5 Ways God of War 2 Could Be Even Better Than The First
2018’s God of War was a very, very, very good game. We even called it a masterpiece. So needless to say, Sony Santa Monica has their work cut out for them in the inevitable sequel. There’s not a lot in God of War that needs much improvement, but there are certain things that seem pretty reasonable to expect. So with that in mind, here are 5 things we want in God of War 2, or... whatever the next God of War ends up being called.
Warning, spoilers ahead for those who haven't beaten God of War 2018 yet.
1. A Bridging of the Gap
Astronomers Reveal Huge Wave-Like Structure in the Milky Way Galaxy
Astronomers have discovered a wave-like, gaseous structure in the Milky Way galaxy – which has been dubbed Radcliffe Wave, after the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study – and is leading researchers to rethink everything that has since been known about how the Milky Way structure is understood.
Announced on January 7 at the American Astronomical Society meeting in Honolulu, and reported by CNN, researchers from Harvard University were given the data from the European Space Agency's Gaia spacecraft and analyzed it to conclude their findings.
What Games Got Right And Mostly Wrong About Life In 2020
The year 2019 is behind us which means the events of both Blade Runner and Akira are now distant memories. The present is what matters now, and thankfully game creators have already been thinking about what this year will look like, and be like, to varying degrees of failure. Here are a number of games that take place in the year 2020, and what they nailed and screwed up about current-day living.
Beast Wrestler
What it got right: Beast Wrestler is an isometric wrestling game about beasts that wrestle. It imagines a 2020 where genetically engineered animals duke it out for the pleasure of onlookers. About the only thing it predicts with accuracy is that the moon still exists, but it cryptically warns, “Only the moon knows the future,” once you become the domestic Beast Wrestler champion.
Disintegration: Watch Gameplay from a Full Story Mission
We just kicked off our full month of exclusive Disintegration coverage, and today we've got 32 minutes of never-before-seen story mission gameplay for you from an early level in the campaign.
Play as Romer Shoal as he leads his three-person squad into enemy Rayonne territory to search and salvage the wreckage of a downed Iron Cloud, the massive airships that hunt the skies looking for members of the resistance – which you can learn more about in our big Disintegration hands-on preview.
Throughout the level you'll see a whole lot of combat against some of the early enemy types that make up the Rayonne forces and how mission objectives are constantly updated as new situations are thrown at the squad. What you won't see are story spoilers since we've removed the pre- and post-mission cinematics, so you can watch with ease unless you want to go into totally blind when it's released on PC, PS4, and Xbox One in 2020.
Final Fantasy 15 MMO in Development for Mobile
Square Enix has revealed that a mobile MMORPG is in development, set in the same universe as Final Fantasy 15.
Developed by South Korean studio JSC Games and Chinese company GAEA Mobile, Final Fantasy 15 Mobile is set in a parallel world to the mainline console game, according to Kultur (via Kotaku). The game starts right after Noctis’ story begins in the main original game, and will feature new regions to explore.
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Ozark Season 3 Release Date Set for March
Netflix has announced that the third season of Ozark will premier on the streaming service this March.
The Jason Bateman and Laura Linney-fronted crime drama will debut all episodes of Season 3 on March 27, 2020.
Set six months after Season 2, the third season tracks Marty and Wendy as they fight for control of the family’s destiny. Marty seeks to keep the status quo, but Wendy is looking to expand with the aid of Helen and the drug cartel leader, Omar Navarro. A little chaos is injected into the proceedings, though, when Wendy’s brother Ben arrives in town.
After a decent first year, Ozark Season 2 kicked the show up a few notches, something that led to a “completely captivating story from start to finish” according to our review. Hopefully this third season can continue the pace and deliver equally impressive results.
The Irishman Labelled ‘High Fiction’ by Stepson of Chuckie O’Brien
Jack Goldsmith, the stepson of the real-life Chuckie O'Brien, has publicly called out The Irishman for its apparent inaccuracies, labelling the Martin Scorsese film a piece of "high fiction."
In an editorial published in the New York Times, Goldsmith criticized the portrayal of O'Brien, the foster son of Jimmy Hoffa played by Jesse Plemons in the Netflix film, calling it "the greatest depiction of the false charge" against his stepfather.
According to the op-ed, "Chuckie worried that Scorsese's film would give his supposed involvement in the Hoffa disappearance a reality in popular culture that the prior books, headlines and movies did not", however, "it turned out to be worse than he feared."
Watch the First Trailer for Season 1 of Netflix’s Locke & Key
Locke & Keys fans, rejoice! Netflix has unveiled the first official trailer for the upcoming supernatural-horror series based on the best-selling graphic novel of the same name, which was originally written by Joe Hill and illustrated by Gabriel Rodriguez for IDW Publishing.
All 10 episodes of Locke & Key will premiere on Netflix on Friday, February 7, 2020. Here's how the streamer describes the show: "After their father is murdered under mysterious circumstances, the three Locke siblings and their mother move into their ancestral home, Keyhouse, which they discover is full of magical keys that may be connected to their father's death. As the Locke children explore the different keys and their unique powers, a mysterious demon awakens — and will stop at nothing to steal them. From Carlton Cuse (Lost) and Meredith Averill (The Haunting of Hill House), the series is a coming-of-age mystery about love, loss, and the unshakable bonds that define family."
The Bewildering Saga of Chewbacca’s Missing Medal in Star Wars
A long time ago, on a Shepperton, England soundstage far, far away, one of the darkest crimes of the entire Galactic Civil War was committed: no one gave Chewbacca a medal for helping blow up the Death Star at the end of A New Hope! At least, not on-camera, which has led to an interesting dialog between Star Wars fans and Lucasfilm storytellers over the years, so we’re recapping the entire bewildering saga as it unfolded in chronological order.
Warning: this post contains spoilers for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker!
The Source of the Chewbacca Controversy
To start, let’s light-skip back to 1970’s brainspace. As a fresh-faced Star Wars fan in ‘77, this seemed like a glaring omission: why no Medal of Honor for Chewie? After all, he served aboard the Millennium Falcon, the ship that provided crucial assistance to Luke so he could successfully blow up the Death Star, thus saving the lives of everyone at that medal ceremony. Plus, you’ll remember that Han Solo initially refused to help the Rebels, yet they still gave him a medal. It feels unfair for Han to leave Yavin 4 with fresh bling draped around his elegant shoulders while Chewbacca only has that lusterless silver bowcaster bandolier thingy.
Chewbacca Actor Recollects Emotional Leia Scene in Rise of Skywalker
This article contains some spoilers for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.
Star Wars actor Joonas Suotamo has opened up about the moment Chewbacca reacted to Leia's passing in The Rise of Skywalker, describing the day that the scene was shot as "very emotional."
In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Suotamo recollected his final farewell to the late Carrie Fisher's iconic character, General Leia Organa, as he noted the gravity of that moment in the film.
"I remember having some issues with my jaw being so sweaty that I had trouble opening the mouth of the Chewbacca mask," he said. "So, I was a nervous wreck underneath the mask because I knew this moment was so important to the film, and I wanted it to be perfect. But, maybe that helped me get into the right mindset.