Telltale’s Guardians of the Galaxy Is Not an Origin Story
Guardians of the Galaxy: The Telltale Series is releasing within weeks of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 coming to theaters. But both Marvel Games and Telltale are aiming to tell an unconnected, original story with Star-Lord and the gang.
"One of the cool things is we don't want to tell an origin story again, try to retell what the
movie did," Telltale Executive Producer Justin Lambros said.
"But we did want to tell the history of these characters...we found some really interesting things the more we played and looked at their history," Lambros continued, noting they found some "potentially surprising" elements to incorporate as the studio delves into Star-Lord, Gamora, Drax, Rocket, and Groot's pasts.
Square Enix’s CEO Is a DLC Boss Fight in Nier: Automata
Nier: Automata's new DLC will let players battle against Square Enix CEO Yosuke Matsuda.
The add-on content, titled 3C3C1D119440927, is coming soon for PlayStation 4 and PC and features both Matsuda and Platinum Games head Kenichi Sato as boss fights.
The new content also includes three colosseums and additional sub-quests to complete. Check out the trailer below.
Completing these quests will net players various different rewards like costumes for 2B, 9S and A2, cosmetic accessories (such as hairspray that'll let you change 2B and A2’s hair color), new music tracks, bullets that change the appearance of enemy bullets, and new masks that provide special "on equip" effects.
How the E3 Demo for B.C. ‘Destroyed’ the Project
Fable creator Peter Molyneux has shed light on why his prehistoric Xbox game B.C. was canceled, citing the need for an ambitious E3 demo as a primary cause of the project's ultimate downfall.
"What was happening was that E3 was becoming so incredibly dominant that teams would not spend a couple of weeks doing a demo, they would spend a couple of months doing a demo," Molyneux explained on the latest episode of our monthly interview show IGN Unfiltered.
He noted how, at the time, "it was kind of a nuclear arms race" for studios to make their demos more and more impressive, and how even if the demo was great, that didn't necessarily mean the game would be amazing as well. "The actual reality is... it becomes a living thing in itself, and this living thing at best can be sliced off from the main development of the game. At worst
Out This Week: Disney Afternoon Collection, Flinthook, Telltale’s Guardians of the Galaxy
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Bates Motel: Will Norman Ever Be Norman Again?
As we enter the final two episodes of Bates Motel, fans are feverishly wondering what the endgame will hold for Freddie Highmore's Norman Bates. When we left off, in Episode 8 ("The Body"), Norman's Mother persona had violently taken control, having physically knocked Norman out in order to puppet his body. Was this the last we'll see of Norman as Norman? And if we do ever get Norman back, what will he be like?
As we head into Episode 9, "Visiting Hours" -- airing Monday, April 17th -- I had the chance to speak with series star Freddie Highmore about the state of Norman's mind, the fun challenge of playing Mother in these final episodes, and his first experience as a director.
Overwatch Character and Map Coming to Heroes of the Storm
Overwatch hero Genji and his boyhood home of Hanamura will be the latest additions to Blizzard MOBA, Heroes of the Storm.
Available in a beta form today, Genji is an Assassin class with an expanded skill set from his Overwatch incarnation. His increased mobility, basic shuriken spread attack, Deflect and Swift Strike abilities and Dragonblade ultimate are all present in some form. He also gains a new heroic ability, the X-Strike, which deals huge damage in a cross shape across a chosen area.
You can check out Genji in a full match in the video below:
Despite being a control map in Overwatch, Hanamura arrives in Heroes of the Storm as the MOBA's first payload battleground. With two lanes and a lot of open space, teams can only damage the opponents' core by pushing payloads across the map, with each successfully delivered cart dealing set amounts of damage to the core.
Star Wars Celebration Cosplay: Darth Pikachu, Leia Meet-Up, And More
Furious 8 Beats Force Awakens’ Global Debut Record
If this weekend's box office estimates hold then The Fate of the Furious will surpass Star Wars: The Force Awakens as scoring the biggest worldwide opening of all time.
The Fate of the Furious, the eighth installment in the 17-year-old franchise, grossed $532.5 million worldwide in its opening weekend. The previous record holder, The Force Awakens, made $529 million in its 2015 bow.
Fate grossed an estimated $100.2 million domestically and $432.2 million internationally, breaking the record previously held by another Universal release, Jurassic World ($316.7 million). Before Fate, Jurassic World had been Universal's biggest worldwide debut with $525.5 million.
Fate's international tally includes $190 million from China alone, where it now holds the record for the country's biggest three-day opening for a Hollywood movie. (It should be noted that The Force Awakens did not open day and date in China as Fate did.)
The Biggest Stories From Star Wars Celebration 2017
This year's Star Wars Celebration has come to an end, and today's closing ceremony looked back at the weekend and some of the huge announcements and panels that Lucasfilm brought to Orlando.
Here's a look at five of the biggest moments of Star Wars Celebration 2017.
Star Wars Celebration kicked off with the "40 Years of Star Wars" panel, during which Disney and Lucasfilm shared a touching tribute to the late Carrie Fisher. George Lucas spent a few minutes talk about Carrie Fisher and reflect on the important role she played in the Star Wars saga as Leia Organa. "There really aren't very many people like her," he said. "They're one in a billion. And for this part she was absolutely perfect."
The Weirdest Merch Money Can Buy at Star Wars Celebration
There are the star-studded panels, the incredible cosplay, and goodies to buy as far as the wallet can spend. But Star Wars Celebration hides one extra delight - the really weird stuff.
With a fandom as big as Star Wars has got, there's bound to be one person among millions who says "well, what if we made Twi'lek head jump ropes that sang as you skipped?" (We're still looking for that one.)