Nintendo Offering Cash Rewards to Improve 3DS Security
In an effort to improve the security of 3DS, Nintendo is paying hackers to provide information about vulnerabilities in its family of handheld systems.
Through HackerOne—a platform for coordinating and offering bounties for providing vulnerability and bug information—Nintendo is offering cash rewards that range between $100 to $20,000 USD for reports of 3DS vulnerabilities.
According to Nintendo's HackerOne "Bug Bounty Program" page, the company is strictly interested in receiving information tied to 3DS, with the desire to prevent various activities, including piracy, cheating, and the "dissemination of inappropriate content to children."
Hitman Holiday Update Channels Home Alone
Two thieves. One big mansion. Lots of deathtraps. One (likely sociopathic) protagonist. Yep, Hitman's Holiday content update is all a bit Home Alone.
Coming to PS4, Xbox One and PC next Tuesday, December 13, the update gives the Paris Showstopper level a Christmas makeover, and then drops in a little jeopardy.
Two thieves are trying steal a selection of presents from the mansion, and it's your job to stop them by any means necessary. A nail through the foot will probably be the least of their problems.
Apparently, those presents are for 47, as he can open them, finding that "some of the content will be handy to get the job done", according to Io Interactive. Oh, and there's a pretty strong implication that that Santa suit is straight from the source. I have a bad feeling this may be St. Nick's final chimney abseil.
Build-A-Bear Workshop Introduces New Charmander Plush
After the releases of both an Eevee and Pikachu plush, Build-A-Bear workshop has announced its third Pokemon plush offering, Charmander.
Charmander will be available both in stores and online, with an online exclusive set costing $61, which includes the Charmander plush with sound chip, a Great Ball hoodie, a Lucario Hoode, and a Build-a-Bear Workshop-exclsuive Charmander trading card. Check out the new plush, and its apparel options, below:
The plush will be individually available for $28, as well as the Great Ball Hoodie for $12.50, in Build-A-Bear stores in the U.S., U.K., and Canada beginning December 8. Charmander plushes bought in stores will also come with an exclusive Charmander Trading Card Game card. The Lucario Hoodie and sound chip are only available online. (All prices listed don't include tax.)
Check out New Iron Fist Photos
With the fourth Netflix/Marvel series debuting this March, IGN has the debut of several exclusive new photos from Marvel's Iron Fist.
Check out the gallery below to get new looks at Danny Rand/Iron Fist (Finn Jones), Colleen Wing (Jessica Henwick), Claire Temple (Rosario Dawson), Joy Meachum (Jessica Stroup) and Ward Meachum (Tom Pelphrey).
Iron Fist will be followed by The Defenders later in the year, as Danny Rand joins forces with Daredevil, Luke Cage and Jessica Jones for Netflix's big team-up event. Netflix has also ordered The Punisher (starring Jon Bernthal), along with second seasons of Jessica Jones and Luke Cage and a third season of Daredevil.
Marvel's Iron Fist premieres March 17, 2017 on Netflix.
Resident Evil Immersive Experience Launches in Asia
Ahead of Resident Evil: The Final Chapter's release, Sony is bringing an immersive tie-in experience to Asia this week.
According to Variety, the experience, dubbed "The Road to Raccoon City," serves as a complement to the upcoming film, featuring content from the movie, complete with voice work from Alice actress Milla Jovovich.
It also features haptic technology to simulate a zombie attack, as users wear a vest that provides vibration and audio feedback while they shoot at zombies projected on-screen.
BoxBoy Amiibo Announced in Japan Alongside New Game
Nintendo has announced a surprise addition to its amiibo line-up - 3DS eShop star, Qbby from the BoxBoy series - alongside a third (and possibly final) game in the platforming series.
Currently only announced by Nintendo for release in Japan, a physical edition of the new game, Goodbye! BoxBoy! will include a soundtrack CD and the heart-stoppingly cute figurine:
The Qbby Amiibo and Goodbye! BoxBoy! collection. Commence squealing.
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Dataminers Discover Two Unused Enemies in PT
P.T. - the "playable teaser" for since-cancelled Hideo Kojima/Guillermo del Toro team-up, Silent Hills - was hiding two unused enemies in its files.
Discovered by Xentax user luxox18, the game seemingly includes five character models: Norman Reedus' protagonist, antagonist Lisa, that horrible sink-baby-thing and two unseen creatures.
One is a grey, mottled humanoid we've never previously seen, the other a warped, headless female body we previously saw in a Tokyo Game Show concept trailer (below)
Rogue One Director on Whether He’d Make More Star Wars
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story director Gareth Edwards would be interested in making another Star Wars movie, but this time about Obi-Wan Kenobi.
While doing a one-on-one interview with IGN at the Rogue One junket this weekend, Edwards was asked whether he'd consider coming back and doing a completely different Star Wars film from Rogue One. Though Edwards is open to the idea, he still wants new directors to take on the Star Wars universe.
"It's nearly impossible for me to say no, I would never ever do Star Wars ever again but I sort of feel like you know, I've won the lottery in terms of cinema," Edwards told IGN. "The most unfair thing you can do with the lottery winning is go buy more lottery tickets. It's like, you've got to let other people."
Universal Monsters Shared Universe Will Have a New Dracula
Director Alex Kurtzman confirmed to IGN and other press at a trailer launch last week for The Mummy that 2014's Dracula Untold is not part of Universal's planned shared universe based on their classic monsters. The shared universe, which Kurtzman is overseeing, will introduce a new Dracula instead. This confirmation jibes with what Dracula Untold director Gary Shore suspected when we spoke to him in 2014.
"The monster universe thing evolved later on," Shore told us at the time. "So the film doesn’t really adhere to those rules. It isn’t really tied into that. I don’t want to give away what happens in the film. It’s optional for them if they want to use it as that launching pad."