Monthly Archives: February 2016
Destiny Expansion, Sequel Get Release Windows
Ahead of its quarterly earnings call today, Activision has revealed more on the future of Destiny, which will see a major expansion this year and a sequel next year.
"Activision Publishing, along with its partners at Bungie, expects to bring a large new expansion to Destiny in 2016 and to release a full game sequel in 2017," the investor note reads. Activision also stated that 25 million players have logged more than 3 billion hours in Destiny.
Last month, a report asserted that Destiny's sequel was delayed out of 2016 and into next year.
Destiny's Valentine's Day event is ongoing right now.
Physicists Detect Gravitational Waves, Proving Einstein Right
The sound of two black holes colliding ends with a middle C note, according to physicists.
The worldwide scientific group LIGO reports they've found the first hard evidence of gravitational waves. If they can replicate it this could prove right one of Albert Einstein's unconfirmed predictions. Namely, that binary star systems made from white dwarfs, neutron stars, and in this case black holes can push and pull the fabric of space-time.
The New York Times states that LIGO made the gravitational wave recording last September. The incident is laid out in a report by more than 1000 authors in the scientific journal Physical Review Letters.
A Ton of Game of Thrones: Season 6 Photos Revealed
With the show's return just a couple of months away now, HBO has released 20 new photos from Game of Thrones: Season 6.
Check out the gallery below to see new images of Tyrion, Daenerys, Cersei, Jaime, Sansa, Anya, Brienne and many more, several of which will lead to plenty of speculation regarding certain characters - such as the first look at the returning Bran Stark (Isaac Hempstead Wright) alongside Max Von Sydow (The Exorcist, Star Wars: The Force Awakens) as the Three-Eyed Raven.
Game of Thrones: Season 6 premieres Sunday, April 24th on HBO.
5 Teases for The Walking Dead: Season 6 Midseason Premiere
The Walking Dead: Season 6 returns in a big way with its midseason premiere, "No Way Out."
The synopsis for the episode, which airs February 14th, promises that "while trying to escape Alexandria, Rick and his group meet trouble when sudden noise draws walkers towards them with what could be fatal consequences." But after getting an early look at the episode, IGN can do you one better. Here is a breakdown of five things to expect when The Walking Dead returns -- though, as a caveat for spoiler-phobes, those looking to go in completely unspoiled might want to avoid the teases in this article.
The first half of Season 6 took its time to tell its story, focusing in on various characters in different episodes to dive into their storylines. "No Way Out" moves quickly through its plot and sets up a quicker momentum for the back half of the season.
If You Played The Division Beta, Odds Are You’re a Traitor
Ubisoft has revealed a bevy of statistics from The Division, and it seems like the overwhelming majority of players can't be trusted.
The infographic's more general stats include nearly 300 million kills, and more than 621 million total minutes played. That is to say just over 10 million hours split between all players during the 120-hour closed beta.
The Division Beta
More interesting, however, are the "Dark Zone" numbers.
Darth Vader’s Kill Count in His Comic Is Most Impressive
If there's one Star Wars character that deserves his own ongoing series, it's Darth Vader. One year ago today, Marvel launched the notorious Sith Lord's solo comic, and the results, as Vader would say, have been most impressive.
The series, aptly titled Darth Vader, helps bridge the gap between A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back, which, on paper, doesn't sound like much time to tell new stories. But writer Kieron Gillen and artist Salvador Larroca (and the rest of the Marvel Star Wars comics team) have proved that there's plenty of room for untold adventures between movies. In Vader's case, the first several weeks after the Death Star's destruction were... brutal, to say the least. Well, brutal for anyone who crossed Vader's path anyway.
New LEGO Star Wars Series Announced for Disney XD
An all-new animated LEGO Star Wars series is coming to Disney XD this summer.
Titled LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures, the series is set in the time between The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi.
The Freemaker Adventures
The action-comedy introduces "all-new heroes and villains," putting them into "exciting adventures with many familiar Star Wars characters," according to starwars.com.
New Ratchet and Clank Movie Poster Kicks Some Asteroid
Ahead of its theatrical debut this April, a new poster for Ratchet & Clank: The Movie has been unveiled.
As fans of Insomniac Games' beloved PlayStation franchise might expect, the promotional art delivers a clever little double entendre. See it below.
Ratchet & Clank: The Movie releases April 29, 2016 and boasts an all-star voice cast, including Paul Giamatti as Chairman Drek, John Goodman as Grimroth and Sylvester Stallone as Victor.
Hasbro Is Finally Making a Maz Kanata Action Figure
The mysterious Maz Kanata is finally getting an action figure, courtesy of Hasbro.
The wise and ancient alien from Star Wars: The Force Awakens has gone without a toy thus far. However, EW reports she'll soon be part of the Takodana Encounter play set alongside three other toys.
Source: Entertainment Weekly
Force Awakens Producers Hit With Criminal Charges
A production team involved in Star Wars: The Force Awakens have been issued criminal charges by the British government following Harrison Ford's accident on the Millennium Falcon.
According to Variety, Disney subsidiary Foodles Production has been charged with four workplace health and safety violations. "By law, employers must take reasonable steps to protect workers — this is as true on a film set as a factory floor," a statement from the Health and Safety Executive said.
A spokesperson from Foodles Production has since responded, saying: "Cast and crew safety is always a top priority. We provided full cooperation during HSE’s investigation into the on-set accident that occurred in June 2014 and are disappointed in HSE’s decision."