When Will HBO’s Game of Thrones Prequel Start Filming?
The Game of Thrones prequel series, widely being referred to as The Long Night, has gotten an official production start window.
Reported by EW, HBO programming president Casey Bloys says the series will begin production sometime in early summer. While a specific starting date on production has not yet been announced, Bloys has previously claimed it won’t air until at least a year after Game of Thrones has finished. As its final episode is set to air on May 19, 2019, it appears the prequel series won’t air until summer 2020 at the earliest.
EW also reports that a writers room is allegedly already in operation for this prequel series, and it's working on additional scripts if HBO green-lights more episodes.
Get Gloomhaven, Star Wars Armada, and More Board Games on Sale
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It's that time again: Gloomhaven is on sale again, at just over $100 right now! If you've been on the fence about getting this, now's a great time. If you're already a Gloomhaven player, you can preorder the Gloomhaven expansion, Forgotten Circles, too. Beyond Gloomhaven, you can also preorder the super cool Stranger Things Dungeons and Dragons starter set for $24.99.
Gloomhaven for $103.31
Nintendo Switch: Fortnite’s Built-in Voice Chat Tech Coming to More Games
Nintendo's restrictive voice chat system is looking shabby as the company powering Fortnite's built-in voice chat is opening its services for other games on Switch.
Vivox is a communication service providing text and voice chat to games like PUBG, Rainbow Six Siege, and League of Legends. The company announced an upcoming software development kit allowing third-party Switch developers to make use of the voice chat platform. Cross-play integration for games that support it is included right from the start.
Fortnite was the first to bring Vivox to Nintendo's platform when it released back in June of last year. Hi-Rez is set to bring Vivox to the already released Paladins when full cross-play is added in an upcoming update on Switch. Smite will get the same treatment.
Here’s Why There Are No Titans in Apex Legends
Respawn Entertainment has said the giant mechs that populated its Titanfall series simply didn't work in its free-to-play battle royale game, Apex Legends.
Though Respawn has explicitly said Apex Legends is not a sequel to Titanfall 2, it is set in the same universe, leading many to wonder if wall running and big old robots were ever considered. Speaking to IGN, Executive Producer Drew McCoy said that they were, but they just didn't work within the battle royale genre.
"During development of Apex Legends, we prototyped a lot of stuff," said McCoy. "Having come from Titanfall 2, we tried wall-running and double jumping and triple jumping, and all sorts of crazy stuff. And the goal of the game from a development standpoint was to create something strategic and masterable and learnable and very deep, and a lot of those mechanics were detrimental to those goals."
A ‘Premium’ Titanfall Experience Is Coming Later This Year
Update: On a call reporting Q3 financial results for EA, the company said it plans to introduce a “premium” Titanfall experience — which likely means a traditional, non-free-to-play game — later this year and that it will be a “twist” on the franchise. No additional details were revealed.
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Hot on the heels of the release of free-to-play battle royale, Apex Legends, Respawn has assured fans there is "more Titanfall" coming, too.
On Twitter, CEO Vince Zampella teased there is more than just Apex Legends in Respawn's future, saying "We are also working on more Titanfall for later in the year." He continued by saying "We love being able to experiment in this crazy universe!"
Get an RTX 2060 Gaming PC on Sale Right Now
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If you're looking for a gaming PC and don't want to put one together on your own, a prebuilt is a solid option. These prebuilts are on sale at Walmart right now, and you can secure some peace of mind by adding an extended warranty when you check-out.
Prebuilts are a great way to get started with PC gaming - you can still swap out RAM, add another SSD or make other changes to upgrade the machine and make it your own. Any one of these machines will have no problem playing Resident Evil 2, the upcoming Jump Force and Far Cry New Dawn, or the just-released free to play Apex Legends.
Apex Legends May Get Cross-Play
Respawn is currently working on Cross-play for Apex Legends, but is not promising anything at the moment.
Lead Producer at Respawn, Drew McCoy, told Eurogamer that it, "plans to allow players to play with their friends on other platforms," in the future.
However, McCoy said cross-progression and cross-purchases will never be a possibility in the game. The inability is due to the way the systems were created early on in the process, which, "can't
reconciled after the fact," he said.
Apex Legends has already made a huge impact in the battle royale world, first with its secrecy around the game and its sudden launch on Monday. As of Tuesday morning, Respawn's CEO, Vince Zampella, announced that Apex Legends brought in 1 million players in less than eight hours from its launch.
Justice League vs. The Fatal Five – Exclusive Trailer Debut
We have your exclusive first look at the trailer for Justice League vs. The Fatal Five, Warner Bros. Animation's next entry in their DC Universe Movies franchise. While there's no release date just yet, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment is expected to release the film on Digital, Blu-ray, and 4K Ultra HD later in 2019.
Produced and directed by Sam Liu (Reign of the Supermen, Gotham by Gaslight), Justice League vs. The Fatal Five, as the official plot synopsis tells us, "finds the Earth’s future hanging in the balance when the Justice League faces a powerful new threat – the Fatal Five. Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman seek answers as the time-traveling trio of Mano, Persuader and Tharok terrorize Metropolis in search of budding Green Lantern, Jessica Cruz – whom they need to free remaining Fatal Five members Emerald Empress and Validus in order to carry out their sinister plan. But the Justice League discovers an ally from another time in the peculiar Star Boy – brimming with volatile power, could he be the key to thwarting the Fatal Five? An epic battle against ultimate evil awaits!"
Platinum Games Isn’t Working on Granblue Fantasy: Relink Anymore
Platinum Games has announced that its contract with Cygames has ended, and it will no longer be working on the development of Granblue Fantasy: Relink.
"While we, PlatinumGames, have been working with Cygames in co-development of the upcoming console game Granblue Fantasy: Relink, we officially announce our contract on the project has come to an end," read the blog update. "Development will still continue, but be handled solely by Cygames’ internal development team."
Granblue Fantasy: Relink was announced at TGS 2016 for PlayStation 4 and PSVR. Featuring characters from the original game, the title was a collaborative project between Cygames and Platinum Games.
Platinum Games Isn’t Working on Granblue Fantasy: Relink Anymore
Platinum Games has announced that its contract with Cygames has ended, and it will no longer be working on the development of Granblue Fantasy: Relink.
"While we, PlatinumGames, have been working with Cygames in co-development of the upcoming console game Granblue Fantasy: Relink, we officially announce our contract on the project has come to an end," read the blog update. "Development will still continue, but be handled solely by Cygames’ internal development team."
Granblue Fantasy: Relink was announced at TGS 2016 for PlayStation 4 and PSVR. Featuring characters from the original game, the title was a collaborative project between Cygames and Platinum Games.