Overwatch: A World Fans Built
In May of 2016, a tumblr user called radtone posted a picture they had drawn of Overwatch’s D.Va in chibi style, an aesthetic favoured by anime fans born from the Japanese word meaning “short or small person”. In June 2nd, radtone followed up with a small comic depicting D.Va as the tiny ravenous progeny of Soldier 76. Aggressively cute, this new interpretation of the character started to gain traction elsewhere on Tumblr, with artists giving her a Dorito and Dew addiction and a git gud ‘hardcore’ attitude. The result was a ferality both adorable and, for anyone who lives on the internet, very familiar.
How Tech Limitations Shaped the Yakuza Series
Toshihiro Nagoshi, creator of the Yakuza series, has said he believes that existing cutting-edge gaming technology could allow developers to do almost anything — if not for the prohibitive cost.
“With things like VR and sensor technology, we at Sega look into all of the new announcements and check out new tech, and to be honest, if you could just ignore the cost, there is almost nothing we can’t do now,” he told IGN Japan.
“But of course, that’s not going to work for the consumer. I think in future there will be two types of gamers: those who play simple games on their smartphone, and those who go all in.”
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This Tiny Arcade Cabinet Is Big on Charm
If you've ever wanted to build your own arcade cabinet, but lack the space or the carpentry skill, this tiny Raspberry Pi based solution might just be for you.
To say it's small is a bit of an understatement. The cabinet is a mere 67 mm tall, or just over 2 and a half inches. The impossibly tiny screen comes in at just under an inch. It's so small an ant could use it to play Dig-Dug, if you gave a lot of leeway to the ant's understanding of how video games work.
According to Engadget, the cabinet is the creation of Phillip Burgess, a Raspberry Pi enthusiast who calls the final product "lessons learned during an impromptu weekend hacking session."
Star Wars Battlefront Death Star DLC Release Date Revealed
Star Wars Battlefront's Death Star DLC expansion will be available for season pass holders beginning September 20.
Along with the release date's reveal, EA has also released a new gameplay trailer, highlighting the DLC, including its new Battle Station mode.
Battle Station, as previously detailed, is a three-part battle mode that features a battle around and in the iconic Death Star. Players will engage in a space battle before fighting within the Death Star itself. The third leg of the mode tasks the Rebels with taking down the Death Star in familiar, trench run fashion.
18 Awesome Square Enix Play Arts Kai Figures from TGS
There's a lot to see on the Tokyo Game Show 2016 show floor, including these awesome Square Enix Play Arts Kai figures from some of our favorite franchises.
Check out 18 images of the Play Arts figures below.
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Seven to Eternity’s New Kind of Fantasy Villain
The likes of Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings and Game of Thrones have dominated mainstream fantasy for years, but now a new comic book is joining the fray. Seven to Eternity by writer Rick Remender, aritst Jerome Opena and colorist Matt Hollingsworth follows the story of a dying knight, Adam Osidis, who retreated from civilization with his family only for trouble to come knocking courtesy of the God of Whispers, an evil who has taken over the land with a power not often seen in the world of fantasy.
With Seven to Eternity #1 hitting next Wednesday, September 21, we hopped on the phone with Remender (known for his other works Uncanny X-Force, Uncanny Avengers, Deadly Class, and Fear Agent) to hear how he came up with a new kind of fantasy villain, how those other big fantasy properties may (or may not) have affected his process, and the strengths comic books have over other mediums that help tell a fantasy story.
Tom Cruise Resolves Mission: Impossible Dispute
Pre-production on Mission: Impossible 6 will resume, as the dispute between Tom Cruise and Paramount Pictures over the actor's salary for the film has been resolved.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Cruise is "on the verge of closing his deal" with the studio.
Mission: Impossible 6, which is being written and directed by Christopher McQuarrie, was originally planned to begin production this coming January. Sources have told THR that the project will now begin filming in Spring 2017.
Zelda: Breath of the Wild Amiibo Release Date Possibly Outed by Nintendo Europe Site
The source code of Nintendo's European websites has possibly revealed the release date of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild's amiibo figures.
According to data in several Nintendo of Europe sites, as originally spotted on Reddit, the three Breath of the Wild amiibo are labeled in the code with a release date of March 4, 2017. IGN confirmed the appearance of this date in the site's source code and on the U.K. and French websites, as seen in the images below:
IGN has reached out to Nintendo for comment and will update this story when they respond.
11 Photos of the Monster Hunter Stories Amiibo
Capcom has big plans for Monster Hunter Stories. The RPG-spinoff of the Monster Hunter series is a fairly deep game that retains core fundamentals from the main games. But it's mostly being marketed as a kids property, much like Pokemon, in Japan. It has an anime in the works and lots of kid-friendly merchandise including, you guessed it, amiibo made in collaboration with Nintendo.
We pressed our faces up to the glass display case at Tokyo Game Show 2016 and took a bunch of pictures just for you. The Monster Hunter Stories amiibo set are some of the most detailed amiibo we've seen yet. Take a look in the gallery below.