To celebrate the New Year, Sony today released a new sizzle reel that shows off some of the “unmissable” games coming to the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation VR in 2017.
In addition to this video, Sony released a new trailer for Killzone developer Guerrilla Games’ new action game Horizon: Zero Dawn. The game comes out in February 2017, so it’s coming up soon.
The video does not contain any gameplay, however; check it out:
The winners of Valve’s first-ever Steam Awards have been revealed.
This isn’t your normal, everyday awards show, however. The categories included things like “Villain Most In Need Of A Hug” and “‘The Whoooaaaaaaa, dude!’ Award,” among other wonderful ones.
Below you can see a full rundown of categories and winners, as rounded up by Kotaku. Go to Steam’s website to get more details on the selections, including runner-ups and category descriptions.
The games were voted on by Steam users, who received a Steam Awards Trading Card for taking part. The winners were announced today, December 31, at 1 PM PT / 4 PM ET.
Steam Awards 2016 Winners:
Villain Most In Need Of A Hug — Portal 2
I Thought This Game Was Cool Before It Won An Award — Euro Truck Simulator 2
Test Of Time — Skyrim
Just Five More Minutes — Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
“Whoooaaaaaaa, dude!” — Grand Theft Auto V
Game Within A Game — Grand Theft Auto V
I’m Not Crying, There’s Something In My Eye — Telltale’s The Walking Dead
Best Use Of A Farm Animal — Goat Simulator
Boom Boom – Doom
Love/Hate Relationship — Dark Souls III
Sit Back And Relax — Euro Truck Simulator 2
Better With Friends — Left 4 Dead 2
What do you make of these results? Let us know in the comments below!
The mascot for Hideo Kojima’s new studio is getting its own real-world statue. Kojima Productions and Prime 1 Studio have announced a 1/2 scale statue of the mascot, Ludens, who is wearing some kind of extra-vehicular activity (EVA) suit. Ludens also holds a flag that has the Kojima Productions logo on it.
According to the statue’s official description, the design “has a high-tech feel, giving him a nostalgic ambiance. The surface of his EVA suit has ‘Turing pattern’-like elements that slightly rotate, inspired by the Turing machine.” It was designed by Metal Gear designer Yoji Shinkawa.
The statue is incredibly rare, as only 150 are being made, and they’ll be signed by Kojima himself. It stands 63 inches tall and has LED lights on the helmet.
You can preorder one right here on the Sideshow website. The statue won’t ship for a very long time, however, as it’s not slated to go out until sometime in the January-March 2018. You can pay $2000 all at once or put down a $200 deposit and then pay the remainder with monthly payments of $225.
There is a limit of one per person. Go the Sideshow website to learn more. To get a closer look at the statue, click through the images in the gallery below–note that this is only a prototype for now.
On this the last day of 2016, Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima has reflected on the year that was.
Writing on Twitter, Kojima thanked fans for their support in the year that his new studio got off the ground. “Everything was from zero except your warmest support,” he said on the social media site.
1/2 Year 2016 for me was the prep year for the new journey. Everything was from zero start except your warmest support. pic.twitter.com/ubWH1FlBMC
2/2 I could done only because there’s a hope. Thank you. Have a good new year for everyone who dreams, who supports the dream to come true. pic.twitter.com/QYkr9vFbTG
Disney’s animated classic Beauty and the Beast featured more than a few memorable songs, including “Something There.” Now, the first audio clip of Belle actress Emma Watson singing the song for next year’s live-action version has arrived for you to listen to.
Here’s the wonderful snippet of the track, as shared by Beauty and the Beast producer Jack Morrissey (via Entertainment Weekly):
Beauty and the Beast comes to theaters on March 17, 2017. Disney has described the film as a “re-telling” of the 1991 animated classic, tailored for a “contemporary audience.” It will stay true to the original music, while adding some new tunes as well.
Watson plays Belle, while Dan Stevens portrays Beast. Luke Evans plays Gaston, alongside Josh Gad as LeFou. The new Beauty and the Beast also features CG versions of Lumiere (Ewan McGregor), Cogsworth (Ian McKellan), and Mrs. Potts (Emma Thompson), Kevin Kline plays Belle’s father, Maurice.
The movie is directed by Bill Condon, who was behind the camera for the final two Twilight movies. You can see nine images from the film here or in the gallery below.
Beauty and the Beast is not the first live-action take on a classic Disney movie, as the company released Maleficent and The Jungle Book in recent years. Disney is also developing live-action versions of Snow White, Mulan, The Lion King, and Aladdin, while a second Jungle Book is also on the way.
Now through January 3, developer Niantic is releasing Bronze, Silver, and Gold boxes into the game; they include things like incense, lure modules, lucky eggs, Poke Balls, and Great Balls. These replace the previous freebies, including Special, Great, and Ultra boxes that were available December 25-30.
Additionally, now until January 8, Pokemon Go’s first partner Pokemon and their evolutions will show up more frequently in the game. These Pokemon include Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur, Charmander, Charmeleon, Charizard, Squirtle, Wartortle, and Blastoise. Further, the game’s lure modules will run for 60 minutes instead of the normal 30 for the duration of the event (via DualShockers).
Pokemon Go is far from the only game celebrating the holidays–read GameSpot’s roundup here to see how other games are getting in the holiday spirit.
Not only did Star Wars: Rogue One originally have a wildly different ending, but the filmmakers have now revealed they had bigger plans for one of the Rebel characters. Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy told Empire (via Collider) that the original plan was for Forest Whitaker’s character, Saw Gerrera, to have a “much larger” presence in the sci-fi spinoff.
“To be honest, we originally thought we were going to develop Saw into something much larger, but we couldn’t accommodate it. So he is not in the movie as much as we would like to have him in the movie, which creates the opportunity to explore his character even further in our future development.”
Whitaker himself is also quoted in the Empire story. He said, “I’m curious about what else they’re about to do. Because they seem to really like the character, which is great!”
Kennedy’s “future development” line could be a reference to Gerrera’s ongoing store in the animated series Star Wars Rebels. Collider surmises that it might be possible for him to show up in future anthology movies, though this is not confirmed.
[UPDATE] Reynolds has shed a little more light on the matter, explaining that Deadpool showing up alongside Wolverine would not work tonally.
No. I want a Deadpool/Wolvie film. But Logan is its own unique & perfect thing. The Big Red Shit-Talker wouldn’t mix with the tone. https://t.co/35WpEJLJ10
Actor Ryan Reynolds has spoken out to confirm that the character Deadpool will not show up in the upcoming Wolverine movie, Logan. A report today claimed that would be the case.
Prisoner 24601 is a reference to Jean Valjean, the character Wolverine actor Hugh Jackman played in Les Miserables.
The Wrap reported today that Reynolds filmed a scene as Deadpool for Logan that was said to possibly be a post-credits scene. Director James Mangold also denied that Deadpool would be in the movie.
@PotterDarth DEADPOOL IS NOT IN MY FILM. Does all caps help confirm it?
Logan is scheduled to come out in March 2017. The Deadpool sequel, meanwhile, is currently without a release date. Tim Miller, who directed the first and was on board for the sequel, recently dropped out.
Following the tragic passing of actress Carrie Fisher this week, some Elite: Dangerous players requested some form of a memorial for the Star Wars legend. Their wishes are being granted.
A producer for Elite: Dangerous responded to the community’s request, writing in the game’s forums, “Sad news indeed–a ‘Fisher’s Rest’ outpost will be added to the game in the 2.3 release.” This post was spotted this week by DualShockers.
Star Wars: The Old Republic players have also called for a tribute to Fisher in that game in the form of a statue. However, as PC Gamer points out, that might not work, since The Old Republic is set thousands of years before Leia was born.
We got a new look at Mass Effect: Andromeda during The Game Awards earlier this month. It won’t be long until BioWare shows even more of the game, we’ve now learned. BioWare announced on Twitter (via DualShockers) that it will show more “environments and gameplay” during Nvidia’s keynote address at the Consumer Electronics Show next week. Specifically, this will be on Wednesday, January 4.
The briefing begins at 6:30 PM PT / 9:30 PM ET that day. Here’s the official word on what to expect: “See industry’s most exciting tech unveilings in artificial intelligence (AI), self-driving cars, and gaming.”
