First Two TWD Season 3 Episodes to Be Released Together
The first two episodes of Telltale Games' third season of The Walking Dead, titled A New Frontier, will be released simultaneously when the season premieres on December 20.
Telltale revealed the dual-episode premiere during The Game Awards with an extended look at the first episode's opening. The new look at season 3 revealed the introduction of the new character Javier, who was first announced as a playable character when the season was spotlighted at E3 2016. The season will also star returning protagonist Clementine.
Telltale also revealed in an accompanying press release that season 3 will serve as both a fresh chance for newcomers to jump into the series while also ensuring players of the last two seasons will see their previous choices impact the story to come. The season will be "tailored" as a new beginning for those starting with season 3, while Telltale promises seasoned players "will have multiple options for quickly configuring their tailored backstory" when importing saves from previous seasons. Telltale will be offering more details on the save features for season 3 in the days to come.
Former BioWare, Riot Devs Unveil New Co-op Action RPG
Dauntless, a new online role-playing game from independent developer Phoenix Labs, was revealed tonight at The Game Awards 2016.
This free-to-play co-op action RPG is slated to release for PC sometime in 2017. Dauntless is set in a "science-fantasy world" that was broken into an array of floating islands. As elite warriors called Slayers, players are tasked with protecting humanity by hunting down Behemoths that threaten the land.
Dauntless is being developed by Phoenix Labs, a team of developers comprised of industry veterans from studios that include BioWare, Riot Games, Capcom and Blizzard.
Telltale Confirms Guardians of the Galaxy Series
At The Game Awards tonight, Telltale announced Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy: A Telltale Series.
The series will span five episodes and launches in 2017 on PC, consoles, and mobile. In addition to being available digitally, a Season Pass disc will also be available in stores including the first episode as well as downloads of each additional episode as they become available.
No specific platforms or release date were revealed, and we don't yet know whether this will tie into the Marvel Studios films or be an entirely separate story drawing from the comics. According to Telltale CEO and co-founder Kevin Bruner, "players will take on multiple roles within the ragtag band of heroes, and take the pilot's seat in directing their escapades around the universe."
Star Wars, Hannibal Actor Confirmed for Death Stranding
At The Game Awards tonight, actor Mads Mikkelsen was confirmed to appear in Kojima’s upcoming PS4 exclusive Death Stranding.
Mikkelsen has been rumored for some time and joins Norman Reedus, who was revealed in the game’s initial teaser at E3.
UPDATE: As many fans speculated, a Kojima Productions representative has confirmed to IGN that the other man seen in the trailer is indeed played by Kojima's friend Guillermo del Toro, who will also appear in Death Stranding.
Rocket League Space-Themed DLC Coming Next Week
Psyonix today revealed a new space-themed update for its blockbuster sports smash Rocket League. Rocket League’s Starbase ARC DLC will feature a free new arena, plus a premium battle-car dubbed the Vulcan. The content will be available from December 7.
A nod to Psyonix’s mobile game ARC Squadron, Starbase ARC is “an octagonally-shaped space station orbiting a desert planet in a distant galaxy.”
In addition to the new arena and vehicle, the Starbase ARC update will also arrive with a new Custom Training mode (which will allow players to create, build, and share their own training sequences) and new Steam Workshop support that will allows Unreal Engine 3 UDK users to design custom levels for the game.
Brandon Routh’s Meta Superhero Reference Explained
Tonight’s episode of DC's Legends of Tomorrow, which acted as the third and final part of the Arrowverse “Invasion!” crossover event, saw Brandon Routh’s Ray Palmer make a big wink at his Superman role.
IGN attended a screening of the crossover where producers/writers Marc Guggenheim and Andrew Kreisberg told the assembled press the extent that Ray’s line will impact the Arrowverse.
The producers also told IGN about all the moments that had to be cut from tonight's episode of Legends of Tomorrow.
CW Crossover: What Was Left on the Cutting Room Floor
The Flash, Arrow, Supergirl and DC's Legends of Tomorrow casts coming together and getting to interact was arguably the best part of The CW's latest DC crossover event, "Invasion!" Our Legends of Tomorrow review calls Invasion a "very epic and satisfying finish" to the arc. But unsurprisingly, some of the fun character moments had to hit the cutting room floor.
At a recent "Invasion!" screening event, executive producers Andrew Kreisberg and Marc Guggenheim talked about the moments from the crossover that almost made it in, but ultimately needed to be cut. "It’s amazing how many of them we actually got to keep," said Kreisberg. "This episode came in wildly over, not surprising. And you’ve got to keep the plot going, and you had to have room, especially in these episodes, which probably had even grander visual effects sequences than we’re used to in an average episode, so it tended to be those little jokey moments that fell by the wayside. ... It was making sure that we were preserving as many of those little exchanges as we could."
Bulletstorm Remastered Edition Revealed
After multiple leaks that indicated its existence, Gearbox Software has officially announced a remaster of People Can Fly's Bulletstorm, titled Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition, which will be the first game published under the Gearbox Publishing label.
Those who pre-order the Full Clip Edition ahead of its release on April 7, 2017 for Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC will receive Duke Nukem's Bulletstorm Tour, which makes the character available as a playable character in-game, for free.
Revealed at The Game Awards via a new trailer, the Full Clip Edition includes 4K support for the PS4 Pro, the game's campaign and multiplayer modes, as well as score challenges on new maps included in the game.
Harry Potter: Order of the Phoenix Recreated in LEGO
A number of LEGO builders have recreated various scenes from Harry Potter, the latest of which are all based on the fifth installment in J.K. Rowling's beloved series.
This collection of LEGO-created vignettes comes by way of Flickr user Vaionaut (via Brothers-Brick). Several scenes from Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix have been recreated, including one particularly memorable encounter between Harry and Lucius Malfoy.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Chapter 18 scene recreated in LEGO, courtesy of Vaionaut
ISS Resupply Ship Fails During Flight
A Russian resupply ship bound for the International Space Station (ISS) has been lost, Russian space agency Roscosmos has confirmed.
The ISS Progress 65 cargo spacecraft included "1,400 pounds of propellant, 112 pounds of oxygen, 925 pounds of water, and 2,750 pounds of spare parts, supplies, and scientific experiment hardware," which equated to more than 2.6 tons of cargo for the ISS, according to NASA.
The six crew members aboard the ISS are safe, with both the U.S. and Russian segments operating normally and onboard supplies at good levels.