Jack is back! The iconic Cartoon Network series Samurai Jack was confirmed to be revived for another season on the network’s Adult Swim block and most recently release a special teaser clip.
You can watch it above this text and it looks great. Jack is clearly older compared to prior seasons and the art style is fully intact. That makes me very happy; it has been so long since the original series that I thought they would shift art direction completely. Happy the show still ‘looks’ like Samurai Jack honestly.

Get ready for some strategy-themed combat within the Halo universe! Halo Wars 2 from Microsoft Game Studios and Creative Assembly is releasing soon on Xbox One and PC (via Windows 10) and to celebrate a new trailer was released. Consider watching it if you are excited about the game!

This February, real-time strategy makes an explosive return to the Halo Universe with Halo Wars 2. Lead armies of Spartans and other Halo fighting forces like Warthogs, Scorpions and exciting new units in a brutal war against a terrifying new enemy. Featuring campaign, multiplayer, and the all-new Blitz mode, this is the biggest Halo battlefield ever. The action begins February 17th with Ultimate Edition early access.

With the inbound release of Yooka-Laylee coming in April for the Xbox One, PS4 and PC, Playtonic games released the above gameplay video to IGN to release. It shows off the games ‘Capital Cashino’ level and it shows a lot of interesting elements of Yooka-Laylee as a whole.
Gameplay looks strong, thanks to the large moveset pool you have access to and when the game pushes platforming it presents solid level design that gets more challenging. But the size of the level is a bit too large, giving it an empty feeling. In addition, the coloring choice for the level is oddly bleak for what normally is a colorful setting in platformers (the casino theme).
I am still excited for Yooka-Laylee’s release and have high hopes for the title personally, so consider watching the above video if you want to learn more about the game.

Double Fine released a new gameplay video for the upcoming project Psychonauts 2 planed for the PS4, Xbox One, and PC. It looks very impressive, running on Unreal Engine 4 and having such vivid colors. While the level in the gameplay footage isn’t going to be used for the final game, it does show off one of the central locations that will be part of the final release.
We have a lot more news to share on Pyschonauts 2, so stay tuned for further updates about the project on 3WIREL soon.

Pokemon has a large collection of creatures to catch and with over 600 of them, it’s hard to know them all by name. But one iconic characters is famous above them all; Pikachu. The mascot of the Pokemon series, the little electric mouse has had a huge role in helping the brand become what it is today. Did You Know Gaming spends some time exploring the Pokemon’s more notable roles over the years and I highly encourage you give this video a watch!

With the release of Pokemon Sun and Moon, Did You Know Gaming decided to a look at some facts, secrets, Easter eggs and history of Pikachu. Pikachu was designed by Game Freak’s Atsuko Nishida and illustrated by Ken Sugimori. Pikachu’s first appearance was in Pokemon Red and Blue (Red and Green in Japan) for the original Nintendo Game Boy.
Pikachu has received a lot of public attention, and has appeared on airplanes, as a balloon in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, and even as an official representative for Japan’s soccer team during the 2014 World Cup. After our analysis of the Pokemon games’ gameplay, their betas, and their lore, we bring you a breakdown of Pikachu’s most interesting facts in this mini documentary.

Fire Emblem Heroes offers a large collection of iconic FE characters to join your party for grand adventures and battles but did you know that the game originally had a few holiday themed variants of characters like Robin?

Data Miners are already looking through Fire Emblem Heroes and they’ve discovered Christmas outfits for two characters! Get the details on what this could mean for the game!
SOURCE: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthrea…
Via: https://mynintendonews.com/2017/02/03…

It was discovered that holiday outfits for characters like Robin were present hidden in the games files. This could indicate that FE Heroes was meant for a Winter 2016 release instead of launching this month in 2017. Very interesting findings and hopefully more event-themed outfits for FE characters are present as the game continues to get support from Nintendo & Intelligent Systems.

Gaming Historian discusses the history of K.C. Munchkin, a Pac-Man clone that set off a groundbreaking legal battle. Atari’s court battle against Philips would provide the groundwork for how copyright laws apply to video games.

Video games and copyright are a tricky business, as when the industry started it’s humble origins on consoles back in the 80’s, rules were in place but they were based upon other mediums. Meaning that elements like gameplay mechanics and overall design were not considered when establishing copyright. This sparked a big battle between console makers Atari and Philips back in the day and it resulted in a major history event happening in gaming history.
The Gaming Historian goes back in time to explain the important origins of how copyright laws were applied to the video game medium. I really enjoyed this video and I highly recommend you all give it a watch!

Assassins Creed Unity had a few issues running on PS4 and Xbox One and since it’s release, the game continues to offer unstable performance. Thanks to the recent release of the PS4 Pro 4.50 Beta a number of games are benefiting from a feature called ‘Boost Mode’ that pushes the PS4 Pro to work with older PS4 games.
The end result is games running better and feeling more responsive to play. AC Unity is an example of this, with frame rate being a stable 30FPS now ensuring responsive controls and no issues like V-Sync & Screen Tearing.