New Need for Speed Coming in 2017
Electronic Arts and Ghost will release a new Need for Speed game in 2017.
In an Under the Hood update on the Need for Speed blog, developer Ghost revealed the game alongside an announcement regarding updates to the 2015 game. Need for Speed's SpeedList update is now officially the game's last free content update for the game - it was released in November 2015.
Ghost will now use their time to "
upon the foundations that have been laid with Need for Speed." However, the developer won't be going quiet; Ghost intends to work with the community to get feedback on the new game's direction.
The Rock’s Jumanji Role Will Honor Robin Williams
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson says he thinks his role in Jumanji will make Robin Williams' family proud.
The Rock took to Instagram to say "You have my word, we will honor his name and the character of 'Alan Parrish' will stand alone and be forever immortalized in the world of Jumanji in an earnest and cool way."
He continues by saying the Jake Kasdan-directed Jumanji will be a "new re-imagining of this amazing story," and it will be going back to Chris Van Allsburg's original source material.
Johnson also recounted the tale of when he first met Robin Williams. "I also think Robin is somewhere lookin' down and laughing, remembering the first time we met backstage and I (for the first time ever) was a star struck bumbling idiot that couldn't even get my words out."
1 in 10 Dark Souls 3 PC Players Haven’t Reached the First Bonfire
The Dark Souls 3 Steam achievement page has revealed some surprising facts about what players have, or haven't, been doing in the game in the month since release.
As spotted by VG24/7, around 10 percent of players haven't reached the first bonfire, which is located just outside the tutorial area.
The first boss, which is also very near the start of the game and considered fairly easy, has been completed by just 86 percent of the player base. The game's final boss has been completed by 37 percent of players, so it appears the game isn't too difficult once you get past that pesky tutorial.
EA Will Bring Games to Nintendo NX ‘If It Makes Sense’
Electronic Arts is in "constant communication" with Nintendo, executive vice president Patrick Soderlund said.
When the Nintendo NX comes to market, Soderlund said, EA will be there—"if it makes sense." The EA executive told BBC that folks at the company "are huge fans of Nintendo." In fact, Nintendo is one of the reasons Soderlund himself began making games.
Back in 2011, EA promised an "unprecedented partnership" with Nintendo and Wii U. However, the publisher ended up releasing only a few games for the system.
Konami’s Switch to Mobile Has Worked out After All
Konami has released its financial results for the fiscal year ending March 31, and its profits have increased over the same period last year.
Konami's total revenue is up to 249.9 billion yen (nearly $2.3 billion), which is up from 218.2 billion yen in financial year 2015. Total profit before tax is up to 23.8 billion yen ($218 million) from 17 billion yen last year.
The company's total operating profit for the financial year is sitting at 24.7 billion yen ($226 million), which is a large increase from last year's 15.3 billion yen ($140 million).
Last year Konami announced it would now be focusing on mobile games. This followed such events as the cancellation of Silent Hills and Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima's reported departure from the company.
Fallout 4 Mods Will Land on Xbox One After Far Harbor DLC
Xbox One players will be able to sink their teeth into Fallout 4 mods once the next expansion, Far Harbor, releases next week.
Bethesda announced the news in a tweet from its official account, saying that a closed beta for mods will hit Xbox One consoles after May 19.
PS4 players will have to wait until next month for mod support, when they will also be given the ability to create their own mods or download them directly from Bethesda.net.
PC players, meanwhile, have been able to experiment with mods downloaded from Bethesda’s official mod shop for almost two weeks now.
Uncharted 4 Microtransaction Prices Range Up to $50
The prices for the in-game currency for Uncharted 4: A Thief's End have been revealed.
You'll be using said currency to buy cosmetic items, and the prices range from a $5 pack of 500 "Uncharted Points" up to a $50 pack of 10,000.
Here are all of the increments on offer:
- $5 - 500 points
- $10 - 1,500 points
- $20 - 3,200 points
- $35 - 6,500 points
- $50 - 10,000 points
These points will be used to unlock multiplayer bundles and cosmetic items, but they will also be unlockable through simply playing the game.
Last week Naughty Dog revealed the Uncharted 4 DLC roadmap, which includes free multiplayer maps and modes.
Pokemon Sun & Moon Release Date, Box Art Revealed
UPDATE: A localised video has revealed that the game will release on November 18 in the US and November 23 in the UK.
Pokemon Sun and Pokemon Moon will release on November 18, 2016.
Also revealed in today’s video from The Pokemon Company were the two respective box arts, each of which gives us a look at two of Sun & Moon’s Legendary Pokemon.
The new gameplay trailer released today also confirmed the game's starter Pokemon and the new region, Alola the games will take place in.
Pokemon Sun and Moon: First Gameplay, New Starters, Region Revealed
A new video has revealed Pokemon Sun and Moon's three starter Pokemon, Rowlet, Litten and Popplio, as well as its new region, Alola.
Rowlet is a grass-and-flying type owl, Litten is a fire-type kitten (geddit?) and Popplio is a water-type that looks like a seal-clown hybrid.
Alola looks to be Pokemon's take on Hawaii, a far more tropical region than X and Y's Kalos.
The video also shows off a portion of the game's map, a new city area which takes up a camera position not unlike X and Y's Lumiose City) and a barechested man called Kukui who looks to be your new Professor Oak equivalent.
There are also brief shots of attacks from the game's two cover art legendaries, a lion and bat-like creatures respectively.
New Assassin’s Creed Movie Photos Emerge
Four more images have emerged of the Assassin's Creed movie, showing both its modern day and 15th Century Spanish settings.
Michael Fassbender plays hopefully-more-interesting-than-Desmond-Miles genetic time traveller, Callum Lynch, alongside his hopefully-as-interesting-as-Ezio-Auditore assassin ancestor, Aguilar.
Filming has already wrapped on the film, and Fassbender has cited The Matrix as a major influence.
It seems the film's financiers have a good feeling about the video game adaptation, given that it's already being considered for a sequel.