Yearly Archives: 2018
December 2018 Games With Gold Features Dragon Age, Never Alone
Microsoft has revealed December 2018's Xbox Games With Gold.
Headlining the roster is BioWare’s 2011 fantasy RPG, Dragon Age 2. Also coming to Games With Gold next month is Never Alone, the side-scrolling adventure game from 2014 developed in partnership with the Alaskan native community. The other two games for December are the original Xbox's Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction and Xbox One's first-person puzzle game, Qube 2.
Here’s when each title will be available for Games With Gold subscribers next month:
- Qube 2: Dec. 1 - 31 (Xbox One)
- Dragon Age 2: Dec. 1 - 15 (Xbox 360, Xbox One via backward compatibility)
- Never Alone: Dec. 16 - Jan. 15 (Xbox One)
Netflix to Adapt Roald Dahl Books into Animated Event Series
Netflix will be creating multiple original animated event series based on the beloved works of Roald Dahl, including Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda, and The BFG.
Announced by Netflix and the Roald Dahl Story Company, these new series will "remain faithful to the quintessential spirit and tone of Dahl while also building out an imaginative story universe that expands far beyond the pages of the books themselves."
Netflix will adapt the Roald Dahl universe of stories as a new slate of animated event series. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda, and The BFG are just a few of the titles from the author's beloved and award-winning library that will be reimagined for a new generation pic.twitter.com/ODO6cjqja1
Nintendo Gets Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Pirates Banned from YouTube
Nintendo has responded to widespread Super Smash Bros. Ultimate piracy by issuing copyright strikes resulting in multiple YouTube takedowns and bans, according to reports from USGamer and Newsweek.
YouTube channels Dystifyzer and Crunchii were banned entirely from the platform after being hit with a number of copyright strikes by Nintendo. The channels had been spreading leaked tracks from Super Smash Bros. Ultimate's soundtrack and reached YouTube's three-strike threshold that results in full terminations of channels and accounts associated with the strikes.
Fortnite Item Gifting Now Live for a Limited Time
Fortnite will be adding the long-requested option to send gifts to your friends with the release of the 6.31 update, but only for a limited time.
Announced by The Fortnite Team, item gifting will be available on all platforms for one week following the update, except for iOS devices because "Apple's policies prohibit it."
Sending a gift to a friend is as simple as choosing an item in the Item Shop and selecting "Buy As A Gift."
The LEGO Movie 2 Videogame Announced for 2019
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment today announced The LEGO Movie 2 Videogame for PlayStation 4, Switch, Xbox One, and PC. It will arrive digitally and in stores on all platforms on Feb. 26, 2019, except for the Switch retail version which will follow on March 26, 2019.
"The alien monster invaders have left Bricksburg in ruins," reads the game's official description. "It is now up to Emmet and a host of heroic characters to go beyond their world and save their friends from the strange inhabitants of the Systar System. Journey into outer space, discover new worlds, and test your Master Building skills."
How Thor Influenced Kenneth Branagh’s Artemis Fowl
When Artemis Fowl first came out in 2001, the world was in its early phases of Harry Potter hysteria, and the tale of a 12-year-old criminal mastermind who gets pulled into the secret underground world of fairies, dwarves and trolls quickly followed in Potter’s footsteps to become a bestselling series. But when director Kenneth Branagh took on the daunting task of adapting the beloved Eoin Colfer novel for Disney, he didn’t look to his experience with Harry Potter to help guide him; instead, he drew heavily on his work in adapting Thor.
Despite the surface-level comparisons that are easy to draw between the popularity of Artemis Fowl and Harry Potter, the comparison to Branagh's interpretation of Thor actually is more fitting. For his part, Colfer has always pushed back against any comparisons to the Potter stories, instead telling Publishers Weekly back in 2001 that his children’s book was “Die Hard with fairies.” Watch the first trailer for Artemis Fowl below:
Sea of Thieves’ Shrouded Spoils Content Update Adds Fog, Explosive ‘Mega-Keg’, and More
Sea of Thieves fourth free major content update, Shrouded Spoils, will add Fog, an explosive Mega-keg, six new skeleton forts, expanded customization options, and much more.
Arriving tomorrow, November 28, Shrouded Spoils' Fog will be an emergent threat that will impair visibility and potentially hide threats from unprepared captains.
New Merchant Alliance items, including the Mega-keg, Crate of Ancient Bone Dust, and Mermaid Statue Gems will be available to find, as well as the previously mentioned six new skeleton forts which will increase the total number of forts to nine.
As for customization, players will have new options for cannons, the wheel, and the capstan, with a limited time cosmetic ship and set - the Wailing Barnacle - also being available.
Australian Senate Report Recommends ‘Comprehensive Review’ of Loot Boxes
The Australian Senate Environment and Communications References Committee has delivered its final report examining loot boxes in video games. The ‘Gaming micro-transactions for chance-based items’ report culminates in a single recommendation: that the Australian Government “undertake a comprehensive review of loot boxes in video games.”
The report recommends the review be performed by the Department of Communications and the Arts, in conjunction with the Australian Communications and Media Authority, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, the Office of the e-Safety Commissioner, the Classification Board, and the Department of Social Services.
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Red Dead Redemption 2 Online Beta Starts Today
Rockstar Games will begin inviting players into the online beta starting from today. Those who buy/bought the Ultimate Edition of Red Dead Redemption 2 will be able to play from 1:30PM UK time. On Wednesday, everyone who played the game on October 26th (launch day) will join them. On Thursday, those who played the game between October 26th and 29th (launch weekend) will be allowed to play until eventually, all players who own Red Dead Redemption 2 can join in.
Neon Genesis Evangelion Coming to Netflix Next Year
Netflix announced that Neon Genesis Evangelion will be coming to the streaming service in spring 2019 along with four other anime.
The new acquisitions were revealed during the Anime Lineup Presentation at Akiba Theatre in Tokyo. Neon Genesis Evangelion will be joined by the Evangelion movies Evangelion: Death True² and The End of Evangelion.
All’s right with the world: Neon Genesis Evangelion is coming to @Netflix. pic.twitter.com/2pQ1lG1h9e