Portal Creator Kim Swift to Give Keynote Speech at PAX Prime 2015
PAX Prime's featured "Storytime" Keynote speaker is one of the creative minds behind Portal.
Kim Swift currently works as Senior Game Designer at Amazon Game Studios and has previously worked on games such as Left 4 Dead, Quantum Conundrum, and Soul Fjord.
She'll be sharing stories and insight about her career at this year's PAX Prime convention in Seattle, WA. The event is scheduled to run from August 28-31.
In addition to Swift, several musical artists will perform during PAX Prime, including the Protomen, Returners, Bit Brigade, 7bit Hero, FreezePop, and MC Frontalot.
Zero Escape 3 ‘More Philosophical Than Past Volumes’
When Aksys and Zero Escape series creator Kotaro Uchikoshi announced Zero Escape Volume 3 last week, they didn't say much about the plot. Speaking to IGN, Uchikoshi has revealed a little more on what to expect from Zeroes Escape Volume 3.
Moral elements "will be the main theme" of Zero Escape Volume 3. "Your way of thinking, values, virtues will be intensely
during this game," Uchikoshi said. "This game is even more philosophical than the past volumes. Of course it'll be entertaining too!"
Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward ended on a cliffhanger, but Uchikoshi assures that remaining questions from Virtue's Last Reward will be resolved. Also, "as a story
Marvel’s Daredevil Casts Its Elektra
Marvel has announced that Elodie Yung (G.I. Joe Retaliation, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) will play Elektra in Daredevil: Season 2.
Elodie Yung (looking very Elektra-esque) in G.I. Joe: Retaliation
This version of Elektra Natchios is described as "a mysterious woman from Matt Murdock's past whose dangerous and exotic ways may be more than he can handle." The first season of Daredevil made reference to Elektra in a college flashback scene, but now Yung will portray one of Daredevil's most popular characters.
Special Edition Game of Thrones Risk to Release Soon
An upcoming special edition of Risk will finally allow you to conquer the seven kingdoms and claim the Iron Throne as your own.
Themed around the HBO television series Game of Thrones, this special edition Risk will contain a number of features uniquely based upon the fantasy epic.
The Wall Street Journal reports Game of Thrones Risk will offer three different ways to play, with each mode focused on separate Houses from the series. Objective and Maester cards serve as tie-ins to alter gameplay and give players additional goals, and special Character cards allow players to use the individual skills of four major characters in each House to aid in their quest for victory.
Mega Man Official Replica Helmet Announced
Capcom has produced a wearable replica Mega Man helmet, which will be going on sale soon.
The Capcom Unity blog (via MyNintendoNews) showed off the replica. It's made of ABS plastic and comes with working red LED lights along the sides.
NVC: Fire Emblem, Zelda, and the Next Nintendo IP Crossover
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The NVC crew battles for the next retailer exclusive amiibo.
Host Jose Otero, Brian Altano, and Peer Schneider kick off the show with import impressions of Fire Emblem If, and a brief conversation about one of the games from Nintendo Game Seminar 2014. Then, the crew jumps into news to talk about Nintendo's criticism of Metroid Federation Force's negative reception, our interview with Zelda: Tri Force Heroes director Hiromasa Shikata, the great Miiverse redesign, and the problem with amiibo retail exclusives.
Official: Lego Movie Directors to Make a Han Solo Movie
Han Solo will officially be featured in his very own Star Wars film.
Lucasfilm announced today that The Lego Movie and 21 Jump Street directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller are attached to direct the scoundrel's first standalone big screen appearance.
Written by Lawrence Kasdan and his son Jon, the film will detail the events that led to Solo becoming the smuggler we first meet in the Mos Eisley cantina on Tattooine. Kasdan has written for Star Wars before, having penned the scripts of The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi, and the upcoming The Force Awakens.
First Footage From The X-Files Revival
To mark the 201 days left until the return of the X-Files, Fox released a trailer for a re-airing of the original series that also contains our first quick glimpse at footage from the show's revival coming in January.
The footage shows a few seconds of Agents Scully and Mulder walking into a dark room with guns drawn - and Mulder, in voice over, giving a slight twist on one of the show's most iconic phrases. Will the truth be revealed at last?
The X-Files has been back in production for a few weeks, and this isn't the only thing we've seen of the upcoming six-episode run. Recently, photos from the set have shown us glimpses of lead actors David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson, among others.
Bungie Rewarding Destiny’s Most Dedicated Players
Bungie has revealed a special reward for first-year Destiny players who complete a certain criteria of in-game challenges.
The prize is an exclusive emblem in the shared-world shooter, which Bungie says will only be available this one time. To attain the reward, Destiny players must finish 10 challenges, called the Moments of Triumph, before September 9.
Ghostbusters: Other Space Star Cast as Villain
Actor-writer Neil Casey has reportedly been cast as the villain in next year's Ghostbusters reboot.
At this time, further details on Casey's character are being kept under wraps, according to Deadline. Casey currently stars in Ghostbusters reboot director Paul Feig's Yahoo Screen series, Other Space.
Casey in Other Space.