Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney says that other digital stores for PC games tend to “fleece” developers. Although Epic Games is known most for its creation of the Unreal Engine and the development of the highly-successful Fortnite, the company announced in 2018 that it would open the Epic Games Store. The idea behind the Epic Games Store is to offer an alternative to the Valve-owned Steam which had a monopoly on digital PC game sales....
With each decision in Erica, player feel closer to unraveling a mystery, all the while knowing a single playthrough will only just crack the surface. Gathering a few friends on the couch to watch a movie has evolved over the years. There were the days where someone had to own the movie (likely on VHS), followed by the hallowed days of Blockbuster. Now, practically every movie is available in some form online, be it streaming or download....
ESPN Films and Netflix are partnering for the documentary series The Last Dance, which chronicles the 1990s Chicago Bulls dynasty. One of the most dominating runs in professional sports, the team took home six NBA championships in an eight-year period. The Bulls’ ascension to the top of the league coincided with star player Michael Jordan cementing his status as one of the greatest players of all-time. During this stretch, Jordan won four NBA MVP awards and was named Finals MVP all six years Chicago won the title....
[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-DcUASffHU] Computer Bild, Europe’s best-selling computer magazine, has had its PR accreditation pulled after posting a video of one of its journalists bending an iPhone 6 Plus. The german PR department of the company reacts in a disturbing way: Instead of answering the questions about why the iPhone 6 Plus is so sensitive, a manager called Computer Bild and told us, that Computer Bild will not get any testing devices and no invites to official events any more …...
A good movie villain is hard to come by. Comic book movies offer no shortage of villains but many of them vary in quality. There is a plethora of villains to choose from but it always seems so hard to really nail what makes them so great. Marvel has often been criticized for its sub-par portrayals of many of their iconic villains, but is that fair? True, Marvel has had villain problems but are they anymore severe than DC’s?...
In conjunction with the company’s earnings release today, Disney chairman and CEO Bob Iger announced that ESPN’s upcoming streaming service will cost $4.99 per month. The service is the first direct-to-consumer offering from ESPN and was originally teased last year… Iger made the announcement while speaking to CNBC, confirming that the streaming service will be called ‘ESPN Plus’ and come this spring, alongside a “completely revised and redesigned” ESPN app....
Their site takes real surface wind data from the National Digital Forecast Database and creates a real-time visualization of the data. Although originally created as a personal art project by Fernanda and Martin (who currently lead Google’s “Big Picture” data visualization group in Cambridge, MA) I’ve found it a groovy way to visualize the progress of Hurricane Sandy across the east coast. Oh, and it doesn’t hurt that the data is quite beautiful as well!...
On the eve of the Google I/O summit, Google’s CEO talked to Reuters about Google’s relationship with Apple, specifically as it related to iAds and Admob. Some points: Google has been at a disadvantage because the FTC investigation has left Admob in hiatus while other ad networks (iAds) heats up. Google is prepared to fight the U.S. government “very hard” if regulators block the search leader’s acquisition of mobile advertising firm AdMob....
Alongside Mario, Metal Gear, and Dragon Quest, Final Fantasy is one of the oldest and most respected names in the video game industry. The first game released in 1987 and became a smash hit, turning small developer Square into a powerhouse in the RPG business. In the nearly 30 years since the original title, the Final Fantasy brand has expanded to include dozens of sequels, remakes, spinoffs, and even movies....
What are the best Marvel TV shows? In 2013, Marvel Television launched the first TV series set in the MCU, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. It proved to be the first of many, with Marvel striking a deal that brought a number of streetwise heroes to Netflix, and more recently launching young-adult shows on Freeform and Hulu. Third-party analytics have suggested the Marvel Television brand is a strong one, with their series among the most in-demand TV shows around....
Following nearly 9 months of renovation and expansion work, Apple’s retail store in Natick, Massachusetts will reopen on February 16th at 10:00 A.M. local time. The updated location is expected to more than double the width of the previous storefront as a Forum and Video Wall are added. Apple originally announced that its Natick store would close temporarily starting on April 22nd last year, but the renovation timeline was unusually delayed....
EyeFi, the company behind the popular SD cards that carry WiFi support, has today announced that it has acquired OkDoThis. OkDoThis is a popular photography app on iOS that aims to inspire photographers to take a taking pictures daily and offering a platform on which they can share and discuss photography. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. In a press release, EyeFi explained that the acquisition of OkDoThis allows it to more directly engage with photographers....
In 2010 we reported that Apple snapped up a Swedish company called Polar Rose that specializes in face detection algorithms. Less than a year after this purchase, we have discovered what Apple actually intends to do with this software. Besides the fun Photo Booth effects that are now found in the OS X Lion implementation of Photo Booth – Apple will take their new face recognition knowledge to the next level with iOS 5....
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Evangeline Lilly can’t wait to play the Wasp again in the Marvel Cinematic Universe now that she’s done with Ant-Man & The Wasp. Although she was limited to a supporting role in the original Ant-Man movie, Lilly impressed audiences in the role of Hope Van Dyne, which is only part of the reason she was given a larger role in the sequel. Lilly’s character is the Dr. Hank Pym and Janet Van Dyne, and she is based on the character Hope Pym from the comics....
While movie studios have long had to get by on sequels, prequels, spinoffs, and reboots to keep blockbuster filmmaking alive, the success of 2012’s The Avengers may prove to be one of the most impactful innovations in tentpole filmmaking. While Marvel Studios had spent four years crafting the first true cinematic universe, the massive financial and critical success of their team-up proved that the idea was a viable one. While a number of other solvent worlds have sprung up since, everything from James Bond to Robin Hood is attempting to get in on the shared universe game with mixed results...
Fans of the Super Smash Bros. franchise have long been debating which game in the series is the best one. Often the competitive scene refers to the staying power of Melee on the GameCube, Wii owners look at the install base of Brawl, and more recently people have pointed to the character count of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate on Nintendo Switch. Each title warrants a playthrough based on its own merits and design, but which entry in the Smash Bros....
They were noticeably absent from today’s press release from Marvel Studios that unveiled the main cast and characters returning or being introduced in Thor: Ragnarok, but you should still expect to see Lady Sif and the Warriors Three together again next year. The four supporting characters played by Jaimie Alexander, Zachary Levi (Fandral), Ray Stevenson (Volstagg), and Tadanobu Asano (Hogun), respectively, are the most loyal of friends and battlefield allies to Thor....
A noted legal expert weighing in on the various European antitrust complaints against Apple says that if Spotify wins its case, the “App Store monopoly is finished” in Europe. It was reported last week that the European Union is “finalizing a charge sheet against Apple” in regard to Spotify complaints. Although an interim step rather than a ruling, it would shift the burden to Apple to defend itself against the charges …...
It’s official; even SHIELD don’t know why Black Widow joined them. Although the upcoming Black Widow movie isn’t an origin story, most viewers are expecting it to shine a light on Natasha Romanoff’s MCU backstory. Until now, audiences have had to settle for a drip-feed off information, primarily through the Avengers movies, but that’s surely about to change. Black Widow is set shortly after the events of Captain America: Civil War, with Natasha Romanoff now one of the world’s most wanted....
