Yearly Archives: 2018

Fortnite: Save the World Free-to-Play Delayed Out of 2018

Fortnite: Battle Royale is so popular that it's easy to forget that Fortnite: Save the World, Epic Games' original vision for the game.The PvE mode was supposed to get some new life by joining in Battle Royale as a free-to-play mode this year, but that move has now been pushed into 2019.

"We decided to move the free-to-play launch of Save the World out of this year," explained Epic in a news post. "We’re working on a broad set of features, reworks, and backend system scaling we believe are needed to go free-to-play. Save the World has grown consistently since our launch in July 2017, and Fortnite overall has experienced unprecedented growth.

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Guillermo Del Toro to Direct Stop Motion Animated Pinocchio Film for Netflix

Guillermo del Toro has announced that he will be co-directing a stop motion animated version of the beloved tale of Pinocchio.

As reported by Deadline, Pinocchio will be his first feature deal to direct since 2017's The Shape of Water, in which he won Best Director and the film won Best Picture at the Oscars.

As with del Toro's other films, his version of Pinocchio will be a much darker version, and the director has taken inspiration from "Gris Grimly's original designs drawn from Carlo Collodi's 1883 novel, the Adventures of Pinocchio."

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Reign of the Supermen Exclusive Trailer Debut

Reign of the Supermen is the upcoming sequel to 2018's The Death of Superman, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment's animated adaptation of the classic DC Comics storyline. You can watch IGN's exclusive trailer debut for Reign of the Supermen in the player above or embedded below.

The film, which is slated to arrive on Blu-ray and Digital in early 2019, picks up after the events of The Death of Supermen where a world without the Man of Steel is suddenly populated by several mysterious Supermen: Steel, Cyborg Superman, Superboy, and The Eradicator.

In the meantime, Lois Lane, Jimmy Olsen and even the villainous Lex Luthor are left to ponder what to do about these new Supermen who have arrived on the scene. The cast of characters also includes the Justice League, Cat Grant, and G. Gordon Goffrey.

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Halloween: Jamie Lee Curtis Tells Us Which Records It’s Broken

Halloween has had one of the best openings for an October movie ever, but star Jamie Lee Curtis wants fans to look beyond its $77.5 million USD in opening weekend sales.

"OK. I’m going for one BOAST post," Curtis recently tweeted, listing the new film's accolades. "Biggest horror movie opening with a female lead. Biggest movie opening with a female lead over 55. Second biggest October movie opening ever. Biggest Halloween

opening ever."

In the film, Curtis reprises her role of Laurie Strode from the 1978 original. Halloween smashed the franchise's previous record holder, Rob Zombie's 2007 remake of the '78 original, which took in $26 million USD.

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Black Ops 4 Will Receive ‘Several’ Updates to Improve Network Performance

Since Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 launched last week, some players have experienced issues with network latency that have kept them from fully enjoying its online multiplayer modes. However, developer Treyarch plans on this being a temporary problem, as the studio is currently working on a fix.

"For a game launch with as massive a population as ours hitting so many global servers at once, we configure our infrastructure to ensure game stability as the highest priority over all other factors," Treyarch said on Reddit. "Now that we're past the initial launch of the game, we are focusing on fine-tuning network performance across the globe, using the real-world data we have collected.

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Netflix Has Renewed Disenchantment for 20 More Episodes

We'll be spending a lot of time in Dreamland over the next three years; Netflix has renewed Disenchantment for 20 more episodes, in addition to the 10 episodes still remaining in Season 1 that have yet to premiere.

The rest of Season 1 will debut in 2019, with 20 new episodes rolling out over the course of 2020 and 2021.

Creator Matt Groening gave a statement to accompany the news: "We’re excited to continue this epic journey with Netflix. Stay tuned for more cranked-up suspense, infuriating plot twists, and beloved characters getting knocked off."

Disenchantment follows the misadventures of hard-drinking young princess Bean (Abbi Jacobson), her feisty elf companion Elfo (Nat Faxon), and her personal demon Luci (Eric Andre). Along the way, the oddball trio encounter ogres, sprites, harpies, imps, trolls, walruses, and lots of human fools. Other members of the voice cast include John DiMaggio, Billy West, Maurice LaMarche, Tress MacNeille, David Herman, Matt Berry, Jeny Batten, Rich Fulcher, Noel Fielding, and Lucy Montgomery.

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Fallout 76 Factions Revealed, Including The Enclave

When you emerge from your vault in Fallout 76 you will be given many choices on how to survive and thrive in the wasteland. One of these choices will be your decision to side with or against various factions that will inhabit the world with you.

Announced via Fallout's Twitter, five factions have been revealed and while some are familiar - Brotherhood of Steel, Enclave, and Raiders - two new factions will also vie for your attention - the Free States and the Responders.

The Brotherhood of Steel, formed by Captain Roger Maxson in November 2077 in a "Californian bunker of Lost Hills," used a satellite to help spread their reach, and that influence and message made its way all the way to West Virginia.

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Devil May Cry 5’s Ultra Limited Edition Costs $8,000

Cosplay isn't cheap, and Capcom Japan is taking that to the next level with the Devil May Cry 5 Ultra Limited Edition.

Created for the most dedicated Devil May Cry fans, the Ultra Limited Edition comes in three varieties and will set you back as much as $8,000 USD (£6,100 / $11,100 AUD).

As first reported by Eurogamer, the three versions of the Devil May Cry 5 Ultra Limited Edition - currently sold only by Capcom Japan - each include a jacket worn by one of the game's three playable heroes, Nero, Dante, and V.

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