This doesn’t necessarily mean that we can expect a new film in these series any time soon, as Feige stated;
There comes a time in contracts where, if a studio is done making the movies, [the characters] come home. That doesn’t mean we’re going to make another movie. But it means they’re back in the fold, which is where we want them to be.
All it means is that the former film rights had expired and so, legally, Marvel have reattained them. But there’s always hope, and you’d have to imagine with the massive success of The Avengers that these great characters could be integrated into Phase 4, or maybe even Phase 3 of Marvel’s Cinematic Universe.
Mars: War Logs, the latest action RPG by Spiders Games and Focus Home Interactive, is available for the PC in UK retail stores from today. Koch Media is distributing the game in physical copies following the earlier, digital release on Steam.
Console gamers shouldn’t have long to wait, as a release date of “very soon” is being promised for Xbox LIVE and PlayStation Network. Mars: War Logs is set centuries in the future on the Red Planet, after a cataclysm that threw the colonies into chaos. The player controls Roy, a hardened renegade caught in the middle of a war between corporations vying for the control of the most precious resource, water.
Check out our recent review here for our verdict on the game.
The LinkedIn resume of a 2K Games senior animator may have revealed intentions for an all-new companion character to be included in forthcoming DLC for Bioshock Infinite.
This is the first bit of information we have on the game’s planned DLC, which will comprise of 3 single-player add-ons. The new character seems to be a part of the earliest DLC addition. The work listed can be seen directly below:
In celebration of the 5th anniversary of super robot anime Gurren Lagann, Aniplex of America are releasing the subtitled, Japanese import BD/DVD sets to North America.
Now we have what is said to be the artwork for the Blu-ray box set, with images for the top box (above), bottom box (below) and digipack (further below) released. These are the awesome illustrations of the crazy mecha designs and characters in the show that will adorn your box.
The BD set is scheduled to be released on June 26 for $669.98 while the DVD set is slated for May 14 at $174.98. RightStuf is offering a discount though, at $549.98 and $139.98 respectively.
In the upcoming neo-Paris, cyberpunk title Remember Me, Capcom are throwing in a little homage to their premiere franchise – Street Fighter.
As seen in the image above (found on the game’s Steam product page), if you pre-order Remember Me from Steam, you will receive what is called the “Combo Lab Pack”, featuring three exclusive ‘pressen moves’: the Flash Kick, the Spinning Bird Kick and the Dragon Punch. These moves are trademarks of Guile, Chun-Li and Ken, respectively, from Street Fighter. These attacks can be incorporated into your custom combo chains. Although a nice nod, it shouldn’t come as a surprise as Yoshinori Ono – Street Fighter IVproducer – has been consulting with the developer Dontnod Entertainment in creating a fluid combat system.
Remember Me is coming out June 7th here in Australia.
Today Gogogogo.com revealed the next Boss Backstory for the new, free-to-play, browser-based, 2D, third person shooter; Tata Blitz and that boss is none other than the infamous Dracula! You can read the official teaser description below.
Tata Blitzis a great game known for its comical, cartoon style. The game features varies battle maps, unique and crazy characters, awesome weapons and fast-paced PVE mission and PVP challenges. Players will be transported to an array of foreign maps that will feature scenery from all over the globe including Egyptian Pyramids, Dracula’s Castle, Dark gas Swamps and a whole lot more!
The Official Tata Blitz Boss Backstory:
“Bob, do you really believe in Dracula?” a timid voice asked from the darkness.
“Shut up Rocky. You’ve asked me that a hunnerd times, don’ ask any more!” came the sharp retort, the South accent thick on his tongue. The silence thickened ominously, broken only by the two’s footfalls on the stone walkway.
Bob and Rock had been best friends for what felt like forever. Both were huge fans of everything Vampire, and had always fantasized about meeting a live…or dead one. An online forum they both followed had mentioned an abandoned castle where a vampire was rumored to live, and they’d decided to adventure out to see if it was true. The two had spent hours walking around the deserted castle, and were on the verge of leaving when they stumped upon a secret entrance to an underground passage. Though night was falling, the possibility of a secret underground lair was too much for the duo to resist!
Bob lead the way with Rock, more timid, following behind. The darkness was both thrilling and a little intimidating. Rock secretly wished he could be back at home in his cozy chair in front of the TV and computer, but he couldn’t leave his best friend to go exploring alone. Suddenly, Rock felt some fluid drop onto his face, and he screamed, startling Bob. Both lifted their leads slowly and discovered they could no longer see the roof clearly. With a thunderous noise, hundreds of bat wings began to beat in time as faint green lights – the reflection of the creatures’ eyes – suddenly light up the gloomy cavern.
The two began to run without caution, not realizing they were running deeper into the underground catacombs. They screeched to a halt as they entered a cavernous chamber and stared in horror, for sitting in the middle of the room, on a raised platform, sat a coffin. As its lid slowly rose up, Rock’s last thought was for his comfortable chair as he was attacked by the swarm of ravenous vampire bats that has followed the two inside…When did this happen and where? It’s up to you to find out!
Visit www.tatablitz.com now for more info and to join the fun of Tata Blitz.
Way of the Dogg, an arcade rhythm-fighter title brought to us by Snoop D-O-Double-Gizzle himself is releasing today on the Xbox Live Arcade, with release on the PSN Store and mobile platforms soon to follow.
The bombastic game draws inspiration from Snoop’s love of 70s Kung-Fu movies (don’t we all love ’em!), andfollows the story of America Jones – the toughest street fighter in town, whose two great passions are the fight and his woman, Sierra. But, in a classic filmic twist, Sierra is taken from him, forcing AJ to step up and take his fighting skills to a whole new level under the watchful eye of Master Snoop. He must learn the “Way of the Dogg”.
Way of The Dogg features intense, rhythm-action combat matched to a selection of Snoop Dogg’s greatest hits including: “Who am I (What’s my Name)”,“Gz and Hustlas”, “From Tha Chuuch To Da Palace” and “ Pump Pump.”Way of the Dogg’sstory mode pits players against the toughest fighters around in brutal one-on-one fights. In addition, the game features highly stylized temple fight-challenges taught by Snoop and multiplayer to boot [to the face!].
Snoop spoke about his inspirations in making the title with Echo Peak;
I’ve always dug old school Kung Fu movies. Growing up in the hood, me and the homies used to hit the Palace Theater in Long Beach to watch the double feature Kung-Fu flicks and come out of the theater play fighting each other, making those old school sound effects. I wanted Way of the Dogg to pay tribute to that feeling and bring that same excitement, fused with my music, to the game.
You can check out the Way of the Dogg Gameplay Trailer embedded below, and visit the official Way of the Dogg Facebook page for all the latest updates.
Wargaming have announced that they will as part of a sponsorship package, build an Education centre at Cosford, England. Not only that but they also plan to fund an Exhibition at the Royal Air Force Museum that will focus the Museum’s Dornier 17 recovery project. The exhibition will be held at both Cosford and London locations.
Victor Kislyi, CEO of Wargaming had this to say,“Wargaming is passionate about military history, so we jumped at the opportunity to help be part of a truly historic endeavor. The story behind the Dornier 17 is truly unique and we’re looking forward to helping share that tale at the new Education Centre at Cosford.”
Wargaming are of course the award-winning online game developer and publisher as well as one of the world’s leading developers in the free-to-play MMO scene. With titles such as World of Warplanes, World of Tanks and even World of Warships, there is no denying the impact of Wargaming on the video-game market, with their incredible war-games the likes of which are quite simply unheard of.
For more information of Wargaming and this amazing sponsorship package with the Royal Air Force Museum check out their official website here.
Two physics programmers at NVIDIA – Miles Macklin (blog here) and Matthias Müller-Fischer – have written a paper, accepted for presentation at SIGGRAPH 2013, called Position Based Fluids (PBF) that explains the algorithm and inner workings of the new fluid simulation technology.
The SIGGRAPH submission video can be viewed at the very bottom of this article. Directly below is a supplemental video which demonstrates the further work achieved since submission, enabling spray and foam effects.
Position Based Fluids – Supplemental Video
Here is an excerpt of the abstract, although very few of us will truly understand it:
In fluid simulation, enforcing incompressibility is crucial for realism; it is also computationally expensive. Recent work has improved efficiency, but still requires time-steps that are impractical for real-time applications. (…) We incorporate an artificial pressure term that improves particle distribution, creates surface tension, and lowers the neighbourhood requirements of traditional SPH. Finally, we address the issue of energy loss by applying vorticity confinement as a velocity post process.
You can read the paper in full right here. And we thought Bioshockhad amazing water…
Anime streaming service Crunchyroll has announced three new anime shows added to its selection: Gurren Lagann, R.O.D -The TV- and Ghost Slayers Ayashi. All three anime titles have been licensed and released by Aniplex of America.
Episodes of Gurren Lagann will be released every Friday at 3:00 p.m. EDT. Premium Crunchyroll members get three episodes per week while free users get two. Ghost Slayers Ayashi starts on Saturday 3:00 p.m. EDT with all 30 episodes available to premium members. Free members get three per week. R.O.D -The TV– begins on Sunday at 3:00 p.m. EDT. Paying folk get the first 13 episodes while the rest get three per week.
There is a region-specific catch, however, as only those of us in North America can watch these shows.
The good news for some international anime fans is the launch of Crunchyroll’s service in Spain and Portugal, and it will hit the ground running by streaming most of this season’s titles along with other hits like Muv-Luv: Total Eclipse, Naruto Shippuden and Nyaruko-san. Subtitles will naturally be in Spanish and Portuguese, respectively.
