#IDARB "More than a feeling" update adds a ton of new features.
It’s been a year since #IDARB was released to the public and FINALLY, the awesome guys working on the game have released a big update. Including gaming communities logo’s in game, loading screens, maps and a lot more. While you read this you can see that they already have plans for future updates Let’s get into the details in the “More than a feeling” update. This updated started on 2-1-15 *Windows 10 port. Cross-Play support between Xbox One and Windows 10. Ball cursor and other options now localized for on-Line games. Half Time Olympics now supports on-Line play. Added loading screen(s) Option to rename songs and sequences added Tracking 3,5, 15 point shots Added song sequencer Breakfast level added Moustache cops versus cthulhu in space level added Player “out of bounds” issue addressed Hoppy Street Halftime Game added Photon bikes halftime game added Boom chamber halftime game added Voice hash bombs added Flags on VS. screen for on-line games Ball cursor options expanded More matchmaking options: Force host or not, PC only, Xbox Only, or Cross Play. Downtown shot for 10 points recognized Majestic eagle recognized for 15 points Added trading post – Unlocks achievement that required Kinect on previous release Hashbombs are off during transitions and selection screens Added vibration to penalty zone. Smartcasting – Backdrop and PIP gameplay screen with action logic Twitter crawl crash bug fixed Ball cursor is now a personal setting – not overridden by host in online games Rage quits tracked per team Half Time wins tracked per team Session endorsements medals added to make it easy to gauge count during play. He-Man DLC pack available. He-Karts Halftime Game He-Math Halftime Game Custom Hashbombs Greyskull Arena Snake montain arena Added halftime FPS mini-game Added Bouncy Floors – Also resets double jump when encountered. Rage quits under 10 seconds are not counted – implemented “Missed Connection.” Level selector Halftime Olympic mode Walking Dead and Invincible DLC packs. Walking Dead FPS Halftime Game Sky Knights invincible halftime game Custom Hashbombs Walking Dead Arena Invincible Arena Improved matchmaking and latency New credits sequence to accomodate continued contributions. Grammar and spelling corrections to recipes and in-game text. Japanese font now supported by the text crawl. Additional teams added and a new system created to prevent stomping of user generated teams. Tug of war – added grunts, sounds, and reduced the goal line distance. Boo hashbomb revisited Tears upgraded Ball no longer warps out of the top of map. Hopefully doesn’t freak out in other ways! Added 37 new lines of VO Added new logos to the ad loop. ex: Rectify Gaming, Ready Up Live, From The Hipmen Gaming. Infinite fizz bug should be finally eliminated. This should also address 3rd party controller issues. Behind goal paint and goal color drawing updated for support of side-switching after a quarter. Fixed bug where practice play with one player existed but halftime wouldn’t activate properly. Fixed transition from menu to local play start game Added street lingo titles to team make-up on team selector. (Via Charla) Re-organized the team on-boarding to allow for future AI co-op and competitive modes. Time characters to beat on the main menu for our OCD friends. Option to turn crowns on and off for winningest local team. Option to enable alternating goals between rounds. You can now make TEMPO stop in song editor when you press Y. Versus screen for on-line now has drop shadows to seperate characters from the backdrop. AI Team mates now available in local matches. Fixed character select bug on locked teams. Added character highlight box which only comes up now but will have a future purpose. Fixed the Dead Presidents team song. Fixed the On-line wins/losses team tracker. Music now plays on the team viewer. Reformatted Team Stats – Now displays rage quits and Halftime victories. Endorsements added. Penalty reminders in round breaks. If all players are in the penalty box after a round, they are all released in the next round. Pressing left or right trigger will dim the screen in the tools to help with cell phone photos of QR codes not scanning in easily. Added Kinect Hashbombs – Local only for this update. Added arena titles for future updates. Added crowds at the edges of the playfield. Corrected AI intelligence scale Goal Sign colors represent current goal team. This is a HUGE update for #IDARB but the guys did an awesome job! Shout out to Tom Russo, Mike Mika and all others involved.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 is the top selling game of 2015 according to NPD
The NPD Group has released its list of the top 10 best-selling games for the month of December. Without a surprise Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 takes the top spot in December and that is not all! Multi-platform games featured exclusively for the month of December, with not a single console exclusive breaking the top 10. Here is that Top 10 list: Call of Duty: Black Ops III (Xbox One, PS4, 360, PS3, PC) Star Wars Battlefront (Xbox One, PS4, PC) Fallout 4 (Xbox One, PS4, PC) Madden NFL 16 (PS4, Xbox One, 360, PS3) NBA 2K16 (PS4, Xbox One, 360, PS3) Grand Theft Auto V (PS4, Xbox One, 360, PS3, PC) Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege (Xbox One, PS4, PC) Minecraft (360, Xbox One, PS4, PS3) Minecraft: Story Mode — A Telltale Game Series (360, Xbox One, PS4, PS3) FIFA 16 (PS4, Xbox One, 360, PS3) Here is the list of top best seller’s of 2015: Call of Duty: Black Ops III (Xbox One, PS4, 360, PS3, PC) Madden NFL 16 (PS4, Xbox One, 360, PS3) Fallout 4 (PS4, Xbox One, PC) Star Wars Battlefront (Xbox One, PS4, PC) Grand Theft Auto V (PS4, Xbox One, 360, PS3, PC) NBA 2K16 (PS4, Xbox One, 360, PS3) Minecraft (360, Xbox One, PS3, PS4) FIFA 16 (PS4, Xbox One, 360, PS3) Mortal Kombat X (PS4, Xbox One) Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (Xbox One, PS4, 360, PS3, PC) Are you shocked by the results?
Halo World Championship Tour is coming to X Games
ESPN X Games and Xbox will team up to bring “Halo 5 Guardians” to X Games Aspen 2016 from January 28-31, as part of the Halo Championship Tour, and for the first time-ever, segments and highlights of the esports competition will be integrated into the X Games Aspen telecast on ESPN. This is very good news for the competitive scene for Halo as it continues to grow as the HCS prize is already $2+ Million. The three-day competition will take place onsite in The Gaming Shack located in the X Games Aspen festival villages. The event will also be streamed live on WatchESPN, Twitch.tv/Halo and mlg.tv/halo.
EA Access will be completely free on Xbox One next week
EA has announced Free Play Days today in an effort to expand the use of their EA Access program. Included in the program, which will run from January 19th through the 24th, are all 14 games in the EA Access Vault free of charge. Normally the charge is $4.99 a month or $30 yearly for which you receive early access and discounted EA games. If you subscribe to the program, you are granted access to any EA game five days early for a maximum of ten hours of play. All of your progress carries over to the full game on launch day and you also receive a 10% discount on the purchase of the game itself. There are currently 14 games in the EA Access vault which include Battlefield Hardline EA Sports UFC Battlefield 4 FIFA 15 Madden 25 Dragon Age: Inquisition NHL 15 Titanfall Plants Vs. Zombies Garden Warfare Need for Speed Rivals NBA LIVE 15 Peggle 2 FIFA 14 Madden 14. The EA Access hub is available as a free app on Xbox One now
Hitman is fully episodic, here are all the details
Since it was intially announced, we’ve known that Hitman wasn’t going to be released as a full game. Square Enix and Io Interactive early last year announced that the game would, at first, be split into two parts with about half of the game in each as well as feature multiple live events for the community. That has all changed today with the release that the game has gone completely episodic. In a statement from Io Interactive today, studio head Hannes Seifert said that “We decided to take the full leap and publish HITMAN as a truly episodic game experience. Part of that decision is for that little bit of extra time to ensure every location we release is at the quality level fitting for a HITMAN game. But the main driving reason is that this will allow us to create a living game that will expand and evolve over time and establish a foundation for the future – this is the first game in a storyline which will continue and expand with future Hitman games.” The new breakdown will be as follows: Intro pack $15 This will include two missions, the Prologue and Paris missions. Each missions will have its own target and side activities Add on packs $10 The first will be Italy in April, then Morocco in May. This will follow with Thailand, US and Japan to complete the packs for a total of 5 or $50 Full Experience pack $60 This will include the intro pack and all add on packs for a saving of $5. If you do choose to only buy the Intro pack at first, you can then buy all the content with the upgrade pack for $50, but this will cost an additional $5 from buying everything at once. PlayStation users will also gain access to The Sarajevo Six. 6 Bonus Contracts, one of which will be released with each location and sees Agent 47 travel the world in pursuit of six former members of a paramilitary unit called CICADA in this self-contained side-story exclusive for PlayStation 4 users. For players wanting to get into the game early, the HITMAN beta starts on February 12th on PlayStation 4 and February 19th on PC. Players can guarantee access to the beta by pre-ordering the Full Experience or the new Intro Pack. Hitman releases initially on March 11th
Voting begins today for the D.I.C.E. Awards, recipients revealed
The voting for all of the nominees of the 19th annual D.I.C.E. Awards begins today. All members of the academy will begin voting for the final show which will be held in Las Vegas on February 18th. Also announced is that the late Satoru Iwata will be receiving the Lifetime Achievement award. Rise of the Tomb Raider, being an Xbox exclusive, leads the way with 9 nominations followed closely by The Witcher 3 with 8. The full list of nominees can be seen below. Who do you think will win? Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction: Fallout 4 Life is Strange Rise of the Tomb Raider The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Undertale Adventure Game of the Year: Batman: Arkham Knight Life is Strange Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain Ori and the Blind Forest Rise of the Tomb Raider Action Game of the Year: Destiny: The Taken King Helldivers Just Cause 3 Star Wars Battlefront Splatoon Mobile Game of the Year: DomiNations Fallout Shelter Lara Croft GO Pac-Man 256 The Room Three D.I.C.E. Sprite Award: Her Story Galak-Z Kerbal Space Program Rocket League Undertale Outstanding Achievement in Animation: Assassin’s Creed Syndicate Batman: Arkham Knight Ori and the Blind Forest Rise of the Tomb Raider The Order: 1886 Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction: Lara Croft GO Ori and the Blind Forest Rise of the Tomb Raider The Order: 1886 Star Wars Battlefront Outstanding Achievement in Character: Assassin’s Creed Syndicate – Evie Frye Her Story – Hannah Smith Life is Strange – Maxine Rise of the Tomb Raider – Lara Croft The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Geralt of Rivia Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition Batman: Arkham Knight Everybody’s Gone To The Rapture Ori and the Blind Forest Starcraft II: Legacy Of The Void The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design: Destiny: The Taken King Ori and the Blind Forest Rise of the Tomb Raider Star Wars Battlefront The Order: 1886 Outstanding Achievement in Story: Fallout 4 Her Story Tales from the Borderlands Rise of the Tomb Raider The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Outstanding Technical Achievement: Just Cause 3 Rise of the Tomb Raider Star Wars Battlefront The Order: 1886 The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Family Game of the Year: Guitar Hero Live LEGO Dimensions Rock Band 4 Super Mario Maker Tearaway Unfolded Fighting Game of the Year Mortal Kombat X Dead or Alive 5 Last Round Rising Thunder Racing Game of the Year: Forza Motorsport 6 Need for Speed Project CARS Role-Playing/Massively Multiplayer Game of the Year: Bloodborne Fallout 4 Pillars of Eternity The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Undertale Sports Game of the Year: FIFA 2016 Madden NFL 2016 MLB 15 The Show NBA 2K16 Rocket League Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year: Cities: Skylines Fallout Shelter Grey Goo Heroes of the Storm Kerbal Space Program Handheld Game of the Year: Earth Defense Force 2: Invaders from Planet Space Helldivers Pokemon: Super Mystery Dungeon Yo-Kai Watch Outstanding Achievement in Online Gameplay: Destiny: The Taken King Halo 5: Guardians Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft Rocket League Splatoon Outstanding Achievement in Game Design: Fallout 4 Her Story Lara Croft GO Massive Chalice The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Lifetime Achievement Award: Satoru Iwata Hall of Fame: Hideo Kojima
Wolf Link amiibo lets you unlock a new dungeon in Twilight Princess HD
Once again Amazon brings us some exciting news. The Amazon France page for The Twilight Princess HD revealed some new information about the upcoming game and its amiibo. The listing has since been removed, but the Wolf Link amiibo will unlock a new dungeon in the game. The listing was first picked up Nintendo Insider, the description states that “Unlock bonuses with ‘The Legend of Zelda’ Amiibos,” the page described. “Tap all the Amiibos for the Zelda series to unlock bonuses in the game, such as regenerating your life, or getting arrows for your bow. The new Wolf Link Amiibo even allows you to get into a new dungeon: ‘The Twilight Cave’.” In addition to the new dungeon, the amiibo will carry over information from the Twilight Princess HD to the upcoming new Zelda game on both Wii U and NX most likely Twilight Princess HD releases this March on Wii U
Elite: Dangerous surpasses 1.4 Million Units sold
Elite: Dangerous, a space adventure, trading, and combat simulator sold over 1.4 million units across all platforms. That’s as of the end of December 2015. Frontier said the space game, which came out on PC in December 2014, “continues to perform well.” This number represents the units sold to customers and not just free activation’s. According to Frontier,the average playtime is 60 hours per user, and over 84 million hours overall. Horizons, the upcoming expansion bringing planetary landings is expected to launch at some point this year. It’s currently in early access on Steam. Elite: Dangerous has a score of 80 on Metacritic
The Division Beta to launch January 28th first on Xbox One
UPDATE: We have official release dates for The Division Beta. It will launch first on Xbox One on January 28th, On PS4 & PC Jaunary 29th, and the beta ends on January 31st. Ubisoft had never given a date when The Division will launch but this Uplay app might have just revealed it. UPlay runs in the background and rewards you for actions done in Ubisoft games, such as getting headshots, looting etc.. One action for The Division called “Team Beta: Active” rewards you for taking part in the closed beta, and mentions January as the date. Here is a photo of the app revealing the month of the beta: The language in this app is Italian and gennaio means Janaury in Italian. We don’t know what day of the month but all we know is that it will come out soon. You can guarantee a spot by pre-ordering the game.
