Monthly Archives: June 2015
Community Creator Talks Finale and Season 7 Potential
Note: Spoilers for the Community: Season 6 finale follow.
So is Community really, really over? If you watched the Season 6 finale, you know it had a bigger sense than ever of truly saying goodbye, as the episode dealt with possible futures for the characters (via imagined “Season 7” scenarios) and found Elroy (Keith David), Abed (Danny Pudi) and Annie (Alison Brie) all move away, with only a “maybe, probably” regarding whether they’d be back.
Community: Season 6 Finale Review
Given the show’s long, strange, turbulent history and what a gift the sixth season was -- given the show was outright cancelled by NBC last year, only to be saved by Yahoo -- it wouldn’t be a shock at this point if this was the end. But Deadline is reporting Yahoo and Sony (who own and produce Community) are actually having discussions about a possible seventh season.
XCOM 2 Reveal Trailer – Rewind Theater
This week we got our first look at XCOM 2 and the war to free Earth from alien occupation by way of an action-filled cinematic trailer depicting an XCOM attack on an Advent and alien patrol. You can probably pick up on many of its hints on your own (watch the original trailer below if you missed it), but to dig deeper and unearth some juicier secrets, I sat down with the brains behind the game: Creative Director Jake Solomon and Lead Producer Garth DeAngelis. Watch the video above to hear them elaborate on how the classes and abilities shown will affect gameplay in XCOM 2.
0:00:32 - Alien cities are traps to lure in citizens for mysterious purposes; they're built on top of real-world cities.
Counterfeit Amiibo Reportedly Appear Online, in Some Stores
As more Amiibo fly off digital and physical shelves, certain individual figurines are reportedly showing disparities between how they look, and how they actually should.
Reports of the counterfeit Mario, Link, Samus and Pikachu Amiibo first surfaced at Info Amiibo. According to the site, the impostor items have appeared in online stores, as well as some Brazilian marketplaces.
According to Info Amiibo, the fake figurines are merely cosmetic, and lack the chip necessary for the toy-to-life feature of Nintendo's Amiibo. And as for the appearance and materials of the counterfeit versions, there are apparently telltale signs of improper cloning: Link's face is distorted, Pikachu's arms are completely fused to his body, Samus' head is far smaller than it should be, and Mario's overalls are made of a different texture. The plumber's color scheme is also slightly off, and the fireball is not as transparent, judging by comparison images made by Nintendo Inquirer. The packaging of these figurines is also different than anything released by Nintendo.
Planetside 2 to Release on PS4 This Month
Free-to-play online shooter Planetside 2 will leave beta and officially release on the PlayStation 4 on June 23.
The announcement was made on the PlayStation Blog, where the developers explain the PlayStation 4 will have exclusive content different from its PC counterpart, including a new battle map called Koltyr. Future updates on the PS4 will also include additional features, events, and marketplace items.No PlayStation Plus subscription will be required to play.
Planetside 2 is a massive online first-person shooter with a focus on large-scale combat fought between players in the air, on the ground, and in vehicles. It recently set a Guinness World Record for having the most online players engaged in a single battle. The number came in at over 1,000 people.
Tangled Animated TV Series Announced
Walt Disney Animation announced today that Tangled, a new animated series based on the 2010 film, has begun production, with Mandy Moore and Zachary Levi reprising their roles as Rapunzel and Eugene Fitzherbert (aka Flynn Rider). The series will premiere on Disney Channel in 2017. It will also reunite legendary Disney composer Alan Menken and lyricist Glenn Slater, as well as executive producers Chris Sonnenburg (Enchanted) and Shane Prigmore (The Lego Movie).
New promo art for Disney Channel's Tangled animated series
Head of Quantum Break Studio Leaves for Wargaming
Matias Myllyrinne, CEO of Remedy Entertainment, has announced that he will be leaving the studio after 15 years.
In a goodbye post on the Remedy website, he said "I've been with Remedy since 1999 - this is a long time. It is time for me to move on." His destination will be Wargaming, the team behind World of Tanks.
Despite his departure, Myllyrinne has claimed that work on upcoming game Quantum Break will be unaffected. The game was recently delayed to 2016.
This news comes just a week after former head of franchise development at Remedy, Oskari Häkkinen, left the studio to form Futurefly.
Fallout 4 Officially Revealed With In-Game Trailer
Update: Bethesda has confirmed Fallout 4 is coming to PS4, Xbox One and PC and released an in-game trailer for the game revealing it's set in Boston.
The trailer, which you can see below, brings to an end years of speculation and rumours about the highly-anticipated title and gives glimpses at the expansive world we'll be traversing. It also includes the infamous tagline "War. War never changes" said by Ron Perlman.
The trailer confirms reports the next entry in the franchise will take place in The Commonwealth - the fictional universe's version of Massachusetts that’s been referenced in prior games. In Fallout 3 side quest The Replicated Man, players encounter a scientist named Dr. Zimmer who comes from The Commonwealth, a “war-ravaged quagmire of violence and despair” where he notes he and his colleagues created androids that have escaped and are running wild. Zimmer also references The Institute, which it seems is a future version of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
The GOG Summer Sale Starts Today with The Witcher 3
The GOG Summer Sale 2015 kicks off today, with a host of DRM-free titles available at discounted prices.
As part of the sale, which lasts from today until June 21, anyone who spends $1 will get SimCity 2000 for free; anyone spending $20 will net S.T.A.L.K.E.R. and anyone opting to go for $50 gets Xenonauts.
A host of titles are on offer, with daily deals and bundles both available. Highlights from day one include big discounts to Monkey Island titles, Jade Empire, Telltales Game of Thrones titles and all The Witcher games.
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Chris Pratt Doesn’t Want the Guardians Saving Cleveland
Chris Pratt hasn’t been briefed on future plans to unite the Guardians of the Galaxy with the rest of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
When asked about the upcoming sequel, and the impending threat of Thanos, IGN asked Pratt about when the Guardians will team-up with the Avengers and other earth-based heroes.
“That’s speculation. I haven’t heard that. No, no one’s ever discussed it with me,” he said. Pratt went on to express interest in what the Guardians should do next:
“I think like the universe itself it’s best to expand outward. I don’t personally – and it’s not up to me, I’ll do whatever they want me to do – I don’t want to see the Guardians defend Cleveland, Ohio. We’re cosmic man. I want to be in space.”
Super Charged Skylanders
Touting it as the series’ “biggest innovation yet,” Activision revealed it’s adding vehicles to the newest version of Skylanders. Called Skylanders Super Chargers, the new game includes 20 new characters and a range of jets, helicopters, submarines, boats, and cars.
Kaos is back as the series’ main villain, and this time the diminutive bully has created the Sky Eater, a large warship that literally eats the sky. To stop Kaos from tearing rifts in the firmament, Eon recruits the Super Chargers, an elite group of pilots who use their outrageous vehicles to battle the enemies of Skylands.
Each Super Charger in the roster has his or her own unique vehicle. There are vehicles for land, sea, and air, each of which can be used at special pre-arranged locations in the levels. Most sequences involve either some type of racecourse or an open battle arena. The game’s hub will also have playgrounds for all the vehicles in the lineup.