Monthly Archives: May 2016
Star Wars Battlefront Sequel Coming Next Year
EA confirmed the sequel to Star Wars Battlefront will be part of its line-up next year. Another Star Wars game, developed by Visceral and Motive, will release "most likely the following year," putting a tentative 2018 release window on the unnamed game.
The next Star Wars Battlefront game will have "bigger and better worlds," according to EA. The bigger worlds are credited to having "the new movies to work off of," rather than the "historical movies" in the current Star Wars Battlefront game.
In 2018, a Star Wars action game "part of the Motive team is working on," along with the team from Visceral is scheduled, but EA said it expects to release at least one Star Wars game per year "over the next 3 to 4 years."
Next NBA Live Console Game Coming in 2017, Mobile This Year
EA Sports won't release its next iteration of NBA Live until 2017, publisher Electronic Arts announced today.
Instead, the franchise will be moving to "the fasting growing, largest, and most accessible gaming platform"—mobile. "Our focus this year is to deliver an amazing, high-quality basketball game to a global audience," NBA Live executive producer Sean O'Brien said.
O'Brien added the team is "really excited" about the move into the mobile space.
Electronic Arts is still "committed to NBA Live in the console space," however. O'Brien expects the publisher will have something "new and exciting" for consoles in early 2017.
Bryan Cranston to Produce/Appear in Sci-Fi Anthology Series
Breaking Bad's Bryan Cranston and Battlestar Galactica and Outlander's Ronald D. Moore are executive producing a new anthology series based on the works of prolific sci-fi writer Philip K. Dick.
The series will be called Electric Dreams: The World of Philip K. Dick and will be written by Moore, while Cranston will appear in it in some capacity. The show will premiere on the UK's Channel 4 and be distributed internationally by Sony. There's no US network attached Electric Dreams yet.
Best known for mind-bending thrillers like Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? and A Scanner Darkly, Dick's work has provided ample material for adaptation, including Blade Runner, Minority Report, Total Recall and Amazon's The Man in the High Castle. Per the press release, "Each episode will be a sharp, thrilling standalone drama adapted and contemporised for global audiences by a creative team of British and American writers."
Resident Evil, Devil May Cry Part of Capcom Humble Bundle
Humble Bundle has once again partnered with Capcom to provide an assortment of Steam titles on the cheap.
The bundle, aptly dubbed the "Humble Capcom Super Turbo HD Remix Re-Bundle," includes a whopping $235 worth of games. Those who pay $1 or more will get Steam download codes for Strider, Resident Evil Revelations 2 - Episode 1, Lost Planet 3 and Bionic Commando Rearmed, as well as 40% off Resident Evil: Revelations 2 Deluxe and 30% off Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen.
If you pay above the average, which is currently $7.97, you'll get Resident Evil Revelations, DmC: Devil May Cry, Resident Evil 4 and Remember Me. Finally, those who pay at least $15 will also receive Steam copies of Devil May Cry 4 -- Special Edition and Resident Evil 6.
Star Wars Episode 8 Cameo Rumor
Spoiler warning: Though this Star Wars: Episode VIII rumor has not been confirmed, it's possible the following information may include spoilers for the film.
Read on for the rumored cameo in the Star Wars sequel.
Rumor has it that Tom Hardy will have a small cameo in Star Wars: Episode VIII.
According to Making Star Wars, Hardy will play a First Order stormtrooper in the film.
The stormtrooper played by Hardy will reportedly run into Finn, who is on a secret mission. Hardy is said to walk up behind him and slap Finn "on the a$$." Finn is sure he'll be captured, and is surprised when Hardy is "elated" to see his buddy from his training days.
Patrick Stewart Watches James McAvoy Shave His Head
When it came time for James McAvoy to shave his head for X-Men: Apocalypse, director Bryan Singer made sure Patrick Stewart was there with him.
20th Century Fox released a new X-Men: Apocalypse featurette that shows a behind-the-scenes look at the day McAvoy ditched his hair for the role of Professor Charles Xavier. In the video, Singer video calls Stewart to make sure he's there for the momentous occasion, even though he couldn't physically be there in person.
"Why don't you save locks of it and send it to me? I could make some use of it," Stewart joked.
Stewart, of course, played Professor X in the first three X-Men movies. He reprised the role in the time-twisting X-Men: Days of Future Past. McAvoy mentioned in the featurette how he always knew his X-Men movies were building up to the moment when Charles loses his hair, and he's "glad to be finally arriving at that destination... with my head."
Leaked Image Hints at Major New Esports Organization
An image leaked via Reddit containing references to a World Esports Association seems to confirm the existence of a major new esports body. This image hints at a formal league or organization of top European esports teams with involvement from ESL.
The image appeared earlier today in a post on reddit.com/r/globaloffensive, the central Reddit hub for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, titled “Look what I printed at work today!!!”
The image in question.
13 Biggest Video Games That Never Came Out
All forms of entertainment have their unfinished projects, but I've found there's always something especially painful about learning that a long-awaited game will never come out. We never properly knew it, so it's not exactly like the loss of a loved one; it's more like spending years wanting to visit a well-loved landmark, only to find it's been wiped off the map or irreparably damaged. The interactivity of games means these are real memories we're losing out on.
Thousands of games have suffered such a fate. We don't even know the names of many of them, but some have had their names shouted to crowds at shows like E3 and generated discussions even some properly released games should envy. These are the games we're talking about here, and fittingly for the bad luck so many of them seem to have suffered, there are thirteen of them.
Star Wars Battlefront Sales Top 14 Million
In its fiscal year report for 2016, Electronic Arts revealed Star Wars Battlefront sold 14 million copies across all platforms.
It's important to note, however, that figure represents copies of the game sold in, rather than sold through. Sold in figures are for copies of the games sold to retailers, while sold through numbers represent copies in the hands of consumers.
Still, the company announced at the beginning of January Star Wars Battlefront sold in 12 million copies since the game's November release. Regardless of sold in or sold through, there's still quite a demand for the shooter.
Disney Cancels Infinity, No Longer Self-Publishing Games
Disney announced it's cancelling the Infinity line, and is getting out of the business of self-publishing games altogether. A charge of $147 million "in connection with the discontinuation" of Disney's console game business affected the company's earnings.
Disney released a statement regarding the series' discontinuation, promising two more upcoming sets, "including three new characters from Alice Through the Looking Glass," as well as a Finding Dory playset in June.
Senior vice president and general manager John Blackwell said he wanted to "take a moment to thank" fans of the Infinity line, "not just for your support over the years, but for creating a community" around the Disney toys-to-life franchise.