Yearly Archives: 2018
Destiny Fans Think They’ve Figured Out What the Darkness Is
After years of speculation by Destiny fans, some Reddit users think they've finally learned something about who or what the Darkness is, via a datamine.
What follows could be considered spoilers for Destiny 2: The Forsaken, so proceed at your own risk, Guardian!
Redditor dobby_rams (via Eurogamer) posted info about Drifter, a new character to be included in next week's Forsaken DLC, who describes creatures that some users believe to be the Darkness.
Star Wars: Episode IX Will See the Return of Heroes’ Greg Grunberg
Greg Grunberg will reportedly return as Resistance pilot Temmin "Snap" Wexley in Star Wars: Episode IX.
Discussing Film has confirmed on Twitter Grunberg will reprise his role as Snap, the leader of the Resistance’s Blue Squadron, in the upcoming Star Wars film.
The character appeared in The Force Awakens but wasn't featured in The Last Jedi. However, Snap's backstory has since been expanded in the Star Wars: Poe Dameron comic.
We can confirm via his representatives that Greg Grunberg will be reprising his role as Snap Wexley in ‘STAR WARS EPISODE IX’. (EXCLUSIVE) pic.twitter.com/WLE5IdgfDn
‘Robot White’ Xbox One X Fallout 76 Bundle and White Special Edition Xbox Elite Controller Announced
Microsoft has just announced the first-ever white Xbox One X and Xbox Elite Wireless Controller, along with a new white Turtle Beach headset.
Revealed on Major Nelson's Blog, the Xbox One X Robot White Special Edition Fallout 76 Bundle will feature the first white, specifically "Robot White", Xbox One X and will come packaged with a digital download of Fallout 76 and a white Xbox One controller.
Pokemon Go Took Over a City in Japan for a Safari Zone
Pokemon Go is no stranger to live events. Aside from a messy debut in Chicago last year and a redeeming follow-up last month, Pokemon Go has held more than half a dozen Safari Zone events across Europe and Asia, spanning locations from The Netherlands to Taiwan.
This week, the latest Safari Zone is in Yokosuka, Japan, a waterfront city roughly 90 minutes outside of Tokyo. The August timeframe for a Japan event was taken last year by the city of Yokohama, which declined to hold a follow-up event this year after over-attendance caused traffic problems and delays in 2017. In contrast, the city of Yokosuka has welcomed Pokemon Go with open arms.
Destiny 2: Post-Forsaken Content Detailed
Bungie has released a content roadmap for Destiny 2, detailing what players can expect following the launch of the game's third expansion, Forsaken.
The game will continue using its seasonal model, with the year broken up into several three-month seasons, with each season providing different challenges, loot, rewards and more.
This additional seasonal content will be free of charge, although some updates will be exclusive to players who have purchased Forsaken. As an example, Season of the Outlaw will see both a Raid (Last Wish), as well as an "evolution" for the Dreaming City, exclusive to Forsaken players.
Are Tag-Team Pokemon Too Powerful? The Pros Weigh In
A new kind of Pokemon card called Tag Team GX was revealed during this past weekend’s Pokemon World Championships 2018, featuring mascot Pikachu fighting side-by-side with the legendary Zekrom. It’s not only a Basic Pokemon card with a whopping 240 HP but it packs a pair of powerful attacks that have the potential to end the game in a flash.
Take a gander:
For three Lightning Energy, Full Blitz hits for 150 damage -- add a Choice Band for a 30 attack boost and it can knock out numerous Basic Pokemon GX with 180 HP, like Rayquaza GX and Necrozma GX.
Yakuza Creator Teases New Game Reveal in September
During the latest Sega-nama livestream (akin to Sega's version of a Nintendo Direct), Chief Creative Officer Toshihiro Nagoshi made the announcement that the company has been working on something new, and to expect a further announcement sometime in September.
Although few details were mentioned, Siliconera highlighted a few key details: Nagoshi indicated that the announcement would take place somewhere around Tokyo Game Show, which takes place September 19-23. Whether this would be part of a conference or whether Sega is planning a separate event isn't something he'd be drawn on, saying only that the announcement will take place "before the next Sega-nama", which is at the end of September.
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Nintendo’s Next Mobile Game, Dragalia Lost Gets a Release Date
Nintendo has announced that its next mobile game, Dragalia Lost, will be initially released on September 27, with a Nintendo Direct focused on it coming today.
Nintendo shared the news via Twitter, and announced that "service for Nintendo's upcoming mobile game Dragalia Lost begins in the U.S., Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Macau on September 27." There's no word at time of writing on release dates for other territories.
The Direct will air at 8:30pm PT / 11:30pm ET (that's 4:30am UK / 1:30pm AEST on August 30).
7 Iconic Locations We Want in Call of Duty: Black Ops 4’s Blackout Mode
The latest entry in Treyarch’s long-running Black Ops series is almost here, and with a traditional campaign officially scrapped (at least for launch), Black Ops 4 is doubling down on multiplayer in a big way. This year’s substantial inclusion is the Battle Royale-inspired mode Blackout — Call of Duty’s take on the wildly popular genre that’s taken the industry by storm over the last year and half.
One of the major components to a good Battle Royale game is, of course, the large map that players venture through in search of chicken dinners (or victory royales). PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds now has three maps in its rotation, while Fortnite alters its map significantly every three months via seasonal updates. Given Black Ops is one of the most successful Call of Duty sub-series to date — and as we’re still mostly in the dark about Blackout’s map and where Treyarch will go with it — now is as good as time as any to take a look back at the series and consider some memorable locations that would be a good fit.