Yearly Archives: 2018
Pokemon Switch Leaks, Rumored Star Fox Spin-Off From Retro, Nintendo’s E3 Presence, & More – Ep. 408
Weeelcooome to episode 408 of our weekly Nintendo show and podcast, Nintendo Voice Chat. This week, the NVC crew shares their thoughts on the recent Pokémon Switch Leaks, the heavily rumored Star Fox spin-off supposedly coming from Retro Studios, Nintendo's E3 2018 presence, and much more!
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Halo: The Master Chief Collection Update Bringing Visual Enhancements
Nearly four years after its original release, Halo: The Master Chief collection is being updated to add visual enhancements to make use of the power of the Xbox One X.
343 Industries revealed that in addition to "the full visual enhancement suite, including HDR support," the team is overhauling and modernizing Halo: The Master Chief Collection with a UI refresh.
Watch 343 Industries explain the Halo: MCC updates below.
Among the new quality-of-life features coming, the team is bringing legitimate LAN support to the collection, alongside Intelligent Delivery, which allows players to install portions of the game or languages piecemeal to save hard drive space.
Deadpool 2 Director on Why He’s Excited for the Fast and Furious Spinoff
Deadpool 2 director David Leitch chatted with IGN about his upcoming Fast and Furious spinoff, starring Dwayne Johnson's Hobbs, and Jason Statham's Deckard.
Leitch has been keeping busy, with his latest film, Deadpool 2 hitting theaters this week. The movie is poised to make $350 million at the worldwide box office. He's also onboard to direct an adaptation of Ubisoft's popular video game series, The Division, which he hopes will break the video game movie curse.
Halo: Fireteam Raven Arcade Game Announced
Microsoft and 343 studios have announced Halo: Fireteam Raven, a new four-player cooperative arcade game in partnership with Raw Thrills and Play Mechanix.
The Halo-themed sci-fi shooter drops players in the role of ODST soldiers on the surface of Alpha Halo during the events of Halo: Combat Evolved fighting alongside the Master Chief against both the Covenant and The Flood.
The cabinet is billed as a massive, 11-foot-cubed, coin-operated machine, housing a 130-inch 4K display and four "turret-mounted, multipurpose machine guns" to shoot at enemy troops and land- and air-based vehicles, including: Hunters, Banshees, and Scarabs.
Additionally, you'll be able to scan a QRC code with your phone to connect your experience to Halo Waypoint profile and chase high scores with others.
No Man’s Sky Next Major Update Gets Release Date, Adds Multiplayer
No Man's Sky's fourth major update, NEXT, is launching for free on all platforms, including the new Xbox One version, on July 24. The Xbox One version will launch with the "full multiplayer experience" headed to PC and PlayStation 4 as well.
Director Sean Murray joined the stage at the Inside Xbox event to go over No Man's Sky's new multiplayer and co-op features. According to Murray, players will be able to team up with small or large groups or friends or just come across random travelers in multiplayer, teaming up to survive or attacking other players. Players can build bases together in a shared online universe, partake in aerial dogfighting in space, race vehicles, and even build custom racetracks for friends.
PUBG’s Next Map Gets Release Date on Xbox One
After a brief stint in Early Access back in April, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds' desert map Miramar is finally headed to Xbox One on May 24.
The rural desert of Miramar is the second map to come to PUBG on any platform. Like PUBG's first map, Erangel, Miramar is an 8x8km map, but features rockier terrain and steeper mountains.
Watch the Miramar Xbox One teaser video below.
Will this be your first time playing on Miramar?
Check out our Miramar tips video and learn the best places to land.
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Sea of Thieves First Major DLC The Hungering Deep Gets A Release Date
Microsoft and Rare have revealed Sea of Thieves' first expansion, The Hungering Deep, will arrive on May 29.
In the first trailer for the free content expansion, a one-eyed pirate tells of ancient dangers in the deep that the earliest seafaring folks learned how to summon. We'll have to wait and see what exactly that means for gameplay when it launches near the end of the month.
Rare previously revealed The Hungering Deep will be the first of several new content drops, and has been steadily fixing major issues alongside adding new cosmetics and introducing the much-needed option for Sea of Thieves private crews.
How and Where to Preorder Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
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Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 comes out October 12, and we already know the long-rumored Battle Royale mode Blackout is real and a lot of fun. On top of the new Blackout mode, Zombie mode returns to Call of Duty: Black Ops 4. If you've ever dreamed of slaughtering zombies in gladiatorial combat or on the Titanic, Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII zombies has you covered.
Why Batwoman Creates New Problems for the Arrowverse
Update: And now it is being reported that a Batwoman series is in development at The CW in addition to the planned crossover featuring the character. Read on for our thoughts on how this could create problems for the Arrowverse.
From the very beginning, one of the biggest questions surrounding Arrow and its various spinoffs has been whether Batman exists in this version of the DC Universe. There's been an increasing amount of evidence over the years, but confirmation finally arrived with the news that the next Arrowverse crossover will introduce both Gotham City and Batwoman. We still may not actually see Batman on these shows, but at this point there's little doubt he exists in the Arrowverse.
10 Best Deadpool Comics
What should we make of Deadpool? He was just one of a slew of “dark” and “edgy” superheroes created in the 90s, but has morphed into a phenomenon all to his own — a guy who is simultaneously a culmination and deconstruction of the whole superhero genre. On paper, few would have picked him to be a runaway sensation, but 2016’s Deadpool is one of the great superhero movie success stories, and the sequel is gearing up to be another smash for Marvel’s merc with a mouth.
Here are a few of Deadpool’s best comics for those who want to know more about Marvel’s Merc With a Mouth.
Be sure to check out our spoiler-free review of Deadpool 2: