The Escapists The Walking Dead PS4 Release Date Revealed
The Escapists: The Walking Dead will release for PlayStation 4 on February 16, Team17 has announced.
In the game, players will control The Walking Dead's Rick Grimes as he wakes up at the Harrison Memorial Hospital. The tutorial level matches the first issue of The Walking Dead comic, according to a PlayStation Blog post. Players will then travel to various recognizable locations from The Walking Dead universe, including Greene Family Farm, Meriwether Correctional Facility, Woodbury, and Alexandria.
Crafting returns to the PS4 version of the prison break game, with over 70 different items able to be crafted from more than 250 materials. Some of these items include shovels, cutters, and a modified pistol and rifle.
Marilyn Manson Joins the Cast of Salem
Marilyn Manson is joining the spellbinding chaos on WGN America's Salem in a special Season 3 guest starring role.
Manson joins returning Salem stars Janet Montgomery, Shane West, Seth Gabel, Ashley Madekwe,
Tamzin Merchant, Elise Eberle, Iddo Goldberg, Joe Doyle and Oliver Bell as Season 3 begins production today in Shreveport, LA.
Manson is set to portray “Thomas Dinley” - a barber and surgeon who is the go-to man in Salem, from a shave and a haircut to being leeched, bled, sliced open or sewn up. Previously, Manson collaborated with Salem's composer Tyler Bates on the show’s opening title sequence: the song "Cupid Carries a Gun," which also appears on Manson's latest album, "The Pale Emperor."
Arrow: First Look at Vixen
Vixen is making the jump from animation to live-action on an upcoming episode of Arrow, and the first image of the character has now been revealed.
Megalyn E.K., who voices Vixen on the CW Seed animated series -- which was recently renewed for Season 2 -- will be reprising her role on Arrow. Mari McCabe/Vixen met both Green Arrow (Stephen Amell) and The Flash (Barry Allen) in the first season of the animated series, which is set in the Arrow/Flash universe, so we'll see how much her appearance on Arrow references those events.
Megalyn E.K. as Vixen in Arrow.
Daily Deals: The Best PS4 Hard Drive, The Martian, Star Wars: Battlefront
The Best Hard Drive for Your PS4
Here's the deal: it's rather simple to upgrade your PS4's hard drive. If you want twice the space and improved loading times, the HGST Travelstar 7K1000 is drive you want. It's typically $66, but it's a few bucks shy of that right now at $61. It's not only 1TB, it's a 7200 RPM drive. The standard drive is 5400 RPM, so you will see improved load times. Check our article on the best PS4 hard drive if you want more info.
Exploding Kittens App Released, DLC Free for Limited Time
The Exploding Kittens card game is now available for download on Apple iOS, and for a few days, all in-app purchases totally free. This includes the party pack expansion deck and a whole bunch of avatars—Gentleman Tofu, Business Sharl, and Unwell Pizza among them.
Courtesy of Exploding Kittens
You won't need an internet connection to play. The multiplayer game combines WiFi and Bluetooth, so all you've got to do is stand near your friends to play. The developers note that this is a new process, and users will experience some bugs. The team, however, is working to fix these bugs as they come up.
Ubisoft Partners With Elijah Wood’s Company for VR Games
Ubisoft will be working with Elijah "Frodo Baggins" Wood's production company, SpectreVision, to create virtual reality games.
“As a longtime gamer, I’m first and foremost a fan and admirer of Ubisoft," says Wood. "So to be collaborating with them within the realm of VR is an incredible treat!”
SpectreVision was started in 2010 and is behind movies like Elijah Wood's teachers-vs.-kids zombie movie, Cooties, and Iranian vampire movie, A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night. While no projects have been announced, SpectreVision's team will be working with Ubisoft's FunHouse Studio in Montreal.
SpectreVision CEO Lisa Whalen announced the partnership today at the Sundance Film Festival.
SEGA 3D Classics Collection Announced for 3DS
SEGA has revealed SEGA 3D Classics Collection is coming to 3DS on April 26.
The collection of games will include a total of nine games that have been “redeveloped to create an immersive 3D experience,” according to SEGA, who teased the announcement yesterday.
The collection includes Power Drift, Puyo Puyo 2, Fantasy II W, Sonic The Hedgehog, Thunder Blade, Galaxy Force II, and Altered Beast. It will also come with two bonus SEGA Master System games, Fantasy Zone II and Maze Walker.
Google Play Had Twice as Many Downloads as App Store
The numbers are in and the Google Play Store had 100% more downloads than the Apple App Store, yet the App Store made 75% more revenue.
According to the report from App Annie, while Google Play has more users, thanks to growth from developing economies like Brazil and India, iOS users tend to spend more money on the App Store.
Google Play's domination is a big increase from 2014 when it had 60% more downloads than the App Store. However, Apple was still making 70% off the App Store than Google was making off of Google Play.
For both platforms, much of the revenue came from mobile gaming: 90% for Google Play and 75% for the App Store.
How I Used Solar Power to Play Through Metal Gear Solid 5
I first booted up Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain from a state park in rural Nevada. I finished playing from the northern tip of Cape Breton in Nova Scotia, over 3500 miles away. In total, I played 48 hours and 38 minutes of MGS5, while traveling across 11 US states and 3 Canadian provinces.
Throughout this journey, my PlayStation 4 and TV were never once plugged into the grid. Instead, I’ve relied solely on the power of the sun.
Before this adventure, I never thought about gaming with solar power. But when my wife and I decided to leave our jobs, pack up our belongings, and travel North America in a camper for a year, I needed a solution to keep gaming on the road.
How Daredevil: Season 2 Will Top the Hallway Fight Sequence
Matt Murdock knows how to throw a punch. If there's one thing viewers took away from Daredevil: Season 1, it's that the title character (played by Charlie Cox) is a fully believable and capable fighter. If there's a second thing they learned, it's that the stunt coordinators on the show know how to choreograph one hell of a fight scene.
That was showcased best in episode 2, "Cut Man," which saw Matt take down a hallway full of child traffickers in a fight sequence filmed in a single take. The "hallway scene," as it came to be known, was a jaw-dropping achievement in filmmaking. According to Cox, Daredevil: Season 2 plans to outdo it.