Monthly Archives: May 2015
Destiny: Guess How Many Engrams Were Decrypted Yesterday
Yesterday, Bungie released their second expansion for Destiny named the House of Wolves. Leading up to the contents release players had been stockpiling engrams and rewards so they could celebrate the launch by decrypting them all at once. Well, Bungie's User Research Team has shared with IGN just how many of those blue and purple engrams landed in the Cryptarch's lap.
Activision told IGN that 105 million engrams were decrypted during the May 19th launch of House of Wolves and that 11.2 billion in glimmer was received from the Cryparch's in the game.
According to Activision there's 20 million registered players in Destiny and that those people play for an average of three hours a day.
Unlocked: We Want Hearthstone on Xbox One
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This week's Podcast Unlocked is all about your E3 predictions! The entire show is listener conspiracy theories, crazy ideas, and expected announcements, read and interpreted by IGN's Mitch Dyer, Destin Legarie, and returning Locksmith Andrew Goldfarb.
It seems many of you are anticipating new Xbox One hardware, including the addition of a modifiable and larger hard drive, as well as plenty of "...and it's available right now" moments. We dig deep into what to expect from Minecraft's future, Battletoads, Rare, Halo 5: Guardians, Windows 10, and more.
Walking Dead’s Kirkman Joins Transformers
The Transformers movie franchise’s new “writers room” has been born like a ‘bot from the AllSpark, and Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman is among the names who are joining the series.
Deadline reports that in the wake of Paramount and Transformers producers Michael Bay, Steven Spielberg and Lorenzo di Bonaventura drafting writer-producer Akiva Goldsman (the Da Vinci Code movies, I Am Legend, I, Robot, etc.) in March to “incubate” ideas for a multi-part sequel and potential spinoff films, a roster of writers has been assembled.
Marvel Universe to Have 2 Spider-Men
As reported by Newsarama, during a live chat with Brian Michael Bendis, the longtime Ultimate Spider-Man writer confirmed that there will be two Spider-Mans -- Peter Parker and Miles Morales -- in the Marvel Universe after Secret Wars ends
Miles originally became the Spider-Man of the Ultimate Universe after Peter died, only for Peter to return later and give Miles his blessing to continue fighting evil as Spider-Man. Miles did once meet the regular, 616 Peter in a story called Spider-Men, but now it seems they'll be spending a lot more time together.
M. Night Shyamalan Would Love to Do an Unbreakable TV Show
M. Night Shyamalan has unveiled his new suspense series Wayward Pines on FOX. IGN had the opportunity to speak with the writer/director about the project recently. During the course of discussion, Shyamalan expressed - if not a regret, then a longing - to have completed a sequel to his comics-inspired film, Unbreakable.
M. Night Shyamalan Said No 'They've Been Dead All Along' Twist for Wayward Pines
The director feels that in the first film, it was as if they'd just reached the crux of the story and the core of the relationships and then it was over. Given the dominance of comic book shows on television, we asked Shyamalan if a series may actually be the best place for that story to continue to unfold.
IGN Presents The History of Awesome: 1979
Welcome back to IGN's History of Awesome - a year-long look back at all the coolest and most influential games, movies, TV shows, comic books, toys, and tech that have shaped pop culture, and shaped the lives of an entire generation. Up this week is 1979 - the year that Star Wars' runaway success was truly felt in the world of film, and the concept of a true "console game" experience finally took shape.
Risky films like Alien and Star Trek: The Motion Picture were released to critical acclaim and massive box-office success, ensuring plenty more big-budget sci-fi epics would be released in the years to come.
LG’s ‘Wallpaper’ TV Prototype is Basically a Sticker
LG Display recently unveiled its proof-of-concept for a 55-inch TV that's only 4 pounds and 0.97mm thick. It's being referred to as a "wallpaper" TV for the way it can be stuck to a wall via a magnetic mat, and of course for how ridiculously thin it is.
Photo courtesy LG Display Co.
The Seoul-based LCD panel manufacturer showed off the prototype at a press event in Korea yesterday as a way to broadcast its future plans, including that commitment to OLED (organic light-emitting diode) technology that LG brought up earlier in the year.
FOX Debuts Full Scream Queens Trailer
FOX has released the first official trailer for Scream Queens, the new comedy-horror anthology series premiering on the network later this year.
Take a look below, and let us know what you think!
Created by Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Ian Brennan, Scream Queens features a cast that includes American Horror Story's Emma Roberts and Skyler Samuels, Glee's Lea Michele (rocking quite the body brace), Animal's Keke Palmer, Zombieland's Abigail Breslin and Nick Jonas.
Scream Queens will air on Tuesday nights later this year on FOX.
Who Is the Most Dangerous Marvel Character?
With a roster that includes hundreds of characters, Marvel has plenty of dangerous characters. But who's the most deadly?
Morph Costumes put together an infographic that reviews the body counts of many of Marvel's most famous characters, both heroes and villains.
Force Awakens Star Teams With The Wire Creator
The Wire's creator, David Simon, and director Paul Haggis (Crash) are bringing a new six-part miniseries Show Me a Hero to HBO, based on the non-fiction book of the same name. The series will star Oscar Issac, who can be currently seen in the critically acclaimed Ex Machina, and is starring in both Star Wars: The Force Awakens and X-Men: Apocalypse (playing the title role).
Oscar Isaac.
According to The Los Angeles Times, Show Me a Hero is set in the 1960s, and will deal with the theme of racial tensions which grip a mid-sized American city. Isaac will portray the mayor of that city, receiving a federal court order to build low-income housing within white neighborhoods. The mandate causes conflict within the city, its government, and causes all sorts of political turmoil for the mayor.