Metroid Prime 4 was one of the first big teases after the Switch launched back in 2017. Ever since, fans have been desperate for a taste of what Retro Studios has been working on. The result was years of “no news” on the upcoming first-person shooter with the exception of that one time Nintendo revealed that…
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth is full of unique weapons to equip your party with, each with their own pros and cons. Cloud, the game’s main protagonist and master swordsman, has seven different blades to choose from. But which is best?
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth is full of unique weapons to equip your party with, each with their own pros and cons. Cloud, the game’s main protagonist and master swordsman, has seven different blades to choose from. But which is best?
Excited gamers broke the sound barrier this morning during the highly-anticipated Nintendo Direct, an online showcase highlighting upcoming titles for the Nintendo Switch when the family-friendly gaming platform announced Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics—coming to Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 (and PS5 by extension), and Steam. The collection includes X-Men Children of the Atom, Marvel Super Heroes, X-Men vs. Street Fighter, Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter, Marvel vs. Capcom Clash of Super Heroes, Marvel vs. Capcom 2, and the beat ’em-up The Punisher.
Fighting game fans have been clamoring for a Marvel vs. Capcom 2 remaster for the past few years. The fact that we’re getting Marvel vs. Capcom 2, plus six other exciting titles, is almost more than some gamers can handle (see the below tweet as evidence). Marvel vs. Capcom 2 features playable characters across Marvel and Capcom properties, bringing characters like Wolverine, Storm, Cyclops, Psylocke, Jill Valentine, Spider-Man, Strider, Megaman, Amingo, SonSon, Ruby Heart, Chun-Li, and more to the arena. I used to play Marvel vs. Capcom 2 religiously on PlayStation 2 with my ridiculous (and competitive) group of friends. B.B. Hood, Blackheart, Chun-Li, Cammy, Captain America, Felicia, Hulk, Ken, Morrigan, Psylocke, Rogue, Sakura, Shuma-Gorath, Spider-Man, and Wolverine were my poison.
this is the best clip you can see today @maximilian_ losing his mined at the nintendo direct pic.twitter.com/8fI7EOARVR
— cosmicblip (@cosmicblips) June 18, 2024
Capcom has added new features to the Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics release, including original songs from the arcade releases, development docs, and never-before-seen art. There are also additional training settings, with one-button specials for new players. Online play brings casual, lobby, and ranked matches to the fight. The collection includes a rollback netcode, too, which could be a sign of superb online matchmaking and performance.
While I’m prattling on mostly about Marvel vs. Capcom 2, the other titles in the package bring much value and nostalgia to this anticipated release. Among the list, I’m surprised to see The Punisher included in this collection. It’s been decades since I thought about that game, and revisiting it on modern consoles is an exciting prospect.
Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics will be released later this year for consoles and Steam. Sadly, it does not appear to be coming to Microsoft’s Xbox consoles, much to the dismay of fans.
Are you excited about Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics? I’ve already pre-ordered my copy and tagged my old Marvel vs. Capcom 2 crew in a private chat to get them all on board. I can’t wait to bust out my old combos and sweet moves to put players in the dirt. Also, Capcom, please bring a Power Stone collection to consoles next. I beg of you! Let’s f*cking go!
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Universal Pictures is set to give the Blumhouse-produced psychological thriller Speak No Evil, which is a remake of the 2022 Danish film Gæsterne (read our review HERE), a theatrical release on September 13th, and A24 will be giving their psychological horror film The Front Room, which has Max and Sam Eggers – the younger brothers of The Witch, The Lighthouse, and The Northman director Robert Eggers – at the helm, a theatrical release a week earlier, on September 6th. Both of those films unveiled new posters today… and given the fact that both posters feature close-up images of the lead actors (James McAvoy in the case of Speak No Evil, Brandy Norwood in The Front Room), I figured we might as well drop them into the same article. You can check them out below.
James Watkins, whose previous credits include Eden Lake and The Woman in Black, wrote and directed Speak No Evil, which centers on a family who takes a dream holiday to an idyllic country house, only to have the vacation turn into a psychological nightmare.
McAvoy is joined in the cast by Mackenzie Davis (Terminator: Dark Fate), Scoot McNairy (Monsters), and Alix West Lefler (The Good Nurse). Blumhouse founder Jason Blum is producing the Speak No Evil remake. Christian Tafdrup, the director and co-writer of the original film, serves as executive producer alongside Paul Ritchie, Jacob Jarek, and Bea Sequeira.
Based on a short story by Susan Hill, The Front Room centers on a young, newly pregnant couple forced to take in an ailing stepmother who has long been estranged from the family. According to Deadline, a woman’s mother-in-law moves in and proves to be the house guest from hell. If you would like to read the short story source material, it can be found in Hill’s collection The Travelling Bag and Other Ghostly Stories. Copies can be purchased at THIS LINK.
Norwood is joined in the cast by Kathryn Hunter (The Tragedy of Macbeth), Andrew Burnap (WeCrashed), and Neal Huff (Spotlight). The Front Room is being produced by A24, along with Lucan Toh, Babak Anvari, and Bryan Sonderman of Two & Two Pictures, as well as Julia Oh and David Hinojosa of 2AM. A24 is financing the project and will be handling the worldwide theatrical release.
Are you looking forward to seeing the Speak No Evil remake and/or The Front Room in September? Take a look at the posters, then let us know by leaving a comment below.
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We all know that The Fonz is synonymous with cool, but it turns out that Henry Winkler is also cool under pressure. As he recounts in his memoir, Being Henry: The Fonz…and Beyond (which you can buy HERE), Winkler once saved a teen from committing suicide…while also trying to nab his record collection.
Henry Winkler recounted receiving a harrowing phone call all the way from Indiana while he was on the Paramount lot taping Happy Days. He was told that a 17-year-old with acting aspirations was on the ledge of a building and wanted to speak directly with The Fonz. Once Winkler found out the kid wanted to act but was evidently having trouble breaking through, he told him, “Number one-you should know that I didn’t get the Fonz until I was twenty-eight. So there’s plenty of time for you. So get the hell off that ledge.”
But while Henry Winkler had him on the phone, he asked the teen if he had a record collection. Finding out he did, he inquired, “Would you just go downstairs and sign [it] over to me, so I can have it after you jump?” Certainly Winkler wasn’t actually requesting this but rather trying to get the teen off the ledge. He continued, “Now, where did I come up with the gall, the chutzpah, to think I was saying the right things to this kid? To think he wouldn’t just jump while I was talking to him? I really had no idea. All I really had was the feeling that he liked me and wanted to talk to me. And that if I could keep him talking, maybe he’d change his mind.” Fortunately, he did and Henry Winkler never got that free record collection. Then again, as The Fonz, he could just whack the jukebox and hear any song he wanted!
That’s a pretty incredible story, giving us yet another example of why Henry Winkler is to be admired. That he did so in full Fonzie garb does bring some humor to it but considering the sort of stand-up dude Arthur Fonzarelli was, it’s quite fitting.
Along with Tom Bosley (Howard Cunningham), Henry Winkler is the only cast member to have appeared in all 255 episodes of Happy Days. Ayyyyy.
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On June 18, Capcom revealed that it’s porting the beloved arcade fighter Marvel Vs. Capcom 2—as well as six other Marvel arcade games—to modern consoles. But, the new collection won’t be released on Xbox consoles, continuing a trend that has some Xbox fans worried.
On June 18, Capcom revealed that it’s porting the beloved arcade fighter Marvel Vs. Capcom 2—as well as six other Marvel arcade games—to modern consoles. But, the new collection won’t be released on Xbox consoles, continuing a trend that has some Xbox fans worried.
I don’t have the wealth of history with classic RPGs that many of my peers and colleagues do. Many of them came up with the franchises that we now view as seminal texts, such as Chrono Trigger and Dragon Quest, but I missed out on these as a kid. Chalk it up to disinterest or relative poverty, but those games were…
I don’t have the wealth of history with classic RPGs that many of my peers and colleagues do. Many of them came up with the franchises that we now view as seminal texts, such as Chrono Trigger and Dragon Quest, but I missed out on these as a kid. Chalk it up to disinterest or relative poverty, but those games were…