Ken Levine Shares Details About His Next Game
Ken Levine is answering reader questions about his upcoming game on Twitter.
Levine posted a video to a talk he gave at the Game Developer's Conference last year about "narrative Legos" as a starting point. He said, "As an FYI, I am working on a game. Happy to answer Twitter questions on it."
We're posting some of the better (and not totally silly ones below). Keep checking back for updates.
Q: What is the game about? Will it be first person or third?
A: Current thinking is first.
Google Fiber Coming to 4 More US Cities
Google is bringing its high-speed fiber-optic internet to four more US cities.
The company announced the full list of Google Fiber candidates last year, but the confirmed winners are Atlanta, Nashville, Charlotte, and Raleigh-Durham.
“The Triangle, as a world-renowned hub for great universities, rapid innovation and a thriving biotechnology sector, is the perfect region to show us what’s possible with gigabit speeds,” Kevin Lo, business and operations director for Google Fiber, said in a statement to WRAL.com.
Reptile Revealed for Mortal Kombat X
With Mortal Kombat X's hotly anticipated April release fast approaching, the character reveals are starting to flow with greater frequency from developer NetherRealm Studios. Kitana and Kung Lao showed up recently, and it's our pleasure to exclusively debut Reptile.
As you can see in the video above, many of the lizard-like Kombatant's favorite moves have returned, and his first fatality...well, you should just see it for yourself in the video above. But let's just say that fans of the end of Raiders of the Lost Ark will be pleased. It's no wonder why Kung Lao now has a quarrel with Reptile.
Arrow: “Midnight City” Photo Preview
Laurel went full Canary at the end of last week's episode, and now Roy and Diggle are trying to talk her out of donning the suit. They change their tune when Brick makes his big play and kidnaps the city's Aldermen. Brick threatens to kill all of them unless the police evacuate The Glades. All suits are needed to resolve the situation.
Elsewhere, Ray Palmer shows his heroic side by stepping in to assist the police force in their battle against Brick, and Malcolm tells Thea they need to leave because Ra's al Ghul is coming after them. Check out photos from the episode in the below gallery:
Arrow: "Midnight City" Photo Gallery:
Mark Millar on the Hit-Girl movie That Never Was
Mark Millar has been talking about the standalone Hit-Girl movie that could have been, and revealed that he’s pretty much done with the character of Kick-Ass, both on the page and onscreen.
We caught up with the comic co-creator at the junket for Kinsgman: The Secret Service – another movie based on one of his books – and talk eventually turned to perhaps his most famous creation, with Millar revealing that he won’t be writing more Kick-Ass stories anytime soon.
“Dave Lizewski’s journey had to have an ending because the way I looked at it is if you don’t have Batman’s money or Superman’s powers, you’re going to end up dead pretty fast” he explained. “So the idea of Kick-Ass #520 is ridiculous because he’s going to have been killed in issue 45 or something. So I had to give it a conclusion. For people who haven’t read the book I don’t want to spoil it, but Kick-Ass 3 is the end of Dave’s story.
Valve Bans CS:GO Players Following Latest Scandal
Following allegations of match-fixing, Valve has advised promoters against using select professional Counter-Strike players.
Valve says that after an investigation of certain accounts, there was a “substantial” number of high valued items won from the match of iBUYPOWER versus NetCodeGuides that were later transferred to players from both sides.
“All together,” the post reads, “the information we have collected and received makes us uncomfortable continuing any involvement with these individuals. Therefore we will be directing our CS:GO event partners to not allow any of the following individuals’ participation in any capacity in Valve-sponsored events.”
The Latest EA Sale Has Titanfall for a Tenner
An EA-only sale has come to Xbox LIVE, and with it, some massive discounts.
The deal, as spotted by NeoGAF, is currently exclusive to Xbox LIVE Gold members and features: Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare - $10/£12, Battlefield 4 - $13/£16, Battlefield 4 Premium Edition - $24/£28, EA Sports UFC - $10/£18, Titanfall - $10/£10, Titanfall Deluxe - $12.50/£13, Titanfall Season Pass - $6/£7, Dragon Age: Inquisition - $36/£37, Dragon Age: Inquisition Deluxe Edition - $41/£44, Need for Speed Rivals: Complete Edition - $15/£18, Just Dance 2015 - $30 (no price change in the UK), Peggle 2 Magical Masters Edition - $5/£5, NHL 15 - $24/£28.
Agent Carter Creators Talk Hydra, Superpowers and More
Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely have become a big part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe team, having worked on the screenplays Thor: The Dark World, Captain America: The First Avenger and Captain America: The Winter Soldier, and with the duo once more collaborating for the upcoming Captain America: Civil War – a notably large project that will also feature Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man and the introduction of Chadwick Boseman as Black Panther.
In the midst of this, Markus and McFeely are the creators of Marvel’s Agent Carter, the new eight-episode TV series featuring Hayley Atwell reprising her role as Peggy Carter from the Captain America films. I was recently among a group of press who spoke to Marcus and McFeely about how much they’ve been able to be inbolved in Agent Carter week-to-week (after they wrote the first episode), why they like having a shorter run of episodes, the role Hydra could play in the series should it continue and more.
First Fantastic Four Trailer Arrives Online
A teaser for the forthcoming Fantastic Four reboot has hit the net, giving audiences a first look at the new iterations of Reed Richards, Sue Storm, Johnny Storm and Ben Grimm.
They are played by Miles Teller, Kate Mara, Michael B. Jordan, and Jamie Bell in this version, while the teaser is serious and foreboding, suggesting that the tone will be much darker than previous FF movies.
Chronicle helmer Josh Trank directs, with The Fantastic Four hitting screens worldwide the first week of August, and the synopsis as follows:
Fantastic Four, a contemporary re-imagining of Marvel’s original and longest-running superhero team, centres on four young outsiders who teleport to an alternate and dangerous universe, which alters their physical form in shocking ways. Their lives irrevocably upended, the team must learn to harness their new abilities and work together to save Earth from a former friend turned enemy.
Capcom Announces Dragon’s Dogma Online
A free-to-play Dragon’s Dogma MMO is coming to Eastern territories.
As first spotted by Gematsu in this week’s Famitsu magazine, players assume the role of an Awakened in the land of Lestaria. While parties can unite up to four players, what’s not clear yet is whether that’s four players plus four pawns or four players minus pawns. That said, should players decide to go it alone or with just an AI pawn for company, they can. If you're seeking a party, town lobbies are said to hold up to 100 people.
Dragon’s Dogma Online follows the formula laid out in the first game and Dark Arisen, clinging attacks return, as do over-sized boss fights (think Phantasy Star meets Tolkien). In terms of what classes will be available at launch, there are Fighter, Hunter, Priest, and Shield Sage. As with past titles, players will be able to change their job as they see fit.