Monthly Archives: February 2016
Tom Clancy’s The Division File Size Revealed
The Division's Xbox One download size is 32.3 GB.
A recent update of The Division's Xbox Store page suggests the full game will be just 5 GB bigger than the beta download, which weighed in at 27 GB.
Xbox Italy's official Facebook page states the open beta will run from February 16 to February 21 and once again, Xbox One players will get an additional 24 hours to try out the game.
Trackmania Turbo under £24
CBS Cancels Angel From Hell
Angel From Hell, the new CBS comedy starring Jane Lynch and Maggie Lawson, has been canceled.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the network has pulled the show and will fill its 9:30pm Thursday slot with 2 Broke Girls starting February 18. A repeat episode of The Big Bang Theory will air in its place this week.
Lawson (left) and Lynch (right) in Angel From Hell
The Flash Producers on the Big Changes Earth-2 Offers
This week’s episode of The Flash is one fans have been waiting for all season, as the title – “Welcome to Earth-2” – lets you know.
IGN attended a press screening of the episode, part one of a two-parter, this week and it’s safe to say this is going to be an episode viewers will have a ton to talk about after. Jammed with Easter eggs, the episode makes full use of the different universe to introduce some notably altered incarnations of familiar characters and concepts from The Flash and the larger universe of DC shows it is a part of.
Describing the episode, Flash executive producer Todd Helbing -- part of a writing duo with his brother, Aaron (the two wrote for Spartacus and Black Sails prior to The Flash) -- said, “Barry, Cisco, and Harry go over to Earth-2 with a definitive plan that goes awry and they are left having to improvise. They find themselves in a completely different scenario than they anticipated - and have a race for their life to get back.”
First Imagery and Logo Revealed for Netflix Voltron Series
Last month, DreamWorks Animation announced a partnership with Netflix to bring a new animated Voltron series to the popular streaming service, and now the show's logo and title have been unveiled.
The official logo (and imagery) for the show—officially dubbed Voltron: Legendary Defender—comes by way of Nerdist. See it below.
Voltron: Legendary Defender official logo, courtesy of Nerdist.
Celebrate Deadpool’s 25th Anniv. with an Oversized Issue
We all want the best of the best, so let us point out the hottest comics released each week. We spotlight our favorite comics that we know are money-well-spent and new books that look cool and are backed by some top-tier talent.
Check out our picks, then take to the comments to let us know what looks good to you!
By Various Artists & Writers | Marvel Comics
Everyone’s favorite self-aware, chimichanga-eating Merc with a Mouth is getting a movie this weekend, so Marvel is going all-out with this issue that also happens to be celebrating Deadpool’s 25th anniversary, hence the hefty $10 price tag.
Lupita Nyong’o in Talks for Ava DuVernay Sci-Fi Thriller
Star Wars: The Force Awakens and 12 Years a Slave actress Lupita Nyong'o is reportedly in talks to star in sci-fi thriller Intelligent Life, with Selma director Ava DuVernay circling to direct.
Intelligent Life will come from Steven Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment, from a script penned by Jurassic World director Colin Trevorrow and collaborater Derek Connolly. THR reports that Nyong'o is currently in negotiations to star in the film, while DuVernay will receive an offer an offer to direct in the next 24 hours.
This isn't the only major offer DuVernay is currently fielding. Deadline reports that the director has also been offered the adaptation of Madelein L'Engle's classic book A Wrinkle in Time from Disney, from a script written by Frozen writer and co-director Jennifer Lee.
What Was the Best Superhero Movie Commercial?
There were a flurry of movie spots aired during yesterday's Super Bowl broadcast, four of which were for upcoming comic book movies: Deadpool, Captain America: Civil War, X-Men: Apocalypse, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of Shadows.
Behold BvS: Dawn of the Superfriends
What if Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice had come out way back in the day instead of 2016?
This fan-made trailer below does a shot-by-shot remake of the DC movie's latest trailer ... but substitutes Adam West, George Reeves, and Linda Carter for Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, and Gal Gadot.
And wait until you see who they have playing Jesse Eisenberg's Lex Luthor and Doomsday. Via Flickering Myth:
Here's the original version of the BvS trailer below to compare:
Meet the Robotic Cockroach That Could Save Your Life
Someday a tiny robotic cockroach could help save your life.
The Verge reports that researchers at UC Berkeley created a robot they've named CRAM--Compressible Robot with Articulated Mechanisms. The tiny robot resembles a cockroach to imitate the creature's ability to fit into tight spaces and resistance to destruction. It uses a jointed exoskeleton along with a soft shell that lets it shift its shape.
Scientists Kaushik Jayaram and Robert Full came up with a series of experiments to test on cockroaches, in order to gather data on three key aspects: "crevice traversal," "confined space crawling," and reactions to "dynamic compressive forces." The first two apply to horizontal and vertical movement, respectively, while the last was to test and imitate a cockroach's ability to sustain a force of up to 900 times its body weight.