Monthly Archives: August 2018
Fallout 76 Won’t Be Available On Steam
Fallout 76, both the full retail release and the upcoming B.E.T.A., will only be available via Bethesda.net, meaning it will not be coming to Steam at launch.
In the Fallout 76 B.E.T.A. FAQ that announced that the Break-It Early Test Application will most likely be the full game and your progress will carry over, Bethesda also mentions that the B.E.T.A. will be available on "Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and on PC (via Bethesda.net)."
Showtime’s Halo TV Series Will Tell an Original Story
Master Chief will be "a lead character" in Showtime's upcoming Halo TV series, Showtime's President of Programming Gary Levine told IGN, although he won't be the only protagonist in the series.
The series is such an "enormous undertaking," Levine said, the premium cable network is aiming to air the series in 2020, and confirmed that Halo's TV adaptation will be set in "multiple locations" on "foreign planets," meaning that they'll likely shoot on a studio backlot rather than try and find foreign countries to serve as backdrops, the way big-budget shows like Game of Thrones have.
Master Chief Will Be a ‘Lead Character’ in Halo TV Series
Master Chief will be "a lead character" in Showtime's upcoming Halo TV series, Showtime's President of Programming Gary Levine told IGN, although he won't be the only protagonist in the series.
The series is such an "enormous undertaking," Levine said, the premium cable network is aiming to air the series in 2020, and confirmed that the series will take place in "multiple locations" on "foreign planets," meaning that they'll likely shoot on a studio backlot rather than on location.
During Showtime's panel at the Television Critics Association summer press tour, Levine and Showtime President and CEO David Nevins shed some light on the hotly-anticipated adaptation, which they declined to call their attempt at replicating the success of Game of Thrones.
Homeland Ending: Showtime Confirms Season 8 Will Be Its Last
Showtime has announced that Homeland, the multi-award winning drama starring Claire Danes and Mandy Patinkin, is ending with its upcoming eighth season.
Though the news that the show would end with Season 8 was originally broken by lead actress Claire Danes in April, Showtime has now confirmed this to be true. Premiering in June 2019, Season 8 of Homeland will consist of 12 episodes that will begin production in early 2019. The filming locations have yet to be disclosed.
“Homeland has been a game-changing series for Showtime, as provocative about the world we live in as it is prescient,” said president and CEO of Showtime David Nevins. “This project, arriving right at the beginning of my Showtime tenure thanks to Alex Gansa and Howard Gordon, and brought to life by a remarkable cast led by Claire Danes and Mandy Patinkin, is a richly written character study that is now ready for its natural conclusion. Viewers will be rewarded by the way Alex brings Homeland home.”
Homeland Ending: Showtime Confirms Season 8 Will Be Its Last
Showtime has announced that Homeland, the multi-award winning drama starring Claire Danes and Mandy Patinkin, is ending with its upcoming eighth season.
Though the news that the show would end with Season 8 was originally broken by lead actress Claire Danes in April, Showtime has now confirmed this to be true. Premiering in June 2019, Season 8 of Homeland will consist of 12 episodes that will begin production in early 2019. The filming locations have yet to be disclosed.
“Homeland has been a game-changing series for Showtime, as provocative about the world we live in as it is prescient,” said president and CEO of Showtime David Nevins. “This project, arriving right at the beginning of my Showtime tenure thanks to Alex Gansa and Howard Gordon, and brought to life by a remarkable cast led by Claire Danes and Mandy Patinkin, is a richly written character study that is now ready for its natural conclusion. Viewers will be rewarded by the way Alex brings Homeland home.”
Hellboy Game Leans into the Weirdest Adventures Big Red Has Been On
When Hellboy: The Board Game was announced earlier this year, I was immediately intrigued by how developer Mantic Games might translate the spirit of Big Red and his “Right Hand of Doom” onto the tabletop. After playing a round on the show floor of Gen Con 2018, it’s shaping up to be a lot of fun, and staying very true to its comic inspiration.
I got to play as Hellboy while IGN’s own Tom Marks controlled Abe as we took on the adaptation’s introductory mission. A ‘Case’ card with a story setup was read, explaining we were responding to a pretty routine disturbance -- which rarely ever end up being routine. As play began, our characters stepped into a small, stone-walled hallway, immediately coming face to face (or mini to mini) with some terrible frog monsters.
Hellboy Game Leans into the Weirdest Adventures Big Red Has Been On
When Hellboy: The Board Game was announced earlier this year, I was immediately intrigued by how developer Mantic Games might translate the spirit of Big Red and his “Right Hand of Doom” onto the tabletop. After playing a round on the show floor of Gen Con 2018, it’s shaping up to be a lot of fun, and staying very true to its comic inspiration.
I got to play as Hellboy while IGN’s own Tom Marks controlled Abe as we took on the adaptation’s introductory mission. A ‘Case’ card with a story setup was read, explaining we were responding to a pretty routine disturbance -- which rarely ever end up being routine. As play began, our characters stepped into a small, stone-walled hallway, immediately coming face to face (or mini to mini) with some terrible frog monsters. Frog Monsters.
The 1981 Dark Tower Game Is Getting a Sequel
Publisher Restoration Games has announced that it will be creating a sequel to the classic 1981 board game Dark Tower.
Titled Return to Dark Tower, the sequel is expected to launch a Kickstarter sometime next year, and then release the year after that. The designers behind Return to Dark Tower are Isaac Childres and Rob Daviau, two of the top board game designers around right now.
Daviau created the extremely popular Legacy versions of Risk and Pandemic, while Childres is the creator of Gloomhaven -- the currently top rated game on BoardGameGeek that has sold roughly 120,000 copies.
The 1981 Dark Tower Game Is Getting a Sequel
Publisher Restoration Games has announced that it will be creating a sequel to the classic 1981 board game Dark Tower.
Titled Return to Dark Tower, the sequel is expected to launch a Kickstarter sometime next year, and then release the year after that. The designers behind Return to Dark Tower are Isaac Childres and Rob Daviau, two of the top board game designers around right now.
Daviau created the extremely popular Legacy versions of Risk and Pandemic, while Childres is the creator of Gloomhaven -- the currently top rated game on BoardGameGeek that has sold roughly 120,000 copies.
PAX West 2018 Releases Panel Line-Up
The line-up for PAX West 2018's panels and exhibitors was announced Monday, with tickets already being sold out for the Saturday and Sunday event days. PAX West will take place Aug. 31 to Sept. 3 at the Washington State Convention Center.
This year's panels include developers from Shadow of the Tomb Raider who will discuss the creation of the hidden city of Paititi, and Life is Strange 2 creators hosting a discussion and Q&A.
IGN will have its own panel, IGN Presents: Let's Rank the Top 10 Xbox One Games, on Friday, 8/31 from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the Wyvern Theatre. There, Tina Amini, Jonathon Dornbush, Tom Marks, Ryan McCaffrey, Miranda Sanchez, and brandin Tyrrel.