Super Bowl Sunday is finally upon us and in anticipation of the big game between the New England Patriots and Philadelphia Eagles, we ran our own simulation between these two teams in Madden NFL 18. We set the stage for our own Super Bowl LII matchup taking place in Minneapolis, Minnesota with full 15 minute quarters and updated rosters. In the video above, we've cut highlighted the biggest plays and moments for your viewing pleasure, and even called the plays from our booth.
Since we wanted to get a somewhat accurate prediction, we've used current player rosters for both teams, so Eagles quarterback Carson Wentz had to sit this one out, just like in the real world. However, former Eagles starting QB Nick Foles has been able to use his experience to lead the team through the playoffs, but is now up against this strong Patriots defense. However, Tom Brady and the Patriots offense need to face the second-ranked defense in NFL coming from the Eagles, so this won't be a walk in the park for the five-time Super Bowl champion QB.
Clutch plays from both teams come up every quarter, from amazing catches to long rushes, but plenty of fumbles and big mistakes turn the tide at key moments of the game. We hope you enjoy our Super Bowl prediction video, called by GameSpot's own Nick Margherita and Michael Higham with our "sideline" reporter Rob Handlery. Go Pats? Fly Eagles Fly? Find out what happens in our Super Bowl simulation!
This isn't our only coverage of the biggest football game of the year; check out what could be the best Super Bowl commercial this year, or what trailers you could catch during the game.
HBO's promotional blitz for Westworld Season 2 has officially begun. While there isn't a premiere date for the upcoming new season, it has been confirmed that the show will make its debut in the spring. However, it may not be long before fans find out when exactly new episodes will arrive.
It's been revealed that Westworld Season 2 will have a commercial during the Super Bowl. According to Entertainment Weekly, it's the first time since 1998 that HBO has purchased ad time during the big football game. While it remains unknown just how much the trailer will give away--or what the plot of Season 2 will be--EW says the trailer is directed by Jonathan Nolan, who co-created the series with Lisa Joy, and it will include exclusive footage that will not appear on the show.
HBO has also released a short teaser via Westworld's Twitter account that teases the show's Super Bowl presence. The short video, like a lot of Westworld's viral marketing, looks like it's captured from Delos computer systems and hints at major problems in the Journey into Night celebration that ended Westworld Season 1.
There has also been an update to the Delos company website, part of the show's massive ARG efforts, that points fans to the Super Bowl, which takes place in Minneapolis. "Our current market testing tells us that now, more than ever, people are looking to escape their reality," it reads. "With this strategy in mind, we are expanding our outreach campaign, starting with boots on the ground in Minneapolis. We are proud to announce a rebrand years in the making, placing Delos Destinations at the forefront of a new age. There has never been a better time to live without limits."
With so much effort being put into promoting the show's Super Bowl commercial, chances are this is going to be a big moment for Westworld fans. After all, the trailer released at San Diego Comic-Con only included footage from the first few weeks of Season 2 filming. Now production of the episodes is complete. That's a lot of footage to choose from when it comes to teasing the new season.
PS4's news is as big as it is lengthy. This week saw a couple delays, lots of updates, and some important industry headlines.
Red Dead Redemption 2 and PS4 exclusive title Yakuza 6 both saw delays this week. But where there's bad news, there's some good. Assassin's Creed Origins will see a new game plus mode soon, and XCOM 2's collectors edition was revealed. Far Cry 5's season pass was also revealed and it includes a free game. Fortnite players will see some freebies due to the recent server downtime, and Destiny 2 will see even more changes. Finally, microtransactions will return to Star Wars Battlefront II, despite the title under preforming.
This week's news roundup for Switch is about as short as last week's. We got hands-on with Nintendo's creative cardboard Toy-Con title Labo this week, and there are several new updates to popular Switch games such as Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild .
Of course, there are more than enough updates and DLC to go around every week on Xbox One, but this week's headlines are also dominated by some interesting industry news. Xbox Live is another hotspot this week regarding Games with Gold and backwards compatibility with both 360 and the OG Xbox.
EA has come forward with its opinion on microtransactions and when they will return to Star Wars Battlefront II. Paragon is shutting down later this spring, and Epic Games is offering full refunds. There aren't a ton of updates on Xbox exclusive titles this week, but PUBG fans have a new update to start playing with. Overwatch is keeping things hot with character nerfs, and the Lunar New Year event is expected to start soon.
In 2017 Donnie Yen, the actor and martial artist known for his roles in Ip Man and Rogue One: A Star War Story, among other films, was cast in a movie adaptation of United Front Games' Sleeping Dogs. Although news about the flick has since been quiet, Yen has confirmed that the project is still happening.
Yen posted an image of himself on Instagram that looks a lot like promotional art of Wei Shen, the protagonist of Sleeping Dogs. There's also a few additional images from the game alongside scenes of Yen mimicking the shots. These don't look to be from the actual film and are more of a proof of life for the movie.
Alongside the pictures, Yen posted a message saying, "Sometimes great things take a bit of time. Sleeping Dog is motion, you guys ready for this?"
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Although Yen has been cast in the role of an undercover cop, it hasn't been confirmed whether this character is based on Wei Shen. In the game, Shen is a member of the Hong Kong Police but infiltrates the Triads to bring them down from the inside. However, over time he develops deep connections with people in the organisation and his allegiances to the police and the Triads are put to the test.
Previous reports indicated the film is being produced by Original Film and DJ2 Entertainment, under the guidance of producers Neal Moritz (the Fast and Furious series), Dmitri Johnson, and Dan Jevons.
Sleeping Dogs was originally released in 2012 for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC, with a Definitive Edition released in 2014. In GameSpot's Sleeping Dogs review, Carolyn Petit awarded it an 8/10, saying "it's the atmospheric city and the varied story missions that make Sleeping Dogs an alluring adventure."
As of yet it has not been confirmed whether the Pork Bun Guy will be featured in the film.
Altered Carbon is out now on Netflix and we're quite big fans of it. Between the cyberpunk sci-fi world, the who-dun-it detective story, and the cast of memorable characters, we think it's one of the best shows on the streaming service.
Although sci-fi continues to be perennially popular, cyberpunk as a genre is still somewhat niche. In 2018, however, it is on the cusp of grabbing the attention of a much broader market, and we think Altered Carbon could have a big part of that.
In the video, above Lucy and Tamoor discuss the show in detail, tackling the show's themes, its plot, characters, production, and everything else in between. It's a spoiler-filled deep dive, so we recommend watching the series first and then coming back to hear their thoughts.
Netflix's new sci-fi show Altered Carbon is based on a series of novels by Richard K. Morgan. It takes place in a cyberpunk future where death is no longer a limitation on the lives of humankind, and existing in virtual reality is as normal as walking the streets of the real world. The seven settled worlds have evolved to accommodate this massive leap in technology, giving the rich and powerful the means to cheat death by moving between bodies, while miring the less privileged in rundown districts filled with their vices.
Naturally, the series is stuffed with grand ideas, existential quandaries, and strange technologies, and--in many cases--it doesn't dwell on them enough to fully explain them. It's easy to get lost in all the tech terminology, references to government agencies, or fleeting historical context, so we've put together a breakdown for all the most important things you need to know to watch Altered Carbon and fully understand what's going on.
In the video above, we go through everything from Stacks and Sleeves to AI, VR, Dippers, Songspires, CTAC, and more. We explain what they are, how they fit into the world of Altered Carbon, and why they're important to the story. Of course, we've done this while avoiding major story spoilers (there's some minor spoilers for episode one and two). You can also read about the many cyberpunk terms in Altered Carbon here.
Altered Carbon is available to watch on Netflix now, and we think it's well worth your time. You can watch our spoiler-free Altered Carbon review to find out why we like it. We also have a written Altered Carbon review for you to check out. For those looking for a deeper dive, we'll have a spoiler-filled Altered Carbon review coming up soon too. Make sure to subscribe to GameSpot Universe on YouTube so you don't miss it.
Rockstar Games has confirmed that Red Dead Redemption 2 will launch on Xbox One and PlayStation 4 on October 26, 2018. The announcement was made on the official Rockstar Games blog where the company apologised for a delay. The game was originally due out during Spring 2018, following an earlier delay from fall 2017. According to Rockstar, this new delay affords the studio extra time to improve the game.
"We are excited to announce that Red Dead Redemption 2 will be released on October 26 2018," it said. "We apologize to everyone disappointed by this delay. While we had hoped to have the game out sooner, we require a little extra time for polish."
It continued: "We sincerely thank you for your patience and hope that when you get to play the game, you will agree the wait will have been worth it. In the meantime, please check out these screenshots from the game. We look forward to sharing a lot more information with you in the coming weeks." Alongside the release date announcement, a selection of new screenshots have also been released, which you can check out below.
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As previously detailed, Red Dead Redemption 2 follows protagonist Arthur Morgan and the Van der Linde gang "as they rob, fight and steal their way across the vast and rugged heart of America in order to survive."
Red Dead Redemption 2 is coming to both PS4 and Xbox One; however there's no word on a PC version as of yet. The first Red Dead Redemption has not been released on PC, but Rockstar's last major release, Grand Theft Auto V, made its way to PC.
Interestingly, in December 2017, Grand Theft Auto V players discovered references to secret missions in an update that connects to Red Dead Redemption 2. Rockstar later sent GTA Online players an email in-game that provides a clue to help them pursue "rumors of a lost relic from the frontier." Completing this mission awarded players with a Double-Action Revolver for use in Red Dead Redemption 2.
One of the big questions surrounding Red Dead Redemption 2 is how the huge success of GTA Online will factor into it. Although Rockstar hasn't announced an online component to the game, Strauss Zelnick, CEO of the studio's parent company Take-Two, previously said to expect a "recurrent consumer spending" element to be included in most if not all of the company's games going forward. He left the exact form this model will take ambiguous, however.
"We've said that we aim to have recurrent consumer spending options for every title that we put out at this company," Zelnick said. "It may not always be an online model. It may not, probably won't always be, a virtual currency model, but there'll be some ability to engage on an ongoing basis with our titles after release across the board."
Fortnite has been a bit up and down in the last week with server issues and a buggy update. Systems designer Eric Williamson has some answers regarding the game's service issues, what's planned for limited time modes, and details on the first shooting test.
Limited time modes (LTMs), meanwhile will see some adjustments.Although feedback indicates that players don't think revolvers in the sniper shootout mode make sense, Williamson believes otherwise.
"In our early playtests, we didn't have any close-quarters weapons, so sniping someone who is five meters away from you felt really odd," he said. "We threw the revolver in there to combat that, so that it felt like that there was something you could do to a person right next to you. We'll evaluate that for future LTMs, but right now, we think that's the best path to go."
The purpose of LTMs are to be a sort of testing ground for new modes and gameplay. The purpose of LTMs is to look at options for new modes in solo or duo, and to test how they work for each style of gameplay. A new mode called "Blitz" is also in the works for a LTM; more details should be released soon, though it was recently accidentally added to Quests.
The dev team has been wanting to improve shooting for some time now, and as such, a shooting test will be conducted. A few new things are coming to this test, and the team does intend to take the successful changes and put them into the default modes. For the break down of changes, check out the blog post on Epic Games.
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