Monthly Archives: June 2018

Metal Gear Rising on Mac Is Now Unplayable Because of DRM

Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance is now unplayable on Mac because of DRM.

According to a recent Reddit post (via VG247), Transgaming developed the PC port and opted to include a constant online connection for the game. Transgaming has since shut down, leaving Metal Gear Rising's DRM without a server to contact, rendering it unplayable.

In addition, the Mac OS X compatibility notice has recently been removed from the game's Steam page.

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Microsoft Seemingly Working on New HoloLens

Microsoft is reportedly working on a new HoloLens with a better field of view for release next year.

TechRadar says Twitter user WalkingCat spotted a patent that implies Microsoft is looking into a wider field of view for the next HoloLens. In fact, the company might be doubling the view with the next iteration of the AR headset.

On top of that, TechRadar previously mentioned that it's rumored the next HoloLens will launch in early 2019. The device's codename is apparently Sydney.

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Spider-Man PS4: Mystery Villain Possibly Revealed

The newest PlayStation 4 Spider-Man villain may have just been revealed thanks to the game's Rhino voice actor, Chris Jai Alex.

Warning: If you want to go into Spider-Man entirely unspoiled, perhaps give this one a miss.

Talking to Call of Duty YouTuber, Drift0r, during E3, Chris Jai Alex let slip that Doctor Octopus is in one of the fight scenes. The video was taken down, but Eurogamer found a link to the interview that's managed to escape the purge for now.

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Han Solo’s Blaster From ‘Return of the Jedi’ Sells for $550,000

One of the blasters that Han Solo used in Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi has sold at auction in Las Vegas for $550,000.

Han's weapon was part of a collection owned by Return of the Jedi art director, James L. Schoppe, for over 30 years.

Han

The blaster was sold to Ripley's Believe It or Not and was the top-selling item of the "Hollywood Legends" memorabilia auction put on by Julien's Auctions at the Planet Hollywood casino-resort.

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What Would a God of War That Explores West African or Aztec Mythologies Be Like?

With 2018’s God Of War, Kratos and his son Atreus have stepped out of the shadow of Mount Olympus, and into the wilds of Midgard. They’ve been exploring the fabled worlds of Norse mythology, fighting drooling Nordic beasties and making sense of ancient stories about gods and monsters. See why Jonathon Dornbush called it a ‘Masterpiece’ in IGN's God of War review here.

However, taking Kratos from the Mediterranean to Germanic regions is more than a matter of swapping wine for mead and chains for an axe. It’s a fundamental tonal shift that tells us far more about the world of God of War than it does about Kratos himself.

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Game of Thrones Stars Kit Harington and Rose Leslie Just Got Married

Rose Leslie and Kit Harrington, also known as Game of Thrones' Ygritte and Jon Snow, have just been married at the Kirkton of Rayne church in Aberdeenshire, Scotland this past Saturday.

Leslie and Harrington began dating in 2012 on the set of Game of Thrones, while their characters had also formed a relationship in the show's second season. The couple announced that they were engaged to be married.

The ceremony was attended by many of their fellow cast members from Game of Thrones, including Emilia Clarke, Peter Dinklage, Maisie Williams, and Sophie Turner. The ceremony was followed by a reception at Wardhill Castle.

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Rage 2 Looks Like a Great Id Game, But What About Its Open World?

Rage 2 is an Id shooter alright. The furious-bordering-on-ridiculous pace, the bulging, oversized guns, that blood-spattered feedback designed to keep you pushing, pushing, pushing. Even the noise of it feels right. The soundtrack has the industrial pound of Doom 2016, newly augmented with ringing synths, and every gun I try sounds gratifyingly stupid - everything down to the humble pistol sounds like it could core out a beluga whale in a single shot.

My hands-on demo is a 10-minute run-through an abandoned space centre, now overrun by the mohawk-laden Goon Squad faction we got acquainted with in Rage 2’s first trailers. I play it four times. It’s a fetch quest of sorts, except what you’re fetching is an orbiting building that you need to crash into the neon pink-lit desert. The gauntlet to get to your goal is essentially a spiral staircase punctured with kill rooms, a corridor-fight-corridor structure that’ll be familiar to anyone who’s played an Id production.

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Nintendo Talks About the Six Big Switch Games Missing from E3 2018

Nintendo's E3 2018 showing was brimming with amazing games like Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Fire Emblem: Three Houses, and Pokemon Let's Go. However, there were a handful of notable franchises that were nowhere to be found during the show. Everything from Metroid Prime 4 to Yoshi, and even Animal Crossing to Mother 3 — many of us have been left wondering where some of Nintendo's most iconic titles have been.

With that being said, we did a little digging ourselves and reached out to Nintendo to find out the fate of some of our favorite franchises.

Metroid Prime 4 and Pokemon 2019

Speaking with IGN, Nintendo’s Senior Product Marketing Manager, Bill Trinen, revealed that Nintendo wanted to focus on a shorter window this year rather than showing off some of last year’s big surprises like Metroid Prime 4 and the upcoming core Pokemon RPG.

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Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom Dominates US Box Office in Debut, Crosses $700M Overseas

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom opened in North America with an estimated $150 million, bumping last week’s champ, Incredibles 2, from the No. 1 spot.

According to THR, Fallen Kingdom opened 28% behind 2015’s Jurassic World ($202.5 million), but ahead of earlier projections of $130 million. It is the second biggest opening weekend ever for Universal Pictures, behind Jurassic World. It is also the third-biggest opening weekend of 2018 behind Avengers: Infinity War, Black Panther and Incredibles 2.

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom has already been playing internationally for three weeks, where its overseas haul stands at $711.5 million to date, with $202.6 million coming just from China.

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