Nintendo Will Announce First Smartphone Game Tomorrow
Nintendo will reveal its first video game for mobile phone platforms tomorrow. Nintendo President Tatsumi Kimishima said “We will talk about details tomorrow” regarding Nintendo's long-anticipated first foray into smartphones, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.
The announcement comes on the heels of a March report that Nintendo would enter the potentially-lucrative mobile games market in partnership with Japanese mobile game company DeNA. Nintendo also previously stated that consumers would see the first game resulting from that partnership before the end of 2015.
Knight Squad, Dirt 3 Headline November’s Games With Gold
Microsoft has revealed the upcoming batch of free games that will be available for Xbox Live Gold subscribers in November.
According to Xbox Wire, Pneuma: Breath of Life will be free on Xbox One all month long. Additionally, Knight Squad will be a free download on the platform from November 16 to December 15.
Meanwhile, Codemasters' Xbox 360 racer Dirt 3 will be available during the first half of November, after which it will be replaced by Dungeon Siege III.
It's worth noting that from this point onward, all future Xbox 360 titles made available through Games with Gold will be playable on Xbox One, thanks to the upcoming backwards compatibility support, which arrives November 12.
Google Play Games Gets Recording Feature on Android
Google wants to make YouTube Gaming the premiere platform for all gaming content and making it easy to stream games will certainly help its mission. With the introduction of on-device livestreaming in the YouTube Gaming app, Google showed it is taking mobile gaming seriously. Today, the company announced the continuation of its gaming initiative by allowing every Android user the ability to record gameplay from their phone or tablet.
Deadpool: Colossus to Be Closer to Comics Version
Colossus actor Andre Tricoteux has confirmed that his portrayal of the X-Men character in Deadpool will draw heavily from the comics.
"The Colossus you're going to see in Deadpool is very true to the original character in the comic book," Tricoteux told TechTimes. "
Tim Miller had a really clear vision, and the Deadpool people had a really clear vision of what they wanted. They wanted Colossus to be very traditional to the original story."
Tricoteux also said that while Colossus fans "will get a better sense of who he is," he believes "there's still a lot more to be told about him," going so far as to suggest the character could get his own movie. "Colossus has been around in the comics since the '70s, so I mean, I think you could do your own movie on him," he said.
Nintendo Direct To Happen Before End of Year
Nintendo confirmed back in September that its series of Nintendo Direct videos would continue even after CEO Satoru Iwata passed away in July. Now Tatsumi Kimishima, Nintendo's new president, has announced that the next Nintendo Direct will take place sometime before the end of the year.
Wall Street Journal reported the news from Osaka earlier today. This will be the first Nintendo Direct hosted by its new president, Kimishima.
The company is also expected to reveal its first smartphone game this week.
Gotham: House of Cards Actor Cast as Mr. Freeze
Nathan Darrow has been cast to play Victor Fries (aka Mr. Freeze) in FOX's comic series Gotham.
According to TV Line, the actor, known for his role as Frank Underwood's bodyguard in House of Cards, will have a recurring role as the alter ego of the iconic Batman villain. In fact, there are big plans for the character midway through the current season.
"We’re going to be telling a heavy Fries story in Episodes 12 and 13," Gotham executive producer John Stephens told the outlet. The character will first be seen in the November 30th episode.
Darrow in House of Cards
New Rocket League Update Coming Soon
Mutators, a "suite of alternative presets and settings", are coming to Rocket League in November.
The free update will "add depth, variety, and crazy rocket-powered fun" to custom games on PC and PlayStation 4, along with a new, hockey-based mode that will release shortly after in December.
"With the introduction of Mutators, Rocket League players will soon be able to play a variety of interesting new game-alts, including the low-gravity Moonball or the classic Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars game modes, Cubic and Time Warp, to name just a few", says developer Psyonix in its press release.
"A special playlist, entitled Mutator Mashup, will also launch in November and these combine several preset modes into a single, randomized list of online games."
SEGA Announces Alien: Isolation – The Collection
Alien: Isolation - The Collection is releasing today on PC/Mac, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
The new digital download features the full original game, plus all of the previously released DLC and two standalone missions "where players can relive some of the terrifying moments from the original Alien film, playing as original protagonist, Ellen Ripley and members of her crew".
The Collection also includes five missions packs that bring playable characters, challenges and maps to Survivor and Salvage modes.
Alien: Isolation was developed by Creative Assembly and launched on PC, PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, and Xbox One on October 7, 2014, to mixed reception from critics. Our review of Alien: Isolation called it "mediocre," while a recent opinion piece from IGN called it the "bravest game of 2014."
Player Feedback Prompts Guild Wars 2 Changes
Following player-sourced feedback, changes are coming to Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns.
Writing over at the official Guild Wars 2 website, developer Colin Johanson revealed some of the changes coming in the future.
Johanson explains that while there’s been a lot of positive reactions to Heart of Thorns’ endgame Mastery system, the team “didn’t do a great job properly aligning expectations on how your elite specialization is earned,” which led to some players expecting to get their elite specialization early on, or in some cases, off the bat.
The plan moving forward is to update the elite specialization unlock with the hopes of finding a “better middle ground,” by changing how many points is required to unlock every possible ability from 400 hero points to 250.
