Month: April 2018
The Best April Fools’ Pranks So Far
It’s April 1st somewhere.
Use This Sea of Thieves Map for Animal, Fort, and Shipwreck Locations
Get all the location information you need for voyages at a glance with this interactive map.
How The Conjuring, Annabelle and The Nun Fit Together
We break down this shared horror universe and how these movies fit together.
Fortnite Mobile Now Tells Kids to Stop Playing in Class
The mobile version of Fortnite Battle Royale now features a loading screen that tells kids to not play the game during class.
Epic Games community manager K.L. Smith shared an image of the new loading screen, which now includes the message: “Mr. Hillman says stop playing in class,” in a post on Twitter.
Fortnite loading screen, via Twitter
Pokemon Go Switches to 8-Bit Graphics for April Fool’s Day
Pokemon Go is celebrating April Fool’s Day by switching to 8-bit graphics, which players can experience in the game starting today.
“Experience Pokemon Go like never before with cutting-edge 8-bit graphics!” an announcement post on the game’s official website humorously reads. “Registering approximately twice the definition of 4K, the chunky squares of each pixel provide realistic detail and unbelievable definition.”
Check out the slideshow below for a look at the 8-bit aesthetic:
Pokemon Go’s 8-bit style isn’t the only recent addition to Niantic Labs’ augmented reality mobile game. Earlier this week, the mythical Pokemon Mew was added to the game through a new quest system.
Ready Player One Doesn’t Have a Post-Credits Scene, But Should It Have?
Ready Player One does not have a post-credits scene, despite the fact that it very well could have.
Ernest Cline, the author of Ready Player One, confirmed late last year that he’s working on a sequel to his 2011 sci-fi novel. Given that he co-wrote the screenplay for the Steven Spielberg-directed film adaptation, he presumably could have worked in a little scene after the credits to hint at what the future might hold.
The author revealed he’s working on a sequel to his Ready Player One book during a live interview (via ScreenRant) in December promoting a trailer premiere for the movie. “It’s true,” he said. “I can’t talk about it too much, but there’s no better inspiration for a writer
Free Xbox One Games With Gold Titles Available Early
The Witness and Cars 2 are available to download for Xbox Live Gold members right now, a day earlier than each month’s typical release. You won’t be able to grab them from the Games with Gold Hub today, but a quick search in the store shows that both titles are available for free now.
The Witness will be up for grabs until May 1 and Cars 2 will see the end of its rotation on April 15. Download The Witness here, and Cars 2 here. Xbox has not commented on why both were marked down early.
But just because the next round of games are up now, it doesn’t mean March’s final batch has been cut short. Today is the final day to pick up Trials of the Blood Dragon and Quantum Conundrum on Xbox One.
April 2018 Games With Gold
Xbox One
- The Witness (April 1-30)
- Assassin’s Creed Syndicate (April 16-May 15)
Xbox 360 (playable on Xbox One)
- Cars 2 (April 1-15)
- Dead Space 2 (April 16-30)
For even more Xbox One deals, be sure to check out the Xbox Spring Sale. This year’s seasonal sale has big savings on Rocket League, Assassin’s Creed Origins, Star Wars Battlefront II, Call of Duty WWII, and more.
Before Star Wars and Marvel, Disney’s Action Movies Flopped Hard
Before they bought Marvel and Star Wars, Disney had a long history of trying – and mostly failing – to make their own blockbuster adventure films.
9 Things Far Cry 5 Doesn’t Tell You
There’s a lot going on in Hope County – here are some important tips that got left out of the tutorials in Far Cry 5.