February is quickly coming to an end but worry now, Xbox have revealed the next line up of titles coming with ‘Games with Gold’ in March 2020.
Play together with Xbox Live Gold and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate. March’s 2020 Games with Gold lineup for Xbox One includes: Batman: The Enemy Within – The Complete Season and Shantae: Half-Genie Hero. For Xbox 360 owners (and through Xbox One backward compatibility), March begins with Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2, followed by Sonic Generations.
To qualify for Games with Gold you must have a current and active subscription to Xbox LIVE GOLD.
Exuding supreme confidence and power, Kefla is definitely someone you don’t want to mess with unless you’ve got the strength and skill to deal some heavy attacks her way. Born from the fusion of Caulifla and Kale, Kefla is always ready for battle, never backing down from a good fight… even with the likes of Goku. Her youthful demeanor means she’s ready to challenge elders at the drop of a hat.
How will the other DRAGON BALL FighterZ characters react to the arrival of Kefla?
We’ll see when she becomes available as a playable character on February 28th on the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PCs via STEAM , and Nintendo Switch.
Players who opted to purchase FighterZ Pass 3 will gain access to Kefla on February 26th.
The wait for Guardians is over – Bungie has announced that beloved, pinnacle PVP mode, Trials of Osiris returns on March 13th as part of the upcoming Destiny 2 season, Season of the Worthy. The player-favorite 3v3 pinnacle PvP is back with some of the favorite armors, weapons and maps from Destiny 1, such as Cauldron, Exodus Blue and Anomaly.
“We kept hearing the players talking about it, we were also feeling it amongst ourselves, I can’t wait to bring back a version of the Trials that I actually remembered from Destiny 1” has explained Justin Truman, Production director at Bungie.
Discover what you can expect on your quest to the Lighthouse in this new video:
The Trials of Osiris will be back on March 13th in Destiny 2 Season of the Worthy.
Sam Liu is a Chinese American director, storyboard artist and character designer popularly known for directing animated superhero films. Liu has directed most DCAMU films, a series of animated superhero films produced by Warner Bros. Animation and DC Entertainment featuring legends including Superman and Batman.
To celebrate the release of Liu’s latest DC animation direction, Superman: Red Son, we’re providing a roundup of the best DCAMU films he’s directed to date.
All Star Superman
Released in 2011, All Star Superman stars James Denton as the voice of Clark Kent and Christina Hendricks as the voice of Lois Lane.
The film follows Superman after he is overdosed with solar radiation while saving the crew of the first manned mission to The Sun. The radiation is slowly killing him, so he plans to spend the rest of his time alive fulfilling his lifelong dreams. However, Lex Luthor has other plans…
When Lex Luthor reveals his latest plot to control the world, Superman must use all the strength he has left to stop him.
Teen Titans: The Judas Contract
Released in 2017, Teen Titans: The Judas Contract stars Stuart Allan as the voice of Robin and Jake T. Austin as Blue Beetle.
Teen Titans Beast Boy, Raven, Blue Beetle, Robin and newly-returned Nightwing are a team led by Starfire, fighting the never-ending battle against evil. Their newest team member, Terra, is mysterious and powerful. Terra threatens to alter the usually cohesive dynamic of the group.
However, the ancient evil Brother Blood has awakened and familiar foe Deathstroke is lurking in the shadows waiting to pounce. Ultimately, the Teen Titans will need to battle their enemies as well as their own team doubts to come together and overcome the malicious forces around them in this twisting tale of intrigue, adventure and deception.
Wonder Woman: Bloodlines
Released in 2019, Wonder Woman: Bloodlines stars Rosario Dawson as the voice of Wonder Woman. This film was directed by Sam Liu in conjunction with Justin Copeland.
In this epic instalment, renowned Justice League member Wonder Woman makes it her mission to help a troubled young girl, Vanessa, who has fallen in with a deadly organization known as Villainy Inc. headed by Dr. Cyber.
Villainy criminal members plan on invading Themyscira, Wonder Woman’s paradise home. Equally strong in body, heart and will, Wonder Woman faces an epic battle to keep Themyscira safe.
Superman: Red Son
Released on Digital Download February 25, and on Blu-Ray and DVD in March this year (2020), Superman: Red Son stars Golden Globe-nominated Jason Isaacs as the voice of Kal-El.
Based on DC’s famed Elseworlds tale from 2003, Superman: Red Son is the highly anticipated new entry in the DCAMU. This film takes place in an alternate reality where the spaceship bearing the last survivor of Krypton crash lands – not in rural Kansas, but in Stalinist Russia.
Can this Cold War-era Earth survive the coming of a Soviet Superman?
Superman: Red Son is available on Digital Download now, and Blu-ray™ & DVD on March 16.
It’s time for our Two Minute Review of the VariDesk Laptop 30 from Vari.
Product Details
Sized for laptops and smaller workspaces
Fully assembled
Nine different height settings
Final Thoughts
Vari refer to the VariDesk Laptop 30 as “The compact standing-desk solution” as that’s exactly what it is.
There are nine different height settings and they are easy to select. The VariDesk Laptop 30 is sturdy, and heavy! When opened up using the spring loaded legs it sits very securely on whatever surface you have placed it on. You can even use it with the legs closed if you wish.
There is a lot of desk space provided so you can easily fit your laptop, mouse, coffee, and whatever else you might want to fit on it. And when you have finished using it, just close it up and it can be tucked away somewhere out of the way, ready for the next time you need it.
The VariDesk Laptop 30 is very easy to use, feels very stable and can easily provide the desk space you need when you wouldn’t normally have enough. It’s also really good for anyone who prefers working whilst standing.
The VariDesk Laptop 30 from Vari is available now priced £150.00 and is available in either Black or White.
This summer, the much-loved Minions are returning to the big screen with the highly anticipated release of Minions: The Rise of Gru. Out on the 10th of July, the film tells the untold story of Gru, a twelve-year-old with a dream to become the world’s greatest supervillain who gets a helping hand from his loyal yellow followers, the Minions.
The LEGO Group has announced at New York Toy Fair that this year, fans will soon be able to bring the mischievous world of the Minions home with a new LEGO Minions range.
The five new products, available from April 27th, include scenes from the movie, meaning builders of all ages will be able to get inventive in Gru’s Lab as they help construct the underground lair or create their own minion mishaps with the Minion Pilot in Training, a buildable plane loaded with accessories.
However, the real fun begins with the Brick-Built Minions and Their Lair, an 876 piece set that truly lets builders into the unpredictable world of Minions. This creative model lets Minions fans build Stuart and Kevin – but the fun goes on, Kevin can then be rebuilt into Bob! Kids will go wild for this unique 3 in 1 build which can then be turned around to reveal a room playset inside, complete with accessories, such as tools, hats and weapons.
See the #Minions: The Rise of Gru in theaters this summer.
From February 28th, discover ONE PUNCH MAN: A HERO NOBODY KNOWS a 3-vs-3 tag fighting game with devastating special attacks to unleash as the battle goes on. Gamers will be able to create and customize their own hero, fight for the Hero Association all the while crossing paths with familiar faces from the original story.
Fans will
join the Hero Association and battle against their enemies in ONE PUNCH
MAN: A HERO NOBODY KNOWS! They will have to protect the innocent
citizens from the evil monsters terrorizing the city, without forgetting to be
on time for the grocery sale!
From the very beginning of their journey, players will set their sight on a mysterious “Caped Badly” named Saitama, a being so powerful that he can finish any fight with only one punch.
Players will also be able to discover the first character to be released in the Season Pass: Suiryu, the martial artist prodigy. The most dedicated fans will surely be able to recognize the next ones – can you?
One Punch Man: A Hero Nobody Knows will release On Xbox One and PlayStation 4 Friday 28th February!
Playtime can be fun with the Magicube from Geomag, here is our two minute review.
Free your creativity with Magicube Free Building! Available in sets of 8, 16, 27 and 64 coloured cubes, you can build to your heart’s content as the magnetic cubes attach to each other on every side. This simple, fun and creative play activity encourages even the youngest of kids to develop their dexterity.
A Closer Look
Final Thoughts
The Magicube we were set was the free building 27 magnetic cubes set.
All of the Magicubes are made of 100% recycled plastic. They easily pull apart and easily snap back together. You can make whatever you want, whatever shape, size, colour, the choice is yours.
These are a lot of fun and very easy to play with and will bring hours of fun. All you need is your imagination.
The Magicube 27 Magnetics Cubes Free Building set is available now priced around £48. There are different sized sets, so have a look and see which one fits you best.
Yesterday was a big day for Xbox fans eagerly awaiting more information on the soon to release next generation of Xbox console in the Xbox Series X. But what came as an extra bonus surprise for fans was a tweet from CD Projekt Red piggy backing on an official Xbox tweet to reveal this:
Gamers should never be forced to purchase the same game twice or pay for upgrades. Owners of #Cyberpunk2077 for Xbox One will receive the Xbox Series X upgrade for free when available. https://t.co/nfkfFLj85w
This confirms perhaps that there will be no “Xbox Series X” only retail version of Cyberpunk 2077 but instead when you buy it for Xbox One when it releases in September, possibly two months before the Series X comes out and then do pick up the Xbox Series X console, you will get the full upgrade to the game for free to run on the Series X.
I remember just before the PlayStation 4 and original Xbox One consoles released, some games would have two separate retail versions, one for the last generation of consoles and one for the new so Assassin’s Creed 4 Black Flag had a Xbox 360/PS3 version of the game and then a PS4/Xbox One version and HALO 5 only released on the Xbox One and not the Xbox 360. The Last of Us as another example, was released on PS3 originally and then a “remastered” version was then released for the PlayStation 4 but had to be purchased ‘again’ by PS3 owners wanting to play it on the next gen PS4.
This announcement shows just how self aware CD Projekt Red are when it comes to how much money they want or expect fans to spend on their games with their views on DLC already wildly known. To have this announcement certainly sets a precedent going forward and it will be interesting to see if other game publishers/developers follow the same principle and only release one retail version of the game with one price and that any upgrades to add the features of a more powerful Xbox console will be free.
*Update 25/02/2020: Microsoft has now also confirmed that purchasing HALO: Infinity for Xbox One will also be given a free update to enhance it for ‘Xbox Series X’ for free*
Cyberpunk 2077 will release for Xbox One family of consoles, PlayStation 4 and PC on September 17th 2020.
I am absolutely fascinated by the marketing direction Microsoft are taking with the next generation of the Xbox gaming console, the Xbox Series X. Starting with the surprise reveal of how the console will look along with the sequel to ‘Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice’ being a launch title for the new console along with ‘HALO: Infinity’ at the Game Awards in December 2019, and now today just randomly date dumping a lot of information about the specifications of the console via Xbox Wire, the official news website for all things Xbox.
What was revealed today also confirmed many of the reports that have been doing the rounds in recent weeks about the power and storage that the Series X is going to have such as moving to the much faster loading SSD drives instead of the usual HDD drive. This is revealed to be the ongoing plan to make loading times a thing of the past and therefore increasing the immersion you can have with your Xbox Series X experience, even going as far as having multiple games running and instantly being able to switch to anyone of them.
From Xbox Wire:
Next Generation Custom Processor: Xbox Series X is our most powerful console ever powered by our custom designed processor leveraging AMD’s latest Zen 2 and RDNA 2 architectures. Delivering four times the processing power of an Xbox One and enabling developers to leverage 12 TFLOPS of GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) performance – twice that of an Xbox One X and more than eight times the original Xbox One. Xbox Series X delivers a true generational leap in processing and graphics power with cutting edge techniques resulting in higher framerates, larger, more sophisticated game worlds, and an immersive experience unlike anything seen in console gaming.
Variable Rate Shading (VRS): Our patented form of VRS empowers developers to more efficiently utilize the full power of the Xbox Series X. Rather than spending GPU cycles uniformly to every single pixel on the screen, they can prioritize individual effects on specific game characters or important environmental objects. This technique results in more stable frame rates and higher resolution, with no impact on the final image quality.
Hardware-accelerated DirectX Raytracing: You can expect more dynamic and realistic environments powered by hardware-accelerated DirectX Raytracing – a first for console gaming. This means true-to-life lighting, accurate reflections and realistic acoustics in real time as you explore the game world.
SSD Storage: With our next-generation SSD, nearly every aspect of playing games is improved. Game worlds are larger, more dynamic and load in a flash and fast travel is just that – fast.
Quick Resume: The new Quick Resume feature lets you continue multiple games from a suspended state almost instantly, returning you to where you were and what you were doing, without waiting through long loading screens.
Dynamic Latency Input (DLI): We’re optimizing latency in the player-to-console pipeline starting with our Xbox Wireless Controller, which leverages our high bandwidth, proprietary wireless communication protocol when connected to the console. With Dynamic Latency Input (DLI), a new feature which synchronizes input immediately with what is displayed, controls are even more precise and responsive.
HDMI 2.1 Innovation: We’ve partnered with the HDMI forum and TV manufacturers to enable the best gaming experience through features such as Auto Low Latency Mode (ALLM) and Variable Refresh Rate (VRR). ALLM allows Xbox One and Xbox Series X to automatically set the connected display to its lowest latency mode. VRR synchronizes the display’s refresh rate to the game’s frame rate, maintaining smooth visuals without tearing. Ensuring minimal lag and the most responsive gaming experience.
120 fps Support: With support for up to 120 fps, Xbox Series X allows developers to exceed standard 60 fps output in favor of heightened realism or fast-paced action.
The specs are something we have known for a while but for me it is the tone in the manner in which the specs have been described and to me, this is an Xbox under Phil Spencer that has learned the lessons of how the Xbox One was originally launched and how they got so many things wrong but each mistake has brought them to how they want the entire Xbox experience to be seen and felt by both players and developers going forward. The Series X has twice the power of the Xbox One X and an incredible 8 times that of the original Xbox One console.
But there is also an appreciation that not everyone will be able to or choose to jump into the next generation on launch and to that end, Microsoft are making it known that everything Xbox is as important to enjoy no matter which console you choose or can play on. With that in mind, every game on Xbox One, including backward compatible games from the Xbox 360 and original Xbox consoles will all work on the Series X, four generations of Xbox brought together in one console. That includes Xbox One hardware as well such as controllers will all work on the Series X from day one.
From Xbox Wire:
Four generations of gaming: Our commitment to compatibility means existing Xbox One games, including backward-compatible Xbox 360 and original Xbox games, look and play better than ever before. Your favorite games, including titles in Xbox Game Pass, benefit from steadier framerates, faster load times and improved resolution and visual fidelity – all with no developer work required. Your Xbox One gaming accessories also come forward with you.
Smart Delivery: This technology empowers you to buy a game once and know that – whether you are playing it on Xbox One or Xbox Series X – you are getting the right version of that game on whatever Xbox you’re playing on. We’re making the commitment to use Smart Delivery on all our exclusive Xbox Game Studios titles, including Halo Infinite, ensuring you only have to purchase a title once in order to play the best available version for whichever Xbox console they choose to play on. This technology is available for all developers and publishers, and they can choose to use it for titles that will be release on Xbox One first and come to the Xbox Series X later.
Xbox Game Pass: In addition to games from across four generations of consoles, our leading game subscription service, Xbox Game Pass, will continue to have our first party games, like Halo Infinite, included at their launch. We look forward to millions of you experiencing the Xbox Game Pass portfolio and immersing yourselves in a deep library of high-quality games, playing those you love now and also discovering your next great adventure.
Right now there are a lot of reasons to be excited for the Xbox Series X, and right now the complete silence from Sony about the PlayStation 5 is very noticeable. Microsoft are bold and confident in coming out with the specifications and build information for the Xbox Series X and that is refreshing. None of this feels like the arrogance that made the Xbox One such a mess on its own reveal and launch and with more information promised as we approach E3 in a few months….so far, Xbox are making all the right noise!
Watch the Next Time trailer for the final episode of this series, The Timeless Children!
More behind the scenes content as we get to see how the new Cyber Drones, Ships and Warriors came together from the costume designer Ray Holman and learn about some of the exciting new designs that appeared in Ascension of the Cybermen!
The moment is finally here as the big two part Series 12 finale begins with ‘Ascension of the Cybermen’. What started with a warning from a surprise return from Captain Jack Harkness in Fugitive of the Judoon came true last week as the Lone Cyberman appeared and the Doctor gave him what he wanted, the Cyberium, a strange AI construct containing all the knowledge of the Cybermen. Now the Doctor and Team TARDIS have travelled to a perilled future in an attempt to stop the Lone Cyberman from using it to create a new Cybermen Army.
There is a hell of a lot that this two-parter has to deliver on with Chris Chibnall making so many huge lore changing moments this series so it comes as little actual surprise that rather than getting right to the point of the Master’s return, the destroyed Gallifrey and explaining who this other “Ruth Doctor” is, we are going to do what a normal series finale would do…have the Doctor have an old enemy and attempt to save the Earth and humanity. I am more than a little nervous given how awful Chibnall managed the first meeting of the 13th Doctor and the DALEK last year but there was promise in how this was gently lead into by the use of Episode 8. We ended with a Doctor reluctant to take the “fam” with her on this dangerous mission but they as always refused to do anything but stand by her yet, the teases that not all was happy with Team TARDIS and this life travelling with the Doctor have been threaded throughout Series 12.
I loved how this episode opened with a short narration coming from none other than the Lone Cyberman himself as he deliver a monologue that really sets the theme for this episode as he appears to be talking about the Cybermen and how their weakness are constantly exploited and their failings in battle lead to their defeat time and time again. It was an interesting deconstruction of an old Doctor Who enemy and seems the practice that Chris Chibnall had in creating a new type of DALEK for last year’s New Years Day special has paid off, as the final chilling line is spoken:
“Every empire has it’s time and every empire falls. But that which is dead can live again, in the hands of a believer…”
The surprise was in a seemingly flashback follow up as we see what looked to be a 50s or 60s period and an Irish faming couple where the father has found a baby in a basket floating in river who then brings it home and throughout the episode the story returns to this family as we see them adopt the baby and see the boy grow from child to grown man where he joins the Irish Garda which is their police force. Named Brendan, we never really discover who he is but my instinct is that he is the human within the Lone Cyberman and that perhaps the flashbacks are a hint at his own Cyber Conversion attempt as we know from Episode 8 that his conversion was only half completed and that he still retains his full human emotions. It will be interesting to see if this is the case before the series ends.
We then quickly jump to the future where the very last of humanity are running from the very last remaining Cybermen forces as we learn that a war between the Cybermen and humanity had left both on the brink of extinction. The Doctor and Team TARDIS arrive to try and save the very last of humanity by using the very weaknesses that the Lone Cyberman had mentioned such as a device that would knock out the inhibitor forcing them to feel all their emotions leading to their self destruction and a device that would create Gold in the air which Cybermen are allergic too. All tried and tested defences against the Cybermen but then a twist as a Cyberdrone fleet, which are just a bunch of Cybermen heads flying, target and destroy the weapons.
The reaction of the Doctor and her “Fam” is again the most interesting aspect to this series and one more, we see the classic “Team TARDIS” optimism belief that the Doctor can accomplish anything and always save the day that made Series 11 a painful watch for me at time. Series 12 has gone to great lengths to almost undo this as we have seen Graham, Ryan and Yaz all start to question their relationship with the Doctor and the very real consequences that a life travelling with her actually means. Following the attack each one makes the observation that the weapons where destroyed, turning to the Doctor for the Plan B but instead we have the angry reaction of the Doctor. This Doctor has actively distanced herself at times from Team TARDIS following Spyfall, often returning to the remains of Gallifrey without them, not revealing anything about herself to them until cornered and pushed.
This continues as the story then splits into two parts as Graham and Yaz are left adrift in space after escaping with the final human survivors as Ryan is left with the Doctor after she had ordered them to flee with the other survivors, blaming herself for being so wreckless as to keep them with her due to their one weakness against the Cybermen, that they are human. By splitting the two groups off the story is able to keep a steady pace, learning that there is something known as the “Boundary”, a place where other human survivors are rumoured to have used to travel to a different part of the universe and away from the Cybermen. At the same time, the Doctor Ryan and a young human survivor make their escape in a Cyber Fighter where the young survivor reveals that he was born in the war with the Cybermen and that he was trained from the age of 4, how to hack and fly Cyber ships.
More seeds were sown as to how Team TARDIS might be coming to an end after this series with some interesting flirtation occurring between Graham and the lead of the human survivors Ravio, played brilliantly by guest actor Julie Graham. The writing has been strong this series by Chris Chibnall when it comes to laying the foundation for possible changes to the current dynamic of Team TARDIS With Yaz being the clear favourite to become the true ‘Companion’ to the Doctor with Ryan and Graham either returning home or moving away from TARDIS life, right now there are many possibilities for this to happen so if the final episode goes that way, I would not be surprised to see any or even all of Team TARDIS depart.
The strongest element of this story for me has to be the Lone Cyberman and the way we saw how this singular character has been used so spectacularly way to pretty much reboot the Cybermen as enemies. This half human half Cyberman is very different to any Cyberman any Doctor has faced for he is not just the leader of the Cybermen, he is exactly what he said in his opening monologue, a believer. Having a leader that retains their human emotions yet is driven by the Cyberium itself to bring the Cybermen back to glory and power is something to be afraid of. He is menacing when talking with the Doctor where the standard go to Doctor line of “I have stopped you before and will always stop you” fell flat with the Lone Cyberman, in fact he is so driven in what he believes, that he is able to retain leadership of the other Cybermen despite him not being a fully converted Cyberman. The Cyberium seems to be the main source of their obedience but there is an interesting scene where Graham, Yaz and their group end up crashing on a derelict ship which turns out to be a CyberWarship Carrier which is storing an entire army of a new class of Cyberman, the ‘Warrior Class’ which I love the look of, the new Ironman style body but with the larger traditional Cyberman head seen in the 80s.
We see the Lone Cyberman attacking a dormant Warrior Cyberman, perhaps reprogramming them to obey him or to force install the Cyberium connection but the very sight and the sound of screaming from the Cybermen he was targeting certainly changes everything we know and thought we knew about them as an enemy. For me, they never seemed like a credible threat, just a large force but they have been defeated so many way and in so many weak ways that they really never felt like a real threat. This time however they actually do or at least, the Lone Cyberman feels like a true threat and something new that the Doctor has not faced and currently has no answer in how to stop.
For the opener to a two part finale, Episode 9 packs in a hell of a lot of story whilst managing to keep a very quick pace as it builds up to the final 10th episode. So much is happening all at once that it can get a little confusing but there are small subtle moments alluding to how things might end up by the end of this series. The Cybermen finally feel like a true threat to the Doctor but it is that closing 5 minutes that yet again just hammer home that something very game changing is on its way for Doctor Who. The Doctor comes face to face with this mysterious “boundary” that turns out to be a massive portal but as the portal remains open, it suddenly reveals that Gallifrey is on the over side and with mouth open and in shock, none other than the Master himself comes through the portal with the episode ending on his final words “this is where everything changes”.
Now that is a rather nice nod to the first series of Torchwood where Jack says to Gwen Cooper that “the 21st Century is where everything changes”, but here is where my trepidation for the big lore moments of Series 12 comes full charge to my mind. We have had another Doctor in “Ruth” shown, Captain Jack Harkness returned to deliver the warning about the Lone Cyberman and The Master is back having claimed responsibility for laying waste to Gallifrey and telling the Doctor that everything they thought they knew about Time Lords including the “Timeless Child” legend. What happens in the final episode of this series is no doubt going to have a big impact on everything Doctor Who and it does have me nervous.
The lead into it with this episode does have me excited for next week but I am still worried about what Chris Chibnall has in store for what is now 57 years of Doctor Who. One thing is for sure, I am more intrigued by how this series might end than I was for Series 11!
Milestone and Dorna Sports S.L. are proud to announce that MotoGP 20, the latest chapter in the beloved MotoGP franchise, will be released on 23 April on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Windows PC/STEAM, Google Stadia and Nintendo Switch.
For the first time in its history, the game will be released a few weeks after the official MotoGP Championship kick off; a big effort from the development team, to allow players to fully enjoy the current season racing together with their legends. With MotoGP 20, players can participate in the 2020 season, racing against MotoGP champions, or they can get into the boots of a young rider, climbing ladders from the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup to reach the top class.
After the great success of the previous chapter, very well received from critics and players thanks to both revolutionary and highly requested features, the MotoGP™ videogame now goes beyond with even more exciting news and features. The traditional adrenaline-filled gameplay, cherished by the community, is now packed with a more strategic and realistic approach to races. A pure MotoGP experience, from the box to the track!
Strategy is key
In MotoGP™20 players are now able to take the full control of their careers, taking decisions that can make the difference on track. The Managerial Career is finally back with a lot of new features that will put players’ riding and strategic skills to the test! Joining an official 2020 team or a new team sponsored by real brands of the MotoGP world, players will have a full Entourage to manage, that will support them in selecting a new team, analyzing races’ data or developing the bike. Just like in the real MotoGP™, players will need to take the best decisions to find a winning strategy to master the Championship.
Experience a real MotoGP race
The most important thing during a race is going the fastest, and every detail counts when it comes to gaining a few precious milliseconds. In MotoGP 20 players will play a key role in the bike development. They will be able to improve performance of different bike parts, earning and spending development points and allocating their R&D staff to reach the highest level. Aerodynamic, electronic, engine power, fuel consumption, are just an example of the many technical parts that players can now manage to improve their bikes.
The development team worked really hard to make the gameplay much more strategic and realistic, with brand new features boosting realism such as fuel management, asymmetrical tires’ consumptionand, last but not least, for the first time in franchise history,aerodynamic damagesthat will impact bike’s aesthetic and performances. Continuously looking for an extreme realism, the game physics has been completely re-worked to make gameplay more technical and skill based.Many of the features that made the success of the previous chapter of the franchise, return this year with a lot of improvements coming from the precious feedback that Milestone received from its passionate community:
· A renowned historical mode. One of the communities favorite game modes will be back in a brand-new format, with full races randomly generated that players need to win to unlock and collect the most iconic riders and bikes.
· Neural AI goes 2.0. What many thought was utopic, became a reality. Last year A.N.N.A. (an acronym for Artificial Neural Network Agent) brought a more fast, natural and fair AI. This year Milestone developers further enhanced its capabilities, to allow her to strategically manage tire and fuel consumption, as real riders do.
· New Editors. Together with Stickers, Helmets, Racing Numbers and Lower-back patches, in MotoGP 20 players will be able also to customize bikes’ liveries of their Custom Team, to race on track with a unique style.
· The best online experience. Dedicated Servers for the Multiplayer mode have continued to enable a more reliable and fun online experience. Now we added quality of life improvements that will further enhance online gameplay in all modes: Public Matches, Private Matches and Race Director Mode.
After three successful editions, Dorna and Milestone also confirm this year’s MotoGP eSport Championship, where players will come from all over the world, with the challenge to win the World Champion title. The fourth edition of the MotoGP eSport Championship will have a renewed formula, for more information: https://esport.motogp.com
MotoGP 20 will be released on 23April on PlayStation 4, Xbox One,Windows PC /STEAM, Google Stadia andNintendo Switch.
Two Point Hospital is coming to PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch in just six days, in stores and for download. Designing and building these beautiful – and functional – hospitals seems easy, but keeping them afloat and developing them is much less. Two Point StudioBrand Director Craig Laycock and Community Manager Mark “Steggs” Steggall share their top five tips, as experts on these console versions, to help you become the Game Manager of the Year.
Two Point Hospital will be released on consoles on February 25, 2020. It is available for digital pre-order on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in their respective stores, it will also launch into the Xbox Game Pass on release.
To pre-order the physical edition of Two Point Hospital on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch, go to www.twopointhospital.com where you will also find other information about the game, and can subscribe to the famous Hospital Pass.
