Game producer, Koji Igarashi, left with Konami when they decided to stop making Castlevania games. Igarashi started a Kickstarter campaign to fund the creation of Bloodstained, the spiritual successor to Castlevania. The Kickstarter hit its goal of $500,000 in one day. With the Kickstarter campaign ending on June 12th, they’ve raised just under $3.8 million.
This is the first installment of Justice League: Gods and Monsters, a project that will release a series of animated episodes daily June 8th – 12th. Bruce Timm and Machinma worked together to bring an alternate version of the Justice League to life. Because the project is released online expect an edgier, darker take on the DC Universe.
Watch this metal re-shape it self. It's like magic but it's really science. Guess this explains how the T2000 did his thing.
Here is the VR tech demo that Epic Games has been showing off at all the conventions using the latest VR headsets. I’ve seen it in VR and it’s better there. The video doesn’t quiet convey the user’s ability to look around and see the scene in 3D.
The first official trailer for the movie The Martian, directed by Ridley Scott. When a monster storm forces the early evacuation of the first manned mission to Mars, Damon's Mark Watney is stranded on the red planet and assumed dead. He has to use all his wits to survive on Mars, alone. The movie is not out till November 2015 so we’ll have to wait to see how the story turns out.
The Martian is one of our favorite books and it looks like the movie version is coming along quite nicely. In the video Matt Damon, playing astronaut Mark Watney, introduces us to the Ares 3 crew before they leave earth and visit Mars for the first time. It’s great to see Mark Watney calm and collected before things go bad in the story.
A new animated Mega Man series is coming to the US. The 26 episode series will be produced by Man of Action, best known for their Cartoon Network series Ben 10 and Generator Rex. The studio has also worked on the big budget film Big Hero 6. The new Mega Man is set to hit the air waves in 2017. We’re looking forward to it.
The folks at WTFLOL have created a parody of the many "versus" YouTube videos around. This time they are pitting Jason from Friday the 13th against Scorpion from Mortal Kombat.
BlobVanDam is a 3D animator and a Doctor Who fan. Combing this love of Doctor Who with the Lego Style has resulted in two great looking fan shorts. The first recreates the Time of the Doctor episode where Matt Smith turns into Peter Capaldi. The other is a short example of what a Lego Doctor Who game might look like.
A dramatic thriller set against the backdrop of a series of historic events, DreamWorks Pictures/Fox 2000 Pictures’ “Bridge of Spies” tells the story of James Donovan, a Brooklyn lawyer who finds himself thrust into the center of the Cold War when the CIA sends him on the near-impossible task to negotiate the release of a captured American U-2 pilot.
The Yaskawa Electric Corporation teach a robot the fine art of sword wielding. Then have it compete with Japanese sword master swordsman Isao Machii.
This new take on the Justice League was made in cooperation with Machinima. It’s apparently going to be released online over the course of several days (June 8th –June 12th). Looks good to me.
Z for Zachariah stars Margot Robbie, Chiwetel Ejiofor, and Chris Pine. The trailer makes it out to be a love triangle story after the end of the world. The movie looks like what I expected Last Man on Earth to be like..only with a woman..and a plot.
Here, Active Listening has been developed by Doppler Labs. It uses two wireless buds and a smartphone app to control what you hear and how you hear it. What’s great about this product is that it works in real time with zero latency. Tech Crunch interviewed the company founders and tried out the product and it looks pretty neat.
The folks at HelloDenizen have produced this super cute video of a hamster wreaking a city. Guess he’s watched too many Godzilla films.
PayPal is up to more shenanigans. In its recently updated terms of service PayPal has added a section that automatically opts you in to receive phone calls including those from advertisers and automated calls. Here’s the big kicker, YOU CAN’T OPT OUT.
The Bard’s Tale trilogy were some of my favorite games. I’m very excited to see the game live on, hopefully. Check out the Kickstarter and donate if you want to see this game made.
Swedish LEGO builders from Swebrick created a huge post-apocalyptic diorama that could easily be a scene from Mad Max or from another similar franchise.
I can imagine Max and Furiosa driving down that road. This just screams for an stop motion short to be made.
Here are some highlights photographed by Jonas Wide and Christer Nyberg.
Hot Toys has finally revealed their Scarlet Witch action figure for Avengers: Age of Ultron. Check out the photo gallery to see all the work they put into the figure. Great detail work!
Disney and Kablam are teaming up for Star Wars: Uprising, a Diablo-inspired mobile game that’ll have a beta in the “coming weeks” for certain territories. It’s set after Return of the Jedi but prior to The Force Awakens, and the full game arrives this fall.
