Fallout 4 Demo Coming Soon From QuakeCon 2015
Bethesda's Todd Howard is showing off a QuakeCon-exclusive Fallout 4 demo on Friday, July 24.
The footage won't be released anywhere, so we're live blogging the presentation right here. Check the list of start dates (by time zone) below and come back later for brand new Fallout info.
11am PT, 1pm CT, 2pm ET, 7pm BT, 4am AET July 25
Earlier at QuakeCon, Bethesda announced Fallout Anthology, a PC collection that includes all currently available Fallout games on the platform inside a replica of a nuclear bomb.
Users Report Login Issues With Street Fighter 5 Beta
The Street Fighter V beta officially opened today, and it’s having problems.
According to the official Street Fighter Twitter account, the servers were brought down at 7:25 PST for “temporary fixes.” Users reported issues logging into the game and connecting the servers.
We have brought the servers down for temporary fixes as of 7:25pm PST. We will make a few fixes and bring it back up ASAP.
— Street Fighter (@StreetFighter) July 24, 2015
Michael Jackson Could Have Played Jar Jar Binks in Star Wars
The King of Pop reportedly desired the role of Jar Jar Binks in Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace. Ahmed Best, the actor who starred as Jar Jar, said he had beaten Michael Jackson out for the infamous role in the Star Wars prequel films, according to a Vice interview.
The actor related an incident where he, Natalie Portman (Padme Amadala) and Star Wars director George Lucas met Jackson and his wife at the time Lisa Marie
backstage after a concert at Wembley arena.
“George introduced me as ‘Jar Jar’ and I was like, That’s kind of weird,” Best said. “Michael was like, ‘Oh. OK.’ I thought, What is going on?”
Resident Evil Revelations 2 for PS Vita Gets a Release Date
Resident Evil Revelations 2 is heading to North American and European PS Vitas via the PlayStation Store on August 18.
The handheld version of the episodic survival-horror game features four core episodes, and two bonus chapters called “The Struggle” and “Little Miss.”
New to Netflix Australia For August 2015
Netflix is bringing an eclectic range of movies and TV shows to the service down under in August, including a great slate of kids entertainment. Here’s what’s coming.
All Title Dates are Subject to Change.
Netflix AU/NZ Release Dates Only.
Project MC2: Season 1 (Kids Original series)
Motivation 2: The Chris Cole Story
IGN SPOTLIGHT
It Follows
After a positive debut at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival, It Follows received a wider release earlier this year to significant critical acclaim. A hauntingly original and genuinely unsettling take on the slasher genre, It Follows is basically The Ring with sex. The curse here is a slow-moving but relentless killer apparition who appears – but is only visible to you – when you sleep with someone already cursed, who’s now passed on the curse to you. The only way to escape is to sleep with someone new, who will in turn be stalked.
6 Wrestlers Who Never Recovered After a John Cena Feud
With WWE's Battleground now over and its dust finally settling, it appears that John Cena's multi-PPV feud with Kevin Owens has come to a close. And as U.S. Champ Cena likely heads back up into the main event to face Seth Rollins at SummerSlam for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship (though that match is not officially announced yet as we publish this piece), it's hard not to worry for Owens, who now might not only hop down to the mid-card, but perhaps even off RAW entirely as he has an NXT TakeOver main event against Finn Balor to focus on.
Why be actively worried for Owens though? He's a veteran of the business and an incredible talent. Why are we fretting for his future? Well, because some of the up-and-comers who have feuded with Cena have gone on to do... not much else. Now, to be fair, feuds with Cena helped make the likes of Edge and Randy Orton, who both benefitted greatly from working main events with the guy. And back when WWE had two world titles, twice as many guys were able to orbit the main event picture.
New Gotham: Season 2 Teasers
On the heels of the news that Michael Chiklis has joined Gotham as a series regular comes two new Season 2 promos.
One features Jim Gordon swearing to take down Peter Scolari's Commissioner Loeb, The Penguin as Gotham's new crime lord, and a glimpse of Cameron Monaghan's "Joker," while the other shows young Bruce's descent down to his father's secret "cave" lair. All while a slowed down cover version (are there any other type of trailer songs these days?) of Duran Duran's "Hungry Like the Wolf" plays.
First Hands-On with Doom Multiplayer
Editor’s Note: Because of how crowded the Doom area was at QuakeCon, I was only able to play one match of multiplayer. These are my early impressions. I’ll update the story tomorrow after I’ve had more time with the game.
I was pretty sure game developers were running out of ways to creatively kill people in video games. Then I played some Doom multiplayer at QuakeCon 2015.
Here’s a thing that can happen during a round of Team Deathmatch.
In the loadout menu, you can choose to carry around a personal teleporter instead of a trusty frag grenade. After throwing the device, you tap your equipment button again to warp yourself to its location. If you’re lucky or skilled enough to land the teleporter directly beneath an enemy, well… something’s gotta give – and it’s the fleshy body of the unfortunate person you just warped into.
Five Nights at Freddy’s 4 Jump-Scares an Early Release
The fourth installment in the horror franchise Five Nights at Freddy's is now available.
Without fanfare or much to-do, the game appeared on Steam for $8 USD. The scheduled release date was originally August 8.
The game, which is fully titled Five Nights at Freddy's 4: The Final Chapter, was initially slated for a Halloween release. Developer Scott Cawthon teased the spooky Halloween release back in April. The release was then pushed up to August 8 to coincide with the anniversary of the release of the original Five Nights at Freddy's.
This Week in the Nintendo eShop
After a number of slow weeks, the eShop is actually kind of crowded this week. First up, we have a pair of games coming to both Wii U and 3DS. There is Binding of Isacc Rebirth, which is the remake/expansion of the critically acclaimed game that came out on PlayStation platforms last year. Note that the 3DS version is a rare New 3DS exclusive and this game isn't crossbuy. However, Dragon Fantasy: The Volumes of Westeria, is crossbuy on Wii U and 3DS. It also previously came out on PlayStation platforms. In addition to those games, which have a bit of retro vibe, a pair of honest-to-god retro games are launching as well. 3D Streets of Rage 2 is the latest in Sega's fantastic 3D Classics games on 3DS, and DK Jungle Climber is this week's Wii U Virtual Console game.