The Force Awakens: New Footage in 1st TV Spot
"I have lived long enough to see the same eyes in different people. I see your eyes. I know your eyes!"
Those words from Maz Kanata to presumably Rey open this exciting new TV spot for Star Wars: The Force Awakens, which debuted exclusively on Twitter today:
The force is calling to you... Check out the first official TV spot for #StarWars #TheForceAwakens. https://t.co/tsKiEvZAK7
— Twitter (@twitter) November 8, 2015
Feast Your Eyes On BlizzCon’s Best Cosplay
Every year thousands of Blizzard fans flock to Anaheim, California to celebrate BlizzCon, the massive tribute to the games, entertainment, and community Blizzard has created over 25 years. And within the fans, come the cosplayers showing their love for the rich universes, heroes, and villains of Blizzard's lore. And each year, we give you a sampling of the cosplay we saw at the show.
While it would be impossible to capture every cosplayer in the sea of 25,000 fans that attended BlizzCon 2015, we wanted to give you a cross-section of costumes from Warcraft, StarCraft, Diablo, Heroes of the Storm, and Overwatch.
Be sure to be on the lookout for an amazing Garrosh Hellscream, some great blood elves, a few fantastic Nova's, plenty of Warcraft's dragonflights in human form, and one badass hydralisk. Scroll through the slideshow below and tell us your favorites in the comments!
Feast Your Eyes On BlizzCon’s Best Cosplay
Every year thousands of Blizzard fans flock to Anaheim, California to celebrate BlizzCon, the massive tribute to the games, entertainment, and community Blizzard has created over 25 years. And within the fans, come the cosplayers showing their love for the rich universes, heroes, and villains of Blizzard's lore. And each year, we give you a sampling of the cosplay we saw at the show.
While it would be impossible to capture every cosplayer in the sea of 25,000 fans that attended BlizzCon 2015, we wanted to give you a cross-section of costumes from Warcraft, StarCraft, Diablo, Heroes of the Storm, and Overwatch.
Be sure to be on the lookout for an amazing Garrosh Hellscream, some great blood elves, a few fantastic Nova's, plenty of Warcraft's dragonflights in human form, and one badass hydralisk. Scroll through the slideshow below and tell us your favorites in the comments!
Eat a Huge Call of Duty Hamburger, Support Veterans
Fast-food burger chains Carl's Jr.and Hardee's have partnered with Activision to bring Call of Duty from the small screen and put it directly into your stomach.
The restaurant has introduced the Ultimate Care Package, a combo-meal that includes fries, a drink, and a Tex-Mex Bacon Thickburger to help increase your KD ratio (ketchup and delicious ratio).
Overwatch Animated Shorts Announced
During BlizzCon, the Overwatch team announced it will be releasing a series of short animated features based on the Overwatch universe.
According to Chris Metzen, senior vice president of story and franchise development at Blizzard, the stories are designed in such a way that they can be watched in any order. In addition to the animated shorts, Blizzard will be releasing what it calls "comic shorts," which are free, static comics released online to support the game's story.
They're "nice, round stories," Metzen promised, and will work with the game and graphic novels to flesh out the universe of the Overwatch franchise.
Yesterday during the BlizzCon keynote, the company announced Overwatch will be coming to Xbox One and PS4 in addition to PC, and will be coming out Spring 2016 (or Autumn, if you're in the southern hemisphere). Quite a bit of cool stuff came out of the keynote yesterday, so to get caught up, make sure you check out our piece on everything that's happened so far at BlizzCon 2015.
Shepard Passes the Torch in Mass Effect Andromeda Teaser
In celebration of today being November 7 (Mass Effect's N7 Day), BioWare has released a new teaser for Mass Effect Andromeda.
While the trailer doesn't offer much by way of gameplay, it does feature the voice of Jennifer Hale's Commander Shepard, in which the original trilogy's hero bids farewell to the franchise.
BioWare unveiled Mass Effect Andromeda at E3 2015, confirming the title will be set far away from and long after the events of the first three games, offering "exciting new worlds to discover."
Mass Effect Andromeda is slated for a holiday 2016 release for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. For more on the next chapter in BioWare's beloved sci-fi series, check out our comprehensive wiki guide.
Big Team Battle Coming to Halo 5 in Next Update
Halo 5: Guardians will be receiving support for Big Team Battle in the game's next content update, 343 Industries has announced.
"In just over a week, the next Halo 5 content drop will be here, and with it comes Big Team Battle in Arena matchmaking, brand-new REQs, and a whole ton of juicy vehicular combat," community manager Andy "Bravo" Dudynsky revealed on Halo Waypoint.
The studio enlisted the help of the community's top Forgers who've created large-scale maps that are not only designed specifically for Big Team Battle, but also inspired by classic maps from the franchise's history. Their work has since been given to 343 to be further developed and iterated upon in preparation for Big Team Battle's launch.
Here Are the New Hearthstone Adventure Cards
During a League of Explorers: A Hearthstone Adventure panel at Blizzcon today, Hearthstone senior game designer Ben Brode took to the stage to give details of the upcoming adventure for Blizzard's collectible-card battler.
In all, 45 new cards will be introduced to the game through the League of Explorers adventure, some of which will drastically alter the way players think about and build their decks. There are 4 wings to the adventure, which sees a team of explorers seek out the Staff of Origination, with each wing having a new set of cards and bosses.
During the Blizzcon keynote today, the trailer for the upcoming WarCraft movie was shown, Overwatch was announced for Xbox One and PS4, and more. Make sure to check out our complete rundown of everything coming out of Blizzcon 2015.
Overwatch on PS4, Xbox One Not Merely a PC Port
While Overwatch was originally revealed as a PC-only game, Blizzard's team-based shooter was designed from day one with the console audience in mind.
"It was kind of a dream of ours," game director Jeff Kaplan said during today's Overwatch panel at BlizzCon (via Polygon). "When we started to make Overwatch... it was our goal from day one to have this game playable on console," he added. "Designing the game so it felt great on a console controller almost put this forced design elegance on us."
Kaplan also confirmed Overwatch won't support crossplay between PC and console, saying, "They're their own ecosystems." That said, console gamers can rest assured the title will feature "full integration with Xbox Live and PlayStation Network."
Ash vs Evil Dead: So Did He Travel Through Time?
While Sam Raimi, Rob Tapert and star Bruce Campbell are all involved in Ash vs Evil Dead as executive producers, and Raimi co-wrote and directed the first episode, it’s Craig DiGregorio who is serving as showrunner and guiding the continuing story of Ash Williams (Campbell). I sat down with the Chuck, Reaper and Workaholics writing alum to discuss what it’s like becoming a part of this beloved franchise in such a crucial manner, while collaborating with the Evil Dead creators.
We also discussed Lucy Lawless’ character, Ruby, how much (if at all) Ash has changed since we last saw him and more – including whether we should assume the Ash in this show traveled back in time and experienced the events of Army of Darkness, given the show can’t directly bring up that film, thanks to legal issues.