The streaming service Quibi is shaping up to be pretty interesting. Arriving in April, the service stands out from the pack because all of its videos are 10 minutes or less. Now, the service has announced a new horror anthology series.
Titled 50 States of Fright, the series will revolve around urban legends from around the country. The first teaser for the show has arrived, which you can check out below.
This series is executive produced by Sam Raimi, Debbie Liebling, Van Toffler, Tony DiSanto, Cody Zwieg, Barry Barclay, Tommy Coriale and Chris Mangano. Raimi will also direct and co-write alongside Ivan Raimi.
There are plenty of recognizable names for the first season of the show. This includes Christina Ricci (Black Snake Moan), Ming-Na Wen (Mulan), Ron Livingston (Office Space), Rory Culkin (Signs), and more.
Quibi will launch on April 6. The cost of the service will be $5 a month with ads or $8 a month without. It will launch with 50 original shows, including reboots of MTV’s Singled Out and Punk’d. Additionally, there is a Legends of the Hidden Temple revamp for adults coming to the service as well.
Pokemon Go‘s March Community Day has been postponed due to concerns about the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak, but a few other events are still going on in the Pokemon mobile game. Niantic is bringing back two more Legendary Pokemon–Cobalion and Lugia–for special Raid weekend events over the next couple of weeks, and now you’ll have more time to catch them.
Niantic has announced that it is extending the next two Legendary Raid weekends. “We want to make sure Trainers have enough time to challenge these Legendary Pokemon, so both will be available for a longer time in Raids,” the developer explained in a blog post.
The Cobalion Raid event will now run from March 17-23, while the Lugia event will run from March 24-31. You’ll also have a chance to encounter both Legendary Pokemon as rewards for participating in the Go Battle League’s inaugural season, which officially begins on March 13.
Both Cobalion and Lugia have previously appeared in Pokemon Go, but there’s a good incentive to try to catch another one if you already have them; this time, each Legendary will know an event-exclusive move. Cobalion will know Sacred Sword, while Lugia will know Aeroblast. You’ll also have a chance to encounter Shiny versions of each Legendary.
Those aren’t the only Legendary Pokemon returning to the game. Niantic has also brought Registeel and Cresselia back to Raids to help players bolster their Go Battle League teams. The Mythical Pokemon Genesect is also set to make its debut as part of a Special Research story event that kicks off March 20. You’ll need to purchase a virtual ticket to gain access to that story event, but you’ll also have a chance to encounter Genesect in EX Raids starting in April.
Baldur’s Gate 3 might be a sequel to the beloved RPG series, but it hasn’t been entirely clear that it would be a story sequel, and the community has been asking about that ever since announcement. Today, fans got a far more definitive answer, as developer Larian revealed it would feature direct connections to the first game, including returning characters.
In a Reddit AMA on r/baldursgate, Larian founder Swen Vincke answered a question asking if the upcoming game’s story will follow on from the first two games:
“We really don’t want to spoil anything but we wouldn’t call it Baldur’s Gate 3 if there wouldn’t be a link”, he explained. “Let me just say that we touch upon the story of [Baldur’s Gate] 1 & 2 in meaningful ways, there are returning characters and what happened in BG 1/2/[Throne of Bhaal] leads to what happens into BG3. You won’t necessarily see that at the start of the adventure but you will quickly understand once you get further into the game.”
It’s proven a very popular answer, with multiple commenters saying it was the best one given in the AMA.
While it might seem clear that the third game in a series would follow up on the story of the first two games, the question arose from the Dungeons & Dragons setting it’s based on, Forgotten Realms. In the two decades since the last game’s release, Forgotten Realms has canonically shifted a century into the future – meaning Baldur’s Gate 3 has too.
Initially, some wondered whether that meant BG3 would simply share a gameplay style and setting with the original games, but it seems that’s not the case. Vincke didn’t go into any more detail about connective story in the AMA, but we can assume that the likes of Minsc and Boo – who appeared in the original Baldur’s Gate, and have since appeared in recent Forgotten Realms media – could be popping up along the way.
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According to Deadline, although Cretton has not shown any symptoms of the virus, he has taken the COVID-19 test because he has a newborn baby. On doctor’s advice, he is self-isolating while he awaits results of the test. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings has been shooting in Australia since last month, ahead of its February 2021 release.
Deadline printed the note about the production suspension that was sent to the movie’s crew. It reads, “As many of you know, Destin, our director, has a new born baby. He wanted to exercise additional caution given the current environment and decided to get tested for COVID-19 today. He is currently self-isolating under the recommendation of his doctor. While he waits for the results of the test, we are suspending 1st unit production in an abundance of caution until he gets the results this coming week. Second unit and off production will continue as normal. We will reach out to everyone by Tuesday for the latest update.”
The movie features Simu Lu as Shang-Chi and veteran Chinese star Tony Leung as the villainous Mandarin. Awkwafina will appear in a so-far unknown role and movie releases on February 21, 2021.
Shang-Chi’s production delay follows Disney’s decision to postpone the release of three of its upcoming movies–Mulan, The New Mutants, and Antlers. The studio has not announced new release dates for these. No announcement has been made so far about the Marvel movie Black Widow, which currently releases in May.
Other big films to be delayed because of the coronavirus include Fast 9, which now arrives in April 2021, and the horror sequel A Quiet Place: Part 2. In the video game world, this month’s Game Developers Conference was postponed, while E3 2020 has been canceled entirely.
Dreams developer Media Molecule is looking into ways that Dreams creations can be used for business purposes beyond PS4.
In a Dreams update post released Friday, March 13, the developer answered a few questions it’s received from the community, one being how players could potentially use their own creations for business purposes. Media Molecule had a lengthy answer for that and it seems the company is working on a way to allow users to use their creations outside of PlayStation.
“We’ve had lots of questions from creators about using Dreams for viable business opportunities off PlayStation such as concept work,” the update post reads. “We welcome and encourage creators to do this, but it’s new territory for us. We’ve been busy behind the scenes mapping out how we can make it easier for creators to do this in the future. We are kicking this off with a beta evaluation, where creators can submit an application to use Dreams for a specific project.”
You can view that beta evaluation here, should you want to apply. The update continues to explain that the evaluation is only available to Early Access Members in “good standing.” Media Molecule asks that those who apply have published creations that can be viewed or have a showreel that showcases their work made in dreams viewable to the studio.
As far as what kind of projects this evaluation applies to, Media Molecule said basically any Dreams creation, as long as its value ‘off PlayStation’ is demonstrable. The update post also answered a few other questions regarding original creations in Dreams. Media Molecule said the creator of an original idea in Dreams is the IP owner for that creation, and that said person is free to use their IP in artwork, music portfolios, collages, or even a T-shirt design.
“In other words, for your own personal use,” the post reads.
If you’ve been looking for sweeping sales on some of the best games (both single-player and multiplayer), then you are in luck. Right now you can save up to 80% off on great Ubisoft games as part of the Ubisoft Store Spring Sale, with deals on The Division 2, AC: Odyssey, Rainbow Six Siege, and Far Cry New Dawn + Far Cry 5, just to name a few.
Most of the deals include PC, Xbox One, and PS4 for Standard Editions, with upgraded editions on PC only, but you can check out all the deals for yourself on the Ubisoft Store.
Assassin’s Creed Odyssey is one of the best AC games in recent memory, and right now you can get a copy for yourself on PC for $19 (down from $59), with PS4 and Xbox One versions for $22 (down from $49).
The Gold Steelbook Edition are also on sale on PS4 or Xbox One (which includes AC:Odyssey, the Season Pass, the Secrets of Greece Bonus Mission, the deluxe edition bonuses, and remastered versions of AC3 and AC3: Liberation) for $44 (down from $109).
You can also grab the Ultimate Edition on PC (which contains everything from the Gold Edition, as well as the Deluxe Edition Pack) for $39 (down from $119).
Right now you can get Far Cry: New Dawn on PC or Xbox One for just $16 (down from $39) and you can get the Ultimate Edition on PC, which comes with Far Cry: New Dawn Deluxe Edition and Far Cry 5 Gold Edition, for just $39 (down from $129).
Right now you can get Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege on PC for $8 (down from $19), the Xbox One and PS4 versions for $14 (down from $29) and you can get the Ultimate Edition on PC, which comes with all the DLC, for just $49 (down from $89).
Right now you can get Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 on PC, Xbox One, or PS4 for just $9 on PC (down from $29) and $10 on Xbox One and PS4 (down from $39) and you can get the Ultimate Edition on PC, which comes with The Division 2, the Warlords of New York Expansion, all Year 1 Pass content, and the Ultimate Pack, all for $59 (down from $79).
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Game and content creators working in the PS4-exclusive Dreams may have just been doing it for fun, but Sony knows their work could be much more than that. It has launched a beta evaluation program that will let creators use their Dreams work for business purposes, including for-profit music videos and concept art.
The beta evaluation is available to those who participated in the Dreams early access period and are over 18. If your account is in good standing, you have the skills needed to complete the full project, and it’s a viable project, you will potentially receive permission for business use.
Sony and Media Molecule are evaluating applications on a per-project basis, and they ask that creators include the game’s “Made in Dreams” logo in the credits among several other conditions.
In a community news update, Media Molecule also specified that creators own the IP rights to any creations they make in Dreams already. Right now, anyone is free to use their creations for personal use, such as on a piece of artwork or clothing. Being able to use the creations in for-profit ventures could potentially change how creators design content.
Dreams allows nearly anyone to become a game designer through its in-game creation tools, and you can make content using a standard DualShock 4 controller. In fact, the pre-made campaign in the game was made using the same tools available to players. Everything from a full-fledged role-playing game to a platformer or first-person shooter is possible in Dreams.
In GameSpot’s Dreams review, Richard Wakeling called it “a refined constructor for building a variety of games, and a community-centric showcase where others can play them.”
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In the big-ticket world of pop-culture memorabilia, there are rare items and then there are the unearthed treasures that make collectors gasp. One such piece is about to hit the auction block: the original artwork to the very first appearance of Flash Gordon from the 1930s.
One of the most significant pieces of original art from the Golden Age of comic strips to surface in the modern era, the 87-year-old art will be auctioned on March 31 by Profiles in History. The pencil and ink artwork from creator Alex Raymond was published on January 7, 1934, the day the strip debuted. It features the first appearance of Flash and his love interest Dale Arden, and the beginning of their space-faring adventures. Pre-auction estimates suggest it could sell for more than $500,000.
“It may be the most important piece of Golden Age comic art to exist,” notes Brian Chanes, the Head of Consignments and Auctions for Profiles in History. “It’s the first appearance. You can’t overstate its importance.”
The first appearance of Flash Gordon and his love interest Dale Arden, first published on January 7, 1934. (Credit: Profiles in History)
Original art from this time frame is impossibly rare. This was back when the art from comic strips and comic books was considered production afterthoughts; most pages would be destroyed or tossed in the trash. The fact that the original art for the debut of an iconic character has survived only adds to the piece’s uniqueness.
For comparison’s sake, the oldest surviving cover art from the granddaddy of comic book heroes — Superman — is thought to be the cover to Action Comics #15. There is one page of art from Marvel Comics #1 known to have survived. For art collectors, the discovery of the very first Flash Gordon art is the comics equivalent to digging up the Ark of the Covenant. It’s that big a deal.
It is also “fresh to market,” which is how collectors refer to pieces that have been buried in private collections and never surfaced publicly. It belonged to a collector who wasn’t active in the art collecting community. His wife reached out to the auction house and mentioned she had some Flash Gordon artwork. “She sent over some images and my jaw just hit the floor,” says Chanes.
The King Features Syndicate strip, dated 1933, helps to confirm the piece’s authenticity. (Credit: Profiles in History)
Certain telltale details confirmed the art’s authenticity. For one thing, the oversized illustration board the art is drawn on is period-accurate, from the 1930s. “Also, at the end of the last panel you see the [strip] King Features Syndicate, dated 1933, because that’s when it was drawn, not published,” notes Chanes. “There are color pencil markings. And the toning of the art board matched the age.”
Note the color pencil markings, which also help to confirm the art’s authenticity. (Credit: Profiles in History)
The same collector also had the original art to the very first Jungle Jim strip which ran as a “topper” to the Flash Gordon adventure. A topper was the name given to a smaller comic strip that ran above a higher profile Sunday strip.
Flash Gordon the character has fallen off the mainstream radar in recent years, aside from a short-lived TV revival on the SYFY network and Dynamite Comics’ ongoing comics series. But his impact on pop culture is immeasurable. Raymond’s creation influenced everyone from Superman to George Lucas, who at one point wanted to use his American Graffiti-acquired filmmaking muscle to adapt the 1940s Flash Gordon movie serials. When that stalled, he moved on to create a certain franchise named Star Wars. Even the costume for DC Comics’ Hawkman was reportedly inspired by the design of the Hawkmen characters from the Flash Gordon strip.
The original art to the very first Jungle Jim strip which ran as a “topper” to the Flash Gordon adventure. (Credit: Profiles in History)
You would be excused if, when reading this, you are inspired to quote Indiana Jones and proclaim, “It belongs in a museum!”
Wouldn’t it be nice if The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art won the auction for this? It would be rather poetic for the Flash Gordon artwork to end up in a museum started by the guy whose own legendary sci-fi franchise owes so much to the space-faring hero.
Even for the auction house that once sold the carpet bag from Mary Poppins and last year auctioned Bernie Wrightson’s legendary Frankenstein illustration for $1.2M, the discovery of Flash Gordon’s debut artwork was a big deal. “The only other time I’ve been as excited was when the captain’s chair from the original Star Trek series turned up,” says Chanes. “But this one takes the cake.”
For more information on the Flash Gordon strip and other auctions, head over to Profiles in History.
It’s Friday the 13th! That means the end of the work week falls on the 13th day of the month. Apparently, it’s also a spooky day filled with superstition. Don’t walk under an open ladder, or you’ll be cursed or something. You know who loves this day? Jason Voorhees, the undead maniac who hacks up campers with his machete. For nearly four decades, he’s been murdering dozens upon dozens of people in the films series.
The Friday the 13th series is one of the most popular and successful horror franchises of all time, mainly because of its terrifying, unstoppable star: the machete-wielding Jason. Who doesn’t love Jason? From his hockey mask to his machete to his strange ability to catch up to someone no matter how fast they’re running, he’s one of the most iconic monsters from the slasher genre.
He’s racked up quite a kill total over the years, and while we tend to rank movies by box office totals or overall quality, we couldn’t think of a better way to rate this series than by the number of kills Voorhees accumulated over the years. Obviously, if you’re a fan of the series, then you know Jason wasn’t the main killer in a couple of the movies in the franchise. Don’t worry, we’re also aware of that as well.
So going through the world of Jason Voorhees and all his horrific murders, here’s every Jason movie, ranked by his body count.
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12. Friday the 13th (1980)
Coming in at last place is the original Friday the 13th, as Jason Voorhees wasn’t the killer. His mother Pamela was. This movie came along early in the slasher movie genre, just a couple years after Halloween.
Total Jason Voorhees kills: 0
Note: Pamela Voorhees killed nine people in case you were curious.
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11. Friday the 13th: A New Beginning (1985)
Conceptually, A New Beginning isn’t a terrible idea, as the movie follows Tommy Jarvis–who killed Jason Voorhees years prior. Tommy now lives in a halfway house for mentally ill teenagers. However, Jason has returned and is on a killing spree. Here’s the crazy twist: it’s not Jason committing the murders. It’s a paramedic named Roy doing all the killing, and there are some really bizarre kills here, like eyes being gouged out by garden shears.
Total Jason Voorhees kills: 0
Note: Roy killed 17 people.
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10. Friday the 13th: Part 2 (1981)
The 1981 sequel introduces Jason Voorhees for the first time; however, he has yet to get his signature hockey mask. He instead wears a burlap sack over his head. At this point in the series, there aren’t any over-the-top kills, as the craziest one is someone being strangled with barbed wire.
Total Jason Voorhees kills: 9
Note: The count is possibly 10 because it’s up for debate that Paul was killed off-screen, but there’s no way for sure knowing who killed him.
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9. Friday the 13th Part III (1982)
Of course, Friday the 13th Part III was in 3D, which was all the rage during the ’80s. This movie marks the first time Jason crushed someone’s head, as well as the first time he wears his signature hockey mask.
Total Jason Voorhees kills: 12
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8. Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984)
While the fourth movie is titled The Final Chapter, in no way is it actually the “final chapter” in the series. This Friday the 13th installment features Jason killing someone with a garden claw.
Total Jason Voorhees kills: 13
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7. Friday the 13th (2009)
The 2009 Friday the 13th reboot packed the first three original films into one, non-stop movie. Jason gets a headshot with a bow and arrow in this one.
Total Jason Voorhees kills: 13
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6. Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988)
Jason has been at the bottom of Camp Crystal laying dormant. In The New Blood, a telekinetic teenager releases him and must find a way to stop him. The most ridiculous kill of the film comes from Jason driving a party horn through a young woman’s eye. This is also the movie that features Jason swinging a sleeping bag–with someone inside–against a tree. It’s easily the most memorable kill in the franchise.
Total Jason Voorhees kills: 15
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5. Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989)
In Jason Takes Manhattan, Voorhees gets on a boat headed to Manhattan with a group of graduating high school students and takes them all out, one by one. Sadly, unlike the title states, he spends very little of the movie actually in New York City. The kills in this movie get more inventive and one of the most ridiculous comes when Jason literally punches someone so hard that their head flies off their body.
Total Jason Voorhees kills: 15*
Notes: Count could be as many as 18. There are a couple accidents here as well as a guy who Jason throws into a mirror at a diner, but there’s no confirmed kill there. In addition, there is no way of knowing how many people were killed when the S.S. Lazarus sank.
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4. Jason Lives: Friday the 13th Part VI (1986)
Jason comes back to life in the sixth film. Tommy Jarvis, from A New Beginning, tries to dispose of Jason’s body but accidentally brings him back to life. While the movie features a lot of machete-hacking mayhem, the best kill comes from an officer getting a metal dart thrown into his skull.
Total Jason Voorhees kills: 18
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3. Jason X (2001)
Everything about Jason X is ridiculous. In the 25th century, Jason wakes up on a spaceship and insanity ensues. There are a lot of silly kills in this movie, including a woman’s head getting frozen in liquid nitrogen, then smashed on a countertop.
Total Jason Voorhees kills: 21*
Note: There’s no way of knowing how many people died when the Solaris space station exploded.
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2. Freddy vs. Jason (2003)
Freddy vs. Jason pits the two most iconic supernatural killers in horror history–sorry Michael Myers–and they fight to the “death.” There aren’t a lot of inventive kills in this movie; “however, while wielding a flaming machete, Jason does take out a whole bunch of party-goers at a rave, which is quite enjoyable to watch, unless you’re into that whole rave scene.
Total Jason Voorhees kills: 22*
Note: Hard to pinpoint how many people Jason killed during the cornfield rave scene.
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1. Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (1993)
Jason Goes to Hell not only has a ridiculous plot, but it has the most Jason Voorhees kills in the franchise. The supernatural monster is killed by an FBI special ops team, and his spirit–stay with me–starts possessing people, which ends up with the possessed killing everyone around them. It may not be the body of Voorhees, but his spirit is technically doing the killing. The most ridiculous kill comes when a woman is drowned in a deep fryer.
Total Jason Voorhees kills: 25
Note: 10 of the deaths–including a group of civilians that are killed–happen off-screen.
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Total kills
Since Jason’s first murder in Friday the 13th: Part II–in 1981–he’s killed 163 people, and even more if you count the people aboard the space station blowing up in Jason X or those who died when the ship sank in Jason Takes Manhattan. Once again, the kills in the first film and A New Beginning don’t count because it wasn’t Jason doing the killing. So while 163 is our total from this list, a few of the murders are up for debate.
Total Jason Voorhees kills: 163
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