Legendary Pictures didn’t reveal any Jurassic World footage during their Comic-Con panel (boo!), but that might be because they’ve got plenty of other monsters on their slate.

Gareth Edwards appeared via video message, joking that he’ll be busy with “a small little sci-fi film” (that’ll be his Star Wars spin-off), but he did confirm that he’ll be back to tackle the Godzilla sequel after that.

He also introduced a brand new clip of Godzilla roaring (was he on top of Alcatraz Island?), as a thank you to the fans who have made it a huge hit world worldwide.

Legendary then went on to tease the three monsters that Godzilla might be facing in the sequel, and they’re classics: Rodan (a pterosaur), Ghidorah (a three-headed dragon) and Mothra (a, erm, giant moth).

In another surprise monster-related announcement, Legendary announced that they would be releasing a film called Skull Island in 2016. As you’ll remember, it’s the home of King Kong. The teaser footage showed off a pterodactyl, some monkey, and right at the end, Kong himself (at least, we thought it was him).  This new film incarnation isn’t related to Peter Jackson’s 2005 remake, and will focus on the wildlife on the island itself (so don’t expect to see the Empire State Building).

The first image of Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justicehas been released by Zack Snyder  at San Diego ComicCon

I think it’s pretty spot on, what do you guys think?

This is looking like a good successor series to The Clone Wars

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All weekend, BBC’s catch-up TV service iPlayer has been suffering major outages across the UK.

Fans of the UK’s licence-fee-paid TV provider first started complaining that they were unable to access television shows via the BBC’s iPlayer service on Saturday morning. BBC is still “working to restore normal service”, with many people being offered only a “simplified” experience via the website; and dedicated iPlayer apps such as those seen on YouView boxes and games consoles, or on smart phones, remain down for many viewers.

BBC did not respond to complaints about the outage until Sunday morning, when Twitter account @AboutTheBBC posted the following:

We're hoping to get @BBCiPlayer @BBCiPlayerRadio & @bbccouk up and running for all of you soon. We apologise for the inconvenience. #iPlayer

— BBC (@AboutTheBBC) July 20, 2014

At one point, the BBC News website and radio service were also affected by the outage.

Despite continuing complaints to the BBC, the corporation has chosen not to reply to individual tweets posted to them and merely continue to deliver pre-prepared tweets about the status of their services. The last update was over 12 hours ago however; and BBC have not offered any explanations yet as to the cause of the downtimes.

It had to happen eventually. In Hollywood’s relentless pursuit for more cash, any movie that doesn’t get a videogame tie-in either before or within a month of the movie’s release is a rarity – as is, sadly, the chance of said game being any good.

With Sharknado 2 scheduled to premiere on July 30 in US Cinemas, production studio The Asylum and TV channel Syfy have announced Sharknado: The Video Game will be released soon for iOS devices. Just like the film, the game features protagonist Fin racing to destroy several shark-infested tornadoes in New York City. And just what medium has the game chosen to represent this in gameplay terms? An “infinite runner”, similar to Canabalt and the variety of imitators its spawned.

Yawn.

Played in a third-person perspective with the camera just behind Fin; and with objects coming towards you from up ahead rather than side-on, the game nevertheless sees you running through Manhattan – collecting coins, for no apparent reason – while heading towards one of the shark-filled tornadoes. Along the way you’ll also pick up buckets of fish, which you can feed to any sharks thrown your way to avoid certain death. If you can’t feed them, you can try to fight them off with your trusty broadsword (yup). Reach the Sharknado and you can equip a chainsaw, jump inside and try to destroy it from within – as if you can just jump into a rapid vortex of wind rather than be scooped up by it and thrown around every which way but loose.

The game’s release date and price has yet to be announced, but given the imminent launch of the film as mentioned earlier, it probably won’t be long until we hear both details. Meanwhile, forgive me if I decide to spend my time looking for more interesting games to play.