New Skybound Series ‘Heart Attack’ Explores Superhuman Teens in Revolt
Image Comics' Skybound Entertainment imprint has revealed a new YA series called Heart Attack. Created by writer Shawn Kittelsen (Mortal Kombat 11) and Eric Zawadzki (The Dregs), Heart Attack focuses on a pair of superhuman teens who band together and rebel against a government that wants to deny them basic human rights.
Heart Attack is set in a world where gene therapy has eliminated disease but also led to the rise of superhumans called Variants. The series focused on two teen Variants named Charlie North and Jill Kearney, as the duo go on the run and rebel against an oppressive government.
Check out a preview of Heart Attack below:
Unsurprisingly, the series is heavily inspired by current events. In Image's press release, Kittelson notes that the series has been in the planning stages since 2014, but has taken on new urgency in 2019.
6 Big Changes in Ghost Recon Breakpoint’s PVP
By Ubisoft’s own admission, Ghost War – Ghost Recon Wildlands’ PVP mode – was an afterthought, tacked onto the campaign rather than integrated from the start. In Ghost Recon Breakpoint, Ghost War has been rebuilt from scratch alongside the rest of the game, taking onboard community feedback and lessons learned from Wildlands.
Ghost War is still the same 4-vs-4 game mode at heart, but from the three hours I’ve played it already feels more satisfying, with a number of key improvements combining to make it feel superior to Wildlands in every way.
Wildlands’ sprawling class system has been streamlined in favour of something simpler and more flexible. In Breakpoint there are four classes – Assault, Sharpshooter and Panther were available in the demo I played, plus Medic will also be available in the final game.
Get a First Look at DC’s NSFW Harley Quinn Animated Series
Harley Quinn is finally stepping out of the Joker's shadow for her own moment in the spotlight. Not only is Gotham's Queenpin of Crime front and center in Warner Bros.' upcoming Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) on the big screen, she's also starring in her own adult animated series for DC Universe this October.
The Big Bang Theory's Kaley Cuoco is picking up the mallet and lending her voice to the small-screen version of Harley (as well as executive producing the series), while Alan Tudyk - fresh off his scene-stealing role as Mr. Nobody in DC Universe's critically-acclaimed Doom Patrol - is playing the Joker (and pulling double-duty as Clayface).
Cross-Play Announced for PUBG Between Xbox One, PS4
PUBG Corp. announced cross-platform play between consoles during the Gamescom edition of Inside Xbox. PUBG will be updated for cross-platform matchmaking between Xbox One and PS4 late September, with the aim to update the live server by early October.
"It will make the pool bigger globally and also offer more competition," said Koosung Jeong, PUBG Corp. console producer.
Keep in mind, cross-platform matchmaking will not include PC.
The long-awaited cross-play news was delivered after showcasing the PUBG Season 4: Aftermath trailer. Season 4 of PUBG is coming to Xbox One on August 27.
For more on PUBG, read about the new narrative-driven PUBG game in the works.
2 New Xbox Controller Special Editions Revealed
Two new Xbox wireless controller special editions have been announced: Night Ops Camo and Sport Blue.
Announced during the Gamescom edition of Inside Xbox, the Night Ops Camo edition "will take on the classic and iconic camouflage and includes a metallic gold D-pad and etched trigger grips", while Sport Blue "features a geometric design with eye-catching metallic accents, a metallic D-pad and rubberized grip."
Sport Blue will be available from September 17, and Night Ops Camo will be available from October 8. Both controllers will cost $69.99 USD (no UK or AU prices available at time of writing), and are open for pre-orders now.
The two new designs will precede the release of the Xbox Elite Controller Series 2, which arrives on November 4.
Spider-Man: Far From Home Becomes Sony’s Highest-Grossing Film Ever
Tom Holland's Spider-Man has successfully web-slinged its way to the top of the box office, as Spider-Man: Far From Home has now become Sony Pictures' highest-grossing global release ever.
Variety reports Spider-Man: Far From Home reached $1.109 billion globally this weekend, swinging past James Bond's 2012 adventure Skyfall, which earned $1.108 billion (without adjusting for inflation), to become Sony’s biggest box office hit.
Devil May Cry 5, Blair Witch Project and More Coming to Xbox Game Pass
Devil May Cry 5 will be available today on Xbox Game Pass, announced as part of an 8-strong list of new additions to Microsoft's service.
During the Gamescom edition of Inside Xbox, Microsoft revealed the list of games, and the dates they'll join the Pass:
- Age of Empires: Definitive Edition - August 19
- Devil May Cry 5 - August 19
- Stellaris - August 19
- Ape Out - August 22
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance - August 22
- Bard's Tale IV: Director's Cut - August 27
- Blair Witch Project - August 30
- Dead Cells - September 5
All games on that list available on PC will also join the PC version of Game Pass.
Amazon’s Lord of the Rings Prequel: The Second Age Explained
As the streaming wars heat up, Amazon is betting big on The Lord of the Rings. The company is spending hundreds of millions of dollars developing a prequel series set long before the events of the movies. This series will be set in the Second Age of Middle-earth, an important time that literally reshaped the face of the planet.
And now casting news is pouring in on the show, with Game of Thrones’ Benjen Stark, Joseph Mawle, hired to play -- it seems -- the series’ villain. Will Poulter, will play protagonist Beldor and Markella Kavenagh has been cast as Tyra.
Alienware Goes Full Sci-Fi with its Newly Redesigned Aurora Gaming Desktop
Alienware is upgrading it compact Aurora gaming desktop with a new look and cutting-edge internals at Gamescom 2019.
On the outside, the Alienware Aurora is finally getting the same Legend industrial design that the Alienware Area 51m gaming laptop debuted. With the new design, the Alienware’s compact gaming PC looks more like a space pod form a future NASA space program rather than one from another planet. It comes sporting new hexagonal-shaped cutouts on the left side for ventilation, a sort of wind tunnel opening on the front, and alien-inspired characters etched onto the left side.
Alienware’s 55-inch 4K OLED Gaming Monitor Costs $4K
We’ve gotten our second look at Alienware’s 55-inch OLED gaming monitor at Gamescom 2019 and it looks just as gorgeous as it did last time, but now we can actually tell you it’ll arrive on September 30th for $3,999.
That’s very, very expensive, but it’s pretty much the only gaming monitor of its kind and size. There really aren’t any other OLED gaming monitors out there right now, so we don’t have much of a benchmark for what they should cost—but OLED 4K TVs do start at $1,599. With the Alienware 55 OLED technical being classified as a big-screen gaming monitor, the only display that’s close in size is the $4,999 HP Omen X Emperium 65.