Yearly Archives: 2018
Ubisoft’s Yves Guillemot Says the Next Console Generation Will Be the Last
Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot still thinks that the next gen of consoles will be the last, and that streaming is the future of video games.
Guillemot says that the ability to stream AAA games has changed the industry, and will continue to do so, eliminating the need for expensive hardware in the home, although Xbox boss Phil Spencer, and NIntendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aimé don't quite see that happening just yet.
"I think we will see another generation, but there is a good chance that step-by-step we will see less and less hardware,” Guillemot told Variety. "With time, I think streaming will become more accessible to many players and make it not necessary to have big hardware at home.
What Did You Think of This Week’s Comics?
It was another huge week for the comic book industry. DC relaunched its flagship Justice League comic and began the final push towards Batman's wedding. Marvel debuted a horror-flavored take on Hulk in Immortal Hulk #1. And Image wrapped up the latest story arc in The Walking Dead.
Scroll down to check out our new reviews and thinkpieces, and be sure to let us know your favorite books of the week in the comments below.
Batman #48 Review
DC Entertainment Boss Diane Nelson Leaves Warner Bros
DC Entertainment president, Diane Nelson, has left Warner Bros. after 22 years with the company.
Since taking over as president in 2009, Nelson managed the hugely successful Harry Potter franchise, as well as bringing the publisher's stable of comic book heroes to TV and film, including DC Entertainment properties like Arrow, Supergirl, Gotham, and Black Lightning, as well as a slew of DC films that were initially announced in 2014, including Wonder Woman, The LEGO Batman Movie, and 2019's Shazam!
During her time at the company, she not only oversaw the growth of DC films and TV shows, but also video games, like Injustice 2, Batman: The Telltale Series, and the Batman: Arkham games.
Persona 5 Dancing Headed West in 2019
Atlus announced today that Persona 3: Dancing in Moonlight and Persona 5: Dancing in Starlight will get a western release next year.
Both games will be released on PlayStation 4 and PS Vita in the United States and Europe in early 2019. Atlus will offer a playable demo at its booth during E3 next week, which runs from June 12-14.
Originally released as Persona 3: Dancing Moon Night and Persona 5: Dancing Star Night in Japan last month, each game features 25 songs including remixes and new versions of fan favorites, plus both English and Japanese voice overs for voiced sections and unlockable costumes.
Marvel’s New Black Panther Comic Embraces the Movie In the Right Way
Marvel's Fresh Start relaunch has brought about a number of big changes for popular heroes, but perhaps no hero's world has changed as radically as Black Panther's. The recent Black Panther #1 introduced a drastically different status quo, one where T'Challa finds himself a prisoner who breaks out to join an interstellar resistance force. Rarely has a comic kept the same writer and yet changed so drastically from one issue to the next. But this new status quo also seems to be just the change of pace Black Panther needed, as well as giving Marvel the chance to draw in some characters and elements from the movie that otherwise wouldn't be possible.
European Court Makes Potentially Groundbreaking YouTube Decision
An Austrian court has ruled that YouTube is not a neutral host provider, and is liable for copyright infringement on the platform.
In a potentially groundbreaking decision, an Austrian commercial court has made a preliminary decision that rules in favour of an Austrian TV channel that filed a suit against YouTube in 2014, when copyright-protected content from the channel appeared on the platform, reports THR.
If upheld, the decision would make YouTube legally accountable for content posted by users, meaning the company would have to strictly regulate content, or risk fines or other possible consequences, although this would only apply in Europe.
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Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Trailer Breakdown
The new trailer for Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is here, and it’s revealed a bunch of new details about the plot, which villains will appear in the film, and at least a few Spider-People as well.
The film, which stars the voice talents of Shameik Moore (as Spider-Man/Miles Morales), Jake Johnson (as Peter Parker) and Hailee Steinfeld (as Gwen Stacy), looks like it could finally be Sony's answer to how to do Spider-Man without the MCU. Let’s dig into everything we found -- either watch the video above for the full breakdown, or check out the slideshow below...
Crackdown 3 Officially Delayed to 2019
Update: Crackdown 3 has officially been delayed and will now be released in February 2019. Microsoft provided the following statement to Windows Central:
"Our fans' response to the signature antics and explosive gameplay of Crackdown 3 has been incredible. To ensure we deliver the experience they deserve, Crackdown 3 will be launching in Feb. 2019. We look forward to sharing more on Crackdown 3 this Sunday during the Xbox E3 2018 briefing."
Original story follows:
Crackdown 3 has reportedly been delayed further.
Jason Schreier of Kotaku reported that Crackdown 3 will be delayed until 2019, according to two sources “familiar with the game’s release plans.”
Marvel Reveals Asgardians of the Galaxy Team Roster
Update 6/7/2018: The full Asgardians of the Galaxy team roster has been revealed: Angela, the Destroyer, Valkyrie, Throg, Skurge the Executioner and Kevin Masterson, better known as Thunderstrike. The creative team is writer Cullen Bunn and artist Matteo Lolli.
Angela is a former member of the Guardians of the Galaxy, so perhaps when the Guardians disappear, she steps in to fill the void with her own band of unlikely heroes. Marvel's press release describes the book as thus:
"Spinning out of the events of INFINITY WARS comes an epic spaceopera from the superstar team of Cullen Bunn and Matteo Lolli! ANGELA, the not-so-beloved half-sister of Thor. The hotheaded VALKYRIE – and the human who shares her form, Annabelle Riggs. SKURGE the EXECUTIONER, freshly returned from Hel. THROG, the mightiest frog of thunder. Kevin Masterson, the boy who took his father’s mace to become the hero THUNDERSTRIKE. And the DESTROYER, the Asgardian armor built to take down Celestials – its wielder unknown."