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NY governor bans registered sex offenders from playing Pokemon Go
Local governments and police departments are very concerned with Pokemon Go. After police departments in several neighboring states issued guidelines to help ensure players catch ’em all safely, Governor Andrew Cuomo directed the New York State Department of Corrections to ban all registered sex offenders from playing Pokemon Go and similar games.
“Protecting New York’s children is priority number one and, as technology evolves, we must ensure these advances don’t become new avenues for dangerous predators to prey on new victims,” Governor Cuomo said. “These actions will provide safeguards for the players of these augmented reality games and help take one more tool away from those seeking to do harm to our children.”
Cuomo, and other state legislators, were most concerned about Pokemon Go’s unfortunately-named “Lure” module:
Additionally, a feature of the game, where, for a small fee, a “lure” can be purchased to intentionally encourage traffic to a particular location, also appears to have the potential to be abused by predators.
This recommendation by Governor Cuomo most likely will lead to similar announcements by other local and state governments, and more information about the specifics of New York State’s plan can be found at NY.gov.
Posted in Mobile, News
Tagged Pokemon Go
Daily Scoop: August 1, 2016 – Last day for Humble 2K Bundle 2
I had an amazing weekend playing tons of games! I got in two sessions of Dungeons & Dragons, a few board games, and plenty of Fallout 4. It was an awesome time!
There’s less than a day left on the Humble 2K Bundle 2. Pay $1 or more to unlock The Darkness II, Spec Ops: The Line, and Duke Nukem Forever. Beat the average to unlock Sid Meier’s Civilization V, NBA 2K16, Mafia II Director’s Cut, the Battleborn Summer Skins Pack, Freedom Force, Freedom Force vs. The Third Reich, The Bureau: XCOM Declassified, and Railroad Tycoon 3. Pay $15 or more to unlock Battleborn, some Battleborn Platinum Currency, and Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel.
Steam has 342 new Weeklong Deals for you! Get Shadow Warrior for $3.99, The Fall for $0.99, Titan Souls for $3.74, and many more. The Daily Deal is Aviary Attorney, which you can get for $12.74 or upgrade to the deluxe edition for $16.99.
Microsoft’s Games With Gold for August just went live today! Get Warriors Orichi 3 Ultimate for the Xbox One and Spelunky for the Xbox 360 for free with your Xbox Live Gold subscription.
And you’ve only got one more day to get July’s PlayStation Plus games as well, so act fast if you haven’t already grabbed Saints Row: Gat Out of Hell and Furi for PlayStation 4, as well as Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood on PlayStation 3. Starting tomorrow, you can get Rebel Galaxy and Tricky Towers on PS4, Retro/Grade and Yakuza 5 on PS3, Patapon 3 on Vita, and Ultratron on all three.
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Outlast II will now “scare the crap out of you” in Early 2017
Red Barrels had planned to release their survival horror sequel, Outlast II, by the end of the year. Unfortunately, the developer recently hit a snag and has decided to push the game’s release back to Early 2017. Writing on Facebook, a member of the development team said this delay is to make sure they can create the best game possible:
We had to make a difficult decision recently. After weighing our options we’ve decided to postpone Outlast 2’s release until Q1 of 2017.
We want you to know that we listen to your feedback, we see your excitement and we know you care about our work. Our mission as an indie studio is to deliver to you the best, most terrifying, most fulfilling experiences possible. That’s why we’re taking just a little bit more time to make sure our vision for Outlast 2 is in no way compromised and is the experience you deserve.
While this news is surely disappointing, Red Barrels ended their announcement in the best possible way… by promising that Outlast II will “scare the crap out of you” when it’s finally released for the PC, PS4, and Xbox One.
Retro-Bit Generations is an HDMI microconsole with more than 100 built-in classic games
Looks like the NES Classic is going to have a bit of competition this Fall. That’s because Innex Inc has announced the Retro-Bit Generations, a microconsole that will include more than 100 built-in games.
So far, the company has signed on a handful of publishers from the NES, Super NES, and Genesis era including Capcom, Data East, Jaleco, and Irem. These companies will contribute a number of emulated titles to the microconsole such as Ghosts N Goblins, Gun.Smoke, Kid Niki Radical Ninja, Kung-Fu, Captain Commando, Kickle Cubicle, Rival Turf, Super R-Type, Super Bases Loaded, Knights of the Round, Brawl Brothers, and Ring King. With at least 88 more titles still shrouded in secrecy, the full game list will presumably be revealed at a later date.
Like the NES Classic, the Retro-Bit Generations will also include HDMI support, as well two six-button controllers that seem to be patterned on the Genesis controller and an SD Card slot for game saves.
The Retro-Bit Generations will be available sometime this Fall, and it’ll retail for $59.99.
Activision and Marvel will patch Marvel: Ultimate Alliance and add missing DLC characters soon
Fans have not been entirely happy with Activision’s recent re-release of Marvel: Ultimate Alliance. Missing DLC characters and a host of bugs top the list of complaints, but Creative Director Bill Rosemann says that a stability patch is incoming. And we’ll also get to play as those forgotten characters too:
#UltimateAlliance update! MUA1 DLC and PC fixes are on the way! More details to follow from @Activision soon! pic.twitter.com/ZgzzgiOD7W
— Bill Rosemann (@BillRosemann) July 30, 2016
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance was re-released for the PC, PS4, and Xbox One less than a week ago. It’s unknown when the patch will be available, but the game’s $40 price tag will likely remain in place.
Posted in News, PC, PS4, Xbox One
Tagged Marvel: Ultimate Alliance
Metrico+ will be released for PC, PS4, Xbox One on August 23
According to developer Digital Dreams, Metrico+ is “a living world filled with infographics,” and a new trailer confirms that we’ll get the chance to explore that world on August 23:
You have to navigate through Metrico, while all the bar charts, line diagrams and pie charts directly react to your movement, actions and input. One bar diagram might grow for every step you walk to the left, while another could decline with every jump you make. You will have to explore Metrico and carefully analyze your every move to see how it affects the world, and whether it will get you further. This mechanic is called “Input Morphing” and it makes you think about actions you normally don’t think about. Metrico is a combination between exploration, skill, experimentation, and most of all: thinking outside of the box.
Metrico+ will be available for the PC, PS4, and Xbox One, and priced at $13.99. But players who purchased the original Metrico for the Vita will be able to grab the PS4 version for just $6.99.
Bad Boys 3 director Joe Carnahan is the latest to get a crack at the Uncharted movie script
The film adaptation of Uncharted is setting sail for uncharted waters once again, as Sony Pictures has revealed to Variety that Joe Carnahan will write a new version of the script.
Carnahan is currently working with Sony to write and direct Bad Boys 3, but the director established his action-adventure bona fides many years ago with Smokin’ Aces, The Grey, and The A-Team.
“Archaeology today is in itself an antiquity, but that world has always fascinated me. Especially when you go to a museum today and wonder how a piece got there to begin with,” [Carnahan] said. “Plus, the property itself is so popular that it was hard to turn down an opportunity to work on it.”
The Uncharted movie is currently expected to open on June 30, 2017. But with no script, no director, and no actors, Sony Pictures will likely be forced to reschedule it to a later date.
Posted in Etcetera, News, PS3, PS4
Tagged Uncharted: Drake's Fortune
Weekly Warp-Up: Is This the Nintendo NX?
No, that’s not a typo. Welcome to the Weekly Warp-Up, your weekly wrap-up of the biggest and the best articles posted at Warp Zoned this week…
If you find yourself on the geek spectrum, I’m sure you spent the last seven days recovering from a Comic-Con-induced coma. Like they always say in superhero movies… a storm is coming… and this massive wave of pop culture will surely envelop everything in its path. So it was nice to get a little bonkers with new rumors about Nintendo’s upcoming NX console.
According to the latest reports from industry insiders, the NX will be a handheld/console hybrid that features detachable controllers for on-the-go multiplayer gaming. If these rumors pan out, NX owners will also be able to attach the console to a base station for TV-based play.
Elsewhere on Warp Zoned this week, Andrew Rainnie filed another Kickstart This! column and pitched crowdfunding fans on Columnae: A Past Under Construction.
If you’re for more news from this past week, you can find it after the break. (more…)
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