Monthly Archives: November 2017
Gwent Single Player Campaign Delayed to 2018
Gwent's single player campaign has been delayed to next year.
Developer CD Projekt RED announced the news today, saying it needs more time to work on the campaign's increased scope. As such, the story-driven mode, called Thronebreaker, will no longer launch this holiday season as originally planned.
"Shifting release windows is always something we approach seriously, however, we’ll never hesitate to do it if we feel you’ll get a better game as a result," Marcin Iwiński said, co-founder of CD Projekt RED.
Additionally, with Gwent coming out of beta in 2018, the game will be getting a lot more multiplayer updates next year more frequently. Players can expect content additions like cards, challenges, vanity items, game patches, and balance tweaks.
Classic Rare Soundtracks Getting Vinyl Release
Rare is teaming up with iam8bit to release classic game soundtracks for Battletoads, Conker's Bad Fur Day, and Viva Pinata.
Just in time for the holidays, Rare has revealed a new slate of vinyl soundtracks for the classically inclined. Each album will come with a digital copy for easy on-the-go listening and will be available for pre-order on Black Friday. Shipping begins in the second quarter of next year.
The soundtrack to Battletoads in Battlemaniacs, with music by David Wise, is being released for the first time ever, 25 years after the release of the 16-bit brawler.
Vinyl records for the classic, Conker's Bad Fur Day, with music by Robin Beanland, will also be available in a double-LP that includes unreleased music as well as classic tracks from the game.
Monster Hunter World: 47 Changes Only Fans Will Notice
Capcom is doing a lot to get fresh players into the new installment of its long-running series, but it's arguably doing even more for those who’ve played Monster Hunter before.
If you’re already a fan, here are 47 changes we spotted in our many, many hours with an early build of Monster Hunter World.
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1. Armour Skills Have Changed - This is probably the most fundamental change in World. Previously, skills were awarded for wearing multiple pieces of armour, but things are a little simpler (and possibly more exciting) than before. Every armour piece now offers a single skill. However, better armour begins to offer set bonuses on top of that, meaning the best sets will offer six or more abilities for coordinating your outfit. It means a lot more mixing and matching than experienced players will be used to, but it’s a great way to diversify your hunter’s build.
Star Wars: The Last Jedi: Laura Dern’s Role Revealed
Laura Dern's Admiral Amilyn Holdo was originally introduced as a "Resistance Officer", but we now know that that undersells her role slightly - Holdo is a new leader of the Resistance in Star Wars: The Last Jedi.
In the new issue of Entertainment Weekly, it's revealed that Holdo's rise comes as a result of the New Order's actions at the end of The Force Awakens.
Laura Dern as Admiral Holdo.
Belgium Aims to Ban Loot Boxes in Europe
Belgium's Gaming Commission has announced that it will attempt to ban loot boxes in Europe, after constituting blind microtransactions to be gambling.
The report comes from VTM News (spotted by PC Gamer), and marks the conclusion of an ongoing investigation into the role of loot boxes in video games, and whether they can be considered a form of gambling.
The commission ruled that randomized loot crates constitute "the mixing of money and addiction" and are therefore a form of gambling no different from the risk-focused games found in a modern casino.
Black Friday 2017: All the Best Gaming Deals From SCDKey
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There are some great deals going on right now at SCDKey's Black Friday sale. The two deals that have specifically caught my eyes are the 12 Month Xbox Live Subscription, which is £35.49 at SCDKey, but £39.85 at Amazon and PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (Xbox One Preorder), which is the cheapest at SCDKey (£21.74).
Pokemon Go Reveals New Rules for Mewtwo Raids
Niantic has announced new details about Pokemon Go’s invitation-only EX Raids, including new criteria and rewards.
In a blog post on Pokemon Go’s official site, Niantic announced that EX Raids have left the “field test” phase and have now officially launched. Invitations will still only be sent if a player has previously completed a raid at a gym where an EX Raid appears, and EX battles are most likely to appear at gyms in parks and sponsored locations (such as Sprint and Starbucks stores in the United States).
Players with a high-level gym badge at a particular gym or with a large number of raid battles completed overall are more likely to receive invitations, and EX Raid battle times will now “take into account popular Raid Battle times at that Gym,” according to the post. If an EX Raid is canceled, players will receive Stardust and Premium Raid Passes as a consolation.
Super Mario Odyssey Jump-Rope Glitch Discovered
A glitch has been discovered that allows players to get absurdly high scores in Super Mario Odyssey's jump-rope challenge.
Kotaku reports that a newly discovered glitch has the leaderboard filled with scores all the way up to 99,999. This method has been dubbed the "Talkatoo glitch" as it uses the helpful bird close to the jump-rope challenge to cause the camera to freeze and suspend animations.
To get the glitch to work, players throw Cappy at the bird and talk to him just before Cappy reaches his mark, which eventually leads to Mario frozen in place as the rope moves cleanly around him.
What Didn’t End Up in Justice League
SPOILERS below for Justice League! You've been warned!
As has been widely chronicled by now, Justice League went underwent several weeks of reshoots during summer 2017 under the direction of Joss Whedon, who also receives a co-screenwriting credit on the final film.
While the exact percentage of how much the final film is Whedon's footage as opposed to original (and officially credited) director Zack Snyder's will likely remain a hotly contested subject, many of the scenes glimpsed in the early trailers -- along with several characters who were slated to appear in the film -- are definitely not in the final theatrical cut of Justice League.
Here's everything we caught that's missing in the final film of Justice League, starting with ...
FCC Proposes Rolling Back Net Neutrality Regulations
The Internet in the US is about to change, and whether or not that's a good thing or bad depends on who you talk to at the FCC.
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai released a statement about "restoring internet freedom." Commissioner Brendan Carr released a similarly worded statement.
Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel, on the other hand, issued a statement critical of FCC leadership's plan to "roll back internet rights."