Monthly Archives: June 2015
There Will Be a Street Fighter 5 Panel at Comic-Con
There will be a Street Fighter V panel run by Capcom at this year's San Diego Comic-Con.
On Thursday July 9 at 11:45am PDT, Francis Mao of Capcom will moderate a panel of Street Fighter experts and special guests.
According to the SDCC schedule, the panel will be discussing all the latest news on the upcoming fighting game. Yoshinori Ono, executive producer on the Street Fighter franchise, will also be joining the panel as an "ultra-special guest".
Attendees will be learning more about this year's Capcom Pro Tour. If you just want to play the game, IGN has the details on how to enter the Street Fighter V beta, before the full game launches next year.
Fallout 4’s Real Pip-Boy Won’t Work With Larger Phones
The much sought-after Fallout 4 Collector's Edition Pip-Boy will work with regular-sized smart phones, but those with larger models are out of luck.
As detailed in a recent Bethesda Blog entry, the foam inserts included with the Pip-Boy casing will fit the iPhone 6, iPhone 5/5S, iPhone 4/4S, Samsung Galaxy 5, and Samsung Galaxy 4. A customizable foam insert will also be included for those who own another model or brand with a similar build.
However, any phones larger than those listed - including the iPhone 6+ - won't fit inside the casing.
"As we wanted to stay faithful to the dimensions of the in-game model, any smartphones larger than the models listed will not fit inside the wearable device" the post states. "For these larger devices, our Pip-Boy companion app will still be available."
BattleCry: an Interesting Game With a Generic Name
It’s hard not to feel a little sorry for BattleCry. A free-to-play multiplayer game on PC, it’s been somewhat drowned in the hype of Bethesda’s bigger and louder upcoming lineup. Worse, named after the studio making it, its 'BattleCry' title is aggressively generic; interchangeable with any number of existing and upcoming games in 2015. BattleCry?’ people ask. “Is that the one from 2K, or the one from Bethesda?”
With this in mind, I was eager to sit down with BattleCry’s Design Director Lucas Thomas and hear his take on BattleCry’s personality. I’d played the game at Bethesda’s E3 booth, and while I admit I was initially terrible at its combat - team-based, up-close-and-personal - its bright colour palette and stylized finishers were a far cry from the nondescript game I’d had in my head. For those of us who tend to be drawn to single player experiences over multiplayer, BattleCry feels more accessible than its gritty name might suggest.
Top Gun 2 Will Explore ‘The End of an Era of Dogfighting’
As work to get Top Gun 2 airborne continues, producer David Ellison has shed a little more light on what to expect from the long-gestating sequel should it ever get off the ground. He's also confirmed he’d like to see it shot with a focus on practical effects.
“Justin Marks is writing the screenplay right now,” said Ellison at a recent interview during a press day for Terminator Genisys in Berlin, as reported by Collider. “He has a phenomenal take to really update that world for what fighter pilots in the Navy has turned into today.”
“There is an amazing role for Maverick in the movie and there is no Top Gun without Maverick, and it is going to be Maverick playing Maverick.
Gunn Promises a ‘More Emotional’ Guardians 2
Director James Gunn is promising a 'more emotional' movie with his sequel to last year's Guardians of the Galaxy.
"Well you know – it’s a more emotional movie, it’s both a bigger movie and a smaller movie, because we focus more intensely on some of the characters," Gunn told Collider.
Gunn reiterated that Guardians of the Galaxy 2 will be about fathers, saying that "we get to learn a lot about fathers in the second movie".
Of course, the director also promised a sequel to Awesome Mix Vol 1; fingers crossed for more Bowie.
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Co-Showrunner Calls Daredevil S2 ‘Daredevil vs. Punisher’
According to a new report, Daredevil's second season will focus primarily on the conflict between Charlie Cox's Daredevil and Jon Bernthal's Frank Castle, aka The Punisher.
A source close to The Nerdist says that Daredevil's new co-showrunner Marco Ramirez is referring to Season 2 as 'Daredevil vs. the Punisher', which suggests that either A: the pair will be battling it out to be the hero - or indeed, anti-hero - of Hell's Kitchen, or B: that Punisher might play a more traditionally villainous role in the show.
Last month, Marvel's head of TV Jeph Loeb said that “Castle’s appearance will bring dramatic changes to the world of Matt Murdock and nothing will be the same.”
Ted 2 Disappoints at Weekend Box Office
Ted 2 was unable to dethrone the wildly successful Jurassic World at the domestic box office as the dinosaur adventure flick enjoyed its third straight week at No. 1.
Universal's teddy bear flick was up against two formidable opponents, Jurassic World and Disney/Pixar's Inside Out, which raked in $52.1 million and $54.2 million, respectively. The comedy sequel starring Mark Wahlberg and Seth MacFarlane only managed to pull in a disappointing $32.9 million, about $15 million less than anticipated, according to Variety.
The original Ted earned an impressive $54 million debut on the way to $549.4 million in global revenue. Ted 2 was expected to be this summer's biggest comedy, but Universal cited "sequel-itis" as a major reason for the underwhelming start.
This Avengers 2-Wizard of Oz Mashup Trailer Is Insane
The Internet's given us several mashup trailers using Marvel's Avengers: Age of Ultron as their basis, and today we get one that reimagines Earth's Mightiest Heroes as the characters from the classic 1939 film adaptation of The Wizard of Oz.
The video below casts the Tin Man as the evil robot Ultron, the Cowardly Lion as Thor, and the Scarecrow as Captain America to name just a few:
Avengers: Age of Ultron has so far earned $1.37 billion worldwide, making it the fifth highest-grossing movie of all time.
Jurassic World Now 2015’s Highest-Grossing Movie
Jurassic World is now the highest-grossing movie of the year in North America, surpassing Marvel's Avengers: Age of Ultron.
To date, Universal Studios' dino-centric film has raked in $460 million, and, according to Deadline, is on track to become the fastest-grossing film to hit $500 million. For reference, Marvel's The Avengers is the current record holder, reaching $500 million in 23 days, but it looks like Jurassic World is on track to hit that milestone in just 18 or 19 days.
Thanks to the incredible success of films like Jurassic World, Age of Ultron, and Furious 7, the 2015 box office has hit a record high, proving that the moviegoing experience is still alive and well.
The Division Beta Sign-ups Now Open
Ubisoft is now taking beta sign-ups for Tom Clancy's The Division.
Those who have a code can redeem it right here and secure access to beta when it eventually goes live. If you don't have a code, you can pre-order the game to get guaranteed access, or you can join the waitlist for a chance to get in on the action.
The beta is coming first to Xbox One this winter, ahead of its launch on March 8, 2016.
We got to go hands-on with the game earlier this month at E3. You can check our our hands-on impressions right here. Additionally, developer Massive Entertainment confirmed at the expo that its previously-announced mobile companion app has been canceled.