Monthly Archives: October 2016
Destiny Leak Reveals Halloween Event
It was always fairly certain that Destiny's popular Hallowe'en event, Festival of the Lost, would return - now, thanks to a leak, we know it is, and what loot it'll be bringing along for a limited time only.
After a little Bungie tease earlier this week, The Ishtar Collective spotted and categorised 38 new items coming with the upcoming event, alongside 21 updated items from last year's Festival.
They include eight new masks (including Raid boss Aksis and a Ghost), 11 new Quests (the means of getting those masks), appearance-changing weapon mods for the Bad Juju exotic pulse rifle, and two new Emotes, "Howl" and "Terrify".
Darksiders Remaster Gets a New Release Date
Darksiders: Warmastered Edition is due for release on November 22 for Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and Wii U.
PC users will have to wait a week until November 29 for the release. The Wii U launch will be digital only to start with, with a retail release to follow at a later date.
The remaster features native 1080p, doubled texture resolutions, rendering improvements and reworks, better shadows, and post processing effects.
Plus, the game will run at 60 frames per second on PS4, Xbox One, and PC, and 30 fps on the Wii U.
The original Darksiders released in 2010, featuring hack and slash gameplay with roleplaying and puzzle elements. The game had you playing as War, one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
Star Wars: Where Are the Jedi in Rogue One?
When it hits theaters this December, Rogue One will have the distinction of being the first Star Wars movie to explore the period in between Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope. If you haven't been following the TV series Star Wars: Rebels or books like Star Wars: A New Dawn and Star Wars: Tarkin, you may not know much about this pivotal piece of the Star Wars timeline.
To help get you primed for the new movie, we're breaking down everything you need to know about the setting of Rogue One and how Emperor Palpatine rewrote history to make the galaxy forget all about the Jedi.
Rogue One takes place shortly before the events of A New Hope. At that point, Palpatine's Empire has existed for about 19 years. That might not seem like a lot of time in which to establish an iron-clad grip over thousands of star systems, but if we learned anything about Palpatine in the Prequel Trilogy, it's that he's very good at planning ahead. Though he allows the Galactic Senate to maintain its existence, they're little more than a token body of powerless senators. The combination of Palpatine's military might and his immense popular support in the aftermath of the Clone Wars means that he effectively has unilateral control over every world in his Empire. After 19 years, he's consolidated his grip over many core worlds, with remote Outer Rim planets like Tatooine mostly forgotten and ignored.
PES Updates to Add 4K Mode and More Player Likenesses
Konami has announced what will be in the first two free content updates for PES 2017.
The first will be available at the end of October, and will add a number of improved facial likenesses. 39 players will be added, including Wissam Ben Yedder, Victor Wanyama, and Denis Suarez, and their individual playing styles will be recreated for the game.
The update will also change the pitch side hoardings, and will give you more control over your boot selection. New official styles will be added, and you'll be able to choose from a variety of studs.
In November, a 4K resolution mode will be added to support the release of the PS4 Pro. Plus, the content centered around PES 2017's partner teams Liverpool and Borussia Dortmund will be added.
Dan Harmon Making an eSports Comedy For YouTube
Dan Harmon, known for creating Community, the podcast Harmontown, and co-creating Rick and Morty, is making a scripted eSports comedy series for YouTube Red.
According to MCV, it will feature six 30 minute episodes about a new eSports team trying to make it big. Michele Morrow and Jesse Cox have co-created the show, and Starburns Industries will produce, with Harmon being listed as an executive producer.
Sarah Carbiener and Erica Rosbe will be showrunners and writers, and it'll star Dan Avidan and Arin Hanson of Game Grumps fame. The new series is due to air early next year on the Game Grumps YouTube channel.
Bug Prevents World-First Destiny Raid Win
One of Destiny’s most successful clans, Redeem, has been deprived of a world-first record following an in-game issue.
The clan was competing in Rise of Iron’s new Hard Mode Raid when, at around the 24:04 mark in the video below, in the Death Zamboni encounter, the team met a bitter end.
As Eurogamer reports, one player ran ahead and inadvertently crossed an invisible barrier. This then caused the game to think the team were cheating, which resulted in a clan-wide wipe. Redeem respawned, but were sent back to replay the previous encounter they’d already completed, adding about six minutes onto their run. This extra time, despite not seeming like much, meant chances of completing the raid first were out the window.
Daily Deals: Dishonored 2, Titanfall 2, Watch Dogs 2, Battlefield 1
Help us get to 2000 likes! Like our page to get the latest deals straight to your news feed and also look out for exclusive codes for our readers.
More Familiar Faces Confirmed for Arrow’s 100th Episode
Spoilers ahead for the upcoming 100th episode of Arrow. Click away if you don’t want to know who is returning to Star City.
At a press Q&A IGN attended today, Arrow co-creator Marc Guggenheim confirmed that, in addition to the already announced returns of Robert Queen and Laurel Lance’s Black Canary, John Barrowman and Neal McDonough will be present in their respective roles as Malcolm Merlyn and Damien Darhk.
Episode 100 of Arrow also happens to be a part of the big crossover all the DC/CW shows are doing this fall, including Supergirl, The Flash and Legends of Tomorrow. When asked about the challenges of approaching the 100th episode as a milestone and crossover at the same time, Guggenheim responded, "The challenge was, we’ve only got 42 minutes and it’s the middle part of a three-part story."
Michael Moore Announces Surprise Donald Trump Movie
Documentary filmmaker Michael Moore announced Michael Moore in TrumpLand today, a surprise film project about presidential candidate Donald Trump.
The film is based on the director’s one-man play, and will begin screening in Los Angeles and New York this week (a free screening kicks things off tonight at Manhattan’s IFC Center). Moore had been teasing an “October Surprise” on Twitter over the past few days, and now we have confirmation that it’s TrumpLand. Here’s a description of the film from a press release IGN received this afternoon:
The Academy Award winning director of Fahrenheit 9/11 and Sicko, Michael Moore is back with a surprise new film, “Michael Moore in TrumpLand”. He dives right into hostile territory with his daring and hilarious one-man show, deep in the heart of TrumpLand just weeks before the 2016 election. The film will begin one week exclusive runs in New York at the IFC Center and in Los Angeles at the Laemmle Town Center 5 in Encino on Wednesday, October 19th.
Supergirl’s Role in the Mega-DC CW Crossover Explained
Supergirl, The Flash, Arrow and Legends of Tomorrow will all be joining forces in December for a big mega-crossover, but just how will it all work, given one of the series doesn’t take place in the same universe as the others? Arrow and Legends of Tomorrow executive producer Marc Guggenheim explained a bit more about how Supergirl becomes involved from her corner of the multiverse and also why it’s really a three-series crossover, even though it features characters from all four shows.
Asked how Supergirl will be a part of the series, given her series takes place in another universe, Guggenheim replied, “I think I can say it… I don't think it's that shocking. Last year, Supergirl established that Flash was able to make his way to what I call ‘Earth-CBS’ and it stands to reason that with the proper breach technology the reverse can happen.”