Final Fantasy 15 Isn’t Afraid to Innovate to Find Greatness
Note: For a deeper dive into Final Fantasy XV's combat, check out IGN's deeper dive into Episode Duscae's combat.
Ten years is a long time to wait for anything. In the case of Final Fantasy XV, many thought the wait would never end amid rumours of cancellations and vapourware. But while the wait’s been torturous, I’ve finally been able to get my hands on the game I’ve wanted since I was 15. Better still, it’s shaping up to build on the best bits of the series’ past while being unafraid to innovate.
Final Fantasy 15 Isn’t Afraid to Innovate to Find Greatness
Note: For a deeper dive into Final Fantasy XV's combat, check out IGN's deeper dive into Episode Duscae's combat.
Ten years is a long time to wait for anything. In the case of Final Fantasy XV, many thought the wait would never end amid rumours of cancellations and vapourware. But while the wait’s been torturous, I’ve finally been able to get my hands on the game I’ve wanted since I was 15. Better still, it’s shaping up to build on the best bits of the series’ past while being unafraid to innovate.
Hawkeye to Appear in Captain America 3
One more Avenger has reportedly joined the cast of Captain America: Civil War.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Hawkeye will be in the next Cap sequel. Avengers actor Jeremy Renner "will shoot Captain America: Civil War this spring, then segue to Story of Your Life in mid-June."
Hawkeye to Appear in Captain America 3
One more Avenger has reportedly joined the cast of Captain America: Civil War.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Hawkeye will be in the next Cap sequel. Avengers actor Jeremy Renner "will shoot Captain America: Civil War this spring, then segue to Story of Your Life in mid-June."
Chappie Director on Whether We’re All Doomed
We recently spoke with filmmaker Neill Blomkamp about Chappie, his latest foray into science fiction following District 9 and Elysium. The movie follows a robot created for law enforcement in a future South Africa who becomes sentient, and all hell breaks loose as a result.
Here's what the director had to tell us about bringing Chappie to the screen. Be advised that this interviews contains some SPOILERS,
IGN: You ask so many big picture questions here about life and death and god and artificial intelligence and the nature of police and government. What are your fears trying to get them all into this one film?
Neill Blomkamp: It doesn't work that way.
The Walking Dead: “Forget” Photo Preview
Last week's episode of The Walking Dead was called "Remember," and now we've moved on to "Forget." Rick Grimes and his group are in Alexandria now, and everyday life suddenly has a different meaning. They're safe, but normal isn't necessarily better. But are they ready to the forget the past? We saw them talking about whether remaining there will make them weaker and hinting that they could take over.
"Forget" will see them continuing to acclimate. See a photo preview for the episode in the below gallery.
The Walking Dead: "Forget" Photo Gallery:
Watch "Forget" on Sunday, March 8th, at 9:00pm ET/PT on AMC.
Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward Expansion Release Date Revealed
Square Enix has revealed that the upcoming expansion for Final Fantasy XIV Online: A Realm Reborn at a PAX East panel today.
Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward will launch on June 23. Square Enix plans to give players early access to the expansion on June 19.
A collector's edition of the game that comes with a statue was also mentioned at the panel, but no price was given.
Heavensward was announced last October at a Final Fantasy Fan Festival and will include a new race, new jobs, airship, and of course, new raids.
Shuhei Yoshida: PSN Attacked ‘Literally Every Day’
President of Sony's Worldwide Studios Shuhei Yoshida recently spoke about DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attacks on PlayStation Network and the surprising frequency at which they occur.
At GDC this week, Yoshida told Game Informer that PSN is attacked "literally every day" and that Sony is working diligently to combat each effort.
"We are always always working against these attacks," Yoshida said. "Actually, an attack happens every day. Literally every day. Some days are bigger and some days smaller. Some days they devise new means, new ways - it's like cat and mouse. We have a partner company we work with, and we always update the new ways the attacker might deploy, so it is a constant battle."
Dead Space Dev Wants to Revisit the Series
As developer Visceral Games prepares for Battlefield Hardline’s launch, the studio says it would like to revisit the Dead Space series.
“Many, many people here at Visceral have a warm spot in their heart for Dead Space, and right now we’re busy with Hardline and…other things,” Visceral Games General Manager Steve Papoutsis told Games TM, “but it’s definitely something we’d love to look at again.”
“There’s definitely a lot of interest internally for us to pick that up again at a future date.”
Visceral Games developed all three games in the Dead Space series. IGN reviewed Dead Space 3 and thought it was good, despite some glaring issues. The game failed to meet publisher EA’s sales expectations in 2013. Back at E3 in 2013, EA Labels president Frank Gibeau told IGN that “there’s no reason to believe” EA wouldn’t revisit Dead Space.
We Can’t Wait For Virtual Reality To Be Reality
Between the Mobile World Congress (MWC) and the Game Developers Conference (GDC) this week, there's a lot of tech to cover this week! We debate Samsung's choice of a unibody design for the Galaxy S line, consider the viability of Steam Machines and Nvidia's console in today's market, and spend quite a bit of time chatting about all of our GDC virtual-reality demos and what consumers can look forward to in the near(ish) future.