Monthly Archives: January 2016
Rupert Grint on Going From Potter to Moonwalkers
There’s a longtime conspiracy theory that the famous Apollo 11 moon landing in 1969 was faked – and more specifically, that Stanley Kubrick was the filmmaker employed to bring about this trickery.
The new movie Moonwalkers, opening this Friday, has fun with this concept, taking it to an additional level. In the film, CIA agent Kidman (Ron Perlman) is sent to London specifically to hire Kubrick to fake the moon landing, only for his would-be conversation with Kubrick’s agent to be impulsively hijacked by Jonny (Rupert Grint), a band manager in significant financial peril, who can’t pass up the suitcase of money Kidman comes to him with. Soon, he’s getting a friend (Robert Sheehan) to impersonate Kubrick and then actually attempting to have the moon landing film made, when Kidman confronts him.
Hitman Goes Fully Episodic, New Locales Become Add-Ons
Square Enix has announced that the upcoming Hitman game will be a fully episodic title.
The first portion, called the "Intro Pack," will launch on March 11 and consist of a prologue and the Paris locale. The Italy location launches in April, with Morocco following in May. Hitman will then continue to receive regular monthly content updates, according to Square Enix, including locales in the United States, Thailand, and Japan, as well as weekly live events and additional planned content.
The Intro Pack will start at $15 USD, with future locales being released as add-ons for $10 USD each. Players also have the option of purchasing the "Full Experience" for $60 USD up front, which will give them access to all of the year's content. You can also upgrade from the Intro Pack to the Full Experience for $50 USD. A disc version of Hitman will ship sometime later in 2016, according to Square Enix.
Star Wars and Fallout 4 Join Forces in These Awesome Mods
Fallout 4 merges with some of your favorite franchises in this week's mod overview, including Star Wars, BioShock, and Mass Effect.
Venture into the Wasteland as a Stormtrooper or Kylo Ren, suit up in some N7 Armor from Mass Effect, model your settlement after BioShock Ininite's Columbia, and replace all the Deathclaws in the game with Macho Man Randy Savage and Thomas the Tank Engine. Because mods.
For all things Fallout 4 on PC, don't forget to check out our previous list of best Fallout 4 mods and our wiki guide to installing Fallout 4 mods.
We’re Retiring the IGN Xbox 360 App
There's a time in every app's life where it must step aside to make room for the new generation of apps. For IGN's Xbox 360 app, that time has come.
On January 19, 2016, our Xbox 360 app will be retired. After this date, searching for the app in the Xbox 360 Marketplace will return nada, and users who've previously downloaded the app will, unfortunately, lose the app as part of Microsoft's standard app retirement plan.
Users who want IGN on the TV screen can continue to use IGN apps available on a variety of platforms including Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and Apple TV.
George Miller Says ‘No More Mad Max’ Comment Untrue
Despite prior reports claiming George Miller is done making Mad Max movies, the Fury Road director says he still has more planned for the franchise.
Miller told TheWrap he was misquoted in a recent interview after traveling for 27 hours, calling it a "completely garbled interview," in which the journalist "got the wrong fragments of information that were just not true."
According to the director: "I said no,
Over $46 Million Pledged to Kickstarter Video Games in 2015
480,382 backers pledged a total of $46,177,705 toward Kickstarter video games in 2015. 421 video game projects were successfully funded, to boot.
Shenmue 3 led the way, according to the crowdfunding website's year-end numbers, with $6.3 million raised from 69,000 backers. The project dethroned Koji Igarashi's Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, which originally broke Kickstarter's record for most money pledged to a video game. The Castlevania spiritual successor ended 2015 with $5.5 million in pledges.
Win Access to the Steam VR Developer Showcase
Steam's VR Developer Showcase is January 28 in Seattle, WA, and Valve and IGN have partnered to offer you the chance to win access to the event.
Entering the contest is easy; in the comments of this post, all you need to do is answer the following question:
"What do you think would make the perfect VR game or experience?"
Between now and January 18th, we'll be selecting 20 winners for a slick VR package that includes access to the Steam VR Developer Showcase, exclusive access to over ten new VR experiences at the show, and a chance to meet-and-greet with developers.
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New York Wants to Ban the Sale of Encrypted Smartphones
New York Assemblyman Matthew Titone wants to prohibit the sale of encrypted smartphones in the state of New York. This comes after New York District Attorney Cyrus Vance spoke out about banning encryption, with the goal of aiding law enforcement.
Titone's bill states that any smartphone manufactured in 2016 must be able to be decrypted and unlocked by the manufacturer, or else face a huge fine. This means that Apple or Google phones that offer default encryption would be essentially illegal to sell in New York. Default encryption means that only a person with the phone's password can access what it stores (so the manufacturer can't even unlock it), which prevents law enforcement from obtaining information through the manufacturer without a search warrant.
The Last of Us’ Ashley Johnson Leads The Witness Voice Cast
With voice recording on The Witness complete, developer Thekla Inc. has revealed the complete voice cast for its upcoming open-world puzzle game.
According to a post by studio president Jonathan Blow on the PS Blog, the four-person cast is led by Ashley Johnson, who voiced Ellie in The Last of Us and Gortys in Tales from the Borderlands. Remaining cast members include Phil LaMarr (Pulp Fiction, Shadow of Mordor), Matthew Waterson (The Order: 1886, Fallout 4), and musician Terra Deva.
Thekla Inc. also released a handful of new screenshots, which you can see in the gallery below.