San Diego Comic-Con 2023 is back, and with it came a ton of news from the world of entertainment.
If you were unable to attend SDCC this year, no worries. IGN covered SDCC 2023 live and in-person, bringing you all the biggest news coming out of the convention. If you want to learn more about the collectibles and figurines announced at SDCC, check out our separate roundup on the topic.
Here's a quick recap of everything announced during San Diego Comic-Con 2023.
Invincible: Season 2 Exclusive Poster Revealed
A day prior to SDCC starting, IGN exclusively revealed a poster for the highly anticipated second season of Prime Video's adult animated series Invincible. We still do not have a premiere date other than "coming soon," but series creator Robert Kirman will be at SDCC to promote the second season, with a panel scheduled for July 21 starting at 5:45pm PT.
The Walking Dead: Betrayal is a New Survival and Social Deception Game from Skybound
Another piece of news coming a day before SDCC was from Skybound Games, where the developer unveiled that it is working on a new multiplayer social deception survival game set in The Walking Dead universe. The Walking Dead: Betrayl will have players trying to survive the undead outbreak, where you will craft, cook, survive and communicate with party memebers, and maybe do a little bit of decieving along the way.
The Walking Dead: Betrayal is out later this year and wil release exlcusively on PC via Steam. A closed beta test is set for August 10.
New Comic Series Pits the Justice League, Godzilla, and Kong Against Eachother
DC and Legendary Entertainment announced a new crossover comic series produced in partnership with Toho International. The series will span seven-issues, with the first issue releasing sometime in October.
The Boys Spinoff Gen V Premieres September 29
Leading up to San Diego Comic-Con 2023, Amazon Studios teased a September release window for its college-themed TV series. But on the first day of the convention, the studio revealed that GenV ill premiere on September 29 with three episodes with the first season finale scheduled for November 3.
Blizzard Unveils Some New Changes and Plans Coming to Diablo IV
During an interview with us, Diablo IV associate game director Joe Piepiora addressed the disconnect deaths that hardcore players have been experiencing while playing the game. Piepiora suggested that the Scroll of Escape could circumvent the issue. But Piepiora also explained that Blizzard is making a number of performance adjustments in Diablo IV's first season that will help improve the connectivity.
Piepiora also elaborated more on Blizzard's thought process around the controversial drop rate for Diablo 4's coveted Uber Unique items.
The Borderlands Movie Hits Theatres Next Year
Lionsgate Films announced that its upcoming live-action adaptation of Borderlands will arrive on August 9, 2024. The film was announced back in 2015 and is being directed and written by Eli Roth.
The world should be more ✨ magical ✨#AdventureTime: #FionnaandCake premieres August 31 on Max. pic.twitter.com/kBsgT9UJyv
— Max (@StreamOnMax) July 20, 2023
Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake Gets August Release Date
Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake, a spinoff series on Cartoon Network's critically-acclaimed animated series, will premiere on August 31. Alongside a release date we got our first trailer for the series.
The First Three Episodes of Secret Invasion Are Heading to Hulu
After lukewarm viewership reception, Disney announced that it is releasing the first three episodes of Marvel's Secret Invasion to Hulu for a limited time starting tomorrow, July 21 and will be pulled from Hulu on August 17.
Pokemon Ultimate Journeys Will Air in the US on September 8
After 25 years as the protagonist of the Pokemon anime, Ash Ketchum and his pal Pikachu will bid the audience a fairtwell in Pokemon Ultimate Journeys. While the series aired first in Japan, fans based in the United States will get to watch Ash's final arc, when the series hits Netflix on September 8.
Over 20 Minutes of Fresh Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem Footage Was Shown at SDCC
Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies decided to show over 20 minutes of new footage for its upcoming animated film based on the TMNT property. While we have an article that goes deeper into what was shown during the panel, be warned that it will spoil a good chunk of the movie before it hits theatres on August 2.
Of course, without spoiling anything, the clip shown at SDCC started off with the clip that IGN exclusively premiered last week. You can watch that above.
Good and evil are about to get all tangled up together. Season 4 of #HarleyQuinn premieres July 27 on Max. pic.twitter.com/rtH2utK8rv
— DC (@DCOfficial) July 20, 2023
Harley Quinn Season 4 Gets New Trailer Ahead of July 27 Premiere
Harley Quinn's fourth season premieres less than a week from now, and Warner Bros. Discovery shared a new trailer ahead of the premiere next week. The new two-minute-long trailer that premiered at SDCC showed us Harley Quinn. The show's supervising producers also shared some new details on the upcoming season, including how they had to add "some plump" to Nightwing's butt.