Big-time competitive gaming company Electronic Sports League has announced new measures to help stamp out the use of performance-enhancing drugs in its tournaments.
's The International have not yet weighed in on the drug drama.
The long-delayed remake of '70s sci-fi classic Logan's Run is alive once more, with X-Men producer/writer Simon Kinberg replacing for what would have been his first film credit since his breakthrough game projects at Irrational.
There were reports earlier this year that, with Gosling now gone from the production, a new writer was being sought to rework the picture to feature a female lead. Whether this story change is still the case remains unknown, but Levine confirmed on Twitter that he is no longer working on the script.
Levine also mentioned that this would not be the end of his screenwriting career, and that he was working on a new, unknown film project that could be announced soon.
As a writer and producer, Kinberg is involved with some of the biggest sci-fi/fantasy properties in film. He has credits on several of Fox's Marvel titles, including this year's Fantastic Four reboot and the upcoming Deadpool and X-Men: Apocalypse. His involvement with the Star Wars franchise, meanwhile, has included several episodes of the Rebels animated series, as well as screenwriter for one of the upcoming standalone Anthology movies. The original Logan's Run was released in 1976 and starred Michael York and Jenny Agutter. The sci-fi thriller portrayed a dsytopian future controlled by computers, in which citizens are terminated at the age of 30.
After almost a decade of writing reviews, Kevin VanOrd is leaving GameSpot to write his own games. He joins us one last time tell us about his humble beginnings as a GameSpot user, and his favorite memories during nine years at his dream job.
Microsoft has granted victims of revenge porn the option to remove sexually explicit content of themselves from its cloud services.
The new powers come by way of an on Monday. "We want to help put victims back in control of their images and their privacy." Beauchere wrote.
"Revenge porn" is a term for the publication of sensitive, and usually explicit, images of a person's ex-partner. A recent report from UK police has shown that British Law enforcement is dealing with the largest volume of revenge porn allegations in its history.
It is not clear how Xbox Live is used to disseminate revenge porn, nor to what extent.
Microsoft is the latest in a long line of web-based companies taking measures to combat revenge porn. In March, social media site Twitter banned the practice, while internet giant Google took the decision to delist revenge porn results from its search engine.
As of writing, Microsoft's form has only so far been made available in English but, Beauchere explains, it will be expanded to other languages in the coming weeks.
“Clearly, this reporting mechanism is but one small step in a growing and much-needed effort across the public and private sectors to address the problem.”
John Smedley, the founder of Sony Online Entertainment and chief executive of its reformed company Daybreak, is stepping down from his role as head of the company.
It is not immediately clear if Smedley was asked to leave or if the move was his decision.
The well-known games executive had managed his company for close to two decades, forming it in 1998 under the name Verant Interactive. In 2000, Sony purchased the San Diego business and renamed it Sony Online Entertainment, with Smedley still in charge of day-to-day operations. Then in February, Sony sold the firm to Columbus Nova, and Smedley's studio , writing: "His parents need to be held accountable for his actions in addition to his going to jail. So I'm coming for you Julius."
Now, in a statement issued to GamesBeat, a representative for Daybreak explained that Smedley was taking time off, and would return under a different role.
“I can confirm that John Smedley will be taking some time off from the company for the near-term and transitioning to a different role to be determined,” the spokesperson said.
“Upon finalization of his plans, further communication will be provided.”
Jurassic World was released last month and met huge commercial success. So much so, in fact, that it is now the third highest-grossing movie of all time.
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The top two highest-earning films, Titanic and Avatar, made $2.18 billion and $2.79 billion lifetime, respectively. Although it's unlikely that Jurassic World catches up to these films, the movie is still in theaters in some markets. Its total will still rise a little more.
The studio behind Jurassic World, Universal, also released Furious 7 this year, which made $1.51 billion. That puts it only about $10 million behind The Avengers.
The top five highest-grossing movies are:
Avatar ($2.79 billion)
Titanic ($2.18 billion)
Jurassic World ($1.52 billion)
The Avengers ($1.52 billion)
Furious 7 ($1.51 billion)
Jurassic World is the follow up to Steven Speilberg's Jurassic Park series. It features Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard.
What did you think of Jurassic World? Let us know in the comments.
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