Deadly Premonition 2: A Blessing In Disguise is a welcoming return to its strange and absurd world, but feels diluted and missing many of the flavor notes that defined its predecessor.
The One And Only Ivan Disney+ Trailer Shows Sam Rockwell As A Particularly Great Ape
The One And Only Ivan, another Disney+ exclusive film, has released a first trailer, and it’s taking us right back to our childhoods. The film, which stars Sam Rockwell as silverback gorilla Ivan, is based on Katherine Applegate’s 2012 book of the same name. It’s about a circus gorilla who learns to paint so that it can ask for freedom, and it’s based on a true story.
The movie also stars Bryan Cranston as Ivan’s human owner, who raised Ivan from infancy. It features voice performances from Angelina Jolie, Brooklynn Prince, Helen Mirren, and Danny DeVito.
The film is directed by Thea Sharrock (Me Before You), making it one of the very few Disney films directed by a woman.
The movie is inspired by true events, in that Applegate’s original novel was inspired by a real-life gorilla, also named Ivan, who was on display in shopping center in Tacoma, Washington for 27 years, before eventually being rehomed at Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle.
Psychonauts 2 Brought Back Cut Content After Dev Was Acquired By Microsoft
Psychonauts 2 developer Double Fine was acquired by Microsoft in 2019, and it turns out that the buyout had a major impact on the company’s newest game. Double Fine founder Tim Schafer told GI.biz that when his studio was acquired by Microsoft, it allowed the developers to bring back content for Psychonauts 2 that would have otherwise been left on the cutting room floor.
“With Psychonauts 2, we could see the end of our budget coming up, and so we had cut a lot of stuff,” Schafer said. “We had cut our boss fights. Now we are able to put those back in, and we’re like, ‘We think people would have noticed if we didn’t have those boss fights’. Being able to complete the game in the way that it was meant to be was very important.”
Psychonauts 2 was initially funded on Fig, where it raised more than $3.8 million USD, before the Microsoft acquisition. The game, which was announced all the way back in 2015, is now due to launch later in 2020 following a delay.
Borderlands 3 Has Fixed An Issue In Bounty Of Blood, And Mayhem Damage Is Currently Higher Than Intended
Borderlands 3 has received a hotfix, detailed on the game’s official site, to address an issue in Bounty of Blood and with the Legendary pistol Lucky 7. This quick fix has dealt with two issues, but Gearbox has admitted that there’s a bigger problem that was introduced into the game with a recent update.
Here are the two changes in the hotfix, which is now live on all platforms. The first one is, presumably, a reference to a clipping issue.
- Patched a hole in the Atrium of the Bounty of Blood campaign add-on to prevent players from busting through the wall and seeing the other side
- Addressed a reported concern that some damage effects from Lucky 7 sometimes did not function after exiting Iron Bear
The other issue Gearbox has identified is perhaps a bigger deal, but how it will be addressed might depend on how a change that was made by accident is received by players.
AHS Hotel Episode 6 “Room 33” Breakdown
Ryan and Greg break down American Horror Story Hotel Episode 6 “Room 33.”
Sports Fans Rejoice–Tiger Woods, ’86 Mets Documentaries Are On The Way
Following the huge success of the ESPN/Netflix Michael Jordan documentary series, The Last Dance, two more high-profile sports-themed documentaries are on the way from other networks.
According to Collider, the new documentaries will focus on Tiger Woods and the 1986 New York Mets. The Tiger Woods documentary is coming from HBO, and it will be directed by Matthew Heineman (Cartel Land) and Matthew Hamachek (Amanda Knox). The series is based on the book, “Tiger Woods,” from authors Jeff Bendict and Armen Keteyian. It will delve into Woods’ history as one of the world’s best golfers and his troublesome past with his sex scandal and his DUI arrest.
Woods himself is not involved in the documentary, but it will feature commentary from Woods’ longtime caddy Steve Williams and biographer Pete McDaniel. One of the women caught up in Woods’ sex scandal, Rachel Uchitel, is also involved in the documentary.
World Of Warcraft: Shadowlands Will No Longer Charge Players To Change Gender
World of Warcraft has historically charged players to change their avatar’s gender, but that is set to change with the new expansion. Right now, it costs $15 to change your character’s gender, but Shadowlands will remove this charge entirely.
In an interview with Eurogamer, executive producer John Hight has talked about this mechanic, and promised that in the future you will be able to change your gender along with your appearance at the barber shop. “As we were adding things up in Shadowlands, we realised, ‘Gosh the only way you can change your gender in World of Warcraft is to go through this paid service,'” he says. “And we felt like that’s not the right message.”
This change will not arrive until the next expansion does, as it’s difficult to implement. “That’s not something we can easily hotfix – unfortunately we can’t do that right now,” Hight explains.
It’s not clear if this feature will be added for all players, including those who don’t buy the expansion, with the Shadowlands update–but hopefully this will be the case.
This answer came from a question Eurogamer posed about Pelagos, a character discussed in a July 2 Blizzard forums post who many believe is Blizzard’s first transgender character. According to Hight, it’s likely that other characters designed in-house at Blizzard are trans, even if it is not explicitly stated in-game: “knowing some of our designers and having conversations with them, I’m sure that was the intent.”
Here are some more insights from GameSpot’s own interviews with World of Warcraft game director Ion Hazzikostas.
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Nintendo Announces New Livestream For Tomorrow
Nintendo has announced a new livestream for tomorrow, July 10. While it’s not a new Nintendo Direct, the company will show off a couple of titles as part of its Nintendo Treehouse Live broadcast, which is scheduled to begin at 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET.
Specifically, Nintendo says it will broadcast gameplay of the upcoming Paper Mario: The Origami King, which is set to release for Switch next week. On top of that, the company will reveal at least one new title from developer WayForward, the studio behind the Shantae series and other beloved 2D adventure games.
Check out gameplay of the upcoming game #PaperMario: The Origami King tomorrow 7/10 at 10am PT on #NintendoTreehouseLive | July 2020. Plus, we’ll feature a first reveal and gameplay for a title in a franchise new to developer WayForward!https://t.co/pWziqZZPd3 pic.twitter.com/ZeubOStUtD
— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) July 9, 2020
What’s most curious about the game reveal is the wording Nintendo used to describe it. The company says the game will be “in a franchise new to developer WayForward,” which seems to suggest that whatever the studio is developing is part of an already-established IP that it hasn’t worked with before. What that could be remains to be seen, however, and Nintendo hasn’t shared any other details beyond that.
Big Show Brought His Own WWE Memorabilia To Set For His Netflix Series
The Big Show has had a long career in wrestling, debuting back in 1995 with WCW, and the larger-than-life athlete had many landmark moments throughout his career. From being a member of the New World Order to his numerous championship reigns in WWE, the Big Show is quite the big deal. While his in-ring career has slowed down a bit, Show has been on a roll starring on the new Netflix series The Big Show Show, in which he plays a fictional version of himself that’s retired from professional wrestling.
The move from the ring to the screen in a scripted series is something Show has wanted to do for years. He told us that being on Saturday Night Live with The Rock, Mick Foley, Triple H, and Vince McMahon–to promote Wrestlemania 2000–was something he really enjoyed. “And I started driving Vince nuts back then about it,” said Show. “I wanted him to know that I could [be on a TV show]. This is something within my wheelhouse; this is in my gut. I can do this. And I think I drove him nuts for probably 14, 15 years.
“And when the partnership came up, Netflix had this idea of a retired WWE superstar, readjusting to being home all the time. And they wanted to do a comedy show. So when they partnered up with WWE, I had aggravated everybody so much, that I think WWE was just happy to give me this opportunity, to shut me up, I think.”