Netflix‘s chief content officer revealed this week that the Witcher show, an adaptation of the Polish fantasy epic-cum-video game dynasty, is going to arrive on the streaming service later this year — just in time to fill the void left by a certain other fantasy show’s conclusion. CCO Ted Sarandos confirmed the intended fourth quarter release during an earnings call, according to Variety. His tone when he describes The Witcher is almost charmingly jejune — he says it’s “a big new original series that we’re currently shooting in Hungary called The Witcher, that is an enormous European IP, very popular game and Book IP, that we think is going to make a really fun global series.” Love tech? You should go to TNW2019 Find out why See more I would have thought almost everyone was clued into what The Witcher was around the time Netflix managed to coax Henry Cavill away from Warner Bros to play Geralt, the … [Read more...] about Henry Cavill’s prettied-up Witcher coming to Netflix in fall
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Ubisoft offers Assassin’s Creed Unity for free so you can visit Notre-Dame
Ubisoft today announced it’d be giving away Assassin’s Creed Unity away for free, as a tribute to the damaged Notre-Dame and to give gamers “the chance to experience the majesty and beauty of the cathedral” in the wake of the fire. Unity, which is set during the French Revolution and stars a rebellious aristocrat-turned-Assassin named Arno, features a painstaking replica of Notre-Dame — a recreation so thorough that it could be a valuable resource to the French government when reconstruction gets underway. The artist in charge of the design spent two years working on just the cathedral, in order to ensure it felt like the real thing. A spokesperson has told Kotaku it’s not a precise duplicate of the real thing: “While we wanted to be very precise with details, there are some differences in terms of scale and with some elements.” But it’s still pretty damned close. Have you seen the lineup for TNW2019? Check it out. … [Read more...] about Ubisoft offers Assassin’s Creed Unity for free so you can visit Notre-Dame
Assassin’s Creed Unity free on PC right now as studio gives £433,000 to Notre Dame rebuilding
UBISOFT is releasing Assassin's Creed Unity for free "in solidarité" with everyone affected by the fire that devastated Paris' Notre Dame cathedral. The French publisher is also giving €500,000 (£433,000) "to help with the restoration and reconstruction". Assassin's Creed Unity is set in Paris at the time of the French Revolution, and it features an "extraordinary recreation" of the cathedral that took almost two years to build. The game will be free because Ubisoft wants "to give everyone the chance to experience the majesty and beauty of Notre-Dame the best way we know how. "Video games can enable us to explore places in ways we never could have otherwise imagined. We hope, with this small gesture, we can provide everyone an opportunity to appreciate our virtual homage to this monumental piece of architecture." The offer is open now, and will be available on Ubisoft's web site until April 25 at 8a.m. Rumours that the game's recreation was accurate enough to be useful … [Read more...] about Assassin’s Creed Unity free on PC right now as studio gives £433,000 to Notre Dame rebuilding
Xbox Game Pass Ultimate bundles online gaming and unlimited game downloads – and could save you £4 a month
MICROSOFT has revealed a new all-in-one subscription service that will give you unlimited game downloads and the ability to play online. Xbox Game Pass Ultimate rolls up Xbox Game Pass and Xbox Live Gold in one £10.99 monthly package, a potential saving of £3.99 a month. It is going to be available to users some time later this year, though it doesn't have a firm release date yet. Xbox Game Pass costs £7.99 a month after a cheap trial period and gives you access to an ever-growing library of Xbox One games. Game Pass does include all first-party Xbox games, such as Crackdown 3 or Forza Horizon 4, on the day they come out, while games from other publishers are showing up on the Netflix-like service increasingly speedily. Xbox Live Gold, currently £5.99 a month but going up to £6.99 later this year, is required by Xbox One gamers who want to play most games online. Subscribers also get several free games every month through Games With Gold, as well as discounts … [Read more...] about Xbox Game Pass Ultimate bundles online gaming and unlimited game downloads – and could save you £4 a month
Assassin’s Creed Unity’s replica of Notre-Dame could help recreate the real thing
Notre-Dame de Paris may have been damaged by yesterday’s fire, but the French government is determined to rebuild her. It may have a resource from an unexpected source: none other than the quasi-historical stab-athon, Assassin’s Creed Unity. The Assassin’s Creed series uses real places as the settings for its story of two gangs of murderers taking it in turns to slice each other up. Whatever else you can say about the games, the developers have obviously put a great deal of research and time into the recreations of real world locations — to the point where they included an exploratory mode in AC Origins called Discovery Tour (or Magic School Bus Mode, as I like to call it) where players can leisurely view and examine all the historical details in the game. Love tech? You should go to TNW2019 Find out why See more Now that research may help the restoration of Notre-Dame. President Emmanuel Macron has publicly stated his intention to … [Read more...] about Assassin’s Creed Unity’s replica of Notre-Dame could help recreate the real thing