New Halo Mixed Reality Experience Revealed
343 Industries has revealed a free mixed reality shooting experience, Halo Recruit and teased more mixed reality Halo to come.
Yesterday on the Halo Waypoint blog, 343 Industries revealed Halo Recruit, its first downloadable mixed reality experience since the company announced its interest in all things mixed reality and Halo. From October 17, Windows mixed reality headset owners will get the chance to pick up those sweet, sweet Halo pistols and enter a shooting gallery featuring some of the series’ iconic aliens as targets. You can also have a go by popping into a Microsoft store.
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Stranger Things: The Game Released For Free
A Stranger Things game has launched on the App Store & Google Play Store.
The game, which is free of charge, and includes no microtransactions, has been released ahead of the launch of Stranger Things Season 2 on October 27.
The game has a visual style reminiscent of 80's action adventure titles, complete with pixel art and a chiptune soundtrack.
You can play as many of the lovable characters from the show including Hopper, Nancy and the boys, who all have unique abilities for solving puzzles.
Maleficent 2 Enlists Dead Men Tell No Tales Director
The director of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, Joachim Ronning, is set to direct Maleficent 2.
Ronning's work with Pirates of the Caribbean saw the film gross $794.6 globally and while not fantastic, was one of the better sequels in the franchise.
Ronning will still be working on the adaption of Michael Crichton's novel Micro as well as developing the Origins pitch.
Maleficent 2 was announced early last year alongside eight other new Disney films. It will see Angelina Jolie return as the excellent highlight of an otherwise okay film, but it is unknown where the film will pick up after the original.
Injustice 2 Adding the Atom as New DLC Fighter
The Atom is coming to Injustice 2.
The new character was revealed tonight during the finale of Chasing the Cup: Injustice 2 on The CW.
The version of the Atom that will be featured in Injustice 2 is Ryan Choi, the physics genius who took up the mantle after his mentor Ray Palmer disappeared. The DC hero has quantum shrinking capabilities, granting him the ability to use subatomic power in his fight for justice. There's no word yet on when the Atom will join the fight, as the reveal trailer only says he's "coming soon."
The Atom follows the trio of DLC fighters that make up Injustice 2's second character pack, which include Black Manta, Hellboy and Raiden. Check out these 10 different Raiden intros to see how Moral Kombat's Thunder God interacts with the other members of the Injustice 2 roster.
Kate Winslet Reunites With James Cameron on Avatar Sequels
Titanic star Kate Winslet has joined the cast of Jame's Cameron's Avatar sequels.
Variety reports the pair will reunite to work on his new films over two decades after the release of Titanic.
Calling his time working with Winslet on Titanic one of the "most rewarding of my career,” Cameron said he "can't wait to see her bring the character of Ronal to life.”
Winslet is not the only new member to join the cast. Seven new members were revealed last week, some of which making additions to the Sully family.
Star Wars Battlefront 2 Livestream
The Star Wars Battlefront 2 Beta goes live tomorrow, so come watch as James Duggan and Marty Sliva take the fight online and stream two hours of the beta while answering your questions.
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Venom Movie: Jenny Slate Joins the Cast
Negotiations are taking place for Jenny Slate to join the cast for Sony's Venom movie.
According to Variety, sources say the actress is currently in talks to play a scientist in the upcoming film, and would join Rogue One: A Star Wars Story star Riz Ahmed and Manchester by the Sea's Oscar nominee Michelle Williams, who both said to be on board for unrevealed roles.
Yahoo’s 2013 Hack Affected Every One of Its Accounts
Web services provider Yahoo has revealed every one of its 3 billion accounts were likely affected by 2013's data breach.
In 2016 when Verizon began purchasing Yahoo's core business, it believed the number of victimised accounts was closer to one billion.
New intelligence has revealed that the breach was much worse than originally thought and may include all of its accounts.
An official statement from Yahoo stated it "took action to protect all accounts." All users who hadn't changed passwords were required to do so, and the company "invalidated unencrypted security questions and answers," making them unusable for account access.
BlizzCon 2017: Full Schedule Revealed
Blizzard has revealed the full schedule for BlizzCon 2017.
According the official BlizzCon 2017 schedule, the festivities will kick off on November 3 at 11am PT/2pm ET/7pm UK (November 4 at 5am AET) with Blizzard's opening ceremony. Other events to be held later that day include looks at "What's Next" for World of Warcraft, Hearthstone, Overwatch, Heroes of the Storm, and Starcraft II.
The following day will feature live Q&As with the development teams behind World of Warcraft and Hearthstone, as well as deeper look at the new content coming the Heroes of the Storm. A number of community and design-minded sessions will be held, including a live sculpting session where Blizzard artists shed light on their creation techniques.