Nintendo NX May Work With PCs and Competing Consoles
Update: The remaining sections of the leaked GFK survey have been posted online, detailing the console's potential online features and more.
According to the rest of the survey, provided by Twitter user Emily Rogers, Nintendo's console may have a free online service as well as a subscription option that includes more features for a yearly/monthly fee. Backwards compatibility is also mentioned, as the survey gauges interest in the ability to rent or purchase old games digitally, as well as support for previously-owned digital and physical media.
These Were PlayStation Store’s Top Downloads of 2015
Sony has revealed the most downloaded games on the PlayStation Store in 2015.
Unsurprisingly, Call of Duty: Black Ops III on PS4 led the way in North America, with Grand Theft Auto V, Minecraft: PS4 Edition, Star Wars Battlefront, and Fallout 4 rounding out the top five, respectively. A few minor surprises on the list include Dying Light at number 11 and Rocket League at 15.
Also provided by the PlayStation Blog were 2015's top downloaded PS3 and PS Vita games, PS Classics, as well as add-ons. Check out the full lists below:
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The Banner Saga Soundtrack Coming to Vinyl
The soundtrack to Stoic’s Viking-themed and Kickstarter-financed tactical RPG The Banner Saga is getting a special vinyl release thanks to LA-based creative company iam8bit.
The 180-gram vinyl, double LP release of Austin Wintory’s score will include art by Stoic’s Arnie Jorgensen and a full digital soundtrack. Preorders for the vinyl will open at iam8bit.com/store on Thursday, January 21 at 10AM PST.
The Shannara Chronicles: John Rhys-Davis Gushes Over MTV’s New Series
John Rhys-Davies has nothing bad to say about MTV's new series The Shannara Chronicles. The iconic star of The Lord of the Rings and Indiana Jones films stars in the fantasy adaptation as King Eventine, an aging Elvish king who finds his kingdom threatened by evil forces that have been held dormant for generations.
Rhys-Davies has starred in his share of TV and film projects -- nearly a thousand, he was told recently -- but he thinks The Shannara Chronicles has what it takes to be a "mega-hit." If it's not, he says, he will eat his fake Elvish ears.
Continue on for the full conversation with Rhys-Davis, where he explains why he is so excited about The Shannara Chronicles and why he thinks it's going to be a bit hit. This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity.
Mortal Kombat XL Announced
NetherRealm Studios has revealed Mortal Kombat XL, a complete version of MKX that includes the main game and all of its post-launch content.
This content-rich rerelease will be available for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on March 1 in North America and March 4 in Europe. Check out the announcement trailer below.
In addition to the core Mortal Kombat X experience, all of the previously released downloadable content from the original Kombat Pack, as well as the upcoming Kombat Pack 2 will be included.
Will you be picking up Mortal Kombat XL when it arrives in March? Let us know in the comments, and for more on NetherRealm's gruesome fighter, check out IGN's Mortal Kombat X review.
Prison Architect Headed to Consoles
Introversion Software's Prison Architect, the prison management and building simulator, is coming to consoles second quarter of this year.
Arriving on Xbox 360, Xbox One, and PS4, the console version of Prison Architect also includes a new, console-unique mode called Prison Warden Mode.
Prison Warden Mode offers several pre-built prisons to let console players "get into the action faster." There's also a feature called World of Wardens which gives players the ability to share their prisons online and try to manage the creations of other players.
Developer Double Eleven said it put its own touches on each console version, "creating a unique Prison Architect experience for each platform."
Ocarina of Time’s Temple of Time Recreated in UE4
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time's iconic temple has been recreated in Unreal Engine 4.
While the Temple of Time has been rebuilt using Epic's engine in the past, YouTube CryZENx has gone one step further and crafted a playable version in which Link is seen exploring the environment. The artist credits Nintendo for all the models, map and animations, but notes the gameplay coding was their work.
2016 marks a big year for The Legend of Zelda franchise, as the series celebrates its 30th anniversary. In addition to Twilight Princess HD's release in March, the series' next proper installment is slated to arrive for Wii U owners sometime later this year.
Redbubble Launches Video Game Fan Art Initiative
Online marketplace and artist community Redbubble has teamed up with indie game developers to launch the pilot of Redbubble Fan Art.
New branded pages on the Redbubble website help game content rights holders sell designs to established fan art community members.
The Fan Art pilot program is kicking off with Armello, and the new developer-curated pages also feature games such as Crypt of the Necrodancer, Broforce, Darkest Dungeon, and Galak-Z. Fan art is featured on the likes of t-shirts, pillows, phone cases, and more.
“When talking to Redbubble we immediately saw the benefits not only for us and our community, but for indie developers around the world," said Trent Kusters, Co-founder and Director at League of Geeks, developers of Armello. "At our scale, setting up a full range of merchandise wasn’t a reality, so it was great that Redbubble already has the range, the systems and the artist community.”
Ezra Miller Talks “Mythos” of Movie Flash
As part of DC's TV preview of the forthcoming justice League films and spin-offs, actor Ezra Miller has been talking about playing The Flash.
"He's been struck by lightning, that's the mythos" Miller explains. "But he's a human. He can run through walls. He can run across water. He can run so fast that he can move into another plain of frequency where there's another reality."
DC head honcho Geoff Johns also talks about the fact that the character can travel back in time in the below vid, which played as part of a Justice League preview that aired in the States last night.
The Flash is set to be introduced in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice this summer before getting his own standalone movie in 2016.