Monthly Archives: April 2019
Game of Thrones: Maisie Williams Responds to Fan Reaction Over THAT Arya Scene
Warning: this article contains spoilers for Game of Thrones Season 8, Episode 2 - "A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms."
Following the events of the second episode of the final season of Game of Thrones, Maisie Williams has spoken up to all those who may have felt uncomfortable during her character Arya's sex scene with Gendry.
On Twitter, Williams added her comments to the many around the internet, saying that while people have the right to be uncomfortable, their feelings don't quite compare to how she is feeling.
What We Want From the Next Fortnite/Avengers Crossover
Yesterday, Epic teased a new crossover event between Fortnite and Avengers: Endgame. We got another hint today featuring Thor's Stormbreaker axe, indicating that we'll likely be getting weapon and gear packs that are based on famous items from the MCU.
While that in and of itself sounds like a cool addition, it got us thinking about what else we might want to see in Fortnite's next Avengers invasion.
The Infinity Snap
A hero-based squad mode where each player selects one MCU superhero and they either become that hero or gain that hero's power(s) and abilities to use during the game. The first half of the match would be more of a scavenger hunt, as the Infinity Guantlet is hidden somewhere on the map - when equipped, the player who found it can snap to kill half of the players, greatly reducing the number of enemy combatants. But it's got to be an even half, meaning two players from each team - including their own.
Anthem: Some Act 1 Post-Launch Content Delayed
Update 4/23: in addition to Anthem Update 1.1.0 going live, BioWare has also posted a general progress update on the official Anthem Reddit, revealing that some of what was planned for the Act 1 post-launch content has been delayed.
Though BioWare had delivered much of the planned Act 1 features on time, not every goal will be met. Instead, BioWare has been "prioritizing things like bug fixes, stability and game flow over the new features of Act 1. We set aside time for this work, but the reality is there are more things to fix and improve than we planned for. While this is the best thing to do for the game, it means some items from the calendar will be delayed."
Bloodborne: The Board Game Hits Kickstarter Goal in Under 20 Minutes
Bloodborne: The Board Game, which is based on the PlayStation 4 title by FromSoftware, has reached its Kickstarter goal of $200,000 in less than 20 minutes.
As of this writing, the Kickstarter is currently sitting at $588,317 with 21 days to go in its campaign. Considering it is already successfully funded - in 17 minutes to be exact - those who back this project can expect to receive the game around May 2020.
Designed by Michael Shinall and Eric M. Lang, Bloodborne: The Board Game will allow one to four Hunters (players) the chance to explore Yharnam in a whole new way, although still with the same terrors, beasts, monsters, and more of the PS4 title, including the Cleric Beast, Vicar Amelia, Father Gascoigne and the Blood-Starved Beast.
Tamarin: Adorable Adventure Game From Classic Rare Devs Announced
Independent developer Chameleon Games, filled with veterans from Rare’s "golden era" of game development, is announcing Tamarin, a third-person, action-adventure game featuring an agile monkey set in Nordic scenery.
Tamarin is scheduled for release on PlayStation 4 and PC this summer, and “channels the energy of 3D platformer classics and explorative Metroidvania shooters.” The game revolves around pollution and destruction from ever-expanding insects that forces the monkey to fight for his family’s survival.
Described as an interconnected 3D world with primate platforming and bug-splattering shooter action, Tamarin lets players journey into northern wilderness through forests, fjords and mountains. Players will encounter mysterious electrical fireflies, a secret underground world of dancing ants, innocent birds that need rescuing and more in an attempt to restore the tamarins’ once idyllic natural habitat.
Gotham’s Batsuit Is a ‘Highlight Reel’ of the Best Comics Designs
Batman’s suit in Gotham will reportedly be a “highlight reel of the comic,” with the production team taking the best of previous suits and making its own for the show.
Executive producer Danny Cannon spoke with GameSpot at the Television Critics Association press tour, where he said "
pieces of everything. It's a highlight reel of the comic. Because that's what we'd think the show was, really.
Mortal Kombat 11: Fix for Grindy Towers Will Arrive Soon
Following complaints of the "super hard Towers of Time" in Mortal Kombat 11, Ed Boon and NetherRealm Studios have reassured its fans that fixes will be arriving in the near future.
Ed Boon took to Twitter with a "MK11 PSA" to let fans of Mortal Kombat 11 know that NetherRealm has heard their complaints regarding the Towers of Time and is "hoping/expecting" that fixes to these game modes will be arriving in a time frame that is "more like HOURS than days." The fixes will also address issues with the Krypt, the area where you unlock new items, which currently demands an extended amount of grinding to accumulate the currency used there.
Spider-Man PS4 Had to Unmake Its Manhattan Open-World to Keep Running
In the opening sequence of Marvel’s Spider-Man for PlayStation 4, Insomniac Games had to come up with some creative solutions to make Fiske Tower bigger on the inside than it was on the outside.
Revealed during Insomniac’s GDC 2019 tech postmortem and subsequently posted on Twitter, Insomniac senior engine programmer Elan Ruskin shared a video showing how the developer managed to fit a larger interior inside of a smaller exterior while keeping all of Manhattan intact.
As it turns out, they didn’t.
Also from our #GDC19 tech postmortem: the transition into Fisk Tower in #SpiderManPS4's intro mission. The interior space is much larger than the exterior envelope, and too big to hold in memory at the same time as Manhattan. So we use some careful camerawork to hide the swap! pic.twitter.com/Ur53ZSVGr8
Intel’s New 9th Gen H-series CPUs Bring 5GHz speed and 128GB of RAM
After introducing a full lineup of 9th Generation desktop processors, it was inevitable laptops would get their own new CPUs, and today Team Blue has introduced the 9th Gen H-series chips coming to a gaming laptop near you.
We’re not kidding, these new 9th Gen H-series will power no less than 24 gaming laptops that will be shipping soon, if not today. But before we get to all the new hardware powered by these processors, you should know Intel’s new, mightiest mobile processor, the Intel Core i9-9980HK, now comes with 8-cores , 16-threads, and can operate at clock speeds up to 5.0GHz.
Square Enix Announces Its E3 2019 Press Conference Date, Time
Square Enix has announced its plans for E3 2019 and has revealed that it will be hosting a "special broadcast" on Monday, June 10 at 6pm PT/9pm ET to showcase an "exciting line up of titles."
Square Enix took to Twitter to share the news of how they will be kicking off E3 2019 this year, but didn't give any indication of what exactly they would be showing.
An interesting note, however, is that it is taking the time slot that has been previously held by PlayStation, which follows the news that Sony would not be appearing at E3 this year.