Monthly Archives: May 2019
Final Fantasy XIV Shadowbringers Preview
This preview is based on play of an in-development build of FINAL FANTASY XIV: Shadowbringers, and content in the final version is subject to change.
Final Fantasy XIV’s newest expansion, Shadowbringers, is upon us with the official release on July 2nd and early access on June 28th for those that pre-ordered. I attended the North America press event in San Francisco and got a few hours with the gameplay demo. Aside from the intriguing story elements about becoming the Warrior of Darkness, this expansion has a ton of interesting changes and updates that I believe all types of players will be happily surprised by.
In Shadowbringers, we have two new jobs to pick from: the gunbreaker and the dancer. The former is a new tank job that is built around the fan favorite gunblade, while the latter is a DPS job – one of many classic Final Fantasy jobs that had yet to be added to the MMO. I tried out both but I spent a majority of my time with the gunbreaker because let’s be honest, the gunblade is just so badass.
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Super Mario Maker 2 Won’t Allow Friends to Play Together Online
Super Mario Maker 2, as it stands, will not allow friends to play online together and will only allow online play with random players as "with global leaderboards, the matchmaking for competitive play would be compromised if you could play with friends."
Speaking to Nintendo World Report, a Nintendo Treehouse representative confirmed the news at the Super Mario Maker 2 press event last week and confirmed that the only way to play with friends in either co-op or versus mode is through one system or local wireless play.
GameXplain followed up with Nintendo about this report and Nintendo responded with confirmation that what the Treehouse representative said was true.
Pokemon Masters Announced for Mobile Devices
During the Pokemon 2019 Press Conference, Pokemon Masters was announced and will allow players to "battle alongside your favorite Pokémon Trainers from the main series RPGs."
Pokemon Masters began with a suggestion from Gamer Freak's Ken Sugimori who wanted to see all the Pokemon Trainers from the video games in one game.
This new mobile game is being developed by The Pokemon Company and DeNA, developers of such titles as Super Mario Run, Fire Emblem Heroes, and Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp.
More information on this new title will be released in June but it will be releasing for iOS and Android devices, it will feature Pokemon battling, and it is said to be a "casual but uniquely Pokemon experience."
Pokemon Home Announced for Nintendo Switch and Smartphones
The Pokemon Company announced Pokemon Home, which is meant to bring all Pokemon together throughout players' journeys, wherever they play, including integration with Pokemon Sword and Pokemon Shield.
Planned for an early 2020 launch for iOS and Android devices, Pokemon Home will let players integrate Pokemon from the Nintendo 3DS' Pokemon Bank, Pokemon Go on smartphones, and Nintendo Switch games like Pokemon: Let's Go and Pokemon Sword and Shield.
All roads lead to Pokemon Home
Pokemon Sleep Is Actually a Pokemon Game You Play While You Sleep
Pokemon Sleep is a new app/game for smart phones that "tracks a user's time sleeping and brings a gameplay experience unlike any other!"
This new mobile app for iOS and Android devices will allow players to "wake up with Pokemon every morning" and aims to "turn sleeping into entertainment by having a player's time spent sleeping, and the time they wake up, effect the gameplay."
While not much else was revealed about Pokemon Sleep, the Pokemon GO Plus + was announced and will connect to Pokemon Sleep and Pokemon GO.
It will launch alongside the release of Pokemon Sleep and will use an embedded accelerometer to track player's sleep time and send information back to the device.
New Detective Pikachu Sequel Project Announced for Nintendo Switch
During the Pokemon 2019 Press Conference, a new entry in the Detective Pikachu video game series was announced for Nintendo Switch.
This will not be a simple port or re-release of 2016's Detective Pikachu for the Nintendo 3DS, but will be a new adventure that will bring a conclusion to the story ended on a cliffhanger in the original game.
In our review of the original game, we called it great and said that "Detective Pikachu gives great insight into the world of Pokemon through its fun mysteries and wonderful coffee-loving lead."
This news follows the success of the Pokemon: Detective Pikachu film starring Ryan Reynolds that had the best opening weekend for a video game film adaptation.
Kit Harrington’s Reaction to the Game of Thrones Finale is A+
HBO recently aired a documentary showcasing the behind-the-scenes creation of Game of Thrones' eighth season, during which Jon Snow actor Kit Harington had an... interesting reaction to his character's pivotal moment in the show's series finale.
Warning: Spoilers for Game of Thrones ahead!
After finding out that Jon Snow was the one to kill Daenerys in the series' finale during a table read, Harington slowly backs away, clearly upset. Emilia Clarke also reacted by nodding at him and sliding down in her chair.
Updated: All The Gameplay Details We Have on Cyberpunk 2077
After finally getting a release date and learning about a really cool celebrity cameo, we updated our list of all the cool gameplay details we've spotted throughout CDPR's trailers and demos.
Here are 62 facts and details about Cyberpunk 2077's gameplay. (Note that the video above is not updated with these new details - sorry!)
Ford v. Ferrari: First Look at Christian Bale and Matt Damon’s Race Car Movie
Academy Award-winners Matt Damon and Christian Bale are set to star in Ford v. Ferrari and we have our first look at the upcoming film.
Ford v. Ferrari is based on the true story of "the visionary American car designer Carroll Shelby (Damon) and the fearless British driver Ken Miles (Bale), who together battled corporate interference, the laws of physics, and their own personal demons to build a revolutionary race car for Ford Motor Company and take on the dominating race cars of Enzo Ferrari at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in France in 1966."
The film is being directed by Logan's James Mangold, and is written by Jez Butterworth, John-Henry Butterworth, and Jason Keller.