Seamus Blackley, the designer of the original Xbox, took to social media to share his experiences getting the coronavirus vaccine, and urged others to show up for their vaccine appointments despite misinformation about its safety.In a brief Twitter thread, Blackley said that he got the Moderna vaccine. He explained that there had been 150 people who missed their appointments in a Los Angeles clinic, and that the medical staff there had to use the vaccines or throw them away. He went on to say that misinformation is dangerous and that the doctors and nurses were putting themselves at risk to help others. He also noted that he had been waiting his turn behind higher-priority groups, so learning that some doses were getting tossed out due to missed appointments was frustrating."The misinformation is tragedy," he said. "There's no danger. Get your vaccine. Please. Stop this f***ing virus. It will mutate and get worse."Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Zack Snyder's Justice League is finally out, which now ushers in the era of the director both being asked and speaking frankly about his previous plans for a sequel--and whether they have any bearing on current plans for one. In a recent interview streamed live on YouTube with Wonder Meg, a channel "dedicated to all the nerdy things," Snyder was asked exactly this by the titular Megan.To which, Snyder replied: "All of the New Gods would be rolling in at some point. In the full invasion of Earth… I think you'd have to go full pedal-to-the-metal with the New Gods at that point. 'Cause the third movie is a New Gods invasion movie in a lot of ways."Unfortunately, Snyder didn't get into any deeper specifics. Beyond what was discussed in passing, even if Snyder won't get a chance to tackle a New Gods story, Emmy-winner Ava DuVernay (Selma, When They See Us) will. Way back in 2019, it was announced that DuVernay would be teaming up with Batman writer Tom King on a New Gods film from a script the pair co-wrote. In another recent YouTube interview, Snyder told The Minutemen in February that his version of Justice League would "tease" at the New Gods with "the implication that the rest of them are there… in this movie you see DeSaad, you see Darkseid, you see one other in the throne room of Apokolips."Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The Joker may not actually say the now-infamous "we live in a society" line in Zack Snyder's Justice League, but he does say a lot--all told the Clown Prince of Crime has a scene that lasts several minutes in the "nightmare" sequence, a continuation of a similar vision Batman experienced in Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice.In this scene, Batman, Mera, Deathstroke, Cyborg, and The Flash are doing their best to survive the post-apocalyptic wasteland of Darkseid's siege on Earth. Everything is destroyed or overrun by Parademons and they have to keep moving, as Cyborg explains, because they can be caught if they stand around in the open for too long. Unfortunately, this is when Joker decides to intervene and make sure they do exactly that--though the dream-logic of the nightmare sequence makes it hard to tell exactly how "real" Joker actually is in that moment.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Sony has announced that PlayStation has acquired the Evolution Fighting Games Tournament. Revealed on the Sony Interactive Entertainment blog, it was stated that EVO will be the beginning of the next chapter for PlayStation's efforts in esports entertainment, which will work in partnership with esports venture RTS. This reveal comes just ahead of Evo 2021, which will be an online-focused event starting on August 6-8, and then again on August 13-15.In the blog post, it was stated that EVO 2021 is still on track, and will be an online event set for this August. So far, the current lineup of games for the tournament includes Street Fighter V, Guilty Gear Strive, Tekken 7, and Mortal Kombat 11: Aftermath. According the blog post, more games will be announced soon, and though PlayStation is now under ownership of EVO, Mark Julio stated that the tournmanent is still open to all games from different platforms, which means that games like Super Smash Bros. Ultimate and classic Melee are open to be added to the list of gamesAlso very important to note. @EVO is still open to all platforms. The teams at PlayStation and RTS are enabling us to continue working with our community to support fighting games. https://t.co/NKMQUSvkfj — Mark Julio (マークマン) (@MarkMan23) March 18, 2021GameSpot reached out to Nintendo about the recent news and what this means for Super Smash Bros. at EVO, which issued the following the statement:Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Fortnite's fourth and penultimate Anomaly puzzle is also probably it's easiest yet, but you'll need to reach Battle Pass tier 60 before it becomes available. As this Fortnite Anomaly is located in the dense jungle of Stealthy Stronghold, you may be liable to get turned around in there and lose your way. Here's exactly where to investigate an Anomaly in Stealthy Stronghold in Fortnite Season 6.Investigate an Anomaly in Stealthy StrongholdStealthy Stronghold is located at the north or slightly northwest end of the map. It's surrounded by a large wall that you can't break through, so you'll either want to land inside, build over and into it, or locate one of a few doors along the perimeter.Here's the exact location.Once inside, head to the location you see in the screenshot below, identified by the white map marker.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

YouTube has released its own beta version of TikTok's short-form video format in the US. Called YouTube Shorts, the program is currently only available to a small group of US users. According to YouTube's Official Blog, YouTube Shorts will be accessible by everyone in the coming weeks.Through YouTube Shorts, users can make up to 60-second videos. Similar to TikTok, the tools included are "a multi-segment camera to string multiple video clips together, and the ability to record with music."YouTube Shorts revolve around music and will be heavily integrated with YouTube's existing music programs. Snippets heard in YouTube Shorts can link users to the full song's music video and the artist's other info on YouTube. In the future, users can create Shorts from a music video and see other Shorts made from the same song.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Blizzard has announced some revisions to Hearthstone's Tavern Pass rewards track for the coming season, and part of that includes a new type of cosmetic reward for reaching certain milestones. The new track to accompany the Forged in the Barrens expansion will include diamond cards, a new cosmetic tier that looks even fancier than gold cards.As detailed on the Hearthstone blog, diamond cards feature 3D animations, a larger space for the card art to shine, and a unique diamond border on both the card in hand and the play token on board. Unlike gold cards, there won't be a corresponding diamond card for every single card in the set. Instead, these are unique cards that can only be obtained by special means.Forged in the Barrens will introduce two diamond cards, and Blizzard promises at least one for each expansion going forward. For Barrens, Blademaster Samuro and Bru'kan will get the diamond treatment. You can obtain Samuro by purchasing the Tavern Pass, and Bru'kan by completing the Legendary Collector achievement (i.e. collecting all Legendary cards in the Barrens set).Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Developer Justu Games has confirmed that its medieval take on the classic top-down Grand Theft Auto franchise, Rustler, is set to launch on PS4 and PS5 later this year.Publisher Modus Games took to the PlayStation blog to outline pieces of the game, including narrative setup and gameplay expectations. Rustler puts players in the shoes of Guy, a peasant whose journey starts after a day of persistent, belligerent drinking. The game's premise is to win the Grand Tournament and, as a result, take the princess' hand in marriage.But how that goal is accomplished is entirely up to the player. Rustler gives players a variety of tools familiar to the Middle Ages. This includes crossbows, flails, maces, swords, spears, and the like. However, Rustler also brings in some modern elements to shake up the historic period, letting players throw hand grenades and listen to an amalgam of hip-hop and medieval tunes.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The Snyder Cut has arrived and brought with it plenty of new scenes to change up whole storylines and characters that once existed in the theatrical cut of the movie. Heroes like Cyborg and Aquaman were given more screen time while entirely new additions to the cast were brought into the fold. One such newcomer was J'onn J'onzz, AKA Martian Manhunter, a shapeshifting alien who has, apparently, been working in secret on Earth for quite some time.The first scene in which we actually see J'onn is a shocker: He's in disguise as Martha Kent when she visits Lois to convince her to return to work after Clark's death. It's never actually made clear why J'onn believes Lois needs to return to work, but he certainly seems very satisfied with himself after the conversation as he shifts back into the guise of a human military officer, General Swanwick, in the hall.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Destiny 2's Trials of Osiris is returning to the game this weekend after several weeks of being disabled, but it'll be a little less forgiving than usual. Bungie is reinstating the top-tier competitive mode, but you won't be able to rejoin matches if your connection has been lost mid-game.Bungie made the announcement on its Bungie Help Twitter account. The developer said it's disabling the match rejoin function for now, but intends to reinstate it with an update to the game in the future.Trials of Osiris will be re-enabled at 10:00 AM Pacific on Friday, March 19.Note: Fireteam Rejoin functionality has been fully disabled in this activity through Destiny 2 Update 3.1.1, but is expected to return in a future update. — Bungie Help (@BungieHelp) March 18, 2021Trials, which challenges players to try to win seven competitive multiplayer matches in a row with no losses to earn some of Destiny 2's best loot, has been plagued with issues this season. For the last four weeks, Bungie has disabled the mode because of players who found ways to exploit it, trading wins without competing for easy Flawless runs. Bungie brought Trials back on the weekend of March 12, only to quickly disable it again when it became clear players were still finding ways to cheat.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Marvel's upcoming Disney+ show, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, is about two heroes who are evenly matched and who bounce off each other and work together. The next show on the Disney+ schedule, Loki, is also about two evenly-matched characters, Loki and Mobius. At least that's what stars Owen Wilson and Tom Hiddleston would like you to believe in a new video promoting the upcoming show.From one powerful duo to the next, Tom Hiddleston and Owen Wilson of #Loki deliver a message to Anthony Mackie and Sebastian Stan, as well a surprise for the fans. Don't miss the premiere of "The Falcon and The Winter Soldier" tomorrow on #DisneyPlus. #FalconAndWinterSoldier pic.twitter.com/WnAVgDSAYb — Marvel Entertainment (@Marvel) March 18, 2021We covered the unveiling of Marvel Studios' new Loki poster earlier today, but this video is worth checking out even if you've already seen the poster.Hiddleston reprises his role as the Norse god of mischief, Loki, as seen in the Thor and Avengers films. Wilson enters the MCU as Mobius M. Mobius, a member of senior management in the Time Variance Authority. After Loki disappeared in Avengers: Endgame, he ended up not just in another place, but another time, and the TVA caught wind of his movements. Unlike Sam Wilson and Bucky Barnes, these two are anything but evenly matched.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

There might be a reason you haven't been able to claim Destiny 2's Eyes of Tomorrow Exotic rocket launcher yet. The top-tier reward for clearing out the Deep Stone Crypt, Destiny 2's newest raid, hasn't been dropping with quite the frequency it should for players, but that'll be fixed--along with the weapon's damage output--in an update to the game slated for March 23.Bungie detailed the issue in its This Week at Bungie blog post, which includes some information about changes coming with Hotfix 3.1.1.1. One of those changes is to fix the bad luck protection in the Deep Stone Crypt raid, which will increase the chances of the Eyes of Tomorrow rocket launcher dropping for everyone who plays it but hasn't yet received one. Bungie also acknowledged that the damage Eyes of Tomorrow does to enemies has been inadvertently lowered by another past update, and that'll be fixed in Hotfix 3.1.1.1 as well.The drop rates for Eyes of Tomorrow is intentionally set low, encouraging players to revisit the Deep Stone Crypt raid week after week. However, the more times you clear the raid, the more you're supposed to build up "bad luck protection" against missing out on the Exotic. Essentially, that means your chances of getting Eyes of Tomorrow are supposed to increase each time you clear the raid until, theoretically, your protection reaches 100%.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

In an effort to curb a server-crashing exploit in Apex Legends, developer Respawn has temporarily disabled crafting in the game. This means that replicators and materials are currently unavailable.In a tweet, Respawn writes that crafting is disabled across all playlists. "We will turn crafting back on after we're able to finish testing our planned fix," the developer said. "Stay tuned."In a follow-up tweet, Apex Legends lead product manager Eric Hewitt added that Respawn is attempting to resolve the exploit as quickly as possible so that crafting can be reenabled by this weekend, which sees the start of the Winter Circuit Last Chance Qualifiers.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The journey, rather than the destination, is the focus of Mundaun--the reasons you take it and the travel required to reach its conclusion. In this way, it feels like a spiritual successor to Half-Life 2's Highway 17, a mid-game chapter that finds crowbar-toting protagonist Gordon Freeman traveling by buggy along the lonely coast. It's a lengthy, melancholy section of the 2004 shooter where the driving is occasionally interrupted by combat, puzzles, and on-foot exploration. Mundaun is like Highway 17 expanded to a full 10-hour experience. In your journey to the mountaintop, you sit passively in a bus, drive a hay-baling truck along bumpy terrain, and ride a sled across quiet alpine slopes. You're guided through a series of dark, labyrinthine tunnels by a trolley car the size of a toaster. You ride a chair lift. The inclusion of vehicles might not sound noteworthy on its own, but traversing the mountain in all these different ways--on foot, by sled, by truck--has the effect of making the mountain feel like a real place; a peak that must be considered to be conquered. You don't cover dozens of virtual miles in your quest, but Mundaun feels like a journey nonetheless--personal and physical--as a result of this fixation on the vehicles we use to make our pilgrimages.This horror adventure game's distinct point of view is obvious the moment you see it in action. Each first-person frame looks like hand-drawn pencil art, and the entire game is presented in black and white. Developer Hidden Fields uses this to terrific, eerie effect. The mountain lake where those beekeepers are doing their work is beautifully alien, a rocky landscape that's empty except for these strange beings in their protective suits accompanied by an unnerving buzzing. Night on the mountain's snowy slopes feels eerie in a different way--dark, save for the light of the moon, and quiet, save for the sound of your snowshoes or sled on the powder. With winning art and sound design, Hidden Fields brilliantly brings home the feeling that you are alone, and that this lonely journey is one you must take on your own.Mundaun's art style is distinctive and impactful.As that journey begins, protagonist Curdin sits on a bus winding its way up narrow mountain roads to the sleepy alpine town where he often visited his grandfather growing up. The young man is returning to the village to attend his grandfather's funeral after receiving news that the old man died when his barn caught fire. But something's wrong. Despite the village priest's claims that his grandfather was already buried, Curdin finds a charred corpse in the barn. When he goes to see the priest, the chapel is locked. He goes to the graveyard--grandfather's grave is empty. As Curdin attempts to get to the bottom of these mysterious events, he begins a trek to the top of the mountain, whose towering pincer-like twin peaks can be seen from almost anywhere in the game.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

If the fights in John Wick were choreographed by the plays you made with a deck of cards, you'd get Fights in Tight Spaces. The roguelite deck-builder puts you in increasingly cramped and intricate spaces, challenging you with figuring out an efficient and safe way to punch, kick, and outsmart every enemy stuffed in there with you. It's a fascinating mix of recognizable genres that produces something distinct and satisfyingly complex, even in its Early Access state.Fights in Tight Spaces currently features the core loop of the game spread out across five stages, each their own unique enemies, rewards, and final boss fights. You have four styles of play to choose from, with decks of moves focused on counter-attacking, all-out assault, or combinations of the two. Each run is unique, too, shaped by the small decisions you make regarding what routes to take in each stage. These influence what rewards you might get out of each fight, what vendors you'll have access to, and what random events you can happen upon. Die, however, and everything resets, without any persistence between runs to make the next one any easier.Each themed stage is littered with levels you need to complete, with the namesake of the game coming to fruition in their design. Each level plays out across a tile-based grid, with enemies randomly placed throughout. You use cards to initiate actions--moving to adjacent tiles, attacking enemies, or more complex combinations of the two--with action points restricting how many cards you can play per turn. These are densely-packed grids, sometimes as small as 4x6 battle arenas that make just avoiding attacks a delicate dance. Like other tactical games like Into the Breach, you have to use every tile to your advantage. Enemies prepare attacks should you come within range at any point during your turn, and will execute them regardless of whether you leave that space by the end. This means turns aren't solely about using your limited action points to dole out damage, but also trying to position other foes in the line of fire of their comrades.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com