Cult of Chucky Will Team Characters From Across the Series
Cult of Chucky, the upcoming seventh film in the Child's Play horror franchise, will include several characters from across the series.
According to Entertainment Weekly, the story follows Nica Pierce (Fioan Dourif), introduced in the last film, Curse of Chucky, who's been confined to an insane asylum for the past four years and still believes that she, not Chucky, murdered her entire family. However, several grisly murders start to suddenly plague the asylum once Nica's psychiatrist introduces a new therapeutic tool for his patients, a certain smiling Good Guy doll. Brad Dourif will again voice Chucky, having played the character since the first Child's Play in 1988.
Morrowind Setting Found in Elder Scrolls Online Files
Swagtron Brings New Hoverboards, Electric Bikes, and More to CES
Swagtron, probably best known for its T-line of hoverboards, has a slew of products to show off at CES, including its SwagSurf electric surfboard that lets you zip across the sea at speeds just shy of 15 mph.
Also part of its 2017 product line up is the SwagRoller electric unicycle. The 30-pound device accepts loads up to 264 pounds and can cruise at almost 10 mph with a range up to 9 miles. It looks like something out of Pixar's Wall-E, and includes a retractable seat and Bluetooth speaker, so you can make sure everyone hears you rolling.
Swagtron T6 Off-Road Hoverboard
Official XCOM 2 Mod, Long War 2 Announced
Long War 2, an official mod for XCOM 2, has been announced for release on PC.
In a post on the game's official site, Firaxis Games revealed the upcoming mod, which is being crafted by the modding team behind XCOM: Enemy Unknown's Long War total-conversion mod.
Long War 2 official logo, via Pavonis Interactive
Comic Book Reviews for January 4, 2016
The comic book industry started off 2017 with a number of major releases. DC continued the Justice League vs. Suicide Squad crossover while delivering stellar new chapters of Batman and Superman. Marvel launched U.S.Avengers, Deadpool the Duck and The Unstoppable Wasp. And Image capped off The Walking Dead's "The Whisperer War" storyline, paving the way for next month's 25-cent special.
Scroll down to check out our reviews for these and various other new releases, and be sure to let us know your favorite books of the week in the comments below.
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Project CARS 2 Tentative Launch Window Announced
Project CARS 2 is slated for release sometime around September 2017, developer Slightly Mad Studios has revealed.
"It's still a very tight run as we're a bit behind on GUI and Career so nothing is set in stone yet. Current guess is Septemberish," studio CEO Ian Bell said in a post on the game's official forums.
As noted by GameSpot, Bell confirmed in a subsequent post that "none of the famous brands are missing this time." He also said that QA has begun, noting they "plan at least 7 months of QA for polishing and bug fixing."
Zelda: Breath of the Wild May Be a Switch Launch Title After All
Multiple sources are reporting that Nintendo has reversed its decision to push back The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild's release date from Nintendo Switch launch day to June.
Despite both insiders and retailers indicating a June release for the Wii U and Switch title, Eurogamer and Laura Kate Dale (both of whom have had multiple Switch rumours proven correct) report that sources close to Nintendo tell them that the publisher has reconsidered, and will release the game on Switch launch day in Japan and North America.
Razer Introduces Insane Triple-Monitor Gaming Laptop
Razer is taking gaming laptops to a completely different, almost absurd level with its new 17-inch triple-screen gaming laptop code-named Project Valerie.
The laptop has a slightly thicker-than-normal form factor when closed, at around 1.5-inches, and once opened, a proprietary set of hinges deploy to reveal three monitors, equally sized at 17.3-inches and each sporting up to 4K resolution. Oh, and the monitors are G-SYNC enabled, too, in case you were worried.
When fully deployed, the laptop gives users an absolutely ridiculous resolution of 11,520 x 2160. Powering all those pixels is a desktop-grade Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 graphics card, which also makes Project Valerie exceed "the minimum hardware requirements of HTC Vive and Oculus Rift."
Resident Evil 7’s Horror House Is Coming to London
To celebrate the launch of Resident Evil 7: Biohazard, Capcom is building a version of the game's setting in London, and challenging the public to take a trip around it from January 20-23.
Resident Evil 7: The Experience will be a 45-minute interactive trip around "a haunted and dilapidated venue in the heart of London’s East End", including puzzles and... interruptions from some soon-to-be familiar characters.
You can see a trailer for the experience below:
"Those brave enough to enter," explains a Capcom press release, "will take on the part of investigative journalist interns helping a paranormal TV production team investigate the disappearance of their crew members who never returned from the house."
New Untethered VR Headset Revealed
The Pico Neo CV is a VR headset that can run without tethering to a PC, console, or smartphone, and will be available later this year, Pico Technology revealed at CES 2017.
Pico Technology's consumer VR headset is based on the Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 processor and Snapdragon VR SDK. It also features two 1.5K at 90Hz displays, a built in Hi-Fi speaker, and motion tracking. Compatible launch apps and games were not announced for the system.
