Monthly Archives: March 2017
Order Pizza Hut With Pie Tops Basketball Shoes
You'll get a kick out of Pizza Hut's new way to order pies.
The company has crafted 64 pairs of Pie Tops sneakers to celebrate NCAA basketball March Madness. By pressing the shoe's tongue, the Shoe Surgeon-designed kicks will order you a Pizza Hut pie through Bluetooth technology and geolocation.
The Pie Tops sneakers (Courtesy of Pizza Hut)
Gotham Casts Game of Thrones Alum as Ra’s Al Ghul
Ra's Al Ghul is coming to Gotham.
FOX announced today that Game of Thrones and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine veteran Alexander Siddig has been cast in a recurring role as the DC Comics supervillain, who we ranked 67th among our Top 100 Villains.
Gotham producers released the following description for their depiction of Ra's Al Ghul: "As Bruce (David Mazouz) pulls the veil off the Court of Owls, he finds the man pulling the strings is the enigmatic and powerful Ra's Al Ghul. With his past shrouded in mystery, Ra's Al Ghul uses cunning and deception to lay waste to his foes. As the leader of an international criminal organization known as the League of Shadows, Ra's Al Ghul will prove himself to be Bruce's most dangerous adversary yet."
Xbox Boss Shares His Thoughts on Nintendo Switch
Head of Xbox Phil Spencer recently shared his thoughts on Nintendo Switch and explained why Microsoft has yet to release a portable Xbox.
"Our relationship with Nintendo is great," Spencer said on the latest episode of IGN's Xbox show Unlocked, noting he had to opportunity to play Nintendo Switch early and thinks "they've done some really innovative work."
The Xbox boss went on to say he "love
the hardware design" and believes that "anytime Nintendo brings a new product to the gaming market it's good for all of us."
With regard to why there hasn't been a portable Xbox, Spencer said he's "always watching to see what happens," but Microsoft has "looked at phones as dominating that market." He noted that a lot of people currently log into Xbox Live with their iOS and Android devices to connect with friends and play games.
Why Microsoft Moved Its E3 Conference
Microsoft recently announced that this year's E3 Xbox briefing is moving to a new day and time, and Head of Xbox Phil Spencer has come forward to explain why.
In prior years, Microsoft held its conference on Monday morning, but this year's Xbox briefing will take place a day earlier, on Sunday, June 11 at 2 p.m. PT/5 p.m. ET. On the latest episode of IGN's Xbox show Unlocked, Spencer said there were several reasons for the move, noting it allows them to kick off E3 like they used to, before Bethesda began holding a conference of its own on Sunday night.
Nintendo Switch: Save Data Cannot Currently Be Transferred
The Nintendo Switch currently has no option to transfer save data from one console to another.
After today's Nintendo Switch day one update, SD card support and online features have both become enabled on the new console, but game saves can only be stored on the console's 32GB internal storage, with no apparent option to transfer them.
In January, Nintendo told Kotaku that all saves would be stored internally, but made no mention of if or how they could be transferred.
In other respects, the console appears to have no problem in managing storage between the two devices. With an SD card inserted, users can choose where to download games themselves, and screenshots (another function added in today's update) can be transferred freely in the Data Management menu. Save data, however, can only be deleted, not moved or copied.
BioWare Confirms Non-Human Playable Characters in Mass Effect: Andromeda
Fernando Melo, one of the producers on Mass Effect: Andromeda, has teased us with some more multiplayer information.
First, Melo apologised for the lack of public tech test which had previously been due before release. He goes on to say, however, that the multiplayer mode has had the "most
user testing we've ever done."
Meanwhile, we'll get some more MP info out - let's get the ball rolling... see you all soon in Andromeda! 4/4 pic.twitter.com/FuhGpuat9f
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Switch: Friend Codes Still Required to Add Some Players
Nintendo has released its Day One update ahead of the Switch console's release tomorrow, and one element is a bit of throwback - friend codes are still mandatory to add online friends in some circumstances.
As seen in the screenshot of the console's Add Friend menu below, there are several methods for adding friends - including through a local connection, past online play, and existing friends on Nintendo's smartphone apps.
However, at time of writing, the only method of adding a friend online who you haven't had contact with previously is by using the 12-digit code applied to your Nintendo account - you cannot add a friend by searching for a username or another similar method.
Overwatch Wins Game of the Year at GDC 2017
Overwatch has been named Game of the Year at the 17th annual Game Developers Choice Awards, while Quadrilateral Cowboy won the Seumas McNally Grand Prize at the 19th annual Independent Games Festival.
Both award ceremonies were held tonight as part of GDC 2017, with Overwatch also winning Best Design and Playdead's Inside also picking up two awards. Overwatch was also awarded Game of the Year at the DICE Awards 2017 last week, while IGN also gave the Blizzard multiplayer shooter our Game of the Year honor for 2016.
Why Zelda: Breath of the Wild’s Touchscreen Features Were Cut
During an interview at the Game Developers Conference, Nintendo explained why the touchscreen shown in an early demo of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild was removed from the final game.
"When we were developing the game for the Wii U, we had touch features implemented as you have seen," Zelda: Breath of the Wild director Hidemaro Fujibayashi told IGN. "Once we began to develop the game in tandem for the Switch, we aimed to provide the same gameplay experience across both on Switch and Wii U."
Fujibayashi was referring to a demo from The Game Awards 2014, where Zelda creator Shigeru Miyamoto and series producer Eiji Aonuma played an early build of the game with touch controls displayed on the Wii U GamePad.