Yearly Archives: 2018
Blizzard’s Unannounced FPS Seems to Be Moving Ahead
Blizzard has begun the process of hiring design staff for an unannounced first-person game - quite possibly the same game it was building an engine for in 2016.
A new job listing for a Senior / Principal Game Designer asks for someone with "experience in developing weapons, abilities, and gameplay systems in action or first-person shooter games."
In 2016, Blizzard was advertising for a Lead Software Engineer to build a first-person game engine for an action-oriented game that could be played across multiple platforms.
Achievement Overclocked: Looking Back On My Ten Year Gamerscore Obsession
I bought my Xbox 360 in late 2007, during a murky period between quitting a bad retail job and starting another bad retail job, and a week before I received my first paid games journalism commission. The system came packaged with Forza 2 and Viva Piñata, but I also grabbed Mass Effect (which I would only finish two years later) and Call of Duty 4 (which I became obsessed with). It’s one of my favourite consoles ever, and from the very beginning I was impressed by the blade menu system, the growing back-catalogue of games, and Xbox Live. I was also taken with its achievement system, which seemed, to me, like a smart way of tracking progress across your entire game collection.
In the year that followed, as I wrapped up my undergraduate degree, sold phones for minimum wage in my day job, and made my first tentative steps towards becoming a serious games journalist, my Gamerscore started to matter to me. It didn’t take long for me to became focused on overtaking friends who had bought their consoles earlier than I had. I was fixated on pushing myself to reach each new number I could justify calling a ‘milestone’, and while this feeling would occasionally calm down, it never fully went away. Achievement and trophy systems are everywhere now, but none of them are quite so direct and easy to parse as your Xbox Gamerscore, and none of them have grabbed me with nearly the same intensity.
Avengers: Infinity War Has Biggest Opening Weekend of All Time
Disney and Marvel's Avengers: Infinity War topped the box office this weekend with the biggest domestic opening weekend of all time.
The film earned an estimated $250 million opening weekend in North America, surpassing Star Wars: The Force Awakens' $248 million record for the biggest domestic debut. Infinity War also broke the record for the biggest Saturday at the domestic box office with a whopping $83 million.
Internationally, Infinity War earned $380 million, making for a global total of $630 million, which is now the biggest worldwide debut of all time. The previous record holder, The Fate of the Furious, earned $541.9 million in its global debut. This is especially impressive considering Infinity War doesn't open in China until May 11.
Avengers: Infinity War Has Biggest Opening Weekend of All Time
Disney and Marvel's Avengers: Infinity War topped the box office this weekend with the biggest domestic opening weekend of all time.
The film earned an estimated $250 million opening weekend in North America, surpassing Star Wars: The Force Awakens' $248 million record for the biggest domestic debut. Infinity War also broke the record for the biggest Saturday at the domestic box office with a whopping $83 million.
Internationally, Infinity War earned $380 million, making for a global total of $630 million, which is now the biggest worldwide debut of all time. The previous record holder, The Fate of the Furious, earned $541.9 million in its global debut. This is especially impressive considering Infinity War doesn't open in China until May 11.
Avengers: Infinity War Confirmed When It Takes Place in the MCU Timeline
Warning! Full SPOILERS follow for Avengers: Infinity War. Check out our SPOILER-FREE review right here.
Last year, Spider-Man: Homecoming threw a wrench in the MCU timeline with its opening title card that said the movie takes place eight years after the Battle of New York from the original Avengers movie.
Avengers is supposed to be set in 2012, so that means Homecoming, Ant-Man, Civil War, and Black Panther all take place in 2020, which shifts the entire MCU timeline four years and makes some earlier dates incorrect. Be sure to check out our full breakdown of the entire MCU timeline in chronological order right here.
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Dragon Ball FighterZ Trailer Leak Reveals New Character
Super Saiyan Blue (Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan) Vegito will join the roster of Dragon Ball FighterZ, according to a trailer that appears to have been prematurely revealed by Bandai Namco.
The trailer was posted on Bandai Namco Entertainment Taiwan's official Facebook page but has since been removed. Before it was taken down, however, the footage was saved and can be seen on ResetEra.
Vegito (SSGSS) vs. Fused Zamasu in Dragon Ball FighterZ
Stranger Things S3 Teases Start of Filming with New Cast Members
On April 20, Stranger Things began production on the show's highly anticipated third season.
Stranger Things' official Twitter account teased the cast returning to work with a short video filled with old friends, as well as new cast members Maya Hawke, Jake Busey, and Cary Elwes. The full video can be seen below.
back at it, nerds. pic.twitter.com/DEkG0Ng5b1
— Stranger Things (@Stranger_Things) April 27, 2018
Netflix Will Make Sci-Fi and Fantasy Shows and Movies Its Main Focus
Netflix subscribers who love science fiction and fantasy, get ready, because the service is making those genres it's main focus from this point forward.
According to Ampere Analysis, via Business Insider, sci-fi and fantasy has become the most popular genre of Netflix original programming in Q1 of 2018, and Netflix is ramping up production to meet an anticipated increase in demand.
Ampere Analysis went on to say the genre will comprise 29 percent of Netflix's upcoming original content, which is unsurprising, given the success of Stranger Things, Altered Carbon, Black Mirror, and others.
MoviePass Prevents Repeat Viewings as Infinity War Opens
Just in time for the wildly anticipated Avengers: Infinity War, MoviePass has decided to prohibit repeat viewings of the same movie.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the change came Friday as many prepared to see the newly-released Marvel blockbuster, with an update that read, in all caps, "THE SERVICE PROHIBITS REPEAT VIEWINGS OF THE SAME MOVIE."
Far from being new, the change actually sees the service return to a policy it had over a year ago, and MoviePass CEO Mitch Lowe told THR the change is intended to help the company address issues of user fraud.