Ubisoft has delayed its extreme sports title Riders Republic until "later this year," the game's official Twitter account announced."Today, we want to let you know that we have made the decision to move our release to later this year," the statement on Riders Republic's official Twitter reads. "This additional time will allow our passionate team to deliver the best fun fueled experience to our players." A new release date has been announced as of yet .Riders Republic was revealed during the September 2020 Ubisoft Forward livestream and originally slated to drop on PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Stadia, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S on February 25. The game is an extreme sports title with activities like snowboarding, mountain biking, and wingsuiting. It's reminiscent of Ubisoft's other extreme sports game Steep, but sprinkled with some MMO-like flavoring to include 50-player matches.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

In a Facebook post published on Thursday, writer/director/pop culture enthusiast Kevin Smith revealed that he has "just finished" the first draft of Clerks 3. He also shared that he started writing on December 28, and that this is technically the second version of the film he's written, adding that he's "now very happy we never made" the previous version from six years ago.Comparing this draft to the previous one, Smith writes that this is "a much more personal story than the previous incarnation, drawing directly on the heart attack that nearly killed me (three years ago next month)." Smith also posted a picture of a fraction of the script's first page, which you can read for yourself below.Elsewhere in the Facebook post, Smith also shares that while his own mortality was very much in mind for the script, he promises "this script to Clerks 3 makes me laugh out loud." He also credited the realities of living in quarantine and overall "the real world lately" were a major catalyst for Smith to hold still, sit down, and bang out a draft--noting that "the writing doesn't begin when you start tapping the keys: I've been stirring this stew in my brain pan for a while now."Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Scream is one of the most successful horror franchises of all time, and the fifth movie in the series--titled Scream once more--is set to hit theaters in January 2022. To celebrate the fact that we're now exactly one year from the movie's release, a new teaser has been released.Although the movie wrapped production in November, the teaser doesn't feature any footage from the film. It's simply a slow zoom into the series's iconic Ghostface mask, with the words "one year" appearing in its mouth. But it's exciting to know that we're only 12 months away from the next film in this classic slasher series. Check it out below:In ONE YEAR, I’ll know where to find you. #ScreamMovie 1.14.22 pic.twitter.com/XucCEHWe95 — Scream (@ScreamMovies) January 14, 2021Scream will see the return of many of the key cast members from the previous movies, including Neve Campbell, Courtney Cox, David Arquette, and Marley Shelton. The new cast includes Jack Quaid (The Boys), Melissa Barrera (Vida, the upcoming In the Heights) and Jenna Ortega (Insidious: Chapter 2, Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous). The film is directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, who previously helmed 2019's horror comedy hit Ready or Not.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War's latest Zombies map has been revealed. The map is called Firebase Z, and will go live during Season One starting February 4 as a freebie for all players.The Dark Aether storyline will continue through this map, instead of in Season Two as was originally implied. Following the destruction of the WWII-era "Projekt Endstation" site during investigations into the supernatural Dark Aether anomaly in Poland, Requiem is now focusing on a new Dark Aether outbreak site: Outpost 25, AKA Firebase Z. More details about this map, along with updates on when to expect the map's launch, will arrive as part of the 115 Day celebration on January 15, with additional details to be released in coming weeks.To get players going on Zombies, the mode will be available for free to all players via the Zombies Free Access Week from January 14-21. Additionally, the new Cranked mode, Onslaught Raid, and support for the Wakizashi sword in Zombies mode also launch on January 14. Alongside this free week in Zombies, Call of Duty will also be holding a double XP weekend event from January 15-18.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

PowerA is known for its affordable third-party controllers, and its line of Nintendo Switch controllers features some of the coolest designs we've ever seen. But while PowerA usually releases new controller designs inspired by a particular Nintendo property, like Mario, Pokemon, or Zelda, its latest controllers sport a more understated look. Available only for the wired version of PowerA's Switch controller, the three new colors feature a soft ombré design, starting darker at the bottom and fading into a light pastel shade at the top. The "Fantasy" shades come in lilac, fuchsia, and aqua blue, and you can check them out below. PowerA Enhanced Wired Controller - Lilac Fantasy $25 See at Amazon PowerA Enhanced Wired Controller - Aquatic Fantasy $25 See at Amazon PowerA Enhanced Wired Controller - Fuchsia Fantasy $25 See at Amazon While it's unfortunate these shades aren't available as part of PowerA's wireless line of Switch controllers, the wired controllers are still a fantastic budget option at just $25 each. If you need an extra gamepad around for multiplayer or for when your Pro Controller needs to charge, you can't go wrong with PowerA's third-party controllers.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The big mid-season update for Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War is now live, adding a veritable arsenal of new weapons, modes, maps, and features to the multiplayer shooter. The patch, which also adds new content to Warzone, lays the groundwork for continuing updates throughout the rest of the season. It's packed with new content, so here's what you can expect.New ModesFor starters, the update adds a handful of new maps and modes, with more on the way to drop in the coming days ahead.First is Dropkick, a new Multiplayer mode in which teams battle for control of a briefcase holding the nuclear launch codes. The one who holds the briefcase gets access to a pistol, while the rest of the team tries to keep them safe. But as your team gets picked off, they won't revive until the carrier is eliminated too, whittling down your defenses. Holding the case progressively adds to your team score, and the first to 200 points wins.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Developer Psyonix is reviving a four-year-old limited-time mode for Rocket League this weekend on Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4, Playstation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S.For fans of the mode, Rocket Labs may sound familiar. Four years ago, the studio dropped an experimental mode called Rocket Labs Arena that randomly changed the field. Sometimes this meant new obstacles appearing out of thin air. Other times, the whole Rocket League arena would change shapes, drastically altering the layout and flow of the map. Rocket Labs is back as a new, rotating LTM. And this weekend's first one is Soccar on Galleon.Originally found in Psyonix's 2008 title Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars, the Galleon map has been reimagined for Rocket League and this new Rocket Labs LTM. Check out the announcement trailer below to get an idea of what Soccar on Galleon will look like.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Steam sales fall into a yearly pattern, and we always know roughly when to expect each major sale--for example, the summer and winter sales always kick off around the end of June and December, respectively. While we can anticipate the time period for the sale, Steam rarely announces exact dates beforehand. However, this info somehow manages to "leak" ahead of time on a consistent basis, and the tradition continues with the next big Steam sale, the 2021 Lunar New Year Sale.According to Steam Database (@SteamDB) on Twitter, the Steam Lunar New Year Sale will kick off on February 11 and run until February 15, which means the next big Steam sale is roughly one month away. As SteamDB points out, Chinese New Year 2021 starts on February 12, so the dates make sense. While a start time was not given, Steam sales usually start around 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET.The dates reportedly leaked from an email to Steam partners. For context, Steam Database is an account unaffiliated with Valve that tracks various updates related to the platform, and it has a history of accurately reporting upcoming Steam sale dates--but as always with rumors, take this info with a grain of salt.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Pokemon Go's January Community Day takes place this Saturday, January 16. The featured Pokemon this time around is Machop, and Niantic is making it a little easier for players to evolve it during the event.From January 15-18, Niantic is temporarily increasing the game's trading distance to 40 km, allowing you to trade Pokemon with a friend from farther away than usual. This should help make it a bit easier to evolve Machoke into Machamp, as it's one of a handful of Pokemon that can essentially evolve by trading, just as in the mainline games.If you receive select Pokemon like the aforementioned Machoke in a trade, its Candy requirement to evolve will be completely removed, effectively allowing you to evolve it for free. Considering that it normally costs 100 Candy to evolve a three-stage Pokemon into its final form, this is a nice alternate means of evolving some monsters.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

As part of a wide-ranging interview with The Hollywood Reporter, actor Ben Affleck discussed why he took on the role of Batman, and it's for a pretty wholesome reason.He explained that he did it to make his kids happy. "I did Batman because I wanted to do it for my kids," Affleck said. "I wanted to do something that my son would dig. I mean, my kids didn't see Argo."Affleck's first appearance as Batman came in Zack Snyder's Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, which was followed by appearances as the Caped Crusader in Suicide Squad and Justice League. Affleck is coming back once more to play Batman in 2022's The Flash.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

A rare Batman comic has sold for $2.2 million, beating the previous record for the highest-priced Batman comic sold at auction of all time. The near-mint Batman #1 was first published in 1940, and survived those decades with almost unheard-of quality.THR reports that the comic was sold as part of a Heritage Auction event on comics and comic book art. This Batman comic was published a year after the character's debut in Detective Comics #27. Aside from being the first title issue for Batman, it also introduced iconic characters like the Joker and Catwoman.The comic received a 9.4 on the Certified Guaranty Company (CGC) scale. On that scale, a 9.4 is described as "a very well-preserved collectible with minor wear and small manufacturing or handling defects." This comic in particular is said to have been preserved so well that its pages are still white.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Activision Blizzard has announced that its holiday charity campaign was very successful, with its employees collectively giving more than $1.6 million to thousands of charities.In December, Activision Blizzard kicked off the Holiday Giving Initiative, which gave every employee $200 to donate to a charity of their choice. More than 8,000 employees took advantage of the offer, donating to more than 3,200 charities and raising $1.6 million.Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick and COO Daniel Alegre released a statement on the initiative:Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

YouTuber and "hardware hacker" Mike Choi has combined an exercise bicycle, Mario Kart 8, and the Ring Fit Adventure controller to create a fantastic way to get in shape. The Labo Fit Adventure Kart Kit, as he calls it, lets you control your favorite Mushroom Kingdom character by pedaling, squeezing, and working your butt off."This kit allows you to control your kart by pedaling on the Bike-Con and steering and using items with the Ring-Con," Choi said in a tweet. "This is a fully-functional concept product that I developed myself."The Labo Fit Adventure Kart Kit is powered by the TAPBO module, a small wireless robot that hugs the Joy-Con and presses buttons when it receives signal from the Bike-Con and Ring-Con. Here’s a video explaining how it works: pic.twitter.com/Joz4Q5z67q — Mike Choi (@mechachoi) January 14, 2021Choi uploaded a video to YouTube and Twitter where he can be seen huffing and puffing as he showcases his home brew creation. The "full-body exercise experience" gets extra difficult when he picks up a golden mushroom and has to squeeze the Ring Fit controller every time he wants a boost. "Even when you lose in the game," Choi said in the video. "You're winning at exercise."Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

When it comes to gaming hardware, 'big' is the description that most often applies, whether it's the original Xbox or the latest Nvidia RTX 3090 card. High-fidelity gaming takes a lot of horsepower, which often means you'll also be dealing with large hardware. But Intel is trying to change our minds at CES 2021 with its next set of laptop processors, enabling gaming on the thinnest and lightest laptops yet.Intel hopes to do this with its 11th-gen Tiger Lake-H CPUs and Intel's own Xe graphics tech. Intel has three chips on the way that will make up this segment of its market: The Core i7-11375H Special Edition, i7-11370H, and i5-11300H. These are four-core, eight-thread CPUs that each draw 28-35W of power, compared to 35-45W for the 10th-gen laptop processors. The four-core count is a reduction from the previous generation's six-core models, which Intel says was necessary to fit the chip into the same space.These chips are built on Intel's Tiger Lake H35 10nm architecture, which means that they support Thunderbolt 4 connectivity, Intel's Xe graphics architecture, Wi-Fi 6/6E, PCIe Gen 4, and Resizable BAR. If you follow PC tech, you may have come across this with AMD's Smart Access Memory. Similarly, Resizable BAR allows the CPU to allocate an optimal amount of video memory instead of having to do it in smaller 256MB chunks. That lets the CPU and discrete GPU move data around more quickly, which translates to better graphics performance and loading times. Nvidia recently announced its plans to support Resizable BAR, too. The Core i7-11375H SE also features Intel Turbo Boost 3.0, which lets the CPU shoot up to 5GHz frequency on a single core.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Developer Respawn Entertainment has rolled out a new patch for Apex Legends on PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S that stabilizes the game.The patch comes after numerous players reported errors while playing the game on all platforms. Specifically, players were getting caught in infinite loops that freeze the game or the game would crash entirely. Respawn said that while it couldn't replicate whatever's causing the hiccups, the new patch "improves stability and (hopefully) fixes the freezing issues."In addition to trying to address technical issues on the server side, the latest patch for Apex Legends fixes a variety of other problems. This includes issues with Fight Night event skins like Haute Drop and Gold Standard getting in the way of the reticle when aiming down sights, errors with selecting the Steam Friends list, and other problems related to clubs and text chat.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com