Universal Studios Reveals Jurassic World VelociCoaster Roller Coaster

Anyone who pays attention to theme park rumors or who has actually been to Universal Studios Orlando’s Islands of Adventure this year is probably well aware of a new roller coaster being built in the park’s Jurassic World section. Now, Universal has finally revealed what the ride is and when you’ll be able to ride it.

The new attraction is called the Jurassic World VelociCoaster, continuing the parks’ streak of giving things ridiculous and entertaining names. This is, after all, the same theme park that features a Jason Bourne-themed stunt show called The Bourne Stuntacular.

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Billed as Florida’s tallest and fastest launch coaster, the VelociCoaster reached speeds of 70 miles per hour in 2.4 seconds and takes riders over 150 feet in the air. It also includes a 360-degree barrel roll and two different launches. Given that it’s a Jurassic World ride, it’s also loaded with dinosaurs–and cameos from the stars of the Jurassic World films.

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National Treasure 3: Here’s Why It Never Happened

Disney’s National Treasure movies starring Nicolas Cage were huge hits at the box office, collectively making more than $800 million worldwide across two instalments. However, a third film never materialized, and now producer Jason Reed–who worked at Disney at the time but has since left–explained one of the reasons why.

He told Collider that, simply put, Disney was never able to make National Treasure a bonafide franchise by incorporating it into its parks or selling a significant amount of merchandise.

“I think part of what happened … even though the movies themselves were extremely successful, and had a really strong fanbase; it’s a movie that gets brought up all the time, particularly the first one. Unfortunately, the company was never able to capitalize on it as a franchise,” Reed said.

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Wasteland 3 Devs Are Now In The Very First Stages Of Pre-Production On New Game

Wasteland 3 released on August 28, and now developer inXile Entertainment is looking to the future. Brian Fargo, the head of the studio, has been looking to the future on Twitter, and he’s revealed that something new is already in the works–although it’s still very much in pre-production.

Responding to a fan question about what the studio is up to, Fargo said that the team is working on “wonderful new RPGs,” but that they’ll take time. In a follow-up, he clarified that production has not actually started on anything new yet. “Our second RPG is in the infancy of pre-production,” he wrote.

Fargo has previously said that he intended to retire after releasing Wasteland 3. However, these tweets indicate that he now intends to keep working on new RPGs. We don’t know anything about these new projects, and we’ll likely have to wait some time to learn anything definitive.

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NHL 21 Ratings Revealed For Highest-Skill Deking Players

Ahead of NHL 21‘s release in October, EA Sports has now released even more player ratings for the professional ice hockey game, headlined by the highest-rated skill players.

This is especially noteworthy this year, as NHL 21 introduces a series of new skill moves and dekes, such as The Michigan/lacrosse goal and a number of chip/slip dekes.

Patrick Kane of the Chicago Blackhawks has the highest deking rating in NHL 21 with a 97 OVR. Connor McDavid (96 OVR), Artemi Panarin (96 OVR), Johnny Gaudreau (95), and Evgeny Kuznetsov (95 OVR) round out the top five for deke ratings. You can see the full top 10 list below.

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