Monthly Archives: May 2018
How Rockstar Is Making Its Open Worlds Even Better
“We’ve always tried to make these worlds places you can get lost in. Feel like they exist when you’re not even in them – like they’re waiting for you.”
That’s the kind of world Rob Nelson, co-studio head of Rockstar North, wants to build.
Red Dead Redemption 2 is Rockstar’s first original game in five years, and the first it’s built specifically for the current generation of consoles. It’s a fact that’s easy to forget with GTA V still dominating sales charts and amidst the constant updates to GTA Online.
Work on Read Dead 2 began eight years ago, as production drew to a close on its predecessor. “I think when we finished this one...” Nelson breaks off and gestures towards a screen behind him in his Edinburgh office; it’s running Red Dead Redemption on an old Xbox 360 debug console. “I always like to keep it close by, just to stay familiar with it and the feelings it evokes.” The TV displays the game’s title screen, which teases the player with a sliver of the game’s natural beauty.
How Avengers: Infinity War Finally Gave Us the True Doctor Strange
Avengers: Infinity War saw Earth’s mightiest heroes team up to battle Thanos, and while everyone was pulling out all the stops while fighting the Mad Titan, no one did so in more surprising fashion than Doctor Strange. As a lover of the comics, I had issues with Doctor Strange’s origin movie and wasn’t sure if I’d ever get to see the ideal version of the Sorcerer Supreme on-screen, but thanks to a few key changes, and whole lot of magic, Infinity War showed us the true version of the character from the comics.
And to explain just how the folks at Marvel Studios did this, I’m going into full spoilers for Avengers: Infinity War!
If you've got the time, check out our video version of this article above.
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What We Do in the Shadows Series Ordered at FX
Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi’s What We Do in the Shadows is officially headed to TV, with FX ordering a 10-episode season of the half-hour comedy series. FX commissioned a pilot for the show back in January.
Based on the 2014 New Zealand mockumentary comedy of the same name, the series will follow the lives of three vampires who have been roommates for hundreds and hundreds of years. The TV adaptation will be set in New York City rather than Wellington, NZ and will star Matt Berry, Kayvan Novak, Natasia Demetriou, and Harvey Guillen.
“What We Do in the Shadows only gets better with age thanks to this brilliant adaptation for television by co-creators Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi,” said FX president of original programming Nick Grad. “Their feature version was a hilarious, fresh take on the mundanity of everyday life that even immortals must face. We are thankful to them, Paul Simms and Scott Rudin, and this amazing cast for taking us deeper into the shadows with this series.”
SNK Neo Geo Mini Revealed
It looks like the SNK Neo Geo Mini has been revealed by an anonymous source.
Spawn Wave has posted a video on his YouTube channel showing what are likely images of the Neo Geo Mini. You can check out the video below.
The console looks to sport a built-in joy stick and button set with an attached 3.5" screen designed for portability. The Neo Geo Mini also appears to have the ability to output its audio via AUX and video through HDMI to other devices.
Additionally, a port for adding extra controllers to the system is shown on the side and the controllers themselves look to come in white and black variants.
Final Fantasy 7, Tomb Raider Among 2018 World Video Game Hall of Fame Inductees
The four 2018 World Video Game Hall of Fame inductees have been announced at The Strong National Museum of Play.
This year Spacewar!, John Madden Football, Tomb Raider, and Final Fantasy 7 are added to the list which brings new games into the fold annually to recognize their sustained popularity or impact.
Spacewar! for instance, was not added for commercial success but for its contribution in launching the industry and changing the way people thought about computers.
The list was started back in 2015 and the new games join the likes of Donkey Kong, Halo: Combat Evolved, and Street Fighter II which were added last year.
Guardians Vol. 3 Begins Filming Next Year, Says Chris Pratt
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 will starting filming in 2019, according to Chris Pratt.
In a post on Instagram, the Star-Lord actor wished Pom Klementieff (who plays Mantis is the MCU movies) a happy birthday and then said, "Can’t wait to start shooting Guardians Vol. 3 with her next year!"
While Marvel Studios has yet to formally reveal its plans for a third Guardians of the Galaxy movie, director James Gunn confirmed he's returning to write and direct Vol. 3.
Last year, we spoke with Gunn about his plans for Adam Warlock, who will make his MCU debut in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. While the director initially tried including him in Vol. 2, he ultimately opted to drop the character from the film for creative reasons.
Twitter Warns Users To Change Passwords Following Internal Glitch
Social media giant Twitter is recommending its over 330 million users change their passwords.
According to a post on Twitter's official blog, the company discovered a glitch causing user passwords to be stored as readable text on its computer system rather than being disguised, which normally takes place by way of a process called "hashing."
Warning notification sent to Twitter users
Fox Made Ryan Reynolds Remove Disney Joke from Deadpool 2
Deadpool 2 originally included a joke about Disney, but Ryan Reynolds was told by 20th Century Fox to cut it from the film.
"This is a sore spot for me because there's a joke in the movie that is not in the movie now because—I'm probably not even allowed to say this—Fox made me take it out," Reynolds, who co-wrote the film with Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, told Entertainment Weekly.
"It had more to do with Disney, and they made me take it out," he said, noting how, in the wake of Disney's deal to acquire 21st Century Fox, it was probably a smart move. "As I look back at it, I think maybe that was a wise decision," Reynolds added.
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