Club Nintendo Shutters in North America
As scheduled, Nintendo has shuttered the North American Club Nintendo, with its website now displaying a message to its members.
“Our heartfelt thanks to our members for your support over the years. Please stay tuned for more information on our new loyalty program,” the message reads.
All Coins were deleted when Club Nintendo accounts closed on July 1 and download codes redeemed from Club Nintendo will expire on July 31. Physical rewards will be shipped before the end of September.
Club Nintendo members in Europe, Australia and New Zealand have until September 30 to redeem Stars when the service terminates in those regions.
The Last Guardian Would Have Been Cancelled Without Fans
Sony has admitted it "probably would have" cancelled The Last Guardian if people had stopped asking about it.
Speaking to the latest issue of Edge magazine (via Videogamer), SCE Worldwide Studios president Shuhei Yoshida talked about the technical issues the game encountered on PS3, and the rocky road to transferring development to PS4.
really, really tough. Especially because we were not sure if the game could be made," he said. "Tech issues aside, the game was still early in development, so we had to have a really strong desire to continue the project and rebuild on PS4. And of course we believed in the vision of Ueda-san, and Ueda-san and the core teams really wanted to see this realised, and so did I. Having so many people asking us about the game was great encouragement for us to continue the development."
USA Builds Giant Piloted Robot, Challenges Japan to a Robot Duel
The U.S.-based MegaBots have challenged Japan-based Suidobashi Heavy Industries from Kyoto, Japan to a real-life giant robot battle.
“You have a giant robot, we have a giant robot — we have a duty to the science fiction lovers of this world to fight them to the death,” MegaBots’ challenge video states.
If the challenge is accepted, MegaBots may take “America’s first fully-functional giant piloted robot” called the MegaBot Mark II into the battle.
The 15-foot-tall mech is equipped with guns that can fire three-pound paint cannonballs at more than 120 miles per hour. The current bipedal mech gets around on caterpillar treads; however, the team is a designing full-scale walking robot.
Rooney Mara Rumored For David Fincher’s Latest Project
Rooney Mara might be reuniting with her Girl With The Dragon Tattoo director David Fincher for his latest project.
According to a tweet sent out by Jeff Sneider of The Wrap, Mara is in talks to star in David Fincher's HBO adaptation of the Channel 4 series Utopia as woman-on-the-run Jessica Hyde.
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Ron Perlman Hints at Hellboy 3
Ron Perlman has been talking about Hellboy 3 for a while now.
Recently, Perlman has been stoking the fan fires to gauge interest in the potential sequel, despite the fact that director Guillermo del Toro said it wouldn't happen last year.
The lead actor has been pushing for Hellboy 3 for years now, and he recently took to Instagram to tease that the sequel may be back from the dead.
Unlocked: Xbox Was ‘As Much About Blocking Sony’ As Anything Else
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Australia’s Getting its First Queer Gaming Festival in GX
Queer gaming festival GX, formally known as GaymerX, is coming to Sydney.
GX Australia is an LGBT-focused event designed to emphasize "inclusivity across the board", says organizer Joshua Meadows.
"GaymerX in the US has renamed itself to GX, to put less of an emphasis on the "gaymer" part that had caused some confusion as to whether or not the convention was only intended for gay men, or was unwelcoming to people who aren't in the queer community, and stuff like that", Meadows said.
"We've been discussing this with the US team behind GX since they originally launched their event in 2013, and we're very excited that after the success of GaymerX in San Francisco, Australia was picked as the first international location for the convention."
Jarvis, Daniel Sousa to Return in Agent Carter Season 2
Agent Peggy Carter may be crossing the country to investigate a new threat, but she won't be doing it alone.
Both James D'Arcy and Enver Gjokaj have agreed to return alongside Hayley Atwell for Agent Carter's second season. Playing Edwin Jarvis and Daniel Sousa respectively, it's unclear at this time what roles their characters will play in Peggy's cross-country endeavor.
Although it has not yet been confirmed, Entertainment Weekly also reports deals with actors Chad Michael Murray, Bridget Regan, and Lyndsy Fonseca are also likely to be announced. D'Arcy's return is particularly unsurprising, as he was already announced to be on the upcoming Comic-Con panel.
New to Netflix Australia For July 2015
July's a relatively quiet month for Netflix Australia, but a couple of highlights are sure to keep you occupied - bring it, BoJack. Here's what's coming.
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Mr. Untouchable
Knights of Sidonia Season 2
Spartacus: War of the Damned
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BoJack Horseman: Season 2
In the second season of Netflix's viciously funny BoJack Horseman, the washed up celebrity horse (Will Arnett) decides to turn his life around by going for runs, drinking smoothies and hashtagging his inspirational life messages out loud. Stars Alison Brie, Amy Sedaris, Aaron Paul, and Paul F. Tompkins return, and Lisa Kudrow stars as an owl who sleeps with BoJack, to her presumed distress later. Check out the trailer below.
5 Ways Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Was Awesome
With Terminator: Genisys in theaters and an all new set of actors stepping into the iconic roles of Sarah Connor, John Connor, and Kyle Reese, we thought we'd take a quick look back at the truly excellent (though short-lived) FOX series, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.
Josh Friedman's sci-fi series may have only lasted two seasons - 31 episodes - but it holds the distinction of being the absolute best entry into the Terminator saga following the first two movies. With Game of Thrones' Lena Headey as Sarah Connor (yes, now only the first GoT actress to step into Sarah's sizable boots), the show gave us an alternate route for John Connor's story following T2, as our perpetually on-the-run heroes -- thanks to Summer Glau's Terminator, Cameron -- time travel forward from 1999 to 2007, essentially skipping over the events that would have happened in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, including Sarah's death from leukemia.