Dishonored 2 Almost Had Emily Walking on Walls
At QuakeCon last week, I caught up with Dishonored’s Creative Director Harvey Smith to talk about Dishonored: Death of the Outsider and the series as a whole.
After discussing Billie Lurk’s new abilities in the upcoming game (you can see them in the video below) I asked Smith if there were any crazy abilities they had tested that ended up on the cutting room floor. Smith revealed that early in development they had planned to let Emily Kaldwin defy gravity.
“In Dishonored 2 we talked about letting Emily walk on walls and ceilings,” Smith told me, “but our version of that was going to be literally changing the way gravity works.”
Street Fighter 2 Getting Special Edition Super NES Cartridge
To celebrate 30 years of street fighting action, iam8bit and Capcom have teamed up to release a 1990's nostalgia-fueled special edition of Street Fighter II: The World Warrior.
This isn't just some repackaged re-release, either. It's an actual, working Super Nintendo cartridge in a tri-fold box and includes a "premium instruction booklet," along with "retro pack-in surprises."
There are two variants of this amazing cartridge: one in "Opaque Ryu Headband Red" and the other in "Glow in the Dark Blanka Green." The glowing cart is translucent in addition to luminescent, so it's got even more '90s cred.
The red version is limited to 4,500 copies, while the glow in the dark variant is limited to just 1,000. And they're randomly inserted into the packages, too, so buying one is a bit of a roll of the dice. But that makes it exciting, too.
New Game Puts Custom Steam Workshop Levels on Switch
Uurnog Uurnlimited, an expanded version of the Humble-exclusive Uurnog, has been announced for Steam and the Nintendo Switch, along with a whole lot of other indie games.
The Uurnlimited version will have a variety of new features, including more boss fights, co-op play, and alternate endings to the game. But the most notable is a built-in level editor for the Steam version of the game.
The editor will be hooked into the Steam Workshop, allowing players to share and download custom levels. Levels on the Workshop will also be available to play on the Switch version of Uurnog Uurnlimited.
Bungie Working with Charity Foundation for Hurricane Harvey Relief
Bungie is teaming up with charity foundation Direct Relief to help victims of Hurricane Harvey.
As detailed in Bungie's post, the company is encouraging Destiny fans to help those in need by purchasing a commemorative pin via the Bungie Store. Your purchase will include an emblem you can use in Destiny 2.
Special Destiny 2 emblem, image via Bungie's site.
Zelda: Breath of the Wild Glitch Removes Cel-Shaded Look
A graphical glitch in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild that removes the game's cartoon art style has been discovered.
As evidenced in the video below, the cel-shading effect is not applied when viewing Link in a specific broken alcove on the Bridge of Hylia, giving the character model a more doll-like look.
Reddit users first spotted the glitch, but to experience this visual trick for yourself, head over to our Breath of the Wild bugs and glitches guide.
Star Wars: New Photo of Luke from The Last Jedi
A new photo of Mark Hamill's Luke Skywalker has been revealed, providing a fresh glimpse at the character's new outfit in Star Wars: The Last Jedi.
The photo was revealed on the cover of a Hungarian magazine called Cinemania Mozimánia, and shared on Facebook. Check out the image below to see a very serious Luke sporting an all-black outfit.
Mark Hamill's Luke Skywalker, image via Cinemania Mozimánia
How Does Marvel’s Hydra Cap Story End?
Marvel's Secret Empire crossover wrapped up today as the Avengers made their final stand against Hydra Supreme Steve Rogers.
Warning: this article contains spoilers for Secret Empire #10!
While Steve Rogers was drastically outnumbered as the final battle began in this issue, his Cosmic Cube-powered armor more than evened the odds. Steve quickly triumphed over his foes and used his near-limitless power to remake reality, creating a new world where Hydra remained in power throughout the 20th Century.
Game of Thrones: How the Cast Supported One Another in the Dragonpit
Warning: Spoilers for the Game of Thrones: Season 7 finale, "The Dragon and the Wolf."
Game of Thrones' Season 7 finale was the longest episode of the show to date, mostly because of an extended sequence that brought a dozen major characters to King's Landing for an attempt at truce in the city's old Dragonpit.
Powerful players like Daenerys (who entered on Drogon), Jon Snow, Cersei, Jaime, The Hound, Brienne, Euron, and many more gathered for a reunion of friends, enemies, and frenemies in shoot that director Jeremy Podeswa described to us as "very very challenging."
Cex: Customer Data Stolen in Online Breach
Second-hand games and gadget retailer Cex has reported that a breach of their online security has resulted in customer data being stolen, potentially affecting up to two million customers.
As reported by the BBC, Cex is calling it a "sophisticated breach" stressing that this affects online account holders, while clarifying that in-store data has not been affected. Compromised data includes names, address, email addresses, phone numbers and some credit card information, although credit card data has not been stored since 2009, meaning that most of these cards will have expired by now.
The Walking Dead: Our World is Pokemon Go, With Zombies
In addition to Robert Kirkman's original much-loved comic book series, two TV shows, and a well-received episodic video game adaptation courtesy of Telltale Games, it appears that the world of The Walking Dead will soon be expanding in something of an unexpected direction with the introduction of a new augmented-reality game for iOS and Android.
Details are still hazy, other than an announcement video which you can see below:
Although the trailer doesn't showcase any gameplay details and should be considered a concept more than anything, it does appear that The Walking Dead: Our World will share Pokemon Go's reliance on location-based gameplay. During the trailer Rick, Daryl and Michonne - fan-favourites from the AMC TV show - appear to provide assistance although it isn't made clear how this might be implemented in the game.