Monthly Archives: July 2018
Infinity War Directors Developing New Superhero Comic TV Adaptation
Avengers: Infinity War directors Anthony and Joe Russo are developing a TV adaptation of Valiant Comics' Quantum and Woody.
Deadline reports the Russo brothers are executive producing the series for TBS alongside Spy’s Mike Larocca. Ant-Man And The Wasp‘s Andrew Barrer and Gabriel Ferrari are writing the pilot.
Quantum and Woody, via Valiant.
The Last of Us Part 2’s Ellie Will Have an NPC Companion
The Last of Us: Part 2 is about honoring Ellie, and Naughty Dog has made a point of implying she may be the only playable character. But in a new interview, Naughty Dog Vice President Neil Druckmann let slip that she'll have someone else along for the ride.
"Well, so, Ellie used to be an NPC, but she’s the protagonist in this story, so the player is controlling Ellie. It’s safe to say with the game that we made in the past that there will be some NPC with you in this story, even though we’re not showing
in this demo," Druckmann told Buzzfeed.
Xbox Game Pass Adds Rocket League
Rocket League is the latest big-name game to join the Xbox Game Pass lineup.
Game director Scott Rudi made the announcement on Xbox Wire, adding that Rocket League DLC is discounted for Game Pass subscribers as well. Speaking of which, Psyonix is working on a Rocket Pass, which follows in the footsteps of Fortnite's Battle Pass.
Last month, Xbox Game Pass added Fallout 4, The Division and The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited.
Netflix’s Sabrina Series Gets Chilling First Poster
The first poster for Netflix's upcoming Chilling Adventures of Sabrina has been released.
Showrunner Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa unveiled the one sheet on Twitter. It features Sabrina's silhouette and her cat Salem Saberhagen against a red backdrop. Check out the image below.
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina poster, via Twitter.
While the series doesn't have a premiere date yet, the poster does promise it will be coming soon. It will be a darker take on the property based on the Chilling Adventures of Sabrina graphic novel. The story will follow Sabrina starting her dark education as a sorceress while maintaining a normal life as a high school student.
Wizards of the Coast making a Transformers Card Game
Magic: The Gathering publisher, Wizards of the Coast, has announced a Transformers TCG that digs "deep into Transformers lore."
Hasbro and Wizards of the Coast have revealed their Transformers Trading Card Game, which will debut at San Diego Comic-Con next week ahead of its US release.
Described as a "fast, easy-to-learn action battling card game," players will build a team made up of Transformer character cards that they can power up with "a customizable deck of battle cards," that includes Action and Upgrade cards.
Both cards in the Booster Packs and character cards in the Autobots Starter Set are double the size of standard playing cards, and can be flipped to switch from 'bot mode' to 'alt mode'.
Netflix’s Extinction Has Everything You Need From a Big Sci-Fi Blockbuster
Netflix's Extinction, directed by Ben Young, is an alien invasion movie with a prominent leading cast, starring Michael Pena (Ant-Man and the Wasp) and Lizzy Caplan (Cloverfield).
The story centers on Peter (Pena), who has a recurring dream about an otherworldly force invading earth. Unfortunately for Peter, his dream comes true, "and he's gotta find an inner strength within himself in order to find a way to try and save his family," according to Young.
You can watch the exclusive trailer for Extinction below:
In an interview with IGN, Young talked about what makes a good sci-fi movie and explained how Extinction stands out from similar films within the genre.
PUBG Hacking Arrests Reach 141
141 PUBG hackers have now been arrested in China for creating cheat software containing a trojan virus.
Exp.gg reports that the total number of hackers arrested has now reached 141, with the arrest of 120 people in January (via Bloomberg) and a further 15 in April.
The arrests are the result of a cooperative effort between local police and Tencent, the Chinese publisher for the game.
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5 Switch Games That Could Launch With Nintendo Switch Online
Nintendo will launch its first paid online service, Nintendo Switch Online, to over 20 million Switch users all across the world this September. With it comes the ability to upload save data to the cloud, play classic NES games online, and voice chat through the use of a smart-device application — all for the price of $19.99 per year. But there's still one big brown Goomba in the room that needs to be addressed: where are all the must-have games launching alongside Nintendo Switch Online?
With Super Smash Bros. Ultimate releasing several months later in December, there's a clear gap in multiplayer based games during Nintendo Switch Online's autumn launch window. So where does this leave us? Could Nintendo have any big unannounced multiplayer Switch games that could potentially justify the price of their new paid online service? At its most recent shareholder's meeting, former President Tatsumi Kimishima revealed that Nintendo had unannounced "products" in the pipeline that the company plans to release before the end of this year's holiday season. Our best guess is that at least a few of them will cater to the new features introduced by Nintendo Switch Online. So, with that being said, here are five big games that we think Nintendo could release alongside Nintendo Switch Online.
The Umbrella Academy Returns With Hotel Oblivion
Dark Horse's Umbrella Academy is back with a third series this October.
The Umbrella Academy: Hotel Oblivion reunites series creator Gerard Way (My Chemical Romance) with artist Gabriel Bá (Neil Gaiman's How to Talk to Girls at Parties) for the third series of the Harvey, Eisner, and YALSA award-winning comic, that sees the characters scattered after the death of Sir Reginald Hargreeves. The official description reads:
"Five is a hired gun, Kraken is stalking big game, Rumor is dealing with the wreckage of her marriage, a rotund Spaceboy runs around the streets of Tokyo, Vanya continues her physical therapy after being shot in the head—and no one wants to even mention Seance until issue #2."