Monthly Archives: November 2018
Obsidian Gearing Up to Announce New Game at The Game Awards 2018
Obsidian Entertainment appears to be getting ready for a big announcement at The Game Awards next week as fictional ads with a countdown have begun appearing on its website.
Obsidian, known for such titles as Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II, Fallout: New Vegas, and South Park: The Stick of Truth, tweeted out a message saying, "Hmmm... anyone else getting those ads on obsidian.net???"
5 Things Fallout 5 Can Learn From Fallout 76
Fallout 76 is Bethesda Game Studios’ first foray into multiplayer for the popular series. Unfortunately, its launch has drawn tepid responses, to put it mildly.
But what it has undoubtedly succeeded in doing is generating even more anticipation for a new single-player Fallout game, and while 76 may not have stuck its landing, it does have a few ideas worth carrying forward—and some lessons that should definitely be taken to heart.
Here are five things Fallout 5 can learn from Fallout 76.
It’s Past Time to Recreate Creation
While Fallout 76 looks spectacular in some places—especially when the lighting and atmosphere really click—the Creation Engine’s technical limitations were conspicuous in Fallout 4 back in 2015. In 2018, they’re inexcusable. Fallout 76’s performance is hindered by frequent stutters, game crashes, and launch consoles struggling to maintain a reasonable framerate—not to mention the lack of a field-of-view slider. It’s a shame the Creation Engine is known for these issues, and not as an efficient design platform both Bethesda and modders expertly use to build bigger, better worlds. The next Fallout game is unlikely to use a new engine, but we can at least hope Bethesda is willing to go to whatever lengths are necessary to bring Creation up to par.
It’s Not Too Late to Preorder Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
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The reviews are in. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is amazing. In fact, we scored it as such in our Super Smash Bros. Ultimate review. If you haven't preordered it yet, it's not too late. In fact, you can go ahead and get everything you possibly need to start Smashing right away with this helpful guide to everything you need.
With a roster of 74 fighters, an unparalleled number of songs on the soundtrack, and something like 1,300 spirits, it's as much a love-letter to gaming as it is a competitive fighting game.
Game of Thrones: Reunion Special Confirmed, but It Won’t Air on HBO
HBO's Game of Thrones cast members will appear in a reunion special, but it won't be shown on HBO, reports Entertainment Weekly.
The special will instead be included in a planned Game of Thrones complete series home video box set, the first to package all eight seasons together. Actors like Sean Bean (Ned Stark) who have long since departed the show will appear in the special, which will be hosted by Conan O'Brien.
Entertainment Weekly previously reported that the special had been shot in Belfast earlier this year, but HBO would not confirm as much until now. HBO plans to release the box set that includes the special sometime in 2019 after Thrones' series finale airs.
PlayStation Plus Free Games for December 2018 Revealed
Sony has revealed the full lineup of free games PlayStation Plus subscribers will receive in December though the PlayStation Blog, and the list includes an atmospheric horror game, an over-the-top action-racer, and more.
This month’s PlayStation Plus lineup includes:
- Soma (PS4)
- Onrush (PS4)
- Steredenn (PS3)
- Steinsgate (PS3)
- Iconoclasts (PS Vita, Cross Buy with PS4)
- Papers, Please (PS Vita)
On PlayStation 4, subscribers will get Soma, an exploration-based horror game created by Amnesia studio Fictional Games. It combines monsters and crude machines to create a departure from the developer's previous work.
Just Cause 4’s Army of Chaos: Supply Drops – IGN First
Just Cause 4 might still be about freeing an oppressed country through the medium of explosions, but exactly how you're freeing it has changed since the last game. Welcome to the Army of Chaos.
In this miniseries, we've been running through the game's new systems for taking back regions across the nation of Solís, how you'll do that (spoiler, there's are lots of loud noises), and what you'll get in return.
And, for the final part, we get to the good stuff – your prizes for all that hard, violent work...
Joe Skrebels is IGN's UK News Editor, and he has enjoyed teaching you to be a violent freedom fighter. Follow him on Twitter.
The 25 Best Comedies Ever Made
Are you in the mood for some yuck-yucks? Or perhaps a gaggle of giggles? We've got some movies for you with this list of the best 25 comedy movies ever made! The genre has been around since practically the birth of the medium, but not all funny movies are equally funny, and as time goes on some comedies stick around to prove that they'll probably always be funny.
Those are the films we can more or less safely call "the best comedies of all time," the ones that tickle the funny bone no matter what era you live in, with jokes that stand the test of time. Some of these films are just so danged important we can forgive their dated qualities, and some of them are relatively new but seem destined to go down as among the most hilarious motion pictures ever made.
Rumors of Rocksteady’s Superman Game Circle Back Ahead of the Game Awards
A new listing appeared on Game System Requirements with the title of Superman: World's Finest and the developer listed as Rocksteady Studios.
The listing was noticed by a user on ResetEra who searched on Game System Requirements' website for currently rumored games to compare credibility, such as GTA VI, Half Life 3, and Bloodborne 2 – with none of them being listed.
Game System Requirements details required specs for PC games, and the user pointed out the Terms of Use and FAQ on the website make it difficult for just anyone to post a random game or rumor. A Devil May Cry 5 listing also appeared on the website last spring, approximately one month prior to the game's official announcement.
9 Things Artifact Doesn’t Tell You
Artifact isn’t a hard game to pick-up and play, but it is a complex one. As a card game with three lanes, five heroes, and even an item shop, there’s a lot of intricacies that aren’t explained in it it’s fairly surface-level tutorial. Here are nine important things Artifact doesn’t tell you:
Signature Cards
An Artifact decks must have a minimum of 40 cards, but 15 of those cards are determined by the five heroes you pick. Every hero automatically adds three copies of its unique signature card to your deck, which can’t be added any other way. That means if you see Zeus in an enemy line-up, you know Thunder God’s Wrath is in their deck – it also means that if he isn’t, you don’t have to worry about that particular card at all.
Guacamelee! 2 Gets Switch, Xbox One Release Dates
Drinkbox Studios has announced that Guacamelee! 2 will be released on Switch Dec. 10 and Xbox One in January 2019.
Switch owners can pre-order Guacamelee! 2 right now at a 10% discount. Any Switch owners who also own Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition will receive a deeper 30% discount by pre-ordering.
As was announced yesterday, Guacamelee! 2's first DLC pack, Tree Enimigos, is also now available to be purchased on PlayStation 4 for $2.99 USD. That pack will also be released on Switch and Xbox One as soon as Guacamelee! 2 is available on those respective platforms.