We are only a few days away from a new trailer for Thor: The Dark World and today Marvel has released a new poster to get the thunder god talk going.
Literally every character is on this poster. It will be one of those posters that you want to take a glance at while you are at the theater, but can’t get to because of the two fu**tards that stand in front of it and analyze every single person on the damn thing.
Thor: The Dark World releases on November 8th.
Now here is a reason to get back playing board games. USAopoly has announced The Walking Dead versions of Monopoly and Risk that put a zombie spin on the games.
Risk will feature a map of the southeastern region of the United States (where the comic is based) and new decks of Event and Supply Cards will add the strategy to the classic game as you try to escape zombie hordes.
Monopoly will give players new tokens to choose from including: Michonne’s Katana, Dale’s RV, bucket of body parts, Rick’s hat, a telephone and the now infamous Lucille. Properties have been changed as well to include some of the series most recognizable environments like Woodbury, Greene Farmhouse and The Kingdom.
Risk retails for $49.99 and Monopoly will cost $39.99.
Uber-fans of The Undertaker rejoice, 2K is releasing the WWE 2K14 Phenom Edition this fall. The set will retail for $100 and comes with a coffin full of goodies.
Here’s the rundown:
-Coffin Tin Box
-“American Badass” Undertaker as a playayble character
-Undertaker controller skin
-Art card autographed by Undertaker
-Disc 1 of Undertaker: The Streak on Blu-Ray or DVD
-The game (no sh**)
-Ultimate Warrior playable character (also available with pre-order of game)
Collector’s Editions are all the rage, but I can not see paying a hundred bucks for this set. I will be able to download the American Badass character at a later date and the tin is only going to be useful for holding used movie tickets or pot. The controller skin may gum up your controller and you are only getting one disc of a three-disc set.
Although the pot holding tin idea should have at least convinced three of you to purchase this.
[amazon_link id=”B00CMC6HCY” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]WWE 2K14[/amazon_link] releases on October 29th.
One of EA’s most anticipated games is easily Star Wars: Battlefront which is being taken over by Battlefield developers DICE. A teaser was shown at E3 and nerd joy was renewed knowing that we will one day again be able to kill as many Ewoks as we want in team-based combat.
During the EA annual stockholders meeting, CFO Blake Jorgensen gave a possible release window for the revival of the title. He said the title “most likely come out around the same time that the Star Wars movies start to come out, probably in the summer of ’15.”
I’ll leave this handy video here to remind everyone of how much time was lost by me and others to the Battlefront series.
Microsoft certainly has a long way to go in matching Games with Gold to PS Plus, but the August offerings are certainly a step in the right direction.
[amazon_link id=”B000HCQK0A” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Crackdown[/amazon_link] will be the first game available from August 1-15. For those of you looking for a good intro into the super-powered open-world game before [amazon_link id=”B00BRQN2H4″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Saint’s Row IV[/amazon_link], Crackdown is some decent, dumb fun.
On August 16th you will be able to download [amazon_link id=”B002EE5ROO” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Dead Rising 2[/amazon_link] and its DLC prequel, Case Zero. With [amazon_link id=”B00DB90AHA” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Dead Rising 3[/amazon_link] one of the biggest launch games for the [amazon_link id=”B00CMQTVMI” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Xbox One[/amazon_link], this is a great way to get some excitement drummed up for the sequel by offering both of these for free. Plus, it is hours of wacky, zombie-killing fun for absolutely nothing so you can not go wrong.
The writers of the CW series Arrow have revealed that we will see the introduction of The Flash in the second season of the show and that he will be spun off into his own series. The pilot will be written by series writers Greg Berlanti, Andrew Kreisberg and Mr. DC Geoff Johns.
In a pair of interviews, Berlanti and Kreisberg gave some more insight on exactly what kind of Flash we can expect. Berlanti had this to say in an interview with Deadline:
“Barry Allen’s story always has been a favorite of mine, as well as of Andrew Kreisberg and Geoff Johns. We wanted everyone to know about the show as that process commenced. We think it fits well both in terms of Arrow and as a stand-alone series.”
Kreisberg was asked about how The Flash will fit into the Arrow style in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter:
“When we first meet Barry Allen, he’s just a forensic scientist … an ordinary man. Part of the fun for the audience … is to see how we view our Arrow take on the Flash legacy. Some of it will feel very familiar to DC Comics, some of it hopefully will feel different, fresh and exciting. The same way we approached Arrow is the same way we’re approaching Barry.”
I am more than interested to see what the guys behind Arrow can do for The Flash character. Arrow is one of my favorite shows and if you have not given it a try because it is on the CW then you are missing out. I also would like to know how this affects any plans for the rumored 2016 Flash movie that was talked about at Comic-Con.
Oh, and about the costume. Will it be some kind of Smallville-type crapfest? Kreiberg had an answer for that as well:
“No sweat suits or strange code names; he will be The Flash.”
The series already has a mark in the plus column.
Nintendo released system and game sales figures for the Wii U and 3DS and to put things bluntly, the 3DS seems to be keeping Nintendo afloat. The handheld sold over a million units this quarter and moved a staggering 11 million games.
Now onto the Wii U. This is gonna hurt.
The Wii U has sold a whopping 160,000 units…from April to the end of June…GLOBALLY.
To put this simply: that is bad.
To put it in internal Nintendo speak: Are we fu**ed? We may be fu**ed. Fu**.
Only 160,000 systems in a three month period in every territory you sell in is no laughing matter. Even the Wii managed to sell over 200,00 systems in the same period. Total sales of the Wii U are sitting at 3.6 million after almost seven months of release with two new consoles on the horizon and Nintendo showing no signs of giving the system a price drop.
This has got to change. The only reason the [amazon_link id=”B002I096AA” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]3DS[/amazon_link] took off after its horrific launch was the huge price cut the system received just months after its release. Nintendo noticed that people were not going to pony up $250 for the new handheld and slash its price by $80. If the [amazon_link id=”B009AGXH64″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Wii U[/amazon_link] is to even survive to see another console cycle then this has to be step one in its rehabilitation.
As expected, there will be an extended edition of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. While not lengthening the film quite like The Lord of the Rings did, it will feature 13 minutes of new footage.
If that does not sound like enough to warrant another purchase for those that have the theatrical version maybe the nine hours of special features will change your mind.
Yep. Nine hours.
The Blu-Ray release last March was simply a bare bones version and if you are any type of LOTR fan you knew that meant that there would be a huge amount of special features coming when the extended edition was announced and Peter Jackson never disappoints. There will be a full chronological telling of the pre-production and shooting of the film called The Appendices just like in the LOTR extended versions.
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Extended Edition will release on November 5th.
Batman: Arkham Origins is being developed by WB Montreal this go round and so far the game is looking like it will live up to the Arkham name. Now WB Games has announced that Arkham Origins will feature a multiplayer mode with a new twist.
3 vs. 3 vs. 2
One team will be headed up by The Joker while the other will be led by the massive Bane as they fight to control Gotham. The two in this equation are, of course, Batman and Nightwing who will try and take down both teams. Each team will have the latest in high tech equipment and weaponry to even the stakes against each other and The Dark Knight and his partner. They will have their own version of “Detective Mode” called “Enhanced Vision” which can only be used in thirty second intervals. Each team will also have the use of special attacks like Joker gift boxes which can be left as proximity mines.
Batman and Nightwing will have their usual set of goodies to use, but will need to be more cagey in their actions since their opponents are wielding guns and other high end weapons.
This sounds like it will be loads of fun and will definitely add a lot of hours to what I hope will be the next great game in this series. What do you think about the newly announced multiplayer mode? Is it something you are looking forward to?
Check out the trailer below. [amazon_link id=”B00C7103DO” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Batman: Arkham Origins[/amazon_link] releases on October 25th.
http://youtu.be/EYR9plVWNsY
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