Just as I think the PlayStation Access team can't surprise me anymore with their Friday "Rob's Ramblings", they do. I score 6/7 for this one. 1. It's just a game! Why are you getting so upset, it's just a game!" How many times have you heard those words? I've heard it many, many times. Don't people know the word "just" is belittling the greatest entertainment industry in the world? Non-gamers don't get how immersive video games can be. For me, the Mass Effect series is a good example. [.....]
VIDEO GAME RECORDS THAT WILL NEVER BE BROKEN
The King of Kong (2007) demonstrates that video game scores, and mullets, are a very serious business. You can play Kickle Cubicle until your thumbs are as thick as your neck and never come close to the masters’ scores, but at least you’ll have a good time doing it. If getting your name etched into the annals of gaming history is your thing, you can aim really high… but there are some records you’ll have a really hard time beating.
PAC-MAN (ARCADE) - TURBO MODE KILL [.....]
All Xbox One Controllers Will Eventually Support Button-Mapping
Button-mapping won't be exclusive to the $150 Xbox One Elite controller that ships later this month. Microsoft's Mike Ybarra confirmed today on Twitter that the feature is coming to all Xbox One controllers sometime down the road through an update, though it's not immediately clear when that will happen.
Asked why controller button reconfiguration is only available for the Elite controller, Ybarra said (via Polygon), "It's coming for all controllers soon."
He did not provide a specific timetable for when it will be available. It's also likely that the [.....]
Fallout 4 Inspires This (Unofficial) NBA 2K16 Team
Among the new features in NBA 2K16 is the ability to design your own team, including its jerseys and court. These can be original creations or those inspired by other things, such as this design themed around Fallout.
As shared on Reddit by user Typical_Redditor_459, the Vault-Tec Dwellers sport white and yellow jerseys at home, with an image of the Vault Boy holding up three fingers on the front. The away jerseys are blue and yellow and have a Vault 101 symbol on the front. The [.....]
Destiny, Halo, Call of Duty Physics Tech Company Now Owned by Microsoft
Xbox maker scoops up Havok from Intel for an undisclosed sum.
Havok, whose digital effects and game-physics middleware is used in franchises like Halo, Destiny, Dark Souls, Elder Scrolls,Call of Duty, and Assassin's Creed, has been purchased by Microsoft. The company was previously owned by chip-maker Intel, which bought it in 2007 for $110 million.
Terms of Microsoft's acquisition of Havok from Intel today were not disclosed.
In a statement, Microsoft said Havok's tools will complement the company's existing ones, such as DirectX 12, Visual Studio, and Microsoft [.....]
The netbusters and wonder goals to make even the hardiest goalkeepers cry.
Welcome, football fans, and thank you for joining us for our round-up of the best of the best goals we've seen so far on EA's latest and greatest footie sim, FIFA 16. We've got audacious long-rangers, acrobatic flourishes and silky skills, all with the promise to make you go, "How the blazers did they do that?!" Let us know if we've missed any and be sure to tell us which is your fave out of [.....]
THE HIGHS
Samuel Roberts: Batman returns
Arkham Knight returns to PC at the end of October, a mere four months after its original release date! To be fair, post-interim patch it’s running reasonably well on PC, although getting a consistent 60fps at 1080p with my 780 on high settings seems out of the question. It’s going to be interesting to see how it reviews with a few months passing since the console version—I think some reviewers were too forgiving towards the dreadful Batmobile stealth sections, for example, which threatened [.....]