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To paint my “Partytrooper,” the pink tropical one, I used an airbrush and thinned Tamiya hobby enamels. The green palm leaves were done with a tiny stencil I cut from a plastic container.
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Andrzej Sapkowski, the original author of The Witcher series of short stories and novels, has officially demanded further compensation from CD Projekt Red, developers of the highly successful Witcher games based on his work.
Via Kotaku, CD Projekt Red released an official report on the matter today, addressing that the company has received an official demand for further payment from Sapkowski, indicating that he expects additional royalties “beyond what had been contractually agreed upon between himself and the Company.”
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Creator of Good Omens and American Gods, Neil Gaiman has signed an exclusive deal with Amazon Studios for future TV projects.
The news was announced Tuesday in London at the Amazon Prime Video Presents showcase, Reported by THR. Footage from Gaiman’s latest project of the adaptation of his 1990 novel, Good Omens was featured, starring David Tennant, Michael Sheen, and Frances McDormand.
The decision to sign with Amazon Studios comes after Gaiman’s TV deal with Fremantle, who is behind American Gods, expired earlier this year.
It’s been five years since Rockstar’s last magnum opus, the Hall-of-Fame-worthy Grand Theft Auto 5 released in 2013, and eight since it made the video game Western viable again with 2010’s Red Dead Redemption. On October 26, Rockstar will make you wait a tad longer to see its next attempt at pushing the open-world genre forward by rolling the opening credits on Red Dead Redemption 2 against a backdrop of a hellish high-mountain snowstorm.
“Nobody’s following us through a storm like this one!” bellows Dutch, the leader of the 20-odd-person Van der Linde gang as they take shelter in a mountaintop camp, evading the pursuers who’ve run them out of the prosperous American West in 1899 following a disastrous job in Blackwater. And so it falls to Dutch and your own Arthur Morgan to venture out into the Grizzly Mountain wilds to find food for the physically and mentally run-down group. “Get yourselves warm,” Dutch tells them. Stay strong. Stay with me. We ain’t done yet!”
Today Marvel Comics revealed that Captain Marvel will be getting a new ongoing comic just in time for her MCU debut. The new series, simply titled “Captain Marvel,” will debut in January 2019 following the conclusion of The Life of Captain Marvel.
As revealed by The New York Times, the new volume of Captain Marvel will feature a brand-new creative team, including writer Kelly Thompson (West Coast Avengers), artist Carmen Carnero (X-Men Red) and colorist Tamra Bonvillain (Doom Patrol).
Captain Marvel #1 art by Carmen Carnero. (Marvel Comics)
Wonder Woman’s long history is rife with formidable foes, but in the world of DC’s Earth One graphic novel line, even the most dated of them can be reinvented into something truly timely and even more horrific. This is exactly what creator Grant Morrison did alongside his collaborator Yanick Paquette for the second volume of their alternate universe Wonder Woman: Earth One series with an all-new take on the 1940s villain Doctor Psycho. By flipping the script on his original 1940s incarnation, Morrison and Paquette have taken Doctor Psycho from campy vintage hypnotist to modern day “pickup artist.”
The “pickup artist” or PUA community in the real world is a group of men who believe they can subliminally suggest ideas to women using scripts and other “mind control” tactics to make them more compliant, usually aiming for some sort of sexual or romantic favor. Dr. Psycho’s new angle was inspired by a combination of real-world sources, according to Morrison, who spoke to IGN along with a small group of reporters at a press event. “I was looking towards the modern version of the
New York Comic-Con is upon us this week, and we’ve already got a cool exclusive to share with you: a close-up look at the movie version of Aquaman’s classic costume, as represented by an upcoming Sideshow Collectibles Premium Format Figure.
Warner Bros. Consumer Products and DC Entertainment, in partnership with Sidehow, announced the Aquaman Premium Format Figure this week, and now IGN has a first look at the piece. Scaled at 1:4 and approximately 23″ tall, the figure represents the Jason Momoa version of Arthur Curry/Aquaman in the character’s original green and yellow suit. Fans who attended the Warner Bros. panel at San Diego Comic-Con last summer caught a glimpse of this costume in footage screened, to date, only at that convention. Whereas the Momoa version of Aquaman wore a different suit in his previous DCEU appearances, his solo movie will at least partially feature his classic look.
Crackdown 3 was originally set to launch in 2016. It was later delayed to 2017 and then again to 2018; it was delayed a third time to its current release date in February 2019. Microsoft showed a new, Terry Crews-filled trailer for the game at E3 2018, but the company hasn’t said much about it since.
So how’s it shaping up?
Xbox boss Phil Spencer said on Twitter that he recently played a “full” version of game. While it appears to be coming together, Spencer said it still needs “more work.” On the bright side, Spencer–who is in the business of selling you games–said he thinks Crackdown 3 succeeds in fulfilling the fantasy of being a “wrecking machine.” This is likely a reference to the game’s heavily touted destruction systems.
I was playing a full build yesterday. Nice work by the team, more work to do but good progress, my agent felt like the wrecking machine I enjoy 🙂
— Phil Spencer (@XboxP3) September 27, 2018
Crackdown 3 was at one point in development at three different studios: Raegent Games, Sumo Digital, and Cloudgine. However, for various reasons, now only Sumo is working on the game.
Cloudgine was founded by Crackdown creator David Jones, who was also working on Crackdown 3 until Fortnite studio Epic acquired Cloudgine. Jones now works at Epic as its director of eSports and cloud technology. Cloudgine created a proprietary cloud system that is said to have contributed significantly to Crackdown 3’s hyped-up destruction system.
Microsoft executive Matt Booty strongly suggested that Crackdown 3 will no longer use the Cloudgine technology, presumably due in part to Epic’s acquisition of Cloudgine. Asked directly by Polygon if Crackdown 3 will use Cloudgine’s tech or Microsoft’s cloud systems for Crackdown 3, Booty avoided the question. “You know, I’m not going to get into the actual technical breakdown,” he said. “Let’s just say that we’ve got access to a great infrastructure, and the game’s got some great tech in it, and we’re going to put those two together in the way that makes the most sense.”
Crackdown 3’s destruction elements were at one point touted as the game’s standout features. Jones, who again is no longer working on Crackdown 3, said a while back that he thought the game’s multiplayer experience “will redefine what it feels like to play games.”
As for Raegent Games, the status of the studio is in question. The studio has not tweeted since January 2017 and its website appears to be offline. What’s clear is the studio is no longer working on Crackdown 3, as Booty confirmed this in June.
Crackdown 3 is scheduled to launch in February 2019 for Xbox One and PC, and Xbox Game Pass subscribers will get to play it at no extra cost. Are you still looking forward to Crackdown 3? Let us know in the comments below!