By Anonymous on Aug 28, 2018 12:24 am See how cybernetic modding works in Cyberpunk 2077 when you visit a "ripperdoc" to get new augmentations installed.
After nearly three months of waiting, fans eager to get a look at Cyberpunk 2077 can finally do so. CD Projekt Red, the acclaimed developer of The Witcher series, has released the gameplay demo that was first shown behind closed doors at E3, and then again at Gamescom. It consists of a 48-minute look at the first-person RPG, and as was the case in its private showings, it remains extremely impressive. But, given the great deal of acclaim it's received, just why did CD Projekt Red wait so long to share the video?
That very subject is addressed by Adam Badowski, the game director and CD Projekt Red's studio head, in a press release accompanying the release of the trailer. "What we're releasing today was recorded from a game deep in development," he explained. "Since many of the assets and mechanics in the current version of Cyberpunk 2077 are most likely to be modified, we initially decided to show this gameplay only to media. Elements like gunplay (both in terms of visuals and how RPG stats influence it), netrunning, car physics, or the game's UI--everything's pretty much still in the playtest phase and we felt uneasy about publicly committing to any particular design. Animation glitches, work-in-progress character facial expressions, early versions of locations--all this made us hesitant to release what you're about to see."
Some of these concerns might stem from the complaints about how The Witcher 3's final release had been "downgraded" from the earlier, pre-release looks we got at the game. Whatever the case, despite the worries, CD Projekt Red has obviously decided it would rather get Cyberpunk 2077's first gameplay in front of people--though it is warning that the final product may be different in a variety of ways.
"However, we are also well aware that many of you want to see what the media saw," Badowski said. "Although this is probably not the same game you'll see on your screen when we launch, we still decided to share this 48-minute video with you. This is how Cyberpunk 2077 looks today. Let us know what you think!"
You can watch the full gameplay video above; it shows off numerous parts of the game, including combat, dialogue, and the ability to upgrade your character. We also get a good look at Night City, the sprawling metropolis that serves as the setting for Cyberpunk 2077.
Unfortunately, while we now have gameplay for everyone to see, CD Projekt Red still has not announced a release date for Cyberpunk 2077. Whatever it might be, it isn't soon enough.
Amazon has announced it will stop offering 20% off video game pre-orders for Prime members on August 28. That makes today your last day to pre-order any games you're planning to buy if you want to lock in the discount. With that in mind, it's worth looking at what big games are available for pre-order right now.
But because Amazon doesn't charge you any money until the game ships, you can even pre-order any games you're marginally interested in, just to secure the discount if you decide you want to buy the game. Keep in mind that you can always cancel your pre-order at any time, at no cost, before it ships.
So what games might you want to pre-order? Let's look at the most promising upcoming games. Note that for some of the games, the 20% discount is only shown in-cart.
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
Release Date: October 5, 2018
Journey back to ancient Greece in this year's installment of the time-jumping stealth action series.
A nice big RPG hits Nintendo Switch later this year with Pokemon: Let's Go Pikachu/Eevee. While this pair of games is a modernized remake of Pokemon Yellow, it takes some inspiration from the popular mobile game Pokemon Go.
This massive brawler contains every character ever to appear in any game in the series, plus some new faces, like Splatoon's Inklings, Metroid's Ridley, Castlevania's Simon Belmont, and Donkey Kong's King K. Rool.
CD Projekt Red dropped this game's in-depth gameplay video just in time for Amazon Prime members to watch it before placing their pre-order for this Witcher 3 follow-up.
By Anonymous on Aug 28, 2018 12:05 am Here's a first look at Cyberpunk 2077's Night City, as the game's main character accepts a quest and visits a ripperdoc for some sweet modifications.
After months of anticipation, CD Projekt Red has finally shared the first gameplay footage of Cyberpunk 2077. The developer's mysterious Twitch livestream, which kicked off earlier in the day and cryptically broadcast lines of code being typed out on a screen for several hours, concluded with an extended look at the upcoming open-world sci-fi RPG, and it was certainly impressive.
The footage on display during the stream was taken from the same gameplay demo CD Projekt Red showcased to press at E3 and Gamescom 2018. The demo begins with V, your customized protagonist, traveling to a gang hideout with her ally Jackie to locate a missing cyborg. That mission quickly escalates into a firefight with the gang members, showing off Cyberpunk 2077's RPG-rooted take on gunplay. Later in the demo, V is given a quest to acquire a drone, which takes her and Jackie into the compound of the Maelstrom gang. Perhaps most impressive, the footage also provides a much closer look at Night City, the sprawling and richly detailed futuristic metropolis that serves as the game's setting.
"What we're releasing today was recorded from a game deep in development," game director Adam Badowski said in a message accompanying the release. "Since many of the assets and mechanics in the current version of Cyberpunk 2077 are most likely to be modified, we initially decided to show this gameplay only to media. Elements like gunplay (both in terms of visuals and how RPG stats influence it), netrunning, car physics, or the game's UI--everything's pretty much still in the playtest phase and we felt uneasy about publicly committing to any particular design. Animation glitches, work-in-progress character facial expressions, early versions of locations--all this made us hesitant to release what you're about to see.
"However, we are also well aware that many of you want to see what the media saw. Although this is probably not the same game you'll see on your screen when we launch, we still decided to share this 48-minute video with you. This is how Cyberpunk 2077 looks today. Let us know what you think!"
Despite being announced several years ago, Cyberpunk 2077 wasn't formally unveiled until E3 2018 this past June, when CD Projekt Red shared the first cinematic trailer for the game during Microsoft's E3 press conference. The developer also showcased nearly an hour of gameplay footage to press during a behind-close-doors demo at the convention, which was so impressive in its scope and detail that it solidified Cyberpunk as one of our four favorite games from the show.
"The E3 2018 demo for Cyberpunk 2077 was overwhelming with all its detail, but it did give us the impression that there was a large world with all sorts of systems to explore and mess with," GameSpot's Alessandro Fillari wrote in reaction to the demo. "The setting and some gameplay ideas are certainly a big departure for CD Projekt Red, but it also has a number of cool and visually stunning details that show off an incredibly rich world to jump head-first into."
CD Projekt Red would give fans another glimpse at Cyberpunk 2077 at Gamescom last week. During the convention, the developer released a handful of new screenshots that showed off some characters and environments from the game. The studio also shared several pieces of Cyberpunk 2077 concept art that contained a hidden link to another image that displays the phrase "more than meets the eye."
Cyberpunk 2077 is in development for PS4, Xbox One, and PC. CD Projekt Red hasn't announced a release date just yet, but the developer says the game is already playable from start to finish--although it still doesn't have all of its assets, nor have all of its bugs been addressed yet.
We got a chance to speak with Cyberpunk 2077 producer Richard Borzymowski at Gamescom. During our interview, Borzymowski discussed how the studio was able to switch gears from the fantasy universe of its other notable video game franchise, The Witcher, to the sci-fi world of Cyberpunk. He also talked more about the move from the third-person perspective of its previous RPGs to Cyberpunk's first-person viewpoint.
By Anonymous on Aug 27, 2018 11:56 pm At Gamescom 2018, Richard Borzymowski from CD Projekt Red chats with us about Cyberpunk 2077, the massive scale of Night City, and what freedom should mean to the player.
Taking feedback from the Rainbow Six Siege Test Server for Operation Grim Sky, Ubisoft is implementing balancing patches for a few of the game's Operators. One of the two new Grim Sky Operators, Maverick, is getting the most changes.
Players must have felt Maverick was too effective an Operator, as all of his changes are nerfs. His smoke grenade is being replaced with a stun grenade and his blowtorch's volume is being made louder so that he can no longer easily hide where he's cutting. Maverick's blowtorch is also being made weaker against barbed wire, so the process of destroying it takes about twice as long as before. Ubisoft has heard that players want Maverick's blowtorch to run through fuel faster and have a shorter range as well, but the developer is holding off on changing either for now.
In comparison, Operation Grim Sky's other Operator, Clash, is getting no changes. Ubisoft reports that the team will continue to monitor her performance going forward, though.
Three of Siege's older Operators are getting changes. Zofia is losing one of her concussion grenades, so it's harder for her to single-handedly take over a room without a strategy. Glaz is also getting nerfed. A recent bug in Siege prevents him from being able to destroy Castle's armored panels and Ubisoft has decided to keep it. Ubisoft is also planning a patch down the line to prevent Glaz from shooting through the panels entirely. Hibana is the only Operator getting a buff. She can now destroy a hatch with four of her pellets, instead of six.
Ubisoft has heard feedback concerning the length of Dokkaebi's phone calls, but the team is passing on implementing any changes for her at this time.
Weapon recoil is also getting patched. Ubisoft is focusing on shotgun recoil for now. An update won't be ready by the time Grim Sky launches, but Ubisoft will implement one before the new season is over. Ubisoft is also monitoring machine pistol recoil but has nothing planned for now.
The full patch notes for the updates coming to Operation Grim Sky prior to the expansion's launch can be found on Siege's website. Although it is not included on the game's website, Siege tweeted out another change coming to Grim Sky: partial destruction to hatch reinforcements. This balances the meta of the game a little bit back towards the Attackers, who can now eventually get to hidden Defenders with enough explosives.
Operation Grim Sky launches this September. Rainbow Six Siege is available on Xbox One, PS4, and PC.
Activision has released a new trailer for Call of Duty: WW2's fourth DLC pack, Shadow War. The DLC is coming out as a timed exclusive for PS4 first, before releasing on other platforms.
Shadow War concludes WW2's Nazi zombie storyline in a final chapter titled The Frozen Dawn. Taking place in the hellish depths of a lost city, The Frozen Dawn will test you with new hordes of zombie. However, seemingly magic-infused weapons will be available for you to pull off insanely powerful attacks. Some of them can be seen in the trailer, but Sledgehammer promises there are more secrets to discover in the DLC.
"Thematically for this pack, we wanted to push the fiction as far as we could, have a lot of fun with it, and give the player a sense of creativity as they play," said Sledgehammer Games lead multiplayer environmental artist Matt Abbott in a PlayStation blog post.
Shadow War also adds three multiplayer maps: Airship, Chancellery, and Excavation. Airship takes place far up on a mountain next to a docked zeppelin. Owning the zeppelin gives your team the advantage, but you have to run out of cover along narrow cliffs to reach it, and one misstep results in death. Chancellery takes the battlefield to a French stronghold for a nighttime firefight. Buildings at either end of a courtyard provide excellent sniper spots, but you can also hide in the parked trucks and set an ambush. Excavation is located in an Algerian mine. The dug up treasure and artifacts create a littered battlefield.
Operation Arcane is the final piece of content included in Shadow War. Rather than a straitforward battle, you'll play as the Allied forces who must infiltrate an Austrian lab, steal secret tech, get to the hanger filled with UFOs, and blow up the lab while escaping. The weapons you discover, like the Tesla Gun and a super soldier serum, can be stolen and used to complete the mission.
Shadow War comes to PS4 players first on August 28. The DLC releases for Xbox One and PC at a later date. For a limited time, Call of Duty: WW2 season pass owners can invite other players who don't have the DLC to participate in the content. From August 28 to October 28, if a season pass owner creates an in-game party and is party leader, everyone invited can participate in the new multiplayer maps, operation, and zombie storyline.
CD Projekt Red has been developing Cyberpunk 2077 for the past six years, as you might be able to guess from a look at its impressive gameplay demo. Although the developer has stated that there's more work to be done on the action RPG, the game is already playable from start to finish.
In an interview with Engadget, Cyberpunk 2077 producer Richard Borzymowski said the game still doesn't have all of its assets, and the fixes for the bugs that were discovered in playtesting haven't been implemented yet. However, you can play through the entire game and see the story unfold, which Borzymowski says is important for finishing the game's development. "[Playing through the game] gives you the answers to all of your doubts," he said. "It just feels great."
Cyberpunk 2077 just had a big showing at Gamescom 2018. CD Projekt Red released new screens of the RPG that provide greater context for the game's world and also tease a mystery for people to solve. Prior to that, we were able to sit down with Borzymowski and delve into Cyberpunk 2077's gameplay, as well as the title's emphasis on choice and personal freedom. That was followed by a mysterious Twitch stream that ultimately led to the reveal of the gameplay demo.
CD Projekt Red has been keeping most details concerning Cyberpunk 2077 close to the chest, but what we've seen so far has left us excited about the game. Cyberpunk 2077 doesn't have a release window yet, but we know the game is coming to Xbox One, PS4, and PC.
The Power Rangers had it rough. Every week on Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, the "teenagers with attitudes" recruited by the big floating head Zordon had to face down a giant monster that threatened to destroy their relatively nondescript California town of Angel Grove.
In just about every episode, the formula was the same. The teenagers found themselves attacked by some monster sent from the moon by the constantly screaming Rita Repulsa and her goons, in her continuing attempt to conquer Earth. They'd use their dinosaur-based Mighty Morphin powers to become the Power Rangers and wail on the monster, and then Rita would use her magic scepter to make the monster get Godzilla-huge. The Rangers met giant monsters with giant robots, calling out their prehistoric creature-themed Zords, and then eventually combined them together to create the Megazord robot and finally make the monster explode.
Doing all that karate and robot-driving was a tough job, but one person might have had a tougher one at the start of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Finster. Though he wasn't a fighter himself, his role in service of Rita Repulsa was to create those all various monsters in hopes of finally getting the Power Rangers out of the way. Finster's monsters ran the gamut of themes and powers--he was constantly anthropomorphizing stuff, drawing on things like scary animals, plants, and objects, and turning them into Ranger-fighting villains with tons of goofy gimmicks.
It didn't take long for Finster (as well as other monster-making henchmen, and later, Lord Zedd) to start scraping the bottom of the idea barrel, though. The show might have started out with cool monsters like a minotaur, a sphinx, a skeleton, and "what if a lizard man made of snakes," but it quickly devolved to the level of "what if Kimberly's purse, but with legs." Clearly, it's difficult to come up with endless creative creatures you can send to murder superpowered teenagers and fight their mechanical dinosaurs.
The fact that Power Rangers was made by adding American actors to footage from Japanese TV shows didn't help in the realm of "things making sense." There are some pretty out there explanations for a lot of these monsters--sometimes thanks to American writers making up scenarios to stick them into, and sometimes because the show didn't bother and just completely adapted the source material for its American audience.
In honor of the 25th anniversary of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, the series that started the Power Ranger phenomenon that continues to this day, we're taking a look back at the strangest, most ridiculous, and most awkward creatures the original three seasons of the show dreamed up. And don't miss our gallery of every Megazord in the show's history.
1. Turkey Jerk
Appearance: Season 2, Episode 48--Storybook Rangers, Part 1
A Thanksgiving-themed episode needs a Thanksgiving-themed monster. It's not like the Power Rangers could have fought sentient cranberry sauce or something.
Actually, we should check that they never fought sentient cranberry sauce.
2. Mr. Ticklesneezer
Appearance: Season 1, Episode 9--For Whom The Bell Trolls
This little guy is just weird. He was a toy that belonged to Trini that the bad guys brought to life, but despite looking frightening and weird, he was actually a pretty nice guy. At the end of an episode about him stealing life-sized stuff like planes and cars and shrinking it down to keep in bottles, he even gave everything back. And then he turned out to be just Trini's dream and not a monster at all.
3. Frankenstein's Monster
Appearance: Season 1, Episode 25--Life's a Masquerade
Frankenstein's Monster is a legit monster in pop culture, so having him fight the Power Rangers is only a slightly weird idea (after all, Scooby Doo and his gang faced him once). What's strange is this monster's getup. He's basically just a guy with a pair of shoulder pads and a hat painted gray on his head. That's surprisingly low effort even for Power Rangers.
4. Pudgy Pig
Appearance: Season 1, Episode 6--Food Fight
OK, pig-themed monster who eats stuff--the logic follows. Except Pudgy Pig is just the head of a pig, with no body, but legs, and feet sticking out of his mouth. Plus he wears a huge Roman centurion helmet, for no apparent reason.
5. Goo Fish
Appearance: Season 1, Episode 43--Something Fishy
Exactly what it sounds like: giant spiky creature. Spits sticky goo. You know, like a fish.
6. Crabby Cabbie
Appearance: Season 3, Episode 22--Follow That Cab
Lord Zedd turned an actual taxi cab into a monster, which, okay--we have Transformers movies. But who's that weird little worm guy driving?
7. Artistmole
Appearance: Season 3, Episode 8--A Brush With Destiny
No fun pun here, just a straight-up description of a weird idea for a creature. The artist part comes from Kimberly's dreams about becoming an artist. No idea why the mole, though.
8. Pursehead
Appearance: Season 2, Episode 19--Two for One
We weren't kidding when we said one monster was literally a purse brought to life. Pursehead didn't look anything like Kimberly's purse that was transformed to make this creature, but hey, if children cared about continuity errors, they would definitely not be watching Power Rangers.
9. Key Monster
Appearance: Season 2, Episode 21--Zedd's Monster Mash
Just a giant key, like, come on, guys.
10. Lipsyncher
Appearance: Season 2, Episode 19--Two for One
It's a lipstick, but it's a monster. The upshot here is that Lipsyncher's creature design is actually pretty solid, giving it something of a Hellraiser vibe.
11. Babe Ruthless
Appearance: Season 1, Episode 32--A Star is Born
You know that scene in 30 Rock where Jack Donaghy tries to write sketches by coming up with catch phrases and working backwards? That scenario is our theory on how Babe Ruthless came to exist. It's a baseball-themed, uh... Bigfoot? Werewolf? Anyway it makes no sense.
12. Brick Bully
Appearance: Season 3, Episode 27--Another Brick in the Wall
Literally just a brick wall that Rita Repulsa accidentally brought to life. Its reward for gaining sentience was being forced to dedicate its existence to--what else--murdering superpowered children.
13. Vase Face
Appearance: Season 2, Episode 52--Blue Ranger Gone Bad
The bad guys turn the clay vase Tommy made in art class into a guy. "Agh, my art project!" Tommy exclaims.
14. Pipebrain
Appearance: Season 2, Episode 14--Missing Green
A trophy that looks like pipes that came to life and became a monster. One might accuse this monster of being phoned-in, but Zedd probably would have gone with an actual phone, so maybe this was just an off day.
15. Tube Monster
Appearance: Season 2, Episode 38--A Reel Fish Story
It's just Pipebrain again, but painted a different color. Maybe this was an episode that had to be made while the writers were on strike.
16. Oysterizer
Appearance: Season 1, Episode 60--An Oyster Stew
A lot of things that became monsters on Power Rangers aren't intimidating. Oysterizer holds a special place on the show for being born from the least intimidating thing possible, while simultaneously turning into what might be the grossest creature. It is very, uh, fleshy.
17. Pumpkin Rapper
Appearance: Season 1, Episode 54--Trick or Treat
The name says it all, really. Creatures that rapped but were otherwise completely unrelated to rap came up a few times in Power Rangers episodes, actually--though that's not especially surprising, given that it was the mid '90s. Zack, the Black Ranger, also did a lot of breakdancing.
18. Pineoctopus
Appearance: Season 1, Episode 11--No Clowning Around
The logic here is really hard to follow. Pineoctopus adopts a human form to try to take down the Power Rangers at a carnival, posing as Pineapple the Clown, who is a regular clown. His plan: Use magic to turn the Rangers into cardboard cutouts, a thing he utterly fails to do (only Trini's younger cousin gets transformed). That part's confusing on its own, but later, he reveals his true form, which is a man-sized pineapple, apparently. Since no one is menaced by a pineapple, even an abnormally large one, he also gets octopus arms. So to recap: He's a big pineapple; with octopus arms; who chose a completely unrelated clown disguise; to turn the Power Rangers into cardboard, of all things. Also, he was defeated by water.
19. See Monster
Appearance: Season 3, Episode 21--Changing of the Zords
Things with lots of eyes or that are made up of disembodied eyes are legitimately unsettling to a lot of people. What's more unsettling, though, is that this guy is definitely a sex criminal--he's a flasher, but what he flashes you with is his gross skinless body and many eyes. This thing is legitimately not appropriate for children.
Iron Fist is back again, and we're hopeful for Season 2.
The Netflix MCU may pride itself in being about "street level" heroics versus its big screen counterparts' aliens and magic rocks and cosmic genocides--but that doesn't mean things in regular, everyday New York City don't get a little dicey from time to time. This is especially true when it comes to the world of Danny Rand, who brings his own level of crazy to the Defenders mix. He may not have bulletproof skin or the ability to lift cars, but the Iron Fist does his best to make literally fighting dragons work in a street level world, and that takes some work.
The Iron Fist story isn't necessarily complicated, but it's certainly got more moving parts--and a much broader scope--than your traditional Netflix Marvel story. Not only is Danny the product of an ancient, mystical civilization that hails from another dimension, he's also the wielder of a chi-based, kung fu-influenced weapon that's designed to destroy another ancient, mystical group of people who may or may not be puppeteering the entirety of New York's underworld from the shadows. The Iron Fist continuity and mythology weaves its way through nearly every Defender's life in one way or another, whether they're dealing with the nefarious Hand themselves like Daredevil, or just trying to keep their heads above water while duking it out against corrupt systems like Jessica Jones and Luke Cage.
On top of all that, the bulk of Iron Fist's first season culminated into the Defenders miniseries, so that's even more you'll need to bring yourself up to speed on: the story of the "Black Sky" and the final battle against the Hand--things you'll probably want to know before you go wading back into the chaos.
All of this is to say, there's kind of a lot to keep track of here--and it's understandable if you're not caught up, considering most people thought Iron Fist Season 1 and Defenders were pretty bad. But we have high hopes for Iron Fist Season 2, given everything we've seen so far.
So whether you binged that first season back when it was released, or you want to dive right in without ever having to put yourself through it, we're here for you. Here's your crash course in everything Iron Fist, and a rundown of exactly what you need to know and what you'll need to remember to hit the ground running When Iron Fist Season 2 releases on September 7.
1. Danny Rand
AKA the Iron Fist. Danny was a wealthy corporate heir from New York City when he and his parents were the victims of a mysterious plane crash over the Himalayas. Danny's mother and father were killed, but Danny was found alive by a pair of monks who brought him back to the secret and mystical city of K'un-Lun and saved his life.
In K'un-Lun, Danny was rigorously trained in martial arts until he was given the opportunity to complete a sacred trial--fighting a literal dragon named Shou Lao the Undying--to become K'un-Lun's protector, the Immortal Iron Fist. Danny succeeds in the challenge, becoming the first "outsider" to ever wield the power.
Unfortunately, Danny was also the first Iron Fist to ever abandon his "post" in K'un-Lun. He left the mystical city 15 years after he arrived, when the dimensional gate between it and the outside world was opened yet again, and returned to New York to unravel the mystery of his parents' deaths. Since then, he's been battling the Hand--a group of Illuminati-like gangsters who are the sworn enemies of K'un-Lun and the Iron Fist. During Season 1, Danny learned the Hand had played a part in his parents' murders and infested Rand Enterprises. During another of Netflix's Marvel series, Defenders, he teamed up with Luke Cage, Jessica Jones, and Matt Murdock to take them out.
2. Power Man and Iron Fist
Of all the Defenders, Danny has become closest with Luke, who he assisted with tracking down the source of a mysterious drug infiltrating Harlem in Luke Cage Season 2. Though they've yet to officially team up as a duo for more than this episode, the "Power Man & Iron Fist" dynamic is one with some real history in the comics, dating all the way back to the '70s.
Danny and Luke may not always see eye to eye, but following Defenders, they've grown to have a (somewhat grudging) mutual respect for one another. If anyone is going to show up to help Danny out of a bind now, it would definitely be Luke.
3. Rand Enterprises
Danny's family company and the source of his fortune, Rand Enterprises passed to the Meachums after the Rand family plane went down in the mountains. The crash was eventually revealed to be a plot made by the Hand in conjunction with Ward Meachum--a scheme Danny uncovers upon his return to the city.
Rand works in chemical distribution, especially in pharmaceuticals, where they help produce and market various components for medications and designer drugs. They have a long history of profiteering off of the desperate and the needy--a habit Danny attempts to stop much to the frustration of the board of directors--and their factories have been caught up in numerous lawsuits for dangerous conditions and lethal side effects.
4. The Hand
An ancient and mysterious cabal of immortal ninjas and assassins, The Hand is a many armed, shadowy illuminati with their fingers in any number of doomsday schemes. Introduced in the Netflix MCU back in Daredevil, the Hand seems to be everywhere and nowhere at once--including embedded deep within Rand Industries itself.
Led by the enigmatic Madam Gao, the Hand has been using Rand to make and distribute an artificial and highly addictive heroin, effectively to destabilize New York and pave the way for their next big move--the resurrection of the "Black Sky," an ultimate weapon they could use to rule the world.
The "Black Sky" turned out to be Elektra Natchios, ex-girlfriend of Matt Murdock. The final showdown between she and Danny took place in Defenders in a battle that left Murdock assumed dead, Misty Knight without an arm, and the Hand in pieces.
5. K'un-Lun
One of the "Seven Cities of Heaven" in the comics, K'un-Lun is a mystical, extradimensional city that only appears on the mortal plane every fifteen years. Following his family's plane crash, Danny was found and taken in by a set of monks from K'un-Lun, where he was subsequently raised.
The Iron Fist is K'un-Lun's legendary protector, a power passed down from generation to generation of K'un-Lun's finest warriors. To wield the Fist, a hopeful must face the trial of Shou-Lao the Undying, an actual literal dragon who lives within the city's walls.
6. Colleen Wing
A master martial artist and owner of her own dojo, Colleen was one of the first people in New York Danny believed he could trust after his return. Things got intense between them pretty quickly, blossoming into a sort of on-again-off-again romance that became incredibly complicated when it was revealed that Colleen had been secretly part of the Hand all along.
Luckily, that didn't make her evil. Colleen's part of the hand was, she believed, a humanitarian effort--an argument she was happily able to make until her former sensei, a man named Bakuto, betrayed her. With her eyes opened to the truth, she joined Danny in his quest to destroy the Hand. They mostly succeeded in Defenders, which picked up right where Iron Fist Season 1 left off: the two of them setting out to track down the Hand and get real answers, no matter the cost. Colleen ended up forging a close bond with Misty Knight through Defenders, which they're set to continue as the Daughters of the Dragon in Iron Fist Season 2.
7. Ward Meachum
Danny's childhood friend/bully and the son of his father's business partner, Ward Meachum took over Rand Industries following the deaths of both the Rand family and his father Harold.
However, Harold had secretly made a deal with the Hand to cure him of his terminal cancer with the caveat that he would remain publicly and legally deceased. Harold remained confined to a secret penthouse apartment with only his son knowing he was actually alive. This meant even in his position of power, Ward was still kept on a short leash by his dad--a man whose approval Ward could never seem to win.
Ward's story throughout Season 1 had its fair share of twists and turns, pivoting from diabolical corporate sabotage to tainted heroin usage (no, really), ultimately to a form of semi-altruism in trying to save his sister from their megalomaniacal father and ultimately help Danny. Sort of. The jury is still out on whether or not Ward is actually turning over a new leaf or just trying to save himself.
8. Joy Meachum
Ward's sister and friend of Danny, Joy spent her adult life not knowing her father or brother's secret dealings with the Hand until Danny's return ultimately set those dominos toppling down. Although she is in theory a much kinder and more empathetic person than her brother, Joy takes far more naturally to her father's ruthless business practices, and promptly found herself caught in his web, despite Ward's warnings.
Her dealings with the Hand and her father nearly cost her her life, but Danny and Colleen were able to save her. Unfortunately, despite the rescue, Joy decided that Danny was largely responsible for her family's downfall and began arranging with his enemies to plan his "removal" from the situation.
9. Harold Meachum
Danny's father's business partner and a puppet for the Hand, Harold sold his soul for the chance to survive his terminal cancer and live forever. He spent years puppeteering his son from the shadows while the world believed him to be dead, all while frantically working to make the moves the Hand requested of him.
Harold's deal with the hand involved functional immortality, the ability to return from death (if slightly altered) even when mortally wounded. This came in handy when he was "assassinated" by his son, Ward, who realized just what a monster his father had become. Harold came back to life even less human than he had been before and set his sights on manipulating Joy.
10. Davos
Danny's best friend from K'un-Lun, Davos is a devout believer in his homeland's traditions and the sacred duties of the Iron Fist. He leaves the city in an attempt to find Danny, who he believes abandoned his post, and encourage him to return--or, failing that, to brutally exterminate the Hand no questions asked. Davos believes Danny to be unfit as Iron Fist because he has allowed his own personal grief and feelings to consume him and distract him from his mission, something that ultimately reveals Davos's deep seated jealousy for Danny overcoming the trial of Shou-Lou.
Davos firmly believes that the Iron Fist was his birthright and that Danny has done nothing but corrupt the legacy of K'un-Lun by using its powers for his own personal quest for revenge. He and Joy Meachum end up conspiring with one another to bring Danny down as the dust of Season 1 starts to settle.
11. Misty Knight
Misty has been a fixture of the Netflix MCU in shows like Luke Cage and Defenders as a detective based out of Harlem. She became involved with the conflict between the Hand and New York's superheroes in Defenders, where she lost her arm in the final battle while fighting alongside Colleen Wing. Danny helped fund Misty's recovery in a Rand Industries hospital.
In Luke Cage Season 2, Misty was fitted with a high tech prosthetic arm. She later began training with Colleen in martial arts.
Misty will be joining forces with Colleen in Iron Fist Season 2 to help Danny face off against Davos.
From the minds that brought you The Witcher 3 comes a new RPG, set in a completely different universe. It's Cyberpunk 2077, a single-player action RPG driven by choice and in-depth character customization. No release date has been announced, but we know that it's far enough along in development that it's playable from start to finish. When it does launch, it'll come to PS4, Xbox One, and PC.
We saw a glimpse of the game in a trailer at E3 2018 and, later, got a deep dive into the gameplay and futuristic android-filled world of Night City. There looks to be plenty of deep customization and lots of options when it comes to first-person combat. The footage also shows off the off the people in the game's universe, and how android augmentations are an integral part of their lives. Hidden in the trailer is a message from CD Projekt Red.
The team confirmed the game will be single-player RPG. It will not have microtransactions, will be DRM free on PC, and fans can expect DLC similar in size to Witcher 3. More details will come as the team has them ready.
Enthralled with its mystique? We've got all the details where you can get your copies reserved down below, and when pre-order bonus details are announced, we'll update them here.
Cyberpunk 2077 Pre-Order Bonuses
No pre-order bonuses have been announced yet.
Cyberpunk 2077 Standard Edition
Amazon -- $60 ($48 with Amazon Prime) -- PS4 | Xbox One
Best Buy -- $60 -- PS4 (Physical), PS4 (Digital) | Xbox One (Physical), Xbox One (Digital)
Following the success of Avengers: Infinity War and entering post-production on the untitled sequel--scheduled for release sometime next May--Joe and Anthony Russo have signed a deal for movie rights to Cherry, a semi-autobiographical novel written by U.S. Army Veteran Nico Walker.
Cherry, published by Alfred A. Knopf and debuting at No. 14 on The New York Times bestseller list, follows a young man who joins the Army as a medic. Upon returning home, the novel's protagonist becomes a drug addict and finds himself drowning in the debt he's accrued, which prompts him to rob more than 10 banks before the cops sniff him out in 2011.
According to Deadline, The Russo brothers, also known for directing superhero films like 2014's Captain America: The Winter Soldier and 2016's Captain America: Civil War, will use their AGBO production company to produce the film.
Being semi-autobiographical, Cherry mirrors aspects of Walker's life. Between 2005 and 2006, after dropping out of college at the age of 19, Walker served in the U.S. Army as a medic in Iraq, completing more than 200 combat missions. However, some time after returning home from the war, Walker found solace in heroin. And to fund his new expensive habit, he robbed several banks around Cleveland in a four-month span, beginning in December 2010 until police apprehended him in April 2011. Walker's currently serving an 11-year sentence.
During his tours, Walker received seven medals and commendations for valor. He's scheduled to be released from prison in November 2020. The Russo brothers' film adaptation of the novel doesn't have a release date as of yet.
Cyberpunk 2077 developer CD Projekt Red is hosting a livestream on its Twitch page, hinting that something new may be revealed about its open-world RPG imminently. The stream currently shows lines of code being typed out on a screen, and there doesn't seem to be any obvious indications of when something else will be shown or what it'll be. Of course, we'll stay glued to our screens and keep you updated on developments as they happen. You can watch for yourself in the video above. [Update: Just as many were hoping, the Twitch feed was serving as a countdown for a reveal of the acclaimed gameplay demo shown at E3 and Gamescom. The stream is ongoing, so we don't yet know if it will be the full demo or if there will be anything new.]
Cyberpunk 2077 was shown to press at Gamescom behind closed doors and GameSpot was in attendance. During Gamescom, CD Projekt Red also released new Cyberpunk 2077 screenshots, showing characters and environments from the game. These images were taken from the Gamescom 2018 and E3 2018 demos. Furthermore, concept art for Cyberpunk 2077 was also released and, hidden within them, was a link to another image that displays the phrase "more than meets the eye." It could be that the image tease and the stream are linked somehow.
During GamesCom we also got to chat to producer Richard Borzymowski, who talked about how CD Projekt Red switched gears from the fantasy universe of The Witcher to the sci-fi world of Cyberpunk 2077. He also discussed making the jump from the third-person perspective used in The Witcher series to a first-person for Cyberpunk 2077. You can watch the interview above.
In another interview, Borzymowski said Cyberpunk 2077 is playable from start to finish, but noted that is doesn't have all its assets, and bugs that have been discovered during playtesting haven't been addressed yet. Despite this, the studio is confident in the experience. "[Playing through the game] gives you the answers to all of your doubts," he said. "It just feels great."
Cyberpunk 2077 is set for launch on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. However, it doesn't have a release date yet. At the close of Gamescom, we discussed some of the best games that we saw during the show and Cyberpunk 2077 was included, you can see us discuss the game, along with a few others, in our Best of Gamescom 2018 feature.
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