ICYMI: RGG Studio Reveals New Virtua Fighter and Project Century Trailer at The Game Awards

 

This year’s The Game Awards celebration has come and gone, and there were definitely a LOT of world premiere trailers that showcased some of the best and brightest things that are coming out in the next year or so for the world of video games. 

Chief among those showing their upcoming new titles were SEGA and RGG Studio, who weren’t shy to reveal their new trailers for two very anticipated titles - a brand new Virtua Fighter and the new game that’s part of RGG Studio’s 20th Anniversary celebration in “Project Century”.

You can check out the reveal trailers below, and as a fan of VF and the Like A Dragon/ Ryu Ga Gotoku franchise, I’m excited!

Happy 19th Anniversary, Ryu Ga Gotoku/ Like A Dragon!

 

On this 19 years ago, SEGA and the developers of what would become RGG Studio made a little game called “Ryu Ga Gotoku” - introducing the world to Kazuma Kiryu, the Tojo Clan, Gotoku Majima, Kamurocho, and the beginning of a saga that would stretch out through many games and even spin-offs that would introduce new concepts and ways of expanding the universe that has become so beloved by many worldwide.

As RGG Studio and director of RGG Studio Masayoshi Yokoyama have addressed in an open letter to fans, things are just beginning for the studio and franchise - and next year will be the big 20th anniversary too! Happy 19th Anniversary, Ryu Ga Gotoku/ Like A Dragon!

Marvel Studios: D23 Brasil Shows New Looks at Captain America: Brave New World and Thunderbolts

 

During Marvel Studios’ presentation at D23 Brasil, a couple of new looks were shown for next year’s slate of MCU films - specifically “Captain America: Brave New World” and “Marvel’s Thunderbolts*” - which the former got a new poster and trailer, and the latter a new “Special Look” that is essentially a new trailer as well.

The new poster and trailer for Captain America: Brace New World - which sees Sam Wilson/ Captain America taking on a new conspiracy running inside the government and a gamma powered President Thunderbolt Ross, aka Red Hulk.

Then we also get a new look at Marvel’s Thunderbolts* - showing more action and comedic antics between the team consisting of the likes of Bucky Barnes, Yelena Belova, Red Guardian, John Walker, and so on.

Captain America: Brave New World arrives this February, and Thunderbolts* this May.

New Godzilla Film Confirmed, To Be Directed by Takashi Yamazaki

 It’s official - the director, writer, and VFX supervisor of Academy Award winning film “Godzilla: Minus One” is returning to helm the next Gojira film!

Straight from Toho and Takashi Yamazaki themselves - and announced during the month Godzilla celebrates his 70th Anniversary! Stay tuned for more announcements!

Tom Holland’s “Spider-Man 4” Set for July 2026 With Destin Daniel Cretton as Director

The date is officially set - Tom Holland’s return as Peter Parker/ Spider-Man will be happening in less than two years, as The Hollywood Reporter reports that the untitled “Spider-Man 4” will be released on July 2026!

Holland’s new Spidey film will presumably pick up where things left off in No Way Home - with a clean slate where the world doesn’t know who Peter Parker is and he continues to soldier on as your friendly neighborhood wallcrawler. The film will be directed by “Shang-Chi and the Legends of the Ten Rings” director Destin Daniel Cretton, and shooting is expected to begin next summer for Tom - whose schedule will also be packed due to filming Christopher Nolan’s new film alongside Matt Damon and possibly for Avengers: Doomsday as well. Both of those movies are also getting 2026 release dates too.

The untitled new Spidey film hits US theaters on July 24, 2026.

NYCC 2024: Batman Hush 2 Confirmed, Jeph Loeb, Jim Lee, and Team Start With Batman #158 This March 2025

 

After longstanding rumors of a follow up and that the two iconic comic book creators would be teaming up again to work on the Caped Crusader, writer Jeph Loeb and DC Comics president, publisher, and Chief Creative Officer Jim Lee are teaming up again to take on a sequel over twenty years in the making!

As confirmed during their DC Comics panel at this year's New York Comic Con, Loeb, Lee, and their frequent collaborators Scott Williams and Alex Sinclair are reteaming for "Batman Hush 2" or "H2SH" -c the follow-up to their critically acclaimed 12 issue run that began with 2002's Batman #608. That new storyline will begin with Batman #158 this March 2025.

More details about the scoop can be found at Bleeding Cool. For those who have never read Batman: Hush, that story has been collected and printed in several formats and trades including the new DC Compact comics series, and DC Comics will run a Facsimile Edition run of that series from Batman #608 to 619 starting January 2025!

ICYMI: Karate Kid Legends Poster Sees Two Veterans Train A New Generaion

 

Two very different legends from the Karate Kid series are meeting at long last to team-up with the next generation of the franchise, as the very first poster of "Karate Kid Legends" has been released by Columbia Pictures - showing Jackie Chan and Ralph Macchio reprising their roles as Mr. Han from "The Karate Kid" film of 2010 and OG Karate Kid Daniel LaRusso from the original Karate Kid Trilogy and Cobra Kai!

Both will co-star with young prodigy Ben Wang - who plays the character of Li Fong and will fight alongside these veterans in the new sequel that just got its announcement reveal of the title and poster at this year's New York Comic-Con. This will be the newest Karate Kid movie since 2010, and one that will see release some time next year!