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Apex Legends Scholarship Offered By Massachusetts College
Apex Legends is doing very well for itself as the newest contender in the battle royale space, and now you can parlay those battlefield skills into a college education. Becker College has announced a scholarship program tied to an upcoming esports event, which will allow top-performing players to receive $5,000 for schooling.
Becker has partnered with Team Genji and Helix Esports for the program. Helix is hosting an Apex Legends amateur tournament in New Jersey in early April, and Team Genji will be on-site to perform analytics. Those who score among the top players at the tournament can claim the one-time scholarship at Becker, if they apply and are admitted to the college. Eligible finalists will be invited to apply, so there will be no ambiguity whether or not you made the cut.
Scholarship recipients will also be given a try-out for Becker’s own Apex Legends team, which will begin competing in Fall 2019. You can read more details and sign up through the official site.
Respawn is planning to launch the first Apex Legends battle pass in March, though it hasn’t given a release date yet. We did get an apparent sneak peek at what it will consist of, though, given an accidental update to the Origin site. That showed a new hero named Octane, and suggested the battle pass will be priced at 950 Apex Coins (roughly $10). Respawn acknowledged that the leak was legitimate, but warned against putting too much stock in information gleaned from data mining.
Meanwhile, the studio banned hundreds of thousands of cheaters, and said it has no plans for a reconnect feature–in part because of its potential for abuse by cheaters.
from GameSpot – Game News https://www.gamespot.com/articles/apex-legends-scholarship-offered-by-massachusetts-/1100-6465602/
Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker Switch DLC Is Out Now; Here’s What You Get
Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker‘s first DLC pack is out now on Nintendo Switch. The add-on contains five new courses and “18 new challenges,” including some for existing courses.
The Special Episode, as it’s called, costs $6 / £5.39, and each of its five stages are playable in single player or in two player co-op. It should be noted, however, that the DLC is not coming to the 3DS or Wii U versions of Treasure Tracker.
The paid DLC pack follows a free Captain Toad update in February that added co-op and one new stage ahead of time. Those features improved on what was an already an enjoyable game.
In our Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker Switch review, Daniel Starkey awarded the game an 8/10. “Despite a smattering of minor complaints, Captain Toad stands as a pint-sized version of Nintendo’s stellar first party pedigree,” he said. “It’s among the best Mario spin-offs around and a delightful iteration on old ideas.
“The sharper screen on the Switch and addition of about a dozen new areas and modes make this version a strictly better choice, and the short, relatively simple stages of Captain Toad lend themselves to a portable environment. Of course, it also carries with it the weaknesses of its forebear. Even with the bonus content, Treasure Tracker is a bit short. You’re left with the sense that there could be plenty more and that the idea of rotating through levels doesn’t get its full due.”
from GameSpot – Game News https://www.gamespot.com/articles/captain-toad-treasure-tracker-switch-dlc-is-out-no/1100-6465599/
Original Halo TV Show Director Explains Why He Left The Series
The upcoming Halo TV show produced by Steven Spielberg was originally going to be directed by Rise of the Planet of the Apes director Rupert Wyatt. However, at the end of 2018 he dropped out due to scheduling issues, with Black Mirror director Otto Bathurst taking over. Now, Wyatt has shared even more insight into his exit from the show.
Speaking to Collider, Wyatt said he had to leave the Halo TV show because changes to the production schedule conflicted with his other commitments. He said that in his role as a director, he wasn’t with the project from day one, and as such, he wasn’t in control of the factors that ultimately led to the production becoming extended. Had he been the showrunner, he said he might have been able to stay aboard, he said.
However, with the decision to extend the production by “months if not years,” Wyatt had to step away to do other things. Overall, the version of the Halo TV show that exists today “wasn’t within the framework” for what Wyatt originally signed up for.
The Halo TV show’s showrunner–that is, the person or team who controls the creative direction of a show–is Kyle Killen who previously worked on Awake.
The new director, Otto Bathurst, directed the very first and very shocking episode of Black Mirror before going on to work on Peaky Blinders. He also directed the new Robin Hood movie featuring Jamie Foxx and Taron Egerton.
The Halo TV show will air on Showtime, whose parent company, CBS, also owns GameSpot. The last we heard from network president of programming Gary Levine was that the Halo show is “evolving beautifully with rich characters, compelling stories, and powerful scripts.” Showtime said previously that Halo is the network’s “most ambitious series ever,” and that’s notable given Showtime is behind some massive productions such as Homeland, Shameless, Billions, and more recently the Jim Carrey show Kidding.
Master Chief will feature in the Halo TV show in some capacity, but it remains to be seen if he is the lead, or what other characters might join him. The show is scheduled to begin production later in 2019, and Showtime has ordered 10 hour-long episodes of Halo for its first season.
In other Halo news, Microsoft recently confirmed that Halo: The Master Chief Collection is coming to PC, and it’ll be available on Steam. Additionally, Halo: Reach is coming to The Master Chief Collection on both Xbox One and PC.
from GameSpot – Game News https://www.gamespot.com/articles/original-halo-tv-show-director-explains-why-he-lef/1100-6465598/
