MS-DOS Games Are Playable When Embedded in Tweets
If you've ever wanted more of a reason to spend time on social media, it's now possible for you to embed playable MS-DOS games into tweets on Twitter.
To do so, just copy the URL of any game in the Internet Archive database and embed it in a tweet. Once it's posted, the game will run as well as it did back in the early days of PC gaming.
It's unclear how long this function has been available, but Wired made the discovery earlier today.
Visit the Internet Archive to grab the URLS of a number of classic games, including Wolfenstein 3D, The Oregon Trail, SimCity, Prince of Persia, and Street Fighter II.
Ellen DeGeneres Producing Green Eggs and Ham Series for Netflix
Netflix has ordered a thirteen-episode adaptation of Dr. Seuss' Green Eggs and Ham, with Ellen DeGeneres attached as an executive producer.
Jared Stern (Wreck-It-Ralph, The LEGO Movie 2) will pen the series and executive produce alongside DeGeneres. Jeff Kleeman, Mike Karz, and David Dobkin will also serve as executive producers.
According to DeGeneres, the series will feature "cutting-edge animation" that has "never been done on television before."
In true Dr. Seuss fashion, Netflix VP of Original Content Cindy Holland added:
Justice League’s Darkseid War Brings Back DC’s History
Warning: this article contains spoilers for Justice League #40!
Justice League #40 came with more than a few surprises, setting the stage for the upcoming Darkseid War that starts in June. We were surprised to see the Anti-Monitor as the mysterious universe-destroying villain at the end of Forever Evil, and now he returns again as we see him interact with the time-traveling Metron of the New Gods. Their conversation reveals many details about him that we've never known before, like his real name is Mobius and that he no longer wants to be the Destroyer of universes. Most interestingly, every single reboot of the DC was referenced as part of his story, apparently making all pre-New 52 DC stories canon again.
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.