Zen Studios Announces Two New Tables for Zen Pinball
Zen Studios has unveiled two more original tablets in its Iron & Steel Pack coming later this month.
The pack consists of a table based on Zen’s action-strategy-RPG CastleStorm, as well as the Wild West-themed table Wild West Rampage. In CastleStorm, players team up with the knight Sir Gareth as he defends the Kingdom from the Viking hordes. The table features both single and multiball game modes in a Viking stronghold, including a dragon or two.
Wild West Rampage stars Cindy the bounty hunter in the western town of Rackton Point. The Western-inspired playfield comes complete with a rolling 3D steam engine, six-shooter ball locker and battles with the local officers of the town. The Iron & Steel Pack launches the week of February 24, and will be available on PS4, PS3, PS Vita, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Steam, Mac, iOS, Android and Amazon platforms.
Atari’s Asteroids to be Re-Imagined in New PC Game
Atari announced today that it is planning to re-imagine the classic Asteroids arcade game in Asteroids: Outpost.
An open-world survival game, Asteroids: Outpost places players in the asteroid belt in which they will mine for materials, defend their bases from enemies, and forge alliances with other players.
Developed by Salty Games, Asteroids: Outpost will allegedly pay homage to the original arcade classic through the use of asteroid destruction animations.
Asteroids: Outpost will release first on PC. At this time, no official release date is known. Visit the official Asteroids: Outpost website to learn more.
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The Americans Creators on That Disturbing Suitcase Scene
The Americans returned two weeks ago for another incredibly compelling season, as Philip and Elizabeth Jennings continue to try to protect their own identities as KGB agents while debating whether they should do as their commanders wish and begin to recruit their own daughter, Paige.
I sat down with The Americans’ executive producers, Joe Weisberg and Joel Fields, to discuss Season 3’s new developments, including the Paige situation and Nina imprisoned in Russia.
And, of course, we talked about last week’s gasp-worthy scene, as Elizabeth and Philip disposed of a body in a particularly graphic, bone-crunching manner…
IGN: The Paige question is looming large this season. How much will that escalate?
GOT’s Sophie Turner Says She was Cast in X-Men Thanks to Dark Sansa
Today, IGN was able to speak with Sophie Turner, aka Sansa Stark, in anticipation of Game of Thrones: Season 5, premiering this April on HBO. (More on that soon!) Of course, being the comic book nerds we are, we also had to ask Turner a few questions about X-Men: Apocalypse, in which she'll be playing the young Jean Grey. While production on the film is still a couple months out, Turner was able to give us a few details on her mutant role, including Jean's similarities to Sansa and what she'll be taking from Famke Janssen's Jean...
If you're not already familiar with Jean Grey in the comics, she's one of the founding members of the X-Men, known for her powerful telekinetic and telepathic abilities. Jean is also renowned for her central role in X-Men: The Dark Phoenix Saga, which chronicles her corruption and eventual redemption as Phoenix.
Former Rare Devs Working on Banjo Kazooie Spiritual Successor
Former core members of Rare have announced they are working on a new game. The team's new studio, Playtonic Games, plans to reveal details of its upcoming game "Project Ukulele" later this week.
Playtonic is aiming to turn its new project into a "worthy spiritual successor" to games team members helped build in the past, games like Donkey Kong, Banjo-Kazooie, and Viva Pinata.
The Playtonic team includes the programmer of Donkey Kong Country, the character designer behind both Banjo and Kazooie, and the artist "who made your console fit to burst with lavish environments" across several Rare games over the course of a decade.
Podcast: The Digigods discuss Black History throughout film
From their secluded home-theater compound, film critics Wade Major and Mark Keizer mix insightful commentary with irreverent banter, covering the latest DVD and Blu-ray news and new releases of the week, including studio, independent, television and special-interest titles.
Digigods Podcast, 02/10/15 (MP3) -- 30.8 MB
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Zombiecakes: The Pancakes of the Undead
Zombies are all the rage, but you know what's always been popular? Pancakes! Now you can have both in one.
"Batter artist" Nathan Shields of Saipancakes has crafted Zombiecakes, a truly delicious-looking pancake in the image of the undead. Check out the culinary triumph below:
Hat tip to io9 for bringing this earth-shattering story to our attention.
Sony Pulling Online Support for Resistance: Retribution
Sony today announced that it will be shutting down the servers for PSP game Resistance: Retribution on May 5 this year.
After the series' disappointing Vita outing, this could be your last chance to enjoy some good Resistance online on a handheld. In our Resistance: Retribution review we called it "excellent," and said it had the strongest multiplayer seen to that point in a PSP game, giving it a 9.2 in 2009.
Almost six years after its release, it may come as a surprise that Sony's servers are still hosting online matches for the aging portable shooter, especially with the series failing to meet sales expectations.
Star Wars Rebels Skins Come to Minecraft on Xbox
The Star Wars Rebels content pack brings twenty-three new skins to Minecraft today on Xbox One and Xbox 360.
The DLC pack features a handful of characters from Disney's animated series, including Ezra Bridger, Hera Syndulla, Kanan Jarrus, Chopper, and many more.
The Star Wars Rebels pack is available now for $3 USD. Microsoft also teased more Star Wars Minecraft news will be revealed soon.
Last year, classic Star Wars skins came to Minecraft on Xbox consoles. Xbox owners can also look out for the Simpsons content pack, which is due out later this month.
New Far Cry 4 DLC Overrun Available Now
Overrun, the latest DLC for Far Cry 4, is available now for PS4, Xbox One, PS3, and Xbox 360 through the game's Season Pass, or it can be purchased separately. The PC version will be released on February 12.
Ubisoft has provided details on the new DLC in a developer diary. Overrun is a new PvP mode in which players must battle for control over designated locations to score points. The faction with the most points after two rounds is the match winner. Overrun will come with four new maps, as well as a new vehicle, the dune buggy.