Never Alone Creators Reveal New Game Beyond Blue
The creators of BAFTA award-winning Never Alone have announced a spiritual successor, Beyond Blue.
Beyond Blue, a game about exploring the ocean depths, will be available on Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One, and developer E-Line Media is currently targeting an early 2019 release date.
Set in the near future, players will assume the role of Mirai, the lead on a research team tasked with exploring the ocean utilizing groundbreaking new technologies. Players must manage resources and prioritize objectives in high-stakes situations to achieve success during the crew's expedition.
The concept for the game came from discussions between E-Line and BBC Studios during the BBC's production of Blue Planet II.
Batgirl’s New Costume Has a Classic Look
Batgirl is going back to her roots with a new costume featuring a more classic look.
Polygon reports Barbara Gordon will soon leave Burnside and return to Gotham City in Batgirl #26. As such the new costume, by Sean Gordon Murphy, ditches the purple-and-yellow color blend in favor of the more classic blue-and-yellow design.
“This is supposed to be a version of the costume that she was working on when she still lived with her dad,” writer Mairghread Scott said. “That’s why it looks so much like her original Batgirl: Year One outfit.”
The new design will allow Batgirl to be more tactical and stealthy, which she'll need as the hero will soon be battling a villain named Grotesque, who's making art pieces out of human body parts.
The Man Behind The KazHiraiCEO Parody Account Has Been Revealed
The popular parody account @KazHiraiCEO has come to an end, and the man behind the mask has been revealed.
The account lampooned Sony CEO and former PlayStation head Kaz Hirai, commenting on events over the last few years from the Sony hack to E3 press conferences and more.
In an open post to Twitter, the account owner Mark Doherty revealed his identity and brought about the end of an era, which was initially supposed to cease following Kaz Hirai's decision to stop down as CEO of Sony in February.
Spider-Man PS4 Becomes Marvel Comics Canon Thanks to Spidergeddon Event
Insomniac's Spider-Man PS4 game will soon become Marvel Comics canon thanks to the upcoming Spidergeddon event.
Polygon reports Peter Parker from the upcoming video game will feature in the comic alongside his white spider-emblem. Spidergeddon will include dozens of different versions of the Marvel superhero, such as Spider-Gwen and Miles Morales.
Spidergeddon #0, image via Polygon.
Opinion: Devil May Cry 5 and Crackdown 3 Are Suffering From a Similar Identity Crisis
Microsoft’s E3 presentation showcased many games, but none were quite as strange to watch as Crackdown 3 and Devil May Cry 5. As their respective trailers played over the course of the show on Sunday, there’s one thing that was evident with these two titles that had nothing else in common otherwise, and that’s they seem to suffer from an identity crisis.
Crackdown 3’s development has been openly displayed as troubled for some months now, having missed several release windows before only last week being officially confined to the increasingly crowded window of February 2019. Microsoft had to show the crowd that the game had life in it, yet the only thing that really came across is how it just seems to exist without any solid grasp on itself.
Seasons Change Everything in Forza Horizon 4
Forza Horizon 4 developer Playground Games is doing a lot more than just bringing Britain to its lauded open world racing series; it’s bringing all four seasons along with it.
“’Seasons change everything’ sounds like a neat tagline, but it’s a really honest description of what actually happens from season to season… in our game,” says Playground Games creative director Ralph Fulton. “I think it’s testament to the production team and our tech art team, and our environment art team here at Playground who have managed to create basically four worlds the size of Forza Horizon 3, in one, for this game.”
Today’s IGN First video takes a look at some of the work involved in building four worlds instead of one, and also explores how seasons will effect and expand the traditional Forza Horizon gameplay experience.
Incredibles 2 Sets Box Office Preview Night Record
Incredibles 2 brought in an estimated $18.5 million at the domestic box office last night.
Deadline reports that set a new preview night record for an animated movie, flying past Finding Dory's $9.2 million Thursday night haul back in 2016. The latter also holds the top spot for domestic opening weekend for an animated movie with $135 million.
That standing could be overtaken by Incredibles 2, which has been tracking to make $140 million this weekend.
Star Trek: Discovery Loses Showrunners Ahead of Season 2
Star Trek: Discovery, the CBS All Access show that finished its first season back in February, is now undergoing its second showrunner change with the departure of executive producers Gretchen Berg and Aaron Harberts.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, this change was not due to creative problems, but with "leadership and operational issues" between the showrunners and the staff.
Executive producer Alex Kurtzman (who has been with the series since the beginning and also served as as a writer and producer on J.J. Abrams' Star Trek and Star Trek: Into Darkness films) will be taking over as showrunner for Season 2. Kurtzman will also oversee the writers' room for the rest of the sophomore season.
You Can’t Win With Speed Alone in Team Sonic Racing
Racing along in Shadow the Hedgehog's sleek sports car, I was nearing the head of the pack, drifting around corners to gain short speed boosts and using block-shaped wisps to leave behind as hazards. I was able to scrape by in first place - but victory was short lived. As it turns out, my two teammates on Team Shadow had fallen behind. I neglected to keep an eye on their place, and because of this, another team managed to finish in 3rd, 4th, and 5th - and secured the gold cup. Clearly, I needed to shift my priorities into a different gear.
If you aren't playing as a team in the aptly named Team Sonic Racing, expect the coveted gold up to remain out of reach - but how exactly do you work as a team during a race. Back in the days of Mario Kart 64, I often played with a friend who had difficulty keeping up, and so our solution was for him to run interference from the back lines, causing havoc at the cost of getting lapped if it meant I'd stay in the lead. Sonic Racing has a different approach that if executed properly - can elevate everyone instead of just one good player. Each allied car creates clear and distinct trails that cover a good distance, and following in the slipstream of a teammate will earn you a sizeable boost.
Captain Marvel Hires MCU’s First Female Composer
The upcoming film Captain Marvel has signed on Pinar Toprak as composer, making her the first female composer to score a movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe — or any superhero film, for that matter.
Variety reports Toprak has come on board for Captain Marvel. Brie Larson plays the titular character and will be the first female lead in an MCU film, with co-director Anna Boden as the first female director for an MCU film. Her frequent collaborator Ryan Fleck is the other co-director.
Toprak has scored dozens of films and even penned some additional music for last year's Justice League. She also composed the score for the ongoing Krypton series, as well as contributed to the wildly popular Fortnite, which was just released on the Switch earlier this week.