Here’s What’s in This Week’s Deals With Gold
This week’s Deals with Gold have been revealed.
Headlining the event this time is Saints Row IV and its expansion Gat out of Hell. If you’re on Xbox 360, then a smattering of Fallout content is available at a discounted rate.
The latest deals are set to run from now up until October 26. If you’re an Xbox Live Silver member, you’ll be able to access The Swapper and Stealth Inc. 2: A Game of Clones deals.You can check out the full range of titles on offer below.
Xbox One
- Quiplash - 30%
- R.B.I. Baseball 15 - 67%
- Saints Row IV – Re-elected - 25%
- Saints Row: Gat out of Hell - 20%
Astronaut Breaks U.S. Record for Most Time Spent in Space
U.S. astronaut Scott Kelly has now spent over 383 cumulative days in space, beating the previous record held by the American Mike Fincke.
On October 29 Kelly will break another record for longest spaceflight by an American, when he reaches his 216th consecutive day in space.
Image Credit: NASA
Kelly and cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko are currently on a one year mission at the International Space Station.
SEGA Trademark Points to New Valkyria Chronicles Title
SEGA has trademarked “Aoki Kakumei no Valkyria”, which loosely translates to “Valkyria of the Blue Revolution.”
That’s the news according to Hachima Kikou (via Gematsu). Does this mean a new Valkyria Chronicles title is in development? We’ve reached out to SEGA and will update should we hear back.
Valkyria Chronicles was a bit of a surprise hit, at least on PC in 2014. After release, it managed to jump straight to the top of the Steam charts in less than 24-hours.
Halo 5 Will Have a 9GB, Day 1 Patch
Halo 5: Guardians will have a 9GB day one multiplayer update.
The news comes via Twitter, where studio head Josh Holmes revealed the size of the patch, saying “The
update (includes map content) is 9GB.”
Yesterday we learned that Halo 5 will feature an all-new community system entitled Spartan Companies, which allows gamers the chance to connect with like-minded Halo players. Think of it as like a mini-Halo community for you and people like you.
UK Deals: Assassin’s Creed Syndicate Steelbook Exclusive
Tonight, during the Assassin's Creed Syndicate Live Stream where you'll be able to watch 20 minutes of new Assassin's Creed Syndicate gameplay, Amazon will be offering Assassin's Creed Syndicate Steelbook Bundle for a discounted price of £42.99 when you enter the code IGNCREED at Checkout. This is available for both Xbox One and PS4 consoles and will be valid only between 8PM BST and 12AM (Midnight) BST.
- Assassin's Creed Syndicate PS4 - £42.99 with code IGNCREED at Amazon
Star Wars Actor Walked Away From Uncharted 4
Star Wars: Rogue One and Firefly star Alan Tudyk has revealed he was originally going to lend his pipes to Uncharted 4: A Thief's End.
Speaking to IGN ahead of the release of his new series Con Man, in which Nathan Drake voice actor Nolan North also appears, Tudyk explained he wasn't comfortable with some of the script changes that came in - though whether he left or was let go seems to be up in the air.
"I worked on Uncharted, the one that has yet to come out - I was doing a role on that. Really, I hadn't seen
since he and I had recorded years before," he began.
"I liked it... they... ummm... they fired... ummm...
I left, I quit!
So, I didn't like it. I mean, I left because they decided to go a different way with it and so when they did that, when they changed leadership, it made my contract null and void and I was able to take that opportunity to walk away which was great because I got the experience of doing it, I made some friends - not with Naughty Dog - but I made some friends with the people that left.
Dissecting The Final Force Awakens Trailer
In case you actually live on Jakku, you'll know by now that the final trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens has landed. Let's all refresh our memories, because hell, why not:
It's a terrific trailer - dear god, that shot of Han and Leia - with a lot of meat to chew on, so here are some of the major talking points. As always, this is potentially spoiler-filled and full of speculation.
0:08 - Here's Rey (Daisy Ridley) exploring what we presume is the fallen Star Destroyer that we first saw in the second teaser. She's wearing a Tusken Raider-esque outfit that could be interpreted as a throwback to Leia’s Boushh armor from Return of the Jedi, but whether or not this holds weight beyond a nostalgic throwback remains to be seen.
Watch the New Star Wars Trailer!
Lucasfilm and Disney have released the hotly anticipated third trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Feast your eyes on it below!
The trailer made its debut during halftime on tonight's Monday Night Football broadcast before being released online.
So what did you think of it? What moments did you like the most? Are you more or less excited for The Force Awakens now after seeing this trailer? Sound off in the comments below!
And for all things Star Wars, keep it locked on IGN!
Facebook Will Now Warn You if a Government Is Hacking Your Account
Facebook's looking out for your right to privacy: the social network will now display a warning message if it suspects that your account has been breached by someone working for a government.
On the Facebook security page, Chief Security Officer Alex Stamos says that Facebook "will notify you if we believe your account has been targeted or compromised by an attacker suspected of working on behalf of a nation-state." Above is an example of what the notification will look like on the desktop version of the site.
Street Fighter 5’s Cross-Play Beta Detailed
Capcom has detailed the full schedule for its upcoming Street Fighter V second beta phase.
According to Capcom-Unity, Street Fighter V’s beta on PlayStation 4 will open on October 21 at 6:00 pm PT, with Ken, Necalli, Vega, and R. Mika as playable characters. As reported previously, Ryu, Chun-Li, Nash, Cammy, Birdie, and M. Bison will not be playable in this beta phase.
The servers will be taken down on October 22 and brought back up on October 23, when Rashid will be unlocked. Cross-platform play will be available on October 23 at 7:00 am PT. Karin will become accessible later that evening.