The single player trailer for Call of Duty: Ghosts that was revealed yesterday showcased a bit of the story that we didn’t know about previously: Something called ‘Rods of God’ would be used as the stage for the apocalyptic events in the game. ‘Rods of God’ are effectively just giant cylinders dropped from low-earth-orbit that smack into the ground and cause mass devastation– and Activision community manager Dan Amrich says it’s not terribly fictional:

“Telephone poles from space? It’s actually more science than science fiction. The concept of kinetic bombardment – nicknamed in the science and defense communities as “Rods from God” – has been used in sci-fi stories for years by authors including Robert Heinlein, Larry Niven, and Neal Stephenson, but it’s also been seriously considered by the United States Air Force as a military strike that could create mass devastation without nuclear fallout.”

“Say what you will about its over-the-top gameplay and action-movie attitude, but Call of Duty still plays in the realm of plausibility.”

– Activision community manager Dan Amrich

You can read more from him here.

Via Gamespot

Splinter Cell: Blacklist receives new patch on Wii U

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Ubisoft has released a new patch for the Wii U version of Splinter Cell: Blacklist. The game’s single-player and co-op features have been touched up, as well as other elements.

You can find the full patch notes below.

GENERAL
Fix timer and progress bar for Daily Challenges
Fix misc. issues with Gone Dark challenges
Fix misc. issues with guards shooting sticky camera and not engaging search behavior

Taiko no Tatsujin Wii U screenshot

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Watch_Dogs – DedSec Edition overview video

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Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag uses a new multiplayer engine

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Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag is using a new multiplayer engine. Game design head Tim Browne confirmed the news to Examiner, and noted that the technology was adapted to work on all consoles. This will be the first multiplayer engine change since Brotherhood.

Browne said:

“We’ve had the same engine since Brotherhood, and for this year we integrated a new engine that works on current gen and next-gen consoles. Then we did upscaled, specific development for next-gen, so the character models are four times higher textures and polygons than the normal ones. There are very specific next-gen features which we’re catering for as well, which you won’t have on current gen. Not just graphical improvements, but certain other things.”

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GameStop ad (9/11 – 9/17)

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This week’s GameStop ad has gone live. There are two main highlights for Nintendo fans this week: $10 off Splinter Cell: Blacklist and Crash City Mayhem for $10.

You can find all of this week’s offers in the ad below.

Scans roundup – Puyo Puyo Tetris, Dragon Quest X version 2.0, Monster Hunter 4

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