Monthly Archives: July 2016
New Star Trek TV Series Comes to Netflix Internationally
Each episode of CBS Studios' new Star Trek series will be available on Netflix in 188 countries—excluding the United States and Canada—within 24 hours of its U.S. premiere, Netflix announced today.
In the U.S., co-creators Alex Kurtzman and Bryan Fuller's Star Trek series can be found on CBS All Access, and in Canada, on Bell Media.
The streaming giant also announced that all 727 episodes of Star Trek's television library—including Star Trek: The Original Series, Star Trek: The Next Generation, and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine—will be available worldwide on Netflix before the end of 2016.
Fourth Film in Star Trek Reboot Series Announced
Days before Star Trek Beyond hits theaters, Paramount Pictures has announced a sequel that will see the return of a character who first appeared in the 2009 reboot.
Chris Hemsworth, who played the father to Chris Pine's James T. Kirk in the first Trek film to kick off the Kelvin timeline, will return as George Kirk in the fourth in the recent line of Star Trek films. No director has been announced yet, but J.D. Payne and Patrick McKay are on board to write the script.
The pair were originally brought on with Roberto Orci to pen the original script for the third Star Trek film before Orci left the project, after which Doug Jung and Star Trek star Simon Pegg came on to co-write the script that would become Star Trek Beyond. Bad Robot's Lindsey Weber and J.J. Abrams, who helmed 2009's Star Trek and the followup Star Trek Into Darkness, will produce the film.
39 Big Games Still Coming Out in 2016
We're a little more than halfway through the year, but there are still a ton of incredible games on the way. From much-anticipated sequels to exciting new adventures, here are 39 big games still coming out in 2016.
Starbound - July 22
On the surface, Starbound seems like Terraria in space, but this side-scrolling platformer is more adventure game than action sandbox. Starbound’s procedurally generated universe is just the theater for a rich, story-driven adventure that also features plenty of combat, crafting, base-building, resource management, and more. After a while in Early Access, Starbound is finally landing on PC, Mac, and Linux very soon.
Original Star Wars Rebels Plan Had Vader Killing Maul
The Star Wars Rebels: Season 2 finale brought a big player back into the universe, as Darth Maul -- simply Maul now -- made his return.
However, as Rebels co-creator/executive producer Dave Filoni revealed to me at Star Wars Celebration, Maul’s return was nearly a brief one, as the character was originally going to die in that huge finale - coming to his end after facing Darth Vader for the first time, no less.
Said Filoni, “It’s interesting. This is a little bit inside, but Maul wasn’t meant to survive the Malachor episode. There was a lot of thought given to taking him out there because a lot of the Malachor arc, originally, was more about Vader confronting Maul and it was going to be a story about that. It became clear to me as the emotional story developed and we worked on it more that that was just going to be wrong, that if anything happened to Maul it needed to have its proper time and its proper space. That’s how he kind of got a pass and survived to this season.”
All the Important Stuff from Star Wars Celebration
Thousands and thousands of Star Wars fans converged in London this weekend for Star Wars Celebration. It was incredible.
There were announcements for Rogue One, Rebels, and Battlefront, tonnes of impressive cosplay, and well, just lots of generally awesome Star Wars stuff. Here's what you missed...
On Friday, director Gareth Edwards and the cast of Rogue One arrived at the Celebration bringing loads of announcements with them.
We got an awesome sizzle reel of behind-the-scenes footage:
We also got a new poster, too:
New Rogue One poster.
Stranger Things Come to Life for the Cast
It's not surprising that a lot of strange things happen in Stranger Things, but what if they actually happened to the cast in real life?
At last week's premiere of the new Netflix supernatural series, the young cast, along with the series creators, the Duffer Brothers, were brought into a special room for what they thought was an interview - where some very unexpected events occurred. Check out the video below to see what happened when Stranger Things became reality.
For more on Stranger Things, which just debuted its eight-episode season this past weekend, check out IGN's full review.
Next Star Wars: The Old Republic Expansion Revealed
The next expansion for Star Wars: The Old Republic will be Knights of the Eternal Throne, and it'll be heading your way later this year.
There's not a great deal of information about the expansion yet, other than it will be coming "Fall 2016." On the official website, you can sign up to be the first to learn about any new updates.
This year will mark The Old Republic's fifth anniversary, and Bioware has released an infographic giving us some information on how people have been playing the game.
So far there have been 87 million characters created, and players have spent over 1.5 billion hours in the game. The most recruited companions are Lana Beniko and Vette, and 53 percent of people chose to channel the light side rather than embrace the dark.
Xbox One S Release Date Revealed
Microsoft has revealed the $399 2TB version of the Xbox One S will be hitting shelves on August 2.
The company also confirmed if you've pre-ordered one, you'll be getting it on release day. If you want one of the new slim consoles, you can still pre-order from Microsoft's store, although Microsoft claims availability is limited so if you want one, you might want to be quick.
It's worth noting the Xbox One S won't launch everywhere on that date, and will only be available in the following countries: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, UK and United States. Other territories will get the console later in the year.
Dead Rising Possibly Coming to PlayStation 4
A collection of trophies have appeared online for the original Dead Rising, which point to a possible PlayStation 4 release.
There are a few dozen Dead Rising Trophies listed on the Exophase website under the PS4 listing. There hasn't been any official word on a remaster yet, but we'll be sure to update you once we hear something.
The original Dead Rising came out on Xbox 360 in 2006. It never made it to PlayStation, and nor did the third game in the franchise, but Dead Rising 2 did come to Sony's platform.
At E3 this year, Capcom and Microsoft unveiled Dead Rising 4, which will be a timed-exclusive for Xbox One and PC.
Mankind Divided Fixes A Big Deus Ex Problem
As great as Deus Ex: Human Revolution was, it was far from perfect, and its empty feeling hub areas were among its most obvious flaws. It’s also one of the areas in which its sequel, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided has improved the most. Having played plenty of Deus Ex over the years, I mostly expect the guard-infested infiltration spaces to be impeccably designed, but after playing a substantial chunk of Mankind Divided, the hub areas seem to be catching up nicely.
For one, they’re much more dense – both in terms of the number of NPCs roaming around, and in the number missions, stories, and hidden goodies there are to partake of. Whether it’s a maintenance hallway tucked away in the back of a subway station or a seemingly abandoned second-floor apartment, I could barely make it from point A to B without finding some unsavory business to stick my nose in. This pleased me.