Monthly Archives: May 2015
New Madden NFL 16 Screens Showcase New Lighting
EA Sports has released eight new screenshots for Madden NFL 16.
According to EA, lighting and time of day have both been improved, and “helps highlight” Madden 16’s updated player likenesses. In a similar vein, receivers and defenders now deliver the most “authentic exchanges to date.”
The game is said to feature a host of new two-man interactions. This comes in tow with the returning on-the-field cameras which was introduced last year, as well as an improved playmaker highlight reel featuring “new player spotlights, dynamic goals and achievements.”
Madden NFL 16 is due to drop on August 25. For all the latest Madden news, and to see who is 16’s cover star, keep an eye on the IGN Madden channel.
Ayami Kojima Joins Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night Team
Ayami Kojima will be creating special packaging artwork for some Kickstarter backers of Koji Igarashi's new game Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night.
Kojima has previously worked alongside Igarashi on the "Igavania"-style games, such as Castlevania: Symphony of the Night and Harmony of Despair, doing character design and illustration. Her art will be on the packaging that's associated with the $100+ tiers on Kickstarter.
Although Kojima has said she can "only offer a small amount of time" to the project, Igarashi said that the "most important thing is just being able to work closely with my old friends again. We created something amazing before and to get one more golden opportunity to do this again makes me so happy."
Hearthstone Pros on the State of the Game
Hearthstone has changed a great deal since it was officially launched more than a year ago. In that time we've seen two adventures released - Curse of Naxxramas and Blackrock Mountain - both of which introduced 30 new cards to the game alongside PVE content. We've also seen one expansion - Goblins vs Gnomes - which dramatically expanded the card set, adding more than 120 new cards.
While Hearthstone's meta game is in a constant state of flux, the dust is definitely settling on the new cards introduced in Blackrock Mountain, so I thought it might be fun to take the pulse of the pro/streamer scene. What are the top players and personalities into right now? What's their take on how the game has changed? How would they like it to change?
Documentary in Works about Mad Max Director’s Aborted Justice League Movie
In the wake of director George Miller’s blistering return to the big screen with the spectacular Mad Max: Fury Road, a documentary aiming to explore the story behind Miller’s cancelled Justice League movie – Justice League: Mortal – has been announced.
Australian director Ryan Unicomb, who announced the project via Inside Film, has procured the assistance of film writer and author Maria Lewis to help assemble the documentary. Unicomb plans to interview cast and crew and arrange access to see never-before-seen artwork and costumes, but notes they are yet to approach Miller and his long-time producing partner Doug Mitchell.
Capcom Announces Resident Evil Zero HD Remaster
Resident Evil Zero HD Remaster will launch on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, Xbox One, Xbox 360 and PC in early 2016, Capcom revealed today.
The announcement, spotted via Dengeki Online, doesn’t detail pricing information, editions or launch information for regions other than Japan. Hints of its existence surfaced in December when a Biohazard Zero game icon appeared on Capcom's Japanese site.
The survival horror game was first released on the Nintendo GameCube in 2002 as a prequel to Resident Evil 1. We thought it was scary, fun and flawed, and we loved it.
Qualcomm and Daimler Developing Wireless in-Car Charging
Qualcomm Technologies and Daimler AG — owner of Mercedes-Benz—are collaborating to develop new car tech solutions such as wireless power charging for electric cars.
The Qualcomm Halo Wireless Electric Vehicle Charging (WEVC) technology will let drivers of full electric vehicles and hybrids to charge without having to plug them in.
The teams will also develop in-car wireless charging for smartphones, doing away with messy cables and cigarette lighter sockets. The partnership, which was announced over the weekend, will aim to advance 3G/4G connectivity inside cars.
Virgin CEO Richard Branson recently teased that his company may be soon be entering the electric car business, while reports surfaced earlier this year that Apple is also researching its own electric car.
New Girl Actor Joins American Horror Story
Max Greenfield, who plays Schmidt on New Girl, has joined the cast of American Horror Story: Hotel.
Ryan Murphy, creator of American Horror Story, took to Twitter to confirm the news.
This October, Max Greenfield (like you've never seen him) is checking in to the hotel….but not checking out. #AHSHotel
— Ryan Murphy (@MrRPMurphy) May 25, 2015
Murphy promises a very different performance from Greenfield in the upcoming Hotel, the fifth season of American Horror Story.
New Trailer Lands For What Remains of Edith Finch
Giant Sparrow has dropped new information and a trailer for its latest game, the horror-kissed PS4 exclusive What Remains of Edith Finch.
As detailed by Creative Director Ian Dallas on the PlayStation blog, What Remains of Edith Finch is a "collection of short stories" about the deaths of various members of the Finch family. The game begins at the eccentric Finch house, where players can eventually unlock the bedrooms of each family member to reveal their fates.
"The Finch family house", writes Dallas, "is crazy. The family has been living here for the last hundred years and each generation adds on to it. By the time Edith arrives the house is an enormous artifact influenced by a range of eccentric, stubborn folks. Hopefully it’s also a place that comes across as believable and familiar. Our goal has been to make the house feel fantastical but at the same time like it was all made out of stuff you could buy at Home Depot."
Need for Speed Reboot Running on Same Engine as Star Wars: Battlefront
DICE’s Johan Andersson, Frostbite engine technical director, has confirmed via Twitter that Ghost Games’ upcoming Need for Speed reboot is running on the same version of the Frostbite engine as the highly-anticipated Star Wars: Battlefront.
Our next @NeedForSpeed by @GhostGamesEA running on the same version of @FrostbiteEngine as Battlefront! https://t.co/u1BIeB6d9S
— Johan Andersson (@repi) May 21, 2015
A Wii Apparently Burned This Man’s House Down
A Nintendo Wii is reportedly responsible for a massive fire inside an RV at Colorado Springs earlier in the week.
According to Southern Colorado site KKTV, fire investigators ruled out any other possible causes for the fire, which burned most of the belongings of homeowner Trevor Pellegrin.
"This had nothing to do with the wires," said Pellegrin. "It started in the actual console of the Wii."
Pellegrin had been watching Netflix on the console before switching it off, but he did not unplug it at the wall.
“There’s no warning label on that Wii saying unplug after use that it may cause a fire, there’s no warning label so I didn’t know to do that, to unplug it.”