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No Man’s Sky has had one hell of a development ride. With disputes over the use of the word “Sky” in the UK to game delays leading to actual death threats, it seemed when the game was finally completed and put to disc that Hello Games’ journey had finally been worth it.
Then a few days ago, Dutch company Genicap threw another spanner into the works. They claimed that No Man’s Sky made use of a superformula to generate rank 3D shapes – and this type of use of said formula is one that Genicap have patented.
Of course, people have been worried that this is going to lead to another delay, but the lead developer of No Man’s Sky Sean Murray took to Twitter to lay to rest speculation. In it he basically says that Genicap are wrong – they never used this superformula in the first place and therefore the claims don’t have a leg to stand on.
I wish Johan Gielis, the author, all the best in future. We’re going to meet and chat maths once the game is out
However, some people have noticed that the official site’s date of release has been slightly changed if only just for the PC version. While previously it was coming out on August 9th, the date now reads August 12th. Not too bad but there’s been no official word on the changed date or why.
At least it’s not that much more time for something else to go pear-shaped for Hello Games…
I’m a big fan of fanworks. I would be, I’ve been involved in the creation of a few – usually stories. However, some fan groups go beyond your typical fiction or art piece, and one such fanwork was debuted at San Diego Comic-Con this weekend.
Set in the Fallout universe, Fallout: Revelation is a three-part live action piece described by its makers, Mecahnical Cake TV, as a pilot for a TV series. Check out the first part below.
After these three parts, it’s unknown what would happen to Revelation afterwards as it’s not an official Bethesda series, but it could be popular enough to become a webseries. Even if that doesn’t happen either, it’s worth a watch.
A few Reddit users have datamined the Overwatch PTR and found some very interesting sound files. They seem to hint at a few new maps and possibly a new game mode, as well as some interesting seasonal things.
Ubisoft’s team up with Red Lynx for Trials of the Blood Dragon gave us a very unexpected game, mashing the popular bike track game with one of Far Cry’s more fabulous spin-offs. Your opinions may vary on how well it works, but now Ubisoft are putting out quite the offer.
There’s a demo for the game available and Ubisoft have laid down the challenge: beat the demo and you get the entire game. 30-missions worth of $15 game. For free.
Of course, there is a slight catch – you need to complete the demo in less than 15 faults and if you’ve ever played a Trials game you know that the game’s tracks and those created by the community love to trip you up by having something move that you don’t expect. So you’d better be good if you wish to own the 80s neon-filled experience without paying out for it. Thank god that the respawn mechanic in Trials is actually pretty quick and uncomplicated.
If you want to take up the mantle and attempt this challenge, you’ve until July 31st to beat the demo and bag a copy. So you’d better get practicing.
Pokemon Go has shot up the charts of mobile downloads to become one of the most popular games out at the moment. Now at the Pokemon Go panel held at San Diego Comic-Con, Niantic’s John Hanke has revealed more about what we can expect for it in the future – and more Pokemon from beyond Gen 1 are a part of that.
Of course, these updates aren’t all going to be coming too soon; after all among the most common things to hear about Pokemon Go are that it’s fun, team rivalry taunts, complaints that someone’s just sniped the gym you were trying to take control of and that the servers are down – again. Among what we can expect beyond the greater choice of catchable Pokemon are trading, Pokemon Centres, and PokeStop customisation.
Unfortunately Hanke has confessed that while its all in development, he can’t give a release date as trying to keep the servers up is the top of the priority list right now as it really ought to be. Centres are still just a concept or idea right now, but the PokeStop customisation is also in the works meaning players might soon be able to build up an area and change functionality of PokeStops through items. Useful if you want your area to be known as a Pokemart for Pokeballs or a Centre if actual Pokemon Centres aren’t actually feasible for Niantic to implement.
Either way, it sounds exciting. I currently can’t play, but I think with only Gen 1 monsters available I’d get a little bored. I’d guess that Gen 2 would be top of the list to come next, but I really look forward to Hoenn’s Pokemon coming to the game.
