Monthly Archives: October 2018
New Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 DLC Pack Raises Money for Unemployed Veterans
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4's newest DLC pack - The Call of Duty Endowment Salute Pack - has 100% of the proceeds going towards "placing US and UK Veterans into meaningful jobs through the Call of Duty Endowment."
Activision Blizzard announced the details of this new in-game pack that is available now and includes an in-game tag, sticker, gesture, calling card, and emblem.
10 Best Dark Souls Bosses According to Fans
The launch of Dark Souls Remastered on Nintendo Switch will hopefully welcome a new generation of players to the beloved series.
What better way to celebrate the original game and open it up to newcomers than a look back at some of its best bosses? But there's a twist – this one was ranked by the IGN community.
For the full list with vote count, check out the gallery above, or keep scrolling to get straight to the IGN community's 10 favorite original Dark Souls bosses.
10 Best Dark Souls Bosses According to Fans
The launch of Dark Souls Remastered on Nintendo Switch will hopefully welcome a new generation of players to the beloved series.
What better way to celebrate the original game and open it up to newcomers than a look back at some of its best bosses? But there's a twist – this one was ranked by the IGN community.
For the full list with vote count, check out the gallery above, or keep scrolling to get straight to the IGN community's 10 favorite original Dark Souls bosses.
Marvel Isn’t Even Pretending That the End of Infinity War Mattered
SPOILER WARNING: We’re talking extensively about the end of Avengers: Infinity War here. If you haven’t seen it, get out while you still can.
Let’s get one thing out of the way: No one believes the end of Infinity War will stick. With a snap of his fingers, Thanos deleted half of all life in the universe and billions of dollars of profit from potential sequels, spin-offs, and merchandise. After that snap, pretty much everyone in the theater went “Oh, so Avengers 4 is about them undoing that.”
We all know it’s coming. This isn’t some great revelation. But while that’s about as safe a bet as saying “Venom won’t be in it,” it still feels incredibly strange to see Marvel, the studio who made the bold choice to end Infinity War this way, not even trying to pretend like that ending mattered.
Marvel Isn’t Even Pretending That the End of Infinity War Mattered
SPOILER WARNING: We’re talking extensively about the end of Avengers: Infinity War here. If you haven’t seen it, get out while you still can.
Let’s get one thing out of the way: No one believes the end of Infinity War will stick. With a snap of his fingers, Thanos deleted half of all life in the universe and billions of dollars of profit from potential sequels, spin-offs, and merchandise. After that snap, pretty much everyone in the theater went “Oh, so Avengers 4 is about them undoing that.”
We all know it’s coming. This isn’t some great revelation. But while that’s about as safe a bet as saying “Venom won’t be in it,” it still feels incredibly strange to see Marvel, the studio who made the bold choice to end Infinity War this way, not even trying to pretend like that ending mattered.
Hulu’s Das Boot Series Is Not a Remake
Das Boot, the eight-episode miniseries being distributed in the US by Hulu, will not be a remake of the 1981 German classic, rather it will act as a sequel, taking place a year after the original film/miniseries.
This was confirmed after IGN’s own Peer Schneider tweeted out about the series, with the production company Bavaria Film responding “It’s not a remake. New submarine. New crew. New story. We would not/will not ever remake the 1981's classic.”
Don't you worry: It's not a remake. New submarine. New crew. New story. We would not/will not ever remake the 1981's classic.
Hulu’s Das Boot Series Is Not a Remake
Das Boot, the eight-episode miniseries being distributed in the US by Hulu, will not be a remake of the 1981 German classic, rather it will act as a sequel, taking place a year after the original film/miniseries.
This was confirmed after IGN’s own Peer Schneider tweeted out about the series, with the production company Bavaria Film responding “It’s not a remake. New submarine. New crew. New story. We would not/will not ever remake the 1981's classic.”
Don't you worry: It's not a remake. New submarine. New crew. New story. We would not/will not ever remake the 1981's classic.
Spider-Man PS4’s New Game Plus Mode Now Available
Insomniac Games has released Marvel's Spider-Man's newest updates, which add the much-anticipated New Game Plus mode, as well as a new difficulty level.
Insomniac published the patch notes for updates 1.07 and 1.08 for Spider-Man, which are now available to download on PS4. The biggest update is the addition of New Game+, a Spider-Man PS4 feature Insomniac confirmed soon after the game's initial launch.
Removed text from a PlayStation Blog post earlier this week indicated that New Game+ would give players "your unlocked suits, skills, gadgets, mods, and benchmarks from the beginning."
Nightwing Has a New Secret Identity
Nightwing has a new secret identity after recovering from a recent trauma.
Warning: this article contains spoilers for Nightwing #51!
For those who haven't been following the Batman books in recent months, Nightwing was recently shot in the head by KGBeast. The attack didn't kill him, but it left him with major brain trauma and a bad case of amnesia.
Halloween Opens With $7.7 Million in Thursday Night Preview Showings
The new Halloween film has opened with $7.7 million in Thursday night preview showings in North America from 3,200 theaters, according to Variety.
The 2018 follow-up of John Carpenter's original Halloween was previously expected to have the biggest opening in the franchise's history at the box office. Low estimates are expecting Halloween to bring in $45 million over the weekend, with high estimates coming in at $55 million.