The first big technology news event of 2020, CES, kicks off this week in Las Vegas. Among the attendees is tech giant Sony, which has now teased some of what to expect from its briefing at the annual tradeshow–but there is no reason to expect any PlayStation 5 news.
Sony’s CES 2020 landing page teases, “The future is coming.” The teaser goes on to offer some idea of what to expect from Sony’s briefing, albeit at a very high and ambiguous level. “At CES 2020 Sony is unveiling a unique vision of the future, bringing creativity and technology together like never before, to unleash new sensations and emotions,” reads the message.
One element of Sony’s “future” is the PlayStation 5, which is scheduled to launch this year. There is no word as of yet if Sony will share any PS5 details during its CES briefing, however.
Sony is a gigantic company, and gaming–while important to the business–is only one component of the overall organization. Historically, Sony tends to hold dedicated events for PlayStation announcements.
Sony will most likely mention the PlayStation brand during its CES 2020 briefing given its size and importance to the company’s bottom line, but those hoping for new PS5 details may want to temper their excitement.
Sony has officially confirmed the PlayStation 5, and the company has also shared some initial details around faster loading times and the guts of the console. However, Sony has yet to formally announce or show off the system.
Microsoft, meanwhile, already announced its own next-generation console, Xbox Series X, and showed the first images of the system and its new controller. This console is also slated to go on sale in Holiday 2020 alongside the PlayStation 5.
Sony’s press conference at CES takes place on January 6 beginning at 5 PM PT / 8 PM ET. That works out to 1 AM in London and 12 PM in Sydney on January 7. Keep checking back with GameSpot for more on Sony’s briefing and other news from the Las Vegas show in the days ahead.
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PlatinumGames is gearing up for a big 2020, and is promising some big announcements. The studio is currently working on Bayonetta 3 and Babylon’s Fall, both of which we’re expecting to see more of this year. In statements given to Japanese website Inside Games (which were then translated by Siliconera), studio president Kenichi Sato and studio head Atsushi Inaba have talked about their plans for the year ahead.
Sato says that he promised at the end of 2018 that 2019 “would be a year where the curtain rises for a new stage for PlatinumGames,” but that it’s happening a bit later instead. “I believe we’ll have several big announcements to deliver early in the new year, so please look forward to that.”
As Sato points out, the Tokyo Olympics in 2020 mean that “the world will be watching Japan,” and as a studio representing the country, “PlatinumGames are looking to go all-out, to get attention from fans around the world, and bring smiles to everyone.”
Inaba’s statement is brief, but he promises that “starting early on in the year, I believe we’ll continue to roll out various announcements, big and small, throughout the year.”
We’re yet to see actual gameplay footage of Bayonetta 3, whereas Babylon’s Fall was reintroduced in December 2019 as part of a Sony State of Play stream. Remasters of Bayonetta and Vanquish are also coming to PS4 and Xbox One. The studio was also previously working on Granblue Fantasy: Relink, before leaving the project in February 2019; that game is still in active development at Cygames Osaka.
PlatinumGames released Astral Chain for Nintendo Switch in 2019, their first new IP since The Wonderful 101. It received an 8/10 in our review, with reviewer Michael Higham calling it “an incredible execution of a fresh take on Platinum Games’ foundation, standing among the stylish-action greats.”
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Disney’s animated movie Frozen II has become the highest-grossing animated film in history. After another weekend in the Top 10 box office charts, the movie has now made $1.325 billion worldwide. The 2013 original Frozen was the previous highest-grossing animated movie with $1.274 billion worldwide.
Another Disney movie, the new Lion King, made $1.65 billion at the global box office, though this film is officially categorized by Disney as live-action instead of animated.
A total of nine animated movies have crossed $1 billion at the box office throughout history, and Disney has produced seven of them. The only exceptions are Minions ($1.16 billion) and Despicable Me 3 ($1.035 billion), both of which were produced by Illumination and Universal. Those are the companies that are making the new Mario movie with Nintendo for release in 2022.
You can see the full Top 10 list of highest-grossing animated movies below.
Frozen 2 is not only the highest-grossing animated movie of all-time but also one of the top earners across all categories this year and throughout history. It is the third most commercially successful film of 2019, only behind two other Disney movies, The Lion King ($1.65 billion) and Avengers: Endgame ($2.79 billion). With $1.325 billion, Frozen 2 is now the 14th biggest movie in history in terms of box office results.
Highest-Grossing Animated Movies Of All Time
Frozen 2 — $1.325 billion
Frozen — $1.274 billion
Incredibles 2 — $1.242 billion
Minions — $1.16 billion
Toy Story 4 — $1.073 billion
Toy Story 3 — $1.066 billion
Despicable Me 3 — $1.034 billion
Finding Dory — $1.028 billion
Zootoptia — $1.023 billion
Despicable Me 2 — $970.8 billion
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Though tracking behind both The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi, The Rise of Skywalker still dominated the weekend box office with an estimated $34.5 million.
This brings Episode IX’s domestic total, per Variety, to around $450 million, with the film getting ever closer to a billion worldwide. Right now, globally, it stands at $919 million.
Meanwhile, the Sam Rami-produced The Grudge, written and directed by Nicolas Pesce, brought in a better-than-expected $11.3 million.
The film — which stars John Cho, Betty Gilpin, and Frankie Faison (and is more of a spinoff/sequel than a remake) — has received poor reviews from critics, including our own review (which you can read here).
Gaming monitors have been getting awfully expensive as top-tier models began promising up to 1,000-nits in peak brightness and a 4K picture paired with a high-refresh rate. Now Acer is upping the ante yet again with a 32-inch gaming monitor that hits a peak brightness of 1,440-nits.
The Predator X32 is Acer’s latest G-Sync Ultimate gaming monitor and it’s the biggest 16:9 model we’ve seen from this series so far, leapfrogging over the previous 27-inch Asus ROG Swift PG27UQ and Acer Predator X27. It packs a mini LED panel with 1,152 zone local dimming spread across its UHD (3,840 x 2,160) resolution display.
Masahiro Ito, one of the artists behind the Silent Hill games, is working on a new project.
He shared the news in a tweet, revealing that he’s a core member on some mysterious title which he hopes won’t get cancelled. Masahiro follows up that tweet stating that he can’t yet reveal anything about the project at hand.
I’m working on a title as a core member. I hope the title won’t be cancelled.
Evil Dead could be coming back to the big screen, with Sam Raimi working to develop a new project with “a young filmmaker.” Raimi directed the original 1981 The Evil Dead, as well as its sequels Evil Dead 2 and Army of Darkness.
Raimi announced the project during a Reddit AMA for the new remake of The Grudge, which he produced. Asked if he would return for a final film, he said that something was in the works. “Bruce, Rob and I are working with a young fillmaker (sic) who is writing a new Evil Dead story that he will direct,” he said.
However, Raimi says he would only direct another film in the series if Bruce Campbell came back as Ash, despite the actor retiring from the role after the end of Ash vs The Evil Dead. “As for me…. I would love to direct a new Evil Dead movie… but I’d really like to do it with Bruce,” Raimi wrote. “And he says he’s retired the character. I hope not.”
Ash most recently appeared as a playable survivor in the game Dead by Daylight. Bruce Campbell performed the voice acting for the character. Another Evil Dead game is also in the works, with Campbell attached in some capacity.
Elsewhere, Raimi says that 1917 was his favorite movie of 2019. The film has since won the Golden Globe for Best Drama. He also says that he’d make a sequel to the 2013 Evil Dead remake “in a split second,” as long as director Fede Álvarez returned for it.
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This year’s Golden Globes awards show was held on Sunday night. Honoring the best of 2019’s TV shows and movies, Skyfall director Sam Mendes’ World War I movie 1917 took home the overall top honor for best drama, while HBO’s Succession won the best drama award for TV.
1917 beat out the Netflix movies The Irishman, The Two Popes, Marriage Story, and Joker to win the Best Drama award, while Succession succeeded over other nominees including Big Little Lies, The Crown, Killing Eve, and The Morning Show.
HBO’s big-budget and hugely popular Game of Thrones was nominated for only one award–Kit Harington for Best Actor. However, he did not win.
Parasite won Best Motion Picture, Foreign Language. Director Bong Joon-ho said in his acceptance speech that he hopes more people will watch non-English language films. “Once you overcome the one-inch tall barrier of subtitles, you will be introduced to so many more amazing films,” he said.
In addition to the main awards for movies and TV shows, Ellen Degeneres won the Carol Burnett Award for lifetime achievement in television, while Tom Hanks won the Cecil B. DeMille award for Outstanding Contribution to the World of Entertainment.
Another major theme of the evening was actors urging people to considering donating or providing support to the ongoing efforts to fight the devastating fires in Australia that have been ravaging the country for months.
After winning Best Actor for The Loudest Voice, Russell Crowe delivered a message to viewers–“Make no mistake, the tragedy unfolding in Australia is climate change based … we need to act based on science.” Actress Cate Blanchett, who was born in Australia, praised the volunteer firefighters and added, “When one country faces a climate disaster, we all face a climate disaster.”
Joaquin Phoenix won Best Actor for Joker. In his acceptance speech, he called on Hollywood to make sacrifices in their own lives. “We don’t have to take private jets to Palm Springs,” he said.
For lots more on the Golden Globes, head to GameSpot sister site TV Guide.
Doki Doki Literature Club, the much-loved, surprising 2017 visual novel, will receive new content in 2020. The game’s creator, Dan Salvato, has tweeted about his plans for 2020, expressing a desire to “reclaim his happiness” so that he can pass it onto others as well. Part of this will involve creating new content for Doki Doki Literature Club, although he says that he is not making a sequel.
This will be the year I reclaim my happiness so I can deliver it to others! My goal is to fully return to doing things I enjoy, such as making games. First releasing new DDLC content (not a sequel), then blowing the dust off my next original VN which has been on hold for 2 years.
It’s not clear if this means DLC for the game, which is free to play on Steam, or a standalone spin-off. The original game, which features twists and turns that we will not spoil here, is regarded well for how it plays on genre expectations.
Along with making new content for his smash hit, Salvato is working on a follow-up, which has been on hold for the last two years. In September 2018, Salvato posted on his personal site to let people know that he was busier than expected, which was delaying his follow-up game.
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