Steam Summer Sale Begins
The Steam "Summer Picnic Sale" is now live, offering discounts on a number of hit titles, including Grand Theft Auto V, Undertale, The Witness and many more.
In addition to the aforementioned games, all of which received top scores from IGN, Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (another one of our 10/10 titles) has also been discounted, and is available for $28. Meanwhile, Undertale is now just $7, Grand Theft Auto V is $36 and The Witness is down to $32.
Many other games have been discounted, including the new Doom, which is available for $36, as well as Fallout 4, which is now just $30.
Funimation Reveals Part of Its Summer 2016 Anime Lineup
Funimation has unveiled fourteen simulcast titles that will air as part of its anime lineup for the summer season.
According to the company's press release, this year's summer season will feature new shows including D.Gray-man HALLOW, SERVAMP and Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope’s Peak High School. Additionally, new episodes of Entride will continue on from the spring season into the summer.
Check out the full list of announced shows below:
- D.Gray-man HALLOW
- SERVAMP
- Tales of Zestiria the X
- Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope’s Peak High School (Future Arc and Despair Arc)
- Endride
How Gwent Changes For the Better From Witcher 3
So far, I’ve spent over 200 hours in the world of The Witcher 3 (largely in part because I worked on our extensive wiki, but also because it’s great) – and more of those than I care to admit were spent sitting in taverns or at roadside camps playing Gwent. It should come as no surprise, then, that I started drooling a bit when CD Projekt Red announced Gwent: The Witcher Card Game at Microsoft’s E3 press conference. Luckily, the developers at CDPR were equally excited to show it off – and the full version looks to be every bit as addicting as it’s Wild Hunt counterpart.
R-Rated Batman v Superman Cut Coming to Theaters for One Night
Warner Bros. Pictures will show Batman v Superman: The Ultimate Edition—the R-rated extended cut of Dawn of Justice—in theaters this month, but just for one night.
The Ultimate Edition cut is 182 minutes long, with 30 extra minutes not shown during Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice's original theatrical release. It'll feature new characters, too; as shown in the extended version trailer, Jena Malone's mystery role may officially be revealed.
Deus Ex Mankind Divided: The Unforeseen Consequences of Playing Nonlethally
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided encourages you to play how you want even more so than its predecessor - but don’t expect your enemies to pull punches, or your friends to not suffer the consequences.
I’ve always enjoyed games that give you freedom of choice in how you dispose of your adversaries, and in titles like Thief, Dishonored, and previous iterations of Deus Ex, finding a solution that didn’t end in bloodshed always made me feel clever. However, sometimes the line between violence and peace is only separated by what kind of ammo you’re packing.
While some situations in Mankind Divided are sure to follow such a path, the Dubai mission I played during a hands-on demo at E3 (shown in the video at the top of the page) last week threw me an unexpected curveball. Adam Jensen’s task seemed pretty straightforward: infiltrate a crumbling hotel amidst a sandstorm and neutralize a group of cartel members to ensure they couldn’t show up to an arms deal happening nearby, so that the rest of Jensen’s task force could apprehend the dealer, with the help of an undercover informant. From there I was free to assassinate, knock out, or straight up sneak past the cartel reinforcements and disable the door leading to the arms deal. It was when the deal went south that I was truly tested.
Marvel Hints At What’s Next For Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
ABC and Marvel Entertainment have shared a new Marvel's Agents of SHIELD tease.
This Comic-Con trolley in San Diego - shared on the Agents of SHIELD's official twitter account - may offer a clue as to what (or who) we might expect to see in Season 4.
Get fired up! Marvel's #AgentsofSHIELD knows how to get to you #SDCC in style. pic.twitter.com/F9aI2tMF4U
— Agents of SHIELD (@AgentsofSHIELD) June 22, 2016
Uncharted’s Nolan North Can’t See Mark Wahlberg as Nathan Drake
Nathan Drake actor Nolan North once would have considered playing the video game hero in the Uncharted film. However, by the time it gets going, he thinks he'll be old enough to play Sully.
"I wanted the part, back 10 years ago when I was 34/35 doing this kinda thing, but it's taken forever," North told Daily Star. "People who've seen the script are comparing it to to Indiana Jones and National Treasure, but there's still a lot of work and, truthfully, I think it's got an uphill battle."
He isn't interested in a cameo in the film, either. "I'm not going to be a guy who walks into the camera and says, 'Your drink, Mr. Drake,'" he added. "I don't need that funny 'Where's Waldo?' thing on my CV."
Universal Wants Dwayne Johnson for The Wolf Man
Rumors are saying Universal could be lining up The Rock for an upcoming Wolf Man movie.
According to Deadline, "there are persistent rumors Universal wants him howling at the moon when it gets around to the Wolf Man movie that is part of its classic monsters franchise revival plans."
Other movies in these plans include The Mummy, which is set to hit theaters on June 9. 2017.
Dwayne Johnson is also on board to produce Son of Shaolin alongside Dany Garcia and Hiram Garcia from Seven Bucks Productions. This will be a film based on the upcoming graphic novel from Jay Longino.
Darth Vader’s Getting His Original Voice Back for Rogue One
Yesterday, we found out for sure that Darth Vader is coming back for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. Now we know he has his voice back.
Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy confirmed that 85 year-old James Earl Jones will be reprising his role as the most ominous voice in the galaxy.
Meanwhile, the now 80 year-old David Prowse will not be returning as the man inside the suit - instead he's replaced, to use EW's words, by "a variety of large-framed performers".
Game of Thrones Cast Pocket Huge Season 7 Pay Rise
SPOILERS: If you want to avoid all speculation related to upcoming Game of Thrones episodes, return from whence you came.
Dollar is coming for the cast of Game of Thrones, after HBO agreed to administer a cash injection to their pay packets.
Peter Dinklage (Tyrion Lannister,) Kit Harrington (Jon Snow), Lena Headey (Cersei Lannistar), Emilia Clarke (Daenerys Targaryen) and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Jamie Lannister) have all scored salary bumps for the upcoming series.
Previously, the leading cast members pocketed around $300,000 each per episode. The sum of $500,000 per episode has been agreed for each actor as they move into filming for season seven. While the eighth season is still an unannounced twinkle in HBO's eye, the wages will likely be carried over to what could be the final series of the TV phenomenon.