Monthly Archives: November 2015
Download Issue Affects Black Ops 3 on Xbox One
Players who pre-ordered Call of Duty: Black Ops III on the Xbox One may have the incorrect file installed.
If you pre-ordered the digital version of Call of Duty: Black Ops III on or before October 7, 2015, and are not using Instant On power mode, Activision is warning that you may still have "an incorrect 'stub file' for the title, which is simply a placeholder file."
"Players that have this particular version of the stub file will be required to delete it, and reinstall the game," writes Activision on its support forum.
If you pre-ordered on, or after, October 8, 2015, you should be able to download the necessary updates as they become available.
Square Enix Wants Your Views on Moogles for Final Fantasy 15
Square Enix want your views on whether or not moogles should come to Final Fantasy XV.
In a recent tweet, the official Final Fantasy XV account asked fans to vote on whether or not the publisher should include the companions.
Our Japanese cousins have asked THAT question... kupo... so what do you think? Should Moogles be in #FFXV?
— FINAL FANTASY XV (@FFXVEN) November 5, 2015
Of the 3,300+ votes cast so far, 88 percent voted for "of course, kupo!"
Sony: Shooter Fans Are Switching to PS4
The first-person shooter audience is shifting to PlayStation 4 this console generation, according to PlayStation group marketing manager Lauren Bradley.
"This generation, the shooter audience is tending to switch over to PS4, so we’ve got high expectations for Star Wars Battlefront around both launch and into next year," Bradley told MCV.
"When we first saw
I think everyone in the office suddenly had something in their eye," she said. "It really pulls on the heart strings and celebrates nostalgia, which aligns well with PlayStation’s 20th anniversary."
Is It Time for Star Trek to Grow Up?
Star Trek lives! But not just that. With the announcement this week that a new Star Trek TV series is in the works for 2017, it seems the franchise may finally be in a position to grow up as well.
When Enterprise, the last Trek show to air, finished 10 years ago, television was in a different place, and Star Trek in particular had reached a sort of end point in its life cycle. Trek of some kind had been airing continuously for 18 years, ever since The Next Generation was launched in 1987. To put that into perspective, 18 years was the same amount of time that had passed with no Star Trek on the air between the cancellation of The Original Series in 1969 and TNG’s debut.
Weird Weather Discovered on Sunless Planet
PSO J318.5-22 is a planet drifting through space without a star, and now scientists have discovered it has weird and wonderful weather too.
The fact that it doesn't have a star to orbit made it easier to study, thanks to less interference from light. The researchers found that the light reflected from the planet changed by about 10 percent in just a few hours.
One reason for this could be that the Jupiter-sized planet has multiple layers of clouds made up of molten iron and dust, which could be hotter than 800 degrees Celsius inside.
The findings were published in The Astrophysical Journal, and could be the first observed evidence of weather on a planet outside of our solar system.
Super Mario Maker Update Adds Checkpoints, Totem Link
Nintendo has rolled out a new update for Super Mario Maker, adding level creation features like checkpoints, as well as new character sprites, including Totem Link from The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes.
Update version 1.20 brings with it the addition of Event Courses, which have been added to the game's new Course World hub. A specific Tri Force Heroes Event Course features the aforementioned Totem Link, and Game Center CX host Shinya Arino can be accessed via his own course as well.
See Totem Link in action in the video below.
Avengers Academy Takes Superheroes Back to Their College Years
An all-new mobile game developed by TinyCo is set to take players back to school with Marvel's Avengers.
Called Marvel Avengers Academy, the game is an adventure/sim hybrid in which players unlock young versions of the Avengers, help them upgrade and develop new superpowers, and guide them through their social lives by going on dates, interacting with other characters, and training to become a superhero.
The school itself is also customizable, allowing players to mold and shape it accordingly to help their characters improve in their respective areas.
Marvel Avengers Academy will be available in Q1 2016 for iOS and Android devices.
The next time the Avengers will reach the big screen will be in 2016 in the upcoming Marvel film Captain America: Civil War. Check out IGN's breakdown of the opposing teams to learn more about the massive superhero conflict.
Comic Book Reviews for November 4, 2015
Marvel had a huge week as they launched several new comics including C.M. Punk's Drax #1, DC gave us a couple tie-ins to the Darkseid War, and the other publishers gave us Grant Morrison's take on Santa Claus, double BKV goodness, and a James Bond comic by Warren Ellis. It's a good week to be alive and reading comics, people.
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Fallout 4 Official Limited Edition Mug is £6.99 on eBay. If you want the game also with the mug, it can be found at Base.com for £47.99 here.
China Unveils Mars Probe for 2020 Mission to Find Signs of Alien Life
China unveiled its probe that it’ll to send to Mars in 2020 to search for water and signs of alien life.
China showed off a 3:1 demonstration model of the probe at the China International Industry Fair in Shanghai on Tuesday, China’s state news outlet Xinhua reports (via CNN).
The probe, developed by state-owned space contractor China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, consists of both an orbiter and a landing rover.