7 Things to Watch this Week
This may not be the busiest TV week we've ever known, but if you're a fan of the head-smashing, land-conquering exploits of History's Vikings, Season 3 premieres on Thursday. Plus, CBS debuts its new version of The Odd Couple while Triumph the Insult Comic Dog stars in his own series on Adult Swim.
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Also, despite creator Bruno Heller originally planning to bring the character in during a later season, Gotham will begin to tell the tale of The Joker this week. Meanwhile, Justified brings back Patton Oswalt, Cain returns to Supernatural, and Peggy Carter's been apprehended by her own organization.
Roundabout to Release on Xbox One This Week
Developer No Goblin's 1970s-inspired driving game Roundabout will release on Xbox One this Friday, February 20 for $15.
A puzzle game, Roundabout challenges players to control a continually-spinning limousine while picking up passengers and completing missions, and also features a fair amount of full-motion video (FMV) scenes depicting the various customers and the limo's red-haired driver Georgio Manos.
Roundabout is currently available to purchase on PC, and a PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita release are also planned for the future.
Upload Studio Gets New Features on Xbox One
A new update has added a handful of the top community requested features to Upload Studio on Xbox One.
Rolling out now, the update increases the maximum video length to thirty-minutes -- a twenty-five minute improvement over the original time limit. Additionally, you'll now be able to use up to fifteen recorded clips or effects per video.
Upload Studio users will have access to a variety of new game-specific transitions, intros, title cards, splash screens, effects, and templates. The pre-built templates allow you to easily create specific videos for certain games, such as "Top 5" videos for Forza Horizon 2 or Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare.
If you have a Kinect, you'll even be able to record yourself using various green screen effects.
100 Finalists Selected for One-Way Trip to Mars
One hundred finalists have been selected from more than 200,000 applicants looking to permanently settle on Mars.
The Mars One mission is a non-profit group that seeks to begin human colonization of Mars by landing teams of four on the Red Planet beginning in 2024. The last round of applicants had 660 members, and now that the pool of would-be astronauts is down to a hundred the program can begin focusing on how well applicants work together - an important thing considering the length of the trip.
Fifty men and fifty women are still in the running, with 39 coming from the Americas, 31 from Europe, 16 from Asia, 7 from Africa, and 7 from Oceania. If selected for the 2024 launch, they'll never see home again. Last week a Guardian documentary asked why anyone would want to die on Mars, but the question the Mars One selection program has to answer is, "who could live there?"
Halo Nightfall Gets a Digital Release Date
Halo: Nightfall will release digitally on March 17, 2015.
The live-action show is set between Halo 4 and the forthcoming Halo 5: Guardians and follows the story of Jameson Locke; a bounty hunter-type and agent at the Office of Naval Intelligence.
The project is helmed by Executive Producer Ridley Scott and Director Sergio Mimica-Gezzan, and stars the likes of Mike Colter, Christina Chong, Steven Waddington, and Luke Neal.
“Whilst investigating terrorist ‘chatter’ on the distant colony world of Sedra,” the presser-pitch reads, “Locke and his crew are caught in a horrific biological attack. Led by Locke, ONI agents are forced to coordinate with the local command who have a deep-rooted mistrust of ONI. As they unravel a plot that draws them to an ancient, hellish artefact, they are forced to fight for their survival and to make the ultimate choice between their loyalty and their lives.”
Terraria: Otherworld Announced, Isn’t Terraria Sequel
Terraria: Otherworld was announced today by Re-Logic and Engine Software. Otherworld is not a sequel to 2011's Terraria, but is instead an offshoot of the main game.
The game is set in an alternate dimension within the Terraria universe, and explores what "might have been," according to the game's newly-launched website.
Otherworld places the player in a "life-and-death struggle to restore a once-pristine world," to its original splendor. On the Terraria forums, lead developer Whitney "Cenx" Baird made it clear that Otherworld isn't a sequel to the sandbox game.
"This is NOT Terraria 2," she posted.
These Hulkbuster and Hulk Statues Bust Us Up
Kotobukiya's Toy Fair 2015 collectibles are typically beautiful pieces, featuring a mix of comic-book, movie and game inspired statues and figures. The Hulkbuster and Hulk ArtFX statues combine to recreate the already iconic scene from Avengers: Age of Ultron, the Marvel Now X-Men are in the preliminary stage of getting 1/10-scale pieces, Tekken, Street Fighter, and Halo are among the games with statues in the works, and DC Comics is well represented as well, including a new line called Super Powers which is based on the classic look of the characters, complete with retro action-figure stylings. Oh, and let’s not forget Star Wars…
Check out all the images from Kotobukiya at Toy Fair 2015 in the slideshow below:
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Now You Can Have Merle’s Knife-Hand Too
Daryl Dixon’s crossbow. Michonne’s katana. Merle’s unique knife-hand thingee! These weapons from AMC’s beloved Walking Dead are now available as role-playing pieces thanks to ThinkGeek, that purveyor of unique toys, collectibles, gadgets, and more. Perfect for cosplay purposes, or just your basic day-to-day simulated zombie slaughtering, these items are pretty cool.
Check out the images from ThinkGeek at Toy Fair 2015 in the slideshow below, which also includes a Mega Man Mega Buster Gun replica,
a flux capacitor USB car charger, and more:
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Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate Sells Over 3 Million
Capcom has announced that global shipments of Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate have surpassed 3 million since its launch.
These figures include the Japanese version, Monster Hunter 4G, which managed to sell over 1.6 million copies during its launch weekend.
According to the press release, the shipments also include download cards and sales of the download version on the Nintendo eShop. It also states that the entire series has cumulatively sold over 32 million units to date.
Make sure you check out IGN's review of Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate, a game in which "intense boss battles, deep combat, and awesome loot will keep you busy for hours".