Blizzard Announces the First Hearthstone Global Games
Blizzard has announced the Hearthstone Global Games tournament.
The 2017 event will feature 48 national teams compete against one another until only 16 remain. After that happens, the 16 will be seeded into a single elimination bracket, from which only four teams walk out and go on to battle at the live Global Games finals.
There’s a shared pot of over $300,000 up for grabs, with each member of the top team taking home $15,000 each. The setup for each team sees the top ranked player for each country automatically invited onto the team, with the other three members voted on by the community. More details on how to enter can found on the Blizzard website.
Death Stranding Will Feature Humor, “Is Not a Horror Game”
Hideo Kojima has discussed the upcoming Death Stranding, saying it will include the humor of his previous games and, contrary to its darkly surreal trailers so far, will not be a horror game.
Speaking to Glixel, Kojima explained that "I don’t have a dark mindset in particular. Death Stranding is not a horror game. I just wanted to make something that looks very unique, something you haven’t seen before, something with a more artistic slant to it. I’m not pursuing a dark aspect to the game."
It's still not fully clear how much of Kojima's Konami-era work will carry over into Death Stranding, but one prominent aspect seems to be making the jump:
UK Deals: Xbox One Now Under £180
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Xbox One 500GB with Rare Replay and Ori and the Blind Forest is now £179.99 at Argos.
Black Lightning: DC Comics Adaptation May Move to CW
Greg Berlanti's potential Black Lightning television series may be headed to The CW.
According to Deadline, the DC Comics TV adaptation, which initially received a pilot production commitment from FOX, is likely to end up at The CW. Discussions with the network are reportedly underway, with the series expected to get a pilot order.
Black Lightning, created by Tony Isabella and Trevor Von Eeden
South Park Creators: ‘Satire Has Become Reality’
Trey Parker and Matt Stone have decided reality is funnier than anything South Park could satirize.
Speaking to Australia's ABC News, Parker said what has happened in the US political climate is "much funnier than anything we could come up with."
"It's tricky now because satire has become reality," Parker joked. Stone said the two welcome the "little break" while politicians take on the heavy comedy lifting.
"Let everyone in government do their comedy for a little bit," he laughed.
South Park Season 20 saw the character of Mr. Garrison, with his orange spray tan and staunch anti-immigrant platform adopted in Season 19, as a stand-in for the current US president.
Mafia 3 Story Expansions Detailed
Mafia 3 will get three paid story expansions with the first arriving in March, developer Hangar 13 has announced.
Faster, Baby! will center around Lincoln as he "joins forces with Roxy Laveau, a sister-in-arms out to take down a corrupt Sheriff terrorizing Civil Rights activists," according to Hangar 13. The first expansion, which promises "fast cars, dramatic chases, and epic stunt driving," is set to release at the end of March and will introduce a new part of New Bordeaux.
The road map of Mafia 3's expansions.
Marvel Announces Runaways TV Series Cast
The six lead actors for Marvel's Runaways TV series have been revealed.
The Hulu series -- which is written by The OC and Chuck creator Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage (The OC) -- will star Rhenzy Feliz (Teen Wolf) as Alex Wilder, Lyrica Okano (The Affair) as Nico Minoru, Virginia Gardner (Goat) as Karolina Dean, Ariela Barer (New Girl) as Gert Yorkes, Gregg Sulkin (Faking It, Anti Social) as Chase Stein, and Allegra Acosta (Just Add Magic) as Molly Hernandez.
See the official character descriptions and accompanying photos (courtesy of Marvel) for each below:
How to Watch the Rainbow Six Siege Invitational This Weekend
Rainbow Six Siege has only gotten bigger and bigger since its release over a year ago. New maps and operatives have brought a growing swell of players with them, and this weekend, the best of the best are going to square off for $200,000 in cash prizes.
You can watch the Rainbow Six Siege Invitational this Sunday, February 5 at 7 a.m. PT (10 a.m. ET/3 p.m. UK/Monday February 6 at 3 a.m. AET) on pretty much every connected device in your home or pocket. Here are some links to the apps (download them today!) and other places where you can watch the Rainbow Six Siege Invitational live stream and IGN's show coverage as well.
The X-Men’s TV History
FX's new series Legion may be the first ongoing live-action TV series based on a character from the X-Men comic books, but it's hardly the first time Marvel's mutants have come to television.
Check out our slideshow below to see the long history of the X-Men on TV, going back to the 1960s and spanning adventures with the Sub-Mariner, Spider-Man and an ill-fated 1990s live-action TV movie...
Oculus CTO Says He Didn’t Copy VR Code From ZeniMax
The court case brought against Facebook by Bethesda parent company ZeniMax came to a close yesterday, with a Texas jury awarding ZeniMax $500 million. Central to the case was the claim that former ZeniMax employee John Carmack stole code and a tool for working on virtual reality applications, and brought them over to his new job at Oculus VR.
Today Carmack took to Facebook to comment on the ruling, disputing the claims made by ZeniMax's expert witness on the matter of copyright infringement. The witness claimed Carmack "non-literally copied" code written while under the employ of ZeniMax, something Carmack says is "just not true."