GTA, BioShock: Celebs’ Favorite Adventure Games
Welcome back to Best. Game. Ever., our new series where we ask entertainers, athletes, comedians, and creators to weigh in on their favorite video games of all time. From Mario to Master Chief, 8-bit to 4K, we're celebrating the best games ever, and in our fourth episode, we're taking a look at the best action/adventure games.
In Episode 4, actor Breckin Meyer, Smosh Games' AmRa Ricketts, Future Man's Josh Hutcherson, and more discuss their favorite action/adventure games, covering everything from BioShock to Grand Theft Auto V and Red Dead Redemption. Check out the episode in the player above to see if your favorite action/adventure title gets a mention.
Starz’s Counterpart Is the Best New Series of 2018 So Far
Oscar winner J.K. Simmons takes a break from doing Farmers Insurance commercials to sink his teeth into this excellent new science fiction thriller from Starz, premiering on January 21st. If you’re a fan of shows like Fringe and Sliders, then Counterpart is right up your alley.
Simmons plays Howard Silk, a cog in the wheel of a U.N. spy agency in Berlin. After 30 years of doing the same old thing, Howard is desperate for something new and interesting to come along. And boy does he get his wish.
Apparently, there was a Cold War experiment that opened a doorway to another identical dimension and only a select group of people are aware it exists. As if that wasn’t weird enough, Howard gets a harsh awakening when he discovers that there is another Howard Silk that looks just like him. This is where Counterpart gets interesting.
Darkest Dungeon Switch Release Date Announced
Darkest Dungeon is coming to the Nintendo Switch on January 18.
Developer Red Hook made the announcement, confirming the game will support touch controls, and both already released DLC packs will arrive on the Switch eShop alongside the main game and be available for separate purchase.
Darkest Dungeon will be available for $24.99, while The Shieldbreaker DLC will cost $3.99 and The Crimson Court will cost $9.99. Although Red Hook does not have a timeframe, it has confirmed the upcoming DLC The Color of Madness will also come to the Switch.
For more on Darkest Dungeon, be sure to check out IGN's Darkest Dungeon review, which gave the game a 9.1, praising the game's deep combat system and unpredictable and tense atmosphere. Darkest Dungeon was also one of IGN's 2016 Game of the Year nominees.
AR Battles Just Got Even Cooler With These New Weapons
The real world is pretty excellent, what with its many food choices and wonderful fountains and statuaries. But sometimes you want to take the real world up a notch, and that's where augmented reality comes in.
If you aren't familiar, AR uses technology to add a little something-something to the regular world in which we all live and breath. One of the cooler things to come out of this melding of technology and reality has been AR weapon-battles.
Now instead of grabbing a controller, you can grab a sci-fi weapon replica, drop your phone into it, and have a shoot-out with all your friends, maybe in one of reality's many statuaries. Go nuts!
We checked out some extremely cool AR weaponry on the floor of CES 2018. Check it out in the gallery below.
Total War: Three Kingdoms Announced
Total War: Three Kingdoms has been announced, and it will be set during the Han Dynasty.
The Total War team made the announcement on Twitter, revealing that the historical strategy game will launch in Fall 2018, and will be the first game in the series to explore ancient China. Accompanying the announcement is the game's first trailer, which can be seen below:
The game will be set in 190CE, and will focus on the heroes of the period as they fight to unite China under a single banner. The game will be developed by Creative Assembly, and published by Sega. While other potential platforms have not been announced, the game will be released on Steam and is available to be added to wishlists now.
GTA Online Breaks Its Player Record, 4 Years After Release
Rockstar Games has announced that Grand Theft Auto Online has broken its player record, four years after the release of the game.
According to Rockstar, December 2017 saw more players in GTA Online than ever before, although an official player count was not released. Back in November, it was announced that GTA V had sold-in 85 million copies, and it is currently one of the best selling video games of all time, ranking at #1 in the U.S. according to The NPD Group.
WWE to Broadcast Show Highlights in VR
WWE will soon be bringing VR highlights of select 2018 WWE events.
WWE is partnering with NextVR to produce six 10-minute VR experiences this year. Fans will be able to watch the highlights for free on a new WWE Channel in the NextVR app following each event. The app is available to download on the Samsung GearVR headset and Google Daydream View, along with a compatible smartphone, PlayStation VR, or the Windows Mixed Reality platform.
Both companies will be positioning custom VR cameras throughout each event to give fans an immersive new look at the WWE action. Each VR highlight will feature "pivotal moments, epic showdowns and surprise appearances."
Get Out Studio Producing Horror Anthology Series for Hulu
Hulu and Blumhouse, the studio behind Get Out, Split, and The Purge, are partnering for a monthly horror anthology series, with the first episode expected to be released in October.
The 12-episode Hulu original will air over the course of a year, with a new episode premiering each month. While each installment in the currently untitled series will have a self-contained story, "some narrative device or structural device is expected to connect them," according to Variety.
"At the heart of the deal is an extremely passionate audience and an extremely activateable audience in terms of horror," said Hulu Chief Content Officer Joel Stillerman. "It’s not even the larger bucket of 'genre.' I would say this falls squarely into the horror bucket."
Pokemon Go Cancelling Support for Older iOS Devices
Pokemon GO is cancelling support for older iOS devices that are incapable of upgrading to iOS 11, such as the iPhone 5 and 5c.
The Pokemon GO team announced the change is coming because they are making improvements to the game that will "push the application beyond the capabilities of the operating systems on such devices."
The change will take place on Feb 28, after which trainers may no longer be able to access their accounts from that device, or use items from their bags. Players interested in continuing to play the game will have to do so on another supported device.
For more on Pokemon GO be sure to read about all the Gen 3 Pokemon now available in the game, as well as the recent regional Pokemon migrations.
PUBG Will Allow Cheater Reporting in Replay Mode
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds will soon allow players to report cheaters directly from the in-game replay system.
The news was revealed as part of a Steam Community blog post listing what will be available PUBG's next update. Currently available on the game's test servers, the reporting system has been expanded upon to create "a fair play environment in PUBG".
Per the blog post: "This means that you no longer need to be killed by a suspected cheater for you to be able to use the in-game reporting tool".
Players will be able to report directly from the player list, as well as on the timeline when observing or following a match. The post encourages players to use the system to make the developers aware of cheating players who are "undermining your enjoyment of the game".