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Transformers 3 Is The End

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Whatever Paramount decides to do with their cash cow Transformers franchise, one thing is for sure: Michael Bay's third film will be an end to the story he set out to tell. "This one really builds to a final crescendo," Bay told USA Today. "It's not three multiple endings... As a trilogy, it really ends. [The franchise] could be rebooted again, but I think it has a really killer ending." The director also revealed who the villain is. Ready? It's Shockwave, the one-eyed overseer of Cybertron whose toy turned into a wicked purple laser canon thing. The man himself -- Shockwave As for the plot? "The new film features Sam Witwicky ( Shia LaBeouf ) taking his first tenuous steps into adulthood while remaining a reluctant human ally of Optimus Prime ." (It's better than saving the world with a gym sock full of Matrix glitter while racist robots look on...) Through this story, a mystery of sorts emerges, as TF3 centers around the "space r

XCOM Preview

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FBI special agent William Carter pulls up, stopping his car in the picturesque, tree-lined suburban street. His surroundings are the very vision of archetypal 1950s America – modern houses, well-kept lawns and white picket fences. But something isn't right. The scene seems frozen, eerily quiet. There's no activity in the streets. No kids playing or selling lemonade. No guys working on their cars in their driveway. Something terrible lurks beneath this silence. Carter pulls out his map, and checks his destination. The distress call intercepted by XCOM (or Extraterrestrial Combat Unit ) came from a house in the area, so that's where Carter and his two offsiders are headed. They begin making their way down the road, but a shout for help rings out from a nearby house, and Carter takes off, following a slimy black trail that coats the ground. It's too late. One of the inhabitants of the house is lying face-down, covered in black goo. It's all over for him, but Carter ta