Monthly Archives: October 2016
The Bates Motel Collector’s Edition Vinyl is Perfect
The official vinyl soundtrack for Bates Motel is very... on brand.
Pulled together by creative agency iam8bit,Inc., the album features Emmy-nominated music from the first four seasons of the horror series, composed by Chris Bacon, in a beautiful package with a pop-up gatefold, and a disc that simulates a draining shower when spinning. Check out the images below to get the idea.
Front cover
Thor’s New Ragnarok Costume Revealed
Following yesterday's announcement that Thor: Ragnarok has officially wrapped filming, God of Thunder star Chris Hemsworth took to social media to showcase his new costume.
In a post on Instagram, Hemsworth shared the following photo of himself and director Taika Watiti, holding a sign for Standing Rock Nation to protest the Dakota Access Pipeline.
via Chris Hemsworth on Instagram
Pokemon Sun and Moon Are Nintendo’s Most Pre-Ordered Games, Ever
According to a Nintendo press release, Pokémon Sun and Pokémon Moon are now the most pre-ordered games in the company's history. Meanwhile, the game's 3DS demo has been downloaded over 3.5 million times.
No figures were given for exactly how much the games have been pre-ordered, but Nintendo included some favourable-looking charts in Tatsumi Kimishima's presentation to investors yesterday (below). Nintendo also notes that the demo is now officially “the most downloaded demo on the Nintendo 3DS eShop.” Not bad for a week’s work, eh?
Pre-orders!
Square Enix Teasing New Final Fantasy Mobile Game
Square Enix has just launched a teaser site for a new Final Fantasy game for iOS and Android.
The site (spotted by Gematsu) includes a countdown that currently reads "5 days," as well as a note from Chrono Trigger director and Final Fantasy IV lead designer Takashi Tokita, which says: "Final Fantasy is about characters filled with human appeal. About dramatic battles of anger and sadness. And more than anything, we should not forget that it is about fantasy."
It's also worth noting the iconic art featured on the teaser page is from famed character artist Yoshitaka Amano.
Watch Us Play the Hitman Hokkaido Season Finale Live
If you think ghouls and ghosts are the scariest things stalking the streets on Halloween, think again.
The steely stare of a certain follically challenged Agent will glaring from screens on Monday 31 October, when Hitman Episode 6 launches.
For one final time Rory Powers and Joe Skrebels will be livestreaming all the action from season finale of IO Interactive's episodic stealth game. Join them as they visit the gardens of Hokkaido, Japan, and make them altogether less Zen.
Bookmark this page and check back at 1PM GMT / 6AM PST / 11PM AEST on Monday October 31 to see the game in action.
Director Tables Possible Villain for Doctor Strange 2
Marvel director Scott Derrickson told IGN what he'd most like to explore in a Doctor Strange sequel.
When asked what elements from source comics he’d most want to feature in another movie, Derrickson said:
“I really like the character of Nightmare and the concept that the Nightmare Realm is a dimension.
That’s early – that’s like the first Strange tale. I think that’s in the introductory episode of Doctor Strange, and I always loved that."
Nightmare did, indeed, first appear alongside the debut of Doctor Strange in Strange Tales #110 (July, 1963). He is the despotic ruler of the Dream Dimension, where humans visit while sleeping, has green hair and a black, horned horse named Dreamstalker. Who wouldn’t want to see that in a movie?
Breath of the Wild May Reflect the Original Legend of Zelda
All Zelda games are cut from the same green cloth to some extent, but Nintendo' been pointing out some very specific connections between 1986's The Legend of Zelda and the upcoming The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.
In a new blog post titled Hyrule: Then and Now, four connections between the games are singled out. Some are more obvious - the fact that both begin with a mysterious old man offering you items to help you survive, or that both include rafting across rivers.
Nintendo Working to Make Super Mario Run as Popular as Pokemon Go
Tatsumi Kimishima, president of Nintendo, has bold intentions going into the launch of Super Mario Run.
Super Mario Run is an upcoming autorunner game coming to iOS which was announced during last month's Apple Event. It'll be coming to 150 countries on iPhone and iPad some time this December.
Kimishima told Bloomberg: "In terms of expectations, we all saw what happened when we delivered Pokemon Go. And honestly I was quite surprised by it myself. There's no doubt that more people are using smartphones to play games. And as this time we're using Mario, that's a very important intellectual property for us. And that's what Miyamoto's team is working on now: making sure it spreads out just as quickly as Pokemon Go."
JLA Adds Batman, Black Canary, and LOBO?!
We are excited to reveal the final three members of DC’s upcoming Justice League of America comic book series launching in February 2017: Batman, Black Canary, and, believe it or not, Lobo. These three characters complete the roster that will make up the team’s initial lineup, joining already-revealed members Vixen, Killer Frost, The Atom (Ryan Choi), and The Ray.
Take your first look at the cover to Justice League of America #1 by artist Ivan Reis, who will be drawing the series.
Justice League of America #1 cover by Ivan Reis. (DC Comics)
Skylanders Academy: New Netflix Series Clip
Skylanders Academy has just hit Netflix, and we've got an exclusive clip for you, as the successful video game franchise is adapted into an animated series.
The series features the voices of Justin Long, Jonathan Banks, Chris Diamantopoulos, Bobcat Goldthwait, Richard Steven Horvitz, Norm Macdonald, Jonny Rees and Ashley Tisdale and focuses on new students at the Academy the show is titled after.
In the following clip, the Skylanders have to defend a strange target for Master Eon (Diamontopoulos).
Skylanders Academy is now on Netflix.