Monthly Archives: January 2016
Assetto Corsa Coming to PS4 and Xbox One in April
Respected PC racing simulator Assetto Corsa will arrive on April 22, 2016 developer Kunos Simlazioni has confirmed.
Assetto Corsa exited Steam Early Access back in December, 2014 and amassed a loyal following of racing sim fans. Assetto Corsa’s key focus is “pure physics realism” over car collecting, though the console versions will include over 100 cars and 20 different track configurations. DLC released over the past 12 months for the PC edition will be included in the console versions when they launch.
According to Kunos Simulazioni’s Marco Massarutto, co-founder to the Italian studio (which is actually based at Italy’s Vallelunga racing circuit), the PS4 version will run at full HD and the Xbox One version at 900p.
Nintendo Confirms Twilight Princess HD Amiibo Functionality
Nintendo has released a new amiibo-centric trailer for The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD, detailing how its line of Zelda figures will work with the upcoming Wii U remaster.
The video, released by Nintendo Deutschland, confirms reports earlier this week that Link and Toon Link replenish the player's arrows, Zelda and Sheik restore their hearts, and Ganondorf makes the game more difficult by increasing the damaging Link takes.
Street Fighter 5 Limited Edition PS4 Consoles Coming to Japan
Sony has announced a range of Street Fighter V limited edition PlayStation 4 consoles coming to Japan.
According to the Japanese PS Blog (via Gematsu), four variations of black and white consoles will be released. A Street Fighter V logo and a Chun-Li and Laura edition will come in white and a Ryu and a Necalli and Ryu edition will come in black.
In addition to the consoles, each model comes with a custom PlayStation 4 theme and an original sleeve. The game will not be included with the console.
Hotline Miami 2 Vinyl Back for a Limited Time Tomorrow
The vinyl soundtrack for Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number will once again be available for purchase, iam8bit has announced.
In a pair of posts on Twitter, iam8bit announced it will be holding a special sale at a random time tomorrow, January 21, during which all of its Hotline Miami products will be on sale.
The company also said it found a few unopened boxes of the Hotline Miami 2 soundtrack on vinyl, which will be available in "very limited quantities" for $60. You'll be able to check out the sale over at iam8bit's online store when it goes live tomorrow.
SEGA Teases Classic Game Announcement Coming Tomorrow
SEGA has teased an announcement for a new game that will appeal to fans of classic games.
According to SEGA’s Facebook page, the announcement is expected to come tomorrow.
No other details regarding the upcoming reveal were given.
Hasbro Announces Captain America: Civil War Figures
Hasbro has revealed an assortment of new Captain America: Civil War toys, coming this Spring.
The toy manufacturer will launch a Black Widow in the Marvel’s Avengers Titan Hero Series 12-Inch Figure Assortment line, the first Black Widow Titan scale figure. Hasbro also unveiled a line of 3.75-inch and 6-inch Legends Series figures, and a 2.5-inch Miniverse two-pack series of action figures. Check out the toys in the image gallery below.
Marvel’s Captain America Civil War 3.75 Legend Series will include Captain America with Motorcycle and Falcon with Flight Tech and Redwing.
Black Panther, Captain America, and Iron Man will be the latest additions to the 6-inch Marvel Legend series.
Hearthstone: A Guide to Tempo Mage
We love Hearthstone here at IGN, but its incredible depth can be quite intimidating. If you like the game, but don't know your Control Priests from your Mid-range Hunters, this series should help. In each instalment we run through an important deck archetype - what it's trying to achieve, and the key cards, combos and strategies. So far we've published video guides to Aggro Shaman, Freeze Mage and Secret Paladin, but now it's time for Tempo Mage.
The 100: Raven’s Starting Season 3 in a Very Bad Place
Among The 100 fandom, Raven Reyes (Lindsey Morgan) has proven to be a resourceful and popular character. However, things have been far for easy for the young mechanical engineer, who found herself unable to use one of her legs after being shot at the end of Season 1. Season 3 of The 100, beginning Thursday night, will show that Raven, despite temporarily putting aside her obstacles last year, still has some huge physical and mental issues to overcome thanks to her recent disability.
Last week, shortly before the female cast members from The 100, joined by executive producer Jason Rothenberg, discussed the series during a panel at the TCA press tour, I sat down with Morgan to talk about Raven’s struggles in Season 3, her relationships with characters like Abby (Paige Turco) and Sinclair (Alessandro Juliani), and more.
Riot Reveals New Ocean Week Challenge for League of Legends
Riot Games has confirmed that it is running a new ‘Ocean Week’ in-game event for League of Legends players on the Oceanic server from January 23 to January 31.
Players will be required to protect seven cities across Australia, New Zealand, and Fiji over the course of the week. Riot explains that each city will have a points total that will need to be reached in order to successfully defend it. For every city saved Riot will unlock a new reward tier, and if all the cities are saved and the final battle is won, the grand prize will be unlocked: a community mural featured in “a major city in Oceania.”
According to Riot during last year’s ‘Ocean Week’ players unlocked the main Ocean Week prize in just three days.
Legends of Tomorrow: Hawkgirl’s Still Adjusting to the Truth
Having been introduced in an innocuous manner, as Cisco’s love interest on The Flash, Kendra (Ciara Renee) quickly turned out to be a much more important player in CW’s DC TV universe, as it was revealed (including to herself) that she was actually the latest reincarnation of Hawkgirl.
Kendra/Hawkgirl is now making the leap over to DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, as she and Carter/Hawkman (Falk Hentschel) join an unlikely, time traveling team out to stop the immortal Vandal Savage (Casper Crump), Kendra and Carter’s eternal enemy – and a man determined to kill them, as he has over and over through the ages.
During a visit to the set of Legends of Tomorrow, I spoke to Renee about how Kendra is adjusting to what she’s learned, how Renee is enjoying becoming a part of this world and more.