Monthly Archives: July 2015
Nintendo Wants Mass Appeal for Its Smartphone Games
Nintendo is looking to appeal to as broad a market as possible with its smartphone games, according to company president and CEO Satoru Iwata.
"As long as Nintendo makes smart device applications, we must make them so that they appeal not just to some limited age group but to a wide age demographic just as our games thus far have been doing, and they should appeal to anyone regardless of their gaming experiences and gender, and most importantly, regardless of different cultures, nationalities and languages," Iwata said during a recent Q&A with investors.
New Photo Shows Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool
A new photo of Ryan Reynolds as the foul-mouthed antihero Deadpool has surfaced.
The image comes courtesy of EW, who highlights Reynolds' undying desire to play Wade Wilson for over a decade. Give him a look, fully garbed in Deadpool's iconic attire, below.
According to producer Simon Kinberg, "Deadpool is a hard R," reiterating Reynolds' confirmation earlier this year. "It’s graphic. Nothing is taboo. You either commit to a truly outrageous boundary-pushing kind of movie or you don’t."
Windows 10 Won’t Be Available to Everyone on Launch Day
Windows Insiders who participated in early testing of the upcoming Windows 10 operating system will be the first to get the upgrade on Windows 10's July 29th launch day. Everyone else has to wait.
A new post on the Windows blog explains how Microsoft is planning to roll out upgrades to users in waves, notifying them first of their access to the update and then "slowly scaling up" after launch day.
In June, millions of people secured their copy of Windows 10 after Microsoft opened up reservations. The massive amount of users waiting to upgrade to Windows 10 is part of the reason Microsoft is choosing to take it slow.
Former Xbox Boss Talks Xbox 360 Red Ring of Death Debacle
Former Xbox head and current EA COO Peter Moore has opened up about what happened at Microsoft with the Xbox 360 "Red Ring of Death" situation.
On Podcast Unlocked 201, Moore said the company knew there was a problem with the Xbox 360 once they all started looking at customer reports coming in.
"We knew we had a problem," Moore said. "I remember going to Robbie Bach, my boss, and saying, I think we could have a billion dollar problem here.
Obsidian’s SkyForge Braces for Open Beta Later This Month
Obsidian Entertainment has announced that its free-to-play science-fiction MMORPG Skyforge will enter open beta on July 16.
Gamers who purchased a Skyforge Founder's Pack will have a shot at the open beta a full week before everyone else, beginning on July 9, giving them plenty of time to feel their way around and get the jump on everyone else.
According to the developers, the open beta is the "culmination of four extended closed beta tests," and will let players explore the world of Aelion "through the Ascension Atlas as five diverse classes on an unlimited basis."
Players who join the open-beta during the first two weeks will be granted two special costumes. To access the beta, players need to register an account at the Skyforge website and then download the client when it's made available.
Daily Deals: Borderlands, Far Cry 4, Ghost in the Shell
One of last year's best shooters just dropped $10. If you haven't had a chance to explore Kyrat, now is the time
The Borderlands Handsome Collection Just Dropped $20
Borderlands 2 plus the pre-sequel with all the DLC, newly remastered for Xbox One and PS4.
Hadrian’s Wall Is a Love Letter to Blade Runner & Aliens
With the new Image Comics series Hadrian's Wall being announced at today's Image Expo, we had a chat with the creative team -- writers Kyle Higgins and Alec Siegel and artist Rod Reis -- about reteaming for this new project.
But first, here’s the official synopsis for Hadrian's Wall:
In 1985, tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union culminated with nuclear detonations in New York City and Moscow. In the decades after, the two super powers found peace through a partnership focused on building the first colony in space. But now, one hundred years later, a new Cold War simmers… between Earth and that very Colony.
App Store Update: July 2
Every day hundreds of new apps make their debut on the App Store, and hundreds more are updated or reduced in price. We have sifted through the noise and highlighted those select few that might be worth your attention.
Note: The prices and deals compiled below are accurate at the time we published this story, but all are subject to change.
Welcome to a special App Store Update week, iOS owners! 2015 is halfway over as of this week, so we're doing a little mid-year evaluation on the state of the App Store so far. Looking back across the past six months, we've picked out 15 games that we consider to be among the best new Game Debuts of 2015 to this point. We'll be presenting three picks a day for each day this week, so come back every day to see which apps made the cut!
No Man’s Sky: Everything You Need to Know – IGN First
Our IGN First game for July is No Man's Sky, the incredibly ambitious, practically infinite exploration epic from Hello Games. For such a big game (in every sense of the word), very little of it has been shown and many mysteries remain. This month we'll pull back the curtain and answer some of those questions, starting on Monday, July 6 with the longest uninterrupted look at the game yet: an 18-minute guided tour of a planet with Hello Games founder and No Man's Sky programmer Sean Murray. We'll have new content throughout the entire month, so be sure to bookmark this page, because this is the place where it'll all be archived! For now, here's our most recent look at the game:
Bryan Cranston/Seth Green Series Gets a Comic Book
SuperMansion, Crackle's new stop-motion animated series, from creators/EPs Matthew Senreich, Zeb Wells and executive producers Bryan Cranston and Seth Green is headed to San Diego Comic-Con with panels, signings, and a new comic book in support the show.
SuperMansion follows the adventures of Titanium Rex (Cranston) as he struggles to live with and fight alongside the Millennial-aged, often lackadaisical members of The League of Freedom. And IGN's got your exclusive first look at the cover of the comic, done by legendary comic-book artist Joe Madureira (‘Joe Mad’). Feast your eyes!
