The Groundhog Day Video Game is Real and We Played it
Groundhog Day: Like Father Like Son was one of the more unusual games that we saw at Gamescom this year. After all, the entire premise is unusual - a VR game based on a 25-year-old movie which in itself has a very "rinse and repeat" video game premise. But video games are a twisty medium, and here I am, with a PlayStation VR headset strapped to my head, playing Groundhog Day.
The premise is smart. Phill Connors Jr spent his life in his father’s shadow; no matter what he lent his hand to, his perfect father was of course already a master of it. So he does what any rebellious young person does and moves from Punxsutawney to Pittsburgh, leaving behind his mother, his brother, his high-school girlfriend, and the gold-tinged memory of his (presumably late) father. Something brings him back to Punxsutawney, he gets stuck in the Groundhog Day loop, and the game begins proper.
Why a Spider-Man and Venom Crossover Should Be Sony’s Next Priority
With Sony and Marvel’s deal to share Spider-Man on the big screen abruptly coming to an end, we’re now faced with a future where Peter Parker’s next solo movie will presumably not take place in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Luckily for Sony, they just kicked off a cinematic universe of their own with last year’s smash hit, Venom, so there’s already a place for Spider-Man to land. Given that a sect of fans have already promised to boycott Sony over the split with Marvel, it’s in Sony’s best interest to turn lemons into lemonade as fast as possible and get to work on a Spider-Man and Venom crossover.
Windjammers 2 Remains Gaming’s Greatest Fake Sport
I’m of the mind that the 1994's Windjammers is a perfect game. I also think it's gaming's greatest made-up sport, an absurd kind of frisbee-battle-tennis, decked in Global Hypercolor and built with fighting game nous. The original is the epitome of ‘easy to learn, hard to master’ design, a constant rush of lightning-fast rallies, clutch saves and big, stupid effects. It begs the question - how do you make a sequel to that? The answer, at least according to developer DotEmu, is to tweak, not overhaul.
You might be forgiven for thinking the French dev had gone for the latter option - Windjammers 2 drops the original’s pixel art in favour of a ‘90s cartoon aesthetic, inspired by the likes of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. It’s a big change, and not one I was entirely enthralled with at first. There’s a reason ‘pixel-perfect’ is a gaming cliche, and it’s because games like Windjammers exemplified the idea that you could play better by learning the game at a micro level - where an opponent’s finger is pointing, whether you can place a power lob outside of their reach by the merest dots on an old CRT.
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Amazon End of Summer Sale: Best Deals on 4K TVs, Laptops, Headphones, and More
Welcome to IGN's Amazon End of Summer Sale 2019 deals page, your source for all the best deals from Amazon's End of Summer Sale in the UK.
Amazon's End of Summer Sale begun yesterday, and will continue for seven more days until 23:59PM on Friday 30 August 2019. The event, which looks to be Amazon's biggest ever end of summer sale, sees products such as Amazon Devices, 4K TVs, gaming laptops, headphones and much more all dropping in price, so you have a great range of choice on deals to snag before the bank holiday weekend and after.
Marvel Reveals ‘Dark Captain Marvel’ as Carol Danvers Breaks Bad
This November, Captain Marvel will step over to the dark side in The Last Avenger, a brand-new character arc presented in Captain Marvel #12.
CBR reports that this daring new take on Carol Danvers' superhero alter-ego, written by Kelly Thompson and illustrated by Lee Garbett, will see one of Earth's Mightiest Heroes break bad to battle her former Avengers teammates.
"As Kelly continues her daring and defining run on Captain Marvel, in this new arc, 'The Last Avenger', she pushes the boundaries even further by taking Carol in a dark… and deadly… new direction," Marvel Comics Editor-in-Chief CB Cebulski told the outlet.
Hearthstone Pros on the Improvements Coming to Grandmasters
I caught up with a number of Hearthstone Grandmasters during Masters Tour Seoul over the weekend, and quizzed them about how they liked season one of the Grandmasters program and what they think about moving away from the Specialist format and into a modified version of Conquest for season two. I’ve compiled their responses below, but bear in mind I spoke to Orange on his own, Viper and Tyler together, and then had a group chat with Feno, justsaiyan, FroStee and Fr0zen, so that’s why there’s some back in forth in some sections but not others.
Tom Holland Reportedly Unfollows Sony After Spider-Man Deal Falls Through
Tom Holland, who has played Spider-Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe since 2016's Captain America: Civil War, has reportedly unfollowed Sony on Instagram following the news that Spider-Man may be leaving the MCU.
As reported by Heroic Hollywood, MCU Cosmic's Jeremy Conrad noticed the move by the Spider-Man star, which would be the first acknowledgment by Holland of this news as he has yet to give any type of public comment or reaction.
Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3 Adds, Blade, Punisher, and Morbius Next Month
Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order's Curse of the Vampire DLC will be released on September 30, 2019, and will bring four new playable characters from the Marvel Knights: Moon Knight, Blade, Punisher, and Morbius to the Nintendo Switch exclusive.
Announced by Marvel, the Curse of the Vampire DLC is the first expansion for Marvel Ultimate Alliance that is part of the Expansion Pass that retails for $19.99 USD and gives players access to three DLC packs that will also include both Fantastic Four and X-Men characters.
Xbox 360 Just Got an Update. You Read That Right. Xbox. 360.
Xbox 360, yes, the Xbox 360 that originally launched on November 22, 2005, just received a brand new update that brings with it...wait for it..."Minor bug fixes and improvements."
Revealed on support.xbox.com, Xbox 360 OS version: 2.0.17544.0 was released today and comes over a year since the last "minor bug fixes and improvements" update on May 22, 2018.
Xbox 360 had one more "minor bug fixes and improvements" update in 2016 and had its last substantial update on September 17, 2015. That update brought with it the Activity Feed, the ability to redeem Codes from messages, and probably the most-anticipated feature of them all - the ability to Accept Terms of Use.