The latest movie in the Paranormal Activity series has been announced. This will be the seventh film in the hugely successful found footage horror franchise, and it's set to arrive in 2022.The series kicked off in 2009 with Paranormal Activity. The film was directed by Oren Peli, a software developer with no prior filmmaking experience, who had a great idea that was relatively easy to execute and set about making it in his own home. The movie focused on a young couple who experience strange, scary noises in their house, so set up video cameras to record overnight to find out what is causing them. It was shot in 2007 and took two years to reach theaters, but was a huge success when it finally did, with audiences flocking to see this scary and intense found footage experience. The tiny $15,000 production budget and $193 million worldwide gross helped make it one of one of the most profitable films of all time.A sequel quickly followed, and soon Paranormal Activity had become an entire franchise. To date there have been six movies, and while budgets have grown a little, they have all proved highly successful. None of the films have deviated far from the formula--Paranormal Activity 3 was a prequel, the fifth movie, 2014's Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones, introduced a cult aspect, and there is a vague connected mythology that has developed across the series. But for the most part the films have just attempted to replicate what made the first film so popular, with varying degrees of success. There was even a Japanese spin-off titled Paranormal Activity 2: Tokyo Night, which was released in 2010.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Xbox has announced plans to expand its gaming accessibility initiatives by building out the Xbox Accessibility Guidelines (XAGs) and launching a "platform-provided" program tapping gamers with disabilities to get their feedback on further improving accessibility.The XAGs, which were launched in January 2020, have new improvements that make them both easier to understand and implement for game developers. These improvements include adjusting the language to make it clearer to grasp, adding "scoping questions" to help developers identify specific elements, and updating goals to make them easier to understand.Xbox is also bolstering its partnership with the Gaming & Disability Community to ensure that disabled gamers have their voices heard and limitations respected. The company is including gamers with disabilities in the accessibility testing programs. This collaboration will see games tested against the XAGs by members of the disabled games community to request and suggest more ways video games can be accessible to the 61 million people with disabilities. This initiative is an "industry-first, platform-provided" program, Xbox said in a news release.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Gaming on mobile devices like smartphones and tablets has gotten a lot better in recent years, thanks to innovations like Apple's Arcade subscription service and Xbox's Project xCloud. If you're a fan of mobile gaming, then you'll be happy to hear that one of the best mobile controllers is down to its lowest price yet. The Android version of the Razer Kishi is currently $66 at Amazon. Prices on Amazon fluctuate regularly, so it's unclear how long the Kishi will stick to this price. Razer Kishi $66 (was $80) The Razer Kishi interfaces with your Android phone via USB-C: all you need to do is slide a compatible USB-C phone into the controller and make sure it's connected securely. This connection ensures there's no latency tied to your inputs, giving you the edge needed in games like Call of Duty Mobile and Fortnite as well as the vast number of console games on Project xCloud, which comes with Game Pass Ultimate See at Amazon While the USB-C port is occupied while using the controller with your phone, the Kishi features a USB-C port of its own that supports passthrough charging of your phone. Most Android phones can fit into the Kishi as well, making it a versatile device that can provide almost any phone with console-style controls for on-the-go gaming.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Bravery Network Online has been released on Steam Early Access. Buy the game by February 23 and you'll save 10 percent--knocking the price down from $25 USD to $22.49 USD.This stylish turn-based battle RPG sees you recruit fighters, forming a team to face off against opponents. The game includes traditional battle moves like kicks and punches, but it has its own unique flavor with its more unorthodox moves. For example, you can try to get your foe to forfeit by hurting their feelings or get them flustered by flirting with them.Hey, I mean, whatever works right?Gallery For those looking to just battle it out against computer-controlled opponents, Bravery Network Online features several single-player stories that explore the post-post-apocalyptic world. But if you're brave enough, Bravery Network Online has an online mode too, complete with a rankings system.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Blizzard is preparing to unveil what's coming next to Hearthstone at its BlizzConline event. This year promises to be bigger than most, as the company will not only be debuting its new expansion and annual changeover, it will also be making some big changes to how the card pool in Hearthstone works.Table of Contents [hide]New Expansion TeaserNew Expansion TeaserWe haven't gotten much information about the next expansion for Hearthstone, but Blizzard has started to issue teasers for whatever it is coming next. A short teaser-trailer titled "Quill You Be Ready" shows a lone adventurer in the middle of a dry landscape, who is then surrounded by the Horde logo.Those clues have led many in the fan community to conclude that the next expansion will take place in the Barrens, a savannah-like setting in Kalimdor, under the control of the horde. The "Quill" in the title appears to be a clue as well, as the primitive Quillboar race is from the Barrens.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

There's a quote from author Douglas Adams about how we adapt easily to new things in our younger years, but how "anything invented after you're thirty-five is against the natural order of things." It's easy to look at tweets and essays from Hollywood's old guard as little more than old men screaming at clouds shaped Netflix and Disney+ logos when they talk about the way streaming services and comic book movies are changing filmmaking, but a new essay from Martin Scorsese has a lot more to say than the idea that new things are bad.In a new essay in the March 2021 edition of Harper's Magazine, Scorsese looks at the lifetime and impact of Italian director Federico Fellini, which is interesting in its own right, but he bookends it with thoughts on the current state of cinema that both lament the passing of the old age but accept the reality of the current world."As recently as fifteen years ago, the term 'content' was heard only when people were discussing cinema on a serious level, and it was contrasted with and measured against 'form,'" Scorsese writes. "Gradually, it was used more and more by the people who took over media companies, most of whom knew nothing about the history of the art form."Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Developer Larian Studios is holding another Panel from Hell livestream for Baldur's Gate 3. It's sure to be full of pretty big announcements--for context, last year's Panel from Hell livestream revealed the date for when Baldur's Gate 3 would launch in early access.The livestream is scheduled to begin on February 17 at 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET. You can watch the livestream via the video embedded below.On the Baldur's Gate 3 website, Larian Studios writes that this livestream will "divulge all the secrets in [the game's] biggest patch yet." The patch in question is Patch 4, scheduled to go live in Baldur's Gate 3 sometime this year.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The new Presage Exotic mission in Destiny 2 sends you to a derelict Cabal ship to uncover what happened to its crew--and a fellow Guardian. There are many secrets hidden in the mission, including some tidbits that can reveal its story and unlock a Triumph called Figments of an Answer. To earn it, you'll need to find and scan five different specific objects hidden in the mission.Because the Glykon, the ship where Presage takes place, is so twisting and huge, it can be very easy to miss the five objects you're looking for and the story that goes with them. We've marked down everything you need to find on the Glykon to unlock Figments of an Answer and get your first look deeper into Destiny 2's strange new mission.Make sure to check out the rest of our guides for the Season of the Chosen, including a guide to unlock the Dead Man's Tale Exotic scout rifle and unlock Presage.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

When Disney cut ties with actress and former MMA competitor Gina Carano on February 10, it looked to many like a sudden move in response to a single social media post. According to a new story from The Hollywood Reporter, though, Carano's exit from the Mandalorian and Disney was months in the making.Exactly two months earlier, on December 10, Disney unveiled a whole host of Marvel and Star Wars content, including ten new Star Wars shows. Among those was Rangers of the New Republic. At the time, we and many others assumed Rangers was a vehicle for Carano and her character Cara Dune. Carano appeared in seven episodes of The Mandalorian across the show's two seasons, and her story arc in the second had her picking up a Rangers of the New Republic badge, seemingly contemplating a new path for herself.Indeed, that was exactly what Disney had planned, and THR says her agency, UTA, was negotiating for a pay raise for the actress, who was reportedly pulling in $25,000 to $50,000 per episode of The Mandalorian. Carano was meant to be part of that presentation, but an anonymous source told THR that Disney pulled her off the presentation. Sources say that Disney had repeatedly warned Carano even before the February 10 tweets Disney described as "abhorrent and unacceptable." Carano had previously posted tweets mocking mask wearing during the coronavirus pandemic, promoting misinformation about voter fraud, and expressing transphobic views. Those tweets led to the initial warnings, while her February 10 tweet comparing American conservatives to Jewish people just before the Holocaust is what sealed Carano's fate. The decision was reportedly made by Lucasfilm executives, going higher than Mandalorian showrunner Jon Favreau.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Streaming giant Netflix and gaming giant Valve have surprised the internet with the announcement of a new animated series based on the Dota game franchise. The companies each took to their Twitter accounts to announce the series, with a release date of March 25.Both tweets refer to the series as "anime." Some anime fans may wind up debating that classification--hard to tell, though, since we currently know nothing about who's actually making the show. Netflix simply posted a teaser video in which a man identifies himself as Davion, Dragon Knight, a character from the game Dota 2. He then battles a dragon, before the logo Dota: Dragon's Blood appears. The teaser says the series was made "in collaboration with Valve." Meanwhile, Valve said in a tweet from the official Dota 2 account, "We're excited to announce a brand-new anime series exploring the Dota universe like never before. As fellow fans of Dota and its passionate global community, we look forward to sharing this new adventure with you when it premieres on Netflix March 25."Here's a little love from us, to you. Yes, you. You know who you are. pic.twitter.com/AGlnOi3NIf — NX (@NXOnNetflix) February 17, 2021We're excited to announce a brand-new anime series exploring the Dota universe like never before. As fellow fans of Dota and its passionate global community, we look forward to sharing this new adventure with you when it premieres on Netflix March 25.https://t.co/rHcL5QSi5b — DOTA 2 (@DOTA2) February 17, 2021 Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The next Paranormal Activity movie has found its director and writer. The seventh film in the hugely successful found footage horror franchise will be directed by Will Eubank (Underwater) and written by Christopher Landon (Happy Death Day, Freaky).According to The Hollywood Reporter, Paranormal Activity 7 will hit theaters on March 4, 2022. Prior to writing and directing the two Happy Death Day movies, Landon wrote or co-wrote four of the previous Paranormal Activity movies, as well as directing the fourth, 2014's Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones. Eubank helmed last year's aquatic monster movie Underwater, plus the indie sci-fi films The Signal and Love.The next Paranormal Activity movie will be produced by franchise creator Oren Peli and Blumhouse boss Jason Blum, who have collaborated on every movie in the series so far. While no plot details have been released yet, THR states that it will retain the found-footage format of all the previous movies.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Overcooked: All You Can Eat is coming to Switch, PS4, and PC via Steam on March 23 for $40. A compilation of Overcooked and Overcooked 2, this version will offer all 200+ levels from both games, as well as all DLC, seven new levels, and a brand-new assist mode. The entire package will run at up to 4K where supported and at 60fps, except for on the Nintendo Switch where the frame rate will be capped to 30fps. Overcooked: All You Can Eat also includes new accessibility options such as color-blind friendly chef indicators, a scalable user interface, and dyslexia-friendly text.The assist mode adds the option to increase level times, boost scores awarded for each meal, lengthen recipe times, and the ability to turn off order expiration. A cute game about preparing meals, Overcooked's real charm lies in how players need to coordinate their activities to put together increasingly complex meals in chaotic kitchen environments, avoid obstacles, and serve meals on time.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The multiplayer fantasy survival game Valheim is off to a very good start. After reaching a peak of over 360,000 concurrent players on Steam, publisher Coffee Stain has now confirmed the Norse-inspired game reached more than 2 million copies sold in under two weeks.Valheim is currently in Early Access on Steam, having launched on February 2. At its peak for concurrent users, Valheim exceeded the numbers of Grand Theft Auto V and Destiny 2. Developed by Iron Gate Studio, Valheim is developed by a team of 5 people, though it started as a passion project from a single person: Richard Svensson. Coffee Stain took notice of the game and signed Iron Gate to a publishing deal in 2018.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The Suicide Squad is one of the most-anticipated superhero movies of 2021, and now director James Gunn has shared a few more small details about what to expect and get excited about. In an exchange with a fan on Twitter, Gunn said he's very excited to share what Margot Robbie has done with her character, Harley Quinn."I can't wait for people to see where Margot has gone with Harley," he wrote. Gunn is also quite enthusiastic about the character Weasel, who is played by Gunn's brother, Sean. "Weasel is really something to behold," James Gunn wrote.It's hard to choose only one, but I can't wait for people to see where Margot has gone with Harley. And Weasel is really something to behold. https://t.co/ZoLLdMWRAZ — James Gunn (@JamesGunn) February 13, 2021Also on Twitter, Gunn reiterated that you don't need to have seen 2016's Oscar-winning original Suicide Squad film to understand the sequel. "The Suicide Squad story stands on its own, and there is no need to see the first one to know what's going on," he said.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Metro: Exodus developer 4A Games has announced a free Enhanced Edition for all PC players, as well as details for its upcoming Xbox Series X|S and PS5 updates.Metro: Exodus Enhanced Edition is coming later this year and benefits from some drastic engine overhauls 4A Games has made while optimizing the game for modern hardware. The most drastic change is in its ray tracing pipeline, with 4A Game writing that it has learned a lot since launching one of the first games to support the real-time rendering technology."We have built an all-new Fully Ray Traced Lighting Pipeline that brings a number of optimizations, upgrades, and new features to the Ray Traced Global Illumination and Emissive Lighting that we pioneered with the original release of Metro Exodus, as well as an upgraded implementation of our powerful Temporal Reconstruction technology to further boost resolution, visual detail, and performance," the post reads.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com