The Flash: “Rogue Time” Photo Preview
Barry Allen (Grant Gustin) went so fast in last week's episode of The Flash that he traveled through time. By doing so, he changed the past and wiped out the many big reveals of the episode. While he ended up saving lives, his accidental time leap has consequences since he's ruptured the time continuum.
It seems as though the timeline will try to correct itself and present another tragedy. That could be the return of Captain Cold (Wentworth Miller) and Heat Wave (Dominic Purcell) and Cold's sister Lisa, a.k.a. Golden Glider (Peyton List), or something else entirely. Time will tell. Flip through the below gallery to see what's ahead in the next episode, "Rogue Time."
The Flash: "Rogue Time" Photo Gallery:
Bloodborne Load Times are Getting Patched
Bloodborne is set to get a patch to improve its performance, Sony has announced.
The company has issue a statement to IGN explaining it hopes to reduce loading times and improve other elements too.
"The development team is currently exploring another patch for Bloodborne, seeking ways to improve load time duration, in addition to other performance optimisations and miscellaneous bug fixes," it reads. "We will provide more information as soon as possible."
For more on Bloodborne, be sure to check out our ongoing review, and the diary of a Souls newcomer who's experiencing just how much fun crippling frustration can be.
Release Date Confirmed For The Evil Within’s Second DLC
Bethesda has confirmed that the second DLC instalment for The Evil Within will release on April 21 for Xbox One, PC and North American PlayStation players.
European PlayStation players will have to wait an additional 24 hours to access the download.
The Consequence follows the first DLC pack, The Assignment, which released on March 21 and left players dying to know what happens next to protagonist Juli Kidman.
Shinji Mikami’s survival horror title will also receive its third DLC pack, The Keeper, later this year.
IGN thought that the first DLC pack, The Assignment, was great, stating that it offers a "thrilling three-and-a-half hours in The Evil Within’s grimy universe. Its stealthy gameplay, beautifully designed environments, and refreshingly grounded protagonist make it stand out from the main game, and a cliffhanger ending suggests there’s much more good stuff to come in part two: The Consequence."
The Commando 2 Plot Would Have Been…
Steven E. De Souza has been talking about the plans he had for a sequel to action classic Commando, describing the film’s potential storyline, and revealing that Frank Darabont did some revisions on the script.
In a wide-ranging interview with the BristolBadFilmClub, De Souza talks about everything from Die Hard and Street Fighter to Flash Gordon and Sgt Rock, but what really caught our eye was his plot for Commando 2:
“I did write a sequel for that which is floating around on the Internet. Frank Darabont even did some revisions on it. In that movie, I would look at how experiences change people, such as how in Die Hard 2 people reference how famous John McClane is after the events of the first film.
Microsoft Discounts Forza Horizon 2, Evolve, and More
This week's Deals with Gold offers discounts on a number of high profile titles, including Forza Horizon 2 and Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare.
The Xbox One version Playground Games' racer is available for 20 percent off, while fans of Activision's popular FPS series can score the latest entry on either Xbox 360 or Xbox One for 33 percent off its typical asking price.
Other markdowns include Turtle Rock Studios' Evolve and WWE 2K15, the later of which is available for half price if you purchase the Xbox 360 Games on Demand version. For the entire list of discounts, check out Major Nelson's blog.
SCEA Abandons Bloodborne and Kill Strain Trademarks
Sony Computer Entertainment America had five of its trademark applications abandoned yesterday, including one for From Software's Bloodborne.
According to the United States Patent and Trademark office, trademarks for No Heroes Allowed: No Puzzles Either!, How Games Were Made To Sound, Kill Strain, Bloodborne, and Guns Up! were all abandoned because "no Statement of Use or Extension Request timely filed after Notice of Allowance was issued."
Microsoft Reveals Xbox 360 Spring Value Bundles
Microsoft has announced three Xbox 360 Spring Value Bundles available for $250 USD.
The most readily available is the Xbox 360 500 GB Spring Value Bundle, which comes with a download code for Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare and a physical copy of Fable Anniversary. It'll be available in most regions worldwide, including the US.
Two other bundles are also available, though they won't be coming to all regions. The 4 GB Kinect Spring Value Bundle comes with copies of Kinect Sports Ultimate and Kinect Adventures, while the 500 GB Kinect Spring Value Bundle comes with the same games but a bigger hard drive.
Twitch Boss: Console ‘7-Year Upgrade Lifecycle Doesn’t Work’
Twitch TV co-founder Emmett Shear believes Sony and Microsoft will have to drastically change their approach to hardware in the future if they hope to survive.
"The problem is, the seven-year upgrade lifecycle doesn’t work in the face of the two-year upgrade cycles for every other hardware platform," Shear told The Guardian. "It’s so intrinsically built into how consoles get manufactured and made and the full business model, that I’d be surprised to see another generation."
According to the Twitch boss, the future of gaming hardware will be akin to set top boxes with an upgrade cycle similar to that of smartphones and tablets. "They’re going to have to change form," he added. "You can already see this on both Xbox and PlayStation where there’s a tighter upgrade loop for both the operating systems and the games."
Team Create Real Life Legend of Zelda Hylian Shield
A crew of blacksmiths and craftsmen have created a real-life Hylian Shield from The Legend of Zelda.
Featured on the Awe Me YouTube channel, the team - Swordsmith and Machinists Kerry and Matt Stagmer, Engraver/Armourer Ilya Alekseyev, Goldsmith Lauren Schott and Fabricator John Mitchell from Baltimore Knife and Sword - painstakingly recreated Link's infamous shield, complete with embossed trim, Triforce motif and hand-painted design.
To complement the shield, they also created a copy of the original Master Sword, too.
Amazon France Lists Bloodborne for PC
PS4-exclusive Bloodborne could be coming to PC at some stage, if a retail listing is to be believed.
The listing, live at the time of writing on Amazon France, lists the platform as "Windows 7/8" though it's "currently unavailable".
Amazon France has previous form in accurately leaking game details before publishers are ready to reveal them. To date, its list of scalps include Call of Duty: Black Ops II, the Killzone Trilogy, the European-only Assassin's Creed Anthology, Grand Theft Auto V on PC and a PS4 bundle for The Last of Us: Remastered. All of these turned out to be accurate.