Yearly Archives: 2018
First 4 Figures Opens Pre-Orders for Spyro Statues
First 4 Figures has opened preorders for their newest statue addition – the Crystal Dragon in anticipation of the Spyro Reignited Trilogy.
The statue is available in three editions: Regular, Crystallized, and Exclusive. Each statue costs $475, or you can purchase a combo edition for $900. They were designed by artist Sanjeev Keisham and will be produced out of resin. Check out the figures below:
Validation for purchases are open for the next 24 hours, and preorders will be available until June 27. The statues are expected to ship in February 2019.
The Spyro Reignited Trilogy was announced back in April and will include the three originals fully remastered — Spyro the Dragon, Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage, and Spyro: Year of the Dragon. The Trilogy will be available on PS4 and Xbox One consoles on Sept. 21.
Death Stranding Is Already Inspiring Hilarious Phone Game Rip-Offs
Details around Death Stranding, the upcoming game from Hideo Kojima's studio Kojima Productions, are sparse. We don't know much beyond the information we can gather from its handful of teasers and trailers, and a bit of what Kojima himself has offered up – a character name here, a hint of lore there.
Despite, or perhaps thanks to the mystery, Death Stranding is already inspiring some... interesting rip-offs for mobile.
Overwatch Patch Overhauls Symmetra
Overwatch’s latest patch has dramatically overhauled how support character Symmetra works, as well as added new social features that allows players to “endorse” others and seek out players of specific roles.
Symmetra’s photon projector no longer locks onto enemies, instead emitting in a straight beam, similar to Zarya’s primary weapon. Damage takes one second longer to ramp up, but its range is increased by 10 meters.
Symmetra’s secondary fire, those large orbs of energy, has also been retooled. Instead of phasing through enemies, they now explode on impact, damaging enemy teammates standing nearby.
Former CEO Reportedly Hoping to Reboot Toys R Us
Former Toys R Us CEO Jerry Storch has reportedly been meeting with potential investors to reboot the famous retail chain.
According to Bloomberg, Storch has been seeking out various investment groups in order to secure funding for a potential reboot of Toys R Us. This includes Fairfax Financial Holdings, which previously absorbed the Canadian branches of Toys R Us.
Though details are scarce due to the privacy of the meetings, the reboot is reportedly feasible. Storch will need to win a bankruptcy auction for the Toys R Us IP within a month, which is separate from the real estate sale of former Toys R Us locations that will be critical for the potential reboot.
The Purge Universe Explained
The Purge movie series has rapidly grown into one of the most popular and profitable horror franchises in Hollywood, with the fourth film, The First Purge, recently in theaters and a new TV series debuting. This series proves you don't need intricate special effects or supernatural monsters to make good horror, just a few colorfully dressed people doing their best to murder one another.
But where does the new Purge TV show fit into the increasingly complex mythology of The Purge movies? Here's everything you need to know about the story driving The Purge franchise, the continuity of these movies, and more!
Watch an exclusive clip from The Purge TV series above.
Mark Wahlberg to Star in and Produce Netflix Series Wonderland
Mark Wahlberg is currently set to star in a Netflix film adaptation of Robert B. Parker's Wonderland.
Wonderland, just one of a series of New York Times bestselling mystery novels which follow the exploits of Boston private eye, Spenser, is the first in a potential series of Netflix film adaptations.
Wahlberg is also set to produce the film, alongside Stephen Levinson, Peter Berg, and Neal H. Moritz. Toby Ascher and John Logan Pierson are set to Executive Produce the film, which will feature a script by Sean O'Keefe.
Wonderland's story will follow a Spenser who has just been released from prison and stripped of his private investigator license. After learning the truth about a high-profile murder, and the conspiracy behind it, Spenser is drawn back into the Boston underworld.
Latest Fortnite Fan Creation is a Giant Pyramid Over Wailing Woods
Fortnite didn't get its v4.5 patch update today, but that hasn't stopped fans from constructing an incredibly massive pyramid over Wailing Woods.
Led by Fortnite streamer Loserfruit, a group of Fortnite players entered the underpopulated Oceania server at the same time and landed together in Wailing Woods. Players tore through every tree in the area and collected as many materials as possible before starting construction of the wooden pyramid in the now barren and open area.
Once completed, the enormous structure measured out to 16 building segments tall with a 32 x 32 grid base at the bottom. A minimum of 11,480 materials were used.
Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise Import Impressions
Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise is a crossover between post-apocalyptic manga classic Fist of the North Star and Sega’s action-adventure series about the Japanese underworld, Yakuza. If that previous sentence made no sense to you, the barrier to entry may be high; but fans of either series will find something to enjoy.
Spin-offs included, more than a dozen games have been released in the Yakuza series since the first entry back in 2005. There may have been zombies and samurai, but the Fist of the North Star crossover is the first game in the series set in a completely fictional world.
Like in the original manga by Buronson and Tetsuo Hara, the game follows the story of Kenshiro, the successor of a deadly martial art called Hokuto Shinken. After a nuclear war during the end of the Twentieth Century, the world has become a hopeless wasteland. Survivors are few, and the only law that counts is that the weak are victims of the strong.
Kingdom Hearts Producer Wants Franchise to be in Disney Parks
Kingdom Hearts executive producer Shinji Hashimoto wants the franchise to be featured in Disney parks across the world.
During Square Enix's annual shareholders meeting (translation via KHInsider), Hashimoto was asked if a physical crossover between Kingdom Hearts and Disney parks could ever happen. Hashimoto responded by saying it'd be a dream come true.
"As a Japanese person, it's been nothing short of a dream to be able to play something developed by a Japanese creator with Disney, especially the same Disney that owns such properties like Frozen and Star Wars," Hashimoto said.
Disney Parks Introduces App to Keep Guests Entertained in Lines
The new Play Disney Parks app aims to make waiting in lines at Disney parks more bearable.
Available on Android and iOS on June 30, the app supports both the Disneyland and Walt Disney World resorts.
According to Gamespot, Play Disney Parks introduces games while waiting in certain lines, playlists of music for when guests are exploring the parks, and a series of achievements and trivia challenges that appear at specific locations within the parks.
Source: Gamespot