Monthly Archives: March 2016
Daily Deals: Twilight Princess HD, The Division Collector’s Edition, $11 Gaming Mouse
The Twilight Princess Remaster Is Great. Get It With Amiibo 20% Off
If you never played Twilight Princess on Wii or Gamecube, or just want to take it for another spin in HD, you can get it for $48 (instead of $60) if you have Amazon Prime. That's less than a digital copy (which you can still get for $50)!
Star Wars Battlefront Outer Rim DLC Includes New Heroes, Maps
Details have been released for the first of Star Wars Battlefront's announced DLC add-ons.
Called Outer Rim, the pack includes two new maps, a new mode, new weapons, and two playable heroes.
The first map takes place on Sullust, a planet known for its lava flow and manufacturing plants. In the second, players will engage in closer-range battles inside the palace and garage of Jabba the Hutt.
The planet Sullust.
The Next Forza Game Will Be Announced at E3 2016
The next game in the Forza series will be announced at this year's Microsoft E3 media briefing.
The new Forza game will also feature the first depiction of the Lamborghini Centenario. A brand-new super sports car, the Centenario boasts a V12 with 770 horsepower and will appear in the next Forza game before ever being manufactured in real life.
Check out the first teaser right here.
Players of Forza Motorsport 6 can also compete in the Super Trofeo series starting today. You will be able to compete in Rivals time trial events, as well as league races using the 2014 Lamborghini Gallardo Super Trofeo.
This Is How Much Money EA Makes on Extra Content
EA makes $1.3 billion a year off of extra content, according to chief financial officer Blake Jorgensen.
Speaking at a Morgan Stanley investor conference, Jorgensen detailed the success of the extra content category, which includes things like season passes, map packs, and other microtransactions.
"The extra content business is a billion-three
a year," Jorgensen said. "Half of that is roughly our Ultimate Team business."
Ultimate Team, the largest contributor to the earnings of the extra content category, is key to the FIFA, Madden, and NHL franchises and allows players to buy, trade, and sell player cards for real or in-game money.
12 Once Upon a Time Teases, from Hook to Hercules
The search for Hook is on in the second half of Once Upon a Time: Season 5, which will also introduce viewers to the ABC series' take on Hercules, Megara and Hades. That's only scratching the surface of what's ahead for the show, though.
Beyond the debate of whether Rumplestiltskin can be redeemed again, here are 12 teases from the cast and creators of Once Upon a Time about what can be expected from the second half of Season 5 -- and beyond.
Find Your Own Path to Destruction in Necropolis
I walked between an intersection of tall, dark walls, and found myself pinned between two hordes of enemies. I had just picked up a better sword form a new enemy I bested, but I wasn’t feeling confident against the 20 or so enemies charging at me from my left and right. Going back would lead me to a more narrow path, and the path forward didn’t look promising. I sighed and decided to risk my progress. I ran straight into the guys on my right. Then I kept running.
Every new enemy I encountered in Necropolis was both exciting and terrifying - especially when I ran into a gaggle of them. That happened a lot.
Necropolis is a procedurally generated roguelike similar to Dark Souls in its play style; it has a stamina bar that depletes quickly in battle, you can wield two items, and death comes quickly, especially as most enemies you encounter will pop up from behind corridors. However, there are no campfires to respawn at, so death means you start all the way back at the beginning of the 10-level dungeon. Despite all these similarities, the tone and visuals are really what set them apart.
Mad Men’s Lasting Effect on Christina Hendricks
Christina Hendricks is heading back to television with SundanceTV's Hap and Leonard. An adaptation of the characters created by novelist Joe R. Lansdale, Hap and Leonard follows its two titular heroes (played by James Purefoy and Michael Kenneth Williams) as they try to track down missing loot in East Texas and end up in over their head.
Hendricks plays Trudy, Hap's ex-wife and the "femme fatale" of the story. Sitting down with IGN, she talked about why she couldn't say no to the role, plus opened up about saying goodbye to Mad Men and why she's so excited for her upcoming involvement with the "so depraved" Bad Santa 2.
Christina Hendricks and James Purefoy on Hap and Leonard
Marvel’s Avengers: Ultron Revolution Trailer
The Avengers animated series is back on March 13th, and IGN has the exclusive debut of a new promo for Marvel's Avengers: Ultron Revolution.
The third season has a lot going on, including the name change from Marvel's Avengers Assemble to Marvel's Avengers: Ultron Revolution, as the Avengers face the unexpected return of Ultron and encounter new threats like Baron Zemo, the Masters of Evil, the Inhumans, and the futuristic Kang the Conqueror. There will also be guest appearances from characters like Black Panther, Captain Marvel, Ant-Man, Doctor Strange and Ms. Marvel, leading into an animated version of Civil War.
In the premiere episode, "Adapting to Change," the Avengers will battle A.I.M.'s latest weapon – a new and improved Super Adaptoid.
Dark Souls 3…a Bloodborne Fan’s Perspective
After I finished Bloodborne last year, I decided, like many From Software newbies, to explore the developer’s back catalogue in order to ride a similar high. I was hungry for the same speed and the same aggression, the same sense I was playing chicken against a world with no fear. I went into Dark Souls and Dark Souls 2 with the intent to play fast, mean, and hard.
I immediately hit a learning curve so steep I barely made it halfway up. As From Software veterans know, Dark Souls is a very different series to Bloodborne. It’s slower and weightier; there's more waiting around during combat. As I played, I felt like Andre the Giant floundering about in the featherweight division: I kept trying to roll around enemies to dodge their blows, but my armoured body was too slow. Lifting my sword felt too heavy. I was running through molasses.
Mass Effect Andromeda Pushed to Q1 2017, According to EA CFO
Mass Effect Andromeda has been delayed from its original holiday 2016 release date into Q1 2017, according to EA CFO Blake Jorgensen.
Speaking during Morgan Stanley’s Technology, Media & Telecom Conference, via NeoGAF, Jorgensen was asked to provide the status of EA’s upcoming non-sports games. He said Mass Effect would be coming in EA’s “fourth quarter” EA’s fiscal year ends March 31 so the game could launch sometime between January and March 2017.