Monthly Archives: September 2019
Control Patch Fixes Struggling Console Performance
Remedy has updated Control with a patch that improves the game's performance, which should help relieve the framerate struggles the game has faced on consoles.
Control is absolutely worth your time, as we reveal in our review video above.
The patch, which is now live on PS4 and will be applied to the Xbox One and PC versions of Control soon, improves “stability on all platforms” and offers “improved generate frame-rate performance” thanks to optimization of multiple systems. Bugs that cause missions crashes have also been taken care of.
The patch has been fully detailed by publisher 505 Games, and also fixes some errors that hampered game progression and the user interface. While all small on paper, these fixes should help make Control a much more enjoyable experience for many, as the game has been reported by plenty of people to run rather haphazardly. From personal experience, the PS4 Pro noticeably struggles to maintain a stable frame rate when firefights become intense. As such, this patch is very welcome.
Google Stadia Will Offer Game Trials After Launch
Google has stated its intention to offer trials of premium games on its Stadia streaming service once the platform has been launched.
Talking on a recent episode of Stadiacast, Stadia’s head of product, John Justice, explained that trials are “high up on the list” for Google’s plans after the cloud service’s launch in November.
Check out our ideas on how streaming could be the future of video games.
“I think if you look at our plan to make as many people be able to try this as possible, you want people, whether they’re already on Stadia, to let them go discover new games, new things, stuff you haven’t tried,” he said.
Mutazione’s Serene Island Holds Many Secrets I Can’t Wait to Discover
I can’t wait to get back to Mutazione’s colorful, beautifully drawn island setting. Promising an isle of interesting characters, plenty of heart, and some unique gameplay elements, my brief time playing Mutazione at PAX West 2019 has left me thinking about its fascinating setup and wishing to find out more.
Playing as the 15-year-old Kai, players of Mutazione venture off to an island to take care of their grandfather. Pretty normal so far, right? Well, that island is the site of a meteor crash over 100 years ago, causing its inhabitants to become mutated. The island’s been left to relative isolation, with the mutated though, from my experience, mostly kind-hearted denizens creating a society of their own.
The A to Z of Deadpool
It's been a long, crazy journey for Deadpool. Over the years he's evolved from X-Men supporting character to kooky costumed assassin to Hollywood juggernaut. And he's never shut up during that entire time.
Now, as we wait to find out how Disney and Marvel will handle the character on the big screen, why not join us for a journey deep into the Deadpool-verse as we explore the alphabetical history of all things Merc with a Mouth...
A is for... Ajax
If Deadpool has an archenemy, Ajax may just earn the title. This sadistic enforcer worked for the Workshop, the laboratory responsible for experimenting on failed Weapon X test subjects and transforming Wade Wilson into Deadpool. Ajax has super-strength and is impervious to pain, making him extremely difficult to kill. Fortunately, Deadpool knows how to think outside the box.
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Face/Off Remake Reportedly in Development
Paramount is preparing a remake of the 1997 John Woo action joint Face/Off, reports Deadline. The studio reportedly plans to remake the film with a new cast, and 22 Jump Street and Sonic the Hedgehog writer Oren Uziel has apparently already been tapped to put together a script.
If you’re not familiar with what was one of the most bonkers action extravaganzas of the ’90s, Face/Off is the story of FBI agent Sean Archer (John Travolta) and charismatic terrorist Castor Troy (Nicolas Cage) – bitter enemies who, after a series of increasingly preposterous events, end up with surgically swapped faces. The result is a movie where Nic Cage needs to spend a decent amount of time acting like John Travolta, and John Travolta is required to spend a lot of time acting like Nic Cage (and some of that time as Nic Cage pretending to still be John Travolta). It’s truly as fabulous as it sounds.
The Muppets Reboot Dropped by Disney+
Disney+ will not be moving forward with Muppets Live Another Day, a scripted comedy series that was to "pick up right where 1984’s The Muppets Take Manhattan left off and focus on Kermit as he must bring the Muppets back together (after being disbanded) to help locate the missing Rowlf."
Reported by Deadline, Muppets Live Another Day was to be "written/executive produced by Frozen star Josh Gad and Once Upon a Time creators Adam Horowitz and Eddy Kitsis."
It had a pilot order and had been in the works for some time, but it will not go forward "over discrepancy between the writing team’s creative vision and that of the top brass at Disney-owned Muppet Studio."
EA Launches Surprise Cloud Gaming Trial With Four Games
EA has announced its Cloud Gaming Technical Trial that will allow fans to test out EA's cloud technology with such titles as FIFA 19, Titanfall 2, Need for Speed Rivals, and Unravel.
EA's chief technology officer Ken Moss took to Medium to discuss EA's biggest public-facing step towards a cloud-based future since its announcement of Project Atlas last year, and fans can sign up now for a chance to try it out for themselves.
Joker Wasn’t Made to Connect to Robert Pattinson’s Batman
This report has been updated with new quotes from the director of Joker.
Sorry, Bat-fans, but by all accounts the Joker movie won’t connect to Matt Reeves’ upcoming reboot The Batman, set to star Robert Pattinson. During our recent interview with Joker director Todd Phillips, the filmmaker elaborated on why Joker is a standalone film about a world where Batman doesn’t yet exist. Although young Bruce Wayne is a character in the film, Joker focuses more on Thomas Wayne than his son -- although Phillips was intrigued by what a Bruce Wayne/Batman would be like in Joker’s more realistic, period setting.
“We didn't want to make a Batman movie,” Phillips said when we asked him about the prominence of Thomas Wayne as a character in Joker. “If we changed that whole thing to suddenly it'd be Bruce Wayne and Batman would exist and all these other things that come with Batman that we were consciously trying to avoid. That was a clever or not clever solution to avoiding Batman altogether and being able to make a Joker movie where basically Batman doesn't exist yet.”
Fans Celebrate SEGA Dreamcast’s 20th Anniversary
SEGA's Dreamcast was famously released in North America on September 9, 1999 (9/9/99, which is pretty cool), making today the Dreamcast's 20th birthday! Naturally, fans have taken to social media to remember this strange, ahead-of-its-time console that is finally getting some proper recognition.
There were a bunch of factors that made the Dreamcast unique, including its Tamagotchi-like VMU memory card and its online-enabled hardware. It was also the first sixth-generation console out of the gate, beating competitors like PlayStation 2, the original Xbox, and Nintendo's GameCube to store shelves.