Painted and Certified Items Coming to Rocket League
Psyonix's post-release support of Rocket League continues, as now there are new changes coming to cosmetic items.
The item attribute system can assign special properties whenever you receive an online item drop, but it will be a rare occurrence.
First of all, Painted Items will recolor whatever you get with a unique pigment, and Bob Ross fans will be excited to learn the color will be randomly chosen from a set containing the likes of Titanium White and Burnt Sienna. The first release of painted items will include wheels and toppers.
Secondly, Ceritifed Items will track certain statistics while you play online. Each item will have a prefix designating which stat it is tracking, such as a "Sniper Wizard Hat." With this specific item, every time you score a Long Goal online, its counter will increase.
NBA 2K17 Cover Star, Release Date Announced
Indiana Pacers All-Star shooting guard Paul George will grace the cover of NBA 2K17 Standard Edition, 2K announced.
George previously served as the cover star of the MyNBA2K16 companion app, and as a guest commentator during the NBA 2K16 Road to the Finals tournament. He'll also appear as the cover athlete for NBA 2K Online in China.
NBA 2K17 Cover
Pokemon Sun and Moon: New Legendaries, Characters Named and Detailed
A new trailer, and an update to the Pokemon Company website have revealed brand new gameplay and details about the upcoming Pokemon Sun and Moon.
The trailer reveals the names of both new legendaries - which we saw glimpses of in last month's glut of new information - as well as a number of characters.
Solgaleo - the lion-esque legendary from the Pokemon Sun boxart - is a Psychic- and Steel-type with the Full Metal Body ability (which prevents its stats being lowered) and a new move called Sunsteel Strike.
Minecraft Has Sold Over 100 Million Copies
Minecraft has sold a total of 106,859,714 copies across PC, console, and mobile platforms to date, averaging about 53,000 sales per day since the start of 2016.
These stats, and more, have been revealed in a new Minecraft infographic, which you can check out below.
According to the infographic, Minecraft is owned in every territory and country on the planet. There are even some copies floating around in Antarctica.
Microsoft recently announced a new game mode for Minecraft: Console Edition.
Comic Book Reviews for June 1, 2016
This week was another doozy for the comic book industry. DC Rebirth is now officially under way, and based on books like Batman Rebirth #1, Superman Rebirth #1 and Green Lanterns Rebirth #1, things are looking good for this relaunch. Marvel kicked off their Civil War II event while also delivering new issues of Amazing Spider-Man and Invincible Iron Man. Elsewhere, Dark Horse delivered what appears to be the end of the Hellboy saga in Hellboy in Hell #10, Image released a new chapter of The Walking Dead and Boom kicked off a Pink Ranger-themed Power Rangers spinoff.
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.
Vivendi Coukd Take Over Ubisoft After Acquiring Gameloft
Gameloft's company shareholders have backed a hostile takeover bid from Vivendi.
According to Gamespot, this will give Vivendi enough voting power to kick Gameloft boss Michel Guillemot from his role as chief executive. French regulators are expected to officially announced the bid's acceptance tomorrow, and Guillemot is expected to resign following this news.
Some analysts believe Vivendi will then turn its eyes to Ubisoft, and Michel Guillemot is expected to join his brother Yves Guillemot, who is CEO of Ubisoft, in trying to resist the takeover.
The Division: Today’s Patch ‘Unsuccessful,’ Challenge Mode Delayed
Ubisoft Massive has announced it has delayed the patch for latest The Division which was scheduled to go live today.
The servers were supposed to go offline at 8am CEST for around five hours, however the update has since been delayed and the servers are now back online.
"Prior to deployment, it has been found that the patch was unsuccessful and has been delayed," said an update on the Ubisoft forums.
"This also means that the deployment of the Clear Sky Challenge Mode has been delayed for the time being as well," the post continued. Ubisoft will be updating fans as soon as they know when the patch will be ready again.
GTA Online Needs to ‘Rest’, Says Take-Two CEO
Grand Theft Auto publisher Take-Two has said GTA Online was never intended as a permanent fixture, and that the franchise needs to “rest.”
As reported by GameSpot, speaking at the Cowen and Company Technology, Media & Telecom Conference, CEO Strauss Zelnick explained Take-Two never intended for GTA Online to become a permanent entity.
"Not only was it not our intention that GTA Online was permanent, but it's important that it not be permanent,” says Zelnick. "We have to rest the franchise at some point."
Previously, Zelnick used the term “permanent” when talking about the likes of Red Dead Redemption, Evolve, and the GTA series, but never individual online modes.
The Order: 1886 Dev Reveals Its Next Game
Ready at Dawn revealed its next game, De-formers, an arena-combat game published by GameTrust.
According to Ready at Dawn, De-formers is a "third-person smash ‘em arena combat game" where up to 8 players control "Forms" as they wage melee combat in a quest to "reign over the other players."
Ready at Dawn said De-formers is designed "for those who love to show off their skills, determination, and domination" on the battle field. Players use the Forms to roll, smash, "shoot, throw and defend" their way to victory.
Forms can also consume objects in the world to grow more powerful, objects which include the "remains of your defeated opponents."
"Games are better when bragging rights are part of the experience," Ready at Dawn said of the social aspects of its new game. The multiplayer game can be played both locally and online.
New Game of Thrones Images Feature Bronn and the Blackfish
HBO has released the first photos from the seventh episode of Game of Thrones: Season 6, offering us a look at some returning characters.
Technically, Bronn (Jerome Flynn) hasn't been "gone" anywhere, but the character hasn't appeared onscreen at all so far in Season 6, since he and Jaime returned from their ill-fated trip to Dorne. But in a new photo, we see him reunited with Jaime, with an army joining them.
Brynden Tully, AKA the Blackfish (Clive Russell), is another story, as we haven't seen Catelyn Stark's uncle since Season 3, when he managed to escape the horror of the Red Wedding. This week, the Blackfish -- who we learned has taken back Riverrun in the last episode -- returns at last.