Monthly Archives: November 2015
Eat a Huge Call of Duty Hamburger, Support Veterans
Fast-food burger chains Carl's Jr.and Hardee's have partnered with Activision to bring Call of Duty from the small screen and put it directly into your stomach.
The restaurant has introduced the Ultimate Care Package, a combo-meal that includes fries, a drink, and a Tex-Mex Bacon Thickburger to help increase your KD ratio (ketchup and delicious ratio).
Overwatch Animated Shorts Announced
During BlizzCon, the Overwatch team announced it will be releasing a series of short animated features based on the Overwatch universe.
According to Chris Metzen, senior vice president of story and franchise development at Blizzard, the stories are designed in such a way that they can be watched in any order. In addition to the animated shorts, Blizzard will be releasing what it calls "comic shorts," which are free, static comics released online to support the game's story.
They're "nice, round stories," Metzen promised, and will work with the game and graphic novels to flesh out the universe of the Overwatch franchise.
Yesterday during the BlizzCon keynote, the company announced Overwatch will be coming to Xbox One and PS4 in addition to PC, and will be coming out Spring 2016 (or Autumn, if you're in the southern hemisphere). Quite a bit of cool stuff came out of the keynote yesterday, so to get caught up, make sure you check out our piece on everything that's happened so far at BlizzCon 2015.
Shepard Passes the Torch in Mass Effect Andromeda Teaser
In celebration of today being November 7 (Mass Effect's N7 Day), BioWare has released a new teaser for Mass Effect Andromeda.
While the trailer doesn't offer much by way of gameplay, it does feature the voice of Jennifer Hale's Commander Shepard, in which the original trilogy's hero bids farewell to the franchise.
BioWare unveiled Mass Effect Andromeda at E3 2015, confirming the title will be set far away from and long after the events of the first three games, offering "exciting new worlds to discover."
Mass Effect Andromeda is slated for a holiday 2016 release for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. For more on the next chapter in BioWare's beloved sci-fi series, check out our comprehensive wiki guide.
Big Team Battle Coming to Halo 5 in Next Update
Halo 5: Guardians will be receiving support for Big Team Battle in the game's next content update, 343 Industries has announced.
"In just over a week, the next Halo 5 content drop will be here, and with it comes Big Team Battle in Arena matchmaking, brand-new REQs, and a whole ton of juicy vehicular combat," community manager Andy "Bravo" Dudynsky revealed on Halo Waypoint.
The studio enlisted the help of the community's top Forgers who've created large-scale maps that are not only designed specifically for Big Team Battle, but also inspired by classic maps from the franchise's history. Their work has since been given to 343 to be further developed and iterated upon in preparation for Big Team Battle's launch.
Here Are the New Hearthstone Adventure Cards
During a League of Explorers: A Hearthstone Adventure panel at Blizzcon today, Hearthstone senior game designer Ben Brode took to the stage to give details of the upcoming adventure for Blizzard's collectible-card battler.
In all, 45 new cards will be introduced to the game through the League of Explorers adventure, some of which will drastically alter the way players think about and build their decks. There are 4 wings to the adventure, which sees a team of explorers seek out the Staff of Origination, with each wing having a new set of cards and bosses.
During the Blizzcon keynote today, the trailer for the upcoming WarCraft movie was shown, Overwatch was announced for Xbox One and PS4, and more. Make sure to check out our complete rundown of everything coming out of Blizzcon 2015.
Overwatch on PS4, Xbox One Not Merely a PC Port
While Overwatch was originally revealed as a PC-only game, Blizzard's team-based shooter was designed from day one with the console audience in mind.
"It was kind of a dream of ours," game director Jeff Kaplan said during today's Overwatch panel at BlizzCon (via Polygon). "When we started to make Overwatch... it was our goal from day one to have this game playable on console," he added. "Designing the game so it felt great on a console controller almost put this forced design elegance on us."
Kaplan also confirmed Overwatch won't support crossplay between PC and console, saying, "They're their own ecosystems." That said, console gamers can rest assured the title will feature "full integration with Xbox Live and PlayStation Network."
Ash vs Evil Dead: So Did He Travel Through Time?
While Sam Raimi, Rob Tapert and star Bruce Campbell are all involved in Ash vs Evil Dead as executive producers, and Raimi co-wrote and directed the first episode, it’s Craig DiGregorio who is serving as showrunner and guiding the continuing story of Ash Williams (Campbell). I sat down with the Chuck, Reaper and Workaholics writing alum to discuss what it’s like becoming a part of this beloved franchise in such a crucial manner, while collaborating with the Evil Dead creators.
We also discussed Lucy Lawless’ character, Ruby, how much (if at all) Ash has changed since we last saw him and more – including whether we should assume the Ash in this show traveled back in time and experienced the events of Army of Darkness, given the show can’t directly bring up that film, thanks to legal issues.
Kick-Ass’ Chloe Moretz to Play Little Mermaid
Universal and Working Title have found its Little Mermaid star in Kick-Ass actress Chloe Moretz.
According to Variety, Moretz has been the frontrunner for quite a while, despite director Sofia Coppola's purported disinterest in bringing her on board. That said, Coppola has since left the project over creative differences.
The outlet notes that while the studio still wanted Moretz for the role, it didn't want to make an official announcement until a scriptwriter was settled upon. As such, this casting report comes coupled with word that Love Actually's Richard Curtis is in talks to write the film.
SPECTRE Producer Expects Craig to Return for Bond 25
James Bond producer Michael G. Wilson expects 007 star Daniel Craig to return for the 25th entry in the popular film franchise, despite prior comments from Craig strongly suggesting he was done with the role.
"I think we've got Daniel Craig," Wilson told The Hollywood Reporter, likening the situation to director Sam Mendes, who planned to exit the franchise after Skyfall, but returned for SPECTRE. "
Zoe Quinn Memoir to Get Made Into a Movie
Former Sony Pictures boss Amy Pascal has won the film rights to Zoe Quinn's upcoming memoir Crash Override: How To Save The Internet From Itself, with Avengers star Scarlett Johansson (among other unnamed actresses) reportedly interested in portraying the Depression Quest game designer.
Deadline says the "movie deal was based on a proposal titled Control Alt Delete, and tells the story of how Quinn, creator of such hip interactive games as Depression Quest, was targeted by a digital mob bent on upending her life when a blog post by her ex-boyfriend went viral. It sparked the widely-discussed Gamergate controversy and took a surprising turn when instead of running, she decided to fight back. It is a very inside look at gaming and nerd culture and what happens when one gets caught in the gears of that machine."