Monthly Archives: June 2019
Bloodstained Devs Shifting Resources to Improve Performance on Switch
Fans have been reporting performance issues for the Nintendo Switch version of Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, and developer ArtPlay announced it is "immediately shifting resources to improve performance and stability for the Switch."
Announced on Twitter, the statement reads:
We have been listening to the feedback regarding Switch performance. Our goal is for everyone, regardless of platform, to be able to enjoy the game and have it run smoothly. We want to live up to your, and our, expectations. Throughout the QA process we have been addressing performance issues in the game. Update 1.01 was published to Switch prior to launch to add content and improve performance. It did not accomplish as much as we had hoped and we need to do more.
PlayStation Fans Are Most Excited for This PS4 Exclusive
There are currently four massive-budget AAA games slated to be released exclusively for PlayStation owners: The Last of Us Part II, Ghost of Tsushima, Death Stranding, and Final Fantasy VII Remake.
Since excitement for all four are incredibly high and that hype only continues to climb with each passing day, we decided to run a poll to find out which of these PS4 exclusives IGN readers are the most eager to get their hands on.
After gathering over 20K votes from all of you, here are the results:
IGN.com poll results from over 20K votes collected
Final Fantasy 7 Remake Needs to Better Communicate The Big Plan
While the excitement may be at peak levels for Final Fantasy 7 Remake, there’s also a lot of worries and even disdain among the community for its development roadmap. Square Enix plans to release Final Fantasy 7 over multiple installments, and plenty of people - including us - have concerns about this approach.
These concerns have been formed thanks to the incredibly limited amount of information that Square Enix has provided. So far we know that Final Fantasy 7 Remake will launch on March 3 as a two blu-ray set, and that this first game will only cover the Midgar portion of the original game. Beyond that we have no idea what the Remake project entails; no projected cadence for game releases, no suggested length of the series, no information on how the ‘episodes’ will link, and no indication as to how the development team will deal with the console generation leap due to happen shortly after the first game launches.
James Gunn On Whether Guardians 3 Title Will Use Thor’s New Team Name
SPOILERS AHEAD for Avengers: Endgame.
James Gunn, director of the first two Guardians of the Galaxy films, has broken his silence on whether or not Guardians of the Galaxy 3 will adopt the name given to the Guardians by Thor at the end of Avengers: Endgame.
Via Reddit, Gunn posted some direct messages from Instagram on his Instagram Story and one of them was a fan messaging him, repeatedly, "please do not let the movie be called asgardians of the galaxy."
Scavengers Wants to Totally Nail ‘Coopetition’
At first glance, Scavengers doesn’t do anything particularly new. All of its elements are relatively familiar. At first glance, it’s your run-of-the-mill third-person multiplayer shooter with scavenging and crafting elements. Actually playing it, though, reveals a highly compelling player-versus-environment-versus-player genre mashup that is well on track to being greater than the sum of its obvious parts.
In Scavengers, the Scourge are alien parasites that came to earth after an asteroid crashed into Earth, plunging our planet into perpetual winter. Ice storms of varying categories – Category 1 being easily survivable and Category 5 being highly lethal, much like the classification of hurricanes – constantly swirl around the landscape. The Scourge have infected plenty of creatures, from people (called Outlanders) to bears (think South Park’s ManBearPig), and it’s just one more nasty force to deal with.
Spider-Man: 10 Essential Mysterio Comics
Spider-Man: Far From Home isn't just giving us our first glimpse of a post-Endgame MCU, it's also debuting one of the most enduring Spider-Man villains of them all - Mysterio. Based on the trailers, it's hard to say whether Jake Gyllenhaal's Mysterio is friend or foe, but anyone who knows Mysterio from the comics is well aware he's not someone to be trusted.
If you need to bone up on your Mysterio knowledge before Far From Home hits theaters, we're here to help. Here are ten essential comics featuring this master of illusions. Just beware of potential spoilers ahead. Sometimes, knowing Mysterio is part of a story gives away the surprise.
The Menace of... Mysterio
Fast & Furious 9 Begins Filming: Vin Diesel and Cast Share Photos
Fast & Furious 9 has officially began filming and many of the cast members, including Vin Diesel, Tyrese, Ludacris, and Nathalie Emmanuel, have taken to Twitter and Instagram to celebrate the occasion.
Vin Diesel, who plays Dominic Toretto, posted a video to Instagram with Michelle Rodriguez (Letty Ortiz) in honor of this special moment for the newest entry in the franchise that began in 2001, saying "First day completed! Blessed beyond words. #Fast9 2020."
Ludacris took to Instagram and posted his copy of the Fast and Furious 9 script with his character's name, Tej, across the page, saying "It's SHOWTIME."
Our Favorite Games of E3
Before we put E3 2019 completely in the rearview in favor of getting lost in the workshops of Super Mario Maker 2, we wanted to take another look at some of our favorite games from this year's expo.
Of course, these are only a few of all the great stuff we saw this year, so be sure to check out all our E3 coverage here.
You can flip through the gallery above or scroll down for the full list.