MS Working to Make 360 Games Available to Buy on XB1
Microsoft is currently "working on a solution" to make Xbox 360 games available for purchase on Xbox One, according to Head of Xbox Phil Spencer.
In response to a fan's request on Twitter to make backwards compatible Xbox 360 games available for purchase on Xbox One, Spencer said: "We've heard this request and we are working on a solution."
@JimGill524 @majornelson We've heard this request and we are working on a solution.
Qwerkywriter is a $400 Keyboard You’ll Love or Hate
When I received the Qwerkywriter, everyone passing my desk had to check it out. Everyone was drawn to its design. It looks like a typewriter, but is actually a mechanical keyboard. It’s rounded keycaps and shiny chrome line space lever harken back to classic typewriters and its aluminum build exudes quality. It even has fake plastic platen knobs, used on typewriters to feed paper, dialing up the nostalgia factor.
Qwerkywriter is a $400 Keyboard You’ll Love or Hate
When I received the Qwerkywriter, everyone passing my desk had to check it out. Everyone was drawn to its design. It looks like a typewriter, but is actually a mechanical keyboard. It’s rounded keycaps and shiny chrome line space lever harken back to classic typewriters and its aluminum build exudes quality. It even has fake plastic platen knobs, used on typewriters to feed paper, dialing up the nostalgia factor.
First Look at the New Tarzan
Warner Bros. has released a sneak peek of The Legend of Tarzan. The film stars True Blood's Alexander Skarsgård and Suicide Squad's Margot Robbie.
Margot Robbie and Alexander Skarsgard (via USA Today)
Directed by David Yates, who also helmed the last four Harry Potter movies, the film takes "a different approach" to Edgar Rice Burroughs's story—coming back to the tale 10 years past Tarzan's jungle life.
First Look at the New Tarzan
Warner Bros. has released a sneak peek of The Legend of Tarzan. The film stars True Blood's Alexander Skarsgård and Suicide Squad's Margot Robbie.
Margot Robbie and Alexander Skarsgard (via USA Today)
Directed by David Yates, who also helmed the last four Harry Potter movies, the film takes "a different approach" to Edgar Rice Burroughs's story—coming back to the tale 10 years past Tarzan's jungle life.
Nintendo Teams Up With Mercedes Again in Super Mario Maker
Nintendo and Mercedes have teamed up to bring a themed level to Super Mario Maker.
The Mercedes-Benz Jump'n'Drive level is available today as an event course, which can be found with other special levels brought to players from Nintendo and its collaborators. Players who complete the level will receive a Mercedes-Benz GLA costume, which lets Mario cruise around in his new luxury car. The level and the costume are free.
“Super Mario Maker continues to grow and evolve with new courses and content,” says Scott Moffitt, Nintendo of America’s Executive Vice President of Sales & Marketing. “It’s great that a luxury car brand like Mercedes-Benz recognizes the ability to create fun courses and share them with others.”
Nintendo Teams Up With Mercedes Again in Super Mario Maker
Nintendo and Mercedes have teamed up to bring a themed level to Super Mario Maker.
The Mercedes-Benz Jump'n'Drive level is available today as an event course, which can be found with other special levels brought to players from Nintendo and its collaborators. Players who complete the level will receive a Mercedes-Benz GLA costume, which lets Mario cruise around in his new luxury car. The level and the costume are free.
“Super Mario Maker continues to grow and evolve with new courses and content,” says Scott Moffitt, Nintendo of America’s Executive Vice President of Sales & Marketing. “It’s great that a luxury car brand like Mercedes-Benz recognizes the ability to create fun courses and share them with others.”
Ferguson Will Return for Mission: Impossible 6
Mission: Impossible 6 will feature the return of actress Rebecca Ferguson, who played Ilsa in the last film in the Tom Cruise series.
According to Showbiz 411, Ferguson will reprise her role as Ilsa from Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation, serving as the first M:I leading lady to return for a second outing in the series' history. The actress is reportedly "signed, sealed and delivered for part 6."
Mission: Impossible 6 is set to open in theaters in 2017, with Rogue Nation director Christopher McQuarrie returning to helm and Tom Cruise once again staring as Ethan Hunt. McQuarrie is presumed to be scripting the film as well, with Paramount aiming to begin production in August.
Ferguson Will Return for Mission: Impossible 6
Mission: Impossible 6 will feature the return of actress Rebecca Ferguson, who played Ilsa in the last film in the Tom Cruise series.
According to Showbiz 411, Ferguson will reprise her role as Ilsa from Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation, serving as the first M:I leading lady to return for a second outing in the series' history. The actress is reportedly "signed, sealed and delivered for part 6."
Mission: Impossible 6 is set to open in theaters in 2017, with Rogue Nation director Christopher McQuarrie returning to helm and Tom Cruise once again staring as Ethan Hunt. McQuarrie is presumed to be scripting the film as well, with Paramount aiming to begin production in August.
Town of Light Blurs the Line Between Real & Virtual Horror
Like many works of horror, Town of Light appears to be based on a true story. It takes place in a real asylum, which stands to this day. But, of course, this is all part of the set-up. From the earliest Gothic novels to found footage movies, the air of authenticity is a horror trope with considerable pedigree, and Town of Light is consciously tapping into this tradition – blurring the line between fiction and fact to great effect.
Set in the Ospedale Psichiatrico di Volterra – a psychiatric hospital in the otherwise idyllic location of Tuscany, Italy – it’s an emotionally dark tale. Its developers, also from Italy, are keen to state there are no jump scares or literal monsters hiding in its shadowy corridors, But having played an early build of Town of Light, I still think it’s best to think of it as a horror game, but one that’s more firmly in the tradition of the psychological ghost story. And it’s definitely found the perfect location for this type of narrative.