Monthly Archives: March 2015
New Dragon Age: Inquisition Jaws of Hakkon Details Revealed
Bioware has shared details about what you'll be doing in Dragon Age: Inquisition's new DLC, Jaws of Hakkon.
Hakkon explores the fate of the last Inquisitor and the dragon he hunted. It also expands the world of Thedas with a large playable area containing mountains, forests, and more.
Between fighting off enemies and collecting new legendary armor and weapons, Bioware says you'll "unearth an ancient secret that could destroy the world."
"We are humbled by the game's reception so far but are not done with the world of Thedas just yet," said Mike Laidlaw, creative director at Bioware. "We hope the new DLC speaks to our dedication of growing Inquisition with meaningful and exciting new content for our fans, new and old."
Playing Broken Age Act 2 With Tim Schafer — IGN First
Note: The footage above contains some heavy spoilers for Broken Age Act 1.
Yesterday, we proudly brought you the first footage of Broken Age Act 2. Watching Shay and Vella explore their strange new worlds provided a brief tease of what Act 2 of Double Fine's adventure game, and the gameplay also showed us a taste of what Broken Age will be like running on PlayStation 4.
But while all of that was great, we're extremely excited for today's piece. We played through that same area as yesterday, but this time got to do it alongside Broken Age-creator Tim Schafer. We discussed the wild ride of the past three years since the Kickstarter was announced, the decision to split the game in half and what we can expect from the rest of Act 2.
Bloodline: Season 1 Spoiler Discussion
Welcome to the full-spoilers discussion page for Season 1 of Netflix's Bloodline. Thought I'd wrangle some of you over here - those of you who watched all 13 episodes of Bloodline - so that I could touch upon a few things from the series that I couldn't bring up in the season review without spoiling things for those who haven't started, or finished, watching yet.
So, of course, what I was specifically referring to when I mentioned the show grabbing me during the fourth episode was the death of Sarah and Danny's "participation" in it. That's when the show really began to gel for me and all the characters began to assume different forms than they previously inhabited. Not only did Sarah's death affect each sibling and parent, but her life did too. When she was alive, Meg was ignored. And that spoke more to why Meg couldn't commit to a relationship than Sarah's tragic demise. Plus, Meg and Kevin were so young when it all happened that the show even took into consideration how much of everything they'd remember consciously and subconsciously.
The Flash: “Rogue Time” Photo Preview
Barry Allen (Grant Gustin) went so fast in last week's episode of The Flash that he traveled through time. By doing so, he changed the past and wiped out the many big reveals of the episode. While he ended up saving lives, his accidental time leap has consequences since he's ruptured the time continuum.
It seems as though the timeline will try to correct itself and present another tragedy. That could be the return of Captain Cold (Wentworth Miller) and Heat Wave (Dominic Purcell) and Cold's sister Lisa, a.k.a. Golden Glider (Peyton List), or something else entirely. Time will tell. Flip through the below gallery to see what's ahead in the next episode, "Rogue Time."
The Flash: "Rogue Time" Photo Gallery:
Bloodborne Load Times are Getting Patched
Bloodborne is set to get a patch to improve its performance, Sony has announced.
The company has issue a statement to IGN explaining it hopes to reduce loading times and improve other elements too.
"The development team is currently exploring another patch for Bloodborne, seeking ways to improve load time duration, in addition to other performance optimisations and miscellaneous bug fixes," it reads. "We will provide more information as soon as possible."
For more on Bloodborne, be sure to check out our ongoing review, and the diary of a Souls newcomer who's experiencing just how much fun crippling frustration can be.
Release Date Confirmed For The Evil Within’s Second DLC
Bethesda has confirmed that the second DLC instalment for The Evil Within will release on April 21 for Xbox One, PC and North American PlayStation players.
European PlayStation players will have to wait an additional 24 hours to access the download.
The Consequence follows the first DLC pack, The Assignment, which released on March 21 and left players dying to know what happens next to protagonist Juli Kidman.
Shinji Mikami’s survival horror title will also receive its third DLC pack, The Keeper, later this year.
IGN thought that the first DLC pack, The Assignment, was great, stating that it offers a "thrilling three-and-a-half hours in The Evil Within’s grimy universe. Its stealthy gameplay, beautifully designed environments, and refreshingly grounded protagonist make it stand out from the main game, and a cliffhanger ending suggests there’s much more good stuff to come in part two: The Consequence."
The Commando 2 Plot Would Have Been…
Steven E. De Souza has been talking about the plans he had for a sequel to action classic Commando, describing the film’s potential storyline, and revealing that Frank Darabont did some revisions on the script.
In a wide-ranging interview with the BristolBadFilmClub, De Souza talks about everything from Die Hard and Street Fighter to Flash Gordon and Sgt Rock, but what really caught our eye was his plot for Commando 2:
“I did write a sequel for that which is floating around on the Internet. Frank Darabont even did some revisions on it. In that movie, I would look at how experiences change people, such as how in Die Hard 2 people reference how famous John McClane is after the events of the first film.
Microsoft Discounts Forza Horizon 2, Evolve, and More
This week's Deals with Gold offers discounts on a number of high profile titles, including Forza Horizon 2 and Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare.
The Xbox One version Playground Games' racer is available for 20 percent off, while fans of Activision's popular FPS series can score the latest entry on either Xbox 360 or Xbox One for 33 percent off its typical asking price.
Other markdowns include Turtle Rock Studios' Evolve and WWE 2K15, the later of which is available for half price if you purchase the Xbox 360 Games on Demand version. For the entire list of discounts, check out Major Nelson's blog.
SCEA Abandons Bloodborne and Kill Strain Trademarks
Sony Computer Entertainment America had five of its trademark applications abandoned yesterday, including one for From Software's Bloodborne.
According to the United States Patent and Trademark office, trademarks for No Heroes Allowed: No Puzzles Either!, How Games Were Made To Sound, Kill Strain, Bloodborne, and Guns Up! were all abandoned because "no Statement of Use or Extension Request timely filed after Notice of Allowance was issued."
Microsoft Reveals Xbox 360 Spring Value Bundles
Microsoft has announced three Xbox 360 Spring Value Bundles available for $250 USD.
The most readily available is the Xbox 360 500 GB Spring Value Bundle, which comes with a download code for Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare and a physical copy of Fable Anniversary. It'll be available in most regions worldwide, including the US.
Two other bundles are also available, though they won't be coming to all regions. The 4 GB Kinect Spring Value Bundle comes with copies of Kinect Sports Ultimate and Kinect Adventures, while the 500 GB Kinect Spring Value Bundle comes with the same games but a bigger hard drive.