This Week’s Xbox Live Deals With Gold Are…
Microsoft has revealed this week's Deals With Gold, which include multiple versions of Forza Horizon 2 for Xbox One.
According to the Major Nelson blog, the Digital, Deluxe, and Ultimate Editions of Playground Games' aforementioned racer have all been discounted, as well as the game's add-on Car Pass. Both the Deluxe and Ultimate Editions of the game have received 30 percent markdowns, while the standard Digital version has been reduced by 20 percent.
With regard to Xbox 360 content, a selection of Serious Sam games have been discounted 67 percent, along with a number of other Arcade titles, including Metal Slug 3 and Samurai Showdown II, both of which are 50 percent off.
WWE Smackdown Moving to USA
Given Syfy's recommitment to darker, edgier sci-fi programming, it was only a matter of time before wrestling started to stick out as an outlier on their primetime schedule.
Fortunately, the NBCUniversal family is here to help, and it was announced today at the USA Upfronts that WWE Smackdown will be moving to USA starting early 2016. So both RAW and Smackdown will air on the same network.
Sheamus vs. Daniel Bryan on Smackdown.
Witcher 3 Expansions Boast 30 Hours of Extra Gameplay
Two story-driven instalments have been announced for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. Unlike the already announced DLC, which CD Projekt is giving away for free, these expansion due to their size and scope will come with a price tag and will represent "real value for money", according to CD Projekt Red co-founder Marcin Iwiński.
The first, Hearts of Stone, boasts a "10-hour-plus adventure" and ventures into "the wilds of No Man's Land and the nooks and alleys of Oxenfurt, where he'll
try to complete a contract from the mysterious Man of Glass. Caught in a thick tangle of deceit, Geralt will need all his cunning and strength to solve the mystery and emerge unscathed."
Furthermore, a second expansion entitled Blood and Wine will offer a "20-hour-plus tale" which will introduce an entirely new region known as Toussaint. CD Projekt Red describes the land as "untainted by war, where an atmosphere of carefree indulgence and knightly ritual masks an ancient, bloody secret."
Jon Snow Depresses Everyone at Seth Meyers’ Dinner Party
Check out this awesome video from Late Night with Seth Meyers that pokes fun at Game of Thrones' dark, dour, Jon Snow.
Here, GOT star Kit Harington plays Snow, in full Night's Watch garb, attending a cordial dinner party hosted by Seth Meyers - trying to make with the polite small talk while totally not bringing up the fact that everyone will soon face a harsh season of everlasting night and frost. It goes okay.
Oh, and spoiler warning? Right?
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Halo Online Modders Making Game Playable for All
Just last week, Microsoft and 343 Industries announced Halo Online, a free-to-play shooter exclusive to PC gamers in Russia. Since then, a team of modders has taken it upon itself to leak the game to the rest of the world.
The group, known as El Dorito, has taken an early build of the game and worked to make it accessible to PC gamers outside of Russia, despite requests from Microsoft to cease such efforts.
"The game was going to be free in the first place," modder Neoshadow42 told TorrentFreak. "The PC audience has been screaming for Halo 3 for years and years, and we saw the chance with this leak. The fact that we could, in theory, bring the game that everyone wants, without the added on stuff that would ruin the game, that’s something we’d be proud of."
Yo-Kai Watch Is Coming to the West
Yo-Kai Watch, the popular Japanese anime, manga and video game franchise, is coming to the West, with Nintendo bringing a localized instalment to 3DS.
The game will be released in the United States, Europe, Korea, Australia, and New Zealand. However, release dates for each specific territory have yet to be announced.
For those unfamiliar with the franchise, Yo-Kai Watch centers around a young boy who lives in a world populated by Yo-Kai, mysterious beings that can't be seen by the human eye. The main character has a special watch that allows him to befriend the Yo-Kai and summon them to fight other Yo-Kai.
Rumor: New Apple TV Won’t Feature 4K Support
Apple is reportedly set to unveil a new model in its ongoing line of Apple TV set-top boxes; however, those looking to stream 4K content will likely want to look elsewhere.
According to inside sources that spoke to BuzzFeed, this year's iteration of Apple TV will not feature 4K video streaming. With such a small number of televisions out there that can display 4K video and a limited library of available content, the company apparently opted out of adding support. "4K is great, but it’s still in its infancy," said one source told the outlet.
Additionally, reports started surfacing last month regarding the announcement of a new Apple TV at this year's Word Wide Developers Conference in June.
Did Activision Just Tease Black Ops 3?
Is Activision teasing the next Call of Duty title? A recent update may have the answer.
A YouTuber by the name of Drift0r released a video documenting the update, in which, strange symbols appeared as advertisements within Black Ops 2. After some digging by CharlieIntel.com, it turns out these symbols can be used in SnapChat to add a Call of Duty SnapChat account to the user’s friends list.
@TmarTn @OMGitsAliA @Drift0r On Callofduty's Snapchat! pic.twitter.com/P7cD3ozAa5
The Upcoming Game That Might Be Gorier Than Mortal Kombat
It only takes one look to know a lot has changed from Killing Floor to Killing Floor 2, and it's grown as much beneath the surface as on it.
Still, the first thing you'll notice is how much better it looks. Killing floor wasn't known for its looks, but Killing Floor 2 might be. Thanks to the many damage points on each monster's body, and a neat animation blending system, no two of the thousands of deaths look alike. Enemies stumble about as stray bullets blow out their knee caps, reeling clumsily backwards as shots to their shoulders catch them off balance. Bigger and bigger chunks progressively fly off the face of the larger monsters with subsequent head-shots, cluing you in to how much more punishment they can take. In a subtle way, all these little details keep the relentless slaughter from feeling samey like they usually do in games where the body count is so high.
Classic FM Hall of Fame Includes a Dozen Game Scores
Classic FM's Hall of Fame has been updated and now includes 12 video game scores.
The Hall of Fame list is fan-voted, and contains 300 of listeners' most-loved classical pieces. Nobuo Uematsu's Final Fantasy scores have dropped down two places this year, but are still in the top ten.
The video game entries with their composers are as follows:
- Halo series, Marty O'Donell - #244
- The Last of Us, Gustavo Santaolalla - #193
- StarCraft, Glen Stafford - #163
- Blue Dragon, Nobuo Uematsu - #118