Gweekly News Desk #24 – Deadpool is Go!

That’s right you heard it here folks! The Deadpool movie is green lit and has a release date! Listen to us get excited about it and talk about other things while Andrew still tries to find the right sign-off.

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Show Notes: Sept 18 2014

What’s Mario’s favorite musical?

Simon Etwell and Andrew Dupe

Movies

DEADPOOL IS GO! http://ca.ign.com/articles/2014/09/18/deadpool-movie-officially-set-for-2016-release?utm_campaign=fbposts&utm_source=facebook
Age of Ultron get “synopsized” (Term coined by Simon Etwell)
Japanese Guardians trailers are awesome https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwwzQvFoVzE
Fantastic Four release date gets moved back which pushes Assassin’s Creed out of the way. It has been moved to August 7th, 2015 while A.C. will likely be moved to 2016

Dr Tina McGee returns to Flash

Games

5thE DMG release pushed to Dec 9th
Smash Bros 3DS is out in Japan and sells over a million copies. North American demo set to come out for everyone Friday (Today). Thanks to release final roster is confirmed. http://i1.wp.com/shoryuken.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/ssb4-cast-leak-1-crop.jpg
Microsoft buys Mojang (Minecraft) for $2.5 Billion. Founding members quit and Notch writes a lovely letter to all of us. http://www.pcworld.com/article/2683175/heres-markus-notch-perssons-farewell-letter-to-minecraft-fans.html
Microsoft’s Head of Xbox Phil Spencer says not to worry (also affirmed by Notch) and they will continue to support other consoles and platforms as well as stay true to the community that has made it successful. http://www.wired.com/2014/09/microsoft-buys-minecraft/ (not a bad thing)
Road Redemption Beta is up on Steam! http://store.steampowered.com/app/300380
New trailer for Borderlands the Pre-sequal featuring Sir Hammerlock and Torgue. This isn’t really big news unless you haven’t heard Torgue speak. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjiIk65dN_0
New trailer and other announcements about Final Fantasy XV http://metro.co.uk/2014/09/18/final-fantasy-xv-demo-confirmed-for-march-new-trailer-online-now-4873229/
First week of destiny impressions and first raid released.

Comics/books

Thanos vs Hulk #1
Dynamite releasing Shaft #1 in Dec

About the Author

Andew Dupe Andrew is a web developer and general geek. He likes drawing, programming, table top gaming, video gaming, other general geek things, and of course long walks on the beach. Follow him on twitter @dup3 Favourite Movie: Star Wars VI: Return of the Jedi Favourite Game: Halo 2 Favourite Book: Name of the Wind