Tuesday, June 9, 2015

New 1TB Xbox One Officially Revealed



Microsoft has officially unveiled their 1TB Xbox One model that will be priced at $399 and will be available to purchase on June 16th this year. Also all 500GB Xbox One's will be priced at $349.

This bundle comes with the old Xbox 360 headset, Halo The Master Chief Collection, a matter finish Xbox One with a 1TB hard drive, and the newly designed Xbox One controller that has a 3.5mm headphone jack.

The new controllers come in two different colors, the standard black, and Covert Forces. They will be priced at $65.

Monday, June 8, 2015

My E3 2015 Predicitions



It's around that time of the year again, where gamers aboard the hype train with their destination set on E3. That's right next week is E3 so get prepared for lot's of gaming news starting June 14-16. Until then, I want to speculate on some surprise announcements we might see at the event, or some first look trailers of games we know exist but hasn't been confirmed to be at E3. Here is my top 5 list:

1. Gears of War Collection on Xbox One- With rival Sony recently announcing Uncharted: Nathan Drake Collection coming to PS4, and there was gameplay footage leaked just last month of the "rumored" Gear's collection, I believe E3 will be the time to official unveil this game to fill in this year's gap of no Gears of War 4.

2. Triad Wars trailer/gameplay (Sleeping Dogs confirmed sequel)- We know this game exists, and with Square Enix holding their first ever press conference, they're going to need some games for the show. I can't think of a better time to show this game off than here.

3. Injustice Gods Among Us 2- Series director Ed Boon had stated if this game was popular enough they'd make a sequel and without a doubt, the first Injustice was a great fighting game and the sales definitely showed. With Mortal Kombat X officially out, I'm sure this has now given NetherRealm some space needed to put the game in development, and at least announce it is in the making.

4. New IP trailer at Ubisoft- Back in 2012 Ubisoft shocked the world with a brand new IP called Watch Dogs, fans were impressed with what they were looking at, the following year Ubisoft did it again but this time with Tom Clancy's The Division, 2014 didn't have anything new to show off, but I'm positive Ubisoft will continue their trend to shock the world with some new IP at this year's event.

5. God of War 4- With God of War III Remastered coming out this year I believe Sony will show a teaser for GoW4 and at the end tell all those that have pre ordered the Remaster edition they will get access to a private beta.

Saturday, June 6, 2015

Invincible Iron Man Coming 2015


Yes, that just happened! At a comic convention held in New York City the creative duo of Brian Michael Bendis and David Marquez who recently finished their run on Miles Morales The Ultimate Spider-Man, announced coming in 2015 apart of Marvel's All New All Different Marvel line will release Invincible Iron Man. Which will indeed have Tony Stark under the armor.

Not only that but Bendis is teasing Tony will get a new girlfriend, new villains, make new friends, and find out who Tony's real parents are.

This is definitely great news. After my rant yesterday, I talked about how I didn't care to see Falcon take the role of Captain America, or Jane Foster taking on the mantle of Thor, and how we weren't sure Tony was under the armor. Now that Tony is confirmed to still be in the armor is a great move by Marvel, and having Bendis write him is even better. I've read some cameos Bendis has written of Tony in the Ultimate universe, and I'm happy to say the way he writes him sounds exactly as if you were watching Robert Downey Jr. playing the role. Add the amazing work of Marquez and this book is without a doubt a day one buy for me.

Friday, June 5, 2015

Thoughts on All New All Different Marvel



After Secret Wars ends in October we will be heading into an "8 Month's Later" jump to help set up the new status quo on this new Marvel Universe. That Universe being referred as the All New All Different Marvel.

Now Marvel hasn't released a ton of information on this direction they are taking. Like is this a full or soft reboot, a relaunch, will characters retain their memory? Marvel has kept quiet on the matter, but what they have shed light on is titles like A-Force, and Lady Deadpool and the Howling Commandos will still be around after Secret Wars ends. We'll even have a new Avenger's team that will feature Miles Morales as Spider-Man, Ms. Marvel, Nova, Lady Thor, Vision, Iron Man, and Sam Wilson as Captain America, and Johnny Storm joining the Inhumans in Uncanny Inhumans.





We also had Marvel tease which character's will be featured in the All New All Different Marvel. (Note the image above) Some notable things that stick out to me are:

  • We have four Spider characters. (Jessica Drew, Gwen Stacey, Peter Parker, and Miles Morales)
  • Two Wolverine's. With X-23 most likely taking on the main role and Old Man Logan as a mentor.
  • The Thing joining The Guardians of the Galaxy.
  • Daredevil sporting a new costume. Most likely as a nod to the Netflix show.
Marvel's Editor in Chief Axel Alonso has also confirmed to IGN that there will be a new Hulk. "I have every confidence that people will embrace the new Hulk and that question will be answered about Bruce and where he is. It is a natural, organic story. It's not a stint; it's a story. The identity of this character is fascinating. Who he is, what it means ti be Hulk, it's an entirely new story that I think will be inviting to new  fans and interesting to a whole new segment of readers".

So anyways here's why I'm excited for ANAD Marvel from the information Marvel has given thus far. 

  • Miles and Peter are in the same Universe so I'm sure we'll get some team up stories, and let's not forget Brian Michael Bendis said a Spider-Men 2 is in the works.
  • Ms. Marvel. As a Ultimate Marvel reader, I don't really read the main Marvel line (there's a few stuff I check out) but all I ever hear when people mention 616 is how great Kamala Khan is, and how she's this centuries Peter Parker. To me that's a huge statement as Spider-Man is practically Marvel's cover boy. So I definitely want to see what she's all about.
  • Daredevil. After that amazing show on Netflix, who wouldn't be excited for Daredevil, plus a new costume? Count me in!
  • Karnak. I don't read Inhumans but that guy with the hoodie just looks cool. I've been waiting for some Inhuman to stand out to make me interested to read about Inhumans. Think of it like Wolverine, he's a pretty cool mutant and he probably made you think I want to check out more X-Men stuff.
  • At least 60 brand new #1's.
Now here's what I'm not liking about the ANAD Marvel so far. Falcon still as Captain America, Jane Foster as Thor, some new Hulk, possibly a different person under Iron Man's armor. I don't care about any of that. I want to read about Steve Rogers, Tony Stark, Odinson, Bruce Banner all as the alter ego's they've been for years. Hopefully they'll return them back sooner rather than later.

Nonetheless, this October I'm ready to see what this new status quo is all about.

Thursday, June 4, 2015

Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection Confirmed



Although Uncharted 4 is postponed until Spring of 2016, we can look forward to another Uncharted game for this year to be released! That's right, Playstation and Naughty Dog have confirmed Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection will come out this year on the Playstation 4 on October 9th. The collection will include Drake's Fortune, Among Thieves, and Drake's Deception.

Unfortunately Uncharted's multiplayer will not be included in this collection. However for those who preorder the game will gain access to the Uncharted 4 Beta. For those of you who've never played Uncharted before on Playstation 3, buckle in your seat belts for one heck of a ride as this is one of the best trilogies you can play on PS3.

Thoughts on Groot #1



Everyone's favorite Tree from the Galaxy gets his own series today! That's right Groot from Guardians of the Galaxy get's his very own solo today, and here's what I thought.

The story is simple Groot and Rocket are trying to hitch rides so Groot can go to Earth. Along the way Rocket questions why would Groot ever want to go to a dump like Earth? All while on a bus ride getting attacked by space sharks, in a ship with some shape shifting Skrull and even stealing baby Ka El's (sort of) ship.

That's not suppose to happen right?

Eventually we learn Groot would like to see his girlfriend on Earth. Not long after, Groot and Rocket are attacked due to a high bounty on Groot's head. Leaving Groot to save Rocket.

Overall I enjoyed this issue, lot's of fun and funny moments that you'd expect from this duo. My only gripe was it felt like another issue of Rocket Raccoon, and Groot was co-starring here. I think with how #1 ended, #2 will probably have Groot more front and center.

Friday, May 29, 2015

Why I'm excited for ROH on Destination America


So for those of you that don't know, this Wednesday June 3rd Ring of Honor will air on Destination America! To me that's huge news, last time I was able to watch some ROH on my television screen was when it was on HDNet, and even then I only got to see three episodes before I found out it was cancelled, and I don't have Sinclair Broadcasting in my area so here we are in 2015 with ROH back on T.V.

I'm excited to see talent I haven't been exposed to or seen very little of. Just looking at the ROH roster on their website, I'm talking about guys like Silas Young, Michael Bennett, Adam Cole, Kyle O'Reilly, Bobby Fish, Roderick Strong, and The Briscoes. It's also nice to see some familiar faces that I haven't seen on T.V. in a while. Guys like The Young Bucks, AJ Styles, The Addiction, Matt Sydal, Jay Lethal, and Chris Sabin.


It's also nice to get an alternate wrestling product on my screen. I don't mean that in a negative way either, I like both of what WWE and TNA offers me on weekly basis. I want to see what other organizations creative ideas are, who are the heels, the baby faces, tag teams, factions ect.

What does ROH on Destination America mean for TNA? Possibly more viewers that come to watch ROH will stay afterwards to check out TNA and boost TNA's ratings, maybe TNA and ROH will do some cross promotional stuff? I don't know, I'm just speculating here.

Anyways ROH on Destination America is this Wednesday. Their World Champion is Jay Briscoe, their tag champs are The Addiction (Kaz and Daniels), and their television champion is Jay Lethal. So tune in?