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Mega Drive får ännu en tung titel efter att Lethal Wedding nått sitt Kickstarter‑mål
Mega Drive-scenen fortsätter vara en av de mest intressanta bland retrofansen, mycket tack vare fina utvecklingsverktyg. Det har lett till att det regelbundet släpps riktigt fina och påkostade spel som ofta pressar hårdvaran på ett sätt som hade fått våra ögon att ramla ur huvudet om vi hade sett dem under tidigt 90-tal.
En av de bästa utvecklarna är Mega Cat Studios, som släppt flera hyllade Mega Drive-spel senaste åren, och de söker vanligtvis finansiering via Kickstarter. Nu har de sjösatt ännu ett projekt, och det tog bara några timmar innan de nådde sitt mål. Den här gången handlar det om {Lethal Wedding}, där gangster kidnappar brudgummen precis innan ett bröllop.
Lyckligtvis är bruden handlingskraftig och ska frita sin blivande make genom stora mängder övervåld. Premissen beskrivs såhär:
"When a drug ring of criminal clowns kidnaps the groom the day before the big day, it's up to the bride‑to‑be and her mother‑in‑law to get him back. Rescue your future husband as you fight through circus freaks, mafia thugs and killer clowns.
Get ready to bride hard as you battle through insane odds and a few mother‑daughter issues. Say "I do" to bullets and blood in this top‑down RPG‑shooter.
Defeat criminal clowns, upgrade your weapons, and pick up boosts and items that might help you uncover the mystery behind your future husband's disappearance."
Spelet erbjuder co-op där en får spela bruden och den andra en hårdkokt svärmor för att tillsammans röja sig genom 30 banor fyllda med allehanda patrask.
Låter det kul? Surfa över till Kickstarter och säkra dig ett exemplar av Lethal Wedding, du kan få spelet på kassett komplett med fodral och manual för $60 (runt 565 kronor), men det finns både billigare och dyrare utgåvor.
Nachrücker mit Stehauf-Qualitäten: Was Ouédraogo dem DFB-Team geben kann
Für Assan Ouédraogo wird der Traum von der Weltmeisterschaft mit ein wenig Verspätung doch noch wahr. Bundestrainer Julian Nagelsmann nominierte den 20 Jahre alten Offensivspieler von RB Leipzig am Freitagabend als Reaktion auf den verletzungsbedingten Ausfall von Lennart Karl nach. Eine Entscheidung, die auf den ersten Blick überraschte, wurden doch insbesondere Spieler wie Chris Führich oder Saïd El Mala in den letzten Wochen vor allem medial diskutiert.
Vor allem seine ersten Schritte im DFB-Trikot sprachen letztlich für den Youngster. Zwar sammelte Ouédraogo bisher nur 13 Einsatzminuten für die Nationalelf, erzielte dabei vor rund sieben Monaten im WM-Qualifikationsspiel gegen die Slowakei aber direkt seinen Debüttreffer. "Mit Assan Ouédraogo bekommen wir nun einen Spieler dazu, der ähnlich wie Lenny einen klasse Einstand bei uns hatte. Er ist ebenfalls hoch talentiert und soll hier mutig und unbeschwert aufspielen“, ist Nagelsmann von seiner Wahl überzeugt. asg-reflektory.pl
Vuvuzelaer har blitt forbudt av FIFA fra VM i fotball 2026
FIFA har kunngjort atferdsreglene for VM i fotball 2026 i USA, Mexico og Canada, og fansen har lagt merke til at vuvuzelaer, et horn som ble populært under VM i Sør-Afrika i 2010, har blitt forbudt (via Forbes). Dette plasthornet skaper en fantastisk atmosfære, men også potensielt farlige støynivåer, noe som forklarer hvorfor det har blitt forbudt under VM.
Også i andre turneringer har vuvuzelaer blitt forbudt, etter at selv spillerne har klaget på den irriterende støyen fra hornene. Vuvuzelaer kom tilbake i VM 2018, hovedsakelig brukt av iranske fans, og det utløste igjen en kraftig motreaksjon fra spillere og fans.
Andre bekymringer knyttet til vuvuzelaer på stadioner er blant annet at de kan brukes som våpen. En studie fra 2010 viste dessuten at de ørsmå dråpene som slippes ut fra en vuvuzela, kan føre til at sykdommer som influensa og forkjølelsesbakterier blir luftbårne i flere timer.
FIFA har derfor forbudt vuvuzelaer i konkurranser, og av sikkerhetshensyn er de inkludert i en svart liste over gjenstander som laserstråler, pekere og vannflasker av plast.
Bloodlines 2's final DLC introduces swordfighting, dual pistol wielding, and other stuff that should probably have been in the base game
After nearly 10 years, Vampire: The Masquerade—Bloodlines 2's long and convoluted development is finally approaching its end. Its second and final DLC—The Flower and the Flame, releases next week, concluding one of the more dramatic industry sagas witnessed in the last few years.
Announced in 2019 after several years of development, Bloodlines 2 promised to be a full-blooded sequel to Troika's beautiful, if broken 2004 RPG. But a challenging initial development led to original developers Hardsuit Labs being booted off the project in 2021. The baton was picked up by The Chinese Room, which rebuilt the game from the ground up and released it last year.
The result offered an enjoyable enough slice of gothic detective fiction, as Fraser Brown explained in his Vampire: The Masquerade—Bloodlines 2 review. But it didn't really deliver on the whole 'RPG' of it all, lacking many of the systems and ideas featured in Troika's original.
The subsequent expansions have been adding some of that stuff back in—sort of. April's Loose Cannon DLC reintroduced the ability for players to wield guns and melee weapons by hand, albeit only for the DLC and within the constraints of playing as a specific character—the base game's rogue sheriff Benny.
The Flower and the Flame adopts a similar approach, only this time you play as Ysabella, the glamorous Toreador who runs the Atrium nightclub. The DLC's story is difficult to summarise without spoiling it, but the four quests it adds explore Ysabella's relationships with some other key characters in the base game, while revealing the reasons why she, uh, does the things she does in the main story.
As for how it plays, Ysabella's combat is based around the Toreador abilities in vanilla Bloodlines 2, but with a few DLC-specific flourishes. For starters, Ysabella gets a new gizmo called Razor Wire. This is a hook attack a-la Scorpion from Mortal Kombat, with Ysabella lassoing enemies with barbed wire before yanking them toward her, stunning them in the process. She also fights with a rapier in melee combat rather than using her fists, and can dual-wield any guns she picks up in a fight, from pistols to sniper rifles.
It certainly sounds more involved than the base game. It is worth pointing out, however, that the first DLC didn't go down all that well. Loose Cannon has a 'Mixed' rating on Steam with just 43% positive reviews. It certainly sounds more involved than the base game. It is worth pointing out, however, that the first DLC didn't go down all that well. Loose Cannon has a Mixed rating on Steam with just 43% positive reviews. I haven't played the DLC myself, but PC Gamer's news editor Andy Chalk has, and as someone who enjoyed the base game, he described the DLC to me as "pure garbola", elaborating thusly:
Half of it is just a replay of the boring endgame level, there's no real insight into the character or why he went nuts, the implementation of guns is extremely clumsy to the point that they're not worth the effort, the awful crossover from Bloodlines 1 is back and somehow even more pointless and annoying, and wow, it turns out that Bloodlines 2 was actually heavily dependent on its characters and when you strip them out there's not a hell of a lot left.
It doesn't exactly sound riveting. I'll also say that, while I didn't particularly like Benny as a character, he was more interesting than Ysabella, and I'm not especially convinced by Paradox's summary of the latest DLC's plot.
Bloodlines 2: The Flower and The Flame launches on June 10. There's no price listed for it yet, but since Loose Cannon cost $15 (£13), I imagine you'll pay the same for Bloodlines 2's swansong.
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Vuvuzelas wurden von der FIFA von der Weltmeisterschaft 2026 ausgeschlossen
Die FIFA hat den Verhaltenskodex für die Weltmeisterschaft 2026 in den Vereinigten Staaten, Mexiko und Kanada bekannt gegeben, und Fans haben bemerkt, dass Vuvuzelas, ein Horn, das während der Weltmeisterschaft 2010 in Südafrika populär wurde, verboten wurde (über Forbes). Diese Plastikhörner erzeugen eine enorme Atmosphäre, aber auch potenziell gefährliche Lärmpegel, was erklärt, warum sie bei der Weltmeisterschaft verboten wurde.
Auch andere Wettbewerbe verboten Vuvuzelas, nachdem sogar die Spieler sich über den nervigen Lärm der Hörner beschwert hatten. Vuvuzelas kehrten bei der Weltmeisterschaft 2018 zurück, hauptsächlich von iranischen Fans, und dies löste erneut eine heftige Gegenreaktion von Spielern und Fans aus.
Weitere Bedenken hinsichtlich der Präsenz von Vuvuzelas in Stadien betreffen deren mögliche Nutzung als Waffe. Außerdem ergab eine Studie aus dem Jahr 2010, dass die winzigen Tröpfchen, die von einer Vuvuzela abgegeben werden, Krankheiten wie Grippe und Erkältungskeime stundenlang in die Luft übertragen lassen.
Infolgedessen hat die FIFA sie vom Wettbewerb ausgeschlossen und sie aus Sicherheitsgründen in eine schwarze Liste von Objekten wie Laserstrahlen und Zeiger sowie Plastikflaschen aufgenommen.