Ken Levine Talks Characters and Relationships in His Next Game

BioShock Creator Ken Levine recently opened up about his upcoming untitled game, emphasizing the importance of an interesting main character.

"The whole system that I came up with and that we’re developing is based upon the fact that to make an interesting character, you have to have a character who has a bunch of passions, wants, and needs," Levine told Game Informer. "The player now has the ability to facilitate those wants or needs or go against those wants or needs or ignore those wants or needs."

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First Trailer for Sinister 2 Revealed

The Boogeyman is back in the first full-length trailer for the upcoming horror sequel, Sinister 2.

Taking place after the events in the first film, Sinister 2 revolves around a mother and her 9-year-old twins, "who find themselves in a rural house marked for death." Shannyn Sossamon (Wayward Pines) stars, while James Ransone, who played the sheriff's deputy in Sinister, will reprise his character in the sequel.

Recently, Focus Features released a brand-new, creepy poster for the film, as well as a teaser.

Sinister 2 is directed by Ciaran Foy (Citadel) and penned by Scott Derrickson and C. Robert Cargill, who also wrote Sinister. It's currently slated to hit U.S. theaters on August 21.

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Ant-Man: Check Out the First Photo of Yellowjacket

The first photo of Yellowjacket, the villain in Peyton Reed's upcoming Ant-Man movie, has been revealed.

Earlier this year, Marvel released a slew of new images from the film, including some concept art that showed what Corey Stoll would be wearing as Darren Cross/Yellowjacket. Cross' outfit is far more advanced than the one worn by Scott Lang/Ant-Man (Paul Rudd), as shown in their first big encounter.

“Hank Pym’s Ant-Man suit doesn’t have a single weapon,” Reed told Entertainment Weekly, “whereas Yellowjacket is armed with plasma cannons.”

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Ori and the Blind Forest Profitable After First Week

Moon Studios CEO Thomas Mahler has revealed that the studio’s debut game Ori and the Blind Forest became profitable after its first week on sale.

“Business-wise, Ori was already profitable a week after release and Microsoft is super happy,” wrote Mahler in a post on NeoGAF.

Moon Studios, an independent, distributed developer with staff located around the world, began work on Ori and the Blind Forest back in 2011 in cooperation with Microsoft Games Studios.

Mahler also noted that, while the team is focusing on an upcoming patch for Ori and the Blind Forest, there are five small to large potential projects the team has “in the oven” at the moment.

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Flash Movie Now Has Two Talented Writers

Writer-director partners Phil Lord and Christopher Miller are reportedly developing a big-screen story for The Flash.

According to Deadline, Warner Bros. has hired Lord and Miller to write a story treatment for a movie based on the popular DC character, proving the rumour we reported on earlier this week.

The film is expected to be separate from the CW TV series The Flash, but it's yet to be determined whether Lord and Miller will direct The Flash movie (or write the screenplay, for that matter).

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New Black Ops 3 Zombies and Story Details Revealed

A hidden paragraph in the source code of the official Call of Duty website offers new details about Black Ops III.

We're posting the full paragraph below (spotted by Charlie Intel), but these are the details you need to know:

  • Zombies mode is coming back. This isn't a huge surprise, considering both previous Black Ops games included the undead. Still, it's an excellent additional mode that gives players something to do aside from multiplayer.
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Why the Deus Ex Sequel Makes us so Happy

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The announcement of Deus Ex: Mankind Divided has the Unlocked crew standing as Fankind United. Yes, we're excited. We break down the newly revealed new-gen sequel, including where we think it's heading and how we prefer to brush up on the last game. Plus: Quantum Break gets officially moved to 2016 (called it!), former Xbox executive Don Mattrick escapes his first post-Xbox job on a golden parachute, Phil Spencer would like to see Banjo in Super Smash Bros. (plus: who we think should make a new Banjo game on Xbox), and more! And be sure to check out the full video episode on your big screen via the IGN Xbox One app!

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Creature From the Black Lagoon Eyes ScarJo

Rumor has it Universal Pictures' long-in-development remake of The Creature from the Black Lagoon may have found its lead actor in one of the Avengers.

The Tracking Board claims Scarlett Johansson -- who starred in Universal's action blockbuster Lucy last year -- has been offered the lead human role in the film, a part played by Julia Adams in the original 1954 horror/sci-fi classic.

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Gosling May Star in del Toro’s Haunted Mansion

Director Guillermo del Toro's long-gestating big screen version of the Disney theme park attraction The Haunted Mansion may be back from the dead (or at least development hell) and it's thanks in part to a former Mouseketeer: Ryan Gosling.

The Drive and Only God Forgives leading man is reportedly "in talks" to star in the "supernatural family film," which was announced at San Diego Comic-Con 2010. "We are not returning Eddie Murphy's calls. We are not making it a comedy," del Toro said at the time, referring to the derided 2003 comedy version of Haunted Mansion.

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