Monthly Archives: December 2017
Out This Week: PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds on Xbox One, Yooka-Laylee on Switch
With so many new games and movies coming out, it can be hard to keep up. Lucky for you, IGN is here to help with a weekly round-up of the biggest releases each and every week. Check out the latest releases for this week, and be sure to come back next Monday for a new update.
Note: The prices and deals compiled below are accurate at the time we published this story, but all are subject to change.
Why THAT Original Walking Dead Star Finally Left the Show
Warning: Full SPOILERS for The Walking Dead up through Season 8's midseason finale, "How It's Gotta Be."
This week, The Walking Dead pulled the trigger on one of the story's main characters - an O.G. VIP from the start of the show, young Carl Grimes.
Now, Carl's not dead-dead. Not yet, but there's no escaping a walker bite. If it was on his arm or some other cut-offable limb, maybe there'd be a chance, but considering it's on his stomach, and that he's been hiding it for a long while (the bite happened before the events of the episode aired), Carl's fate is sealed. He's going to die.
Detective Pikachu Game Could Finally See Western Release
The Detective Pikachu 3DS game might finally be released outside of Japan.
According to Serebii.net, the game has been rated by the European rating board PEGI. Its current release date, December 31, 2020, is reportedly just a placeholder. Detective Pikachu launched for the 3DS over a year ago in Japan on February 3, 2016.
"Detective Pikachu is on the case! Investigate evidence, question possible witnesses and solve a curious mystery," the game's PEGI 3+ description reads.
The game follows the walking, talking Pikachu teaming up with his human companion Tim Goodman to solve crimes and uncover the mystery of the disappearance of Tim's father. Detective Pikachu's potential upcoming Western release shouldn't be too much of a surprise considering production on the live-action film adaptation is moving full-steam ahead.
Next Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp Update Adds Classic Features
Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp's next update is adding some classic features next week.
The official Animal Crossing Twitter account announced gardening will be added, allowing players to maintain their own garden patch on their campsite. Another classic series feature coming soon is the ability to craft specific clothing.
Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp update. Image via Twitter.
Xbox Controls Detailed for PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds
Gamers excited for PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds' arrival on Xbox now have an idea of what to expect from the adaptation's controls.
The process of adapting the controls has been called a "challenge", although Microsoft us confident it's found the best balance.
The entire control structure is intended to be as easy to use as possible whilst also allowing players maximum flexibility; as such many buttons have double uses, particularly the standard controls - for example, holding X will reload your weapon whereas tapping X allows you to interact with nearby objects. The directional buttons are allocated as "quick action keys" to allow you to easily shift between grenades and healing items (this is not an area where you want to make a mistake) without having to enter into the inventory page.
Monster Hunter World: New Monsters Will Be Free DLC
Monster Hunter series producer Ryozo Tsujimoto recently announced during a livestream that the latest entry in the series, Monster Hunter World, will receive free updates post-launch. He's now clarified those comments, confirming that additional monsters will be added to the game as DLC, free of charge.
As reported by Siliconera, he made the comments in an interview with Famitsu where he was asked specifically about post-launch content. He clarified that they are planning "new monsters and such" as part of the game's free updates, with the specific goal of ensuring that players will "play for as long as possible".
75th Golden Globes Nominees Revealed
The nominations for the 75th Golden Globes have been announced, with Stranger Things, Get Out, Dunkirk and Guillermo del Toro's The Shape of Water all among the nominees.
Here's your full list of nominees...
- Call Me By Your Name
- Dunkirk
- The Post
- The Shape of Water
- Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
- The Disaster Artist
- Get Out
- The Greatest Showman
- I, Tonya
- Lady Bird
- Timothy Chalamet, Call Me By Your Name
- Daniel Day-Lewis, Phantom Thread
Justice League’s Largest Flaw Is it Arrived Too Early
Four years after DC and Warner Bros. launched its new DC film universe with the Henry Cavill-starring Man of Steel, Zack Snyder’s long-awaited Justice League movie is struggling, both commercially and critically, to live up to the lofty expectations attached to the team’s first live-action appearance in theaters. Despite what should have been through-the-roof anticipation, Justice League had a bad opening weekend, becoming the first film in the DC’s current universe to open under $100 million domestically, while also failing to wow a majority of critics—though its 41% on Rotten Tomatoes does stand above the scores for Suicide Squad and Batman v Superman.
Starring a legitimately stellar ensemble led by Gal Gadot’s Wonder Woman and Ben Affleck’s Batman, Justice League unites some of DC Comics’ most popular heroes against, unfortunately, one of its most forgettable villains. But the weakness of Justice League’s antagonist, Steppenwolf, is hardly the film’s defining flaw, especially as generic villains are becoming almost commonplace in comic book movies—even some of Marvel’s best reviewed outings have had this problem. Rather, Justice League’s defining flaw is that it arrived in theaters well before any meaningful character development had been done to define most of its titular team, and characters are the key to making viewers connect with any film.
Uncharted: Series Passes Lifetime Sales of 41 Million
Naughty Dog's landmark adventure series Uncharted has crossed a significant sales milestone, with the series racking up lifetime sales of 41.7 million units since 2007.
As reported by PushSquare, Sony made the announcement during a 10th Anniversary panel at PSX 2017, clarifying that this includes sales of the Nathan Drake-centric games as well as recent follow-up adventure The Lost Legacy, and also includes the sales figures for the remastered Nathan Drake Collection,
This indicates the series has sold over 13 million units - over a quarter of its total - in the past 18 months alone, given that the figure was around the 28 million mark in May 2016.
Street Fighter 5: Season 3 Sees Sagat, Blanka Return
Capcom has announced Street Fighter 5's entire season three DLC character cast, which comprises series mainstays Blanka and Sagat, as well as Sakura, Cody and new characters Falke and G.
In addition to a trailer showcasing all the new arrivals, Capcom also released a trailer specifically focusing on Sakura, indicating that we should see a deeper dive into each character's place in the game over the next few weeks.
The season 3 character pass goes on sale January 16, 2018, which is also the date that Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition - an upgraded version of the base game with updated interface graphics, additional gameplay options and the entire season 1 and 2 rosters - goes on sale as both a downloadable update and a standalone edition.