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Next Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey leaked via keychain *Updated – Ubisoft confirms leak

The Internet will always catch you with your pants down. Whether it’s finding Drake’s baby mama or finding a person’s racist comments or acts in the past, the internet will make sure people discover it. The same can be said for the new Assassin’s Creed game. Jeuxvideo, a France gaming website, showed a merch left behind showing the title: Assassin’s Creed Odyssey. The new AC game looks to be set in Greece based on the Spartan logo.

Last year, a t-shirt depicting an assassin in Egpty was discovered by a NeoGaf user before Assassin’s Creed Origin was announced. Ubisoft hasn’t commented on the item but most 2018 game leaks seem to be true such as the new Pokemon game. Hopefully, this is not a new title for the main series as previously, Ubisoft stated they would only return to annual releases if they felt the series was on the “right track”. Origins was released last year and received raved reviews and it showed Ubisoft took the time to fully develop the game rather than churning them out.

Sources:

Jeuxvideo

Eurogamer

Ubisoft – annual AC release

Update:

Ubisoft posts a teaser for the new Assassin’s Creed game. The title is confirmed Assassin’s Creed Odyssey:

<blockquote class=”twitter-tweet” data-lang=”en”><p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”>See you at E3! <a href=”https://t.co/03NTPhCkCf”>pic.twitter.com/03NTPhCkCf</a></p>— Assassin’s Creed (@assassinscreed) <a href=”https://twitter.com/assassinscreed/status/1002331391789617152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>May 31, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Tommy Tallarico revives the Intellivision

Tommy Tallarico is a famous video game composer and developer. He made his name in the industry for working on music and video game audio for games such as Earthworm Jim, Aladdin, and Metroid Prime. He has been working in the industry for 30 years as a composer and developer. Recently, he was made President of Intellivision Entertainment and they will be launching the Intellivision Family Video Game Console in the near future.

What’s an Intellivision?

The Intellivision console was made by Mattel in 1979. The console was made to compete against the Atari 2600 in the console wars before Nintendo, SEGA, or Sony. The graphics are very dated to today’s standards but the console was revolutionary at the time. Mattel was a strong competitor to Atari but the Video Game Crash of 1983, replacement of top management, and underwhelming response to the Intellivision II led to the console disappearing. The controller was infamous for being a number pad and a circle pad. They had an overlay to represent the controls.

What’s the goal?

Tallarico and Intellivision Entertainment are working to create a new Intellivision console for families. While the name hasn’t been announced, it will “carry on the company tradition of ‘firsts’ with its new concept, design, and approach to gaming.” Assisting Tallarico for relaunching of the revamped 1980s console include Intellivision Entertainment’s Chairman Steve Roney, Vice President of Technology Bill Fischer, Game Design and Development Group Leader David Warhol, Vice President Emily Reichbach Rosenthal and veteran Intellivision contractor and historian Paul Nurminen, who has been named Vice President of Product Development. More details regarding the console will be announced soon. For hardcore fans of the Intellivision, the first 100,000 purchases will receive a limited edition version on the website.

How they will compete and details regarding the console

““I see a huge gaping hole in the market now with families in the home,” said Tallarico. “We will be focused. We will not try to compete with Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo. That would be insane, and we would need $1 billion.” The console is meant to be family-friendly and affordable. Details on the console will be released on October 1st but there is no official announcement date for the console. Announced so far, it will have a new controller, 10 games, and an emulator to run older games. It will also have an online store that allows you to download games on a store.

Will you be interested in purchasing the Intellivision Family Video Game Console?

Sources:

Intellivision Website

VentureBeat

Twin Galaxies

Official FB page

Parody Review of Intellivison:

Game Giants Episode 3.5 (3) What is a Waifu? What is a Husbando?

The Game Giant’s 3rd podcast that came after 4! This episode, Jairus and I talk about Waifu’s. What is a Waifu? Listen and find out and cringe and laugh at our types of girls. Also about writing good character developments. Apologies for the audio quality, there was background noise that would be distracting during the podcast.

Game Giants:

Benjamin Le: Newsforgamers.net

Jairus Cambe: http://www.jairuscmusic.com Jairus C. Music

Nintendo begins selling Switchs’ without Docks

The Nintendo Switch is a unique console that acts as a video game system that can seamlessly switch (pun intended) into a handheld. Some people treat it as a handheld system and rarely place it on the dock or play it on the TV. Out of 148 participants on a GameFaq forum, 17 people would play the Switch without the dock. In Japan, Nintendo has recently been selling the Switch as a standalone handheld.

The Nintendo Switch Second Set is selling at 24,980 yen which is about $250. You can charge the system with a USB-C adapter. No word on whether it will be released in the West.

Would you buy a Nintendo Switch Second Set?

Sources:

Eurogamer

Nintendo Japan Announcement

GameFaqs Forum