11VR Games to Keep on Your Radar
2016 is the bonafide year of virtual reality. The Samsung Gear VR launched late last year, Oculus Rift pre-orders are up and running, and HTC Vive and PlayStation VR are hot on their heels. While the first year of any new technology is typically rife with launch issues and growing pains, it’s hard not to get swept up in the excitement.
It's true VR has a wide range of functions, but its potential for gaming is what has us most hyped. Anyone that’s ever played a game in VR for an extended period of time knows how immersive and thrilling of an experience it can be. Whether you're equally excited about VR's potential or remain a skeptic, these 11 VR games need to be on your radar.
Hardcore Henry: Here’s the Brand New Poster
We have the brand new poster for you today from Hardcore Henry, an upcoming action-thriller that's a first-person shooter feature film. This essentially allows for the audience to be the protagonist if you will.
Ilya Naishuller wrote and directed Hardcore Henry, which stars Sharlto Copley, Danila Kozlovsky, Haley Bennett, Andrey Dementyev,Dasha Charusha, and Sveta Ustinova. Its producers include Timur Bekmambetov (Wanted, Night Watch).
LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens Will Expand Movie’s Lore
LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens will follow the movie's plot, but will also add exclusive lore to the Star Wars canon. Mike Taylor, the head of design at TT Fusion spoke to Game Informer about the details.
Taylor said that Disney and Lucasfilm are allowing the team to "create some additional content," including "some levels that take place before the events of The Force Awakens." The game will explore the characters' backstory, which Taylor mentioned is, "...an absolute dream for any fan of Star Wars." A lot of the additional story will be exclusive, though the developer has also, "...drawn from the content in some of the other additional materials that Lucasfilm have been involved in."
Super Bowl 50 Breaks CBS Streaming Record
Streaming Super Bowl 50 was a popular method to watch the Big Game, as CBS reported a "record audience" streaming last night's match between the Broncos and Panthers.
According to re/code, the network has yet to release specific numbers, but this year's figure likely eclipsed NBC's streaming stats from 2015. Super Bowl XLIX brought in a streaming average of 800,000 viewers per minute, with a total of 1.3 million concurrent users and 213 million minutes in total view time.
This year's Super Bowl was easier to stream than ever before, as CBS made it accessible via the CBS Sports app across various set-top boxes and game consoles, including Roku, Xbox One and Apple TV.
Gotham Stories: Mr. Freeze Attacks Penguin
Following our debut of Chapter 1 last week, IGN has your exclusive first look at the second installment of Gotham Stories, the new motion comic from FOX, Warner Bros. TV and DC Entertainment that bridges the first and second halves of Gotham: Season 2.
In this chapter, Victor Fries, having made quite an entrance last week, makes it clear to Penguin and those who work for him just what he and his freeze gun are capable.
The storyline for Gotham Stories was outlined by Gotham Producer/Writer Rebecca Cutter and Senior Writer/Producer, FOX On-Air Promo Creative, Bart Montgomery, with a script by Tony Bedard and artwork by Matt Haley. The series is produced by VP, FOX On-Air Promo Creative, Julio Cabral.
Daredevil: Season 2 Chinese New Year Promo
Marvel's Daredevil will "settle all debts" in the next season of his show, which premieres March 18 on Netflix. The show's latest promo premiered on Twitter and rings in the Lunar New Year from Hell's Kitchen—complete with red lanterns and fireworks.
Everyone has a debt to pay. Have you paid yours? Happy Chinese New Year from Hell's Kitchen.https://t.co/EiqfyMRSg4
— Daredevil (@Daredevil) February 7, 2016
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2016 MVP Named in Puppy Bowl XII
Star, a 20-week old Chow Chow / Labrador mix playing in her rookie year in the prestigious Puppy Bowl, has been officially named the Puppy Bowl XII MVP. Proudly representing her home state of Florida, this scraggly scamperer chewed up the canine competition as part of the 2016 Starting Line-Up at this year's Puppy Bowl.
The 12th year of Puppy Bowl play once again pitted the underdog Team Fluff against returning chomp'ions, Team Ruff. Last year's Puppy Bowl was the highest-scoring Puppy Bowl in history -- a 73 to 45 spanking by the rough-and-tumble Ruffs. The Fluffs have since licked their wounds and came in with determination in their eyes (and also eye boogers,) but by the time the silent whistle blew on Puppy Bowl XII, Star and the rest of the Ruff team were once again crowned Best in Show.
Battalion 1944 Reaches Funding Goal in Less Than 3 Days
UK-based developer Bulkhead Interactive has confirmed that its upcoming World War II multiplayer shooter Battalion 1944 reached its £100,000 Kickstarter funding target in less than three days after being announced.
“Thank you for backing Battalion 1944,” said Bulkhead Interactive producer Joe Brammer in a statement. “The team you're investing in are ready to build the next big first person shooter. We couldn't have done it without you, the community.”
The Bulkhead Interactive team has also promised to invest a minimum extra of £100,000 of their own money into Battalion 1944, and all funding received past the initial Kickstarter goal will be put towards soon-to-be-announced stretch goals.
Bruce Wayne and Lex Luthor in Turkish Airlines Ads
Turkish Airlines called upon Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice characters Bruce Wayne and Lex Luthor to tout their respective hometowns in two new ads dropped on Super Bowl Sunday.
The commercials seen below feature Ben Affleck and Jesse Eisenberg as their characters to sell viewers on using Turkish Airlines to visit Gotham City and Metropolis, respectively:
Turkish Airlines previously released a commercial for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice featuring Gal Gadot's Wonder Woman in her civilian guise as Diana Prince:
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice opens in March.