The premiere date of The Walking Dead Season 8 has been confirmed. A new poster reveals that the hugely popular zombie drama returns to AMC on October 22--check it out below:
There had been some speculation that Season 8 might start later in October to allow spinoff show Fear the Walking Dead time to finish its run. However, the earlier date implies that Fear the Walking Dead will conclude with a double episode the week before. The Walking Dead will feature heavily at San Diego Comic-Con this weekend, with a cast and crew panel taking place on Friday. A trailer for the new season is also expected to screen at SDCC.
The production ofSeason 8 has been marked by tragedy, following the accidental death of stuntman John Bernecker last week. Bernecker suffered a fatal head injury after he fell 20 feet onto a concrete floor while rehearsing a fight scene. Filming was halted for several days but resumed earlier this week.
In April, showrunner Scott Gimple explained that the new season will move at a much faster pace than the more character-driven Season 7, as the show's heroes prepare for war with the villainous Negan.
"The narrative has turned into one of pretty intense conflict," he said, "[And] it's going to affect the structure in ways that make it a bit more kinetic, a bit more breakneck--shifting away from entire stories in one episode, and sort of fractured over several episodes, with little pieces of each story coming together."
Titled Masquerade, the short comic gives some more background on the hero and his involvement with the other characters in the game. It also includes some scenes of Doomfist looking suave in a white tuxedo. You can read the comic here, or watch the motion comic here.
"Years after suffering defeat at the hands of Overwatch, Akande Ogundimu--better known to the world as Doomfist--has escaped imprisonment and reclaimed his place within Talon's inner council," Blizzard explained on its website. "After getting up to speed on recent events, he decides to take matters into his own hands and charts a deadly new course for the shadowy organization."
And it's not exactly in its normal form, either. Hope for the Future can be heard during the Homecoming story mission as you play through the ruins of the Tower. In Destiny 1, you could listen to the song in the Tower's lounge; in Destiny 2, the lounge is locked and destroyed, but you can nonetheless hear the song filtering through the door. Check out a video of it below from YouTube user Alex Woodcock:
As you might expect, given the state of the Tower during this mission, the song sounds like it's decaying, or like the music player has been damaged. It's a cool little detail and a throwback to the first days of Destiny. It also fits with the theme of Destiny 2: The Last City and the Traveler have been attacked, and things are looking grim. Hope for the Future seems a bit too optimistic for this game.
Destiny 2's beta is available today on PS4 and Xbox One if you've pre-ordered the game. It goes live to all console players this Friday, July 21, and runs through July 23. The game fully launches for PS4 and Xbox One on September 6, while the PC version comes on October 24. You can see breakdowns of the various subclasses below.
Update: As scheduled, Destiny 2's beta has now expanded to include Xbox One players who have pre-ordered (or otherwise obtained a download code). Players on that platform can now begin playing, while everyone else on Xbox One and PS4 will get in on Friday. Just be forewarned: Heavy Weapon ammo may be hard to come by in PvE, but that will be addressed in the full game.
Original Story:Destiny 2's full release isn't until September, but Bungie is opening the game up to a portion of the playerbase today, July 18, with the highly anticipated beta.
People who pre-ordered the game on PlayStation 4 can start playing right now, while Xbox One pre-order players can jump in this time tomorrow, July 19. If you don't pre-order, you can start playing when the beta opens to everyone on July 21. The beta is also coming to PC, but now until August; keep checking back with GameSpot for more on the PC beta.
The Destiny 2 beta includes the game's first campaign mission, Homecoming, along with the Inverted Spire Strike and Crucible content. The Strike and Crucible content require a subscription to PlayStation Plus or Xbox Live Gold, while the campaign mission doesn't.
Telltale revealed the news ahead of San Diego Comic-Con in a Summer 2017 video update. According to the video, the new season will be the fourth and final one for the acclaimed series. Telltale has revealed few details about what players can expect from the new season, though the developer did confirm that it will put players in the role of recurring heroine Clementine. You can watch the full video update below.
Telltale's Walking Dead series debuted to critical acclaim in 2012. The most recent season, A New Frontier, concluded this past spring with Clementine setting out to find AJ. The story of the fourth season revolves around what happens when the two are reunited and will give players a chance to shape Clementine's decisions about "who she wants to be, who she wants to be with, and how she wants to be," according to the developers.
Telltale hasn't announced a specific release date for The Walking Dead: The Final Season, but it will arrive on consoles, PC, and iOS and Android devices sometime in 2018. PlayStation 4 and Xbox One are all but confirmed, but the developer has also said it could bring more of its games to Switch after it releases Minecraft: Story Mode for the console. Telltale says additional platforms "are yet to be announced."
From Pan's Labyrinth and Hellboy to Pacific Rim and Crimson Peak, Guillermo Del Toro has proved to be one of the most imaginative fantasy directors working today. His latest movie is the fantasy drama The Shape of Water, and it looks just as visually stunning as his previous films. Check the trailer out below:
The Shape of Water stars Sally Hawkins (Godzilla), Michael Shannon (Man of Steel), Richard Jenkins (The Cabin in the Woods), Doug Jones (Hellboy), Michael Stuhlbarg (Doctor Strange), and Octavia Spencer (Hidden Figures). It is set to hit theaters on December 8, 2017.
An official synopsis has also been released and it describes the movie as "an other-worldly fairy tale, set against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1963. In the hidden high-security government laboratory where she works, lonely Elisa is trapped in a life of silence and isolation. Elisa's life is changed forever when she and co-worker Zelda discover a secret classified experiment."
Jones is no stranger to Del Toro's work, having previously appeared in Pan's Labyrinth and both Hellboy movies. In a recent interview with Movies.com, he revealed a few more details about the director's latest film.
"I'm a fish man that's kind of a one-off," he said. "I'm an enigma, nobody knows where I came from; I'm the last of my species so I'm like a natural anomaly. And I'm being studied and tested in a US government facility in 1963. The Russian Cold War is on, the race for space is on, so there's all that backdrop and that undercurrent. I'm being tested to find out how can they use me for advantages in military or space travel. So they're trying to keep me a secret from the Russians.
"Sally Hawkins plays a very sympathetic character, a woman you're just going to fall in love with," he continued. "You're going to be rooting for her every step. It's a classic Del Toro movie where we root for an underdog in very impossible circumstances, and I'm a part of all of that in a very, very integral way."
Update: The registration form has been updated and now allows applicants to indicate that they are or are not a PlayStation Now subscriber. The 5.0 update may still feature some kind of new Now-related functionality, but it seems that being a subscriber may not actually be a requirement to get into the beta.
Original Story: The next big system update for PlayStation 4 has been confirmed as version 5.0. Ahead of its release, Sony will conduct a beta test that you can sign up for right now.
Beta registration runs from today until "the start of the beta in early August," according to a PlayStation Blog post. You'll need to be 18 years old to do so and have access to a Master account on your PS4. There's also one other requirement, and it's a bit unusual: you have to be a PlayStation Now subscriber.
As part of the brief sign-up process, there's a checkbox to mark that you're a subscriber to Now, Sony's subscription-based streaming game service. In order to submit the registration form, you have to affirm that you're a Now subscriber. It's unclear if not actually being a subscriber will prevent you from getting into the beta; the PlayStation Blog post makes no mention of this. But you may want to subscribe for a month if you're eager to improve your odds of gaining early access to the new firmware.
Those who are accepted will receive an email that explains how to download the system update. As with previous betas, you'll be able to roll back to the current firmware if you decide you're tired of sampling the future.
You can sign up through the region-specific links below:
There's no word yet on what the 5.0 update will include, but the Now requirement would suggest there will be some new feature tied to that. The last big PS4 update, 4.50, added Boost mode for PS4 Pro owners and external hard drive support, among other things. Subsequent updates haven't done much.
Following the new Kingdom Hearts III trailer that was revealed at Disney's D23 expo, Square Enix has shared a handful of Japanese screenshots from the anticipated sequel. This batch of images are taken from the new trailer and give fans another look at the recently unveiled Toy Story world, as well as a few other aspects of the game.
As Disney revealed this past weekend, one of the new worlds that Sora and company will explore in Kingdom Hearts III is Andy's room, the primary setting of Pixar's iconic film franchise Toy Story. Sora, Donald, and Goofy all take on a blockier, toy-like appearance when they enter the world and meet up with Woody, Buzz Lightyear, and other major Toy Story characters, whose friends have gone missing coincidentally when Heartless started appearing in the world. The images show off the trio's toy form in greater detail, as well as some additional pictures of the robot suits that Sora can pilot in the world. You can see them below.
Square Enix has also shared some additional screenshots of the previously revealed Hercules world. The images come from the trailer that the publisher released prior to E3 2017 last month and give fans another look at this level's unique Keyblade transformation, as well as the game's flashy battle system. You can see those screenshots below.
Early access to the Destiny 2 beta has been live on PS4 for nearly a day now, and players have already found ways to glitch into supposedly inaccessible areas, among other things. As you'd expect, some complaints have also emerged, at least one of which will be addressed in the full game.
Twitter user Christian Auby brought up the subject of Heavy Weapon ammo, and how he feels it needs work because of how hard it is to come by in the PvE portion of the game. Game director Luke Smith responded, saying, "Agreed. We're still tuning those numbers and the uptime Power Weapons in PvE has been improved for ship."
It's encouraging to see such a quick a response to an issue like this, although it's unfortunate we won't be able to see the change for ourselves in the beta. Bungie has yet to comment on some of the other gripes that have been raised, such as the slow speed at which players acquire their Super abilities. But, again, keeping in mind that the beta has only been live for a day, there's still plenty of time for that.
The Destiny 2 beta's early access period expands to include Xbox One players who have pre-ordered (or otherwise obtained a download code) today. Early access will continue on both PS4 and Xbox One until this Friday, July 21, when it will open to all players on both platforms. It concludes for everyone on July 23, with a PC beta set to take place at some point in August.
Destiny 2 launches for PS4 and Xbox One on September 6. The PC version follows on October 24. You can check out some of the new gameplay we're getting a look at in the beta above, or see breakdowns of the various subclasses below.
Batman is back for Telltale Games. The developer announced a new five-part episodic adventure game called Batman: The Enemy Within - The Telltale Series for PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and mobile devices.
The game will be the second Batman series from Telltale, and your decisions from the first game, Batman: The Telltale Series, will optionally carry over into The Enemy Within (although the developer makes it clear the new game is a standalone product). The game is rendered to look like a "living, breathing comic book," and like other Telltale games it will feature narrative gameplay where the player guides Batman's choices and actions. Telltale's multiplayer Crowd Play feature will return too, allowing you play with others via their mobile devices.
"The Riddler has returned to terrorize Gotham City, but his gruesome puzzles merely foreshadow an even greater crisis. With the arrival of a ruthless federal agent and the return of a still nascent Joker, Batman must navigate uneasy alliances while Bruce Wayne undertakes a perilous series of deceptions," reads Telltale's announcement. "Which of Batman's new allies will you choose to trust? And how deep into the darkness will you let Bruce descend?"
The first episode, called Enigma, will launch digitally on August 8. Xbox One and PS4 players can also buy a special Season Pass disc at retailers, which includes the first episode of the season as well as download access to the subsequent four episodes as they're released.
Just prior to San Diego Comic-Con, Telltale has announced three of its upcoming episodic games. The biggest surprise of the bunch is The Wolf Among Us 2, which is due out next year.
Season 2 of The Wolf Among Us was revealed toward the end of the video below, which offers a rundown on Telltale's next three games. It starts out with the first season's voice actors and developers reading tweets from fans requesting a sequel. From there, it transitions to some shots of the game with some talk about what made the first game significant and how fan support led to the development of Season 2.
Like the first season, this will be based on Bill Willingham's Fables comic book series. There's not yet an official title for the new season, nor are there any details on what it will actually consist of. Telltale only says it features "a fresh story arc for its returning cast of characters." Among those characters are two played by actors seen in the video, Adam Harrington's Bigby Wolf and Erin Yvette's Snow White.
Similarly, there's no exact release date; it's merely due out in the "second half of 2018." It will launch for "all major gaming consoles and mobile gaming devices," including Xbox One, PS4, PC, Mac, and iOS- and Android-based devices. Perhaps suspecting the inevitable questions about a Switch version, a press release notes, "Additional platforms are yet to be announced."
Telltale's other newly announced projects include a final season of The Walking Dead, which is due out in 2018, and another Batman series that debuts in August. We'll have more details shortly.
Marvel Powers United VR wants to capture a very specific fantasy: To enable players to feel like superheroes. And although the limitations of virtual reality's current state as a medium will always hold it back, there's fun to be had in Marvel Powers United.
Marvel Powers United VR is a co-op multiplayer action game exclusive to Oculus Rift. Up to four players take control of Marvel heroes and battle enemies with their various powers. Disney unveiled the game during its D23 expo last weekend with three playable characters--Hulk, Captain Marvel, and Rocket Raccoon--saving the reveal of a fourth, Deadpool, for this week's San Diego Comic-Con. GameSpot went hands-on with the game over the weekend and tested out a couple of the characters.
Playing as Hulk, your size is evident--you tower above enemies and other players alike. You can leap across the battlefield with the press of a button and smash your hands together in the air or downward to unleash powerful attacks. Or you can just grab enemies and throw them, or hurl exploding crates around the room.
Captain Marvel feels totally different. She can glide through the air, letting you get a better angle on enemies, and her hand lasers can be fired in short bursts or charged up for more powerful shots. She also has a shield on each hand that charges over time, or more quickly if they absorb enemy fire, and spews powerful focused laser beams.
The final game will have over a dozen characters, and if they all play as differently as these, there will be plenty of variety in the full experience.
As an Oculus Rift exclusive, Marvel Powers United VR was built from the ground up for virtual reality by Sanzaru Games, a studio with experience working on both traditional games (the Sonic Boom and Sly Cooper series) and VR titles (VR Sports Challenge and Ripcoil).
If you've played many virtual reality games, you're probably aware of the limitations inherent to the technology, some of which are evident in Marvel Powers United VR. For example, movement can seem slow, especially when you're "flying" with characters like Captain Marvel; what you're really doing is simply hovering stationary above the ground, which isn't nearly as cool.
But virtual reality also has its strengths. Using the Oculus Touch controllers, the novelty of looking down and seeing your virtual hands can't be overstated. The Touch controllers' unique sensors can detect index finger and thumb movements as well as large gestures, so you can point at teammates or give them a thumbs up (the middle finger isn't tracked individually, unfortunately). When you're doing this with the Hulk's gargantuan green fists, it's even more fun.
There's a hub area where you hang out in character between levels, and although we weren't able to move around in the D23 demo, the game's creative director, Sanzaru's Mat Kraemer, told GameSpot you can in the full game. It's there that the game's many unlockables, collectible items, and tchotchkes from the Marvel universe will be displayed, and Kraemer said it will be fun simply to walk around the space and explore your collection.
The mission they showed us involved a series of escalating encounters set in a linear environment inside the location known as Knowhere, from the Guardians of the Galaxy corner of the universe. As a team of four we battled from room to room before confronting Ronan the Accuser, the villain from the first Guardians movie, in a final boss fight. The whole thing felt too easy, although Kraemer said the difficulty had been cranked way down for the demo. Even so, it was fun to leap or hover around tossing, punching, shooting, and blasting wave after wave of cannon-fodder enemies. And Kraemer said there will be other game modes.
"You can expect a ton of different locations, tons of different modes of play," he said. "This is a 100% full-size game. This isn't a little demo, it's not an 'experience,' it's not an on-rails thing. This is a full retail game."
A scoring system keeps players competing with one another, as well as working together to score more points by using combo attacks. For example, Hulk can smash enemies and stun them, and when other players follow up with their own attacks everyone will earn extra points.
"It's a team game, so you've got to really rely on your teammates and work together," Kraemer said. At the end of each level you get to pose together for a virtual selfie, which will presumably be followed by social media links in the full game.
The final game will also include a variety of options, including different ways to look around and different movement speeds. That's how you account for many different types of players who have varying levels of tolerance and comfort within virtual reality, according to Kraemer.
"There's only one opportunity to do this first," Kraemer said. "There's no other Marvel VR game. So I see it as opportunity."
Marvel Powers United VR is scheduled to launch in 2018 exclusively on Oculus Rift.
Bethesda has released a new trailer for The Evil Within 2, laying out the story for the upcoming survival-horror game and providing a look at its gameplay. The sequel takes place a few years after the original game and, once again, features Sebastian Castellanos as its protagonist.
This time, Sebastian returns to the STEM world in order to find and rescue his daughter Lilly. It's a race against the clock, however, as STEM is falling apart and his daughter could be lost within it forever. As shown in the trailer, Sebastian will be battling many monsters along the way; some of these are nightmarish creatures looking to tear him apart, while others are internal demons picking at his psyche.
For the former, Sebastian has a wide range of weaponry to take them out, ranging from knives and proximity mines to tripwires to flammable substances in the environment. Bethesda has also detailed The Last Chance Pack, which will give a selection of bonus items to those that pre-order The Evil Within 2. You can see exactly what's included in the pack below.
The Burst Handgun: This exclusive weapon is only available through The Last Chance Pack and uses handgun bullets that can be found or crafted.
Crafting Supplies: Upgrade your go-to weapon, craft additional ammo, or make traps to incapacitate enemies with these supplies available at the start of your descent into Union.
Medical Supplies: You'll need to stay alive to save Lily, and these medical supplies will give you the aid you need to venture deeper into the madness.
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The Han Solo movie will also star Alden Ehrenreich as Solo and Joonas Suotamo as Chewbacca, with support from Woody Harrelson, Thandie Newton, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, and Michael Kenneth Williams.
The next Star Wars movie is The Last Jedi, which hits theaters in December. A behind-the-scenes promo and series of stylish new posters were revealed at the annual D23 convention this weekend.
Destiny players have become pretty skilled at finding holes in level geometry and exploiting them to access new areas. It happened frequently in the original game and now players have managed to glitch themselves into unfinished areas of the Destiny 2 beta.
The area, which is being referred to as "Lost Sector" can be found on Nessus, where the beta's Inverted Spire Strike mission takes place. Lost Sectors are smaller dungeon-like areas that can be found during Patrol missions.
There's not much to see in the unfinished area other than geometry popping in and out, but Destiny fans will no doubt get a kick out of seeing what lies beneath the surface. Check it out above.
Destiny 2's beta is now live on PlayStation 4 for those that pre-ordered the game and received a beta key. The beta will be open to everyone on July 21. The PC version of the beta will begin in August.
Ahead of that, GameSpot is speaking to Jesse Rapczak, the art director and co-creative director at developer Studio Wildcard, which he co-founded. This is a rare opportunity to speak with one of the higher-ups at the studio who helps guide the direction of the hit dinosaur action game.
We're trying something new for GameSpot with this interview. We want YOU to submit questions about Ark for Rapczak. Post them in the comments, and we'll select some to put directly to Rapczak. Ask whatever you want, but there is no guarantee that your question will be selected. We'll choose them based on newsworthiness, originality, humour, and other criteria. Go ahead! We're cutting off questions on Friday, July 21, so ask away!
Ark: Survival Evolved has been available via Early Access for two years. The game is getting a physical release on August 8 and will retail for $60. That is also true for the Steam version, which doubled in price recently to match that of the upcoming physical release. In addition to the standard edition, Ark will be released in an Explorer's Edition, which includes a season pass for $100, and a Limited Collector's Edition that comes with a number of physical extras for $160.
There is a Crackdown 3 panel coming up this week at San Diego Comic-Con, and today Microsoft confirmed a big-name guest for it. Terry Crews, who plays the Crackdown 3 character Isaiah Jaxon, will appear alongside Microsoft's Major Nelson on the panel.
The panel takes place on Saturday, July 22, beginning at 11 AM PT / 2 PM ET and is expected to run for an hour. Specifically, Major Nelson will speak to Crews about his role in the game and Microsoft is promising "some first looks of his character from the game."
Also appearing on the panel are Crackdown 3 developers, including design director Clint Bundrick, who will share "exclusive new details" about the game's story and characters. If you're lucky enough to be in attendance at the panel (it's in room 7AB), you'll get a limited-edition Crackdown t-shirt and "maybe even a few extra surprises," Microsoft teased.
We'll report back with any big news as it's announced. There is no word on if the panel will be streamed live.
Nintendo has launched a new online app for the Nintendo Switch. Available now is the free Nintendo Switch Online App for iOS and Android. The app will support Splatoon 2 when it launches this week, allowing you to invite friends to online matches and make use of voice chat. Additionally, you can invite people to private battles, league battles, Salmon runs, and Splatfest battles. This all happens inside of a service called SplatNet 2.
The Nintendo Switch Online app is free, as is the online functionality for Splatoon 2. But only until the Switch's online service officially launches in 2018. At that time, a membership will cost $20/year, while you can also subscribe for 1 and 3 months.
Your iPhone must have iOS 9.0 or later, while Android devices require 4.4 or newer. The following languages are supported: English, French, Spanish, Japanese, German, Dutch, Russian, Portuguese, and Italian.
Splatoon 2 is the only supported title for the Nintendo Switch Online app right now, but presumably more will be added over time.
Splatoon 2 launches on July 21 for Nintendo Switch. GameSpot's Splatoon 2 review scored it an 8/10. "At first glance, Splatoon 2 seems very similar to the first game," reviewer Kallie Plagge said. "But all the small changes, and even the bigger ones in single player and League Battles, make for a fresh take on the already unique shooter. If you played a lot of the original, the sequel has enough to keep you coming back, and if you're new to the game, it's a fantastic place to jump in."
There are more than 700 cars in Forza Motorsport 7, and now developer Turn 10 has announced the first 167 of them. Posted on Autoblog, the car list includes a lot of recognisable brands such as Ferrari, Porsche, Lamborghini, and Maserati.
The Porsche cars are notable, given that EA previously held the exclusive license for Porsche, though this expired at the end of 2016. Sony's Gran Turismo Sport will also have Porsche cars in it.
Forza 7 was officially announced at E3 2017, and is due out on October 3 for Xbox One and PC. Like every Xbox One game, it will also play on the Xbox One X, and in this case it will feature better-looking graphics on the super-powerful console.
The game runs at a native 4K resolution on Xbox One X at 60 FPS. The game has "shocking levels of detail," according to Turn 10's Dan Greenawalt.
Forza Motorsport 7's First 167 Cars:
2013 Ariel Atom 500 V8
2016 Ariel Nomad
1958 Aston Martin DBR1
1960 Aston Martin DB4GT Zagato
1964 Aston Martin DB5
1977 Aston Martin V8 Vantage
1998 Aston Martin V8 Vantage V600
2006 Aston Martin #007 Aston Martin Racing DBR9
2008 Aston Martin DBS
2010 Aston Martin One-77
2012 Aston Martin V12 Zagato
2012 Aston Martin Vanquish
2013 Aston Martin V12 Vantage S
2016 Aston Martin Vantage GT12
2016 Aston Martin Vulcan
2017 Aston Martin DB11
2014 BAC Mono
1992 Bugatti EB110 Super Sport
2011 Bugatti Veyron Super Sport
2013 Donkervoort D8 GTO
1948 Ferrari 166MM Barchetta
1952 Ferrari 375
1953 Ferrari 500 Mondial
1957 Ferrari 250 California
1957 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa
1962 Ferrari 250 GT Berlinetta Lusso
1962 Ferrari 250 GTO
1963 Ferrari 250LM
1964 Ferrari F-158 F1
1967 Ferrari #24 Ferrari Spa 330 P4
1968 Ferrari 365 GTB/4
1969 Ferrari Dino 246 GT
1971 Ferrari #2 Ferrari Automobili 312 P
1976 Ferrari #1 Scuderia Ferrari 312T2
1982 Ferrari #71 Ferrari France 512 BB/LM
1982 Ferrari #72 N.A.R.T. 512 BB/LM
1984 Ferrari 288 GTO
1987 Ferrari F40
1989 Ferrari F40 Competizione
1990 Ferrari #1 Scuderia Ferrari 641
1992 Ferrari 512 TR
1994 Ferrari F355 Berlinetta
1995 Ferrari F50
1996 Ferrari F50 GT
1998 Ferrari #12 Risi Competizione F333 SP
1998 Ferrari #30 MOMO Doran Racing F333 SP
2002 Ferrari 575M Maranello
2002 Ferrari Enzo Ferrari
2003 Ferrari 360 Challenge Stradale
2004 Ferrari 612 Scaglietti
2007 Ferrari 430 Scuderia
2008 Ferrari California
2009 Ferrari 458 Italia
2010 Ferrari 599 GTO
2010 Ferrari 599XX
2011 Ferrari #62 Risi Competizione 458 Italia GTC
2011 Ferrari FF
2012 Ferrari F12berlinetta
2013 Ferrari 458 Speciale
2013 Ferrari LaFerrari
2014 Ferrari #51 AF Corse 458 Italia GTE
2014 Ferrari #62 Risi Competizione 458 Italia GTLM
Is the Overwatch League's logo too similar to that of Major League Baseball's? That's what MLB is looking into right now, and if something is to be done about it, time is running out.
As explained by law firm Morrison/Lee, Blizzard registered its Overwatch League logo image on March 28. At that time, anyone had 30 days to file an opposition, and MLB reportedly did that just one day before the deadline. MLB asked for an additional 90 days to look into the matter, and the Trademark Office approved the request right away.
The new deadline for MLB to file its notice of opposition is July 26, so if something is going to happen, we'll know soon, it seems.
The logos do share some stylistic elements. For example, they are both rectangular with two main colours and a silhouette of a character in the middle. Both characters, Tracer and the batter, are facing left, and the names of the leagues are on the bottom in both.
As explained by Mashable, the MLB might be investigating the similarities between the trademarks over concerns that it might suggest a connection between Overwatch and MLB. Bolstering this is the fact that the Overwatch League has a connection with MLB already in that the owner of the New York Mets now owns an Overwatch League team.
Red Dead Redemption 2 moving out of 2017 could be good news for Ubisoft, according to CFO Alain Martinez. Speaking during Ubisoft's latest earnings call today, the executive said Rockstar's game shifting to 2018 could help Ubisoft's own games perform better.
"Clearly the fact that there is no Red Dead Redemption [2] is a positive for our fiscal year 2018," he said. "This is something that we had taken into our [financial] assumptions. So the absence of that game is of course giving us a better window for the launch of some of our games."
As part of Ubisoft's earnings report today, the company said it expects fiscal Q2 sales to jump 34 percent, thanks in part to the launch of Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle, the third DLC season for the swordfighting game For Honor, and the new Hong Kong expansion for Rainbow Six Siege. Some analysts were wondering why Ubisoft was so confident that sales would increase year-over-year, and the fact that Red Dead Redemption 2 is moving to 2018 is a part of that, it seems.
At the same time, Martinez stressed that it's "too early" to say what kind of impact Red Dead Redemption 2's delay could have on Ubisoft's own bottom line.
"Overall we think it's [too] early to have a view and change anything," he said. "... we have more confidence but we think it's too early to change our guidance."
Ubisoft isn't alone here, either. Red Dead Redemption 2 will be a juggernaut, and the fact that it is moving to a different window will in theory give other games more room to breathe. For its part, the CEO of Rockstar parent company Take-Two doesn't think Red Dead Redemption 2's release date matters; if the game is good enough, people will buy it whenever it comes out, Strauss Zelnick said earlier this year.
Singer Ed Sheeran will voice a character on an upcoming episode of The Simpsons. According to Entertainment Weekly, Sheeran will play a musician (of course) named Brendan. He'll appear in a musical-themed Season 29 episode called "Haw-Haw Land," which sounds like it'll riff on the movie La La Land.
According to EW, Lisa Simpson falls in love with Brendan. Sheeran himself backed this up on Instagram, writing, "Watch out for this one, me and Lisa have a whole thing going on."
As you would expect, Milhouse is not loving the fact that Lisa is smitten with another man. "When Lisa meets Brendan, Milhouse comes in and he goes, 'I've brought three kinds of waters--cold, warm, and lukewarm,'" showrunner Al Jean said. "Lisa goes, 'I'm not thirsty anymore,' and 'Milhouse goes, 'Dammit!' That's the effect he has on somebody else…. The girls love him but he's difficult."
Sheeran is a big fan of The Simpsons; he even has a tattoo of the three-eyed fish Blinky. In a cool peek behind the scenes, Jean also revealed that Sheeran recorded his Simpsons lines over the phone from England.
No stranger to TV roles, Sheeran had a recurring part on The Bastard Executioner and also a cameo on Game of Thrones.
It was quite the surprise when Sony announced at E3 2017 that the critically acclaimed RPG Undertale was coming to PS4 and Vita. Today, creator Toby Fox announced exactly when PlayStation fans will be able to get their hands on it, and he also detailed the physical collector's edition.
Undertale launches on August 15, and it'll be Cross-Buy compatible--meaning that you only have to buy the game once to get a copy on both platforms. If you pre-order the game now, you get a dynamic theme for your PS4 which you can see in Fox's PS Blog post.
In addition, the creator revealed what comes in Undertale's special edition. Published by Fangamer, the special edition comes with a physical copy of the game on PS4, PC, or Vita. It also includes the complete soundtrack on CD, sheet music annotated by Toby Fox, and a gold-plated brass locket. You can also buy a physical copy of the standard edition of the game. All physical editions--both collector's and standard--comes with a story booklet.
The Collector's Edition will cost you $64, while the standard physical edition is $25. The normal, downloadable version on PlayStation Network is available for $15.
Undertale is a terrific indie RPG that plays on your expectations of the genre and games in general. If you're interested in reading more about Undertale, you can check out our 9/10 review of the PC version here.
The latest game from Square Enix's indie-focused Collective unit has been released. Children of Zodiarcs, a "deck and dice" tactical RPG reminiscent of Final Fantasy Tactics and Fire Emblem, is now available for PlayStation 4 and PC.
Developed by Cardboard Utopia, an indie studio comprised of industry veterans, Children of Zodiarcs features classic tactical RPG gameplay with dice-rolling and deck-building elements. Players maneuver their party around a grid-based map, then roll dice and use the cards in their deck to attack foes. You can watch a trailer for the game below.
The story follows a band of thieves led by Nahmi who break into a noble's vault to steal a priceless artifact. However, the heist doesn't go quite as planned; the group is pursued by guards armed with deadly Zodiarc weapons and must escape from their assailants through the slums of Torus.
Creative director Jason Kim says the game was inspired by the tactical RPGs he used to play during the 16- and 32-bit eras. "I had been craving a good tactical RPG for years, something like the ones I used to play during the 16 and 32 -bit era (looking at you, PSone!)," he said in a post on the PlayStation Blog. "But I couldn't find all that in the games I was playing. That's why the characters in Children of Zodiarcs part with the tradition of the 'pure-hearted-heroes-of-destiny.' They don't try to save the world, so much as survive it."
Children of Zodiarcs is available to download for $18. You can watch more footage of the tactical RPG in action here. The Square Enix Collective was established as a way for the Japanese publisher to help smaller independent studios market, test, and fund their titles. Other games that have been released under the Square Enix Collective banner include The Turing Test and Goetia, as well as the upcoming World War II first-person shooter Battalion 1944.
It's safe to say that Google's weird, buggy Glass augmented-reality headset was ahead of its time. The dream of augmented reality is coming back in full force, with Apple, Microsoft, Disney, and many other companies working seriously on AR. For several years, it seemed as if Glass had been shelved and forgotten by the tech giant. But today, Google announced that Glass isn't dead--in fact, it's back in an improved form meant for the workplace.
Called Glass Enterprise Edition, the new headset looks pretty much the same as the original incarnation, albeit a bit sturdier and more industrial-looking. It boasts improved processing power, longer battery life, a better camera, and a light to let other people know when it's recording (a feature which the original lacked, motivating complaints from the public). It also works with prescription glasses.
Right now, it's only available through Glass Partners, companies which work with Google to custom-build versions of the headset for customers. These include General Electric, whose airplane mechanics use Glass for engine manuals and blueprints, and Brain Power, which uses it as a tool to help with autism or traumatic brain injury. The price varies among the different versions of the headset.
Google hasn't said much about whether or not the ill-fated consumer headset is still alive somewhere in the depths of the company. However, the Enterprise Edition has been in the hands of companies for a while now and seems to have found a niche. In this way, it's a lot like Microsoft's HoloLens headset, which is meant more for businesses and likely won't reach consumers in the near future.
In any case, it's interesting to see more and more companies making forays into AR, even as virtual reality attempts to gain a foothold with consumer audiences. And although Google hasn't announced any AR product for gamers, other companies, like Apple and Disney, have already talked about their plans for AR gaming.
Sudden Strike 4 is due out soon and, for the first time in the series' history, it will be available on a console too. The game will launch on PC and PlayStation 4 next month.
The real-time strategy game will take players deep into battle during World War II. There are three different campaigns, allowing you to play as Allied, German, and Russian forces. It will launch worldwide on PC on August 11 and the PS4 version will launch in the UK and Europe the same day. North American players will have to wait a bit longer, as the PlayStation 4 version will launch on August 15. Check out some of the PS4 gameplay in the video above.
Developer Kalypso Media says the game will have "finely-tuned PlayStation 4 controls" that allow players to effectively issue detailed commands to their units (more than 100 different units in total). There are also 20+ single player missions, a challenge-focused skirmish mode, and a multiplayer mode that supports up to eight players.
Sudden Strike 4 maintains some of the series' unique gameplay traits, according to Kalypso, "offering a chess-like strategic experience where each unit is extremely valuable...with its trademark focus on careful unit preservation and tactical exploitation of strength vs. weakness." The game's optional "pause and play" mode is also returning in single-player and, for the first time, players can choose one of nine historical commanders to play (like George Patton). Each commander boosts your troops in their own unique way.
The latest Humble Bundle went live today, and this one's all about Telltale Games, the developer known for episodic adventure games. It discounts a whole bunch of PC games from the studio, from classic titles to more recent releases.
As always, this Humble Bundle is pay what you want--although there are tiers that unlock if you pay more. The first tier is composed primarily of older Telltale series, and you can get it for only $1. It includes the Sam and Max games, as well as Puzzle Agent and Bone. It also comes with the fantastic first season of The Walking Dead.
The next tier unlocks if you pay more than the average, which is $7.43 at the time of this writing. This one comes with more recent Telltale series, such as Tales from the Borderlands, the second season of The Walking Dead, and Game of Thrones. Humble Bundle promises that more games will be unlocked for this tier in the coming days, too.
Finally, if you spend at least $15, you'll also receive a copy of Telltale's Batman series and Minecraft: Story Mode. You can see the full breakdown of games below.
In other Telltale news, the studio has said that it has news to share this week during San Diego Comic-Con. Although it hasn't given any details, a rating appeared that suggested that Telltale is working on a new Batman series.
Pay $1 or more:
Sam and Max Season 1
Sam and Max Season 2
Puzzle Agent 1
Puzzle Agent 2
Bone Episodes 1 and 2
Hector: Badge of Carnage
Telltale Texas Hold 'Em
Poker Night at the Inventory
The Walking Dead Season 1
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The Walking Dead: Michonne
Tales from the Borderlands
The Walking Dead: Season 2
Game of Thrones
The Walking Dead: A New Frontier 50% off coupon for the Humble Store
Fans may still be waiting patiently for US retailers to start taking pre-orders on Nintendo's upcoming SNES Classic micro console, but you can reserve its companion book right now. Strategy guide publisher Prima Games is releasing a gorgeous new book about the classic console, and it's up for pre-order on Amazon.
The book, titled Playing With Super Power: Nintendo SNES Classics, is slated to release alongside the SNES Classic on September 29 and offers fans an in-depth look back at the console and its impact on the video game industry. The book is available in both hardcover and paperback formats, and its cover is designed to resemble an SNES cartridge. The hardcover edition also comes with a special slipcase. You can take a look at the book below.
The hardcover book retails for $45, while the paperback edition costs $20.
Sony has rolled out the latest round of deals on the PlayStation Store. And while there are standard discounts, the main attraction is a promotion called Totally Digital.
Totally Digital offers discounts on a number of download-only games. Several of these are unreleased titles coming in the near future. And while those games may not be discounted heavily--they range from 10-20% off--they include some highly anticipated titles, such as Pyre (the new game from Bastion developer Supergiant Games) and Superhot VR.
Pre-order discounts on upcoming PS4 games include:
Looking at already-released games, the discounts become much more substantial, particularly if you're a PlayStation Plus member. The PS4/Vita Cross-Play game Darkest Dungeon is down to $10 ($12.49 without Plus), Snake Pass is $10 ($12), Inside is $10 ($12), and N++ is $7.50 ($10.49).
This is just "Round 1" of Totally Digital--there will be a total of four weeks of deals like this, with the next set presumably going live next Tuesday. You can check out everything that's on sale now here.
DrDisrespect is a popular Playerunknown's Battlegrounds streamer--one of the biggest, in fact. But that doesn't mean that he's exempt from the rules of the game. When he was caught on video team-killing another player to make room in a vehicle, he was banned by developer Bluehole for breaching the game's terms of service. The incident caused a heated exchange between DrDisrespect and Playerunknown himself.
During a stream, DrDisrespect decided to eliminate one of his squadmates who had gotten into a vehicle with him. It happens that this squadmate had been randomly matchmade with DrDisrespect and the two did not know each other previously. In addition, another squadmate, Grimmmz, was recording the confrontation--thus, there's video proof of DrDisrespect's team kill:
Following the ban handed down to DrDisrespect, Brendan "Playerunknown" Greene tweeted out, "If you break the rules in [Battlegrounds]... No matter who you are... You're gonna have a bad time!" DrDisrespect responded with a threat of violence against Greene, which is in line with the streamer's online persona.
Greene, however, did not take this lightly, answering, "Suggesting violence is the best way to solve a disagreement is just wrong, even if you are playing a character." After receiving criticism for taking DrDisrespect's tweet seriously, Greene gave more details, explaining that he doesn't joke about violence due to his own personal experience. You can read his full response here. It's also worth noting that DrDisrespect's ban is apparently temporary.
Battlegrounds is currently available in early access on PC, and it's coming to Xbox One sometime this year. It's consistently been at the top of Steam's charts, recently passing Grand Theft Auto V to become the fourth all-time for concurrent users.
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