Monthly Archives: May 2017
IGN Prime Early Access Giveaway: Golf for Workgroups
IGN Prime has partnered with Cryptic Sea to give away early access keys to Golf for Workgroups on PC to Prime members.
Golf for Workgroups is a competently designed golf course, ball, player and cart simulation with a swing component designed to be satisfying. Up to four players each navigate a biped around a height field texture mapped to look like a golf hole.
Codes are available on a first-come, first served basis to IGN prime members.
Every month, the IGN Prime team provides members an opportunity to grab great games and goodies picked by the Prime team. Click here for your early access key.
Development Has Begun on Life Is Strange 2
A new Life Is Strange game is officially in development, developer Dontnod announced today.
Work on the game began shortly after the physical version of Season 1 shipped in January 2016, according to a post on Square Enix's official website. There's no word on whether the new game will pick up after the events of the first, or if it will even follow the same cast of characters at all.
Dontnod also confirmed the game won't be shown at this year's E3.
In addition to the announcement, Dontnod revealed Life Is Strange has passed 3 million "unique paying players" — a figure that doesn't include those who downloaded the series' first episode for free.
Mace Windu Leads Jedi to War in New Comic Mini-Series
Jedi Master Mace Windu is getting a five-issue Marvel comic mini-series.
StarWars.com has revealed Star Wars: Jedi of the Republic — Mace Windu. The story is written by Matt Owens, with Denys Cowan doing the illustrations.
Jesus Saiz created this cover for Star Wars: Jedi of the Republic — Mace Windu. There will also be a Star Wars 40th anniversary variant from Russell Dauterman, in addition to other variants by Rahzzah and Javier Rodriguez. (Courtesy of StarWars.com)
Supernatural Doing Animated Episode Featuring Scooby-Doo
The thirteenth season of Supernatural will include an animated episode featuring Scooby-Doo.
Supernatural stars Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles announced the special episode this morning at The CW's upfront presentation in New York. Check out the first image of the crossover below:
Supernatural's Scooby-Doo crossover announcement, image via Indiewire
Supernatural has dabbled in cartoon imagery before in the Season 8 episode "Hunteri Heroici." There's also a Japanese anime version of the show, which first premiered in January 2011.
Destiny 2 PC Available Exclusively Through Battle.net
During Bungie's Destiny 2 gameplay reveal live stream, Activision announced a partnership with Blizzard that will make Destiny 2 available digitally on PC exclusively through Blizzard's Battle.net service.
While the PC version will still be available physically in stores, the digital version of the sequel will not be available on any other online retailers. It is the first third-party, non-Blizzard game to be available on the service. Activision and Blizzard are, of course, both subsidiaries under the Activision-Blizzard corporation.
"As Destiny fans, we were excited to learn that the sequel was coming to PC," said Mike Morhaime, CEO and cofounder of Blizzard Entertainment. "We're pleased to support Destiny 2 as the first non-Blizzard game on our platform, and we look forward to joining fellow Guardians in their fight against the Red Legion."
Destiny 2 Multiplayer Details Revealed
During today's Destiny 2 livestream event, Bungie shared several new multiplayer details about the sequel to its popular shared-world shooter, in addition to new gameplay information and news about the PC version's availability.
Destiny 2's competitive multiplayer, the Crucible, will be 4v4 across all game modes. Additionally, players will have a new HUD that displays information about their opponents, including whether their super is ready and if they've picked up power ammo.
Destiny 2: Cinematic Trailer
At its May 18 Destiny 2 reveal event, Bungie showcased a cinematic trailer for the much-anticipated sequel.
The trailer featured VO from Zavala, played by Lance Reddick (Lost, The Wire). The history piece showcased the birth of The Last City, which is humanities final bastion on Earth. What once started as a sprinkling of huts in the wilderness soon grew into a town, before eventually becoming the industrious city that Destiny players are familiar with.
Destiny 2 is coming to PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC on September 8, 2017. For more single-player details, check out our breakdown of everything Bungie revealed at the event. Bungie also revealed multiplayer details and Battle.net exclusivity for the PC version of the game.
Destiny 2: New Campaign, Gameplay Details Revealed
Major Destiny 2 single player and gameplay details were revealed during Bungie's live stream earlier today, including confirmation of a story mission set within The Last City.
Destiny 2, for which Bungie also revealed multiplayer details and Battle.net PC exclusivity, begins with a mission called Homecoming, set during the invasion of The Last City lead by Cabal Red Legion commander Dominus Ghaul. Ghaul, who Bungie community manager Luke Smith compares to Hans Gruber from Die Hard, believes the Red Legion should have been the Traveler's Light. He believes in a "better class of Guardian."
God of War – 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: God of War.
The last and only time time we’ve seen God of War was during the big E3 2016 reveal.
New Nighttime Harry Potter Show Coming to Universal
The Wizarding World of Harry Potter is getting a new nighttime show beginning this summer, with the launch of “The Nighttime Lights at Hogwarts Castle” at Universal Studios Hollywood on June 23rd.
The show will be include a light display and special effects projection onto Hogwarts Castle and will be accompanied by a special musical arrangement created by John Williams based on his original scores composed for the film series.
The description reads:
As night falls on Hogsmeade village, “The Nighttime Lights at Hogwarts Castle” will shine brightly with an awe-inspiring spectacle that showcases the four houses of Hogwarts: Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff and Slytherin that culminates with awesome beams of lights that fan into the night sky.