Monthly Archives: November 2017
Red Sonja Film in Development from Expendables Producer
The long-gestating Red Sonja remake is back on track.
Deadline reports The Expendables producer Millennium Media will produce the project, which is set to serve as the start of a new franchise. The film is currently being fast-tracked, and a writer will be hired soon.
Millennium's Avi Lerner and Joe Gatta, as well as Cinelou's Mark Canton and Courtney Solomon are producing the movie. Luke Lieberman, Red Sonja's current rights holder, will be an executive producer.
Red Sonja comic.
9 New Things in Star Wars Battlefront 2
Battlefront 2 is a deep dive back into the Star Wars universe, taking inspiration from every major era. From maps to new modes, here’s what’s new.
Players of the first Battlefront lamented the lack of a single-player campaign, and its sequel seeks to remedy that.
In a story spanning 30 years, Battlefront 2 flips the coin and follows the Dark Side - specifically Iden Versio, commander of the imperial army’s black ops team, Inferno Squad.
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Final Fantasy XV: Multiplayer DLC Gets New Release Date
Following a delay, Final Fantasy XV's fourth expansion - the 'Comrades' multiplayer DLC - will be released on November 15.
Announced on Twitter, the new release date is just over two weeks later than the original release date of October 31. No concrete details were given for the delay, with Square Enix saying it was "due to final adjustments and to create the best possible experience."
Comrades will let players create their own characters, and equip them with powers from the Lucian bloodline that gives Noctis his abilities.
Obviously there's a focus on creating full teams, but the expansion will also add single-player sections for your new character, allowing training and adding context to the main game's story.
Xbox Exec Defends Line-Up of Exclusives
Microsoft Studios Publishing's general manager, Shannon Loftis has defended the Xbox One's line-up of exclusive games, and indicated that unannounced exclusives are in the works.
Speaking to GameSpot, Loftis said, "I think our offering is good and it is solid. I definitely hear that gamers want more.
We do have more coming; more that are in the works that we're not talking about now. But I feel good about what we have to offer for the launch
."
Addressing the criticism that many of Xbox's exclusives (such as Forza 7 and Cuphead) are also available on PC through the Xbox Play Anywhere programme, Loftis was more bullish:
PlayStation Trophies Can Now Be Used to Pay for Games
Sony in the US is adding a new incentive for Trophy hunters - you can now trade in your exploits for PSN credit.
Announced by Sony (as spotted by DualShockers), the Sony Rewards system now allows players to register their achievements in return for a little kickback. Here's how your Trophies break down in to points:
- 100 Silver trophies – 100 points
- 25 Gold trophies – 250 points
- 10 Platinum trophies – 1,000 points
As you might expect, the payoff here isn't gigantic - 1,000 points breaks down to $10 of credit, meaning it'd take a whole lot of playtime to afford your regular AAA game.
Hearthstone Designers Answer Our Biggest Questions
BlizzCon 2017 saw the reveal of the next Hearthstone expansion called Kobolds and Catacombs, so we sat down with Hearthstone Game Director Ben Brode and Producer Eric Del Priore to get some answers to our biggest questions about this new content, as well as a few big-picture questions about a tenth class and that missing Druid Hero.
If you already haven’t, check out the trailer for Kobolds and Catacombs.
As you can see, the expansion is themed around battling monsters and finding wondrous treasures and epic loot to equip yourself with, just like you would in a classic fantasy dungeon crawl. If you didn’t catch it, Kobolds and Catacombs is a play on Dungeons and Dragons, which was a huge influence on this expansion.
Thor: Ragnarok Has Fourth-Biggest Opening of 2017
Thor: Ragnarok had a strong debut this weekend at the North American box office, surpassing projections with a first place opening estimated at $121 million.
Director Taika Waititi's comic book movie had the fourth-largest opening of the year, not far behind the $123.4 million debut of Stephen King's IT. Compared to the other Marvel Studios films released this year, Ragnarok outpaced Spider-Man: Homecoming's $117 million debut, but didn't eclipse the $146.5 million opening of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2.
Thor Ragnarok received an "A" CinemaScore from moviegoers and exceeded industry expectations, which projected the film to make somewhere between $100-$118 million. The film's debut is now the biggest opening in the Thor franchise, well outpacing the first film's $65.7 million opening haul and Thor: The Dark World's $85.7 million debut.
The Secret Goal of Overwatch’s Animated Shorts
A new Overwatch animated short debuted at BlizzCon 2017, showing the tragic tale of why Reinhardt joined the team. If you were feeling strong emotions by the time it ended, that’s by design, according to Lydia Bottegoni, SVP of Story and Franchise Development at Blizzard.
“We always say our job is to make people feel something. Feel heroic or feel sad or feel triumphant. That's our overall mission, to make you feel something, and the bigger the emotion, the easier it is to get people there,” Bottegoni said.
It's not uncommon to read comments comparing the emotional impact of an Overwatch animated short to a Pixar or DreamWorks movie. And just like those movies often earn big ticket sales, the desired effect is for gamers to get emotionally invested in a character so they'll be pumped to play the game and buy the latest content.