Monthly Archives: July 2018
Robert De Niro in Talks for New Joker Movie
Robert De Niro is moving closer to a deal to co-star in Warner Bros' upcoming movie about the Joker.
The Oscar-winning actor is in talks to play a formative character for the Joker, according to Deadline. De Niro will not be playing a villain in the film, and Deadline also reports that the financial aspects of De Niro's deal have been worked out.
The film, officially called Joker, will debut on October 4, 2019, with Joaquin Phoenix slated to take on the titular role. Todd Phillips (The Hangover) is set to direct the film, which will carry a lower budget than the studio's other superhero franchise movies. Joker will take place during the '80s and will be more like a gritty crime drama than a blockbuster superhero film.
Rocket League Loot Drop Rates Revealed
Ahead of Rocket League's big summer changes, like the coming introduction of Rocket Pass, developer Psyonix today pulled back the curtain on how crate and key drops work. In an official post, Psyonix revealed the drop rates for all five rarity levels for items and also for painted and certified attributes.
- Rare item: 55 percent
Nintendo Files Lawsuits Against Emulator Sites
Nintendo has recently filed a lawsuit with two ROM sites, according to PC Gamer, with a PDF of the lawsuit hosted on TorrentFreak.
LoveRETRO and LoveROMS are the target of the lawsuit, being told to remove all Nintendo titles from its servers and pay statutory damages of around $150,000 per Nintendo title, $2,000,000 for each trademark infringement, along with handing over of domain names and sources of their ROMs.
In response to the lawsuit, LoveROMS has removed all Nintendo games from their website, while games for other consoles still remain available, whereas LoveRETRO "has effectively been shut down until further notice."
Fallout 76 Beta Begins in October
The Fallout 76 B.E.T.A. (Break-it Early Test Application) will begin in October and Bethesda will be "selecting people who have pre-ordered the game from a participating retailer."
Announced by community administrator Jurassica on Bethesda's Fallout 76 general discussion forum, she continued to say "we'll start small and grow over time as we prepare for launch."
Jurassica also confirmed that "During the Fallout 76 panel at QuakeCon, we'll be answering some of your questions."
The panel will take place on August 10 at 9am PT/12pm ET and will see Todd Howard and other Bethesda Game Studios developers dive deeper into the newest entry of the Fallout franchise.
19 Shows We Want to See on Disney’s Streaming Service with The Clone Wars
In the fall of 2019, Disney will reportedly launch their new streaming service with a variety of new shows and movies designed to capitalize on some of the studio's most iconic and enduring properties. At Comic-Con, it was announced that Disney is reviving the beloved animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars for the streaming service, which got us thinking about other classic (and modern) properties under Disney's umbrella that are ripe for a reboot or resurrection.
Dragon Ball FighterZ for Switch Will Have 1v1 and 2v2 Battles, Open Beta in August
When Dragon Ball FighterZ for the Nintendo Switch is released on September 28, it will feature three new local multiplayer game modes that are currently not on any other platforms.
1v1 and 2v2 matches, as well as an offline six-player party match mode, will be a part of the Switch version and will shake up the traditional 3v3 match structure that FighterZ is known for.
Also announced in the same tweet by Bandai Namco, an Open Beta has been announced for Dragon Ball FighterZ on Nintendo Switch that is "scheduled to start in August."
QuakeCon 2018 Lineup Includes Doom Eternal, Fallout 76, Rage 2
Bethesda has announced its games lineup for QuakeCon 2018, including Doom Eternal, Rage 2, and Fallout 76.
This year's event, running from August 9-12 at the Gaylord Texan Resort and Convention Center, will see the return of official Bethesda Panels, the Keynote Address, and a BYOC area which will be twice as large as 2017's event.
The keynote will be held on August 10 at 9 a.m. PT/11 a.m. CT/12 p.m. ET and will include a gameplay reveal of Doom Eternal with id Software's Marty Stratton and Hugo Martin. Rage 2, The Elder Scrolls Online, and Quake Champions will be prominently featured as well.
Fortnite Founder’s Pack Skins Are Finally Being Released on One Year Anniversary
Players who purchased the original Save the World mode in Fortnite will finally receive their Founder's Pack rewards for Battle Royale.
Epic announced legendary Warpaint and Rose Team Leader outfits will be included in the v5.1 update set to release on the one year anniversary of Fortnite's official release on July 24. Anyone who purchased any variant of the Save the World mode will recieve these new skins. This includes players who purchase the mode today and in the future.
The legendary outfits include the Rose Team Leader (left) and Warpaint (right).
Out This Week: No Man’s Sky Next, Ready Player One, Mega Man X Legacy Collection 1 + 2
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.
Darksiders 3 Lead Actor’s Audition Was 4 Words Long
Cissy Jones is no stranger to tough auditions. As a voice actor for games like Firewatch, Telltale's The Walking Dead, and now Darksiders 3, she’s put in some heavy duty hours. Many times, she doesn’t even know what she’s necessarily auditioning for.
Darksiders 3 was no exception, but on the bright side, her recording was written to be only four words long. Jones sat down with IGN's Ryan McCaffrey to discuss her Darksiders 3 audition on this month’s IGN Unfiltered.
Like many of Jones’ gigs, the developers behind the project kept her in the dark on what the specific project was, but did tell her that the character she was portraying was a “badass woman, one of the seven deadly sins personified.”