Firewatch Patch ‘Significantly Improves’ Experience on PlayStation 4
Campo Santo has released patch 1.02 for Firewatch on PS4, which it says "significantly improves the experience across many aspects of the game."
The developer listed the most important parts of the update on its blog.
"Draw distance and shadow render distance have been improved, which should remove significant texture popping," and "many instances of unstable framerate have been improved."
Auto-saves will now occur less frequently, as they were causing some of the worst instances of framerate hitching.
Campo Santo also mentions that it is still working with Unity in order to improve the game by upgrading to an upcoming version of Unity's engine. Subtitle support for other languages is also planned to be added to the PS4 verison.
Loot Crate Partners With Crunchyroll for New Anime Merchandise
Crunchyroll is teaming up with Loot Crate to bolster the subscription box company's anime and manga product, Loot Anime.
In the announcement, Crunchyroll said the partnership will give Loot Anime subscribers access to merchandise from "the latest streaming content and licenses available from Crunchyroll" in addition to "exclusive access to Crunchyroll content."
The anime subscription box will keep its name and monthly price of $25 USD, but will feature Crunchyroll branding.
"The partnership has already begun — Loot Crate joined Crunchyroll at the anime convention Katsucon last weekend in Washington D.C., where they sold Loot Anime crates in the Crunchyroll booth," said Dallas Middaugh, Crunchyroll's Head of Brand and Community. "
Nisekoi’s Chitoge Comes to Super Mario Maker in Japan
Chitoge Kirisaki, a character from the popular manga/anime series Nisekoi, joins Super Mario Maker via a new character costume, which is now available in Japan.
In order to unlock the costume, players must complete one of the two new Event Courses, which, according to Nintendo News, are called "Nisekoi: Chitoge & Kosaki" and "Nisekoi: Tsugumi & Marika." The courses each have two different routes, all themed around a different Nisekoi character.
Super Mario Maker, which released last year to much critical acclaim, has sold over three million copies since launch and boasts over six million used-created courses.
Supergirl: First Photo of Silver Banshee
Back in December, CBS announced Italia Ricci (Chasing Life) would be joining Supergirl as Silver Banshee, and now, the first official photo of her in character has been unveiled.
Check out the terrifying alter-ego of Siobhan Smythe below, courtesy of ET.
Ricci as Silver Banshee in Supergirl
"We are so excited to be working with Italia. We've been a fan of her work for years and we cannot wait to see her take on this iconic comic book role," executive producer Andrew Kreisberg told ET.
See Game of Thrones’ Melisandre at a Baby Shower
Game of Thrones actress Carice van Houten appeared as her character Melisandre in a hilarious baby shower skit on last night's episode of Late Night with Seth Meyers.
In the clip, a group of women gather together for Seth Meyers' baby shower, during which Melisandre offers some rather grim words of inspiration, saying: "Clutch your child close to your breast, woman. For the night is dark and full of terrors."
During the skit, Melisandre also sets a chair on fire and spouts off other priceless lines, like: "Pray that it’s a son so the Lord of Light can look down upon him with favor."
Game of Thrones: Season 6 debuts Sunday, April 24. Series creator George R.R. Martin is still at work on the series' next novel, Winds of Winter, which won't be finished before the show's return.
Is The Revenant Now the Oscar Favourite?
After cleaning up at the BAFTAs, is The Revenant about to do the same at the Oscars? Maybe. We also chat about the latest Batman v. Superman trailer and how it has finally got us excited about the movie.
So, put the kettle on, get out some biscuits and settle down with the friendliest podcast in town.
IGN UK Podcast #319: Is The Revenant Now the Oscar Favourite?
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Quantum Break Has Gone Gold
Creative director at Remedy Sam Lake has taken to Twitter to announced Quantum Break has gone gold.
This means development on the game has been completed. Quantum Break is due for release on Xbox One and PC on April 5.
Gone GOLD #QuantumBreak @remedygames pic.twitter.com/ClINo3dkv7
— Sam Lake (@SamLakeRMD) February 19, 2016
According to IGN's preview, Quantum Break is a "shooter with brains." It mixes time manipulation with combat and superpowers to create a "refreshingly different action game."
Ragnaros & Alexstrasza Look Glorious in Art Preview
With Dark Horse's new hardcover World of Warcraft: Chronicle Volume 1 releasing on March 15, we've summoned up a 21-page preview of the tome that will tell the history of Azeroth.
The book features stories and artwork about Azeroth's most iconic and powerful characters like Ragnaros the Firelord and Alexstrasza the Life-Binder. Look, you've probably raided Blackrock Mountain and downed Rags a dozen times, so you at least owe it to yourself to learn the ancient history of the guy.
Also, Dark Horse has made it so you can download these pages for yourself, DRM free, until the book hits on March 15. It will retail for
First Images Released of Stephen Amell in Legends of Tomorrow
Stephen Amell has taken to social media to show off the first images of Old Oliver Queen on DC's Legends of Tomorrow.
The first video promo has also dropped that teases the upcoming episode, which will guest star Stephen Amell. Check that out below.
Amell posted two pictures to Twitter with the accompanying captions "I count 6 Legends and.......... 2 GA's?" and "Get up old man."
I count 6 Legends and.......... 2 GA's? pic.twitter.com/n8V1niHlte
Fallout 4 Wins Game of the Year at DICE Awards 2016
The 19th annual DICE Awards have wrapped, and Fallout 4 was the big winner of the evening.
The announcement was made this evening at the Pete Holmes-hosted affair at The Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas. Other notable winners were The Witcher 3, Ori and the Blind Forest, and Rocket League with 3 gongs each.
As well as the standard game awards, late Nintendo president Satoru Iwata was the recipient of a posthumous Lifetime Achievement Award, while Hideo Kojima was inducted into the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences' Hall of Fame.
The Academy is made up of publishers, developers and members of the Independent Game Developers Association.
The full list of nominees is below, with the winners in bold.