More Dragon Age: Inquisition Story DLC Confirmed
Speaking with fans on Twitter, Dragon Age: Inquisition creative director Mike Laidlaw confirmed more story content was on the way.
"The past three days have been filled with that weird intensity that makes game dev kind of addictive," he wrote. "It's a rush when things come together."
A fan then asked what he was working on, to which Laidlaw replied "We're not quite done with story content for DAI just yet."
No further details about future content were provided, although Laidlaw did reiterate that the Hero of Ferelden would not be making an appearance,simply because he couldn't see how they would work as a non-player character.
Report: New Writer-Director for The Dark Tower
Danish filmmaker Nikolaj Arcel -- the co-screenwriter of the original Swedish adaptation of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo -- is reportedly being eyed by Sony to direct and oversee a rewrite of the recently-revived movie version of The Dark Tower.
Deadline reports that talks between Sony Pictures and Arcel (who also directed the Oscar-nominated A Royal Affair) are expected to begin shortly.
Metro: Redux Gets Free Trial Versions
Deep Silver and developer 4A Games have announced new demo versions for the Metro: Redux editions of 2033 and Last Light on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One that let players enjoy a third of the game for free.
The trial versions contain the opening chapters of each game bundled together in Metro: Redux. And if players want to purchase the first-person shooter package afterward, their save progress will carry over.
The Metro: Redux demo versions are available now on the Xbox Games Store as well as the PlayStation Store in Europe. They will arrive on the U.S. edition of the PlayStation Store soon.
Where’s Pikachu? is the Where’s Waldo of Pokemon
A Twitter user by the name of Yavazin has created a search puzzle in the same style of classic Where's Waldo? illustrations, in which a small Pikachu is hidden in a group of many, many Pokemon. Take a look at the image below. Can you see Pikachu?
Once they've found it, people are supposed to retweet it to their followers. Currently, the image has several thousand retweets on its counter.
In related Pokemon news, the Japanese release date for Pokemon Super Mystery Dungeon was recently confirmed.
GameStop Scoops ThinkGeek Out From Under Hot Topic’s Nose
GameStop will buy online geek-culture company ThinkGeek's parent company, Geeknet Inc., for $140 million USD.
The bid beats out mall-standard retailer Hot Topic, which had pledged $122 million to buy all outstanding shares of the company at the end of last month.
GameStop believes the acquisition will provide "significant expansion" to the company's global business. GameStop CEO Paul Raines said the company is excited to leverage ThinkGeek's expertise in product development to broaden GameStop's own offerings in the collectibles market.
Nolan to Princeton Grads: Chase Reality, Not Dreams
Christopher Nolan delivered an uncharacteristic commencement speech to the students of Princeton during yesterday's graduation ceremony, telling the attendees to chase reality rather than their dreams.
"In the great tradition of these speeches, generally someone says something along the lines of 'Chase your dreams,' but I don't want to tell you that because I don't believe that," The Dark Knight director said during his speech, according to THR. "I want you to chase your reality."
Nolan then referenced the ending of his film Inception, noting that dreams are merely "subsets of reality," and thus something we shouldn't consume ourselves with. "The way the end of that film worked, Leonardo DiCaprio's character Cobb — he was off with his kids, he was in his own subjective reality," he explained. "He didn't really care anymore, and that makes a statement: perhaps, all levels of reality are valid."
Bethesda Teases Big Fallout Reveal Coming Tomorrow
Bethesda has launched a new website almost certainly confirming Fallout 4 will be announced tomorrow.
The site bears a countdown timer that currently looks like it'll run out tomorrow, June 3 at 7am PT / 10am ET / 3pm GMT.
While we don't know how robust the reveal may be, the most exciting thing about this is that it definitely isn't another fake. For a start, Bethesda tweeted it and, given the URL of "http://fallout.bethsoft.com/", it should be pretty clear what title's about to be revealed.
Though yet to be officially announced, last week a site reported a demo lasting between 20 and 30 minutes would reveal the game at this year's E3. Now it seems we may get a tantalising glimpse even earlier, perhaps of the cinematic trailer allegedly being made by Guillermo del Toro's studio?
LEGO Dimensions: Simpsons, Ghostbusters and More Confirmed
Warner Bros. has confirmed a number of the sets that'll be available as part of LEGO Dimensions when the toys-to-life title launches later this year.
As previously outed by a number of instruction manuals, toys from lines including The Simpsons, Doctor Who, Ghostbusters, Portal, Jurassic World, Midway Arcade, LEGO Chima and Scooby-Doo will all join the title alongside previously announced franchises like DC Comics, The Lord of the Rings, The LEGO Movie, The Wizard of Oz, LEGO Ninjago and Back to the Future.
Nintendo Denies NX Platform Will Use Android OS
Nintendo has denied recent claims its upcoming NX platform will make use of the Android operating system.
According to the Wall Street Journal, a company spokesperson denied the rumours we heard yesterday that the Japanese company was looking into using the system to give “developers more flexibility in making content that can also be on smartphones and tablets.”
A statement reads: "There is no truth to the report saying that we are planning to adopt Android for NX."
Lego Worlds Collide in Lego Dimensions
There was a moment, probably even as short as a second, in the Lego Dimensions demo where I saw Superman flying high above the Emerald City in Oz. It’s really all I wanted to see from the game to know it was headed in the right direction. Happily, during my time playing the game and discussing its vision with Traveler’s Tales CEO John Burton, I discovered even more reasons to be encouraged about the direction of Lego’s first digital toys-to-life experience.
Last year’s The Lego Movie, for which Burton served as producer, proved that mash-ups of competing properties could work, both critically as well as commercially. It’s a dream that Burton has been chasing for eight years. While working on the Indiana Jones game, the TT team wanted to bring forward playable characters from the previous Star Wars games. Unfortunately, the licensees didn’t like the idea of seeing characters playing in each other’s worlds, which meant Harry Potter, Batman, and Gollum had to stay in their own -- this, despite mixing being key to the Lego DNA.