Super Mario Maker Patch Removes 9-day Wait
Nintendo has removed the nine-day wait system from Super Mario Maker.
According to a post on NeoGAF, the latest patch alters the previous delivery method for items. Originally, players would need to play for a total of nine days in order to unlock everything. This mechanic was met with a fair amount of negativity. Now, the unlocking method is simply placing a certain number of blocks, and then new items will be delivered once a certain threshold is passed.
As of writing, we’re not sure of the exact number of blocks needed to unlock new items. Needless to say, we’ve reached out to Nintendo and will update once we hear back.
8 Great Horror Films That Played at FrightFest
The UK’s premier horror film festival took place in London last week, and IGN was on-site to witness all the blood and thunder. Film4FrightFest is a raucous celebration of the scariest movies from all over the globe, and while we failed to watch EVERY film playing, we did manage to catch a good chunk. So the following, in no particular order, are eight of the best horror flicks heading your way in the next few months.
Say Hello to the First Third-Party Apple TV Controller
The Nimbus controller is the first third-party gamepad for Apple TV.
The Bluetooth gamepad is brought to you by SteelSeries, a company that designs products with eSports in mind. The pad itself is a mix of PlayStation and Xbox; there are two analogue sticks, two bumpers and two triggers, a ‘Menu’ button, a four-way directional pad, and four face buttons.
Ubisoft Reveals Assassin’s Creed Council
Ubisoft has announced Assassin's Creed Council, a new social and information hub for Assassin's Creed fans.
"The Council is the number one destination for fans of the Assassin’s Creed universe," said Ubisoft in a press release, "and provides direct access to the people creating the game for an exclusive ‘behind the scenes’ take on the series. Members will always be kept up to date via direct live information from the Producers, ensuring they are the first to have all the latest information."
Membership to the Council is free, and members will be treated to "exclusive content" and meet and communicate directly with the development team and other fans alike. You'll be able to add your own content and help shape an "exclusive Council Chamber", where members will "win a trip to the studio, meet the development team, and participate in special events".
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EA Offers Chance to Road-Trip to PAX Australia
There's a chance you could be road-tripping to PAX Australia in Star Wars comfort.
EA Australia has a 25-words-or-less competition running until October 7 (at 11.59pm) that will award 20 lucky people a spot on the bus for a return trip from Sydney to Melbourne.
Ten winners can bring along one guest, and everyone on the Star Wars Battlefront Bus scores a two-day pass (for Friday and Saturday) to PAX Australia, as well as twin-share accommodation.
EA is describing the Battlefront Bus as "a completely customised, luxury bus". The competition page promises to unveil a look at the bus soon.
Elon Musk Thinks Nuking Mars Can Make It Earth-Like
During his appearance CBS' new The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, SpaceX and Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk said that Mars could be made more Earth-like by bombarding it with thermonuclear bombs.
Musk, who wants to colonize the Mars and visit the Red Planet himself one day, believes the planet could be made hospitable in two drastically different ways.
“It is a fixer upper of a planet,” he said. “At first you are going to have to live in transparent domes but eventually you can transform Mars into an Earth-like planet. You’d warm it up. Just warm it up. There’s the fast way and the slow way. The fast way is to drop thermonuclear weapons over the poles.”
Colbert responded by likening the entrepreneur to a supervillain, saying "You’re a supervillain! That’s what a supervillain does. Superman doesn't say, 'Let's drop nuclear bombs.' That's Lex Luthor, man."
The Flash: Season 2 Extended Trailer
The CW has released an extended trailer for The Flash: Season 2.
The new trailer, title Other Worlds, offers a lengthier look at the upcoming season in which The Flash will contend with the villain Zoom, reportedly voiced by Candyman star Tony Todd, and the repercussions of opening a portal to other worlds.
Recent short promos teased the appearances of Jay Garrick (Teddy Sears), the original Flash in the DC Comics universe, and Atom-Smasher (Adam Copeland), a villain with super-strength and the ability to grow to giant-sized proportions, as well as Barry Allen's new costume.
Do The Force Awakens Stormtroopers Shoot Blue Lasers?
New images of Star Wars: The Force Awakens have surfaced, offering a closer look at the some of the film's ships and a Stormtrooper rifle that appears to shoot blue lasers.
A post on blog site Star Wars 7 News revealed hi-res images from Fathead, a vinyl wall graphics manufacturer, for an upcoming line of licensed graphics for The Force Awakens.
Upon closer inspection of Finn’s image, a thumbnail on the right side shows him firing a blue laser from a Stormtrooper rifle instead of the red lasers seen in previous Star Wars films.
NASA Is Sending HoloLens to Space Again Following SpaceX Explosion
After an unfortunate rocket explosion in June, NASA is now sending two new virtual reality devices based on Microsoft's HoloLens technology to the International Space Station on December 3.
NASA JPL project manager for the two HoloLens projects, Jeff Norris, confirmed that new hardware NASA is certifying for launch into space will be sent up as part of resupply cargo by aerospace company Orbital Sciences, MIT Technology Review reports.
NASA teamed up with Microsoft to develop a virtual reality aid for astronauts based on Microsoft's HoloLens technology. Dubbed Sidekick, two of the devices were scheduled to be sent up into space with SpaceX on June 28. However, the failure of a two-foot-long metal strut led to the destruction of the unmanned Falcon 9 rocket minutes after launch.