MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries Gets a New Release Date
Piranha Games President Russ Bullock announced during MechCon that MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries will now be released on Sept. 10, 2019, reports PC Gamer.
MechWarrior 5 was originally scheduled to be released this month, but Piranha delayed it to sometime in 2019 so that it could "deliver the best single-player MechWarrior experience to date." Mercenaries is the first MechWarrior game to have a single-player mode since 2002.
Exclusive: Bumblebee Voice Actor Revealed
After years of being unable to talk, Bumblebee will finally speak in his upcoming spinoff -- and IGN can exclusively reveal that Dylan O'Brien (Maze Runner, Teen Wolf) is the actor giving voice to the titular Autobot in the Transformers prequel!
IGN chatted with Transformers franchise producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura last week about casting O'Brien as Bumblebee and why it was necessary for the film to finally give the Transformer his own voice.
"Since we were approaching this as an origin story, we felt that it was appropriate that you got to hear his voice," di Bonaventura said of the character who thus far has only been able to communicate using existing media. "That’s the simple logic that we employed. The longer term implication of that is different. But the short-term implication of that is, since we really are resetting the mythology, essentially, of who Bumblebee is. And so, that seemed to us to be the appropriate, to get the chance to hear what he sounds like."
Westworld Season 2 Behind the Scenes Look
If you want to learn more about the mind-bending story of Westworld Season 2, then you're in luck. On Tuesday, December 4, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment will release the second season on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, and DVD.
“We are thrilled to release the second season of HBO’s critically-acclaimed series Westworld on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital,” said Rosemary Markson, Senior Vice President, Television Marketing, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment. “With a riveting plot showcasing the evolution of artificial intelligence, the immersive capabilities of these viewing experiences is a perfect complement, and the plethora of all-new, behind-the-scenes extras add to the replay and collectability of this extraordinary show.”
Out This Week: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, PUBG on PS4, PlayStation Classic
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THQ Nordic Buys Carmageddon IP
THQ Nordic has announced that it has acquired the Carmageddon franchise from Stainless Games.
The original Carmageddon is a vehicular combat game developed by Interplay Productions and Sales Curve Interactive and released for PC in 1997. Carmageddon was once owned by Square Enix Europe, but original publisher Stainless Games purchased the rights in 2011.
Stainless ported Carmageddon to iOS and Android in 2013. A series reboot, Carmageddon: Reincarnation, followed with a 2015 PC release after being partially funded via a Kickstarter campaign.
Fortnite: Season 7’s First Tease Warns That ‘A Bitter Ice Spreads…’
Fortnite has begun teasing its seventh season, which begins in three days, with a warning that "a bitter ice spreads..."
Announced on Twitter, the ominous message is accompanied by an image of some mysterious icy figure that may hint at a potential skin in the upcoming Battle Pass or something else entirely.
Even though this is our first official tease, there have already been certain leaks that may or may not indicate future events, including one involving Tilted Towers.
Deadpool 2: Unused Post-Credits Scenes Revealed
Deadpool co-creator Robert Liefeld revealed a number of previously unknown Deadpool 2 details from an Academy Screening Q&A via his Instagram yesterday.
The following article contains Deadpool 2 spoilers.
According to Liefeld, Deadpool star Ryan Reynolds spoke about some unused post-credits scenes. The scenes "involved Deadpool peeing on ShatterStar's grave, Peter showing up with a prosthetic arm and an entire new X-Force team auditioning."
The topic of X-Force in particular apparently came up several times during the Q&A. One of the film's goals was to provide Deadpool/Wade with a sense of belonging, albeit it within the dysfunctional X-Force team. Ryan, along with Deadpool 2 co-writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, was amused that Deadpool 2's marketing disguised the X-Force team's fate and made it "seem more important in the grand scheme."
Resident Evil 2 / PUBG Crossover Event on the Way
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds Mobile is getting a crossover with the upcoming Resident Evil 2 remake, according to Capcom.
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collaboration decided!" reads a rough translation of a tweet from Capcom's Japanese Resident Evil account (which is known as Biohazard in the region). "The world's most popular mobile game and survival horror monument. What kind of novel play can the combination of two super-IPs produce?"
Capcom also released the brief teaser trailer for the crossover seen above. The video is filled with scrambled footage of zombies wandering through hallways and attacking people.
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Cyberpunk 2077 Won’t Be at The Game Awards
Don't expect to see Cyberpunk 2077 at The Game Awards this week – CD Projekt RED says it won't be showing more until the developer's ready.
Community lead Marcin Momot took to Twitter to quell any undue excitement:
We're looking forward to seeing all the reveals and announcements during this year's @thegameawards, however we're not going to be showing anything there ourselves. We’ll share more details about @cyberpunkgame when we’re ready.
— Marcin Momot (@Marcin360) December 3, 2018