Hulu App Coming to Nintendo Switch
Nintendo Switch is getting its first video streaming app today.
Hulu has announced its streaming app is coming to Switch via the eShop. The Hulu app is expected to go live along with the rest of the eShop updates later today.
Just like on other platforms, the Hulu app itself is a free download with a free trial available to new users. The core service costs $8 USD a month, while the Hulu with Live TV plan costs $40 USD a month.
As for when Switch owners can expect other streaming services such as Netflix to arrive on the system, president and COO of Nintendo of America Reggie Fils-Aime confirmed earlier this year that Netflix and other streaming apps like Amazon "will come in time."
Xbox One X Runs The Witcher 3 at 60FPS, Without a Patch
Xbox One X has provided console players a way to experience The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt at 60 frames per second.
According to Eurogamer, The Witcher 3 shipped with an unlocked framerate, allowing it to potentially reach 60fps, which it's now able to accomplish (with occasional dips) on Xbox One X. However, the increased framerate comes at the cost of resolution, as the unpatched Xbox One version of The Witcher 3 runs at 900p. A later update boosted resolution to 1080p, but locked the framerate in at 30fps.
According to Xbox Wire, an Xbox One X-specific update for The Witcher 3 is on its way. The patch will boost resolution to 4K and provide "numerous visual tweaks such as higher-quality shadows, ambient occlusion & texture filtering, as well as higher resolution textures, and an all-around performance boost." The post doesn't mention any changes to the locked framerate.
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds Developer Reveals New Game
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds developer Bluehole's next game is an open-world MMORPG called Ascent: Infinite Realm.
Ascent: Infinite Realm blends steampunk and high fantasy and features Realm Vs Realm PvP combat with both ground-based and aerial combat. Check out the announcement trailer below.
In the game's PvP mode, players have various flying vehicles at their disposal, along with weapons such as cannons, mines, and attack buffs.
“In RvR, factions fight for fame and glory, taking turns to lead offensive and defensive efforts using all kinds of fantastical flying vehicles," Bluehole said. "Players can also join the fight from the ground with mechs and the use of anti-air artillery to fight airborne threats―or initiate ground based aerial attacks depending on the map and strategy."
CD Projekt Red Will “Probably” Return to World of The Witcher
CD Projekt Red still isn't planning to make a Witcher 4, but that doesn't mean it won't make games set in the same universe.
Speaking to Strefa Inwestorow (and translated by IGN Poland), CD Projekt CEO Adam Kiciński explained that while the company sees Geralt's Witcher trilogy as definitively finished, the company still owns the IP.
Kiciński says the company will "probably" return to the world of The Witcher, because both fans and investors would be disappointed if it didn't.
We Take a Detailed Look at Dragon Ball FighterZ
Welcome back to Next Big Game, the show where we give you an inside look at the hottest and most exciting upcoming titles. In this video series, we work with the talented studios behind these highly anticipated games to provide you with the inside scoop and plenty of new content, including gameplay footage, and much more.
Those of you anxiously awaiting the release of Dragon Ball FighterZ this coming January won't want to miss Episode 5, which delivers a detailed look at Bandai Namco and Arc System Works' upcoming 2.5D fighting game, including an exciting glimpse at its impressive roster of playable characters.
Doctor Who: The Doctor’s New Look Revealed
BBC has given us our first look at Jodie Whittaker as the thirteenth Doctor.
"New season. New Doctor. New look!" BBC America wrote alongside the reveal on Twitter. Whittaker, the series' first female Doctor, was announced as Peter Capaldi's replacement earlier this year.
First look at Whittaker as the thirteenth Doctor. Image via BBC America
Comic Book Reviews for November 8, 2017
It was another big week of comics. Marvel released new chapters of Venom and Despicable Deadpool, brought Moon Knight back into the spotlight and welcomed a new writer on Star Wars. DC delivered more great tie-ins to Dark Nights: Metal and finally revealed Wonder Woman's twin brother in Wonder Woman #34. And there were two great crossovers on tap this week thanks to Kong on the Planet of the Apes #1 and TMNT/Ghostbusters II #2.
Scroll down to check out our reviews for these and various other new releases, and be sure to let us know your favorite books of the week in the comments below.
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The Millennium Falcon Is Hidden Near a Golf Course in Rural England
Han Solo's famous ship the Millennium Falcon has been found dormant in a field in England.
Eagle-eyed Google Earth users spotted the iconic freighter seemingly left near a golf course in Surrey, in the South of England.
Now that filming has wrapped on the upcoming Star Wars: The Last Jedi, it looks like the production team has decided to hide it in the great outdoors until filming starts for Episode IX.
The Millenium Falcon kept under wraps in a field in Surrey, England (courtesy of Google Earth).
LA Noire Makes Perfect Sense for Switch and VR
Repurposing LA Noire as a $30 VR game (called LA Noire: The VR Case Files, exclusively for the HTC Vive for now) is as fun as I’d hoped it would be. And on the Nintendo Switch (priced at $50, including all of the DLC ever released), it runs and feels like it belongs, even if it’s Switch-exclusive features – like motion controls and touchscreen functionality – don’t add a lot to the experience. I played both ahead of their imminent launches – November 14 for Switch and December for VR Case files, though remember that the 4K Remastered release is also out on November 14 for Xbox One X and PS4 Pro.
LA Noire looks nice and clean on Nintendo’s newest console when running at 1080p in docked mode. It’s got every piece of content ever released for the detective thriller, and it’s (mostly) slower pace make it a great fit for an on-the-go game in handheld mode. It’s aged reasonably well; the motion-captured facial animations that LA Noire hung its hat on in 2011 have held up best. The rest of the game world shows some last-gen cracks, but nothing I'd knock it for. The most obvious issue was the object pop-in on the horizon when you’re speeding down the streets during driving sections.
Multiple Explosions Aren’t Enough to Kill ‘Zombie’ Star
From what we've understood about the life cycle of stars, a supernova is the thrilling death knell: a violent display signifying the end for a star. At least, we thought that's how it went.
When a supernova occurs, a star brightens for about 100 days before going dark. But one star has kept the display up for 600 days now.
According to a study in Nature, supernova iPTF14hls refuses to die. The star was first observed back in September 2014 and chalked up as a fairly textbook example of a star's death.
The supernova has qualities never before seen by scientists. "Instead of a 100-day plateau," the study reports, "the light curve of iPTF14hls lasts over 600 days," and includes "five distinct peaks" where its brightness varies"by as much as 50%."