Not to be outdone by Bethesda, Japanese giant Square Enix has booked its place for E3 2015, after the publisher today confirmed plans to host its own press conference on June 16. Set to kick things off at 9am PT/12pm ET, the company has promised an 'exciting slate of games coming out in 2015 and beyond,' with a few surprises thrown in for good measure.
STX Entertainment and IM Global's financial partnership for civil war drama Free State of Jones is beginning to bear fruit, as the studios have unveiled a pair of new stills for Gary Ross' feature that showcase Interstellar star Matthew McConaughey in action.
Rocksteady's upcoming threequel, Batman: Arkham Knight, was always going to be a huge title, acting as the conclusive chapter in what many consider to be the best superhero trilogy in modern video game history. However, according to statistics revealed today by Nvidia, The Caped Crusader's upcoming outing will also be weighty in terms of technical requirements, after the tech giant unveiled the minimum, required and eye-watering ultra settings needed to run Arkham Knight in various visual standards.
London-based studio Roll7 is beginning to establish a fruitful working relationship with indie publisher Devolver Digital. Having served up a concoction of Tony Hawks-inspired skateboarding fun with the delightful OlliOlli -- not to mention its excellent sequel, Welcome to Olliwood -- the developer is honing in on its upcoming pixel art title, Not a Hero.
For those readers in the United Kingdom and other parts of Europe, today is the day that Avengers: Age of Ultron finally zooms into theaters, with early reports revealing that Joss Whedon's sequel is tracking for a mammoth opening at the box office. Whether it can topple its predecessor's haul - which currently stands as the third highest-grossing film ever with $1.5 billion - will be determined over the coming weeks and months, though one thing is for certain: Age of Ultron will act as Whedon's final outing in the director's chair under Marvel.
Warner Bros. has certainly drummed home the point that the Road Warrior will stalk the screen once more this summer when Fury Road releases in theaters, but there is also a new installment in the Mad Max video game series looming on the horizon, and today, developer Avalanche has debuted the first gameplay trailer for said title.
Universal's high-octane street racing franchise is akin to the suped-up cars that feature in the films; expensive beasts that show no sign of slowing down. With the smell of burnt rubber still lingering in the air from the explosive Furious 7, producer Neal Moritz has revealed that the creative team have been having conversations about a follow-up to the billion-dollar hit, and that fans can expect to get an update about the tentatively titled Furious 8 before long.
Long before it pummelled its way onto the silver screen, Sony Pictures ensured its ducks were in a row for The Equalizer. With genre stalwart Denzel Washington on board as the titular vigilante (real name Robert McCall) not to mention Training Day's Antoine Fuqua behind the lens, the studio served up a thriller that was as entertaining as it was efficient, checking all the right boxes for an action flick and bringing in an impressive box office haul to the tune of $192 million.
Few would have expected Goon, a film about a flailing hockey player attempting to make an impact as an Enforcer in the minor leagues, to carve out an audience when it released in 2011. But carve out an audience it did, and now star Seann William Scott is dusting off his kit to take to the ice once more, as it's been confirmed that Goon 2 will begin filming in mid-June.
Shortly after Halo: The Master Chief Collection limped onto the market late last year, bringing with it a hoard of technical issues that are still being ironed out to this day, developer 343 Industries made a pledge to first rectify the problems with a litany of patches and updates, before unveiling the Halo 3: ODST as a token of goodwill.
