Why Canceled Fallout 3 Project Was Never Finished
Before making Fallout: New Vegas at Obsidian Entertainment, game director director Josh Sawyer served as the lead designer on the canceled Fallout 3 project that was in development at Black Isle Studios. Speaking to IGN, Sawyer shared a few details about the abandoned game, including why it ultimately never game to fruition.
"It's because the parent company of Black Isle Studios, Interplay, was in a difficult financial situation for a really long time," Sawyer explained on the latest episode of IGN Expert Mode. "We had put off working on Fallout 3 for years, working on various other projects...
Picross S for Nintendo Switch Announced
Nintendo's long-running puzzle series is making its way to the Nintendo Switch with Picross S — and you won't have to wait long to play it.
Developer Jupiter has announced, via Eurogamer, that Picross S will be released for the Switch on September 28 for $7.99.
Picross S promotional art
The latest iteration of the puzzle series will include 300 puzzles and a local co-op mode.
Picross is a grid-based puzzle game in which players fill in the grid based on numbers along the sides of each grid. Those numbers are clues to how many squares in each row or column need to be filled in, but not which specifically — players must use the numbers given to determine what those squares are.
How Gotham Gets Its Batman Villains Right
Warning: Spoilers for Gotham through Season 3...
How is Batman's famous Rogues' Gallery of supervillains holding up on Gotham without Batman? Pretty well, actually.
Gotham returns to FOX on (new night) Thursday, September 21st for a Season 4 premiere, "Pax Penguina," that finds fear-mongering Batman villain Scarecrow (Charlie Tahan) making his in-costume debut in the midst of the city's most peaceful, crime-free era ever.
Of course, we've already met young Jonathan Crane on the show, back in Season 1 during a two-episode arc focused on his father, Dr. Gerald Crane (Julian Sands) - a story that left Jonathan incapacitated and mentally tormented by his dad's own fear toxin. So how will Gotham's full version of Scarecrow hold up to his comic book counterpart? Or even other representations of Crane from films like Batman Begins or games like Arkham Asylum and Arkham Knight? One thing we do know is that Gotham has been at its best, since the very beginning, when spotlighting the city's crooked and cracked evil-doers.
iPhone X Will Reportedly Suffer From a Production Delay
iPhone X customers may have to wait until next year before they receive their phone.
The device is already expected to launch in short supply this November 3, but reports say that the production delays are much worse than previously thought.
According to a report from chip analyst Christopher Caso, production for the upcoming Apple device is yet to start, pushing the date when customers should be receiving their phones from this holiday season to an indefinite point in 2018.
Caso relays information from his discussions with "supply chain players", stating:
Netflix Pulls Kids’ Show Following Discovery of Obscene Drawing
Netflix has pulled an episode of the children's program Maya the Bee after a mother spotted what appears to be an extremely phallic drawing on the trunk of a tree in the background of an episode.
According to Variety, Chey Robinson spotted the offending graffiti and shared her displeasure on Facebook.
Image: Variety
Fallout: New Vegas Dev Wanted to Include Wedding Scene
Fallout: New Vegas director Josh Sawyer has revealed a hilarious Vegas-style wedding scene he wanted to include in Obsidian's post-apocalyptic action RPG.
"There's a character in the game named Cass—and she's a hard drinking lady—and we had this idea of her and the courier getting into this drinking match and blacking out," Sawyer said on the latest episode of IGN Expert Mode.
How to Watch the New Amityville Movie for Free
Amityville: The Awakening will premiere for free October 12 on Google Play.
From then until November 8, the newest entry in the horror franchise can be watched for free on the service. During that time, Amityville: The Awakening will arrive in theaters October 28.
The movie sees a new family relocating to 112 Ocean Avenue. Bella Thorne stars in Amityville: The Awakening, with Jennifer Jason Leigh playing her mother.
Cameron Monaghan (Shameless), Mckenna Grace (Gifted) and Jennifer Morrison (Once Upon a Time) round out the cast for the new Amityville, which was written and directed by Franck Khalfoun.
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Nier: Automata Passes 2 Million Copies Shipped
Worldwide shipments and digital sales for Nier: Automata have now exceeded the 2 million mark.
This is the latest milestone from Platinum Games' critically acclaimed action RPG. In May, Square Enix announced shipments and digital sales of Nier: Automata eclipsed 1.5 million units worldwide.
The game is currently available on Steam at a 35% discount until September 25 and at a 36% discount on the PSN Store until September 27.
Square has also announced that the NieR: Automata/NIER: Gestalt & Replicant original soundtrack vinyl box set will be available to preorder soon and will be released in December. The box set features four vinyl LPs, with a variety of tracks selected by series composer Keiichi Okabe, and also sports exclusive illustrations from Tokyo Ghoul illustrator Sui Ishida.
Pokemon’s Newest App Is Adorable and Completely Free
Pokemon Playhouse, a brand-new Pokemon app designed for preschoolers, is now available for iPhone, iPad and Android devices.
The app is completely free of charge, with no in-app purchases. Pokemon Playhouse features an indoor and outdoor environment for kids to explore, Pokemon to encounter, and activities to complete.
By engaging in various activities, like grooming Pokemon and identifying Pokemon among the starts in the night sky, players will be able to hatch Eggs, adding more Pokemon to their collection. Users can also feed their Pokemon or take them to the park. Pokemon Playground features over 50 different Pokemon for players to find and interact with.
Additionally, the app includes various puzzles to complete, as well as a story time feature that fleshes out the backstory of your Pokemon Playhouse pals.