Monthly Archives: March 2016
Nike Reveals Auto-Lacing Shoes You’ll Actually Be Able to Buy
Nike has unveiled a new sneaker with self-tying laces, the HyperAdapt 1.0, which will be available to buy this holiday season.
Introduced at the Nike Innovation conference, and reported on by CNN Money, Nike said the HyperAdapt uses a "more technical, sport version" of the technology used in the Nike Air Mag, the Back to the Future-inspired power-lacing high-tops unveiled by Marty McFly himself, Michael J. Fox last year.
Lucha Underground Conquers SXSW
El Rey Network's high-adrenaline, telenovela style wrestling series Lucha Underground held its first ever non-televised event down in the Austin City Music Hall this week as part of that city's famed South by Southwest festival. I had the good fortune of being able to attend the show - which featured the likes of Rey Mysterio, Johnny Mundo, Pentagon Jr., Ivelisse, Cage, and many more - and to talk to some of the starts and creators about what an important event this was for the company.
L-R: Johnny Mundo, Ivelisse, Catrina, Vampiro, and Rey Mysterio Jr.
Why These Ex-Halo, Ex-Infamous Devs Chose VR
The nine developers who compose startup studio Highwire Games all have decorated resumes. Roughly half of them were long-time Bungie (Halo, Destiny) veterans, with the rest being tenured members of Sucker Punch (Infamous). Between them their games have sold hundreds of millions of copies. So why, we wondered during our visit for our month-long IGN First coverage, would they choose to move to the brand-new, unproven virtual reality sector?
“Any new thing for a pure tech guy is like ‘Yes!’” said Highwire co-founder Jared Noftle. “It’s also a place where you can do something with a small team,” added fellow co-founder and Halo’s “30 seconds of fun” gameplay loop inventor Jaime Griesemer.
LEGO Marvel’s Avengers Season Pass Detailed
Warner Bros. has detailed what’s coming in the LEGO Marvel’s Avengers season pass.
The first two pieces, which arrive on March 29, are the Classic Captain Marvel Character & Level Pack, and The Masters of Evil Character & Level Pack. Here’s a breakdown of what comes with what:
- Captain Marvel
- Captain Marvel’s Skycycle
- Helen Cobb’s Plane
- Kang The Conqueror
- Magnitron
- Moonstone
- Poundcakes
- Tic
- Warbird
- Wonder Man
- Baron Zemo
New Dusk Shadow and Copper Shadow Xbox One Controllers Revealed
UPDATE: Microsoft has also revealed the Copper Shadow edition, a vaguely self-explanatory title.
In a post on the Major Nelson blog, Microsoft revealed that the controllers would arrive in the US and Canada this month, with "other select regions" getting them in April. The Copper edition will be sold in Gamestop and on the Microsoft Store, while the Dusk edition will be sold in Best Buy for a limited period, and also on the Microsoft Store.
Here are the two new controllers together:
The Dusk and Copper Shadow Xbox One controllers.
Win a Gold Buggy in Dying Light: The Following
The first Community Bounty has been revealed for Dying Light: The Following, and reaching the goal will grant a gold buggy paint job for use in game.
This weekend, from March 19 - 20, players in The Following expansion have the task of collectively running over 5 million zombies with their in-game buggies. Even if the goal isn't met, everyone will still get a special weapon docket just for taking part.
Gold buggy in Dying Light
Most Ridiculous Irish Villains
Happy St. Patrick's Day!
We all know that Hollywood has long loved to use specific ethnic groups as villains, but the industry has long and unfortunately featured Irish villains in some of their worst movies.
To anyone of Irish ancestry (and, yes, I am so don't let the last name throw you), the following 10 Irish bad guys are so over-the-top they'll make you wail like a banshee.
Here they are, in no particular order:
My Nintendo: New Reward Program’s Missions and Free Games Detailed
Details of the new My Nintendo loyalty program have been revealed, including what will earn you the service's Gold and Platinum points, as well as what the Japanese version will offer as rewards for those points.
The service - which replaces the now-defunct Club Nintendo - is launching alongside Nintendo's first smartphone app, Miitomo, and many of the rewards relate to playing on your phone. Platinum points can be earned for daily and weekly activity in the app, as well as signing into Miiverse, the Nintendo eShop or linking social network accounts. Gold points can only be earned by purchasing Nintendo software.
Comic Book Reviews for March 16, 2016
It was a big week for Superman this week, as the "Savage Dawn" crossover wrapped up in the pages of Superman #50 and Max Landis and Francis Manapul delivered what might be the best issue of Superman: American Alien yet. Elsewhere, Marvel kicked off the "X-Men: Apocalypse Wars" crossover in Extraordinary X-Men #8, Deadpool and the Mercs for Money continued to prove its merit and Valiant launched a new ongoing seires featuring the wacky duo Archer & Armstrong.
Scroll down to check out our reviews for these and many other new releases, and be sure to let us know your favorite comics of the week in the comments below.
DC COMICS
Pokémon Series Sells 200 Million Copies
The Pokémon Company has announced that the core series of Pokémon games has now sold over a combined 200 million copies worldwide, as of February 29.
The company's press release (translated by NeoGAF user, JoeM86) states that this statistic includes the 3DS Virtual Console releases of Pokémon Red, Green, Blue and Yellow, which were released on the series' 20th anniversary of release in Japan, and bring the total up to 201 million.
The stat does not include spin-off Pokémon games, however - including non-core games, the series has sold 279 million copies.