SPECTRE Villains Also Have Their ‘Human Side’
The upcoming James Bond film SPECTRE will feature more "human" villains, according to its actors.
Both Christoph Waltz as Franz Oberhauser and Dave Bautista as his right-hand man, Mr. Hinx, were mentioned in recent interviews as having more relatable characters. The layer of humanity is said to make it all the scarier when they start committing monstrous acts.
"He’s mean. But he has a human side," French actress Lea Seydoux said of Waltz to USA Today. "I don’t know if I can say touching, but you can have a real attachment to him. You have empathy (for him), and that’s why he’s going to be great in this role.”
Dota 2: Watch The International 5 on IGN
The Dota 2 International Championship's Main Event runs from August 3-8, and you can watch every match right here on IGN. Starting now you can bookmark this page to watch TI5 each day beginning at 9am PT / 12pm ET.
We'll update every day so you can watch each match in the Group Stage leading up to the Grand Finals. Be sure to keep an eye out for regular updates as we bring you tournament coverage, news from the event, interviews with Valve, and more. If you're new to Dota 2, you can learn about the basics of Dota 2 and read up on the history of The International to prepare for the Main Event, where the prize pool is more than $17.5 million.
WWE SummerSlam Expanded to Four Hours
While WWE SummerSlam has always been regarded as one of the WWE's "Big Four" PPVs (or even "Big Three" now that Survivor Series has lost some of its luster), WrestleMania was still the only show that ran four hours. Well, not anymore.
WWE has announced that, for the first time ever, this year's SummerSlam event will run four hours. Not including the hour-long pre-show, of course.
Ben Kenobi Strikes Back This Week
We all want the best of the best, so let us point out the hottest comics and collectibles released each week. We spotlight our favorite comics that we know are money-well-spent, new books that look cool, and any toys we can't wait to play with.
Check out our picks, then take to the comments to let us know what looks good to you!
By writers Gail Simone, Jim Zub & artist Dan Panosian, Various | Dark Horse Comics
Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp is This Week’s TV Highlight
Most of the big Summer TV premieres have already landed here in the final stretch of July - but not all. This week brings us the return of Comedy Central's hilarious Review, the final season premiere of the action-packed Strike Back, and the Netflix Original, Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp - a prequel series to 2001's cult comedy classic starring Paul Rudd, Amy Poehler, and Janeane Garofalo.
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In fact, First Day of Camp is our big TV (ish) pick for the week, as this eight-episode series managed to get just about every single name from its original cast back. Along with Rudd, Poehler, and Garofalo, Bradley Cooper, Marguerite Moreau, Christopher Meloni, Elizabeth Banks, Molly Shannon and all the State alum who populated the first outing have returned, playing younger versions of the characters they played in the original movie. Despite this series coming to us 14 years later.
Nvidia’s Mid-Range GTX 950 Reportedly Coming Next Month
Nvidia's next mid-range graphics card is rumored for debut on August 17. The GeForce GTX 950, as it's now known, will compete against AMD's Radeon R7 370.
According to TechSpot, the GTX 950 will have Nvidia's GM206 GPU, which first debuted in the GTX 960 back in January. However, 25% of the CUDA cores in the GM206 will be disabled for the GTX 950, giving it a core count of 768.
The reported clock speeds for the GTX 950 are between 1150 and 1250 MHz, with a boost clock speed between 1350 and 1450 MHz. This actually puts the speed of the 950 higher than the 960, which has a base clock speed of 1127 MHz and a boosted speed of 1178 MHz.
Christopher Nolan’s Next Film Is…
Director Christopher Nolan's (Inception, Interstellar, the Dark Knight trilogy) next film has been revealed to be a documentary on stop-motion animators Stephen and Timothy Quay.
The film, aptly titled Quay, pays tribute to some of Nolan's favorite filmmakers and provides a look into "the inner workings of the Brothers’ studio."
According to Film Forum's announcement (via The Film Stage), the documentary will be shown alongside the Quay brothers' three stop-motion films In Absentia, The Comb, and Street of Crocodiles on August 19 in New York City.
Advanced Warfare’s Reckoning DLC Coming Soon
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare's fourth and final downloadable content pack, titled Reckoning, will be released August 4 on Xbox One and Xbox 360, Activision announced today. Reckoning will introduce four new multiplayer maps, the return of the Exo Grapple playlist, and the last chapter of Advanced Warfare's Exo Zombies saga.
Set in New Bahgdad, the first new multiplayer map, Overload, encourages medium to long-range combat. Quarantine, a medium-sized map, takes place in a biological testing center, while Fracture takes place at an arctic excavation site. Lastly, Swarm is located in Seoul, South Korea and is the smallest of the new maps.
Reckoning also includes Descent, the final Exo Zombies episode, which introduces new “fused” zombies and the Trident Reflected Energy Weapon. Here's an outline of the final chapter, courtesy of Activision:
Street Fighter 2 Battered Continue Screen Busts Revealed
Fans of Street Fighter II collectibles have something unique to look forward to, a line of busts for the World Warriors’ in-game "continue portraits."
Images from Japan’s Wonder Festival 2015 were posted on Nonsolohobby.org’s Facebook page, revealing all twelve busts at a booth loaded with displays of upcoming Street Fighter collectibles.
The busts perfectly capture the battered and bloody portraits seen at the continue screen that appears when a player loses.
Check out all of the images below:
No details were given about the possibility of a release outside of Japan, or for pricing.
Microsoft Tool Lets Windows 10 Users Block Unwanted Updates
A new tool in Windows 10 will allow users to block certain updates. The tool will be available as an optional download.
As the Windows support page where the troubleshooter can be downloaded explains, Package KB3073930 is used to prevent troublesome drivers or updates from being reinstalled again.
"In rare cases, a specific driver or update might temporarily cause issues with your device, and in this case you will need a way to prevent the problematic driver or update from reinstalling automatically the next time Windows Updates are installed."
The tool is called Troubleshooter Package KB3073930. However, it isn't capable of disabling every undesired update, and also requires users to uninstall the unwanted update beforehand. Earlier in the month, Microsoft announced that updates for Windows 10 will be mandatory.