Monthly Archives: May 2017
South Park: The Fractured But Whole New Release Date Announced
Following several delays, South Park: The Fractured But Whole will now be released on October 17 for PS4, Xbox One, and PC, Ubisoft announced.
After confirming The Fractured But Whole would still release within Ubisoft's next fiscal year, the publisher revealed release plans today. The game will be available in four editions: Standard, Gold, Steelbook Gold and Collector’s editions.
come with the game, its season pass, a steelbook case, three additional South Park postcards, and extra in-game costume perks. The Collector's Edition also includes a six-inch figure of The Coon.
Arrested Development: Season 5 Coming to Netflix in 2018
The fifth season of Arrested Development will premiere exclusively on Netflix worldwide sometime in 2018.
Netflix shared the news today, confirming series creator Mitchell Hurwitz, along with Arrested Development's entire core cast cast, will be back for the new season.
As such, you can expect the return of Michael Bluth (Jason Bateman) and his son George Michael (Michael Cera), as well as his father George Bluth Sr. (Jeffrey Tambor) and his mother Lucille (Jessica Walter). Michael's brothers, George Oscar Bluth II (Will Arnett) and Buster Bluth (Tony Hale), as well as his sister Lindsay Funke (Portia de Rossi), will also be back. Additionally, Season 5 will include Lindsay's husband Tobias (David Cross) and their daughter Maeby (Alia Shawkat).
Switch Was Best-Selling Console in the US in April
Nintendo Switch was the best-selling console for the month of April in the United States, according to the NPD Group.
Nintendo reportedly sold over 280,000 Switch units during April, making it the second consecutive month that Switch has been the top-selling console. Following its launch on March 3, Nintendo Switch sold 906,000 in its first 28 days in North America.
Combining April sales of Switch and Nintendo's ever-growing family of 3DS systems, the latter of which sold over 68,000 units, Nintendo hardware made up nearly half of all video game console sales this past month.
Why Boba Fett and the Bounty Hunters Deserve a Movie
The words bounty hunter in the Star Wars universe tend to be synonymous with one character: Boba Fett. The character and his memorable armor have appeal, to be sure, but he's not the only being for hire in the galaxy. Droids, aliens, and humanoids have all taken credits for hunting down individuals from the heart of the Empire to the Outer Rim. They often fend for themselves in order to make the maximum amount of profit, but sometimes they team up Ocean's 11 style when the job calls for different talents and specialties... and also has a gigantic enough payout that it's still sizable when it's split multiple ways. That last part is key.
In the Star Wars movies, we've spent time around the Fetts, Zam Wesell, and 4-LOM to name a few. The animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars introduced the likes of the stylish hat-wearing Cad Bane and Sugi. Dengar keeps appearing in stories in the current storytelling universe for some reason. But in the days of the Expanded Universe/Legends books and comics, the plots mostly focused on the bounty hunters we met in the original trilogy.
Another Captain America Bombshell in Secret Empire
The saga of Hydra Cap took another dramatic turn in the latest issue of Secret Empire.
Warning: this article contains spoilers for Secret Empire #2.
This issue established the basic conflict for Secret Empire. Following Hydra's destruction of of Las Vegas in issue #1, both Captain America and Hawkeye's teams are desperately searching for the shattered fragments of the Cosmic Cube that will allow them to rewrite reality. Cap wants to restore Hydra to its World War II-era glory, while the Avengers simply want to undo the destruction of the past few months.
New Star Wars: The Last Jedi Plot Details Revealed
A Japanese promo leaflet for Star Wars: The Last Jedi has seemingly revealed a little more about the upcoming sequel's plot.
What follows could be considered light spoilers for those looking to know know nothing about The Last Jedi. Be warned!
Spotted by StarWarsNewsNet, the leaflet headline (as translated by SWNN user Niamor and independently verified by an IGN translator) reads: "The Most Shocking Truth in Star Wars History Will Soon be Revealed!"
F1 2017 Release Date Announced
The ninth installment in Codemasters' Formula One racing series, F1 2017, will launch on August 25 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC.
This year's entry will include the return of classic F1 cars for the first time since F1 2013. The game will feature 12 of these classic cars, one of which is the 1988 McLaren MP4/4, which will be available for those who preorder or purchase the"Day One" copies of F1 2017. Alternatively, the McLaren MP4/4 will be available for purchase to all at a later date.
The other eleven classic cars will be available in all editions of the game. Along with online multiplayer modes and time trial, players will also be able to race in different classic F1 cars in the career mode for the first time in the series. You can check out the game's first trailer below.
Steam Overhauling Trading Cards System Because of ‘Fake Games’
Valve is bringing some big changes to the Steam trading card system in order to prevent fake games exploits.
A Steam blog post has addressed an issue around trading cards, in which fake games were being created to generate cards which could then be sold on the market for profit.
The process comes from an allowance Steam gives to developers which lets them generate thousands of keys for their games. Where this becomes a problem is when these fake developers do this for fraudulent games and then use bots to have the games run idle and collect trading cards.
Steam says that the profiteering side of the exploit is only part of the problem, as the bots can potentially have an impact on the Steam Store's algorithm. Having a fake game played by many bots means the algorithm runs the risk of mistaking it for a popular title and may begin to suggest it to real players.
Nerf Releasing Boba Fett-Themed Blaster and Mask
Nerf will release a Mandalorian edition blaster and face mask set, which is currently available for pre-order. GameStop has the Boba Fett themed set at $89.99 in the US with a release date of November 17 this year.
The blaster comes in the form of a red and green Nerf Rival Apollo XV-700 complete with matching ammunition. The mask is also from the Rival series and, like the blaster, sports the iconic colours.
The pair are inspired by the upcoming Star Wars Battlefront 2 game which debuted this year at the Star Wars Celebration.
Danger Zone Revives Burnout’s Body, if not its Soul
Burnout 3 has always been my favorite racing game. Its near-perfect mix of high-speed arcade-y action with aggressive modes like Road Rage and the best-ever form of Crash Mode’s puzzle-y intersections made it both endearing and highly replayable. Eventually, however, EA applied its Burnout resources to Need for Speed instead, and Burnout’s original creators left the company.
Danger Zone, out May 30 for PC and PS4, is the closest thing we’re likely to get to a new and proper Burnout – made by its original creators – right down to the Crashbreakers (called Smashbreakers here), cash pickups, and ability to control your car in the air in slow-motion (nee Aftertouch). It’s a stripped down Burnout; the only mode is Crash Testing, and all of the events take place indoors in a drab virtual simulation chamber, but at least the price ($13) is reflective of the minimism.