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RTS Game ‘Iron Harvest’ Kickstarter Surpasses $1,250,000

Kingart Games’ Kickstarter campaign was more than just successful; it was a colossal triumph for the independent developer whose Kickstarter is only 48 hours away (at this time) from ending. What game could they have come up with that would amass such a following? Iron Harvest a game that takes place in an alternate universe where giant mechanical soldiers fight alongside infantry units in an alternate post-WWI Europe. Its 1920+ Europe is recovering from the Great War where giant mechanical soldiers stomped across battlefields. When the war ended, these mechs became part of everyday life but now forces from the shadows are planning to destabilize Europe and engulf the world into another great war where control of the world is at stake. The idea of the game came from the works of Polish artist Jakub Różalski, which depicts giant robots being used in the European countryside. Now onto the game itself! Iron Harvest is a real-time-strategy (RTS) game where players

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Apr 13, 2018
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Raising Awareness: Final Thoughts On ‘Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice’

This is a Spoiler Free article! Ninja Theory has released on Xbox One today their hit game Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice that received positive reviews when it was on PlayStation 4 and PC. Ninja Theory allowed me to play the Xbox One version early and write a review for it. After finally completing the game, all I can say is the last time I’ve ever played a game that made me sit back and say “Wow…” after completing it was Shadow of the Colossus on PlayStation 2 back in 2006. The following are my final thoughts on Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice a game that’s both haunting and beautiful. It’s no big secret; the storyline’s core is about Senua’s mental health, this would make her relatable to the 1 in 5 American adults who suffer from all ranges of mental illnesses. The developers kept it no secret that Senua suffers from Psychosis, right now you’re probably thinking negatively of her thanks in part

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Apr 11, 2018
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Killer Robots, Drug Cartels, And Danny Trejo: Review Of ‘Cartel 2045’

Chris Le’s film Cartel 2045 takes us to the year 2045 where the drug war in Mexico has reached new heights of brutality as one of the drug cartels acquired a new weapon to strike fear in rivals and the United States, combat robots. The robots were used by the US military till an incident in Iran made them illegal. Now the company that made the robots have sold them to a Mexican drug cartel headed by Angel Malvado played by Danny Trejo (Machete, Machete Kills). Former Marine Carson Wright, played by Brad Schmidt (The Birth of a Nation, Here and Now, House of Lies) who was responsible for the incident in Iran due to a “faulty” chip that’s implanted in his head that allowed him to control combat droids, is sent to Juarez, Mexico to meet up with a special forces team sent in to rescue an engineer played by Chris Perskey (Bagboy, Hot Bot, Artifice) who’s being held

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Apr 7, 2018
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Review Of ‘Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice’ On Xbox One

In August of 2017 indie-game developer Ninja Theory released on PlayStation 4 and PC, Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice. The game was so popular on PS4 and PC it earned high praises from both critics and players alike as well as winning nine awards! With this success, Ninja Theory expanded the game’s potential and will release it on Xbox One on April 11th, 2018! I’ve been granted the honor by Ninja Theory to review it before it hit’s selves. All I can say now is you need to get this game! The game is heavily influenced by ancient Celtic culture along with Norse mythology, that’s enough right there to make you throw your wallets at the screen right now. The game revolves not just on the culture and mythology but on our heroine Senua’s mental health, Ninja Theory worked closely with mental health experts to make this part of the experience as real as possible, this is where the game is unique.

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Apr 6, 2018
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‘Wretched Things’ Comic To Debut At C2E2

On April 6th through the 8th at the Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo (C2E2), Comics Experience and Source Point Press will debut physical copies of the comic book series Wretched Things by Devon Wong, Ken Perry, and John Hunt. Originally the four-part series was a ‘digital only’ release on comiXology but now that it’s being printed in which the series writer Devon Wong expressed that it will open the door for new fans of the series, There are still many people for whom comics is a print medium first and want to read a real, physical book, to hold the art in their hands, that’s when it becomes truly real.” -Devon Wong, in an interview posted on Comics Experience’s website. Wretched Things is about the unseen world of vermin where unbeknownst to humans, who view them with great disgust, is actually a complex society with its own culture, legends, and experiences. The story follows Bran, a young mouse who with

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Apr 3, 2018
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‘Dying Light’ Enters The World Of Battle Royal Gaming

In recent years a new kind of video game genre is making its mark on gamers, Battle Royal style gaming. These games are a free for all survival either being played solo or in teams. The most notable games of this genre are H1Z1, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG), and the more recent popular game Fortnite: Battle Royal. With the popularity of these games, many of which originally did not have a battle royal style features till they became a DLC that eventually turned into stand-alone titles. A new popular game has entered this territory, Dying Light, the first-person zombie survival game where players use parkour skills along with makeshift weaponry to survive in the urban jungle infested with zombies. The game’s developers announced a new update/game mode coming to the game, Dying Light: Bad Blood a battle royal style game pitting players against one another and zombies. Six players are dropped into the fictional city of Harran (where the game takes

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Apr 1, 2018
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Funko Announces New Line Of Horror Cereal!

Hold on to your bowls people! Funko is making themed cereal. Could it get any cooler? How about finding mini Popo! as the prizes in the themed boxes of cereal? Because that’s exactly what you will get. Michael Becker founder of Funko, made the big announcement while speaking with Coronado Eagle & Journal and revealed that this Summer Funko will launch the brand new line of Funko Cereal that includes licenses that are part of the company’s POP! line. The new line will first feature Freddy Krueger, Elvira, and Beetlejuice! One of the fun things is we are about to release our own line of cereal, with a mini-Pop inside,” Becker stated. “We got all the cool licenses like He-Man, Wonder Woman, Elvira Mistress of the Dark, Freddy Krueger and our own Freddy Funko. We start shipping to stores in June and we have the distribution set up and the product is pre-sold. It’s just one more of those feel-good

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Mar 30, 2018
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Elvira’s Boutique Pop Up Shop Opens In California And Online

Elvira! Elvira! Elvira! Do I have your attention? She is Iconic, hilarious, sexy, scary, and a true living legend. Elvira herself was at the grand opening of the pop up shop Elvira’s Boutique in Hollywood at Hollywood & Highland. This shop looks amazing beyond words! It has exactly what you would expect in an Elvira-Themed shop and that is absolutely perfect. The site details, “The pop-up retail shop features ethically sourced chocolate bars in three chilling flavors (including dark dark chocolate), bubbles and baubles, exclusive clothing and purses, and even a display of her most treasured possessions, such as her original red velvet couch and the Elvira Macabre Mobile, a tricked-or-treated-out 1950s Ford Thunderbird with special decals and custom faux-leopard interior.” Included are photos of the shop and the best part is that if you don’t live in California it’s ok, just head online and visit Elvira’s Boutique from there.

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Mar 28, 2018
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Comic Book ‘Pacific Rim Aftermath’ Issue 3 Now Available

Legendary Comics has released the third issue of the six-part prequel series Pacific Rim Aftermath that takes place nine years after the events of the first film and one year before the second film. In this comic series, the giant monster-fighting robots known as Jaegers are being used by crime lords to gain control of Santa Monica’s criminal underworld. A former Jaeger pilot, Griffin, works as an enforcer for the Mech Czar who needs Griffin’s skills as a Jaeger pilot to help him rule the criminal underworld. In the middle of this chaos is Jake Pentecost, who will be played by John Boyega in the film, who’s looking for answers to what happened to his father, Kaiju War hero Stacker Pentecost. As Jake continues going through the process of Drifting (a process where Jaeger pilots sync with the Jager robot itself) he will learn more about his father’s life that will reopen old wounds for Jake as well as making

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Mar 23, 2018
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New ‘Jurassic Park’ Mobile Game Has You Catching Dinosaurs

Like Pokémon Go? Like Jurassic Park (World)? What if the two met and have an awesome lovechild? Well, they did and it’s called Jurassic World Alive! Like Pokémon Go, the mobile game allows users to explore their surroundings looking for Dinosaurs and capturing them. Along with collecting dinosaurs, users will be able to create their own dinosaur hybrids and pit their creations in battles against other players. What sets this game apart from Pokémon Go is that players can still collect dinos from the comfort of their own home using an in-game drone that extracts their DNA. The game at launch will have 100 dinosaur species with other species added to the game over time. The game is available for iOS and Android devices and can be registered HERE.

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Mar 20, 2018

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RTS Game ‘Iron Harvest’ Kickstarter Surpasses $1,250,000

Kingart Games’ Kickstarter campaign was more than just successful; it was a colossal triumph for the independent developer whose Kickstarter is only 48 hours away (at this time) from ending. What game could they have come up with that would amass such a following? Iron Harvest a game that takes place in an alternate universe where giant mechanical soldiers fight alongside infantry units in an alternate post-WWI Europe. Its 1920+ Europe is recovering from the Great War where giant mechanical soldiers stomped across battlefields. When the war ended, these mechs became part of everyday life but now forces from the shadows are planning to destabilize Europe and engulf the world into another great war where control of the world is at stake. The idea of the game came from the works of Polish artist Jakub Różalski, which depicts giant robots being used in the European countryside. Now onto the game itself! Iron Harvest is a real-time-strategy (RTS) game where players

Continue reading →
Apr 13, 2018
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Raising Awareness: Final Thoughts On ‘Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice’

This is a Spoiler Free article! Ninja Theory has released on Xbox One today their hit game Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice that received positive reviews when it was on PlayStation 4 and PC. Ninja Theory allowed me to play the Xbox One version early and write a review for it. After finally completing the game, all I can say is the last time I’ve ever played a game that made me sit back and say “Wow…” after completing it was Shadow of the Colossus on PlayStation 2 back in 2006. The following are my final thoughts on Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice a game that’s both haunting and beautiful. It’s no big secret; the storyline’s core is about Senua’s mental health, this would make her relatable to the 1 in 5 American adults who suffer from all ranges of mental illnesses. The developers kept it no secret that Senua suffers from Psychosis, right now you’re probably thinking negatively of her thanks in part

Continue reading →
Apr 11, 2018
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Killer Robots, Drug Cartels, And Danny Trejo: Review Of ‘Cartel 2045’

Chris Le’s film Cartel 2045 takes us to the year 2045 where the drug war in Mexico has reached new heights of brutality as one of the drug cartels acquired a new weapon to strike fear in rivals and the United States, combat robots. The robots were used by the US military till an incident in Iran made them illegal. Now the company that made the robots have sold them to a Mexican drug cartel headed by Angel Malvado played by Danny Trejo (Machete, Machete Kills). Former Marine Carson Wright, played by Brad Schmidt (The Birth of a Nation, Here and Now, House of Lies) who was responsible for the incident in Iran due to a “faulty” chip that’s implanted in his head that allowed him to control combat droids, is sent to Juarez, Mexico to meet up with a special forces team sent in to rescue an engineer played by Chris Perskey (Bagboy, Hot Bot, Artifice) who’s being held

Continue reading →
Apr 7, 2018
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Review Of ‘Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice’ On Xbox One

In August of 2017 indie-game developer Ninja Theory released on PlayStation 4 and PC, Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice. The game was so popular on PS4 and PC it earned high praises from both critics and players alike as well as winning nine awards! With this success, Ninja Theory expanded the game’s potential and will release it on Xbox One on April 11th, 2018! I’ve been granted the honor by Ninja Theory to review it before it hit’s selves. All I can say now is you need to get this game! The game is heavily influenced by ancient Celtic culture along with Norse mythology, that’s enough right there to make you throw your wallets at the screen right now. The game revolves not just on the culture and mythology but on our heroine Senua’s mental health, Ninja Theory worked closely with mental health experts to make this part of the experience as real as possible, this is where the game is unique.

Continue reading →
Apr 6, 2018
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‘Wretched Things’ Comic To Debut At C2E2

On April 6th through the 8th at the Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo (C2E2), Comics Experience and Source Point Press will debut physical copies of the comic book series Wretched Things by Devon Wong, Ken Perry, and John Hunt. Originally the four-part series was a ‘digital only’ release on comiXology but now that it’s being printed in which the series writer Devon Wong expressed that it will open the door for new fans of the series, There are still many people for whom comics is a print medium first and want to read a real, physical book, to hold the art in their hands, that’s when it becomes truly real.” -Devon Wong, in an interview posted on Comics Experience’s website. Wretched Things is about the unseen world of vermin where unbeknownst to humans, who view them with great disgust, is actually a complex society with its own culture, legends, and experiences. The story follows Bran, a young mouse who with

Continue reading →
Apr 3, 2018
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‘Dying Light’ Enters The World Of Battle Royal Gaming

In recent years a new kind of video game genre is making its mark on gamers, Battle Royal style gaming. These games are a free for all survival either being played solo or in teams. The most notable games of this genre are H1Z1, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG), and the more recent popular game Fortnite: Battle Royal. With the popularity of these games, many of which originally did not have a battle royal style features till they became a DLC that eventually turned into stand-alone titles. A new popular game has entered this territory, Dying Light, the first-person zombie survival game where players use parkour skills along with makeshift weaponry to survive in the urban jungle infested with zombies. The game’s developers announced a new update/game mode coming to the game, Dying Light: Bad Blood a battle royal style game pitting players against one another and zombies. Six players are dropped into the fictional city of Harran (where the game takes

Continue reading →
Apr 1, 2018
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Funko Announces New Line Of Horror Cereal!

Hold on to your bowls people! Funko is making themed cereal. Could it get any cooler? How about finding mini Popo! as the prizes in the themed boxes of cereal? Because that’s exactly what you will get. Michael Becker founder of Funko, made the big announcement while speaking with Coronado Eagle & Journal and revealed that this Summer Funko will launch the brand new line of Funko Cereal that includes licenses that are part of the company’s POP! line. The new line will first feature Freddy Krueger, Elvira, and Beetlejuice! One of the fun things is we are about to release our own line of cereal, with a mini-Pop inside,” Becker stated. “We got all the cool licenses like He-Man, Wonder Woman, Elvira Mistress of the Dark, Freddy Krueger and our own Freddy Funko. We start shipping to stores in June and we have the distribution set up and the product is pre-sold. It’s just one more of those feel-good

Continue reading →
Mar 30, 2018
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Elvira’s Boutique Pop Up Shop Opens In California And Online

Elvira! Elvira! Elvira! Do I have your attention? She is Iconic, hilarious, sexy, scary, and a true living legend. Elvira herself was at the grand opening of the pop up shop Elvira’s Boutique in Hollywood at Hollywood & Highland. This shop looks amazing beyond words! It has exactly what you would expect in an Elvira-Themed shop and that is absolutely perfect. The site details, “The pop-up retail shop features ethically sourced chocolate bars in three chilling flavors (including dark dark chocolate), bubbles and baubles, exclusive clothing and purses, and even a display of her most treasured possessions, such as her original red velvet couch and the Elvira Macabre Mobile, a tricked-or-treated-out 1950s Ford Thunderbird with special decals and custom faux-leopard interior.” Included are photos of the shop and the best part is that if you don’t live in California it’s ok, just head online and visit Elvira’s Boutique from there.

Continue reading →
Mar 28, 2018
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Comic Book ‘Pacific Rim Aftermath’ Issue 3 Now Available

Legendary Comics has released the third issue of the six-part prequel series Pacific Rim Aftermath that takes place nine years after the events of the first film and one year before the second film. In this comic series, the giant monster-fighting robots known as Jaegers are being used by crime lords to gain control of Santa Monica’s criminal underworld. A former Jaeger pilot, Griffin, works as an enforcer for the Mech Czar who needs Griffin’s skills as a Jaeger pilot to help him rule the criminal underworld. In the middle of this chaos is Jake Pentecost, who will be played by John Boyega in the film, who’s looking for answers to what happened to his father, Kaiju War hero Stacker Pentecost. As Jake continues going through the process of Drifting (a process where Jaeger pilots sync with the Jager robot itself) he will learn more about his father’s life that will reopen old wounds for Jake as well as making

Continue reading →
Mar 23, 2018
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New ‘Jurassic Park’ Mobile Game Has You Catching Dinosaurs

Like Pokémon Go? Like Jurassic Park (World)? What if the two met and have an awesome lovechild? Well, they did and it’s called Jurassic World Alive! Like Pokémon Go, the mobile game allows users to explore their surroundings looking for Dinosaurs and capturing them. Along with collecting dinosaurs, users will be able to create their own dinosaur hybrids and pit their creations in battles against other players. What sets this game apart from Pokémon Go is that players can still collect dinos from the comfort of their own home using an in-game drone that extracts their DNA. The game at launch will have 100 dinosaur species with other species added to the game over time. The game is available for iOS and Android devices and can be registered HERE.

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Mar 20, 2018