The details and trailer leaked yesterday, but Overwatch's new mode is now both official and live across PS4, Xbox One, and PC. Called Uprising in English (the French version was localized as Insurrection), the update adds a bunch of new skins, items, and a PvE mode.
The mode will run from now until May 1, and like last year's Halloween event, it will include a co-op Brawl where players team up to fight off waves of enemies.
The press release for the update describes it thus: "Our latest seasonal event turns back the clock, giving you the chance to relive a pivotal moment in Overwatch history. Explore the stories behind some of your favorite heroes, unlock pieces of the past with over 100 declassified Loot Box items, or suit up with your friends and join Tracer on her very first mission in a brand-new cooperative Brawl."
Check out the new story trailer for the game here, and we'll update this story with a link out to all of the new legendary skins you can unlock soon!
Overwatch's latest event update, Uprising, is out now. The event takes players back in time seven years to relive a key battle in the shooter's history. But with the latest update also comes a plethora of new character skins. Click ahead to check out screenshots showing off their latest outfits.
In addition to the new skins and items, the update also includes a new game mode that looks similar to last year's Halloween event. It has you fighting waves of enemies alongside a small group of teammates.
By Anonymous on Apr 11, 2017 11:45 pm Journey seven years into the past and join a group of Overwatch agents fighting through the streets of King's Row to quell an uprising led by Null Sector, a rogue group of omnics. Team up with your friends and play as Tracer, Torbjörn, Reinhardt, or Mercy to defeat the robots and liberate the city.
The man who gave us Metal Gear Solid is a Ghost in the Shell fan, and now he's weighing in on the Hollywood adaptation of the iconic Japanese story.
"The respect that the movie shows in mimicking the anime is unquestionable," he wrote in an essay for Glixel, Rolling Stone's video game publication.
"As a real fan of the original works, though, I can't help but feel that the production was trapped in the shell of the original, and as a result, it fails to come into its own."
Kojima calls the 2017 movie "surprisingly loyal" to the 1995 anime, identically recreating many of the scenes in the same visual style while fitting well into "the shell of a Hollywood blockbuster."
"This new movie replaces that theme with a far simpler question: 'who am I?' Without spoiling the plot, it's basically The Bourne Identity in a futuristic world connected by a vast information network. It's a story of the heroine played by Scarlett Johansson on a quest to find her identity," he wrote.
"Upon leaving the theater and returning to the real world, the characters stay behind, locked in their 'shell,' unable to break free."
Kojima acknowledges the film's shortcomings may not be entirely the fault of the film's director or its cast. The world is a very different place than it was in 1989, when the original manga was written, or in 1995, when the feature-length anime was released.
"In 2017, one cannot simply whisper 'the net is vast and infinite' and hope for the impact such a statement had 22 years ago when it was uttered by Motoko Kusanagi to such great effect. In 1995, the internet was a mysterious, brave new frontier; today, it's a known quantity. Smartphones are glued to our hands, and we are constantly connected. For us, the net doesn't feel vast or infinite.
In this modern world, then, where is the ghost of this latest Motoko Kusanagi to reside?" Kojima added.
Star Wars Celebration, the biggest event revolving around a galaxy far, far away, takes place April 13-16 in Orlando, Florida. If you can't make it to the event, you can still take part in all the fun, as the convention will be live streamed.
Star Wars Show LIVE will stream Celebration starting on April 13 at 8AM PT/ 11AM ET. Live coverage of the event will continue until Sunday, April 16, ending at 2PM PT/5PM ET. There are a couple ways to watch the stream: Star Wars has a live-stream page and the Star Wars YouTube page will have it as well.
One of the biggest panels you will want to check out is the Battlefront II panel, on Saturday, April 15. DICE, Criterion, and Motive will give us a first look at the newest Star Wars game and a trailer, according to EA. The panel starts at 11:30AM PT/2:30PM ET
In addition, there are a lot of rumors that the trailer for the upcoming Star Wars movie will be revealed during the Last Jedi panel on Friday, April 14, starting at 8:30AM PT/11:30AM ET. That panel will be hosted by director Rian Johnson and Lucasfilm's Kathleen Kennedy.
[Updated April 4 with two more games: Civilization: Revolution and Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet]
The Xbox One's backwards compatibility feature, introduced in November 2015, lets you play Xbox 360 games on the new console. But what games are available? We've now rounded them all up--and we'll continue to update this post as new games are made available.
Update: It turns out that Knights of the Old Republic project might not be happening after all.
Citing "people familiar with goings-on at the studio," Kotaku reports that BioWare Austin did indeed develop a Knights of the Old Republic prototype, but that prototype was never greenlit for full-time development. Furthermore, the site says it has heard that "the majority of BioWare Austin is working on the company's new IP, which is headed up by BioWare's Edmonton studio and and should be officially announced at E3."
Additionally, Kotaku spoke to the man who broke this news, Liam Robertson.
"Going to hold my hands up here--I think I just misheard some of the Austin stuff when I was talking on Skype, so I may have misspoke there," he said.
"Let me clarify that I don't think Knights of the Old Republic is a current project ... I believe it may have evolved into something else since then or fizzled out since then. I'm still confident Austin is doing something Star Wars related though and I'm confident in that."
In response to GameSpot's initial request for comment, BioWare parent company EA simply stated, "We have nothing to share at this time."
Original story follows.
BioWare Austin is "prototyping" a new Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic title, according to a report from Unseen64 and Did You Know Gaming's Liam Robertson.
Speaking on an episode of his podcast, which is exclusive to Patreon subscribers but has been reported on by The Star Wars Game Outpost, Robertson said he had it on "good authority" that the studio, which most recently developed the MMORPG The Old Republic, was working on "a sort of remake/revival of Knights of the Old Republic." This, however, has reportedly now become a new Star Wars project.
"I don't really know how that game'll end up," he continued. "I've heard that it isn't exactly a remake anymore, but it started as a remake/revival. Now it's kind of going from that blueprint in sort of its own original thing. I guess we'll see what that turns out to be, but they are prototyping it right now."
Despite using the Knights of the Old Republic name when discussing BioWare Austin's new project, Robertson said he believed that it won't be Knights of the Old Republic 3, and may in fact move away from that lore. Instead, he believes the game "is sort of like wiping the slate clean" and will "embrace the new Star Wars universe lore."
Robertson did not reveal his source, but has a solid history of bringing to light canceled video game development projects, often with input from unnamed developers that worked on them. Nevertheless, this is very much still a rumor at this point. GameSpot has contacted BioWare parent company EA for a statement.
Interestingly, Drew Karpyshyn, who served as lead writer on the first Knights of the old Republic and also worked on the first two Mass Effect titles, rejoined BioWare in 2015. Posting on Twitter, he confirmed that he was working on a new project, but didn't provide any further details.
,@jenjen1936 Yes, but that's all I can say. Hell, I might already have said too much. :)
A number of other Star Wars titles are also in development at various EA studios. DICE and co-developer Motive Studios are working on Star Wars: Battlefront 2, the first trailer for which will arrive on April 15 at 11:30 AM PT/2:30 PM ET/7:30 PM GMT.
TItanfall developer Respawn is also creating an "all-new third-person action adventure game set in the Star Wars universe." The project is being led by God of War 3 director Stig Asmussen, who joined Respawn in 2014.
In the DC series Detective Comics, Batman and Batwoman have teamed up with other heroes and battling the evil that lurks inside of Gotham City. At WonderCon, we talked to the writer of the book, James Tynion IV, about the comic and what we can expect for the future of the series.
GameSpot: Cassandra Cain [Batwoman] is the center of the series right now. Is she going to have a final confrontation with Sheba?
James Tynion IV: Oh, absolutely. Each arc, I've thought a lot about who is right at the center of each arc moving forward, and right at the center of this arc is Cassandra Cain. This story is very much a big Cassandra Cain story. Trust me, at the end of the next issue, you're going to see her re-enter the fray in the biggest, most bad ass way I could think of. I am very, very excited.
This arc was very much designed to remind people or even tell people who were not familiar with Cassandra Cain from classic continuity, why she is so bad ass, and why I wanted her in this book. I'm excited for people to see that play out.
Batman always has contingency plans for everything. Does he have one if the League of Assassins decides to invade and take over Gotham?
I think he has a few things up his sleeve, but the biggest thing here is that he has been convinced for a long time that the League of Assassins is the real threat. The League of Shadows is just a thing that Ra's al Ghul made up to scare his followers into submission. The idea of this kind of death cult that is the most elite assassins out there, so this is something that Batman is struggling with right at the beginning because he did not think that any of this was real. We're going to see that there's a reason why he didn't think it was real. That's going to be a key part of the next issue as Ra's al Ghul has entered the fray. This story also sets up a lot of stories coming up further down the line for Detective Comics.
We haven't seen Spoiler since she got upset with Tim's "death," and she left. Are we going to see her come back? She is coming back, so when is that exactly going to happen?
The big thing with Spoiler... She ended the Victims Syndicate arc knowing that she wants to help people but no longer believing that being a superhero, being a costumed vigilante, is the right way to help people. We're going to see her take a new role. One of the most telling things that I stuck there at the end of the Victims Syndicate was the idea of her ripping the wiring out of the Batsignal, and the idea that the cops were able to resolve this whole big crisis one night because Batman never found out it happened. That role--the role of the Spoiler--trying to prevent these costumed figures from attacking each other, that is her new position.
We're going to see the character The Wrath, who the most recent incarnation was brought into the universe by John Layman and Jason Fabok a few years ago is one of my favorite stories from that Detective run. We're going to see him coming back onto the scene, ready to do the attack on Gotham that he believes will make him an A-lister, and we're going to see Spoiler try to spoil the whole thing so nobody ever knows that he even tried to attack. That's sort of the new position, and Spoiler is still figuring it out. She's still trying to figure out what's her role, what's her place, and also, I will say that her acting along these lines is going to attract the attention of classic Bat character who has not appeared in a long time, and I'm very excited to bring him back.
What about Harper Row? Is she still going to be working at the hospital, the hospice?
Yeah. Harper Row is still working at the Leslie Tompkins Clinic, and she'll be continuing to show up in supporting cast facility in the book. I've got bigger Harper Row stories down the line, but for the moment, we've got a pretty big cast in Detective already, and we've got Zatana right around the corner in the summer arc Intelligence.
Speaking of large casts, what about Tim Drake?
Oh, my goodness. All I can say is that I know the next time you guys are going to see Tim Drake, but I can't tell you any more than that.
Are you going to be involved with The Button, the big event coming up in Flash and Batman?
I will definitely say The Button is going to have reverberations across the entire line. It will definitely have a major effect of Detective Comics. If you are a big fan of Detective Comics, you should absolutely read The Button.
The big thing that I'm working on this summer that I set the pieces up for in Detective #950 was the Dark Days two-parter that is going to be coming out in June and July that sets up everything to come in the fall, and I can't really say more than that. You guys have seen the big, crazy cover, and I'm working with Scott Snyder, Jim Lee, John Romita, Jr., and Andy Kubert on that. You only pull that all-star cast together to do some pretty big stuff, so I'm really excited for people to read that.
Microsoft's Major Nelson confirmed this on Twitter. If you already own the game for Xbox 360, it should show up automatically in your Xbox One game library. If not, you can pick it up right now on your console or through the Xbox Store website. Additionally, the game is included in the Xbox Live spring sale.
On the Xbox Feedback site, Black Ops II received more than 213,000 votes from people asking for it to be added to the backwards compatibility catalog, the most of any game.
The standalone DLC also has a new trailer showing off one of the game's cinematic scenes between main characters Nadine Ross and Chloe Frazer. Take a look for yourself above.
Naughty Dog also revealed the game will cost $40, and those who preorder the upcoming Uncharted game at "participating retailers" will receive a free digital copy of Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Trilogy on PS4. Those who preorder on the PlayStation Store, meanwhile, will get a Lost Legacy PS4 theme on top of that.
No international pricing or release dates have been announced.
"Years ago, when we were asked if we were ever doing a single-player expansion for Uncharted we always said, 'Well, we don't have the self-discipline to do that,'" said Naughty Dog head of communications Arne Meyer. "If we tried to do that we'd create a full game.
"There's no way we could constrict and restrain ourselves, and that's exactly what was happening here. When we were doing story pitches, we were coming up with a game that would be over ten hours long and so we suddenly realised everything we said was true and we couldn't keep it short."
While the final length of The Lost Legacy was not revealed, Meyer's comments suggest Naughty Dog was not able to shorten the story's length and it therefore may take some time to complete.
By Anonymous on Apr 11, 2017 08:45 pm Persona 5's second dungeon has some tricky puzzles involving paintings. If you're having trouble solving them on the way to Madarame's heart, we've got your covered.
Force for Change is a Star Wars-themed charity program that has been running since 2014, and the latest fundraiser has been launched to coincide with the series' 40th anniversary.
The prizes include the chance to visit the set of the Han Solo spinoff movie, attend the premiere of the upcoming The Last Jedi, and stay at Skywalker Ranch in California. For more details, check out the video below, featuring Last Jedi stars Mark Hamill and Daisy Ridley:
As Hamill and Ridley explain, the prizes are themed "Past, Present, and Future." They breakdown like this:
Past: A stay at Skywalker Inn, tour of the archives and the Skywalker Ranch in Marin, California, and a personal screening of Star Wars: A New Hope.
Present: Winners will attend The Last Jedi premiere and after party.
Future: A visit the set of the young Han Solo movie in London with a cameo appearance as a background extra.
Grand Prize: The winner of this will receive all three prizes above.
This year, the program is raising money for the Starlight Children's Foundation. The fund raised will help bring entertainment, toys, and games to young patients at more than 700 hospitals and clinics.
The competition runs from April 11 to May 11. A new winner will be randomly selected from the pool of donors at the end of each week, with the grand prize awarded at the end of the four-week run. To enter, click here.
In related news, the annual Star Wars Celebration event takes place this weekend in Orlando, Florida. The first trailer for The Last Jedi is expected to be revealed, most likely during the film's panel on Friday. This week it was reported that it would have a "full trailer feel" and wouldn't just be a short teaser.
GameSpot will be attending Celebration this weekend, so check back for full coverage of the various panels and events. Star Wars: The Last Jedi hits theaters on December 15, 2017.
Journey seven years into the past and join a group of Overwatch agents fighting through the streets of King's Row to quell an uprising led by Null Sector, a rogue group of omnics. Team up with your friends and play as Tracer, Torbjörn, Reinhardt, or Mercy to defeat the robots and liberate the city.
Join Joey and Erick as they check out the new Uprising update which includes a new horde mode and new skins.
Mike is joined by Tim Schafer to check out Full Throttle Remastered.
Persona 5's second dungeon has some tricky puzzles involving paintings. If you're having trouble solving them on the way to Madarame's heart, we've got your covered.
Bayonetta has just launched on PC so here is 16 minutes of beautiful max settings gameplay.
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