Yearly Archives: 2018
Nintendo Wants to Release ’20 to 30 Indie Games’ Each Week on Switch
Nintendo wants Switch to be a full throttle indie machine.
During its 78th annual general shareholder's meeting at the end of last month, Nintendo executives faced questions about the future of Switch and, specifically, about indie games.
During the meeting, one shareholder asked: "Indie games have become a hot topic recently. As games made by small-scale developers around the world with relatively low development costs, how will Nintendo integrate these kinds of games into its future business strategy?"
Nintendo managing executive officer Shinya Takahashi gave a surprisingly high estimate for exactly how many games the company hopes to bring to the Switch.
HBO Exec Says Network Will ‘Change Direction’ After Merger
HBO is set to "change direction" following Time Warner and AT&T's recent $85.4 billion merger.
Per The New York Times, Warner Media chief executive John Stankey said during a town hall meeting that HBO will need to make adjustments as a result of the merger.
“It’s going to be a tough year,” Stankey said. “It’s going to be a lot of work to alter and change direction a little bit.”
Stankey sees HBO becoming more like a streaming service with a bigger and broader appeal instead of being more niche. This is all despite AT&T promising “to take a hands-off approach" with HBO, according to The New York Times.
Game of Thrones Prequel Will Reportedly Begin Filming in October
The recently announced Game of Thrones prequel will reportedly start shooting in Belfast this October.
The Belfast Telegraph reports the staff at the Paint Hall studios in Belfast’s Titanic Quarter have been told the prequel will be their next major project. Paint Hall has served as the main studio for Game of Thrones, with the original show being filmed mostly in Northern Ireland.
HBO recently gave a pilot order for the untitled prequel, which hails from Kingsman writer Jane Goldman and George R.R. Martin. It's not yet known when the prequel will premiere. Though Martin has confirmed it will have an entirely different cast and its title could be The Long Night.
The Binding of Isaac Card Game Hits $1.1M on Kickstarter
The Binding of Isaac card game on Kickstarter has surpassed $1.1 million — and still has 16 days to go.
Called The Binding of Isaac: Four Souls, the card game has smashed its $50,000 goal and actually hit that target in just one-and-a-half hours. Isaac creator (and Super Meat Boy co-creator) Edmund McMillen is behind the project.
The card game, planned to release this November, includes "iconic monsters, items, characters and random happenings" from The Binding of Isaac. And to celebrate hitting the $1 million milestone, a semi transparent Stained Glass sticker will be included in all game boxes.
WWE 2K19 Not Coming to Switch After Last Year’s Disastrous Port
WWE 2K19 won't be coming to Nintendo Switch after the widely-criticised port of WWE 2K18.
Per PowerupGaming, 2K has confirmed this year's upcoming entry won't have a Switch port. 2K released the following statement on the matter:
“WWE 2K19 will not be available on Nintendo Switch. 2K is focused on making the best possible experience for WWE 2K fans and will continue evaluating all opportunities to deliver the franchise across additional platforms.”
WWE 2K18 was the first game in the series to come out on Nintendo's console and was panned. In IGN's review of the port, which we scored a 3.8, we said its "awful performance problems and bugs make it all but unplayable."
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Todd Howard: ‘If You Want Us to Stop Releasing Skyrim Ports, Stop Buying Them’
Bethesda boss Todd Howard says "millions of people every month" still play Skyrim, and "that's why
will keep releasing it."
Skyrim ports have become a bit of a running joke of late, and even Bethesda is in on it, going so far as to make a spoof commercial starring Keegan-Michael Keys playing the RPG on the Amazon Echo, which turned out to be real and is even playable on your smart toilet.
Prey Mooncrash Update Includes Free Weapons, Skins, and Themes
Prey's Mooncrash DLC is getting a free update with free Mimic and Operator skins, and a few weapons thrown in for good measure.
The Full Moon update is the first of a slew of free additions to the DLC, which was announced last month during E3 2018. The update is due to drop in the next few weeks and includes engraved weapons and skins.
Full Moon is free for players who own Mooncrash, or the Prey: Digital Deluxe Edition and includes:
MCU Producer Kevin Feige Says Infinity War’s Ending Applies to All Animals
SPOILERS for Infinity War and Ant-Man and the Wasp continue below: read at your own risk!
Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige revealed in an interview with Birth. Movies. Death. that, yes, half of all animals were affected by Thano's life-ending snap. In fact, all life was affected.
When asked if half of all animals were dead (including ants!) at the end of Avengers: Infinity War, Feige simply responded "Yes! Yes. All life."
This explicitly confirms much fan speculation stemming from this drastic ending which applied to Infinity War, Ant-Man and the Wasp and will almost certainly come into play in the upcoming MCU films Captain Marvel and Avengers 4.
Star Wars Episode IX: Lando Calrissian Returning
Star Wars: Episode IX will see the return of Billy Dee Williams as Lando Calrissian.
THR reports Williams will make his long-awaited return to a galaxy far, far away as the beloved, smooth-talking smuggler. However, there's no word yet on how big Williams' role will be in the upcoming mainline Star Wars film.
Williams made his debut as Lando in 1977's Star Wars: A New Hope and then appeared in The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and Return of the Jedi (1983). Donald Glover recently portrayed a younger version of the character in this year's Solo: A Star Wars Story.