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The global head of original content for YouTube has said the company can’t compete with Netflix in terms of original programming.
“I don’t think you can compete with Netflix at this point; they’re too far ahead,” Susanne Daniels, head of YouTube Originals, told IndieWire. ” But I do think, in time, we can compete with Hulu and Amazon and certainly Apple, and hopefully, you’ll see us do that.”
YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki has made it clear the company doesn’t intend to match Netflix’s annual $8 billion investment in programming, IndieWire reports. YouTube Red is currently drumming up interest in Cobra Kai, YouTube’s Karate Kid sequel series starring Ralph Macchio and William Zabka, who will reprise their roles as Daniel LaRusso and Johnny Lawrence.
The Harry Potter mobile RPG launched last week, but its gameplay mechanics and microtransactions have prompted a backlash. Some players are criticizing the developers for microtransaction tactics that younger players might be particularly susceptible to.
Central to Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery is the energy system, which is built up through performing tasks, and is used up in challenges. Energy can recharge if players wait, and waiting will also move the story along if they don’t want to spend money on microtransactions to expedite the process. The problem is that waiting times are perceived to be too long, and events are seemingly rigged by design to have players spend money in-game.
Ridley Scott is set to direct the comic book film adaptation of Queen & Country.
Following reports earlier this year indicating Scott was in talks to helm the project, the filmmaker has confirmed to Yahoo Movies he’s already working on the movie. “Oh yeah, I’m kind of already knee-deep,” Scott said. “It’s a very good piece of writing, to begin with.”
Queen and Country, based on the Oni Press comic book from writer Greg Rucka, follows a British spy named Tara Chace who’s an operative of “the Minders,” a Special Operations Section of SIS (Mi6). She takes on dangerous missions while also dealing with bureaucracy and politics.
Update: Somehow, Avengers: Infinity War smashed its own record. Though it was previously believed to have the biggest opening weekend of all time with an estimated $250 million dollars domestically, the latest Marvel Cinematic Universe venture actually made considerably more. According to Entertainment Weekly, Infinity War actually grossed an estimated $258.2 million over the weekend. Adding that to the $282.7 million in ticket sales internationally puts the film at $640.9 million in its first few days alone–well over halfway to a billion dollars. There’s clearly no stopping Thanos and the Avengers. Original story continues below.
Avengers: Infinity War is the new record-holder at the domestic box office. The movie is expected to make $250 million by the end of Sunday in the US and Canada, which would be a new first-weekend record, surpassing Star Wars: The Force Awakens ($248 million). It’s made $380 million from overseas markets for a total of $630 million worldwide. That’s the biggest global first-weekend in the history of film.
Previously, The Fate of the Furious held the record with $541.9 million. According to EW, Infinity War cost around $300 million to make.
Infinity War‘s box office performance stands to improve further still, as the superhero movie has not yet opened in China–the world’s second-largest area for movies.
One other staggering number made possible by Infinity War is $15.4 billion. That’s how much money the 19 Marvel Cinematic Universe movies have made since 2008’s Iron Man.
GameSpot’s Infinity War review said, “Marvel has accomplished something truly incredible here, although at this point it’s no more than the absurdly high-quality bar Marvel fans have come to expect. It’s been a long road getting here, but it was worth it.”
Rounding out the top five at the domestic box office this weekend were A Quiet Place, I Feel Pretty, Rampage, and Black Panther. You can see the full projections for the April 27-29 weekend below, as rounded up and compiled by EW.
This post contains spoilers for the events of Avengers: Infinity War and the April 27 episode of Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD, titled “Option Two.”
The ending of Avengers: Infinity War has massive repercussions for the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe, as multiple superheroes – and trillions of other souls across the universe – were wiped from existence by Thanos with a simple snap of the Infinity Gauntlet.
Star Trek captain Jean-Luc Picard’s classic facepalm pose has finally been turned into a statue.
The bust, from IconHeroes, is available exclusively from ThinkGeek. It captures the USS Enterprise-D captain executing his glorious facepalm maneuver. Priced at $65 USD, the statue measures six inches tall and four inches wide.
Jean-Luc Picard facepalm stature, via ThinkGeek
May is right around the corner, which makes today the last opportunity to grab April’s free PlayStation Plus games while they’re still available. PS Plus subscribers have a few more hours to download this month’s batch of free titles for PS4, PS3, and Vita before they return to their regular prices and are replaced by a new round of freebies.
As usual, April’s PS Plus lineup consists of six games spread across all three of Sony’s platforms. Headlining PS4’s offerings is the arcade racer TrackMania Turbo, which is also compatible with PSVR. It’s joined by Mad Max, an open-world car combat game based on the film series of the same name.
On PS3, subscribers can still download the colorful racer Toy Home and the top-down twin-stick shooter In Space We Brawl. Vita owners, meanwhile, can grab the side-scrolling brawler 99Vidas and the Q-Bert: Rebooted. The latter three titles are also available on PS4 via Cross Buy, giving PS4 owners a total of five potential freebies to claim this month. You can find the full list of April’s free PS Plus titles below.
All of the aforementioned games will only be available until May 1, when they’ll be replaced by May’s PS Plus lineup. That likewise consists of six titles spread across PS4, PS3, and Vita, including Detroit: Become Human developer Quantic Dream’s previous game, Beyond: Two Souls, as well as Rayman Legends, Eat Them, and Risen 3: Titan Lords.
Any free PS Plus titles you’ve download will remain playable as long as you have an active subscription. However, this will be the last year that Sony offers PS3 and Vita titles as part of the service. Beginning March 8, 2019, each new monthly batch of PS Plus games will only consist of two titles for PS4.
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The Xbox One X is the most powerful game console on the market right now. It can push 4K graphics, run games at impressive frame rates, and play 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray discs. But all that power comes at a price–$500, to be exact. Thanks to a promotion running today only at Best Buy, you can get more than just an Xbox One X for your $500–you can also get three games for free.
Two of the games come with the deal automatically, so you don’t get to choose them. They’re Destiny 2 and Madden NFL 18, both of which are Xbox One X-enhanced and received high marks in their GameSpot reviews. Fortunately, you do get to pick the third game from a selection of other Xbox One X-enhanced games.
To take advantage of the deal, first visit the sale page and click “Add to Cart” on the 1TB Xbox One X console. That puts the console in your cart, along with a physical copy of Destiny 2 and a download code for Madden NFL 18. Next, select your choice of game from the list. You can choose from recent hits like Sea of Thieves, Monster Hunter World, and Far Cry 5, or any qualifying Xbox One X-enhanced game.
In GameSpot’s Xbox One X review, Jimmy Thang wrote, “While the Xbox One X is an expensive box, from a hardware standpoint, you’re getting a very powerful and capable machine. You’ll be hard pressed to build a comparably powerful PC for $500. On top of that, you get a 4K HDR Blu-ray player, which can cost several hundred dollars on its own.”
And if you need some help deciding which model of Xbox One is right for you, the review offers various scenarios and advice.
“Should you get an Xbox One X? That answer should largely depend on whether you’d be happy with the console’s library of games. You can check out a list of all the Xbox One X-enhanced games here. If you’re happy with the lineup and are thinking about jumping in, allow me to outline three different scenarios for you. If you game on a 1080p TV and don’t have any plans to upgrade to a 4K one, the Xbox One S is going to be a better fit for you. While you will get some graphical enhancements with the X, you don’t really get your money’s worth if you don’t have a 4K HDR TV. But what if you already own a 4K HDR TV and an Xbox One? In this case, I’d only recommend getting the X if you have the disposable cash to spare for the increased visual fidelity and performance benefits. If you have a 4K HDR TV, don’t have a current gen console, and are looking to purchase one, however, the Xbox One X is a great choice.”
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