The next content batch for Grand Theft Auto Online is called The Business. New vehicles include the Albany Alpha, Dinka Jester, and Grotti Turismo R to fill out the sports car department, while the new Vestra private jet will let you soar through the skies of Los Santos.
New weapons include the Heavy Pistol and Special Carbine, while all the new clothing will be focused on formal and business attire items. Like dress pants. Sexy, sexy dress pants. Plus new tattoos, hairstyles, and masks.
All this new content will be automatically in your inventory or garage in the story mode, while you'll have to purchase them for the online mode. Expect all this to release next week on March 4.
Nosgoth is that free-to-play third-person shooter set in the Legacy of Kain universe. It's also that game that makes us wish there would be a new legit Legacy of Kain game every single time we have to talk about it.
Anyway, you can signup for the beta here. The closed beta phase will include a new Siege mode that sees humans needing to capture specific points, while the Vampire players need to hunt down the humans and suck their blood. Nosogth will see continuous updates throughout the closed beta, and we can expect things like new maps, modes, character classes, weapons, and more.
Forget about the Legacy of Kain tie-in for a second and Nosgoth is a pretty decent third-person shooter. It's something.
Interested in the DC Moba game Infinite Crisis ? Well it's going into open beta starting on March 14. The beta will feature the new tri-lane map called Gotham Divided, which sees Gotham City collided with the Gotham by Gaslight version of the iconic city.
Along with these news developers Turbine have revealed three new heroes you'll be able to play as. Green Arrow, Aquaman, and, uh, Mecha Superman? A robot version of Superman? What?
This week, Oasis Management founder Seth Fischer sent a letter to Nintendo president Satoru Iwata explaining why the company should dive right into mobile game development and microtransactions and all of the things we don't want to happen.
Granted, we already know Iwata's stance -- the proliferation of mobile devices "doesn't mean that we should put Mario on smartphones" -- but I think you'll get a kick out of this.
"The same people who spent hours playing Super Mario, Donkey Kong, and Legend of Zelda as children are now a demographic whose engagement on the smartphone is valued by the market at well over $100 billion," Fischer wrote. Nintendo, he feels, is "well placed to make an immediate entry into mobile" with "arguably the largest library of casual games."
Chasing quick money based on what's popular right now. Hmm. That sounds like the opposite of the Nintendo we know and mostly love, but okay. I see where the guy is coming from, more or less. And then we get to the part where the letter straight-up sounds like satire:
"We believe Nintendo can create very profitable games based on in-game revenue models with the right development team. Just think of paying 99 cents just to get Mario to jump a little higher."
Please join me in setting a moment aside to be thankful you aren't the head of Nintendo.
Hedge Fund Wants Nintendo to Make Mobile Games [The Wall Street Journal]
Blacklight: Retribution on the PlayStation 4 just got a new update today, and with it came the Onslaught horde mode. This new mode sees four players working together to fight off endless waves of infected creatures. You know, typical horde mode stuff.
Today's update also includes two new multiplayer maps called Metro and Decay, the addition of private servers, matchmaking improvements, better frame rates, faster loading, and various other fixes to the overall game. And of course this is all available for free.
Patrick reviewed the recent PC version of Double Dragon: Neon and found the game itself to be rad but couldn't say the same for its online cooperative play due to input lag. A new update on Steam has been released to remedy the situation and fix other issues:
As of this week, publisher Midnight City has also added the option to buy a two-pack of Neon on Steam for $12.99. (For the sake of comparison, a single copy costs $9.99). Worth considering if you've got a special someone in mind.
Warner Bros. Pictures is developing a Minecraft movie according to Deadline. Notch himself confirmed the news as well. So yeah, that's happening.
Warner acquired the movie rights from Mojang, and it looks like this will be a live-action take on the hit videogame. Roy Lee, who produced The LEGO Movie, is set to produce the Minecraft movie as well.
Lots of videogame movie news recently, but if any movie based on a game were to be a blockbuster hit, it would surely be one based on Minecraft. Hopefully the producers will be smart enough to reach out to the likes of Corridor Digital as their own live-action take has over 26 million views.
Video Game Sensation ‘Minecraft’ Coming To The Big Screen As Warner Bros Acquires Rights; ‘Lego’s’ Roy Lee Producing [Deadline]
@Notch [Twitter]
Sidescrolling run-and-gun games are, arguably, a classic that never seem to go out of style. Games like Contra and Gunstar Heroes, with their multiple weapon types, hundreds of attacking enemies, and billions of bullets whizzing past your head are a frantic and fun diversion. Naturally if you're going to make a run-and-gun game, these are the key elements you'll want to have present.
Gunslugs borrows heavily from these tropes, but still manages to come up as a unique and fun shooter with a large emphasis on the silly.
