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.
LG Unveils Its New Flagship Phone
LG has unveiled its latest leading phone, the LG G4.
The G4 boasts a removable battery, along with a microSD slot. Seeing as Samsung went with a unibody design for the S6 Edge, this makes the G4 the only Android flagship currently to offer a removable battery and microSD.
The camera comes with an f/1.8 lens and 0.6 shutter speed, which just about tops both the Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge by 0.1. As for improvements, the back camera gets a generous bump from 13 megapixels to 16 megapixels. Likewise, the front camera also gets a hefty increase, this time going from 2.1 megapixels to a whopping 8 megapixels, matching the resolution of the iPhone.
Spacecraft Due to Crash Into Mercury Today
The Messenger probe, which has been mapping Mercury since 2011, is due to crash land today after running out of fuel.
This is only the second Mercury mission which has ever been conducted. The first, Mariner 10, only flew past the planet three times in the 1970s. Messenger has been in orbit for four years.
The mission launched on August 3, 2004, and the probe traveled 4.9 billion miles, circling the Sun 15 times, before settling into orbit around Mercury. NASA expects the probe to crash into the far side of the planet today.
Nintendo Direct: Splatoon Special Coming Next Week
Splatoon is set to get its very own Nintendo Direct next Thursday, May 7 at 7am PT / 10am ET / 3pm GMT.
Both Nintendo of America and Nintendo of Europe have confirmed the stream, so it's likely we'll be seeing the same content.
Nintendo unveiled a 3-pack of Splatoon-themed amiibo earlier this month, but unfortunately it doesn't look like they'll be included in an otherwise-cool Best Buy bundle. If you want your own collectible inkling boy, girl, and squid, it appears you'll have to buy the pack separately.
Sony Announces Lifetime PS4 Sales of 22.3 Million
Sony has revealed PlayStation 4 console sales numbers passed the 22.3 million mark at the end of March. According to the last update we received, the company had sold 20.2 million by the start of the month.
The figure comes alongside news of 14.8 million PS4 sales for the financial year ending March 31, 2015, which caused the corporation's Game and Network Services segment to become its biggest earner.
The company's full year financial report revealed raw revenues for the segment jumped 33 per cent year-on-year (25 per cent on a constant currency basis) to bring in $11.5 billion dollars this year. Operating income rose to $401 million which, when compared to last year's loss of $78 million, is pretty impressive.
Tetris Can’t Be Beaten, Here’s Why
Using a bit of mathematics, it has been proven that Tetris can never be beaten.
PBS has outlined some of the reasons why in the video below. The seven tetrominos fit together in many different ways, however the rectangle shape they create is eight tiles wide. The Tetris board is ten tiles wide, so eventually you have to deal with the extra space.
The video also goes into "The Snake Sequence", which is where you get alternating S and Z pieces. If you get enough of these in a row, it creates gaps that cannot be filled. You have a 1 in 3,087 chance to be dealt four of these pieces in a row.
Watch Dogs 2 in Development, According to Employee CV
Watch Dogs 2 is in development, according to one of the original title's senior gameplay programmers.
The LinkedIn profile of Julien Risse, who's based at Ubisoft Paris, had the unannounced game listed on his profile alongside Watch Dogs and its Bad Blood DLC before removing it. Unfortunately, not before VideoGamer managed to grab a screenshot.
Comic Book Reviews for April 29, 2015
The final week of April proved to be a doozy for the comics industry. In addition to shipping another batch of Convergence books, DC delivered the long-awaited finale to Batman: Endgame, a game-changing new issue of Justice League, the final chapter of Multiversity and a Superman issue written and drawn by John Romita, Jr.
Marvel, meanwhile, wrapped up several major ongoing series this week. Jonathan Hickman's two Avengers titles concluded with a bang, while James Robinson said farewell to the Fantastic Four. IDW also has a big week, as they concluded the current volume of G.I. Joe and followed up on last month's traumatic cliffhanger in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
Check out our reviews for these and other new comics. We're short two reviewers this week, so be sure to let us know your thoughts on the books we weren't able to cover, too.