Monthly Archives: March 2016
Factor 5 Was Working on an Open-World Superman Game
Factor 5, the studio behind the much-loved Star Wars: Rogue Squadron, was once working on a Superman game.
The game, codenamed Blue Steel, has been shown off in a video project by Unseen64. It was originally planned for release on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and Wii – although the Wii version didn’t get past the ideas phase.
The plan for Blue Steel was to tie it in with Bryan Singer’s Superman Returns sequel. When Warner Bros. decided to can Singer’s follow-up in favour of another Superman reboot, Factor 5 changed the vision for Blue Steel into something else: An open-world Superman game for Superman fans.
Telltale’s Engine Is Getting an Upgrade for the Batman Series
Batman: A Telltale Game Series will see a "very much upgraded" version of the engine used in all of the Californian studio's games.
Speaking at the South by Southwest panel during which the first details of the new series were revealed, Telltale co-founder Kevin Bruner said:
"We've got a whole lot of new technology that's going in that you'll start to see in Batman, and Telltale games going forwardWe have a bunch of new engineers that have been working on rendering technology - non-photorealistic rendering technology
but it's really cool, very much upgraded from the kinds of things that you've seen from Telltale in the past
First Look at Halo 5’s New Firefight Mode
343 Industries revealed a first look at Halo 5: Guardians' Warzone Firefight during the 2016 Halo World Championship Finals on Sunday.
The "ambitious new multiplayer experience" expands on Halo 5's Warzone multiplayer, creating the "biggest Halo cooperative" mode in franchise history.
Eight players will team up in Warzone Firefight to complete five increasingly difficult rounds of gameplay. 343 Industries will include lots of enemies, like its new tier of Mythic bosses. According to Microsoft, they're much more dangerous than the Warden Eternal. And, there's a lot of them—Warzone Firefight will include "the most on-screen enemies in the history of the franchise."
Warzone Firefight, which was announced in February, will give players access to all REQ weapons, vehicles, power-ups, and armor mods.
BioWare Reveals Name of Secret New IP, No One Notices
BioWare's Senior Director of Creative Development, Alistair McNally has revealed that he wore a T-shirt that revealed the name of the Mass Effect developer's secret new IP at GDC last week and "no one batted an eyelid".
Also it was fun to walk around GDC2016 in a t-shirt with our new IP on it and no one batted an eyelid.
— Alistair McNally (@Al_McNally) March 18, 2016
The news has sent many, including those on the BioWare forums, scrambling for pictures from the conference that might include McNally and his suddenly famous apparel, but none has yet been found.
Allegiant Has Lowest Opening of Divergent Franchise
The Divergent Series: Allegiant failed to topple Zootopia at the North American box office this weekend.
The penultimate film in the YA sci-fi series debuted in second place with an estimated $29.1 million.
That's the lowest opening weekend of the Divergent franchise, well behind the first film's $54.6 million and sequel Insurgent's $52.3 million.
Allegiant made an additional $53.4 million overseas for a global total of roughly $82.5 million.
Variety points out the "Divergent films carry budgets of around $110 million with foreign pre-sales reducing (Lionsgate's) risk."
BvS: Affleck Denies Rumors He Rewrote Script in Batsuit
Ben Affleck thinks the idea he rewrote the Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice script while suited up as Batman is "the dumbest rumor."
Back in February, rumors swirled over Affleck not being "thrilled" by the script, saying the actor "rework
the script" on "multiple occasions."
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Affleck recently told reporters that he "just like
how if
was gonna go write,
would put on this batsuit first because it's so comfortable to write in."
Maze Runner Director: Dylan O’Brien ‘One Tough Cookie’
Maze Runner: The Death Cure director Wes Ball issued a statement regarding star Dylan O'Brien's set injury, ensuring the actor will be "just fine."
Ball's letter, which was posted to Twitter, comes just days after O'Brien suffered serious injuries on the Vancouver set of Maze Runner: The Death Cure.
"Well, it's been a whirlwind of emotions these past few days," he wrote. "I've been overwhelmed with feelings of anger and sadness and guilt."
Marvel Reveals Civil War 2 Tie-In Comics
C2E2 is one of the first big comic conventions of 2016, and Marvel showed up in force to announce several new titles and shed more light on their plans for Civil War II this summer. The publisher announced a total of six new comics at the show this weekend, as well as various Civil War II tie-ins and a couple other unexpected surprises.
Scroll down to see what's coming in the months ahead.
The Witcher 3 Wins SXSW 2016 Game of the Year
CD Projekt Red's The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt was crowned Video Game of the Year at South by South West's Gaming Awards. And it's not the first big win for The Witcher 3—the open world role-playing game was also named IGN's 2015 Game of the Year.
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt took home the most awards of the night, also winning for its Excellence in Narrative and Excellence in Technical Achievement.
Bloodborne, IGN's PlayStation 4 Game of the Year, and Rise of the Tomb Raider, our Xbox One Game of the Year, each took home two awards. For Bloodborne, Excellence in Art and Excellence in Design. For Lara Croft, Excellence in Animation and Most Enduring Character. Undertale—IGN's PC Game of the Year—was given the title of Most Fulfilling Crowdfunding Game, as well as the Matthew Crump Cultural Innovation Award.
Fear the Walking Dead: 9 Things to Know About Season 2
The cast and creators of Fear the Walking Dead took part in a panel for the show at the annual PaleyFest in Los Angeles this weekend, giving hints at what’s to come when the show returns for Season 2 on April 10th.
Here’s what was revealed about aquatic zombies, Strand, the show’s timeline, why a crossover with The Walking Dead isn’t happening and more.
(L-R) Alycia Debnam Carey, Colman Domingo, Mercedes Mason, Rubén Blades, Kim Dickens, Nick Dillane, Lorenzo James Henrie and Cliff Curtis at PaleyFest. Photo credit: © Rob Latour for the Paley Center.