Xbox Deals With Gold Cuts Price of Battlefront, Divinity and More
This week's Xbox Deals With Gold have been revealed for Xbox One and 360 owners, for December 15 through 21.
For Xbox One owners, you'll be able to get Blood Bowl 2 and Divinity: Original Sin Enhanced Edition at fairly discounted rates. Just in the time for The Force Awakens, all versions of Star Wars Battlefront will also be discounted for Gold users this week. If you'd like to see some thoughts on the game, check out IGN's review of Star Wars Battlefront.
Microsoft Can’t Keep Xbox One Elite Controllers in Stock
Xbox One Elite Controllers are currently in high demand, as Microsoft struggles to keep stores stocked with its premium-priced control pad.
According to Head of Xbox Phil Spencer, the company continues to ship more units to retailers, but stores are selling out immediately. "I'm glad you found one. We keep shipping more in but they sell out instantly," Spencer told a fan on Twitter.
@MASABELDIABLO @Xbox @majornelson @aarongreenberg I'm glad you found one. We keep shipping more in but they sell out instantly.
The Captain Worf Pitch is No Longer About Worf
Ted 2 hits Blu-ray Combo Pack, DVD and On Demand today from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment, and to tie into the release I jumped on the phone with none other than Michael Dorn himself, once (and future?) Worf actor of Star Trek fame and co-star of the Seth MacFarlane teddy bear comedy.
Dorn, of course, has a memorable role in Ted 2 as the lover of Patrick Warburton's character, both of whom cosplay at New York Comic-Con as the real-life geek properties they’re best known for -- The Tick and Worf. MacFarlane’s nerd cred shines through in this movie, that’s for sure.
Crysis Devs’ 1st VR Game Will Test Your Fear of Heights
Virtual reality is moving fast, and there’s a flood of content coming out for various VR headsets. Crytek, most known for its Crysis and Far Cry games, is bringing its first VR game, called The Climb, to the Oculus Rift. The game turns you into a free climber, allowing you to scale cliffs in a fictional location that resembles parts of southeast Asia.
The game appears simple at first, but it actually takes skill and strategy. You control your virtual floating hands with either a gamepad or the Oculus Touch controllers. It's a little strange using a gamepad as I naturally wanted to reach out to grab crevices, which is something you'll be able to do with the Oculus Touch. With a gamepad, look where you want to hold and pull the corresponding trigger to grab. You’ll also have to chalk your hands from time to time to ensure you have enough grip. If you don’t, prepare to fall to your death. Thankfully Crytek decided not to show players hitting the rocks, instead fading the camera to black.
Mario Creates a LinkedIn Account
It seems that Mario has joined "400 million other professionals" by creating a LinkedIn profile.
"For the past thirty five years I have been a proud Italian-American plumber who, along with my younger brother Luigi, have to defeated creatures that have been coming from the sewers below New York City," Mario's profile reads.
The profile details Mario's education, skills, and work experience. For example, did you know that he attended the City University of New York - Brooklyn College where he got an Associate's Degree in Engineering?
Mario also lists his experience as a plumber, as Jumpman, a kart racer, and a hero who defeats creatures in order to save the Princess. He's also fluent in English and Italian, of course.
DC Swoops in with Adventures of Supergirl Digital Comic
Fans of the Supergirl TV show will be happy to hear that they can see more heroic exploits of the Girl of Steel in DC’s new Digital First series called Adventures of Supergirl. Veteran Supergirl writer Sterling Gates will be penning the new title, which will be drawn by a cast of rotating artists including Bengal, Jonboy Meyers, Emanuela Lupacchino, and Emma Vieceli. Bengal will be penciling, inking, and coloring the first three chapters.
Adventures of Supergirl interior art page by Bengal
Destiny Players Can Now Pay to Boost Their Character Level
Players can now pay real money to boost their characters to level 25 in Destiny.
The microtransactions popped up today on the French PlayStation Store. The three packs - one for every Guardian class – each contain a single-use item which boosts the player’s level to 25.
Each pack retails for €30 a pop, and while we don’t have confirmation of other regional pricing yet, NeoGAF members reckon UK pricing is £25 per use. You can expect more details to be released later today once the PS Store updates.
UK Daily Deals – Christmas Gifts 2015
Noby Noby Boy Concludes With a Letter to the Players
GIRL's journey through the solar system of Noby Noby Boy is finally complete. The pink, interstellar worm has stretched from Earth to Pluto, into the sun, and back to Earth again after nearly seven years of cumulative effort.
Noby Noby Boy is a PlayStation 3 and iOS game designed by Katamari Damacy director Keita Takahashi. The game's objective, for lack of a better term, is to stretch the tubular "BOY" within simple environments.
Changes Coming to Rainbow Six Siege Playlists
Changes are coming to Tom Clancy's Rainbox Six Siege playlists this month, Ubisoft has confirmed in a post to the Ubisoft forums. The game's casual and ranked playlists will be updated.
In mid-December, Ubisoft plans to sync up the HUD of the casual and ranked playlists, making the experience as consistent as possible. The idea is to allow casual players to "feel welcome to try a more 'competitive' playlist and get a rating for their performances, without having to re-learn or re-adapt to new settings." By evening out the experience, ranked players will be able to try out new strategies in the casual playlist, without compromising their rankings.