Monthly Archives: March 2016
IGN Live Presents: 10 Upcoming Games to Keep an Eye On
With the Game Developers Conference taking over our hometown of San Francisco this week, we've invited a bunch of developers to the IGN office to show off their upcoming games. Of the 50 or so games on display, we've selected the 10 most promising to share with you via live stream, wherever you are in the world.
Katana Zero, just one of the games we'll be showcasing.
What: We'll be live streaming 10 cool-looking games coming out this year, including a permadeath survival horror game, a new horror game from the creator of Alone in the Dark, a neon 1980s platformer, and more!
14 Shots of a Killer Black Widow Cosplay
Civil War doesn’t hit theaters until May 6th, but cosplayer Nicole Salera has already sided with Iron Man for this killer Black Widow cosplay.
Nicole told IGN, "The most challenging thing about this costume was figuring out how to make Black Widow a little different than the rest of the Black Widows out there... The construction was all around simple - the concept was my biggest trouble."
She has a few different variations of her Black Widow costume - click right to see more images:
Nicole said, "I actually started cosplaying by attending an anime convention with some friends. I really wanted to dress up, so I just went for it! The community and anime fans were so amazing and supportive, so I started regularly going to conventions."
BB-8 Visits NASA, Makes Friends with Robots
While taking a break from filming Star Wars: Episode VIII, the adorable droid BB-8 visited the Jet Propulsion Laboratory at NASA and met many of the robots currently serving a variety of functions.
From RoboSimian to the Mars rover's test double, the astromech met several robots whose uses were as varied as their designs. Check out BB-8's new friends in the gallery below.
(Image credit: NASA)
Best known for being the secret-carrying astromech of Poe Dameron, BB-8 is one of the many new characters introduced to the Star Wars universe in The Force Awakens. For more on the orange and white droid, read about how BB-8 was brought to life by designers and engineers.
Spider-Man’s Debut and Black Panther’s Vendetta
Download Keepin' it Reel, Episode 318!
Welcome back to Keepin' It Reel, the IGN show where Jim Vejvoda and Eric Goldman bring you the latest genre movie news.
We dive into the latest buzz on Captain America: Civil War, Ghostbusters, Justice League, the Spider-Man reboot, Venom's spinoff, Tomb Raider, and more.
Bethesda: Fallout Movie ‘May Happen’
No film adaptation of Fallout is currently in the works, but Bethesda's Todd Howard recently confessed he isn't totally against the idea.
"We've had a couple of in-roads, particularly with Fallout, which is a bit stickier than Elder Scrolls, but everybody's kind of asked and I've taken a number of
meetings over the years and nothing quite clicked where I felt, 'Oh, that would be as good as the game,'" Howard told GI.biz in an interview.
"And that may happen. I don't rule it out, but nothing really has clicked where - the games are popular enough and that's their identity."
Pokemon Mods Make Stardew Valley Amazing
A new collection of texture mods for the recently-released Stardew Valley allows for Pokemon fans to replace conventional farm animals with adorable pocket monsters.
Pokedew Valley is a forum post on Stardew Valley's official community forums in which players can find download links for a number of texture skins changing the various animals available in-game with their corresponding Pokemon.
With these mods, players can turn dogs into Growlithe, cats into Meowth, sheep into Mareep, chickens into Torchic, cows into Miltank, and horses into Ponyta. Other mods include packs to add Diglet and Zubat into the cave areas and hats modeled after those worn by classic Pokemon trainers.
One Direction’s Harry Styles Joins Chris Nolan Movie
Pop star Harry Styles of One Direction fame has joined the cast of director Christopher Nolan's next film, Dunkirk, which chronicles the British army's historic evacuation of Dunkirk, France during World War II. Oscar winner Mark Rylance, Kenneth Branagh, and Tom Hardy are lined up to play supporting roles in an ensemble to be led by mostly unknowns.
"It is not believed to be a leading role," Deadline claims of Styles' role. In addition to Styles, Dunkirk has also reportedly cast Aneurin Barnard and Jack Lowden, who also co-star together in the 2016 TV miniseries adaptation of War & Peace. Barnard's credits include The White Queen and Citadel, and Lowden appeared in last year's '71.
Adorable Warcraft Movie Funko Figures Revealed
Funko's collection of Warcraft movie toys are coming in April.
On the Alliance side, Funko's Pop! line will include Azeroth's greatest hero, Anduin Lothar, and his fellow Alliance leader King Llane Wrynn of Stormwind. Chieftan of the Frostwolf Clan—Durotan—joins Orgim and his Doomhammer to fight for the Horde. Garona, who is half-orc and half-dranei, lands somewhere in the middle.
Each of these characters also come as Dorbz—which are more stylized versions of Funko's original figures. You'll find these characters and many more in Funko's Warcraft blind boxes.
Funko previewed its line of Warcraft toys at Toy Fair 2016, along with figures in its Marvel and DC Comics collections.
Nintendo Voice Chat: Tales From Within Nintendo
The welcomes... the voices... they just don't stop. Art by Pandamusk.
This week comedian and writer for The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon, Mike Drucker, joins the cast of Nintendo Voice Chat! Previous to his time working for IGN, Drucker was a localization editor for Nintendo Treehouse.
Hearthstone is Doomed: Talking Whispers of the Old Gods
The newest expansion for Hearthstone - Whispers of the Old Gods - was revealed today, and it sees the game head in a much darker direction than the last few releases.
The set will feature 134 new cards themed on the apocalyptic, Cthulhu-inspired Old Gods mythology from World of Warcraft, and will release sometime around late April/early May. Its release will also introduce the split between Standard and Wild formats. Standard will become the new competitive format, and sees the cards from Curse of Naxxramas and Goblins vs Gnomes rotated out of the game, whereas every card ever released will be available for play in Wild.
Six cards from Whispers of the Old Gods have been revealed, including one of the four Old Gods featured in the expansion – C’Thun. This card introduces a new mechanic whereby it can be buffed by its acolytes no matter where it is – in the player’s deck, in the hand or on the board. One such follower – Beckoner of Evil – was also unveiled, and she will be one of 16 cards directly related to C’Thun.