Yearly Archives: 2018
HBO Quietly Says Goodbye to Adult Entertainment
Premium cable network HBO has removed all of its erotic adult movies and television series from its vast entertainment library.
According to a report from the LA Times, HBO decided to remove its late-night programming after it became part of the AT&T family back in June. This means that long-running series like Real Sex and Taxicab Confessions will no longer air on any of HBO's channels or streaming services.
An HBO representative informed the LA Times that the decision was made due to the declining viewership of the premium network's late-night offerings:
Cyberpunk 2077 Devs Experimenting With Fully Destructible Environments
The development team at CD Projekt Red is pulling in a heavy amount of in-game destruction to Cyberpunk 2077 in order to create the rawness of a dystopian world.
CDPR Level Designer Miles Tost shared insights during an interview with IGN into the physical environments that make up Cyberpunk 2077.
"So we're trying to push the interactivity of the world by adding in details from a physical side," Tost said. "The game will be highly physical, will have a lot of destruction. You can see that in the demo when you're in the scavengers area and you shoot at the pillars and they start crumbling.
Tost said there will be a high level of gore in the game as well, and that it all adds to the feel of the dystopian world they are trying to create for players.
22 Games Announced for Switch in the Nintendo Switch Nindies Showcase Summer 2018
Nintendo streamed its Nintendo Switch Nindies Summer Showcase Summer 2018 and announced and discussed 22 games that will be released on the Switch this year and through early 2019, and we've made a rundown of each one.
This showcase is what Nintendo is calling a "part 2" to Nintendo UK's Indie Highlight video that released last week and focused on 16 other indie games that are headed to the Switch.
Release: September 6, 2018
Originally released in 2016, Hyper Light Drifter has you playing as The Drifter, who is plagued by a mysterious illness and must use forgotten technology only available to you to find a cure. The Nintendo Switch version will come with exclusive content, including a new outfit that will help you find secrets, and new weapons that include the Crystal Shot and Blade Caster. In our review of Hyper Light Drifter, we said it's "a gorgeous, fast, fluid trek in a neon apocalypse that's hindered by its wordless storytelling."
Hallelujah! Matt Smith Is Joining Star Wars: Episode IX
Doctor Who alum Matt Smith has reportedly joined Star Wars: Episode IX.
Variety reports Smith has been cast in the in the upcoming J.J. Abrams-directed Star Wars film, though it's unknown who he'll portray in the movie.
Smith is best known for his role as the Eleventh Doctor on Doctor Who. He also recently played Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh on Netflix's The Crown, for which he received an Emmy nomination.
Smith will star alongside the returning Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Mark Hamill, Lupita Nyong’o, Domhnall Gleeson, Kelly Marie Tran, Joonas Suotamo and Billie Lourd. Dominic Monaghan has also recently joined Episode IX in a mystery role, while Keri Russell -- who famously worked with Abrams on Felicity -- also is reportedly in the movie.
Gravity Falls Creator Alex Hirsch Will Develop New Shows for Netflix
Gravity Falls creator Alex Hirsch will be making new shows for Netflix.
Variety reports Hirsch has agreed to a multi-year deal with the streaming service to exclusively develop new series and features. However, it's currently unknown what type of content Hitsch will be working on.
“I couldn’t be more excited to join the amazing roster of talent coming to Netflix," Hirsch said. “Plus it couldn’t hurt to be on The Algorithm’s good side before The Singularity hits. Awesome things are coming!”
Gravity Falls ran for only two season from 2012-2016 on Disney XD. The series received several accolades during its short run. The story follows teenagers Dipper and Mabel Pines, who spend an entire summer with their great-uncle in a mysterious town called Gravity Falls.
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Xbox Free Games With Gold for September Announced
The Xbox Live Games With Gold lineup for September 2018 has been revealed.
Announced through Xbox Wire, the following games will be available for Xbox Live Gold members next month:
- Prison Architect - September 1-30 (Xbox One)
- Livelock - September 16-October 15 (Xbox One)
- LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars - September 1-15 (Xbox One, Xbox 360)
- Sega Vintage Collection: Monster World - September 16-30 (Xbox One, Xbox 360)
Prison Architect has players design, build, and run a maximum security prison. We gave the game an 8.3 in our review, saying Prison Architect is, "one of the most in-depth, satisfying builder games in a long time."
Halo: The Master Chief Collection’s Final Major Update Is Now Live
The final update for Halo: The Master Chief Collection is now live.
The massive 73GB update, which Bungie announced and detailed last October, features a rework of the game's matchmaking system, 4K HDR support for Xbox One X, shorter load times, improved matchmaking, offline LAN support, and much more.
The changes come just ahead of The Master Chief Collection's addition to Xbox Game Pass on September 1.
Marvel’s Spider-Man DLC Details Revealed
Insomniac Games Community Director, James Stevenson revealed Tuesday on the PlayStation blog the schedule and details for the first DLC from Marvel's Spider-Man: The City That Never Sleeps.
The DLC will consist of three installments, with the first chapter being Marvel’s Spider-Man: The Heist and will release on Oct. 23. The Heist focuses on Felicia Hardy, also known as Black Cat and features new missions and challenges for players, along with a new faction of enemies and three additional Spider-Man suits.
The second and third installments include Marvel's Spider-Man: Turf Wars which releases in November 2018 and Marvel's Spider-Man: Silver Lining that comes out the following month in December 2018.
Spider-Man’s Unexpected Influence on the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
For many of us, our Saturday mornings and weekday afternoons were defined by the high-kicking, giant robot riding, Super Sentai adaptation Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. The classic kids series hits 25 this year with a special anniversary episode of Power Rangers Super Ninja Steel, which means it's the perfect time to look back on this iconic entry in children's TV canon, as well as one of the beloved show's biggest and most unexpected influences.
Though it took many of us by surprise as young fans, by now pretty much everyone knows that Mighty Morphin Power Rangers' vibrant action sequences were recycled from the Japanese series Super Sentai, specifically the Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger season of the immensely popular show. But something lesser known is that there was another, earlier Tokusatsu series which changed the face of Power Rangers and Super Sentai forever. The name of that groundbreaking, genre-shifting show was... Spider-Man.