Monthly Archives: August 2018
Streets of Rage 4 Announced
Streets of Rage 4 is in the works, publisher DotEmu has announced.
The brand new Streets of Rage title is being developed by Lizardcube (Wonder Boy: The Dragon’s Trap) and Guard Crush Games (Streets of Fury), and will once again feature Axel and Blaze as the playable characters.
Streets of Rage 4, a direct continuation of Sega's arcade brawler series, will sport hand-drawn visuals from Lizardcube, alongside new gameplay mechanics, solo and co-op play, new stages, and an original story.
A release date and platforms were not announced yet.
Sega released the first Streets of Rage game back in 1991 and followed it up with two sequels in 1992 and 1994.
DotEmu recently announced Windjammers 2 for the Nintendo Switch and PC, coming in 2019. Windjammers 2 serves as a sequel to the 1994 sports arcade game that was remastered last year.
Fallout 76 Power Armor Edition Sells Out, Bethesda Says More Won’t Be Made
Preorder stock for the Fallout 76 Power Armor Edition fluctuated since Bethesda announced the special edition at E3, and the studio has now disclosed it is sold out and will not be making more of them.
Bethesda's Pete Hines responded to a player's question on Twitter in reference to any future availability of the edition saying, "we are making as many as possible and made all of them available. there's no way to make any more."
Hines also elaborated on the difficulty of making the special editions. "They’re not quick or easy to make. We got as many lines making them as possible in order to get them finished and assembled in time for launch. I’m sorry if you didn’t get one."
NBA 2K19 Makes a Heck of a First Impression
NBA 2K19 is just around the corner (it releases on September 11), but in the meantime 2K was kind enough to bring a recent build of the sim basketball game to IGN. They brought the Xbox One X version, complete with 4K/60fps visuals. It makes one heck of a first impression, certainly in the graphics department, and in the gameplay as well.
Check out a few first-quarter gameplay clips below. First is LeBron and the Lakers doing some ice-cold shooting (my fault!) against Giannis and the Bucks. Second is the first quarter of action between the Warriors (watch out for a healthy-in-the-game DeMarcus Cousins doing damage in the post!) battling the Rockets. Finally, the 76ers come out shooting the ball well in a quarter of gameplay against Anthony Davis and the Pelicans. Watch for the new Takeover mechanic – shown when a player's icon catches on fire – signifying the temporarily enhanced skills of that player during the hot streak. Enjoy!
Out This Week: Yakuza Kiwami 2, Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate
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.
Disney’s Streaming Service Is Called Disney Play
It looks like Disney's upcoming streaming service has a name.
Per Variety, Disney CEO Bob Iger has referred to the service as Disney Play. However, it's currently unclear if this will indeed be the final name for the video platform, which is launching sometime in 2019.
Disney will reportedly be losing an estimated $300 million in annual revenue when Disney Play launches next year, as the company will no longer be gaining revenue from Netflix for pay-TV rights.
Starting with 2019's Captain Marvel, every Disney film released in theaters will only come to Disney Play instead of Netflix. Ant-Man and the Wasp will also now be the last Marvel movie to come to Netflix.
Will There Be a Sharp Objects Season 2?
This story contains spoilers for the Sharp Objects finale, "Milk."
HBO's Sharp Objects finale ended on a killer cliffhanger, with troubled reporter Camille Preaker (Amy Adams) discovering that her half-sister Amma (Eliza Scanlen) was the killer responsible for the deaths of two local girls in their hometown of Wind Gap, Missouri, despite their mother, Adora (Patricia Clarkson), being convicted of the crimes.
The ending of the episode closed with Camille's horrified moment of realization (and Amma's guileless plea of "don't tell momma") before a chilling mid-credits montage revealed exactly how Amma committed the murders (and also killed her new friend Mae in St. Louis, purely out of jealousy that Camille might like the other girl better). But we never saw Amma being brought to justice, or how Camille dealt with the fallout of this horrific revelation - and it sounds like we never will.
First Look at Netflix’s The Haunting of Hill House
October will be full of scares thanks to Netflix; the streaming network has set a premiere date for its long-anticipated adaptation of The Haunting on Hill House, which will debut Friday, October 12 globally on Netflix. The 10-episode horror series joins another high-profile supernatural show dropping this fall, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, which premieres on Oct. 26.
Described as "a modern reimagining of Shirley Jackson's iconic novel, The Haunting of Hill House explores a group of siblings who, as children, grew up in what would go on to become the most famous haunted house in the country. Now adults, and forced back together in the face of tragedy, the family must finally confront the ghosts of their past -- some of which still lurk in their minds, while others may actually be stalking the shadows of Hill House."
Daily Deals: Xbox and PS4 Bundles, 20% off Sony TVs, 20% off Sony Cameras
Cyberpunk 2077 Gameplay Demo Revealed
Update: Following an hours-long live stream of code streaming by, CD Projekt Red has begun revealing the full gameplay demo walkthrough of Cyberpunk 2077, previously shown off behind-closed doors at E3 and Gamescom 2018.
Watch the stream below to catch the gameplay demo in full:
Stay tuned to IGN for much more on Cyberpunk, including a breakdown of the footage now revealed for the entire world to see.
Original story follows:
The Witcher developer CD Projekt Red has initiated a mysterious stream on its Twitch channel.
The stream is currently titled "Data Transmission in Progress_," with lines of white code streaming by on a black background. It's unclear exactly what the stream's purpose is, though. As of press time, the stream is currently connected to the Twitch game category "Cyberpunk 2077."
Watch the First Trailer for True Detective Season 3
HBO released the first trailer for True Detective Season 3 ahead of the Sharp Objects finale on Sunday night, and Nic Pizzolatto's atmospheric crime drama seems to be going back to its roots in its third outing.
Starring Oscar winner Mahershala Ali, True Detective Season 3 "tells the story of a macabre crime in the heart of the Ozarks, and a mystery that deepens over decades and plays out in three separate time periods." Ali stars as Wayne Hays, a state police detective from Northwest Arkansas, with Carmen Ejogo, Mamie Gummer, Scoot McNairy and Stephen Dorff rounding out the main cast.