3 Best Weapons for New Players in Monster Hunter World
Monster Hunter World kindly gifts players all 14 weapon types from the start, which can definitely be intimidating. From a heavy Lance to a technical Switch-Axe, there's a lot to dig through. If you’ve chosen at random and still feel underwhelmed, definitely check out one of these three best weapons for first-time players in Monster Hunter World.
3 Best Weapons for New Players in Monster Hunter World
Monster Hunter World kindly gifts players all 14 weapon types from the start, which can definitely be intimidating. From a heavy Lance to a technical Switch-Axe, there's a lot to dig through. If you’ve chosen at random and still feel underwhelmed, definitely check out one of these three best weapons for first-time players in Monster Hunter World.
Gerald’s Game Director to Helm The Shining Sequel Doctor Sleep
The film adaptation of Stephen King's 2013 sequel to The Shining, Doctor Sleep, has reportedly found its director.
Deadline reports Warner Bros. has set Gerald's Game director Mike Flanagan to helm the movie, which follows Danny Torrance, the son in The Shining, now in his 40s while he's still haunted by the Overlook Hotel. Flanagan will also reportedly rewrite the script originally adapted by Akiva Goldsman.
Trevor Macy will produce the project, with Goldsman and Jon Berg executive producing. A release date reportedly has not been set yet and there are no details regarding casting for now.
Oswald Revealed as Next DLC Character for KOF 14
SNK has revealed that Oswald will be the newest DLC character for the The King of Fighters XIV. The character is playable at SNK’s booth for the first two days of EVO Japan 2018, from January 26.
SNK had already announced that a new DLC character would be playable at EVO Japan. The announcement came with the image of a joker card, which led to fans speculating that it would be Oswald – speculation that proved to be correct,.
At SNK’s booth, there are official cosplayers dressed as characters from SNK Heroines Tag Team Frenzy, which was announced during the Nintendo Direct Mini earlier this month. One of the cosplayers is dressed as Nakoruru, who has not been announced yet for the game, so this might be a hint that she’ll join the roster as well.
La La Land Director Developing Drama Series for Apple
La La Land director Damien Chazelle is developing a drama series for Apple.
Variety reports Apple has given a straight-to-series order for the untitled project. Plot details are being kept under wraps for now. Chazelle will write and direct every episode and will also serve as executive producer.
La La Land producers Jordan Horowitz and Fred Berger will executive produce along with MRC, the studio behind Ozark and House of Cards. No further details, including a premiere date and casting, have been revealed.
Chazelle is also executive producing and directing multiple episodes of a series for Netflix, the Parisian-set musical drama The Eddy. In addition, he's in production on his next movie, First Man, which stars Ryan Gosling and Claire Foy, and opens in theaters later this year.
Big Changes Coming to Hearthstone’s Ranked Mode
Big changes are coming to Hearthstone's Ranked Play this March.
Blizzard announced on Twitter the Ranked Play ladder is changing, and Hearthstone game director Ben Brode detailed what players can expect in the video below.
Beginning with the start of the March 2018 Ranked Play season, we’re making improvements to Hearthstone’s Ranked Play ladder experience. Check out the video below to see what to expect, as well as the philosophy and intentions behind the update. pic.twitter.com/mIsbxHtyQ7
Dedicated Servers Coming to For Honor in Season 5 Update
For Honor's fourth season is due to wrap up next month, and Ubisoft has announced the next season, Age of Wolves, and made good on last year's promise of the introduction of dedicated servers.
Initially announced last July, dedicated servers are a feature that the community has been very vocal in their desire for. P2P servers have been criticised for the poential for cheating, connection issues, and latency. Ubisoft confirmed that they will go live after the Age of Wolves drops on February 15.
25 Failed Young Adult Movie Franchises
The final film in the Maze Runner motion picture trilogy comes out this weekend, and we have to be honest: It's something of a milestone event. No, it's not because the Maze Runner films are the most popular movies in the world. It's actually because The Maze Runner series is one of the very few Young Adult (YA) movie franchises to actually reach its conclusion. It may not have made as much money as Harry Potter, Twilight and The Hunger Games, but The Maze Runner actually adapted all the books in the series, and that's more than most YA would-be movie franchises can say for themselves.
Scientists Clone Monkeys With 20 Year-Old Technique
Scientists have cloned monkeys using the same process that saw Dolly the Sheep make headlines back in 1996.
CNN reports that while they're not the first cloned monkeys to make history - that honour goes to rhesus monkey Tetra, created in 1999 - they are the first that are the result of the same process that was used to create Dolly.
Destiny 2: Bungie Looking At Changes to Controversial Shader System
Destiny 2's community isn't as happy as it could be, and one of the points of contention has been over the single-use shaders that has players calling for the old system to make a comeback. And it looks like Bungie is going to be making some changes to keep everyone happy.
"We know you miss D1 Armor Shader mechanics," a community manager wrote in an update this week. "
looking at ways to re-integrate that capability without losing the ability to shade weapons, Ghosts, ships, Sparrows, or customize specific pieces of armor."