SimCity Creator Will Wright Announces New Game Proxi
Proxi, a new mobile game from legendary game designer Will Wright, was revealed today during Unity's keynote at Game Developers Conference (GDC) 2018.
Wright and developer Gallium Artists are creating the new title with Unity. Like the previous games Wright has created—which include SimCity, The Sims, and Spore—Proxi is a simulation game. In this new mobile game, however, players will construct worlds from their memories.
At the outset, players will have a blank world they can then develop by using memories as their building blocks. Players can choose any topic they want—like "family adventures," for example—and place it into the world, creating islands of connected memories that will form into 3D worlds over time.
Mark Hamill Voicing Young Luke in New Animated Short
Mark Hamill has reprised his role as Luke Skywalker for the Star Wars: Forces of Destiny animated series.
In a new short Hamill voices a young Luke, still training under Yoda. Titled The Path Ahead, the short is part of the second season of the series and focuses on Luke's time on Dagobah during the events of The Empire Strikes Back.
You can check it out now on Disney's YouTube channel.
The episode description reads, "Struggling with his Jedi training, Luke is grateful for master Yoda’s offer to join him on a sojourn through the trees and swamps of Dagobah, until he learns that Yoda will be riding in his backpack! Minding Yoda, Luke learns to trust what he feels instead of what he thinks he sees."
Stranger Things Cast Gets Big Pay Raise for Season 3
The cast of Stranger Things are seeing big pay rises for the show's third season.
The Hollywood Reporter states sources have said the new contracts will earn the child actors around 12 times their previous deals, while the adults will be sitting on up to $350,000 an episode.
The cast is reportedly divided into tiers of pay for the series with Winona Ryder and David Harbour leading with $350,000 per episode salaries, which has been bumped up from the previously speculated pay of around $100,000 and $80,000 respectively.
They're followed by child actors Finn Wolfhard (Mike), Gaten Matarazzo (Dustin), Caleb McLaughlin (Lucas), and Noah Schnapp (Will) who have been raised from their previous $20,000 rates to $250,000 per episode.
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Uber Stops Tests for Self-Driving Car After Fatality
Uber has stopped testing its self-driving cars on public roads in Arizona, San Francisco, Toronto, and Pittsburgh following the death of a pedestrian.
ABC 15 (via The Verge) reports 49-year-old Elane Herzberg was struck by an Uber vehicle traveling in autonomous mode with a safety driver behind the wheel on Monday morning in Tempe, Arizona.
Herzberg was walking outside of the crosswalk when the accident occurred and was taken to hospital where she died from the injuries.
Incredibles 2 Comic Explores Parr Family’s Domestic Life
The Incredibles 2 is getting two tie-in comics, with one exploring the Parr family's domestic life.
Entertainment Weekly reports the first comic, Incredibles 2: Heroes at Home, follows Dash and Violet doing housework while their parents Bob and Helen go grocery shopping. However, their superpowered baby brother Jack-Jack turns simple housework into total chaos.
Incredibles 2: Heroes at Home, described as an all-ages graphic novel, is written by Liz Marsham and illustrated by Nicoletta Baldari.
Incredibles 2: Crisis in Mid-Life! & Other Stories main cover, image via EW
Ataribox Console Is Officially Named the Atari VCS
Atari's upcoming console, its first in 20 years, is officially named Atari VCS.
Atari unveiled the console's name today alongside two controller prototypes and an official logo. The first controller is a joystick reminiscent of the Atari 2600's, while the second resembles a modern Xbox controller, complete with asymmetrical analog sticks and ABXY buttons. A preorder date for Atari VCS will be revealed in April.
Atari's "retro-inspired gaming and entertainment platform," previously known as Ataribox, was first teased at last year's E3. Atari later revealed more details, saying it will be a "full PC experience for the TV, bringing you streaming, applications, social, browsing, music, and more." Atari VCS will support pre-loaded retro Atari games, as well as "current titles from a range of studios."
Marvel’s Cloak and Dagger Gets New Poster Ahead of Trailer
A new poster for Marvel's Cloak and Dagger series has been released ahead of tomorrow's trailer.
Marvel shared the poster on Twitter today, and it features the show's two main characters, Tandy Bowen/Dagger (Olivia Holt) and Tyrone Johnson/Cloak (Aubrey Joseph), on a rooftop in front of a neon Roxxon Corporation sign. Check out the poster below:
New Cloak and Dagger poster, image via Twitter
PUBG Mobile Launches Internationally
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds Mobile has been released worldwide following positive beta feedback, PUBG Corp. has announced.
The mobile version of the popular multiplayer game, developed by Tencent and PUBG Corp., is available in many regions around the world on iOS and Android devices. The game's Android beta test began on March 15, with an iOS beta test following right after on March 16.
After plenty of positive feedback from players, Tencent and PUBG Corp. officially launched the title today, March 19. More regions will be added at a later time.
"We are working hard to create an authentic PUBG mobile experience that players new and old will love," Chen Jerry, said corporate vice president of Tencent and president of Lightspeed & Quantum Studios Group. "A lot went into controls and optimization to give players a smooth and intuitive experience."
The 12 Greatest Giant Robots Ever
The concept of a man-made mechanical creature, man or monster or anything else for that matter, has excited sci-fi storytellers since nearly the beginning of the science fiction genre. But it's one thing to create a robot that can fit through doors and sit at the dinner table, and it's another thing altogether to create a giant robot that can tromp through cities, knocking over buildings, fighting giant monsters, and looking danged good in the process.
Giant robots are now a well-established part of the popular culture, and are regularly featured in movies, comic books, video games, television, toys and beyond. But not all giant robots are created equal, and some have left a bigger footprint than others. Heck, some of them are just plain cooler than others. And those are the robots we are going to highlight today.