Monthly Archives: June 2016
Nick Offerman Is Voicing a Fantasy Doctor in FOX’s Son of Zorn
Nick Offerman is joining the animated voice cast of FOX's new hybrid live-action/animated comedy, Son of Zorn. IGN can confirm the Parks and Recreation alum will be voicing recurring character Dr. Klorpins, Zorn's cave-dewelling doctor friend from the fantastical (and animated) land of Zephyria.
Son of Zorn brings real and animated worlds together when cartoon barbarian Zorn (think a less heroic He-Man, voiced by Jason Sudeikis) returns home to suburbia to reconnect with his estranged live-action family after a decade apart. Several of his friends will visit him from Zephyria throughout the season, including Klorpins.
Nick Offerman as Ron Swanson on Parks and Recreation
South Park: Season 19 Blu-ray Cover and Details
South Park's 19th season is hitting Blu-ray and DVD later this summer, and we have an exclusive first look at the new set.
South Park: The Complete Nineteenth Season will include all 10 episodes on 2 discs and will be available in both Blu-ray and DVD formats. The set will includes both 5.1 Dolby True HD and Dolby Digital Stereo audio tracks, as well as English SDH Subtitles.
The set will also include the following special features:
MS Tried Partnering With Nintendo and Sony Before Xbox
Before Microsoft began developing the first Xbox, the company went to both Nintendo and Sony to see if either were interested in partnering to release a console; both companies turned the offer down, however.
When asked on the latest episode of IGN Unfiltered whether or not Microsoft ever considered buying Nintendo, Xbox co-creator Ed Fries replied, "When we first started thinking about doing Xbox we met with Nintendo and we sat down with Iwata and others and we said, 'This is what we want to do. Could we partner? Could we work together on this?' And basically they said no."
Education-Focused Civilization Game Heading to Schools in 2017
Sid Meier's Civilization V is already—at its core—teaching players valuable critical thinking skills.
Developer Firaxis Games is looking to amp that up by bringing an explicitly educational version of the game, CivilizationEDU, to North American high schools.
Nonprofit learning company GlassLab Inc., in collaboration with Firaxis Games and Take-Two Interactive Software, is adding a "learning analytics engine" to Civilization to capture and assess students' progress and problem-solving skills. The goal is to engage students in critical thinking, and experiment with the "casual/correlative relationships between military, technology, political, and socioeconomic development."
Nintendo on Why New Zelda Was Delayed
Why was Zelda Breath of the Wild delayed? Why is it taking longer to create than most folks would like? If you’ve found yourself pondering these two questions, then you’re in luck.
In an interview with Kotaku, series producer Eiji Aonuma explains why the new Zelda needed to be delayed, and why it’s taking longer than usual to develop.
“When we think about the release period for any Zelda game, we really want to get it out as soon as possible so that everybody can play and experience it,” says Aonuma.
“But every time we make a Zelda, we want to make something new. It’s hard to gauge how long that’s going to take. And it’s also hard to gauge at what point whatever we consider to be new is done.”
Bungie Addresses Destiny’s June Update Problems
Destiny's June update introduced a bunch of new changes—both large and small—to the game, but some of them didn't work out as planned.
Bungie's new Players in Activity feature intended to help players find their friends "in the activities
want
to play." Despite early feedback regarding it as a "neat feature," it created problems in-game for folks with lots and lots of friends.
To address the issue, Bungie issued Hot Fix 2.3.0.1 to "cap the display at a maximum of ten friends."
The fix should result in Trials of Osiris returning today. Once Bungie confirms that everything is working as intended, the developer will let players know.
Bungie will also reschedule Lord Saladin's Tower appearance so that Iron Banner can happen next week.
Netflix’s Stranger Things: Meet the Wondrous and Scary “Eleven”
Debuting in July on Netflix, Stranger Things begins with a young boy mysteriously vanishing in a small town - just as another child shows up out of nowhere; a young girl with a shaved head, who seems to have some very odd abilities.
IGN has an exclusive new behind-the-video for Stranger Things, focused on this girl, played by Millie Brown (Once Upon a Time in Wonderland, Intruders) who only goes by the name "Eleven." Check out what Stranger Things' creators, brothers Matt Duffer and Ross Duffer, have to say about Eleven and why she is both "wondrous" and "scary" to behold.
We've also got some exclusive new images for you from Stranger Things, which you can check out below.
IGN UK Podcast #337: Zelda – A Breath of Fresh Air?
This podcast all about the "why can’ts." Why can’t other games be this exciting? This nostalgic? Or build upon its prequels with new challenges?
Why can’t every upcoming release tease you so expertly? Or launch surprises that leave you reeling because you didn’t think you could get any more excited? Mainly, though, Zelda: A Breath of the Wild is about thinking "Why the sod is it not 2017 yet?"
In this week's show Rory, Dale, and Alysia take look at: the next chapter in Link's adventure, Power Rangers and Zordon, plus Dale and Rory go head to head in the Mother (of dragons) of all Game of Thrones quizzes.
Don't forget, we're all donning lycra to run 10k for an incredible charity called SpecialEffect - here's our JustGiving page if you have a few pennies spare!
New Pokemon Sun and Moon Details to be Released Next Week
The Pokemon Company in Japan has announced that fresh information for Pokemon Sun and Moon will be released next Friday, July 1.
The information will be released at 10pm on the day in Japan (making that 6am Pacific Time, 9am Eastern Time or 2pm in the UK).
次回『ポケットモンスター サン・ムーン』の新情報は、7月1日（金）、夜10時ころに公開予定！ お楽しみに！ #ポケモン_サン・ムーン #ポケモン_サン・ムーン pic.twitter.com/22HWfuuEZe
Hannibal Showrunner Explains When Season 4 Could Appear
We've known since the show's cancellation that seemingly everyone involved in the Hannibal TV series would like to return for a fourth season (or a movie), but the actual possibility of that happening has seemed shaky at best.
However, showrunner Bryan Fuller has now said that the show's complex rights could be up for negotiation in the not-too-distant future:
“Two years after the last airing of the show, we can investigate our options," explained Fuller to Collider. "August 2017 is when we can actually start talking about it. That’s when we would have to see what the rights are for the character and for the story, and see who’s interested and how we get it done."