Monthly Archives: October 2019
Spin Rhythm XD Is a Rhythm Game That Makes Me Want to Buy a Musical Instrument
There’s a beautiful little touch in Spin Rhythm XD. Occasionally, you’ll be asked to just wildly spin the game’s onscreen controller - a two-tone disc responsible for playing almost all of the game’s notes. It’s a moment of exuberant action amidst a game all about small-scale perfection, the same feeling you used to get from Rock Band’s drum fills.
But what I love in particular is that, when you stop that spin and get ready to keep playing your chosen electronic cut, the game always leaves the disc in the perfect position to play the next note. It’s a miniature masterstroke of design, a way to simultaneously make the game feel fair, and keep you perfectly in the flow (not to mention feeling amazingly good at a game that gets pretty punishing pretty quickly).
Fallout 76 Now Has a $100-a-Year Subscription Service
Fallout 76 has revealed a new subscription service, Fallout 1st, which allows players to play alone in private worlds, among other things.
Launching today, and priced at $12.99 a month, or $99.99 a year (that's £11.99 / £99.99 in the UK, Australian prices not available at time of writing), Bethesda explains that a Fallout 1st membership gets you:
- Private worlds for yourself and up to seven friends.
- A Scrapbox with unlimited storage for crafting materials.
- A Survival Tent that acts as a placeable fast travel point.
Disney CEO Defends Marvel Movies Against ‘Disrespectful’ Detractors
Bob Iger, the CEO of Disney, has fired back against recent Marvel criticism from filmmakers Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola, saying their comments seem "so disrespectful."
Speaking at the Wall Street Journal's Tech Live event on Tuesday, Iger weighed in on the ongoing debate over the cinematic value of the MCU (originally incited by Scorsese sharing his opinion that Marvel movies are "not cinema").
No More Heroes, Deadly Premonition Creators Team Up for a Horror Game
No More Heroes creator Goichi "Suda51" Suda and Deadly Premonition creator Hidetaka "Swery65" Suehiro have announced that they are developing a horror game together - in an appropriately strange way.
On an IGN Japan stream, the creators revealed that they had been planning a food-themed PlayStation VR game which was cancelled, but will now collaborate on a new idea.
In 2018, the two creators decided to go ahead with the idea of working together, but would apparently continually meet to discuss ideas, get drunk, and forget what they'd talked about. Today's event was designed to force them to discuss something.
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BlizzCon 2019: 6 Mystery Panels Announced
Blizzard has revealed the schedule for BlizzCon 2019, and it includes 6 panels with as-yet unannounced subjects on its main stage.
On Friday November 1, the BlizzCon opening ceremony will be followed by 4 back-to-back panels, marked only as "Coming Soon!". On Saturday November 2, two more "Coming Soon!" panels are sandwiched between updates for World of Warcraft and Overwatch.
Find out a little more about the still somewhat mysterious Warcraft 3: Reforged in the video below:
Watch the Trailers for Every Skywalker Saga Star Wars Movie
The final trailer for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker has hit, which means that every trailer for every movie in the nine-film Skywalker Saga has officially been released, floating around and waiting to be watched and rewatched and rewatched again.
Which, thanks to the internet, that's totally a thing you can do right now. We found ourselves taking a trip down memory lane reminiscing on the trailers that have come before, and we figured we would help you enjoy the same experience right here. Below you'll find all the main trailers released from the nine Skywalker Saga movies, all for your space-viewing pleasure!
4 Reasons You Need to Keep Watching HBO’s Watchmen
Whether you loved the first episode of HBO's Watchmen, like I did, or found it intriguing but imperfect, like mentioned here in the IGN review, one thing's certain: Damon Lindelof's new show is a head-scratcher.
Lindelof drops viewers off in the world of Watchmen (specifically the comics' version, not the movie's) 34 years after the events fans are familiar with, with three decades worth of alternate history and alternate politics to catch up on. It's confusing, but purposefully so. Your enjoyment level of the pilot will correlate with how much you can stand not knowing up front.
5 of Gaming’s Wildest Marketing Stunts
In the cosmic wake of the Black Hole that gobbled up Fortnite for a bit and then belched a new one back out, it seems that every gamer on the planet is offering at least a respectful hat tip to the ballsy — and, perhaps more importantly, seemingly ultra-effective marketing ploy — which included shutting down all of Fortnite’s servers and social media channels over the weekend in anticipation of the release of Chapter 2.
And that got us thinking: what are some other awesome viral stunts from the history of gaming? Here’s some that worked, some that didn’t, and one that never should have made it out of the conference room.
Click through the gallery above, or scroll down for the full list.
Adam Driver May Take Over Ben Affleck’s Role in Ridley Scott’s The Last Duel
Star Wars actor Adam Driver may be replacing Ben Affleck in Ridley Scott’s “The Last Duel,” co-starring Matt Damon.
Variety reports that Affleck has moved from a leading role to a supporting role alongside Killing Eve actress Jodie Comer. Scheduling conflicts with Affleck’s previously arranged commitment, the film Deep Water, led to the change.
The film is a revenge story focusing on a pair of knights in 14th Century France. One of the knights returns from war, when his wife (Comer) reveals that the other knight sexually assaulted her. Thus ensues a struggle for justice, with the first knight asking the king of France to undo a previous decision and allow him to duel the other knight to the death. If he loses, the wife will be burned at the stake as punishment for her accusation.