Monthly Archives: February 2015
New Story and Gameplay Details for Rise of the Tomb Raider
New details regarding Rise of the Tomb Raider's gameplay, story, and setting were revealed in Game Informer's March cover story.
Some spoilers for 2013's Tomb Raider follow:
After the events of Tomb Raider, Lara Croft is, mentally, in a difficult place. We saw as much in the debut trailer, which showed us a hooded Lara discussing her trauma with a professional.
After she encountered an immortal being, Lara spent a year researching eternal life to both understand and prove what she saw. This research leads on her on a quest to find Kitezh, a mythical city both founded and lost in what is now Russia's Siberian tundra.
Surgeon Simulator Sells Over 2 Million Copies
UK-based Bossa Studios has revealed its absurd medical game Surgeon Simulator has sold more than two million copies.
Surgeon Simulator began life as a small project built in 48-hours for the 2013 Global Game Jam but Bossa Studios continued to develop it for a full commercial release on several platforms in the months that followed.
“Thanks to everyone who has played Surgeon Simulator and made it such a global success,” said Bossa founder Henrique Olifiers in a statement. “It has been really amazing to see this title go from a game jam project to a full release across multiple formats and is testament to the originality and creativity we nurture here at Bossa Studios.”
The 100 Preview: Clarke & Abby Try to Save Lives
On this Wednesday's brand new episode of The 100, "Coup de Grace," Bellamy and Lincoln's attempt to sneak into Mount Weather has brutal consequences.
And we've got an exclusive clip for you featuring what may be some of those consequences, as Clarke (Eliza Taylor) and Abby (Paige Turco) do their best to tend to the wounded after a violent altercation.
And of course, Indra (Adina Porter) has her own idea about what should be done with one of the injured men. "Just another day on the ground," Clarke realizes. Check out the clip below.
The 100 airs on Wednesdays at 9/8c on The CW.
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TV Podcast: Super Bowl Ads, Supergirl Casting, More
Hey guys, Eric and Roth here, as we finally (Finally!) are posting the entire Channel Surfing in video, for those who enjoy a visual accompaniment to us chatting about TV shows! This week, we talk about the Super Bowl ads -- including that bizarre Nationwide one with the dead kid -- and some big casting announcements regarding Supergirl and AKA Jessica Jones. Plus, what TV opening credit sequences do we like best?
Listen to our latest podcast by clicking the lovely red type below - right click to download. Or watch it in the video above!
Channel Surfing Podcast, Episode 239
Girl Meets World: Shawn to Reunite with Angela
Boy Meets World fans, rejoice -- Trina McGee, who played Angela Moore on the TGIF show, is headed to Girl Meets World: Season 2!
Angela was Shawn Hunter's longtime girlfriend on Boy Meets World (and was briefly mentioned in the the previous GMW episode). We had heard that another BMW alum would be joining Will Friedle (Eric Matthews) and William Daniels (Mr. Feeny) in GMW's second season, and ETOnline has confirmed that alum is McGee.
Iceland Is Building a Temple to Norse Gods
Iceland begins construction this month on a temple to the Norse gods, the first such temple to be built since the Viking age.
High priest of Ásatrúarfélagið, Hilmar Orn Hilmarsson, leads neo-pagan ceremony at the Pingvellir National Park near Reykjavik.
The temple will be built by Ásatrúarfélagið, an association that promotes faith in the Norse gods. It is circular with a dome top that lets in sunlight, and is being dug four metres (13 feet) down into a hill that overlooks the Iceland capital Reykjavik.
This Week on the PSN (February 03, 2015)
Every Tuesday, Sony drops a bunch of new stuff onto the PlayStation Network. Those with a PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, or PlayStation Vita can download these goodies, which include PSN games, movies, themes and more. While the Official PlayStation Blog outlines these updates in full each week, we thought we'd help truncate the good news into something more digestible.
Here are this week's new PS4 games. You can begin pre-ordering Mortal Kombat X today, as well.
- Apotheon ($14.99)
- Game of Thrones, Episode II: The Lost Lords ($4.99)
Rise of the Tomb Raider on 360 to Be Developed by Different Studio
A recent statement from Square Enix's Darrell Gallagher has revealed that Rise of the Tomb Raider on Xbox 360 will not be developed by Crystal Dynamics.
Instead, studio Nixxes Software will handle development of the sequel for the last-gen platform.
"We're wholly focused on Rise being an Xbox One title without limitation, without even thinking of the Xbox 360 version," Gallagher told Game Informer in their Rise of the Tomb Raider-themed March issue. According to Gallagher, Nixxes proved they could handle development by impressing the team enough to pass development over.
"Nixxes put together a tech demo of Rise of the Raider content running on Xbox 360, and we were totally blown away by what they achieved," he said.
New Age of Ultron Photos
Marvel's Avengers: Age of Ultron is just three months away... which seems like an eternity for many of us! But luckily, a new batch of images has been released from the film.
Check out all the shots in the slideshow below, including stills from the Joss Whedon-directed movie, behind-the-scenes pictures, and San Diego Comic-Con posters.
Avengers: Age of Ultron is slated to open in April 2015 and globally roll out from there.
Evan Campbell is a freelance news writer who streams games on his Twitch channel, talks about Nintendo weekly on the NF Show, and chats about movies and TV series on Twitter.
Gorilla Grodd Will Show Up on Tonight’s Flash!
In this week's Flash, Caitlin makes an executive decision and takes Barry out for a night at... the karaoke bar! All so they can find new people to romance and get over Ronnie and Iris. Barry ends up meeting Linda Park (Malese Jow) -- who DC Comics fans know as the wife of Wally West -- a reporter for Central City Picture News. When Iris learns that Barry and Linda have a date, she's surprised at her reaction. Hmm.
Aaaand, according to a recent Tweet from Flash Executive Producer Andrew Kreisberg, we will also see the introduction of Gorilla Grodd.
A brand new @CW_TheFlash tonight. To quote Stefan from SNL, "It's got everything... Karaoke, teleporting, Grodd, @xoMalese". #TheFlash