Monthly Archives: May 2017
IGN Live Presents: Far Cry 5 Reveal
Join IGN live on Friday May 26 at 5:45am PT (8:45am ET / 1:45pm BST / May 27 at 10:45pm AEST) as we watch and analyze the Far Cry 5 reveal. You can watch it here, or on our Twitch, or YouTube channel!
We'll dive into Far Cry 5's modern American setting, talk about its new cast of villains, and pick apart every detail of the reveal.
Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood Preorder Guide
Its single-player sequel may already be out, but Final Fantasy XIV isn’t ready to call it quits yet. The Stormblood expansion is set to launch on PlayStation 4, PC, and Mac on June 20. It contains a heap of new content, including new missions, jobs, and areas, along with a new raid, a level cap increase, and the ability to swim. Stormblood is a big deal for the Final Fantasy XIV community, and for anyone interested in diving into an enormous MMO.
If you’re ready for more Final Fantasy XIV, you’ll probably want to know what comes with each version of the game and what you’ll get for preordering. We’ve done the work and gathered the info into a single convenient package.
Can Boruto Live Up to Naruto’s Legacy?
Boruto: Naruto Next Generations is only a few episodes into its first season, and even though it hasn’t had much time, it has a lot to live up to. It’s been a slow, character-focused start.
Crunchyroll’s Naruto expert and Brand Manager, Victoria Holden, joins me in discussing what Boruto as a series needs to do to live up to its predecessor. In the video above we discuss things we’d like to see change from Naruto and Naruto: Shippuden, and what opportunities Boruto has to expand on the ninja world.
If you haven’t already, be sure to check out IGN’s Boruto reviews:
The Flash: Is the Thinker Season 4’s Main Villain?
While most of the chatter surrounding The Flash's Season 3 finale surrounds the shocking, status quo-altering ending, that wasn't the only big development to be found in that episode. Savitar may have given fans a major clue as to which DC villain will be headlining the upcoming fourth season. And as promised, this villain won't be another evil speedster, but rather a shadowy criminal mastermind known as The Thinker.
Full spoilers for The Flash continue below.
"Finish Line" is actually the second episode this season where one of Barry Allen's time-traveling enemies has referenced a character named DeVoe. Earlier, Abra Kadabra spoke of DeVoe in the same breath as Reverse-Flash and Zoom, implying that this villain is in their league in terms of power and overall threat level. And in "Finish Line," Savitar reminisced about building a machine to stop DeVoe's telekinetic powers before reminding himself that Team Flash circa-2017 has yet to encounter this enemy. It would seem the writers are laying the seeds for their next major villain much in the same way Arrow set the stage for Damien Darhk in late Season 3. Here's where we think the show might be headed with DeVoe as its main antagonist in Season 4.
The Last of Us Part II – Road to E3 2017
It's that time of year again: E3 2017 is just on the horizon. From June 10-15, we'll be covering the biggest games and hardware announcements of 2017 and beyond. While you can check out our continually-updated Games of E3 List, we're now going to start diving deeper.
Every day leading up to the show, we'll be highlight the stuff we want to see and play at E3 2017. Today's game: The Last of Us Part II.
The first and only official showing was at last year’s PlayStation Experience when the game was announced.
Rosario Dawson in Talks to Star in New Mutants
The New Mutants cast continues to expand, with two new roles being filled in the upcoming X-Men spinoff film.
IGN can confirm Rosario Dawson, who stars as Claire Temple in Marvel's Netflix series, including Daredevil, Luke Cage, and The Defenders, is in talks to star as Dr. Cecilia Reyes in the Fox X-Men film. IGN can also confirm that Henry Zaga, who starred as Brad in Netflix's 13 Reasons Why, will star as the mutant Sunspot in the film.
Rosario Dawson as Claire Temple in Daredevil
Silver Sable and Black Cat Movie Finds Its Director
Gina Prince-Bythewood will direct Silver and Black, an upcoming film in Sony's Marvel Universe featuring the studio's host of Spider-Man characters.
IGN can confirm Prince-Bythewood, who directed the pilot for Freeform's Marvel's Cloak and Dagger TV series, is in negotiations to direct the film based on Silver Sable and Black Cat, and rewrite the script previously drafted by Thor: Ragnarok's Christopher Yost.
In addition to Cloak and Dagger, Prince-Bythewood has directed the films Beyond the Lights and The Secret Life of Bees. She will be the first woman of color to ever direct a Marvel film, and the first woman directing a Marvel-based film on her own (Captain Marvel is co-directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck).
Respawn Announces Free Titanfall 2 DLC
Respawn has detailed the offerings coming in its next Titanfall 2 DLC drop on May 30, 2017.
First up for grabs — and perhaps, importantly, up for free, too — is a new Titan, Monarch, a mid-range Vanguard class mech that can "upgrade itself on the battlefield through her unique Upgrade Core." Keep her ticking over long enough, and it'll eventually reach its "final form."
Monarch drops May 30, 2017
Beyond Good and Evil 2 Won’t Be at E3 2017
Beyond Good & Evil 2 won't be at E3 2017 but will likely appear sometime later this year, if recent comments from series creator Michel Ancel are any indication.
When asked on Instagram if footage of the game might be shown at E3, Ancel replied, "Mhhh, not sure that E3 would be the best place to showcase BG&E2 but we're working on the game so sometime this year, you should hear about it!"
IGN has reached out to Ubisoft for comment and will provide an update in the event we receive a response.
A new Beyond Good & Evil game has been in the works for quite some time. Word of the project resurfaced last year when Ancel posted several images of concept art. Shortly thereafter, he said the game entered pre-production, and Ubisoft followed that up with official confirmation that the title is in development at its Montpellier studio.
How Wonder Woman Is Like Donner’s Superman, Batman Begins
A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of speaking with Matthew Jensen, the cinematographer for Wonder Woman. Jensen, whose previous credits include Chronicle, Fantastic Four, Filth and episodes of Game of Thrones, True Blood and Ray Donovan, spoke in glowing terms of star Gal Gadot and director Patty Jenkins. He also described the film as something intended to be on par with Richard Donner's iconic Superman and Christopher Nolan's Batman Begins.
He and I also discussed some nagging questions I, as a layperson, have always had about cinematography. And the subject of the Fantastic Four remake, which he also worked on, came up as well. Read on for our full chat...
Cinematographer Matthew Jensen (left) talks about the aspirations of Wonder Woman and what it was like making this ambitious superhero movie.