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NES Castlevania Lookalike Out Today: Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night spinoff Curse of the Moon is now out.
The game, which is a spiritual successor to Castlevania from series creator Koji Igarashi, is available on PC via Steam, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, 3DS, and PlayStation Vita. The Xbox One version will come out on June 6.
Curse of the Moon is priced at $10/£8 and features an 8-bit aesthetic and side-scrolling gameplay. Players will assume the role of a demon slayer named Zangetsu, who must defeat a powerful demon residing in a dark castle.
You'll meet several playable characters throughout your adventure, each with their own abilities that will unlock new areas to explore. Recruiting these characters will change the game's difficulty and could affect the ending as well. Check out the first 10 minutes of the game below.
Incredibles 2 Set to Have Biggest Domestic Opening for an Animated Movie
The Incredibles 2 is set to have the biggest domestic opening of all time for an animated film.
Per THR, the movie is tracking to make north of $140 million when it hits theaters in the US on June 15. The current record holder is another Pixar movie, 2016's Finding Dory, which had an estimated $135 million debut.
For context, the first Incredibles film opened with roughly $70.5 million back in 2004, unadjusted for inflation. Meanwhile, last year's Coco made $49 million in its domestic opening and has since grossed an estimated $805 million worldwide, according to Box Office Mojo.
October Is the Real Battlefield
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Jason Bateman Apologizes to Arrested Development Co-Star Jessica Walter
Jason Bateman has issued an apology to his co-star Jessica Walter following a controversial Arrested Development New York Times interview.
Jeffrey Tambor previously revealed he had a confrontation with Walter, which resulted in Tambor verbally harassing his co-star on the set of the comedy series. In the NY Times interview, Walter addressed the incident for the first time while breaking down in tears.
During the same interview, Bateman repeatedly excuses Tambor's behavior.
“Again, not to belittle it or excuse it or anything, but in the entertainment industry it is incredibly common to have people who are, in quotes, ‘difficult,'" Bateman said during the NY Times interview. "And what you learn is context. And you learn about character and you learn about work habits, work ethics, and you start to understand.
Far Cry 5’s First DLC Gets a Release Date
Far Cry 5: Hours of Darkness launches on June 5 for PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One for $11.99 USD. Hours of Darkness is the first post-launch DLC for Far Cry 5 and is set in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. "Vietnam-themed" assets will also be available in the Far Cry Arcade today.
Wendell "Red" Redler, a Vietnam War veteran from a Far Cry 5 side mission, makes a return in Hours of Darkness as the playable character. The DLC campaign follows Red on a mission to save his imprisoned squad mates in Vietnam.
Watch the Far Cry 5: Hours of Darkness teaser trailer below:
Hours of Darkness is playable in solo and online co-op. Upon completion, players can unlock the more difficult Hours of Darkness: Survivor Mode or the over-the-top Action Movie Mode.
Don’t Mouse Around On a Desk, Get the Best Gaming Mouse Pad Today
So, you’ve got the perfect PC gaming setup with a huge monitor, tunable gaming mouse, RGB gaming keyboard, and of course a gaming PC with more cores than an apple farm. As you sit at your throne, you look to your side and your mouse is sitting on top of an old magazine. Don’t…don’t be that person. The best mouse pads for gaming are a huge step up from whatever substitute you're using right now. While it’s probably one of the least expensive components in your gaming setup, it’s worth investing in a quality mouse pad. Your aim will improve, and so will your K/D ratio.
Shadow of the Tomb Raider — Road to E3 2018
It's that time of year again: E3 2018 is just on the horizon. From June 9-14, we'll be covering the biggest games and hardware announcements of 2018 and beyond. While you can check out our continually-updated Games of E3 List, we're now going to start diving deeper. Every day leading up to the show, we'll be highlight the stuff we want to see and play at E3 2018. Today's game: SHADOW OF THE TOMB RAIDER.
When Did We Last See Shadow of the Tomb Raider?
We got a chance to go hands-on with the recently-revealed game late in April. We dug its darker turn, saying, "Lara Croft has evolved into someone who’s narcissistic, and destructive, and obsessed with finding the next treasure, or the next artifact that defines her importance. She’ll go far enough to ignore her allies, even if it means starting a war - even an apocalypse - all by herself, because the race to win is more important than anything else." Check out our full impressions here.
Fortnite’s Latest Update Accidentally Included a Storm Tracking Backpack
A brand new item that allows players to track the storm circle was accidentally included in Fortnite's latest update this past Tuesday.
Reddit user dertidferris originally found the Eye of the Storm Tracker item. YouTube user gattu was able to use it in-game, showing that having it equipped will outline the next storm circle in yellow before it appears. As soon as a new circle is revealed for all players, the new backpack will update to exclusively reveal the next upcoming circle.
Atomic Heart Has the Coolest Trailer of the Year, But What Actually Is It?
It’s fairly rare to see a game blow up from nowhere these days. Pre-development crowdfunding, #screenshotsaturday gif threads and teasers for teaser trailers for full trailers have somewhat put paid to the true unknown in gaming. Even E3 surprises - presumably shrouded in enough NDA paperwork to insulate a building - are few and far between in the age of the leak.
Which is why arriving at work on a Wednesday morning to find a Twitter feed full of people collectively losing their minds over an all-but-unheard-of Soviet nuclearpunk nightmare shooter felt quite so special. If you haven’t watched the Atomic Heart trailer, you should remedy that now: