Monthly Archives: October 2015
Google Play Games Gets Recording Feature on Android
Google wants to make YouTube Gaming the premiere platform for all gaming content and making it easy to stream games will certainly help its mission. With the introduction of on-device livestreaming in the YouTube Gaming app, Google showed it is taking mobile gaming seriously. Today, the company announced the continuation of its gaming initiative by allowing every Android user the ability to record gameplay from their phone or tablet.
Deadpool: Colossus to Be Closer to Comics Version
Colossus actor Andre Tricoteux has confirmed that his portrayal of the X-Men character in Deadpool will draw heavily from the comics.
"The Colossus you're going to see in Deadpool is very true to the original character in the comic book," Tricoteux told TechTimes. "
Tim Miller had a really clear vision, and the Deadpool people had a really clear vision of what they wanted. They wanted Colossus to be very traditional to the original story."
Tricoteux also said that while Colossus fans "will get a better sense of who he is," he believes "there's still a lot more to be told about him," going so far as to suggest the character could get his own movie. "Colossus has been around in the comics since the '70s, so I mean, I think you could do your own movie on him," he said.
Nintendo Direct To Happen Before End of Year
Nintendo confirmed back in September that its series of Nintendo Direct videos would continue even after CEO Satoru Iwata passed away in July. Now Tatsumi Kimishima, Nintendo's new president, has announced that the next Nintendo Direct will take place sometime before the end of the year.
Wall Street Journal reported the news from Osaka earlier today. This will be the first Nintendo Direct hosted by its new president, Kimishima.
The company is also expected to reveal its first smartphone game this week.
Gotham: House of Cards Actor Cast as Mr. Freeze
Nathan Darrow has been cast to play Victor Fries (aka Mr. Freeze) in FOX's comic series Gotham.
According to TV Line, the actor, known for his role as Frank Underwood's bodyguard in House of Cards, will have a recurring role as the alter ego of the iconic Batman villain. In fact, there are big plans for the character midway through the current season.
"We’re going to be telling a heavy Fries story in Episodes 12 and 13," Gotham executive producer John Stephens told the outlet. The character will first be seen in the November 30th episode.
Darrow in House of Cards
New Rocket League Update Coming Soon
Mutators, a "suite of alternative presets and settings", are coming to Rocket League in November.
The free update will "add depth, variety, and crazy rocket-powered fun" to custom games on PC and PlayStation 4, along with a new, hockey-based mode that will release shortly after in December.
"With the introduction of Mutators, Rocket League players will soon be able to play a variety of interesting new game-alts, including the low-gravity Moonball or the classic Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars game modes, Cubic and Time Warp, to name just a few", says developer Psyonix in its press release.
"A special playlist, entitled Mutator Mashup, will also launch in November and these combine several preset modes into a single, randomized list of online games."
SEGA Announces Alien: Isolation – The Collection
Alien: Isolation - The Collection is releasing today on PC/Mac, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
The new digital download features the full original game, plus all of the previously released DLC and two standalone missions "where players can relive some of the terrifying moments from the original Alien film, playing as original protagonist, Ellen Ripley and members of her crew".
The Collection also includes five missions packs that bring playable characters, challenges and maps to Survivor and Salvage modes.
Alien: Isolation was developed by Creative Assembly and launched on PC, PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, and Xbox One on October 7, 2014, to mixed reception from critics. Our review of Alien: Isolation called it "mediocre," while a recent opinion piece from IGN called it the "bravest game of 2014."
Player Feedback Prompts Guild Wars 2 Changes
Following player-sourced feedback, changes are coming to Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns.
Writing over at the official Guild Wars 2 website, developer Colin Johanson revealed some of the changes coming in the future.
Johanson explains that while there’s been a lot of positive reactions to Heart of Thorns’ endgame Mastery system, the team “didn’t do a great job properly aligning expectations on how your elite specialization is earned,” which led to some players expecting to get their elite specialization early on, or in some cases, off the bat.
The plan moving forward is to update the elite specialization unlock with the hopes of finding a “better middle ground,” by changing how many points is required to unlock every possible ability from 400 hero points to 250.
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Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer Sells 2 Million Copies
Nintendo's Q2 financials reveal Mario Kart 8 and new Animal Crossing as the star performers, as Wii U sales stall again.
The financials reveal that, as of September 30 2015, Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer has managed to hit 2.02 million sales globally since launching in Japan on July 30 and just a month ago in the west.
Wii U hardware sales only saw a small jump from the 10 million mark hit three months ago to a new total of 10.73 million. Meanwhile, software sales are at 69.05 million, meaning on average each Wii U owner has around six games.
Brain Implant Lets Paralyzed Patient Use a Tablet with Her Brainwaves
Scientists from Stanford University's BrainGate program revealed that a woman suffering Lou Gehrig’s disease can successfully control a Nexus tablet with her brainwaves.
The team built upon eye-tracking technology that uses eye movement to control mouse cursors and “click” by focussing on a single spot. However, the technology can be inaccurate and tiring for users.
The program instead “cut out the middleman” by implanting a baby-aspirin-sized 100-channel electrode microarray into the left side of the patient's brain that’s responsible for movement.
Neural signals were decoded in real time by algorithms to control the mouse cursor. This method let the patient type out words on a custom keyboard by concentrating on the words they wanted to spell.