Monthly Archives: January 2018
The Most Expensive War in EVE Online’s History Could Happen Today
Two of EVE Online's largest factions are gearing up for war, with fleets of titan class warships worth more than $1 million ready to do battle. If they pull the trigger, this will be the most costly war to have been waged in the game's history.
PCGamesN reports that the remnants of The Imperium alliance spent the last year in an arms race with the Moneybadger Coalition (formerly the CFC), who gave them a sound thrashing in 2016, with total losses in the region of $300,000.
Snowpiercer TV Series Loses Showrunner
TNT's Snowpiercer TV series has lost showrunner Josh Friedman.
Variety reports Friedman, who wrote the pilot and was an executive producer on the show, left the project because of creative differences with TNT. No word yet on how this'll impact the show, especially considering TNT already gave a series order to Snowpiercer last month.
The pilot, shot last year, is directed by Doctor Strange's Scott Derrickson but is yet to have a premiere date. Snowpiercer is based on director Bong Joon Ho's 2013 film of the same name, which follows a group of people inhabiting a perpetually moving train in a post-apocalyptic setting. The series stars Daveed Diggs, Jennifer Connelly, Mickey Sumner, Susan Park, and Benjamin Haigh.
Here’s When You Can See the New Pacific Rim Trailer
Those awesome mechanical Jaegers -- and the feared, monstrous Kaiju -- will return this spring in Pacific Rim Uprising, the sequel to the 2013 Guillermo del Toro film. And today we've got an exclusive first look at the new poster for the film, plus word on when you can catch the latest trailer as well.
Universal Pictures will be revealing the new trailer for the movie on Wednesday, Jan. 24, at 8 a.m. PT. If it's anything like the previous trailer, we can expect even more action featuring the many different Jaegers -- the flagship, the Gypsy Avenger, the Bracer Phoenix, the Saber Athena, the Titan Redeemer, the Guardian Bravo, the Scrapper, and so on. Also, count on giant monsters too...
God of War PS4 Release Date Announced
Sony has announced that God of War will be released for PS4 on April 20, 2018.
In a post on the PlayStation Blog, director Cory Barlog announced the date and called the date his "favorite release day of my entire career. If I live to be 100, I do not think I will be able to top this release day."
The news comes alongside a new trailer featuring Kratos and his son Atreus along with new locations and insight into the game's story.
"There has been a long journey just to reach this point, so it’s a little bittersweet to think that we are only a few months away from that journey finally coming to an end," Barlog wrote. "While I am sad, I am also excited because it means everyone will get their hands on this crazy adventure we have been crafting for nearly five years!"
Watch the First Trailer for the Norse Open-World RPG Rune: Ragnarok
We’ve got an early look at the first trailer for Rune: Ragnarok, an open-world RPG set in a dangerous Norse world. Watch the trailer above to see it in action.
Rune: Ragnarok is the long-awaited sequel to developer Human Head Studios’ original action RPG Rune, which released in 2000. The sequel pits you against Loki and an army of Norse Mythological gods and beasts in what looks like fairly brutal combat - The end of the trailer is particularly gory, with one character beating another with his own, severed arm. Ouch.
Rune: Ragnarok is planning to have an beta later this year, and is currently taking sign-ups on its website for a chance to get in early.
Warframe Gets New Update on PS4 and Xbox One
A gruesome new update to the free-to-play shooter Warframe is live right now on consoles. New enemies, weapons, and personalization options
The new Ghoul Purge Bounties see four new Grineer: Rictus, Auger, Devourer, and Expired Ghouls, all encountered by players through alerts or by "stumbling across their graveyards."
Players can now customize their personal quarters with items like "posable Warframe figures, companion toys and beds, wallpaper, a fish tank," and more, and can invite other players to stop by to check it out.
With the new Grineer come new weapons to battle them. There's the double-barreled shotgun Corinth, described as "commanding and explosive up-close," Gunsen, "a steel-bladed, fan-like weapon," a four-barreled Quartakk rifle, and a "compact, high fire-rate, automatic Uzi dubbed the Stubba."
Pokemon Go: 23 New Gen 3 Pokemon Arrive Today
Niantic has announced that more new generation 3 Pokemon are coming to Pokemon Go today.
As announced on Pokemon Go’s official site, 23 new Pokemon from the Hoenn region (originally from Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire) will begin to appear in the game today. Niantic didn’t reveal specific Pokemon, but an image accompanying the announcement includes Camerupt, Aron, Cacnea, Flygon, Aggron, Solrock, Lunatone, Trapinch, and Whismur.
All Microsoft Games to Be On Xbox Game Pass on Release Day
Microsoft has announced that all games from Microsoft Studios will now be added to the Xbox Game Pass subscription service on their release day - beginning with Sea of Thieves.
Microsoft singled out Rare's online pirate adventure (out on March 20), adding that State of Decay 2, Crackdown 3, and unannounced games in the Halo, Forza and Gears of War franchises will all be included.
Launched last year, Game Pass is Microsoft's "Netflix-like" subscription service, which offers access to a selection of Xbox One and Xbox 360 games for a monthly fee.
Until now, higher-profile games - such as Gears of War 4 - took some time to reach the service. The service currently includes over 100 games.
Maze Runner Stars Debut Death Cure Deleted Scene – IGN First
All month long, IGN First is spotlighting the Films to Watch in 2018. Today, we take a look at the third and final Maze Runner film, The Death Cure. Directed by Wes Ball, Maze Runner: The Death Cure follows Thomas (Dylan O'Brien), Newt (Thomas Brodie-Sangster) and the rest of the resistance as they try to find the cure for the Flare and finally stop WCKD once and for all.
The final film in Fox's Maze Runner trilogy is finally hitting theaters on January 26th, and IGN is debuting an exclusive deleted scene that you won't be seeing in the film.
Check out the clip between Thomas and Newt below, and stick around for commentary from stars Dylan O'Brien and Thomas Brodie-Sangster about how they developed the dynamic between these two key characters:
Oscars 2018: Full Nominations List
With the 90th Academy Awards taking place on Sunday, March 4 in a ceremony hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, here's the rundown of the 2018 Oscars nominees.
Guillermo del Toro's The Shape of Water leads the pack, with the fantasy romance we called "a visually and emotionally engrossing fable" earning 13 nods, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Leading Actress.
It's followed by Dunkirk with 8 nominations, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri with 7 and Darkest Hour with 6.
Mudbound's cinematographer, Rachel Morrison also makes history as the first woman to be nominated for the Best Cinematography award.