Monthly Archives: September 2016
Sonic Mania Collector’s Edition Not Coming to Europe
The Sonic Mania Collector’s Edition that set the Internet ablaze yesterday won’t be coming to Europe.
The confirmation comes via Eurogamer. Here’s the statement in full:
"The collector's edition for Sonic Mania has been announced; to confirm this edition is only available in North America. There is no information regarding a pre-order incentive for Europe at this time."
The $70 Collector’s Edition comes with a 12-inch old-school Sonic statue perched on top of an original Mega-drive/Genesis (which plays the shouting ‘SEGA!!!!!!!!!!’ start-up sound), as well as a cartridge-style case with a gold ring inside. Not that we wanted any of that anyway. *Stomps foot*
Talking Movie Brats with Taika Waititi
Taika Waititi is currently busy filming Thor: Ragnarok, but even though the New Zealander is only half-way through that shoot, he managed to spare 15 minutes to talk to IGN about his brilliant new feature Hunt for the Wilderpeople.
The film's story revolves around Ricky – a rebellious kid who triggers a huge man-hunt when he goes missing with his uncle in the bush – and as played by Julian Dennison he’s the kind of movie brat you can’t help but love. So we asked Taika about movie brats in general, quizzed him on some of our favourites, and then got an update on his proposed What We Do in the Shadows sequel We're Wolves.
IGN: What makes a good movie brat?
Update: Final Fantasy 15 PS4 Slim Coming to US and Europe
First Metal Gear Survive Gameplay Coming This Week
The first gameplay footage of Metal Gear Survive will be broadcast live from Tokyo Game Show this Saturday, September 17.
Konami's Youtube channel will show off a demo that "will include brand new information about the upcoming title" from 4.15 JST on the day (that's 12.15am PT / 3.15am ET / 8.15am BST / 5.15pm AEST).
Announced at Gamescom, Metal Gear Survive is Konami's first game in the Metal Gear franchise following the seemingly acrimonious departure of series creator Hideo Kojima.
League of Legends Surpasses 100 Million Monthly Active Players
League of Legends is showing no signs of slowing down, as Riot Games estimates it has over 100 million players actively playing each month. That's over 1% of people on the planet Earth.
This figure comes from Polygon's interview with Riot Games co-founders Marc Merrill and Brandon Beck.
If you thought the lack of player number announcements over the last couple of years has been a sign of decline, think again. Since the last count in 2014, the number has grown over 30 million from 67 million.
In June, Valve released figures for LoL competitor Dota 2, saying it had 13 million unique players during the previous month.
Daily Deals: NBA 2K17, Astro A50 Gaming Headset, BioShock: The Collection
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Fan of basketball? Great news! NBA 2K17 is coming to all platforms tomorrow. Base currently have the best offer at the moment for the standard edition (39.85), but GAME have the Legend Edition going for £69.99, which is just shy of being £25 cheaper than Amazon's price of £93.98. Pre-ordering NBA 2K17 Legend Edition with GAME gives you 5,000 Virtual Currecny, MyTEAM Bundle, The legendary 1992 USA Basketball “Dream Team” and a USA Basketball MyPLAYER jersey.
Supernatural: Season 12 Poster and Premiere Images
September 13th is the anniversary of Supernatural -- a day dubbed "Supernatural Day" by fans -- so it's only appropriate the new key art for Season 12 has been revealed by the CW.
Check out the new image below, along with several recently released new photos from the Season 12 premiere in our gallery, as Sam and Dean's mother, Mary (Samantha Smith) has returned to work alongside her kids.
For more on Supernatural, check out our list of the Top 10 episodes of the series so far, along with the 9 Best Supernatural villains.
EA Forms New Worldwide Studios Division
EA is forming a new Worldwide Studios Division that will amalgamate its core studios.
In an update from EA's Chief Executive Officer Andrew Wilson, it was revealed that EA Worldwide Studios will bring together its top creative talent from all its studios to work across its entire brand portfolio. Patrick Söderlund will head up the division which will integrate EA Mobile and Maxis, currently led by Samantha Ryan. Ryan will also take the reins at BioWare, "where her love for RPGs and experience with open-world adventure games is an outstanding fit to work with Aaryn Flynn and his great team", writes Wilson.
EA's Frostbite team will also experience a change, moving into its technology division led by Ken Moss. "Our drive to power everything we do at EA with world-class technology has never been stronger. Players expect innovative, stable and secure experiences, and the strong combination of our Frostbite engine and our digital platform will make this possible".
Move Over, Harry Potter, the Fantastic Beasts Team is Here!
When someone says “the Harry Potter trio,” we all know exactly what characters are being referred to. But now, it’s time to meet the Fantastic Beasts quartet, as Harry, Ron and Hermione make way for Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne), Tina Goldstein (Katherine Waterston), Queenie Goldstein (Alison Sudol) and Jacob Kowalski, (Dan Fogler), the central heroes of the new film Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.
Speaking about Fantastic Beasts on the set late last year, the main cast all expressed how thrilled they were to be a part of the Wizarding World created by J.K. Rowling (who wrote the screenplay for the new film), while also getting to create their own original characters and scenarios, telling a tale set in New York in 1926.
Aussies: Win A New Lenovo Gaming PC or Laptop
At IGN, we embrace gamers of all walks of life.
The Y900.
However, there are some of us out there for whom the Graphics settings can only be set to Ultra. For that, you need a kick-arse PC.
With that in mind, we have two very awesome Lenovo gaming machines to give away. Our major prize is a Lenovo IdeaCentre Y900-34ISZ, which is a desktop with i7-6700K Processor, GeForce GTX 970 GPU and 16GB RAM valued at $2,999 AUD. One runner-up will score a Lenovo Ideapad Y700-17ISK, which is a gaming laptop with i7-6700HQ Processor, GeForce GTX 960M GPU and 16GB RAM valued at $1,999 AUD.