Turning Mario Into a 360-Degree 8-Player Game
ETH Game Technology Centre has figured out how to turn the likes of Super Mario Bros and Castlevania into 360-degree multiplayer games.
According to Ars Technica, Disney Research's Bob Sumner founded the ETH Game Technology Centre earlier this year, and was tasked with coming up with a "cool concept" for the Eurographics 2015 conference.
Using an actual NES console with real game cartridges, they connected eight controllers using an "Arduino-based multiplexer." The video feed was upscaled and fed into a PC which ran custom software "that takes incoming video frames and copies them into a new, much wider output buffer."
Far Cry Primal Collector’s Edition Revealed
Ubisoft has unveiled the Collector's Edition, as well as the Digital Edition with SteelBook, for Far Cry Primal. The contents of both versions vary slightly, and are exclusive to their respective territories.
The Collector's Edition is available exclusively for customers in Europe, which includes:
- A physical copy of Far Cry Primal
- Exclusive sabertooth skull opening collector box.
- A SteelBook
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SEGA Adjusts Financial Forecast for the Year
SEGA has adjusted its fiscal predictions for the year ending March, 2016.
The company’s net sales target has now been lowered by ¥65 billion from ¥420 billion to ¥355 billion.
In a letter to investors, SEGA points to its Pachislot and Pachinko machines, and Entertainment Contents as the main reasons for the changes. Of the ¥65 billion reduction, SEGA’s Pachislot and Pachinko Machine business takes up the largest chunk at ¥34 billion, while the Entertainment side makes up ¥29.5 billion.
On the video game front, SEGA says the reduction is, in part, due to a delayed release schedule and the commitment to create “higher-quality content.”
Rise of the Tomb Raider’s First DLC Coming Next Month
During The Game Awards tonight, Microsoft revealed that the first downloadable content for Rise of the Tomb Raider, Baba Yaga: The Temple of the Witch, will launch in January 2016 on Xbox One and Xbox 360.
As posted on Xbox Wire, the content takes place in Siberia, where "there is a forbidden forest that no man will enter, where a Soviet expedition vanished without a trace. Lara enters the Wicked Vale in search of a missing man, but what she finds is a nightmare that she cannot explain. Is the witch, Baba Yaga, truly haunting the forbidden forest? Or is there more to the legend?"
Konami Bans Metal Gear Solid 5 Creator Kojima From Game Awards
Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima was instructed he was not permitted to attend The Game Awards 2015 ceremony to accept any awards for Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, host Geoff Keighley has revealed.
“As you noticed Hideo Kojima is not here with us tonight and I want to tell you a little bit about that,” explained Keighley. “Mr. Kojima had every intention of being with us tonight but unfortunately he was informed by a lawyer representing Konami just recently that he would not be allowed to travel to tonight’s awards ceremony to accept any awards.”
“He’s still under an employment contract and it’s disappointing, and it’s inconceivable to me that an artist like Hideo would not be allowed to come here and celebrate with his peers and his fellow teammates.”
Watch 30 Minutes of Far Cry Primal Gameplay
Far Cry Primal is right around the corner and we've got loads of new gameplay footage showing off all the sights, sounds, skills, and kills you will find when Ubisoft's open-world stone-age action game is released next February. For now, feast your eyes on everything below:
We take our first steps into Ubisoft's primal world of Oros and explore the world as Takkar the beast master.
Our bloody hunt for mammoths employs spears, clubs, wolves, and other giant mammoths.
Far Cry Primal's world is deadly at night when beasts and forest fires rage through the forest.
Telltale’s Michonne Walking Dead Spinoff Pushed to 2016
Telltale has announced that its Walking Dead spinoff based on fan favorite character Michonne will premiere in February 2016.
The Walking Dead: Michonne - A Telltale Games Series will be a three-part standalone series that will premiere on PC/Mac, PS4, PS3, Xbox One, Xbox 360, iOS, and Android.
According to Telltale, the game's story explores Michonne's "untold journey during the time between issues #126 and #139. Through this three-episode Telltale Games series, players will discover what took Michonne away from Rick, Ezekiel, and the rest of her trusted group... and what brought her back."
As teased earlier today, the Michonne series will star Samira Wiley from Netflix's Orange is the New Black.
New Content Revealed for Halo 5
During The Game Awards tonight, new content was revealed for Halo 5: Guardians.
According to a post on Xbox Wire, a free update called The Cartographer's Gift will add "the biggest and most improved Forge mode ever."
Additional content that will come with The Cartographer's Gift includes a new Warzone map called Battle of Noctus, a new Arena map called Overgrowth, and new Big Team Battle maps, Antifreeze and Burial Mounds. The update will also add "more than 30 new REQs for armors, weapons, emblems and more."
Rocket League Coming to Xbox One
Just as a ratings board suggested earlier this week, Rocket League is officially headed to Xbox One.
According to Xbox Wire, Rocket League will hit Xbox One in February 2016 and will include three content packs – Supersonic Fury, Revenge of the Battle-Cars, and Chaos Run.
In addition, Microsft says "the Halo 'HogSticker,' an alternate version of the famous Warthog Force Application Vehicle, and the Gears of War 'Armadillo,' an Armored Personnel Carrier" will also be included.