Trump to Meet With Video Game Industry Execs
President Donald Trump is scheduled to meet with "members of the video game industry" next week to discuss violence in games. The announcement comes a week after Trump suggested a link between violent video games and youth violence.
White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced the meeting during a press briefing earlier today (via NBC News' Peter Alexander on Twitter). There's no word on which companies will be represented at the meeting or what specifically will be discussed.
EA had no comment on whether its executives would be meeting with Trump when reached for comment by IGN.
Xbox Live Currently Down for Some Xbox One, 360 Players
Xbox Live and much of its functionality may be down for some users on both Xbox One and Xbox 360, and Microsoft is investigating the problems.
Microsoft's Xbox Status support page currently acknowledges a handful of issues affecting Xbox Live. Players may be running into issues with matchmaking, cloud storage, finding friends, Game DVR, leaderboards, avatar editing, and pictures.
The current Xbox support page.
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Everything You May Have Missed in the Wreck-It Ralph 2 Trailer
We have no idea how you’re even able to read this article right now because Ralph Broke the Internet with the new trailer for Ralph Breaks The Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2!
Here’s a breakdown of everything you may have missed in the new trailer:
That’s everything we spotted in the trailer for Ralph Breaks The Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2, which releases on November 21st, 2018. Let us know what you spotted in the comments!
For more on Wreck-It Ralph 2, check out what the directors told us about making the movie and find out how it pokes fun at Star Wars and Disney Princesses!
Bryan Cranston Cast in Disney’s The One and Only Ivan
Disney's film adaptation of The One and Only Ivan has cast Bryan Cranston.
THR reports Cranston will portray the owner of a failing circus. The Breaking Bad star joins a cast that includes Angelina Jolie and Sam Rockwell. Thea Sharrock (Me Before You) will direct the live-action/CG hybrid from a script by Mike White. A release date has not been set yet.
Cranston as Walter White in Breaking Bad
Did Nintendo Just Have the Best Launch Year Ever?
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Neil Gaiman Overseeing New Line of Sandman Comics
DC Comics is launching a Sandman Universe imprint featuring a new line of four comic books based on Neil Gaiman’s beloved Sandman series. Gaiman himself hand-picked the creative teams for each comic and is acting as the creative overseer for the line.
“The Sandman Universe has always been very close and personal to me and I am thrilled to open up the world once again to an extremely talented group of writers and artists,” Gaiman said in a press release from DC. “I get to see the joy in these brilliant people whom I’ve selected, as they get their chance to play in this world.”
Take a look at the preview art for the Sandman Universe by clicking through the slideshow gallery below:
GitHub Hit With The Largest DDoS Attack Ever Recorded
Yesterday morning, developer platform GitHub was hit with what appears to be the biggest DDoS attack ever recorded. 1.35 terabits per second of traffic targeted GitHub, and the service was down for about five minutes from 9:21am PT, and then intermittently unavailable for the following four minutes.
Image from GitHub.
Rainbow Six Siege Removing Some Renown Costs
On the heels of the Rainbow Six Siege price hikes instated last month, Ubisoft is making Siege's operators and attachments much easier to acquire.
Starting with the launch of the game's third content year on Tuesday, March 6, players who own Siege's Standard, Advanced, Gold or Complete Editions will be able to use the original 20 operators without spending any Renown, Siege's in-game currency.
Renown costs for all previous and future attachments are also being removed for all players, which is especially welcome news considering Ubisoft recently said its goal for Siege is to release 100 operatives over 10 years. However, players who already own any attachments or any of the original 20 operators will not be refunded "due to a technical limitation," Ubisoft said in a blog post.
Avengers: Infinity War Has a New Release Date
You won't have to wait as long to see Marvel Studios' Avengers: Infinity War in theaters in North America.
Marvel announced on Twitter the third Avengers film will now be released on April 27 as opposed to its original planned May 4 release date. Marvel Studios made the announcement via a Twitter exchange with Iron Man star Robert Downey, Jr and a new poster highlighting the date.
Any chance I could see it earlier?
— Robert Downey Jr (@RobertDowneyJr) March 1, 2018