Ubisoft Details Third Expansion for Rainbow Six Siege
A third expansion, Operation Skull Rain, is coming to Rainbow Six Siege on August 2, 2016.
For those with the Season Pass, you'll have seven days' exclusivity to access two new characters, Caveira and Capitão, from Brazil’s Batalhão de Operações Policiais Especiais (BOPE). Caveira's strength lies in stealthy surveillance, while Capitão wields a crossbow that shoots bolts that asphyxiate opponents.
All players will be able to access a new map set in a Brazillian favela, which Ubisoft states is "Rainbow Six Siege’s most destructible map to date".
Ubisoft has also confirmed other tweaks to the gameplay. A new Tactical Realism custom mode inhibits your HUD and removes enemy marking, allowing only the timer, compass, gadget, and weapon panels to be visible in the HUD, pushing players to "rely even more on their teammates and communication for information on enemy locations and kill counts".
8 Strange, Cool and Surprising Games Coming from Japan
Each year in July, developers and gamers alike descend on the beautiful Japanese city of Kyoto for BitSummit – a laidback expo that showcases games from small teams. It’s the complete opposite of TGS; BitSummit is a show where you can chat directly with devs, where you don’t have to queue for hours to play games, and at which the likes of Shuhei Yoshida and Hironubu Sakaguchi are just hanging out.
Here are eight games from this year's show that particularly caught my eye.
Developer: Onion Games / Platforms: Mac, PC
At first glance, Black Bird may just look like a cool, sepia-toned side scrolling shoot ‘em up in the spirit of old school classics like Gradius, but it’s also a game that is thematically rich. “My story is about the curse of the Black Bird,” says Game Designer and CEO of Onion Games Yoshiro Kimura. “The main character that you’re going to play is a little girl, who becomes the Black Bird.” This happens at the very beginning of the game, when players are introduced to her - collapsed on the ground, dying. She passes away, helped by no one, and a mysterious figure transforms her into an egg; she’s reborn as a vengeful bird.
Doctor Strange Poster Reveals Benjamin Bratt Casting
The new poster for Marvel's Doctor Strange reveals Benjamin Bratt is also in the upcoming flick.
The poster, fresh outta Comic-Con, has the main players listed up the top, with Bratt's name hidden in the credits at the bottom. Kudos to MCU Exchange for picking this up!
Thor: Ragnarok: Karl Urban Reveals His Shaved Head for Skurge the Executioner
New Zealand actor Karl Urban (Dredd, Star Trek) has revealed his freshly-shorn dome to fans as he begins work on the Gold Coast set of Marvel’s next Thor adventure.
Thanks for the haircut !!@TaikaWaititi @thorofficial pic.twitter.com/ArqWG9CSlb
— Karl Urban (@KarlUrban) July 25, 2016
Marvel revealed Urban would be joining the cast as Skurge alongside Cate Blanchett, Jeff Goldblum, and Tessa Thompson back in May.
Moana: Full Cast and Characters Revealed
Walt Disney Animation Studios has revealed the character roster - and the cast behind it - in its upcoming film Moana.
The expanded cast join Auli‘i Cravalho and Dwayne Johnson in the flick, which centers on teenage Moana (Cravalho) and her dream of becoming a master wayfinder. Johnson plays Maui, a character described by Disney as "half god, half mortal, all awesome". Check them out in the slideshow below.
The extended character descriptions and voice talent are as follows:
Jemaine Clement (Flight of the Conchords) plays Tamatoa, described as "a self-absorbed 50-foot crab who lives in Lalotai, the realm of monsters. The conceited crustacean wants to be more than a “bottom feeder” and overcompensates for this perceived shortcoming by covering himself in all things shiny."
Spider-Man: Homecoming Director Reveals Names of Peter Parker’s Classmates
Marvel revealed the main cast for next year's Spider-Man: Homecoming during San Diego Comic-Con, but now the film's director has offered a bit more information on who these actors are playing in the film.
Director Jon Watts confirmed the names of several of the film's high school characters to Entertainment Weekly. He only provided the first names of the characters, however, and while no connections to pre-existing characters are confirmed, figures from Spider-Man's comic adventures do share similar or the same first names with the film's players.
Here’s What’s Leaving Netflix in August 2016
It's almost time to bid farewell to some notable titles on Netflix. Comedies like Addams Family Values and Bowfinger, thrillers like Jennifer 8 and Suspect Zero, and early '90s classic The Sandlot are all leaving the streaming site in August.
Plus, anime offerings like Death Note and Naruto Shippuden: The Movie are expiring, along with the films A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge, The Nutty Professor, and more.
Here’s What’s New to Netflix for August
Netflix in August means goodbye to a few notable movies and shows, but also a flood of incoming new titles, including Baz Luhrmann's birth of '70s hip-hop and disco series, The Get Down.
Other Netflix Originals include The Little Prince, XOXO, stand-up specials from David Cross and Jeff Foxworthy, and the Steve Aoki documentary I'll Sleep When I'm Dead.
On the movies front, there's No Country for Old Men, The Fast and the Furious (plus, Tokyo Drift), Star Trek: Nemesis, St. Vincent, The Road, and more, while TV offerings include NCIS, Once Upon a Time, and Roseanne.
All titles and dates are subject to change
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Every Major Trailer From Comic-Con 2016
There was hardly a shortage of trailer debuts at San Diego Comic-Con 2016. From first looks at Justice League and Wonder Woman to a new trailers for Marvel's upcoming Doctor Strange movie and FX's new X-Men series Legion, there was plenty of new footage for comic book fans.
Warner Bros. also debuted trailers for several of its non-DC movies, including Kong: Skull Island and J.K. Rowling's Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. Several TV shows made their trailer debut, including Marvel's Luke Cage and American Gods. A few games grabbed the spotlight as well, with the announcement of two new Sonic games, and character reveal trailers for Street Fighter V and Injustice 2.
The Flash Movie: Kiersey Clemons Now Set to Play Iris West
Kiersey Clemons has reportedly signed on to star opposite Ezra Miller in Warner Bros.' The Flash, according to Variety.
Clemons was reportedly a favorite for director Rick Famuyiwa, who took over as director of The Flash in June. Clemons previously worked with Famuyiwa on 2015's Dope, where the actress starred as Diggy. Most recently, Clemons appeared in Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising.
Kiersey Clemons in the CBS series Extant