Finally, for the first time in MGS history, all core titles of the acclaimed video game series by Hideo Kojima – Metal Gear Solid will be released in one single package – Metal Gear Solid: The Legacy Collection. It will be available in the PS3  starting July 9, 2013.

Here are the list of the MGS games that will be included in the collection:

• Metal Gear
• Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake
• Metal Gear Solid (not an HD version)
• Metal Gear Solid: VR Missions
• Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
• Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
• Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriot
• Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker

Additionaly, copies of Ashley Wood’s graphic novel adaptation for MGS 1 and MGS2 and a beautiful 100-page art book containing rare marketing art will also be included. The Legacy Collection will be priced at $49.99. Even though they already released the HD collection already, this collection still looks very different and great since it includes more games and material that truly makes this a collector’s item. If you’re pumped because of MGS V: The Phantom Pain (watch trailer here), it wouldn’t hurt to save up and get the collection and play every MGS game before it comes out.

American Vampire is still in hiatus, but Scott Snyder, Rafael Albuquerque and Vertigo still has a lot of good stuff for us. Although American Vampire: The Long Road to Hell will help us pass the time until next month, Vertigo just announced the release of the American Vampire Anthology in August.

The anthology will be an 80-page one shot special, that will be released on August 7 for $7.99 and will contain new short stories from the American Vampire mythos by talents like …. GREG RUCKA! JEFF LEMIRE! GAIL SIMONE! FABIO MOON! GABRIEL BA! BECKY CLOONAN!! RAY FAWKES, DECLAN SHALVEY and FRANCESCO FRANCAVILLA!!!!

It will also feature old and even introduce new characters. The main American Vampire book will return later this year.

Vin Diesel is back in his role as the Furyan antihero of the Riddick film series. Check out below the trailer for the third installment of the series! ‘Riddick‘ is the latest chapter of the groundbreaking saga that began with 2000′s hit sci-fi film Pitch Black and 2004′s The Chronicles of Riddick. 

Movie Review: Star Trek – Into Darkness

I’m no Trekie, but 2009′s Star Trek movie was a nice surprise. While not flawless, it succeeded in accomplishing multiple tasks. It was a reboot that was both faithful to the original incarnation’s core premise therefore not pissing off any hardcore fan boys and fresh enough for new fans to jump on the decades’ old bandwagon. Now we have the sequel “Into Darkness” which keeps the cast of the last flick and director JJ Abrams who will also be directing Disney’s Star Wars reboot (therefore making Abrams the king of sci-fi remakes) and adds plenty of things to make veteran trekkers pee in their pants. It’s got space travel, familiar names, the Enterprise and (gasp!) Klingons! While the movie will definitely please it’s REALLY old fan base will new fans still be able to CLING ON (yeah I went there) to it?

Minor spoilers ahead:

Once again the bond between Captain Kirk and Spock (played by Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto respectively) takes center stage. Now though, instead of being rivals they’ve become awkward friends. The chemistry between Pine and Quinto was great in the last movie, but it’s nothing compared to how it is now. The pair play off of each other through humorous banter and brotherly moments that will affect you emotionally (or if you’re from tumblr it has plenty of touchy feels). Individually both are still rather impressive. Pine shines as Captain Kirk with his shameless bravado and witty comebacks, but he can also handle the serious moments really well. He’s also gained some weight, I’m not sure if that’s laziness in Pine’s part or dedication to the role since original Trek actor William Shatner never really had abs of steel either. Quinto’s Spock continues to be the highlight of the franchise as he sells his cold demeanor and inner struggle with his emotions to perfection.

New to the franchise is Benedict Cumberbatch from the popular tv show Sherlock. He plays as antagonist John Harrison, but is actually another character so important to the Trek mythos that I wouldn’t dare spoil it (admittedly if you’re one of the newer fans like me you wouldn’t care, but hey let’s be nice!). Cumberbatch is perfect as far as villains get; his voice commands attention (and can move mountains), his facial epressions are phenomenal and his acting saves his character. I say that because the character is pretty generic; he’s egotistic and boastful which is delightful, but his goals (which I won’t spoil) aren’t clear. Admittedly that blame goes to the script since Cumberbatch truly gets the most out of his character.

The other characters are mixed as some get needed screen time and development while others are ignored. Simon Pegg’s character Scotty gets more attention this time around and he does a tremendous job being both the comic relief and the heart of the movie while Karl Urban continues to be smart, charming and funny as Dr. Bones. The ladies don’t get the same treatment sadly; Alice Eve’s charcater Carol Marcus is essentially a very pretty plot device who only does like two things and then gets her leg broken while Zoe Saldana doesn’t really do anything as Uhura except yell, kiss and comfort Spock. To be fair male characters Sulu and Chekov don’t do much either which is a shame as John Cho and Anton Yutchin play their roles well, they just don’t matter to the plot.

Speaking of the plot it is a MESS. I’ll admit that it’s not horribly written, but it feels like the writers wanted to cram as much stuff as they wanted into 2 hours and it shows. It starts as a black ops mission then becomes an intergalactic military conspiracy theory which uncouthly transmissions to a framed for not following the orders style story which THEN roughly turns to an expected betrayal arc, still with me? Good, because there are TWO MORE PLOT TWISTS AFTER THAT. I understand that any good script needs one or two twists to make a story interesting, but this is just ridiculous. The pacing is also incredibly off. The laughs, tears and punches are balanced well for the first hour then everything turns to bananas thanks to plenty of explosions and drama for the sake of putting the cast in danger, but without any breathing room to let everything sink in it all feels Empty. The prime example of this is near the end where Spock and Kirk have an astonishingly touching scene that was built up perfectly from the beginning with the actors truly pulling on the heart strings of the audience and is then followed up with MORE EXPLOSIONS AND – I sh*t you not- A CHASE SEQUENCE.

Despite the faults I still give “Into Darkness” a full recommendation. It might have too much explosions and unnecessary drama for it’s own good, but at least the explosions are pretty to look at and the drama is well acted by everyone in the film. In the end despite a mediocre journey to venture through the actors’ performances shine through the darkness. Yes I went there as well. WATCH IT!

Special thanks to our friends from SOLAR-UIP for the Imax tickets and the opportunity to watch this awesome flick!

The first teaser trailer for the new Batman videogame — Batman: Arkham Origins is now out!!! It shows  a short battle between Batman and Deathstroke! The game will feature the debut of Deathstroke and Alberto Falcone, and the return of characters like Penguin and Alfred Pennyworth. Let’s hope the game turns out to be great like its predecessors Arkham Asylum and Arkham City!

The Joker has not yet been confirmed to appear and Mark Hammil is said to be not involved with the game. Long time, fan favorite Kevin Conroy is not slated to voice Batman in the new game and will opt for another actor to voice a younger Batman.

Batman: Arkham Origins is set to be released on October 2013, for Xbox, Playstation, Wii U and PC.

Here’s the newest photo of Anthony Mackie as the Falcon  (thanks to our friends at Newsarama.com) in Captain America: The Winter Soldier - in cinemas April 4, 2014 – and it really looks like he’s going to be based on the Ultimate version of the high-flying African hero. The lack of wings most likely means that he’ll have them post-CGI. The REAL question here is whether or not he’ll have his trusty pal Redwing flying around with him.

In other news, ComicBookMovie.com reports that the newest issue of EW features Iron Man 3 stars Robert Downey Jr. and Gwyneth Paltrow on the cover, and also (somewhat) confirms the recent rumor that mutant superheroes Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver will be added to The Avengers 2‘s roster. Marvel Studios head honcho Kevin Feige remains tight-lipped on the topic, though, stating that he is “[neither] confirming [nor] denying. The draft could change six months from now.”  Honestly, at this point we’d really rather get Ant-Man and Wasp, but the possibility of a “Cap’s Kooky Quartet” sequence with Pietro and Wanda joining Hawkeye and Captain America on perhaps a stealth/reconnaissance mission excites us, too!

Here’s a look at the Iron Man 3-themed EW cover:

How do you feel about the Falcon in Cap 2? Would you rather see other Avengers such as Black Panther or Ms Marvel in the sequel? Drop us a line in the Comments section – it’s absolutely free, and we won’t bite! (Most of the time, anyway!)

Days before it’s intended release date, a lo-res scan of Dan Slott and Ryan Stegman’s Superior Spider-Man # 9 has made it’s way into bittorrent sites.

Still no lead on who’s responsible for the leak at the moment. Superior Spider-Man # 9 has been tauted by writer Dan Slott as a must-read for fans of Peter Parker and/or Otto Octavius. This will also be the moment when we finally decide who’s going to do the driving in Peter Parker’s brain for awhile.

Warner Bros. Pictures has shared the new trailer for Pacific Rim which is directed by Guillermo Del Torro. I wanted to ask a couple of questions pertaining to this new questions and maybe get you guys to solve the riddle.

1. Who are the new Jaegers?

We’re all familiar with the first batch like Cherno Alpha, Striker Eureka and the jaeger that Charlie Hunnam and Rinko Kikuchi pilots which was Gypsy Danger. So who are these new guys? It looks like the film still has more secrets that it doesn’t plan on revealing until July 11.

2. What is Ron Perlman’s role?

If you ask me, the man who played Hellboy could be the boss of the whole operation. Actually this is the first time we’ve seen him in any of the trailers. Originally I was assuming that Idris Elba was just a pilot but it looks like he got bumped to a commander or something.

3. Flying Kaijus

So we’re seeing flying kaijus now which makes me wonder what are the other ‘specialized’ kaijus we might be seeing here in this epic movie. Also, it’s interesting to note that this might just be a throwback to an old Godzilla foe called Rodan.

4. Who are they fighting in Space?

So not only is Pacific Rim about giant robots fighting giant monsters, it looks like the fight might be brought to outer space as we can see in this. But who are they dealing with? What kind of Kaiju has the capability to fly off to space, let alone carry a giant mech along with it.  Sounds interesting.

With the release of the first trailer for Elysium, fans of District 9 are excited what’s in store for them from Neil Blomkamp’s second sci-fi movie. With regards to a District 10 movie, here’s what he got to say about it on a recent interview:

“My goal is to do it. I already have a story and it’s pretty cool. At least I think it’s cool. The problem is when I’m going to do it. I want to make a comedy. After I’m done, what comes next? You don’t know. I feel like doing District 10, but I’m not sure.“

A lot of people have been waiting for a sequel for years, and if Elysium gets a hit, maybe it would be enough for Blomkamp to start D10. Another project that Blomkamp is working on since last year is Chappie, in which he said it was a “sci-fi with some hilarious situations“. Nevertheless, we’ll all wait for what he has to offer especially if its sci-fi.

If you’ve watched IRON MAN 3, then you’d probably be wondering how rich or what is the cost of being Iron Man in the 3rd movie. Well, here’s an infographic showing us how much it will cost if we suddenly want to become Iron Man!

SOURCE: MoneySupermarket

We just finished April’s Geek Giveaway and now we’re gonna announce the 5 random lucky winners of the JUPITER’s LEGACY #1 giveaway that was started in Flipgeeks’ official facebook. Here are the 5 winners, all of which will be contacted through facebook:

Jupiter’s Legacy is a new series by writer Mark Millar (Wanted, The Ultimates, Superman: Red Son) and artist Frank Quietly (All Star Superman, Batman and Robinm, The Authority). You can read our review of issue 1 here.

Special thanks to Comic Odyssey!!

More time displaced X-Men are set to appear in the pages of the X-books for the new crossover story from Marvel entitled X-Men: Battle of the Atom.

According to the panel that was held at C2E2, the book will run in four different X-books namely Brian Michael Bendis’ Uncanny X-Men and All New X-Men. Jason Aaron’s Wolverine and the X-Men, and X-Men by Brian Wood. The crossover will also have an epilogue and a prologue in the form of X-Men: Battle of the Atom # 1 and # 2 with art by Frank Cho.

Interestingly enough, Marvel was kind enough to show some of the concept art for the future mutants joining the rumble between Team Wolverine and Team Cyclops as done by Arthur Adams.

Sorry for the art being too bright, it from CBR just like this. Anyway, view the gallery to see more future mutants including a mutated Hank McCoy and Ice-Thing.