By the Google Stadia team’s own admission, it’s not easy designing a new controller to compete with the DualShock and the Xbox gamepad in the hearts and minds of gamers. The final piece of hardware they’ve arrived at feels very good, based on our early impressions, and so we went to Google’s controller design lab in Mountain View, California, to get a look at many of the early prototypes and see how they built it.
We interviewed Google Stadia Design Director Isabelle Olsson about the process, which involved literally hundreds of design iterations and some pretty unconventional approaches to the task that we think you’ll want to hear about. Take a look at the video above, and don’t miss the video below to learn everything you need to know before Stadia’s upcoming launch:
HBO’s new Watchmen series is showing us what became of the world of the original graphic novel 30 years after a giant squid monster changed the course of human history. It’s a world that is uncomfortably close to our own in many respects, but in other ways the Watchmen universe circa 2019 is a wholly alien place. There’s no Internet or smartphones. Robert Redford has been president since 1992. Mini squids raining from the sky is an ordinary occurrence.
Little by little, the series is pulling back the curtain and revealing just how much this world has changed since the classic comic and why. But for the full scoop, you really need to be reading Peteypedia. This tie-in website (named for the FBI agent character Dale Petey) basically serves as the equivalent of the supplemental backup pages in the original Watchmen comic. It features memos and documents pulled from the Watchmen universe, offering insight into plot points like the absence of the Internet and the controversy over President Redford’s “Redford-ations.”
Pokemon Sword and Shield arrive on Nintendo Switch in a little over a week, and The Pokemon Company continues to share new tidbits about the titles. The company has released a new trailer that shows off some of the changes developer Game Freak has implemented to make it easier than ever to get into competitive battling.
The trailer begins with a look at new items called Mints, which allow you to change the effects of a Pokemon’s nature. For instance, if you feed a Modest Mint to a Pokemon, it’ll alter that monster’s base stats to what they would be if it had a Modest nature–in this case, increasing its Special Attack at the expense of its Attack.
Game Freak has also made a significant change to Egg Moves–moves that certain Pokemon can only learn through breeding. In the past, Egg Moves could only be passed down by the father Pokemon; in Sword and Shield, however, two Pokemon of the same species can pass Egg Moves to each other if both are left at the Pokemon Nursery.
Another quality-of-life improvement the trailer showcases is the ability to access your Pokemon Box remotely. In previous games, you could only store and take out Pokemon by accessing the PC inside a Pokemon Center, and while that’s still an option in Sword and Shield, you can now also perform those same actions from almost anywhere in the Galar region, so you’ll no longer need to constantly head to a Pokemon Center if you want to change up your Pokemon party.
The trailer closes out with a look at Exp. Candies. These are similar to Rare Candies in that they make it easier to level up a Pokemon; however, unlike Rare Candies, which automatically increase a Pokemon’s level by one, Exp. Candies bestow a bunch of experience points on a Pokemon. The candies come in small, medium, large, and XL, and the size of the candy determines how much experience it grants.
Sony has revealed the top selling games on the US PlayStation Store for the month of October 2019. Some big new games dominate the top of the charts, while Fortnite continues its stranglehold over the free-to-play rankings.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare takes the top spot, which isn’t all that surprising considering Activision just announced that its latest big-budget shooter has sold more at launch than any other Call of Duty game this generation. Modern Warfare is a reboot of the popular sub-series, with GameSpot’s review in progress saying “it lays a strong foundation for where the Modern Warfare series could go from here.”
Tom Clancy’s Ghost ReconBreakpoint, another new October release, comes in second. Sony doesn’t release sales figures with its monthly charts, but Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot recently said that critical reception and poor sales during Breakpoint’s first weeks were disappointing, leading to the delay of Gods & Monsters, Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Quarantine, and Watch Dogs: Legion. In our own review, we gave Ghost Recon Breakpoint a 4/10, saying, “Breakpoint is a messy, confused game and a ghost of the series’ former self.”
Third on the list is yet another October release in the shape of Obsidian’s The Outer Worlds. The planet-hopping, pulpy sci-fi RPG shares a lot in common with Bethesda’s Fallout games. Obsidian developed the cult-favorite Fallout: New Vegas after all, and The Outer Worlds sees the studio branch out to create its own distinct world within a similar RPG structure. We gave it a 9/10 in GameSpot’s review, saying, “The Outer Worlds is consistently compelling throughout, and it’s a superb example of how to promote traditional RPG sensibilities in a sharp, modern experience.”
FIFA 20 and Minecraft round out the rest of the top five. The only other October release to crack into the top 20 is WWE 2K20, the latest pro wrestling game developed by Visual Concepts. 2K20 has become infamous since its release for the plethora of bugs and glitches players have captured and shared on social media. We gave it 2/10 in our review, saying, “This is the moment the WWE 2K series hit Rock Bottom.”
In terms of DLC and expansions, Destiny 2: Shadowkeep reached number two in the charts for October. The latest annual expansion from Bungie added a new moon-based campaign, a new raid, a new dungeon, new multiplayer maps, new weapons, and so on, as well as reworking Destiny’s armor system.
PS4 Games Top 20
1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
2
Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Breakpoint
3
The Outer Worlds
4
EA SPORTS FIFA 20
5
Minecraft: PlayStation 4 Edition
6
NBA 2K20
7
Madden NFL 20
8
Grand Theft Auto V
9
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
10
Borderlands 3
11
TOM CLANCY’S RAINBOW SIX SIEGE
12
Mortal Kombat 11
13
Red Dead Redemption 2
14
Rocket League
15
God of War
16
Marvel’s Spider-Man
17
WWE 2K20
18
STAR WARS Battlefront II
19
THE FOREST
20
NHL 20
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Anyone in the market for a speedy new modem should take a look at this: ARRIS Surfboard modems and modem/router combos are on sale today only at Amazon. That includes a gigabit cable modem for 40% off. But don’t wait, because the deals end at midnight tonight.
Why buy your own modem? If you’re renting a modem from your internet provider, you’ll save on monthly rental fees, and the modem will pay for itself after just a few months. But even if you own your modem and it’s a few years old, there’s a good chance it’s not actually providing you the speeds you’re paying for. Let’s take a look at the deals.
According to a recent job posting, Square Enix is working on an unannounced action game for next-generation consoles. The company’s Japanese recruitment website notes that it has openings in its First Development Division, including the opportunity to work on an upcoming next-gen title.
Square Enix says that the unannounced game is “aiming to realize a ‘next-generation action game experience’ that goes beyond the framework of existing action games, with an international team of creators from all over the world,” as per Gematsu.
The First Development Division is working on the upcoming Final Fantasy VII Remake, and has previously developed the likes of Kingdom Hearts 3, SaGa: Scarlet Grace, and Romancing SaGa Re:Universe.
Next-gen consoles Project Scarlett and PlayStation 5 are both slated for release during fall 2020. Final Fantasy VII Remake, on the other hand, is due out much sooner on March 3, 2020 for PlayStation 4.
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Overwatch 2 – 5 Minutes Of The New PVP Mode “Push” Gameplay
14 Minutes of Overwatch 2 Story Mission (Rio de Janeiro)
9 Minutes of Mario And Sonic At The Olympic Games Tokyo 2020
BlizzCon Protest Organizer Explains Why Change Needs To Happen
Horizon Zero Dawn 2 Could Be A PS5 Game – GS News Update
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**SPOILER WARNING FOR THE CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE SINGLE-PLAYER CAMPAIGN**
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare narrative director Taylor Kurosaki knows a thing or two about making good single-player games, having spent much of his career working on Uncharted games at Naughty Dog. Now at Infinity Ward, his latest effort is the Modern Warfare reboot.
We sat down with Kurosaki to get his insights on several of Modern Warfare’s biggest and most intense scenes. Warning: Don’t watch this unless you’ve finished the campaign or don’t mind being spoiled!
For more on Modern Warfare, check out our review of the campaign in the video below, or read our final review that includes extensive multiplayer evaluation.
This is a mostly spoiler-free review of Netflix’s The End of the F***ing World Season 2, which is now streaming.
There was something majorly satisfying about the way Season 1 of The End of the F***ing World ended. By sacrificing his freedom, and perhaps unsuspectingly his life, James showed Alyssa the true face of love, as well as the real-world cost of the duo’s actions. We, of course, didn’t get to see the extent of the emotional impact James’ sacrifice had on Alyssa in that moment, but thankfully, where the first season was primarily James’ arc, Season 2, by narrative and thematic necessity, is all about bringing Alyssa to a place where she can better deal with the world around her that she hates with such vigor.
Update 11/6: Rockstar has updated the Rockstar Games Launcher to v1.0.9.164, which rectifies the issue that results in the, “The Rockstar Games Launcher failed to initialize” on startup error. It also fixes a bug that prevents preload decryption from progressing, as well as crashes or the “Unable to launch game, please verify your game data” error when Red Dead Redemption 2 is launched from the Epic Games Launcher.
“The Rockstar Games Launcher exited unexpectedly” when launching Red Dead Redemption 2 problem has also been fixed.
Terry Bogard from Fatal Fury is now available to download and play in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate director, Masahiro Sakurai, held a 45-minute livestream showcasing Terry’s moveset and stage – which also revealed 50 tunes from SNK’s library that will be added to the game as part of Challenger Pack 4.
Terry’s moves are inspired by his many appearances in SNK fighting games, and his kit brings a number of unique mechanics to the roster. Similar to Street Fighter’s Ryu and Ken, Terry automatically turns to face his opponent in one-on-one matchups to make it easier to use his classic fighting game command inputs. He has weak and strong versions of each of his special moves, and the strength is determined by how long you hold the button.