As if you didn't have enough reasons to bring your Switch everywhere, a new app for the hybrid console will let you read comics. Announced during Gamescom 2018 and called InkyPen, the subscription service gives you access to a library of all-you-can-read comics and graphic novels on Switch. Currently, only English is supported, but the company says that most content will be available globally at launch.
InkyPen has announced a few series so far, including Dark Souls, Warhammer, Sonic, and Transformers comics. The official announcement notes that the catalog includes over 10,000 US comics, European comics, and manga. You can read in both handheld and docked mode, and the app includes touch controls in handheld mode.
The app requires a monthly subscription of $8 US / €8 or "local equivalent" (if pricing is consistent, that's around £6). It's set to launch in November 2018. You can see a preview of the app above.
In other Nintendo Switch news, critically acclaimed indie game Gone Home has been announced for the console. First released on PC in 2013, Gone Home came to Xbox One and PS4 in 2016 and is coming to Switch on August 23. Nintendo also recently announced over a dozen new indie games for the console ahead of Gamescom 2018, three of which are already out.
During Gamescom 2018, Deep Silver announced that Saints Row: The Third is coming to Nintendo Switch. The publisher promises to reveal more information concerning the release at a later time.
Saints Row: The Third marks the the franchise's first real steps to differentiate itself from Grand Theft Auto. The first two Saints Row games were similar to GTA, albeit with goofier characters and stories. The Third doubled-down on the ridiculous, transforming its characters from an unorthodox street gang into an assortment of lovable psychopathic action heroes that satirized pop culture.
We loved the new direction. In our Saints Row: The Third review, Carolyn Petit gave the game an 8.5/10, writing, "Saints Row: The Third is buoyed to great heights by terrific mission design and by the remarkable assortment of vehicles and weapons it gives you with which to take over Steelport. Whether you're buying up property to increase your hourly income, cruising the city in your favorite vehicle to collect photo ops, drug packages, and sex dolls, or punching people to bits with those crazy apocafists, there's rarely a dull moment. Saints Row: The Third succeeds tremendously at delivering its unique brand of raunchy, outrageous fun. If you have an appetite for this particular kind of absurdity, you won't be disappointed."
Saints Row: The Third is currently available for Xbox 360, PS3, PC, and--via backwards compatibility--Xbox One. Its planned standalone DLC Enter the Dominatrix was scrapped and made into The Third's sequel, Saints Row IV, which is available for Xbox 360, PS3, Xbox One, PS4, and PC. The Third's Gat, Olaf, Kenzie, and Pierce appear as Mayhem agents Gat, Yeti, Safeword, and Kingpin in Agents of Mayhem, a game that takes place in an alternate reality created after Gat reset the universe at the end of Saints Row: Gat Out of Hell. Gat Out of Hell is available for Xbox 360, PS3, Xbox One, PS4, and PC and you can play Agents of Mayhem on Xbox One, PS4, and PC.
As August rolls on and summer begins coming to a close, Netflix has quite a few new things for you to stream this week. In addition to a bunch of new originals movies and shows, something the service can't seem to get enough of, there are also a couple TV shows and films ready for you to enjoy.
For films, the 2009 Jack Black comedy Year One arrives this week. Additionally, original films Deadwind, The After Party, and a new stand-up comedy special Bert Kreischer are being added to the streaming service.
For TV fans, new seasons of Young & Hungry, Great News, and Trolls: The Beat Goes On are on the schedule. Other arrivals include Ghoul, a new Indian horror series from Blumhouse, as well as Ask the StoryBots.
The next 007 movie, currently titled Bond 25, just lost its director, Danny Boyle. The film set to release in November 2019 has parted ways with the director due to creative differences.
The official James Bond Twitter account broke the news to fans on Tuesday afternoon saying, "Michael G. Wilson, Barbara Broccoli and Daniel Craig today announced that due to creative differences Danny Boyle has decided to no longer direct Bond 25."
Michael G. Wilson, Barbara Broccoli and Daniel Craig today announced that due to creative differences Danny Boyle has decided to no longer direct Bond 25. pic.twitter.com/0Thl116eAd
Boyle (Trainspotting, 28 Days Later) signed on for the job back in March. "We've got an idea, John Hodge, the screenwriter, and I have got this idea, and John is writing it at the moment," the director told Metro.us. "And it all depends on how it turns out. It would be foolish of me to give any of it away."
However, five months later, Boyle has parted ways with the Bond franchise. Both Wilson and Broccoli serve as producers on the upcoming film, and Daniel Craig will be returning as James Bond for the fifth time since taking on the iconic role in 2006's Casino Royale.
Fans weren't expecting Craig to reprise the role of Bond, especially after he said he'd rather "slash his wrists" than play the character again, in 2015. On the August 15 episode of The Late Show, Craig confirmed he'd be playing the iconic secret agent one more time. It is expected that this will be Craig's final time playing James Bond. Prior to that, producers were reportedly eyeing Idris Elba to play the role.
Since Craig has come aboard, the 007 series has been a smashing success globally. Casino Royale took in almost $600 million worldwide and 2015's Spectre made $880 million. The biggest success from Craig's run was 2012's Skyfall which grossed $1.1 billion across the globe. Boyle may be gone, but the 007-train isn't going anywhere.
CD Projekt Red last week teased that some news was coming out at Gamescom 2018 about the upcoming Cyberpunk 2077. While we're still waiting to see what exactly that news will be, the official Twitter account of the game released some new screenshots this morning in what is hopefully a small hint of more substantial announcements to come in the following days.
The four new screens show a variety of characters and environments from the game, including stills taken from the demo CD Projekt Red showed behind closed doors at E3 2018. In that sprawling demo, main character V and her hulking partner Jackie were tasked with tracking down a missing cyborg, and of course found themselves in trouble after being attacked by a gang of black market scavengers. GameSpot's Alessandro Fillari decsribed the demo as "overwhelming with all its detail, but it did give us the impression that there was a large world with all sorts of systems to explore and mess with."
Cyberpunk 2077 has been a long time coming, with CD Projekt Red first confirming it was working on a title based on the influential role-playing pen and paper game way back in 2012. The first official gameplay was seen at this year's E3, and while no release date has been officially confirmed, we do know that the game is set to release on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC .
GameSpot is on the ground at Gamescom 2018 this week, so make sure to come back and check out all of our coverage from the year's largest consumer video games show.
New trailers have been shared and a release date announced for Devil May Cry 5. Like the announcement trailer, the new one mostly features Nero wielding a sword and gun to fight back the forces of hell. The trailer ends with a glimpse of Dante joining the fray, using his motorcycle as a weapon; you can also see 20 minutes of gameplay further below. The game is scheduled to release on March 8, 2019 for PS4, Xbox One, and PC.
The trailer shows Nero using the series' fluid combat moves to fight back standard demonic enemies on a bridge. Then it shifts and shows him battling against massive boss-like enemies, including one who can float through the air while swinging massive curved swords and others the size of buildings. At one point he rides on a flying skateboard, but that's soon outdone by the arrival of Dante on his weaponized motorcycle, which can split in half to become a sort of dual-wield chainsaw.
This upcoming installment was first announced during Microsoft's E3 2018 presentation. "Years have passed since the legions of hell have set foot in this world," read an accompanying press release, "but now a new demonic invasion has begun, and humanity's last hope will rest in the hands of three lone demon hunters, each offering a radically different play style." So far we've seen Nero and Dante in action, but the third hero has yet to be revealed. For more on what to expect, check out or Gamescom impressions.
The Devil May Cry series kicked off in 2001 with the release of the PlayStation 2 original. The series continued through 2008's Devil May Cry 4, at which point it came to a halt. Several years passed before DmC: Devil May Cry came out in 2013, acting as a series reboot. Devil May Cry 5 will be a sequel to the 2008 game.
After debuting in Microsoft's early access program, Game Preview, late last year, PUBG is finally set to hit 1.0. As part of a special Inside Xbox episode to kick off Gamescom 2018, Microsoft revealed details on what's coming to the Xbox One version of the game very soon.
PUBG exits Game Preview with the release of the 1.0 update on September 4. That brings with it a variety of new content, the most significant of which is a new map. Sanhok is smaller than what players are accustomed to, measuring just 4km x 4km (as opposed to the standard 8x8).
Also coming on September 4 are Achievements, which will carry over from the Game Preview version. PUBG Corp. will also introduce support for custom games, allowing you to set up your own matches as you wish, and a special mode that PC players have seen before: War mode. This represents a major change from the usual PUBG formula, as it introduces respawns.
Another significant component of the 1.0 release is in-game currency. Among the things that can be purchased with it are cosmetics and the Sanhok event pass. The latter lets you unlock missions, rewards on Sanhok, and more. More details on how this will work on Xbox will be shared "closer to 1.0 launch."
The 1.0 release will come with a new DLC pack, the Xbox #1.0/99 set, which comes with exclusive clothing and accessories. If you already own the game, you'll receive this for free.
Hitting 1.0 won't mark the end of development on PUBG for Xbox One. With that milestone reached, PUBG Corp. says it will focus on bringing over other content from the PC version as quickly as possible.
Alongside news of 1.0, Microsoft announced a special PUBG-themed Xbox One controller is on the way. It sports a custom design and, for the first time ever, grips on the triggers.
By Anonymous on Aug 21, 2018 11:36 pm Diablo III: Eternal Collection releases on Nintendo Switch later this year with all of its post-launch content and exclusive Zelda-themed items. Check out the game running in handheld mode.
At Gamescom 2018, Nvidia held a press conference to announce and detail its next generation of video cards. It revealed the GeForce RTX 2070 ($500 USD), RTX 2080 ($700), and RTX 2080 Ti ($1000), all of which will launch on September 20, 2018. These new cards use the Turing GPU architecture and boast the ability to perform ray tracing technology (or RTX for short, hence the card names). The first of them is already available for pre-order ahead of their launch next month.
Nvidia's presentation included live in-game demonstrations of ray tracing in action from Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Metro: Exodus, Assetto Corsa, and Battlefield V. In short, ray tracing technology is capable of more realistic global illumination and accurate projections of ambient light, and affords the ability to efficiently calculate the reflections and light sources that exist outside of the screen space. For ray tracing specifically, the Turing architecture is four times faster than Volta-based workstation GPUs and ten times faster than the current Pascal GTX 10-series--not to be confused with overall performance outside of ray tracing.
It's been over two years since the current generation of Nvidia's graphics cards were released. The GTX 10-series (Pascal) first hit the market in May 2016 with intermittent releases of different models afterward. AMD released its RX Vega line of cards in August last year, which competed with the GTX 10-series.
Pre-orders are live for both the RTX 2080 and RTX 2080 Ti at retailers like Nvidia's website and Amazon. Curiously, Nvidia's website lists higher prices than those announced during the Gamescom event, though it's unclear if that's a simple mistake. Regardless, those eager to get their hands on one of the new cards as soon as possible can now place a pre-order.
You can get a small taste of what to expect from real-time ray tracing in the video below, which shows it both enabled and disabled in Battlefield V.
Each Tuesday, Microsoft refreshes its weekly Deals with Gold and Spotlight sales. This week's discounts are now live, meaning Xbox One and Xbox 360 owners have a new selection of cheap games to choose from. Some of the deals require an Xbox Live Gold subscription, as indicated below. The prices go back up on August 28, so don't wait too long to make your purchases. Here are some of the sale's highlights.
Whether or not you participated the Rainbow Six Siege free play weekend, you can pick up any version of the game on sale this week (provided you have Xbox Live Gold). The standard game is on sale for $20 / £12, though it's missing many of the Operators found in the more expensive versions of the game. The Advanced Edition costs $24 / £16 and comes with 10 Outbreak Collection Packs and 600 Rainbow Six Credits. The Gold Edition costs $45 / £31.50 and contains everything in the Advanced Edition, plus the Year 3 Pass. If you want everything available in the game, you'll need to spend $65 / £48 on the Complete Edition, which comes with everything above, plus the 16 Operators released prior to Year 3. Phew.
You can pick up the acclaimed Gotham-set trilogy by grabbing Batman: Return to Arkham and Batman: Arkham Knight on sale for $10 / £14 each. If next year's Metro Exodus has you intrigued, you can play through the first two games in the Metro Redux Bundle on sale for $7.50 / £6. The sale price of the action-RPG Kingdom Come: Deliverance has been creeping down since it launched earlier this year; you can grab it now for the lowest price we've seen yet, $40 / £37.
Many more games and add-ons are on sale between now and August 28. We've highlighted more below, but you can see the full list on Major Nelson's blog.
Bandai Namco has revealed six new playable characters for Jump Force, its upcoming anime fighting game that pits characters from various Shonen Jump series against each other. A trailer released during Gamescom 2018 shows new characters from previously announced series alongside a new addition: Hunter x Hunter. You can watch the trailer above.
Hunter x Hunter's protagonist Gon and antagonist Hisoka join the hero and villain sides, respectively. Everyone's favorite Saiyan Prince Vegeta joins the Dragon Ball roster, while One Piece gets the largest addition in Sanji, Sabo, and Blackbeard. The trailer also shows a new stage based on the Dragon Ball planet Namek.
The six new characters join Dragon Ball's Goku and Frieza, One Piece's Luffy and Zoro, Naruto's Naruto and Sasuke, and Bleach's Ichigo, Rukia, and Aizen. As shown in the E3 2018 reveal, Death Note's Light and Ryuk also make appearances in the fighter, but Bandai Namco later confirmed that they are story-exclusive characters and are not playable. The six new characters bring the roster up to 15.
Jump Force is set to release sometime in 2019 for PC, PS4, and Xbox One. For more on Gamescom 2018, check out our hub of all the latest news, trailers, gameplay, and more.
Whether you're catching up on your favorite series or testing the waters with a new show, your binge-watching session may be interrupted by new ads Netflix is calling "recommendations" that play between episodes. As jarring as they may be--especially when you're deep in your binge--opting out of these new ads is a simple process.
According to ComicBook, you must visit Netflix from either a desktop browser or tablet, as accessing your account information through the app won't present the option to turn the new ads off.
Once on Netflix, go to your profile icon in the top right corner, select "Account" in the drop-down menu, and scroll down to "Settings." There should be a few different selectable links, but you're looking for one titled "Test Participation." Click that. This page should contain a single toggle for this setting. Toggle that sucker off, click the blue "Done" icon at the bottom of the page, and viola--you should see no new ads when you embark on your next big binge.
Users reportedly started seeing these new recommendations last week. As reported by Ars Technica, some viewers started seeing ads for shows like Better Call Saul and Insatiable between episodes of popular shows like Rick & Morty and Bob's Burgers. The ads are being trialed for selected viewers and, as the company previously confirmed, these ads are skippable.
In a statement, Netflix described the ads as "recommendations" and explained that they were to help viewers make decisions easier. "We are testing whether surfacing recommendations between episodes helps members discover stories they will enjoy faster," the statement read.
While there's no confirmation on whether these new recommendations will become par for the course for the binging experience in the future, you can rest assured knowing that, for now, your binging experience can continue to go uninterrupted.
During the Inside Xbox presentation during Gamescom 2018, it was announced that Halo: The Master Chief Collection is coming to Xbox Game Pass. This Xbox One exclusive includes anniversary editions of Halo: Combat Evolved and Halo 2, as well as Halo 3, Halo 3: ODST, and Halo 4. Although only the campaign for ODST is in the collection, the multiplayer of the other four games are all included.
Xbox also had some announcements in regards to the company's Game Pass program. Until August 31, new members only have to pay $2 for a two month membership. A beta for the Game Pass mobile app is also launching today. The app allows you to install games to your Xbox One remotely and monitor both Game Pass deals and the schedule for when titles are added or removed from the program. Android users can download the app through Google Play while iOS users need to secure a spot through TestFlight. Spots in the iOS beta are limited so act fast if you want in.
The Master Chief Collection comes to Xbox Game Pass on September 1. The collection is also getting Xbox One X enhanced, improved matchmaking, offline LAN support, and a new custom game browser. You'll get these add-ons and patches on September 1 if you just buy the collection as well.
New details continue to emerge about Battlefield V. With Gamescom 2018 underway, EA and DICE have shared news regarding Battlefield V's customization and progression systems, which center around what's known as The Company.
The Company is essentially your collection of soldiers and various customization options. You're able to establish a Company with each faction; at launch, that means one each for the British and German armies. We've heard previously about Combat Roles, which offer unique loadouts and abilities that act as specializations for the four major classes: Assault, Support, Recon, and Medic. You'll earn additional Combat Roles over time, and by completing certain types of missions and quests, you'll earn further weapons, gear, and vehicles.
All of that will impact gameplay, as you're earning and equipping actual items. But Battlefield V also allows you to customize the visual look of your characters "from top to bottom," and the weapons themselves also have different looks. The new trailer below offers a brief glimpse of the range of possibilities the game allows for, and you'll earn more options for your Company as you play. DICE insists that customization is a key aspect of the game and that it's working to ensure your choices are featured prominently, such as in the post-game Best Squad screen.
The Company will be available in some form during the upcoming open beta, which we recently learned kicks off in early September. Like the full game, which launches on October 19, that will be available on PC, PS4, and Xbox One, but those who pre-order or subscribe to EA/Origin Access will get in early.
Battlefield V is being featured prominently at Gamescom in Germany this week. Nvidia also used the game to showcase the capabilities of its new RTX video cards, which launch in September, just ahead of the game's release. Gamescom also brought word on new Xbox One bundles featuring Battlefield V, one of which is an Xbox One X with a special design.
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