Final Fantasy VII Remake Theme Song Trailer

Final Fantasy VII Remake Theme Song Trailer

SQUARE ENIX INTRODUCES THE WORLD OF

FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE THROUGH MUSIC

Experience the Awe-Inspiring Music from the Game with Orchestra World Tour Also Announced for This Year

Square Enix Ltd., today introduced the spectacular music for FINAL FANTASY® VII REMAKE, unveiling the theme song for the highly anticipated game with a brand new trailer, alongside behind-the-scenes interviews with the track’s creators. The theme song, entitled “Hollow”, is written by revered FINAL FANTASY series composer Nobuo Uematsu and features vocals from Singer-Songwriter, Yosh – from Japanese Rock band, Survive Said The Prophet.

Alongside the theme song, the brand-new trailer gives a further glimpse at FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE’s epic boss battles and characters, taking viewers even deeper into the eclectic city of Midgar. For returning fans, the trailer also showcases some memorable moments reminiscent of the original game reimagined for the Remake.

To view the behind the scenes video featuring interviews with Yosh and Nobuo Uematsu, visit: https://youtu.be/2ZKR9slSECg

Additionally, fans will get to experience the breath-taking music from FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE live, including the game’s theme song, during the Orchestra World Tour in over 10 cities, in cooperation with AWR Music Productions. Starting in Los Angeles this June, the concerts will feature music from the game’s soundtrack performed by a majestic orchestra and full chorus, all conducted by GRAMMY®-Award winner Arnie Roth known for his work on Distant Worlds: music from FINAL FANTASY. For more concert and ticketing information, visit: http://ffvii-remakeconcerts.com/.

For those unable to attend, the full FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE Original Soundtrack will also be available from early Summer 2020.

FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE is a reimagining of the iconic original game that re-defined the RPG genre, diving deeper into the world and its characters than ever before. The first game in the project will be set in the eclectic city of Midgar and presents a fully standalone gaming experience that provides a great starting point to the series. Along with unforgettable characters and a powerful story, FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE features a hybrid battle system that merges real-time action with strategic, command-based combat.

FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE will be available for the PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system on 10^th April 2020. For more information, visit: www.ffvii-remake.com

Borderlands 3 - Rare Chest Riches Mini Event

Borderlands 3 - Rare Chest Riches Mini Event

Score Rare Loot More Often During Borderlands 3’s ‘Rare Chest Riches’ Two-Week Mini-Event

Now underway, Rare Chests get more generous, while Takedown difficulty scaling and increased spawn and drop rates for rare enemies become permanent features.

Good news, Vault Hunters! Another mini-event is now under way, along with two much requested changes to Takedown difficulty scaling and rare enemy spawn and drop rates.

Coinciding with the end of our current Farming Frenzy event, the new Rare Chest Riches mini-event is now live and runs through to February 13. During this mini-event, all Rare Chests will drop rare loot at an increased rate, giving you a better chance to receive Legendary items any time you open one.

This increased drop rate will also apply when you watch a Twitch streamer open a Rare Chest, assuming both of you have the ECHOcast Twitch Extension enabled. Any rewards you score while watching streamers will be waiting for you in your in-game mailbox the next time you play Borderlands 3. In case you haven't done so already, click right here for a step-by-step guide to linking your SHiFT and Twitch accounts so you can receive ECHOcast rewards.

The Rare Chest Riches event is live now on PlayStation®4, Xbox One, Stadia, and PC and is scheduled to run until Thursday, February 13.

Fans will be excited to learn that today’s hotfix will also permanently increase the spawn and drop rates of Rare Spawns, Hammerlock Hunts, and Targets of Opportunity, buffing their Legendary drop rates and Anointed chances to be on par with bosses. In addition, the current Takedown at the Maliwan Blacksite scaling event – which automatically scales the mission’s difficulty level to match the size of the player party – will continue indefinitely, rather than end today as previously planned.

Going forward, the difficulty of Takedown at the Maliwan Blacksite and all future Takedowns will scale by default, though the upcoming February Update will add a new machine that allows you to re-enable “True Takedown Mode.” True Takedown Mode restores the Takedown to the original difficulty level – which was designed with four-player co-op in mind – for an extra challenge. Once implemented, this new machine will be located on the right side of the door leading out of the airlock at the beginning of the map.

Birds Of Prey: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn: Film Review

Birds Of Prey: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn: Film Review

Cast: Margot Robbie, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Ewan McGregor, Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Rosie Perez
Director: Cathy Yan

DC continues its potential reinvention after the success of Shazam!, Joker, Wonder Woman and Aquaman, by taking the very best part of Suicide Squad, Margot Robbie's twisted Harley Quinn and giving her her own adventure in Gotham.

In Birds Of Prey: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn, Robbie's Quinn finds herself trying to help a girl in need when Ewan McGregor's Roman Sionis (aka Black Mask) puts out a hit on a young girl named Cass.

As Quinn's path collides with others in the city, a new team up emerges - the Birds of Prey.

Trashy, hollow, yet distinctly pleasing and anchored by a power performance from Margot Robbie, Birds of Prey And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn is one heck of a blast from the DC Universe, a film that makes it hard to match up a universe where Joaquin Phoenix's Joker lives.

Some impressively choreographed action scenes really add a bite to the pop art aesthetic of Birds of Prey, and give the supporting characters a chance to shine throughout.

Which is a good thing, because with a slight plot (kid finds themselves on the wrong side of crime, and forced on the run), Birds of Prey doesn't exactly go more than surface deep throughout. And outside of Robbie's phenomenal turn as the spinning-out-of-control-after-splitting-from-Mr-J, there's not much room for the supporting characters to get anything more than a once over lightly approach, and a slight mickey-taking for Winstead's Huntress.

But given the whole affair is narrated by Quinn, the wise-cracking, spiralling story works best with its unpredictability, the crackle largely given by Robbie's performance. McGregor goes from hammy to menace with ease, though his Black Mask feels like a spoilt brat with psychosis for temper tantrums - he's still watchable, but only thanks to the frisson of uncertainty of where it's all going.

There is a feeling of flagging within Birds of Prey And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn as the movie searches for an ending after delivering a killer action sequence inside a fairground funhouse; but the irreverence that's been lurking underneath comes flying out to finish the proceedings.

It's these touches which prove to be Birds of Prey And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn's saving grace - the film looks like nothing else that's been witnessed in this world since DC began. A blast of colour, inventive fight scenes and a sensational leading lady gives the flick the emancipation from the gritty grim DC Extended Universe that it's been searching for.

Sure, Birds of Prey And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn is style over substance, but when it looks this good and enjoyable, who cares?

Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot: PS4 Review

Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot: PS4 Review

Platform: PS4
Released by Bandai Namco
Developed by Cyber Connect 2

There are already a plethora of Dragonball Z games - so whether you're a fan or not, it's more than likely that you will have heard of them, but if you're a non-fan, you may have ignored through fear of not knowing what you were letting yourself in for.

With that in mind, Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot has shown up on the scene as a mix of RPG and fighting game to take the uninitiated through the Dragon Ball lore and to provide the fan with a game of nostalgia and challenges.

There are free-roaming moments as well as cutscenes, and while the length of some of the cutscenes may prove a trial, it certainly gives you the background you'd be needing for the game's rich anime history.

What's good about this though, is the chance for you to play at your own pace, to do whatever you want, rather than to feel the need to rush through to achieve a story goal, or an aim to do before moving on. For fans, that will be a bonus to discover Easter eggs, or the joy of moments from within the series; for others, it's just about accessible enough to seem worthwhile.

Granted, there's an element of button mashing in the combat, but with adaptive enemies, you do have to vary your game to get through, as well as nurturing some of your skill tree elements before applying them - it's a game that slowly rewards those willing to put time into learning.

Ultimately, Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot offers a nice portal in for non-fans, and a nostalgia-fuelled ride for fans of the anime. Whether that's enough to convince you to take on the story of Goku, his saga and his friendships remains to be seen. 

Midway: Film Review

Midway: Film Review

Cast: Ed Skrein, Woody Harrelson, Patrick Wilson, Aaron Eckhart, Dennis Quaid, Mandy Moore, Nick Jonas, Luke Evans
Director: Roland Emmerich

One-note, thin characters and some dialogue that's purely about gung-ho jingoism rather than deep insight, B-movie Midway is exactly the kind of film you'd expect from disaster movie director Roland Emmerich.

Based on a true story and a sequel of sorts to Pearl Harbour, Midway is the story of what happened next as the Americans scrambled to prevent another attack from the Japanese after December 7, 1941.

In the wake of the attack, a group of fly-boys, led by Ed Skrein's Dick Best scramble to take to the skies, while Patrick Wilson's intelligence team tries to work out where the next attack could come from.

Midway has potential - Emmerich certainly knows how to effectively present disaster on screen, with his Pearl Harbour attack channeling some of his Independence Day roots with ease.

But the script sends the Japanese to one-note villains, dressed in black and huddling to contemplate their next move (it's alarming the Chinese have backed this film so heavily) and it elevates the Americans to do gooders with whiter-than-white intentions. It could be hagiography, if it were deeper and more insightful in its character realisation.

However, as it stands, what Midway becomes after an interesting opening, is simply a series of attack scenes, which jump around the different viewpoints from within the American world. Much like levels of a video game, Midway doesn't have time to go deeper than the surface to get to its action.

CGI and jeopardy mix hand in hand, and granted Midway never aspires to be more than a computer-generated spectacle. Yet, with Wilson's stoic work, a practically wasted Eckhart, and Harrelson in a wig, the film wastes its best assets on the exploits of the gum-chewing, chiselled jaw jutting, rule-floutin' Dick Best, who's embodied by Ed Skrein with all the delicacy of a paper cut out; there's no nuance in this real life flyboy, merely a hollow shell filled with the script cliches, and brimming with nothing else.

All in all, while Midway delivers on its spectacle early on, it soon becomes clear that the bombast and bombing raids are all it has - narratives are dropped and ignored, only to be resolved right at the end, robbing the film of an emotional edge, and a human element to cheer for in one of America's darkest days.

Under The Silver Lake: DVD Review

Under The Silver Lake: DVD Review

That this piece of film-making, so sauntering and sleazy in its outlook should come from the director of the wonderful It Follows is a genuine shock.

Andrew Garfield stars as a slacker in David Robert Mitchell's attempt at a Hollywood noir that doesn't quite know what it wants to be, or how to execute its desires.

Garfield is Sam, who spends his days doing whatever he wants and perving over the neighbours in a Hollywood suburb where a dog murderer is loose. One day he comes across new girl Riley Keough and is instantly attracted (much like the camera's leering lens) - but when she disappears he finds himself ensconced in a mystery for the ages.

It's a loopy LaLa Land story in many ways, but Under The Silver Lake is an ultimately trying and confusing viewing experience.

The script affords Garfield a Spider-Man gag, but little else as his deeply unlovable hero wanders around trying to find out what's happened.

Meandering is polite for Mitchell, but the film's penchant for popping down narrative alleyways and rendering little results yields more frustration than anything definitive. Ultimately, Under The Silver Lake is a film that tries your patience and rewards you with very, very little.

La Belle Epoque: Film Review

La Belle Epoque: Film Review

Mixing The Truman Show along with a sweeter more heartfelt idea that could be part of Black Mirror, director Nicolas Bedos' romantic drama and comedy La Belle Époque makes great fist of its older lead's charisma.

Daniel Auteuil's Victor is jaded; his son works for a company making digital programming, and his wife is obsessed with the VR world, but he, as a former cartoonist, is stuck in the medium he has lived his life in and in the rut he's always been in.

However, his wife (Fanny Ardant) is not happy and kicks him out. Victor is offered a chance to relive some of his youth, thanks to an agency that builds sets from people's pasts and relocates them there for a night or whatever they want.

For Victor, the chance to live back in the past is too much to resist...

La Belle Époque is a light, frothy, romantic love story masquerading in parts as a drama and buried under a conceit that some may feel is just merely a construct to fuel a crowd-pleasing romance.

And that's fine, largely due to Auteuil who provides an earnest heart to the proceedings. The story may have some political allegories, and be a tale generally of how it's currently better to be living in the past (surely, French will get more from the political allegories and subtleties of Bedos' digs), but it's amiable fare that does what it needs to.

If there's to be a criticism, it's that La Belle Époque could have used some more of the randomness and levity it has in its opening moments, which surprise, delight and amuse, but that's not to denigrate the late-in-life romance story that fuels the fire of what makes it such an elegant success.