Arrow Goes Back to the Future… With Mixed Results

Warning: Full spoilers for Arrow Season 7, Episode 16 below. If you need a refresher on where we left off, here’s our review of Season 7, Episode 15

There are a few constants with almost every new season of Arrow. A mysterious character from Oliver Queen’s past resurfaces in December. Some costumed yahoo tries to blow up the city in May. And in between, viewers get an entire episode devoted to further the ongoing flashback storyline. That last one hasn’t changed with the transition from flashbacks to flash-forwards. “Star City 2040” takes a much closer look at the embattled state of the city 20 years in the future. And in the process, it showcases both the perks and the drawbacks of the flash-forwards.

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New Toy Story 4 Trailer Arriving Very Soon

A new trailer for Pixar’s Toy Story 4 is almost here. The latest trailer will arrive tomorrow, March 19, during the morning show Good Morning America. The program airs on ABC, which is owned by Disney, which owns Pixar, so that explains that.

GMA will have a “first-look” at the new full-length trailer, so it might be that only a teaser for the trailer is shown on GMA with the full thing coming later. This sounds like a similar setup with the new Dark Phoenix trailer, with a teaser popping up and the full thing coming online just minutes later. Hopefully the same is true for Toy Story 4’s new video.

The latest trailer for Toy Story 4 aired after the Super Bowl in February, and it showed Buzz Lightyear in a tough spot–you can watch it again in the embed above.

Toy Story 4 hits theaters on June 21 and sees the return of Tom Hanks (Woody), Tim Allen (Buzz), Annie Potts (Bo Peep), Joan Cusack (Jessie), Blake Clark (Slinky Dog), Wallace Shawn (Rex), and John Ratzenberger (Hamm). Among the new toys in the film are Forky (Tony Hale), Ducky (Keegan-Michael Key), and Bunny (Jordan Peele).

The movie will be directed by Josh Cooley, who wrote 2015’s Inside Out.

It’s just one of the many mammoth Disney movies releasing in 2019. Disney already scored a massive hit with Captain Marvel from its Marvel unit, while Avengers: Endgame is coming in April. Disney also has Dumbo, The Lion King, Aladdin, Frozen 2, and Star Wars: Episode IX hitting theatres before the year is out.

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The Batman Rumored to Be Set in the 1990s

A new report suggests that The Batman, which once starred Ben Affleck, will be set in the 1990s and Penguin will be one of the main antagonists of the film.

Via Batman-News.com, DiscussingFilm.net has also said that The Batman will show us a younger version of the Dark Knight, as well as Commissioner Gordon and Bruce Wayne’s trusty butler and friend Alfred Pennyworth.

The report further describes how director and writer Matt Reeves has adjusted the script a bit to add a bit more action, although the focus on the film will still be on Batman’s detective skills and solving a mystery.

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Halo: The Master Chief Collection Likely Won’t Be a Play Anywhere Game

It appears that despite the recent news of Halo: The Master Chief Collection coming to PC, it doesn’t look like the title will be a Play Anywhere Game.

During a live stream of the Halo Champion Series Invitational, Microsoft’s corporate vice president and head of 343 industries, Bonnie Ross, made a comment that seemed to dash hopes of The Master Chief Collection coming to the Play Anywhere lineup.

“While MCC shipped before the XPA Play Anywhere, we are exploring ways to make sure that we show our appreciation and recognition for the support we’ve had from the amazing fans of MCC and we’ll have more to announce as we get closer to launch.” said Ross on the subject of Play Anywhere games.

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System Shock 3 Teaser Revealed, See It Here

The first teaser for System Shock 3 has arrived. Developer Warren Spector revealed the trailer during Unity’s Game Developers Conference keynote today in San Francisco.

You can check out the eerie teaser in the video below from Boston-based developer OtherSide.

Spector produced the original System Shock game back in the ’90s when he was working for Looking Glass Technologies. He joined OtherSide back in 2016.

“Working on System Shock was one of the most fulfilling things I’ve done in my career and it’s hard to describe how much I’m looking forward to sharing with players what SHODAN has been up to since the last game was released,” Spector said.

OtherSide is headed up by Paul Neurath, who worked on the original System Shock with Spector at Looking Glass. The first System Shock was released in 1994, with sequel System Shock 2 arriving in 1999, so it’s been quite a while since the latest mainline entry.

An enhanced edition of System Shock from Nightdive Studios was released in 2015. No release date has been announced for System Shock 3, nor do we know what platforms it’s headed to.

What do you make of the first teaser for System Shock 3? Let us know in the comments below!

Call of Duty: Mobile Revealed for iOS and Android

Call of Duty: Mobile, a new free-to-play game that “brings together maps, modes, weapons, and characters from across the Call of Duty franchise” is headed to North America, South America, Europe and more.

Activision, in collaboration with Tencent and its developer Timi, announced Call of Duty: Mobile for Android and iOS devices and fans can pre-register today to get access to a public beta that will be arriving this summer.

Players will be able to compete in “such fan-favorite modes as Team Deathmatch, Search and Destory and Free-For-All, in iconic maps from the series such as Nuketown, Crash, Hijacked and more.”

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Halo: The Master Chief Collection Not An Xbox Play Anywhere Title; Dev Also Talks Cross-Play

Following the announcement of Halo: The Master Chief Collection for PC, many wondered if the title would be included in the Xbox Play Anywhere program. As it turns out, it won’t.

Halo studio head Bonnie Ross recently confirmed during a livestream that it won’t be an Xbox Play Anywhere title, so those who bought it on Xbox One will have to buy it again if they want to play on PC. That being said, Ross teased that those who buy it twice may get some bonuses.

“While MCC shipped before the XPA Play Anywhere, we are exploring ways to make sure that we show our appreciation and recognition for the support we’ve had from the amazing fans on MCC and we’ll have more to announce as we get closer to launch,” she said during an HCS stream recently (via Kotaku).

Xbox Play Anywhere is a program that Microsoft announced in 2016 that lets you buy select digital games on Xbox One or PC and get a copy on the other system at no extra cost. All progress and saves carry between platforms, so it’s a nice way to … play anywhere. There are dozens of games in the Xbox Play Anywhere catalog now, including Cuphead, Crackdown 3, Forza Horizon 4, Gears of War 4, and many others.

Also during the broadcast, community director Brian Jarrard confirmed Halo: MCC won’t support cross-play between PC and Xbox One at launch, though this feature could come later if the community wants it and if it makes sense for the studio. While there is no cross-play between Xbox One and PC, people who buy MCC on Steam and the Microsoft Store can play together.

Finally, 343 confirmed it will hold a Reddit AMA on March 19 where it will answer questions about Halo: MCC on PC, the newly announced Halo Insider Program, and more.

Halo: MCC is coming to PC later this year, beginning with Halo: Reach, which is also headed to Xbox One. On PC, the releases will follow individually, for separate purchase, in chronological order: Halo: Combat Evolved, Halo 2, Halo 3, Halo 3: ODST, Halo 4.

Sega Genesis Almost Had an Alien vs. Predator Football Game

It appears an American football video game featuring Aliens, Predators and the ol’ pigskin called Cosmic Hard Bowl was at one point planned for the Sega Genesis, though many details surrounding the alleged game remain unknown.

Revealed by the National Videogame Museum located in Frisco, Texas, promotional concept art was allegedly unearthed for this bizarre mash-up. The promotional materials are largely in Japanese, though one image featuring a hand drawn alien wearing a football jersey includes the caption “So you want a Genesis game with real impact?” Luckily, a translation of the remaining Japanese text was provided by a Mitch Mitchell.

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