Monthly Archives: March 2017
Square Enix Shows Off Final Fantasy XV PC Tech Test
At GDC 2017, Final Fantasy XV director Hajime Tabata went into more detail on the game's development.
He unveiled a video showing the game captured on Nvidia's latest GTX 1080 Ti is Nvidia's graphics card, and its power looks set to exceed the insanely expensive Titan X.
The tech demo shows off various environments from the game with various additions to show off the lighting, and there are some interesting other changes, like a monster truck version of the Regalia car.
Of course, there is currently no PC version of Final Fantasy XV, but Tabata has previously expressed the desire to bring it to the platform. There are currently no plans for a Nintendo Switch version, however.
Opinion: Wolverine Doesn’t Need a Comic Book Resurrection
Marvel is weeks away from delivering a major overhaul of the X-Men comics. The ResurrXion relaunch promises to overhaul the X-Men lineup and kick-start a new wave of nostalgia-driven books like X-Men Gold, X-Men Blue and Generation X. And based on the "ResurrXion" title, it's probably safe to expect the return of at least one major, long-dead X-Man. I'm just hoping that dead X-Man isn't Wolverine. He may be the most popular of Marvel's many mutant heroes, but Wolverine serves more use dead than alive right now.
I don't say that lightly, as I count Wolverine among my favorite comic book characters of all time. But there's only so much Wolverine a person can take before they reach their breaking point. And Marvel was really pushing it by the time they finally killed off the character in 2014's Death of Wolverine. Wolverine was constantly at the forefront of the X-Men franchise thanks to his role as headmaster of the Jean Grey School and the fact that he always had several solo comics to his name. This is despite the fact that so many classic X-Men runs, from Chris Claremont and John Byrne's Uncanny X-Men to Joss Whedon and John Cassaday's Astonishing X-Men, show that Wolverine is a character best used sparingly rather than as the focal point of the franchise.
Overwatch: Blizzard Trialing Further Changes to Bastion After Community Reaction
The long awaited changes to Bastion were applied in Overwatch's latest patch this week, but it seems like everyone's favorite / least favorite battle robot is going to be changed again.
Overwatch game director Jeff Kaplan took to the Battle.net forums yesterday to thank everyone for the feedback (even though the majority of it hasn't been great), and to let everyone know that more updates are in the works.
"We know Bastion is a big focus for everyone right now," wrote Kaplan. "
we'll make some changes to Bastion and put them up on the PTR this morning. We'd love to hear your feedback about those changes when they go up. I don't have details right now because we're still making the changes!"
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No Man’s Sky Dev Announces Funding Initiative Hello Labs
No Man's Sky developer Hello Games has launched a new initiative called Hello Labs, which will help support other smaller developers who are creating games that use procedural generation or are "experimental focused."
Studio founder Sean Murray shared the news today during his session at GDC, titled "Building Worlds Using Math(s)." Hello Labs will provide funding and support to one or two projects at a time, and Murray confirmed that one project is already in active development.
More details about Hello Labs will be shared in the future.
During the talk, Murray briefly mentioned what he's been up to at Hello Games, saying he's been "busy working on a current update to No Man's Sky." He also took a minute to reflect on the game, saying, "No Man's Sky started as a hobby to me, and in some ways, it still is."
Transformers Spinoff Bumblebee Hires Kubo and the Two Strings Director
Paramount has hired Kubo and the Two Strings director Travis Knight to helm the Transformers spinoff film, Bumblebee.
Variety reports that Paramount has been looking for a director with an animation background specifically, as the studio also held talks with Lego Batman director Chris McKay before deciding on Knight. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Knight also beat out Seth Gordon (Baywatch), the Nee Brothers (Band of Robbers), and Jaume Collet-Sera (The Shallows), who were all in the running to direct the spinoff.
Nickelodeon Announces Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Nickelodeon has announced a new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series is in development.
Titled Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles for now, it'll be a 2D animated show with a total of 26 episodes in its first season and will premiere in the fall of 2018. Andy Suriano (Samurai Jack character designer) and Ant Ward (supervising producer on the current Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series) are producing the series.
Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles will expand the mythology of the Ninja Turtles by featuring new villains and a "more mystical New York City," as the four protagonists discover a magical world beneath the city's streets while also gaining strange new mystic ninja powers.
Donnie Yen to Star in Sleeping Dogs Adaptation
Rogue One and Ip Man actor Donnie Yen has been tapped to star in an adaptation of Square Enix's Sleeping Dogs.
Deadline reports that Yen, who recently starred in xXx: Return of Xander Cage, will play the Wei Shen character in the upcoming film. The movie's plot is described as following "an undercover police officer (Yen) on a mission to take down one of the most powerful and dangerous criminal organizations in the world: the notorious Triads."
Neal Moritz’s Original Film (Fast and the Furious) is producing the Sleeping Dogs adaptation along with with DJ2 Entertainment. Moritz, Dmitri Johnson and Dan Jevons will be producers, and Toby Ascher and Stephan Bugaj are executive producing. So far there is no attached director or slated release date.
Bolivia Complains to France Over Ghost Recon Wildlands
The Bolivian government has filed a formal complaint with the French embassy in La Paz regarding the depiction of the country in Ubisoft’s upcoming Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands, reports Reuters.
Ghost Recon Wildlands takes place in an alternate near-future where a ruthless Mexican drug cartel has muscled its way into Bolivia, turning the nation into a narco-state and the world’s largest producer of cocaine.
According to Bolivia’s Interior Minister Carlos Romero, Bolivia has officially asked that the French government intervene. Romero also believes that Bolivia has the standing to take legal action, though stated “at first we prefer to go the route of diplomatic negotiation.”
Greg Nicotero Snuck a Creepshow Reference Into The Walking Dead
The Walking Dead's upcoming twelfth episode of season 7 will feature a tribute to a horror classic.
Longtime Walking Dead director Greg Nicotero took to Instagram to reveal he's slipped an Easter egg that pays homage to the 1982 George Romero and Stephen King cult horror film Creepshow. The episode, titled "Say Yes," will see Rick and Michonne exploring a creepy carnival and encountering a walker trapped in a ticket booth.