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I fondly remember the golden years of Star Wars gaming. Everything from the ultra-detailed and incredibly satisfying X-Wing space shooter series to the moral thicket of Knights of the Old Republic to hurling stormtroopers to their doom in Jedi Outcast. It seemed that whatever kind of game experience you wanted, you could get it in a Star Wars title.
Fortnite Season 8 will soon be upon us and as is usual, things have begun to change on the map, this time with enormous cracks in the ground appearing. These events were hinted at with rumbling earthquakes and it seems it's all building up to something pretty spectacular. Data-miners have discovered information that points to the 27th of February being the date for 'the big one,' a quake that may radically reshape the Fortnite map for Season 8, but what could it look like?
The Resident Evil franchise has had a lot of heroes over the years, but few are as iconic as former S.T.A.R.S. alpha team point man Chris Redfield. He was the hero (along will Jill Valentine) of the very first game back in 1996 and has since appeared in Code VERONICA and Resident Evils 5-7. One game he's notably not in is Resident Evil 2. Recently remade in stunning fashion by Capcom, Claire Redfield's half of the game involves her searching for clues as to why her brother Chris has disappeared. But that might not be the case in the remake, as dataminers digging through the game's files have found a finished-looking Chris Redfield model.
Fortnite has been the king of the battle royale genre pretty much since its release in 2017. It took that crown from PUBG, though now there's a hot new property in town that might yet unseat Epic Games' hit. I'm talking of course about Apex Legends, which in just over two weeks has amassed a huge amount of players, received praise from all sectors of the market and feels like it's set to revitalize a slightly tired genre.
Once one of the more head-scratching summer blockbusters of 2019, Detective Pikachu is building up a strong head of hype in advance of its May 10th release. Advance reports suggest that it's gone down unbelievably well in test-screenings, to the point where Legendary Pictures is so confident in the movie that they've begun developing multiple spin-off movies within a 'Detective Pikachu' universe. One cool way that the film has been building hype amongst Pokemon fans is to gradually reveal more and more Pokemon in each trailer - with Lickitung recently driving the internet crazy in the latest TV spot.
The majority of Guy Ritchie's Aladdin looks great. The sets look beautiful, the casting is on point and it seems that Ritchie is on course to nail the romantic, fantastical tone of the 1992 Disney classic. But there's one big and blue aspect that's currently in doubt: Will Smith's turn as the Genie. When we got our first look at the movie a few months back fans were suspicious of multiple shots showing Genie in a Will Smith-shaped human form. There was (minor) uproar, with people asking - nay demanding - that the Genie be blue.
Whether you love or hate Fortnite, you can't deny that Epic Games has given the rest of the industry a masterclass in keeping players engaged over time. Between the subtle gameplay tweaks, new weapons and cosmetics, remixing the map or their periodic end of season events, there's always something exciting and mysterious going on in the game.
When DC and Warner Bros. announced their plans for their streaming service DC Universe, I was skeptical. Not only is there an increasing glut of streaming services to keep up with, but their flagship show Titans looked absolutely dreadful in the promotional pictures and embarrassing first trailer. For a while, it looked like my pessimistic predictions were coming true, with industry analysts claiming that the premium network was struggling to pick up subscribers and that it may not be long for this world.
Respawn Entertainment's Apex Legends has had a stratospheric rise in popularity since its release just two weeks ago. Over the course of the last little while we've seen a slew of news stories breathlessly reporting on its ballooning player count: first busting through the million mark, then exceeding ten million until it was revealed that just a week after launch, a whopping twenty-five million people had turned up to see what all the fuss is about. This explosion in the number of players has got some wondering whether the game could eventually eclipse Fortnite as the biggest title in the world.