Monthly Archives: May 2015
Witcher 3 Loading Screen Issue Reported
The excitement over the launch of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is boiling over into frustration for some gamers who can't seem to get the game to load.
According to threads on Reddit, GameFAQs, and Twitter, some claim the game just hangs in a loading screen after the opening cutscene on the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
Heroes of the Storm Open Beta Now Live
As of today, Blizzard's free-to-play MOBA Heroes of the Storm has entered into open beta.
Available for Windows, Mac, and PC, the beta is available for anyone to enter into and test out Heroes of the Storm before its official launch day on June 2.
This will be the final beta test for the MOBA, which previously had a technical alpha and closed beta stage. It will be accessible to all regions, and those interested can sign up by visiting the official Heroes of the Storm website.
Combining pieces of Blizzard's history, Heroes of the Storm is a multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) game in which characters from the Diablo, StarCraft, and Warcraft universes do battle against one another.
Fire Emblem If Revising the Weapon Balance
Fire Emblem If will be the first game since the series' debut to make major revisions to its weapon balancing.
The Japanese magazine Famitsu (via Gematsu) explained the changes. Throughout the series, swords have been strong against axes, axes against lances, and lances against swords. Fire Emblem If will put a wrinkle in it by introducing pairs of weapons that trump other pairs, for a greater variety of weapon types.
Now, swords and magic will beat axes and bows, axes and bows will beat lances and concealed weapons, and lances and concealed weapons will beat swords and magic. Weapon durability is also going to be removed in Fire Emblem If, so only staves will limit you to a certain number of uses.
New Batch of Guitar Hero Live Songs Revealed
Activision has revealed another cluster of tracks that will feature in the upcoming Guitar Hero Live via the Guitar Hero Facebook page.
The new songs, listed below, join over two dozen other tracks that were confirmed previously. Activision is planning to announce new songs on a weekly basis.
- Royal Blood - "Little Monster"
Mad Max: Fury Road Would Have Starred Heath Ledger
If Mad Max: Fury Road had gone before cameras back when George Miller had originally intended, the director said it would have starred the late Heath Ledger instead of Tom Hardy.
"Every time Heath
would come through Sydney, he’d call in and we’d chat about Max," Miller told The Daily Beast. "He had that same thing that Mel and Tom Hardy have—that maleness, charisma, and restless energy, which you need to play a relatively still character."
However, Ledger's death in 2008 meant Miller would never get his wish. "The world lost someone great when he went," he added. "Tom
New to Amazon Prime for June
The school year's ending as summer fast approaches and Amazon Prime's got a few Stephen King flicks, some trolls, some leprechauns, a dollop of punk rock love, and an army of Transformers free to stream on their Instant Video app for all Prime members.
So let's check out June on Amazon Prime...
IGN SPOTLIGHT
- The Shining
Stanley Kubrick's ingeniously tweaked and re-worked version of Stephen King's classic novel features Jack Nicholson in one of his most famous roles. As a precursor to the loony madness he'd display as the Joker a decade later, Nicholson's off-season Colorado hotel innkeeper, Jack Torrance, was the epitome of over-the-top cabin fever insanity.
Daily Deals: Awesome PS4 Headset, Rechargeable Battery Sale, Xbox One With Three Games and $100 Credit
Our Favorite PS4/PC Headset Is On Sale
You've probably never heard of the HyperX Cloud 2 headset. I hadn't either until I read our review. Spoiler alert: we gave it a 9.5, and it's one of the highest rated headsets on the site currently. It's normally a $98 purchase, but this is the second time I've seen it go on sale for $80, and I've never seen it cheaper than that.
Apple Upgrades 15-Inch MacBook Pros
Apple is upgrading the 15-inch Retina MacBook Pro with several of the same additions brought to the 13-inch model, MacBook, and MacBook Air a few months ago.
Among the new features of the 15-inch MacBook Pro is the Force Touch trackpad, as well as speedier PCI Express storage and an upgraded graphics card for the $2,500 model.
Check out the specs below from the Apple Store.
15-inch: 2.2GHz with Retina display - $1,999
- 2.2GHz quad-core Intel Core i7 – Turbo Boost up to 3.4GHz
- 16GB 1600MHz memory
EA Loses Veteran Executive Frank Gibeau
Executive vice president of EA Mobile Frank Gibeau is leaving EA after 23 years, the company announced today.
According to an SEC filing, Gibeau "has chosen to transition on from the company," and his last day was yesterday, May 18 –– as of now, he no longer shows up on EA's Executives page. Before his most recent position at EA Mobile, Gibeau was president of EA Labels, as well as director of marketing and president of EA Games.
"I can confirm that Frank Gibeau has chosen to transition on from Electronic Arts," an EA spokesperson told IGN. "Throughout a more than 20-year career, Frank’s made many significant contributions to the company, our people and our games. Most recently, he’s worked to strengthen EA Mobile by building a great team. We thank Frank for his achievements at EA, and we wish him all the best in his next chapter."
Xbox Boss Is Still Betting on Kinect
Xbox Boss Phil Spencer says the value of Kinect will have to be earned through experiences, and still considers the peripheral an important part of the Xbox One landscape moving forward.
Speaking with GamesRadar, Spencer says the fact that Upload Studio 2.0 was designed with a Kinect green-screen feature is just one example which shows it's still on the minds of Microsoft engineers. "We’ll continue to build functionality to make it a valuable part of the ecosystem," Spencer says.
However, he did reiterate that the unbundling of Kinect from the Xbox One was also a crucial move that had to happen.