Life is Strange: Before the Storm Final Episode Date & Trailer

Life is Strange: Before the Storm Final Episode Date & Trailer

EPISODE 3 ‘HELL IS EMPTY’ COMING 20^th DECEMBER

New trailer featuring Season Finale footage available now

Hi everyone,

Thank you for the overwhelming support for the last two episodes of Life is Strange: Before the Storm. We are excited to fully reveal the third and final episode in this series, Hell is Empty,which will be available on 20^th December for Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PC (Steam).

In our brand-new ‘Life is Strange: Before the Storm Episode 3 trailer’, we see Chloe struggling to keep grasp of the events unravelling in front of her as we hurtle towards a dramatic conclusion and the consequences of your all your actions so far. As her friendship with Rachel Amber reaches new heights of emotion, Chloe uncovers a dangerous revelation that will require her to find the courage and strength to make some of the toughest decisions of her life…

The Ep.3 trailer is available to view from: https://youtu.be/Py_yWJs7-5Q

“The whole development team at Deck Nine have poured their hearts and souls into this game”, said Jeff Litchford, Vice President at Deck Nine Games. “We’re truly humbled by the amount of love and passion the fans have shown so far. We are now nearly ready to release this last episode and excited to finally help fans shape the conclusion of this amazing story.”

LIFE IS STRANGE: BEFORE THE STORM is set in Arcadia Bay, three years before the events of the first game in the series. Players will take on the role of a rebellious 16 year-old Chloe Price who forms an unlikely friendship with Rachel Amber; a beautiful and popular girl destined for success. When Rachel’s world is turned upside down by a family secret, it takes this new-found alliance to give each other the strength to overcome their demons.

GTA Online: The Doomsday Heist Coming December 13 – Watch the Trailer

GTA Online: The Doomsday Heist Coming December 13 – Watch the Trailer

GTA Online: The Doomsday Heist Coming December 13 – Watch the Trailer

A billionaire tech mogul, an idealistic intelligence agent, a socially awkward conspiracy theorist and a neurotic supercomputer have been forced into an unlikely alliance to save San Andreas from total annihilation. 

As apocalyptic threats mount from enemies unknown, you and your criminal crew are enlisted to un-tangle mysteries and eradicate threats spanning from the bustling streets of downtown Los Santos to the ocean floor and all the way to the inner depths of Mount Chiliad in an epic new online adventure.

The Doomsday Heist is coming to Grand Theft Auto Online on December 13th.

Ubisoft reveals Versus Mode For Mario + Rabbids® Kingdom Battle

Ubisoft reveals Versus Mode For Mario + Rabbids® Kingdom Battle

UBISOFT® REVEALS VERSUS MODE FOR MARIO + RABBIDS® KINGDOM BATTLE DLC

To download all assets please visit the press extranet: ubisoft-press.com

Sydney, AUSTRALIA — December 8, 2017 – Ubisoft has announced the Versus Mode, a new local two-player game mode for Mario + Rabbids™ Kingdom Battle, free for all players on Nintendo Switch™ from December 8, 2017. The critically-acclaimed game receives a free update, a new local Versus mode where two players will use their tactical skills to play against each other on the same screen (sharing a pair of Joy-Con™ controllers or using the Nintendo Switch™ Pro Controllers) to fight on unique and evolving battlefields.

Click image below to view trailer.

•           Players will freely pick three different heroes among the eight from the main game. And for each character, they will choose among three unique pre-sets with specific statistics and skills to create their own strategy

•           Surprising and random bonus items are dispatched on the battlefields, confering additional actions, double damage or other advantages to the player who achieves to get them

•           Every battle can be customized with various settings, from adding a timer or limiting the number of turns of the battle, to removing all the items for a pure tactical experience

Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle is the story of an unexpected encounter between the most famous video game character, Mario, and the irreverent and chaotic Rabbids as they join forces to restore the Mushroom Kingdom, which has been torn apart by a mysterious vortex.  Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle is already available on Nintendo Switch. For more information on Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle please visit www.mario-rabbids.com.

The Disaster Artist: Film Review

The Disaster Artist: Film Review

Cast: James Franco, Dave Franco, Alison Brie, Seth Rogen
Director: James Franco

There will be a large portion of the audience who've never heard of Tommy Wiseau or his film The Room.

Released in 2003 to riotously bad reviews, and dubbed the Citizen Kane of Bad movies, The Room has since gone on to be a money-making affair that revels in its awfulness, terrible writing and appalling acting.

With an opening sequence that gives some A-list Hollywood names and talking heads the chance to voice their appreciation for the film, James Franco's film delves deeply into a bromance and a Carpe Diem attitude that evolved from Wiseau's friendship with collaborator Greg Sestero (Dave Franco).

Based on Sestero's 2013 book 'The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside The Room, the Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made', James Franco's affectionate re-telling of how it all came to pass is nothing short of affectionate and life-affirming.

Charting the friendship that grew from Wiseau and Sestero's initial meeting at an acting class in San Francisco in the late 90s, it's the classic tale of jealousy and success in the Hollywood realm.

When Sestero (Dave Franco, genuine, bubbly and full of hope) begins to get a degree of success and a girlfriend (Alison Brie, underused), Wiseau's fragile insecurities begin to bubble up and threatens to derail the duo.

But deciding to channel it into writing his own film, after a casting agent says he'll never be more than a villain, Wiseau was galvanised to self-fund, write and direct The Room.

The thing that works about The Disaster Artist, is quite simply, the reverence that it holds for its subject and its central protagonist.

James Franco is utterly mesmerising as Tommy Wiseau, disappearing completely into the role and channeling both Wiseau's idiosyncracies and quirks. But no character piece, what Franco does is make his Wiseau both human and fallible, never leading him to being an object of mockery (which could so easily have been done).

An intrinsic knowledge of The Room's sheer awfulness isn't necessary, as the infectious film-making on the display and peek inside the Hollywood machine is nothing short of contagious.

Complete with late 90s/ early 2000 period details, and a taut eye for the central duo of Sestero and Wiseau (others outside the orbit tend to get a little short shrift unfortunately), The Disaster Artist is nothing more than a chasing your dreams tale.

But under Franco's watch, and by refusing to exploit either the story or its general eccentricities weirdness, it becomes a film that shows why the power of Hollywood continues to live and why those who step outside the norm continue to thrive in its wake.

Kedi: DVD Review

Kedi: DVD Review

Cast: Cats, Istanbul vistas, People
Director: Ceyda Torun

It's perhaps no surprise that a documentary about cats is as fluffy as one of the feline's tails.

But it's also perhaps no surprise that this gentle doco is as amiable and as universal as they come.

Against the backdrop of Istanbul's streets, so beautifully captured and brought to life on the big screen, Kedi follows seven different cats with distinct personalities and a grip on the people who inhabit the streets and live their daily humdrum lives.

With Torun running a street level rig, the film follows the pussies as they weave their way in and out of people's lives, shopfronts and cajole them to feed them.
There's no ground-breaking reason for Kedi to exist; it's simply a case of documenting life on the streets.

However, what emerges from the cod-philosophising of the nameless faces that extol the virtues of the rampant animals running amok in a friendly way, is a sense of community and a sense of belonging that these critters engender.

Despite the odd hyperbole spun by some of the anthropomorphizing and projecting tendencies of the commenters (one woman draws a long bow between how the female cats stand strong and upright in their dignity, whereas women of their religion are cowed and oppressed and that she "doesn't see elegance in women like that anymore"), what starts to emerge is a city with a tremendous sense of heart above all else.

As is mentioned early on, the cats have been there for thousands of years, and have seen empires grow and fall; they are as timeless in the fabric of the city as those who look after them.
From the baker who has an open tab at the vets to help to the sailor who feels duty bound to hand rear a litter of kittens whose mother has disappeared, this is the milk of human kindness writ large on the screen. Along with furry feline interactions - whether it's cat looking like it's been caught on camera stealing fish or another staring photogenically down the lens, there's something for all animal lovers here, though the more hardened cinema-goer may find parts of their own fur bristling as time goes on.

Slow-mo close-ups will look radiant upon the big screen and the film-makers in their gentle touches do nothing more than desire to elicit a sympathetic "Aww" from those subjected to this endless parade of cute.

Unlike the viciousness of former fest outing White God's canine uprising, Kedi has a soothing tone and deceptively simple ambitions to fulfill which it hits with relative ease throughout; it aims to showcase a city awash in humanity, with a co-existence of cats and their masters, basking in the glow of simpler times.

Kedi may not be cinematic catnip to the likes of Gareth Morgan, but there's a strong case to say that any animal lover or family seeking a gentle outing will be entranced by the warmth of this microcosm of furry life. 

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom first trailer

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom first trailer

It's here - your first look at Jurassic World.

CAST & CREW

Director: J.A. Bayona (A Monster Calls)

Written By: Colin Trevorrow (Jurassic World), Derek Connolly (Jurassic World, Kong: Skull Island)

Cast: Chris Pratt (Jurassic World, Guardians of the Galaxy), Bryce Dallas Howard (Jurassic World), Jeff Goldblum (Jurassic Park)

SYNOPSIS

It’s been four years since theme park and luxury resort Jurassic World was destroyed by dinosaurs out of containment.  

Isla Nublar now sits abandoned by humans while the surviving dinosaurs fend for themselves in the jungles. When the island’s dormant volcano begins roaring to life, Owen (Chris Pratt) and Claire (Bryce Dallas Howard) mount a campaign to rescue the remaining dinosaurs from this extinction-level event.  

Owen is driven to find Blue, his lead raptor who’s still missing in the wild, and Claire has grown a respect for these creatures she now makes her mission. 

 Arriving on the unstable island as lava begins raining down, their expedition uncovers a conspiracy that could return our entire planet to a perilous order not seen since prehistoric times.

Horizon Zero Dawn: The Frozen Wilds: PS4 Review

Horizon Zero Dawn: The Frozen Wilds: PS4 Review

Platform: PS4
Developer: Guerrilla Games

There's no doubt that Horizon Zero Dawn has been one of the more successful new IPs of the year.

The post-apocalyptic romp that put you into the world of tribes fighting robot dinosaurs and creatures with a deeply engaging story for its protagonist Aloy was never anything but a joy.

With winter coming in the Northern hemisphere, it seems no surprise that a new DLC for the title would drop, covered in frosty snowy goodness - and so it is with The Frozen Wilds, a DLC which feels like a whole new world rather than a simple bolt-on to current existence.

Set in the snowy north, in a region known as The Cut, the game may hint at colder edges, but with a fiery protagonist known as the Scorcher, it seems unlikely that things are going to cool down.

While the game unlocks a third of the way through the main Horizon Zero Dawn playthrough, it's worth making sure that you have got Aloy past level 30 in terms of upgrades, because the DLC's fairly tough in its execution and takes no prisoners in its desire to get rid of you.

The challenge is worth it though, and along with some truly impressive frosty vistas, it reminds you why Horizon Zero Dawn proved to be such a boon .

This time around, everything's the same, but not as familiar as you'd expect.

There's a little more structure in terms of what's needed of Aloy - clearing out camps takes time to see down the Banuk tribes and result in a final boss fight; Tallnecks lay beneath snowy climes and need gifting a life before they can be used to your advantage and there's a fiendish new twist on corrupted zones as well that requires a bit more skill.

New weapons and a new outfit are on offer in quests meaning the need to find merchants is a little less necessary - there's plenty to remind you why Aloy's world is so enticing.

Worth investing in as a complete experience, The Frozen Wilds DLC has some stunning visuals, some deeply engaging gameplay and a great female protagonist - really, there's no better reason to dive in.