Hideki Kamiya Teases New Game Beyond Bayonetta 3
PlatinumGames director Hideki Kamiya - notable for classics like Resident Evil, Devil May Cry and Bayonetta - has proposed an indie-style game which is currently being considered for production.
At Japanese indie game event BitSummit Volume 6, Kamiya appeared on IGN Japan’s live show together with Atsushi Inaba, producer at PlatinumGames.
“It’s not a huge project, but about as Kamiya as you can imagine. We are trying to make this product a reality, so if any sponsors are listening, feel free to comment!” Inaba joked.
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4K HDR G-Sync 144Hz Gaming Monitors: What You Need to Know
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The promise of 4K has been realized over the last few years, with graphics cards growing more powerful while display prices fall. We've had 4K monitors, and the ability to drive them at 60fps, for a while now. But that's as fast a refresh rate as you could get in 4K HDR. If you wanted something faster, you needed to drop the resolution. There are tons of 1440p monitors running at 144Hz, providing fast, smooth, responsive movement at a better-than-HD resolution. In the world of professional gaming, where ultra-fast reflexes require ultra-fast displays, 144Hz is the standard.
1,000 Netflix Original Programs Arriving by End of 2018
Netflix plans to release around 1,000 original programs by the end of 2018, which includes TV series and movies.
According to Variety, Netflix's chief content officer, Ted Sarandos, said that the streaming provider is spending 85% of its $8 billion in development money on original programming. There are still 470 programs scheduled to be released between now and the end of the year.
Netflix made some big announcements today, with a new horror anthology series developed by Guillermo del Toro, and a second season renewal for Lost in Space.
Agents of SHIELD Renewed for Season 6
Update: In revealing its lineup for the upcoming TV season, ABC has confirmed Agents of SHIELD won't return until 2019.
As reported by TVLine, ABC President Channing Dungey announced SHIELD's shortened sixth season will be held until the U.S. Summer 2019 TV season. Dungey also denied the idea that the shorter, summer-scheduled season indicates the upcoming season will be the show's last.
"I feel like Season 5 was their creatively strongest yet, so I don’t at the moment have any plans to think of Season 6 as the last season," Dungey told TVLine. "By putting it in the summer, we’re going to be able to ‘super-serve’ the fan base that loves that show and hopefully give it an opportunity to continue on longer than we would if it was
Doom Patrol Series Coming to DC Streaming Service
DC Universe's upcoming digital streaming platform announced today that their next live-action original series will be Doom Patrol.
Doom Patrol has been picked up for a direct-to-series order of 13 episodes from Berlanti Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television. The series will be produced by Greg Berlanti, Geoff Johns, Jeremy Carver, and Sarah Schecter. Carver (Supernatural) will be the sole writer on the project.
This is the fifth series announced for the streaming provider. Earlier this month, DC revealed that the third season of Young Justice, titled Outsiders, along with series orders for Harley Quinn, Swamp Thing, and Titans will all be coming to the service. For a look at all the posters, including Doom Patrol, click through the slideshow below:
Stardew Valley Gets PS Vita Release Date
Stardew Valley is finally coming to the PlayStation Vita.
Stardew developer Eric "ConcernedApe" Barone confirmed Stardew will hit the Vita on May 22 on its official website, saying the PS Vita release date has been one of the things he is asked about most regarding the game.
Stardew Valley is also cross-buy, so if you already purchased the PlayStation 4 version, you will be able to download the Vita version, at no additional cost, as soon as it hits the PlayStation Store next Tuesday.
Stardew Valley is a great game, earning an 8.8 in our review and went on to be nominated for IGN's 2016 Game Of The Year awards. It also landed on our list of the Top 25 Games on PC.
LawBreakers and Radical Heights Dev Shuts Down
Boss Key Productions, the developer of LawBreakers and Radical Heights, is “effectively no more” according to studio founder Cliff Bleszinski.
Bleszinski made the announcement in a statement on Twitter, saying Radical Heights was “a last ditch attempt” to make their own type of battle royale game after LawBreakers “failed to gain traction,” but that it was ultimately “too little too late.”
The servers for Radical Heights will not be shut down immediately, but it’s unclear how long exactly they will stay up as the statement only says “for the near future.”
Board Game Shop Is Getting Angry Support Calls From Fortnite Fans
An outpouring of Fortnite players are calling a local board game shop in Ohio for their Fortnite problems and concerns.
Hunter Davies is the assistant manager of Epic Loot Games, a local board game shop that shares a similar name to Fortnite developer Epic Games. Speaking to Kotaku, Davies explained that ever since Fortnite's popularity skyrocketed, the shop has consistently received calls from fans expressing their problems with purchasing skins, server complaints, and even personal problems.
"There are so many calls—pranks, angry gamers, kids who don’t understand why the support doesn’t have a readily available method of contact,” Davies told Kotaku. “We started telling them to use the website because they can’t actually talk to anyone on the phone."
Netflix Horror Anthology Series From Guillermo del Toro in Development
Guillermo del Toro is developing Netflix's first horror anthology series.
The live-action series, titled Guillermo del Toro Presents 10 After Midnight, will feature the award-winning filmmaker presenting a collection of personally curated stories. Each story is said to be horrific and sophisticated.
Del Toro will serve as a writer and executive producer and will direct a few episodes as well. He'll pick a handful of genre filmmakers and writers to work on the show. J. Miles Dale (The Shape of Water) and Gary Ungar will executive produce alongside del Toro.
A premiere date and an episode count have not been set yet.
This isn't the first time del Toro has collaborated with Netflix as the filmmaker teamed up with the streaming service on his animated series Trollhunters, whose third season debuts on May 25.