Check Out This Mad Love Harley Quinn Statue
Harley Quinn collectibles are a booming business these days, and Diamond Select Toys is jumping into the ring with their own Harley statue. We have the exclusive reveal of DST's Mad Love Harley statue, based on the villainess as she appeared in the New Batman Adventures episode "Mad Love." It's the latest in a growing line of Batman: The Animated Series-themed merchandise from DST.
Release Date Revealed for New King’s Quest
Sierra has revealed that the first chapter of King's Quest: A Knight to Remember will be available in North America on July 28 for PS4, PS3, and PC. On Xbox One and Xbox 360, it will be available on July 29.
This first chapter will cost $10. In addition, King's Quest: The Complete Collection is a bundle of all five chapters, and is now available for pre-order on PSN and Steam for $40. Xbox One pre-orders will begin on July 7.
The upcoming King's Quest follows the story of an aging King Graham reflecting on his life of adventures.
IGN has a preview of the King's Quest reboot for you, which says that it will "rekindle your love of adventure games." King's Quest will also be featured in the upcoming Xbox Summer Spotlight.
Vin Diesel’s Kojak Will be “Kicking All Kinds of Ass”
Philip Gawthorne is an up-and-coming writer who has just landed two massive gigs – crafting the screenplay for Vin Diesel’s big-screen reboot of Kojak and writing the remake of cult sci-fi flick Cube. He tells us how the former will remain true to the roots of the TV show, and how the latter will be both scary and “Kubrickian.”
Telly Savalas in the original Kojak.
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This Classic Wolverine Statue Is Amazing
In the lead-up to Comic-Con International: San Diego, Sideshow Collectibles is revealing a number of new superhero-themed statues and collectibles. While most are still a ways off from release, all are expected to be on display at SDCC next week. Scroll down to see what's coming from Sideshow next year, and keep checking back as we update this list with new announcements and teasers.
Hot on the heels of their Superman: Red Son statue announcement, Sideshow has revealed a Red Son-themed Wonder Woman piece. Like Superman, this WW statue is a modified version of the recent Wonder Woman Premium Format Figure, which easily ranks among Sideshow's most impressive sculpts.
GTA Online Getting Ill-Gotten Gains Part 2 Update Next Week
Rockstar has announced the second part of GTA Online's Ill-Gotten Gains update will be released on all platforms on July 8.
Following on from the first part, this update adds new clothes, vehicles and more along with the previously PC-exclusive 'The Lab' radio station. More details will be coming next week, though Rockstar also confirmed a second Ill-Gotten Gains Social Club Event Weekend will kick off on Friday July 10.
For a taste of things to come, check out some of the new items on the way in the gallery below.
Additionally, The Independence Day Special is set to return soon, with old favourites like the Firework Rocket Launcher available at reduced rates. In our review of GTA Online, we said that it offers players "an experience like nothing else out there right now."
Sony: PS4 Market Share Often Over 90% in Continental Europe
Sony has announced incredibly strong PlayStation 4 sales in Europe mean the console is enjoying a massive market share when compared with its rivals.
Speaking to VG247 at this year's E3 conference, Sony Europe president Jim Ryan explained the PS4 has at least 70 percent of the market share in all European countries, with it peaking at 90 percent in certain countries.
"We have a very significant market leadership," he said. "Well, we have market leadership in every country in Europe, and have very significant market leadership in continental Europe. Extremely significant. I don't think market share's any less than 70 per cent, and frequently greater than 90 per cent in continental Europe."
A New Mode is Being Added to Splatoon This Week
Nintendo has announced that a new mode named Tower Control will be added to Splatoon at 7pm PT on July 1.
This new mode will be added to Ranked Battle alongside Splat Zones. According to the press release, the "objective of Tower Control is to ride a single floating tower into the enemy’s base."
The tower starts in the middle of the map, and starts moving when someone is aboard. However riding the tower makes you a big target for everyone on the opposing team. Tower Control is the second new mode which has been added to Splatoon, which has now been purchased over a million times worldwide.
New Psychological Thriller The Town of Light Announced
Independent Florence-based studio LKA.it has revealed its first game, The Town of Light.
The first-person psychological thriller title takes place in an abandoned psychiatric asylum, Volterra. You play as Renee, a then-16-year-old who'd been a resident at the hospital when she was experiencing schizophrenia.
Though Renee is fictious, the press release confirms the game is inspired by "true stories that happened in one of the biggest asylum
in Europe", and extensive research - including real clinical documents and interviews with patients and doctors - has been conducted to carefully and authentically recreate the 7000 square meter asylum and grounds.
The game offers a "nonlinear gameplay experience
Microsoft Gamescom Press Conference Details Announced
Microsoft has confirmed when its Gamescom 2015 press conference will take place, along with some of the titles that'll be on display.
The Gamescom 2015 Xbox briefing will take place on Tuesday, August 4 at 7am PT / 10am ET / 3pm GMT, and titles already confirmed for the show include Scalebound, Quantum Break and Crackdown.
While both Scalebound and Crackdown were revealed during Microsoft's E3 press conference last year, Head of Xbox Phil Spencer recently explained on Xbox Wire that Microsoft's "jam-packed lineup of games to show at E3" made it impossible for the company to give every upcoming Xbox One game "its well-deserved time in the spotlight." Therefore, Crackdown and Scalebound are joining Remedy's Quantum Break "front and center" at Gamescom in August, "along with new game reveals for both Xbox One and Windows 10."
Australian Government Bans 200+ Games in Four Months
The Australian government has banned four times as many video games in the last four months than it has in the last twenty years.
According to ABC Australia, figures from the Attorney-General's Department confirm that 220 games - including Hotline Miami 2 - have been refused classification in Australia since March 2015, compared to just 50 games between 1994 and 2014.
Being refused classification means that developers of unclassified games are unable to sell, advertise or publicly exhibit their games in the country.
The increase in censored games apparently arises from the introduction of a new pilot program commencing July 1.