Recap 7.15.16

Reviews

  • We’ve all been playing Pokémon GO. Tristan and I finished INSIDE…..what an experience. One of us will put a review up next week.
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PlayStation

  • No Man’s Sky dev says game takes 6 GB on disk

  • A new gameplay trailer for what looks to be a mini series of videos explaining No Man’s Sky has been released. This one focuses on exploration. Daney is super pumped while the rest of us remain cautiously optimistic. I feel like the game needs co-op. I want to explore planets with a pal.

  • Game devs may begin submitting Neo compatible titles as early as next month if article linked to a link is to be believed

  • Sony backpedals and removes Dualshock 4 support requirement for PS VR games

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Xbox

  • Microsoft just announced a Gears of War 4 custom Xbox One S bundle. It’ll be $449 and include a 2TB hard drive along with the game for both Xbox and Windows 10. You can read all about it on Xbox Wire
  • Subnautica, the excellent survival game based in an alien ocean, just received a massive update for Xbox One, bringing it up to par with it’s PC sibling. There are too many new features to list, so check out their video. Will and I love the game and you can grab it here for Xbox.

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Nintendo

  • The wild success of Pokémon GO has caused Nintendo\’s stock to jump almost 40% adding around 8 billion to the company\’s market value
  • Nintendo announced the NES Classic Edition, a mini NES bundled with 30 games

  • Nintendo shares continue to rise as Pokémon GO surpasses Twitter for active users here in the US as well as Facebook for the most time spent in the app. I sure know everyone here at Pixelrater HQ has Poké-Fever—hell—even my wife is playing. Last night when I got home from work she showed me all the Pokémon she caught. Wanting to catch \’em all is definitely catching on.

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Industry News

  • Star Wars Battlefront getting new Skirmish mode for free July 20 to enable offline single player and split screen play for both Walker Assault and Fighter Squadron modes
  • Pokémon GO players on T-Mobile will get a slew of rewards for catching ‘em all on the uncarrier’s network. Daney has all the details in her write up

  • A trailer for Pokémon Sun and Moon was released in Japan. As expected, it made Tristan squee with joy.

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Rumors

  • Rumor has it Nintendo NX will debut next month at Gamescom after being absent at E3 and Tokyo Game Show. Nintendo also revealed GameCube in August years back.
Antonio Worrall
Antonio Worrallhttps://antonioworrall.com
I'm a Senior IT Support Engineer, every day tech geek, gaming enthusiast, world traveler, and foodie living with my wife and cat in the NY/NJ area.

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