The . The Collector's Edition will likely be officially announced today during the Zombies mode reveal at San Diego Comic-Con. Keep an eye on GameSpot for more news about Black Ops III as it becomes available.
Ubisoft on Thursday reported earnings for the quarter ended June 30, announcing that, among other things,, and Watch Dogs, all of which enjoyed "sustained demand."
Another positive for Ubisoft in the quarter was digital revenue, which totaled €54.1 million and made up a healthy 56 percent of all sales, compared to 23.2 percent during the same quarter last year.
Ubisoft will hold an earnings call to discuss these results and answer analyst questions later today. Check back for more news as it's announced.
, but noted there was a lot of discussion internally about this decision.
PlayStation Worldwide Studios president Shuhei Yoshida added that Sony wondered if it would be "risky" to launch such a major project with a female protagonist. Its developer, however, was able to show people would respond well to the game's central protagonist, as well as the open-world RPG, and the set up of machine versus primitive weapons,
Streaming services like PlayStation Now could be a big boon for publishers, helping them accumulate extra revenue from back catalog games long after release. That's according to Sony's Jack Buser, who told .
After years of development, the Warcraft movie from Godzilla studio Legendary Pictures and Blizzard Entertainment is nearly finished, director Duncan Jones said at Comic-Con. He revealed the details in a new interview, in which he also said he and Blizzard have ideas to expand the one film into a trilogy.
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We're expecting to learn more about the Warcraft movie this week at Comic-Con. Legendary Pictures has a panel scheduled for this Saturday, July 11, where we may finally see the first trailer for the Warcraft movie.
Harassment and verbal abuse sometimes occur in competitive online games. As a result, developers often try to monitor their games to reduce instances of harassment, to varying levels of success. Riot Games, developer of
The Tribunal also allowed Riot to develop the ability to swiftly respond to reports from players about verbal abuse in a match. It can differentiate between sarcasm and malice, as well as respond to passive-aggressive comments. Consequences are tailored to the individual situations Some actions necessitate penalties, and others only trigger incentives to act better. The reporting is done by other players, giving them a voice in the proceedings.
As a result, instances of harassment have plummeted. As Lin explained, "Incidences of homophobia, sexism and racism in League of Legends have fallen to a combined 2 percent of all games. Verbal abuse has dropped by more than 40 percent, and 91.6 percent of negative players change their act and never commit another offense after just one reported penalty."
This is great news for competitive games, which have often struggled with vitriolic online interactions. Hopefully the lessons learned by Riot's efforts can be applied to other titles in the future.
Heroes Reborn, the upcoming continuation of NBC's superhero drama series, has spawned tie-in video games for mobile devices and consoles.
Heroes Reborn: Gemini is a first-person action adventure game for
Both games are being developed by Phosphor Games, a Chicago-based studio that has previously worked on tie-in games for Man of Steel and World War Z.
The studio also developed WWE Immortals, as well as original titles Horn and The Dark Meadow.
A trailer for both games is expected to be shown on July 12 at NBC’s Heroes panel at San Diego Comic-Con.
Heroes Reborn picks up where the 2006 series left off and will "reconnect with the basic elements of the show's first season," which shot to popularity by depicting normal people awakening inner superpowers.
The show's story begins shortly after a terrorist attack in Texas, which the government is blaming on super-humans. As a result of this, powered people have been exiled and forced to live in hiding. The show focuses on a number of characters as they try to uncover the truth of the attack, or seek revenge for lost loved ones.
Heroes Reborn is scheduled to begin airing on September 24, with returning cast members such as Masi Oka (Hiro Nakamura) and Jack Coleman (Noah Bennet) starring.
Watch this video to see the Raid on Apex 7 Warzone Map from Halo 5: Guardians created using Mega Bloks and interactive LED lights.
