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Monster Hunter World Iceborne

Monster Hunter World’s First Major Expansion: Iceborne

On December 11, 2018

Details regarding Monster Hunter: World’s first major update is here. Called Iceborne, the update brings the Capcom title into a frigid tundra to fight the beasts therein.

Capcom announced the update recently alongside a new trailer. In it, we see a team of hunters in chase of a Rathalos. Instead of fighting, the firey beast flies out into the sea, and toward an island of ice. Que the cool name reveal. Before the video ends, a monster shrouded in darkness slashes around some and glows with red eyes.

The release of Iceborne is scheduled for “Autumn 2019.” So don’t get too excited. The expansion is expected to include new weapons, quests, environments, and monsters. Details on all of these are unknown at this time, however.

Monster Hunter: World was released at the start of the year, establishing itself as one of the best selling Capcom titles of all time. They’ve kept the game fresh since then with regular mini-updates, adding new monsters, quests, and weapons. Though none of them were to the same degree as this.

Monster Hunter: World is available on PC, PS4, and Xbox One.

Nintendo Switch Online Wario Woods Ninja Gaiden Adventures of Lolo

Nintendo Switch Online NES Library to Add Ninja Gaiden, Wario’s Woods, and More

On December 5, 2018

The next batch of Nintendo Switch Online games is nearly here. On December 12, Wario’s Woods, Ninja Gaiden, and the Adventures of Lolo will be joining the NES library.

Soulja Boy SouljaGame console handheld

Soulja Boy Releases the SouljaGame Console and handheld System

On December 5, 2018

Soulja Boy is rolling on them haters today after releasing his own home and handheld game console. That’s right, it’s the SouljaGame, y’all.

Professional rapper DeAndre Cortez Way, commonly known by his alias Soulja Boy, recently added two new products to his online merchandise store, The SouljaGame Handheld and the SouljaGame Console. The two game systems boast over 3,000 games, ranging from NES to NeoGeo. The handheld version can even connect to your TV for big-screen play. Both items are listed for $199.99, with discount prices set for its launch.

The catch? They’re just cheap, unlicensed emulators. They’re both developed by Anbernic, a Chinese retailer that ships discount products internationally. The SouljaGame happens to look exactly like the Retro Mini Video Game Console and 2018 Portable Video Handheld Game Console products Anbernic already sells. The SouljaGame also costs about twice as much, mind you.

Some surface level research into the products makes this clear. The console version brags about “Game Speed FPS 1:1 output (perfect and fluent)” while the handheld one claims to support Switch and 3DS, but not a touchscreen.

Despite the clear cost-cutting practices, the good Boy himself appears to be proud of the accomplishment, stating that his first customer “brought tears to my eyes. Tears of joy!”

If the SouljaGame doesn’t do it for you, maybe the SouljaWatch will, or the SouljaPods. Personally, I’m most interested in the SouljaPhone. He has a lovely collection of products that look better than they are while also adding “Soulja” to the front of the name.

Things like this remind me how much I love my job.

Epic Games Store Steam Revenue

Epic Announces the Epic Games Store, Offering Lower Revenue Cuts for Devs

On December 4, 2018

Epic has announced their own game store, aptly named the Epic Games Store. Where they boast having lower revenue cut percentages than Steam and other markets.

Cyberpunk 2077 game awards

Don’t Expect Any Cyberpunk 2077 at The Game Awards 2018

On December 3, 2018

Cyberpunk 2077 will not be appearing at this year’s Game Awards. The studio’s community manager has clarified their intentions for the event, which are non-existent.

Marcin Momot, the community manager for CD Projekt Red, recently posted a tweet, stating that the company has no plans for the upcoming Game Awards event on December 6.

“We’re looking forward to seeing all the reveals and announcements during this year’s @thegameawards, however we’re not going to be showing anything there ourselves. We’ll share more details about @cyberpunkgame when we’re ready.

Tweet embedded below because why not

People have been waiting a long time for Cyberpunk 2077 to come out. It was initially announced in 2012, I believe. We were given practically no information about the game until the last year or so, where we get new trailers, gameplay videos, and advertising out the whackadoodle. With a number of other studios planning to release some new info at the Game Awards, people speculated toward CDPR’s intentions.

My sympathies to those excited for the upcoming sci-fi RPG, you’ll have to be left in the dar for a while longer. Until then, feel free to guess wildly about what Obsidian Entertainment is planning, or whether or not Alien: Blackout will be revealed.

We're looking forward to seeing all the reveals and announcements during this year's @thegameawards, however we're not going to be showing anything there ourselves. We’ll share more details about @cyberpunkgame when we’re ready.

— Marcin Momot (@Marcin360) December 3, 2018

Obsidian Entertainment RPG

Obsidian Entertainment to Reveal a New Game at the Game Awards

On November 29, 2018

Obsidian Entertainment plans on announcing a new game next week, during the Game Awards. It looks like a retro-futuristic one, too.

If you visit the Obsidian Entertainment website, you’ll be greeted by a pop-up advertisement for one of two companies/products. It displayed a countdown leading up to the time of the Game Awards show and a skip button. Pressing the skip button will direct you to another ad for the same product before bringing you to the actual website. One product was Auntie Cleo’s, which appears to be a skin cream, I guess? I’m not sure. The other was for Spacer’s Choice, which looks to be an ad for a space farer’s firearm.

Right now, we don’t know squat about the game itself. Spacer’s Choice implies that there will be space, and also shooting, but that hardly narrows things down. We will presumably get more information during the Game Awards.

The game will be published by Take-Two Interactive’s Private Division, a new publication branch with a focus on the developers (I’m not sure what that means). This will be the second title published by the branch, with Kerbal Space Program being the first.

This takes place not long after Microsoft announced their acquisition of Obsidian Entertainment. Microsoft was clear at the time that they have no intention of interfering with the developer’s plans or ideas, but they were happy to have them under their umbrella all the same.

I spoke previously about Alien: Blackout, a game rumored to be announced at the Game Awards. But we won’t know any more about that, or this, until the actual broadcast next week. For more details on that, check out the official Game Awards website.

Fallout 76 Updates Bethesda

Bethesda Details Next Two Fallout 76 Updates After Silence

On November 27, 2018

After a bit of silence. developer Bethesda details the next two Fallout 76 updates before releasing a formal patch list.

You undoubtedly have seen the negative reception to Fallout 76, mostly with the slew of bugs and glitches the game has. It’s understandable to be upset. It was even more upsetting that Bethesda had been either non-committal or just straight up silent about the issues since.

Now, in a Reddit post, the Bethesda community manager spoke out to Fallout fans, apologizing for not being more considerate to the community and detailing the game’s next two updates.

We’re aiming to get you the patch notes for these updates quicker and will have them available for December 4th’s update later this week. Probably Thursday or Friday. We’d like to make these articles weekly to make sure you know what the studio is working on as it relates to issues you may be experiencing, quality of life requests you have, or new features they’re excited to share.

The first patch will come on December 4, Tuesday. This will be followed by another patch on December 11, also a Tuesday. But what exactly are they fixing in these patches? I’ve got that listed below.

December 4, 2018

Increased Stash Limit to 600. Small improvement for now, to see if change doesn’t negatively affect game performance.
Bosses will reliably drop intended loot.
Cryolator will cause Chilled, Frosted, and Frozen effects on players, depending on how many times they get hit. The effect lasts 30 seconds.
Fixed bug preventing over-encumbered deaths to not allow respawning.
Fixed a bug where people were stuck in their power armor. Can still sometimes occur, however.

December 11, 2018

Push-to-talk for PC.
21:9 resolution support for PC. Still no 4:5 support. Not that I’m bitter or anything.
Field of View settings for PC.
SPECIAL RESPEC. After level 50, players can choose between card packs or re-allocating a special stat.
CAMP overlap. Your camp won’t be removed/stored if you log into a place that already had one in your spot. Instead, you’ll be notified of the overlap, and offered a chance to join a different server instead. If you agree for the overlap, moving your camp will be free.
Bulldozer. You can scrap small trees, rocks, and other crap in your CAMP using the bulldozer, for easier, cleaner camp construction.

Also, do you like the header image? I’ve been having a lot of fun with the game’s camera

Shirley Curry skyrim petition

Fans Petition that Shirley Curry be Immortalized in Elder Scrolls 6

On November 26, 2018

Fans are petitioning for Shirley Curry, the elderly YouTube Letsplayer, to be immortalized in Elder Scrolls 6 by Bethesda.

Shirley Curry is an 82-year-old gamer with a decent sized following on YouTube. She’s best known for her Skyrim playthrough, spanning over 300 episodes at this point. Her gentle demeanor and wholesome outlook cultivated an even more gentle and wholesome community.

Curry had recently commented on a video regarding Elder Scrolls 6’s release date, remarking on how her age may not let her play it in time.

“I guess that puts the nail in my coffin. When Skyrim 6 comes out I’ll be 88! So I probably won’t get to play it.”

Once her followers, which she calls her grandkids, recuperated from an overly swelled heart, they got to work on a petition to Bethesda. Their goal: get the game studio to honor Curry in the next Elder Scrolls game. The petition is currently on Change.org, with 2,525 signatures at the time of writing this.

The idea of creating homage NPCs is nothing new to Bethesda. Erik the Slayer, a Skyrim NPC, is in reference to Erik West, who visited the studio before passing away from cancer in 2011. They also made Evan, who would connect with their brother through Fallout before passing from diabetes-related illness, as an NPC in Fallout 4’s Nuka Worlds DLC.

In the meantime, Reddit user phantom-scribbler is putting together a Skyrim mod that would make Curry into a follower. Curry has given the green light to the idea, and a modder has already been sourced. They need audio samples to pull from, however. So if you’re a fan of Curry’s video, feel free to suggest a moment to them.

Bethesda has not responded to the idea at this time. Till then, check out her very first episode of Skyrim, embedded below. She has also been playing the new Call of Cthulhu, which has my interest.

Alien Blackout Game

What We Know About Alien: Blackout Right Now

On November 26, 2018

Have you heard about Alien: Blackout? Not sure what it is? Don’t feel bad. No one is sure about what it is. But here’s what I know so far.

Not long ago, 20th Century Fox submitted a new trademark for a game called Alien: Blackout. The trademark included physical discs, digital copies, and an online service of some sort. The phrasing seems to imply a multiplayer server type scenario, but I could be misinterpreting.

A bit later, two Twitter accounts were discovered bearing the same name. One had an underscore separating the name. Both accounts are currently hidden, with the FOXNEXT logo in place of a profile image.

The most recent bit of speculation fuel is a tweet by Geoff Keighley, the founder and organizer of the Game Awards. This tweet had an image of the phrase “WORLDS WILL CHANGE” repeating over and over. The font bears a strong resemblance to that used in the Alien franchise. The caption for the tweet claims that the worlds will change on December 6, the same day as the Game Awards broadcast.

WORLDS // WILL // CHANGE on December 6 #TheGameAwards pic.twitter.com/2b8ZPZCTbv

— Geoff Keighley (@geoffkeighley) November 2, 2018

So if I had to guess, I’d say that a new Alien game will be revealed at the award show. But I could be wrong. The show begins at 8:30 PM Eastern Time on December 6 (Thursday). Check out their How to Watch page for more information on how to watch. You can also participate in the voting process before the show airs.

Warframe Switch Nintendo Port

Warframe is Now on Nintendo Switch, Giving Free Items

On November 21, 2018

Warframe is now available on Nintendo Switch. The free, sci-fi third-person shooter that rocked the house on PC and PS4 has finally come to the portable console.

The port was announced back in July, I think? Whenever TennoCon, the Warframe convention, was held. Developer Digital Extremes announced that Panic Button was handling the port.

With the release of Warframe on Switch, they also announced a special item pack for newcomers to the console. Available via the Comms Segment after the first mission, the item pack will no longer be available after December 4. It contains the following items.

50,000 Credits (main game currency)
3-Day Affinity Booster (an EXP boost)
Orokin Reactor (doubles Warframe mod capacity)
Orokin Catalyst (doubles weapon mod capacity)
Forma (resets item affinity in exchange for a polarized mod slot)

PC players will be able to import their account save data onto the Switch. This can only be done once, cross-platform saving is not available. PS4 and Xbox One players will not be able to do this.

Digital Extremes recommends checking out their Switch FAQ page with any console specific questions, and the official Warframe Wiki for game information.

Fortnite Stolen Dance Rapper

Rapper 2 Milly Speaks Out Over Stolen Dance Move in Fortnite

On November 19, 2018

Epic is under scrutiny again as rapper 2 Milly speaks out about how his signature dance move was stolen/added to Fortnite without his consent.

In season 5 of Fortnite, they added a new emote called Swipe It. Interestingly, this dance bears a strong resemblance to a move called the Milly Rock, seen in the music video of a song with the same name. The song and dance were created by rapper 2 Milly. After hearing about the stolen dance move, Milly spoke to CBS news about how he’s wanting to get proper recognition.

“Everybody was just like, ‘Yo, your dance is in the game. They actually sell that particular move. It’s for purchase. That’s when I really was like … oh nah, this can’t go on too long.
. . .
I don’t even want to bash them for all the millions. Know what I am saying? It’s not really like that. I just feel like I have to protect what’s mine.”

Milly has been trying to contact Epic about the issue. If not for compensation, then he wants to at least “put the actual rap songs behind the dances that make so much money as Emotes.”

This has brought into question how one protects a dance move as an intellectual property. the US Copyright Office considered dance moves a form of creative expression, and won’t accept copyright patents for them. So you can’t protect choreographic works the same way as music or lyrics.

Epic has a history with dance emote drama. One was regarding a dance-off contest they held. A more recent event was regarding the implementation of “jiggle physics” to the boobs of female characters with certain dances.

Epic has not commented on the situation at this time.

Black Mesa Xen Half Life

Black Mesa Project Teases Final Area: The Xen

On November 19, 2018

The popular Half-Life Fan Remake, Black Mesa, is finally releasing the last zone in the game: The Xen. Well, they released a teaser, at least.

If you’re a fan of Half-Life, you probably have heard about Black Mesa. It began as a mod for the Source 2 engine, porting the 1998 first-person shooter Half-Life into a more modern format. The project gained popularity and was eventually accepted by Valve themselves, releasing as its own game on Steam in 2015 under Crowbar Interactive.

The game has been in active development since. One of the most notable missing features was the existence of the final world, the Xen. Instead, the game ended right at the moment of teleportation to the alien environment.

Now the developers have released a new teaser trailer dedicated to their implementation of the Xen.

The reveal was in commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the original Half-Life’s release, November 19, 1998. Before this, the developers had only shown concept art for the Xen. They also note that the area isn’t ready yet, but they’re targeting for a release in Q2 of 2019.

You can find it for $20 on Steam now, if you don’t want to wait. I’m just glad to finally see the giant testicle crab in HD.

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