WildStar’s Newest Content Update Brings Pets to Nexus
WildStar's fifth content update is now live and brings new adventures, raids, and the addition of companion pets to the MMO.
The latest update, called INVASION: Nexus, adds new content and customization features to the game, including companion pets, "a feature fans have been requesting for a while," according to developer Carbine Studios. Over 50 different pets are available to collect.
In addition to the new pets, the update adds a new adventure, a new raid, a new contracts system and a new post-cap space in Star-Comm Basin.
The new Bay of Betrayal adventure tasks players with infiltrating the Ascendency as an acolyte Technopath "to subvert the Ascendancy and rise through the ranks by emerging victorious in contests against other hopeful acolytes."
Windows Media Center Is Dead, Won’t Carry Over to Windows 10
Windows Media Center is effectively dead, as Microsoft has no plans to support the software with Windows 10.
In fact, during this year's Build Developer Conference in San Francisco, the company confirmed to ZDNet in a private meeting that those who opt for a free OS upgrade from Windows 7 or 8.1 will lose Media Center functionality altogether. And no, there won't be a way to get the software back.
We can confirm that due to decreased usage, Windows Media Center will not be part of Windows 10.
Why Colin McRae Rally Will Always Be King Off the Road
As I was a fetus when the legendary Group B category was introduced to the World Rally Championship back in 1982, my only experience of what’s generally regarded as the golden age of rallying is grainy archival video. For me, the most exciting period of the WRC was actually the late ’90s, when madmen waged war against the clock in weaponised gravel missiles like the Subaru Impreza and Mitsubishi Lancer. This was the era when the iconic Ford Escort and Toyota Celica gave way to worthy successors in the Focus and the Corolla respectively, and Peugeot re-joined the series with the highly-successful 206. These are my all-time favourite rally cars.
But a car is only ever as good as the driver behind the wheel and, in the late ’90s, one particular driver dominated rallying above all others. He even got his own video game.
Here’s How Kratos Joined Shovel Knight
Yacht Club Games Creative Director David D' Angelo has discussed how Kratos found himself in Shovel Knight.
Speaking with the Santa Monica Studio website, D’Angelo explains that Yacht Club Games was coming up with ideas as to where the blue knight could travel to. That’s when the team had a “crazy” idea that maybe he could do battle with someone from another land, or, another game.
“From style, combat, and overall intensity, Kratos was first on our list,” says D’Angelo, “as a chance encounter we wanted to see make the jump over to 2D! We couldn't be more honored to have Shovel Knight take part in God of War's incredible history!”
PlayStation 4 Sales Surpass 2 Million in UK
PlayStation 4 sales have reached the 2 million sales milestone in the UK, Sony Computer Entertainment has announced.
Not only does this make PS4 the best-selling console of 2015 thus far, it also continues to outshine the PlayStation 2, making it the fastest-selling Sony console in the company's history.
"Reaching the milestone of two million PlayStation 4 consoles in the UK in less than 18 months is an achievement we are very proud of," Sony UK exec Fergal Gara told MCV.
What Charlie Cox Wants From Season 2 of Daredevil
Daredevil has proved to be a huge success on Netflix, so-much-so that a second season has already been green-lit. We've already speculated on what we want to see in that series, but here Charlie Cox offers his thoughts on the show's future.
"The show has had such a great response that I imagine we’ll be wanting to stick in that world and tonally feel we’re in the same universe. It’s very hard to know – when you’ve got a writer’s room and a showrunner it’s very hard to know who’s influencing the dialogue. Who’s influencing the structure of the scripts, the tone of it. I imagine it’s very much a collaborative process."
PAX Aus 2015 Indie Showcase Submissions Open
The organizers of PAX Aus 2015 are now accepting game submissions for this year’s Indie Showcase, according to an announcement on Penny Arcade.
Australian and New Zealand developers have until July 6, 2015 to apply for a place in the showcase and selections will be announced on the website a few weeks later. Those chosen will receive four Exhibitor Hall Badges for PAX Aus 2015 and a 9 sqm shell stand space in the PAX Aus Exhibition Hall to showcase their titles.
Eligible developers must not have an existing traditional publisher-developer partnership or be funded by an outside party, excluding government grants and crowd sourcing.
Harley Quinn Co-Creator on Suicide Squad Photo
Bruce Timm, the co-creator (alongside Paul Dini) of Harley Quinn, has shared his thoughts on what he thinks of her live-action look in Suicide Squad.
Speaking with io9, Timm was pleasantly surprised. "I just saw the pic like a couple hours ago. It was interesting. I was frankly a little nervous about what Harley would look like, but I thought she looked really cool. So I'm optimistic."
Timm wouldn't comment beyond his optimism, though. "I just saw the one shot of her in the group shot. So far so good."
Rain Delays Project CARS on PC in Australia
According to Namco Bandai Australia, the PC version of Project CARS has been delayed by a day because of...water damage.
The game was scheduled for release on the 7th of May for Xbox One and PlayStation 4, but according to a press release has been pushed back to the 8th of May for PC because of "recent storm activity".
We reached out to local PR who came back with this additional information: "Our local production house suffered some damage in last week's storms which resulted in our PC stock and DLC paper-parts having to be reprinted. As such, we are working to have the Project CARS PC stock delivered to stores this Friday 8th, a day after the console release on Thursday."
Drones Assist Earthquake Relief and Rescue Operations in Nepal
Camera-equipped unmanned aerial vehicles were being used by Indian and Nepalese authorities to carry out reconnaissance in inaccessible areas in Nepal after an earthquake devastated the region on April 25, 2015.
S.S. Guleria, deputy inspector general of India’s National Disaster Response Force, told media outlets that two drones purchased from Mumbai-based drone company ideaForg are being used in the relief efforts. The devices, which have a 5 km diameter reconnaissance range, are being controlled by pilots in a Katmandu control room to check out regions that can't be reached via land. ideaForg and its UAVs were previously called upon to support relief and rescue operations in Uttarakhand, India after torrential rains caused flash floods in June, 2013.