Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Expansion Pass Revealed
Nintendo has revealed an Expansion Pass coming to Xenoblade Chronicles 2.
Players who purchase the expansion pass will receive new support items in December, followed by new quests in January. In spring 2018, a new rare blade will be added, then a new challenge battle mode in summer. Finally, a new story/adventure will be released in autumn 2018 for expansion pass holders.
Xenoblade Chronicles 2's Expansion Pass timeline.
Zelda Remake Studio Hiring for New “Legend” Project
Grezzo, the development house behind the 3DS remakes of Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask is recruiting for a new project utilising Unreal Engine 4.
The Japanese development team has posted an "emergency recruitment" notice on its company website. The banner at the top translates to: "Would you like to make a legend together 2".
That 2 is in reference to the fact that Grezzo had previously used the same sentence when hiring for Majora's Mask 3D before it was officially revealed.
The listing asks for C++ programmers with experience in Unreal Engine, as well as 3D character and map modelers, suggesting that the 'Legend' project will be a 3D title made in Unreal Engine 4.
Film Critic Societies Blacklist Disney From End-of-Year Awards
Four major societies of film critics have denounced Disney and announced that they will disqualify all films made by the media giant from consideration in their end-of-year awards.
Last week, Disney said the Los Angeles Times had not met "basic journalistic standards" in its reporting about Disneyland in Anaheim, and chose to bar the newspaper's journalists from advance screenings of its films (which includes Marvel and Star Wars).
In a statement (below), the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, the New York Film Critics Circle, the Boston Society of Film Critics and the National Society of Film Critics denounced the action, and set up their own boycott.
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Wolfenstein 2’s New Patch Opens the Game’s Locked Vault
Wolfenstein 2's latest patch will crack open the mysterious vault found on the game's main menu, and in its between-mission hub area.
The patch notes for update 1.02 were revealed on the Bethesda website, detailing the new content coming to the game.
The timer has now been replaced by a tab called the 'SAS Machine' which allows players to take part in 10 new combat simulations, all having leaderboard functionality.
As long as players have reached Chapter 2 in the game's main campaign, the option will be available on the main menu.
Blizzard Is Overdue For an Animated Movie
Another BlizzCon has come and gone, and we all know what that means: a new batch of animated awesomeness to watch. This year’s reveals included the World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth intro cinematic showing the Alliance’s massive siege against the Horde, and the Overwatch animated short "Honor and Glory" telling the tragic tale of why Reinhardt joined the team (and how he got that Anakin Skywalker eye-scar). Both were thrilling, emotional, and exquisitely rendered, begging the question that has undoubtedly come out of every Blizzard fan’s mouth at one point or another: why doesn’t Blizzard make a feature-length animated movie?
Ghost of Tsushima, Dreams Info Confirmed for PSX 2017
Sony has provided an update on what fans can expect from this year's PlayStation Experience, announcing the date and time of its PSX 2017 presentation, and confirming new information will be revealed about Ghost of Tsushima and Dreams.
According to a post on PlayStation Blog, Early Bird ticket holders will have access to Sony's PSX presentation, which will be held at the Anaheim Convention Center on Friday, December 8 at 8:00pm PT/11pm ET (December 9 at 4am UK/3pm AET).
In addition to an update from PlayStation Worldwide Studios Chairman Shawn Layden, the presentation will feature "some special guests, along with a few surprises and game updates."
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A Modder is Bringing Back Nintendo’s Classic Promotional Flash Games
Modder, YouTuber, and Nintendo aficionado Skelux is working on restoring the entirety of Nintendo’s old promotional flash games.
As spotted by Motherboard, Skelux claims in a video on his YouTube channel that he has retrieved the game files piece by piece using the Wayback Machine for games like Zelda: Wind Waker and Animal Crossing: Wild World - Trivia. Skelux searched via the Internet Archive for missing game files. He then compiled the files into working games, giving them a second wind for anyone to enjoy for free on his online game archive.
LEGO’s 11 Largest Sets Ever Will All Be Available in 2017
With its classic Taj Mahal set being re-released later this month, LEGO's 11 biggest sets ever will all be available to purchase by the end of 2017.
According to The Brothers Brick, the nearly 6,000-piece Taj Mahal set will be re-released on November 27 and retail for $370 USD. On that date, all 11 of the company's largest sets will officially be available at the same time.
Click through the slideshow below to see the list of LEGO's biggest sets.
Taj Mahal was LEGO's largest set for nearly a decade, until this year's release of the Ultimate Collector Series Millennium Falcon. According to LEGO's online store, the $800 USD Star Wars set will remain exclusive to VIP members "at least through November."