This interview contains spoilers for Fear the Walking Dead’s Season 4 premiere, “What’s Your Story?”
Fear the Walking Dead returned for Season 4 with some major changes: Not only did the show launch its much-publicized crossover with The Walking Dead by bringing Morgan Jones over from the mothership, it also introduced two new characters, Al and John, neither of whom are based on people from Robert Kirkman’s comic books.
Comic legend Stan Lee is suing his former business manager for elder abuse and fraud.
According to Deadline, the suit, lodged with the Los Angeles Superior Court against Jerardo Olivarez, is prompted by a number of factors which came into play following Lee’s wife’s death late last year. At that point he was targeted by “unscrupulous businessmen, sycophants and opportunists” which, according to Lee in the suit, included Olivarez.
The suit alleges only a few days after Joan Lee’s death, Olivarez fired Lee’s long-time banker and attorney and transferred $4.6 million out of Lee’s bank account without permission. In addition, Olivarez allegedly convinced Lee to sign over power of attorney and appoint Uri Litvak, Olivarez’ own lawyer, as Lee’s new attorney.
Billy Mitchell has responded to having his Donkey Kong and Pac-Man records stripped, saying he’ll prove that “everything was done professionally.”
While speaking at the Midwest Gaming Classic in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Mitchell told Old School Gamer Magazine he will show he followed the rules to achieve his records. Mitchell promises “everything will be transparent” and will provide “witnesses” and “documents” to defend his Donkey Kong high scores and perfect Pac-Man run.
Twin Galaxies recently stripped Mitchell of his titles in the wake of a dispute asserting he used an emulator and not the original arcade cabinets in games like Donkey Kong, Pac-Man, and Donkey Kong Jr., which is strictly against the rules. Guinness World Records then quickly followed up by removing Mitchell’s world records, which includes the Donkey Kong high scores and perfect Pac-Man run.
WWE Superstars John Cena and Nikki Bella have reportedly ended their six-year relationship.
Noted first by Us Weekly, with Nikki Bella apparently being the one to end things officially, the WWE power couple have called it quits just a few weeks out from their wedding, which was to happen on May 5th.
John Cena, proposing to Nikki Bella at WrestleMania 33 in Orlando.
Kingdom Hearts III will feature a few mini-games inspired by 1980s-era LCD games and classic Mickey Mouse animated shorts.
Square Enix unveiled these Classic Kingdom mini-games in a new trailer, which you can view below. The footage shows Sora using a handheld device to play four games in particular: The Barnyard Battle, The Karnival Kid, Giantland, and Musical Farmer.
As you can see, the mini-games feature an old-school aesthetic similar to classic Nintendo Game and Watch titles. There’s no word yet on how you unlock or access these mini-games, and if there will be more than just the four currently announced. They’ll also be playable in the mobile RPG spinoff, Kingdom Hearts Union X.
Square Enix has released a new trailer for Kingdom Hearts III showing off Classic Kingdom, a Game & Watch-style mini-game collection. The feature was revealed during a fan event where Kingdom Hearts III co-director Tai Yasue said Classic Kingdom is “inspired by Disney cartoons and 1980s LCD games.”
In the trailer, which you can watch above, Sora, Donald, and Goofy are shown crowding around a portable games console, at which point tiny black and white versions of Sora and Mickey must use a platform to climb a construction site and rescue Minnie Mouse from Pete.
Classic Kingdom seems to be made up of multiple mini-games, including one where you whack enemies with a hammer as they approach you. Another requires you to deliver food, and a third that involves moving around a table as a giant stomps his fists and stamps his feet. It’s all simple and charming in the way classic LCD games were.
Classic Kingdom will be available to play in both Kingdom Hearts III and Kingdom Hearts Union χ[Cross]. At the fan event it was also revealed that 300 Union χ[Cross] players will be selected to have their names appear in Kingdom Hearts III as part of the Make Your Mark campaign.
Kingdom Hearts III is expected to launch in 2018 but a specific release date hasn’t been confirmed yet. Tetsuya Nomura, who is directing the game alongside working on the Final Fantasy VII Remake, explained the extremely long wait last year, saying there were numerous factors that contributed to it, one of which is a change in engines.
We’re pretty excited for the game and have put together a list of 9 Things We Want From Kingdom Hearts III, which includes a cameo of a certain Final Fantasy prince, some tweaks to combat, and a certain famous aquatic paradise.
Sega is bringing a slate of its classic titles to Nintendo Switch. During the Sega Fes event in Japan, the publisher announced Sega Ages, a lineup of retro Sega games that are coming to North America, Europe, and Japan later this year.
The first batch of Sega Ages titles will be available this summer and consists of five classic games: the Master System versions of Phantasy Star and Alex Kidd in Miracle World; the Genesis versions of Sonic the Hedgehog and Thunder Force IV; and the arcade version of Gain Ground.
Thunder Force IV
The Sega Ages ports are being handled by M2, the studio behind the Sega 3D Classics series on 3DS. M2 was also responsible for the Game Boy Advance line of Virtual Console titles on Wii U.
Sega hasn’t announced an exact release date or pricing details for the Sega Ages games, but the publisher shared a handful of screenshots of them, which you can take a look at above. During the event, Sega teased that it is planning to release more than 15 games under the Sega Ages banner.
In addition to the Sega Ages titles, Sega also unveiled a mini Sega Genesis during the Sega Fes event. More notably, the publisher announced Shenmue I & II, a collection of the beloved Dreamcast games coming to PS4, Xbox One, and PC later this year.
Following the announcement that No Man’s Sky would be coming to Xbox One this summer, the release date seems to have leaked in an online listing, dating the launch for June 29.
The Amazon Italy listing is priced at 50 euros and appears to have leaked the June 29 release date ahead of 505 Games’ official confirmation.
It’s unlikely the date is a generic placeholder, as the first day of summer this year falls on June 21.
The Xbox One version of the game was announced in March with a summer release window. The title will include all of the updates so far, and will feature Xbox One X HDR and 4K enhancements.
Final Fantasy 14 is getting a companion app alongside May’s Under the Moonlight patch, with more content building on the Stormblood expansion.
Unfortunately the app isn’t quite as snazzy as Final Fantasy 14 Online GO, the April Fool’s Day prank app that promised to let players mine for materials by smashing their phones into trees and throwing them into rivers. The Final Fantasy 14 Online Companion App’s features are far more humdrum but still super useful, letting players organise their inventory and armoury chest, use the scheduler to organise events, browse the market board and buy and sell items, chat with friends and Free Company members, and register an additional favoured destination Aetheryte.
Shenmue 1 & 2 pricing has been confirmed for the North American release, with players able to pick up the “definitive version” of both games for $29.99. It’s also been confirmed the title will support achievements across all platforms.
YouTuber Adam Koralik shared the details on Twitter and in a video following his trip to SEGA in Japan. “I’m now allowed to inform you of the retail price of the Shenmue 1 and 2 rerelease,” he tweeted. “$29.99 USD gets you the collection. Applies to all US versions. Global pricing will reflect similar pricing in local currencies.”