Daily Deals: Metal Gear Solid V and Final Fantasy Type-0 HD Pre-Order Discounts, $350 PS4, $40 Xbox Live
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Far Cry 4 Headlines This Week’s Deals With Gold
Xbox Live Gold subscribers can grab a number of games and add-ons this week at heavily discounted prices.
Far Cry 4 headlines this week's deals on both Xbox One and Xbox 360. Xbox One owners can download Ubisoft's open-world shooter for 33 percent off, while 360 owners can grab a copy for 40 percent off. In IGN's Far Cry 4 review, we said "its campaign, co-op, and competitive multiplayer feature incredibly fun freedom."
On Xbox 360, you can also pick up Assassin's Creed Rogue, The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct, PayDay 2, and a long list of Nordic Games titles for up to 90 percent off. IGN's Assassin's Creed Rogue review said it's "an intriguing addition to the series, but lacks the depth its story deserves."
Marvel Comics Is Launching Secret Wars 2099
This May, Marvel is launching a new comic called Secret Wars 2099 by writer Peter David and artist Will Sliney. The current ongoing Spider-Man 2099 series, by the same creative team, will come to an end and it's story will continue in Secret Wars 2099.
We have your exclusive first look at the cover, the solicit text, a few character sketches, and some info from David himself.
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Corporations May Soon Be Able to Lay Claim to the Moon
U.S. companies may soon be able to claim swaths of lunar territory for exclusive industrial development.
Reuters reports that a recently obtained letter by the Federal Aviation Administration indicates that the agency intends to "leverage the FAA’s existing launch licensing authority to encourage private sector investments in space systems by ensuring that commercial activities can be conducted on a non-interference basis.”
DC Comics Reveals the Name of Superman’s New Power
Today DC Comics released an infographic revealing the name of Superman's new power: Super Flare.
Yesterday we saw what the power looks like in action when DC revealed a piece of art from this week's Superman #38 by writer Geoff Johns and artist John Romita, Jr, but we'll have to wait until tomorrow to get the full context of how Superman gets this power and what it does.
Legend of Kay Getting Remastered for Wii U, PC
2005 PlayStation 2 game Legend of Kay is coming to the Wii U and PC as a remastered release.
Though Nordic Games has yet to officially confirm the Legend of Kay Anniversary edition, Nintendo Life notes that Amazon already has the cover art, as well as a listed release date of June 12.
How Guild Wars 2’s Mastery System Could Change MMOs Forever
Trying to survive in the MMO space these days is hard. With The Elder Scrolls Online not managing to make it to its first birthday with its subscription fee intact and WildStar seeming to be suffering similar issues, the fact that Guild Wars 2 is still merrily trucking along is testament to the development team’s willingness to roll with the punches and adapt to what the community wants. Nowhere was this more evident than at last week’s PAX South, where it was revealed the first expansion, Heart of Thorns, is far into development and promising to completely reimagine the way endgame progression is handled.
Alongside the new Revenant profession and the specialisation feature that allows you to take your existing class and develop it further were reveals of both the new Maguuma Jungle zone and the Mastery System. Both are deeply interweaved, with the former offering more verticality than we’ve ever seen before and the latter serving as the groundwork for a new progression system that hopes to be far more respectful of players’ time. ArenaNet has decided against raising the level cap, opting for a bold new system that offers progression at a horizontal level. If all goes well, we may finally be able to bid farewell to a situation in which the addition of new content invalidates all that came before it, turning the old world into a deserted wasteland.
SEGA Teases Sonic the Hedgehog’s next game, Sonic Runners
SEGA has teased that the next Sonic game will be Sonic Runners.
Though details are few, we know the game will be released as a free-to-play title supported by in-game premium items. The official website lists it as coming to iOS devices running iOS7.0 plus, and for Android users on OS2.3 or later.
As for when Sonic Runners will be released? The site says 2015 for Japan.
The news comes following recent plans for SEGA to downsize the company. Last week, SEGA said around 300 employees in Japan were being offered voluntary retirement as part of the company’s restructuring effort. In the US, SEGA of America laid out plans to move the company from its San Francisco base to Southern California.
First Daredevil Footage Debuts; Teaser Trailer Tomorrow
Except for a lucky group who were at the show's New York Comic Con panel, no one outside Marvel and Netflix have seen anything aside from photos from the upcoming Marvel's Daredevil series - until now.
Marvel have posted a quick teaser for the show, giving us a glimpse at Charlie Cox as the title character.
Want to see the full teaser trailer for Marvel's Daredevil? Then you'll want to check back at IGN on Wednesday, February 4th at 6:00am PT / 9:00am ET at this linked URL, when we'll have the exclusive debut of the highly-anticipated footage.
Marvel's Daredevil's 13-episode season debuts on Friday, April 10th on Netflix.
Bloodborne Hands-On: We Were Punished and We Liked It
Bloodborne’s dark tone and brutal difficulty are readily apparent in the spiritual Souls sequel’s opening hours. The brooding action-RPG is packed with the same barrier to entry, environmental storytelling, and bosses that seem to be ripped straight from the deepest depths of your nightmares that fans of the Souls series loved throughout the past console generation. But for all of the great things that Bloodborne shares with the iconic trilogy, it’s the ways it differed that really impressed me throughout my time with the first two hours of the PlayStation 4 exclusive.
As you can see from the opening 18 minutes, Bloodborne throws you right into the deep end, and immediately assaults with a barrage of narrative questions. Who am I? What is this plague that’s sweeping the dark, Victorian town of Yharnam? Why am I electing to get a blood transfusion in a nightmarishly-grim doctor’s office, and am I aware of the awful consequences of my actions?