Pokemon Sun and Moon: Starter Evolutions Announced
The latest Pokemon Sun and Moon trailer has revealed the first evolution for all three starter Pokemon, and officially announced a demo coming on October 18, along with an exclusive Pokemon.
Grass-type Rowlet will evolve into "Blade Quill Pokemon", Dartrix, Fire-type Litten becomes Torracat, and Water-type Popplio becomes "Pop Star Pokemon", Brionne.
The trailer also officially announced the rumoured demo, which will reward players for trying out the game in advance with a new version of Greninja, Ash-Greninja.
Ash-Greninja appears to evolve when a trainer's bond with it becomes strong enough, and can be transferred to the full game when it's released. Predictably, it's the version of Greninja that travels with Ash in Pokémon the Series: XYZ.
Google Teases New Smartphones With a Zelda Reference
With Google's Pixel smartphone range due for an official reveal later in just a few hours, it seems someone in charge of the official livestream is a Nintendo fan, and got a little bored of the wait.
As spotted on Reddit, with 24 hours to go until the event kicks off, someone flashed this up to those watching early:
It's a pretty on-the-nose reference to the countdown timer used in weirdo N64 classic, The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask - and, most likely, is nothing more than a fan showing their appreciation.
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The cheapest place we have seen the PlayStation Virtual Reality headset go for is at Flubit.com who have it going for £327.28. For some perspective, Tesco have it for £349.00 which is a bit more expensive, but a good back up. Available October 13th, 2016.
Marvel’s Iron Fist Gets a Premiere Date
Netflix has set a date for the debut of Marvel's Iron Fist - March 17, 2017.
Just days after the release of its last standalone superhero show, Luke Cage, Netflix has posted a teaser video for the next show on Twitter:
Breathe deep. #IronFist pic.twitter.com/lvruGOhn1F
— Netflix US (@netflix) October 4, 2016
Iron Fist will follow Danny Rand (Finn Jones), a monk-trained kung fu expert as he joins the increasing number of superheroes cleaning up Hell's Kitchen.
Yooka-Laylee to Get Boxed Release
"Do we have plans for a boxed release? Today we can confirm that the answer is, yes!"
So reads the latest update on the Playtonic Games site, officially turning the Kickstarter smash from a digital game into a multimedia concern.
While Playtonic doesn't have full details on what the physical version will include, it does confirm that Kickstarter backers will be able to upgrade their pledge to get a boxed copy.
Recently, Playtonic also announced that a fellow digital-to-physical indie star, Shovel Knight will be making a guest appearance in the game.
Outlast 2 Gets a Surprise Demo
Outlast 2 may have been delayed to 2017, but we've got a measure of compensation in the form of a surprise demo.
A bite-sized piece of the Southern Gothic horror popped up on the European and Australian PS Stores overnight.
The game is due for release on PS4, Xbox One, PC and Mac next year, but it's not clear at time of writing whether the demo is a PS4 exclusive, or when it might appear in North America and other territories.
It looks as though the demo is similar or identical to the slice of the game playable at PAX East this year - we'll have a full playthrough for you later today.
Westworld Premiere Ratings Tie with True Detective
Westworld's Sunday night debut drew in a reported 3.3 million viewers, making it HBO's most-watched series premiere since True Detective in 2014.
According to TV by the Numbers, the premiere's first airing likely accounted for over 2 million of those viewers, with the rest coming from its two other airings and "early viewing" on HBO Go/HBO Now. The report notes it's unclear whether or not True Detective's premiere numbers accounted for streaming data, meaning viewership for the Nic Pizzolatto-created series may have been higher.
For additional context, compared to Westworld's 3.3 million viewers, recent HBO series Vinyl and The Night Of each premiered to just over 750,000 viewers each. Game of Thrones' 2011 premiere, meanwhile, drew in 4.2 million total viewers.
Pokemon Go Is Still Making $2 Million a Day
Pokemon Go, the location-based mobile juggernaut of 2016, is still reportedly going strong despite a steep decrease in overall activity. As reported by Games Industry, a new report from games data analytical firm Newzoo has shown over 700,000 people are still downloading Pokemon Go on a daily basis. All told, Pokemon Go has been reportedly installed over 550 million times, raking in over $470 million in sales.
All those downloads and in-app purchases are currently bringing in a reported $2 million USD every single day. According to Newzoo, the game reached its peak about three weeks after launch when over 27 million people were downloading the game and bringing in a revenue of over $16 million daily. And while that's certainly a large drop, the analysts are quick to point out Pokemon Go has yet to launch in South Korea and China.
Westworld: 4 Important Quotes from the First Episode
HBO's Westworld made its much-anticipated debut on Sunday, and its first episode exceeded our high expectations. Though it lay some pretty blatant mysteries in its small screen debut, our repeat viewings of the premiere proved that -- like Westworld itself -- there's a lot more than initially meets the eye when it comes to this sci-fi Western.
Full spoilers for Westworld continue below.
Have you seen "The Original" yet? Good, because we're getting into the nitty gritty here. There are some pretty obvious storylines being set right from the first hour of the 10-episode Season 1, including the Hosts gaining awareness and the Man in Black's quest to find the real "game" at the heart of Westworld.
Krypton: Syfy’s Superman Prequel Show Finds Lead Actor
British actor Cameron Cuffe will play Superman's grandfather in the prequel Syfy show Krypton.
Variety reports Cuffe will star in the series as Seg-El, who is the eventual father of Jor-El and granddad of Kal-El. A technical genius, he's trying to restore the good El name while living in the lowest caste of Krypton.
Cameron Cuffe, who will portray Seg-El on Krypton. (Photo courtesy of Cuffe's Twitter account)