Monthly Archives: July 2018
Far Cry 5 Gets Photo Mode In New Update
Far Cry 5 will get a new photo mode with Title Update 8 coming later today.
According to Ubisoft's official patch notes, the photo mode will be available in the main menu in solo gameplay modes following today's scheduled maintenance for all platforms.
Ubisoft detailed the photo mode, confirming it extends to single-player DLC and Far Cry Arcade maps while playing in solo mode, and allows the player to adjust time of day, field of view, filters and alter character's facial expressions.
New Xbox One System Update Offers FastStart, Grouping Games
Microsoft is bringing a few new features to Xbox One with a system update today that includes FastStart and grouping games.
FastStart was announced at E3 and is all about getting into Xbox One games quickly after starting a download. For instance, Microsoft said on Xbox Wire that FastStart "allows you to jump into your games twice as fast" by figuring out what parts of a game to download first.
Meanwhile, Groups is part of Xbox One's Pins and basically sounds like folders. You can throw together an assortment of games or apps and then name the collection, with Microsoft adding the group "will appear across My Games & Apps, Home and Guide."
My Hero One’s Justice Release Date Revealed
Bandai Namco has announced that My Hero One's Justice will arrive October 26 in North America and Europe.
Known as My Hero Academia: One Justice in Japan, the fighting game got a name change for its upcoming western release. Bandai Namco added that pre-ordering My Hero One's Justice will include Endeavor as a free bonus playable character.
The fighting game features fan-favorite characters, like Tokoyami, Jiro, Shota Aizawa and Hero Killer Stain. For more, check out IGN's E3 hands-on preview with My Hero One's Justice.
Hollow Knight Has Sold More Than 1 Million Copies on PC
Hollow Knight has apparently been quite the success for developer Team Cherry. Speaking with Kotaku, co-director Ari Gibson revealed the Metroidvania game surpassed 1 million sales on PC after launching just over a year ago.
"Hollow Knight's success has in large part been driven by
many fans on PC, with the game having now sold over 1 million copies for Windows, Mac,
Linux (crossing that mark just
day before the Nintendo Switch launch)," said Gibson, referring to Hollow Knight's June 12 Switch release.
Just last week, Team Cherry revealed that Hollow Knight had reached 250,000 sales on Switch in its first two weeks on the Nintendo system. Combined with PC, that puts the game at over 1.25 million total copies sold across both platforms.
10 (Unintentionally) Terrifying Video Games
Video games can be plenty scary. I’ve thrown my controller in the air and screamed with unadulterated terror at survival-horror jump scares and felt my guts twist at the powerful manipulation of psychological terror in the hands of gaming’s storytelling masters. Games like Resident Evil, Silent Hill, and PT all contain the stuff nightmares are made of.
But sometimes, games are scary not so much by design as by accident. Here are 10 games from well outside the horror genre that succeed far more than they should at being deeply disturbing.
Assassin’s Creed: New Tech Could Allow Multiple Time Periods
Assassin's Creed is famous for sending players throughout time and around the world to visit everywhere from Ancient Egypt to Colonial America, but each game's open-world segments have been contained to a single time and place. That, however, could be set to change.
In an interview for the Ubisoft blog, Ubisoft Canada's executive vice president of creative Lionel Raynaud said future technologies could enable the developer to create an Assassin's Creed that drops in on different time periods. Other Ubisoft franchises could benefit from this too, with players potentially traveling to multiple countries in the same Far Cry or Watch Dog game.
What Did You Think of This Week’s Comics?
Even with it being Independence Day in the US, the comic book industry went all-out with new releases this week. DC delivered the long-awaited wedding issue in Batman #50, and then followed up that story with a new series for Catwoman. Marvel relaunched Captain America with a new creative team and celebrated its own milestone as Star Wars reached issue #50.
Check out our new reviews and thinkpieces for the week, and let us know your favorite books in the comments below.
Batman #50
Sea of Thieves: New Item Is a Lovely Banjo-Kazooie Reference
Sea of Thieves is celebrating Banjo-Kazooie's 20th anniversary with a new figurehead item.
As detailed in the game's latest patch notes, The Bird and Bear Figurehead is a subtle nod to the classic platforming franchise. It's a wood-carved brown bear along with an avian blue and red shield, and it costs 1,998 gold.
The figurehead will only be available in July, and you can purchase it from the shipwright at all outposts.
The Bird and Bear Figurehead, via Sea of Thieves website.
Todd Howard: Fallout 76 Doesn’t Indicate the Future of Bethesda Games
Bethesda Game Studios head, Todd Howard, recently spoke with GamesIndustry.biz about the fear that the online-only Fallout 76 may indicate a shift away from the single-player games Bethesda is so beloved for.
"It doesn't mark the future," Howard begins. "Corporately we've done a mix; people forget sometimes. Elder Scrolls Online is one of the biggest online games in the world, we have Fallout Shelter which we keep updating and Elder Scrolls: Legends."