Monthly Archives: March 2016
Free to Play ARK: Survival Evolved Spin-Off Announced
Studio Wildcard revealed its new game, ARK: Survival of the Fittest.
A spin-off of its ARK: Survival Evolved game, SotF is what Studio Wildcard calls a "Multiplayer Online Survival Arena" game, saying the game is built "for the burgeoning wild west of eSports."
"Each month the Top-10 ranked players of ARK: Survival of the Fittest will be automatically determined" within one of the game's four modes, and from those rankings players will be awarded "cash prize winnings from Studio Wildcard."
The payouts are "more than $50,000 in monthly cash prizes."
Originally a "total conversion mod" within ARK: Survival Evolved, the stand-alone game "brings all the features of the mod," as well as upgrades like "dedicated eSports ranking, matchmaking, reward, and tournament features."
Plays Live: Playing Paragon’s Early Access Preview
On today's stream, we tower dive right into Epic Games new MOBA and see what it has to offer.
We're going to be livestreaming every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 1PM - 3PM PT. We'll focus on new releases and DLC drops, but let us know in the comments what games you'd like to see!
We'll be answering questions live during the stream, so tweet @ign with #ignplayslive
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Watch 20 Minutes of Ninja Turtles: Mutants in Manhattan Gameplay
IGN played the opening of Platinum Games' Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants in Manhattan, including the first boss fight against Bebop. It's much more open-ended than we expected, with excellent navigation reminiscent of Sunset Overdrive in what may be the most open world the studio's ever made.
Take a look at 20+ minutes of gameplay below, including a walkthrough of the basics, what Mutants in Manhattan is like if you're playing alone, and the full-blown madness of four-player co-op, plus the Bebop boss battle on its own if you want to analyze Platinum's latest big-bad design.
Also, when you die, you eat pizza as fast as possible to come back to life in a pizza lair.
Final Daredevil: Season 2 Trailer Revealed
Ahead of Daredevil's return to Netflix this coming Friday, the streaming provider has released the final trailer for Season 2.
In addition to Jon Bernthal's Frank Castle (aka The Punisher) and Elodie Yung's Elektra, it looks like Charlie Cox's Matt Murdock has a few more foes to contend with in the show's second season.
Check out the action-filled trailer below:
Daredevil: Season 2 debuts on March 18, exclusively on Netflix. For more on Marvel's incredibly popular comic book-inspired television series, check out this first look at The Punisher's final costume.
Game of Thrones: What Meeting Sam Tarly’s Family Means for Season 6
Samwell Tarly has changed a lot since the early days of Game of Thrones, and according to actor John Bradley, there's only one thing that could cause him to backslide again: the loss of his best friend and Lord Commander, Jon Snow (Kit Harington).
On the eve of the release of Game of Thrones: Season 5's Blu-ray and with the premiere of Season 6 on the horizon, Bradley got on the phone to reflect on Sam's growth over the past year -- especially considering he's one of the few characters to which good things has happened. He opened up about whether these positive changes are permanent for the former craven, and teased what meeting Sam's father Randyll (James Faulkner), mother Melessa (Samantha Spiro), brother Dickon (Freddie Stroma) and sister Talla (Rebecca Benson) means for his character in Season 6.
Daily Deals: Fast and Furious Complete Collection, 4K Monitor, 50-Inch HDTV
It's A Great Day To Get A Fast and Furious Movie
The complete Fast and Furious collection is down to $60 today. That's the best price I've seen for the seven movie set. Also, Furious 7 is $10 right now, so if you're just missing that one, it's a good time to add it your collection. Now you can actually save a few bucks by buying the six movie collection and Furious 7 separately (it comes out to $55), but it might be worth the extra $5 for that tire case.
Battleborn Has Gone Gold, Beta Coming Soon
Gearbox Software's Battleborn is ready for digital and store shelves.
Company president and CEO Randy Pitchford relayed the news via Twitter.
Exciting news: Battleborn retail is ready! Back in the day we would say "Gone Gold!" Team is stoked and hard at work on support, beta, etc.
— Randy Pitchford (@DuvalMagic) March 15, 2016
In addition, a Battleborn beta is set for release sometime in the near future. Though Pitchford didn't specify whether or not it would be open to the public. This will be further accompanied by "details about post launch support very soon."
PAMELA Is BioShock With Base-Building
Utopias are supposed to be perfect, but the utopia of first-person horror-themed survival game PAMELA is anything but. Death and disease have ravaged its citizens, turning the city of Eden's rich, vibrant architectures into towering morgues and abandoned quarantine zones. But not everyone is dead yet, and that's where the true horror emerges.
A terrible bone-related illness has turned the residents of this utopian society into human statues, while those left roaming have gone mad with pain. You play as a Sleeper, awoken from cryosleep in the midst of the chaos, and must learn to adapt and survive to the new conditions.
I demoed PAMELA at the 5th Annual GDC Indie Mix hosted by IGN, expecting something akin to BioShock – dropped into the aftermath of a once-great society's downfall, forced to defend yourself against its remaining residents, and learning more about the events that took place in the process. While PAMELA definitely is that, it also brings in elements from survival games like Rust: permadeath, random item drops and enemy placement, hunger, thirst, and base-building.
Werewolves Within: One of Your Friends is Not Who They Say They Are
Werewolves Within is an upcoming multiplayer VR game from Ubisoft, and the first ‘social’ VR game I’ve ever played. It’s modelled off of popular party games like Mafia and Werewolf’, where each player is randomly assigned a different role, with different abilities. The game exists in talking to the other players to figure out which roles they have, and sometimes lying to the other players to hide your own role - in this case, centered around who might or might not be a werewolf. It’s chaotic, competitive and, frankly, kind of exciting.
Alanah Pearce: It’s certainly not a unique concept, but this type of game being introduced to VR does give people the opportunity to experience a ‘party game’ in the usual solace of VR - as an Australian currently living in California, I love the idea of getting to play this with friends back home.
Indiana Jones 5 Officially Announced with Ford and Spielberg Returning
Indiana Jones is officially returning for a fifth installment, and no, it won't be a reboot.
Walt Disney Studios announced today that Indiana Jones 5 will open on July 19th, 2019. Steven Spielberg is back as director, with Harrison Ford once more starring as the title character.
Kathleen Kennedy (who now heads Lucasfilm) and Frank Marshall will once again produce, as they have since the series began.
“Indiana Jones is one of the greatest heroes in cinematic history, and we can’t wait to bring him back to the screen in 2019,” said Alan Horn, Chairman, The Walt Disney Studios, in a statement. “It’s rare to have such a perfect combination of director, producers, actor and role, and we couldn’t be more excited to embark on this adventure with Harrison and Steven.”