Everything You Need to Know About the Need for Speed Reboot
Even though Need for Speed has been around for over 20 years, it’s hard to really say what the series is about. Some entries differ so much it’s hard to latch onto common elements – sometimes street racing has been at the fore, other times there’s been an emphasis on storytelling, evading the cops or even catching criminals. It’s been a lot of different things, and that's the motivation behind this year's installment.
The lack of a subtitle is actually a statement: Need for Speed is a resetting of the clock, an opportunity to look at what has worked in the past and say these are the foundations going forward. So what lies at the base of the new game?
Rayman Creator Designs a Super Mario Maker Level
Michel Ancel, the designer behind Rayman and Beyond Good & Evil, has created a Mario level that could potentially be one of the 60 pre-made levels for Super Mario Maker.
Nintendo France uploaded a video on their YouTube account which shows the famed French developer go hands-on with Super Mario Maker. As such, the video is in French, but it is still fascinating to watch Ancel using his expertise to design a Mario level. He even pulled out graph paper to brainstorm various level design ideas.
According to Perfectly Nintendo's translation, the Rayman creator has played games featuring the mustachioed Italian plumber since Donkey Kong, but his first "true" Mario game was Mario Land on the Game Boy. Ancel claims that he likes Mario's simplicity and that "as a level designer, one of the most interesting for him is to find out is just how much you can do with a limited number of elements."
Tons of New Exotics Coming to Destiny in Taken King
Destiny's upcoming expansion The Taken King is bringing more than just story updates and Destiny's biggest raid ever in "King's Fall." The new content will also include an arsenal update Bungie calls "huge."
"We've got more weapons and gear than were in the shipping game back in September 2014," Bungie community and marketing relations manager Eric "Urk" Osborne told us.
Among the new arrivals will be "tons of new exotics," Osborne said, adding there will also be "tons of new gear" and new weapons.
Bungie showed off The Taken King content at Gamescom, including parts of the story mission "The Coming War." In it, "you can see the warlock gloves with electricity charging through them," Osborne said, teasing one of the new exotics coming in the expansion.
LEGO Dimensions Has Some Wonderful Toys
The small touches in LEGO Dimensions are ridiculous. One minute I was running around Oz as Peter Capaldi’s Doctor, tearing up the yellow brick road in the DeLorean, when I was killed by a flying monkey. It happens. But when I respawned, even though the minifigure of Capaldi’s Doctor remained on the base plate, I was now strutting around the level as the very first Doctor, portrayed by William Hartnell.
eyond appearance – he walks with his hands fixed to his lapels, with a stately grace. I died again. Bloody monkeys. This time I spotted the regeneration animation – it’s the same one that accompanied Tennant’s violent transformation into Matt Smith. This time Hartnell gave way to Tennant, who once again felt totally different. Complete with iconic white trainers, he stood feet apart, a cocky swagger animating his tiny frame. It feels authentic, yes, but more importantly it also feels affectionate.
Avoid Stagefright Vulnerability With New Android App
Mobile security firm Zimperium Inc. has released an app for Android users to detect the presence of the Stagefright vulnerability in their phones.
Zimperium, who discovered the exploit, calls the vulnerability "extremely dangerous", as it doesn't require an affected user to take any action to be taken advantage of. The tool, which is available on Google Play, will let you know if your phone is at risk.
The bug is particularly troublesome because to execute an attack, an attacker only needs your mobile number. From there, they can remotely execute code using a "specially crafted media file" delivered through MMS.
Aquaman Director May Produce Mortal Kombat Reboot
James Wan -- the ultra-hot filmmaker behind Furious 7, Saw and the upcoming Aquaman --is reportedly coming aboard the long-gestating big screen reboot of Mortal Kombat. But the plan isn't for Wan to direct the video game movie.
According to The Tracking Board, New Line Cinema has tapped Wan to produce the reboot, which "the studio has described as 'a departure from the mythology,' with 'darker, brutally real martial arts.'”
Mortal Kombat: Legacy's Oren Uziel and The Expendables' Dave Callaham are scripting the reboot, which The Tracking Board claims "centers around a seemingly harmless guy who realizes his potential when he finds himself caught in the middle of a cross-dimensional battle between the warriors of Earth and the monsters of Outworld. Now, in order to stop the world from total destruction, he must win the martial arts tournament known as ‘Mortal Kombat'."
Destiny: The Taken King Details From Gamescom
Deej and Urk of Bungie join Fran, Destin and Sean on the hour long special episode from Cologne Germany to talk The Taken King and Destiny's history.
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Deadpool 2 Hopes to Include Cable
If Deadpool is fortunate enough to get a sequel then the powers-that-be already know they want to use in it: Cable.
As director Tim Miller told Empire, "There aren’t really many definitive Deadpool villains, apart from Cable. If we don’t put Cable in Deadpool 2 I think we’ll be run out of town on a rail."
Meanwhile, Birth.Movies.Death cites a 20th Century Fox insider who informs them that this the sequel idea the studio is most keen on.
But, as the site cautions, "anything could change between now and pre-production, but this is the current thinking at Fox: they believe Deadpool is a hit and that Cable should join him onscreen."
Game of Thrones: 6 Ways [You Know Who] Could Return
Obviously there are tons of spoilers in here for Game of Thrones. Specifically the end of Season 5.
Almost immediately following the gut-wrenching, soul-collapsing final scene of Game of Thrones' Season 5 finale, fan theory on the interwebz went into overdrive. HE couldn't be dead. It couldn't end like this. Not for HIM.
Game of Thrones: What We Know About Season 6
Of course, we're talking about Jon Snow. The Winterfell bastard who, after four seasons of mucking about with wildlings, had morphed into a true hero who viewers could get behind, invest in, and support. Constantly flying in the face of stubborn, ignorant authority, just about every move Jon had made turned out to be the correct one. And his acumen and honor won him the title of Lord Commander of the Night's Watch.
Force Awakens Toys Accidentally Revealed and Sold
A toy shop appears to have broken the street date for selling Star Wars: The Force Awakens toys.
Gizmodo reports that a Toys "R" Us in British Columbia was selling the toys early, which had the added effect of revealing them before the planned September 4 "Force Friday" events. Snapshots of the toys was captured by Chad H, who shared them with RebelScum.