Wednesday 31 January 2018

Mario Kart Races Onto Mobile Devices In 2019

In yet another entry of a surprising series announcements that Nintendo has made tonight, the company just revealed that a mobile adaptation of Mario Kart will be hitting sometime early next year. Details are scant, with Nintendo revealing nothing except the game's title: Mario Kart Tour.

You can check out the announcement for yourself here:

It's interesting that the announcement lists Mario Kart Tour as a mobile application instead of an outright game. We'll have to wait to find out more about this pocket sized-speedster later.

For more on recent mobile adaptations of Nintendo games, be sure to check out our look at Animal Crossing Pocket Camp

 

Our Take
A Mario Kart mobile game could be cool! If it's not bogged down in microtransactions. Here's hoping!



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Bungie Delivers Roadmap For Destiny 2

Bungie has released a development roadmap for Destiny 2 that outlines updates and changes planned for the game through May.

In a blog post, game director Christopher Barrett says everything below will be available to all players, and that the dates may change. He also says that the studio has some "larger projects in development."

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[Source: Bungie] 



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Nintendo Partnering With The Producer Of Despicable Me To Make Mario Movie

No, not THAT Mario Brothers movie. A new one!

Nintendo of America just gave a few more details on the upcoming Mario film, which has often been discussed but no details have emerged...until now, On twitter of all places:

We had heard back earlier this month that the movie's production partner would be announced. Turns out it's Illumination Entertainment, the company behind Minions and Despicable Me. Chris Meledandri served as producer on both films. Not many details beyond that but it's enough to suggest that this Mario film will likely not be live-action, given Illumination's specialty is CGI films.

 

Our Take
Illumination Entertainment knows how to make good movies for kids. I'm in.



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Nintendo Switch Online Service Coming In September

Nintendo has announced that its much awaited fee-based online service for Switch is coming in September.

The Switch launched last March, but at the time the platform's online service was undefined. Currently online play is free for Nintendo account holders as a trial until September, and the service will cost $3.99 a month or $19.99 a year. It includes free game downloads (for the month only), online play, and more.

At the end of last year, Nintendo's Italian website seemed to indicate that the service would be delayed until the fall of 2018.

[Source: Nintendo] 



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The only thing scarier than Hunt: Showdown’s monsters is its optimization

The PC Gamer crew wades into the undead swamps of Hunt: Showdown to see how Crytek's ambitious design and spooky setting stack up.

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Video: The tools used to design Rayman Legends

In this 2014 GDC session Ubisoft Montpellier's Chris McEntee describes the design team's approach to creating the worlds of Rayman Legends. ...



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Video: The tools used to design Rayman Legends

In this 2014 GDC session Ubisoft Montpellier's Chris McEntee describes the design team's approach to creating the worlds of Rayman Legends. ...



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The PC Gamer Show 117: Steam's strange sex games, Hunt: Showdown, Overwatch League, and listener questions

In which we find out which game is real, Kissing: Card Battle Ultra or Seduce Me 2: The Demon War.

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Go behind the scenes of '80s-style action-adventure Crossing Souls

These Spanish indie devs are making a game about all-American monster-fighting teens.

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Sony collaborates with Facebook on God of War text adventure

Sony has teamed up with Facebook to publish the text adventure God of War: A Call From The Wilds, which is available on Facebook's messenger app.  ...



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Watch a Montreal orchestra play Deus Ex music while Adam Jensen kills people in the background

It's a very different take on some very good game music.

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Co-op stealth game Hacktag sneaking onto Steam February 14

You're it.

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Destiny 2 'development roadmap' lays out schedule of coming changes

Some dates could shift, but this is what's planned for the immediate future.

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Xbox One X drives increase in Microsoft games revenue

Microsoft published its earnings report today for the quarter ended December 31, showing an increase in games-related revenue driven by higher sales of Xbox hardware and services. ...



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Microsoft reports increase in games revenue

Microsoft published a financial report today for its last quarter showing an 8% increase in games revenue. ...



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How Dragon Ball FighterZ took the fighting community by storm

Drawing new players, veteran fighters, and Dragon Ball fans alike, the excitement has grown to a fever pitch.

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The unstoppable rise of Hearthstone's Ben Brode

From pizza slinger to the brains and voice of Blizzard's CCG behemoth.

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The best moments from the Sea of Thieves beta

Meeting strangers (and locking them up), firing each other out of cannons, and more from Rare's open world pirate game.

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Someone Actually Spent Over $60,000 On A Counter-Strike Weapon Skin

In one costly transaction, an avid Counter-Strike: Global Offensive esports fan spent over $60,000 on a single weapon skin.

Dragon Lore, the name of the sniper rifle skin, is the rarest item in Cobblestone Packages, a series of CS:GO loot crates valued at around $30. These types of crates are only available to spectators who watch ELeague Major events. Among other items, these crates contain a limited number of autographed stickers, which act as electronic signatures by pro players that are put on weapon skins. There are also different levels of condition with weapon skins, with the rarest being "factory new."

This particular Dragon Lore skin is in "factory new" condition and boasts a sticker "signed" by Tyler "Skadoodle" Latham, a member of esports team Cloud9. On Monday, Cloud9 won first place at ELeague Major: Boston, which marked the first time an American team took top honors at an event sponsored by Valve. Latham was also named MVP in the Major.

These factors further increased the value of the Dragon skin. It was originally listed on opskins.com for $35,000 and later sold for $61,052.63 after an un-named buyer and CS:GO skin seller Drone negotiated. For comparison's sake, PC Gamer says the most expensive CS:GO item from 2017 is a holographic iBuyPower sticker that on average sold for $4,500.

[Source: Polygon]



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Alt.Ctrl.GDC Showcase: Lemonade

When life gives players lemons, they can grab onto a pair of pipe controllers and work together to blast them out of existence with Lemonade. ...



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Xbox One X Launch Grows Microsoft's Gaming Revenue

Microsoft revealed its earnings for the second quarter of its fiscal year 18 (which ended on December 31, 2017), with the company's gaming division in particular doing well.

Gaming revenue increased eight percent from the previous year, which was "driven" by the launch of the Xbox One X console in November according to Microsoft. Hardware revenue itself increased by 14 percent.

Xbox software and services went up four percent, with Live revenue growth and a decrease from software launches as compared to last year. 

[Source: Microsoft (1), (2)]



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Alt.Ctrl.GDC Showcase: Lemonade

When life gives players lemons, they can grab onto a pair of pipe controllers and work together to blast them out of existence with Lemonade. ...



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Gigantic, the free-to-play hero shooter, is closing in July

The January update will be its last.

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1998 text adventure classic Anchorhead is an uncanny addition to 2018's lineup

An illustrated and expanded version of the Lovecraftian horror game released on Steam and Itch.

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Motiga's Gigantic to shut down in July

Citing sustainability issues, Motiga and Perfect World have announced that the online servers for Gigantic will be closing for good on July 31, 2018. ...



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Blog: Developing and releasing my first indie VR project

Here's how game developer Bryson Whiteman developed and released their first virtual reality app independently. ...



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Get a job: Armature Studio is hiring a Graphics Engineer

Texas-based Armature Studio is seeking a Mid to Senior level Graphics Engineer to join it on exciting, high visibility projects for a variety of platforms and utilizing various engines. ...



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Motiga's Gigantic to shut down in July

Citing sustainability issues, Motiga and Perfect World have announced that the online servers for Gigantic will be closing for good on July 31, 2018. ...



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Yume Nikki sequel Dream Diary gets another weird trailer

And a price point.

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Steal A Look At Two New DualShock 4 Controllers

Usually some of the PlayStation 4's most appealing DualShock 4 variants are exclusive to certain retailers, such as the translucent variants later last year. However, the latest set of universally available controllers have quite a bit of class to them.

Coming this March for $64.99 each, PlayStation 4 owners will get the chance to nab a Midnight Blue or Steel Black DualShock 4. The latter is incredibly reminiscent to the version released with the Batman: Arkham Knight PlayStation 4 bundle, so for those who had an eye for its color scheme, this is the closest you'll likely get. You can check out some snazzy angles of the controllers below.

[Source: PlayStation Blog]

 

Our Take
Blue is my favorite color, so it's no wonder that I have every shade of it for my PlayStation 4 needs with the Uncharted 4 Grey Blue, Wave Blue, and Transparent Blue controllers. Looks like I'm going to have to go for the Midnight Blue DualShock 4 in March as well.



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Three quarters in, both revenue and profit are up at Konami

Konami has reported year-over-year increases in both revenue and profit, thanks in no small part to the 'digital entertainments' department that houses its video game projects. ...



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Best SSD deals today

We've done our homework on the best SSDs around, so let us help you get the best deals for your next solid state upgrade.

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Best SSD deals today

We've done our homework on the best SSDs around, so let us help you get the best prices for your next solid state upgrade.

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Vegan-friendly crypto startup scams investors, scribbles ‘Penis’ on website

Blockchain shenanigans.

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Three quarters in, both revenue and profit are up at Konami

Konami has reported year-over-year increases in both revenue and profit, thanks in no small part to the 'digital entertainments' department that houses its video game projects. ...



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The best grenades in PC gaming

We've got grenades that make you dance and grenades that burn your face off. It's a good selection.

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NZXT's H400i micro-ATX computer case is on sale for $130

A smaller version of the H700i, our pick for case of the year.

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Don't Miss: The blessing and the curse of early buzz for Rime

"People compared it to Wind Waker and ICO. This is a small indie title made by 18 people. When you're compared to blockbuster masterpieces, you consider what you did wrong in terms of expectations." ...



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Avernum 3 remake launches alongside free demo

An old-school reboot of an old-school remake.

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CS:GO 'Dragon Lore' AWP skin sells for more than $61,000

The skin, autographed by Tyler 'Skadoodle' Latham, sold the day after Cloud9 won the ELEAGUE Boston Major 2018.

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Don't Miss: The blessing and the curse of early buzz for Rime

"People compared it to Wind Waker and ICO. This is a small indie title made by 18 people. When you're compared to blockbuster masterpieces, you consider what you did wrong in terms of expectations." ...



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Don't Miss: The blessing and the curse of early buzz for Rime

"People compared it to Wind Waker and ICO. This is a small indie title made by 18 people. When you're compared to blockbuster masterpieces, you consider what you did wrong in terms of expectations." ...



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Samsung is making special chips specifically for cryptocurrency mining

Maybe this is how the GPU shortage gets solved.

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Commodore 64 is returning as a mini console with dozens of preloaded games

The best selling home PC of all time is making another run.

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Capcom sees an overall fall in sales but increase in profits

For the 9-month period, Capcom reported a year-over-year decrease in sales but, thanks to a strong showing from its 'digital contents' video game department, an overall jump in profits. ...



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GDC State of the Industry: HTC Vive remains the most popular target for VR devs

There are a number of notable findings from this year's survey of ~4,000 game makers, including a clear indication of which platform is winning the lion's share of favor among devs making VR games. ...



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New Hollow Knight DLC Gets Teaser Trailer

Team Cherry dropped a teaser trailer for an upcoming DLC pack called Gods & Glory. This free addition is scheduled to come out sometime in early 2018.

According to the YouTube page, Gods & Glory will include the following features:

  • A new character, the Godseeker, and quest to aid her in an unfulfilled duty
  • New boss fights that intertwine with the Godseeker's quest
  • A third game mode that has been requested for a long time
  • New music from composer Christopher Larkin
  • Glorify charms to be added to your charm collection

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With an early 2018 release, hopefully this last free DLC coincides with Hollow Knight's Switch port. Hollow Knight is currently available for PC, Mac and Linux.

[Source: Team Cherry] 



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Capcom sees an overall fall in sales but increase in profits

For the 9-month period, Capcom reported a year-over-year decrease in sales but, thanks to a strong showing from its 'digital contents' video game department, an overall jump in profits. ...



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GDC State of the Industry: HTC Vive remains the most popular target for VR devs

There are a number of notable findings from this year's survey of ~4,000 game makers, including a clear indication of which platform is winning the lion's share of favor among devs making VR games. ...



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