Tomorrow is everybody's [least] favorite day on the Internet: April Fools' Day. It is the day where one cannot trust anything, and everybody would be better off just staying home and sleeping until it finishes. SmashBros.us decided to jump the Zapper by a few days by mimicking the character pages on the official Super Smash Bros. website and "announcing" old Nintendo Power mascot Nester as the next playable fighter.
Admittedly, the fake site does a decent enough job aping the real one, up until the point where the Nester screenshots are shown. Not only is the character model laughable, but Nester is only shown alone and is clearly pasted on in some.
With the "reveal" coming just a few days before April Fools' Day, my initial hope was that this was put out as an obvious joke, and then on April 1 Nintendo would hit us with the double fake out, posting new screenshots revealing that Nester in Super Smash Bros. is real. That would actually be a clever use of the prankster holiday. Alas, since this is not even the official site, it does not seem like that is in the cards.
Last Halloween, Red Thread Games, the developer of Dreamfall Chapters , the sequel to beloved adventure games The Longest Journey and Dreamfall: The Longest Journey , announced it was also working on a survival horror game, Draugen.
And now we have some nice, atmospheric footage of the 2015 release. My excitement remains at the level it was when this was first announced, still, particularly, for its premise: "a first-person survival horror adventure amongst the mountains and fjords of the Norwegian west coast in the 1920s.
"Draugen (Norwegian; meaning 'the Draug') is an undead creature from Norse mythology. The original Norse meaning of the word is ghost, but unlike traditional ghosts the Draug has a corporeal body and physical abilities. Draug reside in their watery graves, guarding the treasures and secrets that were buried with them. And they will protect those secrets at any cost."
Heck yes. "It's HP Lovecraft meets Dostoyevsky," Red Thread's Ragnar Tornquist Tornquist told Eurogamer, "Or Gone Home meets Amnesia."
Red Thread reveals first look at Draugen [Eurogamer]
Alien: Isolation is coming out on October 7 for PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, and PC.
So no need for a PS4 or Xbox One yet? Though I suppose Infamous: Second Son is quite nice. But I'm waiting on The Witness.
And yes, I am avoiding talking about Alien: Isolation directly because the original Alien is a perfect movie and nothing else in its unnecessary franchise comes close. Please don't suck, Isolation.
Don't make death threats. Oculus Rift creator Palmer Luckey said that employees and their families have gotten death threats since Facebook bought the company. Stop doing that, any terrible persons that might be reading this.
"We expected a negative reaction from people in the short term, we did not expect to be getting so many death threats and harassing phone calls that extended to our families. We know we will prove ourselves with actions and not words, but that kind of shit is unwarranted, especially since it is impacting people who have nothing to do with Oculus."
Meanwhile, Oculus CTO John Carmack replied to a blog post by Anamanaguchi's Peter Berkman. The deal came as a surprise to Carmack, who, "wasn't personally involved in any of the negotiations," and "wasn't expecting," Facebook to buy the company he recently joined.
He also, "just can't get very worked up about" concerns like data mining and the advertising model. While he appreciates fans wanting Oculus to take the home grown approach of Valve and Steam, "The difference is that, for years, the industry thought Valve was nuts, and they had the field to themselves," Carmach explained. With Sony already in the virtual reality ring, "the real question is how deeply to partner with, and who."
Oculus VR employees got death threats after Facebook sale [UPDATE] [GameSpot]
Wrong and Right Reasons To Be Upset About Oculus [Peter Berkman]
Two Tribes may have scaled down and completely restructured their studio, but that hasn't stopped them from working. This week the developer has just revealed that starting April 3rd, all three of their Wii U classics will be $1.99.
Starting later this week, Rush , Toki Tori, and Edge are all discounted, and it seems as if it's a permanent change. Those who picked the games up early were able to take advantage of the discount, but eventually the price rose to $3.99.
Two Tribes [Twitter]
Toukiden: The Age of Demons is about to extend its lifecycle, with extra DLC crossover content from fellow Vita hack and slash Soul Sacrifice . Tecmo Koei has announced a series of new add-ons that involve new themed armor and two multiplayer missions.
The levels are called "Hell's Guard Dog" and "Dogs of War," and can be obtained by downloading the content and accessing the Portal Stone or a mulitplayer lobby. These are apparently high level instances.
Both bits of DLC are free right now, but Tecmo Koei didn't specify how long that price would last.
