Monthly Archives: July 2016
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Rise of the Tomb Raider PS4 Release Date Appears on Italian Site
The formerly Xbox-exclusive Rise of the Tomb Raider is coming out November 10 of this year, if a listing on the Italian GameStop site is to be believed.
Spotted by NeoGAF user piccio_ssl, the game's listing shows the November release will be full priced. The
is listed on Amazon at $60 USD, but the December 30, 2016 release date is more than likely Amazon's generic placeholder date.
The game originally released in November of last year. In our Rise of the Tomb Raider review, we gave it a 9.3, saying it improved on its excellent predecessor in almost every possible way.
Hints Dropped About 2018 Star Wars Game
The creative director of Visceral's as-yet-untitled 2018 Star Wars game has dropped a few hints about the project she calls, "an original Star Wars story with new characters, new locations, new tech, new creatures, you name it.”
As part of a panel on EA's Star Wars games, Amy Hennig explained that in studying the Star Wars films, "the first thing that jumped out was that these are always ensemble stories
So the same is true of our game."
Hennig was understandably hazy on details, but her words seem to hint at a game focused on more than one principal character, whether that's through multiple playables, a squad or otherwise:
7 Crazy Pokemon Go Stories
Pokemon Go has seen tremendous success since its release last week. And though its rollout around the world has been a slow one, that hasn't stopped the app from reportedly making $14 million in its first few days, causing a rise in Nintendo shares (despite Nintendo only having a stake in The Pokemon Company and not being primarily involved in its development), and renewing interest in the rights for a live-action Pokemon movie.
But outside of the game itself, and the renewed interest in the Pokemon franchise as a whole on its 20th anniversary, Go has also seeped into seemingly all facets of modern life. And because of the game's prevalence, it's resulted in some... strange stories.
Rogue One DLC Announced for Star Wars Battlefront
Rogue One DLC is coming to Star Wars Battlefront this holiday season.
It will be the fourth and final DLC planned for the game and will take place on the recently-announced planet of Scarif (that's the tropical and rather idyllic location glimpsed in the trailers for Rogue One).
Jyn Erso.
Chewbacca and Bossk Are Coming to Star Wars Battlefront
Chewbacca and Bossk were today revealed as the playable hero and villain in Battlefront's Death Star DLC, the game's third major expansion, out this September.
The announcement came during EA's panel, The Minds Behind EA’s Star Wars Games, at Star Wars Celebration 2016.
Concept art of Chewie in action aboard the Death Star.
Battlefront's Death Star DLC will become the third of four major drops planned for the game. A new teaser trailer for the expansion was also debuted at Celebration, and you can check it out below:
New Star Wars Rebels: Season 3 Poster and Images
There's a ton of new info about Star Wars Rebels today, as Star Wars Celebration saw the debut of a big new trailer for Season 3, along with the huge reveal that Grand Admiral Thrawn is coming to the show, plus a screening of the Season 3 premiere.
On top of that Lucasfilm and Disney XD have released new poster art for Season 3. Featured in the art are two characters who look to have big storylines this year, Ezra and Sabine. Plus, there are two looming villains - the aforementioned Thrawn and the returning threat of Maul. And of course, Chopper. Because how could you leave Chopper out?!
See All of Star Wars: Rogue One’s New Aliens
Lucasfilm debuted new footage of Rogue One this week at Star Wars Celebration 2016, providing a first look at several of the film's new aliens and other interesting characters.
Check out our slideshow below to see all of the exciting new additions that were revealed.
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story opens in theaters on December 16. The film will explore a brand-new location called Jedah, which director Gareth Edwards described as being the spiritual home of the Jedi.
Forbes Names Dwayne Johnson World’s Highest-Paid Actor
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson is now the world's highest-paid actor, according to Forbes.
Among Forbes' list that ranks all of the highest-paid celebrities of 2016, Johnson came in 19th place with $64.5 million. Topping the entire list was singer Taylor Swift with a whopping $170 million.
Johnson responded to the news in a post on Instagram, saying, "this will always serve as my anchoring reminder to continue to work even harder. We not only want to 'embrace the grind,' but take the grind to new levels."
Star Wars VR ‘Trials on Tatooine’ Free for HTC Vive
The Star Wars VR experience Trials on Tatooine will be free for HTC Vive owners from 18th July, 2016.
The experience has been developed under the guidance of Lucasfilm's chief technology officer, Rob Bredow, and is co-written by Bredow and long-time Star Wars canon-keeper Pablo Hidalgo.
Trials on Tatooine is a first-person experience set after the events of Return of the Jedi, with players assuming the role of Luke Skywalker's Jedi apprentice. It features some basic lightsaber combat, but is more pitched as an immersive Star Wars experience than a traditional game.
IGN played the game at GDC earlier this year, and you can read more about our experience right here.