Activision Plans to Release More Remasters

Activision has announced plans to release remasters of its past titles this year, lending weight to recent rumours of a Spyro the Dragon Trilogy remaster.

The company has released its annual investor report, which includes the intention to mine the Activision IP library as part of its plans for the second half of 2018.

“We expect to release World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth and our latest Call of Duty game in the second half of 2018,” reads the report. “In addition, we expect to deliver ongoing content for our various franchises, including expansion packs for Hearthstone and Destiny 2, in-game events for Overwatch, and map packs for Call of Duty: WWII, as well as releases of remastered versions of titles from our library of IP

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The Witcher Netflix Series: Pilot Episode Script Is Finished

Netflix’s The Witcher series has a completed pilot script.

Showrunner Lauren S. Hissich submitted a first full draft (apparently after many, many iterations) on February 23rd, but won’t be drawn on the plot.

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Dragon Ball FighterZ Patch Notes Include Bug Fixes And More

A new patch is coming soon for the Dragon Ball FighterZ, and it’ll make changes to the fighting game’s modes, characters, and other features. The complete patch notes were posted on the Bandai Namco Facebook page and can be seen in full below.

For the training mode, this patch fixes a bug that caused the Assist Gauge to replenish when the player continuously guards and another that fixes an animation issue. There is also a new feature added in the patch called Party Match; this allows you to find matches with five other players. Additionally, the controller will now rumble in Ranked and Casual modes when the game has found an opponent; a small change, but a welcome-sounding one.

In terms of character changes, do not expect balance changes, but instead bug fixes. Specifically, the update fixes a bug that stopped Goku Black from vanishing after using the special move “The Work of a God” after an Ultimate Z change. Additionally, there was a bug that stopped Frieza from using the “You Must Die by My Hand” movie when on the ground in some circumstances, but this new patch will fix that.

Dragon Ball FighterZ is available now on PS4, Xbox One, and PC. Critic Peter Brown awarded the title a 9/10 in GameSpot’s Dragon Ball FighterZ review and said, “Even if you think Dragon Ball is old hat, and even if you’re intimidated by fighting games, there’s a good chance you’ll be drawn into the explosive action and personalities that expertly evoke the anime’s infectious spirit.”

If you’re still new to the Dragon Ball fighting game, we’ve put together a guide of tips and everything you need to know about Dragon Ball FighterZ. We’ve also detailed how to find all the Dragon Balls and summon Shenron during a match, as well as how to unlock Android 21, Super Saiyan Blue Goku, and Super Saiyan Blue Vegeta.

Dragon Ball FighterZ Patch Notes:

MODES

  • PARTY MATCH: Added the Party Match feature which enables automatic match-up with 5 other players to play a Party Match.
  • REPLAY CHANNEL: Expanded Replay Channel functions (added “Followed Player Channel” and “Search Channel”) – Previous replay data will be deleted
  • RANKED MATCH / CASUAL MATCH: Added controller vibration to indicate when an opponent has been found
  • ARCADE MODE: Added “Return to Character Selection” and “Return to Course Selection” after completing a course
  • TRAINING MODE: Fixed a bug that shows the Dragon Balls collection animation while options were set on “Do not display”
  • TRAINING MODE: Fixed a bug that made the Assist Gauge recover when player guards continuously
  • BATTLE TUTORIAL: Fixed a bug that prevented the UI to be displayed properly when player passes the objective right after the beginning of the match

CHARACTERS

  • GOKU BLACK: Fixed a bug that prevented the character to disappear when Goku Black’s Special Move ” The Work of a God ” was used after an Ultimate Z Change
  • ANDROID 21: Fixed bug that prevented Android 21 from disappearing immediately after she is called in for a Z-Assist and the main character takes damage
  • ANDROID 21: Fixed a red visual bug when Android 21 is called in for a Z-Assist and the main character takes damage
  • FRIEZA: Fixed a bug that prevents Frieza to properly use “You Must Die by My Hand!” when lying on the ground after his Golden Frieza transformation
  • HIT: Fixed a bug that prevents the “Super Ghost Kamikaze Attack” effect to disappear when used during Ultimate Z Change and Hit’s Meteor Special Attack
  • HIT: Fixed a bug that prevents the Z-Assist character to disappear when the main character is damaged at the very same moment by Hit’s “I Keep Improving” attack
  • TIEN: Fixed a bug that makes a character invisible when both the main character and Z-Assist character are damaged by Tien’s attack “Farewell, Tien…”
  • CAPTAIN GINYU: Fixed a bug that allows Ultimate Z Change to be performed with less than 3 gauges after performing “Powerful Energy Wave”
  • MAJIN BUU: Fixed a bug that makes the opponent invincible if Majin Buu’s “Standing Light – Follow Up 2” and the opponent’s Super Dash hit simultaneously
  • ANDROID 18: Fixed a bug of voice/mouth synchronization when special dialogues are played against Piccolo and Vegeta

OTHER FEATURES

  • SHENRON: Fixed a bug that prevents Destructive Finish and Stage Destruction effects to appear with a character resurrected by Shenron
  • SUPPORT CHARACTERS: Fixed a bug that prevents voices of Support Characters (like Android 17 or Ginyu Force) to be played normally when called into battle
  • DRAGON RUSH: Fixed a bug that reversed the guard controls when a character is being changed by a Dragon Rush

9 Things We Want From Pokemon On Switch

At E3 2017, Nintendo teased a new Pokemon game for the Switch. Instead of the rumored Pokemon Stars, which was thought to be an enhanced version of the 3DS games Sun and Moon, Game Freak’s untitled Switch Pokemon game is a new, “core RPG.” We know very little about the game, so we started dreaming up all the things that could make a Switch-exclusive Pokemon game extra special.

2016’s Sun and Moon–and last year’s updated versions, Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon–added a few of the quality-of-life features that will most likely return in the next Pokemon game. New and improved tools for high-level training, like being able to see a Pokemon’s IVs at a glance, were a boon for competitive players, as was the reintroduction of Move Tutors in the Ultras. Alola also saw the introduction of regional variants of existing Pokemon, which is probably here to stay as well.

So what’s left to improve? We had quite a few ideas. Click forward to see nine things we want to see from Pokemon on Switch, and let us know in the comments what else you’re hoping to see!

Here’s What The New Sword Art Online Game Is Like

2018 is a particularly big year for anime games. A ton of anime-inspired titles are on the way to various platforms this year, from Dragon Ball FighterZ and Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth–both of which are already available–to My Hero Academia: One’s Justice and the ambitious, open-world One Piece game, Grand Cruise. The most recent is Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet, Bandai Namco’s latest adaptation of the popular anime and manga series, which arrived on PC and consoles on February 23.

Unlike previous Sword Art Online games, Fatal Bullet takes place within the world of Gun Gale Online (or GGO), the shooter/MMO that serves as the setting for the first arc of Sword Art Online’s second season. Fittingly, Fatal Bullet plays out like a third-person shooter rather than a typical fantasy RPG, emphasizing cover and twitchy gunplay over swords and magic. And while the game doesn’t follow the same story arc from the anime directly, many of SAO’s most recognizable characters do make an appearance in Fatal Bullet in various roles, including Kirito, Leafa, and Asuna.

On the latest episode of GameSpot Live, we played through the early portions of Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet. In our two-hour session with the game, we explored the world, picked up treasure, gunned down enemies in dungeons, and met up with Kirito and other familiar Sword Art Online characters. If you weren’t able to join us earlier for the livestream, you can watch a replay of our exploits in the world of GGO above.

Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet is now available on PS4, Xbox One, and PC. If you’d like to see more of the title, you can watch Fatal Bullet’s opening movie here. We’ve also recorded eight additional minutes of gameplay footage, featuring Sinon and Kirito battling giant scorpions and other robotic enemies.

Into The Breach Livestream: Defending Earth From A Kaiju Army

In 2012, developer Subset Games released FTL (Faster Than Light). It was one of the early games in the roguelike renaissance of the 2010s, and since its release on iOS devices, has maintained a devoted fanbase.

Today, we’re playing Into the Breach, the long-awaited follow-up to FTL. As opposed to its predecessor, Into the Breach requires more careful planning than real-time reaction. However, many of the procedural aspects of FTL survive, resulting in varying experiences each time you boot up this new turn-based strategy title.

For more on Into the Breach, read Edmond Tran’s review, in which he lauds the game’s tactical systems for making you feel “completely in control.”

HyperX Alloy Elite RGB Review

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The HyperX brand has branched out considerably in recent years, and most recently the company has started releasing mechanical gaming keyboards. It seems like with each new keyboard we get more features, and with its new HyperX Alloy Elite RGB (See it on Amazon) it seems like they’ve finally completed the cycle, since it has pretty much everything you’d expect in a flagship RGB keyboard. Though this is a “new” model, it’s basically the Alloy Elite but with RGB lighting. At $170, its in direct competition with other high-end mechanical decks like the Corsair K95 Platinum and Razer BlackWidow Chroma V2. But does it have the chops to stand with the best?

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Mario Odyssey’s Greatest Cheat Is Patched

While the latest update for Super Mario Odyssey added Luigi’s Balloon World, it also patched out several glitches, including a major one used by speedrunners.

As detailed in our Super Mario Odyssey cheats and secrets guide, prior to the update, players could perform a trick where they capture a frog mid-air with Cappy and find themselves hovering in a glitched swimming position. Speedrunners took advantage of this glitch to quickly clear the game’s Darker Side area.

IGN can verify the latest patch released as part of the Luigi’s Balloon World update has removed this glitch from the game.

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