Calling all console warriors. Do you believe you have what it takes to enter the mighty gates of Valhalla? Your chance to try and best the giants called Jotun is quickly approaching.

You will play Thora, a viking warrior who is granted a second chance to prove herself worthy of entry into Valhalla and her rightful place among the gods. Featuring breathtaking hand-drawn visuals and fast-paced, action-adventure gameplay with larger-than-life bosses, you will need all your wits and the blessings of the gods if you hope to earn your rightful place in the afterlife.

Check out the trailer below and be ready for your chance is coming this fall.

Jotun: Valhalla Edition is scheduled for release September 8th on Wii U and September 9th for PS4 and Xbox One.

*Jotun: Valhalla edition upgrades will also release as a free update for owners of the PC/MAC/Linux version on September 9th.

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PlayStation Plus members, it’s just about that time to get our next set of free games for being members of the PlayStation family. While there isn’t anything on the list that will turn heads like in previous months, there are still a few on this list that I personally enjoyed and are interested enough to give them another playthrough.

September’s Free Games include:

• PS4
  • Lords of the Fallen
  • Badland
• PS3
  • Journey
  • Badland
  • Datura
  • Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands
• PS Vita
  • Badland
  • Amnesia: Memories

I know I will be playing a lot more Journey come next month, but how about you? Which of Septembers lineup are you most looking forward to?

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We have a whole year to watch a new episode of Sherlock, but the cast and crew of the show are not letting us forget about it. BBC’s Sherlock has slowly been dropping hints for the anticipated fourth season, which will premiere sometime in 2017.

Today, they released an official poster with our favorite sleuth with his partner looking handsome as ever. It doesn’t reveal much other than how laid back John Watson has become with his plaid shirt and jeans. His hair is looking pretty fly too. He may be looking too cool considering he now has a child to raise.

The first three episodes will be direced by Rachel Talalay (Doctor Who, The Flash) with Toby Jones playing the new villain Culverton Smith.

The first synopsis for the three episodes by Talalay have been released:

Sherlock will return to screens with three brand-new episodes promising laughter, tears, shocks, surprises and extraordinary cases…

Series four begins with the nation’s favourite detective, the mercurial Sherlock Holmes, back once more on British soil, as Doctor Watson and his wife, Mary, prepare for their biggest ever challenge – becoming parents for the first time.

Sherlock returns in 2017.

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It’s time for another Honest Trailer, and this time the team goes for the jugular with Batman: The Killing Joke, the R-rated animated movie. It takes a jab at the awkward sex scene involving Batman and Batgirl, the failed attempt at making Batgirl a stronger character compared to the comics, the ’90s gay character and many more. If you loved the animated movie with a passion, you may want to look away.

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Anime fans, rejoice! You now have a new way to scratch that Attack on Titan itch with Attack on Titan: Wings of Freedom. The game encompasses the entire anime released so far and even goes beyond what fans have seen thanks to some exclusive game content. Relive all the great moments from the first season of the anime with Eren, Mikasa and the rest of the cadet corps and Scout regiment.

Gameplay and Story

For those new to the series, Attack on Titan centers around characters Eren Jaeger, Mikasa Ackerman, and Armin Arlert as they struggle to survive against larger-than-life Titans that have no motives other than devouring all of mankind. The campaign will cover the entirety of the anime’s 25 episode season as well as some extra post-story content that will definitely please the fans. Throughout the campaign, you will swap between various members of the scout regiment, each with their own stats and skills. As you subjugate Titans and complete missions, you will earn experience to level up each character. Each level will bestow helpful abilities such as the ability to boost twice in succession, swap your damaged blades out in mid-air, and even gain the ability to rotate while reeling in to attack.

Besides upgrading your character, you will also be able to craft better blades, ODM (omni-directional movement) and your Scabbards/canisters. Upgrading these are a crucial element of strengthening your characters. Upgrading these various portions of your gear require copious amounts of materials, many of which are acquired by severing specific limbs on Titans. Thankfully the parts that house materials are marked on each Titan, making the hunt for materials during missions easy and intuitive. After completing missions, you will also be rewarded with specific materials as well as bonuses for earning an S-rank, or completing special objectives.

Attack on Titan plays similar to other KOEI Tecmo games made by Omega Force (Dynasty/Samurai Warriors, Toukiden, etc). Their previous games all share a common gameplay formula and this game is no different. Your character will be the deciding factor in every mission. Whether allies or NPCs die or live will all come down to you being able to prioritize and kill as many if not all the targets on the mini-map in the most efficient order. Combat is easy to learn but will take some time and precision to master. Sure you can just attack the nape of the Titans to go for the quick kill, but this won’t always be the case. Often times it will be more efficient to take out a weaker limb to make the Titan more vulnerable, thus easier to land the killing blow. As you progress through the story, you will eventually be confronted by the special Titans from anime. These fights will be the most challenging, as to be expected. Each of the special Titans that you fight will have special conditions that you must fight under such as invulnerabilities to allies, hardened limbs, and various other defenses to overcome.

Highlights

You can really tell which areas of the game were focused on. High on the list was the studio focus on authenticity to the subject matter. The Titans, characters and environment look to be directly ripped out of the manga and anime. Each scene feels like you are reliving the anime from the perspective of the characters, between the gorgeous visuals of the destructible environments, original Japanese voice actors, and its sheer amount of content. It is further enhanced with extra backstory into the world and its characters. Besides the main story, there is also 50+ episodes of side missions to take on, many of which can be played online with up to 3 friends. Overall I’d have to say that the gameplay, while simple, is just plain fun. It takes me back to the feelings I had when games like Dynasty Warriors were fresh and new. It can feel repetitive at times, but this is remedied by swapping of characters, the crafting system, variety in the missions, and larger-than-life boss battles.

Final Reaction

Attack on Titan: Wings of Freedom does a lot right with very little content. It makes up for its lack of content with excellent execution, especially when compared to other games based off of popular anime series. The action game is a breath of fresh air in the genre of games based off anime. The pacing and storytelling keep it from ever feeling too much like just another hack and slash title from Omega Force. The studio did its research and put together an amazing example of what anime-to-game adaptations should aim for. This is a great time and way to get reacquainted with the series, or for first timers to jump in and see what all the hype is about in regards to one of the most popular currently running anime.

Final Rating:  4/5 Atoms

Attack on Titan is currently available for PlayStation 4, PS3, PS Vita, Xbox One, and PC.

*Attack on Titan: Wings of Freedom was reviewed using a retail download code provided by KOEI Tecmo Games.

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Everybody’s favorite source for all Nintendo news will be live tomorrow, September 1st, starting at 7 AM PST. This direct is only going to be focused on 3DS games and will not be the unveiling of the NX that everyone is dying to learn about. The good news is that we know to look forward to even more info on Pokemon Sun/Moon, Mario Party, Yo-Kai 2 content for sure, but what secret projects might Nintendo be revealing tomorrow.

Of all Nintendo’s iconic properties, there is very few that have been worked on currently or have seen a recent release. Personally I’m predicting an announcement for the next handheld Mario Kart or Super Mario bros title since neither of those have gotten any focus in a while. Maybe it will be a new title in the Donkey Kong series, as that has been dormant almost as long.

Regardless of what gets announced during the direct, I’m sure it will be both unsuspected as well as welcomed by fans. You can view the direct tomorrow live on Nintendo’s site. We also will be covering the news as it comes out, so keep it locked and loaded to Nerd Reactor for all your Nintendo news.

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Star Wars is preparing for the release of this December’s Rogue One with mini-stories based on the film. Using the licensed toys from the new film, Star Wars Go Rogue shares the story of Jyn Erso as she searches for the hidden Death Star plans. This is only the first chapter. There will be plenty more as the movie gets closer.

The video also serves as inspiration for fans who may be interested in entering their contest. Fans can #GoRogue by creating their own 2-minute Rogue One-inspired video for a chance to win a trip to LucasFilm in San Fracisco to attend a screening of the movie and see your video on the big screen. Contest begins September 30th to October 21st. For more information on the contest, click here.

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story opens in theaters December 16th.

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The open beta for Battlefield 1 is now available, and we have released a Let’s Play video featuring our very own Joey Ferris trying to take over the Sinai Desert. Sit back, relax and enjoy as he tries to conquer the D.

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It’s announcement day for Wizards of the Coast as they prep for a huge showcase at PAX West in Seattle, WA. When the Nerd Reactor crew interviewed long time head designer of Magic: The Gathering Mark Rosewater at San Diego Comic Con this last month, both he and his team were adamant that the Wizards of the Coast team was going to make a huge impact at PAX West and that there were going to be some massive announcements. Today the team was finally ready to let the cat out of the bag and what we got was pretty awesome.

When we talked to Mark he had mentioned in the interview that ever since the Origins set, the team is approaching storytelling differently. They had built an actual continuity to the Planeswalker Multiverse that can sort of be called a reboot for the lore. We have already seen the building of the Gatewatch, and the destruction of the Eldrazi Titans, but one villain we have not seen make his return to the series yet is Nicol Bolas… until now.  Lead creative designer, Kimberly Krienes, announced that April 28, 2017, players will be introduced to the brand new plane of Amonkhet in a block called Rise Among the Worthy. Amonkhet was described as a “desert oasis world,” and is ruled by Nicol Bolas, himself. The second block in the Amonkhet will be called Hour of Devastation, and will be released on July 14th, 2017.

If that wasn’t enough Nicol Bolas news for you, well there is one more thing. It was also announced that next year, we will also see the return of the Archenemy game-type. Archenemy is a format that is typically played where a team of two or three players go against one person, handicap style, if you have ever watched WWE. In order to tip the scales into the solo players favor, there is a stack of effect cards that severely hinder the team. It’s similar to the Planechase format, but skewed to the benefit of making some incredible 2-v-1 or 3-v-1 matches.

Now, these were just a few of the general announcements we are getting from WotC, but I would definitely expect more surprises over the weekend during PAX. For now, there is a lot to be excited for if you play Magic: The Gathering!

 

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There's just no stopping Nichelle Nichols. Star Trek's beloved original Uhura will guest star on two episodes of the long-running soap opera The Young and The Restless. Nichols will play Lucinda Winters, the estranged mother of Neil Winters (Kristoff St. John). Her first appearance will come in the show's historic 11,000th episode, airing tomorrow, September 1, and she'll be back again on Monday, September 5. The Young and the Restless airs weekdays at 12:30 p.m. EST/11:30 a.m. PST on CBS Daytime.

"I got the call from The Young and the Restless while I was in San Diego at Comic Con celebrating my role in the 50th anniversary of Star Trek," Nichols said in a statement. "Next thing I knew, I was (transported) into Genoa City and, now, I'm guest-starring on the 11,000th episode of Y&R -- my favorite soap opera, which I have watched for decades. I'm not sure how many more thrills will come my way during this year of celebrations, but one thing that I do know for sure -- follow your dreams and you will live long and prosper."

Mal Young, executive producer of The Young and The Restless, noted, "For this landmark moment for our iconic show it felt right to cast an equally iconic actress. And who better than the amazing Nichelle Nichols to help us celebrate our 11,000th episode? Actors and crew alike were thrilled to work with such a terrific and notable talent, and we look forward to sharing the results with the viewers.”

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Bill Nye, The Science Guy, once graced our televisions in the mid-nineties with his show all about science. With his ever-growing popularity, and a stint on Dancing With The Stars, Nye is going to have a new series called Bill Nye Saves the World. It is set to air in 2017 on Netflix.

In 2017, we're doing a talk show with @BillNye. It's an experiment. http://pic.twitter.com/gE4bOIhV6a

— Netflix US (@netflix) August 31, 2016

Now, this generation could have a piece of Nye’s brilliant mind as he invites guests on his science talk show.

According to the Washington Post, Netflix promises to “preserve Nye’s unfiltered style while using interviews and experiments to educate viewers on everything from climate change to GMOs.” Basically, what Nye has been doing all his life – educating people on science and the environment. The series will have Slate’s Phil Plait as the head science writer for the show.

This is exciting news! Will you be watching?

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One thing I learned this morning: you can’t re-post things from Instagram that have copyrighted music in it, and Instagram has no problem in letting you know.

You have to be living under a rock somewhere to have not have heard the immense success of Netflix’s original TV series that debuted this past summer, Stranger Things. Created by The Duffer Brothers, this 1980s-era tale is easily one of the best things that Netflix has put out this year. Creating a perfect blend of sci-fi, fantasy, horror, and all things nerd, the story follows the journey of three young friends and a mysterious girl named Eleven on the search for their missing compadre who disappeared on his way home one night. The series heavily plays in the vein of nostalgia, inspired by the many ’80s works of sci-fi and fantasy films, such as Close Encounters of the Third Kind, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Aliens, and many, many others. Many fans fell in love with the incredible cast of characters, others fell in love with the incredible score and soundtrack that accompanied each scene. Either way, the show was a success on all levels, and fans wanted more. Now, we know we’re going to get more.

Today, Netflix officially announced the renewal of Stranger Things for a second season by releasing a video this morning. Quick note, I tried to re-post the Instagram posting of this video, and Instagram was like “We’ve removed the video you posted at 7:20 AM on August 31, 2016 because” blah blah blah. Whatever. Anyway, the video not only reveals the second season arrival date, which we’re looking at the summer of 2017, but also revealed the season 2 episode titles, or Chapters, which are as listed “Madmax”, “The Boy Who Came Back To Life”, “The Pumpkin Patch”, “The Palace”, “The Storm”, “The Pollywog”, “The Secret Cabin”, “The Brain” and “The Lost Brother”. Check out the video announcement below!

Are you a fan of Stranger Things? What did you think of the last season? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below!

The second season of Stranger Things will debut on Netflix in the summer of 2017!

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This September, WizKids/NECA will release Star Trek: Attack Wing Wave 26, and StarTrek.com has the exclusive First Look at the ships in the upcoming expansion packs, concluding with the U.S.S. Enterprise-B.

The U.S.S. Enterprise-B is a Federation Excelsior-class ship. On its maiden voyage, the Enterprise-B, under the command of Captain John Harriman, rescued 47 El-Aurian refugees from a Federation transport ship that was caught in an energy distortion. Honored quest, James T. Kirk was believed to be killed during the rescue when the ship’s hull was breached. 

This version of U.S.S. Enterprise designated NCC-1701-B is a worthy successor and deserves the name Enterprise. With a Primary Weapon Value of 3, 1 Agility, 5 Hull, and 4 Shields this ship is similar to the original U.S.S. Enterprise and subsequent U.S.S. Enterprise-A (Refit), but with some obvious improvements. The special ability for the U.S.S. Enterprise-B allows you to replace one of its Battle Stations, Scan or blue Target Lock tokens that is beside your ship with an Evade Token. The generic version of this ship loses one Shield and one Crew Upgrade Slot compared to the named version.

The Captain in the U.S.S. Enterprise-B Expansion Pack is John Harriman. A level 2 Captain, John Harriman may be inexperienced but is a brave Captain nonetheless. His ability allows your ship to perform an Evade Action as a free Action. If you do this, you then place an Auxiliary Power Token beside your ship. Despite his rough start as a new Captain, John Harriman is a great addition to any evasive fleet that is looking to try and avoid danger at all costs.

No ship named Enterprise would be complete without a Sulu at the Helm. The U.S.S. Enterprise-B boasts Demora Sulu, the daughter of Hikaru Sulu, as Helmswoman.

If your ship is hit, after the Deal Damage phase, you may discard this card to immediately execute a maneuver from your Maneuver Dial with a speed of 3 or less. Following in her father’s footsteps, Demora Sulu will make sure she keeps the ship out of the path of danger.

Other upgrades to the U.S.S. Enterprise-B include Improved Phasers which is a 4 dice attack at Range 2-3. This attack is treated as a Primary Weapon and places 2 Time Tokens on the card when you perform the attack. In terms of defense, Deflector Control allows you to Repair 1 Shield Token on your ship or flip up 3 of your disabled Shield Tokens over to their Active sides. You cannot use this Action if your ship is Cloaked.

Resonance Burst is a Tech Upgrade that allows you to target a ship within your forward firing arc and Range 1 of your ship. The target ship must then discard 1 Token (Evade, Battle Stations, Scan or Target Lock) that is beside it, of its choice. If there is a Cloak Token beside the target ship, flip it over to its red side.

Holo-Communicator allows you to target a friendly ship within Range 1-2. If you do so, you may perform the Action listed on that ship’s Captain Card.

One of the great advantages Federation ships have is the ability to move backwards. Full Reverse makes this ability even better. During the Activation Phase, if you reveal a [Reverse] Maneuver, you may disable this card to add 1 to the speed of that maneuver. No other ship has ever been able to make a 3 reverse maneuver, making the U.S.S. Enterprise-B a one of a kind ship.

The U.S.S. Enterprise-B Expansion Pack is fresh out of dry dock and ready for you to take the helm. Try your luck with the special scenario “Maiden Voyage” and attempt to aid two Federation transport ships before they are destroyed by the energy distortion ribbon. Do you have what it takes to be the Captain of the U.S.S. Enterprise-B?

Visit WizKids/NECA at http://ift.tt/1Lzl5dK for additional information about Star Trek: Attack Wing. And keep an eye on StarTrek.com for more First Looks and previews, coming soon.

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Kevin Smith is developing his own trilogy called the “True North Trilogy,” and much like Edgar Wright’s “Cornetto Trilogy,” each film is a different genre. The trilogy began with the 2013 horror film, Tusk, and continues again with the comedy, Yoga Hosers. A slight spin-off of Tusk, Yoga Hosers sees the return of the Colleens, Harley Quinn Smith and Lily-Rose Depp. However, is Yoga Hosers as bad as Tusk or does Kevin Smith improve with the second film in his “True North Trilogy?”

Unfortunately, fans who has loved Kevin Smith for Clerks, Mallrats and Dogma will have to wait even longer for Smith’s return to form. His latest film, Yoga Hosers, is not only a bizarre film but it’s also an unfunny mess.

Yoga Hosers follows teenage girls, Colleen McKenzie (Harley Quinn Smith) and Colleen Collette (Lily-Rose Depp), as they’re trying to get through their boring lives in Canada. When their plans to go party with upperclassmen goes haywire, the Colleens soon discover an ancient evil in their town and it is up to them and legendary man-hunter, Guy LaPointe (Johnny Depp), to take down this threat once and for all.

Kevin Smith is typically a great writer (see: the 3 aforementioned films) but Yoga Hosers is an unfocused mess. The film goes to multiple dead ends before the film goes through something resembling conflict. From this point on, the plot goes from dead end to predictable territory. The film doesn’t seem to veer much from its straight-forward path. The film also relies a lot on Canadian and millennial stereotypes for its laughs. Yes, they’re funny the first couple of times but it does get old.

Yet there’s something weirdly fascinating about having Kevin Smith’s daughter (Harley Quinn Smith) and Johnny Depp’s daughter (Lily-Rose Depp) doing a variation of Smith’s classic Dante and Randal character. On one hand, the gags fit like a glove in this day and age of social media. It’s a sound satire on millennials’ connectivity to their phones. On the other hand, there was some depth to Dante and Randal that is clearly missing from the Colleens. There isn’t much going on with these characters other than to save the world from the Bratzis. They’re just “so basic.”

With all the problems that the script has, the film does capture the essence of those midnight B-movie films that Smith clearly loves so much. Unlike his previous two films, Smith indulges himself in the idiotic genre silliness of this film. This indulgence results in a very weird film with a lot of randomnesses. However, if you can get past the weirdness of foot-tall Nazi sausages with Kevin Smith’s face on it killing people through their rectum then you can handle the weirdness of the film.

There are a lot of problems in the film, but there are few bright spots in the cast. Justin Long is super funny as the Colleens’ overzealous and pretentious yoga teacher, Yogi Bayer. The ridiculousness of Yogi’s yoga moves brings most of the laughs to the film. Justin Long is seemingly up to do anything and the film is funnier for it. Ralph Garman’s cameo also is worth noting as well. His various celebrity and German impersonations will bring a few smiles to the table.

Unfortunately, the rest of the cast aren’t as good Garman and Long’s much smaller roles. As much as it seemed like a good idea to direct your daughter and your daughter’s best friend, it doesn’t quite work here. Harley Quinn Smith and Lily-Rose Depp clearly show their inexperience in their first major film role. Their dull screen presence wasn’t able to carry this film, even in its short run time. Even though Johnny Depp is unrecognizable as Guy LaPointe, he’s still hit or miss here. At times, he’s funny with his dopiness but other times his delivery falls flat.

Overall, Yoga Hosers isn’t the type of film that has any deep meaning or a point, really. It’s essentially a podcast riff made into a live-action movie and the film struggles to fill its feature length run time with most of the cast serving little purpose to the film. The end result is a messy film with a few bright spots.

Rating: 2.5/5

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Labor Day weekend is about to descend upon Atlanta, GA. You know what that means… Dragon Con is almost here! Your Nerd Reactor East team will be there all weekend to cover all the fun. The convention is busting out a few new tricks for its 30th Anniversary, including:

Local TV coverage of the parade

Atlanta’s CW69 (WUPA) will be televising the annual Dragon Con Parade for the first time in history. It will also be available for streaming on the station’s website. Check it out on Saturday September 3rd at 10am EST.

A new DCTV Streaming Service

For those who don’t know, Dragon Con TV is a closed-circuit broadcast of panels, events, and other original content that occurs during the convention. Typically it has only been available for attendees staying in host hotels. Starting this year, any member who has bought a badge, including those who cannot attend in person, can subscribe to a streaming service that will bring you content from this year’s show, as well as access to DCTV’s archives. No more worries about missing a big panel because you forgot or the lines were too long. It’ll all be accessible to be viewed at your leisure. For more information and how to get in on the action, see the DCTV website.

More gaming

Traditionally, Dragon Con’s gaming offerings have been limited to PC, console, and board games. This year, thanks to their strategic partnership with MomoCon, they were able to bring in Japanese arcades from Tokyo Attack. There will also be a classic arcade section, featuring classics such as NBA Jam, Mortal Kombat II, and The Simpsons.

There will also be exclusive merchandise from Funko Pop, as well as a special gaming event from Con Man, the webseries created by Alan Tudyk. Tudyk and fellow cast member Nolan North, and producer PJ Haarsma will be on hand to meet fans and talk about their new mobile game for Con Man.

These events only add to the already bursting 3000+ hours of programming that typically occurs over the weekend. Check out Dragon Con’s website for more information. We hope to see you there!

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This week’s episode is about our weekend festivities where we cooked ox tail, pork belly, carnitas, green chorizo, and short ribs while playing Titanfall 2 and watching UFC 202 featuring McGregor vs Diaz. We also talk about our favorite local food spots in LA, OC, and SD. Listen as we discuss being fat and being about that nerd life.

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On this podcast we talk about something we enjoy, escape rooms! John, Mike and Arvin discuss what it takes to make a good escape room, their favorite escape rooms and why they love escape rooms.

You can listen to the episode via Soundcloud or YouTube below.

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Are you ready? Star Trek: Mission New York, the three-day event, presented by ReedPop, will get underway on Friday and run through Sunday at the Javits Center in New York City. Mission New York will be the world’s biggest Star Trek 50th anniversary celebration and the most experiential one as well, with panels, screenings, live podcasts, improv shows, a script reading, auctions, Trek Talks, gaming, autographs and photo opportunities, all of which will span across four stages and multiple rooms. Below, we’ve provided just a fraction of the schedule. And, for those who can’t be there in person, StarTrek.com will have you covered, as we will be out in force, reporting back with full recaps each day, and also taking to social media via Instagram and Twitter to provide updates as the activities occur.

Meet the Stars

The talent you grew up with and love, spanning from The Original Series to Enterprise and from the J.J. Abrams movies to the upcoming Star Trek: Discovery, will be on hand for Mission New York. They’ll all be on stage for talks, and also available for autographs and photo opportunities. 

Among the talk highlights, there will be reunions featuring members of The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager and Enterprise casts. And, one of the most-anticipated panels will feature writer-producers Kirsten Beyer and Nicholas Meyer, who will sit for a moderated Q&A during which they’ll discuss their history with the Trek franchise and how it has led them to become involved in the new iteration, Discovery.

See World Premieres

Mission New York will proudly serve as the home to several world premieres. 

Put your hands together and cover your ears -- those Ceti eels get around -- for the exclusive world premiere of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan in 4K. Writer-director Nicholas Meyer will be joined by MTV’s Josh Horowitz for a special Q&A about the making of this 1982 sci-fi masterpiece.

The Smithsonian Channel’s documentary Building Star Trek features a star-studded lineup of astronauts, engineers, writers, innovators and Trek actors who'll celebrate to the 50th anniversary of the show that inspired the space age. 

Some of your favorite actors from film and television, including The Man in the High Castle's Arnold Chun as Spock, Anna George (New Girl) as Uhura, John Harlan Kim (The Librarians) as Sulu, Nadia Dajani (Elementary) as Gillian Taylor, Katarina Mohracova (The Knick) as Chekov and Robert Clohessy (Blue Bloods) as the Klingon Ambassador, will perform a never-to-repeated staged reading of Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home in honor of its 30th anniversary. As for who will portray Captain Kirk, you’ll have to join the fun to find out.

Play the Games

If you’re a gamer and a Star Trek fan, you’ll be in luck at MNY, as they’ll have an entire pavilion, The Gaming Zone, teeming with the newest and most-immersive of Trek games. You can test drive the games, compete against fans and get a behind-the-scenes view at panels featuring the teams behind Star Trek: Bridge Crew, Star Trek Online and Star Trek Timelines.

Join the development team behind Star Trek: Bridge Crew, a brand-new Virtual Reality game from Ubisoft, that allows players to be part of a Starfleet crew and work together on the bridge of a ship. Learn more about how this game came to life, get a B-T-S look at when some famous alumni got to play for the first time, and learn more about Trek’s newest ship, the U.S.S. Aegis. 

Get an exclusive, B-T-S look at development for Star Trek Online, the only massively multiplayer online role-playing game that lets you captain your own starship and explore Trek universe-expanding content. Game designers and producers will reveal the development process bringing the game to Xbox One and PlayStation4.

John de Lancie, known to Trek fans as Q, will join the Disruptor Beam development team for a session about the mobile game Star Trek Timelines. Whether you’ve been playing every day since the game launched in January, have played just a little or not at all, come to this session to learn more about the process of developing a Trek mobile game and what the Disruptor Beam team has planned for Timelines.

Join the Debate

Jordan Hoffman, StarTrek.com columnist and host of Engage: The Official Star Trek Podcast, brings his popular fan panel One Trek Mind Live to Mission New York, and you better get your deflector shields up. With the help of the audience, One Trek Mind Live will determine Star Trek's 50th Anniversary All-Star Crew. Argue like Andorians and Tellarites at this upbeat, rowdy panel.

Visit The Original Series Set Tour

Experience Trek like never before, as super-fan James Cawley and his team at Trekonderoga bring pieces of their Original Series Set Tour and props to MNY. Step aboard a piece of Bridge of the USS Enterprise, or beam down to an alien world by using the transporter console. And check out all the Trek props, too.

Meet the Artists

Artists featured in the Star Trek: 50 Artists. 50 Years. exhibition will be signing prints all weekend at The Paley Center for Media booth on the show floor. 

Turn the Page

Many popular Trek authors and editors will make the trek to MNY in order to interact with fans. They’ll also participate in a wide variety of panels spread across the weekend. Be sure to check out:

Star Trek novelists and editors take fans inside the books. How did the Star Trek tie-in novels get started? How has that program evolved over time? What are some of its milestones? What is its current state? And how is the Pocket program observing Trek’s 50th anniversary?

Join IDW Publishing's Editor in Chief Chris Ryall, Group Editor Sarah Gaydos, Trek comics scribe Mike Johnson, and special guest, superstar artist John Byrne, as they discuss the world of Trek comics, with a focus on Byrne’s incredible contributions, and the Trek comics coming from IDW. Also be on the lookout for surprise guests, a major announcement, giveaways and more. 

The rich, diverse world of Trek is so vast that writers have spent decades trying to find the best way to easily explain it to fans. Now, join three authors who’ve done just that: Andrew Fazekas, author of Star Trek: The Official Guide to Our Universe, Paul Ruditis, writer of The Star Trek Book and Star Trek Visual Dictionary, and Richard Michelson, writer of Fascinating: The Life of Leonard Nimoy, as they explore their research into Trek and the processes for writing their books. Moderated by Derek Tyler, a fellow writer and a winner of the Strange New Worlds contest.

Join the Conversation

Fans who wish to dig deep into Star Trek and learn more about the venerable franchise’s profound influence on society, science and pop culture can participate in an array of Trek Talks that promise to be informative, thought-provoking, educational and even touching. Topics explore the role of literature in Star Trek to space exploration, technology and more.

NASA will be front and center for several Trek Talks, including on that will detail how NASA is turning science fiction into reality. Robert Picardo moderates this discussion that will be accompanied by special video content featuring both NASA and Star Trek talent.  

Get Exclusives

Looking for show exclusives? There will be plenty on the show floor.

If you want to show the world that you’re at Mission New York, you can do so with the variety of MNY-exclusive merchandise that will be available at the show store.

FanSets offers its new collection of Star Trek pins and pin sets including an exclusive MNY pin. 

Icon Heroes will beam into Mission New York with a limited edition NCC-1701 Saucer Mouse Pad. 

Eaglemoss will offer a selection of products from Star Trek: The Official Starships Collection as part of a Buy 3, Get 1 Free promotion. The items will include regular issues, specials, plaques, shuttles, brand-new collector’s binders, and the limited-availability Mirror Universe variant of the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701.

Hallmark will arrive at Mission New York with a show-exclusive ship, U.S.S. Enterprise.

Titan Magazines will commemorate Star Trek's 50th anniversary with an exclusive cover at Mission New York and the book Star Trek Beyond Collector's Edition. Fans can subscribe to Star Trek Magazine and receive a free exclusive Kirk Titans figure from Where No Man Has Gone Before. 

And So Much More

The United States Postal Service will introduce a new Trek-inspired stamp series to celebrate the show’s 50th anniversary. The stamps will be officially released at an exclusive First Day of Issue Ceremony at MNY. Guests will include Walter Koenig and the Postmaster General. Post-ceremony, head to the USPS Cancellation Station on the Show Floor to get your commemorative cancelation stamp.

Roger Lay, Jr., Rod Roddenberry and others will reveal never-seen-before clips and photos from some of the most-famous TOS episodes during this exclusive preview of upcoming Blu-ray releases celebrating 50 years of Trek. The panel will offer fans will get a peek at some of the new content created to celebrate this milestone, including never-before-seen TOS footage from the cutting room floor that will appear in the release of Star Trek: The Roddenberry Vault.

Learn the inside story of The Wand Company, from how it took on the challenges, overcame various development hurdles and created the mechanical design necessary to successfully bring the Star Trek: The Original Series Communicator, science fiction’s most iconic prop, to life – 50 years after the hero prop was built and issued to the Enterprise crew.

Get a B-T-S look at Eaglemoss's award-winning Star Trek Starships Collection. This series reproduces all manner of ships from each of the series and every movie in painstaking detail. In conversation with Matt Singer, EIC of ScreenCrush.com, Eaglemoss's own Trek expert, Ben Robinson, will reveal how ships are selected and crafted from original blueprints, photos and production notes. He will also discuss upcoming products and finish with a Q&A.

Keep an eye on StarTrek.com for ongoing coverage. And also be sure to visit http://ift.tt/1ZZtShj for the full schedule, tickets and booth numbers, as well as the Star Trek: Mission New York social media pages (Facebook, Twitter and Instagram).

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