The first photo from the Warcraft film's set

From Empire magazine. Image from BuzzHub.

The most recent issue of Empire featured a solitary image taken on the set of the upcoming Warcraft film. The folks over at BuzzHub scanned and uploaded the page above.

The actual scene depicted isn't described, but I'm guessing that it takes place in the Cathedral of Light or in Stormwind Keep. Check out the floor pattern and what appears to be the seal of Stormwind in the background in the above image, and then compare that to the screenshot of the in-game cathedral below.

It's a pretty small shot, so who knows, but we do know that Stormwind is going to be a location in the film.

In any case, it's great that we're seeing on-set stuff. Hopefully we'll get more glances soon enough.

Peter Jackson confirms renaming of third Hobbit film

On Thursday morning, Peter Jackson announced via Facebook that the name of the third Hobbit film would be changed.

The movie was slated to be called The Hobbit: There and Back Again, but the change was made after Jackson and crew decided that Bilbo Baggins, the plucky protagonist of the film, was essentially "already there" after the second film.

"We decided to keep an open mind until a cut of the film was ready to look at. We reached that point last week, and after viewing the movie, we all agreed there is now one title that feels completely appropriate," Jackson said.

The title?

"And so: "The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies" it is," Jackson confirmed.

Jackson also teased that we should be getting a lot more information about the film in the coming months and mentioned that the extended cut of the second Hobbit film, The Desolation of Smaug, will contain almost 25 minutes more screen time than the theatrical release.

Red Orchestra 2: Free Today

If you are a fan of WW2 shooters today may be your lucky day.

Photo via Steam

Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad is free on Steam for 24 hours starting today thanks to Tripwire Interactive. The Red Orchestra series is a great and challenging multiplayer experience that no one interested in the genre should miss, especially for free.

To download and install the game simply go here: http://store.steampowered.com/app/35450/

Don't waste time doing so though, that offer will be gone before you know it.