Monthly Archives: December 2018
Star Wars Board Games, Toys, and More are On Sale at Amazon Right Now
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There's an incredibly good chance you're a fan of Star Wars, or know someone who is. That makes Amazon's deal of the day today ideal for either you or someone you know. The timing is perfect, too, if you're looking for some last minute Star Wars gifts to give for Christmas this year. The biggest draw are X-Wing and Armada miniatures, but there are some great LEGO Star Wars deals, tons of Star Wars toys on sale, and a wearable Obi-Wan blanket, to keep you warm during the long winter.
X-Wing Miniatures Sale
Out This Week: Kingdom Two Crowns, Earth Defense Force 5, Below
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.
Dragon Age 4: Who is the Dread Wolf?
Thursday night’s Game Awards offered much in the way of glitz, glam, and game teasers -- including an exclusive look at the fourth installment of BioWare’s blockbuster Dragon Age series. BioWare has been known to offer painstaking amounts of detail in their promo art which, if deciphered correctly, has the potential to unlock oodles of secrets about Thedas, character backstory, lore and more. Remember Inquisition’s character tarot cards?
Sure, maybe we didn’t get anything quite as lush as extensive character art, but Dragon Age fans are hungry. So we’ll take a 60 second trailer.
Even if those 60-seconds are sparse in some ways, they are rich in others. Sure, four seconds are devoted to BioWare’s logo, ten of them are a hashtag, and thirty seconds are spent in a slow pan over an ancient cursed idol... But those remaining sixteen seconds? Hoo boy. We’re graced with a real doozy of a promo image, coupled with a voiceover from a Dragon Age I major character. Does any of this give a clue into Dragon Age 4? Who is the Dread Wolf and why are they rising? What does it all mean?
10 Fan Favorite Monsters We Want to See Return in Monster Hunter: World
12/10/2018 Update: This article was originally published in May, 2018, but has been updated. A Monster Hunter: World expansion called Iceborne has been revealed, and with it, a teaser of a what we assume to be a returning monster from previous generations: the Nargacuga. Check out this slideshow for more monsters we'd like to see from past generations, and the reveal trailer for the expansion below.
Capcom’s Monster Hunter: World has been out for nearly a year now, and hunters may have gotten their fill of the elegant Legiana or the feisty Odogaron. With the influx of new players to the series, there are certain beasties that we think are a rite of passage for any experienced hunter.
Stardew Valley Multiplayer Update Coming to Switch This Week
Stardew Valley's 1.3 Multiplayer Update will be coming to Nintendo Switch on Wednesday, Dec. 12. Announced Monday by developer ConcernedApe on Stardew Valley's Developer Blog, the update will be available in North American, European, and Japanese Nintendo eShop markets.
Stardew Valley's multiplayer mode first launched on PC, Mac and Linux in August after a beta period that began last April.
Call of Duty Black Ops 4 Blackout Map Getting Seasonal Changes
With Operation Absolute Zero, Treyarch is bringing new content to all three modes of Black ops 4, including the Blackout map getting some free frosty changes, starting tomorrow.
Announced by Treyarch, the update will hit the PlayStation 4 on December 11, and soon after on PC and Xbox One. The battle royale mode Blackout will be receiving a winter flavor, with snowy additions changing foliage and softening the lighting. New smoke trails will be used to better indicate where players are dropping, and more subtle changes will be coming to Nuketown Island, Hydro Dam and Factory.
The Batman Who Laughs Is Back This Week
With dozens of comic books to choose from, let us show you which are the best coming out this week. Take a look at this list spotlighting our favorite comics that we know are money-well-spent and new books that look cool and are backed by some top-tier talent.
Check out our picks, then head to the comments to let us know what you’ll be buying this week!
The Batman Who Laughs #1 - $4.99
Writer Scott Snyder | Artist Jock (DC Comics)
Nintendo Explains Why E3 Is Still Important
In the wake of Sony’s announcement that it will skip E3 for the first time in 24 years, Nintendo said it will still attend, calling the show an “outstanding opportunity” to make new announcements.
Following The Game Awards last week, I spoke to Nintendo of America president and COO Reggie Fils-Aime about exactly why E3 is still a priority for Nintendo.
“E3, those five days, is the opportunity for the world to find out what's new for video games as entertainment. And during that time, we generate more engagement than...whether it's CES or Comic-Con, or other big entertainment events,” Fils-Aime told IGN. “People tune in to find out what's new and to have first playable experiences for our industry. That's why E3 is important to Nintendo.”
The Best Arrowverse DC References: Batman, Wonder Woman and More
The Arrowverse has grown considerably over the past six years. What was once a grounded version of the DC Universe focused mainly on human vigilantes has become a multiverse full of speedsters, aliens, magicians and other metahuman oddballs. But even after all this time, there are some major DC characters who have yet to put in an appearance. Sometimes small hints are the best we can hope for... which is where this list comes in!
From Batman to Wonder Woman to Green Lantern, these are our favorite DC superhero references, cameos and hints in the Arrowverse.
Watch the video above to hear some theories on where the Arrow multiverse could be headed next!
Into the Spider-Verse Exclusive Clip Promises “You Can Wear the Mask”
You might know the classic Spider-Man story, but you haven't seen it quite like this before. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse offers a new cinematic experience for the web-slinging superhero as we see the origin story of Miles Morales -- and are introduced to quite a few other Spider-people to boot.
In IGN's exclusive clip from the upcoming animated movie, Miles Morales has an important message for the people watching his story: You, too, can wear the mask. Check out Miles' spin on his origin below:
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse marks the first time that Miles's story has been told on the big screen. While on his journey to fulfill his destiny of becoming Spider-Man, he meets many Spider-People from other dimensions: Spider-Gwen, Spider-Ham, Spider-Noir, Peni Parker and, of course, Peter B. Parker.