Month: April 2019

Netflix has released a new trailer for the Ted Bundy movie Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile, and it provides the best look yet at Zac Efron as the notorious serial killer.

The movie follows the crimes of Bundy but told from the vantage point of his longtime girlfriend Elizabeth Kloepfer, who is played by Lily Collins (Tolkien, To the Bone).

The film also stars Kaya Scoderlario, Jim Parsons, John Malkovich, and Haley Joel Osment. Metallica singer and guitarist James Hetfield also has a role; you can see him at 0:47.

Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile is directed by Joe Berlinger. He was nominated for an Oscar for the documentary Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory.

Netflix paid a reported $9 million to acquire the film, which debuted at the Sundance Film Festival back in January. Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Vile and Evil also expected to have a limited theatrical run.

This is the second very high-profile Ted Bundy programming on Netflix, as the streamer already has Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes, which itself was created by Berlinger.

Laika is a studio that never fails to impress and deliver an adventure that evokes sheer awe. Missing Link, again displaying the uniqueness we’ve come to expect from the team there, is no exception.

It follows the Hugh Jackman-voiced Sir Lionel Frost, a “myths and monsters investigator,” who is desperate to be validated by his peers. He gets a letter telling about the whereabouts of a Bigfoot, so heads to the Pacific Northwest to prove the existence of a legendary creature, voiced by Zach Galifianakis.

This kicks off a globe-trotting romp that also involves Adelina Fortnight, voiced by Zoe Saldana, a free-spirited, independent adventurer who just so happens to possess the only known map to their secret destination.

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Avengers: Endgame tickets are finally on sale, and as you might have guessed, they’re selling very well. Ticket-seller Fandango announced today Endgame needed just six hours to surpass the previous single-day pre-sale ticket sales record on Fandango, which was held by Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

Tickets for Endgame went on sale at 5 AM PT / 8 AM ET today, April 2, and “within minutes, Fandango saw historic numbers of fans reserving their seats,” the company announced. The company didn’t share specific ticket sales numbers, but they were strong enough to reach No. 1 after just six hours, beating out the likes of The Force Awakens, The Last Jedi, Rogue One, and Avengers: Infinity War, which make up the Top 5 all-time fastest-selling tickets on Fandango.

Fandango Top Five First-Day Ticket First 24 Hour Sales

1. Avengers: Endgame (2019)
2. Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)
3. Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)
4. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
5. Avengers: Infinity War (2018)

Fandango managing editor Erik Davis said Endgame ticket sales have “exceeded all expectations” on the site. “We’ve never seen anything like this–it’s truly a groundbreaking accomplishment–as fans simply cannot wait to see how this epic saga comes to a close,” Davis said.

Fandango also shared some of the results from an Avengers-themed survey. 98 percent of respondents said the cliffhanger from Infinity War was a “main factor” in buying a ticket for Endgame, while 86 percent said they are eager to find out how Captain Marvel features in Endgame.

In other news, new footage from Endgame was released today; check it out in the embed above. Endgame hits theatres on April 26.

A brand new map is available for Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 and its battle royale mode, Blackout. Check out our victory gameplay highlights as we decimate the other players on our way to snagging the win. Captured on PS4 Pro.

New consoles from Microsoft and Sony might be coming soon. Retailer GameStop today said on an earnings call that it expects new hardware sales to slow down in 2019 on account of people hearing about new consoles and waiting for them to arrive.

“With respect to new hardware, as we get closer to the end of the current console cycle for Xbox and PlayStation, we expect demand to decline as some customers choose to wait on the sidelines in anticipation of acquiring the next generation of innovative consoles,” CFO Rob Lloyd said.

Lloyd was specifically talking about business elements that GameStop shared with analysts to “help provide context” for 2019. This suggests that new consoles from Microsoft and Sony may be announced and/or released this year.

Microsoft is rumoured to announce one or multiple new consoles at E3 in June, while Sony is known to be working on a new PlayStation console. Sony is not coming to E3 this year but that doesn’t mean the company won’t have news to share at other venues at some point. Nintendo, meanwhile, could announce multiple new Switch models at E3 and release them not long after.

Llyod specifically mentioned Xbox and PlayStation in his comments, but not Nintendo.

There have been numerous rumours and reports about Microsoft’s new consoles, a lot more than the new systems from PlayStation and Nintendo. You can check out GameSpot’s rundown of all the big rumours about Xbox hardware here.

In other news about GameStop, the retailer announced a $673 million full-year loss. Despite the downturn, the retailer is optimistic about its future, thanks in part to new cost-saving and profit-improving efforts to be implemented by incoming CEO George Sherman.

Fans of the Borderlands series can rest easy, as developer Gearbox announced Borderlands 3 during its PAX East panel last week. Also during the panel, Gearbox confirmed the remaster of Borderlands: Game of the Year Edition. The release date for the remastered Borderlands: GotY is nearly here–here’s exactly when it unlocks and how to get it for free on PC.

The official Twitter account confirmed that Borderlands: GotY drops tomorrow, April 3. It’ll be available for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One at 7 AM PT / 10 AM ET. Steam customers who own the existing Game of the Year Edition can download an update for free at 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET. It’s possible to obtain physical copies of the game on consoles, but they’re limited to US and Canada stores only.

When the Borderlands: GotY launched in October 2010, it gathered the original Borderlands with all four of its DLC packs–The Zombie Island of Dr. Ned, Mad Moxxi’s Underdome Riot, The Secret Armory of General Knoxx, and Claptrap’s New Robot Revolution–into one package. This remastered version will do the exact same, but will also bring about some new additions like gameplay tweaks (such as a new minimap, for example), a series of new guns, new character customization options, and more. Gearbox is also altering the campaign’s final boss, making it “more engaging, challenging, and rewarding.”

Further, an Ultra HD texture pack for Borderlands: The Handsome Collection will be available the same day as the Borderlands: GotY drops. According to the official Borderlands website, the UHD texture pack will affect “characters, vehicles, weapons and environments.” Gearbox didn’t specify how the UHD texture pack will affect the game, so it’s unclear if it’s receiving more frames per second, higher graphical fidelity, or both.

Borderlands: GotY is currently not live on neither the PlayStation 4 nor Xbox Store. However, it’s currently available for pre-order through GameStop for $30 on both platforms.