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EP Daily Rundown for May 30, 2016
Happy Memorial Day to our friends down in the US! We’ve got a great edition of The Rundown to kick off your week, starting with the latest VR rumours about the Xbox One, some disappointing news about No Man’s Sky, a behind the scenes update on the final Maze Runner movie, some great news for fans of Fable, some rocking news about Doc Savage, and finally, yet another confirmation that Batman v Superman sucks.
It’s looking more and more likely that virtual reality is coming to the Xbox One. There have been rumours that Microsoft is working to bring VR to the console, and now the Entertainment Software Association, which runs the annual E3 gaming expo, may have outed the announcement prematurely. On the official E3 website, they’ve listed Virtual Reality for the Xbox One as a product category for four different game developers. This might just be a typo, although that seems unlikely. One of the developers listed is Rebellion, which is currently working on a Battlezone VR remake for the PlayStation VR and Oculus Rift. Given the new information on the E3 site, don’t be surprised if the game also finds its way to the Xbox One. The rumours claim that the Xbox One VR headset will be some variation of the Oculus Rift, which makes sense given that the PC version of the device is built to work with the Xbox One controller. The Rift might also work with the rumoured new versions of the Xbox One, which have been rumoured for months. If all of these rumours are true, expect Microsoft to make everything official during their E3 press conference on June 13.
Yep, we’re going to have to wait a little longer to play No Man’s Sky. The highly-anticipated space exploration game has been delayed. It was slated to hit the PC and PS4 in June, but will now land on August 9. Developer Hello Games says that they need the extra two months to give a little more polish to the game, so thankfully the wait won’t be that much longer. Some people are overreacting though. Designer Sean Murray says that he and the rest of the team have received numerous death threats following the delay. Receiving online death threats is obviously not cool, and people should remember that it’s a serious crime to make them, even if you’re joking. Hopefully law enforcement will find those responsible. For everyone else, you can learn more about No Man’s Sky by watching our interview with Sean Murray on the screen or in the description below.
No Man’s Sky isn’t the only thing being pushed back. Twentieth Century Fox has officially delayed the final Maze Runner film The Death Cure by an entire year. It was originally scheduled to land in February 2017, but will now arrive in January 2018. The reason for the delay is pretty tragic: lead actor Dylan O’Brien was injured in an accident while filming earlier this year, and shooting has been postponed until he recovers. The good news is that, since the studio is confident enough to set a new release date, it means that they know O’Brien will be out of the hospital within a certain time frame; it was unclear just how serious his injuries were until now. Hopefully he’ll make a full recovery soon.
The Fable franchise is coming back from the dead in a new form. Earlier this year, Microsoft shocked the game industry by cancelling Fable Legends and closing franchise developer Lionhead Studios. Many fans were disappointed by the news, but the adventure isn’t over. Some former members of the Lionhead team have created their own company called Flaming Fowl Studios, and are continuing development on a card game called Fable Fortune, which was already in development at Lionhead before the studio closed. Microsoft has given them their blessing to continue with the project, but the developers need help. Since Microsoft is no longer funding development, the team is launching a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter to cover the remaining costs. That begins tomorrow. The first gameplay footage for Fable Fortune has been released through IGN. There’s a 3D art style with battle mechanics similar to the popular Warcraft card game Hearthstone, and it looks pretty cool. It’s too bad Microsoft isn’t floating the bill. If the funding is met, a beta test for the game will hit the PC and Xbox One this fall.
Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson is officially taking on his most savage role yet. Following rumours, The Rock has officially confirmed that he’ll play the heroic adventurer Doc Savage in the upcoming movie of the same name. Described as the world’s first super hero, Doc Savage is a scientist, adventurer, and explorer who appeared in countless pulp novels and radio serials in the 1930s and 40s, and served as the inspiration for a wide range of characters including Superman, Indiana Jones, and Tony Stark. The new movie is being directed and co-written by Iron Man 3 director Shane Black, who’s been developing the project for several years. Both The Rock and Shane Black say that they want to play up the more eccentric aspects of the character, and given Black’s ability to write clever and witty dialogue, expect the film to have plenty of humour.
Batman’s latest movie was so bad, even his loyal butler Alfred has disowned him. Speaking with British tabloid The Daily Mail, Batman v Superman actor Jeremy Irons, who played Alfred Pennyworth, admits that the film deserved the critical panning it received, adding that the story was very muddled and overstuffed with too many ideas, characters, and subplots. Most people, including yours truly, have had similar problems with the movie, and it was so poorly received that Warner Bros did a massive reshuffling of its DC film team in the weeks after its release. There’s still a glimmer of hope though. Jeremy Irons says that the next DC film he’s in will be much more streamlined and linear. That sounds like a good start, but hopefully the portrayal of the characters will be more accurate as well.
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Xbox One, PCEx-Lionhead devs to Kickstart Fable Fortune digital card game for Xbox One, PC
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Microsoft granting IP usage to former Lionhead developers.
Before it was closed, Lionhead Studios was secretly developing a free-to-play, Fable-branded digital card game called Fable Fortune. Now, Flaming Fowl Studios—an independent developer co-founded by Lionhead veterans Craig Oman, Mike West, and Marcus Lynn—are taking the game to Kickstarter to crowdfund the project, with Microsoft’s permission to use the Fable license.
The Kickstarter campaign will launch tomorrow, May 31, at 7 a.m. PT / 10 a.m. ET. Flaming Fowl is hoping to raise £250,000 to fund the game, with multiple stretch goals planned. A closed beta is planned within a few weeks of the end of the campaign, an open beta on PC and Xbox One in October, and a full release in 2017.
Fable Fortune sees players choose from eight planned deck-altering heroes and aim to reduce their opponents’ health to zero using a variety of spell types. It offers a 3D art style, full online co-op mode against AI “bosses” using themed decks, a leveling system for regularly used cards, and Trophy Cards, which are extra units or spells offered to the player who plays second. There are also mid-match “quests” like casting certain types of card, and spending enough mana will allow you to make a good or evil choice, transforming your hero, their powers, and morphing certain cards into new forms.
“We’re looking to build this game with the fans,” West told IGN, “and then potentially morph and change things about the game over time. This is our starting position – we need to find out what people want from a CCG, and we’re ready to talk to them.”
Fable Fortune was in development for 18 months before Lionhead Studios’ closure, but it was originally pitched by West eight years ago to be part of Fable 2. It began development in 2014 in partnership with London developer Mediatonic.
“I think this is something that Fable fans are going to enjoy,” Oman told IGN. “We’re definitely very keen to keep giving them new and interesting things. We have the ability to add new creatures and characters to this game and the world of Albion. I think we can certainly give them that Fable fix that they’ll be looking for.”
Watch a full Fable Fortune match below.
(MP4 Version)
Visit Flaming Fowl Studios’ official website here.
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