Monthly Archives: April 2018
Preacher: AMC Sets Premiere Date for Season 3
Resident Evil 7 Sales Pass 5 Million Units
Worldwide sales of Resident Evil 7 have reached 5.1 million units.
Capcom shared the news in a press release, where the publisher also announced its first-person horror game received the award for Best VR Audio at the 2018 Game Audio Network Guild Awards.
Resident Evil 5 is still the top selling game in Capcom's popular horror franchise with a total of 7.2 million units sold.
Resident Evil 7 was released in January of last year for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. In December, a Gold Edition was released alongside its story-based add-ons Not a Hero and End of Zoe. Read IGN's Resident Evil 7 review for our thoughts on why it's one of the 18 best horror games of 2017.
Wait, Is That Chewbacca’s Wife in the New Solo Trailer?
The second trailer for Solo: A Star Wars Story has arrived, and while it goes a bit more into giving us some story and character details about the young Han Solo film, perhaps the biggest takeaway from the preview comes in a blink or you'll miss it moment. Yep -- it looks like the mighty Wookiee Chewbacca's wife Malla may be in the film.
The shot comes at the 1:40 mark in the trailer as Chewie pulls another Wookiee close and they touch foreheads in what is clearly a display of affection.
Former Rockstar North President’s Lawsuit Against Take-Two Hits a Snag
Former president of Rockstar North, Leslie Benzies, has hit a bump in the road in his lawsuit against Take-Two Interactive, after a New York Supreme Court ruled in favour of the publisher when it came to the subject of royalties, which forms the crux of Benzies' suit.
Benzies sued Take Two for $150 million after a taking a lengthy sabbatical in September 2014. He claimed that the company tried to force him out, saying that Take-Two Interactive, Rockstar, and the Houser brothers were withholding royalties. The recent ruling states that the 2009 Royalty Plan signed by Benzies "provides for discretionary royalty payments by the Allocation Committee and contains no language mandating equal payments to the principals."
We Made A Way Out Director Watch His Own ‘F*** the Oscars’ Rant
When promoting his game A Way Out last year at The Game Awards, Josef Fares went on a rant about the Oscars. So when he visited IGN recently, we had the filmmaker-turned-game-developer watch the rant and got his thoughts on his speech that went viral.
"This is the thing with me, I never plan anything, I don't write scripts," Fares said after watching his "f*** the Oscars" statements on the latest episode of our monthly interview show IGN Unfiltered. "The problem is that sometimes in my head I have all these things to say, but they come out weirdly," he explained.
"So with the 'f*** the Oscars' thing, it's because I heard earlier... people talking about, 'Yeah, this is like the games' Oscars,' and I'm like, 'F*** that, man. This is great. F*** the Oscars,'" Fares added. "It's not like I particularly have something against the Oscars.... I'm a filmmaker!"
LawBreakers Dev Reveals Battle Royale Game Radical Heights
LawBreakers developer Boss Key Productions' new project is a free-to-play battle royale shooter called Radical Heights.
As detailed on the game's official website, Radical Heights will be available on Steam Early Access tomorrow, April 10. Radical Heights mixes the battle royale formula with a colorful '80s aesthetic and a live game show element that takes place in the year 2023.
Players will battle using a variety of vehicles and weapons, including confetti bombs, inflatable decoys, and BMX bikes. You can keep the cash you earn during matches, regardless if you win or lose, and then use those earnings on customization, new weapons, and more. Check out the reveal trailer below:
Overwatch Not Ready for Player Role Queues Yet, Says Jeff Kaplan
Overwatch players might be clamoring for role queues and it might solve a lot of problems in an ideal world, but game director Jeff Kaplan says the game's just not ready for it yet.
"There’s two versions the community has proposed, and neither is fully satisfactory to me," said Kaplan in an interview with Kotaku. "One is the honor system version where I queue up as a tank, but actually I want to play McCree, and the game lets me do that since Overwatch is very much about fluidly responding to the enemy team's composition. The other version is that it locks you in. I think that also hurts the spirit of the game.”
GTA 5 Has Made More Money Than Any Film, Book or Game, Says Analyst
Industry analyst Doug Creutz says Grand Theft Auto 5 has made money than any other form of media in history, with over 90 million units sold and $6 billion in revenue.
Creutz, managing director and senior research analyst covering the media and entertainment sector at Cowen, told MarketWatch that the game has made more than blockbuster movies like Star Wars, and Gone With The Wind, which both brought in around $3 billion in theaters when adjusted for inflation. Creutz estimates that even with home entertainment sales, which he puts in the ballpark of $1 billion, the films don't come close to Rockstar's 2013 title.
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Black Panther’s T’Challa Doesn’t Understand SNL’s Black Jeopardy
SNL saw the return of Black Jeopardy over the weekend, and the sketch's usual format got a bit of a welcome shake-up with the king of Wakanda, T’Challa, starring as the third guest alongside Leslie Jones' Shanice and Chris Redd's Rashad.
Chadwick Boseman reprised his Black Panther role as a contestant on the show, making for the "blackest Black Jeopardy yet," and bungled his way through the categories before finally getting a handle on things at the end.
Categories included “Aw Hell Naw,” “Fid’na,” and "White People," which saw T'Challa finally get the hang of the game.
"Your friend Karen brings her potato salad to your cookout," read Kenan Thompson’s Black Jeopardy host, Darnell Hayes.