Monthly Archives: May 2018
LEGO Overwatch Sets Are Coming
Official Overwatch-branded LEGO sets are coming to the market.
The Overwatch LEGO sets are part of a host of new franchise partnerships that the Activision Blizzard Consumer Products Group is bringing to the Licensing Expo 2018 event in Las Vegas.
While we don't have any details on what the sets will look like or when they're coming out, more information should be arriving later in the year.
On top of the LEGO partnership, the master toy license for the Overwatch brand has been awarded to Hasbro, which has plans for "a wide range of play experiences including a NERF product line, games and more."
This means you can expect to see toy replicas of many of the hero's famous weapons on store shelves as the Overwatch merchandising plan ramps up.
Two Bonus Lucifer Episodes Will Air Later This Month
FOX will be airing two last bonus Lucifer episodes later this month.
Deadline reports the episodes, “Boo Normal” and ”Once Upon A Time," were filmed earlier this spring and will air back-to-back on May 28. However, they won't advance the story past the recent Season 3 finale.
Lucifer investigates a murder of a child psychiatrist in one of the episodes with Ella (Aimee Garcia) thinking about a childhood secret. The other episode centers on Lucifer's mom creating an alternate dimension where he never met Chloe (Lauren German).
They will air two weeks after the series finale, with the show recently being canceled by FOX. Find out why Lucifer was canned following its big cliffhanger.
SEGA Announces Yakuza 3, 4 and 5 Remasters for Japan
SEGA has announced it will remaster Yakuza 3, 4 and 5 for release in Japan.
Gematsu spotted the news in Japanese magazines Dengeki PlayStation and Weekly Famitsu, which features an online preview of Yakuza 3. The remasters won't include any additional content but will run at 60 frames per second in 1080p.
The Yakuza 3 remaster is reportedly 90 percent finished with a release set for August 9 in Japan.
There hasn't been any announcement yet about the new Yakuza remasters heading to the west.
This PS4 Controller Offers Xbox Elite-Like Features
Scuf Gaming believes it has an answer for PlayStation 4 players who want an Xbox Elite-like controller for their console.
The SCUF Vantage controller is officially licensed, customizable and all about performance. The pad offers button remapping, side-mounted buttons, a removable faceplate and four optional paddles.
You can also set the thumb sticks to three different heights and adjust the trigger buttons with stops. You have a choice of D-pads with the SCUF Vantage as well.
The PS4 pad will launch this summer, with the wired model costing $170 and the wireless plus wired model priced at $200.
Evan Campbell is a freelance writer who scripts the Daily Fix and chats about games and movies on Twitter.
Just Cause Dev Avalanche Studios Opens Third Studio in Sweden
Avalanche Studios, the developer behind the Just Cause series and Mad Max, has opened a third office in Malmö, Sweden.
The studio was founded in Stockholm in 2003, and opened a second New York office in 2011. The third studio is reported to be working on current and future IP, particularly "relatively small and flexible projects which rest on a solid foundation of AAA production values and award-winning proprietary technology," reads a statement.
Sara Ponnert, formerly of Pan Vision and Sony Ericsson Mobile, will manage the Malmö studio.
"Getting back into the games industry feels like coming home. I’m honoured to have been chosen for the role, and look forward to building Avalanche Studios’ presence in Malmö," she said.
Days Gone Feels Like ‘The Last of Us Jr.’, for Better and for Worse
I was dropped an hour into Days Gone’s post-apocalyptic survival world. I started in a camp/safezone with my motorcycle and a very limited quantity of ammo for my pistol and assault rifle (and sadly, no bolts for my crossbow). The freakers (don’t call ‘em zombies!) were a danger anywhere outside of the camp’s walls, and here I was, with a few tasks on my ledger, free to do whatever I pleased.
A tap on the bottom quadrant of the DualShock 4’s touchpad brings up hero Deacon St. John’s skill menu. You can upgrade yourself just like you can anything else in one of three categories: melee, ranged, and survival. Sadly my 20-minute hands-on didn’t allow me much time to plumb the depths of any of them, but I’m looking forward to sinking my teeth into each tree in the final version (which isn’t out until 2019, by the way).
Why Marvel’s New and Classic Avengers Shouldn’t Be Mutually Exclusive
An all-new Avengers series has kicked off over at Marvel Comics with a brand new team roster -- "new" in this case being extremely relative. Avengers by writer Jason Aaron and artist Ed McGuinness has set out to return the team to their classic roots, anchored by the familiar likes of Captain America, Iron Man, and Thor for the first time since 2014. No one is particularly surprised by this turn of events given that the pattern of benching and returning major heroes in comics is so regular you could set your watch by it. The fact that they're back isn't what makes this time special, nor is it really the problem -- it's who they're ousting in the process, and the way it looks from the outside.
We Happy Few Denied Classification by Australian Ratings Board
We Happy Few has been denied classification in Australia, although the reason behind the decision hasn't been specified.
The game was refused classification this week based on Australia's "National Classification Code", which states video games that "depict, express or otherwise deal with matters of sex, drug misuse or addiction, crime, cruelty, violence or revolting or abhorrent phenomena in such a way that they offend against the standards of morality, decency and propriety generally accepted by reasonable adults to the extent that they should not be classified."
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