Monthly Archives: August 2016
Proof David Brent Was Framed By The Office
“Stitch up. It was a stitch up.”
That’s how David Brent regards the BBC’s documentary series The Office, which brought him mild fame and professional ruin.
Brent’s accusation comes at the beginning of the Christmas Special. He’s positive that he was misrepresented by the final edit: “They filmed hours of material, and most of it is a good bloke doing a good job at work”.
PS4 System Update 4.00 Details Released
Sony has revealed details of the 4.00 system update for PlayStation 4, which will refresh the console's user interface, update menus, add folders and more.
Codenamed 'Shingen', the update will soon enter the public beta testing phase, with a full release to follow at an unspecified date. Here's a full changelist:
- UI Refresh - Designed to offer a "more refined and easy to use" interface, changes include a new What's New menu, new system backgrounds, updated pop-ups and new system icons. Sony stresses that it will retain the look and feel of the current UI.
The 6 Biggest Changes In WWE 2K17
On Friday WWE 2K17’s Executive Producer, Mark Little, put out a blogpost detailing the biggest additions and changes for this year’s big wrasslin’ game. But the day before that, I was in his office beating the crap out of him, for fun, because I’m a big meanie. Actually it’s because we were playing WWE 2K17, and he was running me through what’s different and what that means for the dedicated masses who sign back up for another round in the squared circle.
There was a whole lot in that blog post, but my hands-on was limited mostly to a handful of match-types. It was all I needed though; the key gameplay-related changes not only make for a better overall experience, they fix new and old problems in smart ways.
Dawn of War 3’s Battles Are Big And Brutal
I expected to lament all of the ways that Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War 3 wasn’t Dawn of War 2 when I sat down to play it, but thankfully, that wasn’t the case. Sure, the zoomed out camera and lower per-model detail makes it a bit less immersive than its prequel, but what it lacks in terms of presentation, it makes up in scale and depth of gameplay.
Dawn of War 3’s battles are big; even a mid-sized skirmish is larger and more layered than the biggest fights you’d see in Dawn of War 2. The larger population cap means more units on screen, and a wider variety of units participating in any given battle. As a result, max-population engagements look and feel a lot more epic than Dawn of War 2’s late-game dances.
Shane Black Thinks Monster Squad 2 “Could be Fun”
When writer-director Shane Black recently visited the IGN office, we quizzed him about The Monster Squad – the 1987 horror-comedy about a bunch of kids doing battle with Dracula, Frankenstein and the Wolf-Man – and tried to talk him into making a sequel.
The original wasn’t a theatrical hit, but found an audience on video, with a cult following building up over the last 30 years years. One that Black initially wasn't aware of.
“The cult surprised
” he explained. “I didn't even realise it had been successful. I loved it, I had fun working on it and it was one of the first things I'd ever written. And it wasn't just that it wasn't a hit - it was a huge failure. No one saw it. I don't know how on earth it caught on years later.”
Dataminer Uncovers Hidden Secrets in No Man’s Sky
A data mine of No Man's Sky has uncovered a selection of interesting discoveries, including the Half Life 2 logo and what may be a player avatar design, complete with textures for a helmet and backpack.
Image credit: NeoGAF (http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1263009)
NeoGAFfer Hugo Peters has "extracted all the game data from No Man's Sky Steam build". Along with the Half Life 2 logo - filed simply as "tests" - he's also discovered folders for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, and noted the PC build uses PS4 libraries and compression.
Fallout 4 Reveals Nuka-World DLC File Size
Fallout 4's final DLC drop, Nuka-World, is expected to take up 3.66GB on your hard drive.
According to a new Steam Database entry (via GamingBolt), the new DLC is considerably larger than Far Harbor, which clocked in at 2.7GB.
Nuka-World features an abandoned theme park controlled by Raiders. The all-new region features an "open wasteland and park zones", including the Safari Adventure, Dry Rock Gulch, Kiddie Kingdom, and Galactic Zone. New quests, Raiders, weapons, creatures and more are expected.
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Final Fantasy XV Delay Officially Confirmed
Square Enix has officially announced that Final Fantasy XV has been delayed to November 29, 2016 worldwide, confirming rumors that emerged over the weekend.
According to Square Enix, the new date “will allow the development teams time to further polish and conduct quality testing so that the reality of the game can match the expectations of both the fans and the creative teams.”
In a statement, Final Fantasy XV director Hajime Tabata said the team hopes “to create a level of freedom and realism previously unseen in the series" and that they need “a little bit more time to deliver on this vision and are confident that this new release date will help us achieve this.”
Like BvS, Suicide Squad Still No. 1 Despite Giant Drop
Suicide Squad remained the top movie at the North American box office this weekend with an estimated $43.8 million despite a massive 67% second weekend drop.
That's just two points lower than the 69% second weekend drop suffered by Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (as well as X-Men Origins: Wolverine).
While Suicide Squad's $222.9 million in domestic grosses after just a week in release is certainly nothing to sneeze at, the film's precipitous second weekend drop further fuels concerns Warner Bros.' DC films are failing to connect with mainstream audiences in a way that guarantees the sort of massive box office returns and widespread appetite for a shared universe their competitor Disney/Marvel enjoys.