Monthly Archives: March 2015
Vote for Just Cause 3’s Collector’s Edition Items Now
Square Enix is soliciting votes to help decide what could go in the Just Cause 3 collector’s edition.
Fans of the open-world action game developed by Avalanche Studios can log into the official Just Cause 3 website and select their top three items, in order, out of a possible 12 items.
Potential collector’s edition swag could include a mini art book, a grapple hook replica, a radio-controller helicopter, or various dioramas featuring series protagonist Rico.
For a full list of items, see the list below:
- Mini Art Book
The 100 Creator on the Big Season 2 Finale Events
Note: Full spoilers for The 100: Season 2 finale follow.
The 100: Season 2 Finale Review
The 100 ended its second season in a harrowing, unsettling manner, as Clarke Griffin (Eliza Taylor) finally succeeded in freeing her friends trapped inside Mount Weather – by flooding the place with the radiation those from the Ark were immune to, in the process knowingly killing everyone who lived inside Mount Weather, including those who’d tried to help them and the children present.
I spoke to The 100’s executive producer and showrunner about this huge turn of events and where things are leading in Season 3, now that Clarke has decided she needed to leave Camp Jaha and go off on her own in the wake of what she did. Not to mention that entirely new storyline introduced, as Jaha (Isaiah Washington) and Murphy (Richard Harmon) encountered a holographic life force with an uncomfortable interest in nuclear weapons.
PS4 Update 2.50 Features Suspend/Resume, 60fps Share Play
PlayStation 4 will receive the long awaited Suspend/Resume, a feature that keeps apps running while it enters rest mode, with its upcoming system software update 2.50, “Yukimura.”
The feature allows users to suspend the game they’re playing and put the PS4 into Rest Mode. They can then immediately access the title with no progress lost when powering the console back up.
"Suspend/Resume, which will be supported by nearly all PS4 titles, will create an atmosphere where your games are immediately available at any time — just pick up your DualShock 4 wireless controller, hit the PS button and get right back into the action of your games," Scott McCarthy, director of product planning and software innovation at SCEA, writes. "When it’s time to log off, simply put your PS4 in Rest Mode and when you power up the next time, you’ll start your game where you left off."
Marvel’s Big Merchandise Plans for Avengers 2, Spidey
Avengers products sold more than $1 billion worldwide in 2014. Now Disney intends on expanding its merchandising and licensees for Marvel's Avengers: Age of Ultron to demographics beyond just the core fan base.
Or as Paul Gitter, Disney Consumer Products’ senior VP of Marvel Licensing, put it to Variety: "Make the big bigger."
Whereas the licensing and merchandising for the first Avengers movie was centered around the team itself, Variety reports that Marvel intends on broadening products to appeal to fans of the individual members of Earth's Mightiest Heroes. They are also courting women as an important demographic of consumers. Furthermore, "Disney is particularly looking forward to new products in the food and packaged goods categories, including Sage Fruit, Conagra granola bars, Crunchpak and Chobani."
Our Most Emotional Gaming Moments
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A discussion about our early Ori and the Blind Forest impressions turns into an impromptu chat about our most emotional gaming (and movie) moments. Plus: we have a theory on the timing of this week's Halo: The Master Chief Collection Xbox One bundle, another theory about how Kudo Tsunoda's promotion proves last week's Phil Harrison rumors, why Quantum Break would be better off releasing in 2016 regardless of the validity of this week's rumors, and more! Plus: a very personal, 40-minute interview with Adr1ft creator Adam Orth. He discusses how his personal life is reflected in the new game, what his life was like during the #DealWithIt controversy, and more.
PlayStation Boss Teases Project Morpheus Game Reveals at E3
PlayStation gamers may be getting their first peak at proper games for Project Morpheus as early as E3, according to a tease from Sony worldwide studio boss Shuhei Yoshida.
"Many studios of ours are working on actual games," Yoshida told GameSpot in an interview at this year's Game Developers Conference. "We haven't talked about these games as yet. We are waiting for the right time. Starting probably at E3, we will start to show the actual games."
The PlayStation exec also shared a few details on how Sony is looking to price its VR headset, noting that affordability is definitely on the forefront of the company's mind.
Cards Against Humanity Available as Free Web App
You can now play Cards Against Humanity for free on your smartphone, tablet, or PC, thanks to a web app called Cards Against Originality.
Cards Against Originality includes all of the original cards from Cards Against Humanity, as well as its five expansion card sets, according to Business Insider.
To play the "party game for horrible people," simply go to the app's site and start a new game. This will generate a URL which you can use to invite other players via message or e-mail. The site is currently down, but its creator tells Mashable it will be "running at full capacity by the weekend."
Rings Will Be a Prequel to The Ring
The next film in The Ring franchise -- aptly titled Rings -- is reportedly going to be a prequel.
According to Bloody Disgusting, Rings will be set before the 2002 American remake and tell the origin of the series' iconic haunted VHS tape. The site notes, "Rings will take place years before the creation of said tape and tell the origin of Samara’s reign of terror."
The site also mentions that Rings was the name of the short-film that accompanied the DVD release of The Ring Two back in 2005.
Akiva Goldsman is producing Rings, which is to be directed by Before the Fall helmer F. Javier Gutiérrez. Italian actress Matilda Lutz will star.
Deals of the Week: Best Buy Gamer’s Club, $360 PS4 With Last of Us and Headset, Call of Duty for $33
20% Off New Games From Best Buy For Two Years
This is kind of a big deal. Pay $30, get 20% off copies of new games, 10% off used games, and 10% extra store credit when you trade in your own copies for two whole years. Math: on a $60 game, you'll save $12. So if you buy just three new games in two years from Best Buy, you'll save $36, and your membership will basically have paid for itself. Just don't buy any HDMI cables while you're there. Get those on Amazon.
Evolve Patch 1.1 Now Live on PC
Evolve players on PC can now download Patch 1.1, Turtle Rock Studios announced today.
Most notably, Patch 1.1 adds an FOV slider to the options menu, as well as a number of balance changes to the 4v1 shooter's progression/mastery system.
The patch also fixes a number of bugs, while improving 21:9 monitor support, Direct X stability, and support for shared memory GPUs.
Patch 1.1 hit Xbox One late last month, improving matchmaking and more.
To learn more, head over to the Evolve wiki or check out IGN's Evolve review, which called it a "deeply rewarding multiplayer experience that packs both brains and brawn."