Month: January 2021

Among Us was one of the biggest gaming surprises of 2020 (despite releasing two years earlier) and developer Innersloth even scrapped plans for a sequel to continue working in the original game. This includes updating it with new content, and a brand-new map is in the works. But just when will the new Among Us map release?

The main map that players know in Among Us is The Skeld, a spaceship filled with tasks to complete and plenty of ways to kill your crewmates. There are two other paid maps for the game, but the free Skeld map is what most players have experienced. They’ll soon be able to play the game’s fourth map–The Airship–which features more than a dozen rooms, new tasks, ladders, and the chance to choose the room you start in.

When is The Airship map releasing?

Innersloth has not given a firm date or even a month for The Airship to release. However, the studio did say it will arrive in early 2021, which means it could potentially be here very soon. It was confirmed during The Game Awards in December 2020.

Tasks include disposing of trash and cleaning gems, but you’ll still have to watch out for the imposter as they sneak around the map and try to kill you when you’re alone.

The Airship will be a free addition to Among Us, with the game supporting cross-play across PC and mobile, and you also get cross-play on the Nintendo Switch version released just last year. This makes it a perfect game to play with your friends while you continue socially distancing, and it’s one that’s made even better if you use a voice program like Discord to taunt each other.

GoldenEye 007 is one of the best first-person shooters and licensed video games of all time, but because of a complex licensing situation that required several partners–including Nintendo–to come together, we never saw a remaster of the original game. Instead, we got a remake for the Wii several years later, but footage of a canceled Xbox 360 remaster of the 1997 version has appeared online.

Posted by the YouTube channel Graslu00 and spotted by VGC, the GoldenEye 007 remaster footage shows off the entire campaign as well as some multiplayer content. It looks like the game was essentially complete before the plug was pulled, and Xbox chief Phil Spencer said Xbox has “always given up” on trying to get the rights-holders working together to publish the remaster. Rare developed the game, and the studio is now a subsidiary of Microsoft. But Nintendo published the game, and the remake was later published by Activision.

What we see in the video is likely what fans wanted more than Activision’s remake. The remake still had some of the same themes and characters from the first version, but it changed enough to feel like a different game.

The levels in the remaster, by contrast, are exactly as you remember them, but with an added coat of paint to cover up some of the ugliness that is common on so many Nintendo 64 games. The tremendously cheesy sound effects remain the same, adding to the nostalgia. In the introduction of the video, you can also see just how big the upgrades were, with characters switching from their blocky original versions to the more-detailed models.

Very few James Bond games have come close to matching the quality of GoldenEye. We’ll see if the franchise’s newest developer IO Interactive can do so with its upcoming origin story game. The studio just released Hitman 3 to rave reviews, and the new partnership seems like a match made in heaven.

Ori developer Moon Studios alongside publishers iam8bit and Skybound Games pledged to donate five percent of the proceeds from every Nintendo Switch sale of Ori and the Will of the Wisps from December 8-13 to the Rainforest Trust. This included all versions of the game, from downloads on the eShop to collectors’ editions sold on the iam8bit site. Originally, there was a $25,000 guarantee, but now the companies will be donating over $58,000 in proceeds from this period to the charity.

The Rainforest Trust is a charity that works toward the conservation of rainforests around the world by establishing protected areas in partnership with local organizations and communities. They have already protected 33 million acres and are working towards securing 50 million more. Thanks to the donation from Moon Studios, Skybound Games, and iam8bit, the Trust will be able to secure another 29,000 acres, which is about the size of Manhattan.

Iam8bit co-owner Jon Gibson explained the companies’ reasoning for the donation in a video posted back in December. Because of the stories they tell, the companies felt it was imperative they do their part to protect our own environment. The Ori franchise, for instance, is about a spirit that watches over a forest and its varied inhabitants, looking to keep them safe. According to Gibson, this decision to partner with the Rainforest Trust came from a desire to use Ori’s marketing budget to try to make some positive change.

“As its publisher, we had to make the critical decision of how to spend the game’s marketing budget,” Gibson said in the video. “We decided to shake things up and try to make a difference with that money, so we’re trying something bold in hopes of activating players just like you around the world.”

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IGN Prime has partnered with developer HumaNature Studios to offer all IGN Prime members a free steam key for ToeJam and Earl: Back in the Groove!

ToeJam & Earl’s new major update titled ‘STILL in the Groove’ is now live on Steam and contains tons of fan requested tweaks and improvements. This biggest improvement is the all new Fixed Mode with much larger and difficult to navigate maps, all handcrafted by the original designer of the series Greg Johnson! 

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Meal subscription boxes are all over the Internet these days, but only one of them will allow you to order Justice League-inspired junk food packaged inside a replica Mother Box.

Warner Bros. is teaming with Wonderland Restaurants to launch Wonderland At Home, a service where hardcore fans with deep pockets can order themed meal kits inspired by various WarnerMedia titles. Naturally, Zack Snyder’s Justice League will be the first movie to get a meal kit. Dubbed “The Mother Box,” this kit is priced at $130 for a two-person box and $260 for a four-person box. Think of it as a highbrow version of a Happy Meal tie-in.

Each box will include several pre-prepared, refrigerated food courses and multiple drink options, all inspired by different Justice League characters or restaurants from the DC Universe. Here’s a breakdown of everything you get:

• Ocean Trench (fish and chips)
• Big Belly Burger (pretty self-explanatory)
• Resurrection (some sort of corn-based dish)
• Ancient Themysciran Fire (???)
• Snacks & Extras
• Kool Brau Beer
• Jitters Coffee (canned cold brew coffee)

The Wonderland at Home site indicates these boxes will ship to most locations within the US and UK. The program is expected to launch in April or May of 2021. Unfortunately, with The Snyder Cut confirmed for a March 18 debut on HBO Max, you may have to hold off watching it if you’re intent on getting the full experience.

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Among the many changes being introduced in Snyder’s version of Justice League, expect a new design for Darkseid’s herald Steppenwolf, the return of cut dialogue from Superman and Batman’s confrontation, and Joe Manganiello shooting new scenes as Deathstroke. The Justice League reshoots reportedly cost $70 Million, meaning WarnerMedia would probably like us all to pick up a few Mother Boxes.

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