Developer Re-Logic has announced that its Terraria series has now passed 20 million copies sold.
This milestone was achieved at the end of 2016, the studio said in a forum post on its website (via Polygon). The $20 2D sandbox game originally launched in May 2011 for PC, before coming to mobile devices and consoles later through a partnership with publisher 505 Games.
“We owe so much of that to the amazingly strong and loyal support of each member of our community,” Re-Logic said. “To say that we are ecstatic about how our little game has grown–in content, in quality, and in success–is putting it mildly!”
Re-Logic teased that the Terraria franchise has “so much life left in it.”
“We cannot wait to share those plans with you in the months and years to come,” the developer said.
Re-Logic shared some other stats that explain how much Terraria has grown over the years. At launch, there were around 250 items; now, there are about 3,800. There were 6 NPCs at launch and 25 now. Three bosses at launch in 2011 and 16 now. Check out more stats here on Re-Logic’s website.
It’s the weekend again! Here’s a recap of all the big stories and some you may have missed.
THE BIG STUFF:
The Nintendo Switch does not officially launch for a few more weeks, but some people already have their hands on the system, it seems. Units have appeared in the wild, and people are uploading unboxing videos that provide the first look at retail systems. [Full story]
The NPD Group this week announced the Top 10 best-selling games of January 2017 in the United States. Capcom’s Resident Evil 7 came out on top. Rounding out the top five were Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, Grand Theft Auto V, Battlefield 1, and NBA 2K17. In terms of hardware, Sony’s PS4 won the month, outselling all other home consoles. [Full story]
E3 2017 is still a few months away, but now we know more about it. This week, Microsoft announced that it’s moving its show to the Sunday before E3, while Bethesda confirmed that it will have a briefing and it will take place on Sunday as well. EA’s briefing could happen that day, too. Buckle up! [Full story]
THE OTHER STUFF:
CD Projekt Red, the developer behind The Witcher series, continues to grow. The Polish developer is now worth more than $1.6 billion, apparently. Get the full story here.
Here’s the wacky and wonderful opening cinematic for Nintendo Switch launch title Super Bomberman R.
Ever wonder what Mad Max: Fury Road cars would look like if they had eyes from Pixar’s Cars series? Wonder no more!
My new Hobby is photoshopping the eyes from Pixar’s Cars onto the rigs from Mad Max: Fury Road pic.twitter.com/b2KG7NN3xA
Bungie is working with MacFarlane toys for a new toy line based on Destiny. Check out some of the figures here; they go on sale later this year alongside Destiny 2.
MLB The Show 17 is adding to and expanding the Diamond Destiny mode for this year’s game; watch a video and read this blog post to get all the details.
Former SOE boss John Smedley is heading up a new studio for Amazon located in San Diego. There is no word yet on what the studio is up to, but you can read this interview at GI.biz to find out more.
Did you forget about Homefront: The Revolution? Maybe this will bring you back. The game is getting a big update this spring–get all the details here.
Here’s something pretty cool–just this week, Valve fixed a bug in Team Fortress 2 that’s been in the game for more than 10 years. Learn more about it here at Engadget.
Here is a cool new trailer for Rare’s Sea of Thieves that shows off the progress made in the latest alpha update. Lookin’ good!
Entertainment Weekly has posted a gallery of images from the upcoming live-action Beauty and the Beast movie starring Emma Watson. Take a look.
Sony this week published a lot of new gameplay footage for Nier: Automata and shared more details about the game. Catch up on all the news here.
My goodness. More than 3 billion DOTA 2 matches have been played. Wow. Get the full story here at TheScoreEsports.
Each week we search and gather up the coolest comic book art you won’t see in actual comics. The reason you won’t is because professional artists often draw sketches for fun or commissions and post them on their websites, blogs, and Tumblrs. Some artists even arrange commissions through their sites so be sure to check them out. This is a way to see the artists working on one book draw characters from other comics or publishers.
Peter Nguyen posted X-Men related art on his Tumblr.
Yildiray Cinar posted Logan and Hulk sketches on his Instagram.
Todd Nauck posted a Deadpool/Spider-Man/Valentines Day Post-It Note sketch on his Tumblr.
A new trailer for Lords of the Fallen developer Deck 13’s new action-RPG, The Surge, has come online. The extended, in-depth video shows off 14 minutes of gameplay, featuring commentary from developers at the German studio. This is one of the best looks we’ve seen of the game so far.
As you’ll see, The Surge has a focus on melee combat. You are equipped with an exo-suit of sorts, and can can target specific body parts of your enemies. Once you defeat an enemy, you can acquire their items and weapons and use them yourself. Additionally, all the weapons in the game have different “finishing sequences,” some of which look pretty brutal. This video also spotlights the game’s upgrades menus and wraps up with a pretty cool action sequence; check out the full video below.
The mutant child X-23–aka Laura Kinney– has become a popular Marvel comic character over the past decade, and she will make her big screen debut next month in Logan. Now director James Mangold has revealed that he would be interested in making an X-23 spinoff movie.
In an interview with We Got This Covered, Mangold spoke highly of the performance of Dafne Keen, who plays X-23 in Logan. “I think Dafne is incredible in the film,” he said. “I would love to see another film about that character and that’s certainly something I’d be involved in.
“For me that was one of the big additions I brought to the table, this decision to try to make the film about family and to try to insert Laura and the pressures that would put and the idea about Charles [Xavier] ailing.”
Earlier this week, Keen appeared in a creepy viral promotion for Logan, which showed Laura being given her claws. Check it out here.
Spider-Man director Sam Raimi is in talks to direct a “mystery thriller” about the Bermuda Triangle, according to a story from The Hollywood Reporter.
Raimi would direct the Skydance Productions Bermuda Triangle film, which is one of three movies based on the mysterious geographic spot on the Earth where planes and vessels have gone missing. Major film companies Universal and Warner Bros. are also making movies about the Bermuda Triangle.
“In such a competitive environment, all the companies are keeping their own takes super-secret for fear of letting out who or what is behind the disappearances,” THR said. “Even getting the directing gig was controlled: Prospective filmmakers had to go to Skydance’s offices just to read the script.”
Skydance has produced movies like Star Trek: Beyond and Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation.
Doug Miro and Carlo Bernard, who wrote the script for the video game movie Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, are writing the script for Skydance’s untitled Bermuda Triangle film. According to THR, Skydance sought Johnny Depp to star in the movie at one point, though there have been no announcements so far about casting.
The last movie that Raimi directed was Disney’s Oz: The Great and Powerful. He was in talks to direct the Warcraft movie, but dropped out and later claimed that Blizzard mismanaged its production.
Developer Rare has posted the newest video for its upcoming pirate game, Sea of Thieves. This latest video shows off the Xbox One and PC game’s newest update, Alpha 0.1.1, which is available now for players lucky enough to be in the game’s technical testing period.
As the video explains, Sea of Thieves’ world grows larger and more dangerous with this update. There are now more islands to explore and new challenges to take on, including some that involve stealing gold from other players. Additionally, the update adds fall damage, so you can no longer jump off high-up areas and hope to be just fine. In terms of the new dangers, the update adds skeletal pirates that you’ll need to take down with your group of swashbuckling heroes. Here’s the video:
You can sign up to take part in the Sea of Thieves technical alpha test here–there are no guarantees that you will be accepted.
Sea of Thieves is an Xbox Play Anywhere game. That means if you buy it (digitally) on Xbox One, you will get the PC version for free and vice versa. Saves and achievements move between systems.
The game comes out in 2017, though a release date has not been announced. While not confirmed, it seems likely that the game will factor into Microsoft’s E3 2017 briefing, which now has a date and time.
Posted on the Undead Labs website, the newest image (concept art is released every week) shows a rural setting featuring train tracks and an “industrializing tone.” The “super early” artwork is dark and moody, and is meant to make you curious about the world around it. It looks pretty awesome, but don’t expect to see this exact scene in the game; it’s only a reference of sorts.
“This image shows a really early (as in before we even announced to the community) exploration into what a more industrial area might look like in State of Decay 2,” Undead Labs said. “We were feeling our way through the process of keeping the rural vibe, but add in a little more industrialization. While this exact scene does not appear in the game, you will see elements like factories and railroad tracks.”
You can see the concept art that Undead Labs released in the four previous weeks here, here, here, and here.
After Microsoft announced that its E3 2017 briefing is moving to a Sunday, Xbox boss Phil Spencer has now spoken a bit more about that change. Asked by someone on Twitter to shed some light on that decision, Spencer said a Sunday showing will be “a nice change.”
Microsoft’s usual E3 slot is Monday morning of E3 week. This year’s show kicks off on June 11 at 2 PM PT / 5 PM ET / 10 PM GMT. That’s a little late, especially for a Sunday evening before the work or school week. Spencer said about this, “Sorry Europe viewers for the late hour.”
@wrath93 I’m confident in what we’ll show. Going later in the day on Sunday will be a nice change, sorry Europe viewers for the late hour.
Ahead of its release next month, a batch of new images from Disney’s live-action Beauty and the Beast have come online. Posted by Entertainment Weekly, the images show off Emma Watson as Belle galloping through the enchanted forest and inside the great halls of the Beast’s castle.
Also in the feature, Watson talked about how she attended a “boot camp” of sorts to prepare for the film. “I kind of went into this boot camp for three months before we started shooting, which was singing four times a week, dancing five times a week, riding [horses] three times a week,” she said. “Yeah, I did Belle boot camp.”
Watson is perhaps best known for her portrayal of Hermione in the Harry Potter series. She said she feels “so blessed” to have had that opportunity to play one of her childhood heroes. Now she’s doing it again with Belle. “I feel like that’s almost unique to an actress to get to do that.”
Beauty and the Beast opens in theaters on March 17. In addition to Watson, the film stars Dan Stevens as the Beast, Luke Evans as Gaston, and Josh Gad as LeFou. Ian McKellan plays Cogsworth and Ewan McGregor portrays Lumiere.
It is just the latest live-action adaptation of a classic Disney film, following Maleficent, Cinderella, The Jungle Book, and Alice in Wonderland.
