Monthly Archives: June 2016
Minecraft Has Sold Over 100 Million Copies
Minecraft has sold a total of 106,859,714 copies across PC, console, and mobile platforms to date, averaging about 53,000 sales per day since the start of 2016.
These stats, and more, have been revealed in a new Minecraft infographic, which you can check out below.
According to the infographic, Minecraft is owned in every territory and country on the planet. There are even some copies floating around in Antarctica.
Microsoft recently announced a new game mode for Minecraft: Console Edition.
Comic Book Reviews for June 1, 2016
This week was another doozy for the comic book industry. DC Rebirth is now officially under way, and based on books like Batman Rebirth #1, Superman Rebirth #1 and Green Lanterns Rebirth #1, things are looking good for this relaunch. Marvel kicked off their Civil War II event while also delivering new issues of Amazing Spider-Man and Invincible Iron Man. Elsewhere, Dark Horse delivered what appears to be the end of the Hellboy saga in Hellboy in Hell #10, Image released a new chapter of The Walking Dead and Boom kicked off a Pink Ranger-themed Power Rangers spinoff.
Scroll down to check out our reviews for these and various other new releases, and be sure to let us know your favorite books of the week in the comments below.
Vivendi Coukd Take Over Ubisoft After Acquiring Gameloft
Gameloft's company shareholders have backed a hostile takeover bid from Vivendi.
According to Gamespot, this will give Vivendi enough voting power to kick Gameloft boss Michel Guillemot from his role as chief executive. French regulators are expected to officially announced the bid's acceptance tomorrow, and Guillemot is expected to resign following this news.
Some analysts believe Vivendi will then turn its eyes to Ubisoft, and Michel Guillemot is expected to join his brother Yves Guillemot, who is CEO of Ubisoft, in trying to resist the takeover.
The Division: Today’s Patch ‘Unsuccessful,’ Challenge Mode Delayed
Ubisoft Massive has announced it has delayed the patch for latest The Division which was scheduled to go live today.
The servers were supposed to go offline at 8am CEST for around five hours, however the update has since been delayed and the servers are now back online.
"Prior to deployment, it has been found that the patch was unsuccessful and has been delayed," said an update on the Ubisoft forums.
"This also means that the deployment of the Clear Sky Challenge Mode has been delayed for the time being as well," the post continued. Ubisoft will be updating fans as soon as they know when the patch will be ready again.
GTA Online Needs to ‘Rest’, Says Take-Two CEO
Grand Theft Auto publisher Take-Two has said GTA Online was never intended as a permanent fixture, and that the franchise needs to “rest.”
As reported by GameSpot, speaking at the Cowen and Company Technology, Media & Telecom Conference, CEO Strauss Zelnick explained Take-Two never intended for GTA Online to become a permanent entity.
"Not only was it not our intention that GTA Online was permanent, but it's important that it not be permanent,” says Zelnick. "We have to rest the franchise at some point."
Previously, Zelnick used the term “permanent” when talking about the likes of Red Dead Redemption, Evolve, and the GTA series, but never individual online modes.
The Order: 1886 Dev Reveals Its Next Game
Ready at Dawn revealed its next game, De-formers, an arena-combat game published by GameTrust.
According to Ready at Dawn, De-formers is a "third-person smash ‘em arena combat game" where up to 8 players control "Forms" as they wage melee combat in a quest to "reign over the other players."
Ready at Dawn said De-formers is designed "for those who love to show off their skills, determination, and domination" on the battle field. Players use the Forms to roll, smash, "shoot, throw and defend" their way to victory.
Forms can also consume objects in the world to grow more powerful, objects which include the "remains of your defeated opponents."
"Games are better when bragging rights are part of the experience," Ready at Dawn said of the social aspects of its new game. The multiplayer game can be played both locally and online.
New Game of Thrones Images Feature Bronn and the Blackfish
HBO has released the first photos from the seventh episode of Game of Thrones: Season 6, offering us a look at some returning characters.
Technically, Bronn (Jerome Flynn) hasn't been "gone" anywhere, but the character hasn't appeared onscreen at all so far in Season 6, since he and Jaime returned from their ill-fated trip to Dorne. But in a new photo, we see him reunited with Jaime, with an army joining them.
Brynden Tully, AKA the Blackfish (Clive Russell), is another story, as we haven't seen Catelyn Stark's uncle since Season 3, when he managed to escape the horror of the Red Wedding. This week, the Blackfish -- who we learned has taken back Riverrun in the last episode -- returns at last.
Deadpool’s T.J. Miller Joins Ready Player One Cast
T.J. Miller has joined the cast of Steven Spielberg's upcoming film Ready Player One.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the actor—who starred in Fox's Deadpool and the HBO comedy series Silicon Valley—will play an online troll whose message board alias is i-R0k.
T.J. Miller as Weasel in Deadpool.
Ready Player One is based on Ernest Cline’s novel of the same name and takes place in a near-future dystopia where a teenage boy—played by Tye Sheridan—finds refuge within a virtual game world, only to get caught up in a high-stakes treasure hunt.
Fallout 4 Mod Support on Xbox Had ’50x’ More Traffic Than on PC
Bethesda launched mod support for Fallout 4 on Xbox One today and it's been a massive success.
Mod support on Xbox One reportedly generated "50x" the traffic than the initial launch of PC mod support for Fallout 4, which went live in April. In the same Twitter post, Bethesda said the launch is "just the beginning," and that the developer has "new features" and PlayStation 4 support "in the works."
Overwatch Player Reaches Level 100 One Week After Launch
It's been just over a week since Blizzard Entertainment launched Overwatch, but one player has already reached level 100.
One player reached level 100 in Overwatch just one week after launch.
It took Twitch streamer FenderellaFK over 92 hours in-game to reach his goal. In an Ask Me Anything post on Reddit, the player noted he played around 13 hours each day since the game went live on May 23. Most of his time was spent using offensive hero Pharrah, whom he logged around 30 hours with.