Monthly Archives: March 2018
FF14’s Forbidden Land of Eureka Update Gets Release Date
Square Enix has announced players can explore the Forbidden Land of Eureka region on March 13, when patch 4.25 drops.
While similar to Diadem, Eureka intends to build on its ideas with significant improvements. These changes, as outlined by Square Enix, include:
- Field Area-Style Gameplay: Up to 144 players may occupy a single instance. Players are encouraged to group up with fellow adventurers to hunt notorious monsters and work towards common goals.
- Player Progression: Players will gain elemental EXP to strengthen their ability to harness the elements, and may also use the new Magia Board feature to customize their elemental affinities to aid them in exploring Eureka.
Sony Is Restructuring to Focus More on First-Party Games
Sony Interactive Entertainment has announced its intention to restructure at the start of April, to focus on creating "attractive and powerful first party titles."
In a press release today, the company explained the restructure will allow it to "remain competitive and deliver on its commitment to make PlayStation the Best Place to Play."
The announcement comes less than six months after Microsoft shared their plans to invest in studios to make more first-party games.
As of April 1, Shawn Layden, chairman of Worldwide Studios (WWS) and president of Sony Interactive Entertainment, "will concentrate his focus on WWS continuing to provide platform-defining content that helps drive the growth of SIE."
Hydra Cap Writer Takes Over Marvel’s Spider-Man Comic
Writer Nick Spencer and artist Ryan Ottley are taking over Marvel Comics’ relaunched Amazing Spider-Man series as part of the publisher’s “Fresh Start” relaunch that starts in May.
Spencer was the source of much controversy over the past two years as he unfolded a story where Captain America was revealed to be a secret Hydra agent. Ottley is best known for drawing Invincible with writer Robert Kirkman.
Art by Ryan Ottley. (Marvel Comics)
Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 3 Seemingly Leaked
A third entry in the Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare series appears to have leaked.
Spotted by Reddit user codmycave, the description for Amazon's listing of Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare Volume 2 says the upcoming comic book will connect Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2 to Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 3.
"Paul Tobin returns to write the official comic book bridge between video games PvZ: GW2 and PvZ: GW3 with Tim Lattie returning to deliver artwork," the description reads.
Our 11 Biggest Oscars Predictions
The 90th Annual Academy Awards are this Sunday so it's time to play the guessing game of who and what will go home with an Oscar. (Check out the full list of Oscar nominees here.)
We've zeroed in on eleven different categories in this year's race with our predictions of which film or artist will win or pull off an upset.
Below you'll find a gallery with our picks of who we think will win and, in some cases, who we think could win in the following categories: Best Picture, Actor, Actress, Supporting Actor, Supporting Actress, Director, Animated Film, Adapted Screenplay, Original Screenplay, Cinematography, and Visual Effects.
Constantine Animated Series Premiere Date Announced
The CW's animated Constantine series will premiere later this month.
CBR reports the show will make its debut on The CW's streaming service CW Seed on March 24. That same day, WonderCon 2018 will host a panel for the series featuring Matt Ryan (John Constantine), the show's writer J.M. DeMatteis, and the world premiere screening.
The animated series will be a continuation of the live-action NBC show, also starring Ryan as the titular character, which ran for one season in the 2014-15 TV season. Despite the show's cancellation, Ryan has reprised his role as Constantine on DC's Legends of Tomorrow and Arrow.
The Weirdest Failed TV Pilots in History
Think about the weirdest television show you've ever seen. Now think about this... the network thought that show was a safe bet, at least compared to the pilot episodes we're about to talk about.
What's a pilot, you ask? Nobody has ever described it more concisely than Jules did in Pulp Fiction: "The way they make shows is, they make one show. That show's called a pilot. Then they show that show to the people who make shows, and on the strength of that one show they decide if they're going to make more shows. Some pilots get picked and become television programs. Some don't, become nothing."
For the most part, the first episode of every television series you've ever seen was the pilot. If the network thought the pilot was good, they made the whole series. But again, for every pilot episode that went to series there are probably dozens that didn't get picked up. Sometimes these episodes wound up airing as "Made for TV Movies," but most of them languish in complete obscurity. At least until the internet came along and some of the weirdest footnotes in television history found their way into the hands of TV geeks everywhere.
Comic Book Reviews for February 28, 2018
Before we get to the reviews, please read this important note from the editor of IGN Comics, Joshua Yehl.
Hello friends,
Since before I was hired by IGN four years ago, IGN Comics has published dozens of comic book reviews every week. We've weighed in on everything from the big events at Marvel and DC to exciting indie projects, utilizing a variety of reviewer voices who helped readers decide what to put on their pull lists. I am proud of all the work that we have done and the role we've played in the larger comics community, which is why it's bittersweet to announce that IGN Comics will be bringing our current comic review format to an end.
Moving forward, we'll be reviewing a handful of comics each week, selected based on what our audience likes to read and what intriguing books we want to spotlight. In addition, we'll be running more analytical pieces that explore ongoing themes, artistic styles, and character arcs. The big advantage here is that we are now free to analyze a whole story arc or an entire comic run as opposed to just a single issue, all in order to help you, the reader, better find the comics you want to buy for your bookshelf.
Detroit: Become Human Has a Release Date
Detroit: Become Human, the next game from David Cage's Quantic Dream, will be released on May 25.
Cage himself made the announcement on the PlayStation Blog, calling it "Quantic Dream’s most ambitious title to date."
Following the stories of three androids in a near-future Detroit, the game charts the beginnings of an android revolution.
In classic Quantic Dream style, the game is an action-accented adventure game, with multiple choices and concsequences depending on players' decisions.
Cage has promised it's the most variable game the studio has made yet. "Each story is almost as unique as your DNA," he adds.
Pokemon Cards and Toys See Sales Spike in Europe
Pokemon products are still seeing spikes in sales, even without Pokemon Go's enormous popularity - the factor once associated with their rise.
As reported by GamesIndustry.biz, The Pokemon Company went on dominate an 82% share of the trading cards market in Europe last year, bringing in €100 million out of a total of €122 million spent on strategic card games across Europe.
The sales of the trading card game are on the rise in the territory, seeing a 42% growth in the UK, all the way up to a staggering 644% growth in Italy.