Last week Blizzard announced the return of the Overwatch Uprising event, but that event will now be called Overwatch Archives, representing effort to let players delve into the history of Overwatch with PvE story events. An event called Retribution will seemingly be the next entry in the Archives.
Game director Jeff Kaplan and lead engineer Tim Ford announced the news in the latest Overwatch developer update, saying that the idea behind the event is to explore “all of these cool past moments in Overwatch history, and by going into the archives, we can relive those, and Uprising was just one of those events.”
Ghost Recon Wildlands recently celebrated its one-year anniversary, but that didn’t mark the end of Ubisoft’s support for the game. The publisher has confirmed a Year 2 of content is on the way, which will consist of a variety of updates for both the PvE mode and the Ghost War PvP mode.
The “substantial post-launch support” in Year 2 will include four free “major” content drops. Each of these will be dubbed a Special Operations update, has some kind of theme, and will offer both PvE and PvP content. Part of this comes in the form of addressing fan-requested additions. On the campaign side, there will also be “special free missions and special challenges with exclusive rewards.” Ghost War will likewise see new content, although not all of it will be free.
First up during Year 2 is Special Operations 1, which launches for PC, PS4, and Xbox One on April 10. It essentially serves as a substitute for what was planned in the fifth and sixth updates from the original Ghost War update roadmap; it adds the Sabotage mode and five maps exclusive to the mode, a class (one of six coming during Year 2), perks, and weapons. It includes the ability to customize AI teammates’ outfits using any gear you can equip, which Ubisoft says is the top request from players. PvE will get a “special themed” mission and challenges that offer up exclusive rewards.
While the aforementioned content will largely be free, Ubisoft will also offer a paid season pass. The Year 2 pass offers a week of early access to the new Ghost War classes, a customization pack with exclusive items, and eight Battle Crates (four Special Ops, four Ghost War). This will be priced at $30 in the US; international pricing has not yet been shared.
Avengers: Infinity War directors, The Russo brothers have released a statement asking fans not to spoil their movie in the coming months.
With the brothers about to begin a press tour, the Russos have assured fans that only selected footage of the film will be shown to viewers before the film’s LA premiere (taking place on April 23). To clarify, that stipulation applies to press, too – journalists will only see portions of the film ahead of their interviews with the film’s stars and directors.
Intriguingly, the Russos also say that “only a handful of people know the film’s true plot”. Coupled with asking fans not to spoil the film, it seems there will be major events we don’t necessarily see coming.
With 18 films over the last decade, there is a lot to remember of the Marvel Cinematic Universe before Avengers: Infinity War hits the big screen. An entire universe of superheroes has been born in the movies. Now, for the first time, they’re all banding together to fight a common threat.
Where did they all leave off, though? Take a look at GameSpot’s recap of the Marvel Cinematic Universe above, as we delve into the whereabouts of everyone that’s been revealed thus far. Most of the MCU’s main character’s were last seen in Captain America: Civil War, when the Avengers were split down the middle in a dispute between Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.) and Captain America (Chris Evans). It leaves the status of the super team in question as Thanos (Josh Brolin) comes to Earth in Infinity War.
Meanwhile, Hulk (Mark Ruffalo) and Thor (Chris Hemsworth) are still in space in the aftermath of Thor: Ragnarok, not unlike the Guardians of the Galaxy. As that’s happening, T’Challa (Chadwick Boseman) is introducing the world to how powerful his home country of Wakanda is, after the events of Black Panther. The technological advancements the country has made due to its rich vibranium sources are bound to have a big impact on the Avengers going forward.
This is just the tip of the iceberg, though. With so many characters to keep track of–including Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson), Dr. Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch), and the Wasp (Evangeline Lilly)–Avengers: Infinity War promises to be the most action-packed and busy MCU movie yet.
Plenty of great films are based on books. It can be challenging enough to translate that source material to a new medium, much less improve upon it. But it does happen. And as we’ve seen from the growing lineup of superhero movies over the years, sometimes comic book movies can spark inspired changes that make our favorite heroes and villains that much better.
From classic films like Superman: The Movie to modern favorites like The Dark Knight, here are a bunch of times where DC movies improved the source material.
Jeff Kaplan has responded to fan requests for an Overwatch equivalent of the increasingly ever-present Battle Royale mode, saying that the dev team has considered it for the game, but that shoehorning it in isn’t as straightforward as some players seem to think.
Speaking to Kotaku, the Overwatch game director said: “A lot of times when I hear some of our fans pitch it, they’re like ‘Oh, just put a card in the Arcade one day that’s a battle royale mode,’ and I’m like ‘F**k, that would be awesome.’ But there’s a lot of design and tech work to get us to that place and not just feel like a me-too game.”
Rockstar has announced that L.A. Noire: The VR Case Files finally has Oculus Rift support, and is now available with the update implemented on Steam, and in the Oculus store,
The VR version of the game released in December with HTC Vive compatibility, after being pushed back from its original November release date. The VR game is a scaled-down experience of the original title, centring around seven cases that have been built from the ground up specifically for VR.
The differences between the original Dark Souls and its upcoming remaster across PC, PS4, Xbox One and the Nintendo Switch have been revealed.
Along with technical improvements, the list reveals a strong focus on better matchmaking, and little fixes that address some common complaints throughout the years (hello, button configuration!) The list also clarifies graphics on the Switch: it will run at 1080p resolution at 30fps on Nintendo’s console when docked, and 720p resolution at 30fps when in handheld mode. Full differences are below.
Dark Souls Remastered will have a 4K resolution with a compatible TV/monitor at 60fps on the Xbox One X, PS4 Pro and PC. It will display upscaled 4K resolution on PS4 Pro and Xbox One, while the PC version will be native 4K.
Last year’s Pokemon Go Fest was something of a disaster for Niantic, and the company has settled a class action suit that was filed as a result for almost $1.6 million.
