Xbox Free Games With Gold for September Announced
The Xbox Live Games With Gold lineup for September 2018 has been revealed.
Announced through Xbox Wire, the following games will be available for Xbox Live Gold members next month:
- Prison Architect - September 1-30 (Xbox One)
- Livelock - September 16-October 15 (Xbox One)
- LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars - September 1-15 (Xbox One, Xbox 360)
- Sega Vintage Collection: Monster World - September 16-30 (Xbox One, Xbox 360)
Prison Architect has players design, build, and run a maximum security prison. We gave the game an 8.3 in our review, saying Prison Architect is, "one of the most in-depth, satisfying builder games in a long time."
Halo: The Master Chief Collection’s Final Major Update Is Now Live
The final update for Halo: The Master Chief Collection is now live.
The massive 73GB update, which Bungie announced and detailed last October, features a rework of the game's matchmaking system, 4K HDR support for Xbox One X, shorter load times, improved matchmaking, offline LAN support, and much more.
The changes come just ahead of The Master Chief Collection's addition to Xbox Game Pass on September 1.
Marvel’s Spider-Man DLC Details Revealed
Insomniac Games Community Director, James Stevenson revealed Tuesday on the PlayStation blog the schedule and details for the first DLC from Marvel's Spider-Man: The City That Never Sleeps.
The DLC will consist of three installments, with the first chapter being Marvel’s Spider-Man: The Heist and will release on Oct. 23. The Heist focuses on Felicia Hardy, also known as Black Cat and features new missions and challenges for players, along with a new faction of enemies and three additional Spider-Man suits.
The second and third installments include Marvel's Spider-Man: Turf Wars which releases in November 2018 and Marvel's Spider-Man: Silver Lining that comes out the following month in December 2018.
Spider-Man’s Unexpected Influence on the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
For many of us, our Saturday mornings and weekday afternoons were defined by the high-kicking, giant robot riding, Super Sentai adaptation Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. The classic kids series hits 25 this year with a special anniversary episode of Power Rangers Super Ninja Steel, which means it's the perfect time to look back on this iconic entry in children's TV canon, as well as one of the beloved show's biggest and most unexpected influences.
Though it took many of us by surprise as young fans, by now pretty much everyone knows that Mighty Morphin Power Rangers' vibrant action sequences were recycled from the Japanese series Super Sentai, specifically the Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger season of the immensely popular show. But something lesser known is that there was another, earlier Tokusatsu series which changed the face of Power Rangers and Super Sentai forever. The name of that groundbreaking, genre-shifting show was... Spider-Man.
Iron Fist Season 2 Villain Typhoid Mary Revealed in New Photos
Netflix has released a new look at one of Iron Fist Season 2's main villains, Typhoid Mary.
The two images, via Instagram, feature Alice Eve as Mary Walker aka Typhoid Mary, who's considered to be one of Marvel's most dangerous assassins.
The character made her debut in 1988's Daredevil #254. She suffers from dissociative identity disorder, and as a result switches between her "Typhoid Mary" and "Bloody Mary" personas. She also has psionic powers and is quite adept at fighting.
The First: Exclusive Sneak Peek at Sean Penn’s Hulu Space Drama
Hulu is joining the space race with ambitious new drama The First, which centers around a crew of astronauts attempting to become the first humans to land on Mars.
IGN is exclusively debuting the first full trailer for the epic sci-fi series, which was created by House of Cards mastermind Beau Willimon and stars Sean Penn and Natascha McElhone.
Premiering September 14 on Hulu, the eight-episode first season will explore the physical peril and emotional cost of attempting to make history, set in a near future not far removed from our own. In addition to Penn and McElhone, the cast includes LisaGay Hamilton, Anna Jacoby-Heron, Oded Fehr, Melissa George, Rey Lucas, Keiko Agena, James Ransone, and Hannah Ware.
Shovel Knight Showdown Battle Mode Revealed
As Yacht Club Games finishes up on the promises of its original Kickstarter campaign for Shovel Knight, the developer has finally revealed the local multiplayer battle expansion set to debut for the title next year — Shovel Knight Showdown.
IGN can exclusively pull back the curtain on Showdown, a series of new modes that allow up to four players to play as one of several characters from the beloved game and compete. But rather than first going into detail, check out 10 minutes of four-player gameplay from the Gem Clash mode below to get an idea of what to expect.
Players can compete in either one-on-one duels, in four-player free-for-alls, or as cooperative teams battling against AI. Modes in Shovel Knight Showdown include Gem Clash, Showdown, and a full Story Mode, which is customized to each playable character, offering a series of challenges, minigames, and a new final encounter.
Onimusha: Warlords Remaster Announced
Onimusha: Warlords is getting a remaster this upcoming January, Capcom has announced,
As detailed on Capcom's recent blog post, the 2001 PlayStation 2 game will be released on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC, and Switch on January 15, 2019 and will cost $20 USD.
Set in feudal Japan, the game sees players assume the roles of samurai Samanosuke Akechi and ninja Kaede who must save Princess Yuki from marauding demons. Throughout your journey, you'll be battling a variety of enemies using sword-based gameplay.
Fortnite on Switch: Players Send Epic ‘a Crying Plea’
It's no secret that Fortnite for Switch isn't as fully-featured as its PlayStation 4 and Xbox One counterparts, but for at least a few thousand fans, the Nintendo console's version of the world's most popular game is no longer up to scratch.
In a post that's seen thousands of upvotes since being posted yesterday, Redditor DoctorSqueeze detailed problems in what they called "a crying plea" to Epic Games.
The laundry list of complaints, which DoctorSqueeze claims makes Fortnite for Switch "pretty much unplayable", includes issues with emotes, gyro controls, playing with friends, voice chat, game freezes, lengthy texture loading times, lag, and more.
3 Big Nintendo Switch Games Getting Packaged With Exclusive Strategy Guides
Nintendo has announced "Starter Packs" for Super Mario Odyssey, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, and Splatoon 2 that include the game, an exclusive strategy guide, and a cardboard sleeve.
Arriving on September 28, 2018, these Starter Packs will all retail for $59.99 USD and each of the three game's strategy guides are uniquely named - Super Mario Odyssey's is the Traveler's Guide, Breath of the Wild's is the Explorer's Guide, and Splatoon 2's is the Splategy Guide.