First Gears Pop! Gameplay Revealed
The Coalition has provided a first look at Gears Pop! gameplay, which offers a condensed real-time strategy experience with a few special Gears of War touches.
Revealed in a developer video, you can watch a single PvP match between studio head Rod Fergusson and lead game designer Tyler Bielman. Though a “soft” launch is coming soon, a wide release of the game will come sometime in 2019 for iPhones and Androids.
“The object of the game is to play out your units and push forward and take down the outposts and the leader at the opposite end of the field,” said Bielman.
You progressively take cover attempting to get to the other end of the field: destroying an enemy outpost at the other end will net you a single point. A power bar at the bottom of the screen fills up in discrete segments, with each unit costing a certain ammount of these segments to play.
Newly Surfaced Stan Lee Video Shows How Much He Loved His Fans
In a recently surfaced video, Stan Lee expressed just how much his fans meant to him.
Posted through Stan Lee’s official Twitter account, the recording occurred while a crew was setting up for a more official video. Lee spontaneously responded to someone mentioning that fans loved his sense of humor.
So many wonderful moments with Stan came spontaneously. As we were setting up the camera one day, he casually started talking about his fans. We know how much Stan meant to you, and we thought it would be nice for you to hear how much your support meant to him. pic.twitter.com/WTX8U1afLm
Netflix Orders World War II Animated Series The Liberator
A new animated series about World War II is heading to Netflix.
The streaming service has ordered The Liberator, which tells the true story of U.S. Army officer Felix Sparks and his infantry unit's journey from Italy to the liberation of the Dachau concentration camp in Germany.
The Liberator will utilize Trioscope technology, which blends CGI and live-action elements. Jeb Stuart, who co-wrote films like Die Hard and The Fugitive, created the series and will serve as a writer and executive producer.
PlayStation Will Skip E3 in 2019
For the first time in 24 years, Sony and PlayStation will not appear at E3 in 2019.
As reported by Game Informer, Sony and PlayStation will instead be "exploring new and familiar ways to engage our community in 2019."
“As the industry evolves, Sony Interactive Entertainment continues to look for inventive opportunities to engage the community," the ESA stated to Game Informer. "PlayStation fans mean the world to us and we always want to innovate, think differently and experiment with new ways to delight gamers. As a result, we have decided not to participate in E3 in 2019. We are exploring new and familiar ways to engage our community in 2019 and can’t wait to share our plans with you.”
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Top 25 Sci-Fi Movies of All Time
Aliens, robots, outer space, future Earths, time travel, exquisitely posed questions about the place of humanity within the grand cosmic void - science fiction is about the intimacy of exploration and the enormity of ideas.
Ever since 1902's A Trip to the Moon, directed by Georges Méliès, writers and directors have sought to transfer their exciting hot takes on mankind's ultimate fate to the big screen. Now, in a version of our world that's not only given us a sequel to Blade Runner but also an actual continuation of the Star Wars saga, we've scooped up the 25 best sci-fi films for your approval/outrage.
Our selection process? Well, aside from being just a great piece of moviemaking, the top 25 entries required a significant impact on the genre, stories and ideas that raised the bar on what good storytelling can be, pop culture reaction, originality, and Editor's Choice. Also, a movie can't just be dystopian to be sci-fi, so unfortunately you'll find no Green Place - er - Fury Road in these parts.
3 Ways Fallout 76 Rewrites Its Own Lore
Fallout 76 takes place 25 years after the bombs fell, giving you a glimpse of the freshly nuked world before it was eroded by centuries of radiation and scavenger raids. Despite the game-changing addition of multiplayer, fans of the Fallout series may still find a familiar charm and ghoulish intrigue in 76’s post-apocalyptic West Virginia – including many revelations about where it fits into the franchise’s story.
But not everything is as lore-obsessed Fallout fans expected.
Here are some ways Fallout 76 retcons, rewrites, and outright cheats its history.
Nvidia Admits Some RTX 2080 Ti Boards Are Defective
Over the past few weeks there have been reports of Nvidia RTX 2080 Ti cards dying in myriad ways, and now Nvidia has admitted in its forums that there is a problem. In a post, the company states, "Limited test escapes from early boards caused the issues some customers have experienced with RTX 2080 Ti Founders Edition. We stand ready to help any customers who are experiencing problems."
Based on my understanding of what a "test escape" is, it basically means when they were testing parts for their boards early in the manufacturing process some components that were faulty "escaped" past their certification process, meaning bad parts made it all the way through to final construction. This could be transistors, capacitors, RAM modules, and so forth.
Nintendo: Metroid Prime 4 Is ‘Well in Development’
Nearly a year and a half since Metroid Prime 4's E3 2017 announcement, Nintendo still isn't ready to show the game off or announce a release window.
But Nintendo of America President and COO Reggie Fils-Aime says fans shouldn't take that as any cause for concern over its development, echoing what he told IGN about Metroid Prime 4 at E3 2018.
"Internally, we have expectations about when
is going to be released," Fils-Aime told Mashable in a new interview. "We haven't announced it, but yeah, the game is well in development."
The Arkham Knight to Make His DC Comics Debut
2019 marks the 80th anniversary of Batman's debut, and DC has big plans for the Dark Knight. Among those plans is a major new storyline that will officially induct the Arkham Knight character into the main DC Comics continuity.
DC will be mirroring the approach taken for Superman's 80th anniversary earlier this year, with the publisher releasing the oversized anniversary special Detective Comics #1000 and a hardcover collection called Detective Comics: 80 Years of Batman.
Art by Jim Lee et al. (DC Entertainment)