Super Mario Run Now Available on iOS
Super Mario Run, Nintendo's first-ever Mario game for mobile, is now available for download on the App Store for iOS devices.
You can download the game for free to try out each of the game's three modes. You also have the option to purchase all six worlds for $9.99 USD, $14.99 AUD/NZD and £7.99 in the UK. You can download Super Mario Run at the following links:
Super Mario Run Gets Free Toad DLC
Nintendo has revealed its first batch of rewards for the game available through the My Nintendo loyalty service, including a new character, Toad, available for free as soon as the app is released.
Available in return for just having a My Nintendo account, Toad is described as "a playable character in the Super Mario Run game. Toad can run a little bit faster than others."
Toad can't be pre-downloaded without the app already installed, as it needs to be linked to one's My Nintendo account first. Once you can redeem him, here's the necessary link.
Fallout Minecraft Mash-Up Pack Coming to Consoles
Bethesda's post-apocalyptic wasteland is coming to Minecraft in the form of a Fallout Mash-Up Pack for the console versions of Mojang's popular world-building game.
In a post on the game's official website, Mojang's Marsh Davies announced the Fallout Mash-Up Pack will be available for Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Wii U, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita for $5.99 USD (or your local equivalent).
In addition to transforming the world into an expansive wasteland filled with ghouls and mutants, the Fallout Mash-Up Pack features 44 skins based on various characters from the post-apocalyptic franchise. The user interface is also getting a revamp that sports a "retro-futuristic" look reminiscent of the Pip-Boy.
Dawn of War 3: Ork Faction Reveal
Editors Note: Who better to reveal a major Dawn of War 3 faction than the developers themselves? As part of the IGN First - Hot Games of 2017, Relic Entertainment's Dawn of War III Team explains everything you need to know about the savage Orks!
Brutish and violent, Orks are viewed with both derision and fear by other races. Orks are a part of a larger species known as Orkoids, but they are without a doubt the most dominant and aggressive of the known subspecies.
The faction is split into thousands of WAAAGHs, or warbands, each led by the biggest and strongest Ork on offer. Despite massively outnumbering all other races, their primitive instincts prevent them from working towards that common goal. If they were to unite into one massive WAAAGH, they would surely dominate the galaxy.
New Nintendo Switch Patents Show VR Headset Accessory
A new set of Nintendo patents for its upcoming home-handheld hybrid Switch console show what appears to be an accessory allowing for virtual reality play.
Spotted by NeoGAF user Rösti, the accessory is referred to as an "HMD (head mounted display)", and appears to work similarly to Google and Samsung's smartphone VR solutions - the core Switch tablet is placed into a headset, which features lenses to create the 3D effect.
Assassin’s Creed Movie Creating First Ever Live TV Ad
Assassin's Creed will soon make television history, as a commercial for the upcoming movie will feature the world's first live TV ad.
The commercial (as reported by Eurogamer) will air in the UK on Sunday, December 18 at 9:10pm on Channel 4, during which stuntman Dave Grant will perform a 100 foot freefall.
This maneuver will imitate the "leap of faith" performed by the various protagonists in the Assassin's Creed games, as well as Michael Fassbender's Callum Lynch, who travels back in time to 15th Century Spain to experience the life of his ancestor Aguilar in the upcoming movie.
Lionhead Tracked Down a Teenage Fable Leaker and Threatened to Tell His Mother
Sam van Tilburgh, formerly of Lionhead Studios and now of Gfinity, has revealed the tactics employed to stop Fable leaks being posted back in 2003.
On a recent BAFTA Games Panel titled "Who Rules Games?", van Tilburgh recounted the time a young hacker got hold of screenshots and other information about Fable that was never meant to be released (the story begins at 34:12 in the video below).
The group, called Kibitz, was a small group of hackers, and one of the screenshots "was the hero of Fable stabbing a little kid through the head. It was never meant to be released, for obvious reasons."
Comic Book Reviews for December 14, 2016
Multiple publishers got into the holiday spirit this week thanks to new releases like DC Rebirth Holiday Special #1, Gwenpool Holiday Special: Merry Mixup #1 and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #65. However, the big news involved the start of Inhumans vs. X-Men, the end of Suicide Squad's first story arc, the launch of a new Optimus prime comic and the debut of Marvel's latest Hawkeye series.
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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Life and Limb Are Ravaged in New Extremity Comic
What if you lost what was most precious to you? Would that drive you to take vengeance? That’s the question explored by new comic book series by writer/artist Daniel Warren Johnson at Skybound, an imprint of Image Comics.
Protagonist Thea loves to draw, a peaceful hobby to have in a post-apocalyptic world that sees folk scavenging on the ground where monsters roam and others taking to the atmosphere with advanced machines. But her precious drawing skill is taken from her -- gruesomely chopped off, as you can see from the cover below -- when a rival tribe descends to her home on the ground to teach them a lesson of sorts. This kick-starts the adventure that sees her seek out revenge with her warrior father and meek brother along with the rest of their people.
New WWE Championship Title Announced
WWE has announced the United Kingdom Championship.
During a press conference today at the O2 Arena, London, Triple H revealed a 16-man tournament, set to air on the WWE Network in January, will take place to determine the first ever UK Champion.
Accompanying Triple H at the event were the first ever WWE Universal Champion Finn Balor, NXT GM William Regal, and British wrestling legend Nigel McGuinness (aka TNA’s Desmond Wolfe). McGuinness will work alongside RAW’s Michael Cole to provide commentary for the tournament.