Sony announces Playstation 5 release date for Holiday 2020

It's official - the next Playstation is coming sooner than you think!

Announced at their official blog site for their popular video game console, Sony has confirmed some details for the upcoming "Playstation 5" - including new "haptic technology" and adaptive triggers that will be part of the new features that we can expect from the next generation console. Most important of all, the PS5 will be launching on Holiday season 2020 - which will be seven years after the launch of the Playstation 4 and 25 years after the release of the original Playstation.

You can read up more details and news about the PS5 announcement via Playstation Blog and WIRED!

Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse: Wired presents "How Animators Created The Spider-Verse" feature

It's been a month since Sony Pictures Animation, Columbia Pictures, and Marvel Entertainment struck an Academy Award win with their beloved animated feature "Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse" - which won several other awards before nabbing the Oscar for "Best Animated Feature Film" and is arguably one of the best representations of Spider-Man and his multiple counterparts in the big screen. The movie is now out also in Digital and Blu-Ray, packed with several other extras and special features for fans to delve into.

To honor a great film, WIRED has also come up with a feature video that takes a look at how the animators of the animated film created Spider-Verse - bringing to life the likes of Miles Morales, Peter Parker, Gwen Stacy, and the rest of the web warriors.

How Animators Created the Spider-Verse | WIRED
Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse is now available in Digital Media and Blu-Ray.

Happy Valentine's Day: DC Comics brings out some New 52 Punny Valentine Cards

Looks like there's a way to express love and romance coming this All Hearts Day heroically, as DC Comics has released 18 different sets of "Punny Valentine's Cards" to commemorate the occasion, highlighting the different heroes and characters from the current New 52 universe of comics!

Featured above are the likes of Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, The Flash, Green Lantern, Catwoman, Shazam, Batgirl, and much more. These will be featured in the one-shot "Young Romance: The New 52 Valentine's Day Special", and you'll be getting all of these lovable pun cards as a giveaway.  You can see more info from Wired.com, or view much larger individual pics cards via the source post at DC Comics.com.

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!!!!

TDKR Viral Marketing Campaign: Operation: Early Bird

Straight out of the Twitter feed @thefirerises, a new clue for "The Dark Knight Rises" was unveiled, teasing something called "Operation: Early Bird" which starts at 10am PST and ties in to the previous two viral marketing files released by Wired and Empire.

What this means is, again, anybody's guess, but be sure to follow @thefirerises on Twitter for updates, as well as visiting the site operationearlybird.com, which has gone live online. For more info on the story, visit the source post at Superherohype!

The Dark Knight Rises scrambles into theaters next year on July 20!

The Dark Knight Rises Viral Marketing Begins

Back in 2007, months before "The Dark Knight" was released in theaters on July 2008, Warner Bros. and Christopher Nolan took teasing and fan interaction to the next level by introducing various "viral marketing campaigns". Every one of them, while fictional, purposely served as a cryptic clues and lead ons to the actual movie, ranging from mini online games to actual puzzles and scavenger hunts that sent fans on a solving frenzy, rewarding them in return with scribbles and downright amusing stuff (one reward in particular being the first official image of the late Heath Ledger as The Joker). Now, the legacy continues, as Nolan's next and final Batman film preps up to do the same!

As of today, "The Dark Knight Rises" has now officially started its viral marketing campaign, beginning with a CIA Bulletin that was posted on Wired and features the profile of one Dr. Leonid Pavel (played by Alon Abutbul), and then another on Empire featuring a document that has a transcript of a conversation between a Militia man and a mysterious CIA Staff member.

What these mean and how it relates to the overall plot of TDKR is anybody's guess. More clues are surely on the way... so let the speculation begin for now. In the meantime, look forward to the 6 minute prologue that's going to be attached with IMAX screenings of Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol next week, as well as the new trailer coming before the year ends! For more information on the viral marketing campaign pics you see here, visi the source posts at Wired, Empire, and Superherohype!

The Dark Knight Rises glides into theaters worldwide on July 20, 2012!