Diablo IV Announced at BlizzCon 2019
Through a lengthy, brutal cinematic trailer followed by a gameplay trailer, Blizzard has announced its isometric action RPG Diablo IV at BlizzCon 2019. It is being developed for PC, PS4 and Xbox One.
Diablo IV was the first announced game at this year's BlizzCon, which is a good thing considering how anticipated it was prior to last year's BlizzCon (to much fan disappointment). Diablo IV has been described by game director Luis Barriga as going back to the series' darker roots, where every monster and character has a sense of place. It will be dark and gothic, "a bleak and shattered hellscape bereft of hope and beset by demons."
Barriga also says that world is very important in Diablo IV, and the world of Sanctuary will be front and center. "Drowned undead and brutal goatmen" were mentioned, and Diablo IV's vision of hell was described as dark, gothic and medieval. You will also group and trade with other players, or murder each other in PvP zones.
Watchmen: 10 Burning Questions Answered (Updated)
HBO's new Watchmen series is showing us what became of the world of the original graphic novel 30 years after a giant squid monster changed the course of human history. It's a world that is uncomfortably close to our own in many respects, but in other ways the Watchmen universe circa 2019 is a wholly alien place. There's no Internet or smartphones. Robert Redford has been president since 1992. Mini squids raining from the sky is an ordinary occurrence.
Little by little, the series is pulling back the curtain and revealing just how much this world has changed since the classic comic and why. But for the full scoop, you really need to be reading Peteypedia. This tie-in website (named for the FBI agent character Dale Petey) basically serves as the equivalent of the supplemental backup pages in the original Watchmen comic. It features memos and documents pulled from the Watchmen universe, offering insight into plot points like the absence of the Internet and the controversy over President Redford's "Redford-ations."
BlizzCon Protests Begin After Weeks of Planning
Dozens of protesters have gathered at the entrance of the Anaheim Convention Center to voice their support for Hong Kong democracy. The organizers announced a full day’s worth of events to draw attention to protests in Hong Kong during Blizzard Entertainment’s annual fan event.
Outside the Anaheim Convention Center, protesters are handing out pro-Hong Kong t-shirts and holding pro-democracy signs. A truck is towing around a large LED sign displaying slogans and messages.
Organizers began planning for protests at BlizzCon weeks in advance following the company’s decision to punish Hong Kong-based Hearthstone pro Ng Wai “Blitzchung” Chung for supporting the Hong Kong protests during an official Blizzard live stream. Blizzard punished Chung almost immediately, banning him from Hearthstone competition for a year and stripping him of his winnings.
New WWE 2K20 Patch Fixes Warping Characters, Crashes, and More
2K has announced that a new patch is now live for WWE 2K20 that fixes some of the notorious problems that the game has been suffering from.
The patch notes claim that the update “addresses reported concerns regarding the following issues and we expect to roll out additional patches in the near future to address additional concerns”.
Issues fixed by the patch include characters “warping” and moving unnaturally around the arena, hair physics, clipping issues, interactions with objects such as tables and ladders, and referee actions. Problems with on screen button prompts, crashes and freezes, and hit detection and aiming are also fixed by the 1.02 update.
Rick and Morty Exclusive New Image Shows Rick and Jerry at War
If you're a Rick and Morty fan, you can't help but love Jerry Smith. Someone has to, because the universe is rarely kind to this sad sack loser character. His father-in-law hates his guts. His wife is constantly on the verge of leaving him. His children either pity or despise him. Yet there's just something lovable about a guy who keeps absorbing everything the universe dishes out with a smile on his face.
Though if recent events are any indication, Rick and Morty: Season 4 may finally be Jerry's time to shine. We can exclusively debut an exclusive image from the Season 4 premiere, dubbed "Edge of ToMorty: Rick Die Rickpeat." Check it out below:
The Outer Worlds Has No Colourblind Mode Because It Doesn’t Need One
The Outer Worlds, unlike many games, does not feature any colourblind options in its settings menu. This is not an oversight, however; the game has been designed to be colourblind friendly by default.
Discussing The Outer Worlds on Twitter, Obsidian studio design director, Josh Sawyer, explained that the entire game has been designed to not rely on colour for information. Rather than important colours, the UI uses icons or other indicators to convey vital information.
PSA: The Outer Worlds does not have a colorblind mode because it was designed to be playable without color information. I.e., color information is redundant with other indicators. Tim Cain (one of the directors) has a form of colorblindness that approaches monochromacy.
Stranger Things Season 4 Reportedly Adding Four New Characters
SPOILERS AHEAD for Stranger Things Season 3
Stranger Things 4 is reportedly looking to cast four new roles for the upcoming season.
Sources recently confirmed to TVLine that series creators the Duffer Brothers are searching for four male actors to fulfill the recurring roles – three of which are said to be teenagers and one of which is apparently an adult character.
The outlet describes the three adolescent characters as a "metalhead," an "entitled jock," and a doppelgänger of "stoner" Jeff Spicoli from Fast Times at Ridgemont High, while the adult member of the group is said to possess characteristics that indicate he will factor into a storyline that takes place outside of Hawkins, Indiana.
DC Universe vs. HBO Max
Now that we know everything that's coming to HBO Max, many DC Comics fans have one question: What does this mean for DC Universe? The service launched last September on Batman Day and has since debuted multiple original series while also hosting thousands of comics and a small curated library of classic DC movies and TV shows. But ever since HBO Max was announced, fans have been wondering what will happen to the niche DC streamer since both fall under the auspices of parent company WarnerMedia. And a promotional video teasing that the DC Universe original series Doom Patrol would be joining the massive new Warner Bros. service for its sophomore season only raised more questions.
Red Dead 2 on PC: Rockstar Answers Our Pressing Questions
Ahead of its November 5 release, Rockstar has been slowly shedding more light on its PC version of Red Dead Redemption 2. Coming just about a year after the sequel's launch on PS4 and Xbox One, the PC version will bring with it new content on top of the familiar adventure fans may have played on consoles. But, even after some impressive 4K trailers, we have questions about the PC version of Red Dead 2 and, thankfully, Rockstar Games has answered our questions.
Speaking to IGN over email, Rockstar North Associate Technical Director Alex Hajadj answered some of IGN's most pressing questions about the PC version of Red Dead Redemption 2. Read on for our questions — and their answers — and be sure to check out the latest trailer for Red Dead 2 on PC in 4K below.
Red Dead 2 on PC Looks Better Than Ever
When Rockstar revealed that Red Dead Redemption 2 would be launching on PC this November, a year after its initial launch on consoles, we all wondered if the update between versions would be as massive an overhaul as it was when GTA 5 made the platform leap in 2015. The answer is, perhaps unsurprisingly, no - but that doesn’t mean that this is the exact same version that we experienced on PS4 and Xbox One last year.
I recently got a chance to spend an hour or so with Arthur and Dutch and the rest of the Van der Linde gang’s first PC outing. While I may not have been as flabbergasted as I was when we originally saw Red Dead 2 for the very first time, it was nonetheless impressive to see how the PC update has made some subtle - but very important - tweaks to the already-gorgeous world of New Hanover, Lemoyne and the rest of the West.