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Held at the RockIt Room in San Francisco (with an open-bar courtesy of MTV Games and Harmonix), press and friends were invited to check out the new product and interact with studio heads. I interviewed both John Drake, Rock Band Network Manager for Harmonix (who sings a mean Eric Cartman version of “Poker Face”), and Harmonix CEO, Alex Rigopulus. From what we were shown of Green Day: Rock Band, the game will retain an on-tour motif, the gameplay backgrounds were set to a series of on-stage performances - decorated with features you might find at an actual Green Day concert....

Green Lantern first appeared on the comic book page in 1940, but the modern incarnation of the franchise is largely unrecognizable. The many characters to bear that title have become mainstays of the comic book world. Green Lantern has had a tough time over the years with his most well-known adaptations being an excellent joke at his expense in The Lego Movie and a dreadful comic book movie. Now that Ryan Reynolds has spent years mocking his previous superhero performance, it’s finally time to try again in a new format....

Awesome? Improbable was more to the point. Biffle ended a self-imposed three-year retirement from NASCAR by winning Friday night’s 23rd annual SpeedyCash.com 400 at Texas Motor Speedway. Biffle, who last raced in the NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series on Nov. 19, 2004, at Homestead-Miami Speedway and last won in 2001, scored his second series victory on TMS’ high-banked 1.5-mile quad-oval in a one-off appearance in place of team owner/driver Kyle Busch....

The 67-year-old has been retired from professional golf since 2009, but he revealed in an exclusive interview with News Corp that he wanted to play in the 2022 major at St Andrews, which will be the milestone 150th edition of the famous event. “I’m filling out the entry form now [for the British Open],” Norman said. “I think I’m going. “It’s the 150th, I’m a past Open champion, I love St Andrews....

Barbie as a franchise already has a precedent with movies, of course. The animated Barbie movies released in the early 2000s and onward (even to present day) were classics for anyone growing up in that generation, and for many, their impression of Barbie has more to do with those movies than the dolls themselves. However, an older generation might mainly know Barbie from the way the toy line was marketed, which is very different....

The group sent letters to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Nowegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg saying they cannot claim to be among the world’s leaders in the fight against climate change while they are still so reliant on fossil fuels domestically. The letter uses Canada’s Trans Mountain pipeline project, which carries oil from Alberta to British Columbia, and the delayed Line 3 pipeline as two examples of the county’s contradiction when it comes to its aim of reducing emissions....

FIFA pruned a list of 23 names down to the elite trio after voting by captains and coaches of national teams, select members of the media and fans on fifa.com. The winner will be crowned on January 9. Ronaldo had an outstanding year in continental competitions, securing his third Champions League title, his second for Real Madrid, finishing as the top scorer with 16 goals on the way to the final, in which the Portuguese scored the winning penalty in the shootout against Atletico Madrid....

Yasir required just 33 matches to reach the milestone, moving to the top of an esteemed pile after trapping William Somerville lbw early on day four of the third Test against New Zealand in Abu Dhabi on Thursday. The record had stood for 82 years and Yasir will now hope to remain at the summit for a similarly extended period. We take a look at the bowlers who previously led the way before the Pakistan star’s stunning career....

The Daily Grind update’s biggest addition is a new mode that bear’s the update’s name. Each day a new Daily Grind will become available. It features four random levels for players to test their Grindstone knowhow against. And once complete, the player’s score will be compared against the rest of the world’s score on the exact same Daily Grind. It’s the perfect semi-competitive way to test a Grindstone player’s mettle....

In Grounded, players take control of kids who have mysteriously been shrunken down to the size of insects. Players must use the resources found in their own backyards to craft shelter and weapons that’ll help them survive attacks from insects. Although Grounded doesn’t take players to new, fantastical worlds, it cleverly uses the real world to create compelling challenges and objectives for players, all while developing a unique aesthetic that blends thrills and whimsy....

Squads to choose from: Montreal Tigers: George Bailey, Kyle Coetzer, Arslan Khan, Ashtan Deosammy, Sean Abbott, Thisara Perera, Keemo Paul, Mohammad Naveed, Nizakat Khan, Nikhil Dutta, Niroshan Dickwella, Matthew Cross, Sunil Narine, Fawad Ahmed, Steven Taylor, Dillon Heyliger Brampton Wolves: Lendl Simmons, Andre Fletcher, Babar Hayat, George Munsey, Nitish Kumar, Abraash Khan, Armaan Kapoor, Daren Sammy, Shakib Al Hasan, Colin Munro, Rohan Mustafa, Shahid Afridi, Timil Patel, Wahab Riaz, Zahoor Khan, Faisal Jamkhandi...

Google’s live video service has been expanding its market share at a fairly consistent rate ever since the original YouTube Gaming platform was absorbed into YouTube back in 2018. While virtually all streaming services experienced explosive growth three years back, some industry watchers still characterized the first year of the global pandemic as an anomaly, remaining skeptical of whether such skyrocketing success was sustainable in the medium to long term....

Chasen Shreve to the rescue. Yes, Chasen Shreve. Maligned last month, Shreve entered with the bases loaded, got Devin Mesoraco to hit into a run-scoring, double-play grounder and retired Wilmer Flores on a slow roller in front of the mound . With his second big league save and first since August 2016, Shreve preserved a 7-6 Subway Series victory Saturday that enabled Sonny Gray to win consecutive starts for the first time since the Yankees acquired him last summer....

RELATED: Here’s Why John Williams Went Back To Star Wars For Obi-Wan Kenobi’s Them Even after being purchased by Disney, Star Warsgames continue to be made (although no longer under the LucasArts label). The Battlefront games and Jedi: Fallen Order made a sizable splash. There is also an upcoming Old Republic-themed game by Ubisoft, and plans for a remake of Knights of the Old Republicby Aspyr. Yet there are still plenty of untouched areas that have the potential for some interesting games....

Born in Hampstead, London Hill in 1929, he served in the Royal Navy and got his driving license at the age of twenty four, by which time he had quit the navy and was intrigued and wooed by the world of motorsport and racing. It was during this time that he met Colin Chapman and started working for his team Lotus, as a mechanic. Hill was a persuasive man and he soon found himself driving for the team in a car he designed himself....

Either way, no one’s going to complain. “Troy” is a fun, energizing piece of summer entertainment, even if it doesn’t have the depth or the sustained intensity of “Gladiator.” The story, as Homer proved, does not lend itself to paraphrase, but here goes. The movie opens with the Trojan prince Paris (Orlando Bloom) making off with Helen, the queen of Sparta (Diane Kruger). Enraged, Sparta’s King Menelaus (Brendan Gleeson) urges his brother, King Agamemnon of the Mycenaens (Brian Cox in a robustly evil turn), to help him unite all the tribes of Greece, lay siege to Troy and recover his queen so he can kill her with his own hands....

RELATED: GreedFall: Best Class To Choose Players that decide to specialize in the magic skill tree will have the greatest potential to unleash impressive spells that can both devastate enemies and aid allies, however, some of the skills found in this tree outclass others, so be sure to have a plan in mind for one’s build before selecting new skills to acquire upon leveling up. 10 Stasis As it is the very first active magic skill that the player can learn, it will be crucial for beginner magic users in combat....

WARNING: Minor Spoilers AHEADWhat players find underscores its colonial themes well and leads to GreedFall’s epic ending, one way or another. Now, because of the success of this title, Spiders and Nacon have announced GreedFall 2: The Dying World. It’s set to release in 2024, so not much was shown beyond a brief teaser trailer and simple plot synopsis, but what is known creates a perfect symmetry with the first game....

Greece qualified for this year’s European baseball championship, to be held in Hoofddorp in September, but time is running out for the Greeks to secure their place, and a GoFundMe page is set up to help raise the money to keep the dream alive. In 2014, as part of an effort to downsize the government and climb out of an economic abyss, Greece folded its federations for baseball and a few other sports under the umbrella of the national gymnastics federation....