Monthly Archives: February 2016
Watch the Stunt Double for Rey Show Off Her Sweet Skills
Martial artist Chloe Bruce might not be a household name, but she's the woman responsible for the cool stunts by Rey in Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
A November video of Bruce is starting to go viral, where she demonstrates incredible staff skills and kicks. It's also shining some spotlight on the relatively unknown stuntwoman.
But Star Wars: The Force Awakens isn't the first time Bruce has assisted with a blockbuster film. She also served as a stunt double for Gamora in Guardians of the Galaxy, Lady Sif in Thor: The Dark World and Korrina in Wrath of the Titans.
Looking ahead, Bruce also stunt doubled in the Assassin's Creed movie for actresses Ariane Labed and Michelle Lin, according to her resume.
Revenge and Mechs in Claymated Adventure Dujanah
The next adventure game from creator Jack King-Spooner is rendered in the same carefully handcrafted mixed media as his previous work, but instead of the small Scottish town featured in the semi-autobiographical Beeswing or the bizarre sci-fi of Sluggish Morss, Dujanah takes place in a fictional Islamic country occupied by an unwelcome military force. Also there are mechs.
You play as Dujanah, a woman who has suffered grievances at the hands of the military intervention. On board her trusty mech, Dujanah travels around meeting new people, playing Metroid-style arcade games in a cave, and perhaps, eventually, seeking some form of revenge.
According to its Kickstarter, Dujanah will explore themes of "pluralism, motivations, ethics regarding intervention and libertarianism" in a setting that blurs the real with the imaginary.
Over 6 Million Courses Created in Super Mario Maker
Super Mario Maker enthusiasts have created over six million courses worldwide. According to the Nintendo of Europe Twitter account, Nintendo fans have been very busy over the past few months.
More than 6 million courses have been created in #SuperMarioMaker worldwide! Thanks so much for sharing them! #WiiU pic.twitter.com/lBnnX9NgAB
— Nintendo of Europe (@NintendoEurope) February 3, 2016
NECA Toys Reveals Uncharted 4 Nathan Drake Figure
Uncharted 4: A Thief's End might be the end of Nathan Drake, but you can have the adventurer decorating your computer desk forever thanks to this upcoming figure from NECA Toys.
FIRST LOOK at the Uncharted 4 Nathan Drake action figure coming in late Spring. Retail pre-orders go live today! pic.twitter.com/EGI1ftKJco
— NECA (@NECA_TOYS) February 3, 2016
Set to come out this Spring, there's a good chance it'll coincide with Uncharted 4's April 26 release date, its third after two previous delays to ensure the quality of the "largest Uncharted game to date." Naughty Dog's creative director, Neil Druckmann, promises a satisfying conclusion to Drake's story saying, "It will be really hard to do a sequel with Nathan Drake."
TMNT Board Game Launches Kickstarter Campaign
The heroes in half-shells will be making their tabletop debut within the year, if a new Kickstarter campaign for a board game adaptation of the franchise is successful.
IDW Games, who have launched games like Kill Shakespeare and Cat Tower on Kickstarter in the past, have taken to the crowdfunding platform to launch a tabletop game called Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shadows of the Past.
The project is described as a story-driven adventure game, where two-to-five players can duke it out and fight through various missions to rescue (or dominate) New York. The art style and characters are based off IDW's comic book run of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
Battleborn: Two New Playable Heroes Announced
2K Games has unveiled two new playable characters for Gearbox Software's upcoming multiplayer shooter, Battleborn.
In post on PlayStation Blog, Senior Community Content Editor Darren Gladstone revealed the game's "hulking" new heroes, the first of which is Attikus. See the "huge, imposing beast with an axe to grind against his oppressors" in action below.
The second is Galilea, an "unstable, immortal" warrior who's "reeking of life-draining dark energy." Check out the character highlight trailer below to see the "Wraith of Bliss" lay waste to her foes.
Jessica Jones Was Never Trying to Top Daredevil’s Fight Scenes
Though Daredevil and Jessica Jones are both TV shows under the Marvel Netflix umbrella, they're tonally very different series. On the one hand, Daredevil is a crime drama where a blind lawyer takes down the criminals the judicial system fails to punish. On the other, Jessica Jones follows a woman haunted by her past who steps up to stop her superpowered tormenter. Both heroes have special abilities, but they put their unique sets of skills to use in very different ways.
This is showcased particularly clearly in the ways each series uses fight scenes. Daredevil's combat sequences are highly choreographed (and will remain so in Season 2), as Matt Murdock's enhanced senses, speed and strength are integral to accomplishing his end goal. For Jessica Jones, her super strength and flight are a means to an end, and not something she spent a lot of time honing.
The Flash and Supergirl Crossover is Officially Happening
It's official: The Flash and Supergirl are crossing over. Grant Gustin will speed Barry Allen into National City in an upcoming episode of CBS's Supergirl, slated to be broadcast on Monday, March 28.
Because Supergirl comes from the same creative team as The Flash and Arrow, there has been speculation that the shows could crossover since the CBS superhero drama's announcement, but nothing was confirmed until now. CBS did not release official details about the episode or how the crossover will happen, but The Flash and Supergirl executive producers Greg Berlanti and Andrew Kreisberg released a statement sharing how excited they are simply that it is happening.
XCOM-Inspired Strategy Game Xenonauts 2 Announced
Xenonauts, a game heavily inspired by XCOM: UFO Defense, is getting a sequel in 2017.
According to the Xenonauts 2 website, developer Goldhawk Interactive cites the release of 2K Games’ XCOM 2 as the reason for renewed interest in the Xenonauts series.
The game will be set in an alternate Cold War-era timeline. As a result, advanced alien technology from the first game won’t be available in the sequel.
Xenonauts 2 will also be making the jump from 2D sprites to 3D graphics. In addition, players can expect completely redesigned alien enemies.
The first Xenonauts released in August 2014. IGN’s review called it the closest thing to XCOM: UFO Defense we had seen in 20 years but its frustrations made it too loyal to its inspiration for its own good.
Comedian Steve Agee Has a Role in Guardians Vol. 2
Comedian Steve Agee (The Sarah Silverman Program) reportedly has a role in Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2.
It seems Doug Benson of the Doug Loves Movies podcast -- a friend of Agee's -- slipped the news into a recent episode. "
just found out because he's in the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, he has to shoot that bulls--t instead of being here with us today," he said.
Agee has yet to be seen in any of the behind-the-scenes photos director James Gunn's been posting on social media. While it's possible that the comedian is set to play a major role in the film, it seems likely that it will be more of a cameo or a smaller role. Agee is a friend of Gunn's as well, and the director is known for putting his buds in his films in cameo roles.