Thursday, March 17, 2016

The Godfather: A New Don Board Game Coming This Summer

IDW GAMES RELEASING BIG BOX GODFATHER BOARD GAME THIS SUMMER!
THERE'S A NEW DON IN TOWN, AND IT COULD BE YOU

San Diego, CA (March 16th, 2016) Control the streets of New York and bring power to your family in this summer's The Godfather: A New Don. Designed by Jay Cormier and Sen-Foong Lim (Orphan Black, Belfort), The Godfather: A New Don is a game for 3-6 players that sees each player taking control of one of the major mafia families, each trying to assert their power in the streets of 1950's New York in hopes of taking the reigns as the new kingpin of the criminal world. The game is playable in approximately 45 minutes.

"I'm excited that we created an area control game that uses dice in a unique way! It's accessible for inexperienced gamers but deep enough to please the serious gamers!" said Jay Cormier

"We've come up with a special blend of strategy and negotiation mixed with just the right amount of luck to capture the feeling of the crime families vying for control of New York. I really enjoyed tying the facets of the film into the game's mechanisms," added Sen-Foong Lim.

Silicon Valley Comic Con Unveils New Panels of Influencers and Tech Innovators


SILICON VALLEY COMIC CON UNVEILS A NEW WAVE OF PANELS
FEATURING MODERN DAY INFLUENCERS AND TECHNOLOGY INNOVATORS

“Rockstars of the Internet” and “Engineering For Tomorrow” Join SVCC’s Lineup of Must-See Panels

Silicon Valley Comic Con (SVCC), Steve Wozniak’s pop culture and technology expo taking place March 18-20 in San Jose, has revealed two new panels that bring together some of today’s most powerful social media stars and trailblazing engineers and leaders from top companies fueling your love of technology. The first of these inspirational sessions features pop culture figures “MayBaby,” “Brizzy Voices,” “Alx James,” and “Mamrie Hart” discussing the road to becoming web sensations and how to build a brand beyond digital platforms. The second session brings together engineers, scientists and developers from Adobe, Intel, Pinterest, Riot Games and local organization, Black Girls CODE and will delve into how they are paving the way for the future of technology and entertainment and encouraging the advancement of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) education.

WizKids Announces New Unpainted Miniatures Line

WizKids Unveils New Unpainted Miniatures Line for Late 2016
Partners with Leading Licenses to Feature Iconic Characters, Creatures and Scenery

Hillside, NJ — March 16, 2016 – Leading board game and collectible miniatures creator WizKids today announced a brand new line of unpainted miniatures, featuring more than 150 unique fantasy sculpts, set to be released in Q4 2016.

The collection will include iconic characters, creatures, and even scene-building elements, all available in three types of specialty packs that will each contain a variety of sculpts:
  • Hero Packs will contain both a low-level and high-level sculpt of the same featured character.
  • Designed with army-building in mind, Monster Packs will contain 1-3 miniatures with different poses of a single monster.
  • Item Packs will contain scenery and items for detailing adventures.
The highly detailed miniatures feature an enhanced sculpting process, which highlights minute elements, and includes deep cut surface detail and scaled features for easier hand painting. They also come in dynamic and exciting poses, are pre-primed with Acrylicos Vallejo paint, and are ready to go directly out of the box. Customize the look and feel of your characters and campaign like never before.

The new line is set to launch in late 2016 and will be available at friendly local game stores world-wide.

For more information, visit www.WizKids.com.

ABOUT WIZKIDS GAMES
WizKids/NECA, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of NECA, is a New Jersey-based game developer and publisher dedicated to creating games driven by imagination. WizKids first pioneered the Combat Dial system featured in HeroClix, the leading collectible miniatures game on the market, with over 750 million miniature game figures sold worldwide. WizKids continues to produce new proprietary game platforms and properties including the award-winning fantasy board game Mage Knight, the groundbreaking Dice Building Game engine used in the critically-acclaimed game Quarriors and Dice Masters, as well as its widely hailed execution of Attack Wing. For additional information, visit www.wizkids.com.

Back to the Future Minimates are a Blast from the Past from DST

Missing the good old days of 2015? Why not travel back in time with the newest Minimates mini-figures and mini-vehicles based on the Back to the Future Trilogy? Two new sets hit stores this week, with some sets already in stock, and more yet to come! Reserve your tiny time travelers and time machines at your local comic shop (find one at comicshoplocator.com), or ask them to order the sets for you using the item codes below – you can also find them at your favorite online retailer!

Back to the Future 30th Anniversary Minimates 1985 Box Set

A Diamond Select Toys release! What are you looking at, butthead? It's an all-new box set of Back to the Future Minimates! DST returns to Hill Valley with four brand-new Minimates mini-figures, all from the year 1985 -- Waking Up Marty McFly, Author George McFly, Car Wash Biff Tannen, and the never-before-made Needles! Only a chicken wouldn't want this set! Each 2-inch Minimates mini-figure features 14 points of articulation and fully interchangeable parts and accessories. Packaged on a full-color blister card. (Item #OCT152184, SRP: $24.99)
http://www.diamondselecttoys.com/back-to-the-future-30th-ann-hill-valley-1985-minimates-box-set

Tuesday, March 15, 2016

Factory Entertainment Announces Avengers Assemble Alex Ross Fine Art Sculpture

Concord, CA – Factory Entertainment, Inc., the Concord, California-based producer of licensed toys and collectibles continues its March Marvel Madness event with the announcement of its Avengers Assembles Alex Ross Fine Art Sculpture™.

Cast in heavyweight polystone and hand-painted, the piece captures, in sculpted form, eight of the “primal Avengers” in Alex Ross’ unique style: Captain America, Thor, Black Panther, Scarlet Witch, Vision, Hawkeye, Iron Man and Wasp.

Stan Lee, Palmer Luckey to Join Steve Wozniak On Stage at Silicon Valley Comic Con

APPLE CO-FOUNDER STEVE WOZNIAK TO JOIN OCULUS VR FOUNDER 
PALMER LUCKEY AND MARVEL COMICS FOUNDER STAN LEE FOR SPECIAL KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONS AT SILICON VALLEY COMIC CON

Full Schedule for Steve Wozniak’s Show Appearances Detailed; Expo Runs March 18-20 at the San Jose Convention Center

Silicon Valley Comic Con (SVCC), Steve Wozniak’s pop culture and technology expo, today revealed that Palmer Luckey, founder of Oculus VR, will join Steve Wozniak on stage for a highly anticipated joint discussion moderated by Kara Swisher, executive editor of Re/code. The two entrepreneurs who both engineered their way from a garage workshop to global success will discuss the early days of their respective careers, roadblocks along the way and where they see the future of technology going beginning with virtual reality (VR).

LEGO Dimensions Adds Midway Arcade, DC Characters and Ghostbusters Content

LEGO® Dimensions™ Powers Up Gameplay with Midway Arcade Level Pack and Three Fun Packs Based on DC Comics and Ghostbusters

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment announced today the release of the new LEGO Dimensions Midway Arcade Level Pack and highly collectable DC Comics Superman and DC Comics Aquaman and Ghostbusters Stay Puft Fun Packs. Players can customize their building and gaming adventures in LEGO Dimensions with the purchase of these Wave 4 expansion packs which provide additional gameplay, buildable characters, and rebuildable 3-in-1 vehicles and gadgets with special in-game abilities. All expansion packs provide gamers the opportunity to use everything interchangeably, anywhere throughout the game, for a crazy mash-up multiverse.

Sausage Party Red Band Trailer #1

Sausage Party is about one sausage leading a group of supermarket products on a quest to discover the truth about their existence and what really happens when they become chosen to leave the grocery store. The film features the vocal talents of a who’s who of today’s comedy stars – Seth Rogen, Kristen Wiig, Jonah Hill, Bill Hader, Michael Cera, James Franco, Danny McBride, Craig Robinson, Paul Rudd, Nick Kroll, David Krumholtz, Edward Norton, and Salma Hayek.

Directed by: Conrad Vernon & Greg Tiernan
Screenplay by: Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg,
Kyle Hunter, and Ariel Shaffir
Story by: Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, and Jonah Hill

Monday, March 14, 2016

Super7 to Release New Hollis Price and Rose Vampire Soft Vinyl Figures This Thursday!

Pics via Super7's instagram....

Super7 showed some new figures this weekend via instagram of a couple of new releases for this Thursday. We haven't seen a new release of Hollis Price by Le Merde in quite a while. Also getting released is everyone's favorite Rose Vampire! Both of these will cost $35 each and will be released on Thursday, March 17th at Noon Pacific online HERE and in stores. 

New Video Game Inspired Manga Series MONSTER HUNTER Announced By VIZ Media

Imaginative New Series Based On Capcom’s Smash Hit Monster HunterTM Property Launches This Spring

San Francisco, CA, March 14, 2016 VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), the largest publisher, distributor and licensor of manga and anime in North America, delivers brand new manga action inspired by Capcom’s Monster HunterTM, one of the hottest RPG video game properties.

MONSTER HUNTER: FLASH HUNTER is a manga (graphic novel) series written by Keiichi Hikami, with artwork by Shin Yamamoto, and is set to launch in print on April 12th. The fantasy action series is rated ‘T’ for Teens and will carry a print MSRP of $10.99 U.S. / $12.99 CAN. MONSTER HUNTER: FLASH HUNTER will also launch digitally on April 12th via VIZManga.com and the VIZ Manga App, as well as from the Nook, Kobo, Kindle, iBooks, comiXology, Google Play, and BOOK WALKER Global stores. Subsequent volumes of the 10-volume series will be published in English on a bi-monthly basis.

AMC’S HIGHLY ANTICIPATED SERIES “PREACHER” TO DEBUT SUNDAY, MAY 22ND

AMC’S HIGHLY ANTICIPATED SERIES “PREACHER”
TO DEBUT SUNDAY, MAY 22ND AT 10:00 P.M. ET/PT FOLLOWING THE MID-SEASON FINALE OF “FEAR THE WALKING DEAD”

Pilot Episode Will Encore Twice Over Memorial Day Weekend on Sunday, May 29th Beginning at 9:00 P.M. ET/PT

New Episodes Resume Sunday, June 5th at Series’ Regular Time,
9:00 P.M. ET/PT
 
Austin, TX – March 14, 2016AMC announced today from the SXSW Festival that the highly-anticipated new series “Preacher” will premiere Sunday, May 22nd at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT following the mid-season finale of “Fear the Walking Dead.” An encore presentation of the pilot episode will air the following Sunday, May 29th with back-to-back airings beginning at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT providing new viewers multiple opportunities to catch up during the holiday weekend. New episodes will resume on Sunday, June 5th at the series regular time of 9:00 p.m. ET/PT. “Preacher,” which is based on Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon’s popular ‘90’s comic book franchise of the same name, is a Sony Pictures Television and AMC Studios co-production.  The ten-episode season was developed for television by executive producers Seth Rogen & Evan Goldberg (This Is the End, Superbad, Neighbors) and executive producer and showrunner Sam Catlin (“Breaking Bad”). 

TNT's "The Last Ship" returns to WonderCon March 26 & Season 3 Begins this Summer

TNT's Hit Drama The Last Ship Returns to WonderCon
Saturday, March 26

Confirmed to Attend:
Cast Members Adam Baldwin, Bridget Regan, Travis Van Winkle, Marissa Neitling and Jocko Sims,
Plus Executive Producers Hank Steinberg, Steven Kane, Michael Katleman and Paul Holahan

The Last Ship Panel at WonderCon 2016
Saturday, March 26, 11 a.m. - Noon
Los Angeles Convention Center: Room 408AB
Panel:  Adam Baldwin, Bridget Regan, Travis Van Winkle, Marissa Neitling, Jocko Sims and executive producers Hank Sternberg, Steven Kane, Michael Katleman and Paul Holahan.
Moderator: TV Guide’s Robert Moynihan

Comic-Con International and Lionsgate Unveil Launch Plans for Comic-Con HQ

COMIC-CON INTERNATIONAL AND LIONSGATE UNVEIL LAUNCH PLANS FOR COMIC-CON HQ, INCLUDING OFFICIAL NAME
AND LOGO FOR NEW SVOD CHANNEL

Comic-Con HQ to Roll Out with Free Beta Access on May 7
and Official Launch in June


Original Content at Launch to Include San Diego Comic-Con Programming Along with Original Scripted and Unscripted Series Kings of Con, Impossible Science and Previously-Announced Her Universe Fashion Show

Platform Will Also Offer Entertainment News and Commentary Featuring a Full Slate of Daily and Weekly Programs, with G4 Stars Kevin Pereira and Adam Sessler Executive Producing Select Shows

SANTA MONICA and SAN DIEGO, California, March 14, 2016 – Comic-Con International and Lionsgate (NYSE:LGF) today unveiled launch plans for Comic-Con HQ, their newly named subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) platform debuting shortly before San Diego Comic-Con this Summer. Comic-Con HQ will launch with free beta access on May 7 with its official premiere in June leading up to Comic-Con International: San Diego in July.

Marvel's Captain America: Civil War in NEW LEGO Marvel's Avengers Video


Today, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment released a new LEGO Marvel’s Avengers video featuring Super Heroes from the recently released Marvel’s Captain America: Civil War Character Pack.

Based on the highly anticipated Marvel Studios film hitting theatres on May 6, 2016, this add-on content is currently available as a FREE download exclusively for PlayStation® 4 and PlayStation® 3 players.

Friday, March 11, 2016

Topps' "National Star Wars Day" - New Star Wars: Card Trader

Digital trading card company Topps is commemorating the one year anniversary of their highly successful Star Wars: Card Trader app for iOS and Android with the announcement of “National Star Wars Day” on Saturday, March 12, 2016.  This kicks off the first of Topps “National Days” campaign, which will be followed by a “National Day” for each one of their popular apps throughout the year including BUNT on April 9.