Ash vs Evil Dead Peels Back the Layers on Its Leading Man
You might think that after three feature films, a handful of comics and video games and one season of a TV show that you know everything there is to know about Ash Williams (Bruce Campbell). But Season 2 of Ash vs Evil Dead is out to prove you don't know nothin' yet.
When Season 2 picks up in its October 2nd premiere, Ash has finally accomplished his life-long dream: going to Jacksonville. But evil doesn't stay tamed for long, and he soon finds himself and his partners, Kelly (Dana DeLorenzo) and Pablo (Ray Santiago), heading to his home town of Elk Grove, Mich. to find some answers.
There audiences will meet some new faces: Ash's father, played by Lee Majors, and Ash's childhood best friend Chet, played by Ted Raimi. Meeting these two will shine a light back on Ash vs Evil Dead's titular hero, particularly when people get a sense of the man his father is.
Villain Revealed for The Flash, Arrow, Supergirl and Legends of Tomorrow Crossover Event
We've known that a four-show CW superhero crossover is on its way for some time - but now we know the reason for all those supers getting together. It ain't a party.
"We’re excited to announce," reads a Warner Bros press release, "that the Big Bad for this season’s 4-way crossover between Arrow, The Flash, Supergirl and DC’s Legends of Tomorrow will be DC Comics’ Dominators."
A Dominator in action.
How VR Could Change the Way We Treat Depression
While most of the hype surrounding VR has focused on games and entertainment, virtual reality in its latest guise poses a number of practical possibilities within clinical settings. According to the National Institute of Mental Health, an estimated 43.6 million adults in the United States alone have a diagnosable mental disorder, giving VR the scope to help a lot of its potential users.
Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy has been around for more than 20 years, but technological limitations and cost have prevented it from becoming widely available. That said, the advent of affordable mobile headsets means there are new opportunities to decentralize mental health treatment, and for it in turn to reach the masses. The current lack of clinical data, and how developers go about creating medically reliable experiences moving forward, will undoubtedly prove to be VR’s biggest challenge from a health perspective, though more and more studies are coming to light.
What Doctor Strange Means for Future Marvel Movies
“You wonder what I see in your future? Possibility.”
Those are the prophetic words Tilda Swinton’s Ancient One utters to Stephen Strange, after he arrives at Kamar-Taj, a broken man.
The Ancient One opens Strange's eyes to new possibilities.
She might as well be talking about the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Doctor Strange has something bigger on its mind: the future. Forget about those neat ‘Phases’ Marvel sometimes talks in – it’s already started ushering in new characters (Guardians, Black Panther) who will provide the foundation of the next 10 years.
Ken Kutaragi a ‘Japanese Steve Jobs,’ Says Jack Tretton
Former Sony boss Ken Kutaragi, who's best known as "The Father of PlayStation" and visionary behind the PlayStation 3, was in many ways like a "Japanese Steve Jobs," according to former SCEA CEO Jack Tretton.
When asked about Sony Computer Entertainment's former Chairman and Group CEO on the latest episode of IGN Unfiltered, Tretton recalled his time working for Kutaragi, calling him an "amazing man" and "unlike anybody else in that you could just take all corporate decorum and throw it out the window."
Tretton went on say that Kutaragi is much like former Apple head Steve Jobs "in that he had a vision that was very contrary to the corporate vision."
Titanfall 2 Campaign’s First 3 Hours Are Intense
When Respawn wanted to build a full-blown single-player campaign for Titanfall 2, the first decision they made was to allow the player exit the Titan – however foolish that may be at times. But beyond that? There obviously wasn’t much of a blueprint to follow from the first Titanfall, so Respawn’s designers did something all good creators know how to do: they started playing with blocks.
Action blocks, that is.
Every week for six months, the developers in charge of campaign design were tasked with bringing a new idea to the collective table. It could be a weapon, a puzzle, a mechanic, a small section of a level. Anything, really, as long as it was small, simple, and playable. These “action blocks” were discarded or set aside when they weren’t fun, but the ones that captured everyone’s attention or sparked their imaginations were dissected and explored. They’re only small ideas, sure, but six months of brainstorming is no small deal, and from what I saw, it seems to have paid off.
Misty Knight Will Appear in The Defenders
Simone Missick, who stars as Misty Knight in Marvel's Luke Cage, has confirmed that her character will be joining the fray in another one of Netflix's exclusive Marvel series, The Defenders.
"I believe I'm safe to say that I will be on The Defenders," Missick told TheWrap during its latest episode of Drinking With the Stars, before jokingly adding, "Spoiler alert! If I lose my job because of this interview, sorry! I was supposed to be on The Defenders, until I got fired."
Simone Missick as Misty Knight alongside Mike Colter as Luke Cage in Marvel's Luke Cage
New Beyond Good & Evil 2 Concept Art Surfaces
Bulletstorm Remaster Coming for PS4, Xbox One and PC
Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition has been rated by the Brazil Advisory Rating Board.
According to Gematsu, Full Clip Edition is listed for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. It's going to be published by Gearbox Software, and it's due out next year.
Back at E3 this year, Microsoft handed out USB drives to press with folders named "Bulletstorm Remaster." Nothing official was announced at the time, but this latest news would seem to confirm our earlier suspicions.
Nidhogg 2 Announced Alongside Debut Trailer
A sequel to Messhof's sword-based fighting game Nidhogg has been announced, and will release sometime next year.
According to the developer, Nidhogg 2 will be available for PC and "maybe some other platforms." Check out the debut trailer below for an early look at the game in action.
The sequel boasts a number of improvements over the 2014 original—which won IGN's Game of the Month—including "completely overhauled" character animations and environments, as well as a brand-new soundtrack featuring the works of Mux Mool, Dose One and Daedelus.
Nidhogg 2 will include at least ten different levels, as well as both local and online multiplayer, and a tournament mode. A single-player option will also be available, allowing players to face off against waves of AI opponents with special challenge rounds peppered throughout.