Bad Robot Enlists Epic Games Vet Tanya Watson As Games COO & President

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefDean Reinhard, technical account manager, Southeast Asia, at Epic Games, and an evangelist for virtual production spoke this week at an Asia TV Forum & Market panel on virtual production. He chatted with Variety after the session and identified Asia’s strengths and weaknesses with the technique.Variety: What do you think the possibilities are and the strengths of VP in this region?Dean Reinhard: “Asia is in a really good spot.

Epic Games Store’s next weekly freebies have been announced and will be available on December 9.Currently, players can pick up Dead By Daylight and While True: learn() for free on the Epic Games Store. On December 9, these will be rotated out and replaced with Godfall Challenger Edition and Prison Architect.Prison Architect is a game in which players take on the role of a prison warden.

Fortnite dataminers have been saying that Epic Games has been contacting them and asking them to not leak details ahead of Chapter 3’s release.  As noted by PCGamesN, multiple prominent Fortnite leakers have noted that Epic Games has contacted them and asked them not to leak anything during the 19.00 downtime.

The Rose Parade will get a little touch of This Is Us as stars Chrissy Metz and Susan Kelechi Watson will host NBC’s coverage of the annual holiday tradition. 

Thirty-one year Toronto International Film Festival veteran Cameron Bailey has been elevated to the role of CEO.

Bailey the dog, pictured by Brian Oliver, enjoys a clear night sky while seemingly entranced by the stars.

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film CriticHow does anyone, especially a Beatle, write a melody? The answer may be as simple as it is mysterious. In “The Beatles: Get Back,” Peter Jackson’s sprawling and revelatory fly-on-the-studio-wall documentary, there’s a great moment when we get to see it happen.

With Black Friday rapidly approaching we're starting to see retailers all over launch exclusive deals.

Tablo of K-hip-hop trio Epik High has opened up about how he deals with online trolls and negative comments.In a new interview with Elle Singapore, the Korean-Canadian musician spoke about how the group cope with negative comments and opinions. Tablo also touched on his 2010 ‘TaJinYo’ scandal, which he described as “the biggest and longest cyber-attack in [South Korea]’s history”.“I have an undesirably deep understanding of [being targeted by negative comments],” he said.

EXCLUSIVE: We’ll be seeing more of Javier in Fantasy Island. John Gabriel Rodriquez, who recurred as the character in Season 1, has been promoted to series regular for the upcoming second season of Fox’s contemporary version of the classic drama series.

PS5 and PC following its release in September, it looks like Deathloop will soon be available via the Epic Games Store.According to a listing on the store, Deathloop is “coming soon” to the platform.Despite the fact Microsoft purchased Deathloop‘s publisher Bethesda Softworks in 2020, they still have a timed exclusivity deal with Sony. The timed exclusivity agreement for consoles is set to last a year.

Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney wants a one-stop digital shop where gamers across all platforms can purchase software.Speaking to Bloomberg, Sweeney said “What the world really needs now is a single store that works with all platforms.

Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick has said that he wants GTA and other franchises to “keep going” for as long as the James Bond series of movies.Speaking at the Jefferies Virtual Global Interactive Entertainment Conference, Zelnick – with answers transcribed by VGC – shared his thoughts on the future of Grand Theft Auto.Asked if Take-Two’s core franchises have a limited shelf life or if they can keep going forever, Zelnick said that if a franchise is “really, really great it will keep going”.

Epic Games Store is upping the ante and is giving away three games for free next week instead of the usual two.The next free games available on the Epic Games Store have been revealed, and this time there are three.The games will be replacing the Rogue Company Epic Pack that is currently available for free and will cycle in on November 18. However, Epic Games will be rotating out Tiny Tina’s Assault On Dragon Keep: A Wonderlands One-shot Adventure on November 16.

EXCLUSIVE: Dr. Seuss Enterprises and Warner Bros. Animation Group have set Jon M. Chu as director of the upcoming film adaptation of Oh, The Places You’ll Go! The new animated feature film, set to debut in 2027, will bring the iconic story and characters of Dr. Seuss’ beloved book to life on the big screen.

Radiohead have announced that they’ve teamed up with Epic Games to deliver a new “virtual exhibition” called ‘KID A MNESIA EXHIBITION’.Described as “an upside-down digital/analogue universe”, it’s been created from original artwork by Thom Yorke and Stanley Donwood and sound design by Nigel Godrich to commemorate 21 years of Radiohead’s ‘Kid A’ and ‘Amnesiac’ albums.It follows a teaser trailer for the exhibition that was shared by Playstation back in September, which featured ‘Kid A’ track

Eileen Quast been named as Senior Vice President, Publicity at Epix.

Zengel is represented by CAA and Artists Partnership. Watson is represented by UTA, Independent Talent in the UK, and Schreck Rose Dapello Adams Berlin & Dunham LLP.

Dead by Daylight is set to receive a new chapter titled Portrait of a Killer, and the game is making its way to the Epic Game Store as well.Portrait of a Murder, a new chapter for the acclaimed horror game, will launch in November. The chapter, which is being called “an original story and universe, set in mystery, dark fantasy and fear” will include a new survivor and a killer.The new killer is The Artist: gifted but tormented Chilean painter Carmina Mora.