Sports Illustrated‘s owners said that they have partnered with Minute Media to be the new publisher of the venerable brand’s editorial operations.
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Hunt: Showdown turns six this month, we caught up with design director Dennis Schwarz and acting game director Scott Lussier to discuss the game’s anniversary and future.Though developer Crytek already had experience with making first-person shooter (FPS) games thanks to its Crysis series, Schwarz told NME that Hunt: Showdown forced developers at the studio to rethink the way they were used to making games.“Many of our devs at the time came from a boxed-product mindset, where they’d work on a game for some time, release it, and then move on to another project,” said Schwarz. “With Hunt: Showdown being intended as a live product, the plan was to improve and maintain it for years to come.
We had to shift our approach to how we worked and how we interacted with our players. We also had to figure out which techniques were needed to achieve success.”A large part of this meant listening to players more, and letting them play a bigger part in how their game was shaped.
“As developers, you should listen to your players if you want to succeed and grow,” said Schwarz. “It’s important to find the right balance between your initial vision and how your community lives and breathes the game in practice.”Looking ahead, Lussier shared that 2024 will mark a “significant milestone” for Hunt: Showdown.
This will begin with a “highly anticipated engine upgrade and Gen9 console update,” along with an overhaul to the game’s user interface (UI). A “new map” with “plenty of verticality” is also on the way, while Crytek will be “doubling down on the console experience” with a revamped weapon wheel and custom button remapping.Meanwhile, Port Sulphur Band have released a music video for Hunt: Showdown theme ‘Rise Up Dead Man’ – you can check it
.Sports Illustrated‘s owners said that they have partnered with Minute Media to be the new publisher of the venerable brand’s editorial operations.
Selling Sunset fans will be excited to learn that they won't have to wait until the new season drops to get their luxury property fix as Netflix has announced a brand new reality show Buying London. On Thursday, Netflix officially confirmed the new property reality series Buying London would be coming to the streaming giant soon.The show is set to look like the UK's answer to Selling Sunset as it follows a team of agents at DDRE Global taking on London's luxury property market.The last few years has seen shows like Selling Sunset, Selling The OC, Selling Tampa, Million Dollar Beach House and Buying Beverly Hills, showing the drama and deals in some of the world's most luxury real estate agencies.
Following the success of its 2023 series, the critically-acclaimed hit drama Shetland has been recommissioned by the BBC for two new series. A Silverprint Pictures production (part of ITV Studios) for the BBC, the double series commission - Shetland’s ninth and tenth - will film in locations on the Shetland Isles and across Scotland in 2024 and 2025.
Weezer have officially announced their ‘Voyage To The Blue Planet’ tour in celebration of ‘The Blue Album’ and its 30th anniversary.After frontman Rivers Cuomo began teased an “epic tour” last December, the band have now unveiled their extensive North Ame rican tour for 2024. Weezer are set to play their self-titled debut album in full, along with other rarities and playing with “very special guests”.
Weezer dropped their critically-acclaimed debut “Blue Album.”To celebrate the anniversary of the iconic record — technically titled “Weezer” — Rivers Cuomo and co. will take off on their 22-concert arena ‘Voyage to the Blue Planet Tour’ where they’ll play the 10-track album in its entirety.“We also plan on playing all of your favorite Weezer songs, rarities and more,” the band shared on Instagram.That includes a stop at New York City’s Madison Square Garden on Wednesday, Sept.
Alex Ritman The long-awaited sequel to legendary mockumentary “This Is Sequel Tap” is now in production, almost 40 years to the day that the original film was released in March 1984. The feature is shooting in New Orleans, with Rob Reiner directing and Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer all reprising their iconic roles as the legendary heavy metal band. Reiner will also return as the documentarian Martin “Marty” DiBergi.
William Earl administrator “Stranger Things: The First Shadow,” the prequel play to the popular Netflix series, looks to be headed to the Great White Way after debuting in London. Broadway World was the first to report that equity casting notices were posted on Thursday seeking New York City-based actors and stage managers for the show with a 2025 start date. There is no venue specified yet for the show.
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Camera Obscura have released new single ‘We’re Gonna Make It In A Man’s World’. Check it out below, along with frontwoman Tracyanne Campbell telling us about what went into ‘Look To The East, Look To The West’ – the Scottish indie legends’ first new album in over a decade.The group’s new single, which comes ahead of the album’s release on May 3 via Verge Records, began life as part of the soundtrack for Icarus (After Amelia), a visual study of women’s labour in Glasgow by Margaret Salmon. When asked to meet up with the filmmaker by a mutual friend, Campbell admitted she had her reservations.
Rick Moranis was spotted for the first time in over three years in the same city where he was randomly attacked in October 2020. The “Ghostbusters” actor, 70, was photographed Tuesday braving the wet New York City weather in a blue jacket, dark khaki pants, black tennis shoes and a colorful beanie.Moranis has rarely been seen in public since Marquis Ventura punched him in the head, knocking him to the ground. The actor was walking on Central Park West around West 70th Street on his way to his nearby apartment building when the incident occurred.Ventura was wearing an “I ❤ NY” sweatshirt at the time.His rep at the time said the actor was “fine.” Moranis was spotted at Trader Joe’s on Broadway nearly a week after the altercation, and Ventura was later sentenced to two years in prison on several counts of assault.Moranis, who hasn’t starred in a live-action flick since Disney’s “Honey, I Shrunk the Kids” in 1989, took a step back from acting in 1992 to focus on being a dad to daughter Rachel and son Mitchell after his wife, costume designer Ann Belsky, died of breast cancer.
Brent Lang Executive Editor When the Providence Place Mall was constructed in the late ’90s, it was touted by Rhode Island leaders as a sign of urban renewal for its struggling capital city. For eight artists, it became something else — home.
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Hans Zimmer continued to write more music for the sci-fi epic. He was told to stop, but Zimmer insisted he would carry on, so much so that director Denis Villeneuve would joke that the composer was locked in the studio. Except it wasn’t completely a joke.
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New York Dolls’ David Johansen, John Lyon and more.The lawsuit was in an effort to regain control of the artists’ masters, and has finally come to a settlement after years of closely-watched class-action litigation against major record labels over copyright law’s termination right.Announced in court papers last week, the agreement between the music label and the musicians will resolve a case which saw artists accuse Sony of unfairly rejecting their efforts to invoke termination – a federal law that’s supposed to let authors take back control of their works decades after they sold them away.Per Reuters, Johansen, Lyon and Paul Collins sued Sony Music back in 2019, accusing the label of barring their termination notices for their music and proceeding to sell it without permission. The case had ben on pause for settlement since 2021.The musicians based their claims off of a part of the Copyrights Act.
Adam Sandler is set to remind us he's more than an esteemed comedy performer with his latest Netflix offering. The actor has produced and starred in a number of films on the streaming giant, including the Murder Mystery duology featuring Jennifer Aniston.
Following the success of its brunch menu, which launched in autumn last year, Zouk Tea Bar & Grill has extended its offering with a number of new dishes, including a range of new pastries and breakfast classics with a spicy Zouk twist.
The Movement Advancement Project (MAP) has created an interactive map to show which states in the U.S. are the safest for LGBTQ+ people to live and work. MAP also tracked those with declining levels of safety. New Jersey and New York were in the safest category, Delaware in the second safest, but Pennsylvania ranked in the third of five categories, as only fair, with 20 states plus Washington, D.C. ranking higher.
Millie Bobby Brown is celebrating her 20th birthday! She was photographed in New York City alongside her fiancé Jake Bongiovi, as the two made their way to a luxurious restaurant to commemorate the occasion and hang out with some of their friends. Millie Bobby Brown discusses the end of ‘Stranger Things’ and Jake BongioviMillie Bobby Brown and Jake Bongiovi are fostering an adorable dogThe couple was photographed smiling and holding hands, dressed up for the occasion. Brown wore a white dress that she paired with an off white and glittery winter coat.