Watch: Fear the Walking Dead’s First 3 Minutes
Ahead of AMC's series premiere for Fear the Walking Dead this Sunday, the first three minutes of the show's opening moments have been revealed.
Give the sneak peek a look below, courtesy of the show's official Facebook page.
Centered around a family based in Los Angeles, Fear the Walking Dead serves as a companion series to AMC's incredibly popular The Walking Dead, providing a look at the very beginnings of the zombie apocalypse through a new perspective.
The premiere 90-minute episode, written by executive producer Robert Kirkman and showrunner Dave Erickson, will air this coming Sunday, August 23, at 9 PM ET/PT. We got to check out the first episode a bit early; read our review right here.
The World’s Best Counter-Strike Teams Are Competing for $250,000
The premiere eSports tournament ESL ONE is underway in Cologne, Germany, as sixteen of the world's best Counter-Strike teams duke it out for a prize pool of $250,000.
Legendary teams Ninjas in Pyjamas, Virtus.Pro, NaVi and MouseSports will face American underdogs Cloud9, Counter Logic Gaming and others over four days of fierce eSports competition. Two live streams will host the action, ESL_CSGO and ESL_CSGOB, and a schedule for every match of the tournament is available over on ESL's tournament website.
Who’s Who in Fear the Walking Dead
Robert Kirkman's Walking Dead world already spans across comics, TV, and video games. And on Sunday, August 23rd, his grim zompocalypse world is about to get even bigger when AMC premieres Fear the Walking Dead - a TV spinoff/prequel that centers on a family in L.A. during the first days and weeks of the undead cataclysm. From the first sightings of, and confusion surrounding, everyone's favorite flesh-tearing walkers to the full-scale dismantling of society as we know it.
Fear the Walking Dead Premiere Review
Being a prequel set in an entirely different part of the U.S. however means that there's not even one connecting character between the two shows. Even the Telltale games, while still taking us back to the beginnings of the outbreak, focused on the same locations as The Walking Dead comic/TV show. So there were clever opportunities to sprinkle in a few known characters from the original run. Fear the Walking Dead contains a whole new cast. A new slew of unsuspecting characters who are about to have their lives horrifically changed forever.
The Martian Features These 9 Real NASA Technologies
NASA has taken to its blog to explain the science behind nine real NASA technologies featured in Ridley Scott’s new film The Martian.
Based on the 2011 novel of the same name by Andy Weir, the upcoming film stars Matt Damon as Mark Watney, a botanist accidentally left for dead on Mars.
Watney must survive on the Red Planet using technology left behind by a previous mission. The tech is based on science NASA is developing in real-life for future missions, such as manned missions to Mars in the mid-2030s.
Lost Co-Creator Lindelof Defends Game of Thrones S5
Lost and The Leftovers co-creator Damon Lindelof has spoken out against criticism of Game of Thrones Season 5.
In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Lindelof reacted to people who say that they've stopped watching because of certain scenes. "I think we live in a clickbait-y media culture that exists to pick things apart," he said.
"...And I see people pushing against Thrones where it’s like, literally from week to week, someone will say, 'This is the most excellent show, this season is firing on all cylinders, it’s never been better.” And then because of one story move—Stannis burns his daughter—suddenly
Here Are the First Details About All-New Inhumans
All-New Inhumans is scheduled to launch this December, and Marvel has released some initial details.
This will be the second ongoing Inhumans series and will be written by Charles Soule and James Asmus, along with artist Stefano Caselli. All-New Inhumans will complement Uncanny Inhumans by Soule and Steve McNiven.
Crystal will lead a team including Gorgon, Flint, Naja, and Grid, and they will be investigating ability-enhancing "Skyspears" that have started mysteriously appearing around the world. Crystal has previously worked as an Avenger, alongside the Fantastic Four, and with the X-Men when she was married to Quicksilver.
According to writer James Asmus on Marvel's website, All-New Inhumans will "focus on the strange and dangerous complications that come from a global unleashing of NuHumans." Asmus also said that "this book will be the number one way to see exactly how the Marvel Universe is changing as the Terrigen Cloud moves through the world."
Jennifer Lawrence Is the World’s Highest-Paid Actress
Hunger Games star Jennifer Lawrence is now the highest-paid actress in the world, taking the top spot from last year's leader, Sandra Bullock.
According to Forbes, the face of Katniss and Mystique raked in a whopping $52 million over the past year, spanning June 2014 to June 2015. Scarlett Johansson follows in second place with $35.5 million, with Melissa McCarthy rounding out the top three at $23 million.
The aforementioned Bullock, who was on top last year, slipped all the way down to number fifteen, earning $8 million.
This Week in the Nintendo eShop
While Advance Wars 2's re-release on Wii U Virtual Console might turn some heads, the biggest games this week are Nindie games on the Wii U eShop. The Bridge is a crazy logic puzzle game with an enchanting black-and-white hand-drawn art style and mind-bending challenges. Woah Dave, which is also out on 3DS, hits Wii U as well, bringing its arcade style to Nintendo's home console. The 3DS is boosted by two robotic games. Little Battlers eXperience launches tomorrow, bringing the TV series to 3DS with robot customization and battling. Also, 3D Gunstar Heroes adds another 3D remake notch to Sega's belt.
LBX: Little Battle eXperience ($39.99)
The first retail release from Nintendo in a while, Little Battlers eXperience is the North American debut of the popular Japanese series. The hook is robot customization in a similar way as the GameCube/DS Custom Robo games. It features a story mode that includes familiar characters from the TV show, as well as six-player local multiplayer with friends.
Scalebound: You and Your Dragon Will Be Like Han and Chewie
For PlatinumGames, a studio with an impressive resume of expertly crafted action games like Bayonetta and Vanquish, Scalebound, isn’t just a step out of its comfort zone as game makers. The studio’s first action-RPG is also where the creators plan to take larger strides as storytellers.
Alienation is a core theme of Scalebound and a feeling shared between protagonists Drew and his dragon companion Thuban. Platinum made it clear to us that this isn’t the story between a master and a pet. It’s one where the characters start out in a similar situation and both grow and learn from their relationship. Creative producer Jean Pierre Kellams describes the eventual relationship between the two as one of mutual respect, like the kind of camaraderie you’d expect between Han Solo and Chewbacca in Star Wars.
Mad Catz Explains Rock Band 4 Price Outside the US
Rock Band 4 pre-order prices are a lot more expensive in Europe and Australia than they are in the US. Distributor Mad Catz has explained why.
In the UK, the pre-order price for the game plus a guitar and drum kit is £220 ($345), compared to $250 in the US. Alex Verrey, global communications director for Mad Catz has told Kotaku that the company is "not out to make more money out of any particular territory."
He points out the differences in VAT and sales tax between the UK and US (UK VAT is included in the total price, while US sales tax is added on to the price at the point of purchase), and adds that shipping "is also costly, especially with big-box items like Rock Band."