Homefront: The Revolution Release Date, Beta Details Revealed
Homefront: The Revolution will land in stores in North America May 17, while the rest of the world will get their hands on Deep Silver's upcoming FPS May 20.
The publisher also announced that players can sign up for a February closed beta that will run exclusively for Xbox One, and "a number of promotions" will run in the upcoming weeks to fill a limited number of places.
The official announcement comes after Homefront: The Revolution's release date was leaked via a promotion at Target earlier on in the month.
Deep Silver bought the rights to the Homefront franchise in 2014, after previous developer Crytek was going through financial troubles. Check out our thoughts on the open-world shooter from last year's PAX, as well as the new 'This is Philadelphia' trailer released today, below.
Final Fantasy 15 Dev Explains How Difficulty Works
Wondering how the difficulty system in Final Fantasy XV works? If so, you’re in luck.
While fielding fan questions over on the official forum, lead game designer Takizawa Masashi explained the difficulty system as follows:
“The equivalent to difficulty level settings in FFXV is a system where you can switch between different battle modes,” reads the answer.
“By having this ability to switch modes, we want to make it so that both players who like action oriented, technical gameplay and also those who want to fight at a slower, more relaxed pace can all enjoy the combat in their own style. This switching system is a key part of the gameplay that we decided to introduce based on the feedback we received from the Episode Duscae demo.”
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DC Universe Online Has Some Major Plans for 2016
Daybreak Games has revealed what’s in store for DC Universe Online players in the year ahead.
The first of the big changes sees the introduction of crossplay, allowing PC players to team up with PS4 players within the same world. This new feature is expected to launch on January 25, 2016.
On the storyline front, as of next month players will be able to play through a Legends of Tomorrow-themed story arc featuring Hawkgirl, Hawkman, Captain Cold, and the Atom. As fans of the game already know, this isn’t the first time the game has coincided content with DC TV series. Back in October of 2015, Supergirl received a makeover which saw her bear a striking resemblance to the TV series’ Melissa Benoist.
Metal Gear Online PC Beta Goes Live Tomorrow
Konami has announced the Metal Gear Online PC beta will launch tomorrow.
According to a Konami Twitch live stream earlier today, players that own Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain can opt in and download the PC beta beginning at 10 pm PT.
In addition to the beta date reveal, the developer previewed some new DLC content coming to Metal Gear Online, including a new unnamed map that bears similarities to Metal Gear Solid V’s Mother Base. A new knife was also shown during the short gameplay session.
Metal Gear Online has been available on consoles since October 6, 2015.
Last month, Konami announced new DLC and a Survival Mode are in the works for the online multiplayer game that is free to anyone who owns Metal Gear Solid V.
WWE Wrestler ‘The Miz’ Will Guest-Star on Supernatural
WWE's Mike "The Miz" Mizanin is headed for a guest spot on Supernatural this season.
TVLine reports that the superstar and former Real World roomie will appear in episode 15 of the show's eleventh season, which is all about small-town wrestling.
The Miz's character will be a hotheaded (and likely antagonistic) up-and-coming wrestler with few scruples. This should feed into his other onscreen persona as well. In the WWE line of programming, The Miz styles himself as a "Hollywood A-Lister" with an equal lack of morals.
Pacific Rim 2: Guillermo del Toro Says Is Not Cancelled
Guillermo del Toro has once again declared Pacific Rim 2 alive and well.
The acclaimed director took to Twitter refute rumors of the sequel’s demise, stating he will see the movie through “one way or another.”
Pac Rim 2 cancelled? Don't believe everything you read. It's still going and I'll remain w it in one way or another!
— Guillermo del Toro (@RealGDT) January 11, 2016
This isn’t the first time talks of cancellation have surfaced regarding Pacific Rim 2. Last September, GDT told IGN the sequel was not cancelled Later that month, Universal Pictures pulled the film from its release schedule and placed it on indefinite hold.
Baywatch Movie Adds Quantico’s Priyanka Chopra
Quantico star Priyanka Chopra is reportedly in talks to join the upcoming Baywatch movie.
According to Variety, there are no details on Chopra's potential character at this time. The actress would join Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Zac Efron, Alexandra Daddario, and Sports Illustrated model Kelly Rohrbach in the Seth Gordon-directed film.
Star Wars Rebels: Images of Leia’s Episode Revealed
As reported earlier today, Star Wars Rebels is returning on January 20 and it's bringing a special guest along for the ride.
Titled "A Princess on Lothal," the episode will feature the show's introduction of a young Princess Leia Organa acting as an Imperial diplomat while secretly helping the Rebels crew.
“One of the complex challenges of depicting Leia in Rebels is that we have to remind the audience that she is part of the Empire at this point,” says Rebels and Clone Wars creator Dave Filoni to StarWars.com. “She doesn’t believe in the Empire, but she is acting the part, almost as a double agent. The Empire sees her as a privileged princess who runs mercy missions to wayward worlds, but in truth she is much stronger and more dangerous than they imagine.”
The Russos Drop Major Plot Details for Captain America: Civil War
The Russo brothers have dropped a great deal of information about their upcoming film, Captain America: Civil War.
The details come from an interview with Heroic Hollywood. Highlights include Spider-Man's relationship to the other characters, the role of General Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross, and Cap's own motivation in this highly revised version of the Marvel event.
Joe Russo described Ross, the longstanding Hulk antagonist, as being "much savvier" this time around. While the military-man-turned-politician was more of a blunt instrument in 2008's The Incredible Hulk — his last Marvel Cinematic Universe appearance — he now antagonizes the Avengers "by aligning the world against them."