Monthly Archives: August 2017
Harmonix Announces Super Beat Sports for Nintendo Switch
Rock Band creator Harmonix announced its bringing an all-new collection of musical mini-games to Nintendo Switch.
Super Beat Sports is a sports game "with a musical twist," according to the developer. The game is based on the Apple TV game Beat Sports and includes console-exclusive "content and features."
Super Beat Sports features Joycon support to " swing, volley and hit balls to the beat" in a new Switch mini-game. Other additions include "full multiplayer support for each mini-game," a new user interface, as well as "bonus songs, levels, bats and costumes" coming to Switch.
It also includes HD Rumble support and 60 fps in both TV and handheld modes.
The game is coming to eShop in the third quarter of 2017, but no firm release date has yet been given.
Sony Sets Date for Pre-TGS PlayStation Press Conference
Prior to the start of Tokyo Game Show 2017, Sony Interactive Entertainment Japan Asia will hold a PlayStation press conference in Japan on Tuesday, September 19.
According to Sony's announcement on the Japanese PlayStation Blog (translation via Gematsu), the briefing will begin on September 19 at 4pm JST (12am PT/3am ET/8am UK/5pm AET). For those unable to attend the conference, Sony will also stream the event live right here.
New Thor: Ragnarok Logo Design Shown Off
A new logo for Thor: Ragnarok seems to have been revealed - we just don't know exactly where it will be used.
President of Marvel Studios, Kevin Feige revealed the logo in a tweet paying tribute to the late Jack Kirby, calling the film "an unabashed love letter to his vision" - and nabbing a bit of that vision for the design, it seems:
MCU wouldn't exist without him. Thor Ragnarok is an unabashed love letter to his vision. Happy Birthday to the King. Eternal #JackKirby100 pic.twitter.com/wihWcFrHMU
— Kevin Feige (@Kevfeige) August 28, 2017
Gamescom People’s Choice 2017 Winner Revealed
Gamescom is over for another year, but since the show opened last week in Cologne, Germany, we've been asking you to vote for your favourite game from the show.
Now, after 100,000 votes have been cast, we're pleased to announced the winner is...
Taking a massive 50% of the votes, the ever-popular football game reigns supreme, beating off other big games that were on the show floor.
Coming in second with 12% of the vote was Sonic Forces, followed by Dragon Ball FighterZ with 7% of the vote. Here are your top 5:
Call of Duty WW2: Multiplayer Changes Incoming
The first private multiplayer beta test for Call of Duty: WW2 is now over, and Sledgehammer has taken to the game's community page to detail some changes they're working on based on feedback from the beta, which this time round was exclusively for PS4 players.
The list is fairly wide-ranging and covers a multitude of areas, but in addition to general bug fixes Sledgehammer has also responded to player feedback regarding playlist variety; in addition to making fixes to improve this, they've added: "You know what else would improve it? More maps and modes". It seems like a safe bet to expect some upcoming announcements on this.
Microsoft Officially Discontinues Original Xbox One Production
Halo: 343 Industries Working with VR / AR for Future Titles
Microsoft has announced - albeit in a fairly low-key fashion - that it is partnering with 343 Industries "to bring future Halo experiences into mixed reality".
The news comes buried towards the bottom of a more general report from Microsoft technical fellow Alex Kipman, providing an update on the company's mixed reality services as a whole. Among general information about its range of headsets and mixed reality-ready PCs, there's a lengthy list of 'first wave' content partners who will be working with Microsoft on "mixed reality experiences" - including Sony and Hulu, among others - with Microsoft's partnership with 343 Industries given pride of place.
See Rick and Morty Driving in Mario Kart 8 in Modded GTA 5
This may be the most ridiculous mod combination I’ve seen yet. YouTuber Modded Games has dropped Rick and Morty into Grand Theft Auto 5, then put them both into the Zelda course from Mario Kart 8 (still in GTA 5) and made Morty race around the track.
Watch this lunacy in action right here:
The full video has Rick and Morty exploring other games and locations to show off a “portal gun” mod from the show, including the Last of Us universe and GTA 4’s Liberty City. You can watch the whole thing right here.
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Nintendo is Bringing Miiverse to an End
Nintendo has announced that it will be bringing its social networking service Miiverse to an end on Tuesday, November 7 at 10pm PT / Wednesday, November 8 at 1am ET / 6am GMT / 5pm AEST.
The news isn't entirely unexpected; late last year Nintendo announced that it was ending production for the Wii U. With Miiverse being exclusive to the Wii U and 3DS family of systems, plus Nintendo's introduction of the Nintendo Switch Online Service for Switch players, it isn't surprising that the console maker is looking to tidy up its online functionality.