Here’s When You Can Download the Latest Vita Update
A software update is coming tomorrow for PlayStation Vita owners which should bring several enhancements to the handheld.
According to a post on PlayStation Blog, update 3.50 for PS Vita adds support for streaming in 60 frames-per-second for enhanced Remote Play.
Additionally, the update adds enlarged text and increased contrast options to make the device more accessible to a wider range of consumers.
PlayStation 4's software system update 2.50 rolls out tomorrow as well, and will allow users to finally suspend and resume their games at will. Social features, including enhanced Facebook integration, are being included in the update, too.
Watch Us Stream Dark Souls 2 on PlayStation 4
Bloodborne is all the rage these days but that's not the only Souls experience we're getting this year. Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin is headed to PS4, Xbox One, PS3, Xbox 360, and PC on April 7th. Since more Souls is always a good thing, we're going to play it today for your enjoyment…live.
To watch us die in horrible ways, tune in today at 1PM PT (4PM ET / 9PM GMT / Thurs, 8 AM AET).
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RadioShack Attempting To Sell Customer Info
RadioShack recently filed for bankruptcy and has begun the process of closing down about 2,000 stores. It'd be a typical affair, if not for the millions of customer names, addresses, and emails the company is selling as part of its "assets."
Bloomberg is reporting that private data belonging to 117 million RadioShack customers – including 65 million names and addresses and 13 million emails – are up for sale as part of the retail chain's bankruptcy auction.
This is all according to Hilco Streambank, an asset monetization service, which also states that any attempt to seal a deal on the private data would probably be blocked by the bankruptcy court.
Kentucky Wildcats Play Super Smash Bros. to Unwind
They're currently busy chasing a National Championship in the NCAA tournament, but that doesn't prevent the Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team from taking the occasional video game break to recharge.
Choosing to forgo network connections and HDMI cables, they've brought along a Nintendo 64 and a copy of 1999's Super Smash Bros. to do so.
It's become something of a ritual for the team. In fact, it's so important to them that an entire Wildcats TV episode was dedicated to it. You can view the full episode below.
According to the team members, they mostly play in hotel rooms while on the road. Roster favorites among them tend to be standouts like Pikachu, Fox, Yoshi, Mario, and Luigi.
Idris Elba Up for Star Trek 3 Villain Role
Idris Elba is in early talks to play the villain in Star Trek 3.
Variety reports that the Pacific Rim and The Wire actor would be the latest high-profile thesp to take on the antagonist role in the rebooted Trek series, following in the footsteps of Eric Bana and Benedict Cumberbatch.
It’s not clear what the role might be, nor whether or not it will be a new character like Bana’s Nero or a figure from the classic series as was Cumberbatch’s Khan. According to Variety, early chatter indicates that the Klingons will be the main villains in the film, though that is not confirmed. But would Elba really want to be saddled with all that prosthetic make-up?
Rosetta Stone Coming to Xbox One
Language learning tool Rosetta Stone is coming to Xbox One via a Discover Languages app.
The app will teach English and Spanish "by way of immersive simulation", says the announcement on the Rosetta Stone website. "Virtual travel experiences teach you the vocabulary and grammar necessary for real-world interactions.
Chatting with characters in locations like the Discovery Zone and the Training Zone will help teach you the languages. You will receive "study recommendations, cultural tips, phrase books, and of course, more games!"
If interactive apps on the Xbox is your kind of thing, IGN released its own Xbox One App recently.
Is Magnetic: Cage Closed the Next Portal?
The first mission of Magnetic: Cage Closed is called "A Piece of Cake," which should dispel any thought that developer Guru Games is trying to conceal its debts to Valve's seminal Portal. Indeed, at times Magnetic's alpha build pays homage a tad too enthusiastically. Frantic scribblings warning of doom and gloom catch the eye in shadowy corners, unseen narrators taunt and and guide you from room to room, and you traipse through it all from a first-person perspective with a gun that's not quite a gun. I spent a few hours with it last week to see if it has any chance of making up for the Portal series' four-year silence, and with some qualifications, I'm happy with what I saw.
But rest assured, we're not thinking with Portals this time around. The current star of the show is magnetism, specifically as it's used with a somewhat steampunk-y device that attracts and repels with multiple intensity settings for each, and as a death row inmate, you've been selected to live out your days in the secretive Facility 7 see how well the thing works. (Judging from the graffiti, it usually doesn't go well, although Magnetic never discusses why Amnesty International isn't questioning why all these prisoners go missing.) As you progress, you learn to use magnetism to stack big cubes onto buttons, to drag them from a distance in areas you can't physically access, and to use them to propel and pull yourself over ledges and gaps.
Terminator Genisys: To Cyberdyne and Back
Last summer, IGN and several other outlets paid a visit to the NASA set of Terminator Genisys in New Orleans, where we got a firsthand look at Paramount's sci-fi thriller. There, we got to chat with some of the cast, including Arnold Schwarzenegger (T-800), Jason Clarke (John Connor), Emilia Clarke (Sarah Connor) and Jai Courtney (Kyle Reese). We also sat down with director Alan Taylor and some of the crew to learn more about Genisys and its place in the Terminator franchise.
The day we were there (about three months into production), Taylor and company were shooting a scene with Schwarzenegger, Courtney and Emilia. The set was a control room at Cyberdyne, set in 2017, with a state-of-the-art Time Displacement Device (TDD) in the center of the room. According to the producers, this was a third-act scene, so I'll spare you the "how" and "why" our heroes end up there. But even from the weathered look of the actors -- particularly Arnie, whose T-800 character was looking pretty scuffed up at this point -- it was clear it was late in the game.
Borderlands 2 Sales Pass the 12 Million Mark
Borderlands 2 sales have passed the 12 million mark, according to Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford.
Speaking with Microsoft's Major Nelson on his podcast, Pitchford made it clear he learned about this through an earnings call with 2K but he doesn't have exact numbers.
First released in autumn 2012, last we heard last year was the game had sol 8.5 million copies, becoming 2K Games' history at the time. In its opening months, Borderlands 2 shipped 5 million copies.
Broken Age Act 2 Release Date Announced
Broken Age Act 2 will be available on April 28. 2015 in North America and April 29 in Europe. This date marks not only when you'll be able to continue the adventure you started on PC, but also when the entire Broken Age game will be available for cross-buy on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita.
If you've already bought Broken Age Act 1 on PC, Act 2 will be delivered as a free download. Likewise, once those dates hit, the game will no longer be split into "acts," and will only be available as one full experience for $24.99.
We loved the Broken Age Act 1, and have been covering Act 2 all week as part of IGN First, including the first look at gameplay, as well as a commentary with Broken Age-creator Tim Schafer.