A new report suggests that Xbox Games Pass may be headed to the Nintendo Switch in the future via streaming.
Via Game Informer, Direct Feed Games, an “outlet that has a strong track record for rumors especially centering around Nintendo,” claims that Microsoft is preparing to publish ports of its games on the Switch alongside allowing Switch owners to stream Xbox Games Pass titles by its Project xCloud service.
Rage 2 is coming out in May for PS4, Xbox One, and PC, but before that, publisher Bethesda is planning a big promotional event for the game in Australia. The publisher is installing a “Goonfest Marquee” at the metal-themed Download Festival in Sydney and Melbourne in March.
According to a press release, those in attendance can visit the Rage 2 installation to get (temporary??) tattoos and makeup, and have their hair done with a punk flair. “Join the squad at the ‘Goonfest’ Marquee so you too can experience the ultimate chaos of dystopian characters, contortionists and firebreathers!” reads a line from Bethesda’s press release.
Download Festival comes to Sydney on March 9 and Melbourne on March 11. The bill includes heavy metal juggernauts such as Slayer and Judas Priest, as well as Alice in Chains, Rise Against, Sum 41, Anthrax, Pennywise, Halestorm, and Australia’s own Airbourne, among others. Ozzy Osbourne was set to play at the main headliner, but he dropped out recently due to health issues.
Rage 2 is developed by Avalanche Studios in Sweden, a country home to loads of metal bands including Amon Amarth, In Flames, At The Gates, Opeth, and Meshuggah, among others. Id Software, the developer of the original Rage, is also assisting in the game’s development.
The game is set 30 years after the events of the first Rage, which was released in 2011 for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC. The Earth has started to recover after being ravaged by a global catastrophe, and plant and animal life have begun springing up around the planet, making it more colourful.
Roman Reigns has announced that he is returning to WWE Raw as his cancer is now in remission.
Back in October of 2018, Roman Reigns announced that the leukemia he’s been battling with for 11 years had returned. Now, that cancer has gone into remission.
The Big Dog is BACK! #RomanReigns announces that he is in remission and back on #Raw! @WWERomanReigns pic.twitter.com/yHQdiFH2Ty
The latest hero added to Blizzard’s Overwatch roster, Baptiste, has been revealed.
The official Play Overwatch YouTube account has uploaded a new origin story video giving us some insight into the upcoming hero, Baptiste. It shows the hero growing up in a wartorn country describing tough choices that had to be made to survive.
The armour worn by Baptiste in the origin story has a Talon logo, which happens to represent the terrorist organisation also connected to other heroes such as Reaper and Doomfist.
It seems Baptiste will be a mix of a DPS and healer character touting that he will use both bandages and bullets. The trailer finishes by saying that it’s your choice as to which.
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In a new report from As You Sow on the most overpaid CEOs of 2019, Activision Blizzard and Electronic Arts’ chief executives are reportedly on the list.
As You Sow, a non-profit foundation that encourages social responsibility at corporations, publishes an annual report of the top 100 overpaid CEOs according to their research.
The methodology in calculating the top positions that are overpaid, includes an analysis of taking the CEO’s salary and the ratio with the average worker at said company, along with other factors such as shareholder votes against CEOs’ pay package.
Activision’s Bobby Kotick holds the position for being the most overpaid CEO in the history of the gaming industry in the US.
Blizzard recently began teasing another Overwatch story, seeming to focus on a new character named Baptiste. The company has now released a lengthy story trailer focusing on his background, and confirming that he’ll be the next playable hero.
As detailed in the story trailer, Baptiste was one of millions orphaned during the Omnic Crisis. In an apparent act of desperation, he joined the villainous group Talon. But he came to regret his decision and abandoned them. As detailed in the initial teaser, the group subsequently sent operatives to silence him, and they went missing themselves. Now he roams the world trying to help people, whether they need a band-aid or a bullet.
The first teaser was a letter signed by a Captain Cuerva, as part of one of the Talon ops to capture or kill Baptiste. Cuerva said not to underestimate Baptiste, and that he personally oversaw his Talon training. Cuerva’s mission went awry and several agents went missing. At the time, it wasn’t clear if Baptiste was the new hero or Cuerva.
Now we know for certain that it’s Baptiste, but we haven’t seen his abilities or play style, or exactly when he’s coming as a playable character. The attention given to his background as a medic suggests he’ll be a support character.
The Pokemon series is celebrating its 23rd anniversary on February 27, and Niantic is commemorating the occasion with a special event in Pokemon Go. The annual Pokemon Day celebration returns at 1 PM PT / 4 PM ET on February 26, and it’ll feature a lot of Pokemon from the original Red and Blue versions.
Throughout the event, Pokemon that appear early on in the Gen 1 games will spawn much more frequently in the wild. Moreover, players will have a chance of finding Shiny versions of Pidgey and Rattata, and Kanto Pokemon will also be featured in Raid Battles.
On top of that, players will have a chance of encountering special versions of Pikachu and Eevee during the Pokemon Day event. These variants will be wearing festive flower crowns, and they can be found either in the wild or through special Field Research tasks.
The Pokemon Day event runs until 1 PM PT / 4 PM ET on February 28. You can read more details about it on the official Pokemon Go website.
Niantic recently rolled out a new AR photo mode for Pokemon Go, and it came with a surprise: Smeargle. The Painter Pokemon has begun appearing in the mobile game for the first time, but the only way to encounter it is through the new mode. Smeargle will reportedly occasionally appear in photos you take, then show up in the wild after you exit the mode, giving you a chance to catch it.
In other Pokemon Go news, Niantic is introducing a new item to the game this week called the Team Medallion. It can be purchased from the in-game shop and gives players the option to switch teams, but it can only be used once every 365 days. The developer has also brought back the Legendary Pokemon Latias for a limited-time Raid event.
A Taiwanese horror game has been removed from Steam following a controversy surrounding Winnie the Pooh and Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Devotion was removed from Steam after users found an in-game meme mocking Xi, according to The Verge.
An in-game poster reportedly says, “Xi Jinping Winnie-the-Pooh moron,” an apparent reference to internet memes that have long compared the Chinese president to the famous cartoon bear. It remains unclear if this was the exact reason the game was removed.
Chinese censors have repeatedly banned content linking the president to Winnie the Pooh. According to Business Insider, the Oscar-nominated Disney film Christopher Robin was recently banned because of the memes.
Red Candle Games has removed its game, Devotion, from Steam. The removal occurs after a weekend of bad PR for Devotion, which saw heavy review bombing after being caught in controversy.
According to PC Gamer, Devotion launched to positive reviews. However, the Taiwanese first-person horror game came under fire when a piece of in-game art that seems to mock Chinese president Xi Jinping was discovered. The art compares the president to Winnie the Pooh, a comparison the Chinese government frequently objects to. Red Candle Games issued an initial apology–which implied the image was simply a placeholder–but after Devotion came under heavy review bombing, the developer followed up with a longer, more comprehensive apology.
“When the art material was made, each teammate was busy working on one’s own tasks while chasing the deadline,” Red Candle Games wrote in the second apology. “None of the other colleagues were aware of this. It was until we received a private report made by a player on February 21 that we realized what was exactly written on that art material. Upon learning of this, we immediately replaced the art material within an hour.”
“We would also like to take this opportunity to reaffirm that Devotion’s publisher Indievent and Winking Entertainment did not know about the art material beforehand and were not involved in this incident at all,” the developer continued. “Currently our partnership has terminated.” Red Candle Games ended the apology with the announcement that Devotion is now removed from Steam China. However, as of writing this article, the game is gone from Steam entirely. Every trailer for the game has been removed from Red Candle Games’ YouTube channel as well.
Devotion is Red Candle’s second game, which follows the developer’s horror title, Detention. Both games borrow elements of Taiwanese and Chinese religion and mythology to create terrifying experiences that also critique elements of both countries’ cultures. In Devotion, you explore an abandoned apartment complex in Taiwan during the 1980s, only to discover a religious family that lived there suffered some spooky, cult-like events.
Red Candle Games hasn’t yet announced whether Devotion will return to Steam. The game was only available on PC exclusively through Steam so you can no longer buy it.