Yearly Archives: 2018
Dead Cells Killed Nathan Drake and Other Awesome Easter Eggs
Dead Cells is positively loaded with respect and admiration for excellent video games, movies, television, and more. The team at Motion Twin has lovingly tucked away Easter Eggs and references from some of their favorite influences, so we asked them to help us track them down like a nostalgia-fueled scavenger hunt.
Dead Cells is already an amazing game – which you can see from our glowing Dead Cells Review – but it's also deeply smart and chock-full of tongue-in-cheek nods. For example, did you know Dead Cells killed Uncharted star Nathan Drake? Or Dark Souls' Knight Solaire makes a cameo? You can find that and more in the slideshow below!
Octopath Traveler Was July’s Top-Selling Game
The July 2018 NPD report is in, and the Nintendo Switch exclusive Octopath Traveler was the month’s top-selling game.
This marks the second month in a row that a Switch exclusive topped the NPD charts, as Mario Tennis Aces held the top position in June. In fact, Nintendo’s flagship system is doing incredibly well in general, as five of the ten top-selling games in July were Switch exclusives, with Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Super Mario Odyssey all making the list long after they were initially released.
Beyond Ep. 556: We Love the PS4 Pro 500 Million Limited Edition
BEYOND!
On this week's episode of IGN's PlayStation show Beyond!, host Jonathon Dornbush and panelists Brian Altano, Max Scoville, and Tom Marks show off the latest special PS4 Pro, the 500 Million Limited Edition.
The crew runs down what they do and don't love about the system's design, discuss limited edition consoles in general, and more. Then, they take a look at the latest on Cyberpunk 2077 and discuss why we haven't yet seen footage publicly, how to get into the Yakuza franchise, why Firewall: Zero Hour is tons of tense fun, and how they feel about Guacamelee! 2 (be sure to check out my review of the Guacamelee! sequel if you haven't already!).
Hans Zimmer Comes Back to DC Films to Score Wonder Woman 1984
Despite previously announcing that he had quit scoring superhero movies, famed composer Hans Zimmer is back for more and is officially scoring Wonder Woman 1984.
Per Film Music Reporter, and originally announced through Zimmer’s official website, Zimmer has returned to compose for Wonder Woman after scoring her theme in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. Rupert Gregson-Williams, who is a notable longtime collaborator of Zimmer’s, scored 2017’s Wonder Woman.
Typhoid Mary Teased in Marvel’s Iron Fist Season 2 Photo
We already knew Typhoid Mary would be played by Alice Eve in the upcoming second season of Marvel’s Iron Fist, but an interesting new tease of the villain has just been revealed.
Posted by the official Iron Fist Twitter account, the image shows a sketch of Typhoid Mary, with the note “Stay away from Danny Rand” attached. The caption of the tweet is “Got my guard up,” though it’s not clear which character’s perspective either the note or caption is from.
George Clooney Is Reportedly the Highest Paid Actor in 2018
Two-time Oscar winner George Clooney is reportedly the highest paid actor in 2018, earning an impressive $239 million.
Per Forbes, most of Clooney's money comes from the lucrative sale of his tequila company, Casamigos, which he sold to Diageo for $700 million. Clooney co-founded the company alongside business partners Rande Gerber and Mike Meldman.
Even while falling short of Clooney's overall take, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson still had an impressive year, nearly doubling his 2017 earnings for an estimated $124 million, according to Forbes. For a look at all of the men on Forbes' 2018 list, click through the slideshow below.
PUBG Training Mode Announced
Currently set for this September, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds will be getting a training mode that allows 5-20 players to practice and improve their skills on a 2x2 km map.
Announced via Steam, this new mode is part of the Fix PUBG campaign that was announced earlier this month and aims to make PUBG into a "better, more stable, and fairer game."
This new training mode will allow players to practice "all aspects of PUBG, from driving the game's various vehicles around the island's race tracks, to practicing parachute landings on scattered targets, to mastering the prefect peek shot."
Superman AND Lois Lane are Coming to the Arrowverse Crossover
The Arrowverse is bringing us one step closer to a World's Finest team-up.
The CW has announced that Superman (Tyler Hoechlin) will appear in all three episodes of this December's Arrowverse crossover between The Flash, Arrow and Supergirl, and this time, he'll be bringing Lois Lane with him.
This means that both characters will come into contact with Batwoman (Ruby Rose), who will make her debut in the crossover (and potentially headline her own spinoff series which is in development for a potential series order next May).
Venom Gets a New Power and a New Look
Eddie Brock discovered that the Venom symbiote is even more versatile than he thought this week.
Warning: this article contains spoilers for Venom #5!
It's been a whirlwind journey for Eddie Brock so far in this new series. So far, he's learned that his symbiote was created by an ancient god named Knull who's existed since the early days of the universe, and that the US government once created a team of symbiote-powered super-soldiers.
8 Best Pokemon Decks That Could Win the 2018 World Championships
The 2018 Pokemon World Championships are kicking off this week on Friday, August 24 where hundreds of Trainers will compete to see who is the very best like no one ever was. The TCG Masters division tournament (for competitors age 16 and older) has the biggest cash prize of the entire event -- a cool $25,000 -- so we’re taking this opportunity to predict the Pokemon deck that will take it all.
Need a refresher? Check out our primer on how competitive Pokemon works.
You can flip through the slideshow below to see our picks or keep scrolling to read this piece as an article.