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‘Broken Age’ Act 2 Release Date on PS4, PS Vita: Game Gets April 2015 Launch Date (VIDEO)

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‘Broken Age’ Act 2 Release Date on PS4, PS Vita: Game Gets April 2015 Launch Date (VIDEO)

Adventure video game “Broken Age” is set to launch its Act 2 for PS4 and PlayStation Vita by the end of next month.

Christian Post Report – Double Fine Productions has just announced an Act 2 for its point-and-click adventure game, “Broken Age,” which will be launched for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita on April 28.

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Broken Age. Facebook. Oct. 28, 2013.

Initially released in January 2014 under the working title, “Double Fine Adventure,” the first Act of “Broken Age” began as a crowdfunded project, and ended up one of the largest of its kind with over 87,000 backers raising more than $3.45 million within the space of a month. It remains among the highest-backed crowdfunded ventures to date.

The game allows players to control and move a character across the game’s environment, examining different objects and interacting with various non-player characters. The main character can collect useful objects and items, storing them in an in-game inventory for future use.

Act 1 presents the story of two seemingly disconnected teenagers rebelling against tradition in their lives. The young woman character, Vella Tartine, lives in a world devastated by the giant Mog Chothra, a creature to whom young girls are often sacrificed to at “Maiden’s Feasts.” After escaping an attack by the beast, and flees to a port town where she discovers an ancient space ship and uses it to attack and destroy Mog Chothra.

The young man, Shay Volta, is the sole passenger aboard an “incubator” spaceship, and is mentored by a father figure computer terminal who informs Shay he is the last survivor of his race. Shay discovers a being named Marek during his explorations of the ship, and together, unbeknownst to the computer, they embark on missions to rescue various creatures until they are attacked by an unknown enemy.

The enemy turns out to be Vella, who has attacked Mog Chothra, and the beast turns out to be the “incubator” ship that houses Shay.

“Broken Age” Act 1 was well received by game critics, its success making a great impact on crowdsourced gaming projects via Kickstarter. With the sales from Act 1, game director, Tim Schafer announced Double Fine had sufficient funds for the development of Act 2, which will be launched April 28 in North America and April 29 in Europe.

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Kentucky Wildcats vs Notre Dame Fighting Irish Live Stream, TBS TV Start Time: Watch NCAA March Madness 2015 Online

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The Kentucky Wildcats will try to continue their dominance as they play the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in the Elite Eight of the NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Tournament. Tip-off is on March 28, 2015 at 8:49 p.m. ET.

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Christian Post Report – Many predicted that Kentucky would go deep into the tournament, but slowly they’ve shown that they are a level above their opponents as they have dominated their way to this stage so far.

In their opening round, they thrashed Hampton 79-56 behind a double-double game from Karl-Anthony Towns. The forward scored 21 points and pulled down 11 rebounds, while shooting 8-of-12 from the field. Cincinnati were up next for the Wildcats and the Bearcats stood no chance. After keeping the game close at the half, Kentucky turned up the intensity to eventually win 64-51 with Trey Lyles scoring 11 points and 11 rebounds in only 28 minutes on the court.

Finally reaching the Sweet 16, Kentucky were tasked to face 5th seed West Virginia. It took less than a few minutes to determine that the Wildcats outclassed the Mountaineers. The first half ended 44-18 and the result was easily decided. Kentucky doubled WVU’s score 78-39. Lyles led the team with 14 points and seven rebounds, while Andrew Harrison had 13. Three other players scored at least 12 points in a game where the Wildcats held the Mountaineers to 24 percent shooting from the field and an abysmal 13 percent from beyond the arc.

Meanwhile, Notre Dame had much closer matches as they booked their place in the last eight. They first beat Northeastern 69-65 with Zach Auguste scoring 25 points while also pulling down five rebounds to help avoid the upset. Jerian Grant added 17 for the Fighting Irish who shot 57 percent from the field in the game.

Next was a meeting against 6th Butler Bulldogs and the game needed to go to overtime before being decided.

In the 67-64 win, Notre Dame turned to Grant to perform in the extra period as he went on to finish the game with 16 points while playing the whole 45 minutes. Steve Vasturia scored a team-high 20 points to help Notre Dame move on to the Sweet 16.

Finally they faced off against Wichita State Shockers who were out to beat another top-seeded team. However, Notre Dame were anchored by Pat Connaughton who finished with 16 points and 10 rebounds while also registering a pair of steals and blocks.

Four of their five starters finished in double figures as they now face probably the biggest test in the tournament

For live updates and scores, visit ESPN.com. For live streaming, click here.

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Samsung Galaxy S6, Galaxy S6 Edge Pre-Order News: Release Date Imminent, Available to Pre-Order in US Today

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Two of the best Android-powered smartphones today are making their respective debuts in the U.S.

Christian Post Report – In a report by GSM Arena, the Samsung Galaxy S6 and the Galaxy S6 Edge have just hit pre-order status in the U.S. today. The two high-end devices will be available on AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, US Cellular and Verizon.

Meanwhile, for other carriers such as Boost Mobile, Cricket and MetroPSC, they will only offer the Galaxy S6 flagship.

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The Samsung Galaxy S6 visual teaser from Samsung’s Instagram.

In the report, AT&T will offer the 32GB version of the Galaxy S6 for only $22.84 via the network’s Next 24 plan, while the S6 Edge will be priced at $27.17 in the same plan. The carrier also offers the Galaxy S6 flagship on a two-year contract for $200 upfront, while the Galaxy S6 Edge is priced at $300.

For consumers who have enough budget, the Galaxy S6 can be bought contract-free for $685, while its dual curved edge sibling costs $814.

Other local networks in the U.S. offer the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge in similar rates under similar types of plans or contracts.

For those who missed the unveiling, the Samsung Galaxy S6 boasts a 5.1-inch display with QHD or 2K (2560 x 1440) resolution, 3GB of RAM, an Exynos 7420 chipset, a 16MP primary camera and a 5MP front shooter.

The device runs on Android 5.0 Lollipop out of the box, gets a fingerprint sensor on top of its home button, and a premium build.

Unlike Samsung’s previous flagships, the Galaxy S6 boasts a metal frame, and a dual glass case in front and at the back of the handset.

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Independence Day 2 Cast News: Vivica Fox Confirmed to Return

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American actress Vivica Fox has signed up to reprise her role in the sequels to 1996’s “Independence Day.”

Christian Post Report – 20th Century Fox has confirmed Vivica Fox will be making a return run as exotic dancer, Jasmine Dubrow for the June 24, 2016 “Independence Day” sequels.

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A scene from Independence Day

Director Roland Emmerich himself, who directed the first highly popular film, posted news of Fox’s casting on Twitter. She is joining the other original members of the cast returning to the film, including Jeff Goldblum’s MIT science geek character, David Levinson, and Bill Pullman’s President Thomas Whitmore.

Fox will be reprising her role as Will Smith’s character, Captain Steven Miller’s girlfriend, who becomes his wife in the first movie. Smith himself has not signed on to do the sequels after Fox refused to pay his $50 million asking fee.

The two-part sequels, to be titled “ID Forever Part 1” and “ID Forever Part II” is set 20 years after the events of the original film, and details a plotline where alien reinforcements of the ones killed off two decades before return to earth following a distress call.

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Vivica Fox is confirmed to reprise her role in the “Independence Day” sequels. Roland Emmerich. Twitter. March 23, 2015.

A new cast of characters has also been announced for the sequels, including Liam Hemsworth, who will be playing the son-in-law of Bill Pullman’s former President Whitmore character, Jessie Usher, as the son of Vivica Fox and Will Smith’s characters, and Charlotte Gainsbourg in an as yet unannounced role.

With the original film grossing over $817 million in the box office, the film’s sequels will be facing a tough uphill battle attempting to duplicate that financial feat, particularly without Smith’s rebellious insouciance that was partly responsible for making the first film a blockbuster.

Screenplay for the fantasy sci-fi action sequel will be written by Emmerich and Dean Devlin.

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‘Insidious 3’ Release Date, Plot Spoilers: Upcoming Prequel to Focus on Elise’s Past

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Blumhouses’ next film “Insidious: Chapter 3” will serve as a prelude to the first two chapters of the franchise. Some aspects from Chapters 1 and 2 will be explored in the upcoming installment.

Christian Post Report – Apparently, this has been verified when a recently published interview with “Insidious 3” director Leigh Whannell revealed that the title will delve deeper into one of the franchise’s mainstays.

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Blumhouse Productions’ upcoming horror-thriller film “Insidious: Chapter 3”

CineMovie unveiled details of their visit to the movie set last year.

Played by Lin Shaye, the major supporting character Elise Rainier has been present throughout the span of the hit supernatural horror film series, and it is the wish of Whannell that her story be told more to the audience.

“Being able to go back and being able to tell a little bit of an origin story and to have Elise alive again … I love Elise as a character, especially Lin Shaye as an actress, so I wanted to see Lin Shaye alive and I wanted to dig into her back story,” he said.

He also addressed the cliffhanger from the previous sequel, confirming that it won’t be tackled in Chapter 3.

“We don’t explore that cliff hanger in this one and I don’t know if we will ever solve that, I’m not sure. I guess it depends if we make another film but I guess it depends if this one does well,” the helmer said.

Avid followers of the nerve-wracking movie series, meanwhile, should also be on the look-out for some “easter eggs” in Chapter 3.

“Fans of the first two will see things and maybe even pick up on things more casual viewers don’t, Whannell said. “Hopefully there are easter eggs in there hidden for the more hard core Insidious fans. Generally there is a connection to the first film.”

“Insidious: Chapter 3” is slated to open in theatres June 5, 2015.

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Kentucky Wildcats vs Notre Dame Fighting Irish Live Stream, TBS TV Start Time: Watch NCAA March Madness 2015 Online

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