Monthly Archives: March 2016
Paragon ‘Early Access’ Begins This Month
Founder's Packs for Epic Games' upcoming MOBA Paragon will go on sale on March 14, with Early Access starting a few days later on March 18.
Getting a Founder's Pack allows you to play early, and your progress will carry over to the full game. If you would rather wait and not pay, a free Open Beta will be coming this summer.
Founder's Packs will cost $20, and will include the game, skins, boosts, and other cosmetic items that you can unlock by playing. Challenger Packs ($60) and Master Packs ($100) will include even more skins and boosts, as well as a unique skin and a Founder's Pack that you can gift to someone else.
All Heroes are free in Paragon, with cosmetic items on sale for real money. On the PlayStation Blog, Epic says "buying a Founder’s Pack will get you in-game content at a huge discount from normal prices."
No Man’s Sky: The Real Game Begins to Reveal Itself
I’m not sure I’ve ever wanted a game to live up to its potential as much as No Man’s Sky. It has ignited my imagination with the promise of limitless galactic exploration for years now. Could the math that powers this universe also make it interesting? Would trading, space combat, and alien interaction be meaningful?
I’m getting closer to finally having all of those questions answered. See, No Man’s Sky still stubbornly refuses to reveal all of its secrets, even with its June 21 release date now set in stone. But after a new demo from Hello Games mastermind Sean Murray and an all-too-short 30-minute hands-on with a new build, I now have a much better sense of what No Man’s Sky is. And I still haven’t met a game I’d rather see live up to its full potential.
No Man’s Sky Release Date, Collector’s Edition Announced
Hello Games has confirmed that No Man’s Sky will be available on June 21 for $59.99 on PlayStation 4 and PC.
Beyond being available for purchase separately, iam8bit announced today that the PC version of No Man’s Sky will receive a collectible Explorer’s Edition limited to 10,000 copies.
The 100 Will Reveal Some Big Secrets Tonight
The 100 airs a crucial episode, "Thirteen," Thursday night – one that offers a lot of insight into the show’s backstory and mythology.
As The 100’s executive producer and showrunner, Jason Rothenberg, explains, “We tell a flashback to 97 years ago and we see the origin story of the show. We see what happens to the world and why the apocalypse happened.”
Thanks to those flashbacks, there's good deal of outer space-set material in “Thirteen,” and as Rothenberg noted, by the end of it, “We understand the origin of the Ark, which had become a home for our heroes as the series began, three years ago."
Watch the New Ghostbusters Trailer
Sony released the very first trailer for their upcoming Ghostbusters reboot today. Check it out below!
We were among the press and cosplaying Ghostbusters fans invited to an event at Sony Pictures on Wednesday to screen the trailer and then chat with director Paul Feig, screenwriter Katie Dippold, and producer (and original Ghostbusters director) Ivan Reitman about making the film.
The supernatural action-comedy is not tied to the world of the first two movies. This Ghostbusters is set in a world where spooks and specters or the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man never terrorized Manhattan.
As Dippold explained, "One other reason to do it this way is today’s scientists don’t believe in the paranormal anymore. And so to say ghosts have existed for the past 30 years, it’s just a new world. In the original it’s so fun when the ghosts are unleashed on the city for the first time. It’s just such a fun thing. You don’t want to skip over it."
Comic Book Reviews for March 2, 2016
The first week of March brought with it a number of great comics. This week Green Lantern became the first New 52 book to hit issue #50, Marvel launched a terrific new Black Widow comic from the team behind Daredevil, BOOM! Studios launched their ongoing Mighty Morphin Power Rangers comic, and Dynamite gave Vampirella a huge makeover. Scroll down to read our reviews for these and many other new releases, and be sure to let us know your favorite books of the week in the comments below.
DC COMICS
1/6 Scale Quiet Statue Glares Over the Battlefield
Toy manufacturer Gecco is offering a better look at its statue of Quiet from Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, as well as taking pre-orders.
The figure stands at 30 cm high, and is made from ABS and PVC plastic. It was sculpted by Shin Tanabe, who has previously worked with Gecco on sculptures based upon Silent Hill and Naruto. Gecco itself has worked on Metal Gear characters in the past, including Raiden and Big Boss.
Right now likeness of Metal Gear Solid's Quiet can be pre-ordered for $290. That gets you the figure, as well as a detachable handgun, knife, and customizable sniper rifle. The toy itself can also be modified with a head variant featuring Quiet's butterfly face mark.
Suicide Squad Director, Will Smith Reunite for Fantasy Film
It appears David Ayer will be teaming up with Will Smith once again, as the Suicide Squad director and Deadshot actor are reportedly both involved in the upcoming film Bright.
According to TheWrap, Ayer will direct and Smith will star in the cop-centric fantasy thriller, based on a script by Chronicle writer Max Landis. Additionally, Warrior actor Joel Edgerton is said to co-star alongside Smith.
Smith as Deadshot in Suicide Squad
Arrow’s Katrina Law Joins Training Day Pilot
Katrina Law, who plays Nyssa al Ghul in The CW's Arrow, has joined the cast of CBS' upcoming Training Day drama series.
According to Deadline, Law will star as an LAPD officer named Detective Rebecca Lee, who works at the Special Investigation Division. Law joins Bill Paxton's Frank Rourke, a detective who Lee looks to as a father figure after he rescued her from human traffickers when she was four years old.
Law as Nyssa al Ghul in Arrow
The Force Awakens’ Finn Wants Story Mode in Star Wars Battlefront
Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ John Boyega would like to see more single player content in Star Wars Battlefront.
Boyega, who starred as Finn in The Force Awakens, engaged EA’s official Star Wars Twitter account to put in a request for an “offline story mode.”
@JohnBoyega Have you had a chance to try the Missions?
— EAStarWars (@EAStarWars) March 2, 2016