Roy, Ryu, Lucas Characters Launch for Smash Bros. Today
Fire Emblem's Roy and Street Fighter's Ryu are indeed coming to Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and Super Smash Bros. for 3DS, Nintendo announced today. An earlier leak gave us an advance look at Roy and Ryu, but it's official today.
Roy will release at the same time as Lucas from Mother 3. Each character costs $4 on individual platforms, or you can pay $5 for Roy or Lucas for access to your selected hero on both 3DS and Wii U. Suzaku Castle from Street Fighter -- Ryu's Street Fighter II stage -- is coming to Smash, along with a Ryu and Ken Trophy within the game. Ryu and his stage will cost $6 on either Wii U or 3DS, or for both platforms for $7.
New SWTOR: Fallen Empire’s Image Has Twins
A new image for Star Wars: The Old Republic has surfaced, showcasing a set of twins.
The screenshot, which was posted on Twitter, is accompanied by a brief tease for what we can only assume is a forthcoming announcement during Electronic Arts' E3 media briefing.
In two days… #FaceYourDestiny. pic.twitter.com/dJnoOPaWlj
— The Old Republic (@SWTOR) June 13, 2015
This Is a Halo-Themed Ford F-150
To celebrate the upcoming release of Halo 5: Guardians, Ford has revealed a custom F-150, officially dubbed the Ford F-150 Halo Sandcat.
This custom vehicle features several unique modifications to Ford's iconic truck, including a Warthog-inspired paint design. The truck also comes packed with a 3.5-liter EcoBoost engine, as well as custom Fox Racing shocks, Deaver leaf springs, and off-road tires.
Twitter Expanding DM Limit to 10,000 Characters
Twitter has announced it will be expanding the character limit for direct messages from 140 to 10,000.
"We’ve done a lot to improve Direct Messages over the past year and have much more exciting work on the horizon," the company explained in its official announcement. "One change coming in July that we want to make you aware of now (and first!) is the removal of the 140 character limit in Direct Messages."
While there's no specific date on when the change will take effect, a July launch window was provided. It's also worth noting that this won't affect the currently 140 character limit on actual Tweets, as those will remain unchanged.
Did Bethesda Just Accidentally Leak Dishonored 2?
During a rehearsal live stream on its Twitch channel, Bethesda may have just leaked tomorrow's announcement of Dishonored 2.
First noticed by YouTuber Matty Schroeder, a conversation about a presentation by Harvey Smith, co-director of the first Dishonored, was broadcast live over Twitch. The French-accented voice on the stream belongs to Ralph Colantonio, president of Arkane Studios.
At the end of the recording, an unidentified voice informs the men that their conversation is currently being broadcast live over Twitch, a claim the participants first take as a joke.
It's not an out and out admission of the reveal of Dishonored 2, because there isn't a single "Ladies and gentleman, we present Dishonored 2!" moment, but the contextual clues in the recording point fairly strongly in the direction of a sequel to Dishonored being part of Bethesda's conference tomorrow night.
Game of Thrones: Season 5 Finale Photo Preview
Season 5 of Game of Thrones is nearly over. Westeros and the lands beyond certainly have become more interesting over the season as characters learned new skills and made bold decisions. As we head towards the last episode, titled "Mother's Mercy," we'll see development on a few fronts.
Daenerys ends up surrounded by strangers so she's presumably flown Drogon far away. Jorah, Daario, and Tyrion are left behind in Meereen. Stannis moves forward with his plan to siege Winterfell. Cersei is ready to ask the High Sparrow for forgiveness. Up in the North, Jon faces more challenges. Photos from the episode (in the gallery below) also show a stop in Braavos.
Game of Thrones: "Mother's Mercy" Photo Gallery:
Kicking Hitler Repeatedly in the Kidneys in Hearts of Iron 4
“If there is to be another world war, it will be set off by some damn foolish thing in Finland.”
Such were my sentiments, echoing those of Bismarck himself preceding the First World War, as I sat down to take the helm of the United Kingdom in Hearts of Iron IV. I was variously opposed or supported by some 20-odd players as we plunged into the upcoming grand strategy affair’s multiplayer mode, which seeks to model the turbulent years leading up to and culminating in the Second World War.
Bolstered though I was in my Allied cause by the likes of Paradox EVP of Game Development Johan Andersson as the United States and YouTuber Martin “Quill18” Glaude as France, I couldn't help but recognize that our opponents were equally fearsome. At the head of the Axis was none other than fellow strategy fanatic Rob Zacny, looming behind the bustling factories of Germany. Any reasonable person would react to a statement like “Rob’s playing Germany” with an unjustified, day one declaration of pre-emptive war… but Hearts of Iron 4 doesn’t make it that simple.
Killzone Dev’s Rumored ‘Horizon’ Project Registered
Several domains for what may very well be Guerrilla Games' new PlayStation-exclusive IP have surfaced.
The domains, first spotted by Twitter user Nibel, were allegedly registered back in March by Poria Torkan, a former producer at the Killzone developer who has since parted ways to join forces with Bungie. A total of three domains were registered, including HorizonTheGame.com, HorizonTheGame.net, and HorizonTheGame.org.
IGN’s Top 5 E3 2015 Hopes
E3 is about to start and as it approaches our hopes get one step closer to becoming reality. During the last week we've talked about the games we want to see at E3 2015 including Metroid, Mass Effect 4, Kingdom Hearts 3, Star Wars Battlefront, and gameplay from the new confirmed Fallout 4. Below you'll find the videos of all our hopes for E3 2015 and for more coverage be sure to hit out E3 page IGN.com/E3.
We've known for a long time that Mass Effect 4 would be coming, but will this E3 be when we finally get to see it? And just what kind of Mass Effect will it be? I'm hoping for more of a return to the role-playing focus that the original game had, and the recent survey leak, if it is to be believed, suggests that we are indeed in for more of an RPG this time around. And what will it visually look like? The first Mass Effect was stunning for its time. Can BioWare do it again on the new consoles? - Ryan McCaffrey
Fake Websites Reveal the Complete Jurassic Park Timeline
Jurassic World opens with a fully-operational theme park, but it doesn't spend much time explaining how the park came to be following the Jurassic Park disaster.
It's really the story of InGen, the bio-engineering company founded by John Hammond in 1985. Below is a rough timeline of how InGen regrouped following the Isla Nubar catastrophe, attracted investors, and developed the technology that made Jurassic World possible. Most of the information can be found by digging around the fake sites set up for the Masrani Corporation and Jurassic World.
June: Dr. John Hammond assembles a group of leading scientists in key disciplines to evaluate his latest venture, a theme park containing dinosaurs. The events of Jurassic Park occur.