Bloodborne Getting Major Bug Patch Next Week
A major bug fix is on the way for Bloodborne to address an issue that prevented some players from obtaining a significant item required to progress. Some very minor spoilers follow.
The item in question is the Lunarium Key, found in Byrgenwerth College. The criteria to trigger the bug involves ringing the Small Resonant Bell or the Sinister Resonant Bell in the Forbidden Woods area, items that initiate co-op and PvP play respectively.
According to a press release from Sony Computer Entertainment, this series of actions prevents the Lunarium Key from appearing, which is used to unlock a required area in the game.
The team is currently finalizing a 1.02 hofix and aims to release it next week, though an exact date has yet to be decided.
BioWare Can’t Reveal Dragon Age DLC’s PS4 Release Date
BioWare has confirmed it's unable to reveal when Dragon Age: Inquisition's Jaws of Hakkon DLC will hit PlayStation platforms because of an exclusivity deal.
According to tweets from executive producer Mark Darrah, the studio is currently unable to announce when the DLC will be available on PS4 and PS3, though he reassured fans it would get there at some stage.
"We can not discuss when Jaws of Hakkon will be coming on other platforms," he wrote. "We are looking into options."
Though it's far from set in stone, 30-days has been the mark after which console-specific exclusivity has expired for a lot of DLC in the past, so it's possible this is the case again this time.
Facebook’s Internet Drones are Wider Than a Boeing 737
Facebook has unveiled its high-altitude drones for the first time, revealing the unmanned aircrafts have a wingspan to rival a Boeing 737.
At the organisation's F8 developer conference today, CEO Mark Zuckerberg gave a little bit more info about the crafts, designed to stay aloft for months at a time and beam internet access to remote sections of the world.
Xbox One April System Update Also Adds Voice Messages
The Xbox One April System Update will add voice messaging, dedicated servers for party chat and more.
Microsoft has revealed a second wave of additions coming when the patch hits, in addition to the chat and achievement improvements previously announced.
Top of the new features is the ability to leave voice messages for friends. You'll be able to compose and playback voice messages in the messages app when snapped on Xbox One and then send them by double-tapping the Xbox button. You'll also be able to exchange between Xbox One and Xbox 360 consoles.
John Slattery on Returning as Howard Stark in Ant-Man
When John Slattery filmed his role as Howard Stark in Iron Man 2, Marvel was riding high off the success of the first Iron Man film – but still, no one knew just how huge these movies would become.
Five years later, Slattery is reprising his role this summer in Ant-Man. The specifics on how this will occur have yet to be revealed by Marvel, though rumors abound about some sort of flashback scene to a younger Hank Pym.
During a recent interview for Mad Men’s final episodes (more on that soon!), I asked Slattery what it was like to return to Marvel now that they’d become this huge and he said, “It’s crazy, yeah. It’s the biggest set I’ve ever seen, I think, or I’ve ever been on certainly. It’s just a gigantic room and there’s numbers and girders and you think, is that what green screen looks like? And things change so fast. The way you did special effects last year can be completed outmoded in three months when they figure out some other way of generating some image. But yeah it certainly has become like it’s an industry. Marvel is just this unbelievable force now.”
Square Enix Wants Your Feedback on Final Fantasy 15
Square Enix has launched a feedback survey for those who played Final Fantasy XV Episode Duscae.
Currently only available in PAL territories, though a rollout is expected, filling it in should take 10-15 minutes and unlocks three exclusive Final Fantasy XV wallpapers created by the dev team. As you'd expect, the feedback will then be used to improve the finished product. The survey closes on May 31.
In order to provide feedback via the survey, you need to complete the product registration process via Square Enix Members.
After nearly a decade-long wait, we finally got a chance to go hands-on with Final Fantasy XV at PAX East 2015, and we're happy to say that it looks like the wait was worth it. Mitch Dyer and Marty Sliva went back and forth on how much we loved the new action-oriented combat system, while Luke Karmali dove into what makes Episode Duscae so special.
Dragon Ball Xenoverse DLC Adds New Character
Dragon Ball Xenoverse's third downloadable content pack will include a number of extras for fans of the series, not the least of which includes the addition of Golden Frieza.
According to Shonen Gamez, not only will the villain's new final form be thrown into the mix; this third DLC pack also includes new Super and Ultimate attacks, as well as new Parallel Quests and Masters.
Golden Frieza is making his debut in the upcoming DBZ movie Revival of F. The film is scheduled to release across theaters in Japan on April 18.
Jason Lee Back for Mallrats 2
Director Kevin Smith has revealed via his Facebook page that Mallrats alumnus and star of My Name is Earl Jason Lee will be returning for Mallrats 2.
Lee (who starred as Sega-obsessed slacker Brodie Bruce in the 1995 original) will join several other returning cast members Smith has also revealed via his Facebook page, including Shannen Doherty, Michael Rooker, Jason Mewes, Ethan Suplee, and comic book icon Stan Lee.
Bungie Reveals That Your Destiny Vault is About to Get a Lot Roomier
Outlining the upcoming Destiny update scheduled to roll out before the House of Wolves expansion, Bungie revealed to players how much their Vault size dimensions will increase by.
Vaults are used by players to store their loot and is often shared across more than one character. As Vault real estate can become cramped for the seasoned Destiny player, more wiggle room has been a long requested feature by the community. Fortunately, Bungie acknowledges that Vault micromanagement is about to even get trickier with new exotic weapons rolling out with the upcoming expansion.
“Different players have different needs, but our goal was to find a solution that could deliver more Vault space to the greatest number of people in the short term,” Live Team lead M.E. Chun writes in Bungie's Weekly Update. “Our challenge was to provide an increase in storage that fit within the memory constraints that limit how many items can be displayed on one screen.
GameStop: Console Category Sales Short of Industry Forecast
Retail giant GameStop reported that while current console sales exceeded expectations by nearly $700 million USD for the year, sales of last gen consoles declined faster than expected. It also said that sales in the console category fell short of industry expectations.
The company reported that sales of new consoles, including Xbox One, PS4, and Wii U, were forecasted to reach $3.8 billion for the company, but the actual number came in at $4.5 billion.
Technology brands was another bright spot for the company, with a fivefold increase over the year prior, from $62 million to $329 million in 2014.
In a supplementary presentation for investors, GameStop said the decline in last-gen console sales was greater than expected, but the faster adoption of the new consoles offset the drop-off.