Welcome to the pretty-much-mostly-daily Lying In The Gutters. A run around the day before and the day ahead. You can sign up to receive it as an e-mail here. The 15 most-read stories yesterday Which JJ Abrams Reveal Will Be More Shocking to Spider-Man Fans? (Spoilers) Is DC Comics Using the Same Plot as House […]

Permanent Record, Edward Snowden’s memoir came out today. It has gone on sale in 20 countries, including the US, UK, Germany and Canada. And just as quickly, the US government has filed a lawsuit against Snowden and his publisher MacMillan Books. Snowden was a contractor for the National Security Agency who leaked highly-classified secrets of […]

Permanent Record, Edward Snowden’s memoir came out today. It has gone on sale in 20 countries, including the US, UK, Germany and Canada. And just as quickly, the US government has filed a lawsuit against Snowden and his publisher MacMillan Books. Snowden was a contractor for the National Security Agency who leaked highly-classified secrets of […]

DC Comics has told retailers that, after decades, they are closing their speciality retail co-op advertising programme. As Bleeding Cool has reported regularly over those decades, DC Comics will pay towards the costs of comic book retailers advertising their store as long as they use approved and substantial DC Comics imagery when doing so. Over […]

The Vast of Night was acquired by Amazon Studios ahead of the film’s Canadian premiere during the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival. This is the first film in years–if not ever–to premiere during the Slamdance Film Festival and go on to screen during Toronto. The film, directed by Andrew Patterson, would go onto become a […]

A short time ago, we received this wonderful subscription box in the mail called Bokksu, filled with some delicious treats from Japan. Considering how much snack food we usually go through playing games, and how many of them are tied to Japanese developers and publishers, this kind of box would totally be up many a […]

Once upon a time, Brian Azzarello was to write the new Suicide Squad comic book as a sequel to Heroes In Crisis to deal with an imprisoned Wally West finding a new purpose – and possibly penance. Then Batman: Damned #1 by Azzarello and Lee Bermejo happened. Years in the making, the first of the […]

A week after a major wave of casting news for CBS All Access‘ 10-episode limited event series adaptation of Stephen King‘s The Stand was released, Whoopi Goldberg took to The View to show off the new white locks she’s sporting “for the next four months” as Mother Abagail. Goldberg revealed that Mother Abagail was “over […]

In Magic: The Gathering, players often are directed to make use of the best cards and the best strategies in order to gain the best outcome – that is, victory. But what if I told you that giving resources to other players could give you a victory of another sort? Welcome to Magic Philanthropy 101. Magic: […]

When Disney revived the Star Wars trilogy with The Force Awakens in 2015, fans were glad to see favorite characters like Luke, Leia, Han, and Chewie return to the screen alongside new stars like Rey, Finn, and Poe. But it wasn’t all a happy reunion, as the movie’s saddest moment came when Kylo Ren killed […]

With the September days upon us, now’s as good a time as any to update ourselves on pre-season news before The CW‘s “Arrowverse” shows return. With Arrow shuffling off the network’s programming coil after an abbreviated eighth season (making The Flash the “elder states-show” of the “Arrowverse” as it speeds into its sixth season), Ruby […]

Nintendo was showing off a new dungeon for The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening at PAX West earlier this month. The dungeon shown off at the convention required some strategic bomb usage, which is absolutely not my forte. It doesn’t help that you need significantly more bombs to progress through the dungeon and the final boss […]

Today sees the publication of Year Of The Villain: Lex Luthor #1 from Jason Latour and Bryan Hitch, that sees the Apex Lex Luthor travelling the multiverse collecting other Lex Luthors along the way. And one in particular, a young version of Lex Luthor in a Smallville-like environment, with a dead drunk father. Who Apex […]

More misadventures are coming as The Boondocks reboot has been picked up for two seasons, for a total of 24-episodes as well as a 55-minute special for Warner Media’s HBO Max streaming platform. Created by Aaron McGruder, the animated series is based on his comic strip of the same name. Known for tackling numerous social […]

FoxNext Games announced this week that Marvel Strike Force would be getting a new update featuring Gravitron and Agent Coulson joining the fight. Along with both of their skills as a master of gravity and an agent with some backup, the game will be getting an upgrade to the A.I.M. units with some new dangerous […]

Dark Horse just sent out two sets of their December 2019 solicitations, One with the listing for Aliens: Colonial Marines #4… and then suddenly one without. As well as that, they are bringing new Black Hammer spinoff Skulldigger: From the World of Black Hammer #1 from Jeff Lemire and Tonci Zonjic. A new Tales from […]

After months of rumors, mindless speculation, and several instances of serious misdirection, Breaking Bad fans finally received the news they were waiting for: Vince Gilligan is returning to tell one more (???) tale with El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie. Written and directed by Gilligan and set to premiere on Netflix on October 11, the […]

Gearbox Publishing dropped a new content update into Risk Of Rain 2 this week, giving players The Loader as well as other updates. While the game still remains in Early Access, it does show the devs are looking to do more with it while under that banner. Here are some of the changes with the […]

Marvel has revealed the December solicitations for Annihilation Scourge, following the Annihilation Scourge Alpha one-shot that launches the event in November. It looks like the event will include a series of one-shots in December and then wrap up with an Omega issue that same month. It’s not revealed whether there will be any additional one-shots […]

There are a lot of fun movies coming out this fall but one that is already gettin a lot of positive buzz is Rian Johnson’s mystery movie Knives Out. The movie premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival to rave reviews. Lionsgate has released a new trailer and a final poster to go along with the massive amount […]

Announced at Tokyo Game Show this week, Square Enix’s Final Fantasy VII Remake will include a classic mode for fans who want a more pure, retro experience. The news was delivered by Producer Yoshinori Kitase and has been detailed in a blog post for the worldwide audience. The post also details the Squats mini-game, Aerith’s combat […]

The HOXPOX X-Men relaunch is moving closer to the finish line, with House of X #5 in stores today and finally revealing what’s up with those magic bean pods. But this is only the prelude, as the real relaunch happens in October with Dawn of X, when Marvel launches a whole new line of X-Men […]

With season 14 set to premiere on Wednesday, September 25, FXX‘s It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia is now tied with ABC’s The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet as the longest-running live-action comedy series. Now that’s a title Mac (Rob McElhenney), Dennis (Glenn Howerton), Charlie (Charlie Day), Dee (Kaitlin Olson), and Frank (Danny DeVito) would be more than happy to […]

Pearl Abyss has announced this week that the Season Of The Hunt will return to Black Desert Online this year, kicking off on September 25th. We have the full list of events for you here as you’ll be able to take part in a couple of boost events, special challenges, drop events, and events tied […]

Is it me or are Marvel and DC Comics writers going through a little bit of a mid-life crisis? Worrying about mortality, legacy, having children, their relationship with their kids, and freaking out into comic book form? I only ask because there seems to be a hell of a lot of it today. The first […]

With Damon Lindelof‘s “remix” of Alan Moore and David Gibbons‘ celebrated comic book series Watchmen set to have its world premiere at this year’s this year’s New York Comic Con (NYCC) 2019 ahead of its October 20 premiere on HBO, Lindelof sat down with Entertainment Weekly for an extensive interview about the series (which is […]

The version of Dragon Quest XI being brought to the Nintendo Switch, Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age – Definitive Edition includes a few extras like character episodes, the ability to travel to previous Dragon Quest worlds, change between HD or 16-bit graphics, synthesized or symphonic music, and English or Japanese voice tracks. The Definitive […]

In today’s Jane Foster: Valkyrie #3 we get to meet Jane Foster’s Pegasus. Known as ‘Horse’. Or, rather, ‘Orse. Bit racist but there you go. And why hadn’t ‘Orse spoken up until now? Because this pegasus is a Yorkshire pegasus. And in the manner of a Yorkshireman’s advice to his son… So this Yorkshire Pegasus […]

Mark-Paul Gosselaar, who played Bayside High’s resident schemer and 90’s Ferris Bueller-wannabe Zach Morris in NBC’s Saved by the Bell, revealed that he would be interested in returning to the franchise for NBCUniversal’s (NBCU) updated project. One problem: he hasn’t been approached about being a part of the new series announced by NBCUniversal earlier this […]

Blizzard revealed where the first major tournament for Hearthstone will be in 2020 as the Masters Tour will head to Arlington, Texas. The event will take place from January 30th until February 2nd at the Esports Stadium Arlington. Over 300 invited competitors from around the globe will be vying for a shot at a $250k […]

Yesterday, Bleeding Cool reported on a contest announced by Andrew Rev’s Terrific Production LLC, the company which bought the rights to Youngblood out from under Rob Liefeld, asking fans to send in designs for characters they created, with one to be chosen to fight Youngblood in an upcoming comic. However, by submitting to the contest, […]

With less than a month to go before the series leaps screens in a single bound on October 4, Netflix has released the official trailer and key images for its upcoming sci-fi family drama Raising Dion. Starring Jason Ritter, Michael B. Jordan, Alisha Wainwright, Ja’Siah Young, Jazmyn Simon, and Sammi Hanney, the nine-episode season is […]

Strange Machine Games announced today that they will be releasing a new tabletop RPG in the Robotech universe called Robotech: The Macross Saga. The book is being written by Jeff Mechlinski and Bryan Young, who are taking 40+ years of history from the IP and building a whole new adventure around it. The initial book […]

We noticed a couple of weeks ago that The Many Lives of Moira Mactaggert storyline from House Of X and Powers Of X bore considerable similarity, in tone and approach, to the life of Rose and Thorn in Legion Of Super-Heroes: Millennium #1. And noted that House Of X writer Jonathan Hickman had pitched a […]

For a show about the growing war between the old gods and news gods, you would think fans wouldn’t be too thrilled with things being “quiet” or “dull” or “boring” – but STARZ‘s American Gods had a bit of a bumpy ride heading into its second season. But after a return that gave the series […]

Paradox Interactive has revealed the third faction in Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 this week with the criminal minds of The Baron. Keeping to parts of the outskirts and other shady parts of Seattle, The Baron are basically the more criminal element of the factions. More specifically, they are all of the criminal elements […]

The hands of DC Comics’publisher Dan DiDio are heavy on Flash Forward #1 by Scott Lobdell, Booth, Norm Rapmund, Luis Guerrero and Troy Peteri are all over Flash Forward #1, published today. Specifically the use of Tempus Fuginaut, the instigator from DiDio’s Silencer series.  But there’s also the clear intent to try and make sense […]

Less than two weeks after Netflix‘s Lucifer announced that filming on Tom Ellis‘ final run as the devilish lead was underway (more on that below), fans are getting another episode title reveal – the second of the season’s 16 episodes. The title and “writer/director” script info on the fifth and final season-opener was revealed at […]

Ubisoft is going all out to promote Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Breakpoint by featuring a new ad starting Lil Wayne, directed by David Leitch. With the ad cane news that there will be an open beta for the game taking place from September 26th–30th on PS4, Xbox One, and PC. Right now there’s no word […]

Following the announcement last week that Vault Comics would print a variant for These Savage Shores in gold ink for Local Comic Shop Day, the fancy-pants publisher has now announced an even more luxurious variant catering to the ultra-elite 1% of comics collectors for The Plot #1, to be sold exclusively at New York Comic […]

Combine our professional obsession with uber-creative genius Ryan Murphy (Glee, Pose, 9-1-1, Feud, and a billion more) with our love for 80’s horror/slasher film, and it’s easy to understand why we’re excited for FX‘s American Horror Story: 1984. In fact, executive producer Tim Minear only confirmed our excitement when he said this about the upcoming […]

I’ve played the Switch version of Dauntless twice now, at E3 and PAX West, and it plays like most Switch ports – with similar controls and slightly toned-down graphics due to the hardware limitations of the Switch. The mechanics and controls of the game are unchanged, and the Switch edition will launch with all the content […]

Raina Telgemeier is the Children’s Laureate of Graphic Novels. Her books are the bestselling graphic novels in America because they matter to children. Guts is her latest and continues her streak of stories that explore childhood fears and anxieties. Guts is about stomach trouble and fear of illness. It starts with young Raina and her […]

If you’re a fan of the Walking Dead universe, things are pretty sweet right now – especially from the perspective of AMC‘s Fear the Walking Dead. Following up on an epic appearance at this summer’s Comic-Con International: San Diego (SDCC), we learned that the series been picked up for a sixth season – and as […]

Magic: The Gathering‘s 82 expansion set, Throne of Eldraine, is coming out remarkably soon – October 4th, or, if you play Magic: The Gathering: Arena, September 26th – and preview cards have been rolling out like mad. Knights based on Arthurian fables are being printed alongside creatures and characters inspired by the fairy tales of […]

Dark Horse Comics has announced a new Aliens vs. Predator series launching in December, by writer Jeremy Barlow, artist Doug Wheatly, and letterer Michael Heisler. Aliens vs. Predator: Thicker Than Blood will be a four-issue series, with the first issue hitting stores on December 11th with a cover by Chun Lo. Check out the press […]

After weeks of waiting, Jesse Custer’s (Dominic Cooper) final sermon from “The Book of Genesis” is officially underway, with AMC‘s adaptation of Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon‘s Preacher running its fourth and final season gauntlet. What’s the best way to put this? Let’s just say that even if you’re familiar with the original comic book […]

Activision and Tencent Games announced that Call Of Duty: Mobile will officially launch on iOS and Android on October 1st. The game will be totally free to play at launch, and will most likely work like other mobile games of the same type where purchases of additional items can be made through the store. You […]

Cletus Kasady, created by David Michelinie and Erik Larsen, first appeared in Amazing Spider-Man #344 and became the first and most well-known host of the Carnage symbiote, spawn of Venom. Portrayed by Woody Harrelson in the Venom movie, Kasady’s origin story has been getting some updates of late, and today’s Absolute Carnage #3 takes that […]

No matter what (if any) involvement Lord of the Rings/Hobbit cinematic guru Peter Jackson has with Amazon Prime Video‘s upcoming prequel series, the streaming service and writers/showrunners JD Payne and Patrick McKay are looking to walk in the filmmaker’s footsteps by basing production in New Zealand. With pre-production currently underway and full production expected to […]

Koei Tecmo and Omega Force’s Attack on Titan 2 got a major content update this summer to add two new game modes to the RPG. Attack on Titan 2 is based on the anime, rather than the manga, and the Final Battle content update brings the game’s story up to date with the third season of […]

In May 2012, Bleeding Cool broke the story that DC Comics was to announce that one of their classically established characters was to be recreated as a gay character in their New 52 reboot universe. And that it would be an iconic male character. We then heard that it would be Alan Scott, the original […]

With the September days upon us, now’s as good a time as any to update ourselves on pre-season news before The CW‘s “Arrowverse” shows return. With Arrow shuffling off the network’s programming coil after an abbreviated eighth season (making The Flash the “elder states-show” of the “Arrowverse” as it speeds into its sixth season), Ruby […]

This morning, Focus Home Interactive revealed all of the plans they have in store for The Surge 2 for Xbox One X and PS4 Pro players. We now know the game will officially support 4K gameplay graphics for both consoles, helping bring to life the destruction and fusions the game has to offer. We have […]

Today sees the publication of Superman #15, solicited as part of DC’s Year Of The Villain crossover, but is it really? There seems to be a real absence of villainy. Rogol Zaar has been defeated. And the time bubble caused by Dr Manhattan meddling in the time stream is closed as Jor-El’s very existence is […]

NBC Universal opted for simplicity when it came to branding its new streaming service, Peacock. It’s not surprising given the colorful animal was officially adopted as the company’s logo in 1979. NBCU announced a number of reboots, including a new Battlestar Galactica from Mr. Robot creator Sam Esmail; Saved by the Bell from Great News […]

Like other games in the “Arland” Atelier series, Atelier Lulua: The Scion of Arland has the same focus on crafting and alchemy as the other entries in the series. It sticks to the same formula as previous games, with a few changes. You can’t skip assist animations or cutscenes, and crafting no longer has a timer. […]

Goldballs was a character created by Brian Bendis and Chris Bachalo for their Uncanny X-Men launch back in 2013. Real name Fabio Medina, he had the power to create bouncing gold balls. Made of an unknown substance and of different sizes from any part of his body, they can be projected and so can be […]

After months of rumors, mindless speculation, and several instances of serious misdirection, Breaking Bad fans finally received the news they were waiting for: Vince Gilligan is returning to tell one more (???) tale with El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie. Written and directed by Gilligan and set to premiere on Netflix on October 11, the […]

Behaviour Interactive, GAEA, and HBO all revealed today a couple of characters appearing in the upcoming game Game Of Thrones: Beyond The Wall. Aside from the fact that we know the game will have Jaime Lannister, Tormund Giantsbane, and Melisandre included in the game, we now have stats and abilities on Daenerys Targaryen and John […]