Loot Crate Holiday Lineup: Exclusive Star Wars, Call of Duty and Doctor Who Premium Crates, Plus Two New Subscriptions

Get ready to geek out and gear up this season, as Loot Crate™, the company behind the Loot Crate and Level Up monthly subscription services for geeks, gamers and pop culture lovers, today revealed its largest and most diverse holiday lineup to-date. Several new Limited Edition crates celebrate some of the biggest brands in the world, including Star Wars™ ($100.00, on sale on Cyber Monday, November 30), Call of Duty®: Black Ops III Limited Edition Crate ($100.00, on sale November 23), and Doctor Who ($50.00, on sale November 20). All prices include shipping and handling.

Can’t find the perfect gift for your favorite geek this season? Give them a subscription to Loot Crate, with one, three, or six-month gift subscriptions available for purchase for $20, $58 and $115 respectively. They will be sure to love Loot Crate’s themed mystery boxes that contain collectibles, apparel, gadgets, art and other epic gear from the hottest entertainment and consumer product companies in the world, including Star Wars, Disney, Marvel, DC, Star Trek, Nintendo, Hasbro, Mattel, Minecraft and many more. Each month’s theme features a mix of the best in pop culture. Past themes include: Time, Cyber, Heroes, Villains, Unite and more. Each crate includes 4-7 items (many of which are exclusively manufactured for Loot Crate), with an average retail value of $45.

In addition, is there someone in your life looking to amp up their wardrobe? Level Up will bring your geek’s wardrobe to the next level, with three different monthly subscription lines: Socks, Accessories or Apparel.

Just in time for the holidays, Loot Crate is also launching two new monthly subscription lines that make for perfect gifts:

LOOT ANIME
A brand new monthly subscription crate service featuring an assortment of figures, collectibles, manga, apparel, accessories, and more from some of your favorite ANIME and MANGA series! The inaugural anime crate will go on sale November 17 and ship in December.
https://www.lootcrate.com/anime

LOOT PETS
Calling all Harry Puppers, LabraThors, Boba Petts and other stylish geek dogs, Loot Pets is a monthly subscription that delivers pop culture inspired toys, treats and wearables for dogs. Loot Pets will debut in December as part of Loot Crate’s December theme.

To order your Loot Crate holiday gifts, visit www.lootcrate.com.

HATSUNE MIKU Announces North American Headlining Tour Spring 2016

Hatsune Miku is coming back to North America Spring 2016, this time bigger than ever!

Two years after her successful Fall 2014 live concerts in Los Angeles and New York, virtual singer Hatsune Miku prepares to return to the North-American continent in Spring 2016 for "HATSUNE MIKU EXPO 2016 North America", her longest and largest overseas tour to this date.

The HATSUNE MIKU EXPO world tour is a series of live concert events starring Hatsune Miku, the first-of-her-kind virtual artist, performing on stage through synthesized voice and CG animation. The first edition took place in Jakarta, Indonesia in May 2014, followed by Los Angeles and New York in October the same year, and Shanghai, China in June 2015. The 2016 edition of HATSUNE MIKU EXPO will begin with a series of concerts in five cities in Japan, before crossing the Pacific Ocean to perform in six more cities across North America: Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Dallas, Toronto, New York.

[HATSUNE MIKU EXPO 2016 North America Tour]

April 23rd (Sat) in Seattle, WaMu Theater
April 30th (Sat) in San Francisco, The Warfield
May 6th (Sat) in Los Angeles, Microsoft Theater
May 14th (Sat) in Dallas, The Bomb Factory
May 20th (Fri) in Toronto, Sony Centre for the Performing Arts
May 28th (Sat) in New York, Hammerstein Ballroom

HATSUNE MIKU EXPO Tickets will go on sale Friday, Nov 20th at 9am PST/ 12noon EST

Official Website: http://mikuexpo.com/na2016

Official Twitter: http://twitter.com/mikuexpo

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Jeffrey Dean Morgan cast as Negan in AMC's The Walking Dead

Image Credit: CBS
 

Hey O&G fans, AMC's The Walking Dead has cast actor Jeffrey Dean Morgan to play Negan beginning later this season, According to The Hollywood Reporter. Morgan will reportedly debut in the sixth season's finale on April 3, 2016, before becoming the show's main antagonist for the fall 2016 seventh season.

For those who watch the show and don't read the comic, Negan'sdebut was in TWD issue 100. He was the leader of a group of survivors Known as the Saviors (Which I suspect are the Wolves in the Show). If you think the Governor was bad, this guy made him look tame in comparison. He carried a Bat wrapped in barbwire and ruled with a cruel and deadly attitude ( While always smiling, claiming he is a nice guy).

 With Glenn believed to be dead and Maggie announcing that she is pregnant, this fits with the story line of the comic starting in issue #100. The Only difference is Negan killed Glenn and Maggie leave the group for another one to raise her child.

According to THR, Morgan's hiring came after "an extensive casting search" with the Watchmen actor beating out Timothy Olyphant, Matt Dillon and Garret Dillahunt for the role. Morgan is a veteran of films based on comic books, ranging from Watchmen to Losers and even playing Thomas Wayne in 2016's Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.

Retro Game Look Back: Ghost in the Shell (PS1)

The plot follows the members of Public Security Section 9, mainly consisting of Major Motoko Kusanagi, Chief Aramaki, Batou, Togusa, Ishikawa, Saito, and a nameless male, the Rookie, controlled by the player. The game's story is told using mission briefings and animated cutscenes.

Preview: Justice League Darkseid War Shazam #1

image credit: Dc Comics
 

Hey O&G fans, The darkseid war aftermath continues in Justice League: Darkseid War Shazam #1.

A boy becomes an army of Gods! No longer does Billy Batson have access to the powers of the Old Gods. Now, he commands the combined might of Highfather, Mantis and other New Gods. But these Gods are not passive. And they will sooner destroy Billy than give up control of their power.

here is a preview
 

Preview: Gwenpool Special #1

Image Credit: Marvel
 

Hey O&G fans, with Thanksgiving around the corner and Christmas to follow, it's time to celebrate The Holidays Marvel style. So let's get this season started right with a preview of Gwenpool special #1.

Follow Gwenpool as she crashes She-Hulks holiday party. Jennifer Walters, Angie Huang and the rest of the associates in the Law Office throw the biggest holiday party the Marvel Universe has seen and everyone is invited. Several of the partygoers have their own stories and you can read about them in this can't miss Special.

Gwenpool Special #1 is out in December on digital and at retail comic stores.