Monthly Archives: March 2019
Splatoon 2 Free Trial Comes With 20%-Off eShop Coupon
Nintendo has announced that Splatoon 2 will be getting a free trial that will also come with a 20% off discount for the game and a seven-day free-trial for Nintendo Switch Online.
The Splatoon 2 Special Demo is available for download starting today, March 18, and players can begin playing on March 19 at 7am PT/10am ET. It will run for about a week and will end on March 25 at 6:59am PT/8:59am ET.
This free trial will include 4-on-4 Turf War battles, Salmon Run, League Battle, Ranked Battle modes online with "friends and other players who own the full game," and participants will be able to customize their weapons and apparel.
Splatoon 2's story mode and the Octo Expansion are not included in this demo, so those who wish to try those will still have to purchase the game. To make that decision a little easier, those who wish to upgrade the demo to the full version will be able to do so at a 20% discount during the demo period. Additionally, demo progress will carry over.
Mortal Kombat 11 Closed Beta Dates Revealed
Update: Mortal Kombat 11's closed beta is now live for those who have received access.
If you haven't, be sure to stay tuned to IGN, as we'll be covering the beta in detail for you as we play, including our livestream of the MK11 beta.
And if you haven't seen it, be sure to check out the updated confirmed roster of Mortal Kombat 11 fighters, including the latest trio of confirmed MK11 characters.
Gambit Joins Marvel’s Wolverine Podcast for Season 2
Way back in November IGN was among a group of media outlets invited to Stitcher Radio’s New York studios for a roundtable discussion with the cast and producers of the upcoming scripted podcast Wolverine: The Lost Trail, the sophomore follow-up to the internet radio company’s well-regarded 2018 collaboration with Marvel, Wolverine: The Long Night.
The Long Night, the series' first season, was primarily told from the perspective of two Men in Black-style government agents as they interviewed civilians and teamed with local law enforcement to track down a mysterious loner named Logan who happened to appear in the small fishing town of Burns, Alaska, just as a series of grisly murders began to unfold. Logan himself, played by Richard Armitage (The Hobbit films’ Thorin Oakenshield), was barely heard from in many of the 10 episodes comprising Season 1, but that won’t be the case in Season 2. In the Lost Trail, the story is set to be viewed -- or rather, heard -- from Logan’s perspective, following him on his journey through a locale that was only hinted at in the first season.
Preorder the Newest Fortnite TS Nerf Blaster Right Now
A new Fortnite Nerf blaster is coming later this year. The Fortnite TS Nerf Blaster will be available June 1, and is based on the design of the tactical shotgun in Fortnite right down to the color scheme.
The Fortnite TS blaster fires Nerf Mega Darts. If you're unfamiliar with Mega Darts, they're chunkier, heavier versions of the darts you're probably used to. In spite of their larger size, they're still able to fly far, fast, and true.
Nerf's pump-action Fortnite TS holds 4 Mega Darts in the clip, and comes with 8 total, so you can reload on the go as you work towards a real-life Nerf victory royale.
Fortnite and Nerf is an obvious, and excellent, pairing, but Nerf's not the only toy blaster to get the Fortnite treatment. In addition to a line of Fortnite-inspired Nerf blasters, there are also Fortnite Supersoakers, to help make the summer months more enjoyable.
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Lex Luthor’s Introduction Will Have a Major Impact on Supergirl
This interview contains spoilers for Supergirl Season 4, episode 15, "O Brother, Where Art Thou?"
Jon Cryer is no stranger to the Superman universe - as Super-fans know, he previously played Lenny Luthor, nephew of Lex, in the critically-derided Superman IV: The Quest for Peace. In fact, it was that role (and the reaction to it) that helped convince the Two and a Half Men star that he should take another swing at the Luthor family tree when the producers of Supergirl came knocking.
"I loved the comics as a kid, and part of the reason that I did Superman 4 was because Superman: The Movie, the first one, changed my life," Cryer told reporters at a recent Supergirl screening. "I think I was 14 years old and the tagline was 'You will believe a man can fly,' and boy I bought it... Superman 4 had very high hopes, but unfortunately was very disappointing to people, and that had always sort of hurt me in a very 14-year-old boy way. And so, I thought, 'this is my chance to do it right.'"
Where Avengers: Endgame Ranks in the MCU’s Fastest Movies to $300 Million
Avengers: Endgame has incinerated all Marvel Cinematic Universe box office records, including breaking the record of fastest movie to make $300 million in the US domestic box office, destroying box office expectations.
Via Box Office Mojo, Avengers: Endgame has earned an estimated $350 million in its first three days of release (including Thursday night previews). It's also raked in an estimated $859 million worldwide, which puts its global gross at 1.2 billion. In its opening weekend, Endgame quickly became the fastest movie to ever make $350 million domestic (3 days) and fastest movie to cross $1 billion globally (5 days). This already places Avengers: Endgame as the 18th largest worldwide release ever. Just imagine what it can do in its second weekend!
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How Heavy Metal Became Netflix’s Love, Death & Robots
Though David Fincher and Tim Miller's stylish, inventive, and often bonkers anthology series Love, Death & Robots hits Netflix this weekend, this collaboration is a long time coming.
Back in March 2008, it was announced that Fincher, then best known for his work on Fight Club, and Tim Miller, most famous for co-founding VFX and animation studio Blur, were working on an omnibus Heavy Metal film. It only took them 11 years to actually bring that concept to life -- albeit in a different form.
Star Trek: Discovery’s Airiam Explains It All
Full spoilers follow for the Star Trek: Discovery episode “Project Daedalus.”
Disco’s resident augmented human Airiam finally got her own story in the most recent episode, “Project Daedalus,” and boy was it something. While Airiam, played this season by Hannah Cheesman, has largely been a background character -- albeit one who had many fans quite intrigued by her mysterious, robotic nature -- this episode gave her a ton to do with the character, finally building out Airiam’s back story while also… gulp… killing her off. (Read IGN’s review of “Project Daedalus” here.)