Actor Chris Evans has criticized the CGI casting of James Dean, who will be digitally resurrected for a secondary lead role in the Vietnam War film Finding Jack.
The Captain America star shared his reaction to the news on Twitter on Wednesday, as he retweeted the story from The Hollywood Reporter regarding Dean’s posthumous role in the upcoming action-drama and sarcastically remarked, “I’m sure he’d be thrilled.”
“This is awful,” he continued. “Maybe we can get a computer to paint us a new Picasso. Or write a couple new John Lennon tunes. The complete lack of understanding here is shameful.”
Overwatch 2 was one of the major announcements of BlizzCon 2019, and the big surprise news was that all new characters, maps, and modes coming to the sequel would also be added to the first Overwatch. Series director Jeff Kaplan has said that this was a difficult decision to make and convince people on, but that it was ultimately the best choice for players. But it has also meant, in the short term, that the Overwatch experience has perhaps been less fresh than it could have been.
Speaking with Kotaku, Kaplan opened up about why the original game has seen fewer new seasonal events over time. “Overwatch 2 was 100 percent the reason,” Kaplan said, stating that the team was pained because it could not craft interesting new seasonal events. “Like, I sit right next to one of the designers of Junkenstein’s Revenge–this brilliant guy named Mike Heiberg–and he’s like, ‘I have all these ideas I want to do for Halloween this year.’ And I’m like, ‘I understand, Mike, but we’re focused on this other thing right now.'”
Kaplan says that, once Overwatch 2 is done (and it’s not clear when that will be), the original game will benefit too. “The fact that we can pick up again with that live service cadence, where we’re 100 per cent focused, is really exciting to me.”
Hopefully Overwatch 2 will be worth the wait. We’ve gone hands-on with the game’s new campaign at BlizzCon, and collected together all the details we know so far.
It’s going to be a big week for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. Community manager Ashton Williams confirmed on Twitter that the military shooter’s next big update should release sometime before the week is out on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC.
This is the big update that developer Infinity Ward has been talking about for some time already. The update will include general stability improvements and bug fixes, as well as bigger-ticket items like weapon tuning and adjustments to footstep audio. There will also be changes to how claymores work “and more,” Williams said.
Pending any unexpected issues, we’ve got an update rolling out over the next few days that improves stability across all platforms, fixes bugs, weapon tuning, footsteps, claymores, and more.
Modern Warfare’s co-director of multiplayer, Joe Cecot, added that there will be even more updates and improvements to the game in the upcoming update, though he did not offer any details on what they might be.
The update will be release “over the next few days,” Williams said in a tweet sent on November 6. That means it should be released any time now, though as Williams mentioned, specific release timing could change. Keep checking back with GameSpot for the latest.
Since launch, one of the biggest complaints players have put to Infinity Ward is that two weapons in particular–the M4 rifle and the 725 shotgun–are overpowered. Williams said in a follow-up tweet that the 725 should be among the weapons that gets addressed in the update. Players have also reported that claymores are generally over-used and too effective, so it will be interesting to see what changes are in store. There should also be fixes for the Spec Ops mode, Williams said in another tweet.
As Hideo Kojima’s first game since his much-publicized departure from Konami, expectations have been high for Death Stranding, especially among Metal Gear Solid fans. While Death Stranding is a brand new game set in a brand new universe that’s attempting to launch a brand new genre, it’s not entirely fair to compare it to the franchise Kojima left behind, but the question remains: will Metal Gear Solid fans enjoy Death Stranding?
Well, that depends on which Metal Gear Solid game it’s being compared to. The core Metal Gear experience is tactical espionage action and/or operations, but each entry in the series has its own unique mechanics, systems, style, and quirks. Death Stranding is definitely more reminiscent of some Metal Gear games more than others. So, without spoiling anything from Kojima’s latest, we decided to break down which bits and pieces of the Metal Gear series we were reminded of while playing.
Death Stranding is a journey, but how long does it last? And is the real Death Stranding the friends we make along the way? If you want a detailed accounting of one man’s trek across post-apocalypse America, check out our full Death Stranding review. But if you simply want to know how long Death Stranding’s story will keep you going, here are the story completion times of four separate playthroughs.
Tristan Ogilvie, Reviewer
By the time the final end credits had finished rolling on my Death Stranding playthrough, I had been playing for just over 42 hours. After that, I returned to the post-credits section to take on a number of optional orders I’d missed the first time out of curiosity, which I invested a further 10 hours into to bring my total time up to 52 hours. I get the sense that if you really wanted to unlock all of the tool upgrades and sunglasses for Sam and so on, there are probably dozens more hours of deliveries to go on top of that, but I have no real interest in any of that now that the pull of the story is no longer there to keep me on the hook.
IGN’s Death Stranding guide and walkthrough is complete with guides to complete all of Sam’s orders, boss guides, prepper locations, rewards and unlockables, how-to guides, tips and tricks, secrets, easter eggs and references, and much more.
Though it can be offline, Death Stranding’s central focus is around the “Strand System” that connects players together to allow for interactions with shared equipment and structures. For how to play online, click here.
Here you’ll find the following sections:
Death Stranding Walkthrough featuring all of the Orders for Sam, including boss guides, suggested routes, and tips for dangerous missions
A Year of Rain, a new RTS that calls back memories of old-school RTS games like WarCraft 3, is now available on PC in early access.
A fantasy RTS with base building, cinematic cut-scenes, and a “strong focus” on hero units, A Year of Rain seems to be building on the elements that PC gamers of a certain age will fondly remember from WarCraft 3 and its expansion, The Frozen Throne. While other games such as StarCraft II and the Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War series have used these elements, this style of RTS seems to have been largely dormant for several years. As such, A Year of Rain feels a bit like a dose of nostalgia.
Alongside these old-school elements and the multi-faction campaign are more modern-day ideas such as a fully cooperative story and 2v2 multiplayer modes, including the upcoming asymmetric “Against All Odds” mode which pits two heroes against two entire armies.
Today has been declared Stranger Things day–it’s the date that Will Byers was first taken into the Upside Down in the first season, back in 1983–and as part of the celebrations, we now have a title for the first episode of season 4.
The front page of the episode’s script has been shared on the show’s official Instagram and Twitter, revealing the name–Chapter 1: The Hellfire Club. The episode is penned by series creators The Duffer Brothers, but we’re not yet sure who will direct the first episode back. The post contains a short caption: “We’re starting a club. Wanna join?”
What does the name mean? The term “Hellfire Club” is associated with several exclusive clubs across Britain and Ireland in the 1700s, which were generally secretive and often devoted to immoral acts. Whether or not the Stranger Things kids are aware of the connotations of this name are not yet clear, of course, but you can bet that the Duffer Brothers are.
Three blooper reels for Stranger Things were also released today, so it’s been a big day for fans of the series. Back in October we got our first tease of the next season, and more recently we found out that it’ll consist of eight episodes, which will start filming in January 2020.
The new game update, 1.14, includes various improvements to help fix problems that caused Red Dead Redemption 2 to crash if users had anti-virus software installed.
The Rockstar Games Launcher, meanwhile, has received an update as well. With the update applied, players should no longer experience as many crashes when booting the launcher.
GameSpot tested the new Red Dead Redemption 2 update and founded that it seemed to work. In our test, the game hasn’t crashed since applying the update. These are just the latest updates for Red Dead Redemption 2 on PC, as an earlier one was released on November 5.
Red Dead Redemption 2 PC players have also reported issues related to audio and FPS, but there is no word yet on when fixes may be delivered for these issues.
Red Dead Redemption 2 is available on PC through Rockstar’s own launcher and the Epic Games Store, while the Western will come to Steam in December.
Did these updates improve the Red Dead Redemption 2 experience on PC for you? Let us know in the comments below!
It’s going to be a while before we get another season of Stranger Things, with season 4 set to start shooting in January 2020, and will premiere in the summer at the earliest. We’ve already gotten our first little tease of what we’re likely to see when the series eventually returns, but after a great season three many fans will be eager for any new Stranger Things content they can get their hands on.
Thankfully, the Stranger Things YouTube account has delivered today, posting blooper reels for all three seasons for us to enjoy . Don’t expect any revelations about process here, or deep insights into the personal lives of the characters, or hints towards future seasons here–it’s a lot of flubbed lines, things falling down, and footage of kids dancing. It’s all very charming, and a great reminder of how important the cast’s natural chemistry is to the series’ success.
The season 1 blooper reel is a flashback to a younger cast, and is by far the shortest.
Here’s the season 2 blooper reel, where you can check out a lot of the cast’s dance moves.
The blooper reel for the show’s third season has a stronger emphasis on flubbed lines (albeit still with some dancing), and is a bit longer overall. It shows how well the cast plays off each other behind the scenes, and hints at the camaraderie and friendship that have built up between them over three seasons of filming. Of particular note is David Harbour’s hilarious inability to deliver the line “it’s your grandma” without cracking up.
Today is Stranger Things Day–November 6, 1983 was the date on which Will Byers disappeared into the Upside Down, and the Blooper Reels have been released to celebrate (or commemorate). If you’re hungry for more behind-the-scenes content, here are 15 on-set photos released shortly after Stranger Things 3 debuted. It’s also worth checking out our list of season 3’s best Easter eggs.