Monthly Archives: May 2019
There Are 8K TV Deals Happening Right Now, but Is 8K TV Even Worth It?
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If CES 2019 showed us anything, it's that the days of the 4K TV are numbered. I know, it's insane. While the 8K future isn't going to overtake us in the near-term, long term it seems like a sure thing.
Even though 4K hasn't hit widespread distribution yet (you can't watch the Super Bowl in 4K, for example), that hasn't stopped television makers from parading out the next step in resolution. I had a chance to look at TCL's 8K TV offerings first-hand at CES 2019, and the results were actually incredible.
Ghost Recon: Breakpoint Revealed
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Breakpoint - a follow-up to Ghost Recon: Wildlands - has been revealed.
Breakpoint is set on the fictional archipelago of Auroa in the Pacific Ocean. Set for release on October 4 for PC, Xbox One and PS4, the game will follow on from Wildlands by allowing full 4-player co-op across its stealth-action focused open world. It will also launch with an (as-yet unspecified) PvP mode.
Ghost Recon: Breakpoint's name was leaked alongside a special edition version of the game yesterday.
New features include a class system (although you can swap between classes freely), loot in the open world, light survival elements, and Prone Camo (the ability to slather yourself in mud to avoid detection). Post-launch, the game will also add endgame Raids.
Ghost Recon: Breakpoint – 5 Similarities and Differences to Wildlands
On the walls of Ubisoft Paris’ art department, there’s a flow chart showing how Ghost Recon: Breakpoint evolved in the course of its development. At the top of that chart, there are four words that sell the concept pretty succinctly: “Ghost Recon: Wildlands 2”.
Ghost Recon’s taken many and varied forms since its PS2 debut, but Breakpoint feels like one of the most definitive sequels in the series, reupping and updating not only the story, but the style, mechanics and feel of Wildlands. During my visit to the developers, and in a short hands-on, it became clear that a great deal was staying very much the same for this new violent trek through the wilderness. But along the way, Ubisoft’s developers made very clear that this isn’t a reskin - here are the key similarities and differences I spotted:
Introducing Hearthstone’s New Solo Adventure: The Dalaran Heist
Hearthstone is doing things a little differently this year; the three expansions and solo adventure content will all be tied together by one overarching storyline. So far we’ve had the release of Rise of Shadows, which introduced us to the “League of E.V.I.L.,” a group of returning villains – Arch-Villain Rafaam, Dr. Boom, Hagatha the Witch, Togwaggle and Madame Lazul - but aside from some cool new mechanics and cards, we didn’t really know what they were up to. Until now!
Yes, the next solo adventure launches on May 16 in NA (local times may vary – it will be May 17 in ANZ, for instance) and will be called The Dalaran Heist. In it, the League of E.V.I.L. is clearly thinking big – they’re not just planning heists within the magical floating city of Dalaran, they’re planning on making off with the whole thing!
How Miyamoto Was Convinced to Let Eternal Darkness Break the Fourth Wall
Eternal Darkness: Sanity’s Requiem was one of the Nintendo GameCube’s most critically acclaimed titles, made infamous for its mind-bending horror and suspense. Nothing illustrates the game’s brand better than some of its fourth wall-breaking scares. According to former Silicon Knights president Denis Dyack, implementing one of the most controversial moments (where the game “erases” your save files) was a matter of convincing some of Nintendo’s highest executives, like Shigeru Miyamoto.
“That
was my personal favorite,” Dyack said on this month’s episode of IGN Unfiltered. “I sat down and made sure that meter went really slow, enough for people to start screaming. So Mr. Miyamoto sat down with us and said, 'Denis, what if someone looks at that and gets really angry and throws their GameCube against the wall because they think it's bugged out? Is that our fault?'”
I Am Mother Trailer Debut: New Netflix Sci-Fi Thriller
IGN has your exclusive first look at the new trailer for I Am Mother, a sci-fi thriller debuting on June 7th. The film follows a teenage girl (Clara Rugaard), who is the first of a new generation of humans to be raised by Mother (voiced by Rose Byrne), a robot designed to repopulate the Earth after the extinction of humankind.
But the pair’s unique relationship is threatened when an injured stranger (Hilary Swank) arrives with news that calls into question everything Daughter has been told about the outside world and her Mother’s intentions.
I Am Mother is directed by Grant Sputore from a script by Michael Lloyd Green, based on a story by Sputore and Green. "Right from the outset, in the very early conversations between Michael and I about what this film was going to be, as the image of a hard-surfaced robot holding a baby,” Sputore said during a phone interview with IGN this week. "We really wanted to highlight the differences between robots and humans, particularly the aesthetic differences, while highlighting the intellectual similarities. We can be motivated by similar things, but we aren't the same thing. And we can think similarly."
James Cameron Congratulates Avengers: Endgame For Overtaking Titantic
James Cameron has passed on his congratulations to Avengers: Endgame as it has surpassed Titanic's second-place box office record of $2.187 billion.
Avengers: Endgame has rocketed to the second biggest box-office take ever, amassing $2.272 Billion in under two weeks of being released. As reported by Empire, this means Avengers: Endgame has beaten Titanic’s previously held box office record of $2.187 billion, with now only Cameron's Avatar standing in the way of it being the biggest (box office) movie in history. As is customary in Hollywood, Titanic’s director James Cameron sent Marvel his congratulations.
Game of Thrones’ Nathalie Emmanuel Responds To Fans’ Missandei Reactions
SPOILERS AHEAD for Game of Thrones Season 8, Episode 3 - "The Last of the Starks."
Following Missandei's demise at the hand of The Mountain in the most recent episode of Game of Thrones, Nathalie Emmanuel has taken to Twitter and Instagram to thank her fans and all those who made playing her character "one of the greatest joys."
Emmanuel has portrayed Missandei since the third season and had become one of Daernerys' most trusted advisors until Cersei ordered The Mountain to end her life.
Many reached out to Emmanuel following the episode and shared their love for Missandei and Emmanuel responded that while she was "calm about the whole thing...the outpouring of love, anger, sadness has left
Ubisoft Cancels Plans to Increase the Division 2’s Gear Score Cap
Ubisoft has announced that it is cancelling plans to increase The Division 2’s Gear Score cap in the wake of feedback from players.
Title Update 3, which will launch later this month, was originally set to increase the game’s Gear Score limit from 500 to 515, with new higher score items added to the game.
However, feedback from players suggested this would be a bad move. The increase would make all high-tier character builds obsolete, and immediately outdate all level 500 weapons and items. With the Raid due to go live shortly, it would mean all efforts by players to upgrade characters to max Gear Score level in preparation would be undone.
“We don't want to invalidate your progression and we heard that feedback loud and clear from our community. Your gear and your builds are important to you and to us,” Ubisoft said in an update on The Division 2 website.
DreamWorks Animation’s Harvey Girls Forever! Gets a New Clip
DreamWorks Animation's Harvey Girls Forever! is back for a second season. You can binge every episode on Netflix on Friday, May 10, 2019.
Here's the official synopsis for Season 2: "The girls of Harvey Street are back with more awesome adventures in their never-ending quest for fun on the best block in the world. Even when their pesky older siblings try to take over, best friends Audrey, Lotta and Dot are there to keep the neighborhood kid-ruled and adult-free. And when the girls come face-to-face with their all-time favorite boy band, Crush 4 U, Harvey Street may never be the same!"
Check out our exclusive clip from Season 2 in the video below:
On Harvey Street, this trio of girls are self-proclaimed neighborhood heroes - righting wrongs and making their block the best street to never grow up on. Check it out for yourself on Netflix on May 10, 2019.