Monthly Archives: May 2015
PlayStation Plus Offering Exclusive Sales to Members
PlayStation Plus is getting special discounts only for members, called "Specials."
The first round kicks off today and lasts through June 1. It includes Bloodborne, The Order: 1886, and Dark Souls 2 for $48 USD apiece, a Dragon Ball Xenoverse bundle for $45, and Helldivers for $18 USD.
PlayStation Plus members usually get deeper discounts than non-Plus members during sale events, but the PlayStation Blog specifies that this program is meant only for Plus members. Specials will also sometimes include DLC bundles just for Plus members. The Dragon Ball bundle, for example, includes a free bit of DLC on top of the 10% discount.
Warcraft Director on ILM’s Orc-Sized VFX Challenge
Director Duncan Jones recently opened up about the filming of his 2016 film Warcraft, revealing more about the filming process and his crew.
Wired reports that ILM wanted to be involved with the VFX work for Warcraft, departing from their typical work for the chance to try something new and exercise their abilities as special effects creators.
"(For) ILM, this was an opportunity to show they are still the best in the world at special effects,” Jones said.
While filming, Jones recalls being more preoccupied with directing performances, leaving the motion-capture work to VFX supervisor Bill Westenhoefer and ILM's Jeff White and Jason Smith.
Robert Rodriguez Reportedly Directing Jonny Quest Movie
Warner Bros. has reportedly hired Robert Rodriguez to direct its long-gestating live-action film adaptation of Jonny Quest.
According to Deadline, the filmmaker and Terry Rossio (Pirates of the Caribbean) are rewriting a Dan Mazeau draft that made the Black List, with Dan Lin and Adrian Askarieh producing.
Jonny Quest began as a Hanna-Barbera cartoon that aired in 1964. The series followed a boy who accompanied his scientist father, bodyguard Race Bannon and friend Hadji on globe-trotting adventures.
Warners has tried to get the movie made for years, including one version that had Zac Efron to play Jonny and Dwayne Johnson to play Bannon.
Must Have: Mad Max LEGO Custom Sets
Did someone say Mad Max: Fury Road LEGO sets...?
A Reddit user by the name of LEGO Will has created a handful of custom LEGO sets replicating designs of the vehicles from the recently-released Mad Max opus.
Including Imperator Furiosa's War Rig, Immortan Joe's modified Cadillac, and the infamous Doof Wagon complete with several drum players (but sadly no flame-throwing guitars), LEGO Will's Fury Road creations can be seen in the slideshow below and on his official Flickr page.
Directed by George Miller, Mad Max: Fury Road has gained a great deal of critical praise since its debut. Read IGN's Mad Max: Fury Road review to learn more about deadly road trips through apocalyptic wastelands.
Remedy Boss Leaves Alan Wake Dev to Form New Studio
Oskari Häkkinen has announced that he's left Remedy to form his own mobile game/app studio called Futurefly.
The now former head of franchise development behind Alan Wake confirmed his departure to VentureBeat, telling the outlet that the goal of Futurefly is to provide consumers with applications that would traditionally be labeled as non-game in nature, but feature gameplay elements.
"We are on a mission to disrupt the consumer app space with games on the top of our minds," he explained. "We are designing consumer apps with playable mechanics as part of the primary input mechanism. This is a new take, and something that is better shown than talked about. Fortunately, we are well into the development of our first installment, so you won’t have to wait too long."
Australian Pizza Hut Launches Sarlacc Pit of Pizza
Australian connoisseurs of salty, meaty pies can now sink their teeth into the new Four'N Twenty Stuffed Crust Pizza.
Combining the meaty goodness of the Australian Four'N Twenty brand meat pie with the Fauxtalian taste of a steamy Pizza Hut pizza, the pizza is an embarrassment of riches for those who crave meat.
The crust doesn't just contain meat pie filling: there are literal meat pies nestled into tiny pockets in the pizza's enormous crust. They sit, surrounding the pizza, each kingly pie lording over its slice from its throne of flaky goodness.
The Morlock Caliban Also in X-Men: Apocalypse
X-Men: Apocalypse director Bryan Singer revealed today that the mutant Caliban is also in his superhero sequel.
Singer posted a photo to his Instagram account Tuesday with the caption, "Shooting Caliban's place of "business." The picture seen below shows Singer directing a scene in a tunnel set.
Caliban was a grotesque, albino mutant and a member of the Morlocks, mutant outcasts who lived in the sewers and tunnels of New York and New Jersey to avoid human interaction. He was named after the character of the same name in Shakespeare's The Tempest.
Out This Week: May 26, 2015
With so many new games and movies coming out, it can be hard to keep up. Lucky for you, IGN is here to help with a weekly round-up of the biggest releases each and every week. Check out the latest releases for this week, and be sure to come back next Monday for a new update.
Note: The prices and deals compiled below are accurate at the time we published this story, but all are subject to change.
The New Humble Bundle Is All About Nintendo Indie Games
Nintendo of America has partnered with Humble Bundle to offer a handful of console and handheld games, headlined by Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition and Mighty Switch Force.
This is the first time the Humble Bundle has featured home system and handheld games. In addition, Nintendo is the first console maker to team up with the website to create a pay-what-you-want collection of games, with proceeds split between the developers and charity Code.org.
By paying $1, you get Guacamelee on Wii U, Woah Dave! on 3DS and Mighty Switch Force on 3DS. If you put forward more than the average price, you also receive The Fall on Wii U, OlliOlli on 3DS and Wii U, and Moon Chronicles on 3DS.
Daily Deals: Bloodborne $40, PlayStation 4 With A Year of PS Plus, Buy Two Get One 3DS Games,
If you've been holding off on the anger, the pain, the frustration, the hard earned elation of Bloodborne, well, consider yourself lucky, because here it is for $40 at Amazon. I've seen it hit $52 before, but this is the lowest price yet by far.
