Monthly Archives: July 2020
Marvel’s Avengers: New Hero Outfits Revealed
Marvel's Avengers is aiming to let players customize beloved Marvel heroes in a number of ways, from different attack builds to gear and more. And of course, a key component of that is making sure the heroes look awesome while they're reassembling to save the world.
As part of our IGN First coverage of Marvel's Avengers, we're happy to debut new and more detailed looks at already revealed costumes players can expect to unlock in Marvel's Avengers. Check out the gallery below for more.
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A multitude of different costumes will be available for players to unlock in-game, and include a variety of new designs and some inspired by classic and obscure costumes from the heroes' decades of comic, TV, and movie history.
Players will actually get to go hands-on with these heroes soon, as the closed and open betas for Marvel's Avengers will be playable in August. For more on the upcoming adventure, which is set to be released on September 4 with a PS5 and Xbox Series X release to follow, check out why Crystal Dynamics settled on Kamala Khan and MODOK as Avengers' hero and villain, learn about how Marvel and Crystal decided to collaborate, and hear from Avengers' lead combat designer about the team's efforts to make every Avengers play uniquely.
You can also read our Marvel's Avengers hands-on experience, and check out the full War Table Avengers presentation for more details. Stay tuned through the rest of the month for more on Marvel's Avengers.
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Jonathon Dornbush is IGN's Senior News Editor and host of Podcast Beyond! Talk to him on Twitter @jmdornbush.
Marvel’s Avengers: New Hero Outfits Revealed
Marvel's Avengers is aiming to let players customize beloved Marvel heroes in a number of ways, from different attack builds to gear and more. And of course, a key component of that is making sure the heroes look awesome while they're reassembling to save the world.
As part of our IGN First coverage of Marvel's Avengers, we're happy to debut new and more detailed looks at already revealed costumes players can expect to unlock in Marvel's Avengers. Check out the gallery below for more.
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A multitude of different costumes will be available for players to unlock in-game, and include a variety of new designs and some inspired by classic and obscure costumes from the heroes' decades of comic, TV, and movie history.
Players will actually get to go hands-on with these heroes soon, as the closed and open betas for Marvel's Avengers will be playable in August. For more on the upcoming adventure, which is set to be released on September 4 with a PS5 and Xbox Series X release to follow, check out why Crystal Dynamics settled on Kamala Khan and MODOK as Avengers' hero and villain, learn about how Marvel and Crystal decided to collaborate, and hear from Avengers' lead combat designer about the team's efforts to make every Avengers play uniquely.
You can also read our Marvel's Avengers hands-on experience, and check out the full War Table Avengers presentation for more details. Stay tuned through the rest of the month for more on Marvel's Avengers.
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Jonathon Dornbush is IGN's Senior News Editor and host of Podcast Beyond! Talk to him on Twitter @jmdornbush.
Tenet Delayed Again: Warners Pulls Movie From Release Calendar
Christopher Nolan's Tenet has been indefinitely delayed. As reported by Variety, the long-awaited sci-fi movie has now vanished entirely from Warner Bros' release calendar.
Tenet's original July 17 release had already been pushed back by the studio twice, with the most recent release date being August 12. Unfortunately, with the COVID-19 pandemic continuing to wreak havoc on the entertainment industry, it would seem Warners is no longer willing to attempt a summer release.
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Interestingly, chairman Toby Emmerich hints the studio may abandon plans for a simultaneous global launch of Tenet, instead releasing the film in individual markets as the public health crisis allows.
“We will share a new 2020 release date imminently for Tenet, Christopher Nolan’s wholly original and mind-blowing feature,” said Emmerich in a statement. “We are not treating Tenet like a traditional global day-and-date release, and our upcoming marketing and distribution plans will reflect that.”
Based on Emmerich's statement, Warners is apparently still hoping to release Tenet in 2020, at least in some markets. Variety writes, "Sources at Warner Bros. stress that they will have to be flexible with its plans to release Tenet, which means it will not have a traditional theatrical rollout. Movie theaters overseas have already started to reopen, so there’s a chance it could launch internationally prior to a domestic release."
Warners is also delaying another major release until well into next year. The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It has been pushed back from September 11, 2020 until June 4, 2021.
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As things currently stand, Disney's Mulan will be the first summer blockbuster to open in theaters, with a release date of August 21. However, Tenet's indefinite delay casts new doubt on whether Mulan will meet its latest release date.
For more on how COVID-19 could affect the film industry, head here.
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Jesse is a mild-mannered staff writer for IGN. Allow him to lend a machete to your intellectual thicket by following @jschedeen on Twitter.
Tenet Delayed Again: Warners Pulls Movie From Release Calendar
Christopher Nolan's Tenet has been indefinitely delayed. As reported by Variety, the long-awaited sci-fi movie has now vanished entirely from Warner Bros' release calendar.
Tenet's original July 17 release had already been pushed back by the studio twice, with the most recent release date being August 12. Unfortunately, with the COVID-19 pandemic continuing to wreak havoc on the entertainment industry, it would seem Warners is no longer willing to attempt a summer release.
[widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=every-delayed-movie-due-to-coronavirus-so-far&captions=true"]
Interestingly, chairman Toby Emmerich hints the studio may abandon plans for a simultaneous global launch of Tenet, instead releasing the film in individual markets as the public health crisis allows.
“We will share a new 2020 release date imminently for Tenet, Christopher Nolan’s wholly original and mind-blowing feature,” said Emmerich in a statement. “We are not treating Tenet like a traditional global day-and-date release, and our upcoming marketing and distribution plans will reflect that.”
Based on Emmerich's statement, Warners is apparently still hoping to release Tenet in 2020, at least in some markets. Variety writes, "Sources at Warner Bros. stress that they will have to be flexible with its plans to release Tenet, which means it will not have a traditional theatrical rollout. Movie theaters overseas have already started to reopen, so there’s a chance it could launch internationally prior to a domestic release."
Warners is also delaying another major release until well into next year. The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It has been pushed back from September 11, 2020 until June 4, 2021.
[ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/07/02/a-brief-history-of-time-in-christopher-nolan-movies"]
As things currently stand, Disney's Mulan will be the first summer blockbuster to open in theaters, with a release date of August 21. However, Tenet's indefinite delay casts new doubt on whether Mulan will meet its latest release date.
For more on how COVID-19 could affect the film industry, head here.
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Jesse is a mild-mannered staff writer for IGN. Allow him to lend a machete to your intellectual thicket by following @jschedeen on Twitter.
Everything Announced in Today’s Nintendo Direct Mini
Check out everything announced in today's Nintendo Direct Mini Partner Showcase.
Everything Announced in Today’s Nintendo Direct Mini
Check out everything announced in today's Nintendo Direct Mini Partner Showcase.
The Russo Brothers Explain How Secret Wars Could Inspire MCU Return
Avengers: Endgame directors Joe and Anthony Russo have revealed that a Secret Wars movie could tempt them back to the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
In an interview with BroBible, the Russo brothers explained the reason why they would like to potentially adapt Secret Wars into a big-screen event, as Joe admitted that he was totally gripped by "scale of getting all of the heroes together" when he first read the comic book at the age of "10 or 11."
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"It was one of the first major books to do that — that was really event-storytelling to me at its finest," he said. "And what happens when you put all of those personalities together. I also like the idea of villains having to team up with heroes. [Anthony] and I like complicated relationships between heroes and villains, we like villains who believe they're heroes in their own stories, so it's all sort of built into this notion of Secret Wars. To execute something on the scale of Infinity War was directly related to the dream of Secret Wars, which is even larger in scale."
Anthony backed his brother's comments, as he confirmed that he would be up for the challenge of a Secret Wars adaptation, saying, "It would be the biggest movie you could possibly imagine, so that's what really excites us about the story — the ambition of it is even bigger than the ambition of the Infinity Saga."
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There have been two big installments of the Secret Wars storyline in Marvel Comics; 1984's original Secret Wars arc by Jim Shooter, Mike Zeck and Bob Layton and 2015's updated version of Secret Wars by Jonathan Hickman and Esad Ribić.
The original run was a massive crossover event that saw different superheroes and villains, including the X-Men, transported to Battleworld, while the 2015 run combined Marvel's classic Earth-616 universe with the Ultimate Universe.
For more on Secret Wars, here are seven things you need to know before reading Marvel's big event storyline.
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Adele Ankers is a Freelance Entertainment Journalist. You can reach her on Twitter.
The Russo Brothers Explain How Secret Wars Could Inspire MCU Return
Avengers: Endgame directors Joe and Anthony Russo have revealed that a Secret Wars movie could tempt them back to the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
In an interview with BroBible, the Russo brothers explained the reason why they would like to potentially adapt Secret Wars into a big-screen event, as Joe admitted that he was totally gripped by "scale of getting all of the heroes together" when he first read the comic book at the age of "10 or 11."
[ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2018/04/10/avengers-infinity-war-directors-want-to-see-this-x-men-crossover"]
"It was one of the first major books to do that — that was really event-storytelling to me at its finest," he said. "And what happens when you put all of those personalities together. I also like the idea of villains having to team up with heroes. [Anthony] and I like complicated relationships between heroes and villains, we like villains who believe they're heroes in their own stories, so it's all sort of built into this notion of Secret Wars. To execute something on the scale of Infinity War was directly related to the dream of Secret Wars, which is even larger in scale."
Anthony backed his brother's comments, as he added that he would also be up for the challenge of a Secret Wars adaptation, saying, "It would be the biggest movie you could possibly imagine, so that's what really excites us about the story — the ambition of it is even bigger than the ambition of the Infinity Saga."
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There have been two big installments of the Secret Wars storyline in Marvel Comics; 1984's original Secret Wars arc by Jim Shooter, Mike Zeck and Bob Layton and 2015's updated version of Secret Wars by Jonathan Hickman and Esad Ribić.
The original run was a massive crossover event that saw different superheroes and villains, including the X-Men, transported to Battleworld, while the 2015 run combined Marvel's classic Earth-616 universe with the Ultimate Universe.
For more on Secret Wars, here are seven things you need to know before reading Marvel's big event storyline.
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Adele Ankers is a Freelance Entertainment Journalist. You can reach her on Twitter.
Temtem: Kisiwa Island Update Out Tomorrow
Temtem has announced the Kisiwa Island update, adding new creatures, areas and items to the Pokemon-like MMO. It will arrive tomorrow, July 21.
The Kisiwa Island update adds 23 new Temtem with new attack animations, new story missions, a new island and biome, and climbing gear items to get around those new environments.
You can check out a brand new trailer, exclusive to IGN below:
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Centred around an invasion by Clan Belsoto, led by General X, Kisiwa Island will see players attempting to take back the new island. Obstacles, enemy tamers and new monsters will be blocking your path to victory.
The update will also add quality of life improvements, including new in-game chat options, club management, and in-game titles.
We awarded Temtem's Early Access version a 7/10 review, calling out its great ideas for improving on the Pokemon template, but mentioning its incomplete state. Hopefully Kisiwa Island goes some way to addressing that concern.
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Disclosure: Humble Bundle (which is owned by Ziff Davis, the parent company of IGN) is either the publisher or financier of this game and may receive a commission or fee in connection with sales. Humble Bundle and IGN operate completely independently, and no special consideration is given to Humble Bundle-published or financed games for coverage or scoring.
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Joe Skrebels is IGN's Executive Editor of News. Follow him on Twitter. Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com.
Temtem: Kisiwa Island Update Out Tomorrow
Temtem has announced the Kisiwa Island update, adding new creatures, areas and items to the Pokemon-like MMO. It will arrive tomorrow, July 21.
The Kisiwa Island update adds 23 new Temtem with new attack animations, new story missions, a new island and biome, and climbing gear items to get around those new environments.
You can check out a brand new trailer, exclusive to IGN below:
[ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/07/20/temtem-kisiwa-island-update-exclusive-reveal-trailer"]
Centred around an invasion by Clan Belsoto, led by General X, Kisiwa Island will see players attempting to take back the new island. Obstacles, enemy tamers and new monsters will be blocking your path to victory.
The update will also add quality of life improvements, including new in-game chat options, club management, and in-game titles.
We awarded Temtem's Early Access version a 7/10 review, calling out its great ideas for improving on the Pokemon template, but mentioning its incomplete state. Hopefully Kisiwa Island goes some way to addressing that concern.
[ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/03/18/temtem-early-access-review"]
Disclosure: Humble Bundle (which is owned by Ziff Davis, the parent company of IGN) is either the publisher or financier of this game and may receive a commission or fee in connection with sales. Humble Bundle and IGN operate completely independently, and no special consideration is given to Humble Bundle-published or financed games for coverage or scoring.
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Joe Skrebels is IGN's Executive Editor of News. Follow him on Twitter. Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com.