James Gunn’s Starsky and Hutch Reboot Was Already Dead at Amazon
James Gunn's Starsky and Hutch TV reboot was scrapped at Amazon months before the current controversy surrounding the filmmaker.
A spokesperson for Amazon Studios confirmed to Metro the project, which was announced last year, has been dead for quite a while now. The decision was made before Disney fired Gunn as director of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 last weekend over offensive tweets Gunn made that recently resurfaced.
Wrecking Ball Now Available on Overwatch
The newest Overwatch hero, Wrecking Ball, is now available to play across platforms.
Wrecking Ball, the game's 28th hero, is a hamster in a spherical mech that can catapult himself around the map. Unlike D.Va, the game's other mech-based tank, Wrecking Ball is not playable outside of his mech.
The hero is also known as Hammond. After escaping from Horizon Lunar Colony, Hammond landed in the Australian Outback. Once there, he assembled his mech and took on the persona of Wrecking Ball.
Here are Wrecking Ball's abilities:
NBA Playgrounds 2 Is Now NBA 2K Playgrounds 2
NBA Playgrounds 2 has a new name, a new release date, and a new publisher. 2K Games announced today that it is now publishing NBA Playgrounds 2 as NBA 2K Playgrounds 2, releasing on PlayStation 4, Switch, Xbox One, and PC later this year.
Greg Thomas, president of 2K subsidiary Visual Concepts called the original NBA Playgrounds "a fantastic throwback to the glory days of arcade-action sports." He promised NBA 2K Playgrounds 2 "will step up this energy and attitude big time."
NBA Playgrounds 2 was first announced in April, but it was delayed just days before its original May 22 release date. At the time, developer Saber Interactive said "there are exciting things brewing with the NBA Playgrounds franchise that we think will take arcade basketball to new levels."
EA Didn’t Push BioWare Into Creating Anthem, Says Game’s Narrative Lead
If you think the upcoming Anthem seems like a far cry from BioWare's usual game, you're not alone.
However, James Ohlen, former BioWare senior creative director, squashed rumors claiming publisher EA made the creators of Knights of the Old Republic and the Mass Effect series develop Anthem as a service-based, multiplayer adventure shooter.
In an interview with Game Informer, Ohlen said "I think one of the things about BioWare has been really good at it, which has allowed it to survive for more than two decades, is taking risks and trying new and different things."
33 Million Cord-Cutters by End of 2018, According to Study
According to a report from the research firm eMarketer, the expected number of Americans who are ditching cable and satellite TV services is growing fast.
Per The Hollywood Reporter, eMarketer originally projected that 27.1 million adults will have canceled their TV service by the end of 2018, but that number has been revised to a whopping 33 million lost customers.
According to the report, by 2022 subscribers to traditional TV services like Comcast and DirecTV in the US will be at 169.7 million subscribers, a drop from well over 200 million just a few years ago. This total accounts for lost subscribers, but also includes a number of subscribers that will join their services in the coming years as well.
Super Troopers 3 Script Being Worked on by Broken Lizard
After 16 years for the sequel to the iconic cult classic to be born, Broken Lizard stated they are working on a third installment in a much quicker fashion.
The Broken Lizard troupe told CinemaBlend they have been working on ideas.
"We're looking to get the third one going," Kevin Heffernan said. "And hopefully it won't take as long as it did to get the second one going."
"That's right. We're writing," Jay Chandrasekhar added.
The group joked that they don't want to be in their 70's when they make the next film. "We gotta get on it," Heffernan said.
More Content Released in Patch Notes for No Man’s Sky NEXT Update
Shortly after talking with Creator of No Man's Sky Sean Murray, Hello Games has released more details of the NEXT update, which released Tuesday.
Along with the addition of multiplayer, character customizations, and third-person viewpoints, update 1.5 also includes Exploration Fauna and Flora, Crafting and Resources, and a new Space Station Marketplace.
All of the core substances and resources have been reworked and rebalanced for consistency and realism. Planetary resources now include unique substances and items based on the planet's biome, weather and stellar classification. Crafting now offers buildable refiners, letting you go deeper to convert raw substances into more valuable materials for advanced base parts and products.
Devs Giving Free Games to Those Who Bought Pirated Copies from Amazon
After fans discovered last week that Amazon's storefront was hosting pirated sales of indie games Surviving Mars and Frostpunk, the games' developers worked with Amazon to shut down the illegitimate sales. And now the games' developers are giving away free copies to anyone who purchased a pirated copy, IGN has learned.
"After some discussion, we've decided that all the people that contacted us and provided the receipt for buying the game on Amazon will receive a free Steam code for Frostpunk from us," PR & Marketing Manager Karol Zajaczkowski said over email. "We are still in touch with Amazon and some other companies that suffered from this event, but it may take some time to find a satisfying solution. In the meantime, we don't want to keep people waiting if they wanted to play our game, as they didn't do anything wrong here."
Nintendo Switch Is Getting GameCube-Style Controllers
Editors Note: This post originally ran on July 24.
HORI has announced three new GameCube style controllers for Nintendo Switch. The controllers are themed after Mario, Zelda, and Pikachu and are set for release in October.
Click image gallery below to get a closer look at all three controllers.
The controllers connect to the Switch's dock via USB and allow players to reassign the L/R and ZL/ZR buttons. They also have a lightweight design and textured handles that allow for a better grip while playing games like Super Smash Bros Ultimate.
Pricing for the controllers is set at ¥2,980 ($26.77) each, and there are no plans to release them outside of Japan just yet.
Fortnite: Honorable Rescue Mission Immortalized with New In-Game Tribute
Last week Fortnite fans were captivated by the heroic player who attempted to save an enemy in need, and now this mission has been immortalized with an honorable tribute added in today's update.
Players familiar with last week's failed rescue attempt remember it all too well. After discovering an enemy player who had fallen down to the bottom of a cliff, streamer Muselk devised ways to get the poor opponent out. Once he discovered the player was below the build limit on the map, Muselk drove an ATK off the side of the cliff in an attempt to give the enemy the bouncy roof of the vehicle. Although it was heartfelt, the golf cart ended up hurling the opponent into the ocean. You can watch the entire clip here.