Fortnite’s Floating Island Is Moving, and Its Cube Is Set to Grow
Fortnite's never-ending map changes that serve as its story are, unsurprisingly, continuing through Season 6. It looks like the focus this season will be on the floating island above Loot Lake, which EGM reports is on the move.
Season 5 ended when the giant purple cube having finished its own journey around the map by melting into Loot Lake.
Season 6 then began when the cube lifted the Loot Lake's island into the sky. It now seems the cube is moving the island to each of the runes it created during Season 5 in reverse order.
In fact, Fortnite Master tweeted Sunday that the island had reached the first rune and raised the platform it resides on. This seemed to cause bouncy volcanic craters to appear in the corrupted area.
Deadpool 2: The PG-13 Version Will Borrow from The Princess Bride
This December’s family friendly version of Deadpool 2 will borrow its narrative style and Fred Savage, from The Princess Bride.
A few days ago, Deadline reported that Fox is releasing a PG-13 family friendly version of Deadpool 2 on Dec. 21, 2018.
Both Deadpool films leaned hard into their R ratings, so many were left wondering how this new film would manage to keep that same Deadpool spirit, whilst toning down the violence and vulgarity to PG-13. According to a tweet by Ryan Reynolds, the answer is Fred Savage.
Ireland Backs Down from Labeling Loot Boxes as Gambling
Ever since 2017's Star Wars: Battlefront II loot box fiasco, an increasing number of governments have at least considered classifying video game loot boxes as a form of gambling. Despite recent indications to the contrary, however, Ireland is now shying away from labeling them as such.
Irish Legal News reports that Ireland Department of Justice Minister of State David Stanton told the Irish Senate last week that the department, “does not have a role to regulate game developers on how their games work nor, in the offering of in-game purchases.”
Ireland was one of 15 governments earlier this month that signed a declaration from the Gaming Regulators European Forum that described loot boxes as, “blurring of lines between gaming and gambling.”
The Nun Is Now the Highest-Grossing Conjuring Movie Worldwide
The Nun is continuing its successful run in theaters as it is set to be the #1 film internationally for the fourth weekend in a row and has now become the highest-grossing Conjuring movie worldwide.
This past weekend, The Nun, which is the fifth theatrical entry in the Conjuring franchise, brought in "$16.2 million in 80 overseas markets on approximately 9,987 screens."
As of yesterday, the global earnings of The Nun have now exceeded $330 million and has earned it the title of the highest-grossing horror film of all time in 12 markets, including Brazil, Romania and UAE.
The five Conjuring franchise films, which began in 2013 with The Conjuring, have earned over $1.3 billion worldwide, while costing only a total of around $103.5 million.
Fortnite Parody Featured on Last Weekend’s SNL With Adam Driver
Adam Driver returned to host Saturday Night Live over the weekend, which saw Fortnite bleed over into the mainstream in a live-action parody.
Driver's character, WillamMcTavish1972, joins Pete Davidson's Splodeboy and Kyle Mooney's Doomsnake in Battle Royale, with the sole aim of honing his Fortnite skills to be better than his son's stepdad.
The gameplay portion of the skit is live-action, with the characters being played by Heidi Gardner, Chris Redd, and Mikey Day. Day spends most of his time running into a wall as Mr. McTavish struggles to get to grips with the game's basic controls.
Red Dead Redemption 2 New Gameplay Trailer Shows Deeper Look Into the Open World
The second gameplay trailer for Red Dead Redemption 2 has released from Rockstar Games and shows a deeper look into the open world.
New footage shows the ability to rob a train, hold up a store, or burgle a house. First-person mode is also shown for the first time in the game.
The Dead Eye system is said to have been expanded and will progress in stages. It will allow you to slow down time with your shot, and see critical and fatal points of your enemies.
Arthur is shown being tracked down by bounty hunters, who will come back in Red Dead Redemption 2 if you have a price on your head.
The trailer shows further customization on what you can wear, ride, eat, and how to present yourself. You have the choice of shaving and bathing – or not. The customization choices you can make appear to be unlimited.
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Hands-On With the First Four Chapters of Call of Cthulhu
Call of Cthulhu, Cyanide Studios’ RPG investigation game based on the pen and paper game of the same name, based on the HP Lovecraft short story of the same name, aims to emulate the rules of the former and the mood of the latter. Its first four chapters make good on the promise of an atmospheric, slow-moving horror experience that feels rooted in Lovecraft’s world, but I’m still wondering just how much your decision making affects its outcomes.
Call of Cthulhu puts you in the shoes of private investigator Edward Pierce, a grizzled veteran hustling for a struggling business out of his lived-in New England office in 1919. I really loved the attention to detail here: old leather-bound books, yellowed newspaper clippings and dim lighting made me want to settle down in Pierce’s office with a cracked glass of whiskey, which is, incidentally, what Pierce does a lot.
Second Trailer for Red Dead Redemption 2 Has Release Date
Rockstar Games posted a teaser on their social media channels Sunday that a new trailer for Red Dead Redemption 2 will release on Monday morning, Oct. 1.
The post reads, "Gameplay Video Part 2 coming tomorrow 9am Eastern".
Fans have been waiting for the second trailer for Red Dead Redemption 2 to release, with the full game launch coming up quickly on Oct. 26 for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
Red Dead Redemption 2 will be playable in first-person during its immediate release, and IGN recently spent two hours with the newest installment and thought the, "systems are polished to a level that feels frankly unmatchable by most of Rockstar’s peers."
Why Aren’t There More MCU Comics?
There's an unusual relationship between Marvel Comics and Marvel Studios. The comics are the original source material, and they've inspired every MCU film to some degree or another. At the same time, the MCU tends to make big, ambitious changes to that source material, a lot of which winds up inspiring similar changes in the comics. Sometimes comic creators find inspired ways of working these new elements into their books (Exiles introducing an MCU-inspired version of Valkyrie being one recent, notable example), and other times... we get Nick Fury, Jr. The constant back-and-forth relationship between the comics and the movies begs the question - why doesn't Marvel publish more comics that are actually set in the MCU? Why aren't they exploring that mostly untapped storytelling potential?