Monthly Archives: August 2017
Patty Jenkins Close to Closing Wonder Woman 2 Deal
Wonder Woman director Patty Jenkins is in final negotiations to helm the sequel.
Though Wonder Woman 2 was officially confirmed at Comic-Con last month, Jenkins' involvement beyond writing a treatment for the film was still up in the air. Deadline reports that the reason behind this came down to Jenkins' negotiations about her salary after Wonder Woman was such a smash hit for Warner Bros, stating that Jenkins has been fighting for a salary on par with a male director in the wake of such a successful first film.
Back to School: 10 PC Games to Play With Your Roommates
Rick and Morty Studio Seeks Funding for Fantasy Book
Starburns Industries, the studio co-founded by Rock and Morty co-creator Dan Harmon, is holding a Kickstarter campaign to raise $37,000 to finance publication of its 182-page illustrated dark fantasy novel, The Crawling King.
The book, designed by award-winning animator Einar Baldvin, centers around the doomed city of Gyldenbrae and presents the legends, fables, manuscripts, first-hand accounts and historical documents of the surrounding region. Each page has already been completed and has been dirtied, damaged, torn and had its edges burnt by hand prior to being photographed on black velvet.
Splatoon 2 Topped Software Sales for July 2017
According to figures released by The NPD group, Nintendo Switch was the top-selling console for July 2017, and Splatoon 2 was the month's best selling game in the US.
Splatoon 2's success, coupled with "new inventory released in support of the launch" helped drive Switch to the top spot. Overall, hardware spending was up 29 percent over July 2016. Sony's PlayStation 4 came in second, having taken the top-selling console spot for June 2017.
Nintendo had three games in the top seven over the month, making it the "best-selling software publisher" for the month.
Finn Jones Comes to Iron Fist’s Rescue
With Marvel’s The Defenders debuting on Netflix tomorrow, we hopped on the phone with Finn Jones, the actor who plays Danny Rand aka Iron Fist. He gave us some insight on his character heading into the team-up show and also addressed a few sticking points about Danny Rand.
Defenders is set about three months after the events of Iron Fist, and we first meet Danny in Cambodia where he’s tracking down a member of the Hand. As you’ll remember from the end of Iron Fist Season 1 (spoilers!), when Danny returned home to K’un L’un, the city had disappeared and some of his fellow monks were dead in the snow, the result of an assumed Hand attack.
“At the end of Iron Fist, Danny feels very guilty that he left his responsibilities, he ****ed up basically,” Jones said. “He realized how he allowed his own emotions and his own inner recklessness to get in the way of his responsibility and the result was the loss of his home and somewhere where he grew up for 15 years. He's being driven by guilt to take down the Hand, so we're seeing a much more purposeful and driven Danny at the beginning of Defenders.”
World of Tanks’ War Stories: 9 Things You Need to Know
World of Tanks may have started on PC, but over the last three and a half years it has also gone from strength to strength on console – to the tune of 12 million downloads, starting out on Xbox 360, but now available on Xbox One (with 360 cross-play), PS4 and PS4 Pro, with Xbox One X to come. This World of Tanks ecosystem was built from the ground up for console, and indeed, while the PC game is developed out of Belarus, World of Tanks on console has been overseen from the very beginning by Wargaming Chicago-Baltimore (formerly Day 1 Studios).
The differences between PC and console are now very significant. In addition to the things you’d expect, like UI and game balance differences, World of Tanks on console also boasts plenty of exclusive content, including maps, vehicles and tech implementations like climate changes. The Chicago-Baltimore team also maintains a “very aggressive” update cadence, with a monthly update cycle to roll in new content and changes.
Volume Dev Surprise Launches New Game Subsurface Circular
Thomas Was Alone and Volume developer Bithell Games revealed, and surprise-launched, its latest project, Subsurface Circular.
The game is a classic text-based adventure with a graphical twist that can be completed in one sitting. Players assume the role of a detective tasked with investigating a series of disappearances, with the story set in futuristic environments occupied entirely by robots.
Subsurface Circular gameplay.
Players interact with characters via dialogue trees, collect words and phrases to solve dialogue puzzles and, hopefully, uncover the truth.
Mystik U Comic Sends Zatanna to DC’s Hogwarts
DC Comics has revealed Mystik U, a new limited series that should appeal to fans of franchises like Harry Potter or The Magicians. This new book will put Zatanna back in the spotlight as it explores her college years at a magical school cut from the same cloth as Hogwarts and Brakebills.
Mystik U will focus on the young Zatanna and four other magician peers - Felix Faust's son, Sebastian, The Enchantress, magical prodigy Sargon the Sorcerer and new character Pia Morales. The series will follow their growth in the magical arts while also exploring the mystery of which of these five spellcasters will fall to darkness and betray the others.
Mystik U is written by Alisa Kwitney (Destiny) and drawn by Mike Norton (Revival). The series will be published in a format similar to last year's Deadman: Dark Mansion of Forbidden Love, with three prestige format issues being released bimonthly beginning in November.
Obi-Wan Kenobi Standalone Film Reportedly in the Works
A standalone Obi-Wan Kenobi Star Wars film is reportedly in the works, and a possible director is supposedly in early talks for the project.
Sources have told The Hollywood Reporter that an Obi-Wan film project currently has no script or stars attached to it, but Billy Elliot director Stephen Daldry is reportedly in early talks to helm the film. If he signed on, according to THR, he would oversee the development and scripting of the film. THR's report mentions that Lucasfilm is continuing to reportedly look into developing Yoda and Boba Fett films, among other spinoff Star Wars entries. The talks for Daldry's involvement are at very early stages according to THR.
Top 10 Powerful Pokemon to Look for at the Pokemon World Championships
There are a lot of Pokemon to choose from, even when using the official tournament format, but not all are created equal. We sought out popular Pokemon used by competitors at official tournaments throughout the 2017 season to compile this list of Pokemon we'll be looking out for at the Pokemon World Championships.
A few of these aren't technically in the top ten, like Alolan Ninetales, but they have been used by finalists often enough we thought they deserved a thorough explanation. See all 10 in the slideshow below.
The berries listed all restore 50 percent of a Pokemon's max HP when it dips below 25 percent health; for more in-depth explanation on the rest of the items, check out the Pokemon Sun and Moon Wiki Held Battle Items page.