NetherRealm announced Noob Saibot as a returning fighter for Mortal Kombat 11 along with Shang Tsung, its first DLC character. Tsung will also serve as the host, narrator, and guide for players who enter the Krypt. Mortal Kombat 11’s beta runs March 27-31 and is open for anyone who pre-ordered the game on PS4 and Xbox One. Mortal Kombat 11 will release for those platforms, PC, and Nintendo Switch on April 23.
The OA Gets Even Weirder in Season 2
Note: this is a partly spoiler-free review of the second season of The OA, which is currently available to stream on Netflix. I’ll avoid discussing major story developments until a marked section at the end of the review.
The OA is a series that truly defies description. It’s a science fiction show that often bleeds into fantasy, metaphysics, and teen high school drama territory. It’s also a series where the less you know going in, the better. All of which makes it a difficult project to review. But all you really need to know about The OA Part II is that it delivers more of what made Part I so appealing, with an even more concentrated dose of mind-bending weirdness to boot.
Avengers: Endgame New Chinese Poster Revealed
A new Chinese Avengers: Endgame poster has been revealed and it gives us a good look at some of the characters who survived Thanos’ snap, as well as a new Hulkbuster armor.
Via ImpAwards.com, this new poster features our heroes in different poses from the poster that was released alongside the latest trailer, and while we still don’t see the Hulk himself, we do have a new Hulkbuster armor which looks ready for battle.
Jordan Peele’s Us Movie: Ending Explained And All Your Questions Answered
What are the Tethered, really?
Red explains this pretty ambiguously during a monologue, so here’s our best theory as to just what she meant. The Tethered were an abandoned cloning project that, apparently, first figured out how to clone animals before moving on to humans. The project was successful in re-creating a human body, but it couldn’t duplicate a human “soul,” meaning the Tethered were, essentially, bound to the people they were copied from.
Of course, this is where we have to accept that Us is not only a horror thriller, it’s also a sci-fi story. The first real life clone of a mammal was Dolly the sheep back in 1996, but we know that whatever project birthed the Tethered had to have been both established and completely abandoned before 1986–meaning it probably went back as far as a conflict like Vietnam, to give us some idea of just how many generations of Tethered have been living underground, and for how long.
Interestingly, there seems to be some amount of variation between just how linked the Tethered are to their doubles. Pluto seems to copy all of Jason’s movements, even when those movements are potentially fatal to him, but other Tethered seem considerably more independent. This could be because Pluto and Jason are the youngest set of doubles in the bunch–maybe the link lessens over time. Or maybe Pluto and Jason are just special.
Sekiro Guide: Essential Tips To Help You Stop Dying So Much
Practice Makes Perfect Deflection
Sekiro’s combat is all about breaking an enemy’s posture, which is the gauge below their health bar. You’re trying to max it out in order to dismantle their defense and inflict a death blow. While sword attacks help with the general effort, it’s ultimately your ability to deflect their attacks that does the most damage to posture.
A deflection is performed by timing a guard right at the moment an enemy’s attack makes contact. As you can imagine, this takes a bit of practice to master. Luckily, there’s a fella named Hanebi–an undead samurai who hangs out at the Dilapidated Temple–who you can practice deflection against without having to worry about dying. This is a nice way to practice the game’s combat mechanics, as well as get a feel for any new attacks or techniques you unlock from the many skill trees, such as the Whirlwind Slash or the Mikiri Counter.
However, the best way to train is to find an area near a Sculptor’s Idol filled with varying enemy types and just work from there. Hanebi is a decent foe to test your deflection skills against, but it’s in practical situations where you can gather the most valuable knowledge and insight about your strengths and weaknesses in not only deflection, but in a general fight. In addition, practicing deflection against varying groups of enemies and larger, more intimidating foes is essential as you’re often thrown into dire situations with them during the game’s more challenging areas.
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The 5 Biggest Announcements From GDC 2019
Breaking down barriers was a common theme among this year’s biggest Game Developers Conference announcements. Google aims to do so on a grand scale, theoretically removing hardware barriers with its Stadia streaming platform, while smaller barriers of exclusivity were torn down in the forms of Cuphead and Quantic Dream’s PlayStation library.
With the final day of GDC upon us, we’ve decided to revisit the week that was and compile a list of the conference’s most exciting stories. From the unveiling of Google’s gaming initiative to surprise game reveals, here are the five biggest announcements from GDC 2019.
Google Stadia Unveiled
Inarguably the biggest news out of this year’s conference was the official announcement of Google Stadia. During its hour-long presentation earlier this week, Google officially detailed its gaming initiative, outlining a platform built for gamers, developers, and streamers alike.
Pokemon Go: Two New Shiny Pokemon Debuting Next Week In Limited Research Event
Next week is shaping up to be a busy one for Pokemon Go players. In addition to Giratina’s return to Raid Battles, Niantic has announced a new Limited Research event, which will give players their first opportunity to catch two new Shiny Pokemon.
The event takes place on Saturday, March 30, and runs from 11 AM to 8 PM local time. During those hours, Pokemon that are affected by weather conditions, such as Castform, will appear more frequently in the wild. You’ll also receive special Field Research tasks from Poke Stops, which will culminate in encounters with Lotad.
On top of that, the Shiny forms of Lotad and Castform will appear during the event, marking the first time either has been available in Pokemon Go. Niantic is also adding the move Weather Ball for Castform permanently to the game. You can read more details about the new Limited Research event on the official Pokemon Go website.
In the meantime, a few more days still remain in Pokemon Go’s ongoing spring equinox celebration. Until March 26, Grass Pokemon will appear more frequently in the wild. On top of that, the rare Rock/Psychic Pokemon Lunatone and Solrock have swapped regions, and their Shiny forms have likewise started appearing for the first time.
Pokemon Go’s next Community Day takes place on March 23. Not long after that, the Legendary Pokemon Giratina will make an encore appearance in Raid Battles. You’ll be able to catch it again in its Altered Forme from March 28 to April 2, after which point it’ll assume its Origin Forme–the appearance it takes in Pokemon Platinum–for the first time in Pokemon Go until April 29.
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Google Exec on Why First-Party Is Foundational to Stadia
Before Phil Harrison even joined Google, he wanted to ensure the company had its own game development studio for its inevitable entry into the industry.
I spoke to Harrison after the Google Stadia GDC 2019 reveal, specifically discussing Google’s decision to open a first-party studio (rather than say, acquire other, existing companies or rely solely on third parties.) He told me that creating a first-party studio was a key factor of his choice to join Google.
was a decision I made before I joined Google. I said to Google, ‘This is a fundamental of being in the game platform business,'” Harrison explained. “And I said, ‘I know this is a different muscle than Google has historically had.”