Monthly Archives: August 2019
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Multiplayer Hands-On Impressions
Developer Infinity Ward’s commitment to authenticity and gritty realism in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare seems like a weird one to reinforce in multiplayer. If you’ve spent even a few matches in just about any Call of Duty game, you’ll know that it’s filled with bunny hopping, drop shotting (mostly phased out in recent games, thankfully), and plenty of other unrealistic tactics that just wouldn’t make sense on a real battlefield. But even still, it does feel like Infinity Ward has found some clever ways to elevate Call of Duty’s gameplay that gave me, a bunny hopper, new things to consider that may eventually change my tactics. Maybe. While some of this is, as the developers put it, a renewed need for me to preserve my life in order to earn killstreaks, it was also because of how it truly does seem that Modern Warfare’s multiplayer design is evolving into something a tad more complex.
Zelda: Breath of the Wild Glitch Lets You Ride Prince Sidon
A player has discovered a glitch in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild that allows you to ride around on Prince Sidon’s back, like a fishy surfboard.
In Breath of the Wild, there’s a sequence just before the Divine Beast Vah Ruta in which Link is able to ride on the back of Prince Sidon in order to reach the battle. One player has discovered how to glitch that segment and use Sidon as a mount outside of that battle.
Destructoid reports that the glitch was allegedly discovered by Twitter user F00_Sing, who has created a Twitter thread to demonstrate step-by-step how to replicate the glitch. The tweets are in Japanese, but Google Translate helps clarify the instructions enough to understand the basics. Alternatively, this video from YouTuber Any Austin goes in-depth on how to achieve it.
This Explicit Scene Was Cut from The Boys Season 1… and Added Back in Season 2
Shatner Questions How He’d Fit Into Tarantino’s Star Trek
The official Star Trek Las Vegas Convention started yesterday and continues through Sunday, bringing all the biggest names and personalities in the world of Trek to the same venue for panels, signings, swag, cosplay and, of course, Klingon Karaoke! But one figure looms particularly large at STLV, of course: William Shatner, the man who helped create this mega-franchise 50-plus years ago.
James T. Kirk is renowned, one of the all-time great characters of popular fiction, but the actor who brought him to life is just as much of a legend as his starship captain counterpart. I jumped on the phone with Shatner this week to chat about the Vegas con, Quentin Tarantino’s potential Star Trek movie, Shatner’s biggest regret about the Trek film he directed, and that Star Trek life in general…
The Best Mobile Phone Deals and Contracts in August
Comparing UK mobile phone deals can be a difficult task, as there are so many different factors to consider.
You need to consider the provider, the retailer, and what kind of phone contract you actually want. But most importantly — what is the best mobile phone deal?
With so much information to process, IGN is here to help you compare the best UK mobile phone deals, and break down all the complicated mobile phone jargon along the way. All of the essential information you need is right here, alongside some helpful links in case you already know what you're looking for.
Pokémon Go Has Been Downloaded More Than a Billion Times
A couple of weeks after its third birthday, Pokémon Go has reached the 1 billion download milestone.
That doesn't necessarily mean there are 1 billion active Pokémon Go players, and a portion of those figures probably come from re-downloads after players came back to the game following a break. However, it's a significant step for the mobile phenomenon that dominated headlines at release.
Niantic's augmented reality adventure is often slapped with the label of "flash success," perhaps because its first 500 million downloads were racked up in just a couple of months before petering to a more level curve. But half a billion more downloads in the ensuing three years is nothing to sniff at.
Intel 10nm Ice Lake Processors Are Finally Here
The moment we’ve been all waiting for is finally here, Intel has finally announced its 10nm Ice Lake processors—which coincidentally consists of 10 different 10th Generation CPUs.
Before you get too excited these aren’t desktop gaming CPUs or even high-powered chips you would find in a gaming laptop. Nope, for now, Intel is only announcing U- and Y-series processor destined to power next-generation Ultrabooks and ultraportable laptops.
That said, these Ice Lake do deliver on some pretty impressive generational upgrades. The most noteworthy improvement comes with the Gen11 Intel Graphics, which the company claims are the first integrated mobile solution to deliver a full teraflop of GPU compute power.
Heave Ho: Hands-On Preview
Fancy a casual fling with friends minus the morning after awkwardness? Heave Ho could be for you. This co-operative physics-based platformer requires you to work with up to three other players to climb, swing, and toss your way towards each level goal. But while many hands may make light work in Heave Ho, it’s getting the brains behind them to think in sync that brings about both the challenge and the hilarity.
Heave Ho delivers a similar brand of same-screen physics-based fun as 2017’s Snipperclips, but whereas that game was about chopping pieces off your partners in order to solve puzzles, Heave Ho is about bonding your bodies together in a human chain to contort your way towards a common goal without collapsing in a heap. In a way, Heave Ho is a bit like Snipperclips with slippery grips.
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Mario Tennis Aces Is Temporarily Free in New ‘Game Trials’ Scheme
Nintendo has lifted the lid on a new program called 'Game Trials', which will soon give European Nintendo Switch Online subscribers the option to play Mario Tennis Aces for free.
Game Trials seems to be Nintendo's answer to the PS+ Instant Game Collection, albeit with a bit less freedom. Whereas PlayStation lets its members download and keep a selection of monthly games for as long as their subscription remains active, Game Trials is a system where you effectively borrow a Nintendo-chosen game for a limited time, with progress saved for if you buy it.
Running from August 7 to August 13, the first Game Trial game for Europe is Mario Tennis Aces. The trial grants full access to the game, which will then also be on sale at a 33% discount for those who like what they play and want to fully own it.