Assassin’s Creed Rogue HD Rated for PS4, Xbox One
Assassin's Creed Rogue may be coming to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, according to a recent listing on the Korean Game Rating Board.
The listing, spotted by Gematsu, shows Assassin's Creed Rogue HD was submitted to the board by Ubisoft and classified today, December 6. As Gematsu notes, several Italian retailers previously outed the potential remaster, listing Assassin's Creed Rogue HD with a March 15, 2018, release date.
Chris Evans Pitches Captain America/Human Torch Movie
Should the Disney/Fox deal happen, Chris Evans jokingly suggested a spin-off movie where he plays both Captain America and Human Torch.
Evans pitched the idea on Twitter, noting he has a particular genre in mind for the film. "So who do I talk to about a Cap/Human Torch buddy comedy spin-off?" Evans tweeted. "I'm thinking Planes, Trains and Automobiles meets Parent Trap."
Evans portrayed Human Torch in 20th Century Fox's 2005 and 2007 Fantastic Four movies before joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe a few years later as Captain America. Evans' pitch comes in the wake of recent reports suggesting Disney is closing in on a deal to buy most of Fox and gaining the rights to Fantastic Four.
Streets of Rage Comes to Mobile Today
Streets of Rage is now out for mobile devices and it features local cross-platform multiplayer.
SEGA announced its classic 1991 beat 'em up will allow users across iOS and Android devices to play against each other. Multiplayer is local through WiFi, with the mobile port also featuring leaderboards, cloud saves, and controller support.
Streets of Rage is available to download for free, with ad support, from the App Store and Google Play Store. Players can also purchase the title for $1.99 USD/€2.29/£1.99 to remove the ads.
Streets of Rage is now part of SEGA Forever, a growing collection of classic SEGA games available for mobile devices. SEGA will also add cross-platform local multiplayer to the mobile versions of Golden Axe and Altered Beast in the coming weeks.
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds’ Second Map Named
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds' desert-based second map is called Miramar, and we've learned some other new details about it.
In a blog post on the PUBG Steam page, PUBG Corporation revealed that Miramar, is a new desert environment that has been designed in "the opposite direction" to PUBG's original map, Erangel, replacing that map's lush greenery with a desert terrain and densely-populated urban areas.
Within the map are several new locations, including Los Leones, "the largest city in the region" filled with construction sites and abandoned commercial buildings, as well as Monte Nuevo ("the picture of a town beseiged"), Valle del Mar ("a colorful oceandside town) and San Martin ("a war zone").
Past Cure Isn’t Heavy Rain, But It Still Hopes to Be Intriguing
Past Cure doesn’t pretend to be what it isn’t – meaning a big-budget, AAA game. It’s being made by a startup studio of eight people, and it’s priced at $30. That it has similarities to Heavy Rain is more of a coincidence than anything else; its developers note that both they and Quantic Dream are Europe.
That the main character even looks like Heavy Rain’s Ethan? Well...that’s a bit weird, I suppose.
I played a few sections of Past Cure – a cinematic action-adventure game about a man who wakes up three years after being experimented on, with no memories of that time but also with psychic powers. Is it particularly pretty? No. Is the voice acting very good? Not really. But still, I want this story-driven tale, which the developers say is good for about 8-10 hours of gameplay, to be good. And it’s because I like the concept.
Her Story Developer Creating Episodic #WarGames Series
The interactive series #WarGames, helmed by Her Story creator Sam Barlow, has gotten a release date of early 2018.
Variety reports the episodic series, announced a few years ago, is based on the 1983 film of the same starring Matthew Broderick, where Broderick stars as a hacker who discovers a game of global thermonuclear war.
Barlow has been working on the series with interactive-media startup Eko. #WarGames is said to be conceptually based on the film but more heavily takes inspiration from Mr. Robot. The series follows a few young hackers who become involved in government conspiracy and espionage. Viewers will assume the role of the lead character Kelly, directing the story and making choices for her along the way.
Netflix Reveals Black Mirror Season 4 Launch Date
Black Mirror's six new episodes will arrive on December 29 as a post-festive treat/total technological downer.
Netflix announced the release date alongside a new trailer for the show.
IGN's seen all six episodes and you can read our spoiler-free review now, in which we call this "the strongest, most consistent season of the show yet."
Want to check out the talent associated with each standalone episode? Here's each one:
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Marvel’s Iron Fist: Alice Eve Joins Cast of Season 2
Alice Eve (Star Trek Into Darkness) has joined Season 2 of Marvel's Iron Fist in "an undisclosed role."
The only (small) hint regarding Eve's role comes from Jeph Loeb, Marvel's head of television, who said the actor "brings an intrigue and danger to her character unlike anyone else," according to Marvel.
Eve in 2013's Star Trek Into Darkness
Superhot Expansion DLC Announced
Superhot: Mind Control Delete was revealed today with a brief teaser trailer and will be coming to Steam Early Access on December 7th.
Time puzzling shooter Superhot will get a brand new expansion titled, Superhot: Mind Control Delete, it was revealed today by SUPERHOT team. Although details are scarce and the reveal trailer does little more than whet the appetite, the game’s Steam Page does reveal a few things including a 9-12 month release window and an early access beta on December 7, 2018.
In the biggest departure from the game's first installment, players will get to play as multiple characters with different abilities, while gameplay will now be more akin to the procedural generation of a roguelike. The expansion will be free to existing owners and priced the same as existing Superhot games for those who are new to the franchise. No details have been released regarding whether this expansion will make its way onto consoles.
Bridge Constructor Portal Is Bridge Constructor Meets Portal
Bridge Constructor, the physics-based game where you're tasked with building bridges for cars and trucks, is being mashed up with Portal, the physics-based game where you use Portals to solve puzzles.
Both games are excellent at spelling out their main gameplay hook right in the title, so it's no surprise Bridge Constructor Portal lets you construct bridges and use portals.
Bridge Constructor Portal combines "the laws of structural engineering and technology straight from Aperture Laboratories" to create a standalone game. Among the Aperture technology is GladOS, who holds you under her "demanding gaze," according to the press release.
If you have a PC, you can start playing as early as December 20, and it also lands on mobile devices the same day. Console versions are planned and are scheduled to release "in early 2018."