![]() We took a moment to gather up our favorite puns from the last year, and our readers rose to our challenge perfectly in the comments. Our Fearless Leader, Ludwig, is a seemingly-endless well of wordplay, but everyone on staff has sheepishly grinned while rewriting at least one headline to allow for a joke. If you've read Joystiq for a while, you've noticed our fondness for puns.Editor-in-Chief Ludwig Kietzmann found a new threat to fear (and wield) while playing as the Wraith, the latest creature to slink from developer Turtle Rock Studios' closet of monsters. Up until now, Evolve's beast hunters have faced two variations of the same basic threat: big, boulder-hurling stompy-death, and big, lightning-spewing stompy-death.Community Manager Anthony John Agnello is among that crowd, but his recent session with Bloodborne, Dark Souls developer From Software's upcoming world of dark art and dangerous beasts, suggests that Bloodborne's agile combat is "potentially more inviting to the unconverted that never quite got Dark Souls." ![]() Dark Souls certainly has a reputation as a demanding, cutthroat classic, but there is a demographic that could never learn to embrace repeated death due to frustrations with slow combat.The need to have a game the moment it's released and to place pre-orders is also discussed, underlining a growing question concerning pre-order incentives: "Is this shining trinket a treasure – or a trap?" High-profile games have suffered broken components for weeks after launch this season, and Richard recently addressed the issue by comparing the apparent trend to the norms of past decades.Of course, considering that even Arcadia's development team isn't finalized, the project is likely a long way from launching for the public. Recent job listings suggest Microsoft is working on a project called "Arcadia," a streaming system built on the Azure cloud that's meant to stream games or apps to Microsoft devices.The series of pay-what-you-want sales has offered compilations of games spanning different genres and studios, allowing customers to tip the payout scales toward whichever beneficiary they desire. Since Humble Bundle's debut sale in May 2010, the organization has raised more than $50 million for charity and $100 million for game developers.Ubisoft advised effected users to delete and reinstall the base Unity file in order to get the patch down to its normal 6.7 GB size. Speaking of bugs, some Xbox One owners faced a 40 GB, full-game re-download when they tried to grab the latest Assassin's Creed Unity patch this week.The giveaway is in response to Unity's buggy state at launch, but before you pick your preferred freebie, mind Game Informer's caution that accepting a game revokes your ability to join any future class action lawsuit. Ubisoft is ready to give away free games to early Assassin's Creed Unity season pass buyers, with choices including Far Cry 4, The Crew, Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag, Watch Dogs, Rayman Legends and Just Dance 2015.Duck season ( RABBIT SEASON) opens on December 25 for Wii U owners, as Duck Hunt will arrive on the Virtual Console just in time for the family festivities.As a reminder, the double pack offers up Marvel vs. Capcom Origins before it disappears from the digital storefronts. Xbox Live and PlayStation Network users, you've still got a few days to tag into Marvel vs.Dante, New Dante and Nero will all make the jump to current-gen hardware by summer of next year. Capcom was already chipping into the remaster trend with Ultra Street Fighter 4, but Xbox One and PS4 ports of DmC: Devil May Cry and Devil May Cry 4 will help build the developer's contribution to the pile.Geralt of Rivia's feet are bound to tire from trekking through a few dozen hours of wilderness, but thankfully a new playable character named Ciri will stand in at some point to give Geralt a rest. Judging by its predecessors, The Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt will probably be a lengthy adventure.Beyond that, Nintendo Senior Product Marketing Manager Bill Trinen stated in a recent interview that creators will "be able to see what happens when other people play your course or when you play other people's courses." Should you spend hours creating a masterpiece in Mario Maker, know that you'll be able to share your work with the less creative among us.Minecraft: Story Mode will mix new characters with familiar Minecraft elements, but it won't dwell on the details or focus on an official story for Steve, one of the game's default character skins. In its apparent devotion to telling stories in every universe, Telltale Games has announced Minecraft: Story Mode- A Telltale Game Series, an episodic collaboration with Mojang that will build its tale sometime next year.
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