Xcursus: X-happenings at the SDCC 2011!

So now I'm guessing you know what the SDCC is all about, & you're aware of all the main SDCC happenings that are gonna be taking place this year...For starters, the SDCC 2011 Marvel booth is looking nothing short of EPIC!! The pics aren't X-related, but are TOO amazing to not be posted!
Now let's see what are all the X-events that are gonna be storming the Con in CA! (Click on the panel titles to get to its related post!)

July 21
Marvel: The Next Big Thing Panel
Learn where all your favorite heroes will be heading in the coming year! Panelists Nick Spencer (ULTIMATE COMICS X-MEN), Greg Pak (Incredible Hulks), Jonathan Hickman (FF), Jim McCann (Marvel Zombies Christmas Carol), Editor in Chief Axel Alonso & others will be answering questions & giving a sneak peek at what's to come from Marvel!

July 22

Year of the X-Men Panel
Currently in X-Men: Schism, the X-Men have been broken between Team Cyclops & Team Wolverine- threatening to tear the X-Men apart. So what next? X-Men Regenesis! And this panel- consisting of writers Marjorie Liu (X-23), Rick Remender (Uncanny X-Force), Chris Yost (X-Men: First To Last) and Editor in Chief Axel Alonso- are out there to discuss just that!

Marvel Television Presents: Anime on G4 Panel

You know EXACTLY what this means dontchya?! Yup, Marvel’s Head of TV, Jeph Loeb & some "surprise guests" will be giving you the low-down on the Wolverine & X-Men anime TV shows! Plus they'll be screening a sneak peek of the X-Men anime's first episode!

July 23
Activision Panel Featuring (Spider-Man: Edge of Time &) X-Men Destiny
Comic book legend Stan Lee will talk about the fate of his creations in these games with Marvel writer Peter David (creator of Spiderman 2099) & Marvel VP of Games, TQ Jefferson. Jullian Spillane, project director of Silicon Knights will give an inside look into X-Men Destiny. Expect the cast of both these games to drop in! Get an exclusive preview of never-before-seen footage for the upcoming games! Moderated by Editorial Director of Marvel.com, Ryan Penagos (aka Agent M).

Marvel Television Presents Panel
Jeph Loeb will give your first look at The Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes Season 2, a sneak peek at the Ultimate Spiderman show & expect "a few other surprises from Marvel Television"...Will these surprises include more X-stuff on the tube? We'll have to wait & see!

Marvel vs. Capcom Panel

Yet another game series featuring X-characters I have to discuss about here- get a behind-the-scenes look at Marvel vs. Capcom 3 from producer Ryota Niitsuma, followed by Q&A.

Marvel Video Games Panel
Besides several other Marvel games set for release this year learn more about X-Men Destiny, Super Hero Squad Online, Super Hero Squad 3DS/uDraw, Marvel Pinball, Marvel Universe MMO as well as the future of Marvel vs Capcom 3, with exclusive trailers (like the XMD Choice trailer below), surprise reveals and a Q&A with the games' creators!


Hasbro: Marvel Panel

Along with that of the Thor, Captain-America: The First Avenger & Spider-Man toy lines, the marketing and design teams of the Marvel Universe figures (that including toys of several X-characters- check the pic below) present all their latest! Get a sneak peek into the 2012 lines!

Cup O' Joe Panel

The highlight of Marvel's program at all the major Cons! Why? Cos it's a no-holds-barred Q&A with Marvel's Chief Creative Officer Joe Quesada. And with surprise guests always dropping in- guaranteed fun for any Marvelite!

July 24
Disney/Marvel Team-Up Panel
Marvel wraps up the SDCC with editors of Disney Publishing Worldwide (DPW) & Marvel unveiling their new Marvel Origin Storybooks for kids, that retell the stories of Marvel's icons, including, you guessed it- the X-Men. Check out the artwork, film adaptations & beginner books with Marvel's Senior VP, Ruwan Jayatilleke, DPW's Global Editorial Director, Rich Thomas & DPW's Senior Editor, Michael Siglain.

And of course besides all these X-updates we'll be getting new details on The Avengers, Amazing Spider-Man & Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance movies besides the toons too! I for one, am looking forward to see what news lies ahead!

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Xcite! X-Men Destiny Game Voice Talent Revealed!

Before I continue, I do hope you guys have read this post. Now onto the news at hand!

The voice talent for the X-Men Destiny game has been announced & it boasts of some pretty familiar names, but these are just for the 3 main playable characters:
Heroes' Milo Ventimiglia as Grant Alexander. Now this seems to be a more suitable fit than him voicing Wolverine for the Wolverine anime show! It seems like he's on Marvel's Fave Voice-over Actors list now!

Sucker Punch's Jamie Chung as Aimi Yoshida.

Friday Night Lights' Scott Porter as Adrian Luca.

(Thanks to WorthPlaying for the casting news!)

None of the voiceover artists for the mainstream X-characters featuring in the game include any well-known names (save Tom Kane & Fred Tatasciore as Magneto & Beast/Juggernaut respectively). This comes as no surprise really, as they aren't the main characters in the game. Also set to make an appearance (besides the last 3 famous mentions) are Cyclops, Wolverine, Colossus, Gambit, Iceman, Emma Frost, Nightcrawler & Quicksilver (who happens to be voiced by an Indian! YAY!).

(Just fyi, voices for the Spiderman: Edge of Time game have also been revealed: Val Kilmer(!) as Dr. Walker Sloan (the game's main villain), Smallville's Supergirl Laura Vandervoot as Mary Jane & Battlestar Galactica's Katee Sackhoff as Felicia Hardy aka Black Cat.)

But don't get distracted with THAT news! Below are TWO videos to keep you pumped for the X-Men Destiny game! The first is another trailer for the game:


Now the video below is an extremely cool E3 2011 Gamespot stage demo for the game- GREAT if you want an in-depth look at the graphics, gameplay & overall dynamics of the game with an interview of Activision Producer Doug Heder! After seeing it I was convinced that this is a refreshing change for those of us who were getting a bit too used to the way Beenox used to make their games with Activision- everything so predictable! ENJOY the vid!


Excited?? Why don't you pre-order X-Men Destiny from right here? If you pre-order the game for PS3/Xbox 360, you'll get an early unlock of Emma Frost Suits for your 3 main characters:

^Snazzy eh? These will grant aditional abilities to your characters! Click the suitable link below to learn more:

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Xcite! X-Men Destiny Video Game

X-Men Destiny is the much talked-about upcoming game that's being released in September 2011 by Activision. However this time Beenox is not at all involved in the production like it was for the last few games involving the X-Men (namely X-Men Legends, X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse & Marvel: Ultimate Alliance). This time around Silicon Knights is currently developing the game. They are the same guys who brought you Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes amongst others...

Another thing that makes this game unique is that you don't play any of the popular X-Men characters, but rather you choose a character from three original mutant characters created JUST for this game! The first character is Aimi Yoshida, a 15 year old Japanese girl who was smuggled to San Francisco from Japan by her parents to avoid incarceration in a mutant camp. Check her out below...



The second character is Grant Alexander, an American student from Georgia who dreams of becoming a professional footballer. Finally we have Adrian Luca, who was a member of the Purifiers (an anti-mutant group) until his powers emerged. Both their pics are below.





However the sad news (for me at least) is that I'll not be able to play the game as it is only releasing on the PS3, Wii, Xbox 360 & Nintendo DS! *sniff, sniff* T_T Of course that doesn't stop me from sharing the news with the rest of the X-fans across the world!

You'll can watch the video below to see which characters are gonna be in the game.



So are you looking forward to this? Or are you loathing the fact that none of the famous staple X-Men characters are playable by you, except the 3 characters featured at the end...?

UPDATE: IGN has some extra news for us, with promises of more to come soon! The basic points are:
*It's gonna be an RPG.
*Northstar may also play a role in this game (but just how important he is isn't clear).
*You can customize the powers of your chosen character & can expand & develop their powers too. You can also change costumes.

UPDATE (20/7): Excited?? If you pre-order the game now for PS3/Xbox 360, you'll get an early unlock of Emma Frost Suits for your 3 main characters:

^Snazzy eh? These will grant aditional abilities to your characters! Click the suitable link below to learn more:

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