The Hole in the Ozone Layer 2018
Scientists from NASA and NOAA reported that in 2018, the hole in the ozone layer that forms over Antarctica was a little bit above average. According to NASA, the annual ozone hole reached an average area coverage of 8.83 million square miles (22.9 square kilometers) in 2018, almost three times the size of the contiguous […]
Competitors clash – esports at BlizzCon 2018
IRVINE, Calif.—November 3, 2018—At BlizzCon® 2018, more than 40,000 gamers gathered to celebrate and be among the first to learn what’s coming next for their favorite Blizzard games, and to cheer on some of the top esports competitors in the world, with millions more tuning in online. For two days, the Anaheim Convention Center was […]
HEARTHSTONE(R) WELCOMES 100 MILLION PLAYERS TO THE VIRTUAL TAVERN
IRVINE, Calif.—November 5, 2018—A little over five years ago, a few Blizzard Entertainment developers were toiling away on a small passion project: Hearthstone®, a free-to-play digital collectible card game at a time when such games were not front of mind for most. They based the game on the company’s Warcraft® universe and polished every aspect—from […]
Is Oumuamua Something Else?
First it was an asteroid, then it was a comet, now it’s something else. Remember that interstellar object, Oumuamua, the oblong shaped mas that tumbled through our solar system at incredible speed? Now some scientists at the Harvard Smithsonian Centre for Astrophysics are saying that it is possibly something else entirely. Oumuamua might be artificial […]
Strange Iceberg in Antarctica
On October 16, 2018, a NASA scientist captured aerial images of a sharp cornered iceberg in Antarctica, that almost resembled the monolith from the film 2001: A Space Odyssey. He posted the pictures on social media. The images were captured during Operation IceBridge, NASA’s longest-running aerial survey of polar ice, when they flew over […]
Warcraft 3 Reforged
IRVINE, Calif.—November 2, 2018—Blizzard Entertainment today proudly unveiled Warcraft® III: Reforged™, a stunning reimagining of the revolutionary real-time strategy game that laid the foundation for Azeroth’s most epic stories. A remake in the truest sense, Warcraft III: Reforged sees the original Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos and its award-winning expansion, The Frozen Throne®, rebuilt from […]
New Hearthstone expansion announcement
IRVINE, Calif.—November 2, 2018—World-renowned troll gladiators and fans of fierce competition from across Azeroth will soon crowd the fabled Gurubashi Arena for Rastakhan’s Rumble™, the next expansion for Hearthstone®, Blizzard Entertainment’s smash-hit digital card game. Starting December 4, players will vie for glory with 135 new cards and a mojo-fueled arsenal of new mechanics. Once […]
Acclaimed Horror Short “GOODNIGHT, GRACIE” Premieres Online For Halloween
(Hollywood, CA) – October 30th, 2018. After a successful run screening at 100 film festivals receiving more than 40 awards and nominations, the Sitges Film Festival short Goodnight, Gracie will have its much anticipated online release on ALTER, a new free-to-watch horror platform for novel and grounded stories. The gory 3-min film, starring Courtney Gains […]
Check out The CUPIC Archives
The Archives is a ever growing compilation of short films dealing with the subject of the unknown. All of the stories are featured in episodes from every season of CUPIC: Diary of an Investigator and some from the short lived McAllister Affair. The ever growing CUPIC Archive can be seen at CUPICtv.com and on You […]
Asteroid 2018 EB Passes Earth
On October 7, 2018, Asteroid 2018 EB passed the Earth at 15 lunar distances. Back on April 4, 2018, after astronomer spotted it using the NEOWISE spacecraft, before it had passed at 10 times the distance between Earth and the Moon. 2018 EB is considered a potentially hazardous object because of the asteroids approach […]