Monthly Archives: September 2017
NVC: SteamWorld Dig 2 Rocks
Welcooooooome back, Nintendo fans! In episode 374 of our weekly talk show, Nintendo Voice Chat, we talk about our favorite new indie game for Switch, Nintendo's touching Iwata tribute, the latest game releases, and much more!
Join Lily Zaldivar, Brian Altano, Zach Ryan, and Peer Schneider, for a discussion of Switch's hidden Golf game, new indie game announcements, as well as new releases like SteamWorld Dig 2, NBA2K18, and Pokken Tournament. In the second half of the show, we add Jonathon Dornbush to take us through the biggest news so far.
Final Fantasy XIV: The Legend Returns Details Revealed
Square Enix has unveiled a batch of new screenshots and details about Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood's upcoming patch, The Legend Returns.
According to the new preview site that was launched in anticipation for its early October release, The Legend Returns brings with it a new main scenario, as well as the alliance raid dungeon Return to Ivalice, which was developed in collaboration with Final Fantasy Tactics director Yasumi Matsuno and prolific director and character designer Keita Amemiya.
The Legend Returns will also feature a new dungeon set in the Drowned City of Skalla, as well as the new residential district Shirogane. For an early glimpse at the upcoming content featured in Patch 4.1, check out the slideshow below:
How to Watch Star Trek: Discovery
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Star Trek is back on TV! ...Sort of. Star Trek: Discovery brings Starfleet back to the small screen with what is essentially a second prequel series . Set 10 years before the original Star Trek, but after the timeframe of Star Trek: Enterprise, Discovery follows First Officer Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) of the USS Shenzhou as a war between the United Federation of Planets and the Klingon race is brewing.
SNES Classic Wireless Controller Coming From Nyko
Nyko is making a wireless controller for SNES Classic Edition.
Called the Super Miniboss, the wireless controller looks like a traditional Super Nintendo pad but comes with an additional turbo button. It serves a dual purpose: faster input as well as home screen functionality when the button's pushed and then pressing select.
The wireless controller can work up to 20 feet away, according to Nyko. The Super Miniboss has an internal battery, which is rechargeable through a micro-USB port.
Pre-orders are available for the Super Miniboss now at GameStop and Nyko (eventually Amazon too). The wireless controller costs $20 and will start shipping around SNES Classic's launch on September 29.
Rare: Returning to Old Franchises Would be ‘the Worst Thing’ with No New Ideas
Returning to old franchises would be "the worst thing for Rare to do," according to studio head Craig Duncan.
In an interview with DK Vine, Duncan explained that Rare is not interested in revisiting some of its old franchises, like Banjo-Kazooie and Conker.
"I don't think it's OK to just go make the same game that people loved before but with up-to-date graphics, audio and all those things
Just making them again with whatever technology's available today - that's not Rare," Duncan said. "I think that what Rare is, is doing the kind of games that only Rare would go do."
"Like, no one else would go make Sea of Thieves in the way we're making Sea of Thieves, and I think unless you've got a absolutely killer, amazing
Destiny 2: Bungie Explains New Faction Rally Event
Destiny 2 is getting a new special event called Faction Rally next week.
As detailed on Bungie's blog post, the event will let you pledge your allegiance to one of three factions from the first game: Dead Orbit, Future War Cult, or New Monarchy. Players will then have a week to support them by completing various different activities and earning XP.
By helping your faction out, you'll be rewarded with faction tokens you can use to unlock packages full of loot. The most popular faction by the end of the week will also unlock a special powerful weapon at a discount price of 1,000 Glimmer.
Players in the losing faction will still be able to buy the weapon, but only for the higher cost of 50,000 Glimmer. The weapons in questions are the Dead Orbit Scout Rifle, The Future War Cult Pulse Rifle, and the New Monarchy Sidearm.
IGN’s Streaming Video Buyer’s Guide
You’re at home. You want to watch a movie, or a TV show. It’s time to see what’s currently avail-able on digital streaming, but there’s just one problem. There are more digital streaming services than anyone could possibly need right now, ranging from well-known brands that try to be every-thing to everyone, to niche services that hit a small audience, and hit them hard.
It’s a wide landscape and it’s changing every single day. Disney recently announced that they would be pulling their content from Netflix and starting their own digital streaming service, with new and classic content.
Saudi Arabia Textbook Accidentally Inserted Yoda Into World History
Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Education is recalling all copies of a history textbook after it emerged that they have accidentally rewritten history by including a picture of King Faisal signing the United Nations Charter in 1945, with Yoda by his side.
The picture, which was intended to illustrate a section detailing the king's rule, was created by a Saudi artist named Abdullah Al Shehri, as part of a series of doctored pictures which saw various figures from pop culture inserted into historical photographs. He had no idea of its inclusion in the textbook until his mother, a teacher, asked him about it.
Walking Dead Creator to Produce Kill the Minotaur Movie
Skybound Entertainment and Universal Pictures are adapting Kill the Minotaur for the big screen, with The Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman on board as a producer.
Released in June, the comic series was created by Air scribes Christian Cantamessa and Chris Pasetto. The duo will also co-write the movie adaptation, with David Alpert, Bryan Furst, Sean Furst, and Kirkman producing. Cantamessa's other writing credits include a handful of AAA video games, such as Red Dead Redemption and Ubisoft's The Crew.
Cover art for the first issue of Kill the Minotaur. Credit: Skybound
Monster Hunter World Is Delightfully Complex yet Accessible
Monster Hunter games have been on my backlog for far too long. The time of Monster Hunter Generations came and went, and it became yet another game on my ever-growing list. Then came E3 2017, and Capcom debuted the gorgeous Monster Hunter World announcement trailer. Now that I’ve gotten some time with it at Tokyo Game Show, I’m confident that this is going to be the Monster Hunter that finally gets me into the series.
Stressing that I was new to Monster Hunter, a helpful Capcom representative helped me find a weapon to suit my play style and skill level. A majority of the games I’ve played at TGS have been understandably in Japanese, but even in English the Monster Hunter World equipment menu was intimidating at first glance. I was happy to find that the menus were designed with teaching in mind as each weapon has an instructional preview video.