Monthly Archives: December 2015
Team Fortress 2 Offers More Contracts in the Tough Break Update
Team Fortress 2 is getting new cosmetics, community maps, and another contract campaign in today's Tough Break update.
The patch is similar to this year's Gun Mettle update, in that it brings new achievement-style activities to complete with new weapons and cases as rewards. These come in the so-called Tough Break Campaign, which will run you $6 and last for three months.
If you don't have the in-game equipment necessary to complete a specific challenge, you're in luck. Tough Break will include a new "Loaner Program," allowing players to rent specific weapons for the purpose of completing contracts. As developer Valve puts it "It's like a library, but for murder accessories!"
Twitter Hires Director of Gaming
In efforts to bring gamers to Twitter, the social media site has hired its first director of gaming. Rodrigo Velloso, YouTube's former director of gaming content, signed on as Twitter's director of gaming partnerships in September.
The video game industry is growing rapidly—it's projected to make $92 billion in 2015, and Twitter is ready to capitalize on that success. Part of Velloso's mission at Twitter is to create relationships with the entire gaming community, from developers and creators, to eSports athletes and Twitch streamers, along with partnerships with events like E3 and PAX.
Daily Deals: Amiibo Sale, Powerful Dell Desktop, Star Wars: Battlefront
Amazon's discount on PS4 and Xbox One copies of Fallout 4 for Prime Members is back. If you have Prime add it your cart and then proceed to checkout to see the discount.
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Iron Banner Returning to Destiny on December 29
The Iron Banner will return to Destiny on December 29, bringing with it new rewards.
Control will be the mode of choice this time around for the Iron Banner event, Bungie announced. Last month saw Clash being used for the first time. The event will last for a week and rewards will include a shotgun, auto rifle, as well as a helmet, pair of boots, and a class item for all three classes.
Here's how to the earn the rewards:
Available from Lord Saladin:
- Rank 3: Boots
Twin Peaks Return Teaser
Showtime's upcoming Twin Peaks revival has debuted its first teaser.
One would expect the mysterious series, once more guided by David Lynch and Mark Frost, to not spoil too much in its first reveal, and that's precisely the case here. What we get is some behind-the-scenes footage of actor Michael Horse ("Hawk") discussing returning to the series over imagery of the familiar Twin Peaks scenery... and a closing shot that, if part of the actual show, hints that things are still quite dangerous in the not so sleepy town, via a blurry look at a grey-haired figure. Could that simply by David Lynch behind-the-scenes, Lynch in-character as Gordon Cole, Ray Wise somehow back as Leland Palmer or someone else entirely?
The Man in the High Castle Renewed for Season 2
Amazon has given its dark, trippy Ridley Scott/Frank Spotnitz series, The Man in the High Castle, a second season.
Based on the award-winning Philip K. Dick novel, the series - starring Alexa Davalos, Rupert Evans, and Rufus Sewell - launched back on November 20th with ten Season 1 episodes.
Set in an alternate world in which the United States was on the losing end of World War II and is now controlled by Germany and Japan, with a “buffer zone” in the Rocky Mountains between the areas the two powers oversee, The Man in the High Castle offered up a nightmarish and compelling "What If?" look at history.
A premiere date for Season 2 hasn’t been set.
Matt Fowler is a writer for IGN and a member of the Television Critics Association (TCA). Follow him on Twitter at @TheMattFowler and Facebook at Facebook.com/Showrenity.
New Captain America: Civil War Concept Art Revealed
New concept art for Captain America: Civil War has been unveiled.
The art, crafted by Andy Park and Ryan Meinerding, was featured in the latest issue of Total Film and includes a slew of Marvel's mightiest heroes facing off against one another. See it below (via Comic Book Movie).
While Tom Holland's Spider-Man is conspicuously absent from the new art, the young actor will indeed be making is MCU debut in Civil War, joining a whole host of justice-seeking heroes from Marvel's universe.
Vixen to Make Live-Action Debut on Arrow
Megalyn Echikunwoke, who voiced Vixen on The CW's animated mini-sodes of the same name, will bring the character to live-action TV on Arrow.
According to TVInsdier, Echikunwoke will be revisiting her role as Vixen (aka Mari McCabe) in a live-action portrayal of the hero on Arrow's upcoming 15th episode, which is set to air on February 24. Vixen already met both Arrow (Stephen Amell) and The Flash (Grant Gustin) on the animated series.
"We’re not only thrilled to be further expanding our DC television universe by bringing in the live-action incarnation of the CW Seed hit, Vixen, we’re immensely excited that Megalyn will be revisiting her role as Mari McCabe," producer Marc Guggenheim said.
Blizzard Details World of Warcraft: Legion PvP Overhaul
Blizzard is about to completely overhaul PvP in the upcoming World of Warcraft: Legion expansion.
According to a detailed post on Battle.net, under a new Honor system, players will no longer acquire gear from vendors using Honor and Conquest. Instead, Blizzard is adopting a system inspired by Call of Duty’s Prestige leveling system.
Earning Honor Points increases Honor Level to a maximum of level 50. Players will be reward with “gold, artifact power, and a brand new set of PvP-only Honor Talents.” Honor Talents are abilities earned through increased levels in PvP and are activated while players engage in PvP.
Ghostbusters Reboot Gets New Character Posters
Paul Feig and Ghostbusters just released a new image of the team this week, and now four new character posters have been revealed as well. The posters get up close and personal with the crew's ghost-busting gear. Take a look:
In addition to the posters, Feig also gave us a sneak peak of the characters. Kristen Wiig plays Erin Gilbert, a "particle physicist, academic firebrand,
spectral warrior." Melissa McCarthy is Abby Yates, the "paranormal researcher, supernatural scientist,
entity trapper." Leslie Jones joins the crew as Patty Tolan, "ghost tracker, municipal historian,