Overclocked: Gamescom Has Been Good to PC Gamers
Episode 3 of IGN's PC gaming show Overclocked comes at a busy time: with most of the crew out in the field to cover Valve's The International Dota 2 tournament and in Germany to cover the torrent of Gamescom news, Dan Stapleton and Ryan McCaffrey suit up to cover the biggest PC-related announcements. We look at the cross-platform RTS Halo Wars 2 (from Creative Assembly!?), our first look at Mafia 3, XCOM 2's strategy layer, Call of Duty's surprising PC features, Fallout 4's unlimited leveling, and many more. Then we shift gears to recognize 2015 as a great one for roleplaying games on PC, and recount our experiences of living and gaming with Windows 10.
True Detective: Who Are Season 2’s Villains?
Spoilers for Season 2 of True Detective - through Episode 7 - follow...
As we head into True Detective's 90-minute Season 2 finale, we thought it might be the perfect time to sort out/shake out all the villains who are at the heart of this year's giant land grab conspiracy. The many glowering faces we met during the first three episodes that made the start of the season feel so overloaded and murky. Think L.A. Confidential, but on horse steroids.
Granted, Season 1 sort of operated in a similar manner, and it even became obvious to many viewers that *spoiler* the lawn-mowing man who Rust spoke to briefly (right before getting called away to take out red herring Reggie Ledoux) was the Yellow King killer. It's just that so much time passed between then and when Rust and Marty picked up the case again that a lot of the story's conspiracy threads had gotten clipped (I still think Maggie's dad was in on it all, dammit!). So Rust and Marty were only left with one bad guy to track down and deal with.
DBZ: Resurrection ‘F’ Has Strong US Box Office Debut
Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection "F" has opened to an impressive debut, making more than $3 million in only a few weeknights.
Deadline reports that on Tuesday it brought in $1.97 million, despite only playing one showtime per night in less than 900 theaters. Wednesday brought in another $1.6 million. Theaters are reported to have sold out in major markets, and at a budget of only $5 million it's speculated that it could bring in almost $20 million domestically, in a single week.
Minority Report: How the TV Series Will Update the Future
To date, we still don't know much about FOX's Minority Report series. Thanks to a restructuring of the series -- leading man Stark Sands was originally tapped to play both twins Dash and Arthur; now Nick Zano will play the latter, while Sands still plays Dash -- a full pilot hasn't been made available for press as many of the scenes are still being reshot. But that didn't stop the cast and producers from taking the stage during the 2015 Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour in Los Angeles on Thursday to chat about what to expect from the TV continuation of the Steven Spielberg film.
And no, Tom Cruise was not in attendance. (Nor are there any plans for him to eventually show up.)
What Chris Farley’s Shrek Would’ve Been Like
Some of you may have known that Chris Farley was initially cast to voice the role of Shrek in the original movie, a role later filled by Mike Myers after Farley's death in 1997. Farley had recorded dialogue for the film before he died, and now thanks to the new documentary I Am Chris Farley some of those recordings have resurfaced.
As Nerdist points out, the 1997 story reel below actually went online a couple of years ago, but the new documentary has brought the footage back to light and to a wider audience.
Here's a hint of what might have been:
Green Arrow Fights Hawkeye in New Fan Video Series
The makers of Nightwing: The Series are producing a new series of superhero live-action videos.
Minute Match-Ups pits two comic book characters in a duel to the death, and the outcome of each episode is determined by ranking attributes like strength and speed, as well as taking a fan vote into consideration.
The videos are produced and directed by Ismahawk’s Danny Shepherd and Jeremy Le. Shepherd wrote, produced, and starred as Dick Grayson, aka Nightwing, in the Nightwing series.
The latest episode features DC’s Green Arrow versus Marvel’s Hawkeye. The two sling plenty of arrows and verbal jabs at each other. Green Arrow even makes use of his boxing glove arrow.
Beyond: The Great Konami Grease Fire
Max and Goldfarb are off gallivanting in Germany, so Jared Petty and Meghan Sullivan join Brian and Marty to talk about a possible Final Fantasy XII remake, the stellar PS+ lineup for August, and the ongoing disaster at Konami.
Battlefield 4 Night Operations DLC Announced
Battlefield 4 is getting more DLC soon, and this time it has a night theme.
According to its official website, Battlefield 4 Night Operations will release in September, almost two years after the original game launched.
The DLC will feature a new map called Zavod: Graveyard Shift, which is night-time version of Zavod 311 with some tweaks to sound and gadgets. The idea is to allow for more stealth-based gameplay.
Zavod: Graveyard Shift will support the standard game modes, but will feature a special preset weapons loadout for Gunmaster Mode.
James Franco to Play Twins in HBO’s Porn-Themed Drama
HBO has ordered two drama pilots from The Wire creator David Simon - one of which will see James Franco playing twins in a period drama about the porn industry.
According to Variety, porn industry drama The Deuce is set in the 1970s and '80s, exploring the legalisation and rise of the porn industry in New York. The project is inspired by twin brothers who became fronts for mob control of the sex industry - Franco will reportedly play both brothers.
James Franco in The Interview.
Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition Announced
Today during Gamescom, Moon Studios announced Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition is coming to Xbox One, Windows 10, and Steam this holiday season.
While details are scarce at the moment, the studio revealed on Xbox Daily: Live the Definitive Edition will be "the ultimate version of Ori." The studio says it focused heavily on fan feedback while developing this new version, which will include new areas, mechanics, artwork, and possibly new abilities.
