RELATED STORIES The Creative Arts Emmys handed out 48 awards on Saturday night… but that was only the halfway point. The festivities continued on Sunday, as the Television Academy celebrated creative and technical achievements in television from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. (For a full list of Night 1 winners, click here.) FXX will […]
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Electronic Arts is getting in on the next big thing in video games with ‘Project Atlas,’ a cloud gaming service to take on Google and Microsoft (EA, GOOG, GOOGL, MSFT)
EA DICE Electronic Arts, the largest video game developer in the world, is the latest company to reveal plans for a cloud gaming platform. EA’s Chief Technology Officer Ken Moss announced the new platform, Project Atlas, in a blog post on Medium. With a stable internet connection, Project Atlas will be able to stream full […]
No hard feelings: Clergy visit prompts Russian fine arts school to hide statues’ naughty parts
A fine arts school in Russia’s Siberia has been criticized online after deciding to hastily cover up its nude antique sculptures – all because they thought it might upset visiting Orthodox Christian priests. The unusual take on artistic nudity occurred in the Siberian city of Novosibirsk on Thursday. Photos and a video from the State […]
Netflix Orders Martial Arts Series ‘Wu Assassins’ With ‘The Raid’ Star Iko Uwais
Netflix just ordered a sci-fi martial arts crime series called Wu Assassins starring The Raid‘s Iko Uwais, and if that string of words isn’t enough to get you excited, you might want to check your pulse. One of the best action films of the last decade is The Raid, starring Iko Uwais as a man who kicks and punches […]
Netflix martial arts series will feature ‘The Raid’ star Iko Uwais
Netflix has given yet another original the go-ahead to shoot 10 episodes: this time, it’s a martial arts sci-fi crime drama called Wu Assassins, and it will star Indonesian actor Iko Uwais. The name will most likely sound familiar to fans of the genre. Uwais played the lead character and did the fight choreography for […]
TVLine Items: Trek Beams Up Closer EP, Netflix's Martial Arts Drama and More
Star Trek: Discovery is making some more changes behind the scenes: On the heels of showrunners Gretchen Berg and Aaron Harberts’ exits earlier this month, The Closer creator/executive producer James Duff has joined the CBS All Access sci-fi drama as an EP, our sister site Deadline reports. Co-creator/EP Alex Kurtzman will serve as the sole showrunner for the upcoming […]
Major blaze ravages Glasgow School of Art’s Mackintosh building (PHOTOS, VIDEOS)
Firefighters are battling a massive blaze that has engulfed the famous Glasgow School of Art Mackintosh building, which had been undergoing a multi-million restoration project following a devastating fire in 2014. “There is a fire at the Mackintosh Building. The fire brigade are currently on scene,” posted the Glasgow School of Art’s Twitter account. Authorities […]
Electronic Arts thinks Fortnite is creating new Battlefield fans
If Fortnite is hurting Electronic Arts’ Battlefield games, that effect is not obvious yet. The publisher is even suggesting that Epic’s battle royale shooter could help Battlefield by bringing new people into the genre. As for EA’s latest quarterly results, its revenues and profits were up year-over-year, and it says that Battlefi…Read More
How Senegalese Wrestling Became a Modern Martial Arts Sensation
The crowd is buzzing as the unforgiving Dakar sun beats down and the stadium fills past capacity. The air is thick with tension — one fears to step on anyone’s toes. The drums pound louder in anticipation of the historic match that is about to begin. Two loin-clad wrestlers prepare in an expansive ring, their […]
Electronic Arts expands exec team as it moves beyond Battlefront II debacle
The leadership in charge of Electronic Arts is getting a bit of a remix. No one is leaving one of those top positions, but chief executive officer Andrew Wilson is putting people into new roles and bringing on at least one new face. “I’m a big believer in having the courage to change, especially in […]