Monthly Archives: May 2016
TMNT: Amell Talks Bringing Casey Jones to Life
Not only do we have the first clip from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows today (which you can watch below), but we also have an interview with Casey Jones himself -- Arrow’s Stephen Amell!
First, watch the clip right here:
And now, read on for the chat with Amell, which was conducted as part of a group set visit for the TMNT sequel.
Question: What was your relationship to the TMNT franchise before you signed on to play Casey Jones? Were you a fan, or are you a newcomer to the Turtle world?
Stephen Amell: I'm a fan principally from the movies, actually. The three movies that came out timed up nicely with me in elementary school. And I actually remember going to three successive birthday parties where we would go see the Turtles movie and then we would just go home and eat cheese pizza ‘til everyone was sick to their stomach. So when I booked the job, my wife, who was also a huge fan and had a Turtles-themed birthday party, went back and watched the original movies. I can't remember the Casey Jones character but she actually remembered it much more than I did when I had my initial meeting and chat just about Turtles in general, not actually the character. She met our director, Dave Green, and asked maybe one pointed question. He gave a rather unspecific answer and she immediately went
The 100: Can ALIE be Stopped?
A veteran of sci-fi series like Eureka and Battlestar Galactica, Erica Cerra has played an integral role on The 100 this season as the AI known as Alie (or A.L.I.E.). Now fully taking her place as the season’s main antagonist, Alie has successfully gathered a huge number of followers who have taken the “chip” that puts them under her thrall – and in the last episode managed to move her power source off Earth onto the remnants of the Ark, seemingly making it impossible to stop her.
With The 100 going into the last two episodes of Season 3, I spoke to Cerra about Alie’s point of view and just how safe she is, what it’s like playing a character with seemingly no emotions and more about her experience working on The 100.
DOOM Car Will Race at the Indy 500
Bethesda Softworks is sponsoring a DOOM-themed car in the 100th Running of the Indianapolis 500—also known as the Indy 500.
The partnership between Bethesda and Schmidt Peterson Motorsports is a "perfect" fit, Bethesda vice president of PR and marketing Pete Hines said. "DOOM is all about pushing forward with incredible speed."
Mikhail Aleshin, a driver from Russia, will take the helm. He'll be the first driver from Russia to race in the Verizon IndyCar series.
The DOOM car will debut on May 14 at the Angie's List Grand Prix of Indianapolis—just one day after the game's launch.
We Might Just Have Seen the Final Halo 5 Guardians Update
Alongside the announcement that Halo 5's Memories of Reach DLC would drop today, 343 Industries revealed teaser footage from the next update—Hog Wild.
Skip to 2:10:00 in the video below to check out the preview shown during a Halo 5 livestream.
343 Industries hasn't detailed what Hog Wild will include, but we're guessing it has to do with the game's Warthog vehicles. However, it's possible there will be some real pigs; just a bit earlier in the video, around 2:07:00, Olive—a cute pig wearing a bowtie—made an appearance on the livestream. She's apparently been added to Forge as a placeable item.
The developer has said Halo 5's free content would run through June, and it's possible Hog Wild is the last major free update (besides Warzone Firefight) for Halo 5: Guardians.
Forging Alliances in Total War: Warhammer
In Total War: Warhammer, Creative Assembly is casting aside its historical banner and taking up a coat of arms in a realm where unholy beasts and ferocious magic are the norm and where the forces of chaos are ready to sweep down and engulf the world.
But how does a developer, whose flagship franchise has refined the art of real-world war over the past 15 years, go about building a title atop a fantasy series that’s ruled the roost of tabletop miniatures for over three decades?
Appropriately enough, the answer begins with play.
Greenskin Lord wreaks havoc on the battlefield
Activision Blizzard to Improve MLG.tv Streaming Platform
Activision Blizzard Media Networks has announced the launch of "new content, broadcast experiences and distribution partnerships" for the MLG.tv streaming platform.
Activision Blizzard confirmed the acquisition of eSports organization Major League Gaming back in January. Chairman of Activision Blizzard Media Networks Steve Bornstein said today: "We're building a network dedicated to the thrill of competition and the passion of the fans."
MLG.tv showed off its new "Enhanced Viewing Experience" (EVE) at the IAB Digital Content NewFronts today, which has a built-in system that shows match statistics, leaderboards, and insights based on what the viewer is watching.
Hitman Adds One-Time-Only Elusive Target Mode
Hitman will add a new mode, Elusive Target, tomorrow, in which players are given 48 hours to kill an unmarked NPC using hazy intel alone. The twist being that you only get one go at it. Ever.
The first Elusive Target will be added to Episode One's Paris level at an unspecified time on Friday, May 13, and will run over the course of the weekend.
Here are Io Interactive's pretty comprehensive rules for the mission:
- An Elusive Target is a once in a lifetime experience
- They are available for a limited time only in game – this first Elusive Target will last 48 hours
- Intel on the target will be limited
Star Wars Battlefront DLC Free to Play This Weekend
Outer Rim, Star Wars Battlefront's first piece of DLC, will be free to play this weekend, May 13-15.
All four maps, Jabba's Palace, the Palace Garage on Tatooine, SoroSuub Refinery, and Pipelines on Sullust, as well as the DLC's new game mode Extraction will be available to play.
Players will also get a chance to try out Outer Rim's two special characters, Nien Nunb and Greedo.
Outer Rim specific weapons and Star Cards will only be accessible to Battlefront Season Pass holders or to those who have purchased the DLC separately.
Outer Rim released on April 5 for $15. Along with the content described above, the DLC introduced the Relby V-10 rifle, DT-12 blaster pistol, Scatter Gun, and Dioxis Grenade, as well as Adrenaline Stim Star Cards, a new spectator mode, and raised the level cap to 60.
Robot Chicken: The Walking Dead Special Coming to Adult Swim
Adult Swim announced its new Robot Chicken: The Walking Dead Special today, along with confirmation of a return for Genndy Tartakovsky's Samurai Jack.
Robot Chicken creators Seth Green and Matthew Senreich will collaborate with The Walking Dead executive producer/creator Robert Kirkman and showrunner Scott M. Gimple in bringing the "extra bloody" half-hour special to air. The network has not announced a release date for the animated zombie special.
Genndy Tartakovsky will also return to Samurai Jack after 12 years. The original creator will continue Jack's story with "a new season of half-hour episodes." Samurai Jack ran for four seasons—from 2001 to 2004—amassing a huge following, even earning a place on IGN's Top 100 Animated Series.
Ex-Lionhead Dev Reveals the Pitch for Fable 4
Fable 4 was pitched as an industrial-age game that covered "late Victorian proper far out Jules Verne s**t," according to ex-Lionhead art director, John McCormack, but Microsoft rejected the idea.
Speaking to Eurogamer for a spectacularly in-depth history of the now-shuttered studio, McCormack revealed that his idea was to continue the series' tradition of updating the central town of Bowerstone, which became progressively larger over the three released games, and would now be a London-style metropolis.