75th Golden Globes Nominees Revealed
The nominations for the 75th Golden Globes have been announced, with Stranger Things, Get Out, Dunkirk and Guillermo del Toro's The Shape of Water all among the nominees.
Here's your full list of nominees...
- Call Me By Your Name
- Dunkirk
- The Post
- The Shape of Water
- Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
- The Disaster Artist
- Get Out
- The Greatest Showman
- I, Tonya
- Lady Bird
- Timothy Chalamet, Call Me By Your Name
- Daniel Day-Lewis, Phantom Thread
Justice League’s Largest Flaw Is it Arrived Too Early
Four years after DC and Warner Bros. launched its new DC film universe with the Henry Cavill-starring Man of Steel, Zack Snyder’s long-awaited Justice League movie is struggling, both commercially and critically, to live up to the lofty expectations attached to the team’s first live-action appearance in theaters. Despite what should have been through-the-roof anticipation, Justice League had a bad opening weekend, becoming the first film in the DC’s current universe to open under $100 million domestically, while also failing to wow a majority of critics—though its 41% on Rotten Tomatoes does stand above the scores for Suicide Squad and Batman v Superman.
Starring a legitimately stellar ensemble led by Gal Gadot’s Wonder Woman and Ben Affleck’s Batman, Justice League unites some of DC Comics’ most popular heroes against, unfortunately, one of its most forgettable villains. But the weakness of Justice League’s antagonist, Steppenwolf, is hardly the film’s defining flaw, especially as generic villains are becoming almost commonplace in comic book movies—even some of Marvel’s best reviewed outings have had this problem. Rather, Justice League’s defining flaw is that it arrived in theaters well before any meaningful character development had been done to define most of its titular team, and characters are the key to making viewers connect with any film.
Uncharted: Series Passes Lifetime Sales of 41 Million
Naughty Dog's landmark adventure series Uncharted has crossed a significant sales milestone, with the series racking up lifetime sales of 41.7 million units since 2007.
As reported by PushSquare, Sony made the announcement during a 10th Anniversary panel at PSX 2017, clarifying that this includes sales of the Nathan Drake-centric games as well as recent follow-up adventure The Lost Legacy, and also includes the sales figures for the remastered Nathan Drake Collection,
This indicates the series has sold over 13 million units - over a quarter of its total - in the past 18 months alone, given that the figure was around the 28 million mark in May 2016.
Street Fighter 5: Season 3 Sees Sagat, Blanka Return
Capcom has announced Street Fighter 5's entire season three DLC character cast, which comprises series mainstays Blanka and Sagat, as well as Sakura, Cody and new characters Falke and G.
In addition to a trailer showcasing all the new arrivals, Capcom also released a trailer specifically focusing on Sakura, indicating that we should see a deeper dive into each character's place in the game over the next few weeks.
The season 3 character pass goes on sale January 16, 2018, which is also the date that Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition - an upgraded version of the base game with updated interface graphics, additional gameplay options and the entire season 1 and 2 rosters - goes on sale as both a downloadable update and a standalone edition.
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PS4’s Dreams Could Be a Complete Game-Changer
Dreams is a hard game to explain. It is a game, but it’s also a creation tool, a social network, a film studio, a music editor, and so much more, all wrapped into a single package.
While Media Molecule has defined Dreams in the past, at PSX this weekend, the studio dove far, far deeper into what creators are actually capable of making with Dreams, and how much potential it has to be an absolute game-changer as a creation tool.
When you start Dreams, you’ll choose an Imp, a small avatar that essentially serves as your cursor and allows you to interact with everything around you. Once you have your Imp, you can jump right in. That might mean playing the story mode that Media Molecule revealed this weekend, or it might mean creating a level of your own.
How Detroit: Become Human Handles Domestic Abuse In-Game
Covering mature themes in video games is hard. It’s hard to do it right, without gamifying what might be a horrific event to make it more ‘entertaining’ for players, and it’s hard because the world outside of the video game bubble can be so hostile in response to it. In fact, the National Association for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect in Australia recently called for a harsh rating for Detroit: Become Human, saying “violence against women and children is not entertainment.” A professor at the Queensland University of Technology followed that story up by saying “...it does feed into our cultural support for tolerance of violence.”
Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection Announced
To mark the 30th anniversary of the Street Fighter series, Capcom has announced a massive compilation of Street Fighter games is on its way to PS4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC. It’ll arrive in May 2018.
The Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection will come with a tongue-twisting total of 12 games, including the original Street Fighter, plus Street Fighter II, Street Fighter II: Champion Edition, Street Fighter II: Hyper Fighting, Super Street Fighter II, Super Street Fighter II: Turbo, Street Fighter Alpha, Street Fighter Alpha 2, Street Fighter Alpha 3, Street Fighter III, Street Fighter III: 2nd Impact and Street Fighter III: Third Strike.
Four games within the collection (Street Fighter II: Hyper Fighting, Super Street Fighter II: Turbo, Street Fighter Alpha 3, and Street Fighter III: Third Strike) will support online play. Players will be able to duke it out against the CPU while they wait for friends to challenge them in online battles. Lobbies will support up to four players and each game will have its own global leaderboard.
Patapon 2 Remastered Announced for PlayStation 4
Patapon 2 Remastered has been announced for PlayStation 4.
According to PlayStation Blog, the sequel to the rhythm-based 2D platformer be released for PS4 sometime in 2018. This remastered port will feature 4K support on PS4 Pro, brand new mini-games, new Patapon types and evolutions, and 8 drum rhythms. Players will also be able to create their own Patapon Hero.
Patapon 2 Remastered screenshot, via PS Blog.
Star Wars: The Last Jedi – First Reactions Twitter Roundup
Disney and Lucasfilm screened Star Wars: The Last Jedi for members of the media ahead of the film's debut next week. The press were allowed to share their reactions on Twitter before official reviews go live, and based on the roundup of mightily enthusiastic initial impressions below, Rian Johnson's flick is taking us into new territory.
IGN's Terri Schwartz said that as much as The Force Awakens was about looking back, The Last Jedi was about looking forward. Terri also had some thoughts on how The Last Jedi feels unlike any Star Wars movie that had gone before it:
