Monthly Archives: July 2018
Department Store Starts Selling Iron Man-Style ‘Jet Suit’
A London department store is selling a £340,000 'Iron Man' suit that lets the wearer hover above the ground or take to the skies using miniature jet engines.
Gravity Industries' suit, designed by Richard Browning, is about as close to Marvel's Iron Man as anyone is going to get for now, and is made up of electronic and 3D parts, and kitted out with five mini jet engines that allow the wearer to reach an altitude of 12,000 feet, reports Reuters.
The suit can run on either diesel or jet fuel and has a record speed of 32 miles per hour.
Typhoid Mary Explained: Who Is the Iron Fist Season 2 Villain?
As Marvel's Iron Fist Season 2 gears up for its Netflix debut on September 7, it's time to take a look at the two major villains - Typhoid Mary and Davos the Steel Serpent.
Alice Eve will be playing Typhoid Mary who, while traditionally associated with characters like Daredevil and Spider-Man, promises to pose a significant challenge to Danny Rand in the new season.
If you're not familiar with Mary and her deadly alternate personalities, we're here to help. Here's everything you need to know about the villain and her role in the Marvel Universe. (And also be sure to check out our explainer on the other Iron Fist Season 2 villain, Steel Serpent!)
IGN UK Podcast #444: Jeff Goldblum’s Massive Nips
What do you get if you cross a rapper with a chicken that can poop bombs and a giant statue of Jeff Goldblum? Give up? It's this week's podcast, ya numpty!
Krupa's been playing Bomb Chicken, Gav's been watching The Defiant Ones and everyone's been enjoying a giant Jurassic Park statue.
Thanks to everyone that sponsored us for our 10k, it was HARD. You can still chuck in some pennies if you're up for that.
IGN UK Podcast #444: Jeff Goldblum's Massive Nips
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Microsoft Gaming Division Makes $10 Billion In a Year for the First Time
Microsoft has announced its financials for the year ending June 30, and the company has surpassed $10 billion in revenue in its games and services division for the first time.
Microsoft has reported a 39 per cent increase in revenue in the division, which has been credited in large part to Xbox Live, Game Pass, and Mixer.
"In Gaming, we are pursuing our expansive opportunity from the way games are created and distributed to how they are played and viewed, surpassing $10 billion in revenue this year for the first time," said CEO Satya Nadella during an investors call, via Seeking Alpha.
For Honor: Ubisoft Compensates Players for DDoS Attack
For Honor players will receive in-game compensation following a DDoS attack that took place last week.
Ubisoft has announced that all For Honor players will receive 1000 Steel, two Scavenger Crates, and a 10 XP boost following a DDoS attack that resulted in server and latency issues.
Earlier this week, the studio tweeted that it was "monitoring DDoS attacks impacting Ubisoft services and causing players to be unable to connect to games," adding that the attacks were focused on its "games connections and server latency."
No Man’s Sky to Begin Weekly Updates
Following the release of the No Man's Sky NEXT update, Hello Games will introduce weekly updates to the game, with a focus on community challenges.
The updates will take the form of events or missions, with item rewards offered for those who take part in them. As creator Sean Murray described it to IGN, "this is not a loot box thing, it's not a microtransaction thing, it's 100% free". The first weekly update is currently expected to launch a week after NEXT's release on July 24.
The emphasis seems to be on getting players to somewhere in the game's galaxy, rather than complete a rote activity, a move Murray says was inspired by the community, which has been organising in-game events and meet-ups itself for some time.
28 Changes Coming to No Man’s Sky with NEXT
No Man’s Sky is getting its first major update in a year, and it adds a lot to the cosmic exploration experience. Hello Games has already revealed the headline additions coming in the NEXT update, with a very clear focus on responding to players desires. Multiplayer, upgraded base-building, character customisation - it's essentially a wishlist drawn from comments sections internet-wide.
But after getting our hands on the upcoming version of the game and talking to creator Sean Murray, we spotted lots of little details - both part of those headline changes and beyond - that had been added, all of which add up to make NEXT an even bigger step for the game than we first thought. Here’s everything we noticed:
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8 Facts You Didn’t Know About the X-Files’ Best Monsters
The X-Files has spun its story of worldwide government conspiracies, cryptofascist alien invasions and evil oil for a quarter of a century at this point (the show first premiered September 10, 1993). But it’s also found the time to create over a hundred monstrosities for the show’s one-shot monster-of-the-week episodes - which many fans praise more highly than the show’s central plotline.
I got the chance to speak to the show’s creator, Chris Carter about the show’s best ever monsters - from sympathetic mutants to inbred murderers - and asked him to give us his favourite facts about their creation. You can find out what we learned in the slideshow below: