Monthly Archives: September 2019
Saved by the Bell Reboot Coming to NBC Streaming Service Peacock
A Saved by the Bell reboot will be coming to NBCUniversal's upcoming streaming service called Peacock, and Mario Lopez and Elizabeth Berkley will be returning as cast members.
As reported by TheWrap, this reboot will be written and executive produced by Tracey Wigfield, with original Saved by the Bell's Peter Engel also serving as executive producer.
The new Saved by the Bell series' logline is as follows;
"When California governor Zack Morris gets into hot water for closing too many low-income high schools, he proposes they send the affected students to the highest performing schools in the state — including Bayside High. The influx of new students gives the over privileged Bayside kids a much needed and hilarious dose of reality."
New Birds of Prey Movie Poster Shows Off Harley’s Crazy Side
We’ve got less a little less than half a year before DC’s Birds of Prey movie drops in February 2020, so why not release a poster for the new movie starring Margot Robbie’s Harley Quinn?
The poster features Harley Quinn in her new look for the film, following 2016’s Suicide Squad. Fluttering around her head like a bunch of murderous cherubs is the rest of the main cast, including Huntress (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), Black Canary (Jurnee Smollett-Bell), Cassandra Cain (Ella Jay Basco), Renee Montoya (Rosie Perez), and villains Black Mask (Ewan McGregor), and Victor Zsasz (Chris Messina).
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Cross Platform Details Revealed For PS4, Xbox One, and PC
Activision and Infinity Ward previously announced that crossplay will be coming to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. That means Call of Duty players on PS4, Xbox One, and PC can all play together in online multiplayer. But Infinity Ward revealed today a highly customizable crossplay feature which includes a choice to opt-out if desired.
This morning, Infinity Ward published a blog detailing how crossplay will work in the upcoming Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. First and foremost, players can opt-in or out as to whether they even want to engage in crossplay. Opting in, however, will let players match up with friends who play Modern Warfare on different consoles.
Red Dead Online Introduces Legendary Bounties
Red Dead Online has received a new update that adds Legendary Bounties to the game, as well as a new collector’s map and a Free Aim series of activities.
The first of ten Legendary Bounties kicks off now, which designates some of the world of Red Dead’s most dangerous criminals as targets for players to track down and haul in. The first target is Barbarella Alcazar, the de facto leader of the bloodthirsty Del Lobos gang. She can be found somewhere in the New Austin region, and delivering her alive by September 23 will pay a handsome reward. The law will accept her dead, too, but at a reduced rate.
Watch the new Red Dead Online Legendary Bounty Targets trailer below.
Toy Story 4: Exclusive Deleted Scene Introduces Buzz Lightyear’s ‘Knockoffs’
While Toy Story 4 introduced a number of new toys into an already massive cast, there are even more new characters who didn't quite make the cut. We have an exclusive clip that showcases some of these characters, as Buzz Lightyear meets three "knockoffs" crudely designed in his image.
Check out this deleted scene in the video player above.
Director Josh Cooley breaks down the origins of the scene as he introduces the clip. The idea being that Buzz would meet several bootleg toys while trapped as a prize inside a carnival booth. The toys look like him (more or less) but they aren't quite the real deal. And as we can see from one of these characters, Buzz's iconic catchphrases didn't quite make the transition.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and the Cruel Realities of White Phosphorous
War is particularly ubiquitous in video games. From the original Metal Gear to Battlefield: Bad Company to Spec Ops: The Line, it has become one of the most popular backdrops for a long line of games, and the de-facto setting for online multiplayer. It makes sense; after all, video games are so often about conflict resolution, and what type of conflict is more recognizable than war? And there's no more recognizable name in war games than Call of Duty.
Since the first game was released in 2003, Call of Duty has grown from a singular game about World War II into one of the most popular franchises in the world. CoD has dropped players into battlefields ranging from occupied France in the 1940s, the mid-2000s Middle East, the front lawn of the White House, and even into outer space. Players have rescued hostages, conducted black ops missions, fought in the Battle of the Bulge, and stopped nuclear weapons from striking the continental United States.
Football Manager 2020 Is the First Fully Recyclable Physical Game
Football Manager 2020 will be released physically using entirely eco-friendly packaging, with all of it recyclable in some way - a first for the industry according to developer Sports Interactive.
Announced by studio director Miles Jacobson in a YouTube video about climate change, the packaging consists of recyclable shrinkwrap, recycled cardboard packaging and a recycled paper manual. It's all printed with vegetable-based ink - "so if you do want to eat the packaging," explains Jacobson, "it's vegan."
Football Manager 2020 is part of the Google Stadia launch window line-up - check out the full list in the video below:
Update: Battlestar Galactica Show Is Not a Reboot
Update 9/18: Sam Esmail has spoken up about his now-confirmed Battlestar Galactica show, and revealed that it is not a remake of the 2004 Ron Moore-led series, but instead a new story within the mythology.
"BSG fans, this will NOT be a remake of the amazing series
launched because... why mess with perfection?" he said on Twitter. "Instead, we’ll explore a new story within the mythology while staying true to the spirit of Battlestar. So say we all!"
The wording of the tweet suggests that Esmail's show will explore different aspects of Battlestar Galactica's established mythos, perhaps akin to how Caprica was set within the same universe but explored the origins of the Cylons. With NBC's Peacock streaming service launching early next year, hopefully it won't be long until we find out more story details.
Death Stranding Reflects Modern Day Politics, Says Kojima
Death Stranding's central theme of connection is a metaphor that reflects Trump, the European Union, and schisms in societies around the world today, says Kojima.
In an interview with Game Informer, the mind behind Death Stranding acknowledged the "Briefing" trailer for the game uses a lot of language about divided people that echoes the conversations being had about America today.
Watch the Death Stranding Briefing trailer below.
"But the theme of the game is connection," he said. "You will understand the meaning of it."
Borderlands 3 Has a Destiny Loot Cave-Like Glitch
Fans have discovered a Borderlands 3 glitch that can be exploited to farm large amounts of legendary gear in less than five minutes.
The Borderlands 3 Reddit page has seen a number of posts discussing the glitch, with fans sharing tips on how to receive powerful end-game legendary weapons. Most of the instructions advise players to take advantage of the exploits at Mayhem 3, the new high risk / high reward mode that raises the game's difficulty.
"End game farming you can easily get 200 or so legendaries in an hour or hour and a half at most," wrote Reddit user u/ChuunibyouImouto in one post. "By this point, me and my friends have reach the stage of recognizing most legendaries by name and immediately knowing which are auto vendor garbage and which are not."