The Last Jedi: Rey and Luke Feature on New Covers
For excited fans of the Star Wars franchise, The Last Jedi's December release date may seem like an age away. While we can only wait for the full movie, a couple of magazine covers are doing their best to fill the gap.
The two covers are both from Empire's October issue and have been shared by Empire Online.
Empire's subscriber-only October cover.
Top 10 Batman: The Animated Series Episodes
There’s no doubt that Batman: The Animated Series is the greatest superhero cartoon of all time. For many of us, Batman: TAS holds the most hallowed incarnations of these great characters, from Kevin Conroy’s Batman to Mark Hamill’s Joker. It introduced many new ideas that would later be brought to the comics and other interpretations, not the least of which is the breakout character Harley Quinn, as well as launch an entire universe of animated stories set in the DC Universe.
Since this week marks the 25th anniversary of the show's debut, we’re celebrating our 10 favorite episodes of the innovative series. But it’s worth noting that we’ve excluded episodes that were adapted from specific comics. Great segments like “Mad Love,” “Legends of the Dark Knight,” and “The Laughing Fish” are all undeniably fantastic, but we thought it better to point out episodes that were wholly created for the show. So with that said, here are our picks for the top 10 Batman: The Animated Series episodes ever...
Square-Enix Avengers Game Will Feature 3rd Person Action
Crystal Dynamics' upcoming Avengers game will feature "social", "shared" online play, and will - at least in combat sections - resemble a "3rd person cover based action adventure game".
Back in January, Marvel announced that it was entering into a multi-year, multi-game partnership with Square Enix - the first product of which was announced as an upcoming Avengers game; very few details were announced at the time and the game has remained quietly in development ever since, but now it seems that we might have our first idea of the direction in which the game is headed.
Thanks to NeoGAF user Nirolak, we have a couple of job postings from Square-Enix subsidiary Crystal Dynamics for the upcoming game, which is currently referred to as "The Avengers Project".
Ark: Survival Evolved: New Expansion Announced
Ark: Survival Evolved only came out of Early Access and into full release just over a week ago, but it's already lining up an expansion, set to arrive sometime next month.
As reported over on VideoGamer, "Aberration", the latest expansion for the action-adventure survival game, features a damaged Ark which has lost its internal atmosphere. In an underground setting, the new content will see players battling radioactive sunlight and a new enemy in the form of the Nameless - a violent creature that appears to shy away from the light.
There's also the addition of 50 extra craftable items, ranging from hazmat suits to rail guns, for players who are looking for additional value from another expansion to the recently-launched game.
Batman Reads Rorschach’s Journal in Doomsday Clock
Doomsday Clock may be a story about Superman confronting Doctor Manhattan, but that's not the only major encounter between a DC hero and a Watchmen character taking place in this upcoming maxi-series. Doomsday Clock will also unite Batman and Rorschach.
Today DC revealed a new Doomsday Clock teaser showing the Dark Knight reading an iconic page from Rorschach's journal:
Art by Gray Frank. (DC Comics)
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Lego: 1.400 Jobs to Go Following Drop in Sales
Danish toymaker Lego has announced that it's cutting 1,400 jobs globally by the end of this year, following its first drop in sales since 2004.
The Guardian reports that the company - which celebrated its 85th anniversary last month - has seen revenue fall 6% (down to 14.9bn Danish krone, or £1.8bn), with net profit down 3%, following weaker demand from its established bases in the USA and parts of Europe.
Describing the job losses as a "reset button" and admitting that the company has become "too complex" to support global growth, the company's goal is to "reach more children" in Europe and the United States, as well as capitalising on their recent double-digit growth in China. The plan is to achieve this by utilising a "smaller and "less complex" organisation and "simplify" the business model, the first steps of which are the job losses.
Chucklefish CEO Teases “Stardew Valley Meets Harry Potter”
Finn Brice, CEO of Chucklefish (publishers of Stardew Valley) has posted a tweet that teases the company's next home-grown title:
Not much is known about the title as of yet, although Brice has alluded to an upcoming project in the past which he characterised as being "Stardew Valley meets Harry Potter". It's important to note that by "Harry Potter", he's referring to the idea of witches and wizards attending a magical school, rather than indicating any formal crossover between the two franchises (although yes please let's go).
SDV still in testing, no news yet. Thought this sneak peak might tide you over. We've learned a lot of lessons from working with Stardew. pic.twitter.com/EcabZ8DGb7
Call of Duty: More Historical Settings Teased
Activision's CEO has hinted that Call of Duty may stick with "historical" games beyond WW2, and said that the series may have stuck with future settings for too long.
Although the series' earliest games kept their feet firmly in the realms of the Second World War, Activision's flagship shooter series has, in recent years, become ever more expansive with its settings. Last year's release, Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, took the battle to space for the first time, and the new direction prompted mixed reaction from fans of the series - in particular, the initial reveal was divisive and led to Eric Hirshberg, Activision's CEO, releasing a statement of defense.
90% of Gearbox Working on a Game That’s Probably Borderlands 3
The majority of Gearbox is working on a game that's not necessarily - but is almost certainly - Borderlands 3.
Speaking at a PAX West panel (as reported by PCGamesN), Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford explained that 90% of Gearbox's development team is “working on the thing I think most of you guys want us to be working on.”
It seems pretty clear that that's a new Borderlands game - not least because Pitchford has previously shown off a tech test of the engine that will power the next game in the shoot 'n' loot series.