HTC Hints at New Vive Announcement Next Week
HTC is teasing a Vive-related announcement for January 8, the day of its CES press conference.
The teaser image, posted by HTC on Twitter, clearly emphasizes the word "resolution," likely hinting at a new Vive model with an upgraded display. The original Vive, which was released in April 2016, features two 1080x1200 display panels.
HTC's teaser image for its Vive-related announcement
HTC announced a $200 USD price drop for Vive back in August. A few months later, the company announced Vive Focus, a standalone VR headset. However, the new headset was revealed on HTC's Chinese website, and there's no word on a western release at this time.
Helena Bonham Carter Reportedly Joins Netflix’s The Crown
Harry Potter alum Helena Bonham Carter is reportedly joining Netflix's The Crown.
Vogue reports Bonham Carter is "all but confirmed" to replace Vanessa Kirby as Princess Margaret for the next two seasons of the series, according to a report in the Evening Standard. The Crown creator Peter Morgan decided to recast the main roles of the royal family in order to better portray the characters in their later years.
It's been previously announced Claire Foy, who has played Queen Elizabeth II in the first two seasons of the show, will be replaced by Olivia Colman. It's not known yet who'll be replacing Matt Smith as Prince Phillip.
Mario Odyssey Speedrunners Racing to Undress Mario
The latest trend in speedrunning Super Mario Odyssey involves players challenge themselves to see how quickly they can get Mario into nothing but his boxers.
Eurogamer reports speedrunners are doing their best to get to the Crazy Cap store in the Sand Kingdom to purchase Mario's boxers.
This challenge has been dubbed "nipple%" and has gained traction after YouTuber DaddyWalrus completed this particular challenge in 24 minutes and 21 seconds last November.
The current record is held by Twitch streamer Stravos96 who's been nipping at the record since December. Stravos96 managed to get Mario into his underpants in the very brief time of 9 minutes and 57 seconds, but as these things go someone will likely be skinning seconds off soon enough.
Star Wars: The Last Jedi Struggling in China
Despite its box office success domestically and in other territories, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, is not off to a good start at the box office in China.
The Hollywood Reporter explains, much like the previous two Star Wars movies, The Last Jedi, which debuted in China on Friday, is underperforming in its opening week.
The movie only earned $560,000 USD in midnight previews, which places it well behind fellow under-performer Star Wars: The Force Awakens and its $2.5 million USD opening two years ago.
How FX Can Help Disney Compete Against Netflix
FX's focus on creating content with more adult branding than Disney's may allow the media titan to compete more directly with global streaming services like Netflix, HBO, and Amazon, FX Networks President John Landgraf believes.
Speaking at the winter 2018 Television Critics Association press tour, Landgraf discussed why he feels FX as it exists now may have a place at Disney should the company's merger deal with Fox go through.
"One of the reasons
getting bigger is they want to be able to compete against global streaming services like Netflix and Amazon" Langraf said. "Without knowing anything beyond having a lovely conversation with Mr.
The Top 10 Black Mirror Episodes
After 4 seasons and 19 episodes, Black Mirror has become a formidable science fiction anthology series from the creative mind of Charlie Brooker. Once a Channel 4 exclusive in the U.K., Black Mirror is now available on Netflix, which has ushered in a broader fanbase that will hopefully lead to many more seasons down the road.
With the recent release of Season 4 (check out our review here), we thought this was the perfect time to rank our top 10 episodes from the franchise so far.
Playtest is a terrifying example of augmented reality gone wrong. Cooper (Wyatt Russell) is an American tourist who discovers that he’s out of cash with no way of getting home. When a video game developer offers him money to test out their new AR tech, Cooper has no choice but to accept.
Marvel Rolls Out Domino Comic By Fan Favorite Writer
Marvel Comics revealed that Domino will be the star of a new ongoing comic book series by fan-favorite writer Gail Simone.
Check out the cover to Domino #1 by artists Greg Land and Frank D’Armata:
(Marvel Comics)
Marvel told IGN that the artist for the series will be announced in the coming weeks.
Domino is a mutant mercenary with powers that manipulate probability, essentially allowing her to give herself "good luck" and her enemies "bad luck." She has long been associated with Cable and the militant X-Force. She's currently featured in the Weapon X ongoing series alongside the likes of Wolverine, Lady Deathstrike and Sabretooth.
8 PlayStation Games That Need to be Remade or Remastered
Whenever there’s a Sony press conference, there’s always a single thought running through our collective minds:
“What shirt is Shawn Layden going to be wearing?”
From Crash, to Wipeout, to Medieval, Shawn Layden has developed a reputation for bringing dormant Sony franchises back to life through the magic of his shirt. With that said, here are the 8 PlayStation Games that we’d like to see appear on Shawn Layden’s shirt. Or more specifically, the 8 PlayStation games that we want remade or remastered.
Fargo: Season 4 Expected for 2019
FX's acclaimed anthology series Fargo is expected to return for a fourth season in 2019.
"It's not gone," said FX CEO John Landgraf (via Entertainment Weekly) during the 2018 Television Critics Association press tour, adding Fargo creator Noah Hawley "has an idea that excited me enormously for a fourth cycle of Fargo." Landgraf noted there's no official timeline for a new season, but "the plan is to have that ready in 2019."
Hawley also commented on a potential fourth season, saying:
Unfortunately, I can't really tell you anything about that. It's still early for me. I really love that world. But it's still very much a question for me of making sure there's something left to say about it, and balancing tone. I never want it to be something that people go, 'Oh that thing, it's the accents and the funny crime show.' Yeah, it’s still very much a work in progress.
14 Best Horror Sequels of the 21st Century
Sequels get a bad wrap in the entertainment industry, particularly horror sequels, which are often rushed into production to capitalize on the unexpected success of an original, and then cranked out on a semi-regular basis to keep the studio's coffers flowing... quality be darned.
But the simple fact of the matter is that there's no particularly good reason why a sequel HAS to be bad, and as the 21st century rolls ever onward, we are seeing more and more examples of talented filmmakers making the most out of every franchise opportunity. Many horror sequels nowadays are better than the films that inspired them, or at least comparable in quality (or at LEAST pretty darned interesting), and they deserve credit for giving what used to be a dirty word a good name.