October, 2015

• 16 October

  Nintendo NX works as console or handheld, report says

  

  The Nintendo NX will combine Nintendo’s handheld and console designs by featuring a “mobile unit” that can be used in conjunction with a home console or taken on the go, if a report (opens in new tab) from the Wall Street Journal is to be believed. So, basically a Wii …

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• 15 October

  How Its Done: Breaking down Bedlam with author Christopher Brookmyre

  

  Bedlam takes a strange turn as far as shooters go, spanning multiple virtual worlds and styles in a connected “gameverse.” Drawing from retro Quake clones and far-flung sci-fi concepts of virtual reality, Bedlam (opens in new tab) is a nostalgic trip through a possible dystopia. If it sounds like the …

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• 15 October

  Wasteland 2: Directors Cut review

  

  Way back when, in the decidedly bleak age when trendy kids were doing The Locomotion while Police Academy 3 – Assignment: Miami Beach played in the background (we’re talking about the bowels of 1988), a subset of PC owners were sampling videogaming’s first proper post-apocalypse. Think of how many of …

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• 14 October

  Zelda music hits the big time on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

  

  If you told me that an orchestra was going to perform Zelda music on The Late Show back when I was first playing A Link to the Past, I probably would have asked “What’s The Late Show?” Because I was five. But after you’d explained to me that The Late …

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• 14 October

  Fallout 4 has great controls on Vita thanks to ex-Destiny designer, Bethesda says

  

  No family events need tear you away from the Commonwealth this holiday season. Bethesda confirmed that it has Remote Play running for Fallout 4 (opens in new tab) on PS4 and, better yet, someone with a track record for making console shooters play well on Vita is on the job. …

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• 14 October

  Metal Gear Solid 5 wants you to keep invading FOBs, but whats the point?

  

  I’m playing Metal Gear Solid 5, sitting in my helicopter, scrolling through the various menus of my iDroid. Story missions: Finished. Side ops: Completed. Mother Base: Fully built. All that’s really left now is to raid other players’ forward operating bases, so I bring up the list of potential victims. …

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• 13 October

  I Got Next: We explore a Fultons paradise in Metal Gear Online

  

  When you think of Metal Gear Solid, ‘online multiplayer shooter’ is probably the last thing that comes to mind. But Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain (opens in new tab) also includes the latest edition of Metal Gear Online, with all the gadgets, cardboard boxes, and inherent silliness found …

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• 12 October

  Call of Duty Black Ops 3 – Every Specialist character we know so far

  

  Choose your soldier Gone are the no-name soldiers, the generic ghillie suits, and the standard issue fatigues. In Call of Duty: Black Ops 3’s multiplayer, you no longer play as a grunt, but rather a highly skilled Specialist soldier. Each of these soldiers will have their own progression system (of …

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• 12 October

  Carrie-Anne Moss to play Jeryn Hogarth in Marvels Jessica Jones

  

  Marvel’s Jessica Jones panel was one of the highlights of the New York Comic Con, with the studio airing some first footage from the new series, as well as dropping new info about its characters and plot. One of the most significant nuggets regards Carrie-Anne Moss’s character, who isn’t quite …

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• 12 October

  Bryan Cranston wants to play X-Men villain Mr. Sinister

  

  Bryan Cranston has been discussing the possibility of playing a superhero, having told METRO (opens in new tab): “I’d like to do some big superhero villain in some Marvel classic”. And while he had originally suggested he’d like to play a character created “from scratch”, he’s now got a specific …

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