Street Fighter 5, MvC Infinite Producer Leaves Capcom
Peter "Combofiend" Rosas has parted ways with Capcom.
Rosas, who served as a producer on Street Fighter V and Marvel vs Capcom Infinite, announced his departure from the studio in a post on Capcom-Unity, saying: "I've been fortunate enough to work on the games that shaped my life, a definite dream come true, but now I feel it's time for the next generation to be able to do the same."
Via Capcom-Unity
Bioware Announces New Mass Effect Novel
Mass Effect: Annihilation, a new novel set that expands the story of Mass Effect: Andromeda, is coming next year.
According to Bioware's announcement on its official blog, the tie-in book, written by Hugo Award-winning author Catherynne M. Valente, tells the story of the the Keelah Si'yah's journey to Andromeda as it transports 20,000 quarian, batarian, drell, and elcor colonists.
A brief description of the story, courtesy of Bioware, reads: "A pathogen is discovered aboard the ark after many drell are found dead in their cryo pods. As the pathogen jumps species, the ship's systems begin to fail, making it clear this is no accident."
Did You Catch This Sweet Stranger Things Easter Egg?
Season 2 of Stranger Things is loaded with fun easter eggs, and there's an adorable one in particular that, unless you were playing extremely close attention, likely missed.
Warning: Stranger Things: Season 2 spoilers ahead.
Netflix shared the easter egg in a post on Twitter, which ties to the number of days Mike called Eleven. For those who don't remember, Mike called Eleven every night for a total of 353 days, and adding up those three digits (3 + 5 + 3) gives you the number 11.
This is just one of many, many easter eggs hidden within Season 2 of the hit Netflix series. Don't miss our video breakdown of the easter eggs in Chapter 1 above, as well as our overview of hidden references in Chapter 2, Chapter 3, and Chapter 4, the last of which you can watch below:
AC Origins Microtransactions: What You Need To Know
With more and more big games adding microtransactions in unexpected places, we thought it was important to break down exactly what’s available for purchase with real money in Assassin’s Creed Origins.
In the grand scheme of things, Origins’ microtransactions are pretty harmless, with no randomization or loot boxes. Instead, you can buy Helix Credits to spend on specific cosmetics for you or your mount, legendary weapons, and "Time Saver" items and map markers.
Those Time Savers include in-game money, as well as crafting materials for upgrading and skill points for unlocking new abilities. You can also pay $2 each to automatically reveal the locations of the certain secrets, including Ancient Tombs, Hermit Locations, and Stone Circles, however there's no map for the trickier Papyrus Puzzles.
10 Iconic Movie Moments You Didn’t Know Were Improvised
If there’s ever been a movie you’ve loved, chances are there’s a line that stood out to you above all others. While many of these were in the original script, oftentimes actors will take it upon themselves to add a line line or two. With that in mind here are 10 of our favorite moments of on-the-spot improvisation
The Tears in the Rain speech may seem perfectly planned in Blade Runner, but actor Rutger Hauer actually made it up on the fly. He claims that out of all the dialogue on the page during this scene, he only kept the two lines that made the most sense. As he hoped it would be a great way to sum up Roy Batty’s quest, the actor’s very happy to see that years later, it’s still adored.
China Can’t Save Blade Runner 2049 From Being a Flop
The debut of Blade Runner 2049 in China this week won't be enough to save Director Denis Villeneuve's sci-fi sequel from being a flop.
As reported by Forbes, the film opened to a mere $2.4 million on Friday at the box office in China, and is expected to make roughly $7-$8 million over the weekend and $15-$20 million total in the country.
Blade Runner 2049 was not a cheap film to make, boasting a reported production budget of $150 million before marketing costs.
A Visual History of Hulk
For a guy who's whole look basically boils down to "angry, muscular green guy in torn pants," Hulk's appearance sure has changed a lot over the years. Sometimes he's green. Sometimes he's gray. Sometimes he hangs out on alien planets and gets his Gladiator on. The only thing that never changes is that Hulk is the strongest ones there is.
To celebrate the character's return to the big screen in Thor: Ragnarok, here are Hulk's most memorable looks in the comics, films, TV series and video games.
Don't expect Thor: Ragnarok to be Hulk's only MCU appearance in the next few years. Actor Mark Ruffalo recently revealed that Ragnarok is the start of a three-movie arc for Hulk.
SCDKey Halloween Sale Continues
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There are some great deals going on right now at SCDKey's Halloween sale. The two deals that have specifically caught my eyes are Middle Earth: Shadow of War (PC), which is £28.50 at SCDKey, but £29.99 at CDKeys. and Assassin's Creed: Origins (PC), which is £36.96 at SCDKey, but £38.99 at CDKeys - CDKeys are usually the cheapest when it comes to game keys.
Here’s All the News From the 2017 BAFTA Awards
One of the most prestigious awards in the arts, the 2017 AMD British Academy Britannia Awards were held in Los Angeles to recognize exceptional achievements in UK and US film and television.
The event naturally brought out all the stars, making it a who's-who of international celebrities. Here's a run down of everything that happened during tonight's show.
English comedian Jack Whitehall hosted the awards show, opening the ceremony by asking Claire Foy if the Queen of England had seen The Crown.
John Lithgow introduced Claire Foy to accept her Britannia Award for British Artist of the Year, saying, "Acting with Claire was one of the greatest joys of my 50 year career."
Publishers Don’t Realize Microtransactions Are Hurting Them, Too
Last week, EA announced that they were closing down Visceral Games, the studio working on a new Star Wars game, essentially because it was too linear and story-based - meaning, exactly what I want from a Star Wars game.
They said the game is instead being “reshaped” to fit the “games as service” brand, which is a business model causing a whole bunch of developers to turn their backs on the type of games I grew up playing - the ones I’ve loved for my entire life. Of course, Battlefront 2 has a 5-7 hour single-player campaign, but it also has microtransactions that, in the beta, effectively encouraged a pay-to-win, low-key gambling system.