Monthly Archives: January 2018
Blizzard Details New Hearthstone Balance Changes
Blizzard has announced new balance changes coming to Hearthstone in the 10.2 update.
In a blog post, Blizzard detailed a series of nerfs coming to several popular cards when the update hits next month.
As expected, Corridor Creeper - a card that appears in a high percentage of the most powerful decks in the game - will be changed. It is now a 2/5 instead of a 5/5, meaning that even when its cost is reduced to zero, it's not capable of the same kinds of huge tempo swings.
No one saw this card coming before Kobolds & Catacombs was released.
Blizzard Details New Hearthstone Balance Changes
Blizzard has announced new balance changes coming to Hearthstone in the 10.2 update.
In a blog post, Blizzard detailed a series of nerfs coming to several popular cards when the update hits next month.
As expected, Corridor Creeper - a card that appears in a high percentage of the most powerful decks in the game - will be changed. It is now a 2/5 instead of a 5/5, meaning that even when its cost is reduced to zero, it's not capable of the same kinds of huge tempo swings.
No one saw this card coming before Kobolds & Catacombs was released.
Microsoft Acquires Cloud-Based Gaming Company PlayFab
Microsoft has acquired backend cloud-based service provider, PlayFab.
The company announced via a blog post that the acquisition will help Microsoft to build on Azure, its current cloud service tool and will allow the extension into the larger gaming market across all platforms.
PlayFab provides developers with already established backend services to power cloud-connected games. This allows developers to build and operate games without their own intelligent cloud infrastructure as well as provides tools for monetization and analyzing gaming data.
Microsoft Acquires Cloud-Based Gaming Company PlayFab
Microsoft has acquired backend cloud-based service provider, PlayFab.
The company announced via a blog post that the acquisition will help Microsoft to build on Azure, its current cloud service tool and will allow the extension into the larger gaming market across all platforms.
PlayFab provides developers with already established backend services to power cloud-connected games. This allows developers to build and operate games without their own intelligent cloud infrastructure as well as provides tools for monetization and analyzing gaming data.
Syfy Renews Happy! for Season 2
Syfy series Happy! starring Christopher Meloni has been renewed for a second season, the network announced today.
The show is based on the best-selling graphic novel by Grant Morrison and Darick Robertson, and its December 2017 premiere is Syfy's best series launch since January 2016 across all key demos. A release date for Season 2 has not been set yet.
Happy! follows Nick Sax (Meloni), a corrupt ex-cop turned hit man who, after a hit gone wrong, starts seeing an imaginary blue winged horse named Happy (voiced by Patton Oswalt).
Christopher Meloni in Happy!
Syfy Renews Happy! for Season 2
Syfy series Happy! starring Christopher Meloni has been renewed for a second season, the network announced today.
The show is based on the best-selling graphic novel by Grant Morrison and Darick Robertson, and its December 2017 premiere is Syfy's best series launch since January 2016 across all key demos. A release date for Season 2 has not been set yet.
Happy! follows Nick Sax (Meloni), a corrupt ex-cop turned hit man who, after a hit gone wrong, starts seeing an imaginary blue winged horse named Happy (voiced by Patton Oswalt).
Christopher Meloni in Happy!
Tom Hanks to Star as Mister Rogers
TriStar Pictures has announced the acquisition of the rights to You Are My Friend, based on the "real-life friendship between Fred Rogers and award-winning journalist Tom Junod," with Tom Hanks signed on to play the inimitable Mister Rogers. Diary of a Teenage Girl's Marielle Heller will direct.
You Are My Friend is described as "heart-warming," telling the tale of a "cynical journalist" who "begrudgingly accepts an assignment to write a profile piece on the beloved icon and finds his perspective on life transformed."
Fred Rogers
Tom Hanks to Star as Mister Rogers
TriStar Pictures has announced the acquisition of the rights to You Are My Friend, based on the "real-life friendship between Fred Rogers and award-winning journalist Tom Junod," with Tom Hanks signed on to play the inimitable Mister Rogers. Diary of a Teenage Girl's Marielle Heller will direct.
You Are My Friend is described as "heart-warming," telling the tale of a "cynical journalist" who "begrudgingly accepts an assignment to write a profile piece on the beloved icon and finds his perspective on life transformed."
Fred Rogers
15 Games Every Dark Souls Fan Should Play
Unless Demon’s Souls gets that remaster everyone wants, the upcoming Dark Souls Remastered could be the last thing we ever get from the Souls series proper. It doesn’t mean we’ll never see another dreary action RPG in trademark FromSoftware style — they are working on something new, after all.
But if you’ve accepted the “end” of the series and are looking for something to fill the void, there are a ton of great games out now (and some exciting ones on the horizon) that every Dark Souls fan should check out. Some feature satisfying, precision-based combat systems while others prioritize RPG skilltrees and upgrades — most have some intricate, mystery-laden tale to tell and, sometimes, huge, mysterious worlds ripe for exploration. But each one brings something new to the format too. There's something here for everyone.
15 Games Every Dark Souls Fan Should Play
Unless Demon’s Souls gets that remaster everyone wants, the upcoming Dark Souls Remastered could be the last thing we ever get from the Souls series proper. It doesn’t mean we’ll never see another dreary action RPG in trademark FromSoftware style — they are working on something new, after all.
But if you’ve accepted the “end” of the series and are looking for something to fill the void, there are a ton of great games out now (and some exciting ones on the horizon) that every Dark Souls fan should check out. Some feature satisfying, precision-based combat systems while others prioritize RPG skilltrees and upgrades — most have some intricate, mystery-laden tale to tell and, sometimes, huge, mysterious worlds ripe for exploration. But each one brings something new to the format too. There's something here for everyone.