Google Stadia team members describe how Google Fiber and DOOM (2016) helped inspire the cloud-based game streaming service and helped shape it and bring it to life.
Take a look at the video above to find out more, and don’t miss our previous Stadia coverage while you’re here, including our look at how the Stadia gamepad was designed and, in the video below, how Stadia battles its biggest nemesis: latency.
Google Stadia launches on November 19.
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Despite being on all of our collective radars for more than three years now, with a bunch of trailers and demos flooding our newsfeeds over the past few months, there’s still a lot to take in when it comes to getting a handle on just what the hell is going on in director Hideo Kojima’s latest project.
In order to do our best to help folks make sense of Norman Reedus’s wacky ghost adventure, we put together a handy dictionary for the main wild buzzwords you may need to refer to when playing through one of this year’s most anticipated releases.
UCA
The United Cities of America are what remains of the United States after the Death Stranding catastrophe. A disparate collection of underground metropoles, the reconnection of the UCA is Sam’s main goal in Death Stranding.
Death Stranding is now available on PS4, marking the end of years of anticipation for Hideo Kojima’s first game following his split with Konami. If you’d rather explore the post-apocalypse on PC, though, the game is now available for pre-order on both Steam and the Epic Games Store.
The PC version isn’t coming until Summer 2020, and no exact release date has been set. While the PS4 version is being published by Sony, the PC version is being handled by 505 Games. The initial PC announcement didn’t detail which storefronts it would be available on, so with today’s pre-orders open we now know that it’s coming to Steam and EGS, if not more marketplaces. We can’t be certain if it will be available at both stores on the same day, as games like Red Dead Redemption 2 have gone with a staggered release on PC.
“Death Stranding is a hard game to absorb,” Kallie Plagge wrote in GameSpot’s review. “There are many intertwining threads to its plot, and silly names, corny moments, and heavy exposition belie an otherwise very simple message. That comes through much more clearly in the game’s more mundane moments, when you find a desperately-needed ladder left behind by another player or receive a letter from an NPC thanking you for your efforts. It’s positive without ignoring pain; in fact, it argues in both its story and its gameplay that adversity itself is what makes things worth doing and life worth living. It’s a game that requires patience, compassion, and love, and it’s also one we really need right now.”
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Super Smash Bros. Ultimate‘s latest DLC fighter, Terry Bogard from Fatal Fury, has finally arrived alongside the game’s 6.0 update, but that isn’t the only new content for the title this week. Nintendo is also offering another free Spirit Board Challenge Pack for Switch Online subscribers.
The Spirit Board Challenge Pack 3 is available now. Whereas previous packs contained items related exclusively to the game’s Spirit Board mode, this one comes with 5,000 Gold and three Classic Tickets, which will let you continue a Classic Mode run if you’re defeated without dropping its intensity.
You can grab the free pack by going into the Switch Eshop and selecting the Nintendo Switch Online option from the left sidebar–the pack will be listed under exclusive offers. Alternatively, you can select the Eshop icon from Super Smash Bros. Ultimate’s main menu and see the pack listed with the game’s other DLC.
As was the case with the previous two Spirit Board Challenge Packs, you can only claim this freebie if you have an active paid NSO subscription; you can’t grab it during a free trial to the service. Subscriptions are available for US $4 / £3.49 / AU $6 for one month, US $8 / £7 / AU $12 for three months, and US $20 / £18 / AU $30 for one year. Nintendo also offers an annual Family Membership that costs US $35 / £31.49 / AU $55 and covers up to eight Nintendo Accounts across multiple systems.
Terry Bogard, meanwhile, is the fourth DLC fighter to arrive as part of Smash Ultimate’s $25 Fighters Pass. One more as-yet-unrevealed DLC fighter is still on the way by February, but that isn’t the end of the game’s DLC; earlier this year, Nintendo confirmed it is working on even more DLC fighters for Smash, but it hasn’t shared any more details beyond that.
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The hopes and dreams of Skate fans longing for a fourth entry in the series have now been dashed, as EA has chosen to abandon the Skate trademark.
A listing by the United States Patent And Trademark Office (USPTO) shows that the trademark was re-upped on February 16, 2018, back before rumors started swirling around E3 2018 of a potential Skate 4 reveal. Obviously those rumors were quashed when nothing was announced at the show, and now, as of August 1, 2019, EA has abandoned the Skate trademark–seemingly putting to bed anymore Skate 4 speculation.
A trademark is considered abandoned when an applicant doesn’t respond to correspondence from the USPTO. GamesRadar notes that legal resource site Justia shows the Skate trademark’s application history and the various attempts made by the USPTO to contact EA. Justia does also list another Skate trademark that will remain active for the next decade, so it’s possible EA simply had no reason to keep both patents active at the same time. Why it didn’t relay this information to the USPTO is unclear, however.
Unless EA is going to rebrand it Sk4te, it appears as though a sequel to 2010’s Skate 3 is off the table, at least for now. Fortunately, Session exists and is currently available on Steam Early Access before eventually coming to Xbox One at some point in the future. It’s not quite Skate 4, adopting a more hardcore simulation-style approach to digital skateboarding, but it is shaping up quite nicely.
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You know him as the Falcon, but for a time in Marvel Comics, Sam Wilson went by another name: Captain America. That’s right, the Captain America. A de-powered Steve Rogers passed the shield to Sam during a time of civil unrest, and the new Captain America fought his hardest to do his job protecting a country that didn’t consider him worthy of the name.
The surprising ending of Avengers: Endgame also saw an elderly Steve Rogers hand the shield off to Sam with a smile — but the mantle of Captain America stayed with Steve. What challenges will Sam face in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier without Steve by his side? And will he become the new Cap? Let’s take a look at Sam as Captain America in the comics to get some sense of where his flight path might lead him in the upcoming Disney+ series, starring Anthony Mackie and Sebastian Stan.
If your PC, Xbox One, or PS4 could use some high-quality accessories, today’s your day. One of Amazon’s Deals of the Day focuses on Razer’s gaming products, dropping prices up to 50%, including the lowest-ever price on the excellent Razer DeathAdder Elite Gaming Mouse. Let’s take a look at the deals.
Razer Turret Wireless Mechanical Keyboard & Mouse is 8% Off
This wireless mechanical keyboard and mouse combo is back down to its lowest price ever. It’s compatible with PC, of course, but it’s also the first-ever wireless keyboard and mouse designed for Xbox One. It even has color sync to match up with what’s happening on screen when you play compatible games. Better yet, the retractible mouse pad is magnetic to stop the mouse from sliding off the edge. It’s perfect for using a keyboard and mouse on your lap while sitting on the couch.
Electronic Arts has abandoned its trademark for Skate, which is not the best of news for those hoping for the return of the skateboarding series that hasn’t had a new entry since 2010’s Skate 3.
As reported by VG247, a United States Patent and Trademark Office (UPTO) listing has revealed that, as of August 1, 2019, EA had abandoned its trademark for Skate 4. The last time EA re-upped the trademark was on February 16, 2018.
Thanks to GamesRadar, the trademark page on legal resource site Justia shows that the the trademark was abandoned due to “Failure To Respond Or Late Response.”
Captain Marvel star Ben Mendelsohn has spoken candidly about Spider-Man’s future in the MCU, claiming that Tom Holland’s superhero is one of Marvel’s “absolute motherf***ing pornstars.”
