PlayStation Network Currently Experiencing Issues
The PlayStation Network across all platforms is experiencing issues across all types of services, according to the official PSN status page.
The PSN service status website lists that all services associated with the PSN are currently experiencing issues, including account management, online gaming, social aspects, PS Now, and the PlayStation Store.
Discord Launches Game Store Beta Worldwide and Nitro Subscription Service
Discord has officially announced is is launching its game store beta worldwide, bringing both well-known games and First on Discord titles that are launching exclusively on the service for PC.
A beta for the Discord game store was previously launched exclusively in Canada, though it is now going global. Its Nitro subscription service is also receiving a library of over 60 games that can be played for $10 a month, launching with games from Playdead, Double Fine Productions, and Deep Silver.
"Discord's always been about bringing people together around games. Now, we're bringing games to people with our curated game store and Nitro game subscription service," said Jason Citron, CEO and co-founder of Discord. "We are really excited to help amazing developers get their games out to the market and help players find great new content."
Walking Dead Hits New Low in Series Ratings
The Walking Dead’s ratings continue to slide as last Sunday’s episode hit the lowest ratings the series has ever seen in its key demographic.
Reported by Variety, “The Bridge,” episode 2 of Season 9, brought in 4.9 million total viewers and scored a 2.0 Nielsen rating in adults 18-49 - a demographic that’s of major interest for advertisers. The previous low came all the way back in Season 1 hitting a 2.4 in this demographic. Its current lowest total viewership still stands at 4.7 million viewers from Season 1.
Using both measures of viewership, “The Bridge” dropped by about 20% in ratings from the Season 9 premiere, which also set record lows for the show. It had the lowest turnout in the key adults 18-49 demographic for a Walking Dead season premiere, and the lowest total viewers since the Season 1 premiere. Still, though these ratings are relatively low for the show, it only ranked behind Sunday Night Football in this key demographic for the night.
Arrowverse Crossover Poster Shows a Very Different Flash and Green Arrow
The CW has revealed the first poster for this year's Arrowverse "Elseworlds" crossover featuring The Flash's Grant Gustin and Arrow's Stephen Amell (via Amell's Twitter), showing the heroes as you've never seen them before - as each other.
My name is Barry Allen and I am the fastest man alive. pic.twitter.com/TibqsR7mT8
Pokemon from Diamond and Pearl Now Available in Pokemon Go
Following a tease last week, Niantic has started to release Pokemon from Generation 4 (originally discovered in the Sinnoh region) in Pokemon Go.
In a post on Pokemon Go’s official site, Niantic announced that Sinnoh Pokemon (originally found in Pokemon Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum) will be released in waves, with the first batch arriving today followed by additional Pokemon in the weeks to come. As expected, Sinnoh Pokemon are available to catch in the wild, battle in raids, or hatch in eggs and IGN has already been able to catch some ourselves.
Marvel’s Spider-Man: First DLC Pack Out Next Week, Includes 3 New Suits
Marvel's Spider-Man will receive The Heist, the first chapter of its planned The City That Never Sleeps DLC series, on Tuesday Oct. 23, with a New Game Plus mode still "coming soon."
The Heist will be available for $7.99 USD or as part of the $24.99 USD season pass, Insomniac Games announced in a PlayStation Blog post today.
The first of three add-on chapters, The Heist opens with an art museum robbery that mixes up Spider-Man and Mary Jane Watson with Black Cat. The DLC will include new story missions, crimes, challenges, Trophies, Spider-Man suits, and a new enemy faction.
Mega Sg Looks To Reignite The Console Wars With a 1080p Sega Console With No Emulation
Analogue has announced the Mega Sg, a 1080p console that is "compatible with the "2,180+ Sega Genesis, Mega Drive and Master System game cartridge library" and does not use emulation.
The Mega Sg has been engineered with FPGA (field programmable gate array), which is different from the "Classic" line of consoles like the Super NES Classic or NES Classic, and allows you to play on a console that has reproduced what the originals did and supports cartridges without using emulation to simulate the experience.
What This Watchmen Teaser Reveals About the HBO Series
HBO has given Watchmen fans their first real glimpse of the upcoming TV series. Yesterday, the newly launched Watchmen Instagram account posted a photo of one of the new characters in the series, a mysterious, masked vigilante wearing a yellow bandana.
Check out this new character below:
At first glance, this lone photo doesn't seem to reveal much about the tone and direction of Lindelof's show. However, there are a few key inferences to be made from this character. Scroll down for some thoughts on the reveal and what it means for the HBO series.
Epic Games Suing YouTubers for Promoting, Selling Fortnite Cheats
Epic Games is suing YouTubers Brandon "Golden Modz" Lucas and Colton "Excentric" Conter for allegedly using, promoting, and selling Fortnite cheats on their YouTube and other social media channels.
The North Carolina lawsuit, published on TorrentFreak, claims Lucas and Conter's actions are in violation of copyright laws, are breaches of contract, and could be considered "unfair and deceptive trade practices and unfair methods of competition." Epic claims that both Lucas and Conter have been banned for using Fortnite cheats in their videos but have persisted in doing so by creating new accounts with false info.
Netflix’s Chilling Adventures of Sabrina is ‘Next Level Dark,’ Says Kiernan Shipka
If you grew up in the '90s and had a passing knowledge of Sabrina the Teenage Witch, chances are you were probably obsessed with Salem Saberhagen, the snarky cat (voiced by Nick Bakay) who stole every scene he appeared in, despite generally appearing as a rather stiff looking puppet. In Netflix's new Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, the kitty isn't quite as chatty (at least in the series premiere) and so far has no credited voice actor.
But in a new behind-the-scenes featurette released by Netflix, we do get a hint of what the character might sound like if he does decide to start communicating with our teen heroine - and much like the new iteration of the series, it's a little more chilling than comedic.