Kabam, a world leader in developing AAA high quality mobile games, announced today the release of new game content for its global hit Marvel Contest of Champions, inspired by the highly anticipated Marvel’s Ant-Man film hitting theatres on July 17. The Marvel Contest of Champions Ant-Man update feature includes new summoner masteries, new alliance quest game modes, special in-game Ant-Man story quest, events and more. New characters including Ant-Man, Yellowjacket, Elektra, War Machine and more will make their debut in-game throughout the upcoming weeks.   

Following this year’s Comic-Con launch of the epic crossover Star Trek/ Green Lantern comic book, IDW announced two more new comic book projects slated for 2015.  

Once described as “powerful yet fragile, devastatingly beautiful and beautifully devastating” by The Founder Magazine, UK-based quartet MIDAS FALL have carved a distinctive and captivating sound, fusing elements of electronica, post-rock, shoegaze and alternative rock with progressive and gothic undertones to create taut, shimmering soundscapes led by the hauntingly melancholic vocals of Elizabeth Heaton.  

Philadelphia’s hard-hitting power trio ON TOP have release new EP ‘Topless‘ today on Toil Records. Purchase the digital EP at this location. The CD version is forthcoming.  

Marvel Unlimited is celebrating this year’s San Diego Comic-Con by inviting Marvel fans to experience over 75 years of Marvel Comics through Marvel Unlimited! For only 1¢ for the first month of a Marvel Unlimited monthly subscription, new subscribers will be able to experience the greatest Marvel fan experience – access to over 17,000 digital Marvel comics!*  

Century Media will release the first four studio albums of ICED EARTH in July. “Iced Earth” and “Night Of The Stormrider” will be released on June 10th, “Burnt Offerings” and “The Dark Saga” will be released on June 17th. All four albums will come in gatefold sleeves featuring the original LP artwork. Layouts have been kept close to the layouts of the original vinyl versions as well. Each LP includes a 60×60 artwork poster and 180 g vinyl. The LP sound has been kept in its original form, with a special vinyl mastering of Patrick Engel, known from his careful mastering works for bands as Jag Panzer, Exodus, Trouble, Tokyo Blade or Candlemass, delivering you the... 

Metal Blade Records is excited to announcing the signing of Australian thrash metal act, HARLOTT! Forged in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Australia, HARLOTT are the finest example of the thrash metal genre in recent years. Taking their influence from the 80’s Bay Area thrash scene, and blending it with the Teutonic melody and grit, they focus on high energy, up tempo music with lyrical influence from war, religion, chaos, and the human condition.  

Dynamite is proud to announce a collaborative agreement with Surge Licensing, Inc., Ian Parker, and Mark Mastrandrea to develop a comic book series based on the brand new property Cage Hero. The four-issue series will debut this November, released monthly as single-issue comics, both digitally and in print, and collected later into trade format. Cage Hero is an all-ages action-adventure series in the tradition of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Teen Titans, and Karate Kid — a youth-based Mixed Martial Arts property that inspires health, fitness, skill, and teamwork to become a real hero.  

Coheed and Cambria release their new album, The Color Before The Sun, on Oct. 9 via 300 Entertainment. The band is giving fans an early listen, streaming the song and lyrics for “You Got Spirit, Kid” via Coheedandcambria.com, with the digital download of the single available globally on July 10.  

Sweden’s DEAD LORD just launched their first track from their upcoming album Heads Held High. Check out the song “Strained Fools” here: https://soundcloud.com/centurymedia/dead-lord-strained-fools/s-5Szgo Heads Held High will be released worldwide via Century Media Records on August 21st in the following formats: Limited CD Digipak (matte cardboard, bonus track, logo patch) Standard CD Deluxe LP (180 g vinyl, inside-out print, inlay, double-sided poster) Digital download / stream For the vinyl nerds, here is the color split of the LP version: Orange vinyl: 100 copies (exclusively available at CM Distro Europe) Red vinyl: 100 copies (exclusively available at CM Distro US) Clear vinyl: 200 copies... 

This morning, Ryan Reynolds and the cast of the upcoming film from 20th Century Fox, DEADPOOL,  announced their appearance at this year’s Comic Con in San Diego with a nod to The Merc’s favorite TV Show, The Golden Girls, by tweeting the theme song. Below, find all the tweets from the DEADPOOL cast in order:  

Timed to the launch of San Diego Comic-Con International, Dark Horse Comics announced today that bestselling novelist Chuck Palahniuk will be a character in the acclaimed ten issue FIGHT CLUB 2 mini series, which is written by Palahniuk, illustrated by Cameron Stewart and colored by Dave Stewart, with covers by David Mack.