20
Mar
Five years after it was yanked from digital stores, Obsidian’s cult classic espionage RPG—Alpha Protocol—is back and better than ever thanks to GOG.com.
Month: March 2024
20
Mar
An individual responsible for hacking an Apex Legends global tournament over the weekend has revealed their motivations: they did it “just for fun.”
20
Mar
An individual responsible for hacking an Apex Legends global tournament over the weekend has revealed their motivations: they did it “just for fun.”
20
Mar
Once set up at the Max streaming service, the TV series Dead Boy Detectives, which is based on characters Neil Gaiman created for DC Comics in the pages of The Sandman issue #25, is now calling Netflix its home, having moved away from Max last year because it “doesn’t fit with DC executives James Gunn and Peter Safran’s plans for the DCU.” Today, Variety was able to confirm that Netflix has set an April 25th premiere date for the show.
Since these characters were introduced in the comic book The Sandman, it seems fitting that they ended up on Netflix, as the streamer is also home to the live-action The Sandman series.
George Rexstrew, making his screen debut, and Jayden Revri of The Lodge play the title characters in Dead Boy Detectives. The third lead of the show will be Kassius Nelson of Last Night in Soho. The eight one-hour episodes of the series will follow the Dead Boy Detectives — Charles Rowland (Revri) and Edwin Paine (Rexstrew) — who decided not to enter the afterlife in order to stay on earth and investigate crimes involving the supernatural. They are joined by Crystal Palace (Nelson), a living psychic medium.
Also in the cast are Lukas Gage (Euphoria) as Thomas the Cat King, who can transform into a Siamese cat and is always happy to make a deal, but shouldn’t be trusted; Briana Cuoco (The Flight Attendant) as Jenny, described as a mildly punk butcher and a confidant of Crystal Palace; Jenn Lyon (Justified) as Esther, described as a witch obsessed with youth and immortality; Yuyu Kitamura (The Expatriates) as Niko, a boarding school student intent on joining the Dead Boy Detectives agency who now lives above Jenny’s butcher shop; Caitlin Reilly (Hacks) and Max Jenkins (Dead to Me) as Litty and Kingham, who are “tiny foul-mouthed dandelion sprites who are a rude annoyance to the Dead Boys,” and Ruth Connell (For the Love of George) as Night Nurse, a demon that controls the flow of souls in the afterlife.
Connell is a carry-over from Doom Patrol, as she previously played Night Nurse on that show. But Charles, Edwin, and Crystal were played by Sebastian Croft, Ty Tennant, and Madalyn Horcher on Doom Patrol.
The pilot for Dead Boy Detectives was written by Steve Yockey, who also serves as executive producer alongside Jeremy Carver and Berlanti Productions’ Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter, and David Madden. Yockey and Carver previously worked together on Supernatural. Yockey was co-showrunner on The Flight Attendant, while Carver was showrunner on Doom Patrol.
Netflix shared this official description of the show: Meet Edwin Payne (Rexstrew) and Charles Rowland (Revri), ‘the brains’ and ‘the brawn’ behind the Dead Boy Detectives agency. Teenagers born decades apart who find each other only in death, Edwin and Charles are best friends and ghosts… who solve mysteries. They will do anything to stick together – including escaping evil witches, Hell and Death herself. With the help of a clairvoyant named Crystal (Nelson) and her friend Niko (Kitamura), they are able to crack some of the mortal realm’s most mystifying paranormal cases.
Will you be watching Dead Boy Detectives when it starts streaming on Netflix in April? Let us know by leaving a comment below.
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20
Mar
After swinging through New York City streets with Spider-Man and building monster decks in Marvel Snap, all while waiting to pop our claws in Insomniac’s Wolverine, Skydance Media unveiled its trailer for Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra, an action-adventure game bringing two of the greatest heroes together for one impossible mission.
Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra comes from award-winning game director and writer Amy Hennig, the talent behind games like Jak 3 and Uncharted 2: Among Thieves. Her latest interactive gaming experience finds Captain America and Black Panther (Azzuri, not T’Challa) coming to blows despite fighting the same enemy, Hydra. You can play as Cap and Black Panther in the game alongside Gabriel Jones, a U.S. soldier and member of the Howling Commandos, and Nanali, a Wakandan spy, as part of the mix. All characters feature different move sets and abilities throughout the explosive journey into enemy territory.
Drew Moerlein voices Steve Rogers / Captain America, with Khary Peyton voicing Azzuri / Black Panther. Marque Richardson voices Gabriel Jones, with Megalyn Echikunwoke playing Nanali and Joel Johnston as Howard Stark.
In addition to the trailer, IGN says Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra uses a combination of Unreal Engine 5 and MetaHuman Animator, the same tech Ninja Theory uses for Hellblade 2: Senua’s Saga, one of my most anticipated games of 2024 and the reason I bought an Xbox Series X. MetaHuman lets developers “reproduce any facial performance as high-fidelity animation” on its characters, creating some honest-to-goodness Uncanny Valley sh*t.
Despite featuring four playable characters, Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra remains a single-player narrative-driven experience. I haven’t encountered any live-service elements either, which is excellent news for gamers who’ve tired of the “milk you for all you’re worth” platform. A recent release hurt by the live-service model is Rocksteady’s Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League. The game, featuring Harley Quinn, Deadshot, Captain Boomerang, and King Shark as playable characters, is underperforming in sales despite having solid bones outside the live-service dreck. When did we start playing $25-$30 for skins? It’s madness. Madness, I say.
Are you excited about Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra? What do you think about the new trailer? I’ll be playing Hennig’s new game on its first release day, and I can’t wait to see what she’s cooked up with these intriguing characters and WWII setting. Let’s go!
Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra arrives sometime in 2025.
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20
Mar
World of Warcraft players are buckling up for The War Within expansion that’s due to launch sometime in 2024, but in the meantime Blizzard has something different to offer. Before the three-part Worldsoul Saga gets started with The War Within, the World of Warcraft team is introducing a mode unlike anything the MMO…
20
Mar
World of Warcraft players are buckling up for The War Within expansion that’s due to launch sometime in 2024, but in the meantime Blizzard has something different to offer. Before the three-part Worldsoul Saga gets started with The War Within, the World of Warcraft team is introducing a mode unlike anything the MMO…
20
Mar
El Paso, Elsewhere was a big game for indie studio Strange Scaffold when it launched in September 2023. The Max Payne-like, narrative-driven vampire shooter centered a Black male character in the leading role, something you don’t see too often in the games industry. Well, Strange Scaffold founder Xalavier Nelson Jr.…
20
Mar
El Paso, Elsewhere was a big game for indie studio Strange Scaffold when it launched in September 2023. The Max Payne-like, narrative-driven vampire shooter centered a Black male character in the leading role, something you don’t see too often in the games industry. Well, Strange Scaffold founder Xalavier Nelson Jr.…
20
Mar
Anatomy of a Fall actress Sandra Hüller could be making a roast for Akiva Schaffer’s The Naked Gun reboot, so how hot and wet do you like it? A report from industry insider Daniel Richtman says Sandra Hüller is in talks to play the romantic lead in the forthcoming comedy, starring Liam Neeson (Taken, The Grey, The A-Team) as Frank Drebin Jr., the son of Leslie Nielsen’s Lt. Frank Drebin from the Police Squad series and Naked Gun film trilogy.
In the Naked Gun trilogy, Lt. Frank Drebin falls in love with Jane Spencer (Lisa Marie Presley), an assistant for industrialist Vincent Ludwig, utterly unaware of his villainy. After a slapstick-ridden meet-cute, Frank and Jane form a heated courtship accompanied by steamy home-cooked meals, ultra-protected sex, and trips to the baseball field.
How Liam Neeson and Hüller’s characters cross paths in the Naked Gun reboot remains a mystery. We must also wait for the official word about Hüller’s casting before celebrating this potentially fantastic union.
Anatomy of a Fall director Justine Triet and co-writer Arthur Harari won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay at the 96th Academy Awards ceremony, with the intense thriller nominated for five awards, including Best Original Screenplay, Best Film Editing, Best Director, Best Actress (Sandra Hüller), and Best Picture. Hüller plays Sandra Voyter in Anatomy of a Fall, a woman suspected of murder after her husband’s death; their half-blind son (Milo Machado-Graner) faces a moral dilemma as the main witness. Swann Arlaud, Antoine Reinartz, Samuel Theis, Jehnny Beth, Saadia Bentaïeb, and Camille Rutherford star as primary cast members.
Akiva Schaffer directs and executive produces the Naked Gun reboot, with Dan Gregor and Doug Man writing the script draft alongside Schaffer. One of the reasons this is exciting is that the trio partnered for the way-better-than-anticipated Chip n’ Dale: Rescue Rangers film. If you’ve not seen the Rescue Rangers movie, it’s like a spiritual successor to Who Framed Roger Rabbit and worth your attention.
Are you excited about Akiva Schaffer’s Naked Gun reboot? What do you think about Sandra Hüller potentially starring as Frank’s love interest? Let us know in the comments below.
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