Ninja Turtles 2 Set Photos Reveal Shredder and Karai
Well, that didn't take long. We found out yesterday that actress Brittany Ishibashi had been cast as the villainous Shredder's daughter Karai in Ninja Turtles 2.
Today, we have our first look at her in costume alongside The Wolverine's Brian Tee as Shredder and members of the Foot Clan.
Check out some of these new behind-the-scenes photos from the New York set via ComingSoon:
Transformers Developer Working on Destiny?
High Moon Studios, the developer behind the last-gen versions of Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare and three different Transformers games, has posted a job listing on parent company Activision's careers page that shows it's working with Bungie on Destiny.
Below the job description, a brief description of the company ends with statement "we need to add world class talent as we partner with Bungie to support work on their ground breaking Destiny Franchise," referring to future applicants.
High Moon Studios handled both the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions of Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, so they know their way around triple-A first person shooters. The job listing is for a Mission Designer, with one of the requirements for the position being a passionate familiarity with the Destiny franchise.
How Inside Out is Turning Disney Infinity 3.0 into a Legitimate Platformer
Disney Infinity 3.0 is using a wealth of interesting developers (Avalanche, Ninja Theory, Sumo Digital) and a new batch of properties (Star Wars, Tron) to deliver some genuinely interesting gameplay opportunities that feel more fleshed out than previous entries. Case in point is Pixar’s Inside Out playset, which delivers a genuinely challenging 2D and 3D platforming game with some really interesting uses of the source material.
The 2D portion plays a lot like 2013’s underrated Ibb and Obb. The world is divided in half horizontally, and every time you cross the horizon, gravity reverses. This means that the top half of a stage plays like a traditional 2D platformer, while the bottom half forces you to rejigger everything you’ve learned since Super Mario Bros. You have to pop between the worlds to solve puzzles, spot gaps in the stage to double back and collect secrets, and utilize long drops in one plane to make a huge jump in another.
Android Pay Introduced By Google
Google dove into the upcoming version of Android, codenamed Android M, at its Google I/O conference today. Among the new features in Android M will be NFC payments with fingerprint authorization.
Android Pay, similar to Apple Pay on iOS, allows users to complete transactions with just their mobile device,
Owners of NFC-enabled Android phones, KitKat and beyond, can use Android Pay by simply placing their phone against a store's NFC terminal.
Google named security as one of its top priorities for Android Pay. According to Dake Burke, Google's VP of Engineering, Android Pay generates a virtual account number for your debit or credit card so that your actual card number is never revealed to participating retailers.
Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End Release Window Revealed
Uncharted 4: A Thief's End will release before April 2016, Sony Computer Entertainment has confirmed.
During its annual Investor Relations Day conference, PlayStation president Andrew House revealed that Naughty Dog's upcoming action-adventure game will be out before the company's 2015 fiscal year comes to a close, which ends March 31, 2016.
Since we already know Uncharted 4 won't be out in 2015, that narrows the game's release to the first three months of next year, and if you want to take Naughty Dog's "spring" launch window literally, that narrows it down even further, to the final two weeks of March.
6 New Features Coming to Android M
Today at Google's I/O 2015 conference, the company revealed new details for Android M, the latest version of its smartphone and tablet operating system.
In addition to thousands of bug fixes, Dave Burke, VP of Engineering at Google, revealed six major improvements coming in Android M.
- App Permissions: You don't need to agree to permissions (like camera or locations access) you don't need. Apps will ask you about permissions when you try to use their features, and not during installation.
- Web Experience: Instead of requiring app developers to create their own browsers, Chrome can now run on top of apps. Previously, this created issues with password saving and logged-in sessions.
Gotham: Harvey Dent Actor Made Series Regular
Nicholas D'Agosto, the young actor who plays Harvey Dent in Gotham, will return in Season 2 as a series regular.
D'Agosto confirmed the news in a post on Twitter, saying:
Thank you to all of you @Gotham and #HarveyDent fans for your enthusiasm. I can't wait to join more of the fun as a regular in Season 2!
— Nicholas D'Agosto (@nicholasdagosto) May 27, 2015
Massive Chalice Headlines June’s Games With Gold
Microsoft has just unveiled the free games it will be rolling out to Xbox Live Gold subscribers during the month of June, with Massive Chalice leading the pack on Xbox One.
According to Major Nelson's blog, all month long Xbox One owners will be able to download Double Fine Production's aforementioned title free of charge, as well as Pool Nation FX, whose free-download status has been extended an additional month.
On the Xbox 360 front, Just Cause 2 kicks things off, and will be free from June 1 up through June 15. The following day, Avalanche Studios' open-world action game will be replaced by Thief, which will be available as a free download until the end of the month.
HBO Now Available on Google Play Soon
HBO's standalone streaming service is coming the Google Play store, Sundar Pichai, Senior Vice President of Products announced at Google's developer conference today. HBO Now is available after launching on Apple devices last month. The video streaming service will also be available on Google Chromecast.
Check out our walkthrough of HBO Now on iOS below for an idea of what you may be in for on Android.
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Hasbro, Paramount Team for Live-Action Beyblade Movie
Paramount Pictures is reportedly looking to take Hasbro's popular Beyblade toy franchise and create a live-action feature.
According to Deadline, the movie will be produced by Mary Parent's Disruption Entertainment. Aside from that, however, very little is known about the project, as it's clearly still in the early stages of development.
Beyblade has a line of popular toys, generating a whopping $2.5 billion in revenue for Hasbro. Beyblade has already spawned an animated television series and handful of video game tie-ins.