Sweet Mega Man Toys Based Off Original Game
Capcom and Kidrobot, pioneers in the vinyl toy craze, have teamed up once again to deliver the Blue Bomber in toy form.
Kidrobot dazzled convention-goers this year at San Diego Comic-Con with the debut of their beloved SDCC-exclusive 7’’ Mega Man vinyl line, and they just stepped their game up with the launch of the full line of Mega Man mini figures, keychains, and standard 7’’ figures, available at the MSRP of $11.99, $5.99, and $49.99, respectively, at their website.
See Azeroth’s New Additions in World of Warcraft: Legion
World of Warcraft players have a new expansion to look forward to. During Gamescom 2015, Blizzard revealed the sixth expansion to its seminal MMO, called simply Legion.
The World of Warcraft: Legion expansion brings with it a new continent, the Broken Isles, which has been invaded by the Burning Legion. New dungeons and raids, a level cap of 110, a new Honor System, along with new Artifact Weapons and the Demon Hunter class.
During its quarterly call with investors on August 4, Activision Blizzard revealed that World of Warcraft subscriptions had dropped to 5.6 million, down from 7.1 million in March and down from 10 million before that.
Custom Minecraft PC Created to Celebrate Windows 10 Release
An artist working in the games industry has built a PC with a Minecraft theme, and what a beauty it's turned out to be.
Dubbed the Redstone PC, Spencer Kern set out to create the cube-shaped PC as a way to celebrate the game's Windows 10 beta release, as well as the release of Windows 10. As the name of the project suggests, it resembles the Redstone block found within the game, complete with red lighting on the inside.
No Star Wars Trailer at D23 Confirmed
While there's a panel, don't expect a new Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer at the D23 Expo this weekend. According to director J.J. Abrams, there won't be any new footage from the flick until the fall. (Cue crying Rancor Keeper.)
Abrams explained to Entertainment Weekly,"It is true, we are showing no footage, behind the scenes or otherwise,” but confirmed for eager fans, "In the fall, there’ll be a trailer.”
Player Choice and Consequence in Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
At Gamescom this year, the creators of Deus Ex: Mankind Divided showed off new gameplay for the upcoming game. While the level was the same shown during E3 2015, during Gamescom the approach was switched up.
Bosses in Deus Ex: Mankind Divided can be approached in different ways: either head-on with guns blazing, or a stealth approach can be employed. "Deus Ex is all about freedom, player choice, choice and consequence, that's one of the things we worked really hard on," Eidos Montreal told us during the show.
The Mummy Reboot Is Still a Horror Movie, But …
Universal's plans for a shared universe of their classic monsters hit a hiccup when the release of their reboot of The Mummy was pushed back from June 2016 to March 2017, but the film's director, Alex Kurtzman, said the process is still on track.
"The monster universe is coming together very very quickly, we’re very excited. There will be announcements soon," Kurtzman told Collider at this week's Television Critics Association Press Tour. "We have actually started doing a lot of design work, we’re getting scripts in, everything is feeling really really good, so I don’t want to curse it by saying too much to you, but it’s going well."
Here’s a Look at Skyrim in Cartoon Form
A talented member of the PC modding community is currently working on a graphical mod for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, which gives the game world a charming toon aesthetic.
In a post on Reddit, user UniqueUses offered an early glimpse at their "Toon Skyrim" mod in action. Here's an in-game look at an incredibly cute campfire.
In another image, we get a peek at a slightly different setting, populated by a horse, house, and pale purple sky.
Twin Peaks: New Season Begins Filming Next Month
The return of Twin Peaks is rapidly becoming a reality, as Showtime noted at the TCA (Television Critics Association) press tour that their long-awaited new season of the beloved series will go into production in September. All the episodes are produced and written by the show’s creators, David Lynch and Mark Frost, with Lynch directing the entire series. Nevins noted production will take place both in Los Angeles, and in Washington state, where the show (and prequel movie, Fire Walk With Me), previously shot.
Earlier this year, the project was in jeopardy when Lynch walked away from it, reportedly over money issues, only to return a few weeks later. Asked about that situation today, Showtime's president, David Nevins, said, “I never had any doubts we were going to get him back. This was a huge priority project to me. What happened was it became clear that it was going to take more than nine episodes, which was the originally planned for, originally budgeted for, length of the series. So we had to sort of work out the details. And I really wanted to get David to write the whole thing and he wanted to direct the whole thing. And we eventually got through it, and I think it's going to be they're looking to be in great shape starting in just a few weeks.”
Bradley Cooper Very “Committed” to Limitless TV Series
Premiering September 22nd on CBS is the TV sequel to 2011's Bradley Cooper brain-drug thriller Limitless. Now starring Jake McDorman, Dexter's Jennifer Carpenter, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, and...Bradley Cooper, who appears in the pilot episode as his movie character Eddie Mora. Eddie now being the one presenting the drug NZT-48 to an all new lead character named Brian (McDorman).
In fact, Cooper's involvement with the series is one of the big reasons why it's a sequel. "We knew Bradley Cooper was going to be involved," said EP Craig Sweeny, who appeared with the cast at the TCA Press Tour. "And so it seemed like, if we wanted the option of having him on screen, we shouldn't recast the role of Eddie Morra, and that informed the show to a certain extent. But I think we would have done it that way regardless because part of what's appealing about this particular property is that the McGuffin of the NZT pills is infinite. So why not tell the story of somebody else's interaction with this drug?"
Avalanche’s Mad Max Gameplay Screens
Mad Max is less than a month from release, and we had a chance to see an entire Mad Max mission played out during Gamescom this year. Featuring vehicular, weapon, and melee combat, Mad Max looks something like a hybrid of a heavy-handed Borderlands and Just Cause 2.
The studio behind Mad Max, Sweden-based Avalanche Studios, is also behind the Just Cause series, and some of the lessons learned from Just Cause 2 have made their way into Mad Max, most notably the inclusion of a grappling hook that can be used for various purposes throughout the game. Have a look at this gallery of screenshots to get an idea of what the bleak, war-torn future holds.