How The Last of Us Remains a Masterpiece 5 Years Later
In a weird way, The Last of Us has nothing to do with gnarly-looking, fungus-infected, brain-dead humans who want nothing more than to rip the flesh from your face as you trek across the rural U.S. in search of answers. That's why, early on in development, Naughty Dog hesitated over even including them in the game that's since sold 17 million copies in five years.
The Last of Us is, instead, very much about the familial bond between a man, Joel, and a girl, Ellie, over a 15-hour journey of stealth and shooting. It's also the representation of a teenager coming into her own, and coming to terms with what her presence in a post apocalyptic world means as she discovers and grapples with the varying sides of a humanity under threat. And it's the representation of a man overcoming the emotional baggage of having once been a father, restructuring his life, and then growing to embrace becoming a father figure.
Fortnite Dev Reveals How Accidental Swastika Will Be Removed
Update: Shortly following a fan's discovery that four metal floorboards placed next to each other in Fortnite accidentally created a swastika in the popular battle royale game, Epic Games has already revealed its fix for the issue.
A representative for Epic Games provided IGN with an image, below, of the developer's update to the floorboards, which will prevent this geometrical issue from occurring.
Fortnite dev's Epic Games fix for the accidental swastika issue.
The Flash’s Mystery Girl Will Now Be a Series Regular
The Flash's Mystery Girl will now be a series regular in Season 5.
Warning: Spoilers for The Flash Season 4 follow.
EW reports Jessica Parker Kennedy will reprise her role as Nora West-Allen, Barry and Iris’ daughter from the future. The character made her debut during Season 4's Supergirl crossover, "Crisis of Earth-X."
Nora West-Allen continued to appear throughout the fourth season, and showed off her super speed at one point. Her identity was confirmed in the Season 4 finale “We Are The Flash," where she revealed she made a big mistake.
The Most Important Stories of E3 2018
E3 is a whirlwind of announcements, trailer reveals, gameplay demos, and insightful interviews, and 2018 was no exception. Starting with Sony’s week of announcements leading up to the show, to all of the major press conferences, and straight through a show filled with hands-on impressions, there were hundreds of stories throughout the week. That’s why we thought it would be a good idea to wade through it all and highlight the stories that are going to ultimately have the biggest impact on our industry going forward.
From Microsoft bolstering its first-party studios, to a VERY busy February, to the surprise reveal of The Elder Scrolls 6, here are the 10 most important stories of E3 2018.
Gaming Organizations Push Back Against World Health Organization’s Classification of ‘Gaming Disorder’
The World Health Organization (WHO) officially announced "gaming disorder" as a mental health condition as part of their 11th edition of the International Classification of Diseases document (ICD-11) released on Monday.
After talks in January about the inclusion of "gaming disorder" and "hazardous gaming" within the 11th edition this coming year, the ICD-11 would define the "gaming disorder" diagnosis on three specific behaviors:
Disney to Reportedly Increase Its Fox Bid Following Comcast Offer
Disney is reportedly set to increase its $52.4 billion bid for 21st Century Fox to fend off Comcast.
CNBC reports Disney is prepared to add cash to its all-stock offer to win the bidding, however, the exact amount is not known. Last week, Comcast made an estimated $65 billion bid for Fox's assets after its offer last year was rejected due to antitrust concerns.
Fox will be holding a shareholders meeting this Wednesday, according to CNBC, to determine the Disney deal and discuss Comcast's offer. If the board decide Comcast's bid is superior, Disney would then have five days to match the $65 billion offer.
Preorder the Smash Bros. Ultimate GameCube Controller
If you want to play Super Smash Bros. Ultimate the old-fashioned way, now's your chance to preorder.
Less than a week after Nintendo announced the upcoming Super Smash Bros. Ultimate would support GameCube controllers, the devices are now up for preorder on Amazon.
Complete with an updated Super Smash Bros. logo, the Smash GameCube controller will set you back $29.99. The GameCube controller adapter, which will support four controllers and appears to be the same one Nintendo sold with the Wii U, will cost $19.99. Both items' descriptions say they will release on Dec. 31, though this could just be a placeholder date, as Ultimate is set for a Dec. 7 release.
Fortnite’s in-Game TVs Broadcasting Mysterious Red Skull
Another Fortnite mystery is afoot, with red skulls being broadcast on the in-game TVs.
Fortnite looks like it's ushering in another in-game event, with a red skull being broadcast on the in-game TVs at Snobby Shores.
Epic Games used a similar approach with the meteor event, with the emergency broadcast being displayed on the in-game screens before it finally hit the map.
Warriors Orochi 4 Release Date Revealed
KOEI Tecmo has announced the release date and platforms for Warriors Orochi 4.
The publisher revealed the newest entry in the action franchise will come out on October 16 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC.
KOEI Tecmo also shared a brief gameplay trailer featuring Zeus using his lightning attack during battle.
Warriors Orochi 4 was announced earlier this year during the Omega Force 20th Anniversary event in Japan. The series features characters from both Dynasty Warriors and Samurai Warriors franchises.
Destiny 2’s Cayde-6 Is Really, Truly Dead, Says Bungie
Bungie has some bad news for Destiny 2 fans who were holding out hope that fan-favorite character Cayde-6 wasn't truly dead in the Forsaken DLC trailer.
"He's dead. His ghost is dead," Bungie Principal Producer Scott Taylor told GamesRadar during E3. Continuing, Taylor explained that there were several reasons for the move.
"We wanted to establish the tone of the game and show that we're serious about it," he explained. "We also want people to process it. You'll play a mission with him, and you're not really sure when this is going to happen, or how, so the emotional experience of that would be very different if you just turned on the game, you saw it and it was all just a shock. It's actually a little more rich and interesting if you have time to sit with it and reflect."