New Project X Zone, Saint Seiya Games Announced
Project X Zone 2 and Saint Seiya Soldiers' Soul are coming to the west in Fall 2015.
Earlier last week, Bandai Namco partnered with Famitsu to tease the reveal of Project X Zone 2. The Project X Zone series combines popular characters from Bandai Namco, Capcom, and Sega franchises into one strategy RPG. This iteration features characters from Yakuza: Dead Souls, Megaman X, Devil May Cry, Resident Evil, .hack//, Tekken, Tales of Vesperia, and more. Project X Zone 2 will release exclusively on the 3DS.
Saint Seiya Soldiers' Soul is an action fighter that'll be available on the PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, and Steam. Soldiers' Soul follows the story from the Twelve Zodiac Temples arc and features characters and events from the new anime series, Saint Seiya: Soul of Gold.
Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 Coming to the West This Year
Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 will be available in the West on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC in Fall 2015. Though the specific release date wasn't announced, Bandai Namco revealed several new features for Ultimate Ninja Storm 4.
In addition to the return of the Wall-run system, Ultimate Jutsu, Awakening, and Drive type battle systems will be in Ultimate Ninja Storm 4. New combination Ultimate Jutsus include the Hyuga Clan Ultimate Jutsu, which features Neji, Hinata, and two characters from the film Naruto: The Last, Hanabi and Hiashi. Hanabi, Hinata's younger sister, is a playable character, but Hiashi is only available in the combination Ultimate Jutsu.
First Four Episodes of Game of Thrones S5 Leaked Online
The first four episodes of Game of Throne's massively anticipated fifth season leaked online yesterday, a day before its premiere.
It's particularly bad news for the network considering it had timed the launch of its new streaming service HBO Now around the release, putting something of a dampener on the arrival of HBO access without a cable subscription.
As of writing, the four episodes have been downloaded on torrent sites over several hundred thousand times, with that number likely to increase in the hours before tonight's premiere.
Rather than a hack, the leaks appear to have come from a DVD screener sent out by HBO.
Apple Watch Sells Out in 6 Hours
It didn't take long for Apple's new smartwatch to sell out online, as the entirety of the company's initial stock was claimed in a matter of hours.
According to 9to5Mac, pre-orders for every variation of the the Apple Watch reached their limit in under six hours. Online, users were able to select between two different sizes, three base materials, and a wide array of different bands.
Pre-orders kicked off early Friday morning at 12:01am PT, 3:01am ET, and as of noon that day, the Apple Store indicated that any new orders of the Sport version wouldn't be available for shipment until June. However, some of the stainless steel models are still available within four to six weeks.
Furious 7 Now Biggest Hit in Fast & Furious Franchise
Furious 7 has become the biggest hit in the Fast and the Furious franchise within 10 days of its debut. The movie made an estimated $60.6 million in its second weekend in release, bringing its domestic total to $252.5 million. That's ahead of the series' previous highest-grossing entry Fast and Furious 6 ($238.7 million).
It's the same story internationally as Furious 7 crossed the $800 million mark this weekend, making it the Fast franchise's top earner worldwide as well.
Meanwhile, the Nicholas Sparks romance The Longest Ride opened in third place with an estimated $13.5 million.
Finally, Alex Garland's sci-fi film Ex Machina opened on just four screens with a very strong $250,000.
Most Wanted Stories in Game of Thrones’ New Season
The fifth season of Game of Thrones is right around the corner, and we're super excited to spend more time with the characters we've fallen in love with (for as long as they're around).
With so many loose ends from last season, we're anxious to see where everyone ends up. So, we took to Twitter and asked the question: Whose story are you most excited for in Game of Thrones' fifth season? Here's what you had to say:
@IGN @GameOfThrones Arya because I want to see her become the faceless assassin.
— DJMMT (@GameChangerDOC) April 10, 2015Are You Ready for Game of Thrones’ Return?
The wait is over! After 10 long months, Game of Thrones is back tonight to kick off its fifth season.
When last we saw the GoT gang, Tyrion and Arya had both left Westeros completely, Tywin had been killed, The Hound was left for dead, Dany had decided to lock up her increasingly dangerous dragons, Sansa was letting out her dark side and Bran was going through some changes. So what happens next? We'll find out soon! (Well, except for Bran, who's sitting Season 5 out).
This will be a notable season for the show, because it will not only begin to combine elements from the fourth and fifth books (which overlapped, using some characters in one and some in the other), but also begin to truly "spoil" the books, by revealing some events that George R.R. Martin has not gotten to yet.
ESL Crowns Its First Mortal Kombat X Champion
Mortal Kombat X has its first grand champion, as Dominique “cR|Sonic Fox” McLean steamrolled the competition, dropping only one game in the ESL Mortal Kombat X Fatal 8 tournament.
The Fatal 8 brought together some of fighting games’ biggest competitors, including current two-time EVO Mortal Kombat champion Carl “Perfect Legend” White and three-time Guinness Book of World Record holder Ryan “Prodigal Son” Hart, to battle it out in a series of best of five, single elimination matches for a prize pool worth $10,000.
Sonic Fox, the 2014 EVO Mortal Kombat 9 and Injustice: Gods Among Us champion, showcased new Mortal Kombat X character Erron Black in his outlaw variation. Sonic Fox was in championship form, overwhelming his competitors with pressure and high damage combos throughout the tournament.
Didn’t Get An Apple Watch? Make Your Own Apple II Watch Instead
Pre-orders for the Apple Watch were not long for this world, so what's a person to do if they just have to have an Apple on their wrist? One member of the maker community just went ahead and made his own, but based it on the Apple II computer.
Instructables member Aleator777 went with a design that he said was heavily inspired by the form-factor of Apple's iconic desktop computer. Aleator777 said he asked himself if he "wanted to make a miniature, or something altogether new?" and settled on the latter.
The product description is a nod to the same breathless press release style seen with every new Apple product. "The CATHODE RAY TUBE display on Apple // watch features TEXT, a technology that ALLOWS YOU TO READ," it reads in part.
Didn’t Get An Apple Watch? Make Your Own Apple II Watch Instead
Pre-orders for the Apple Watch were not long for this world, so what's a person to do if they just have to have an Apple on their wrist? One member of the maker community just went ahead and made his own, but based it on the Apple II computer.
Instructables member Aleator777 went with a design that he said was heavily inspired by the form-factor of Apple's iconic desktop computer. Aleator777 said he asked himself if he "wanted to make a miniature, or something altogether new?" and settled on the latter.
The product description is a nod to the same breathless press release style seen with every new Apple product. "The CATHODE RAY TUBE display on Apple // watch features TEXT, a technology that ALLOWS YOU TO READ," it reads in part.