Monthly Archives: August 2018
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Rage 2 Will Have Flying Vehicles
Rage 2 won’t just have cars to drive, it will also have flying vehicles, developer Avalanche Studios told IGN at QuakeCon 2018.
In fact, it turns out we already saw an extremely brief glimpse of one of these flying vehicles back in Rage 2’s E3 extended gameplay trailer. Here is that moment looped, barely a second long:
Click the play button in the video above to watch the whole thing.
I asked Rage 2 game director Magnus Nedfors if the vehicle was “properly flying” or more like a hoverbike, and he said it’s likely somewhere in between. “It’s not a jet plane, it’s a little thing that you fly around. But yeah, it’s proper flying,” he explained.
Grant Gustin Reveals Official Look at The Flash Season 5 Suit
Grant Gustin has shared the first look at his new costume for The Flash Season 5.
This official look, via Instagram, comes after a photo of Gustin wearing a prototype of the costume recently leaked online. The cowl seems to have no chin strap now and the outfit now sports a smaller Flash emblem.
The Flash Season 5 costume, via Instagram.
Star Trek 4’s Future in Doubt as Talks With Pine, Hemsworth Fall Through
It appears Chris Pine and Chris Hemsworth may not star in the upcoming Star Trek film after talks with Paramount Pictures and Skydance Media have reportedly fallen through.
According to sources close to The Hollywood Reporter, Pine and Hemsworth were in negotiations to reprise their roles as James and George Kirk, but were unable to come to an agreement on compensation.
Pine and Hemsworth reportedly asked the studios to honor their existing deals, which have been in place for several years, while Paramount wanted the actors to take pay cuts in light of the poor performance of Star Trek Beyond.
Rage 2 Is Primarily Being Developed by Avalanche Studios, Not Id
Speaking to IGN at QuakeCon 2018, developer Avalanche Studios explained that they were the primary developer on Rage 2, the sequel developed in collaboration with id Software.
“We at Avalanche are making the game,” said Avalanche game Director Magnus Nedfors. He told me that id has been working closely with them on the creative level “since day one,” but that “we have written the code, we have made the art and that stuff -- that part of development is made in Stockholm by Avalanche.”
“It’s a close collaboration still with the people at id, learning from them when it comes to the shooting and so on,” Nedfors said. That influence is clear, as the guns and the pace of Rage 2 feel very similar to Doom. “They’ve taught us a lot about the id-style of combat,” he explained, saying id studio director Tim Willits wanted to make sure that Rage 2’s shooting still felt like an id game.
Shadowverse’s Mini-Expansion Is Coming – We Reveal a New Legendary!
Popular anime-infused CCG Shadowverse is doing things a little differently these days. In addition to releasing a new large set of cards every three months, the game also plays host to a smaller injection of new cards in-between to keep the meta changing. That time is almost upon us again, with 17 new cards coming into the game to follow on from the main Brigade of the Sky release at the end of June. Each of the eight classes receives one new gold and one new legendary card, with one new neutral gold card rounding things out.
Cygames has been kind enough to give IGN one of the new mini-expansion cards to reveal – the Bloodcraft legendary Thunder Behemoth. Check it out!
Dead Cells Review
On my second run through Dead Cells I made it to the last level and was pretty sure I had it figured out. 63 runs later, when I finally took down the boss and stepped into my post-game replay, I’m one-hundred-percent sure I’m just now starting to understand the deep nuances of Motion Twin’s incredible action-platformer.
Dead Cells is a triumph of shockingly good game design: the ever-changing guts of its beautifully illustrated levels, a staggering array of game-changing weapons and gadgets, and its breakneck motion fuse into an engrossing loop. It’s so engaging that even after dozens of hours clawing through its island fortress, I’m still discovering and devouring new morsels.
This Fan’s Rick and Morty Tattoo May Be the Coolest Thing in Any Universe
Roy Lee Rowlett, an artist out of Louisville, Kentucky, may have created the coolest Rick and Morty tattoo this side of the universe.
The 30-year-old artist informed BuzzFeed News that he "sat down with a friend, Brian Lejman, and we went over cool ideas that would be practical with the green screen effect. Rick and Morty just made sense. I plan on doing more of these in the future," Rowlett explained.
You can check out the insanely cool tattoo below. To see the tattoo in action, be sure to visit Rowlett's Instagram page.
The Happytime Murders: Have a Look Inside The InkHole
The Happytime Murders aims to be the raunchiest -- and we will see once the film opens August 24th if it's also the funniest -- puppet movie since Team America: World Police. The film stars Melissa McCarthy as a human cop who's partnered with a puppet cop to investigate the murders of former cast members of The Happytime Gang, a long-cancelled show in the vein of The Muppets.
The movie's distributor, STXfilms, teamed with marketing agency Giant Spoon and Henson Alternative to create a pop-up activation in Hollywood called The InkHole. It's meant to be a seedy tattoo parlor with a secret speakeasy inside where puppets and humans take a walk on the wild side.
The InkHole is open to members of the public (21 and over) from August 10th-13th and is located at 1723 N. Hudson Ave, Hollywood, CA 90028.
‘X-Men Disassembled’ Threatens Every Mutant With Destruction
Uncanny X-Men's upcoming story arc titled "Disassembled" promises to bring destruction to every mutant. The title hearkens back to the popular Avengers Disassembled arc that killed off iconic members of that superhero team and paved the way for a drastically new take on Earth's Mightiest Heroes. It's safe to say that Marvel will be aiming for something similar with the X-Men.
As revealed via Marvel Comics, the returning Uncanny X-Men series will kick off with a 10-issue arc that starts this November and will see every mutant on Earth banding together to stop a threat to their very existence. Teased a tale filled with "mystery and tragic disappearance," Marvel promises not every mutant will make it out of alive.