What Wasn’t In Suicide Squad
Spoilers follow for Suicide Squad.
By now we know that there were two different cuts of Suicide Squad that Warner Bros. and director David Ayer were trying to decide on prior to the film’s release last week. We also know that the picture underwent reshoots last spring, and while neither of these factors is necessarily out of the ordinary on big blockbuster movies these days, many critics and fans alike felt that the resulting version of the DC film that was released is a choppy and pieced together thing. Did the reported last-minute tinkering adversely affect the final product?
Overwatch: Mercy and Mei to Get Buffs, Zenyatta to Get Nerfed
Overwatch principal designer Geoff Goodman has been discussing some ideas for changes to various heroes on the Blizzard forums.
In a thread simply titled "Don't nerf Zenyatta," Goodman had some bad news:
"Zenyatta is definitely playing a lot better these days. At this point anecdotal feedback, internal stats, and competitive feedback are all showing hes actually a bit *too* strong at the moment. At this point we're looking likely to reduce some of his power in an upcoming patch, probably related to his Discord Orb."
As for Mei, Goodman only thinks a tweak to her ultimate ability is necessary. "Currently her ult can feel a bit unwieldy and inconsistent, especially when you compare it to other similar ults such as Reinhardt's. We're internally testing allowing the ultimate projectile she throws to pierce barriers (such as Reinhardt's shield), and increasing the radius a bit on it."
All the Cool Stuff We Spotted in the Rogue One Trailer
The following are all the key details, clues and bits of trivia that we spotted in the latest trailer for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (our Rewind Theater for the teaser can be found here). Footage includes new characters and spacecraft, plus a first look at a terrifying old foe.
Just beware of POTENTIAL SPOILERS AHEAD...
Darth Vader
IGN UK Podcast #344: Welcome to PoisonGit, No Man Sky’s Premiere Planet
We learned a lot of things about Dale on this week's podcast. That he bloody loved the first Dead Space. That he's surprisingly good at identifying sludge metal band names. And that he labels his discovered No Man's Sky planets things like "Hello Everyone From Hell" and "Xerox at All Times."
If this is what he names fictional astrological bodies, imagine what he'll name his future children.
Terrifying projections of questionable parenting aside, this week Joe, Rory, Dale and Alysia take a gander at the brand new Rogue One trailer, the equally nascent No Man's Sky, and Joe tries his hand at writing a new quiz.
Gears of War 4: How Old Marcus and New Robots Fit In
A lot of what we’ve heard from new Gears of War developer The Coalition so far is how it’s qualified to make a Gears game, and, essentially, why we should trust them with our beloved Gnashers and Lancers. The Coalition isn’t out to redefine Gears. Why try to rework combat that, as we saw with Gears of War: Ultimate Edition, still stands well today? We traveled to Vancouver to visit The Coalition on their turf and get the latest, longest look at Gears of War 4 yet.
The Coalition is looking to recreate the feeling of mystery and discovery we experienced in the first Gears of War. Our new protagonist, JD Fenix, is essentially a criminal on the run who’s recruited by circumstance to stop a new monster foe. But instead of Gears of War 4 feeling like a shiny new retelling, it already seems like The Coalition has created something much more affecting than what was presented in any of the first three games.
The Star Wars Cosplayer Finn Fell In Love With
A new Rogue One trailer aired last night, adding some new characters for cosplayers around the world to dress up as, and sometimes actors in the franchise take note of that, too.
One particular cosplayer, Victory Cosplay, had her gender-bent Finn cosplay noticed by John Boyega, who plays Finn in The Force Awakens.
I'm in love https://t.co/J19VwwezAt
— John Boyega (@JohnBoyega) March 25, 2016
Nordic Games Rebrands to THQ Nordic
Nordic Games has rebranded, and will henceforth be known as THQ Nordic.
The main reason for the change comes down to the portfolio of THQ IP the company owns. The rebrand, in a nutshell, is to show fans Nordic is serious about breathing new life into their acquired IPs.
“THQ Nordic represents a core approach of doing much more than ‘owning’ a highly competitive portfolio of IP,” reads the press release. “We cherish them, and align them with the very best development resources to expand upon them with the level of experience that communities and established fan bases expect and deserve.”
Nordic Games acquired several THQ IPs during April of 2013, following THQ’s bankruptcy. The IPs purchased include Red Faction, MX vs. ATV, Destroy All Humans!, Summoner, and of course, the Darksiders franchise.
WWE 2K17 New Features Revealed
WWE 2K17 is getting a plethora of new changes to gameplay, MyCareer, WWE Universe, and more, but won't have a 2K Showcase, 2K Games has revealed.
The publisher explained the exclusion of a 2K Showcase, a mode that focuses on past WWE rivalries, saying that ideas, which revolved around cover Superstar Brock Lesnar, weren't feasible because of other historic WWE Superstars not being in the game.
"In all, we didn’t feel good about creating a Showcase that was not up to our standards and current development vision," the blog post reads, "so we decided to take that effort and put it into modes our community requests we keep improving: WWE Universe and MyCareer."
No Man’s Sky Devs Working on ‘Critical Issues’
No Man’s Sky developer Hello Games has laid out what the team is doing to fix the game’s numerous problems.
In a post on the No Man’s Sky website, Hello Games says its working on fixes for the most “critical issues,” and those problems will be addressed in a patch in the “near future.” It's not made clear what those issues are, specifically.
The team has also brought in a QA group that’s bigger than the entire dev team in the hopes of spotting bugs before they find their way into the retail version No Man’s Sky.
As well as offering an apology to players suffering in-game issues, Hello Games offered up the following workarounds for certain problems:
Ubisoft Invents Fart-Smelling Virtual Reality Tech for South Park
Virtual Reality may be filling our eyes and ears right now, but Ubisoft has taken things a step further by creating a Nosulus Rift - a mask that pipes the smell of farts into your nose as you create them in South Park: the Fractured But Whole. Yes.
This actual, genuine, no-fooling real bit of tech will be travelling to Cologne in time for Gamescom, where at least one person from the IGN team will be forced to use it. I really hope it's not me.
Whoever gets the honour, they'll likely end up smelling more than they bargained for. As producer Jason Schroeder puts it, "one of your special abilities
is really the power of your ass."
That's borne out by our E3 preview of The Fractured But Whole, which included "more fart sound effects in 20 minutes than I've ever heard in any other video game."