New Details on Fable Legends Coming Soon
More information on Fable Legends will be revealed "in the coming weeks," Microsoft has confirmed.
"As a service-based title in closed beta, we’re always working to make sure that when we open Fable Legends to everyone, that it’s a great gameplay experience," a company representative told Game Informer. "We are continuing to expand our closed beta and will have more details to share in the coming weeks, so stay tuned!"
Fable Legends was originally slated for release this holiday season, but with 2015 coming to a close and no firm release date, it looks like Xbox One and PC owners may be waiting a bit longer.
Funko Donates 50,000 Toys To Toys For Tots Foundation
Funko, the creators of the Pop! vinyl figure series, announced that it will be donating $500,000 worth of toys to the Toys for Tots Foundation this holiday season.
The donation amounts to over 50,000 toys that will be delivered to underprivileged children through the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve campaign.
Last year, Toys for Tots had a total revenue of over $284 million, and distributed 18 million toys to 7 million children.
Despite 2014 being their most successful year, the company’s 2014 Annual Report mentions recent economic issues causing corporate sponsors to be “behind in their support”.
Halo 5 REQ Cards Revealed for Cartographer’s Gift
Microsoft and 343 Industries have pulled the cover off the REQs coming to Halo 5: Guardians with the free Cartographer's Gift update.
Teased last month, the Cartographer's Gift will bring new weapons, armor and emblems to the Xbox One exclusive, including the SPNKr rocket launcher. The power weapon will be available in four different flavors, along with the Mark IV and Raijin armor sets.
Who Is Final Fantasy 7 Remake Developer CyberConnect2?
CyberConnect2’s expertise lies in beautiful, well-adapted anime fighters, but its next project partners it with Square Enix and other studios to recreate Final Fantasy VII.
The development studio from Fukuoka, Japan has primarily worked with Bandai. Originally opened as CyberConnect, the studio was formed in 1996 and released Tail Concerto and Silent Bomber with Bandai for the PlayStation in the late ‘90s.
After development of those games, CyberConnect rebranded to CyberConnect2 and began focusing development on long-running series of games.
Daily Deals: Xbox One Elite With $100 Credit, 25% Off Any Book or Comic, Witcher 3
$50 off the Xbox One Elite and $100 in Store Credit
This is easily the best deal I've seen for the 1TB Xbox One Elite. Use code JFGGP479G1Q6J8 to get a $50 discount, and $100 in Dell store credit. The credit shows up after the product ships and you can put it towards some Xbox One games, maybe even a PS4 or a Wii U, or a new TV. Here's our Xbox One Elite review for more: basically, the performance gain from the SSHD is marginal, but it comes with that awesome controller that's $150 on its own, it has twice the space of the launch system, and looks totally sweet.
IDW Reveals Details for Rom the Space Knight Reboot
IDW Publishing has announced details for its upcoming revival of Rom the Space Knight.
The comic book series will return in May with Rom the Space Knight #0 as part of Free Comic Book Day. The series will then launch in earnest sometime in June. Christos Gage and Chris Ryall will handle writing duties, while David Messina and Paolo Villamelli have been announced as artists.
“It’s no hyperbole for me to say that launching a new Rom comic is one of the things we’ve most wanted to make happen for fans,” Ryall said in the announcement from IDW. "I know this because I’m one of them."
Season 2 Premiere of Serial Podcast
Today, Sarah Koenig and Serial are back with the second season of the hit podcast. This season she follows the story of Bowe Bergdahl, the United States solider who was captured by the Taliban and imprisoned for five years.
The podcast features Mark Boal, The Hurt Locker screenwriter, who spent some time talking with Bergdahl after his return home.
This season will explore "why one idiosyncratic guy (Bergdahl) decided to walk away, into Afghanistan, and how the consequences of that decision have spun out wider and wider." It's a story that's been heavily documented in the press, so it'll be interesting to see how Koenig and her team dig deeper this season.
In Dustwin, the first episode, we'll hear from Bergdahl himself as to why he left his post. Next week, Sarah calls the Taliban.
See Fans React to Star Wars: Phantom Menace in 1999
Star Wars: The Force Awakens is just over a week away and fans' excitement has reached incredible heights, rivaling that of The Phantom Menace back in 1999.
Despite the overwhelming negativity surrounding George Lucas' prequel film today, Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace was initially received quite well by fans.
Check out the compiled interview footage from Funny Local News Bloopers below, to see just how positive the fan reaction was when the film first debuted 16 years ago.
Free Dying Light ‘Drink for DLC’ Content Revealed
Dying Light developer Techland has detailed free DLC coming as a reward for their "Drink for DLC" campaign.
Starting on February 9, players will get access to three pieces of DLC. The Fountain of Youth will bring an exploration-based quest found in the Old Town area. A new blueprint, dubbed Water 2.0, will let players create a new throwable weapon that intensifies the electrocution effect of other weapons. Two parkour challenges are also coming and are designed around the theme of water.
Back in June, Techland launched the "Drink For DLC" campaign designed to poke fun at Destiny's Red Bull marketing promotion. "Drink for DLC" was designed to have players take a picture of themselves drinking water, post it to Twitter with the hashtag, and get some free content as a reward.
Wu-Tang and Bill Murray Can Pull Off a $2m Heist… Legally
In a world with finite resources, scarcity is often synonymous with value. With the laws of economics firmly in place, an item both scarce and desirable can therefore fetch a high price.
Legendary NYC rap collective Wu-Tang Clan understands this basic law of supply and demand, which is why it created only a single copy of its new album Once Upon a Time in Shaolin. Wu-Tang producer RZA dreamed up the concept of a single-sale album and set out to make it a thing of not just lyrical and rhythmic beauty, but a multi-faceted work of art.
"We’re making a single-sale collector’s item. This is like someone having the scepter of an Egyptian king," RZA told Forbes in 2014. The 31-track record comes in a hand-carved box, accompanied by a 174-page parchment-paper book bound in leather. All surviving members of Wu-Tang contributed to the record, and so far only RZA and his co-producer Cilvaringz have heard the album in its entirety. All other copies, including the album's master, have been destroyed.