Virtual reality provides a wealth of new opportunities for gaming, film, and social networking, but one of its main drawbacks is that the headsets must be tethered to either a PC or a phone. High-powered headsets like the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive require a bulky cord running to a powerful PC, while the Samsung Gear VR needs a smartphone to work. However, Oculus and its parent company Facebook are reportedly working on a solution to that problem: a $200 wireless, standalone headset.
As reported by Bloomberg, the headset is meant to be a cheaper alternative to the high-end headsets. Facebook intends to bridge the gap between the budget Gear VR and the more expensive Rift; the new headset will need neither phone nor PC.
It's currently codenamed "Pacific" and has a similar design to the Rift. It will be lighter than the Gear VR and is meant to be highly portable. The report states that it'll be controlled with a wireless remote, and it'll be geared toward playing games, watching movies, and social networking. Oculus is making it more powerful than the Gear VR, but the Rift will still be the only headset with position tracking.
The Destiny 2 beta goes live next week, but starting today you can pre-load it on PS4 or Xbox One. If you redeem your code today, you can download the beta so that you can jump right in when it begins.
If you preorder the game, you'll receive a code to redeem on Bungie.net. This allows you to get a code for the platform of your choice. You can then download the entire file to your system, although you won't be able to access it until the beta begins.
Destiny 2's beta takes up quite a bit of space. PS4 players will need 15 GB of free space on their hard drives, while Xbox One players will need 12.8 GB.
The beta test opens to those who preorder the game on July 18 for PS4 players and July 19 for Xbox One players. Everyone else can jump in starting July 21. The beta runs through July 23. A beta for PC players is also coming, although Bungie says that it will begin in late August. You can check out what's included in the beta here.
We teamed up with Activision to give away twenty (20) Destiny 2 Early Access Beta Codes. To enter for a chance to win, scroll down below.
Destiny 2's early-access to the Open Beta begins on these dates and platforms:
July 18th at 10:00AM Pacific on PlayStation 4
July 19th at 10:00AM Pacific on Xbox One
This is NOT an instant win. Competition commences Thursday, July 13, 2017 at 11:00AM Pacific and ends Monday, July 17, 2017 at 5:00PM Pacific. Twenty (20) winners will be contacted via email with their early-access code. Entry is open worldwide. Codes are for the Early Access Open Beta only and do not give access to the full game when it launches officially.
By Anonymous on Jul 13, 2017 10:30 pm Rob and Peter will attempt to make their way through the new Master Mode in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.
At E3 2017, we got a new, extended look at the upcoming zombie-killing action game, Days Gone. Sony showed off a lengthy demo at its E3 press conference, which gave us a glimpse of the game's brutal combat and stealth mechanics. Today, Sony released an alternate playthrough of that demo that demonstrates the different weather, time of day, and gameplay methods that the game will offer.
In the demo, main character Deacon St. John rides his motorcycle through a wintry Pacific Northwest. You can clearly see how the world changes depending on the time of the year; in the original video, Deacon explores a much more summery, lush world. In addition, the game's creative director and the voice actor for Deacon discuss the different ways of approaching the game. Check it out above.
This alternate-path demo was first shown behind closed doors at E3; GameSpot was able to check it out back then, and you can read our impressions of it here.
In my opinion, it's always encouraging to see the ways that open-world games change up gameplay. Days Gone is looking like it'll present many different takes on the same scenarios, while also giving you a pretty interesting world to roam around in.
Days Gone still doesn't have a solid release date, but it's a good bet that it'll come sometime next year. It'll feature enhancements for PS4 Pro, although the nature of them is still unknown. In the meantime, you can watch our interview with developer Sony Bend here.
Switch owners still have one more week to wait for the console's next major release, Splatoon 2, but they have a few new options to play in the interim. This week, five more titles have been added to the Switch Eshop, while a few notable demos are available to download as well on 3DS.
As usual, one of the new Switch games is an ACA Neo Geo classic. This time, it's Fatal Fury Special, and like other Neo Geo releases, it retails on the Eshop for $8/£6.29. This particular game is an upgraded version of Fatal Fury 2, featuring faster game speed, combo attacks, and a roster of 15 fighters. Fatal Fury Special is also available to download today on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
Fatal Fury Special
This week also sees the simple and stylish party brawler De Mambo arrive on Switch. The game costs $13/£10 and allows up to four players to battle against one another with only a Joy-Con each. Players use a single button to charge up attacks and ram their foes through destructible stages and off the screen. The game also features a cooperative survival mode and over 70 single-player levels.
The rest of the new releases are largely comprised of intriguing indie puzzlers. Death Squared ($15/£12) is a cooperative puzzle game in which one, two, or four players must guide robots through hazard-laden stages; I and Me ($10) is a puzzle platformer that challenges players with controlling two cats simultaneously through side-scrolling levels; and the straightforwardly-named Levels+: Addictive Puzzle Game ($7) has players sliding and matching panels to level them up and defeat other panels in their way. You can see screenshots of each above.
On the 3DS front, handheld players have two new demos to download from the Eshop. This week, Nintendo has released trial versions of the Mii-based RPG Miitopia and the side-scrolling Pikmin spinoff Hey! Pikmin. This is a good chance to try out the two titles before they both launch on July 28.
While Splatoon 2 may not be available for another week, Switch owners can still try the game a little early by downloading the Splatfest World Premiere demo. The demo lets players participate in Splatoon 2's first Splatfest event, which takes place this Saturday, July 15, from 3-7 PM ET / 6-9 PM PT for US players and 5-9 PM BST for those in the UK.
The video was tweeted as promotion for the Blu-ray release of Kong: Skull Island, which is also part of Legendary's interconnected MonsterVerse. It shows the discoveries made by the franchise's shady Monarch Corporation, including a three-headed superspecies found in the Antarctic. Check it out below:
— Kong: Skull Island (@kongskullisland) July 12, 2017
Godzilla 2 will be third movie in the MonsterVerse, following 2014's Godzilla and Skull Island, which was released in March this year. Although the movie was previously titled Godzilla: King of Monsters, the synopsis that was released by Legendary last month did not use that title, implying that it might change.
The synopsis read: "The new story follows the heroic efforts of the crypto-zoological agency Monarch as its members face off against a battery of god-sized monsters, including the mighty Godzilla, who collides with Mothra, Rodan, and his ultimate nemesis, the three-headed King Ghidorah. When these ancient super-species--thought to be mere myths--rise again, they all vie for supremacy, leaving humanity's very existence hanging in the balance."
Godzilla 2 will be directed by Michael Dougherty, and stars Vera Farmiga, Bradley Whitford, Thomas Middleditch, Sally Hawkins, Charles Dance, plus Stranger Things star Millie Bobby Brown. It hits theaters on March 22, 2019.
Gran Turismo Sport--the first game in the series on PS4--is coming out on October 17 (October 18 in Europe and Australia), publisher Sony has announced. The company revealed the news in a new EU trailer, which you can watch above.
Sony said recently that the racing title would launch this fall, but this is the first time we've had a concrete date since its delay from 2016. Today's announcement follows the completion of the long-running closed beta, which finished earlier this week. That's not the last you'll see of it before launch, however; Sony says a full reveal of the cars and tracks included is coming soon. In the meantime, check out the game's box art--including images of the Day One, Steelbook, and Collector's Editions--below.
We played the latest iteration of Gran Turismo Sport at E3 2017, and you can check out our early impressions here. Elsewhere at the event, Sony confirmed GT Sport will run at 4K and 60 FPS on PS4 Pro, which will also get HDR support.
The racer is exclusive to PS4 and is being developed to support PlayStation VR, though it will not feature dynamic time or weather. The decision to drop these two features, which were key to the series, was made "in order to raise the frame rate and the quality of the image." Players will still be able to set time and weather before the start of a race.
Gran Turismo Sport is the first in the popular series since 2013's Gran Turismo 6, which was a PlayStation 3 exclusive. In our review, critic Joseph Barron said the racer possessed a "lack of vision" but that it "remains a fantastic simulation." For more, check out our full Gran Turismo 6 review.
By Anonymous on Jul 13, 2017 08:30 pm We cover love bonuses, how Reapers and Skirmishers play, what it's like to fight Lost zombies, and how this expansion will add hate to the XCOM 2 story.
Fortnite, the team shooter from Gears of War creator Epic Games, launches later this month, and now the publisher has revealed the game's full Achievement/Trophy list to GameSpot.
The survival game will have 46 Trophies in total (including one platinum). To earn them, you'll mostly have to do standard stuff such as complete missions and challenges, loot chests, and craft items. Take a look at the full list at the bottom of this article.
When GameSpot's Peter Brown played Fortnite he found himself won over by the game. "Epic seems to have done the impossible: it's managed to make a game about gathering and crafting appealing to me, someone who typically avoids games built on similar foundations," he said in his Fortnite preview.
Fortnite Achievements / Trophies
Platinum
Hero of the Storm -- Earn all other Fortnite trophies to collect this trophy (N/A)
Gold
All Tied Up -- Complete "Twine Peaks Storm Shield Defense 6" (50G)
Guardian Angel -- Save 10000 Survivors in successful missions (50G)
Plays Well with Others -- Complete 1000 Play With Others missions (50G)
Silver
Many Planks -- Complete all the Main Quests in Plankerton (30G)
Amped for Expansion -- Complete "Canny Valley Storm Shield Defense 6" (30G)
Uncanny! -- Complete all the Main Quests in Canny Valley (40G)
Into the Night -- Complete "Twine Peaks Storm Shield Defense 1" (40G)
Evil Things with Crazy Teeth -- Complete "Toxic Treasures - Stage 10" (30G)
Talented Builder -- Build 500000 Structures in successful missions
Go Gnome! -- Destroy 100 Garden Gnomes in successful missions (30G)
The first appearance of Black Panther was one of the highlights of last year's Captain America: Civil War, and expectations are high for the character's standalone Marvel movie next year. The latest issue of Entertainment Weekly reveals plot and character details about the movie, as well as a host of new images.
The images can be viewed over at EW--they are mostly set in Black Panther's homeland of Wakanda, and highlight the film's striking costume and set design. They also feature many of the cast, including Chadwick Boseman, who plays the title role, Michael B. Jordan (Creed), Danai Gurira (The Walking Dead), Lupita Nyong'o (Star Wars: The Force Awakens), Andy Serkis (War for the Planet of the Apes), Martin Freeman (The Hobbit), and Forest Whitaker (Star Wars: Rogue One).
The site also reveals new details about some of the characters. Serkis returns as mercenary Ulysses Klawto, a role he played in Avengers: Age of Ultron, while Jordan plays Black Panther's villainous adversary Erik Killmonger. In addition, Nyong'o is an undercover operative called Nakia and Whittaker plays a shaman known as Zuri.
In an interview that accompanies the pictures, producer Nate Moore suggests that Black Panther will be very different from most modern superhero films. "What I think we landed on was sort of a cross between James Bond and The Godfather," he said. "A big, operatic family drama centered on a world of international espionage. So hopefully we're getting the best of both worlds."
The first Black Panther trailer was released last month--check it out here. The movie hits theaters on February 16, 2018.
Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom's release date has been delayed from November 10, 2017 to January 19, 2018, publisher Bandai Namco has announced. In a statement, Akihiro Hino, chief executive of game developer Level-5, offered his apology and said the extra time is required in order to "deliver the full Ni no Kuni 2 experience."
"I deeply apologize to those who have been looking forward to the game's release. Please rest assured, however, that we will continue to strive to provide a deep and satisfying single player experience that our fans can look forward to enjoying," he added.
Speaking in a video message, which you can watch above, Hino also clarified a misunderstanding regarding Ni no Kuni 2's multiplayer content. During an interview at E3 a misinterpretation resulted in the suggestion that the game would include multiplayer components, but this isn't the case.
"Ni no Kuni 2 will not have multiplayer content," he said. "I misunderstood the interview question, thinking it was asking about online content in general and my answer referred to online announcement of in-game events. As a result of this, I wrongly gave the impression that the game features multiplayer content."
Ni no Kuni 2 will be available on PlayStation 4. Earlier this year, it was announced that Ni no Kuni II would also launch on PC, which is a first for the series.
One of the Nintendo DS and 3DS's most popular features was Download Play, the ability to play locally with your friends using just one copy of a select number of games. Titles such as New Super Mario Bros., Mario Kart DS, The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes, and Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon all allowed you to play multiplayer by transferring data directly from one console to another. Right now, Download Play is not supported on Nintendo Switch, but Bandai Namco has got around that in a rather unique way.
In the upcoming game compilation Namco Museum, up to four players (two on each Switch console) can play Pac-Man Vs. using just one copy of the game. According to Bandai Namco, the Switch owner who doesn't own Namco Museum simply downloads a free Eshop app called Pac-Man Vs. (Free Multiplayer-only Version). The publisher confirmed to GameSpot that this allows the two Switch consoles to play together locally, without internet connection.
While this isn't quite as elegant as the system-level implementation seen on the DS and 3DS, it shows at least that a solution is possible. Hopefully, this will lead to more Switch games incorporating features that allow local play on multiple consoles using just one copy of a game. Of course, the Switch's two Joy-Cons allow another form of local multiplayer on the same Switch console in some games, and Mario Kart 8: Deluxe uses this to great effect. However, fewer buttons being available on one Joy-Con than two means some other titles might be limited in functionality, as is seen in FIFA 18 on Switch.
Namco Museum launches on July 28 in Europe and North America, priced at $30. It also includes a number of other games, complete with online leaderboards (which Pac-Man Vs. does not support). You can see a trailer above and a full list of announced games below:
Nintendo has announced that production of the New 3DS has ended in Japan. An update on the official Nintendo Japan website indicates that white, black, and limited edition models of the base New 3DS are no longer being manufactured. The 2DS, New 2DS XL, and New 3DS XL pages do not display the same message.
It is unclear what this means for the western 3DS lineup. The Nintendo US Store currently has no standard New 3DS systems listed, while the UK Store only shows remaining stock of limited edition bundles. GameSpot has contacted Nintendo for comment.
The news comes on the same day Nintendo launched another addition to the 3DS family of systems in Japan. The New 2DS XL came out today, July 13, over there and is already available in Australia and New Zealand. It's coming to the US and Europe on July 28, priced at US $150 / £130 / AU $200.
"The Nintendo 2DS really focused on that entry level gamer," he said. "The four-, five-, six-year old that is just getting into gaming, but wants to play Mario Kart, wants to have a Super Mario Bros. experience, wants to play Pokemon. And we feel with Nintendo 3DS XL at $199 that it's a fully-featured product, that it is, if you will, the Cadillac of handheld gaming. And then we heard from consumers, 'Boy, I wish there was something in between.'"
Paragon adds a new ranged Hero, available July 18th.
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