Geek Culture
Transformers 6,7 and 8 have been confirmed

For those of you who are big fans of the Transformers movies, I have good news for you! Hasbro confirmed and promised us that in the upcoming 10 years we will have at least four more sequels; besides the animated feature films and other spin-offs of course. We are not sure if Michael Bay will take part in all these projects, but Hasbro assured us that Transformers 6,7 and 8 will happen in the next decade. Go Hasbro!
Paramount Pictures always surprises and impresses us with their great ideas when it comes to Transformers. They announced that Transformers 5 starts shooting in June 2016. The writer responsible for the script will be Akiva Goldsman. Rumor has it that Michael Bay will come back to direct the movie, however, the rumor remains a rumor; nothing has been confirmed yet. After the sequel hits the theaters, it will be followed by an animated spin-off which will be about the robots’ home world. Those in charge with the script for the animation will be Ant-Man writers Andrew Barrer and Gabriel Ferrari.
At a Q&A during the MIP Junior Conference, Stephin J. Davis, the Executive Vice President at Hasbro told us what should we expect from the upcoming Transformers movie.
“You’re going to see a new Transformers movie coming from Hasbro and Paramount and Michael Bay and our other partners. In fact, we just finished — as some of you may have read — an incredible experience. We decided we wanted to plot out the next 10 years of the Transformers franchise, so we got together in a 3 month period of time…nine of some of the most creative writers I have ever worked with — shepherded by Akiva Goldsman, who many of you may know won an Academy Award for A Beautiful Mind, and written a bunch of great movies. And they plotted out the next ten years of Transformers. Similarly we are doing the same in television and digital. So stay tuned Transformers 5 is on its way. …And 6 and 7 and 8.”
The writers room consists of: Akiva Goldsman, Steven S. DeKnight (Daredevil), Robert Kirkman (The Walking Dead), Art Marcum and Matt Holloway (Iron Man), Jeff Pinkner (The Amazing Spider-Man 2), Andrew Barrer and Gabriel Ferrari (Ant-Man), Zak Penn (Pacific Rim 2), Christina Hodson, Lindsey Beers, Ken Nolan and Geneva Robertson-Dorsett. The purpose of this entire group is to create a working blueprint for an expanded universe which will include spin-offs and more sequels.
The entire group works together or in pairs so they could successfully come up with new ideas for a worthwhile material that will cover Hasbro’s toy line and cartoon.
As of this writing, Paramount Pictures confirmed only Transformers 5 and the animated prequel Transformers One. However, the writers room still exists, and all of the writers will keep writing and think of new ideas for the further sequels until 2025.
If you want to find out more things, you can watch this video of Stephen Davis talking about Transformers and the upcoming movies.
Transformers 5 comes to theaters in 2017.
Transformers 6 comes to theaters in 2019.
Transformers 7 comes to theaters in 2021.
Transformers 8 comes to theaters in 2023.
Gaming
Sony Has a “Monopoly” on the High-End Japanese Gaming Market, According to a US Senator

The never-ending saga surrounding Microsoft’s proposed $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard has a new participant. Today, Senator Maria Cantwell, a Democrat from the state of Washington, said some things about the subject that were hard to understand.
The senator, whose remarks were reported on by ResetEra, spoke at a Senate finance committee hearing on “the president’s 2023 Trade Policy Plan,” which we are sure was quite interesting.
Senator Cantwell said that she had been told that Sony “controls a monopoly of 98% of the high-end game market” despite the fact that “Japan’s government has allowed Sony to engage in blatant anti-competitive conduct through exclusive deals and payments to game publishers, establishing games that are among the most popular in Japan.”
This 98% statistic is highly deceptive because it ignores PC, Nintendo, and mobile games and instead refers to Sony’s adoption rate over Microsoft in Sony’s native country of Japan, a fact that shouldn’t surprise anyone who is even somewhat familiar with the video game business.
What can we do to rectify these problems and create a level playing field, she said of US Trade Representative Katherine Tai after charging Japan’s Federal Trade Commission with improperly failing to look into this purported “exclusionary conduct”?
It is absurd to claim that Sony has a monopoly on the Japanese video game market, as Luke Plunkett of Kotaku correctly points out, “because Sony doesn’t even have a 98% share of the market for the God of War series, a title they own, as Steam is getting 30% of every sale on PC.”
It goes without saying that we can’t expect elected officials to be experts in every field, but this is a visible step at a time when the ongoing attempt to buy the company is at a very important point.
Is it significant that Microsoft, along with Nintendo, maintains its headquarters in Redmond, Washington—Senator Cantwell’s district—or that Microsoft has given Cantwell more than $500,000 over the past two decades? Let us leave that up to you.
Consoles
Eating trash, Pizza Possum destroys the PS5

Pizza Possum is an arcade action game in which you, a possum, attempt to consume as much trash as you can without being discovered. It is a web-based sequel to the anarchy simulator Untitled Goose Game.It will eventually be available on the PS5.
We couldn’t help but notice that the possum in the title doesn’t look like the cute Australian possum that comes out at night to visit people.On the other hand, it looks like the horrible North American opossums are the ones that will attack trash cans and cause general chaos.Even though we think the second choice was better in terms of theme, we prefer the first one and are happy to explain why.
Your thoughts on Pizza Possum? Does it possess the necessary mass appeal to successfully skitter along the back fenceline while setting the dog off in the process?
Consoles
The Mercenaries, a free piece of DLC for Resident Evil 4 Remake, launches on April 7

Resident Evil 4 is now out, and the excellent remake can be bought right away.Even though you probably plan to play it all this weekend, you can take comfort in the fact that The Mercenaries, Resident Evil’s almost-required challenge mode, will be available as free DLC on April 7.
The mode’s exact details are still unknown, but if it’s anything like previous versions, you can expect some pretty hard tasks to test your skills.
You’re stumped about something? If you are still debating whether to purchase Resident Evil 4 Remake, be sure to look at our exhaustive guide for the answer or our in-depth review. Are you spending this weekend playing Resident Evil 4? Are you anticipating The Mercenaries?
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