Monthly Archives: December 2016
Street Fighter 5’s Second Season Starts Today
Street Fighter 5’s second season is available now.
Season Two brings with it the addition of Akuma, as well as premium battle and nostalgia costumes. There’s also a season pass available which nets you Akuma and five other characters throughout the year, premium costumes, and a PS4 theme.
Capcom also released a 92-page PDF detailing a massive number of new balance changes. Of note, invincible moves have changed due to characters without them performing worse than characters with, and normal throws have been altered to avoid loop throws.
One of the main reasons for the changes is due to characters who could attack more frequently had a larger reach, meaning they became stronger than others, and thus, unbalanced. Thanks, Eurogamer.
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Rogue One Director Discusses Film’s Ending
Following the theatrical debut of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story last week, director Gareth Edwards has come forward to discuss the film's ending.
Warning: Major Rogue One: A Star Wars Story spoilers below. We're not kidding on this one!
...One extra spoiler warning to be safe!
Edwards discussed the film's dramatic conclusion on the Empire Podcast (via Heroic Hollywood), shedding light on the bold decision to kill off every member of the Rogue One crew. "I think there was an early version - the very first version they didn’t
How Rogue One Included a Couple of Surprising Cameos
Warning: spoilers for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story ahead.
Rogue One director Gareth Edwards went through a lot effort to include two particular cameos in the film.
In the new film, Garven Dreis/Red Leader (the late Drewe Henley) and Jon Vander/Gold Leader (Angus MacInnes) show up looking exactly like they did nearly 40 years ago in the original Star Wars. While speaking to RadioTimes, Edwards revealed that he was able to pull these scenes off by finding unused footage from Star Wars discovered in the archives at Skywalker Ranch.
Explained Edwards, "We’re walking around, and doing all the cool things and looking at the Millennium Falcon and trying on Han Solo’s jacket and things like that, in the back at the bottom was all these cans of film. And we said ‘what are they?’ and they said ‘Oh, it’s Star Wars.’"
Civil War Comics Writer Criticizes Captain America Movie
Mark Millar, the writer behind Marvel's Civil War comic book miniseries, has come forward to share his thoughts on the MCU film adaptation, highlighting a few issues he had with the Captain America-focused movie.
"Civil War had a good opening twenty mins, but then I honestly can't remember what the movie was about," Millar said in a post on his blog Millarworld (via TheWrap), citing a lack of levity as one of his chief complaints with the film.
"It's interesting the Russos have a background in comedy because it's really missing in these otherwise well-made pictures and very, very missed," he wrote. "I really hope this bleakness doesn't extend into their two Avengers pictures because what made that first Avengers work was the light as well as shade and I'll be sad if that's all lost like it was in this picture."
Jim Lee, J.K. Rowling Bring Harry Potter to Comics for a Cause
J.K. Rowling and co-publisher of DC Comics Jim Lee are bringing Harry Potter to comics for the first time.
Potter's comic debut will be a part of Love Is Love, an anthology created to honor the victims of the mass shooting at Orlando's Pulse nightclub earlier this year, according to The New York Times. The image features Hermione, Harry, Ron, and Dumbledore, as well as a quote from the Hogwarts headmaster that comes from Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: "Differences of habit and language are nothing at all if our aims are identical and our hearts are open."
Nintendo Switch Reportedly Runs Much Slower When Not Docked
Leaked specs of the Nintendo Switch point to some sacrifices in power when the console is taken out of its dock.
A report from Eurogamer, sourcing from and adding to news from a VentureBeat report, shows the graphical processing unit on the Switch operates at 307.2MHz when undocked. Docked, the GPU can run at 768MHz.
However, developers have the option to run their games on the slower configuration even when the unit is plugged into the dock, to keep consistency across portable and home use.
Top Comics to Buy This Week
With dozens of comic books to choose from, let us show you which are the best coming out this week. Take a look at this list spotlighting our favorite comics that we know are money-well-spent and new books that look cool and are backed by some top-tier talent.
Check out our picks, then head to the comments to let us know what you’ll be buying this week!
By writer Joshua Williamson & artist Jason Fabok | DC
Dark Tower: New Poster Teases Roland and Jake’s Journey
Sony has released a new poster for its upcoming fantasy movie, The Dark Tower.
The poster, seen below, was revealed by Sony Pictures on Twitter. It features Idris Elba's Roland the Gunslinger walking alongside Tom Taylor's Jake Chambers with the quote, "May your days be long upon the Earth."
"May your days be long upon the Earth" is a repeated greeting used in Stephen King's The Dark Tower novels, making this the latest nod to his source material in the film's publicity campaign. Earlier this year, Elba tweeted an image that featured a nod to the Gunslinger creed from the books: "Remember the face of your father." More recently, Taylor shared a photo of Jake at a crossroads between worlds, with Jake's iconic quote, "There are other worlds than these."