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Blizzard Advances Several Halloween Skins for Overwatch

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Doomfist, Moira, Widowmaker, Pharaoh and Wrecking Ball dress for the occasion.

Blizzard Advances Several Halloween Skins for Overwatch

In the absence of fewer than 24 hours for the arrival of the Terrorific Halloween event to Overwatch, these are all the new special ‘skins’ that Blizzard has advanced for the characters in his popular video game. Among them, we find Doomfist, Moira, Widowmaker, Pharaoh and Wrecking Ball, although there are probably several that we can not see until the event is made public.

The Overwatch Halloween event starts tomorrow, without major changes from what was seen before: we will have Frankenstein’s Revenge JcE mode again, as well as new maps decorated for the occasion and a handful of collectibles to make us while it lasts.

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Reggie Fils-Aimé: Xbox and PlayStation are not Competitors of Nintendo

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Nintendo competes for entertainment time.

Reggie Fils-Aimé: Xbox and PlayStation are not Competitors of Nintendo

As part of the Geekwire 2018 technology summit that was held between October 1 and October 3 in Seattle, Reggie Fils-Aimé, president and chief operating officer of Nintendo of America , denied viewing on Xbox and PlayStation to competitors from his company, because he said he was interested in the time people spend on entertainment, implying that it goes beyond the scope of video games.

“I do not [see them as competitors],” the executive responded to a question he was asked about it. According to a report by Ars Technica, Fils-Aimé proceeded to break down the time that people devote to each activity in their lives, day by day. “The rest of the time is entertainment time, that’s what I compete for, minute by minute, the time you spend on the web, watching a movie, watching a lecture: that’s all the entertainment time we compete for. My competitive set is much bigger than my direct competitors at Sony and Microsoft, I compete for time, when I do it, I have to be creative and innovative, in order to win that battle.”

To put things in context, during the talk, Reggie Fils-Aimé had already put a lot of emphasis on the fronts where Nintendo has business, that is to say, video games, of course, mobile phones and the use of their intellectual properties, an area where they are already well-documented projects of amusement parks and movies . The manager pointed out that Nintendo’s approach to the future will be to take advantage of properties such as Mario, Zelda, and Pokémon through multiple entertainment platforms to grow the company.

It is worth mentioning that Reggie Fils-Aimé is not alone in this idea of entertainment time as the true goal of video game companies. During the BCTECH technology summit in early 2016, Andrew Wilson, head of Electronic Arts, also designated the time as the real battlefield for companies like his.

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Guess how long is the Exodus Metro Script compared to the previous ones?

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4A Games continues to show the dimensions of its new production, third in the Metro saga.

Guess how long is the Exodus Metro Script compared to the previous ones?

The team of 4A Games , which has earned the respect of the community thanks to its commendable work with the Metro saga, has spoken with the GameCentral portal through the mouth of one of its executive producers, Jon Bloch , on another issue of size that attracted the attention of fans: The script of Metro: Exodus .

“Our script is longer than the sum of the Metro 2033 and Metro Last Light scripts, as well as all the downloadable content we have released to date,” acknowledged Bloch. “We allow players to enjoy the environment by getting shot with everything that moves, but we also encourage them to be more careful and have a slightly more intelligent approach to the world.”

Guess how long is the Exodus Metro Script compared to the previous ones?

“We are interested in that, with Metro Exodus, they are steeped in history, they are absorbed by the world and by the atmosphere we have created,” said the executive. “The world reacts to how you play, we’re going to put you in the shoes of Artyom again, and you’re going to define your personality through the actions and choices you take with him.”

“Metro Exodus will react to the player, and there will be several opportunities throughout the trip in which players will see the reactions and consequences to their actions,” he said in the interview.

The action video game is available for PC, PS4 and Xbox One on February 22, 2019, and after testing it at the GamesCom 2018 you can check our impressions with Metro Exodus on the TechWikies pages.

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Red Dead Redemption 2 ‘Will Run’ to Native 4K on Xbox One X

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This version of the game will also improve its colors with HDR.

Red Dead Redemption 2 'Will Run' to Native 4K on Xbox One X

Following the publication of the last trailer of Red Dead Redemption 2, several official Xbox accounts on Twitter shared the subtitled video in their respective language linking the game’s tab on the official website. If we look at the file in question, we will quickly see that Red Dead Redemption 2 will have the ‘premium’ treatment that is expected from Xbox One X, with a resolution of 4K and HDR compatibility. Being a bit more specific, the Xbox account in France has specified that it is a native resolution and not rescaled.

As you probably know, the resolution 4K translates into 3840×2160 pixels, compared to the 1920×2160 pixels that the game will present in its version of PS4 Pro, according to the findings of Digital Foundry. Of course, you will need compatible screens to play the game with this visual fidelity.

Red Dead Redemption 2 will be available on PS4 and Xbox One. For now, no other version of the game has been confirmed, although we assume that the more affluent computers could imitate these features if Devolver manages to publish RDR 2 on PC.

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2K Calls For More Storage Capacity on PS5 and Xbox Scarlett

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For the executive producer of WWE 2K19, putting everything on a Blu-ray disc is a challenge.

2K Calls For More Storage Capacity on PS5 and Xbox Scarlett

According to WWE 2K19 executive producer Mark Little, 2K Games would be delighted if the next generation of consoles, hypothetically staged by PS5 and Xbox Scarlett, will have greater storage and memory capacity.

“Having a Blu-ray as support is a challenge, because the arrival of the game to 4K everything wants to be bigger and superior, and we try to add more content every year,” explains Little in an interview with the British newspaper Express. One of the challenges we have each year is to get everything into a Blu-ray and also get it loaded as quickly as possible, “he adds.” It may seem fun to correct, but it is one of the usual challenges every year, and we talk to the hardware guys and they recognize that it’s a complicated issue, “he concluded.

At the moment there is no clue about whether there will be any format change or whether Sony or Microsoft is investigating on that path. What is clear is that more and more video games require a free space on the hard drive. For example, Red Dead Redemption 2, which today showed the second gameplay, requires 105 GB according to the joint sales package with PS4.

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GOG Celebrates its Tenth Anniversary by Giving Away a Popular Game

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The Free Game Candidates are Shadow Warrior 2, SUPERHOT and Firewatch.

GOG Celebrates its Tenth Anniversary by Giving Away a Popular Game

And we forward our comrade Toni Piedrabuena: to mark the 10th anniversary of GOG, the digital platform CD Projekt will give away a game to its users soon. You have until October 4 to log in and vote for your favorite, to choose between Shadow Warrior 2, SUPERHOT and Firewatch. Once the deadline has expired, the most requested title may be downloaded at no additional cost.

Can not find one that satisfies your preferences? The store also offers succulent discounts on individual games and packages during the event, including of course The Witcher series and a selection of PC classics.

For the more nostalgic, GOG’s tenth-anniversary page also hosts a historical review of the platform’s major advances over the past decade, as well as bright expectations for the future. One of those that are not mentioned, but that definitely goes through the plans of those responsible, is the internal support of mods in GOG.

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Michael Pachter: Cancellation of PSX 2018 Due to Reasons of Saving

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The analyst discards that the movement has to do with the announcement of PS5.

Michael Pachter: Cancellation of PSX 2018 Due to Reasons of Saving

As part of the talk he held with the Gamingbolt portal, Wedbush Securities analyst Michael Pachter ruled out that the cancellation of this year’s PlayStation Experience was related to the potential launch of the PlayStation 5 and pointed to financial aspects as a possible cause.

“I’m sure it’s a cost-saving movement,” explained the specialist in the video game industry. “They probably concluded that the benefits they got did not justify the expense, no, I do not think it’s related to the PlayStation 5 premiere.”

It should be recalled that the new president of Sony Interactive Entertainment, John Kodera, said in May that the PlayStation 4 was entering the final part of its life cycle, which, the announcement of his successor, indeed, would seem close.

Shawn Layden explained, meanwhile, that with the premiere of Marvel’s Spider-Man, the look now was set on Dreams and Days Gone for 2019, but hinted that it was not enough to gather people and celebrate an event on the scale of PlayStation Experience.

Analysts, including Pachter, predict that the launch of both the PS5 and the new Xbox will occur around the year 2020. Today also, Michael Pachter spoke about the PlayStation Classic.

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Rise & Shine arrives at Nintendo Switch with a New Trailer

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You can now download this curious bullet hell from eShop.

After debuting on PC and Xbox One and a subsequent port for PS4, the strange proposal of Rise & Shine also debuts on Nintendo Switch. The game of Super Awesome Hyper Dimensional Mega Team and Adult Swim has already premiered in eShop accompanied by a new presentation trailer.

For those who are not familiar with the game, Rise & Shine is a shooter that could be located in the subgenre of bullet hell, but also has many elements of puzzles and platforms at the same time. In it, we handle a young man named Rise and his Shine gun, to defend the Earth from the hordes of aliens and their towering bosses.

Altogether, it is a very peculiar proposal from which you can learn more in the Rise & Shine analysis. Our colleague Alejandro Pascual thought that “he stumbles on the rhythm and the implantation of some mechanics, but he manages to reach his goal based on infinite lives and connect with the player, especially the most classic”.

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Carmack: Oculus Quest is at the Power Level of PS3 and X360

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Oculus VR’s technology director believes that it will be sold as a secondary device to current consoles.

Carmack: Oculus Quest is at the Power Level of PS3 and X360

John Carmack, the co-founder of id Software and chief technology officer of Oculus VR, recently introduced an all-in-one wireless virtual reality device: Oculus Quest. Its price and the possibility of not depending on a computer for your enjoyment make it an attractive item for those who have not yet made the leap to this technology, but how powerful are the glasses? According to his words, as much as PS3 and Xbox 360.

“In terms of processor and graphics card, Quest is close to the power of a console of the previous generation, such as Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3,” he said during his announcement on this week’s Oculus Connect. The veteran programmer recalled that the majority of releases of these years were aimed at a performance at 1280×720 and 30 frames per second, while in Quest two images of 1280×1280 are reached at 720 fps. It is not possible to take a game that has been made to a high-quality level [on Xbox 360 or PS3] and hopes it looks good on VR, “Carmack added.

In terms of market position, Carmack is committed to offering a secondary device for those players with a console at home. “Realistically, we’re going to end up competing with Nintendo Switch, I do not think there are so many people able to say, ‘I’m not going to get a PS4, I’m going to buy Quest instead,'” he added.

Finally, in his presentation collected by Game Industry, the technological director wanted to insist that Oculus Quest is able to adapt the experience of Oculus Rift but remembering the big power difference between the glasses and a current PC. The device will reach the market this coming spring at a price of 399 euros.

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Ubisoft Presents an Infographic of Far Cry 5

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In six months, the community has traveled almost 300 billion kilometers in the game.

If we translate the six months that Far Cry 5 has available in data, we will find information as curious as turkeys have caused deaths worth about a third of the population of Montana. This is how Ubisoft explains it in a recent infographic full of feats as absurd as fun.

Among other things, Hope County has covered 290 billion kilometers globally and has witnessed the fishing of 230 million fish. Needless to say, how many generations of them would be necessary to repopulate it, of course. It does not seem that the game has gone bad outside the virtual environment, either: Far Cry 5 became the best-selling in the United States in the first half of 2018.

You can play Far Cry 5 on PC, PS4 and Xbox One. If you have not done it yet and would like to contrast opinions before testing it, we encourage you to visit the analysis of Far Cry 5 that our colleague Álvaro Castellano closed The following form: “The new video game of the series becomes strong in all the elements that characterize the brand and, although it does not risk too much in its ideas, it achieves a very good result”.

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