Monthly Archives: September 2016
Forza Horizon 3 Is a Time Capsule for a Fading Car Culture
The ute is Australia’s idiosyncratic contribution to the automotive world. Combining the comfort and increased sophistication of a coupé with an integrated cargo bed, the ‘coupé utility’ isn’t a pick-up truck.
No, Australia didn’t invent the pick-up; they already existed. The ‘ute’, however, is something slightly different.
The birth of the ute is folklore amongst Australian revheads. It goes that, back in 1932, a Victorian woman sent a letter to Ford Australia suggesting the company build a vehicle stylish enough to take her and her husband to church on Sundays but practical enough for them to carry their pigs to market on Mondays. Ford designer Lewis Bandt developed the response: the 1934 Ford coupé utility. Henry Ford nicknamed it the ‘kangaroo chaser’ when Bandt displayed a pair of examples to Ford in Detroit.
IGN Presents The For Honor Black Beta
IGN and Ubisoft would like to invite all budding Vikings, Samurai and Knights to take part in a battle of the ages in the For Honor Black Beta in Sydney. Hosted by For Honor's Jason Vandenberghe, this will be a night to remember - and we have 100 double passes to give away!
Pledge your axe, katana or broadsword to the cause, and join a team of others in 4 vs 4 mayhem on the field of battle. This third person MOBA-style combat game lets you answer the age old question; who is the mightiest warrior? Gain control of the battlefield and defeat your enemies!
Where: Oxford Arts Factory: 38-46 Oxford St, Darlinghurst NSW 2010
When: Monday 26th of September
10 High-Res Pictures of the Pokemon Go Plus
The Pokemon Go Plus is out today, but we managed to get our mucky paws on one a little bit early.
To take a closer look at the sensor and everything you get in the box, swipe through the gallery of pictures below:
And if you want to see us unbox the device and set it up, check out this video:
Undertale Creator Releases Unused Music
To celebrate its one year anniversary, Undertale's creator has opened up about how its success affected him, as well as releasing tracks that never made it into the final game.
Toby Fox has written a candid blog post about the highs and lows of making a successful indie game - a game we scored a 10 back in January.
"Not only did I not expect this level of popularity, but initially, I was afraid of it", writes Fox. "I didn’t want Undertale to become tiring for people, or become spoiled before anyone even got a chance to play it. Early on (this was probably excessive) I even tried to contact certain Let’s Players to tell them not to make any content about it.
What to Expect from Spider-Man’s Clone Conspiracy
The Spider-Man franchise is gearing up for another major crossover this fall. The Clone Conspiracy will pit Spidey against the Jackal once again. But this time Miles Warren has unlocked the secrets of death itself, resurrecting many of Peter Parker's deceased friends and foes. For Peter, the question isn't simply whether he can defeat his old nemesis, but whether he even wants to.
Marvel held another "Next Big Thing" press call today to shed more light on this upcoming event. Both writer Dan Slott and editor Nick Lowe were present to answer questions about The Clone Conspiracy and how the rest of the Spider-Man line will factor into the crossover. Scroll down to find out what we learned on the call and to check out some gorgeous preview art from artists like Jim Cheung and Gabriele Dell'Otto.
Madden Topped Sales for August, No Man’s Sky Was Right Behind
The best-selling game for August 2016 was Madden NFL 17, followed by No Man's Sky. However, sales of No Man's Sky didn't take into account digital sales for the period, meaning only physical copies of the game were tallied in the results.
While Madden was the top game, when compared to Madden NFL 16, spending was actually down by 3 percent, according to the report.
The Xbox One S, already revealed by Microsoft as August 2016's top-selling console, also saw its popularity spill over to controllers. The Xbox One S white controller sold 79,000 units, "26 percent of all Xbox One gamepads sold for the month," making it the month's top seller.
No Man’s Sky Player Walks Completely Around Planet
One player in No Man's Sky spent two weeks circumnavigating his planet, venturing out from his ship and traveling all around the planet back to it safely.
Steambot detailed his story on Reddit and to IGN, as well as captured the final hour of his trip as he returned to his ship and launched into space.
"After it was done I was relieved that I could finally do something else but also a little sad that it was over. I will remember this experience fondly," Steambot told IGN about the experience, the end of which you can watch below:
American Horror Story Was Right to Be Secretive about S6
After five seasons on FX, the freaky and shocking elements of American Horror Story began to have a numbing effect. The fifth season, Hotel, especially seemed guilty of delivering diminishing returns as it perhaps went too far over the edge in an attempt to make our jaws drop. And after each AHS season ended, the same "news cycle" would begin: We'd learn who'd be back (usually most everyone). We'd learn the time period and location. Then we'd tune in and watch Jessica Lange -- before she decided to leave the series after the fourth season -- lord over a collection of outcasts and oddities, occasionally grimacing at the bloodshed and overall ickiness.
In the show's sixth year, however, things changed. We learned nothing about the new season beyond the cast. Where and when would the story take place? Who would the actors be playing? The hook to get you in wasn't a hotel or an asylum or a freak show, but the mystery itself. The slew of teasers seemed to suggest that this year would involve everything under the sun - from possessed children to alien abductions. Finally, in Wednesday's premiere, audiences found out what Season 6 would be about.
Newcomer Cailee Spaeny Cast in Pacific Rim 2
Newcomer Cailee Spaeny will play the female lead in Pacific Rim 2.
Variety reports the actress and singer will co-star in the sequel alongside Star Wars: The Force Awakens actor John Boyega and Scott Eastwood. She previously showed up in the indie film Counting to 1,000 and has a single called "Fallin" on iTunes.
Cailee Spaeny (courtesy of her Twitter account)
Haunting New Art From Syfy’s Channel Zero: Candle Cove
Syfy is tackling annals of Internet urban legends, creepypastas, in its new anthology series Channel Zero. The first season of the series is bringing to life Kris Straub's classic Candle Cove, which follows a man trying to recall a children's TV show he watched in his youth and discovering that it's much more of a nightmare than he realized.
Channel Zero: Candle Cove premieres on October 11th, and to get viewers into the spirit of the new show, IGN is exclusively debuting some especially creepy illustrations. The art pairs dialogue from the season's scripts with some of the most terrifying imagery from the show that gives a pretty good sense of what's in store.
If you're unfamiliar with the Candle Cove story, you can read it in its entirety online. Channel Zero's first season will follow some of the ideas from that creepypasta, while expanding on the idea that the children who were watching the show mysteriously disappeared, and even more mysteriously would seemingly appear in the next episode of Candle Cove.