By Matt Espineli on Apr 20, 2017 12:00 am
Switch Roster
With Nintendo's Switch finally out, there's a significant number of exclusives heading to the console this year. With so many to keep track of, we've compiled them all here for your convenience. Click ahead to check out all of Nintendo's exclusives coming in 2017. Be sure to check back often as we update this feature with new exclusives as they get announced. You can also check out our comprehensive list of all the confirmed Switch games. Nintendo Switch is priced at US $300/£280/AU $470. For more about the console, read our full review. You can also check out the console's main peripherals, as well as our in-depth feature of its menus and UI (user interface). And if you're curious how the Switch compares to other consoles in terms of size, check out our size comparison.
1-2-Switch
1-2-Switch is a party game where you and others play an assortment of minigames that make use of the unique capabilities if the system's Joy-Con controllers. For more on 1-2-Switch, read our review. Developer: Nintendo EPD | Release Date: March 3 | Watch the Trailer
Fast RMX
Fast RMX is a futuristic racing game where you drive gravity-defying hovercrafts through courses consisting of twisting roads and tunnels. It's the sequel to 2015's Fast Racing Neo on Wii U. Developer: Shin'en Multimedia | Release Date: March 3 | Watch the Trailer
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is the latest entry in the critically acclaimed, long-running Zelda series. It's set in a massive open world that's far bigger than any Zelda game before it, packed with distinct locations to explore and enemies to defeat. For more on The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, read our review. Developer: Nintendo EPD | Release Date: March 3 | Watch the Trailer
Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment
Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment is a stand-alone expansion for Shovel Knight released first as a timed-exclusive on Switch. For more on Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment, read our review. Developer: Yacht Club Games | Release Date: March 3 | Watch the Trailer
Snipperclips: Cut It Out Together
Snipperclips: Cut It Out Together is a cooperative puzzle game where two players utilizer a snipping mechanic to solve shape and physics-based puzzles. For more on Snipperclips: Cut It Out Together, read our review. Developer: SFB Games | Release Date: March 3 | Watch the Trailer
Super Bomberman R
Super Bomberman R is first main entry in the long running Konami franchise in over a decade. It's also the first to be developed after the closure of original series developer Hudson Soft. For more on Super Bomberman R, read our review. Developer: Hexadrive | Release Date: March 3 | Watch the Trailer
Blaster Master Zero
Blaster Master Zero is a retro top-down & sidescrolling action-adventure game. It's the successor of the 1988 NES game, Blast Master. Developer: Inti Creates | Release Date: March 9 | Watch the Trailer
New Frontier Days: Founding Pioneers
New Frontier Days: Founding Pioneers is a town-building simulation game, where you command a group of pioneers to colonize a new land. Developer: Arc System Works | Release Date: March 23
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is an enhanced port of the original game that features additional power-ups, including a reworked Battle Mode, the reintroduction Feather and Boo in Battle Mode, and five additional playable characters. Developer: Nintendo EAD | Release Date: April 28 | Watch the Trailer
Ultra Street Fighter II: The Final Challengers
Ultra Street Fighter II: The Final Challengers is an updated version of Super Street Fighter II: Turbo that includes new mechanics and playable characters, as well as two graphical styles to play in--classic pixel art and high-definition art. Developer: Capcom | Release Date: May 26 | Watch the Trailer
Arms
Arms is an arena fighting game where up to two players play duke it out as combatants with extendable arms. Developer: Nintendo EPD | Release Date: June 16 | Watch the Trailer
Splatoon 2
Splatoon 2 expands on the action of its predecessor's team-based third person shooting by adding in a wealth of new maps and weapons. Developer: Nintendo EPD | Release Date: July 21 | Watch the Trailer
Project Mekuru
Project Mekuru is the working title of an upcoming multiplayer battle game where you slam down to secure as much territory on a board as possible. Developer: Over Fence | Release Date: Q3 2017
Runner3
Runner3 is the latest entry in the popular rhythm platformer series. Developer: Choice Provisions | Release Date: Q3 2017 | Watch the Trailer
Super Mario Odyssey
Super Mario Odyssey is the newest entry in the Super Mario series, and it returns to the more open-ended styled exploration previously seen games like Super Mario 64 and Super Mario Sunshine. Developer: Nintendo EPD | Release Date: Q4 2017 | Watch the Trailer
Fire Emblem Warriors
Fire Emblem Warriors is a collaboration between Intelligent Systems and Koei Tecmo studios, Omega Force and Team Ninja. It's is a crossover between the Fire Emblem series and Koei Tecmo's Warriors franchise. Developer: Intelligent Systems, Omega Force, Team Ninja | Release Date: Fall 2017 | Watch the Trailer
Project: Octopath Traveler
Project: Octopath Traveler is the working title for an upcoming Square Enix developed RPG made exclusively for Switch. Developer: Square Enix | Release Date: TBA 2017 | Watch the Trailer
Rayman Legends: Definitive Edition
Rayman Legends: Definitive Edition is an updated version of the 2013 original that adds exclusive new content, as well new features that make use of Switch's functionality. Developer: Ubisoft Montpellier | Release Date: TBA 2017 | Watch the Trailer
Shin Megami Tensei: Brand New Title
Shin Megami Tensei: Brand New Title (Working Title) is a new entry in the long running SMT series that's being developed to commemorate its 30th anniversary. Developer: Atlus | Release Date: TBA 2017 | Watch the Trailer
Xenoblade Chronicles 2
Xenoblade Chronicles 2 is a sequel to the critically acclaimed Wii-exclusive open world-RPG, Xenoblade Chronicles. It stars a new hero who's in search for something known as "Elysium." Developer: Monolith Soft | Release Date: TBA 2017 | Watch the Trailer
By Jimmy Thang on Apr 19, 2017 11:05 pm
Best Cheap Gaming PC Build
Shopping for PC components can be intimidating if you're not up to date on hardware news. Fortunately, we've done the research for you and have put together three tiered builds (cheap, mid-range, and high-end) geared to deliver great gaming experiences. You can certainly build a gaming PC for less than our budget-oriented rig here, but it's often a good idea to spend a little more to mitigate serious bottlenecks and to avoid harsh compromises. With that in mind, we spec'd out components that will deliver an excellent 1080p gaming experience for around $750. Listed prices reflect time of publish. Click through the gallery to read why we chose our respective components.
Graphics Card: Gigabyte GV-RX580GAMING RX 580
Last time around, we recommended AMD's 4GB RX 480 as our budget-friendly card of choice. That GPU is being phased out in favor of AMD's newer, more powerful RX 580. We're updating our build here with Gigabyte's GV-RX580GAMING SKU, which currently retails for around $220. While the card is still based on the same underlying Polaris architecture as the RX 480 before it, Gigabyte's card here offers 8GB of video RAM, which is twice as much VRAM as the Sapphire Nitro+ SKU we recommended last time. It's also slightly overclocked to 1355MHz, a 15MHz boost from the RX 580's stock frequency. Two Gigabyte Windforce fans keep the GPU cool. The card also offers plenty of ports that include DVI, HDMI, and three DisplayPort connections. In general, the RX 580 should run roughly 10-15 percent faster than stock RX 480s, which makes it a great GPU for maxing out 1080p gaming on a high refresh rate panel or if you want to wade the waters of 1440p.
CPU: Intel Core i5-7400
Intel's $60 dual-core G4400 CPU is a tempting proposition for a budget rig, but in general, we recommend a quad-core CPU for gaming. Four cores is really the sweet spot. While the current crop of AMD CPUs are generally cheaper than Intel's modern quad-core solutions, they require AMD's AM3+ chipset, which is outdated and will soon be replaced by the company's upcoming AM4 platform. With AMD's Ryzen CPUs around the corner, it doesn't make much sense to go with an AMD processor right now. That's why we're going with the Core i5-7400 processor, which is Intel's most affordable four-core Kaby Lake CPU. The relatively new chip is built on a 14nm production process and offers four threads. The CPU is clocked at 3GHz, features a max turbo frequency of 3.5GHz, and offers 6MB of cache.
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H270M-DS3H
To supplement our Core-i5 7400 CPU, we're going with Gigabyte's GA-H270M-DS3H motherboard. It has the LGA 1151 socket support we need and has Intel's latest Kaby Lake chipset. It also supports up to 64GB of dual-channel memory and has two PCIe slots, an M.2 connector, and four USB 3.1 ports.
RAM: Patriot 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4 2133 (PC4 17000) Model PSD48G2133K
While 4GB of system RAM will allow you to squeak by in most games, you'll really want 8GB. We're going with two 4GB sticks of Patriot DDR4 memory clocked at 2133MHz. Going with two sticks allows us to run the 8GB of RAM in dual-channel mode, which allows us to get more memory bandwidth. At around 60 bucks, it's one of the more affordable 8GB solutions currently on the market.
SSD: Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB
Friends don't let friends build gaming PCs without solid-state drives, even for budget-oriented rigs. We recommend even a small SSD, at least for the operating system. This will allow your PC to quickly boot. For this budget build, we're going with a modest 120GB SSD from Kingston, the company's SSDNow UV400. This is enough for the operating system and your most-used games and applications. The drive offers read and write speeds up to 550MB/s and 500MB/s, respectively. Though the drive scales up to 960GB, the 120GB variant costs around 40 bucks, which isn't likely to break the bank.
HDD: WL 1TB 32MB Cache 7200RPM
In an ideal world, we'd all be using nothing but massive solid-state drives, but because SSDs are still relatively expensive compared to hard drives, we're recommending a 1TB HDD to supplement this rig. Just because this is a budget build doesn't mean we have to go with a slow 5,400rpm drive, however. The white label version that we're recommending here spins at a faster 7,200rpm. The big thing to look out for when shopping for an HDD is price per GB. With this drive costing four cents per GB, that's not a bad bargain.
Case: Corsair Carbide Series 100R
Just because we're putting together an affordable gaming PC doesn't mean we have to skimp out and buy an ugly case. The Corsair Carbide Series 100R chassis not only looks clean and modern with its all-black finish, but it's also made of steel and features a side-panel window, which allows you to admire all your rig's sexy components. The front of the case features two USB 3.0 ports and 3.5mm audio jacks. Inside the case, there are four tool-less drive trays and enough room for full-size graphics cards that measure up to 12 inches. The 100R also includes one 12cm fan and a removable dust filter beneath the power supply slot.
Power Supply: Corsair CX Series CX 500W 80 Plus Bronze PSU
While we're on a mission to build an affordable rig, you don't want to skimp on the power supply unit--you wouldn't want a cheap PSU to short out and harm any of your components. We're going with Corsair's CX500 power supply. The company makes great PSUs, and the CX version here carries a respectable 80 Plus Bronze rating. With 500 watts of power, we've got enough juice for our entire rig.
Total
The total for our build comes up to $751.92 You can certainly build a PC for less, but this build represents a killer gaming rig that will be able to max out the most graphically demanding games at 1080p with smooth frame rates. It'll also be able to handle VR and plenty of 1440p games as well. It has all the core components you need in a great gaming PC.
By Mat Elfring on Apr 19, 2017 01:20 am
A new teaser for the upcoming sequel to the 2014 film Kingsman has been released--which you can watch here--and the 15 second video was a series of very quick shots, all slapped together. What was going on in these scenes? We're checking out some of the more interesting imagery from the clip.
Gold, which has been heated to the point where it has become liquid, is burned into someone's skin in the shape of a circle, much like title of the film. We're guessing that this symbol is an initiation for the bad organization, that The Kingsman, along with the American spy organization have to team up to defeat.
Eggsy (played by Taron Egerton) is standing in the rain, pointing a gun at someone. We've seen previous images of Eggsy in this red suit.
Jeff Bridges plays the Head of the Statesmen, the American equivalent of the Kingsman.
The Kingsman enjoy a good pint now and again. The Statesmen enjoy whiskey.
It's hard to make out because of the motion from this quick shot, but this could be Charlie Hesketh (played by Edward Holcroft), who turned on the Kingsman in the first film, then died. This could be a flashback or the character is being brought back from the dead.
Poppy (played by Julianne Moore) attaches a robotic arm to a body.
The whole film won't take place in the States. This looks like Eggsy riding on top of a cab.
Pedro Pascal plays Jack Daniels, who has the best name in the series. He's very proficient with a whip.
A Statesman Secret Agent (Channing Tatum) stands over someone in a whiskey distillery.
It looks like the movie will head south to somewhere more tropical. There is a sign in the background that says "Poppyland."
A closer shot of Poppyland. There are a lot of armed guards.
Eggsy has a new partner from the Statesmen, Jack Daniels. Again, the name for that character is awesome.
Channing Tatum plays a Statesmen Secret Agent, and he's sitting next to Halle Berry, who plays Ginger. We don't know much about her at this time.
We see a conference between other Kingsman, back in England.
At the Kingsman roundtable, this seems to be Arthur's replacement. Although he's not credited anywhere, this is Michael Gambon. In the first film, Arthur was played by Michael Caine.
Poppy has her own diner, ripped straight from the '50s.
We'll be heading back to Harry Hart's home in the sequel, where his dog, Mr. Pickle, is stuffed and mounted on the wall.
Poppy sits in her movie theater next to her cyborg counterpart.
Poppy has her name on everything.
The entrance to Poppyland.
A Statesman involved in a gun fight.
The Oval Office, in the White House.
Destruction at Poppyland! It's pretty comical to see a guy who serves donuts fire an automatic weapon.
Poppy is also a pharmaceutical company. We're guessing the drugs she's producing have some ill effects, and the Kingsman and Statesman have to stop her.
Eggsy looks like he's about to blow something up with his suitcase/rocket launcher. We're at least hoping it's a rocket launcher.
Sophie Cookson returns as Kingsman Roxy.
Poppy at her diner.
What's up with the butterflies? We see one shot of them flying around an office, and this shot, which is a drawing of the butterfly life-cycle.
Poppy Delevingne--not to be confused with the villain of the movie, Poppy--plays Clara Von Gluckfberg. There is a shot, right at the end, taking off her robe.
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