Nickelodeon Is Using The Company’s Own Game Engine To Make A New TV Show

One of Nickelodeon’s upcoming TV series is created using the company’s Entertainment Lab, the R&D unit used for developing augmented and virtual reality games. The show’s working title is Meet the Voxels, and it’s a sitcom that documents the life of a family of video game characters.

According to Deadline, the Voxel family is composed of “Hunter, the 13-year-old star of a laser-tag video game; Maude, a 16-year-old girl fighting to pop as many bubbles as she can; their younger brother Cody who has not found his video game calling yet; Mom, a popular street fighter in her game; and Dad, a ’90s-era classic console game character who quit the business years ago.”

The pilot of the show is written by Jana Petrosini and Sean Gill, both of whom were behind Henry Danger, Kid Danger, and Game Shakers. Meet the Voxel‘s episodes will be designed so that they can also be viewed via virtual or augmented reality devices.

This news follows the announcement of a Mario Kart-like Nickelodeon-themed racing game called Nickelodeon Kart Racers. Nickelodeon Kart Racers features 24 race tracks and 12 characters from beloved Nickelodeon shows such as SpongeBob SquarePants and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. The game features both team-based co-op, where partners can pull off devastating fused attacks, and local free-for-all multiplayer.

Dragon Ball FighterZ Nintendo Switch Beta Start Time, Roster Revealed

Bandai Namco has shared some more details about its upcoming open beta for the Nintendo Switch version of Dragon Ball FighterZ. The beta kicks off next weekend and will give Switch owners their first chance to try the acclaimed Dragon Ball fighting game before it launches on the platform this September.

To participate in the beta, you will first need to download the open beta client from either the Switch Eshop or Nintendo’s website. The beta begins on August 9 at 9 PM PT (12 AM ET on August 10) and runs through the weekend, concluding at 11:59 PM PT on August 11.

Players will be able to try four different game modes during the beta: Practice Battle Tutorial, Arena Match, Ring Match, and Ring Party Match. The beta will also feature the entire starting roster in Dragon Ball FighterZ, along with Super Saiyan Blue Goku and Super Saiyan Blue Vegeta, for a total of 23 different playable characters. You can see the full beta roster below.

Dragon Ball FighterZ releases for Nintendo Switch on September 28. Bandai Namco recently revealed that the Switch version will launch with a couple of new local mulitplayer options, in particular an offline six-player Party Match mode and 2v2 and 1v1 matches. The publisher hasn’t announced if these options will also be added to the PS4, Xbox One, and PC versions down the line.

Those who pre-order Dragon Ball FighterZ for Nintendo Switch will receive a couple of bonuses. First, they’ll have immediate access to Super Saiyan Blue Goku and Vegeta at launch. Additionally, those who reserve the title will get a digital Japanese copy of Dragon Ball Z: Super Butoden, a rare Super Famicom game that was never previously released in North America.

Dragon Ball FighterZ Open Beta Roster

  • Goku (SS)
  • Vegeta (SS)
  • Piccolo
  • Gohan (Adult)
  • Gohan (Teenager)
  • Frieza
  • Captain Ginyu
  • Trunks
  • Cell
  • Android 18
  • Gotenks
  • Krillin
  • Kid Buu
  • Majin Buu
  • Nappa
  • Android 16
  • Yamcha
  • Hit
  • Tien
  • Beerus
  • Goku Black
  • Goku (SSGSS)
  • Vegeta (SSGSS)

Sons of Anarchy Creator Talks the Origin of Mayans MC and a Potential Prequel

Warning: FULL SPOILERS for the end of Sons of Anarchy ahead!

Sons of Anarchy creator Kurt Sutter told journalists attending the 2018 Television Critics’ Association summer press tour that a First 9 prequel series, featuring the nine founding members of the infamous Nothern California motorcycle gang, is still a long ways off.

“As Sons was ending, it was a really strong IP for the network and the studio – there was a more serious discussion about how perhaps, we could work on other parts of the world within the IP… It wasn’t a show that I wanted to do as a continuing series, but just do a one-off, you know, 9 or 10 episodes. So, that’s when the idea of doing the Mayans came back, and we began to look at it more seriously. We didn’t want to do anything right on the heels of Sons, we wanted to let it breathe for a minute.”

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