The Interview will Be Available For Streaming Today

Sony Pictures has now officially announced its digital release plans for The Interview.

Sony Will Release The Interview To Show At 2 Theaters

Sony Pictures has granted permission to two independent U.S. theater chains to screen The Interview on its original release date of Christmas Day.

New Pee-wee Herman Movie Airing On Netflix

The long-gestating third Pee-wee Herman movie, produced by Judd Apatow (who gave an update on the project last March), is headed to Netflix.

Per The Wrap, Netflix is nearing a deal to to distribute the new Pee-wee film, though the outlet's sources have nothing on the film's director or plot specifics - yet.

And while nothing's finalized at this moment, a source told The Wrap that the movie "moved to Netflix a gazillion months ago.”

Pee-wee himself, Paul Reubens, has said that there is a director in place, however, and production could start as soon as February.

Halo Fan Spent 3.5 Years And $7,000 On Lego Ship

Halo's Pillar of Autumn, a massive UNSC spaceship, has been recreated in Lego form. Fan Lee Jones writes on this Lego fan creation community site that he spent 3.5 years and $7,000 to build the impressive brick ship.

The ship is over six feet long and weighs more than 200 pounds. It's quite an impressive feat overall, though the most impressive part is probably the epic-looking engines, which you can see in the image at left.

More images of Jones' Lego Halo ship are available at the Lego fansite.


Lego does not make official Halo toy sets, though competitor Mega Bloks offers a range of similar toys for children based on the series.


The next core Halo game is 2015's Halo 5: Guardians, which launches next fall on Xbox One. Everyone who bought Halo: The Master Chief Collection can play the game's beta beginning next week or today if you're an Xbox One Preview member

Games With Gold For January 2015

Three free games will be available to Xbox Live Gold subscribers in January, Microsoft announced today.

Swery's bizarre murder mystery, D4, will be available to download for Xbox One owners for the entirety of the month. D4 casts players as David Young, a Boston detective investigating the mysterious murder of his wife. In IGN's review of D4, we said it's an "intriguing experience, and brimming with personality."

For the first half of January, Xbox 360 owners will be able to download MX vs. ATV Alive. On January 16, the motocross racer will be replaced by The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, giving players a chance to catch up on the series before The Witcher 3's release in May.

Minecraft Getting Story driven Series From Telltale Games

Mojang and Telltale Games today announced a brand new episodic series based on Minecraft, launching in 2015 for PC, console, and mobiles.

Xbox One Gets Pandora And 4 Other Media Apps Today

A string of new media apps are available on Xbox One today, including those for music-streaming service Pandora and music video hub Vevo. In all, five new media apps are ready to download, each of which is free, though they may require additional subscriptions to access certain content.

The five new Xbox One media apps are:

• Pandora -- The popular music discovery service, now available on Xbox One.

• Vevo -- Lets you watch a ton of music videos, if that's what you're into.

• Bravo Now -- Watch full episodes of Bravo shows, including Top Chef and The Real Housewives. This app requires a cable subscription to access the content.

• Telemundo Now -- This app, which also requires a cable subscription and is available in the US only, lets you watch all manner of Spanish programming.

• Popcornflix -- Lets you stream hundreds of movies for free. Available only in the US and Canada.

Are you picking up any of the new Xbox One media apps this week? If you're throwing a Christmas party and your TV has a good sound, the Pandora app is a pretty good bet.

Duck Hunt Coming To Wii U December 25th

An NES classic is coming to the Virtual Console on Wii U this month, with a plethora of eShop sales during the wait.

Pac-Man Themed Restaurant In Chicago Opens in 2015

Chicago's 40,000 square foot Pac-Man themed restaurant, Level 257, will open in early 2015, Namco Entertainment has announced. The establishment is located at the Woodfield Mall, occupying a space that previously functioned as a warehouse for department store Sears.

Level 257 is a reference to Pac-Man's infamous killscreen, which pops up during the 256th board. The 180-seat restaurant is referred to as a "high-end" venue featuring bars and lounges with fire pits. There's even a separate sports bar that will stock a selection of craft beers, specialty wines, and cocktails.

It's much more than a restaurant, however. Level 257 will have 16 "boutique retro-styled" bowling lanes, and also offer pinball machines, table tennis, and a variety of arcade and board games. There will even be a Pac-Man retail shop that will presumably sell all manner of items related to the classic gaming series.

Level 257's overall aim is to offer patrons a "fun dining" experience.


"Level 257 seeks to explore Pac-Man's impact upon our society and pop culture, reminding us all of the importance of play in our lives, while facilitating our desire to relive those times when beating the next level was the most important thing in our world," reads a line from the restaurant's description. "All while indulging that which we love now--great food and drink with our friends and family."



To see some images of Level 257's construction effort, and to apply for a job there, head to the restaurant's Facebook page.

Steam Region-Locks Games To Fight Currency Exploits

Steam is now region-locking games, most likely in an attempt to prevent users from exploiting the low value of foreign currencies, reports suggest.

2015 Video Game Release Dates

Here is a list of confirmed release dates for 2015

Theater Chains Opting Not To Show The Interview

Some U.S. theater chains have decided not to show The Interview when it opens December 25 after Sony Pictures received threats Tuesday of physical terrorism from the hacker group targeting it for making the Seth Rogen-James Franco comedy.

BioShock Creator Teases New Game

While we still don't know for sure what the "smaller, more entrepreneurial" project BioShock creator Ken Levine and his team are working on, we now have somewhat of a better idea as to the direction it will take.

In a piece for Medium, Levine wrote about his love for Lord of the Rings game Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor, specifically the way in which it offers a flexible narrative. This is at the heart of what Levine wants to do with his current project, which remains unannounced.

"Two years ago, I started thinking about how to build a system to let story be as variable as gameplay and still be awesome in the way story can be awesome," he said. "Could you have characters, conflicts, and dialogue that could end not in 100 states, not in 1,000, but in X to the Y states? Goodbye linear, hello geometric!"


"The goal is to make a flexible narrative that is broadly replayable and strongly adaptive to player choice" -- Levine

"And that's the new big thing that my colleagues and I have been working on at our yet-unnamed new studio. In March, I gave a talk at the Game Developers Conference about some of our ideas. We called it 'Narrative Legos.' The goal is to make a flexible narrative that is broadly replayable and strongly adaptive to player choice."

Levine went on to say that, at one time, he wondered if anyone would care about a game of this nature. Then Shadow of Mordor, with its ambitious Nemesis System, came along.



"Even as we've made huge inroads into our design, even as we work on our prototype, there are days when I wonder: Will it be fun? Is there a there there? Even if there is, will the audience give a sh**?," Levine said. "And then Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor showed up.

Dota 2 Shifting Snows Update Adds New Items And Balance Tweaks

Dota 2's Shifting Snows update, a "small gameplay update" with adjustments meant to "augment your strategies," is out now.

According to the Dota 2 website, the update brings a winter theme to the MOBA in lieu of a canceled Frostivus event, plus new items on the Dota store.

Sims 4 Update Adds Athletic And Business Career Path

EA released an update for The Sims 4 today that adds four new career paths for your Sims to pursue.

Sims can now aim to become either an Angel Investor or a Business Tycoon in the Business track, or a Hall of Famer or Mr./Ms. Solar System in the Athletic track.


Each career path also comes with specific outfits that change with each promotion and unlock unique objects and interactions. Promotions will also unlock four new career-reward rooms available in Build Mode.

New "chance cards" have also been added to the game. When used, chance cards have the ability to either put a Sim's career on the fast track or keep them in one place.The update also comes a Holiday Celebration Pack filled with holiday-themed objects, décor and clothing. Players can redeem The Holiday Celebration Pack for free in-game or through Origin.

The Sims 4 Careers update is now available for at no cost.

The last The Sims 4 update was released back in November and added pools, which were missing at the game's launch.

Hearthstone Arrives On Android Tablets In Select Territories

Pull up a chair and warm your hands by the fire. Just be careful not to get your Android tablet too close.

Blizzard has announced that Hearthstone is now available on the Google Play store in Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. Anyone that signs in on an Android device will get a free card pack from the base set.

The worldwide rollout will be happening in the coming days on the Google Play store and Amazon’s Appstore. It’s available now on PC, Mac, and iPads. Phone versions for iOS and Android operating systems are still in progress.

For more on Hearthstone, check out our review of Goblins vs. Gnomes, the game's first major expansion

Frozen DLC Has Come To LittleBigPlanet 3

Announced via the PS Blog, the DLC includes outfits and parts to create Elsa, Anna, Kristoff and other friends from the Disney movie.

DC Will End 14 Comics In March 2015

DC solicitations for March 2015 were released today, and it appears that the publisher is cleaning house leading up to their Convergence event in April and May. No fewer than 14 ongoing series are wrapping up in March, including New 52 mainstays like Batwoman, Swamp Thing, and several Green Lantern titles.

Halo 5 Multiplayer Beta Menu Revealed

Over the weekend, a Reddit user by the name of "TheLittleMoa" uploaded an image of what was claimed to be the menu screen for the Halo 5: Guardians multiplayer beta. This image is indeed genuine, a Microsoft representative confirmed with GameSpot on Monday.

Devil May Cry 4 Coming to Xbox One, PS4 Next Summer

In addition to announcing DmC: Devil May Cry Definitive Edition today for Xbox One and PlayStation 4, Capcom has revealed Devil May Cry 4: Special Edition, also in development for new consoles.

Devil May Cry 4: Special Edition is due to launch in summer 2015 for Xbox One and PS4. Pricing details were not disclosed.

Unfortunately, all we know right now is the game exists. Capcom says in a blog post that it will share more details about the new game "a little further down the line.

Dark Souls GFWL to Stream Data Migration Now Available

Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition players can now transfer their Dark Souls save data and achievements from Games For Windows Live to Steamworks.

List Of What Is Leaving Netflix Streaming Jan. 1st

Hopefully you've got some time off coming soon for the holidays. Time to spend with your friends, loved ones...and Netflix. Because a lot of flicks are leaving us (for now) and you may need to get in one last viewing. The '89 Batman, Tombstone, Spaceballs, The Usual Supsects... they'll all be gone from the streaming site come the new year.

And Good Burger! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Windows 10 Has a New Xbox App and Cortana Integration

Leaked images of a new Windows 10 build show that Microsoft's new operating system will get an Xbox app that'll allow users to access their friends lists, achievements, activity feeds, and more from a PC.

Mark Hamill Says Star Wars: The Force Awakens Droid Is Real Not CGI

Fulfilling J.J. Abrams' promise for more practical effects in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, actor Mark Hamill has now confirmed that BB-8 -- the soccer ball-looking droid from the teaser -- is a physical prop, not CGI. Also, the actor curiously mentions the word "offspring" when talking about the film's new characters...

Disney Still Planning To Make A New Indiana Jones Movie

With talk of Star Wars dominating conversations, we've heard very little about plans for a new Indiana Jones. But it looks like Disney still wants to make another Indy movie -- it's just not sure when.

Personal Fitness Tracking Is Now Affordable

A tech company called Movo is helping to make fitness trackers more accessible and affordable with the Movo Wave.

Microsoft Now Allowing Bitcoin As Currency

Microsoft is now accepting payments in Bitcoin for content from its online stores.

Star Wars: The Force Awakens Character Names Revealved

The trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens gave us our first look at several new characters, but we still didn't know what any of these newcomers were named - until now.

EW has now revealed the names of all of the characters seen in the trailer - or at least their partial names.

Disney Talks About New Star Wars Attractions Based On New Movie

The Star Wars attractions at Disney's theme parks will be based on the new films, rather than the original or prequel trilogies.

Walt Disney Company chief Bob Iger outlined the theme park plans during a Variety Q&A. The attractions will be based on the new series of movies, along with planned spin-offs, so Disney Imagineers had to wait until they saw what J.J. Abrams had in store for the series.Iger says that early in development, they were making rides based on the first six Star Wars movies. Ultimately, though, they decided they didn't want to disappoint audiences who had just seen the films and expected to see it realized at the park.

Alien: Isolation Gets Easier And Harder

Sega and developer Creative Assembly today announced new difficulty options for horror game Alien: Isolation. Think the game is too easy? Try Nightmare mode. Think it's too tough? Check out Novice.

Here's a breakdown of what to expect from the new Alien: Isolation difficulty options, available now on all platforms. Check out the wonderful-looking posters at the bottom of this story for even more.

Green Ranger Wants To Fight CM Punk In The UFC

The original green Power Ranger, Jason David Frank, wants to fight CM Punk when Punk enters the UFC.

The news comes via Franks official Facebook page, along with an image that reads "I'll fight Punk."




Frank, who has experience with MMA fights -- though not with UFC -- goes on to mention that he doesn't have a real-life grudge with Punk, and that this is in fact a professional call out.

New Japanese Godzilla Movie In The Works

A decade after the release of Godzilla: Final Wars, the last Toho-produced Godzilla movie, the Japanese studio is poised to develop an all-new film featuring the King of the Monsters.

According to Variety, the movie will begin production in summer 2015 and hit theaters in 2016. A director and cast have yet to be announced.

Additionally, Toho launched the Godzilla Strategic Conference (Godzi-Con), "a committee of studio executives and directors whose aim is to reboot the Godzilla brand, including the new Godzilla pic," Variety notes.

The success of Gareth Edwards' 2014 Godzilla is said to be the inspiration for Toho's latest effort. That film, which Toho co-distributed with Warner Bros., earned $525 million worldwide and $26 million in Japan.

Meanwhile, Edwards is attached to direct a sequel to his own Godzilla pic, which bows on June 8, 2018. Warners and Legendary will again co-produce.

Source IGN