A Boy and His Blob PS4, Xbox One Release Date Announced
Majesco has revealed A Boy and His Blob is coming to PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC on January 19.
The announcement comes via a new trailer, which shows off the numerous ways players traverse levels by feeding the extra-terrestrial blob jelly beans to turn it into an assortment of useful tools or weapons.
First revealed last August, the high-definition re-release of the 2009 Wii game developed by WayForward, the studio responsible for the Shantae series, features an alien blob who comes to Earth looking for help from a young boy to save its homeworld, Blobolonia, from an evil emperor.
HBO Prez Takes Blame for True Detective: Season 2
According to many fans, True Detective's second season wasn't nearly as good as the first. The numbers show it, too—the finale ratings couldn't match up to Season 1. HBO's President of Programming Michael Lombardo says it's his fault, and that he put too much pressure on True Detective's creator Nic Pizzolatto to deliver too much, too fast.
Lombardo doesn't necessarily think the second season of the show was a failure, but he does recognize that it was rushed to air. He says he "became too much of a network executive" after the show's massive success and was determined to repeat that in the next year. Pizzolatto, Lombardo says, is a "soulful writer," who, with the second season of True Detective, "had to reinvent the wheel."
Oculus Rift Price and Release Date Window Revealed
Pre-orders are now open for the Oculus Rift, and it'll cost you $600 / £500 / €700.
The VR headsets are to be released in waves. The first one is scheduled for March, but this allotment has now sold out. The listing currently says that the "expected ship date" is April 2016.
You can pre-order now from the Oculus shop, where orders are limited to one per customer. The price tag "does not include tax and shipping."
The package includes a headset, sensor, Oculus Remote, cables, an Xbox One Controller, and the games EVE: Valkyrie and Lucky's Tale.
Founder of Oculus Palmer Luckey has Tweeted that "Rift+PC bundles are starting at $1499. Might be able to build on your own cheaper, but good option for normal people."
TMNT Mutants in Manhattan Achievements Appear Online
Achievements for an unannounced Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants in Manhattan game have been posted online.
Although the game still hasn’t been announced officially, the achievements do give us some idea of what the game actually is. Most notable is one achievement which points to the game having some sort of online component. Oh, and zombies for some reason.
As the achievements contain spoilers, we won’t be posting them here. You can, however, read them on the Xbox Achievements website.
We first learned about the possible Platinum Games-developed Turtles game in November when the game appeared in the Australian Classification Board’s ratings database. Next to no info is known currently, but we’ve reached out to the game’s publisher Activision and will update should we hear anything back, which we probably won’t for now.
CES 2016: Razer’s New Stealth Laptop Features a 4K Display and Expandable Desktop GPU
Razer is coming out with its most affordable laptop ever. The Razer Blade Stealth features a 12.5” 16:9 aspect ratio touch screen with a resolution of up to 3840 x 2160 (aka UHD or 4K). All models come with PCIe SSD of various sizes and can be configured with either a quad-HD screen (2560 x 1440) or the aforementioned UHD display. All models will come with an Intel Core i7 CPU and 8GB of RAM. The laptop comes in at a svelte 2.75 lbs for portability.
The Razer Blade Stealth also has a party trick up its sleeve in the form of the Razer Core. This little box lets users plug in a desktop graphics card via its Thunderbolt 3 port. The Core supports single, double-wide, full-length PCI Express x16 cards. The Core comes with a built-in 500W power supply, but can only support 375 watts of power draw from a GPU. The Core also features 4 USB 3.0 ports, Gigabit Ethernet, and Chroma (RGB) lighting. Validated graphics cards can be plugged and unplugged without the need to reboot the laptop.
Blizzard Releases Reference Kits for All 21 Overwatch Characters
Blizzard has released a reference kit for each of the characters in Overwatch that show off every artistic detail.
The reference kits are found on the Media page of the Overwatch website, among the trailers, screenshots, artwork, and wallpapers.
Each one is a five-page .pdf file that first gives you an image of the character with some close ups of their weapons and prominent armor pieces. In addition, you are given the exact hex color code of every part of the character.
Scrolling down gives you more images of a whole range of poses, and weapons and accessories seen from all angles. It's an artist's and cosplayer's dream.
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Valve Permanently Bans Match-fixing Counter-Strike Players
In order to protect the integrity of competitive Counter-Strike Go matches, Valve has opted to permanently ban any players involved in match-fixing.
Valve outlined the bans, along with the reasoning for said bans, over on the Counter-Strike Go website, saying that for the top-level competitive play to continue to entertain, the sport must retain its integrity.
“Back in January and early February 2015 we took action after we discovered that a small number of professional CS:GO players were engaged in match-fixing,” reads the post.
“Our decision was to ban these players indefinitely from involvement in Valve-sponsored events. To clarify, the bans for these players are permanent, and players proven to have taken part in match-fixing will be permanently banned.”
New App Lets You Watch Sony Movies in 4K
A new app allowing users to stream Sony's video library in 4K was unveiled at the company's CES press conference today.
Ultra is a new service that will allow users to stream Sony pictures - and that's Sony pictures only - in 4K on compatible Sony BRAVIA TVs.
According to The Verge, the catalog will contain 40 to 50 titles to start, including Chappie, Elysium, Fury, and Men in Black 3.
As 4K displays become increasingly popular (and more affordable) in home tech, it's an unsurprising move from the company; streaming service heavy-hitters Netflix and Amazon Prime premiered 4K compatibility last year.
Sony’s New Music Speaker Screws Into Any Light Socket
At its Consumer Electronics Show press conference today, Sony revealed its LED light speakers will be coming to US this year. The speaker is set up "just by screwing it into a light bulb socket," according to Sony, allowing it to blend "seamlessly" into "any living space."
Sony first showed off its light-bulb speakers during CES 2015, but until now the product was only available in Japan. The wireless speakers are part of Sony's Life Space UX line of consumer electronics.
Among the other products shown off were its portable Ultra Short Throw Projector, which Sony promises is capable of projecting a 22-inch to 80-inch image "onto walls, tables, or any other adjacent surface" and comes equipped with internal speakers and a battery.