Monthly Archives: March 2019
Apple Arcade Games Subscription Service Announced
Apple has officially announced a games subscription service called Apple Arcade during today’s special event in the Steve Jobs Theater.
As revealed during the announcement event, Apple Arcade is a single subscription with access to over 100 new and exclusive games, with more to be added. It will be available in Fall 2019 in 150 countries and regions. The price structure and more details will come at a later date.
Be sure to check out below for some of the games announced so far for Apple Arcade. But some of the games announced for Apple Arcade include Mistwalker’s Fantasian, Beyond a Steel Sky, Sonic Racing, LEGO Brawls, Oceanhorn 2: Knights of the Lost Realm, Projection: First Light, and Enter The Construct.
HBO Hides Real-Life Game of Thrones Iron Thrones Around the World
To promote Season 8 of Game of Thrones, HBO has hidden six real-life Iron Thrones around the world, and eagle-eyed fans have already found four of them.
Centralized on the official For the Throne website, fans can check out 360-degree YouTube videos of five of the thrones, each given its own title: Ice, Joy, Valyria, North and Forest. A sixth mysterious throne can also be seen on the website, though it’s shrouded in mist and has no associated video.
How Dark Souls & Sekiro’s Maps Double as Spacial Awareness Puzzles
From the ornate architecture of Anor Londo to the gaslit streets of central Yharnam, FromSoftware has a knack for creating truly unforgettable environments. And this tradition continues in their latest action-adventure game, Sekiro, with its Sengoku-era style setting of temples and decrepit castles. But what’s so special about these environments isn’t just their innate spectacle or their overwhelming atmosphere, but how these areas tend to double as spatial awareness puzzles to test the player.
The 90s Games That Inspired Dark Souls
In light of the release of Sekiro: Shadow's Die Twice, we wanted to take a look back at FromSoftware's original hardcore juggernaut, Dark Souls. This feature was originally released in 2016, but has been updated to include current releases.
It’s easy to assume Dark Souls and its 2009 predecessor Demon’s Souls came out of nowhere, Both games took huge risks, boldly breaking away from the trend of modern hand-holding action RPGs. But the Souls series’ unique approach to combat and exploration was actually more than a decade in the making, dating back to the very first game FromSoftware ever made.
Elder Scrolls Morrowind Free Today to Celebrate 25 Years of Elder Scrolls
Update: Several people attempting to redeem the free code for Morrowind are receiving error messages stating the code is invalid or running into an issue where they can't log into their Bethesda account, making it impossible to redeem the code.
In an exchange on Twitter, Bethesda acknowledged the problems and said the company is working on a resolution. It seems for now everyone should hang tight and periodically check if they can.
Every TV Show Coming to Apple TV+
Apple doubled-down today on its plan to dive into original programming for digital streaming, aiming to become a major play in the realm alongside the likes of Netflix, Amazon and Hulu. And they brought a bunch of celebrities with them to announce their plans!
Steven Spielberg, J.J. Abrams, Jason Momoa, Reese Witherspoon, Jennifer Aniston, Kumail Nanjiani and even Big Bird were all on hand today, among many other familiar faces, to talk up their upcoming series for the new service, which will be called Apple TV+.
There are over 25 TV shows planned for Apple TV+. Today we got updates on a bunch of them: From Steven Spielberg's new Amazing Stories to the latest sci-fi series from Ron Moore (Battlestar Galactica) to David S. Goyer's adaptation of Isaac Asimov's classic sci-fi epic, Foundation and beyond, check out all the upcoming TV shows that are in development at Apple right now:
Apple Unveils TV Streaming Service and New Show Lineup
Apple unveiled the first details of its new, long-awaited TV streaming service Monday during a press conference from the Steve Jobs Theater at the Apple campus in Cupertino, California.
Apple's CEO, Tim Cook, announced that the new streaming subscription service will be called Apple TV+. Starting this fall, Apple TV+ will be available on the new Apple TV app, which is coming to Mac, Smart TVs (including Samsung, Vizio, LG and Sony), Roku, and Amazon Fire TV. This will be an ad-free service, with all of the original content available for download to watch offline. While no mention of cost was announced at the conference, Apple said that pricing information will be revealed later this fall.
Spider-Man: Far From Home International Posters Released
International posters for Spider-Man: Far From Home have released, showing Peter Parker in three different cities around the world – London, Venice, and Berlin.
Marvel Studios' head, Kevin Feige, told IGN last April that the sequel to Spider-Man: Homecoming would take place after the final Avengers film – Endgame.
"What is it like to try to go back to a normal life after what happens in this movie
? Not to mention what happens in the next
Avengers: Endgame Runtime Is Reportedly Over 3 Hours
How long is Avengers: Endgame? AMC Theaters might have accidentally let that much-discussed runtime slip early. Fans have long been wondering what the length of Avengers: Endgame would be, and it turns out the answer is over three hours.
On the AMC Theaters landing page for Avengers: Endgame, the total running time for the upcoming MCU flick is listed as 3 hours and 2 minutes. IGN has reached out to Disney for confirmation.
This runtime tracks with what directors Joe and Anthony Russo previously teased of the film's length. In November, they said the length of the movie was around 3 hours. Even once the Russos got into the editing room and had a near-finished cut in February, they had said the film was “at the three-hour mark." (It's an even more impressive length when you think about all the additional misleading footage they stuck in the Endgame trailers!)
The Lord of the Rings: Gollum Announced for Release in 2021
Daedalic Entertainment has announced The Lord of the Rings: Gollum, a narrative-focused adventure game that will centre on J.R.R. Tolkien’s famous tricksy, dual-personality character.
Set to release in 2021, the game will explore events that occur between Gollum’s finding of the One Ring and the start of The Lord of the Rings story.
Unlike recent Middle-earth games that draw inspiration from Peter Jackson’s movie trilogy, Daedalic’s game will based purely on Tolkien’s books.
The project comes thanks to a new partnership between Daedalic and Middle-earth Enterprises; the company that owns the rights to The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit. Gollum will also be just the first game produced as part of the deal; further games are being planned.