Laura Linney Joins Ninja Turtles 2
Laura Linney has joined the cast of Ninja Turtles 2.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Linney joins a cast that includes Megan Fox and Will Arnett, though specific details about her role have yet to be released.
She will also work alongside comedian Tyler Perry as scientist Baxter Stockman and Arrow's Stephen Amell, who will be playing Casey Jones.
It's an interesting casting choice; Laura Linney has been nominated three times for Oscars for her work in movies such as 2008's The Savages. However, now that she's a mother, she may be looking for projects geared more towards younger audiences, hence her casting in NT2.
Ubisoft Releases Free Child of Light Art Book
Ubisoft has released a free illustrated art book for Child of Light to celebrate the RPG's one year anniversary.
Called Child of Light: Reginald the Great, the art book is available to download for everyone and tells a tale about Robert's son. The story is aimed to further expand on the world of Lemuria.
“From the start, we wanted to explore Lemuria from different perspectives and protagonists," said Patrick Plourde, creative director at Ubisoft, in a statement. "The illustrated books are set a couple of years after the events of the game and follow the adventures of Reginald, the son of Robert and Margaret.
DirectX 12 Pushes ‘6 to 12 Times’ the Polygons of DirectX 11
During the Build conference today Microsoft showed off capabilities of its next iteration of DirectX, DirectX 12.
Running the 2012 Final Fantasy Agni's Philosophy demo on a positively beastly quad-SLI Digital Storm PC, Microsoft showed the demo running in real-time in Direct X 12. According to Microsoft, the demo was showing off 63 million polygons, or about 6 to 12 times as many as were shown on the same demo running DirectX 11.
Moving around the scene freely and adjusting lighting were shown off, as well as textures were at 8K x 8K. "Significantly more than we were able to do" with DX 11.
Bandai Namco Announces Galaga/Tekken Crossover Game
Bandai Namco Games has announced the release of Galaga: Tekken 20th Anniversary Edition, a crossover game for mobile platforms.
It celebrates the 20th anniversary of the Tekken fighting game franchise by combining its characters with the gameplay of Galaga, one of Bandai Namco's classic arcade games. The Tekken characters enter the battle against enemy aliens via spaceships, and players will be able to use Tekken's "tag" mechanic to call upon an additional character to help deal double damage.
Evolve’s Broken Hill Maps Arrive on PS4, PC
The Broken Hill Mine and Broken Hill Foundry maps are coming to the PlayStation 4 and PC versions of Evolve today, free.
Both maps debuted first on Xbox One and can be played in Hunt, Nest, and Rescue, as well as Skirmish, Custom matches, and Evacuation campaigns.
The first Broken Hill map is a bohrium mine deep under Shear. If Hunters win in Evacuation campaigns, their Mining Drones are converted into Shield Drones for the next match.
Monsters get a campaign effect too: if they break the mining drill, a series of earthquakes will "flush out" birds in the environment, creating a flurry to disorient Hunters.
Valve Gives Developers Power to Ban Players
Valve has announced that developers are now able to personally ban players that are "disruptive."
According to the Steam community announcement, Valve now allows developers to "implement their own systems that detect and permanently ban any disruptive players, such as those using cheats."
The game developer will notify Valve when such a player has been detected in their game, and Valve will apply the game ban to that account.
Steam is a massive platform, so it makes sense that Valve might outsource cheat detection to individual developers. It means that devs can issue a ban on players in a specific game, even if that game isn't enforced with Valve Anti-Cheat (VAC) system.
Win Evolve Skins With Headshot Challenge
If the Evolve community can collectively land 2 million headshots on Monsters with Parnell over the weekend, anyone who plays during that timeframe will win a free Parnell Predator skin.
The Evolve headshot challenge begins on Friday, May 1st at 12:01 AM ET and ends Monday, May 4th at 12:01 AM ET.
If Evolve players can surpass 2.8 million, the community will also receive the Assault Predator skin set.
What Happens When Sega and Capcom’s Heroes Unite?
It's no surprise that Archie Comics would choose to follow up on last year's big Sonic the Hedgehog/Mega Man crossover, Worlds Collide, with a sequel. What is a surprise is just how ambitious the scope of Worlds Unite is. This new crossover doesn't just reunite Sonic and Mega Man. It also draws in the heroes of the Mega Man X and Sonic Boom franchises, as well as a host of other Capcom and Sega video game properties (including Golden Axe, Ghost & Goblins, Skies of Arcadia, NIGHTS Into Dreams and Street Fighter).
2 Minutes of Gameplay Starring The Witcher 3’s New Heroine
Ciri, the second playable character in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, doesn't play like Geralt at all. To begin with, she has limited magical powers -- Geralt's incredible Sign magic is nowhere to be seen. But Ciri isn't just an apprentice of Geralt of Rivia -- she's an extraordinary heroine with mysterious ghostly abilities, and a side-story with distinct quests to call her own. We've played her first few missions, and her linear, action-centric missions are a refreshing, regular change of pace from the expansive open world. Check out the debut gameplay for Ciri above, and learn more about her role from developer CDProjekt Red below.
The Escapists Busts Onto PS4 Soon
Prison break puzzle RPG, The Escapists, is out on PlayStation 4 on May 29th in Europe and Australia, and June 2nd in North America. It'll be $20 / £15 on the PlayStation Store.
The Escapists Alcatraz DLC will also launch alongside its PS4 debut for $3 / £2.
After half a year on Steam Early Access, The Escapists had its official PC launch in February, alongside its console debut on Xbox One.
Our review of The Escapists called it "fresh and entertaining." The game, as its name suggests, is about breaking out of prison.
Players can establish good relations with fellow inmates, who they can barter with for items like escape tools.