Halo 3: ODST MCC Release Date Was Merely a Placeholder
The leaked May 29 release date for Halo 3: ODST on Xbox One, which surfaced on Xbox.com yesterday, was merely a placeholder, developer 343 Industries has confirmed.
In a pair of posts on Twitter, the studio explained:
A placeholder release date for the ODST campaign for Halo: The Master Chief Collection was inadvertently listed on the Xbox Store. (1/2)
Here Are Your Free PS Plus Games for June
The June lineup of free games for PS Plus members has been announced, and leading the pack of freebies is Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes for PS4.
PlayStation Plus members who own a PS4 are eligible to download four free games in total: the aforementioned Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes, Skulls of the Shogun: Bonafide Edition, Super Exploding Zoo and Futuridium EP Deluxe. The last two of those games have cross-play functionality with PS Vita, as well.
For PS3 owners, Call of Juarez: Gunslinger and Cloudberry Kingdom are up for grabs.
Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes is a prologue for the upcoming Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain and is a bit-sized sampling of what's to come. The game itself can be finished in about an hour for those who feel so inclined. For value-conscious gamers, "free" might just be the right price.
Lee Pace on Halt & Catch Fire’s Rise of the Internet-Focused Season
Fans of Halt and Catch Fire were both excited and relieved to find out the period drama series had been picked up for a second season. Now, the wait is finally over, as the series returns this Sunday night. To mark the occasion, IGN TV's Roth Cornet spoke with star Lee Pace, who stars as Joe MacMillan on the show. Season 1 was set in the Silicon Prairie of Texas in the 1980s and follows a fictionalized insider's view of the personal computer revolution. Season 2, it has been revealed, with put the spotlight on the rise of the internet and gaming communities. As the now disparate group struggles to find their ways as individuals.
Talking about his character's journey in Season 1, Pace said he's curious to know where Joe is headed. "It's an interesting condition about Joe," he said. "I've had one season of playing him, and I feel like I still don't understand him. He is a destroyer. He'll bring the house down. He an innovator. He made this incredible computer. Is it exactly what he wanted to make? No, it's not. But that's life. That's the way it goes."
Project Cars Dev Responds to Criticism Over Wii U Version
The studio head of Project Cars developer Slightly Mad Studios has released a statement addressing criticisms about the Wii U version of the game.
Speaking to Nintendo Life, Ian Bell explained that a Wii U version was never guaranteed, and the team would much rather wait for Nintendo's next console rather than compromise on their vision and deliver a product that doesn't live up to expectations.
"Project Cars/Weapons of Mass Development opened funding initially as a free-to-play PC only racing game," Bell explained. "This is when the bulk of the funding arrived. Funding was closed late 2013. By vote of the members, it changed to a boxed product PC/Xbox 360/PS3 and 'maybe Wii U' game. It was always 'maybe' as we had no knowledge of the system.
IGN Teams with Nerd HQ for Comic-Con 2015
Zachary Levi and The Nerd Machine’s Nerd HQ will return to San Diego Comic-Con this July, making its home at the New Children’s Museum for the four-day pop-culture mecca. In addition, this year IGN is teaming with Nerd HQ 2015 as their global media partner, helping to bring Nerd HQ to the fans who can’t make it to San Diego. We’ll be streaming all of Nerd HQ’s Conversations for a Cause panels on IGN as well as on our YouTube channel. The streams will also be available on TheNerdMachine.com and the Nerd HQ App. IGN will also be hosting its own live stream throughout Comic-Con.
Nerd HQ provides fans a free retreat during the con, with the New Children’s Museum’s creative venue providing a 35,000 square foot, three-floor space that will host an expanded Conversations for a Cause panel series, fan-focused interactions, and exclusive hands-on game play with a number of this years’ biggest titles.
Final Fantasy 14’s Heavensward Takes the MMO to New Heights
It’s been a little under two years since the failed MMO Final Fantasy XIV was closed down before being relaunched as A Realm Reborn, and what a two years they’ve been. Under the watchful eye of director Naoki Yoshida, Final Fantasy XIV has gone from being an unsightly blemish on the books of Square Enix to one of the most profitable parts of its portfolio, currently bringing in over 4 million paying subscribers and set to imminently receive its first expansion. From what I’ve been able to experience of Heavensward, this is a trend that’s set to continue.
Mortal Kombat X on PS3 and Xbox 360 Delayed Again?
A new report claims Mortal Kombat X on last-gen consoles has been delayed yet again.
According to Kotaku, Gamestop employees have been telling customers that the game has been pushed back to the tail-end of the year, with the retailer's website also shifting from a release date in June to a placeholder one at the end of the year.
If true, this will mark the second delay for the gruesome fighter on PS3 and Xbox 360 after being delayed from April to a rather nebulous "summer". IGN has reached out to Warner Bros. for comment and will update this story should we hear back.
‘WTF’, ‘Emoji’ and ‘Clickbait’ Added to Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary
"Emoji", "NSFW", "clickbait", "photobomb", "net neutrality" and "WTF" have been added to the Merriam-Webster's unabridged dictionary.
These new entries, as reported by CNN, are just a selection of the 1,700 words added in the latest edition, with 3,200 examples of how to use these terms in context.
There’s a Secret Message Hidden In Perception’s Kickstarter
There's a secret message hidden within the Kickstarter page for new horror game Perception.
The Deep End Games -- a new studio composed almost entirely of developers who worked on Bioshock and Bioshock Infinite, including Bill Gardner, The Deep End's founder -- revealed its new horror game yesterday.
The Kickstarter page details the usual information about the storyline, funding aspirations and the team itself, but near the end of the page, tucked into the stretch goals section of the campaign, lies text written in Braille.
CD Projekt Red Won’t Talk About Cyberpunk 2077 Until 2017
Polish developer CD Projekt Red has revealed it will be focusing on The Witcher 3 for the next couple of years, before speaking about Cyberpunk 2077.
Speaking to Reuters, studio chief executive Adam Kicinski explained that while the company sold over 1.5 million copies of The Witcher 3 before release, compared with 1 million and 1.7 million total annual sales of the first and second games, respectively, there's a firm belief Cyberpunk 2077 can do even better.
"Sales of the third part will be many times higher than with our earlier games. Preorders indicate this," he said. "We broke into the mainstream. It is such a moment in our firm's history that after some years people will look differently at CD Projekt before and after this release.