“Meet Creech.” Paramount has debuted a brand new trailer (see the first trailer) for the crazy live-action Monster Trucks movie, directed by Chris Wedge, who worked on Ice Age and Robots before making this leap into live-action. You’ve probably heard about this one because Paramount is bracing to lose millions of dollars making this, even though it is still two months out from release. I honestly don’t think it looks that bad, there’s an edge to it that seems like it’s going to be fun – perhaps even moreso than the Transformers movies. This stars Lucas Till, Jane Levy, Holt McCallany, Barry Pepper, Tucker Albrizzi, Danny Glover, Amy Ryan, Rob Lowe, Frank Whaley, and Thomas Lennon. Fire it up and meet a monster. ›››
“This looks like… amateur hour!” Well Go USA has debuted a new US teaser trailer for an action film from China titled Railroad Tigers, about a “ragtag” group of freedom fighters who ambush a military train. Jackie Chan stars, playing a railroad worker who leads a team of skilled fighters trying to take out the Japanese in order to get food for the poor. The rest of the cast includes Huang Zitao, Wang Kai, Darren Wang, Alan Ng and Sang Ping. This looks way too goofy to be really taken seriously, unfortunately. It seems like the kind of film you’d find somewhere in a back corner of your local VHS rental shop, complete with cheap, cheesy VFX. I wished this looked any better, but it seems like it’s going to end up being so bad. ›››
“That’s Kong. He’s king around here.” Universal has unveiled a second trailer for Jordan Vogt-Roberts’ new Kong: Skull Island movie, taking us back to the island where King Kong comes from. This is a reboot of the King Kong origin story and it looks totally, totally awesome. Tom Hiddleston and Brie Larson star along with a cast including Samuel L. Jackson, John Goodman, John C. Reilly, Tian Jing, Corey Hawkins, Jason Mitchell, John Ortiz, Thomas Mann, Shea Wigham, Toby Kebbell and Eugene Cordero. Everything about this looks badass, from the cinematography and the sleek visuals, to the various giant monsters they encounter, as well as the entire cast in play. Even John C. Reilly is hilarious! Can’t wait. ›››
Another live-action adaptation of an anime & manga series is coming to the big screen. Aside from Ghost in the Shell, Japan is developing a live-action Fullmetal Alchemist movie from director Fumihiko Sori. In the Fullmetal Alchemist world, alchemy is one of the most-practiced sciences. The film is about two brothers who go on a quest for the Philosopher’s Stone (no connection to Harry Potter). It stars Ryôsuke Yamada as Edward Elric, Tsubasa Honda as Winry Rockbell, Dean Fujioka as Roy Mustang, Ryuuta Satou as Maes Hughes, Misako Renbutsu as Riza Hawkeye, Natsuna as Maria Ross, Natsuki Harada as Gracia Hughes, You Ooizumi as Shou Tucker, Jun Kunimura and many others. This first teaser doesn’t have much footage in it, but at least there’s more to see here than the Blade of the Immortal trailer. Take a look. ›››
BFI has debuted a brand new trailer for the 4K restoration re-release of Richard Kelly’s cult classic sci-fi film Donnie Darko. It first premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2001, and quickly became a cult hit. The BFI is now re-releasing it in 4K in cinemas all around the UK this December. Hopefully it’ll show up in the US sometime in 2017. I wasn’t introduced to this film until I was in a sci-fi class in high school, but ever since then, I’ve been a huge fan and have often revisited it. It’s not just the soundtrack or the story, but the whole idea behind it and what it means and what’s going on. I can only imagine what it must’ve been like to see this at its Sundance premiere. Jake Gyllenhaal stars, with Maggie Gyllenhaal, Patrick Swayze, James Duval, Jena Malone, Noah Wyle and Drew Barrymore. Watch the superb new trailer below. ›››
YouTube channel DefendTheHouse has posted its newest “Myths” video, this one themed around Ubisoft’s just-released open-world hacking game, Watch Dogs 2.
The video tests a number of myths, including if water saves you from fall damage, if you can stack scissor lifts, and if you can complete ScoutX missions even if you kill the target. We won’t spoil the results for you–check out the video (featuring excellent music as usual) to see which myths are busted and which are confirmed.
This is just the first episode of DefendTheHouse‘s Watch Dogs Myths series–check back later for more. DefendTheHouse tests myths in a number of games. See more of the channel’s videos through the links below.
For more, you can read GameSpot’s review-in-progress of Watch Dogs 2 here. Critic Peter Brown said, “You can have a lot of fun playing Watch Dogs 2 offline, but multiplayer–when it works–shouldn’t be ignored.” He added that the lack of seamless multiplayer at launch is disappointing as the game “needs something like PVP to round out its open-world.
“There are a lot of diversions on the map and plenty of interesting discoveries to make, but the in-game world is on the small side and only sparsely populated with NPCs,” he said.
Watch Dogs 2 is available now on PS4 and Xbox One, and comes to PC on November 29.
Looking for some new songs to play in Rock Band 4? Harmonix added three new Avril Lavigne tracks to the music game’s DLC library today.
The three songs span Lavigne’s career, beginning with her 2002 breakout hit, “Complicated.” The other two songs are “My Happy Ending” and “What the Hell.” For that last song, the handclaps have been put into the drum track, Harmonix explained in a blog post. Check out the video below to see the songs in action in Rock Band 4.
The songs are available for $2 each or as part of the Avril Lavigne Pack 01 for $5.50. The naming convention suggests this could be just the first track pack featuring songs from the Canadian artist.
Rock Band 4’s first expansion, Rivals, came out in October. It adds the new Rivals mode, which is an asynchronous mode where multiple players “join up remotely as members of Crews to compete in a stats battle with other Crews around the world.” Rivals also comes with what’s called “Rockudrama,” a new story campaign that “pulls you through a twisting, funny, and sometimes tragic story of your band’s history and triumph over adversity.”
People who buy Rivals will also get access to other content updates coming out in the future, including synchronous online multiplayer, which arrives this holiday. More character customization options are also on the way. A new, foldable Jaguar guitar controller launched alongside the Rivals expansion.
Square Enix today posted a new piece of art from Final Fantasy XV–and it looks pretty terrific.
Posted to the game’s Twitter account, the image shows Noctis and Luna in the foreground, with an epic background that includes waterfalls, a towering city, floating ships, and more. Take a look:
After years of development and multiple delays, Final Fantasy XV is slated to arrive on November 29 for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
Late night TV host and comedian Conan O’Brien played the game this week alongside Lord of the Rings actor Elijah Wood. His verdict? “This whole thing, it’s like an epic, blue balls waste of time,” he said as part of his newest Clueless Gamer segment–watch the full video here.
In an interview with Glixel, Respawn CEO Vince Zampella was asked if the studio will make another Titanfall game after Titanfall 2. While the game’s critical reception has been overwhelming positive, it’s too soon to say how well the game has done from a sales perspective, the executive said.
“We don’t know yet,” Zampella said about making a third Titanfall game. “The game is, critically, a huge success. We’re really happy with all the reviews and the positive sentiment. Sales, it’s too early to tell. We’d definitely like to tell more of the story and the universe. I think it’s pretty safe to assume that we’ll explore more of it.”
EA publicist Devin Bennett clarified that all EA has said on the subject of more Titanfall games is that the publisher is “committed to the franchise.”
“So, whatever the f*** that means,” Zampella replied.
“You always hope when you create something that it’s embraced and that people will love it for generations to come,” he said. “I hope we do more of it. We probably plan to do more–as you know, we have the mobile games as well. I would like to see the universe live on. I think it’s very expandable. I think there’s a lot we can do with it. There’s a lot of great ideas floating around here [at Respawn] that I would love to see come to life.”
The first Titanfall mobile game, Frontline, is a free-to-play card game for iOS and Android that came out alongside Titanfall 2. It’s the first Titanfall mobile game to come from Respawn’s partnership with mobile gaming giant Nexon.
“If the question was, ‘Would I rather have this window to myself?’ Well, of course,” Zampella said. “I’m not foolish. I’m not foolish that way, anyway. In other ways, probably.”
Another interesting thing for Zampella this year is that Activision remastered Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, a game that he worked on at Infinity Ward before Activision fired him. Asked if it’s “weird” for Titanfall 2 to come out so close to the Modern Warfare remaster, Zampella said it “definitely feels a little odd.”
“Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare is from my old studio, that I built,” he added. “And they’re repackaging my old game that I built, on a brand that I built. So it’s kind of like you’re throwing it all against me. OK, I can live with it.”
The Xbox Store’s Black Friday sale kicks off tomorrow, November 18, a full week before the real Black Friday, on November 25. Microsoft still hasn’t released a full list of the deals for its Black Friday sale, but the company has now put out a new video that teases what to expect from the sale; take a look:
The sale period starts tomorrow, November 18, and runs until November 28. Also during this time, Xbox One and Xbox 360 owners who don’t have a Gold membership can get one for $1 for the first month. Additionally, more deals will be revealed on Black Friday itself, November 25.
Check back with GameSpot tomorrow to see a roundup of the Xbox Live Black Friday deals. We’ll also have more coverage of Black Friday in general over the coming days. For now, check out what some of the big retailers are offering through the links below.
