GTA Online Seems to Include Red Dead Redemption 2 Items
Just hours after the launch of The Doomsday Heist expansion, GTA Online dataminers seem to have found a Red Dead Redemption 2 "treasure hunt" in the game's files, including a revolver that will unlock in both games.
Red Dead Network reports that dataminers have found assets for a double-action revolver, and a supply chest emblazoned with "Boles Overland Stagecoach Co.", a company name seen in a previous Dead Redemption 2 trailer.
Every Jedi and Every Sith Ever
The Jedi have inspired our imaginations for decades now, from the early days of Luke, Obi-Wan and Yoda, through the Prequel adventures where we saw the Jedi Order in their prime, and on into the excellent Clone Wars animated series and beyond. And now we have a new chapter in the history of the Jedi, as young Rey seeks to team up with the legendary Luke Skywalker in Star Wars: The Last Jedi.
And then there's the Dark Side, those Sith and/or Dark Force adepts like Darth Vader, the Emperor, and of course Kylo Ren. Practitioners of the Dark Side of the Force have been a thorn in the side of all that is good dating back to the ancient era of 1000 BBY (Before the Battle of Yavin) and all the way up to Last Jedi.
The Dark Crystal Returns to Theaters
Jim Henson's 1982 epic The Dark Crystal is coming back to the big screen early next year.
The theatrical return of the classic is limited to just two days: February 25 and February 28, and features a 4K restoration of the film in "select theaters."
An interview with The Jim Henson Company CEO Lisa Henson accompanies the screenings, giving a glimpse at both the impact of the film and the legacy of Jim Henson.
The Dark Crystal (1982)
Nintendo Switch Tops 10 Million Units Sold
Nintendo Switch has sold 10 million units worldwide in its first nine months on the market.
As of September 30, Switch sales sat at 7.63 million, meaning Nintendo has sold nearly 2.5 million units of its hybrid console in the last two and a half months. The company announced the latest sales figure on Twitter alongside the image below.
Nintendo's celebratory image for reaching 10 million Switch units sold.
Nintendo previously announced it expects Switch to sell 14 million units by the end of March 2018, which would put it above Wii U's lifetime sales total of 13.56 million units.
Harry Potter Mobile RPG Announced
Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery - a "narrative role-playing game" - has been announced for release on mobile devices.
Developed by Jam City and published under Warner Bros. new Harry Potter games label, Portkey, the game will allow players to create a character and play through multiple years studying at the eternally unsafe school of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
"Along the way players will participate in all of the magical classes and activities they have come to love", reads a press release, "like Defence Against the Dark Arts, Potions, Duelling Club, and more. Most of the iconic professors from the Harry Potter stories reprise their roles in the game."
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Destiny 2: Bungie Apologises for Content-Locking, Fix Incoming
Following fan outcry, Bungie has announced that it will change certain decisions that lock Destiny 2 players out of certain content if they don't own the new Curse of Osiris expansion.
In a blog post, Bungie admits that it's "clear that we've made some mistakes" with its handling of content access, and promises that these issues will be fixed in a patch scheduled to go live today, December 12.
The Curse of Osiris expansion raised the power levels required for Prestige activities from 300 to 330, locking out players who haven't bought the cap-raising expansion pack. Bungie's reasoning is that it wanted its activities to "remain relevant to players as they grow more powerful", referencing a common complaint from the first game that early activities like the Vault of Glass lost relevance as players advanced. The idea behind raising the power cap was to ensure that Normal Raids and Nightfalls would remain accessible, but Prestige would always provide a challenge, and would therefore require players to be up-to-date with the latest expansions.
The Doomsday Heist Feels like GTA Online’s Campaign Mode
We’ve already played the First Act and spent a good five hours mucking about in flying cars, obliterating each other with orbital lasers and zipping around the city in jetpacks mounted with miniguns. It’s eccentric and ridiculous, as you desperately try to avert a potential apocalypse from engulfing the city of Los Santos. Since it’s out today, there’s not much point going through specifics of what you actually do, but instead here’s a detailed overview of how it works and some of the coolest stuff it adds to GTA Online.
Unlike previous heists, which were discrete missions, The Doomsday Heist tells a much bigger, campaign-quality story that raises the stakes to an absurd level. Egotistical billionaire entrepreneur Avon Hertz (think Elon Musk), with the assistance of his artificial intelligence Clifford (think Siri meets Jarvis), find evidence that some outside party is planning to destroy all life. With the help of Lester, you and your team are recruited to save not only Los Santos but life as we know it.
Designing Portalcraft’s Artifacts, Puppets and Resonance
Cygames has some very big plans in store for Shadowverse at the tail end of 2017. On December 28, the game is going to change irrevocably, with the introduction of two formats: Rotation, which allows Basic cards plus the five most recent sets, and Unlimited, which encompasses all 1000-odd cards that will exist at that point. December 28 will also see the new Chronogenesis card packs become available (check out our exclusive card reveals here), and with it, a whole new class – Portalcraft!
The Shadowverse community was very much expecting formats to be introduced before too long, but the announcement of a new class this far into the game’s life came as a very pleasant surprise. How did this come about? “From the beginning we’d considered having eight classes as being the complete set of classes,” says Yuito Kimura, Game Producer and Executive Director at Cygames. “We do understand that some people might feel that seven might be too few, so we decided to add another class now that the game’s been out for a while. And now that we’ve finally introduced this eighth class we feel the class set is now complete.”
Every Pop Culture Easter Egg in Ready Player One – Trailer 2
The new trailer for Steven Spielberg’s Ready Player One is here, and if you can look past Wade Watts’ extremely long leg on the poster, you’ll find yet another treasure trove of pop culture references from the upcoming adaptation of Ernie Cline’s novel.
Tracer of the Overwatch series is seen charging into battle, alongside Lara Croft, and Chun-Li of the Street Fighter series, which is well-represented throughout. Blanka, Sabat, and Ryu are all visible at one point or another.
That big battle sequence, of course, is full of other characters ready to take down the evil Sixers. The Iron Giant makes another appearance, having debuted in the first trailer, but we also get a look at an RX-78-2 Gundam from Mobile Suit Gundam, not to mention the Battletoads! Chucky from the Child’s Play series executes a pretty slick digital throat slice against a Sixer. Parzival rouses the crowd by raising a boombox, a move he stole right from Lloyd Dobler from Say Anything… Chances are, that boombox is playing something a little more upbeat than Peter Gabriel’s “In Your Eyes”. Speaking of sweet 80s tunes, we see King Kong jumping perfectly in sync with Van Halen’s hit, “Jump”. Watch the full trailer below: