Activision’s Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 is just under two months away from release, but the biggest weapon in players’ arsenals has has already been unleashed. During Call of Duty Next, streamer JustHazzardous dropped the first nuke even before the game’s official beta period had begun. The results were understandably explosive, and even fatal for his character.
JustHazzardous claims to have pulled off a similar feat last year by setting off a nuke in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. In the new video, the effects of the nuke are seen almost immediately as the playable character drops his weapon before his arms burst into flames. Moments later, the screen cuts to a mushroom cloud–the signature imagery of a nuclear explosion.
Previous Call of Duty games have awarded nukes to players who can kill 25 enemies in a row without dying. Presumably Black Ops 6 has a similar threshold before giving gamers access to the ultimate equalizer. Treyarch, the lead developer of Black Ops 6,…
Read moreFisher-Price’s Little People toy line was originally designed for toddlers, giving them adorable action figures to play with that contained no small pieces and were safe for children over the age of one. That’s changed a bit with the Collector lineup, which features designs from pop culture icons like Seinfeld, Lord of the Rings, and Barbie. The designs are just as adorable as you’d expect, and the figures are still safe for youngsters, but when’s the last time you heard a baby ask to watch Seinfeld? Anyway, a bunch of the Little People Collector sets are on sale for low prices.
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Read moreActor Chris Hemsworth has shared an anniversary photo of sorts for the movie Thor, featuring himself and Loki actor Tom Hiddleston from 10 years ago. Hemsworth also shared a screenshot of a press story about the casting of two “no-names” for the film, himself and Hiddleston.
“This year marks the 10th anniversary of Thor when two unknown lads were given the keys to the kingdom. It’s been a hell of a ride and we clearly haven’t aged a day,” Hemsworth said with a laugh, tagging Hiddleston in his caption.
343 Industries is rolling out additional changes to Halo Infinite, this time specifically focused around the Ranked Arena playlist. A new update out now removes the Behemoth CTF from the regular rotation for a good reason.
The studio is making this change because the match flow is not progressing as 343 wanted it to. “We’ve seen enough data to show us that the map is not performing in ranked as intended. Most of this data revolves around spawning and effective cover around the map,” 343 said in a blog post.
Specifically, when players spawn on the perimeter of the bases with a direct line of sight to the flag, matches are become “more frenetic” than intended, 343 said, noting that Ranked’s BR start default is playing a role in this as well. “This leaves players feeling that even a well-coordinated team push into the enemy base can fall apart quickly; resulting in flag pulls being much more difficult than they should be,” the developer said.
“Similarly, players seem …
Read moreLimited Run Games is bringing a certain pink-haired wild child back to modern platforms with the re-release of cult favorite PlayStation title Tomba! The fun and colorful platformer will be re-released on PlayStation 4 and 5, Nintendo Switch, and PC thanks to LRG’s Carbon Engine.
Tomba! was first released for the PlayStation in 1998, and despite limited commercial success, it still got a sequel a year later, and after being recognized as a cult classic title, was re-released on the PlayStation Network in 2011. The game follows a pink-haired jungle boy named Tomba as he tries to reclaim a family heirloom from an evil race of humanoid pigs.
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Read moreShortly before the 2023 writers and actors strikes, Wednesday star Jenna Ortega revealed that she felt the need to rewrite some of her character’s dialogue on the set of the Netflix series. Ortega believed that the lines as written were out of character for Wednesday Addams, but her remarks weren’t well-received by Hollywood’s screenwriters. Now, Ortega has had a lot of time to reflect on what she said, and how she would have done things differently.
“I probably could have used my words better in describing all of that,” Ortega told Vanity Fair. “I think, oftentimes, I’m such a rambler. I think it was hard because I felt like had I represented the situation better, it probably would’ve been received better.”
Ortega’s comments were ridiculed on Writers Guild picket signs. That surprised Ortega, but it also taught her how to deal with the situation.
“Everything that I said felt so magnified… It felt almost dystopian to me,” said Ortega. “I felt like a caricature of…
Read moreThe upcoming sequel to Joker, Joker: Folie a Deux, continues to add to its cast. The latest actor to sign on is Harry Lawtey, who stars on HBO’s banking drama Industry, according to Deadline.
Official details on who Lawtey is playing in the sequel are unknown. However, Deadline reported that Lawtey’s role will be a “big one.”
He’s just the latest actor to join the cast of the Joker sequel, following Brendan Gleeson, Catherine Keener, and Lady Gaga. Joaquin Phoenix, who played Arthur Fleck/the Joker in the first film, is coming back for the sequel, as is Zazie Beetz. Writer-director Todd Phillips is returning as well.
According to Deadline, Joker 2 is set, at least partially, inside the Arkham prison and Gaga will play Harley Quinn. It will have some musical elements, according to reports. Filming on the sequel is expected to begin this December, and the movie is tapped to premiere on October 4, 2024.
The original film, which was produced on a relatively low b…
Read moreHollywood celebrities dipping their toes into the realm of making comic books is hardly a new approach. It’s been a staple since the Jerry Lewis comics over at DC in the 1950s, but the trend has definitely been on the upswing with star Keanu Reeves on Brzkr at BOOM! Studios and Mother of Madness by Emelia Clarke, who lend their creativity and name brand to a comic.
Oscar winner Jamie Lee Curtis is the latest name to dabble into comics with her project, along with co-writer Russell Goldman and artist Karl Stevens. Curtis is a known anime and manga enthusiast and even officiated her daughter’s cosplay-themed wedding. The idea of doing a comic has been something rattling in her mind for 40 years, but now with Goldman and Stevens, she’s finally been able to make this idea a reality with the release of Mother Nature.
Speaking to GameSpot at San Diego Comic-Con, Curtis revealed just how long the idea for Mother Nature has been in her head. “I was 19 years old and I knew that w…
Read moreGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 is the end of the road for a lot of the gang, with most of the main cast saying they’re done with the MCU after this movie. Likewise, writer/director James Gunn, who has shepherded the Guardian of the Galaxy series from the start, is already co-boss of rival DC Studios–he’s not going to be making any more Marvel movies while he holds that job. Even so, Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige had nothing but love for Gunn at the film’s press conference with the cast ahead of the movie’s release.
“What has this trilogy impressed upon you? Working with James, seeing his vision, watching this come to fruition and the fans reaction, what are you learning?” asked moderator Nathan Fillion, who also had a supporting role in Guardians 3.
“You know, we’ve had trilogies before. We’ve had a number of them, actually. And I was thinking, ‘Why does this feel so different and so much of a passage of some sort?'” Feige reflected on th…
Read moreWarner Bros. Animation is fast-tracking a Lord of the Rings anime movie called The War of the Rohirrim, and one of the producers has now spoken about how excited they are to be working on it.
Jason DeMarco, known for his work at Cartoon Network, expressed his passion for The Lord of the Rings across a series of tweets recently (via ComicBook). He said said he’s over the moon about being able to work on the Lord of the Rings anime with Philippa Boyens and Kenji Kamiyama.
“Anyone who knows me knows I’m a true LOTR nerd. The chance to tell a Tolkien story with collaborators like Kenji Kamiyama and Philippa Boyens is literally a dream come true. And it will be a 2D, theatrical feature! Woooooooo,” he said.
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