Monthly Archives: November 2018
EA Announces Command & Conquer, Red Alert Remasters
Electronic Arts has announced plans to remaster Command & Conquer: Tiberian Dawn and Command & Conquer: Red Alert for PC.
Red Alert's remaster will include all three of its expansion packs – Covert Ops, Counterstrike, and Aftermath – in one package without any additional microtransactions.
The announcement comes just barely a month after Electronic Arts teased that it was exploring such projects. Electronic Arts Producer Jim Vessella acknowledged that excitement and support from the community following that tease was accompanied by "a healthy skepticism" that Electronic Arts could create remasters that lived up to fan expectations.
The Best (and Worst) Walking Dead Time-Jumps
Full spoilers follow for The Walking Dead.
Now that The Walking Dead's hit us with an unexpected mid-season time jump - the biggest one the series has ever pulled off - we can look back at all the striking skip-overs the show's done to date.
Leaping six years ahead, Alexandria's now in lockdown mode, with Michonne, a mother of two, acting as the community's Head of Security. Judith is now older, carrying the torch of Rick Grimes' eternal optimism - as well as his trusty hand cannon. And the walkers? They're behaving strangely. Operating in a more sentient, conscious manner. And... are they actually speaking to each other?
Ray Tracing for Nvidia RTX Cards Has Finally Arrived in Battlefield 5
Gamers who plunked down a wad of cash for a shiny new Nvidia RTX GPU have been waiting patiently for the card's next-gen features to arrive in games, and today for the first time some of these features are now available in Battlefield 5. If you have an RTX card and your system meets the minimum requirements, you can now experience ray traced reflections in Battlefield, accessible via the Advanced graphics settings of the game.
The Best Amazon Black Friday 2018 Deals in the UK
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From Game Journalist to Game Developer: What It’s Like
In the world of video games, it’s not uncommon to see a large amount of career shifting. Game designers turn into business executives, video editors become award-winning actors, and sometimes journalists become game developers themselves.
That’s exactly what happened to Joe Fielder, who worked at GameSpot as an editor throughout the 90’s. On this month’s episode of IGN Unfiltered, Fielder spoke with host Ryan McCaffrey on how the transition from journalist to developer panned out in a successful career helping to design games like BioShock Infinite and the new Underworld Ascendant.
Just Cause 4: Showcasing Every Extreme Weather Type – IGN First
Mother Nature, clearly unhappy at being shown up for a while, has turned up in Just Cause to make our hulking human weaponry look like BB guns loaded with rabbit turds.
Yes, the weather is quite possibly the most dangerous thing in Just Cause 4, with Avalanche introducing four extreme variants to the open world. In our latest IGN First drop, we introduce you to every type, where you'll find them, and how exactly they'll lead to Rico's untimely death.
Joe Skrebels is IGN's UK News Editor, and he's now frightened of thundersnow after looking it up. Follow him on Twitter.
How Eevee Evolved Into a Pokemon Sensation
Pikachu is the mascot for the Pokemon franchise, so there’s little wonder why the electric mouse is featured on one version of the upcoming Pokemon: Let’s Go games for Nintendo Switch. The other version features Eevee, a Pokemon that has never been used as a selling point for an entire game, but that’s no reason to think Eevee doesn’t belong on the cover. Eevee has been a fan-favorite since its inception and has gone on to become one of the most beloved Pokemon in the series.
Pokemon: Let’s Go is modeled after 1998’s Pokémon Yellow Version for GameBoy, where the player starts off with a Pikachu while the player’s rival gets an Eevee. That’s one reason Pokemon: Let’s Go game director Junichi Masuda said he chose Eevee for this starring role – there’s a precedent for these two going head-to-head early on in the franchise.
Best Tech Gifts of 2018
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You can't go wrong with a tech gift this holiday season. Electronic technology is so pervasive in 2018, you can find a great tech gift for cheap or go all-out and buy someone a brand new gaming PC. It's entirely up to you to decide, but we've assembled this guide to the best holiday tech gifts for 2018 to help you fill someone's holiday with electronic cheer.
Best PC and Laptop Gifts
Xbox Game Pass Gets Pre-Loading
Xbox Game Pass subscribers now have the ability to pre-load/pre-install games so they're playable as soon as they're released.
"One of the biggest asks we’ve had for
was to allow pre-load (pre-install) so you can download and be ready the second launch happens," Xbox Program Management Corporate Vice President Mike Ybarra tweeted yesterday. "It’s available now – and starts with Crackdown 3 on Xbox and Windows."
THQ Nordic Has 35 Unannounced Games in Development
Gaming publisher THQ Nordic has several big-name titles on the way, including Darksiders III and Metro Exodus, but the company hasn't played its whole hand just yet. In fact, it has 35 unannounced games currently in development.
During a Q3 financial report on November 14, THQ Nordic founder and CEO Lars Wingefors shared that 55 total games were being produced by the end of the most recent quarter, of which only 20 have been revealed thus far.
THQ Nordic has also continued its recent spree of buying up developers by acquiring Coffee Stain Studios (Goat Simulator) and Bugbear Entertainment (Wreckfest).