Tony Stark’s Iron Man is easily one the most popular character in the Marvel movie-verse. Once the Secret Wars smoke clears, Brian Michael Bendis and David Marquez are tasked with making him just as popular on the comic page. It’s not going to be easy.
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Now that you’ve seen it, what did you think? Unlike any spy you’ve never seen before. Now playing in theaters everywhere is Paul Feig’s new comedy Spy, yet another spoof on the spy movie genre. This time Melissa McCarthy takes the lead, going out in the field on a job as an agent when the men aren’t up to the task. The cast includes Jason Statham & Jude Law as spies, plus Miranda Hart, Rose Byrne, Julian Miller and Morena Baccarin. So how is this action comedy? Better than expected? Or a complete mess? McCarthy at her best or worst? Once you’ve seen it, leave a comment with your thoughts on Paul Feig’s Spy. ›››
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“1,000 for the day. Filming service. Discretion is appreciated.” Radius-TWC has debuted the official trailer for Creep, starring Mark Duplass and Patrick Brice, who also directed the film. This indie horror that premiered at SXSW 2014 is a found footage story of a videographer who takes a cheap job and ends up working with a guy who seems nice at first, but gets creepier as the night goes on. This looks like a thriller in the vein of Baghead, another Duplass Brothers film, more than a horror from the Blumhouse guys, but I’m still down to check it out. Mark Duplass can’t be that creepy, can he? I guess we’ll all find out soon enough. ›››
Continue reading Watch: Official Trailer for Indie Horror ‘Creep’ with Mark Duplass
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What if a tennis match lasted 7 days? That’s the premise behind 7 Days in Hell, a mockumentary in the style of Christopher Guest’s work that follows the two tennis players during the legendary match in 2004. In comparison to real life, the longest tennis match lasted 3 days, which is actually quite long considering it’s a set of tennis games that just won’t end. In 7 Days in Hell, Andy Samberg battles Kit Harington on the court and it looks like it’s going to be hilarious. This first teaser is only 60 seconds and plays more like a sports promo for ESPN, but I love it, they’ve totally sold me on this. You just need to see the footage below. ›››
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Let’s start by making something very clear. Just because Melissa McCarthy is overweight does not make every joke in which she’s involved an automatic “fat joke.” Sure, the actress has been involved in some obesity-related humor over the course of her film career, but it’s not the right attitude to inherently bring with you while watching one of her movies. Maybe it’s the right attitude a Kevin James movie but not for Spy – McCarthy’s latest – and a film that has comedy coming from all areas. It’s an early favorite for the comedy event of the Summer thanks heavily to both McCarthy and the great hodgepodge of a cast with which she’s working. At the very least, Spy has fewer “fat jokes” than even the trailer for Paul Blart 2. ›››
Continue reading Review: Paul Feig’s ‘Spy’ is Frontrunner For Comedy of the Summer
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“I give you my everything.” The Weinstein Company has debuted another new trailer for Antoine Fuqua’s Southpaw, starring Jake Gyllenhaal as a boxer who has to fight his way to the top to save his family, and his entire life. We’ve seen one stellar trailer and a solid TV spot for this summer release already, but why not another trailer, because this looks damn good. Some strong emotional storytelling in the middle of all the superheroes and dinosaurs this summer? Sign me up! No seriously, this does look good. The cast includes Rachel McAdams, Forest Whitaker, Naomie Harris, 50 Cent, Beau Knapp + many others. Enjoy! ›››
Continue reading Jake Gyllenhaal Fights His Way to the Top in ‘Southpaw’ Trailer #2
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Fallout 4 Announced: After so many rumors, Bethesda finally officially announced Fallout 4 this week. And the news will keep on coming, as Bethesda will talk about and show more of the game at E3 next week.
XCOM 2 Announced: 2K this week announced the sequel to its acclaimed turn-based strategy game. It’s launching this November only on PC.
Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection Announced: This new bundle for PlayStation 4 will launch in October, featuring remastered versions of the first three games. There’s no multiplayer, but it does come with access to the upcoming Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End multiplayer beta.
Video game media veterans Adam Sessler and Morgan Webb will host the first-ever Bethesda E3 press conference, the publisher announced this week. Bethesda kicks off E3 this year, holding its event the evening of Sunday, June 14. Expect Fallout 4 news and more.
Oculus VR, the company behind the Rift headset, has an internal VR movie production studio and they announced their next project today–a movie called Harry. It stars a hedgehog who just wants to hug people, but he doesn’t get many takers for obvious reasons. Watch a trailer here:
DomiNations, the new mobile game from the new version of Big Huge Games, is off to a hot start. 60 days after launch, the game has now seen 7.2 million downloads, as players have trained 1.6 billion troops and battled 50 million times.
Open-world Wii U game Xenoblade Chronicles X is huuuge. It takes 31 minutes to run across the entire map, according to a recent playthrough.
Disney already has Disney Infinity, but Playmation sounds potentially even more exciting. It morphs real toys with video games and more. Read all about it here.
The Kickstarter campaign for We Happy Few, a drug-fueled psychedelic game from Compulsion Games (Contrast), has now gone live. Pledge at least CAD $60 and you’ll receive access to an early build of the game. What’s We Happy Few all about? Here’s the synopsis.
“In We Happy Few, just about everyone but the player is high on a drug called Joy, and they’re not fond of Downers. Avoid attracting too much attention to yourself, and you may find a way to escape the eerie city of Wellington Wells.” For more on We Happy Few, check out the Kickstarter.
The developer of This War of Mine, the intriguing game that showed war from a different perspective, is branching out for its next project. Thanks to the success of This War of Mine, developer 11bit is hoping to make a AAA-style project next. Read all about it here.
Following its release for consoles, Ubisoft’s Tetris Ultimate is now available on PlayStation Vita. You can buy the game today on Sony’s handheld for $30 at physical retailers and $15 through the PlayStation Network as a download. It supports up to two players across nine modes: Battle, Battle Ultimate, Marathon, Endless, Ultra, Sprint, Time’s Up, Landslide, and Haunted.
Curious about the history of potions in video games? This video, from Curse, acts as a nice primer.
The Harvest Moon franchise is expanding to new platforms. Natsume has announced that the next game in the series, Seeds of Memories, will be the first available for Wii U and PC. What’s more, Natsume will release a new, as-yet-untitled Harvest Moon game for iOS and Android, the company announced.
June’s Forza Horizon 2 DLC has been announced and released. The content is called the Duracell Car Pack and it’s out now on Xbox One for $5. It comes with five new cars, while everyone gets a free car. Get all the details here.
World of Warcraft is a hugely popular, enduring, exciting game. But if there’s one critique over the years, it’s been that it doesn’t look so hot. But what if the game were developed in Unreal Engine 4? It might look something like this totally amazing render.
The folks behind the epic video series Man at Arms have published their latest project, and it’s amazing. Their challenge was to build Narsil, Aragorn’s sword from The Lord of the Rings without using modern blacksmith methods. Amazing. Watch the process here.
Big-name game studios Sega and Daybreak (formerly Sony Online Entertainment) have left the Entertainment Software Association. That’s the group that represents the video game industry’s interests in Washington. They also put on E3 every year. Read the full story here.
For the Love of Spock. That’s the name of a new Kickstarter documentary from Leonard Nimoy’s son, Adam. It’s a movie primarily based on Spock, and is hoping to launch next year to coincide with the 50th anniversary of Star Trek. Check out the Kickstarter here.
Oculus has announced the winners of its latest VR Jam. Check out the blog post with all the winners, including the $200,000 grand prize, here.
Mistwalker’s new mobile RPG, Terra Battle, has announced some impressive milestones following the game’s release earlier this year. Check out all of the marks here.
Cristiano Ronaldo will star alongside a troll named Hugo in a new endless runner game due out for mobile devices. This is not a joke. Check out the first footage of the game, which is called Ronaldo & Hugo: Superstar Skaters, here.
Have a great weekend! One more week until E3…
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The era of plastic musical instrument is set to return in a big way this year with new hardware-focused rhythm games from Guitar Hero and Rock Band. But while Rock Band is taking a more traditional stance and incorporating both instruments and DLC from previous games, Guitar Hero Live is starting over from the beginning.
We’ll likely learn more at E3 about exactly how the song system will work, and what the balance will be between on-disc and online music. But in the meantime, we’ve gotten weekly updates on songs that will be available on the Guitar Hero roster.
To learn what goes into choosing those songs, and possibly get some clues as to what additional songs we’ll learn about next, we talked with FreeStyle Games studio head Jamie Jackson in the Q&A below.
GameSpot: Earlier GH games were very much guitar-focused, but you’re branching out into pop and even electronica/dubstep with GH Live. How come?
Jamie Jackson: In the past five years since the last Guitar Hero game launched, there has been a complete musical renaissance. I think if you look at the way people now discover music–whether it be through Pandora, Spotify, Soundcloud, or what have you–you find that genres have evolved and diversified so much in the past few years alone.
At FreeStyle Games we are insatiable about all different types of music, and we really want that to shine through in Guitar Hero Live. And of course, we’re still staying very true to rock. You’ll still have the mind-melting heavy metal, both new and classics, and many favorites from the past. You’ll also see a ton of new songs that have never been in previous Guitar Hero games. We can’t wait for fans to check them out.
Are there any core tenets that every song in the game needs to have?
At the very base, the song has to have the type of energy that makes it fun to play. With the new six-button layout of the guitar controller, we try to find music that really takes advantage of the design, whether it be through a particularly challenging chord progression or a killer guitar solo.
What makes a good Guitar Hero song?
I’d say a lot of what I described above. Anything that takes full advantage of the new guitar controller layout. There’s that one Gary Clark Jr. song, “Don’t Owe You a Thang,” that’s just so fun to play because your fingers are all over the fret board at a super fast rate. When you get into a flow and you hit all the notes, it’s a total rush.
How do you balance accuracy and getting that “feel” of playing a guitar versus making something that’s just plain fun to jam on?
I think that’s the beauty of the new guitar controller. Like we’ve said before, we found in research that there was a barrier to entry with songs that required you to use your pinky finger, or as we affectionately call it, the “danger pinky.” So while we wanted to mimic the feel of playing a guitar by altering the button layout to better resemble a chord-playing experience, we also wanted to make the game more accessible through various difficulty levels for those who don’t want such a huge challenge. Still, at the top level, all the notes are marked up, so it’s gonna be a challenge.
Have you focused on different songs because of the button layout (more chord-based tunes versus songs that require lots of work up and down the neck)?
Well, the goal is to have a variety of both, and certainly there are some songs that have great catchy hooks and others that have just mad crazy solos. But then you have a bunch of songs that have a mix of both. Take for instance “Cry of Achilles” by Alter Bridge. That song starts with some heavy chords, but then towards the end you have some really interesting tempo changes and a great solo, which we think just makes for a really well-rounded Guitar Hero experience.
Why no rhythm guitar?
For Guitar Hero Live we really want to make the guitar the star. You are the one anchoring the band with your skills; you are the heart and soul of the song.
Have any artists come to you, or have you been doing all the pitching to artists/labels?
It’s been a good mix of both. We’ve been working closely with major labels as well as indie ones to get music that we love in the game. It’s not uncommon for us to talk to the labels about a certain artist, but then they’ll present us with another band and we say, “Yes, get them in this game.” We can’t wait to announce more songs in the coming months.
How are negotiations going with Led Zeppelin? But seriously, have you talked to them?
Unfortunately there’s nothing I can really say on that front…
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With just a week left before the end of the Kickstarter campaign for his new game, Bloodstained, Castlevania veteran Koji “IGA” Igarashi and Mega64 have teamed up to release a new video wherein IGA shows off his vampire-hunting skills.
The video focuses on the Mega64 guys’ encounter with a vampire. Igarashi shows up, whip in hand, to take care of him, but not before embarking on a truly daunting quest to collect the vampire’s worldly belongings in order to summon him.
The video follows below, but beware there is a bit of NSFW language.
Although the video itself doesn’t mention the game, this is meant to promote the Kickstarter for Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night that began last month. The project has already far exceeded its $500,000 goal, and currently sits at just over $3.4 million.
All of that extra money will go toward funding the development of extra content, from additional modes to new levels, music, and more. By surpassing $3 million, it’ll now come to Wii U in addition to PS4, Xbox One, and PC; should $3.5 million be raised, a Vita version will be developed, too.
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Since its release last week, Nintendo has been slowly adding new content to Splatoon‘s multiplayer mode. Following the best addition of the bunch–an NES Zapper-style weapon–another new weapon will be released later today.
The Inkbrush, as it’s called, is just that: a giant paintbrush that you can run around with it. According to the official Splatoon blog, it plays like the existing (and extremely effective) paint roller weapon, but is somewhat faster.
It’s also described as “not the strongest offensive weapon.” While using it, you’ll have access to the Sprinkler sub-weapon and Airstrike special weapon.
The Inkbrush rolls out for free tonight, June 5, at 7 PM PT. That’s the same time that Nintendo previously released the aforementioned NES Zapper weapon (called the N-Zap ’85), a new map, and the online ranked multiplayer mode.
More updates are on the way for Splatoon, including a major one in August. Little is known about what else Nintendo has in store, save for an online mode called Rainmaker that features a new weapon.
Splatoon, a third-person shooter (sort of) launched exclusively for Wii U on May 28. For more, check out GameSpot’s review.
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