Interested in Star Citizen but not sure if you want to pay for it? You’re in luck, as developer Cloud Imperium Games has announced that the game’s alpha is free to play all month long.
To get into the game, enter the promo code “Fall2016” at this page. Do that and you’ll get access to the game’s alpha and the F7C-M Super Hornet ship (pictured below).
According to DualShockers, Star Citizen’s alpha comes with features like dogfighting and some of its persistent universe. It’s not everything the game has to offer, but it should give you a taste.
In search of a 4K TV and an Xbox One? Best Buy has launched a new deal you may want to consider.
The store is now selling a 55″ Samsung 4K TV with your choice of Xbox One S bundles for $850. Xbox One S bundles available in this deal include the 500 GB Halo Collection bundle (includes Halo 5: Guardians and Halo: The Master Chief Collection), 500 GB Battlefield 1 bundle, and the 500 GB Minecaft Favorites bundle that comes with Minecraft’s Xbox One edition and DLC.
Go to Best Buy’s website here to buy the TV/console bundle. The offer is good through this coming Saturday, October 29.
The Deadpool sequel is moving forward without director Tim Miller, according to a report.
Deadline reports that Miller has exited the movie after a “series of creative differences” with star Ryan Reynolds. “He hadn’t formally signed a deal to continue, but he was developing the script and by all accounts had planned to return behind the camera for a film Fox will release in 2018,” Deadline said. The nature of the creative differences was not specified in the report.
According to Deadline’s Mike Fleming Jr., the split was over “mutual creative differences” and is described as amicable in nature. Fox isn’t saying goodbye to Miller altogether, as he is expected to direct Fox’s Influx, based on the Daniel Suarez novel, that could be the first in a trilogy.
Released in February, the R-rated Deadpool was a smash hit. It made $782 million at the worldwide box office against a budget of $58 million, according to Box Office Mojo.
In June 2016, Deadpool 2‘s script was nearing completion from writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, who are returning from the first film. The movie was at one time expected to start shooting in early 2017, though it remains to be seen if that’s still the case now that Miller has reportedly dropped out.
“We don’t want $150 million to go make the next movie; that’s not Deadpool,” Wernick said earlier this year. “Deadpool doesn’t lift cities up into the air or battle aliens coming down to earth; that’s just not Deadpool. So we’re happy in that little small budget range that they have us in; we don’t wanna blow this next one out.”
Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn weighed on the report today.
Honestly bummed about Tim Miller leaving Deadpool. He did an amazing job with the first one; I’d like to have seen where he’d go next.
Justice League director Zack Snyder has shared a new photo of Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman in his upcoming movie. The shot is a fiery one, with flames burning behind the Amazonion warrior.
2016 marks the 75th anniversary of the Wonder Woman character. Gadot and Lynda Carter, who played the character in the ’70s TV series, appeared at the United Nations on Friday where Wonder Woman was named honorary ambassador for the empowerment of women and girls.
“In some magical and mystical way, there lies within each of us Wonder Woman,” Carter told an audience, according to Entertainment Weekly. “She is real. She lives and she breathes. I know this because she lives in me, and she lives in the stories that these women tell me, day in and day out. I see it in the letters and in the stories. I read it on social media. I see it in the tears that fall from the eyes of the women who say it saved them from some awful thing that they endured–because they saw that they could do something great.”
The USPS is releasing Wonder Woman stamps this year to celebrate the character’s 75th anniversary. Wonder Woman made her debut in October 1941 in the All Star Comics #8 issue, though she was not the focus of it.
Snyder’s Justice League also stars Ben Affleck as Batman, Jason Momoa as Aquaman, and J.K. Simmons as Commissioner Gordon. It opens in November 2017. Gadot will be seen next as Wonder Woman in the standalone Wonder Woman movie, which opens in June 2017.
Something new in Ready at Dawn’s The Order: 1886 franchise could happen, the developer has teased. According to DualShockers, creative director Ru Weerasuriya told Game Informer that “the IP has a future,” though it remains to be seen if this could be a new game or something else.
“The best way to answer that without giving anything… how can I say this… Is there a future? Yes. That IP has a future. It’s definitely built in that IP,” he said. “That future is already something that was built from the very get go, from the first day we started working on it. As you know, since you played the game and for the ones who played out there… there is a larger storyline. There is a macro story that keeps going, it’s an IP that is actually bigger than the storylines that we have created. So there are legs to this IP, definitely.”
As for whether Sony would remain the publisher for any new game installments, Weerasuriya said, “Well, you’ll have to ask Sony that.” Watch the full Game Informer interview in the video above, featuring Weerasuriya and Andrea Pessino, the co-founders of Ready at Dawn.
“We feel that The Order showcased the fruits of our labor on technology. That was one of the biggest focuses for the team having come from PSP and jumping directly to PS4,” Weerasuriya said at the time. “The first game was more than anything a launch platform to build upon.”
“The Order was never written as a one-off story,” he added “There is a lot more to tell as you can see from the way the game ends.”
GameSpot’s The Order: 1886 review scored the game a 5/10, saying the title is “at best, perfectly playable, and lovely to look at and listen to. But it is also the face of mediocrity and missed opportunities.”
[UPDATE] In 343’s latest Halo weekly blog post, the developer revealed one more stencil, this one themed around the Halo Championship series logo. The stencil was designed by 343 graphic designer Charles Ramos.
The original story is below.
With Halloween right around the corner, you might be thinking about carving a pumpkin. If you want to try your hand at a Halo design, 343 Industries has now released a number of stencils to help you out.
The developer posted 11 stencils on its blog, ranging in difficulty from Easy to Legendary. Some of the designs are for Halo items like the energy sword, Master Chief’s helmet, the UNSC logo, and a Guardian. That last one is listed as being of the Legendary difficulty variety–and it certainly looks like it.
Check out all the stencils in the blog post or in the image gallery above. Print them out and then apply to your pumpkin to get started. You can then post your creation on Twitter using the hashtag #HaloLantern for a chance to have it featured in an upcoming post by 343. #HaloLantern is the same hashtag that the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim used in the past for their own pumpkin-carving promotion.
It was a big week in gaming news. Here’s a roundup of the big stories and others you may have missed.
THE BIG STUFF:
Nintendo finally announced its new console this week. Once codenamed NX, Nintendo revealed that the console is called Nintendo Switch, and as rumored, it’s a console/mobile hybrid. You can play it at home in a docking station or take it on the go to play wherever you want. We still have a bunch of unanswered questions, though, and Nintendo has not said anything about price. Nintendo Switch comes out in March.
Red Dead Redemption 2 is finally official. After years of waiting and lots of rumors, Rockstar Games this week officially confirmed the western, slating it for a fall 2017 release on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. The first trailer has also been released–and it looks gorgeous.
What games sold the best in September 2016? Now we know, as the NPD Group this week announced the Top 10 best-selling games for the month in the US, including physical and digital in some cases. Without further ado….
NBA 2K17
Madden NFL 17
FIFA 17
NHL 17
BioShock: The Collection
Destiny: The Collection
Grand Theft Auto V
Overwatch (no Battle.net PC sales included)
Forza Horizon 3 (no digital sales included)
Call of Duty: Black Ops III
THE OTHER STUFF:
Here’s a cool new video in which Final Fantasy XV’s voice actors discuss the process of lending their voices to the long-awaited RPG.
The professional gaming squad Team Dignitas announced this week that Jonathan Kemp, a video game industry veteran who worked on Tomb Raider, is joining the team as its new CEO. As announced previously, the NBA’s Philadelphia Sixers own Team Dignitas.
Star Wars Rogue One’s lead, Jyn Erso, will be played by three different actresses, according to Mads Mikkelsen, who plays her father in the movie. There will be a young Jyn, a teenage Jyn, and then an adult Jyn. The younger Jyns will show up in flashback sequences, presumably. Read the full GQ interview here.
Here’s something pretty cool. The live-action/CG movie Space Jam is coming back to theaters–but only for two days in November. Get all the details here at Cartoon Brew.
A Candy Crush TV show is on the way. CBS, which owns GameSpot, has announced it’s working with Lionsgate and King/Activision to produce a game show based on the popular mobile game.
Here is a wicked cool vidoc for Halo Wars 2, covering the RTS game’s new Blitz multiplayer mode and more. Not hyped for Halo Wars 2? Watching this video may change that.
Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn really wants a Nebula spinoff to happen. He talked about it recently on Twitter. Sound like a good idea?
I have a few favorites myself, but I agree that Nebula should lead her own film – it’s something I’ve thought about from the beginning. https://t.co/lyPAA6Hyxw
Twitch streamer Rudeism is at it again. He’s known for playing games with odd objects and that’s exactly what he does in this new Overwatch video–he plays the game with a bow controller. Really. See the incredible video and get more details at Kotaku.
According to Screencrush, Michael Dougherty is in negotiations with producers Legendary to helm the film, which is due in 2019. Dougherty had already been announced as co-writer of the movie alongside Zach Shields, and is now under consideration to direct. According to the site, Dougherty’s role may depend on Legendary’s approval of his and Shields’s screenplay.
Dougherty previously directed the Christmas-themed horror movie Krampus, which he also wrote with Shields, as well as the acclaimed Halloween anthology Trick R’ Treat. As a writer, he worked on Bryan Singer’s superhero movies X-Men 2 and Superman Returns.
In May, Edwards left Godzilla 2 amicably, with Deadline reporting that he would instead be focusing on smaller projects. His Star Wars spinoff Rogue One hits theaters in December.
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.
Kevin Wada posted some recent commissions on his Tumblr.
Kris Anka posted a Wonder Woman sketch for Wonder Woman Day on his Tumblr.
Franco posted some new art on his Instagram. Original art is available here.
Mike Henderson posted pics on his Instagram. His original art can be found here.
Sara Pichelli posted more commissions from New York on her Tumblr.
Paolo Rivera posted a couple new sketches on his blog.
Michael Walsh posted recent commissions on his Instagram.
The Last Guardian has been in development a long time. How long? The development team has been working on it in various stages since 2007. But despite numerous delays, including one just last month, the game has finally gone gold.
PlayStation boss Shuhei Yoshida confirmed in a tweet, “The Last Guardian has gone gold! I’m so excited for you all to finally experience it ˖✧◝(⁰▿⁰)◜✧˖”
I’ve waited a very long time to say this… The Last Guardian has gone gold! I’m so excited for you all to finally experience it ˖✧◝(⁰▿⁰)◜✧˖
“Going gold” means that primary development has concluded and the game can be pressed to physical discs. However, with the proliferation of day-one patches and DLC, there’s still typically lots of work for developers to do after reaching this important milestone.
The Last Guardian was primarily developed by Fumito Ueda, the talent behind Ico and Shadow of the Colossus. It was set to launch on the PS3, but various issues have now brought it to the PS4. The game is set to release on December 6, but if you can’t wait to get a taste of what will be in the game, you can check out a good chunk of gameplay and our initial impressions right here..
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