BitCoin just gained the support of Microsoft

   Microsoft is now accepting payments in Bitcoin for content for its online store. "The use of digital currencies such as bitcoin, while not yet mainstream, is growing beyond the early enthusiasts," says Microsoft VP of Universal Store Eric Lockard in the official announcement. "We expect this growth to continue and allowing people to use bitcoin to purchase our products and services now allows us to be at the front edge of that trend."

Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 Announced

   The fourth installment of the Ultimate Ninja Storm series has been revealed. The third game was followed by a mostly positive reception. A playable build of the game – developed by CyberConnect2 – will be available to the public at this year's Jump Fiesta in Tokyo, Japan. No release date has been announced other than the game coming some time in 2015. The game will be on PC, Xbox One, and PS4.

 

DMC: Definitive Edition and Devil May Cry 4 Special Edition Coming to PS4 and Xbox One

   Capcom has revealed that two remastered Devil May Cry titles, DmC: Definitive Edition and Devil May Cry 4 Special Edition, are on their way to current-gen platforms in 2015. DmC: Definitive Edition will include DmC: Devil May Cry and all DLC running at 1080p and 60fps. The Definitive Edition will also have new Turbo, Hardcore, and Must Style game modes in addition to a Gods Must Die difficulty level. New costumes, trophies/achievements, and leader boards will also be included.

Final Fantasy XV Gets an English Trailer

   Final Fantasy XV(15), originally known as Final Fantasy XIII Versus, has received an official English dub. FFXV still has no official release date. 

Playstation 20th Anniversary PS4 Revealed

   Playstation Blog has revealed a special PS4 to coincide with the 20th anniversary of the original Playstation back in 1994. The article goes on to say "Sony Computer Entertainment, founded by my mentor Ken Kutaragi, was a project borne out of sincere passion and deep admiration for the craft of game development. The mid 90s were an exciting time for game developers, driven by the explosion of powerful but affordable 3D graphics rendering hardware and the birth of many young and adventurous development studios. The original PlayStation was meant to embody that sense of adventure and discovery, that sense that anything was possible." 

   This news comes on the heels of the Playstation Experience that Sony held in Las Vegas, Nevada two weeks ago. This special PS4 is in extremely limited supply and has gone for $20,000 on ebay. 

List of the Front Runners for the Helm of Star Trek 3

   Deadline reports that Paramount Pictures, Skydance Productions, and J.J. Abrams are looking at Wyatt, Morten Tyldum (The Imitation Game), Justin Lin (Fast 5), Duncan Jones (Source Code, Warcraft, Moon), and Daniel Espinosa (Safe House, Child 44) to replace Roberto Orci as the Star Trek 3 helmer. Star Trek 3 is headed to theaters in 2016.  
                   

Courtesy: www.startrekmovie.com

                 

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Let's You Play as Ciri

   CD Projekt Red has said you won't be able to switch between her and Geralt,the main character, at will, but instead at certain moments in the plot you'll assume control of her. These moments will be very significant in terms of the story.

   

   Described as an girl from ancient prophecy, Ciri is a descendant of a long lost elven blood lineage and focus of the recently released Elder Blood trailer. Emotionally connected to Geralt, Ciri is chased by the titular Wild Hunt, a cavalcade of riders capable of huge destruction, as well as the Nilfgaard Empire. Though details about how she'll play are scarce, she'll be fast and agile, and will also be able to blink, short range teleport. A mythical power is also teased. 

Aquaman Might be Getting a Director

   A report from The Daily Beast points to indie director Jeff Nichols as the most likely to be heading Warner Bros. and DC's Aquaman movie. The Daily Beast found the story from emails leaked in the recent Sony Pictures hack. Jeff Nichols is the writer/director of 2012's critically-acclaimed drama Mud, staring Matthew McConaughey. The emails also restated the possibility of Spider-Man cameo in Captain America: Civil War. Warner Bros. has not confirmed the report.

Better Call Saul has First Poster Revealed

   Better Call Saul, the spin-off show to the award winning drama Breaking Bad, has revealed the first promotional poster for the program. The show will tell the story of Jimmy McGill and his transformation into Saul Goodman, Walter White's attorney. Better Call Saul's two-night series premiere begins Sunday, February 8 at 10/9c on AMC, before moving to its regular timeslot on Mondays the next night, on February 9th.

Courtesy: www.amctv.com

                         

Spider-Man is Doing Whatever a Sony Can

   Marvel Studios and Sony have been in talks about allowing Spider-Man to appear in a Marvel movie. Those talks reportedly fell through, but word has it that pressure from Sony Pictures’ parent company might cause the two to start up again -- and that the friendly neighborhood spider might yet team up with the Avengers onscreen. Though, if that does happen, word is that  Amazing Spider-Man star Andrew Garfield will be left in the cold.
   Marvel is rumored to give Sony no creative control which could mean bad news for Garfield. Reports also say that Spider-Man will be making his debut in Captain America: Civil War. Sony chief Amy Pascal had a major issue with Marvel’s wish to remove Garfield from the role, which is something that The Wall Street Journal also emphasized when they broke the Marvel/Sony story here.
             

Courtesy: www.worldofentertainment.info

               

Street Fighter 5 Announced, Coming Exclusively to PS4 and PC

   Capcom has announced Street Fighter 5 along with some shocking news to the video game community. Street Fighter 5 will be exclusive to PS4 and PC. At Playstation Experience in Las Vegas, Nevada earlier this month a Playstation representative told a room full of the press that the PS4 is the only console Street Fighter 5 will ever be on. They also went on to say that Capcom has been working with Sony in the development of SFV since the beginning of production.

 
 This comes as a huge blow to the Xbox One community as it completely cuts them off to one of the biggest fighting game franchises of all time. Some more positive news to come out of the event was the announcement of cross-platform play between the PS4 and PC.

Star Wars: The Force Awakens Teaser Released

   The first footage from next years new Star Wars film has been released online. The footage reveals what can be rumored to be the planet of Tattooine, a desert planet that appeared in multiple previous Star Wars films. J.J. Abrams, director of The Force Awakens, has said that he plans on keeping the feel of the old films alive in the new installment. Abrams also said he wanted to use as many practical effects as possible in order to preserve the Star Wars feel that George Lucas established back in 1977.

 

The Park is Open June 2015

   The last Jurassic Park came out in 2001 titled Jurassic Park 3. The next installment is Jurassic World starring Chris Pratt, Byrce Dallas Howard, Ty Simpkins, and Nick Robinson. Jurassic World is slated for release June 12, 2015 and is directed by Colin Trevorrow.

New Dragon Ball Z Film Coming to Japan

   Dragon Ball Z is making another film following the success of the most current animated movie Battle of the Gods. The official title of the movie is Dragon Ball Z: Fukkatsu no F and is being developed by Dragon Ball Z creator Akira Toriyama. The "F" in the title refers to the character Frieza who was both in the manga and the television show. Toriyama is responsible for the concept, script, and character design of the movie.

   The first details of the film were released by Shueisha's V Jump magazine, the cover of which has the first promotional poster of the movie. The poster includes main character Goku as well as Frieza and Beerus who appeared in Battle of the Gods.

Courtesy: animenewsnetwork.com



  Anime News Network expained fukkatsu translates to "resurrection."  The film is being directed by animator Tadayoshi Yamamuro, who has been a part of Dragon Ball Z since 1986. The film is scheduled to release in Japan in April 2015. The Anime News Network article can be found here. 

What is Pepsi Dewing?

 


Courtesy: www.gawker.com

  Pepsi has had some great success with different flavors of Mountain Dew over the years. Drinks like Code Red and Live Wire are staples of the franchise while Baja Blast is Taco Bell's pride and joy. Well now Pepsi is trying something out of left field, Doritos flavor Mountain Dew. You read that right, the cheesy flavor of Doritos with the sugary substance that is Mountain Dew.

   It's not available for sell now but Pepsi is testing it out at college campuses around the United States. Who better to test it on than college students who can only afford pop and chips to eat? Only time will tell if this drink makes it on to store shelves. For now, we're stuck with just eating our Doritos. 

Marvel and DC Movie Line-ups

A lot of comic book movies have been announced lately. These pictures should help organize a time line of when they are released. 

courtesy: www.nerdbinger.com

    DC has ten movies slated to release within the next six years. Justice League will be a two-part movie experience while key members of JL will get their own movies throughout the cycle of upcoming movies. Batman vs Superman will star both characters in the title as well as Wonder Woman. Whether any other JL members will be a part of the film is still up in the air. Suicide Squad is about a band of villians including the likes of Harley Quinn and Deadshot. Superman's arch-enemy, Lex Luthor, is rumored to be involved with the film.

courtesy: www.marvel.com

   Details surrounding Marvel's line-up are pretty scares with the announcement dropped less than a month ago. Marvel Studios has nine movies planned within the next five years. Captain America: Civil War will most likely revolve around the 2006-2007 seven part mini series about the U.S. government forced super heroes to register their true identities or stop being heroes. This story line pitted Iron Man, who sided with the government, against Captain America, who believed that registering was wrong. Marvel's big hero team, The Avengers, will see the same treatment as Justice League with a two-part movie story line. The films will be titled Avengers: Infinity Gauntlet Part I & II.

November is Leaving Gamer's Wallets Empty

   November is half way over and some of the year's most anticipated video games have released including; Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, Assassin's Creed: Unity, and Halo: The Master Chief Collection. In the second half of the month more AAA titles are on the way.

This list includes:
Nov 18 - GTA V (PC, PS4, XBO)
             - Dragon Age: Inquistion (PC, PS3, PS4, X360, XBO)
             - Far Cry 4 (PC, PS3, PS4, X360, XBO)
             - Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (PS3, X360)
             - Watch Dogs (WiiU)
Nov 21 - Super Smash Bros. for Wii U (WiiU)
             - Pokemon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire Version (3DS)

   GTA V was released September of 2013 to record breaking numbers on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. The publisher, Take-Two Interactive, has stated that in their 2014 fiscal year, Grand Theft Auto V sold over 33 million copies. That 33 million copies equates to approximately $2 billion in revenue from the sandbox action-adventure game, this number doesn't include micro-transactions made in Grand Theft Auto Online.
   The release on the PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One marks many new features and graphical improvements to the best selling game of 2013. New vehicles, weapons, activities, animal life, and over 100 new songs are being added to the Next-Gen release. A surprising new feature is the addition of a 1st-person mode built from the ground up for the new version. The new mode includes over 3000 new animations for weapons alone.

Marvel Releases Pictures Teasing 2015 Comic Events

Marvel Comics hasn't been pulling any punches lately with it's line-up of comic events slated for spring 2015. Marvel is gearing up for something big with announced teaser pictures from the biggest Marvel Comic events in the past decade. The last teaser is especially striking as it's message is simply "Everything Ends." 

Images courtesy of ign.com

Minecraft has a New Owner

Minecraft, the simple block building game that has sold over 100 million units, has now been sold to Microsoft for $2.5 billion. Minecraft, developed by independent developer, Mojang, first picked up steam back in 2009 when the alpha was first publicly released on PC. Five years later, Minecraft is now on Xbox 360, Xbox One, PS3, PS4, Android, iOS, Mac, Linux, and with plans to release on PS Vita. Markus "Notch" Perrson, the founder of Mojang and brain behind Minecraft will be leaving the company as it is handed over to Microsoft. He posted online after the deal was made saying "It's not about the money. It's about my sanity." Notch, recently opened up about the burden of owning Minecraft, which became much larger than he ever thought possible. Although Microsoft is the creator of Xbox, they plan to continue development and support of the game on all devices and platforms following it's aquisition of Mojang and Minecraft. Microsoft's official statement can be found here.

Getting Things Started

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So this is my intro post. My name is Dakota and I am currently a college student. My plan for this blog is to bring mainly entertainment news that would appeal to most mainstream nerds and put it on this page. I also plan on doing spotlights on different topics that relate to everything nerdy. I've thrown around the word nerd a couple times already so I guess I should explain what that entails to me. A nerd is someone with an interest in something uncommon. Everyone is nerdy about something whether it be cars, sports, or stamps. This blog will revolve around the typical nerd material; comics, movies, video games, technology, cool scientific news, and phone apps. As I get this thing up and running I will try out different formats and layouts in order to best get across my best blog setup so bare with me. This blog will mostly not have any personal comments from me unless I decide to have a particular section for that. Well I think I've explained about as much as possible and I hope to have some more up soon. Thanks.