Monthly Archives: May 2017
Sonic Mania Release Date Announced
Sonic Mania will come out August 15.
SEGA has also announced that Sonic Mania will cost $20 USD/$26 CAD. Pre-orders are live digitally for PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, while Nintendo Switch owners will have to wait until the game launches.
Unveiled at Comic-Con 2016, Sonic Mania was initially scheduled to release during springtime. However, SEGA delayed the game back in March.
For more about the Blue Blur's next game, be sure to check out IGN's PAX preview of Sonic Mania.
Why Nintendo Hasn’t Made a New Advance Wars
While Nintendo has published four Fire Emblem games in the last five years, the drought for its other Advance Wars series continues. Nintendo producer Hitoshi Yamagami admits he’d like to make a new Advance Wars, but he admits the development team would have to overcome a particular design challenge.
“Personally, I'd love to do Advance Wars,” Yamagami told Eurogamer, “but since it's harder to create relationships between its characters compared to Fire Emblem, I don't have a clear idea of what kind of setting it could have."
Ranking the Pirates of the Caribbean Box Office Openings
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales debuted to an estimated $62.2 million domestically over the Memorial Day weekend, along with the 12th largest international box office opening ever with about $208 million. But how does the fifth Pirates film's debut stack up to Jack Sparrow's previous voyages?
Take a look below to see how all five Pirates of the Caribbean films' box office hauls compare in regard to opening weekends both adjusted and unadjusted for inflation, as well as total worldwide gross. Numbers via Box Office Mojo.
Supergiant Games’ Pyre Release Date Announced
Pyre will launch July 25.
Developer Supergiant Games, which previously created Bastion and Transistor, made the release date announcement on the PlayStation Blog. Pyre will arrive at the same time on PlayStation 4 and PC, according to the game's Steam page.
In fact, on both platforms, Supergiant is offering a 10-percent off pre-order bonus. Pyre costs $20 regularly.
For more on the party-based RPG, be sure to check out IGN's preview of Pyre from last year.
Death Stranding: 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: Death Stranding.
The last time we actually saw Death Stranding was at the PlayStation Experience back in December. Kojima played an alternate version of the trailer starring Guillermo del Toro and Mads Mikkelsen, which we originally saw at The Game Awards a few days before that. The new version contained a vocal track by Low Roar, the band who did the song in the first Death Stranding teaser. Kojima implied the lyrics of the song were significant to the trailer.
Middle-earth: Shadow of War Preorder Guide
Note that if you click on one of these links to buy the product, IGN may get a share of the sale. For more, read our Terms of Use.
Soon it will be time to head back into one of the most beloved fantasy settings ever created. Middle-earth: Shadow of War aims to build on Shadow of Mordor in nearly every way, with an expanded nemesis system, a bigger open world, and a welcome splash of color to the environments. Read our hands-on impressions for an idea of what the game has in store when it releases on August 22 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC.
Injustice 2 Wonder Woman Events Celebrate New Movie
Injustice 2 is celebrating the upcoming Wonder Woman film with special in-game events.
Players will be able to unlock Wonder Woman-themed content based on the DC film. From now until June 5, those playing the console version of Injustice 2 can earn the gear Wonder Woman wears in the movie by participating in the multiverse event "To End All Wars."
Meanwhile, the mobile version of the game will let players earn two brand new Wonder Woman character cards based on the feature film, as well as the hero's full Gear starting today.
For more on NetherRealm Studios' DC fighter, read IGN's Injustice 2 review. For tips and tricks, including how how to level up faster, check out our Injustice 2 wiki guide.
Nier: Automata Shipments, Digital Sales Surpass 1.5 Million
Worldwide shipments and digital sales for Nier: Automata have crossed the 1.5 million mark.
Square Enix touted the new sales milestone in a post of the official Japanese Nier Twitter account.
Following its debut in Japan this past February, the PS4 version of Nier: Automata launched in North America and Europe on March 7 and March 10, respectively, which was followed by the PC version on March 17.
In April, Square Enix announced shipments and digital sales of Nier: Automata eclipsed one million units worldwide.
Fire Emblem Warriors Will Feature New, Twin Protagonists
Fire Emblem Warriors will follow original twin protagonists named Shion and Lian.
The new, blonde heroes will join Chrom and Marth, according to Weekly Famitsu (via Gematsu). Fire Emblem Warriors will reportedly focus on playable characters from Fire Emblems Shadow Dragon, Awakening, and Fates.
The series' weapon triangle will be present in Fire Emblem Warriors as well. That means, for instance, a swordsman will deal more damage to an axe-wielder, while an axe-wielder deals more damage to a lancer.
Fire Emblem Warriors will arrive later this year on New Nintendo 3DS and Switch.
Next Arms Global Testpunch Packs New Modes
The Arms timed demo will return this weekend on Nintendo Switch, this time packing basketball and skill-shot modes.
The mini-games will rotate in and out of play like volleyball did this past weekend for the Arms Global Testpunch. The online fighting throws people into different matches, whether it's a 1-vs.-1 face-off or 2-vs.-2 bout. Basketball and skill-shot (essentially precision target-hitting) will join the fray this weekend, according to the Arms Japan Twitter account.