Monthly Archives: June 2016
New Harvest Moon Game Announced for 3DS
A brand-new entry in the Harvest Moon franchise is on the way, as Natsume has announced Harvest Moon: Skytree Village for Nintendo 3DS.
According to Gematsu, the game will be set in a land called "Oasis of the Harvest Goddess" where players will be tasked with reviving the seven Skytrees in order to restore the once lush and green land of Skytree Village and give the Harvest Goddess her power back.
Harvest Moon: Skytree Village official logo, via Gematsu
Someone’s Made ‘Tinder for League of Legends Players’
Do you feel compelled to sub-divide humans in new and unintentionally euphemistic categories like "Top" or "Jungle"? Have you ever thought about specifically dating someone who plays a multi-billion dollar-grossing MOBA? Do you just want to find a teammate who won't type exotic swear words at you from across the globe? There is now a salve for all of these chafing needs.
Unite LoL is a new, free and (currently) iOS-only app described by its creators as "Tinder for League". Primarily sorting other registered players by location - ostensibly to help you find players in the same time zone - Unite will also let you search based on Summoner name, rank, preferred role types and more.
Dead Rising: Endgame Trailer and Poster Debut
We have the brand new trailer and poster to share with you today for Dead Rising: Endgame, Crackle's sequel to last year's Dead Rising: Watchtower. Dead Rising: Endgame makes its streaming debut June 20.
Crackle's official synopsis for Dead Rising: Endgame -- which, like its predecessor, is based on the hugely popular Dead Rising video game franchise by Capcom -- says the sequel "drops us into the zombie-infested quarantined zone of East Mission City where investigative reporter Chase Carter must stop a secret government conspiracy which, though seemingly aimed at ending the country’s zombie epidemic, will also kill millions of innocent civilians."
Returning cast members include Jesse Metcalfe as reporter Chase Carter,, Keegan Connor Tracy as camera operator and producer Jordan Blair, and Dennis Haysbert as General Lyons.
Take-Two CEO: ‘There Is No Market’ for VR Right Now
Strauss Zelnick, CEO of Take-Two, has spoken about what he thinks is currently wrong with virtual reality.
Reported by Gamespot, Zelnick spoke at the Cowen and Company Technology Media & Telecom Conference today.
"It's way too expensive right now," said Zelnick of VR technology. "There is no market for a $2000 entertainment device that requires you to dedicate a room to the activity. I don't know what people could be thinking."
"We don't have something where you stand in a big open space and hold two controllers with something on your head— and not crash into the coffee table."
Get a Detailed Look at Fassbender’s Assassin’s Creed Costume
Ubisoft has released a high res image of Aguilar's outfit from the upcoming Assassin's Creed movie.
The costume will be worn by Michael Fassbender, who plays both the modern day Callum Lynch and his ancestor Aguilar in the movie.
Aguilar's assassin costume
The image shows the costume from multiple angles, and also contains close up shots of some of the more detailed parts.
Not only does it offer an interesting look at the costume, Ubisoft believes it can also be used as a reference for cosplay.
More Final Fantasy 15 Gameplay Info Revealed
Final Fantasy XV director Hajime Tabata has revealed more information about the game in a recent episode of Active Time Report.
The original video in Japanese has been translated by DualShockers. There will be another episode on June 13, just before E3 begins.
According to the video, Final Fantasy XV won't be a truly open world game, but as you progress through the story the number of places you can go will increase. You will be able to fast travel back to places you have camped at, and you will be able to save the game anywhere.
Overwatch Ranked Competitive Play Seemingly Delayed
UPDATE: Overwatch will receive its ranked Competitive mode in late June, not late July as was previously stated.
The official Overwatch Twitter account corrected this mistake earlier today, stating:
Original story follows...
Overwatch's ranked play, Competitive mode, appears to have been delayed until mid-to-late July. Responding to questions about the mode on Twitter, the official Overwatch account mentioned the new date:
New Skylanders Lets You Create Your Own Skylanders
2016’s Skylanders game allows players to completely create and customize their own Skylanders, using a robust in-game character creation menu. The premise is adorably inspired by the hundreds of drawings kids have sent to Toys for Bob - the series’ developers - of their own Skylanders designs, and is, fittingly, called ‘Skylanders Imaginators’.
Imaginators seemingly has the same core gameplay as previous installments in the Skylanders series, focusing on simple puzzle solving and light, hack and slash-style combat, but this time, with an in-game character you’ve created all on your own. Your Imaginator Skylanders’ powers, weapons, heads, ears, tails, abilities, catchphrases, fighting styles (and more) are all fully customizable and can be edited and updated at almost any time, through a simple menu that manages to neatly hide just how extensive it is - a nice change from last year's totally underwhelming customization. If you don’t want to delve into fully creating a new character, though, you can fully randomise one, use any of the 300+ character toys from all of the previous Skylanders games, or select from a handful of new ones.
Skylanders Imaginators Announced
Activision has announced a new entry in its Toys-to-Life franchise, Skylanders Imaginators.
Coming October 16 in the US, Skylanders Imaginators will allow you to create your own Skylanders for the first time in an all-new story in the universe, brought to you by the original Skylanders creative team Toys for Bob.
Skylanders Imaginators will support the toys from all previous games, while the eponymous 'Imaginators' - characters you can build from scratch - can be created and transported into the game anytime and anywhere through a new toy type, the 'Creation Crystal'.
'Guest stars' will also be introduced in Skylander Imaginators called "Senseis", which include 20 new characters and 11 former villains. Each Sensei is a master of one of 10 Battle Classes such as Knight, Sorcerer, Brawler, and have the ability to launch Sky Chi – "the ultimate Battle Class super move".
AMD to Release $199 VR-Ready Graphics Card
AMD is looking to release a graphics card capable of handling VR at a price well under the accepted rate.
According to Engadget, the Radeon RX480 will cost $199 and is based on AMD's new Polaris architecture. It is capable of over 5 TFLOPS of computing power, compared to the 6 TFLOPS of Nvidia's recently announced GTX 1070, which costs $380.
There will be 4GB and 8GB versions available, and the RX480 will run 2000MHz GDDR5 memory, much like the GTX 1070.