Batman Is Getting a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
The Hollywood Walk of Fame is about to have a new star added to it for everyone's favourite caped crusader, Batman.
As reported by Variety, the new list of honorees has been announced by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce's Walk of Fame Selection Committee. These final picks were narrowed down from hundreds of nominees and include, among many others, the comic book hero Batman.
From the motion picture category, Julia Roberts, Spike Lee, Mahershala Ali, and Chris Hemsworth are all among those to receive stars. Television saw Andy Cohen, Wendy Williams, Christina Applegate, and Terry Crews all make the cut.
How Breaking Bad Influenced Marvel’s Black Widow Prequel
It turns out the critically acclaimed TV series Breaking Bad has had some influence in the upcoming Black Widow film.
In an interview with Gizmodo's io9, Marvel Studios' president Kevin Feige talked about the benefits of making a prequel. In particular, he said he hopes the Black Widow movie will draw from elements of Breaking Bad and its prequel series Better Call Saul -- though, of course, he still caveats that this movie is only hypothetical because Marvel and Disney haven't confirmed it is actually happening, despite the fact it is currently filming in Norway.
Link’s Awakening Switch: I Stole From a Shop and Was Murdered
After playing over 30 minutes of The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening Remastered for Nintendo Switch I learned three main things: The combat feels great, old-school Zelda puzzles are still fun (and unchanged), and this game is struggling to perform acceptably on the Switch (at least in full-screen mode on a TV) in its current state. Oh, and I also learned that stealing is wrong (albeit very fun). There's a video of the incident below.
Let’s start with the good stuff: The shield is now mapped to the right trigger so it no longer takes up one of two inventory slots. This means you can block, stab, swipe, spin, AND jump (with Roc’s Feather, which I got in Tail Cave) all without juggling inventory slots. If you’ve played the original game, you know this was annoying and fixing it is a big deal. Here's some combat footage from my playthrough today:
Stranger Things Season 3 Trailer Teases the Mind Flayer’s Endgame
We're less than a month away from the premiere of Stranger Things Season 3, which debuts on July 4 as part of Netflix's genius scheme to keep everyone in America glued to their TVs this Independence Day instead of out getting sunburnt.
Ahead of the show's return, Netflix has released a new Stranger Things Season 3 trailer that offers us an even better look at the threat facing Mike, Eleven and the rest of the Hawkins gang in the new eight-episode third season.
Why Marvel’s JJ Abrams Spider-Man Reveal Backfired
Marvel Comics covered the internet in sticky strands of speculation this week by teasing some big Spider-Man news with a countdown written in webbing. The first teaser showed the number four spun in threads from a black spider, and then once per day following came the three, two, one -- culminating with the news: JJ Abrams is co-writing a new Spider-Man mini-series... with his son, 21 year-old Henry Abrams.
Regardless of how you feel about the news itself, the way Marvel teed it up struck a bad chord with fans, earning the publisher instant resentment online. It all stems from that first teaser: the number four written in webbing. Barring a Spider-Man and Fantastic Four crossover, the only other natural conclusion was that Marvel was hinting at a comic book adaptation of Sam Raimi’s canceled Spider-Man 4 movie.
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Script Made Keri Russell Cry
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker brought actress Keri Russell to tears.
Speaking to The Associated Press, Russell shared her first reactions to reading the script for The Rise of Skywalker given to her by director J.J. Abrams.
“When I read his script that he wrote I cried,” Russell said. “I mean who knows what it will turn out to be and I hope it remains true to what he originally wanted.”
Abrams co-wrote the script with Chris Terrio, a script that Russell believes will satisfy Star Wars fans' expectations.
"He's not trying to change it to be something else," Russell said. "He really respects what it is."
Darksiders Genesis Preview: What if Darksiders Met Diablo?
I’ll bet you weren’t expecting a new Darksiders game to be a Diablo-style, isometric-camera action-RPG, were you? I was pretty surprised myself. But the fact that Airship Syndicate, not Gunfire Games, is the developer of Darksiders Genesis, it makes a bit more sense – particularly when you find out that Airship employs original Darksiders comic book creator Joe Madureira.
I played a small slice of Genesis, and I was impressed at how well it translated to the Diablo formula. Being able to switch on the fly between the ranged attacks of Strife and the melee focus of War seems like a smart design decision; the two complement each other nicely, and if you’re not playing solo, you’re able to roll through this campaign in two-player co-op. Both characters can build up a special attack meter that, when activated, temporarily turns them into the same giant fire monster capable of wreaking significant havoc.
Monster Hunter World Getting New Dynamic Difficulty, Even Without Iceborne
During Capcom's E3 Monster Hunter World: Iceborne developer showcase, we learned about quite a few new features, including the Steamworks minigame, a view mode camera, and most importantly, dynamic difficulty settings. This brand new feature for the Monster Hunter series will be added to the base Monster Hunter World without requiring the Iceborne expansion.
This new dynamic difficulty setting includes two brand new features. For the first time ever, a third difficulty setting is introduced for two-player hunting parties. Not only that, but now if players leave or are disconnected during a hunt, Monster Hunter World will automatically scale the difficulty down to the appropriate level. No more dealing with a multiplayer-scaled monster if you get disconnected, and no worries if you can't fill out a large party. Though three-player parties are still stuck in the broader multiplayer difficulty category, and palicos still won't re-spawn, this is still great news.
Valve’s Newest Game Beat Artifact’s Peak Player Count in Under 2 Hours
Dota Underlords, Valve’s newest game, entered open beta on PC and mobile at noon PT today, and in less than two hours it passed the peak concurrent player count on Steam of Valve’s last game, Artifact.
As of 2pm PT, Dota Underlords had reached a concurrent player count of 62,946, while Artifact’s all time high stopped at 60,740. The big caveat here, of course, is that Dota Underlords is entirely free-to-play, while Artifact costs $20. It had also been in a closed beta open only to select players and those who owned Dota 2's Battle Pass since last week, but the flood gates are now officially open.
Rumor: Microsoft Focusing on One Next-Gen Console, Not Two
Though reports over the course of the last year indicated Microsoft was working on two next generation consoles, a new interview and rumors suggest the company has decided to make its next console, codenamed Project Scarlett, a single device.
In an interview with Business Insider, Xbox head Phil Spencer responded to a question about him referring to the next generation of Xbox as multiple consoles during E3 2018, saying “Last year we said consoles, and we’ve shipped a console and we’ve now detailed another console. I think that’s plural.”
The console Microsoft released within the last year is the Xbox One S All-Digital Edition, which is really just a slightly less-expensive Xbox One S without a disc drive. “Technically that is plural,” Spencer said jokingly after this was brought up. “Right now... we’re focused on Project Scarlett and what we put on stage.”