Monthly Archives: January 2019
Someone Made Tanks and Planes Appear in Pirate Game, Atlas
Grapeshot Games' nautical MMO was invaded by tanks, planes, and whales after an admin account was "compromised."
One player, BurkeBlack, was streaming with some friends and whales just started appearing, causing him to exclaim, "there are whales everywhere!"
Jatheish Karunakaran, lead community manager and live producer, stressed that the breach wasn't due to a "hack, third party program, or exploit." In the official announcement (via Rock, Paper, Shotgun), Karunakaran explained that an "admin's Steam account was compromised" to "cause some devastation" over on the North American PvP servers.
Bungie Director Addresses the Future of Destiny
Destiny franchise director, Luke Smith, has made clear that Bungie's future lies with the sci-fi shooter series.
Following Bungie's split from its publisher, Smith has posted on the company website, thanking Activision and other development partners for their help on the series so far, before detailing the short and long-term plans for the series.
In the short term, Bungie's "continuing to build the content we’ve promised for the Annual Pass." Smith acknowledges criticism of the last expansion's high Power requirement, going on to say, "we want to find the line between new content that many players can play, and aspirational content for players to progress toward. We're exploring improvements to catch-up mechanics for players in upcoming seasons."
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The Shazam! Costume Was Super Expensive to Make
It turns out Shazam's superhero costume for the upcoming film was incredibly expensive to make, ultimately costing upwards of $1 million. What's crazier: 10 of these suits were reportedly made for the upcoming film, each costing the same amount.
TotalFilm (via SyFy Wire) spoke to costume designer Leah Butler, who stated “Each suit costs, oh boy, upwards of a million? We have ten suits.”
She also explained that the design of the suit was inspired by Shazam's look in the New 52 series of comics, and took cues from Greek and Roman symbolism. You can get a decent look at it in this poster for the upcoming movie.
New Ghostbusters Film’s Main Characters Are Reportedly Children
Rumors have surfaced suggesting the main characters in the newly announced Ghostbusters film will be children.
We Got This Covered reports that two of the main characters in this sequel to the original movies will be kids. Reportedly, they will be a 13-year-old boy and a 12-year-old girl.
The source also states the boy is curious about conspiracy theories and the unknown and has a habit of narrating his own life. It's said at some point during the course of the film he'll befriend the girl who's acutely intelligent but not great with emotions. Reportedly, her schtick is voicing her observations in a deadpan fashion to humorous effect.
Would You Pay More For SNES On Switch? – NVC EP 440
Weeeeeelcooooome to Nintendo Voice Chat Episode 440!
On this week's show, Brian Altano, Peer Schneider, Zachary Ryan, and Max Scoville talk about the potential of Super Nintendo games being added to Nintendo's NES Online app as well as their overall online service charge. Long story short, an alleged data mine on Switch points to the possibilities of SNES games coming to Nintendo's wildly successful console/handheld hybrid.
Netflix Calls Fortnite a Bigger Competitor Than HBO
In a quarterly report released today, Netflix claimed that it competes for screen time with Fortnite more than it does HBO.
In the report, Netflix discussed its penetration into overall screen time, which includes TVs and mobile devices that are used for television and movie viewing, video games, and more. Netflix said, “We earn consumer screen time, both mobile and television, away from a very broad set of competitors. We compete with (and lose to) Fortnite more than HBO."
While the comparison may seem odd, as Netflix is clearly more in line content-wise with HBO, this comment is all about overall consumer screen time, so anything taking up a TV or mobile device, including video games, is seen as competition in this realm. With Fortnite being one of the most popular games in the world, it’s naturally eating into competing services’ screen times.
Action Comics #1000 Was the Top-Selling Comic of 2018
Diamond Comics recently revealed the best-selling comics and graphic novels of 2018. Superman proved to be the mightiest hero of them all, as Action Comics #1000 beat out all challengers to become the top-selling comic of 2018.
According to Comichron's estimates, Action Comics #1000 sold a total of 504,243 copies last year. That issue's success was fueled both by the Man of Steel's 80th anniversary and the fact that it featured the first DC work by writer Brian Michael Bendis since ending his exclusive contract with Marvel.
Amazing Spider-Man #800 followed in second place, with an estimated 439,465 copies sold, followed by the wedding-centric Batman #50 at 412,541 copies sold.
Netflix Reveals Viewership Numbers on New Releases
Netflix’s original and syndicated programing has been exploding lately, and the streaming giant has shared just how successful its last few months have been.
Per The Hollywood Reporter, Netflix’s subscriber base has reached 139 million accounts worldwide. Revenue for the last three months of 2018 was up 27 percent, reaching a total of $4.19 billion.
Leading the charge for this success is Sandra Bullock and Susanne Bier’s Netflix original thriller Bird Box, which according to Netflix Film’s Twitter account has been viewed by over 80 million accounts, up from over 45 million in its first week.
Dragon Ball Super: Broly Is Funimation’s Biggest US Box Office Opening
Dragon Ball Super: Broly debuted in theaters yesterday, January 16, and became the #1 movie in the U.S. with over $7 million earned on its first day.
With an average of $5,695 per screen, Dragon Ball Super: Broly had the biggest opening for an event film and was the 5th highest anime opening of all time.
The film's first day earnings also set the opening day record for Funimation Films, beating out the $1.97 million Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F' earned in 2015 on its first day.
“Both anime and mainstream audience response to ‘Dragon Ball Super: Broly’ has been overwhelmingly positive. We anticipated a strong opening, but we’re thrilled that the box office exceeded even the high end of our estimate,” said Gen Fukunaga, CEO and President of Funimation. “We’re thrilled to hear that countless fans have or plan to watch the film multiple times. Fans are at the core of our strategy for this film."