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    Sony’s E3 Lineup: “Uncharted 4,” “Last Guardian,” Project Morpheus VR Headset

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    In this Tuesday, June 10, 2014 file photo, Jordan Saleh tries Sony's Project Morpheus virtual reality headset at the Electronic Entertainment Expo, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

    Company expanding its PlayStation Vue online TV service to Los Angeles and San Francisco

    By Derrik J. Lang, Entertainment Writer

    LOS ANGELES (AP) --

    Nathan Drake is back in action.

    Sony capped off its game-filled Electronic Entertainment Expo briefing Monday night with a bullet-riddled demonstration of "Uncharted 4: A Thief's End," the forthcoming action-adventure installment featuring the charismatic treasure hunter.

    The preview showed Drake and mentor Victor "Sully" Sullivan engaging in a firefight on foot before evading enemies through city streets in a jeep.

    Sony kept most of the focus of its trade show presentation on games coming to the PlayStation 4 console, demonstrating on stage such titles as the sci-fi exploration game "No Man's Sky" and the impressionistic platformer "The Last Guardian," a title that was originally teased six years ago at E3 2009.

    "I could not be happier standing here today," said Shuhei Yoshida, president of Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios. "You don't know how long I have waited for this moment."

    Other games promoted Monday included a new rendition of "Hitman," military shooter sequel "Call of Duty: Black Ops 3," quirky first-person exploration game "Firewatch," cavewoman-versus-robots romp "Horizon: Zero Dawn" and a high-definition remake of "Final Fantasy VII."

    Yu Suzuki, the director of the beloved "Shenmue" series, came on stage to petition gamers to crowd-fund a "Shenmue 3" nearly 15 years after open-world "Shenmue 2" was released.

    Project Morpheus, Sony's virtual reality headset that works in concert with the PS4, was only briefly mentioned during the presentation. The gaming and electronics giant previously announced the VR system would be out in spring 2016 but hasn't specified a price.

    Andrew House, president and CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment, said a multiplayer arena battle game for Morpheus called "Rigs" would be available for attendees to try this week on the floor of the E3 show at the Los Angeles Convention Center.

    "It's e-sports, Morpheus-style," House said.

    Beyond games, Sony declared it was expanding its PlayStation Vue online TV service to Los Angeles and San Francisco on Monday night, broadening availability from when it launched in March in New York, Chicago and Philadelphia. The cable alternative, starting at $50 a month, includes local TV stations affiliated with CBS, NBC, Fox, and pay TV channels such as AMC, Bravo, CNN and Comedy Central. The service is available on PS4 and PlayStation 3 consoles.

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    Is “Glicked” The New “Barbenheimer”? “Wicked” and “Gladiator II” Hit Theater Screens

    Thursday, November 21, 2024

    "Barbenheimer" was a phenomenon impossible to manufacture. But, more than a year later, that hasn't stopped people from trying to make "Glicked" — or even "Babyratu" — happen.

    The counterprogramming of "Barbie" and "Oppenheimer" in July 2023 hit a nerve culturally and had the receipts to back it up. Unlike so many things that begin as memes, it transcended its online beginnings. Instead of an either-or, the two movies ultimately complemented and boosted one another at the box office.

    And ever since, moviegoers, marketers and meme makers have been trying to recreate that moment, searching the movie release schedule for odd mashups and sending candidates off into the social media void. Most attempts have fizzled (sorry, "Saw Patrol" ).

    This weekend is perhaps the closest approximation yet as the Broadway musical adaptation "Wicked" opens Friday against the chest-thumping sword-and-sandals epic "Gladiator II." Two big studio releases (Universal and Paramount), with one-name titles, opposite tones and aesthetics and big blockbuster energy — it was already halfway there before the name game began: "Wickiator," "Wadiator," "Gladwick" and even the eyebrow raising "Gladicked" have all been suggested.

    "'Glicked' rolls off the tongue a little bit more," actor Fred Hechinger said at the New York screening of "Gladiator II" this week. "I think we should all band around 'Glicked.' It gets too confusing if you have four or five different names for it."

    As with "Barbenheimer," as reductive as it might seem, "Glicked" also has the male/female divide that make the fan art extra silly. One is pink and bright and awash in sparkles, tulle, Broadway bangers and brand tie-ins; The other is all sweat and sand, blood and bulging... Read More

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