, allies, gear, and adventures for fans to latch onto. For as much as the New 52 deviated from her usual path -- even controversially so with its Amazon murder orgy -- it explored new territory, added different members to her supporting cast, and gave her some extra abilities, all in refreshing and exciting ways.
With all these stats and anecdotes in mind, DC’s Wonder Woman publishing strategy seems more geared towards female readers’ buying habits. For as many strides as the comics industry has taken towards making its monthly superhero books more inclusive, it ultimately still caters to the attitudes and buying habits of its male audience. A study from Penguin Random House showed that women read more novels than men by a 60:40 ratio, hence why DC is leaning more into the graphic novel space when it comes to Wonder Woman. That’s not to say that Wonder Woman stories are only being told for women or that men don’t enjoy reading the character, but Wonder Woman is a draw for female readers because of her iconic status and for being one of the few well-known characters in a sea of otherwise male superheroes. With the movie success escalating an already-prolific character to new heights in pop culture, Wonder Woman has filled the tank with potential; it’s up to DC to grow her presence in the monthly print market and take her stories down new avenues.
*All sales figures in this article are estimates calculated by Comichron, a comics sales tracking website that works off of Diamond’s sales reports. Figures for each book are based on the first month of sales and do not factor in new printings. It should also be noted that these sales numbers are derived from pre-orders by specialty comic book shops and not actual units sold, which, yes, is strange, but it's all we have to go on when it comes to comic book sales figures because publishers do not release individual sales data.
I've Got Issues is an ongoing column exploring the ins and outs of the comic book industry.
Joshua is IGN’s Comics Editor. If Pokemon, Green Lantern, or Game of Thrones are frequently used words in your vocabulary, you’ll want to follow him on Twitter @JoshuaYehl and IGN.
15 Minutes of Sea of Thieves Gameplay: Treasure-Hunting Success!
One year later, Rare’s co-op pirate adventure is showing more of what it can do.
Last year, no other game I played at E3 made my face hurt from smiling so much more than Sea of Thieves. Rare’s high-seas co-op pirate adventure treated us like grown-ups (read: no tutorials or HUD hints) and let us rely solely on our friends to man our ship and destroy our rivals on the open waters. This year, it’s brought even more tricks to the table, and in turn fulfilled another chunk of its enormous potential.
I began at the docks with IGN’s Joe Skrebels, Brandin Tyrrel, and Brendan Graeber. In each of our inventories were three documents: two maps of separate islands, each with an X marking the spot of some treasure; and a rhyming riddle that promised to also lead us to a treasure. We opted to pick one of the unmarked islands. We boarded our ship, located the island using the map table below decks, and set sail. As ever, it takes a crew to make your ship go: someone to man the sails, someone to raise the anchor, a lookout to help guide us and watch out for enemy ships from the crow’s nest, maybe a musician to serenade us while we sail, and of course one on the wheel.
Above: The Sea of Thieves gameplay trailer from the Xbox E3 Press Briefing.
A lot has been fleshed out since last year’s Sea of Thieves build.
We sailed our way towards our target destination, foolishly not realizing until we were quite close that we in fact had three sails and not two. So we could’ve gone a good bit faster. But nevertheless, we enjoyed the ride as we navigated a storm, adjusted the angle of our sails to account for the wind, kept one person near the map room to help keep us on course, and just barely avoided a rock formation in the water as we neared the island. We didn’t see anyone else along the way, save for a few skeletons milling about on Chicken Isle that Joe callously blasted with one of our cannons.
Speaking of which, a lot has been fleshed out since last year’s Sea of Thieves build. Cannons must now be loaded (or unloaded so that you can load yourself in there; more on this in a bit), with cannonballs, planks to repair your ship if it gets damaged in combat, bananas to restore your health if you’re hurt, and more supplies located below decks. Meanwhile, holding LB opens your inventory, which items like your grog tankard (hold RT to drink; the longer you hold it the closer to empty the mug gets and the drunker and stumblier you get), your shovel, and more. The Y button cycles between your sword and guns.
Above: Head of Xbox Phil Spencer plays an early build of Sea of Thieves.
...Further indication that mythical encounters with the likes of Krakens will be part of the final game.
Once we got close enough to our destination, we worked together to quickly drop our anchor and lower our sails. Then we each loaded ourselves into a cannon and fired ourselves towards the shore. And yes, that’s as goofy and fun as it sounds. Next we had to open the map. Again, Sea of Thieves refreshingly has no tutorials or HUD navigational aids. You’ve got a compass, a map, the sun, and each other. Use them! After wandering the island for a bit, blasting and slashing a few skeletons that got in our way, we realized that we’d somehow managed to land almost exactly where the treasure was buried. Sure enough, we took out our shovels, dug into the sand and unearthed a treasure chest as the sun set. Ominously, on a rock just above where we were digging was a cave painting of a huge crab attacking people -- further indication that mythical encounters with the likes of Krakens will be part of the final game.
I carried the chest back to the ship, escorted by my crew who were keeping their eyes peeled for sharks or rival pirates while I was encumbered with the loot. I placed it down in our hold and we checked the ship’s master map for the location of the nearest outpost we could visit to cash in our spoils for coins. Once again we set sail. This time, as we neared our destination, we were faced with a choice. Veering slightly starboard side would take us safely to the outpost. Adjusting slightly to the port side, however, would take us to a head-to-head encounter with the rival player-run ship we’d spotted from the crow’s nest. Taking them down might’ve been fun, but if we’d lost, our treasure would sink along with our ship.
Above: Need more Sea of Thieves? Here's 43 minutes of it from Xbox's Mixer broadcast after the press conference.
Sea of Thieves is shaping up to be something special.
With the clock ticking on our demo session, we opted to complete our mission by continuing to the port. And so we brought ship just offshore, dropped anchor once again, and carried the chest to the trader near the dock. Each of us received 342 gold pieces we could spend on...what, exactly? Nothing in this demo, but we spoke with Rare studio head Craig Duncan and Sea of Thieves design lead Joe Neate after we finished and asked that very question. Rare’s plan is to allow for weapon upgrades as well as customization options for yourself and your ship, in addition to the possibility of buying different kinds of ships. For the moment, we concluded our demo by walking into the island’s tavern and raising a tankard in celebration of a successful treasure hunt.
And I realize that, on paper, the moment-to-moment gameplay of Sea of Thieves might not sound worthy of the borderline hyperbolic praise I’ve heaped on it for two years running now. But ask any IGN staffer who’s played it, anyone who’s participated in the ongoing Sea of Thieves technical alpha tests (though they’re under NDA for now, admittedly), or simply anyone who’s played Rare’s biggest project in over a decade and they’ll all tell you the same thing: Sea of Thieves is shaping up to be something special. Yes, the combat is simplistic. Yes, there’s still the matter of how the long tail on the game will work and if there will be an overarching main quest to guide you through the experience. Yes, it’s probably going to suffer a lot if you’re not playing it with friends. But if you can bring in a group of real-life pals or catch a good crew using Xbox Live’s new Clubs feature, you’re almost certainly going to have a smile on your face by the time you turn off your Xbox for the night.
Ryan McCaffrey is IGN’s Executive Editor of Previews and Xbox Guru-in-Chief. Follow him on Twitter at @DMC_Ryan, catch him on Unlocked, and drop-ship him Taylor Ham sandwiches from New Jersey whenever possible.
July TV Premiere Dates and Info
Continued from Page 2
July means many televisual things - but mostly Game of Thrones, Game of Thrones, Game of Thrones!
And for those who plan on watching more than just Game of Thrones, there's the return of Rick and Morty, The Strain, Ballers, Suits, and Shooter. Plus, the debuts of Castlevania, Snowfall, Midnight Texas, Friends from College, Ozark, and more.
Airs On: FX
Premiere: 7/05/17
Snowfall is a one-hour drama set against the infancy of the crack cocaine epidemic, following numerous characters on a violent collision course - including: Franklin Saint (Damson Idris), young street entrepreneur on a quest for power; Gustavo “El Oso” Zapata (Sergio Peris-Mencheta), a Mexican wrestler caught up in a power struggle within a crime family; Teddy McDonald (Carter Hudson), a CIA operative running from a dark past who begins an off-book operation to fund the Nicaraguan Contras; and Lucia Villanueva (Emily Rios), the self-possessed daughter of a Mexican crime lord.
Castlevania
Airs On: Netflix
Premiere: 7/07/17
Four 30-minute episodes, billed as "Castlevania Season 1, Part 1," will hit Netflix in July - an adaptation of classic NES game Castlevania III: Dracula Curse. With series producer Adi Shankar having remarked that the show will be "done in the vein of Game of Thrones" and "be R-rated as f***," Castlevania will tell the tale of the last remaining survivor of a disgraced clan battling to save Eastern Europe from Dracula.
Candy Crush
Airs On: CBS
Premiere: 7/09/17
In this new live game show version of Candy Crush (yes, you read that correctly), teams of two people use their wits and physical agility to compete on enormous, interactive game boards featuring next generation technology. Mario Lopez is set to host.
Airs On: USA
Premiere: 7/12/17
Suits' Season 7 will feature the show's landmark 100th episode as fans wonder, coming out of Season 6, will things change between Mike and Harvey now that Mike is a legit lawyer? What did Donna mean when she told Harvey she wanted "something more?" Can Louis withstand yet another personal heartbreak? And is Gina Torres' Jessica really gone for good? Oh, Suits.
Airs On: CBS
Premiere: 7/12/17
Salvation is a suspense thriller that centers on a staggering discovery: an enormous asteroid is just six months away from colliding with Earth. Without alerting the public, MIT grad student Liam Cole and tech billionaire Darius Tanz team up to save humanity from this impending apocalypse. Keeping it secret will complicate life for Liam and those closest to him. Santiago Cabrera, Jennifer Finnigan, and Charlie Rowe star.
Friends from College
Airs On: Netflix
Premiere: 7/14/17
From Nick Stoller (Neighbors, Neighbors: Sorority Rising, Forgetting Sarah Marshall) and Francesca Delbanco, this eight-episode series features Keegan-Michael Key, Cobie Smulders, Annie Parisse, Nat Faxon, Fred Savage and Jae Suh Park, and tells the story of a group of friends who went to Harvard together and are now facing down their forties and experiencing a range of success, or lack thereof, both professionally and domestically.
Game of Thrones
Airs On: HBO
Premiere: 7/16/17
Game of Thrones enters its final, shortened two-season endgame with an unusual summertime premiere (production needed to shift so they could film in snowier settings) and a seventh season that only contains (NOOOOOOO!) seven episodes. Just because we're nearing the end though doesn't mean there aren't new faces entering the mix as Black Sails' Tom Hopper replaces Freddie Stroma as Dickon Tarly and Jim Broadbent arrives as Archmaester Marwyn.
The Strain
Airs On: FX
Premiere: 7/16/17
FX's The Strain enters its fourth and final season with a nine month time-jump, as world has fallen into darkness, and the strigoi are in control. The explosion at the end of Season 3 triggered a global nuclear apocalypse and he resulting nuclear winter liberated the strigoi, allowing them to move about during daytime, and allowing the Master to establish a totalitarian regime. Lost Girl's Jocelyn Hudon joins the final season as Abby - a young woman in a perilous circumstance, who has to use all of her skills to try and survive in an upended world.
Airs On: AMC
Premiere: 7/17/17
Loaded centers around the lives of Josh (Jim Howick), Leon (Samuel Anderson), Ewan (Jonny Sweet) and Watto (Nick Helm) who have just sold their start up video game company Idyl Hands to Casey (Mary McCormack) for millions, and overnight their lives change drastically. The four 30-somethings must answer to their high powered, no-BS boss Casey and are suddenly transformed from “people who play games” to “serious players in the game.”
Airs On: USA
Premiere: 7/18/17
Insidious' Josh Stewart joins the cast of USA's Shooter for its second season as the journey continues for Bob Lee Swagger (Ryan Phillippe) - a highly decorated veteran who must confront a nemesis from his past in order to return to a life of normalcy. Stewart will play Solotov, an assassin with a connection to Swagger and his team from Afghanistan.
Airs On: USA
Premiere: 7/21/17
Before Jason Bateman slips back into the role of Michael Bluth for a new season of Arrested Development, he's actually got a gritty drama headed our way with Ozark, as he plays the patriarch of The Byrdes - that's husband and wife Marty (Bateman) and Wendy (Laura Linney), and their teenage kids Charlotte (Sofia Hublitz) and Jonah (Skylar Gaertner). Oh, and Marty’s job? The top money launderer for the second largest drug cartel in Mexico.
Airs On: HBO
Premiere: 7/23/17
Find out what's next for Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's Spencer Strasmore when Ballers returns for a third season and the setting switches from Miami to San Francisco. We're not sure what'll take the story out to the West Coast but Johnson himself, when announcing the premiere date, teased that there'd be some big changes for the characters.
Midnight, Texas
Airs On: NBC
Premiere: 7/24/17
Based on the book series of the same name by Charlaine Harris -- who also wrote the books that became HBO's True Blood -- Midnight, Texas stars François Arnaud (The Borgias) as Manfred, a charming, powerful psychic who can communicate with spirits, who finds safety in Midnight - a town that sits on a veil between the living and hell. Midnight is also home to creatures like witches, angels, vampires, werewolves, and other assorted oddities.
The Last Tycoon
Airs On: Amazon
Premiere: 7/28/17
From F. Scott Fitzgerald’s last work, which celebrated its 75th anniversary last year, The Last Tycoon follows Hollywood’s Golden Boy, Monroe Stahr (Matt Bomer) as he battles father figure and boss, Pat Brady (Kelsey Grammer, Frasier) for the soul of their studio. Lily Collins (The Blind Side) also stars as Celia Brady, and noted Pulitzer-winning Fitzgerald scholar A. Scott Berg serves as consulting producer.
Airs On: HBO
Premiere: 7/28/17
Telling tales of the characters who pass through a single room of a typical American chain motel, the anthology series Room 104 begins its 12-episode season on July 28th. From Mark and Jay Duplass, the show tells a different story each week, with the tone, the characters and the era changing every time. Starring James Van Der Beek, Orlando Jones, Amy Landecker, and more.
Rick and Morty
Airs On: Adult Swim
Premiere: 7/30/17
Rick and Morty, totally on brand, Rick and Morty'd the hell out of everyone by unleashing the first episode of its third season this past April 1st as part of an April Fools' prank - airing it all night long, every half hour. Now, after months of wondering, we finally know that the remainder of Season 3 will kick off on July 30th.
August premieres include The Defenders, Sharknado 5, and more. Check it out...
ContinuesMarvel Legacy Renumbering, First Big Storylines Revealed
The Avengers are much older than you thought.
New details have emerged regarding Marvel's upcoming Legacy relaunch. A new teaser image reveals which ongoing series will revert to their original numbering, and also the names of the new story arcs beginning this fall.
Marvel's press release also offers new clues as to how the Marvel Legacy #1 one-shot will set the stage for the Legacy relaunch in September. That issue (from writer Jason Aaron and artist Esad Ribic) will introduce the very first team of Avengers, one that hails from the year 1,000,000 BC and includes characters like Odin, Iron Fist, Starbrand, Ghost Rider, Phoenix, Agamotto and Black Panther. The Legacy one-shot will span the history of the Marvel Universe and explore how that prehistoric team is connected to the present-day Avengers and the challenges that lay ahead.
“MARVEL LEGACY #1 isn’t simply a history lesson,” said SVP and Executive Editor Tom Brevoort. “Rather, it’s the starting gun to a bevy of mysteries, secrets, and revelations that will reverberate across the Marvel Universe in the weeks and months to come! No character, no franchise will be untouched by the game-changing events that play out across its pages. Jason and Esad pulled out all the stops to fat-pack this colossal issue with as much intrigue, action, surprise, mystery, shock, and adventure as possible!”
Interestingly, while Marvel revealed a total of 52 series during last week's Legacy announcement, the press release indicates the real number will be 53. We're assuming the missing 53rd book is either Runaways (which also returns in September) or an unrevealed Captain America comic spinning out of the events of Secret Empire. We've reached out to Marvel for comment and we'll let you know when we learn more.
For now, we're intrigued by several of these new storylines and what they hint at as far as the future of the Marvel Universe. Here are a few observations:
- The fact that "The Death of Mighty Thor" kicks off in the milestone issue The Mighty Thor #700 only makes it seem that much more likely that Jane Foster's days are numbered.
- Invincible Iron Man #593's "The Search for Tony Stark" suggests that Tony will be waking up from his Civil War II-induced coma. Will Riri Williams and Victor Von Doom be forced to join forces to track him down.
- Does Cable #150's "The Newer Mutants" mean that Cable will be assembling a new team of militant mutant warriors? It is worth noting that there's no X-Force at the moment...
- Amazing Spider-Man: Renew Your Vows #13 is titled "Eight Years Later," which could mean that the series is permanently jumping forward eight years and shifting focus to a teenage Annie May Parker. Interesting, but at what point does RNV become a rehash of the MC2 Spider-Girl comics?
- With Marvel Two-In-One kicking off with a story called "The Fate of the Four," maybe there's still hope that this series will set the stage for a new Fantastic Four comic. Between that and Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur's "The Fantatsic Three," clearly Marvel wants readers to notice the FF's continued absence.
- With Moon Knight #188 being titled "Crazy Runs In the Family," are we about to meet Marc Spector's extended family? Perhaps even a child or sibling?
Let us know what you think of these new reveals and whether you're excited to meet the Avengers of 1,000,000 BC in the comments below.
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BioWare Shoots Down Cancelled Andromeda DLC Rumors
"Sinclair Networks...had nothing to do with the development of Mass Effect: Andromeda."
BioWare and EA have denied the claims of a company saying Mass Effect: Andromeda DLC it has been working on was cancelled cancelled. However, more recent reports suggest that, despite this false claim, there is no single-player DLC planned for the game.
PC Gamer reports these DLC cancellation rumors first started with a now deleted Facebook message (captured by Critical Hit) from a developer called Sinclair Networks, in which the studio claimed it's no longer working with BioWare on three pieces pf planned Andromeda DLC content.
Sinclair Networks's post said that due to EA recently reportedly putting Mass Effect on hiatus, the publisher has decided not to waste any further resources on new content for Andromeda. Instead, the focus is supposedly now only on developing Anthem, BioWare's upcoming latest RPG.
A representative for EA confirmed to IGN that "we have never worked with Sinclair Networks and they had nothing to do with the development of Mass Effect: Andromeda." Members of BioWare also shot down these cancellation rumors.
Producer Fernando Melo took to Twitter to confirm BioWare doesn't "hire fake companies" to work on DLC and patches, while producer Mike Gamble tweeted he's "never heard of Sinclair Networks. Ever."
A report from Kotaku, however, posted following EA's denouncement of Sinclari's false post claims that, separate from the Sinclair statement, sources told Kotaku that Andromeda will not see any single-player DLC.
When asked for comment regarding the new report, a representative for EA told IGN the company has nothing to announce about DLC at this time.
Previous post-launch reports about the game have suggested that at one point Andromeda development reportedly included a No Man's Sky-like procedural generation system for its worlds.
For more on Mass Effect: Andromeda, check out our review and read about how the game reportedly was meant to deliver on what the first Mass Effect promised.
Alex Gilyadov is a freelance writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter.
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