Blitzchung Streams Pro-Hong Kong Video Game on Twitch Ahead of Blizzcon
Ng Wai “Blitzchung” Chung may be banned from professional Hearthstone for the next six months, but he’s still advocating for Hong Kong’s liberation on his personal Twitch channel. Chung spent the morning streaming Liberate Hong Kong, a video game that puts players in the shoes of a protestor in Hong Kong.
Earlier this month Chung, a professional Hearthstone player from Hong Kong, was banned from competition for a year and had his competition winnings stripped after appearing on an official Blizzard livestream and advocating for a pro-democracy protest in Hong Kong. The ban was criticized widely by fans, players, commentators, and U.S. lawmakers.
Stranger Things Season 4 to Reportedly Have Eight Episodes, LIkely Won’t Premiere Until After Summer 2020
Stranger Things fans may have to hold tight for new episodes.
According to TV Line, season four of the hit Netflix show will reportedly wrap filming next August, meaning new episodes won't premiere until after summer 2020. TV Line is also reporting that the new season will consist of eight episodes.
The first and third seasons of Stranger Things each had eight episodes, while season two had nine. TV Line noted that Netflix did not comment on the episode count for the fourth season.
Stranger Things recently set a Netflix record. According to the streaming service, season three was viewed by more than 60 million households, making season three the most-viewed season of Stranger Things.
Venom 2’s Shriek Explained: Who Is the Spider-Man Villain?
Venom 2 is bringing a double dose of villainy to Eddie Brock's world. Not only will Woody Harrelson's Carnage step into the spotlight, but Carnage will also be joined by his deadly lover, Shriek. Naomie Harris is currently in talks to play this Marvel villain. We're basically one six-armed Spider-Man clone away from a full-fledged Maximum Carnage movie at this point.
But if you're not a hardcore Spider-Man comic reader, you may be unfamiliar with this deadly villain. That's why we're breaking down everything you need to know about the character and her history in the Spider-Man franchise. These are the topics we'll be covering here:
Every Call of Duty Install Size Compared
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is a massive game. At a required 175GB according to its PC system requirements, it’s potentially set to be the biggest game of 2019, and maybe one of the biggest games ever. In fact, Modern Warfare’s official required storage is greater than that of the last two major Call of Duty games, Black Ops 4 and WWII, combined.
Obviously games have only gotten bigger over the years, but we decided to look back on the recommended PC install size of every mainline Call of Duty game since the very first one in 2003, and Modern Warfare is undoubtedly a surprising jump.
Bethesda Is Working On Fixing Fallout 76 Subscription Issues
The launch of Bethesda's new Fallout 76 subscription service, Fallout 1st, isn't going so smoothly. After reports of repurposed servers and Scrap Box issues that seem to be removing players’ scrap, Bethesda has issued a statement saying it is rolling out hotfixes for the reported issues.
In a statement to Polygon, a Bethesda Softworks representative denied the claim that the new private servers in Fallout 76 are recycled instances. Players on the Fallout 76 subreddit first began wondering if private servers were recycled instances from anecdotal evidence like previously looted worlds and dead enemy corpses lying around. But Bethesda has an explanation.
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Earth to Ned: New Jim Henson Puppet Talk Show Coming to Disney+
Disney+ has ordered a brand new puppet series titled Earth to Ned from the Jim Henson Company, which will see an alien host interviewing celebrities in the format of a late-night TV talk show.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the straight-to-series order will consist of comedic half-hour sessions, wherein Ned, a blue-skinned alien with a penchant for pop culture, will interview real-life celebrity guests on the bridge of his spaceship.
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Doctor Sleep Director Is Working With Stephen King on Further Adaptations
Mike Flanagan, the director of Doctor Sleep and creator of The Haunting of Hill House, is currently in talks with Stephen King about adapting another one of the legendary author’s works.
Talking to IGN, Flanagan revealed that he is currently engaged in “robust” discussions with the author of The Shining and Doctor Sleep. “I’ve been talking with Stephen King about what we can do next,” said Flanagan. “And being the fan that I am of his, there are so many of his books that I would love a chance to adapt. So it’s been about ‘Which one do you want to do next?’ We’re having robust conversations about what that could be. We have a plan and we’ll see.”
If that plan comes to fruition, this will be the third Stephen King book that Flanagan will have adapted. Prior to this year’s Doctor Sleep. Flanagan directed 2017’s Gerald’s Game, based on King’s 1992 novel.
Monster Hunter World: Iceborne PC Release Date Revealed
Monster Hunter World: Iceborne will be released on PC via Steam on January 9, 2020.
The much-anticipated release date was revealed alongside a new trailer that details all the new features headed to the PC version of Monster Hunter World's expansion that released for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One earlier this year.
New to the PC version will be High Resolution Texture Pack support, 4K and uncapped framerate, Ultra-Wide Screen support, DirectX 12 support, and improved keyboard and mouse controls.
In addition, the "Yukumo" layered armor set, which changes the character's appearance but does not include any weapons, will be available as a pre-order bonus.
There will also be a Digital Deluxe version of Monster Hunter World: Iceborne that includes the "Silver Knight" layered armor set, 3 gestures, 2 sticker sets, 1 face paint, 1 hairstyle, and 1 decor set (for room customization.)
Terminator Can’t Escape The Shadow of T2
Terminator: Dark Fate is, once again, an attempt to reignite the time-travelling-robot series. Like Terminator Genisys before it, and The Sarah Connor Chronicles TV show before that, Dark Fate seeks to run closer to the tones and themes of the original two Terminator movies in order to find success. It does exactly that, too; it is the best Terminator film since Judgment Day without even breaking a sweat. However, it once again demonstrates something that’s fused itself the series since 1991: a refusal - or perhaps even inability - to escape Terminator 2’s formula.
Terminator 2 flipped the original film’s formula on its head by turning Arnold Schwarzenegger’s T-800 killing machine into a bulletproof protector. No longer hunting Sarah Connor, he was programmed to protect her son John, who will go on to become the future leader of the human resistance. Hunting John is the T-1000, a hyper-advanced melty man sent back to 1991 by the AI Skynet. This pairing - the good robot vs the bad robot - is thrilling in Terminator 2, but has become increasingly tiresome after being used as the central conceit of every film in the series since.