Xbox Games With Gold for December Announced
Microsoft has announced December's lineup of free Xbox One and backward-compatible Xbox 360 games for Gold subscribers.
As posted on Xbox Wire, here's the month's full list of Games With Gold, as well as their dates of availability:
- Warhammer: End Times -- Vermintide — December 1-31 (Xbox One)
- Back to the Future: The Game -- 30th Anniversary Edition — December 16-January 15 (Xbox One)
- Child of Eden — December 1-15 (Xbox One and Xbox 360)
- Marlow Briggs and the Mask of Death — December 16-31 (Xbox One and Xbox 360)
The Best Carrying Cases for Nintendo Switch
Whether you prefer playing your Switch docked or undocked, it really doesn’t matter. Because you’re probably going to need to get a case for it eventually. I mean let’s face it, the Switch is a portable console, so odds are you’ll likely end up gaming on the go with it sooner or later. So we put together a list of what we think are some of the best carrying cases currently available for your fancy new hybrid console.
Super Mario Odyssey NVC Spoilercast
Welcome to our special Super Mario Odyssey Spoiler cast episode of Nintendo Voice Chat! We're bringing you NVC a day early this week, due to the Thanksgiving break.
By popular request, Filip Miucin, Zach Ryan, Peer Schneider, and Brendan Graeber try to condense their Super Mario Odyssey experience into a full hour of NVC. We kick off Episode 383 of our weekly Nintendo podcast with a mid-week news round-up before we finally get to the long-promised Odyssey spoilercast. To keep things as spoiler-safe as possible, we go through the game chronologically, starting with our thoughts on Cap Kingdom, all the way to the end of the game.
Steam Autumn Sale Begins Today
The Steam Autumn Sale 2017 has officially begun, with deals that discount several new releases.
According to Valve's announcement, the sale will run until November 28 at 10am PT/1pm ET/6pm UK (November 29 at 5am AET). Discounted games include Dark Souls III, Middle-earth: Shadow of War, The Evil Within 2, Elite Dangerous, Star Trek: Bridge Crew, Inside, and many more.
Below are some specific deals. You can visit the Steam Store to see the full list of currently discounted titles.
Dark Souls III is 60 percent off and now priced at $24 USD; Resident Evil 7 is 50 percent off and costs $30 USD; The Evil Within 2 is 50 percent off and priced at $30 USD; Batman: The Enemy Within Season Pass is 40 percent off and costs $15 USD; Middle-earth: Shadow of War is 40 percent off and priced at $36 USD; Star Trek: Bridge Crew is 40 percent off and costs $30 USD, and Rocket League is 50 percent off and costs $10 USD.
Why TV Is Better Than Movies According to Jeff Daniels
Veteran actor Jeff Daniels (The Martian) is starring in an all-new Western, Godless. Developed by Netflix and produced by Steven Soderbergh (Ocean’s Eleven), the streaming giant is looking to make a splash with a star-studded cast and high production values. Read our full review here.
Daniels plays an outlaw named Frank Griffin in the 1880s. On a quest to hunt down his former partner, Griffin finds himself in La Belle, New Mexico. Due to a mining incident, the town is occupied entirely by women. In a recent interview for Godless, Daniels informed us why he prefers working in television over movies.
Sky: 5 Pieces of Art from Journey Creator’s New Game
Thatgamecompany’s games like Journey, Flower, and Flow are noteworthy for many reasons, but chief among them is the eye-catching art. Each title in the developer’s catalog is more beautiful than the last, with a distinctive style and wholly unique art direction.
Sky is no exception, with gorgeous environments and character designs that build a cohesive world for the upcoming mobile-first adventure thatgamecompany revealed earlier this year.
What We Want From Star Wars: Battlefront 2’s DLC
Star Wars: Battlefront 2 launched amidst equal parts controversy and acclaim. The conversation oscillated between praise for its stellar visuals and interesting story, and less-than ideal multiplayer elements and microtransactions (or lack thereof).
We know EA, Motive, and DICE plan on supporting Battlefront 2 for quite some time, so here are some ideas we had for fixes and additions that would make our dream of living in a galaxy far, far away even better.
So between the two modern Battlefront games, we've gotten a chance to step into the shoes of nearly all of the iconic heroes and villains across all eight of the core Star Wars movies. From Luke and Vader, to Yoda and Maul, to Kylo and Rey, the power-rush of controlling one of these cinematic icons has been a complete thrill. That said, there's one notable exception that EA needs to fix: where's Obi-Wan Kenobi?
Sea of Thieves Technical Alpha Sign-Ups Close Next Week
Sign-ups for Sea of Thieves' Technical Alpha will end next week on December 1.
As detailed by Rare in a post on Xbox Wire, players will have until December 1 to join the Insider Programme and be invited to the game's next play session, which Rare promises will be the "biggest and best yet."
The programme grants access to other perks and bonuses, as well as regular communication updates on Sea of Thieves' development. Rare will provide more details about the next play session in December.
More Changes Coming to Need for Speed Payback
In response to player feedback, Ghost Games is making more changes to improve progression in Need for Speed Payback.
An upcoming patch for Need for Speed Payback will introduce the changes, which, according to a post on EA's official site, include:
- Tune-up shops now stock higher quality parts.
- Improved quality of cards from targeted rolls in the Tune-up Shops.
- Increased the level on parts awarded from winning events.
- Multiple fixes to Improve stability.
- Improved game performance.
Evidence Suggests There Might Not Be Water on Mars
New evidence suggests that water may not play as big a role in the dark streaks on Mars' surface as previously thought.
The new findings published in Nature Geoscience (via CNET) reference the recurring slope lineae (RSL), dark streaks on the planet's surface, which had previously been thought to be caused by seasonally shifting liquid water, but now seem to be caused by shifting sand and dust.
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UA/USGS (via CNET)