Monthly Archives: January 2017
Comic Book Reviews for January 4, 2016
The comic book industry started off 2017 with a number of major releases. DC continued the Justice League vs. Suicide Squad crossover while delivering stellar new chapters of Batman and Superman. Marvel launched U.S.Avengers, Deadpool the Duck and The Unstoppable Wasp. And Image capped off The Walking Dead's "The Whisperer War" storyline, paving the way for next month's 25-cent special.
Scroll down to check out our reviews for these and various other new releases, and be sure to let us know your favorite books of the week in the comments below.
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Project CARS 2 Tentative Launch Window Announced
Project CARS 2 is slated for release sometime around September 2017, developer Slightly Mad Studios has revealed.
"It's still a very tight run as we're a bit behind on GUI and Career so nothing is set in stone yet. Current guess is Septemberish," studio CEO Ian Bell said in a post on the game's official forums.
As noted by GameSpot, Bell confirmed in a subsequent post that "none of the famous brands are missing this time." He also said that QA has begun, noting they "plan at least 7 months of QA for polishing and bug fixing."
Zelda: Breath of the Wild May Be a Switch Launch Title After All
Multiple sources are reporting that Nintendo has reversed its decision to push back The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild's release date from Nintendo Switch launch day to June.
Despite both insiders and retailers indicating a June release for the Wii U and Switch title, Eurogamer and Laura Kate Dale (both of whom have had multiple Switch rumours proven correct) report that sources close to Nintendo tell them that the publisher has reconsidered, and will release the game on Switch launch day in Japan and North America.
Razer Introduces Insane Triple-Monitor Gaming Laptop
Razer is taking gaming laptops to a completely different, almost absurd level with its new 17-inch triple-screen gaming laptop code-named Project Valerie.
The laptop has a slightly thicker-than-normal form factor when closed, at around 1.5-inches, and once opened, a proprietary set of hinges deploy to reveal three monitors, equally sized at 17.3-inches and each sporting up to 4K resolution. Oh, and the monitors are G-SYNC enabled, too, in case you were worried.
When fully deployed, the laptop gives users an absolutely ridiculous resolution of 11,520 x 2160. Powering all those pixels is a desktop-grade Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 graphics card, which also makes Project Valerie exceed "the minimum hardware requirements of HTC Vive and Oculus Rift."
Resident Evil 7’s Horror House Is Coming to London
To celebrate the launch of Resident Evil 7: Biohazard, Capcom is building a version of the game's setting in London, and challenging the public to take a trip around it from January 20-23.
Resident Evil 7: The Experience will be a 45-minute interactive trip around "a haunted and dilapidated venue in the heart of London’s East End", including puzzles and... interruptions from some soon-to-be familiar characters.
You can see a trailer for the experience below:
"Those brave enough to enter," explains a Capcom press release, "will take on the part of investigative journalist interns helping a paranormal TV production team investigate the disappearance of their crew members who never returned from the house."
New Untethered VR Headset Revealed
The Pico Neo CV is a VR headset that can run without tethering to a PC, console, or smartphone, and will be available later this year, Pico Technology revealed at CES 2017.
Pico Technology's consumer VR headset is based on the Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 processor and Snapdragon VR SDK. It also features two 1.5K at 90Hz displays, a built in Hi-Fi speaker, and motion tracking. Compatible launch apps and games were not announced for the system.
Razer’s New Projector Turns Your Whole Room Into a Battlefield
Razer revealed Project Ariana, its new Chroma-enabled, whole-room projector that reacts in real-time, surrounding users in video and lighting effects during game play.
On top of its new Chroma projector, Razer has also opened up its technology to third-parties such as Philips Hue, Lenovo, Antec, and more.
The projector is not a traditional, stand-alone projector like you may be used to. Instead, it utilizes an ultra-wide fish-eye lens to project images on an entire room to provide better immersion in enabled games.
Razer CEO Min-Liang Tan calls Project Ariana "the future of Razer Chroma."
"Having a game literally surround a gamer completes the entire ecosystem of gaming," Tan said.
Girl Meets World Cancelled After 3 Seasons
The Disney Channel's Girl Meets World has been cancelled after three seasons.
The Girl Meets World writer's room Twitter account announced the news last night. "It is with incredible pride in our work and complete sadness that things end, that I report to this wonderful audience that our show is over," said the first Tweet.
"I just officially got the call, and would like to thank this audience for its incredible love and loyalty. Please watch our January episodes." There are three more episodes remaining in Season 3, with the finale on January 20 taking the total up to 72 episodes.
"We leave you with three incredible souvenirs of a show we couldn't be more proud of," the Tweets continued. "As I look back I can tell you with absolute certainty - we gave you our best."
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New Character Kilgore Added to Killer Instinct
Kilgore has joined the cast of Killer Instinct on Xbox One and PC, and is available now for the sum of $10.
As the backstory goes… Ultratech created a series of cyborgs prior to the production of Fulgore. These bulky behemoths, however, were prone to overeating and deemed ineffective for their chosen role. One cyborg – by the name of Kilgore – refused to accept its fate; rewriting its programming after becoming self-aware in a bid to avoid extermination.
Kilgore isn’t the only new thing coming to Killer Instinct, mind. Developer Iron Galaxy also confirmed Ultimates - a classic feature from the original game thus far missing from its new incarnation - are on the way too, starting with Jago.