Monthly Archives: March 2016
Arrow: Why Emily Kinney Loves Playing the Bug-Eyed Bandit
Brie Larvan (Emily Kinney) is coming back to the television DC universe, but this time she's taking her robotic bees to Arrow.
After appearing in The Flash's Season 1 episode "All Star Team Up," the Bug-Eyed Bandit found herself imprisoned after being defeated by the Scarlet Speedster. Now she's broken out, and is tracking down the hacker who helped put her behind bars -- Emily Bett Rickard's Felicity Smoak -- in the March 30 episode "Beacon of Hope."
Emily Kinney as Brie Larvan on Arrow
Shadow of the Beast Release Date Revealed
Heavy Spectrum Entertainment Labs' Shadow of the Beast will release in North America on May 17.
According to Matt Birch, CEO and founder of Heavy Spectrum, the team has reached a "critical point" in the game's development. Heavy Spectrum has made "significant changes" over the past few months. The team is "targeting 60 frames per second," and fine-tuning the Shadow of the Beast's combat system to focus on "optimal response times."
Aarbron in Shadow of the Beast
Microsoft Makes Good on Xbox One as Dev Kit Promise
During its Build developer's conference today, Microsoft announced any retail Xbox One will be a development kit beginning this summer.
The functionality will come as part of Microsoft's Windows anniversary update, celebrating one year of Windows 10. A preview version rolls out today.
Windows and Devices Executive Vice President Terry Myerson said the summer update brings "all of your Windows applications into your living room," in addition to turning the Xbox One into a dev kit.
Cortana, the Windows 10 personal assistant, is also coming to Xbox One. The moves are centered around the anniversary update, but all fall under Microsoft's universal Windows platform initiative.
Jennifer Lawrence ‘Dying’ to Do More X-Men Movies
Despite confirming last year that X-Men: Apocalypse would serve as her last big screen appearance as Mystique, it appears Jennifer Lawrence is ready and willing to put on the blue body make-up for more movies in Fox's mutant-centric film franchise.
"I am dying to come back," Lawrence told Empire on the set of Apocalypse. "I love these movies, I love being in them. I love ensemble movies because it’s not on anyone’s shoulders."
Several months ago, the actress suggested there's "hope" for Mystique's return following her work on Apocalypse; however, whether or not her role will continue on in future X-Men films remains to be seen. After all, Apocalypse marks the end of Fox's prequel trilogy, as well as the contracts for several key actors, including James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender.
Daily Deals: Xbox One With Free Controller, Cities: Skylines, Complete Hunger Games
Build Your Own Teeming Metropolis With Cities: Skylines
When SimCity 4 came and flopped, Cities: Skylines was there to rescue the dreams of wannabe civic planners everywhere. Today Amazon has discounted the complete and standard versions of the game, as well as the After Dark DLC. We gave the original game an 8.5, so if you're at all intrigued by strategy games like this, I don't think you'll be disappointed.
How Does Steve Rogers Become Captain America Again?
The Avengers Standoff crossover continued in the pages of Captain America: Sam Wilson #7 today, and Steve Rogers underwent a major transformation.
Warning: this article contains spoilers for Captain America: Sam Wilson #7!
The main story in this issue picked up as the conflict in Pleasant Hill rages on and Baron Zemo's army of villains continue battling S.H.I.E.L.D. and hunting for Kobik, the fragmented Cosmic Cube that has taken the form of a four-year-old girl. Steve found himself protecting Kobik from his own nemesis, Crossbones. Considering Steve's current old age and lack of Super-Soldier powers, that fight wasn't going very well for him.
PlayStation Plus Free April Games Revealed
Sony has revealed the next six free games coming to PlayStation Plus.
PS4 users will get access to multiplayer shooter Dead Star and survival-horror FPS Zombi. On PlayStation 3, Sony is offering I Am Alive and Savage Moon.
Lastly, PlayStation Vita owners will get to play A Virus Named Tom and Shutshimi.
Broforce and Galak-Z on PS4, Super Stardust HD and The Last Guy on PS3, and Flame Over and Reality Fighters on PS Vita will all be leaving the Instant Game Collection, so be sure to download them before next week to get them for free.
Want to see past games for PS Plus and compare them with Microsoft's similar service? Check out our PS Plus vs. Games with Gold comparison chart.
Star Wars Rebels’ Season Finale is a Must See
Airing Wednesday night, the Star Wars Rebels Season 2 finale is, quite simply, huge.
I attended a screening for the finale earlier this week, and while I will save my full, spoiler-packed thoughts for my review (running Wednesday night, after the show’s east coast airing), I will stress this is a can’t miss episode, ending with a ton to ponder about what multiple events mean in the bigger Star Wars universe.
Here's what executive producers Dave Filoni and Simon Kinberg and cast member Ashley Eckstein said about what to expect going in...
New to Amazon Prime for April
Coming to Amazon this April is Season 2 of original series Catastrophe, starring Rob Delaney, along with films like Batman, Gremlins, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Ronin, Into the Blue, and The Big Lebowski. All free for Prime members on the Instant Video platform
And for purchase, there's Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Joy, Ride Along 2, and more!
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Final Fantasy 15 Release Date, Demo Details Leaked
Final Fantasy XV is set to release September 30, according to a leak today.
In a since-removed video from GameSpot, the release date was outed along with news that a new demo for the game will launch today. A screenshot from the video was posted to NeoGAF and the video has since been set to "private." In addition to the date, the video reports that Final Fantasy XV's new demo will show off the game's "final visuals and combat system" and that players will get an exclusive Carbuncle summon for finishing it.
The demo reportedly sees young Noctis, the game's main character in an adventure through a dream world of Noctis' creation, according to Gematsu.