Play NES Games with a PS4 Controller
Analogue, the company behind the premium RGB-enabled NES Analogue NT, announced a new wireless adapter for the Nintendo Entertainment System today that uses any bluetooth enabled controller — including the gamepads for PlayStation 4 and Wii U.
The company has partnered with peripheral maker 8bitdo to build the Retro Receiver, a bluetooth receiver that can be plugged into your original NES (or other aftermarket systems). The peripheral supports current-gen controllers including the PlayStation Dualshock 4, Nintendo’s Wii U Pro Controller and Wii Remote, and more.
Assassin’s Creed Creator Gets 1666 Back From Ubisoft
Panache Digital Games founder and Assassin's Creed creator Patrice Desilets has settled his legal dispute with Ubisoft and gained complete ownership of project 1666 Amsterdam.
According to an official announcement from Panache, Desilets is withdrawing legal action against the company and in turn receiving the rights to 1666, granting him full creative and business control over the project that Ubisoft suspended back in 2013.
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Last Chance To Get 20% off Dark Souls II (and Ratchet and Clank) With Amazon Prime
Amazon Prime gives you 20% off a new game in its first two weeks of release, and today is the last day that two great games are eligible. If you want them and you have Prime, snap 'em up. If you don't have Prime, you can always sign up for a free trial and cancel it before you're billed.
Hunger Games, Divergent Now Available on Steam
Over 100 Lionsgate films are now available to stream through Valve's Steam client. Starting today, Steam users are able to rent Lionsgate films from the Hunger Games, Saw, and Divergent franchises, among others.
The films are available through all Steam-supported platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, SteamOS, and SteamVR. For now, Lionsgate films are only available to rent, and not for download.
Other notable Lionsgate titles available on Steam are American Psycho, Kick-Ass, Crank, and The Cabin in the Woods. More titles will become available "as the partnership continues to expand worldwide." The full lineup is available through the Steam store, with most titles ranging from $4 to $5 USD for a 48-hour rental.
New Kirby 3DS Doesn’t Reinvent the Wheel, and That’s OK
As soon as I started playing Kirby: Planet Robobot, I immediately knew what to do. Jump, swallow, absorb, pound, spit, repeat -- the Kirby formula hasn’t changed much over the years, and it’s on full display here without much of a learning curve.
But while it would be easy to complain about that or call it formulaic, it’s actually refreshing to see a Nintendo franchise sticking to its roots, especially when it comes to control.
When Nintendo games shake things up successfully, they’re unrivaled in terms of rewarding gameplay. Without changing the original formulas, we would never have gotten Super Mario Galaxy, Metroid Prime, or any number of other Nintendo classics. But today, just days after the release of Star Fox Zero and its controversial control scheme, it’s nice to sit down with a Nintendo game that embraces what makes a franchise great without trying to fix what isn’t broken.
The Walking Dead Season 3 will be “Checking in on Clementine”
Creator of The Walking Dead, Robert Kirkman, has confirmed that Season 3 of Telltale's The Walking Dead will feature recurring star, Clementine - but hints that we may be seeing an older version of her.
Kirkman revealed the news in a new video about Telltale's adaptations ahead of the Michonne miniseries' April 26 finale. "We'll be checking in on Clementine again," he explains, "so we'll be seeing her, seeing where she's at and what's going on with her, which is going to be great."
However, Kirkman also explains that "Season 3 will actually be getting pretty close to where we are in the comics currently - like the books that are coming out now are roughly in the same time frame that Season 3 will be in."
Game of Thrones’ Sophie Turner Talks Season 6 Premiere’s Big Win
Full spoilers for Game of Thrones: Season 6’s premiere, “The Red Woman,” continue below.
It’s about damn time.
Brienne of Tarth has been on the hunt for Sansa Stark for seasons and seasons on Game of Thrones, and Sansa has been in desperate need of a champion for just as long. Finally, right at the moment when it seemed sure that Sansa would be captured by Ramsay Bolton’s men and returned to her tormentor, Game of Thrones delivered its first big victory of Season 6: Brienne swooping in to save the day.
That rescue and Brienne’s subsequent pledge of loyalty to Sansa mark a big turning point for both of their arcs, and actress Sophie Turner promises good things are to come for her character.
DriveClub VR Rated by ESRB
DriveClub VR has been given an E rating from the ESRB, strengthening the case for the driving sim update to get a release.
Although a VR version of the racing sim was revealed as a prototype and demoed last year for PlayStation VR, nothing has ever been formally announced.
A screenshot of the ESRB DriveClub VR rating.
What makes the rating interesting is the fact that Evolution Studios, the developer behind DriveClub, shut down last month. It's possible Evolution was working on the VR port before closure and the work was transferred to another studio, or development had already finished on it.
New Preacher Photos Spotlight Jesse and Arseface
AMC's new series Preacher is debuting on May 22nd and IGN has your exclusive look at new photos from the series.
Based on the acclaimed DC/Vertigo comic book by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon, the TV version comes from executive producers Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg and showrunner Sam Catlin.
Click through the album below to see Dominic Cooper (Agent Carter, Warcraft) as Jesse Custer, Ian Colletti as the disfigured Eugene Root AKA "Arseface" and W. Earl Brown (Deadwood) as his father, Sheriff Hugo Root. In addition, we've got a new/larger version of a previously seen image of Joe Gilgun (Misfits) as the vampire Cassidy.
IGN's Terri Schwartz and I have both seen the Preacher pilot and loved it. Check out our video below discussing why it stands out.
Five Nights at Freddy’s Developer Teases a New Game
A teaser image has appeared on the website of developer Scott Cawthon, creator of Five Nights at Freddy's, sparking rumours of a new game in the series.
Last year's Five Nights at Freddy's 4 was supposedly the final chapter in the horror series. However, the teaser makes it sound like a new game along similar lines could be on the way.
Teaser for a potential new FNAF game.