Yearly Archives: 2018
For Honor’s Player Base Grows to 7.5 Million
For Honor has hit another milestone, having amassed a player base of 7.5 million - with one million unique players every month.
In an earnings call this week, the developer-publisher called out its medieval melee multiplayer game's success. The game has hit its first birthday as of today.
Its success is due in part to its regular updates, keeping fans invested. Tomorrow, the game's fifth season of content, Age of Wolves will go live, and Ubisoft will roll out dedicated servers.
Ryan Murphy Is Getting Paid an Insane Amount to Jump from Fox to Netflix
Glee and American Horror Story creator Ryan Murphy has signed a five year deal with Netflix, reported to be worth $300 million, which will come into effect when his contract with 20th Century Fox expires on July 1.
Anonymous sources disclosed the value of the deal to the New York Times, and if accurate, it will be among the biggest deals ever made for a TV producer.
Netflix has already picked up Murphy's The Politician and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest prequel, Ratched. Meanwhile, Murphy's current line-up at Fox - including American Horror Story, American Crime Story, and Feud - will continue to air on FX.
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Steam Purges Developer’s Games After Manipulated Review Scores
Insel Games has had its games purged from Steam after the developer was discovered manipulating review scores with fake accounts.
A Reddit post claiming that the company's CEO was threatening to fire employees if they didn't buy the game and leave positive reviews on Steam caused Valve to investigate.
In an update today, Valve said that it had "identified unacceptable behavior involving multiple Steam accounts controlled by the publisher of this game.
Splatoon 2 Is the First Switch Game to Sell 2 Million Copies in Japan
Splatoon 2 was released for the Nintendo Switch last July and of all of the console's stellar titles so far, it's the first to sell 2 million copies in Japan.
Siliconera reported the figure, courtesy of Famitsu's sales tracker. Since its release on July 21, 2017 to February 11, 2018, the game has sold 2,016,182 copies, not including digital sales.
THQ Nordic Buys Saints Row, Metro, Dead Island Publisher
THQ Nordic - publisher of de Blob, which is getting a Switch remaster later this year - has bought Koch Media, which owns the Saints Row, Metro, and Dead Island franchises, in a €121 million deal.
Koch Media itself runs Deep Silver (Dead Island and Metro publisher), Volition (Saints Row developer) and Dambuster Studios (Homefront: The Revolution developer), all of which will come under the THQ Nordic umbrella.
There are no plans to restructure following the acquisition, nor any "cost saving measures" on the horizon, suggesting that layoffs are unlikely.
Tessa Thompson on an All-Female Marvel Movie
Tessa Thompson says she's "hopeful" that Marvel might make an all-female movie in the future.
Speaking on the red carpet of her latest movie Annihilation, the Thor: Ragnarok actress said that there's definitely "an interest" in spotlighting women in Phase 4.
"I'm not Marvel so I can't make it happen," she told IGN, "but I can tell you that Marvel is hugely collaborative, I think our even our Thor
movie was basically the product of conversations they'd had with Chris
and with Mark
about what they wanted to do next. I think
Kevin Feige is really excited by the idea, and if you look at what's happened already in Phase 4 with me and
Valkyrie and our story, and then in Black Panther the women rule supreme.
Natalie Portman on Getting Back in That Amidala Makeup for SNL
Natalie Portman has opened up on what it was like to get back into her Padme Amidala make-up in the recent sequel to her 2006 rap on Saturday Night Live.
"It was really fun," Portman told IGN on the red carpet for her latest flick, Annihilation. "It was at like 3 in the morning so I was so out of it. I was literally focused on keeping my eyes open...it was a great experience."
In the rap, Portman is reprising the mean girl persona she famously debuted in 2006. "Say something bout the motherf***ing prequels b***ch," she says. "Say something f***king nice about Jar Jar Binks!"
NBA Star LeBron James Producing House Party Remake
NBA star LeBron James is producing a a remake of the 1990 comedy House Party.
Variety reports James will be producing the project alongside his SpringHill Entertainment partner Maverick Carter. The script will be penned by Stephen Glover and Jamal Olorim, writers on FX's Atlanta. The movie doesn't have a director attached yet and a release has not been set.
The original House Party starred hip hop duo Kid ‘n Play, and follows a high-schooler throwing a house party while his parents are away on vacation. The rest of the cast includes Paul Anthony, Bowlegged Lou, B-Fine, Robin Harris, Martin Lawrence, Tisha Campbell, and A.J. Johnson
Call of Duty: Sicario 2 Director to Helm Activision Movie
Activision Blizzard Studios' Call of Duty movie may have found its director.
Variety reports Sicario 2: Soldado director Stefano Sollima is in talks with the studio to helm the film adaptation of the video game franchise. A release date for the movie has not been set yet as it's currently without a distributor and writer.
Activision Blizzard Studios’ presidents Stacey Sher and Nick van Dyk are producing alongside Activision Blizzard chief executive Bobby Kotick. Though plot details for the Call of Duty film are being kept under wraps, Sher and van Dyk plan are planning a Marvel-style Call of Duty movie universe.