No Man’s Sky Servers Currently Down
The servers for No Man's Sky are currently down.
Hello Games founder and No Man's Sky creator Sean Murray humorously addressed the server status in a post on Twitter, saying, "There are way too many people playing right now. Maybe some of you can just log out? Decide amongst yourselves plz." In a separate post, Murray said:
via Sean Murray on Twitter
Sony Confirms September PlayStation Event
Sony has confirmed, in an invitation provided to IGN, that the company will hold a PlayStation-focused event in New York this September.
The invitation does not elaborate on what will be specifically discussed at the event, which will be held in New York at the PlayStation Theater on September 7 at 3 p.m. ET. The invitation reads:
"We hope to see you there, and we can’t wait to share details with you about the PlayStation business."
Game of Thrones End Will Lead to ‘Existential Crisis’ for Cast
While talking to Bran Stark actor Isaac Hempstead Wright at the announcement event for the Game of Thrones concert tour, he spoke about how he felt finally hearing that the show will reach its end with Season 8.
“It’s kind of like, you don't really want it to end,” Wright said. “We really are like a family. For many of us, it's been seven years of our lives that we've been doing this. Every year it's become like clockwork and a regular part of our existences, so to think that it's all going to end I think there will be many an existential crisis for most of us.”
While Season 8 will be the end of Game of Thrones, that won’t come until after next year’s Season 7, which is starting shooting later than usual in order to film in grimer, grayer weather befitting the arrival of winter. Wright said that he has yet to receive a script for the new season and did admit it was strange doing things differently this time around.
Donald Glover’s New Show Atlanta Is a Far Cry From Community
Don't expect Donald Glover's new FX comedy Atlanta to be similar in tone to his NBC fan favorite Community. The semi-autobiographical series follows two cousins in the Atlanta rap scene, and explores their experiences. While the first episode is fairly grounded, later episodes spin out into more abstract manners of storytelling, a decision that Glover explains was an attempt to get at the thesis of the show.
"The thesis with the show is to show people how it felt to be black, and you can't really write that down. You kind of have to feel it. The tonal aspect was really important to me," said Glover, who stars in, created and executive produces Atlanta. "There isn't a limit to how abstract you can get as long as you believe it. There has to be some sort of grounded nature to something so they don't start being like, 'I don't believe this and then they turn the channel.' If you have something that is grounded on some level, you can go anywhere."
The Defenders: The Many Challenges Facing the Showrunners
The biggest challenge for the showrunners of Marvel's The Defenders is going to be bringing together four separately established heroes into one cohesive story. Doug Petrie and Marco Ramirez are currently writing scripts for the eight-episode first season of The Defenders, slated to premiere in 2017, and are having fun figuring out how Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage and Iron Fist work together as a team.
"The idea that we get to mix these ingredients is kind of, as a comic book fan and also just as a fan of storytelling, one of the coolest elements of this job -- or of any job I've ever had," Ramirez told IGN at a Marvel press event. "Being able to think about what it means when some of these people are in rooms together for the first time, and how we want to play, and how we want to make it both what fans are expected but also not how they're expected it to happen -- because some of these characters have obviously met each other in the comics -- we just want to make sure that's it as iconic and awesome as it can be."
Chronicles of Narnia Will Continue at Sony
The next installment in The Chronicles of Narnia is moving forward with The Silver Chair, as Sony has secured the distribution rights to the film franchise based on C.S. Lewis' beloved series of novels.
TriStar Pictures is financing the film in partnership with The Mark Gordon Company, The C.S. Lewis Company and Entertainment One. Life of Pi screenwriter David Magee is penning the adaptation, which is being produced by Mark Gordon, Vincent Sieber, Melvin Adams and Lewis' stepson Douglas Gresham.
The Silver Chair is the fourth installment in The Chronicles of Narnia series
Bethesda ‘Absolutely’ Looking Into Making NX Games
Though Bethesda Softworks isn't ready to make a definitive choice one way or the other, the company's vice president Pete Hines says Bethesda is "absolutely" looking into the possibility of putting its games on Nintendo's next console, the NX.
Hines addressed the possibility of Bethesda's projects appearing on the NX in an interview with IGN at QuakeCon, noting that Bethesda is talking with Nintendo "all the time" and is aware of what the company is doing. But that doesn't mean the studio behind Fallout and The Elder Scrolls is ready to immediately jump on development for the NX, though.
"Obviously we haven't put anything out there
," Hines said. "It's absolutely something that we're looking into and we'll see what comes of it."
Son of Zorn: How Roger Rabbit and Harry Potter are Inspirations
FOX's Son of Zorn -- from The LEGO Movie/Han Solo Movie's Phil Lord and Chris Miller -- is an inventive, live‑action/animated comedy following a cartoon warrior from a faraway island (voiced by Jason Sudeikis), who faces his most epic battle yet - returning to the O.C. to win back his ex‑wife (Cheryl Hines) and teenage son (Johnny Pemberton).
Though Lord and Miller were unable to attend the Son of Zorn panel at the Television Critics Association summer press tour, executive producers Sally Bradford McKenna (The Grinder), Eric Appel (Silicon Valley), and Reed Agnew (Blunt Talk) were on hand to discuss the mix of live-action and animation and how the world of the show is similar to both Who Framed Roger Rabbit? and the Harry Potter films.
Donald Glover Praises Spider-Man: Homecoming Director
Donald Glover recently got to shoot two exciting projects in his home state: the upcoming Sony-Marvel collaboration Spider-Man: Homecoming, and his new FX comedy series, Atlanta. While Glover said shooting Spider-Man in Atlanta was "sort of the icing on the cake," he admitted he would have committed to the project even if "they were shooting in Colorado."
Glover's participation in Spider-Man: Homecoming was confirmed at San Diego Comic-Con, but little is known about his character in the Jon Watts-directed film. When asked after his TCA panel for Atlanta what he could say about his role, Glover quickly zipped up. "I'm not allowed to say," he hedged. "Sworn to secrecy."
Wind Waker HD, Animal Crossing 3DS Price Cuts Coming
Nintendo has announced that several Wii U and 3DS games will be receiving permanent price cuts on August 26, including The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD and Animal Crossing: New Leaf.
According to Nintendo of America on Twitter, each new addition to its lineup of discounted titles, dubbed Nintendo Selects, will be available for $20 USD.
The full list of discounted games include:
- Animal Crossing: New Leaf
- Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon
- Nintendogs + Cats: Golden Retriever & New Friends
- LEGO City Undercover: The Chase Begins