Monthly Archives: January 2016
Mortal Kombat X Enhanced Online Beta Signups Begin Next Week
Mortal Kombat X's enhanced online beta signups will begin on January 19.
The closed public beta will help NetherRealm Studios "move away from the dynamic input latency model" toward one it says will more accurately preserve "the feel of an offline game" during online play.
The new model is similar to GGPO, which is described as a "rollback, simulate forward model." According to the announcement, it'll create a "smoother experience" and lessen "the feel of lag during online play."
Any player who has logged more than one hour online can sign up for testing using the online beta site, though NetherRealm's community specialist notes that not everyone will get a invite. However, the developer plans on introducing more players throughout the testing period.
New Power Rangers Trailer Assembles Biggest Team Ever
GO, GO! IGN has an exclusive, first-look clip from the upcoming season of Power Rangers Dino Super Charge! As we revealed earlier this week, Season 23 will unite not five, not six, but a whopping 10 Power Rangers on the same team for the first time ever. Check out the new video below for your first taste of deca-Ranger awesomeness, as well as the show's newest villain.
Additionally, we learned that the next iteration of the long-running series will be called Power Rangers Ninja Steel, which will begin in 2017.
Power Rangers Dino Super Charge returns Saturday, January 30 at 12pm ET/PT on Nick.
Bates Motel: First Promo for Season 4
Bates Motel is leaning into its Psycho origins in this exclusive first promo for Season 4.
The short teaser, which will air during the Critics' Choice Awards on January 17th, previews Norman Bates' (Freddie Highmore) spiraling descent into madness which kicked into high gear in Season 3's finale.
Season 4 of Bates Motel sees Norma (Vera Farmiga) growing increasingly fearful of her son and trying to find Norman the professional help he desperately needs. As Norman struggles to keep his grip on reality, his relationship with his mother grows even more complicated, especially when Sheriff Romero (Nestor Carbonell) is drawn back into the Bates' lives.
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Star Wars, Nintendo Toys Featured in Obama YouTube Interview
UPDATE: Nintendo has chimed in on the image, issuing a shout out to a YouTube content creator for the decoration. We've since learned the toys aren't those of the White House staffers and were actually brought in as part of a set dressing, although we're still holding out hope Obama is a big Amiibo fan.
Love your choice of decorations, @sWooZ1e! https://t.co/P2C8hItRAj pic.twitter.com/fOiqGMBgQs
— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) January 15, 2016
The Division Will Have Free Post-Launch Content
Speaking at an event in Los Angeles last week, Creative Director of Ubisoft Massive Magnus Jansén announced that Tom Clancy's The Division will not only have post-launch DLC, but also free updates as well.
"An online game isn't done on release day. We've been working on this game for quite a while, and we're very happy to release it, but our work is not done then. We're gonna kick
off with a couple of free updates, new content and new features, and down the line we'll have normal DLC as well."
While specifics of what the updates and DLC would contain remained a mystery, Jansén committed to supporting The Division well after it's launch on March 8th. "We're not ready to go into detail, but we just wanted to let you know that we know that… you can't just abandon it when it's released, we know it takes a lot more than that."
Next Week’s Rock Band 4 DLC Features Grunge Legends
Monday's a holiday, so Rock Band 4 developer Harmonix is sharing next week's DLC a little early. On January 19, Rock Band 4 goes grunge.
Available for download in the Rock Band 4 store on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One are Soundgarden's "My Wave," Stone Temple Pilot's "Wicked Garden," and Temple of the Dog's "Hunger Strike." "Hunger Strike" features dual lead vocals from Chris Cornell and Eddie Vedder, which, according to Harmonix, makes for "great vocal gameplay," in addition to "phenomenal guitar, drum, and bass parts." Soundgarden's "My Wave" is from the band's hit album Superunknown, and Stone Temple Pilot's "Wicked Garden" has never been commercially released, though still considered "a career defining song."
Is This How Spider-Man Will Make His MCU Debut?
Tom Holland will make his big screen debut as Spider-Man later this year in Captain America: Civil War, and it looks like details regarding the web-slinging hero's grand entrance may have just leaked.
Warning: Potential spoilers for Captain America: Civil War ahead.
According to Geek.com, Spider-Man may be teaming up with Tony Stark (Robert Downey, Jr.) after looking up to Iron Man ever since he was a little boy. "Peter started becoming Spidey because he grew up and idolized Tony," a source close to the film told the outlet.
FOX Open to Considering Gotham Spinoff
With networks like The CW and ABC growing their comic book TV show franchises into expanded universes, FOX isn't against similarly expanding the world of Gotham.
Speaking with IGN after FOX's executive session at the 2016 winter Television Critics Association press tour, FOX Chairman and CEO Gary Newman said the network would "certainly be open to considering" potential Gotham spinoffs, though those creative decisions would need to go through DC.
"We're really happy with the creative on Gotham this year," he said. "We thought the Rise of the Villains has been great, and it feels like a world that has many, many stories to tell. We haven't had any conversations with Warners about whether or not they'd want to do a spinoff series. I think that would be an issue for DC. It isn't quite clear to me that they'd be ready to do that, but it's a good idea."
Diablo 3 Update Hurts Console Performance
UPDATE: Blizzard reached out to us to say it's "currently researching reported issues," and promises to keep the community updated "as soon as we have new information." In the meantime, Blizzard asked affected users comment in the thread on its forums, listed in the story below, so it can try to "reproduce the issues internally."
Diablo 3's most recent patch has caused serious lag and frame rate issues for some console players.
A user brought up the problems on the game's Battle.net forum, saying "As soon as I downloaded the patch I went into a t10 rift and my goodness it's lagging so bad. When there's density it's terrible it's even creating button lag." The user then asked if anyone else was having issues.