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Daredevil: New Punisher and Elektra Photos
Update added below for the new Elektra photo revealed from Daredevil.
Following teaser footage where he was only glimpsed from the back, the first clear look at the Punisher in Daredevil: Season 2 has surfaced, showing the character having clearly gotten the better of the horned hero.
The image of Frank Castle/the Punisher comes courtesy of Entertainment Weekly. In the site's interview with Season 2 showrunners Doug Petrie and Marco Ramirez we also learn just a bit about where the Netflix series is going in 2016.
Oxenfree: One of 2016’s Most Honest, Gorgeous, and Weirdest Games
We adored what we saw of Oxenfree back in May. An amalgam of a coming of age story and a campfire ghost tale, all told through the fittings of the adventure game genre was filled with promise. The beautiful art and atmospheric score created an amazingly-effective mood. The writing was natural, funny, and honest, which is surprisingly rare in our medium. But while I was a big fan of Oxenfree a few months ago, it wasn’t until now that I began to understand just how special this game could actually be.
Turns out, what we saw earlier in 2015 just scratched the surface of Oxenfree’s mystery, beauty, horror, and potential. Sure, Oxenfree draws inspiration from Freaks & Geeks, Lost, Poltergeist, Twin Peaks, and the like, but it’s so much more than that. It’s an adventure game that respects your time, the creative freedom of video games, and the natural beauty of conversations.
Battleborn: 2 New Playable Heroes Revealed
With Battleborn finally rounding the corner and almost in our hands, Gearbox is lifting the lid on two new heroes you'll be playing when Battleborn launches on May 3.
So, without further ado, IGN First is happy to introduce you to Ghalt and Deande, two of Battleborn's most vital heroes. Enjoy!
Out of all 25 Battleborn, Trevor Ghalt was the first. As the stars began to darken and get torn away from the universe by an unknown enemy, Ghalt, as a Peackeeper, a military veteran, and someone's who's been around the block, has seen a bunch of those wars and conflicts firsthand. Everybody likes Ghalt and knows him to be a man of honor and respect. He's a good guy and a good leader.
Drone Owners Required to Register With The FAA By February
If you own, or plan on owning, a flying drone, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) wants you to register so they can help you fly safely.
The FAA announced a new registration process that's targeted at "small unmanned aircraft." Specifically, ones that weigh between 0.55 pounds and 55 pounds and are used for hobby or recreational purposes. The organization explains that drones are classified as aircraft, and as such, registration is a necessary requirement.
2015’s Biggest Box Office Flops
Even as Star Wars: The Force Awakens shatters records across the globe, it wasn’t all glory for the 2015 box office. There were plenty of films – some highly anticipated, others dead on arrival – that didn’t quite justify their worth in the eyes of movie-goers.
With 2015 winding down, we thought we’d take a look back on the biggest flops of the year (box office data as of December 16):
Production Budget: $37 million
Box Office: $21.1 million (domestic); $26.3 million (worldwide total)
Cameron Crowe’s Aloha will probably best be remembered as the movie that controversially casted Emma Stone as a one-quarter Hawaiian woman. The film's impressive A-list cast also includes Rachel McAdams, Bill Murray, Alec Baldwin, and Bradley Cooper (fresh off his turn in the acclaimed American Sniper). It’s got a fairly dense (sometimes incomprehensible) story about a defense contractor sent to Hawaii to oversee a new project, while falling in love with the Air Force officer that is assigned to oversee him. Whitewashing controversy aside, Aloha is an inconsistent and bland effort that our review said was “more Elizabethtown, less Jerry Maguire.”
Witcher 3 Mod Lets You Play as Triss, Yennefer, or Ciri
There's a new Witcher 3 mod that lets you play as Triss, Yennefer, Ciri, or Shani. Thanks to Nexus Mods user ParKan, you're no longer limited to playing mainly as Geralt. Check out the video below to see it in action.
The mod is designed only to replace the character model, so all characters use Geralt's animations during combat, and you'll still see him during cutscenes. There's no way to remove his voice just yet, so you'll continue to hear Geralt throughout the game. ParKan also notes that this mod is not compatible with Nilfgaardian, Temerian, or Skellige armor set DLC.
ParKan also created the Witcher 3 mod that allows permanent companions to accompany you during your journey. According to Polygon, there are "five options for non-playable ally characters" who can join you in battle.
Anakin Could Have Been in The Force Awakens
In The Art of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, concept artist Iain McCraig revealed that Hayden Christensen could have returned as Anakin Skywalker in the new film.
As is, The Force Awakens barely mentions the prequels, but McCraig considered that "Anakin's ghost could come back." (Rumors of a possible appearance in Force Awakens by Anakin's Force ghost made the rounds back in September.)
"If we see Anakin Skywalker, because he does flow back and forth between Darth Vader and Anakin, let’s see him as a character with a dark and light side," McCraig explains. "The reason Luke is this whole new entity is because he was the first to acknowledge his own dark side—that it was not separate from him."
You Can Buy This Lightsaber Pen for $25,000
Fancy penmaker S.T. Dupont Paris is releasing a `limited edition Star Wars levitating lightsaber fountain pen, "fit for a Jedi master." You can purchase it as either Darth Vader's Sith Lord lightsaber or Yoda's Jedi Master lightsaber, both adorned with a 2 carat crystal—red or green topaz—to represent the weapon's blade. And it'll cost you $25,000.
The pen is "formed from bronze with black lacquer with palladium and rhodium finishes" and designed to look like the lightsabers from the Star Wars films. The pen is truly limited edition, with S.T. Dupont releasing only eight.
Your new lightsaber pen will come with a levitating platform, which might as well be made using the force—but in reality, just uses magnets to stay afloat.
XCOM Modders Announce New Strategy Game
The team behind XCOM: Enemy Unknown's popular Long War mod has formed a new studio to create its first original title.
The new development team, aptly named Long War Studios, is working on a "grand strategy game" called Terra Invicta, in which players must defend Earth from an incoming alien invasion.
According an announcement on the studio's official site (via NeoGAF), the game is currently in "pre-Kickstarter development."
In Terra Invicta, players must "assemble a council of scientists, politicians, military leaders and operatives" in an effort to "unite Earth's squabbling nations with the ultimate goal of taking the fight to the aliens in the high ground of outer space."