Monthly Archives: November 2016

Dragon Ball Super English Dub Announced

Funimation and Toei Animation announced the Dragon Ball Super English dub is in production. Funimation will also start simulcasting the newest episode of Dragon Ball Super this weekend.

Though Funimation didn't say when we can expect the dub, Funimation is adding the English subtitled episodes of Dragon Ball Super (1-10 and 47-64) to its library at 10 a.m. PT today. Episodes 11-46 will be added "once subtitling has been completed."

Funimation will also handle home video distribution of Dragon Ball Super for the United States and Canada.

Dragon Ball Super made its debut in the West on several anime streaming websites earlier this month, and first aired in Japan in July 2015.

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GTA: Vice City Intro Gets Fan Reimagining

It's been fourteen years since the launch of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, and to celebrate, a fan has created a reimagining of the game's intro to showcase how a remastered version of the game might look.

Check out the fan-made video, courtesy of YouTube user Majami Hiroz (via GamesRadar) below.

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City launched for PlayStation 2 on October 29, 2002, and has since been rereleased on a number of digital platforms, including PlayStation Network, iOS and Android.

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Nintendo Game Counselor Hotline Coming Back for 3 Days

To celebrate the release of the Nintendo Entertainment System: NES Classic Edition, Nintendo is bringing back the Nintendo game counselor service, the Power Line.

For three days only (November 11-13 inclusively), the Power Line - at one time (and pre-internet) the only place to get help for some of Nintendo's classic games - will be back up with tips and tricks. Available from 6am to 7pm PT each day, the advice line will be fully automated, but callers to (425) 885-7529 will hear "recorded tips for several games, plus behind-the-scenes stories from original Nintendo Game Play Counselors".

Nintendo's social media #NESterday takeover will "go completely retro to a time when 'social media' involved trading passwords and game tips on the school bus".

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Quentin Tarantino Confirms His Tenth Film Will Be His Last

After suggesting as much in the past, Pulp Fiction and Kill Bill director Quentin Tarantino has announced that he will indeed retire after making his tenth film.

"Drop the mic. Boom. Tell everybody, 'Match that s—t,'" Tarantino said at the Adode Max creativity conference, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Last year's The Hateful Eight marked the eighth film from Tarantino—read IGN's review—so the director still has two more films on the way before he steps away from filmmaking.

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Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare – No Cross-Network Play Between Steam and Windows Store Versions

Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare and Modern Warfare Remastered will not offer cross-platform multiplayer support, even between PC versions of the game bought from different services.

According to a recent FAQ by Activision (via RockPaperShotgun.com), not only will PC players not be able to take on console gamers, those purchasing the game via different agencies on PC will also be unable to play together. This means players who have purchased the game through the Windows Store will not be able to play with those who bought the game through Steam, and vice versa.

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Once-Lost Doctor Who Story Coming to Movie Theaters

Fathom Events and BBC Worldwide are bringing Doctor Who: The Power of the Daleks to movie theaters for one night only, on Monday November 14.

Once thought lost forever, The Power of the Daleks was a six-part arc in the fourth season of Doctor Who, and originally premiered on the BBC 50 years ago. The complete original episodes of the saga have been lost since the BBC purged their archives in 1974. However, utilizing original audio, photographs, and surviving film clips, BBC Worldwide has now recreated the story brand new feature-length animation.

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Deadly Premonition Creator Swery Leaves Access Games,

Deadly Premonition and D4 creator, Hidetaka "Swery" Suehiro, has resigned from his position at developer Access Games, but has hinted at further projects to come.

The cult game director - who recently took a break from development for health reasons - spoke to IGN Japan, explaining that he had resigned from Access Games' board of directors in August, but had stayed quiet until now.

"2016 marked my 20th year working in the game industry", he explained in characteristically odd style. "Then when I was forced to take a break from work due to illness, I had the opportunity to consider the next 10 or 20 years of my life. How do I want to live? As I gave this question serious thought every day, I began to see visions in my morning coffee. The future and the past; or perhaps freedom and restriction… Advancement and stagnation."

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Gran Turismo Sport Won’t Support VR Across the Whole Game

Gran Turismo creator Kazunori Yamauchi has clarified that PlayStation VR support for Gran Turismo Sport will be restricted to a dedicated VR mode baked into the game.

“It will be one part of the game,” explained Yamauchi, speaking to Eurogamer. “One thing we discovered in developing and doing the VR, to do the whole game playable in VR is going to be a strain on the players. You can see in the demo downstairs, there’ll be a VR Tour mode that’ll be included in the game. That showcases the VR effects.”

This is in contrast to Sony’s recently released Driveclub VR, which is a complete game of its own although perhaps would’ve sufficed as a more modest add-on to the original title. It’s also in contrast to existing racing games on PC, including Dirt Rally and Project CARS, which can be played entirely in VR if you desire.

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