Battlefield 5’s Beta May be Mistakenly Censoring the Phrase ‘White Man’
The Battlefield 5 beta is well underway, and players have noticed that some unexpected phrases are being censored by its new in-game chat profanity filter. It's an issue EA tells IGN they are aware of, saying that the new profanity filter feature will be tweaked for the final launch.
One of the weirder examples was spotted by users on the Battlefield 5 subreddit, who pointed out that typing "white man" will only display asterisks in the public chat. Additionally, typing "DLC" will also be censored (but typing "free DLC" will not), and EA has pointed out in a blog post that certain slurs aren't being censored when they should be as well.
Harvest Moon Creator Explains Why He Wants to Make a Little Dragons Cafe Sequel
Harvest Moon creator Yasuhiro Wada plays a lot of Monster Hunter, and of all the series beasts, Rathalos is his favorite. Rathalos’ cool, aggressive nature makes it all the more exciting to hunt. In an interview with IGN, Wada said that with Little Dragons Cafe, Wada wanted to create a game where instead of dragons being the antagonist, players could be friends with a dragon they could admire. Little Dragons Cafe has only been out in the world for a few weeks, but Wada is already looking forward to potentially developing a sequel, and for good reason.
About 70 percent of what Wada originally had planned for Little Dragons Cafe was cut from the final version, he told IGN.
“There were lots of elements that were cut out of Little Dragons Cafe, and that of course goes will all the other games
How a Simple Mistake Helped Night of the Living Dead Become a Classic
George Romero's horror classic Night of the Living Dead is where the modern concept of the zombie as we understand it today really started. The film didn't just essentially launch the zombie sub-genre, but it remains to this day eminently re-watchable -- truly one of the giants of horror cinema.
And indeed, as the film hits its 50th anniversary this year, it continues to inspire new fans, new works, and new critical evaluation. The new book Journey of the Living Dead: A Tribute to Fifty Years of Flesh Eaters, by Dr. Arnold T. Blumberg, celebrates 100 years of cinematic zombies with an analysis of how Night of the Living Dead permanently impacted the media landscape. Blumberg, who is an occasional contributor to IGN, has provided us with an exclusive excerpt from the book which delves into the curious case of NOTLD's copyright, of lack thereof, and how it helped to contribute to the film's massive success. Read on for the full excerpt...
G-Sync On a Budget? It’s Possible With These Cheap Gaming Monitor
G-Sync gaming monitors are notorious for two things: giving you an extremely smooth gaming experience and being very expensive. Unfortunately, those are the breaks, as G-Sync monitors fall under a greater amount of scrutiny and quality assurance from Nvidia, not to mention the costly proprietary G-Sync module.
Well, I should say those were the breaks, as more recently, the cost of G-Sync displays has come down precipitously. What's more, Nvidia has enabled G-Sync to work on FreeSync at the beginning of the year, vastly expanding the compatibility of Nvidia's VRR technology with a much larger group of affordable FreeSync gaming monitors.
All 19 of Nintendo’s Announced Amiibo That Aren’t Out Yet
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It's an exciting time to be an amiibo collector, with new Super Smash Bros., Shovel Knight, Splatoon, Mega Man, and Dark Souls figures all on the horizon.
In total, Nintendo has announced nineteen amiibo that have yet to be released. Below, we've created a single destination where you can find everything you need to know about the upcoming sets, including all the available images and known release dates for each new amiibo.
Mega Man 11 amiibo
Release Date: October 2
Kingdom Hearts’ Mobile Game Will Let You Unlock a Keyblade in Kingdom Hearts 3
Fans who've been waiting years for Kingdom Hearts 3 won't get to play the full game until next year, but they can at least experience some of its minigames right now.
Square Enix has released an update to the Kingdom Hearts Union Cross mobile game, which brings the previously announced Kindom Hearts 3's Classic Kingdom minigames. The minigames, which you can see in the gallery below, are modeled after portable LCD gaming systems from the '80s.
And there's more reason for fans to play than just the intrinsic value of enjoying the minigames themselves. By playing Classic Kingdom in Kingdom Hearts Union, players can become eligible to unlock the Starlight Keyblade item in Kingdom Hearts 3 when it releases.
Conan O’Brien Visited Kojima Productions
Talk show host and former Simpsons and SNL writer Conan O’Brien visited Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima’s studio while in Japan.
Kojima shared pictures of the visit on his official Twitter account showing Conan getting a tour of the Kojima Productions facilities in Tokyo, Japan. Conan even doodled on the kitchen wall, asking “Can I have a job here?” Kojima noted in the tweet that the two men are the same age: 55-years old.
It was good to meet Conan O'Brien again. He came to visit at Kojima Productions and was kind enough to sign on our kitchen wall. We have the same agepic.twitter.com/5rlhcyf2iv
Does This Easter Egg Connect Marvel’s Avengers and Spider-Man PS4?
Update: Thanks to the reveal of Marvel's Avengers in the 2019 E3 Square-Enix press conference, we now know where The Avengers are... kind of. Although Marvel's Spider-Man (Insomniac Games) was created by a different studio than Marvel's Avengers (Crystal Dynamics), and they are both published by different companies and are not necessarily set in the same universe, we hope the reference below ties the two games together, however unofficially. Check out the trailer below:
In the Marvel's Avengers trailer from E3 2019 above the Avengers appear in San Francisco for the opening of the West Coast Avengers. In Spider-Man PS4, when you take a picture of Avengers Tower for the first time as part of your side quest to photograph different Landmarks, you’re treated to a short but important bit of dialogue from Spider-Man: “Avengers Tower, so cool! Too bad they’re never around to use it. They’re on the west coast or something. Probably surfing.” While we have no official confirmation these two games share the same world, this is a pretty overt connection. Spider-Man told us where the Avengers were in last year's release, and now this Avengers game picks up with the team in that exact location. Hard to think that's purely a coincidence!
Brooklyn Nine-Nine Gets Supersized Season 6 at NBC
Brooklyn Nine-Nine, the acclaimed cop-comedy led by Andy Samberg, is getting five extra episodes for its upcoming sixth season, pushing the total episode count from 13 to 18.
As reported by Deadline, the show will premiere mid-season during the 2018-2019 television season, meaning it will likely come in early 2019. Past seasons of Brooklyn Nine-Nine were typically 22 or more episodes long, though this boost from NBC appears to be a vote of confidence in the show.
The boost in episode order comes after NBC saved the show from cancelation last May following five seasons at Fox. This revival of the show came just one day after Fox decided to cancel Brooklyn Nine-Nine, and now it appears the comedy will get another chance to thrive at NBC with this bolstered order.
New Plot Details Revealed for Red Dead Redemption 2
Rockstar Games has slowly been doling out information about Red Dead Redemption 2 ahead of its October 26 release, including more specific story details.
Speaking with THR, Rockstar San Diego Art Director Josh Bass and Rockstar North Director of Art Aaron Garbut finally let slip some details about the storyline that will revolve around Red Dead Redemption 2's Van der Linde gang, which Rockstar recently revealed information about.