Super Mario Run Won’t Come to Android in 2016
IGN has learned that the recently announced Super Mario Run will not come to Android in 2016.
Earlier today Nintendo announced the smartphone debut of Mario was coming to the iOS App Store this holiday, and the company said an Android version of the game would come later.
“For us, the stability of the iOS platform was important in choosing iPhones for the game,“ Nintendo Creative Fellow Shigeru Miyamoto told IGN, but he reiterated that Nintendo had plans to bring it to Android later on.
But would Android users get to play it in 2016? Miyamoto told us that Super Mario Run would not come to Android this year.
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CoD: Infinite Warfare Zombies Brings the ’80s Movie Camp
At Call of Duty XP this past weekend we got to play a short demo of Infinite Warfare’s Zombies mode, and there’s something surreal about headshotting zombies while Animotion’s “Obsession” plays in the background. At one point I turned a corner and accidentally went down an amusement park slide, shooting a group of zombies as I landed. A lot of them wore legwarmers and side ponytails. They can breakdance. David Hasselhoff is the DJ.
This is developer Infinity Ward’s first foray into Zombies (a mode pioneered by CoD: Black Ops developer Treyarch), and it’s seeking to differentiate itself. As far as gameplay goes it follows in previous versions’ footsteps, but it’s a big thematic leap from anything we’ve seen before. It’s not creepy, it’s campy, even more so than the Jeff Goldblum-powered mode in Black Ops 3. And so far, that ‘80s horror-movie feel works in Zombies in Spaceland’s favor.
Only 4 Nintendo Mobile Games Will Be Out Before March 2017
In spite of promising a total of 5 mobile games by March 2017, Nintendo now says it will only have a total of 4 ready.
In an interview with Time today, Shigeru Miyamoto said Nintendo doesn't know if "there will end up being all five of them," after all.
Nintendo president Tatsumi Kimishima stated there would be 5 games coming out of the Nintendo partnership with DeNA in October last year,
Miyamoto told Time while the plan has been to release 5 games all along, "market conditions and the development process for each title" has removed one unknown game from the release schedule. The newly announced Super Mario Run is one of the 5 games Nintendo originally referenced.
Shia LaBeouf Slams Steven Spielberg’s Filmmaking
It's not the first time he's spoken ill of working with the famous filmmaker, but actor Shia LaBeouf has gone on record again criticizing his former collaborator, director-producer Steven Spielberg.
In a candid interview with Variety, LaBeouf said of finally meeting Spielberg, who exec produced the three Transformers movies LaBeouf starred in and directed the actor in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull: "“You get there, and you realize you’re not meeting the Spielberg you dream of. ... You’re meeting a different Spielberg, who is in a different stage in his career. He’s less a director than he is a (expletive) company.”
PS4 Pro High-Res Images Reveal New Hardware Changes
Sony announced the PlayStation 4 Pro earlier today at its September 7 press briefing, offering a detailed look at the upcoming, more powerful hardware.
Along with the reveal has come a detailed look at the system itself, unveiling some of the differences in design when compared to the original PlayStation 4 model. Among the alterations being made is the system's light bar moving from the top of the system to the front of the console, but let's take a further look at other modifications made to the PS4 Pro.
The front view of the Pro reveals that the Power and Disc Eject buttons have been moved. Rather than stacked on top of each other around the center of the console, the Power button is now all the way to the left side of the Pro beneath the disc drive. The Eject button is further toward the right and actually is not directly beneath the disc drive. Like the previous PS4, two USB ports are still present next to the disc drive.
Cyborg Uncovers a Shocking Secret in DC Rebirth
Cyborg just uncovered a shocking secret in the first issue of his new comic book.
Warning: this article contains spoilers for Cyborg Rebirth #1!
Vic Stone has always believed himself to be an ordinary teenager who was transformed into a cybernetic hero after being caught in an explosion and exposed to technology from Apokolips. But in this issue, Vic discovered that he might not even be alive at all, but just a soulless machine.
Pokemon Go Downloads Pass 500 Million
Alongside the reveal of Pokemon Go coming to Apple Watch, Niantic labs announced that Pokemon Go has surpassed 500 million downloads.
Pokemon Go is played in more than 100 countries, and players have collectively walked 4.6 billion kilometers, which is the distance from Earth to Pluto.
Niantic said, "What these numbers really show are the power of an emerging genre of new games we call “real world games” and the appeal, of course, of the beloved Pokémon universe."
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27 Detailed Pictures of the New PS4 and PS4 Pro
At a special event in New York today, Sony unveiled two new pieces of hardware: the PlayStation 4 Pro and a new, slimmer model of the PlayStation 4, which will serve as the current version's direct replacement.
Keep in mind, that new PS4 is not called the "PS4 Slim." Sony is simply calling it "PlayStation 4," as it will be the only version they continue to manufacture. Below, check out a bunch of pictures we took of the new PS4, PS4 Pro, and associated peripherals at the event in New York, along with some official shots sent to us by Sony.
For all the big news out of Sony's event, check out our wrap-up, and stay tuned for more impressions throughout the day.
Depp to Star in Biggie-Tupac Movie
Johnny Depp is set to play Detective Russell Poole in the thriller Labyrinth. Poole investigated the murders of Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls.
Screen Daily reports Depp will star in Labyrinth for director Brad Furman, who previously helmed The Infiltrator and The Lincoln Lawyer. Poole never discovered the killers of Shakur or Smalls, but he apparently did find a lot of corruption inside the Los Angeles Police Department.
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