Monthly Archives: July 2016
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Bloodborne Game Of The Year Edition For Less Than Half Price
We scored the original a 9.1/10 and today, Argos will sell you the GOTY Edition for £19.99. This is the lowest price we have seen the GOTY edition go for a while (Amazon's lowest price was £23.85 and they currently have it listed at £29.90), and we fear this price won't last long, so score it today while the price lasts.
Comic-Con X-Men Booth Offers Tomb of Apocalypse X-perience
Fox will unveil the Tomb of Apocalypse X-perience at San Diego Comic Con this week, offering fans a chance to take on the X-Men supervillain.
According to Entertainment Weekly, you'll have to complete a series of challenges to defeat Apocalypse, and you'll win a custom X-Men: Apocalypse t-shirt and souvenir photo for your troubles.
In the booth you'll also find original costumes from the movie, including Apocalypse, Quicksilver, and Storm.
EW also reports at the Fox booth, you'll be able to pre-order X-Men: Apocalypse on Digital HD, which has a scheduled release of September 9, and on Blu-ray, 4K Ultra HD, and DVD, which are scheduled for October 4.
Offsite San Diego Comic-Con Events Revealed
14 offsite events have been announced for Comic-Con, including features from Adult Swim, Game of Thrones, and South Park.
San Diego Comic-Con begins with a preview night on Wednesday July 20, and runs through July 24 at the San Diego Convention Center. However, there are related events taking place all around the main location.
On Harbor Drive, you'll be able to visit Amazon and engage in an alternate reality experience for The Man in the High Castle, and take part in a Thunderbirds Are Go based rescue mission.
Behind the convention center you'll find Adult Swim and Entertainment Weekly's Con-X, where you can create custom t-shirts, recharge your electronic devices, and find food and drinks.
Nintendo Breaks Stock Market Records Thanks to Pokemon
Yet more good news for Nintendo's share prices, as it has broken the record for the biggest daily turnover in the Topix (Tokyo Stock Price Index) this century.
According to Bloomberg, Nintendo traded 476 billion yen ($4.5 billion) on Friday alone, which broke the record which was previously held by energy company Tokyo Electric.
Nintendo also beat out other companies on the list such as SoftBank, Mizuho, Nippon Steel, and Aiful.
It's the latest in a long list of profit-soaked headlines for the gaming giant. that Last week we learned Nintendo's share price had jumped 70 percent since the release of Pokemon Go. They also rose 10 percent overnight after the augmented reality game's launch.
Video Games Honed Nicolas Hamilton Into a Real Race Driver
Motorsport is in Nicolas Hamilton’s blood. Born in Hertfordshire, England in 1992, Nicolas watched as his older brother Lewis carved out the beginnings of his own racing career. After successful stints in karts, Formula 3, and GP2 Lewis Hamilton, of course, would go on to win the Formula 1 championship three times, chalking up more race victories than any other British driver in the history of F1 in the process.
But it appeared Nicolas wasn’t going to be able to follow his brother into the world of motorsport. There was a hurdle. Nicolas was born with cerebral palsy, which affects his lower legs and the right side of his body. He tried karting in a car park as a seven-year-old, with his feet strapped to the pedals, but he crashed into a ditch.
Australian Developer Will Include Women Athletes in All Future Sport Games
Great sports moments are born from amazing stories. These moments are why people are drawn to the unscripted drama of live competition. Those who continue to insist on using the word sportsball in the pejorative sense may scoff, but it’s true. It’s why folks sat, jaws agape, watching LeBron James defy gravity to deny the Golden State Warriors the lead in the dying moments of game seven in this year’s NBA Finals. It’s why the unprecedented tale of how Leicester City was able to defy 5000-1 odds to win the English Premier League made headlines all over the globe.
Earlier this year the Melbourne Cricket Ground played host to its own story; the dramatic fairy-tale finale of a truly fascinating saga of Australian cricket.
“Ghostbusters Sequel Will Happen”, Says Sony Exec
While Ghostbusters' $46 million opening may not have moved the needle too dramatically, it's enough to reportedly solidify Sony's decision to make a sequel.
“The ‘Ghostbusters’ world is alive and well," President of Worldwide Distribution at Sony Rory Bruer told The Wrap on Sunday. “I expect Ghostbusters to become an important brand and franchise."
“While nothing has been officially announced yet, there’s no doubt in my mind it will happen".
Ghostbusters may not have been able to topple Universal's animated flick The Secret Life of Pets at the domestic box office over the weekend, but it is the highest grossing live-action comedy in over a year. Whether it has staying power at home and enough appeal overseas to stamp the sequel as 'official' remains to be seen.
Star Wars: Rogue One Won’t Have an Opening Crawl
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and other standalone movies in the Star Wars universe probably won't feature the series' iconic opening crawl.
Speaking to Entertainment Tonight at this year's Star Wars Celebration, Lucasfilm's Kathleen Kennedy said she "doesn't think" the crawl will be featured in the films outside of the sequel trilogy.
"You know, we're in the midst of talking about it, but I don't think these films will have an opening crawl," Kennedy said.
Rogue One director Gareth Edwards was more cryptic when addressing the question.
Master Raven and Bob Announced for Tekken 7
Tekken 7's roster just gained two additional characters, as Bob and Master Raven have been announced for Bandai Namco's upcoming fighter.
Series director Katsuhiro Harada revealed the new additions this weekend at EVO 2016.
Bob (aka Robert Richards) is an American fighter who made his franchise debut back in Tekken 6. He uses Freestyle Karate and boasts a wide selection of attacks, serving as one of the series' most well rounded characters.
The other new addition, Master Raven, has a ninjutsu fighting style. While her origins remain shrouded in mystery, fans will remember the original Raven, who first appeared in the series' fifth installment.
Tekken 7 is slated to release for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC in early 2017. For more on Bandai Namco's upcoming fighter, check out the action-packed announcement trailer for Nina Williams.
The JRPG Dream Team Taking Aim at Clash of Clans
Akihiko Yoshida and Hitoshi Sakimoto are household names in the world of JRPGs. The former is one of the most celebrated character designers and artists in the business, while the latter is one of the most prolific Japanese video game composers of all time. The pair have collaborated many times over the years, from 1993’s SNES classic, Ogre Battle: The March of the Black Queen, through to numerous other iconic titles, including Vagrant Story and Final Fantasy XII.
After a hiatus of many years – during which Yoshida left Square Enix and eventually wound up at CyDesignation – the pair have been reunited, and the project is a little different from what you might expect. Battle Champs is a Clash of Clans-style mobile game being developed by Tokyo-based BlazeGames, but one with a cute, Japanese aesthetic, and an interesting suite of modes.