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Be our Guest to new 'Beauty & the Beast' remake trailer
Releases 25 years ago this year, Disney's 'Beauty and the Beast' remains one of its most adult and lavish of the Disney animated features, and next year it's getting what appears to be an almost shot-for-shot remake starring 'arry Potter' star Emma Watson.
Interest in the film seems to be very strong, with the previously released teaser trailer generated 1.8 million views worldwide in its first 24 hours, which bested the 2014 teaser trailer for 'The Force Awakens'. Disney have been on a huge remake program of late, announcing the development of feature film adaptations of classics such as 'The Lion King, 'The Little Mermaid', 'Dumbo', 'Beauty and the Beast', 'Aladdin', 'Cruella' and 'Mulan'.
'Beauty and the Beast' hits 2D and 3D theatres worldwide from March 2017.
Continue reading: Be our Guest to new 'Beauty & the Beast' remake trailer (full post)
Check out NASA's stunning images of the Supermoon
The night of November 14th was reserved for a spectacular sight in our sky - the Supermoon. NASA published amazing images that show how beautiful the Supermoon was.
A Supermoon occurs when the Moon's orbit is closest (perigee) to Earth.
Moonrise over the Syr Darya river, Baikonur, Kazakhstan.
Continue reading: Check out NASA's stunning images of the Supermoon (full post)
Rainbow Six: Siege will get free content for one year
Ubisoft has confirmed on Twitch and Twitter that another season of Rainbow Six: Siege is happening, complete with free content, as you'd expect. Rumors indicating as such have been bandied about for awhile now, but now we have the official word.
Details on what the season will entail are not yet known, but possibly it will follow the same formula as before, which is to say four new maps and eight new operators over the span of one year.
Siege will receive its fourth DLC pack later this month.
Continue reading: Rainbow Six: Siege will get free content for one year (full post)
PS4 Pro reportedly melts its casing due to extreme heat
Although Sony has promised its new 4K-ready PlayStation 4 Pro runs super cool and hits max temps of 35C, one gamer reports that the console got so hot that it burned part of the system's outside plastic chassis.
Twitter user @enMTW has kicked off #meltgate for Sony's new PS4 Pro, claiming that the system's heat mitigation malfunctioned and melted part of the console's casing. We can't verify if this is true or not, and it could simply be a hoax made with a simple torch lighter, but we looked a bit closer to see how this could've possibly happened.
Upon comparing the meltgate images with multiple teardown images, we see that the melted area on the chassis' left side corresponds with the system's fan placement. This side is also where the PS4 Pro's vertical attachment slides in, meaning a portion of the system's ventilation will be somewhat obstructed while mounted on the stand.
Continue reading: PS4 Pro reportedly melts its casing due to extreme heat (full post)
PS4 Pro incompatible with some 4K TVs
UPDATE: We've been contacted by multiple readers who say that the aforementioned blank screen issue can be corrected by changing up TV settings. You can also start the console in Safe Mode and change HDCP 2.2 to HDCP 1.4, and both 4K and HDR will apparently work afterwards.
Although Sony's new 4K-ready PlayStation 4 Pro rocks a highly efficient custom 4.20 TFLOPS Polaris GPU that enables native 4K gaming, the system apparently can't display an image on many 4K TVs.
What does a console have to do among all else? Display a picture, of course. And the main reason to get a PS4 Pro is to play games in 4K UHD with brilliant HDR gamuts. It seems that Sony's new Polaris-enabled PS4 Pro is having a problem with this basic feature, which happens to be the console's main selling point.
Continue reading: PS4 Pro incompatible with some 4K TVs (full post)
No Man's Sky collector's edition still hasn't shipped
No Man's Sky has been out for more than three months now, and the game's expensive $150 collector's editions still haven't shipped out.
Just when you think No Man's Sky couldn't get any worse, we can now confirm that the collector's editions won't be available until December. Pre-orders for the collector's edition went live back in March 2016, so gamers have been waiting about eight months--an absurdly long time--for their products. A good portion of these buyers have refunded their pre-orders, but the few who have kept them active will have to wait until the end of this year.
Meanwhile, Hello Games still has yet to deliver any sort of updates or info about No Man's Sky's impending content patches. The dev did break their 2-month long silence when their account was briefly hacked, leading to a fake Tweet entitled "No Man's Sky was a mistake", but since then it's just been radio silence like usual.
Continue reading: No Man's Sky collector's edition still hasn't shipped (full post)
I stepped into the shoes of John Wick and it was intense
At this year's Reboot InfoGamer, I got to try out Starbreeze's John Wick: Chronicles, a highly anticipated VR game. There is a lot of hype around this game, which isn't surprising since the game is based on the wildly-popular movie John Wick starring Keanu Reeves.
Earlier this week, I talked to Almir Listo from Starbreeze who clarified that the in-game action in set in between the two John Wick movies. He noted that they are actively working with Lionsgate Studio on the game, and they are very happy with their cooperation, which resulted in this amazing game.
The John Wick movie is filled with action, and when you transfer that into virtual reality, you get a whole new level of entertainment.
Continue reading: I stepped into the shoes of John Wick and it was intense (full post)
IMAX secures $50 million to improve VR content
IMAX plans to create at least 25 interactive virtual reality content experiences for virtual reality over the next three years. The VR content will be available in their VR centers which will open as a part of their cinemas. The company announced that they have secured $50 million for this project.
IMAX is already cooperating with Swedish Starbreeze on virtual reality content and the StarVR device. Starbreeze is at the moment promoting their VR game John Wick: Chronicles at Reboot InfoGamer in Croatia and they told us they are very pleased with their partnership with IMAX.
IMAX, which is already in advanced discussions with numerous content developers - including Hollywood studios and gaming publishers - intends to utilize the cinema-grade virtual reality camera that it is currently developing in partnership with Google for several of the projects.
Continue reading: IMAX secures $50 million to improve VR content (full post)
People are selling Snap's Spectacles for $5000
In September, Snapchat or Snap Inc. how they are called now announced Spectacles - a pair of sunglasses with an integrated video camera. Snap said that the Spectacles would go on sale for $130.
The first vending machine with Spectacles showed up near the company's headquarters in Venice Beach, California. People waited in line for hours to buy a pair of glasses with a built-in camera. The second vending machine popped up at Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park in California.
For now, vending machines are the only way to buy Spectacles and Snap Inc. has a map on their website where you can locate the vending machines.
Continue reading: People are selling Snap's Spectacles for $5000 (full post)
Nintendo Switch price to start at $249, deluxe at $299
Nintendo's new handheld-and-console hybrid, the Nintendo Switch, may have two different models at launch: a $249 starter option, and a $299 deluxe version that comes with an extra game and more memory. Both SKUs are expected to be identical in terms of power and performance.
This latest report comes from Let's Play Video Games' Laura Kate Dale, who has apparently been told the Switch's UK price tag from an inside source at UK retailer GAME.
Sources tell Dale that the Nintendo Switch will essentially follow the same duo launch plan as the Wii U, offering two different SKUs with matched performance and specifications. Sources pinpoint £199.99 for the basic set, and £249.99 for the bigger model. For comparison's sake, the Wii U launched at $299 for the base 8GB white version, with the black Wii U Deluxe offering 16GB at $349.
Continue reading: Nintendo Switch price to start at $249, deluxe at $299 (full post)
Full 'Ghost In The Shell' live action trailer hits
It's been a long time coming, but the live action remake of the classic anime 'Ghost in the Shell' is about to hit the big screen and based on the just-released new trailer, it looks to be an amazing dystopian vision of the future.
Based on the 1989 manga which was turned into the 1995 animated film, the 2017 'Ghost In The Shell' stars Scarlett Johansson as The Major and Pilou Asbæk as Batou in the feature film remake which is helmed by 'Snow White and the Huntsman' director Rupert Sanders.
'Ghost In The Shell' is set to hit cinemas in 2D and 3D worldwide from March 30 2017.
Continue reading: Full 'Ghost In The Shell' live action trailer hits (full post)
4K on Xbox Scorpio 'waste of resources' says DOOM dev
Microsoft might have a more powerful console on its hands with the upcoming Project Scorpio, but don't think you'll be gaming at 4K 60FPS on it anytime soon.
id Software's Lead Renderer Programmer, Tiago Sousa, fielded some questions on Twitter about the 6 TFLOPs of performance that Project Scorpio has, and whether developers should be aiming for 4K, or higher fidelity 1080p gaming. Personally, better-looking 1080p 60FPS gaming (with AA maxed out and all in-game details maxed out) would be better than lukewarm (30FPS or less) 4K.
Sousa said: "yes, even more on on tvs/consoles where player sits at distance. 4K is a waste of resources". He tweeted again: "but good to see ppl looking into approaches to decouple costs, that's the good approach imo".
Continue reading: 4K on Xbox Scorpio 'waste of resources' says DOOM dev (full post)
Man marries his iPhone in Las Vegas, we're not joking...
You've probably checked your calendar to see if it's April 1st already, but it's not - so let's blow your mind by telling you that The Little Las Vegas Chapel has had quite the unusual ceremony, by marrying a man and his iPhone.
Aaron Chervenak had a commitment ceremony to "marry" his iPhone, with chapel owner Michael Kelly saying he has hosted other ceremonies with pets "getting married" or "weed weddings" where people profess their love for some 420, but the "iPhone marriage" was meant to be a statement on our dependence on mobile devices.
Kelly said: "[While] we really don't have many people [come in here] that marry inanimate objects. I think he wanted to explore [the question] 'can technology become human?' People are so connected to their phones ... and they live with them all the time. They're with them 24 hours a day. They go to sleep with their cell phone. They wake up with their cell phone, sometimes it's the first thing that they check".
Continue reading: Man marries his iPhone in Las Vegas, we're not joking... (full post)
Host your own 'Sausage Party' with our Blu-ray giveaway
To celebrate this week's release of 'Sausage Party' on Blu-ray and DVD, we have 15 Blu-rays to give away thanks to our friends at Universal Sony Home Entertainment.
A hero will rise. A misplaced sausage (voice of Seth Rogen) and his food friends embark on an existential adventure through the aisles of a massive supermarket in this raunchy animated comedy. While they are initially excited by the prospect of a Fourth of July sale, the perishable pals are soon horrified when they learn the full truth about what happens after they are purchased. Kristen Wiig, Jonah Hill, Bill Hader, Michael Cera, James Franco, Danny McBride, Craig Robinson, Paul Rudd, Nick Kroll, David Krumholtz, Edward Norton, and Salma Hayek also lend their voices. Conrad Vernon (Monsters vs. Aliens) and Greg Tiernan directed from a script by Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Kyle Hunter, and Ariel Shaffir.
To go into the running to win a prize, simply answer the following question in 50 words or less:
Continue reading: Host your own 'Sausage Party' with our Blu-ray giveaway (full post)
Trump to forego his presidential salary in office
As the world comes to terms with a wholly unexpected result of last week's U.S. presidential election, President-elect Donald Trump has revealed more of his plans for the country - and they don't include taking any form of tax-payer funded salary.
According to USA today, President-elect trump has indicated that he won't be taking the $400,000 USD annual salary that comes attached to being the leader of the free world, saying "No, I'm not going to take the salary. I'm not taking it." Trump has also promised he won't take any long holidays either, as "there's just so much to be done".
President-elect Trump will become President as at Noon on Jan 20 2017.
Continue reading: Trump to forego his presidential salary in office (full post)
Dishonored 2 director 'distressed' over PC performance
Has there been a game released this year that has been problem free? Bethesda is back again with Dishonored 2 now out, but Arkane Studios slipped with the PC version of the game which is experiencing all sorts of performance issues.
Dishonored 2 Game Director Harvey Smith isn't happy with the PC version of the game, fielding questions on his Twitter account. Smith said he's distressed over the PC performance issues, saying his team are hard at work getting the performance issues fixed. He said that Dishonored 2 was tested on PC before its release (because we haven't heard that before), and that it's not a port from other platforms.
Smith said: "I'm happy people are raving about the game. The majority are loving it. But I'm distressed that some PC users have problems", adding: "really feeling it for the folks affected - working over the weekend and such". Smith tweeted: "we care deeply about pc (as pc players ourselves). we are working on the issues".
Continue reading: Dishonored 2 director 'distressed' over PC performance (full post)
Win a Disney/Pixar 'Finding Dory' Blu-ray prize pack
To celebrate this week's release of 'Finding Dory' on Blu-ray and DVD, we have 5x awesome Blu-rays prize packs to give away thanks to our friends at Disney Home Entertainment.
Disney Pixar's "Finding Dory" reunites everyone's favorite forgetful blue tang, Dory, with her friends Nemo and Marlin on a search for answers about her past. What can she remember? Who are her parents? And where did she learn to speak Whale? Each prize pack includes a copy of 'Finding Dory' on Blu-ray, The Art of Finding Dory book, a beach towel, cap, beach mat and a beach bag.
To go into the running to win a prize, simply correctly answer the following question:
Continue reading: Win a Disney/Pixar 'Finding Dory' Blu-ray prize pack (full post)
Watch Dogs 2 runs at less than 30FPS on PS4 sometimes
The release of Watch Dogs 2 is nearly here, so we're finally finding out about the performance of Ubisoft's surely near-perfect game after the watered down, gimped original Watch Dogs... nope. Wrong.
Some gamers are reporting from the Watch Dogs 2 focused livestream by Eurogamer that there were various performance-related issues. At the 1:55:00 mark of the video below, Watch Dogs 2 is running at less than 30FPS.
Then there's the PlayStation Access video that shows Watch Dogs 2 off, where you can see it drops below 30FPS a few times.
Continue reading: Watch Dogs 2 runs at less than 30FPS on PS4 sometimes (full post)
NVIDIA says gamers will be amazed with Nintendo Switch
NVIDIA blew the doors off of the financial world with record-breaking Q3 2016 numbers, and now the company is pushing behind Nintendo and its new Switch hybrid console handheld due in 2017.
During NVIDIA's recent earnings call, company CEO and founder Jen-Hsun Huang said that the relationship between NVIDIA and Nintendo will last for quite a while. He said that the relationship will last at least two decades, as Nintendo wants to stay with a single architecture for a while - and that would be music to NVIDIA's green ears.
Huang said: "And so that's a real advantage and we're really proud of them. I guess you could also say that Nintendo contributed a fair amount to that growth. And over the next - as you know, the Nintendo architecture and the company tends to stick with an architecture for a very long time. And so we've worked with them now for almost two years. Several hundred engineering years have gone into the development of this incredible game console".
Continue reading: NVIDIA says gamers will be amazed with Nintendo Switch (full post)
The biggest Supermoon in decades appears tonight
Tonight, the night of November 14th we'll get to witness a spectacular sight in our sky - the Supermoon. The full Moon of November 14th is not only the closest full Moon of 2016 but also the closest full Moon to date in the 21st century. The full Moon won't come this close to Earth again until November 25, 2034. The last time the full Moon was this close to Earth was in 1948.
NASA explained this phenomenon.
Continue reading: The biggest Supermoon in decades appears tonight (full post)







