Monthly Archives: October 2018
Battlefield 5’s Battle Royale Mode Not Coming Until Spring 2019
Electronic Arts and EA DICE announced Wednesday that Battlefield 5's battle royale mode, Firestorm, will not launch until March 2019.
In a detailed timeline of post-release content for Battlefield 5 by DICE's Jonas Elfving, Firestorm is in chapter 3 called Trial by Fire, which is set to start in March. Trial by Fire also includes a new Greece map that focuses on, "massive aerial invasion along the Cretan coast."
Melmetal Is the Evolution of Meltan, The Mythical Pokemon First Revealed in Pokemon GO
Melmetal, the evolution of the Mythical Pokémon Meltan who first appeared in Pokémon GO, has been revealed.
Revealed on Pokémon's website, Melmetal is also a Steel Hex Nut Pokémon who is much bigger than Meltan, weighing in at 1,763.7 lbs. and standing 8'02" tall.
Melmetal, who hasn't been seen in 3,000 years and used to be worshiped for its power to create metal, possesses a "unique Steel-type physical move called Double Iron Bash." Using the hex nut in its chest "like an axle to spin its power arms around," it deals a double strike to its unfortunate opponent.
Leaving Netflix in November
Netflix's monthly "Last Call" list, featuring all the movies and TV shows expiring from the site, is actually pretty short for November. Most notably, the Jurassic Park trilogy, Hellboy II, Paddington, The Land Before Time (plus its two sequels), and Cruel Intentions are leaving.
Since there's not a lot to prattle on about here, we're going to give a shout out to a great underrated horror flick that's leaving - Mike Flanagan's Oculus, starring Karen Gillan and Katee Sackhoff. If you're a fan of Flanagan's The Haunting of Hill House, which we clearly are, then you should check out his first "haunted family"-style horror film before it vanishes in a few weeks.
Dan Houser ‘Thankful’ Not to Be Releasing Grand Theft Auto 6 Right Now
Dan Houser has said he’s "thankful" to be releasing Red Dead Redemption 2 and not GTA 6 this week, because the latter would be "out of date within two minutes".
In an extensive interview with GQ, the Rockstar co-founder discussed how his flagship franchise's tone doesn't quite mesh with the current cultural climate:
"It’s really unclear what we would even do with
, let alone how upset people would get with whatever we did. Both intense liberal progression and intense conservatism are both very militant, and very angry. It is scary but it’s also strange, and yet both of them seem occasionally to veer towards the absurd.
Red Dead Redemption 2 Official Companion App Revealed
Rockstar has revealed that Red Dead Redemption 2 will be receiving an official companion app that will be launching alongside the game on iOS and Android on October 26, 2018.
Announced via Rockstar's website, the Red Dead Redemption 2 Companion App will connect to your PlayStation 4 or Xbox One and will deliver "real-time interactive information to your smart device."
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Fortnitemares Event Begins, Crossbow Returns, and Glider Changes in Latest Fortnite Patch
A brand new Fortnite patch released today is kicking off Fortnitemares, a limited time event where monsters spawn and wreak havoc in the battle royale mode.
The cube has made quite the journey since it first appeared last season and its latest move is releasing Cube Fragments onto the map. Cube Monsters will emerge from these fragments and killing them provides a chance at finding extra shield and loot. The small Cube fragments will spawn randomly on the map while the larger fragments can be found at corrupted zones.
To fight off the hoard of monsters are two new weapons. One is the modified return of the crossbow, now known as the Hunter Crossbow with 40 base damage and unlimited ammo. The Six Shooter allows for increased fire rate when shooting from the hip while aiming down the sight allows for more precision. The Hand Cannon got a few buffs and the Rocket Launcher has a temporary visual upgrade with the Pumpkin Rocket Launcher.
Joker Movie Includes Bruce Wayne and Alfred Pennyworth
The upcoming Joker film starring Joaquin Phoenix is set to include depictions of both Bruce Wayne and Alfred Pennyworth.
Per The Hollywood Reporter (via Comicbook.com), Dante Pereira-Olson has been cast as a young Bruce Wayne, long before donning the black cowl and becoming Batman. Pereira-Olson and Joaquin Phoenix both starred in the recent film, You Were Never Really Here.
Dante Pereira-Olson in Happy! Credit: SYFY
Stephen King Gave Teenage Film Students the Rights to One of His Stories for $1
Master of horror Stephen King sold the film rights to his short story Stationary Bike to students at the Blaenau Gwent Film Academy in Tredegar, Wales for a whopping $1.
As reported by LA Times (via Mashable), the film’s screenplay is written by 16-year-old Alfie Evans and 14-year-old Cerys Cliff. Roughly 30 students are expected to work on the project. Stationary Bike is one of the stories included in King’s collection Just After Sunset.
Spider-Man Tops U.S. Game Sales for September
The September 2018 NPD results are in, and Marvel’s Spider-Man for the PlayStation 4 was the month’s best-selling game in the United States.
Though topping the month is impressive enough, NPD notes that it has quickly become the third best-selling game year-to-date across all platforms, behind fellow PS4 exclusive God of War at number two and Far Cry 5 at number one.
Spider-Man also netted the biggest launch month in dollar sales for any Playstation exclusive in history, and generated the highest dollar sales during its launch compared to any game this year, achieving launch sales that are 37 percent higher than the combined launch month sales of every other Spider-Man game released since the NPD began tracking game sales in 1995.