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Thursday, December 15, 2016

Lionhead Tracked Down a Teenage Fable Leaker and Threatened to Tell His Mother

Sam van Tilburgh, formerly of Lionhead Studios and now of Gfinity, has revealed the tactics employed to stop Fable leaks being posted back in 2003.

On a recent BAFTA Games Panel titled "Who Rules Games?", van Tilburgh recounted the time a young hacker got hold of screenshots and other information about Fable that was never meant to be released (the story begins at 34:12 in the video below).

The group, called Kibitz, was a small group of hackers, and one of the screenshots "was the hero of Fable stabbing a little kid through the head. It was never meant to be released, for obvious reasons."

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Doom's Last Piece of Paid DLC Out Now

Doom's final piece of DLC, Bloodfall, is available now on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC.

As well as the DLC, there's also a double XP weekend going down in Doom's multiplayer, which ends on December 19.

Bloodfall, which costs £11.99, includes three multiplayer maps - Empyrian, Boneyard, and Outbreak - a player-controlled demon in the Spectre Pinky, a Grenade Launcher, Lateral Thrusters (for short directional boosts), hack modules, and some new customisation options.

In our review of id's surprise success, we said the following:

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New Shenmue 3 Screenshots Released

In celebration of PC pre-orders going live, developer Ys Net has released three new screenshots of the long-awaited Shenmue 3.

While the dev's Kickstarter update makes clear that these visuals are still work-in-progress, they look like an improvement in quality since previous batches of screens (although Ryo's face is... interesting):

The update also sheds some light on where development of the hugely successful crowdfunding project is up to.

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Wednesday, December 14, 2016

Beyond: Wholesome Family-Friendly Games That Don't Suck

This week, join Max "You'll Shoot Your Eye Out" Scoville, Marty "Buzz's Girlfriend, Woof!" Sliva, Brian "Yippee Ki Yay" Altano and, on his last episode for the foreseeable future, Jared "To Me, You Are Perfect" Petty as they discuss a pathetic smattering of gaming news in these pre-holiday doldrums, what they have on their 2016 backlogs, and most importantly: what are the best Playstation games to play in the presence of younger or older relatives, who might not be okay with F-bombs and no-scope headshots?

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Microsoft Offers Free Game to Celebrate Backward Compatible Milestone

Microsoft is celebrating its 300th game available as part of the Xbox One backwards compatibility program by letting players download a free game.

Lost Odyssey, one of the few JRPGs for Xbox 360, can be added to Xbox Live subscribers' libraries for free before December 31, 2016.

Additionally, Blue Dragon, another JRPG for 360, is available for download in the Xbox store.

This morning Xbox head Phil Spencer said almost half of all Xbox One owners take advantage of the Xbox 360 backwards compatible feature introduced to the system.

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Pokemon Go Was the Biggest Google Search of 2016

Niantic Labs' wildly popular mobile game Pokemon Go was this year's most searched Google topic.

According to Google Trends, Pokemon Go topped the overall global 2016 list, edging out iPhone 7 and Donald Trump, which placed second and third, respectively.

Meanwhile, 20th Century Fox's R-rated comic book flick Deadpool was the top-searched movie of 2016, with Suicide Squad and The Revenant rounding out the top three. As far as television was concerned, the Netflix-exclusive series Stranger Things outpaced Westworld and Luke Cage to be the number one searched TV show of the year.

For more on this year's most searched entertainment, check out IGN's Pokemon Go review, as well as our thoughts on Stranger Things: Season 1 and our Deadpool review.

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Dishonored 2 New Game Plus Release Date Revealed

Dishonored 2's New Game Plus mode will release for PC in beta today and in full for PC, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4 on December 19.

The new mode, which is part of Dishonored 2's first free game update, will allow you to start over after beating the game with either Emily or Corvo and will give you "access to the full suite of abilities from both of the game's heroes," according to Bethesda.

"If you've ever wanted to make higher-powered characters, now's your chance," said creative director Harvey Smith. "If you've wanted to play Emily Kaldwin with Possession or Devouring Swarm, or Corvo Attano with Domino, now you can. We've been having fun with it here at Arkane Studios, and we hope you will too."

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