Month: May 2019

Rocket League developer Psyonix has announced that it is “joining the Epic Games family,” with an acquisition expected to close in late May or early June. In a FAQ, the studio sought to reassure current Rocket League fans that nothing will change about their day-to-day enjoyment of the popular game.

In the short term, it says, nothing about the game will change. It is still moving forward with its update roadmap and plans to continue “for as long as you’ll have us.” In the long-term, Psyonix says it does plan to bring the game to the Epic Games store, and to use the leverage granted by this acquisition to “grow the game in ways we couldn’t do on our own before.”

Part of that could mean changes to esports, which Rocket League has become known for. Psyonix says this “increases our potential reach and resources.” It also hints that it could start to explain future esports plans next month, at its Rocket League Championship Series set to run June 21-23.

Finally, Psyonix says it’s “the same team we’ve always been,” suggesting that layoffs or other staff rearrangement isn’t being planned for the immediate future.

Rocket League has been a mainstay since launch, even helping push for cross-platform support. It has sustained its success partially on loot boxes, the practice of which recently came under scrutiny. As a result Psyonix had to pull the transactions from a couple of countries.

Meanwhile, Epic Games has been making aggressive moves recently. On top of the mega-success of Fortnite, it has been challenging Steam with its own Epic Games Store, including offering regularly rotating free games. The rapid success of Steam has reportedly led to a crunch culture, at the studio, however, which Epic has conceded in part.

Sylvester Stallone has already said goodbye to one of his most iconic characters, when Rocky Balboa made his last appearance in Creed II. He’s now set to do the same with his other great action hero–John Rambo. Rambo V: Last Blood is the fifth movie in the long-running action series and it hit theaters in September. A new behind-the-scenes video has been released.

The video was posted on Instagram by Stallone himself. It’s a collection of on-set moments, all with Stallone in character. We see him sharpening knives, shooting, driving, and firing arrows–presumably all in preparation for a violent showdown with some very bad men. Check it out below.

Although we haven’t seen any footage from the movie yet, we do know something about the plot. The movie is set in Mexico, and features Spanish star Paz Vega (Spanglish, The OA) as a reporter who teams up with Rambo to rescue her sister from a drug cartel. It hits theaters on September 20.

Last Blood is directed by Adrian Grunberg, who previously made the Mel Gibson thriller Get the Gringo. It follows 2008’s Rambo, which Stallone directed and made $113 million worldwide. The series kicked off in 1982 with First Blood and was followed by two sequels in 1985 and 1988.

Smart refinements to a deep and exciting fighting system, along with an entertaining story mode, make MK11 great despite some missteps with its persistent content.

The long-running Walking Dead comic is nearing its 200th issue, and the series’ status quo may be changing in a profound way in the months to come.

Warning: this article contains spoilers for The Walking Dead #191!

The series is currently exploring the growing conflict between Alexandria and the much larger Commonwealth, with Rick Grimes caught squarely in the middle. Rick sees the Commonwealth as key in restoring pre-zombie civilization, even as he laments the ways in which old problems like economic disparity have returned. Already Rick has been forced to kill his friend Dwight to prevent all-out war between the two settlements, and the ending to issue #190 made it appear that was was inevitable regardless.

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More planets, badder enemies, and way, WAY more loot. Borderlands 3 brings the mayhem on a scale like never before.