Ghosbusters Board Game Gets Kickstarter
Cryptozoic Entertainment is teaming up with Sony Pictures to make sure your favorite paranormal exterminators show up at your next game night with Ghostbusters: The Board Game. And they're using Kickstarter to make it happen.
The episodic adventure game is for 1 to 4 players, ages 15 and up, who will choose to play as one of the four Ghostbusters central figures: Peter Venkman, Egon Spengler, Winston Zeddemore and Ray Stantz. After selecting from one of the game's pre-written scenarios, players kick off a game that can last up to 2 hours depending on the scenario and level of difficulty. Each Ghostbuster character has distinct talents that can assist the team and, by banishing evil spirits, players will unlock new abilities that help them progress in the game.
Telltale Calls Next Project Its ‘Most Ambitious’ Ever
Telltale CEO Kevin Bruner hinted at the company's upcoming original IP, calling it "most ambitious thing the company has ever done."
In an interview with GamesIndustry, Bruner stopped short of naming the new project. He did say that Telltale is very excited to talk about it, "but we can't say much more right now." He added that it's the "perfect thing for us."
"It's something we're pouring a lot of love into," he said. He added that Telltale always puts storytelling first, and from there "we think about interactivity as a tool for storytelling."
Telltale has found its niche in novel approaches to established IPs such as The Walking Dead, Game of Thrones, and even Minecraft. "There's a lot of Minecraft advocates at Telltale."
Killzone Teaser Image Hints at Upcoming Announcement
An image released online suggests an incoming announcement about the Killzone franchise.
The following image was posted on the official Killzone Twitter account, accompanied by the word "soon."
It's unknown at this time what the tease is meant to imply. Speculation suggests it may be suggesting a forthcoming announcement related to the 2013 Vita game Killzone: Mercenary, but there's little solid evidence to prove what exactly this message is about. We will update you with any additional information or announcements.
Documentary Explores Motivations of Mars Colonists
The Mars One mission is asking for volunteers to colonize the red planet, and some might ask why anyone would sign up. Thanks to a new documentary from The Guardian, we now have answers. The ten-minute film, “If I Die on Mars”, asks volunteers why they signed on to spend the rest of their lives on an alien planet millions of miles from home.
“Hundred of years down the line, who's going to know who was the President of the United States or something?” asked one volunteer, “but everyone will remember" the first four people who stepped on Mars.
Over 200,000 people applied for a chance to be one of those four members of the first colonization mission, and according to the documentary there are now just 660 finalists. Are all of them just in it for the chance to be remembered?
Black Hawk Down Writer Adapting The Activity
Black Hawk Down and Defection screenwriter Ken Nolan is writing a film adaptation of Image Comics' The Activity.
In the foreword to The Activity, Vol. 3 trade paperback (as noted by Latino-Review), Nolan revealed that he is working on a big-screen adaptation of Nathan Edmondson and Mitch Gerards' hit action comic.
The Activity, Vol. 1 TPB
New Alien: Isolation DLC Available Today
The fourth and second-to-last pack of downloadable content for Alien: Isolation is now available for download.
Called Lost Contact, the DLC is an add-on for Alien: Isolation's survivor mode, in which players are put up against a series of different enemies with only one life at their disposal. As the character Axel, players will salvage and navigate a map filled with corridors and crawl spaces while crafting items to use against foes.
Successfully completing challenges will reward players with points, which they can use to either unlock save slots or appear on Alien: Isolation's leaderboards.
The DLC is currently availble for $8 USD on Xbox One, Xbox 360, and PC worldwide. PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3 owners in North America have access to it starting today, while European PlayStation gamers can download the DLC on Wednesday, February 11. The DLC is also available to season pass holders, and one more add-on is expected to release after this.
App Store Update: February 10
Every day hundreds of new apps make their debut on the App Store, and hundreds more are updated or reduced in price. We have sifted through the noise and highlighted those select few that might be worth your attention.
Note: The prices and deals compiled below are accurate at the time we published this story, but all are subject to change.
Warhammer 40,000: Carnage – ($0.99, Down from $6.99)
"Run and gun through screaming hordes of frenzied enemies in this fast-moving, high powered, action side-scroller. Jump into the kick-ass Warhammer 40,000 universe, obliterating infernal Orks in this stunning world."
Make Your House a Drone-Free No-Fly Zone
You can now register a no-fly zone over your home to deter drone operators from invading your privacy.
All you need to do is enter your address into NoFlyZone.org, provide and verify some additional information, and the site will store the GPS coordinates of your place of residence for drones worldwide to avoid.
NoFlyZone actually coordinates with drone manufacturers to make this happen, though the service does not guarantee all drones and their operators will follow the rules.
According to the website, only drones produced by one of NoFlyZone's participating manufacturers will be programmed to avoid designated property.
Spidey Likely in Captain America: Civil War
After the bombshell announcement yesterday that Spider-Man will be joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe, fans very quickly began wondering what this means for Drew Goddard's planned Sinister Six movie. And now word has come that the film is still in the works, but will move to a later, unspecified date. Additionally, we now know that Spider-Man will make his MCU debut in Captain America: Civil War.
According to the Wall Street Journal (via Coming Soon), Spider-Man will be introduced to the Marvel movie-verse in time for the third Captain America film, which follows the events of the Marvel Comics event, Civil War. As per the paper, "The two companies said late Monday that Spider-Man will appear in an upcoming Disney-produced Marvel super-heroes movie; that movie is 2016’s 'Captain America: Civil War,' according to a person with knowledge of the matter."
Wrestling Wrap Up: Roman Reigns Spears Daniel Bryan
I was all set to do a rather humdrum Wrap Up this week. Nothing special. Typical "Road to the PPV before WrestleMania" stuff. Some more musings about where the WWE might go with Daniel Bryan and Roman Reigns. It was looking like the best option, at this point, was Bryan leading Reigns through an awesome match at Fastlane and putting him over clean. Then shaking his hand afterward, raising his arm, and giving him the full endorsement. Not great, but good enough.
