Month: February 2020

Are you ready to party like it’s 2008? Let’s hope so, because popular Steam hit Audiosurf has received its first patch in over five years.

The main improvements are twofold, according to developer Dylan Fitterer, with improved widescreen scaling that makes the game look much better on ultra-wide monitors. The track will also corkscrew more often now, to highlight big moments in individual songs.

Audiosurf emerged in the late aughts as one of the first rhythm games to use adaptive technology to play any music that the player chooses. A sequel, Audiosurf 2, followed in 2015. Many players have lobbied for the sequel to introduce support for music services such as Spotify, but there are currently no plans for their implementation.

Continue Reading at GameSpot

One of the defining elements of Ubisoft’s team-based tactical shooter Rainbow Six Siege is that players have only one life per round. There is no respawning until the round is over.

Before the game’s release, and continuing to this day, there are people inside Ubisoft who wanted to add respawning to help the game appeal to a wider audience. But it’s not happening, and that’s because it would negatively impact the experience, developers say.

In a new video from Ubisoft, the game’s lead designer Jean-Baptiste Hall recalled that someone very high up at Ubisoft said they were certain respawning would be included in Siege, but the developer ultimately got its way.

Continue Reading at GameSpot

Jurassic World 3 is coming, with director Colin Trevorrow (who directed the first Jurassic World) returning. The film is due to release on June 11, 2021, and according to Trevorrow’s Twitter, work has begun on the animatronics that will be used in the film.

The tweet shows a baby dinosaur with two horns–it looks like a developing triceratops, but we’re no dinosaur experts. It’s no Baby Yoda, but it’s still pretty cute.

In a later tweet, Trevorrow credited John Nolan Studios for the baby dinosaur model.

The director, who was fired from Star Wars Episode IX before his version could go into production, jokingly replied to one Twitter user asking if he would give his dinosaurs lightsabers with the following image.

Jurassic World 3 is due to release on June 11, 2021. Sam Neill and Laura Dern will return to the franchise after a long absence, and director Colin Trevorrow has previously said that it will be closer to the original Jurassic Park in tone than its sequels. Several side-characters from the first Jurassic World movie are also returning. Bryce Dallas-Howard and Chris Pratt will also return for the new movie.

In September 2019, Trevorrow released a short film in the Jurassic World universe, Battle at Big Rock, which was generally well received.

Lara Croft is coming to Rainbow Six Siege … well, sort of. Ubisoft has announced that it’s adding a Lara Croft skin for the operator Ash during the next season, Operation Void Edge.

It will be an elite skin, meaning it should cost some amount of R6 credits to purchase, though a specific price point was not divulged. The Ash Elite Set will also include a victory animation, multiple weapon skins, and a Lara Croft chibi charm.

You can check out the announcement video below. Note that the dual-wielding seen in the video may only be for Ash’s victory animation as an homage to Lara Croft’s signature look. Rainbow Six Siege does not support dual-wielding, though it is something that developer Ubisoft Montreal has experimented with.

Continue Reading at GameSpot

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has announced a massive new campaign to help save the Earth from climate change. The world’s richest man has announced he is launching the Bezos Earth Fund with $10 billion of his own money to kick things off.

He announced the initiative in an Instagram post, in which he stressed that “climate change is the biggest threat to our planet.” He said the Bezos Earth Fund will provide grants to scientists, activists, non-governmental organizations, and other campaigns that fight the impact of climate change.

“I want to work alongside others both to amplify known ways and to explore new ways of fighting the devastating impact of climate change on this planet we all share,” he said. “This global initiative will fund scientists, activists, NGOs–any effort that offers a real possibility to help preserve and protect the natural world. We can save Earth. It’s going to take collective action from big companies, small companies, nation states, global organizations, and individuals.”

Continue Reading at GameSpot

The PlayStation community forums are being shut down. The brief announcement posted by community manager Groovy_Matthew encourages users to “continue the conversation via PlayStation.Blog, Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram” instead.

The PlayStation forums, which have largely served as help and support outlets for people who encounter issues with their PlayStation devices and accounts in recent times, will no longer be active from February 27.

It looks like Sony is closing support forums across all parts of their business, as the Sony Xperia forums are also closing.

Continue Reading at GameSpot

Doom (2016) composer Mick Gordon has signed a vinyl copy of the game’s soundtrack for an upcoming auction being held by Bethesda Australia to support bush fire relief. Gordon was asked to provide his signature, but he ended up giving a little more.

In a tweet, Bethesda ANZ showed off the album that will go up for auction, showing that the Doom Slayer is now rocking out with a silver guitar on the cover.

Gordon also sketched a pentagram beneath his name, and faces have been drawn onto several of the demons.

Continue Reading at GameSpot