For those who didn’t know, there’s still a biopic about iconic comedian Richard Pryor in the works from The Butler director Lee Daniels. Taking the lead role is Mike Epps, who played Black Doug in The Hangover franchise, but now a familiar face who was supposed to play Pryor in a film about six years ago has joined the cast. THR reports Eddie Murphy, a once iconic comedian who now makes silly, terrible comedies, is taking the role of Pryor’s father. The good news is that this has the potential to be an Oscar role for Murphy, because Pryor’s father was an abusive alcoholic, and a brutal influence on his life. Read on! ›››
Developer Tripwire Interactive has released a new developer diary video, which details Killing Floor 2‘s weapons and perks.
Tripwire president John Gibson explained that one feature unique to Killing Floor 2’s weapons are the reload animations. Whereas the average reload animation is 30 frames-per-second, Killing Floor 2’s reload animations are highly detailed 200 frames-per-second, which makes them look smooth when you activate the game’s special “Zed Time,” slow motion ability.
In Killing Floor 2, each perk you choose at the start of a game is paired with a starting primary weapon and a specialized grenade. For example, the commando will start with an AR-15 assault rifle, while the support classes will start with a shotgun.
For more on the game’s new weapons and perks, watch the video above.
Starting a month after the events of the first game, Killing Floor 2 takes place on continental Europe, where a virus that turns people into monsters has spread.
Battlefield Hardline‘s roster of vehicles is fairly different from that of past games, as is to be expected given this is cops-versus-robbers rather than a military-focused game. In addition to the police cruisers and other vehicles you can probably predict, Hardline also has a very strange vehicle for players to find: a sofa.
As discovered by YouTube channel Jackfrags, Hardline allows players to drive around on a couch called The American Dream. It allows for four players to jump on and ride around on what is reportedly the fastest vehicle in the game.
As with other vehicles, you can kill enemy players by running them over. The one difference is that, when you do so with the couch, the kill feed lists the killing weapon as “MERICA.”
The American Dream can be found in Hotwire mode on the Dust Bowl map. It spawns in one of several different locations, but only a single time per round–once it’s been destroyed, it’s gone until the next game begins. Fortunately, the repair tool can be used on the couch to help prevent that from happening.
There’s no word yet on whether any DLC will be released to deck out the couch.
Oculus founder and inventor of the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset Palmer Luckey previously said that something would have to go “horribly wrong” to prevent the device from an official launch in 2015. Three months into the year, we still don’t have a release date.
Did something go horribly wrong? Luckey answered the question while speaking at a SXSW panel.
“I did say that before we made a lot of changes to our roadmap and we’ve expanded a lot of the ambition we had around the product and what we wanted to do,” Luckey said. “Us partnering with Facebook allowed us a lot of things that we wouldn’t have been able to do otherwise like hire 300 people to be working on getting the Rift out as quickly as possible at the level we want it.
“I can’t comment on the date one way or another in either direction but I can say that nothing is going horribly wrong. Everything is going horribly right.”
Luckey commented on whether he feels more pressure to release the Oculus Rift now that Sony and Valve have announced that they will release their own virtual reality headsets in 2016 and 2015 respectively.
Luckey said that it doesn’t add more pressure because there “couldn’t possibly be more pressure anyway,” and that Oculus wants to launch the Rift as soon as possible, but without comprises.
“I do still think that it will be [the best VR headset at any price],” he said. “That could change because that means that there’s something even better out there, but I think that’s unlikely right now.”
You can watch the SXSW panel in the archived Twitch stream above.
This weekend, a number of Ubisoft’s PC games (and their respective DLC packs) have been steeply discounted on Steam, including many of the Assassin’s Creed and Far Cry games.
Assassin’s Creed Unity is $36, or you can get it as part of a bundle with the newly released PC version of Assassin’s Creed Rogue ($50 on its own) for $80.28. Black Flag is $20, while earlier games in the series can be had for about $5.
Far Cry 4 is $36, or it can be had in a bundle with all of the previous games in the series (including Blood Dragon) for $53.97.
Check out the full list of discounted games below. For a look at all of the bundles and DLC that are also included in the sale, which runs until March 16, head over to Steam. And for more great deals, check out GameSpot’s regular Gaming Deals posts.
From now through the end of the year, Pokemon Bank users can receive three very desirable Pokemon from HeartGold and SoulSilver for free.
Meganium, Typhlosion, and Feraligatr, the three final forms of the starters from HeartGold and SoulSilver (Chikorita, Cyndaquil, and Totodile), are now available free of charge through the Pokemon Bank. This means that, even without having played either of those games, you can bring all three of them into Pokemon X, Y, Omega Ruby, or Alpha Sapphire.
In order to get your hands on them, you simply need to access the Pokemon Bank from one of those four games between now and November 30, 2015. Once you’ve done that, you’ll access the Pokemon Link to download them.
All three come equipped with Hidden Abilities. Here’s what the Pokemon Company has to say about each:
Meganium’s Leaf Guard Hidden Ability protects the Pokémon from status conditions when sunlight is harsh or extremely harsh. Plus, this Meganium knows the move Sunny Day, allowing it to take advantage of its own Ability!
Typhlosion has the Flash Fire Hidden Ability, which powers up Fire-type moves by 50% and prevents this Pokémon from taking damage from Fire-type moves. With three strong Fire-type moves already in its arsenal, Typhlosion can make the most of Flash Fire in battle.
Feraligatr’s Sheer Force Hidden Ability eliminates the additional effects of this Pokémon’s attacks, but they will do an additional 30% damage instead. This Feraligatr knows three moves that have additional effects: Ice Punch, Crunch, and Waterfall. They won’t cause their additional effect, but they’ll all do huge damage!
Pokemon Bank launched last year as a way to help facilitate the transfer of Pokemon from game to game. You can store up to 3,000 Pokemon for a fee of $5 per year.
It’s March 14, 2015, the last day the U.S. date will align with the first five digits of pi until 2115. If that’s not cause for celebration, then I’d probably just find some other reason to review six of the best pies the U.S. has to offer. I’m dedicated like that.
While Final Fantasy Type-0 HD isn’t due out in North America until Tuesday, a special ending cinematic teaser from the end of the game has hit YouTube, suggesting game director Hajime Tabata’s desire to make Final Fantasy Type-1 is being realized.
The sequel to Interplay’s legendary post-apocalyptic role-playing game was bigger and badder than the original Fallout, which translates into more space on the cutting room floor for discarded storylines, abandoned features, unrealized non-player characters and a fully-upgradeable, completely drive-able vehicle.
Pick up the X version of your favorite headphones, with detachable cable, marked down to $155, and with a $50 Amazon gift card thrown in. Keep reading if you still need to know why they’re the best. [Amazon]
