Yearly Archives: 2018
Black Ops 4 Tops Survey of Most Anticipated 2018 Games for This Holiday Season
The recently released Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 has topped a survey of 2018’s most anticipated games for this holiday season.
The UBS survey reported on by Business Insider (via Statista) is based on the responses of 5,000+ consumers aged 18-44 in the US, UK, Germany, Japan and China. The survey’s results show a highly promising holiday season for the gaming industry.
Of those surveyed, 6% of respondents said they had already purchased or preordered Black Ops 4, with 34% saying they were likely to buy the game. Assassin’s Creed Odyssey reached second, with 4% purchased or preordered and 33% likely to buy, and Red Dead Redemption 2 snagging third with 5% preordered and 31% likely to buy.
Wonder Woman 1984 Delayed to 2020
Originally set to premiere on Nov. 1, 2019, Wonder Woman 1984 is now delayed to June 5, 2020.
Leading star, Gal Gadot, shared the news Monday in a tweet that reads:
"Super excited to announce that, thanks to the changing landscape, we are able to put Wonder Woman back to its rightful home. June 5, 2020. Be there or be square!!!"
16-Year-Old Becomes New Tetris World Champion
Seven-time winner of the Classic Tetris World Championship in Portland, OR, Jonas Neubauer took second-place at the competition this past weekend.
As reported by Kotaku, Neubauer was bested by 16-year-old Joseph Saelee, who won in three-game streak during a best-of-five series.
“The kid played with pure heart, the most clutch Tetris that we’ve seen from anyone,” Neubauer said. “He just really had the ability, had the natural ability, and let it shine as bright as he could in his first tournament.
truly an honor to pass the torch to the new generation of Tetris players."
Intellivision Amico Console Revealed With Exclusive Games, Coming in 2020
Intellivision Entertainment has announced the Intellivision Amico, a family-friendly console with exclusive games.
The Intellivision Amico will run somewhere between $150 - $180 USD, and is set to release in North America and Europe on October 10, 2020. All of its games are to be rated either E for Everyone or E10+, positioning itself as a console specifically aimed towards younger gamers and their families.
All of its games are downloadable and will run between $3 - $8 US, with no high-priced DLC or in-game purchases. It will launch with some pre-installed Invellivision classics and over 20 games (both reimagined classics and brand new titles) through the Intellivision Online Store. There will also be similar Atari and Imagic classic titles.
The True Meaning Behind Han Solo’s Carbonite
Han Solo’s immersion into the carbon freeze chamber in The Empire Strikes Back is a classic moment from the original Star Wars trilogy, a beloved and moving scene that retains its impact almost 40 years after it first played in theaters. But it’s also symbolic, and takes on many classic archetypal patterns. In a matter of minutes, this scene provides implicit insight into the Corellian smuggler turned hero of the Rebellion. Solo in carbonite suggests many things about his internal struggle and, while it certainly appears tragic, there is also hope for rebirth and renewal.
Water is often associated with a number of key storytelling ideas that reflect a great deal about where a character is in his or her journey. It can be a mirror that provides insight into the character’s emotional state. As water flows, so to do the character’s range of emotions; the more calm the water, the more relaxed the character feels. Conversely, rough waters indicate turmoil and angst. However, when the water freezes, the symbolism turns dire. The carbon freeze chamber emphasizes this with dramatic precision.
Here’s How Daredevil Season 3 Pulled Off That Epic Bullseye Fight Scene
This story contains light spoilers for Daredevil Season 3.
Marvel's Daredevil is known for having some of the most impressive fight scenes in the MCU, both big screen and small, and Season 3 of the Netflix drama somehow manages to up the ante in spectacular ways, from its signature one-take prison brawl in episode 4 to its incredible finale showdown.
Matt Murdock (Charlie Cox) has had to face some skilled opposition in the series thus far, thanks to the machinations of The Hand, but in Season 3, he's introduced to his most formidable foe yet - FBI agent Benjamin "Dex" Poindexter (Wilson Bethel), better known to comics fans as the deadly assassin Bullseye.
God of War Director to Deliver PAX South 2019 Keynote
God of War Director, Cory Barlog, will deliver the opening "Storytime" keynote at PAX South 2019 in San Antonio, TX.
Barlog served as the lead animator on the original God of War after joining Sony in 2003. He wrote and directed God of War 2, and took home a BAFTA award for his writing. Barlog continued to contribute on the franchise installments, including God of War: Chains of Olympus and God of War: Ghost of Sparta. He later left Sony in 2009 for LucasArts, Crystal Dynamics, among others.
In 2013, Barlog returned to Sony to direct the newest installment of God of War, which received high praise across the board.
“Doing a sequel to a beloved game is a unique challenge, and so is rebooting a franchise for a modern audience - Cory Barlog has done both,” Co-founder of Penny Arcade, Jerry Holkins said. “We're overjoyed to have him join us at PAX South. If I get the chance, I'm gonna tell him about this place I know in San Antonio where they make the guacamole with Orange Juice instead of Lime. It sounds crazy, but it works.”
Update: Another Red Dead Redemption 2 Leak Excites Fans
Update: Another element of Red Dead Redemption 2 has popped up online pre-release - this time it's the game's map.
We'll include the rest of this update at the bottom of the story, to avoid potential spoilers.
Red Dead Redemption 2 is only a few days away, but it has just experienced one of its first major leaks -- and it has fans very excited.
The leak, which first appeared on a Resetera thread, is a 24-second video showing protagonist Arthur Morgan getting off his horse seemingly during an interrogation, only to quickly shoot down the interrogators. Though some get away, the last one Arthur shoots gets a special focus in a kill cam, slow-motion look at his death.
Halloween SPOILERS: Let’s Talk About That Ending
SPOILER ALERT: The following article discusses, in detail, the ending of Halloween (2018).
David Gordon Green’s Halloween is now, if you don’t adjust for inflation, the most financially successful movie in the whole franchise, outgrossing the previous record-holder, Rob Zombie’s 2007 remake, in its very first weekend. That’s great news for Halloween fans, who are clearly desperate for more old-fashioned entries in this iconic, influential franchise.
But it’s bad news for the filmmakers, who have written themselves into a hole. Literally.
Halloween (2018) retconned the entire franchise, removing all the supernatural elements, and even the soap operatic revelation that Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) was Michael Myers’s sister. Over the course of the new film Myers escapes, goes on a killing spree, and winds up at Laurie’s house. But instead of killing Laurie and her daughter and her granddaughter, Myers gets trapped in Laurie’s basement. She seals off the door, and sets the house on fire, seemingly killing the boogeyman forever.
Jade Raymond Leaves EA Motive
Motive Studios founder, Jade Raymond, has left the company, according to Electronic Arts.
Samantha Ryan, who currently runs EA's mobile, Maxis and Bioware, will now oversee Motive Studios as well.
A representative for EA told IGN in a statement:
“EA Studios is focused on bringing more creative new games and content to players. Laura Miele and her team have taken several steps internally to better support our game makers in this pursuit, such as expanding Samantha Ryan’s portfolio to lead additional studios, including Motive. Samantha is known for driving creative design and supporting game teams so they can bring their visions to life. She is a deeply experienced game-maker with a gameography that spans from The Sims to Batman: Arkham City to No One Lives Forever to the highly-anticipated Anthem. With this change, Jade Raymond has decided to leave Electronic Arts. In her time with us, Jade helped to build great teams, and our projects underway at Motive and other studios continue unchanged. We’re appreciative of all of her efforts, and we wish Jade all the best as she moves on to her next adventure. We are driving greater creativity into everything we do across EA Studios, and we’ll look forward to sharing more in the months to come.”