With a war raging among the stars, the supersoldier Demetrian Titus leaps out of his ship and dives toward the surface of a planet below. As he streaks through the sky like a meteor, dodging flotsam and explosions, the near silence of the atmosphere foregrounds his muffled breathing, whose steady pace conveys the calm with which he faces all but impossible odds. The orbital drop is a standout set piece—but far from an outlier—in Saber Interactive’s exceptionally transportive and tactile Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2.
The insectoid, hive-minded Tyranids have mobilized en masse, and Titus and his two squadmates, Chairon and Gadriel, are tasked with repelling them. The three-man army operates out of a flying barge whose eccentric decor captures the sci-fi medieval, techno-spiritual charm of the Warhammer 40,000 universe, as computer monitors lined with Matrix-green text stand beside ornate stained glass and statues of two-headed birds perched atop skulls.
The insectoid, hive-minded Tyranids have mobilized en masse, and Titus and his two squadmates, Chairon and Gadriel, are tasked with repelling them. The three-man army operates out of a flying barge whose eccentric decor captures the sci-fi medieval, techno-spiritual charm of the Warhammer 40,000 universe, as computer monitors lined with Matrix-green text stand beside ornate stained glass and statues of two-headed birds perched atop skulls.
- 9/4/2024
- by Niv M. Sultan
- Slant Magazine
There are some things that Elden Ring excels in above other titles but there may be an upcoming Soulslike game that has one aspect that it couldn’t match. The FromSoftware title is well known for its challenging combat system and variety of weaponry available but one thing it does not have is a certain defense tactic which was spotted on Social Media.
Rise of the Ronin, the PlayStation exclusive developed by Team Ninja and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment is set to launch on 22 March. With it comes the inevitable comparisons with the 2020 title Ghost of Tsushima, however, many fans are split about whether the upcoming title will surpass the previous epic featuring Feudal Japan.
What does Elden Ring not have?
Elden Ring may do many things well but there’s one thing it can’t do.
Whilst many will argue that the graphics of Elden Ring are superior...
Rise of the Ronin, the PlayStation exclusive developed by Team Ninja and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment is set to launch on 22 March. With it comes the inevitable comparisons with the 2020 title Ghost of Tsushima, however, many fans are split about whether the upcoming title will surpass the previous epic featuring Feudal Japan.
What does Elden Ring not have?
Elden Ring may do many things well but there’s one thing it can’t do.
Whilst many will argue that the graphics of Elden Ring are superior...
- 3/14/2024
- by Andy MacGregor
- FandomWire
By the power of Grayskull, Netflix’s list of new releases for July 2021 is here!
As you may have been able to tell by that clever opening, July is the month that Masters of the Universe: Revelation arrives on Netflix. This animated series from Kevin Smith continues the classic stories of He-Man and his buff friends. If nostalgia not be what ye seek, Netflix has plenty other original series this month as well. The amazingly hilarious sketch series I Think You Should Leave With Tim Robinson returns for season 2 on July 6. Also returning for a second season are Beastars, Never Have I Ever (both on July 15), and Outer Banks (July 30).
Netflix’s movie offerings are pretty thick this month since July marks the real beginning of the summer blockbuster season. The streamer is bringing not one, but three Fear Street films based on R.L. Stine’s classic book series. They...
As you may have been able to tell by that clever opening, July is the month that Masters of the Universe: Revelation arrives on Netflix. This animated series from Kevin Smith continues the classic stories of He-Man and his buff friends. If nostalgia not be what ye seek, Netflix has plenty other original series this month as well. The amazingly hilarious sketch series I Think You Should Leave With Tim Robinson returns for season 2 on July 6. Also returning for a second season are Beastars, Never Have I Ever (both on July 15), and Outer Banks (July 30).
Netflix’s movie offerings are pretty thick this month since July marks the real beginning of the summer blockbuster season. The streamer is bringing not one, but three Fear Street films based on R.L. Stine’s classic book series. They...
- 7/1/2021
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
Young adult horror fans (and those who are young adult at heart) will have a great time scrolling through Netflix in July 2021.
The streaming giant announced the new original movies and series coming to the service in July, as well as the library titles it will feature for the foreseeable future.
Among the biggest projects include a trilogy of “Fear Street” films from director Leigh Janiak (“Honeymoon”) and based on the teen horror franchise by R.L. Stine. The three movies will debut over consecutive weeks on Netflix, with the first dropping July 2.
The other big movie project coming to Netflix in July is “The Last Letter from Your Lover,” a time-spanning romance from novelist Jojo Moyes and filmmaker Augustine Frizzell starring Shailene Woodley and Oscar-nominee Felicity Jones.
On the archival front, some major movies arriving on Netflix include all five films in the “Twilight” franchise, the original “Karate Kid” trilogy,...
The streaming giant announced the new original movies and series coming to the service in July, as well as the library titles it will feature for the foreseeable future.
Among the biggest projects include a trilogy of “Fear Street” films from director Leigh Janiak (“Honeymoon”) and based on the teen horror franchise by R.L. Stine. The three movies will debut over consecutive weeks on Netflix, with the first dropping July 2.
The other big movie project coming to Netflix in July is “The Last Letter from Your Lover,” a time-spanning romance from novelist Jojo Moyes and filmmaker Augustine Frizzell starring Shailene Woodley and Oscar-nominee Felicity Jones.
On the archival front, some major movies arriving on Netflix include all five films in the “Twilight” franchise, the original “Karate Kid” trilogy,...
- 6/23/2021
- by Christopher Rosen
- Gold Derby
This is foremost a big budget movie adaptation of the Japanese slash-and-hack video game series “Dynasty Warriors” published by Koei Tecmo which in turn was based on “Romance of the Three Kingdoms”, a Chinese historical novel written by Luo Guan Zhong. The first game came out in 1997 and so far it has spawned nine sequels. Incidentally, both this movie and the game franchise share the same Chinese title of “True. Three Kingdoms Unrivalled”.
The story here concentrates mainly on the cruel, defector ruler of the Han Dynasty, Dong Zhuo (Lam Suet), his General, Lu Bu (Louise Koo) and three blood brother warriors Liu Bei (Tony Yang), Guan Yu (Han Geng) and Zhang Fei (Justin Cheng). When we first meet Dong and his army, they are engaged in a fierce battle with the Yellow Turbans, losing ground. Fortunately for him, the three warriors step in and help him to defeat the rebels but to their surprise,...
The story here concentrates mainly on the cruel, defector ruler of the Han Dynasty, Dong Zhuo (Lam Suet), his General, Lu Bu (Louise Koo) and three blood brother warriors Liu Bei (Tony Yang), Guan Yu (Han Geng) and Zhang Fei (Justin Cheng). When we first meet Dong and his army, they are engaged in a fierce battle with the Yellow Turbans, losing ground. Fortunately for him, the three warriors step in and help him to defeat the rebels but to their surprise,...
- 6/11/2021
- by David Chew
- AsianMoviePulse
Peter Jackson’s “The Return of the King,” the third film in his classic “Lord of the Rings” trilogy,” will hit China on May 14 in remastered 4K.
The first two films of the trilogy are already in theaters, having debuted April 16 and April 23, respectively. So far, “The Fellowship of the Ring” has earned $17.3 million (RMB112 million) and “The Two Towers” has $9.28 million (RMB60.2 million) so far.
The latter premiered with a $4 million opening weekend — a weak showing by local standards that net the title only third place at the box office, behind the animation “Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet” and local holdover drama “Sister.” “Fellowship” came in fifth with sales of $1.3 million, according to data from consultancy Artisan Gateway.
Fans expressed frustration online that the later release date for “Return of the King” would likely make it difficult to do marathons of all three films at once, given that films...
The first two films of the trilogy are already in theaters, having debuted April 16 and April 23, respectively. So far, “The Fellowship of the Ring” has earned $17.3 million (RMB112 million) and “The Two Towers” has $9.28 million (RMB60.2 million) so far.
The latter premiered with a $4 million opening weekend — a weak showing by local standards that net the title only third place at the box office, behind the animation “Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet” and local holdover drama “Sister.” “Fellowship” came in fifth with sales of $1.3 million, according to data from consultancy Artisan Gateway.
Fans expressed frustration online that the later release date for “Return of the King” would likely make it difficult to do marathons of all three films at once, given that films...
- 4/28/2021
- by Rebecca Davis
- Variety Film + TV
Box office slumps ahead of busy May Day holiday weekend when several big local titles are scheduled for release.
Japanese anime Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet topped the China box office over the weekend (April 23-25), according to figures from Artisan Gateway, grossing $4.8m.
The film, which is the 24th installment in a popular franchise, has grossed $26m since its April 17 release in China. It was followed by Lian Ray Pictures’ Sister, starring Zhang Zifeng, which grossed $4.6m over the weekend for an impressive cume of $128.2m.
The re-release of the second installment in the Lord Of The Rings franchise,...
Japanese anime Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet topped the China box office over the weekend (April 23-25), according to figures from Artisan Gateway, grossing $4.8m.
The film, which is the 24th installment in a popular franchise, has grossed $26m since its April 17 release in China. It was followed by Lian Ray Pictures’ Sister, starring Zhang Zifeng, which grossed $4.6m over the weekend for an impressive cume of $128.2m.
The re-release of the second installment in the Lord Of The Rings franchise,...
- 4/26/2021
- by Liz Shackleton
- ScreenDaily
Chinese director Zhang Yimou’s stylish, snowy spy thriller “Impasse” is set to debut in China over the May 1 Labor Day weekend, joining what will be an unusually competitive line-up.
“Impasse” was supposed to hit screens last year, but its release was pushed back to this upcoming April 30 due to the pandemic. Starring Zhang Yi (“Operation Red Sea”), Yu Hewei (“A Writer’s Odyssey”), Qin Hailu (“White Deer Plain”) and Zhu Yawen (“The Witness”), the 1930s-set story tells the tale of four Chinese agents specially trained in the Soviet Union who parachute into the puppet state of Manchukuo, as northeast China was called under Japanese rule, to carry out a secret operation — only to discover they’ve been set up in a trap.
Including “Impasse,” six strong titles are now set to debut over the three-day holiday.
Three will premiere alongside Zhang’s latest on Friday, April 30: video game adaptation “Dynasty Warriors,...
“Impasse” was supposed to hit screens last year, but its release was pushed back to this upcoming April 30 due to the pandemic. Starring Zhang Yi (“Operation Red Sea”), Yu Hewei (“A Writer’s Odyssey”), Qin Hailu (“White Deer Plain”) and Zhu Yawen (“The Witness”), the 1930s-set story tells the tale of four Chinese agents specially trained in the Soviet Union who parachute into the puppet state of Manchukuo, as northeast China was called under Japanese rule, to carry out a secret operation — only to discover they’ve been set up in a trap.
Including “Impasse,” six strong titles are now set to debut over the three-day holiday.
Three will premiere alongside Zhang’s latest on Friday, April 30: video game adaptation “Dynasty Warriors,...
- 3/24/2021
- by Rebecca Davis
- Variety Film + TV
Five competitive local titles have announced as of Monday that they will be vying for box office supremacy in China over the May 1 Labor Day weekend, a public holiday.
They include a long-anticipated video game adaptation, an omnibus pandemic film helmed by three different female big shots from China, Hong Kong and the U.S., a sleek Aaron Kwok-starring thriller, a TV series adaptation and the first title from helmer Li Yu not to star the now-disgraced Fan Bingbing in 14 years.
Their sales will be worth tracking, as holiday periods tend to be the most money-making in the world’s largest film market, where the February Chinese New Year box office set world records with an impressive $1.2 billion in sales in just six days.
In years past, Labor Day was considered a less significant holiday for movie-going than Chinese New Year, the summer holidays, October’s weeklong National Day holiday in October,...
They include a long-anticipated video game adaptation, an omnibus pandemic film helmed by three different female big shots from China, Hong Kong and the U.S., a sleek Aaron Kwok-starring thriller, a TV series adaptation and the first title from helmer Li Yu not to star the now-disgraced Fan Bingbing in 14 years.
Their sales will be worth tracking, as holiday periods tend to be the most money-making in the world’s largest film market, where the February Chinese New Year box office set world records with an impressive $1.2 billion in sales in just six days.
In years past, Labor Day was considered a less significant holiday for movie-going than Chinese New Year, the summer holidays, October’s weeklong National Day holiday in October,...
- 3/8/2021
- by Rebecca Davis
- Variety Film + TV
Koei Tecmo and Omega Force’s Warriors Orochi 4 feels like a game that will never, ever end, and I mean that in the best way possible. Even after you’ve trucked through the five chapters, roughly 70 different missions, and multiple side stories, you can swing back around and level up the characters you decided to skip during your first playthrough. And trust me when I say there are tons of characters to choose from over the course of the story; so many, in fact, that you won’t even scratch the proverbial surface your first time through the game. That said, you’ll definitely want to come back for more, as WO4 features some absolutely fantastic gameplay that runs smoothly 95 percent of the time. It’s a marked improvement over the truly mediocre Dynasty Warriors 9, and it gives musou fans the kind of next-level ferocity that made the series so...
- 10/16/2018
- by Todd Rigney
- We Got This Covered
The Intellectual Property High Court of Japan dismissed a patent lawsuit between video game publishers Koei Tecmo and Capcom, Capcom announced last Thursday. Koei sought to rescind a decision by the Japan Patent Office in Capcom’s favor in an earlier case between the two companies.
The legal troubles began in 2014 when Capcom filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Koei Tecmo. The “Dynasty Warriors” publisher had infringed on multiple patents, Capcom said. One was for a controller vibrator function that alerts the player when enemies are nearby. The other was for a method of unlocking bonus content when a game’s DVD-rom is put in a game console. The lawsuit is seeking a settlement of about $9.43 million, according to Polygon.
Koei Tecmo responded with its own lawsuits seeking to invalidate Capcom’s patents. In both cases, the Japan Patent Office decided to uphold the patents. Koei Tecmo then filed suits to rescind those decisions,...
The legal troubles began in 2014 when Capcom filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Koei Tecmo. The “Dynasty Warriors” publisher had infringed on multiple patents, Capcom said. One was for a controller vibrator function that alerts the player when enemies are nearby. The other was for a method of unlocking bonus content when a game’s DVD-rom is put in a game console. The lawsuit is seeking a settlement of about $9.43 million, according to Polygon.
Koei Tecmo responded with its own lawsuits seeking to invalidate Capcom’s patents. In both cases, the Japan Patent Office decided to uphold the patents. Koei Tecmo then filed suits to rescind those decisions,...
- 7/26/2018
- by Stefanie Fogel
- Variety Film + TV
Here’s the good news: Dynasty Warriors 9 is bigger than any of the previous entries in the series thanks to the Koei Tecmo’s decision to drop the story into a massive open world. In theory, there’s more than enough content to keep even the fussiest gamer busy for hours on end. And if you want to skip all of that extra nonsense and run straight through the story, you can do that as well. Sadly, the latest installment of the long-running franchise sports a number of debilitating flaws, including subpar graphics, an inconsistent framerate, and an overall lack of polish. It’s still loads of fun and thrilling when it all comes together, but this isn’t the massive step forward fans expected.
The first thing longtime fans of the series will notice is the freedom to roam the countryside and tackle missions and side quests however they see fit.
The first thing longtime fans of the series will notice is the freedom to roam the countryside and tackle missions and side quests however they see fit.
- 2/16/2018
- by Todd Rigney
- We Got This Covered
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