Monthly Archives: September 2020

Ghost of Tsushima Art Book Reveals More Details About Legends Co-op Mode

A Ghost of Tsushima art book has revealed more details about the game's upcoming 'Legends' co-op mode, which is set to arrive during Fall 2020. Fans have been receiving 'The Art of Ghost of Tsushima' recently, with many taking to YouTube and forums like ResetEra to share the extra details found within the artbook. A new character called the 'Storyteller' is set to appear, a masked traveller who is "all-seeing and all-knowing." The landscapes in the Legends mode are also described as having "a more dream-like quality" than the main game, with "exaggerated features and a different color palette" inspired by ancient Japanese woodblock prints. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/08/17/ghost-of-tsushima-legends-announcement-trailer"] TheSushiSquire's video also shows off some new enemy types and bosses, including a creepy masked warrior who transforms into a beast with gnarled limbs (who wouldn't look out of place in Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice) – that boss is shown to have multiple phases, implying we'll be taking on monsters for longer boss fights than most of Tsushima's brief combat encounters. We also see different classes of Oni demons, as well as Tengu, which will likly be your more basic enemies. The video also offers a glimpse at the game's menus, which look typically minimalist and tinged with a red hue. It looks as if there will be new resources or currencies available in Legends, and new menu screens for Crafting and Feats tease new features coming to the game as part of the upcoming co-op mode. According to the Google Books page for The Art of Ghost of Tsushima, there are nearly 20 pages of concepts and details about the Legends DLC. Ghost of Tsushima: Legends' online co-op will be free upon the expansion's launch in Fall 2020. You can read more about what to expect from the new mode here. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Jordan Oloman is a freelance writer for IGN. Follow him on Twitter.

Ghost of Tsushima Art Book Reveals More Details About Legends Co-op Mode

A Ghost of Tsushima art book has revealed more details about the game's upcoming 'Legends' co-op mode, which is set to arrive during Fall 2020. Fans have been receiving 'The Art of Ghost of Tsushima' recently, with many taking to YouTube and forums like ResetEra to share the extra details found within the artbook. A new character called the 'Storyteller' is set to appear, a masked traveller who is "all-seeing and all-knowing." The landscapes in the Legends mode are also described as having "a more dream-like quality" than the main game, with "exaggerated features and a different color palette" inspired by ancient Japanese woodblock prints. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/08/17/ghost-of-tsushima-legends-announcement-trailer"] TheSushiSquire's video also shows off some new enemy types and bosses, including a creepy masked warrior who transforms into a beast with gnarled limbs (who wouldn't look out of place in Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice) – that boss is shown to have multiple phases, implying we'll be taking on monsters for longer boss fights than most of Tsushima's brief combat encounters. We also see different classes of Oni demons, as well as Tengu, which will likly be your more basic enemies. The video also offers a glimpse at the game's menus, which look typically minimalist and tinged with a red hue. It looks as if there will be new resources or currencies available in Legends, and new menu screens for Crafting and Feats tease new features coming to the game as part of the upcoming co-op mode. According to the Google Books page for The Art of Ghost of Tsushima, there are nearly 20 pages of concepts and details about the Legends DLC. Ghost of Tsushima: Legends' online co-op will be free upon the expansion's launch in Fall 2020. You can read more about what to expect from the new mode here. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Jordan Oloman is a freelance writer for IGN. Follow him on Twitter.

Zack Snyder’s Justice League Might Be Called ‘Justice League: Director’s Cut’

In the mix of downloadable wallpapers released for the DC FanDome event, some art for Zack Snyder's cut of Justice League was released with what might wind up being the official title. When it was announced back in May that Snyder's cut of the film was headed to HBO Max in 2021, it was accompanied by art using the title "Zack Snyder's Justice League." As you can see here, this particular poster for the cut has a different name... Theatrical-JusticeLeagueDirectorsCut-Desktop_5f5a6e2bc34459.45930397 There's no word yet on if Justice League: Director's Cut is the name Warner Bros. will stick with, but it is interesting to see it pop up for the FanDome event. The Snyder Cut, which will be released in four parts, is reported to costs upwards of $30M to produce and Snyder has confirmed there will be no reshoots with the original cast, using only previously shot footage. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=justice-league-snyder-cut-all-the-known-differences-from-the-theatrical-version&captions=true"] For his version of the film, Snyder has confirmed the omission of a Superman line, a new design for Steppenwolf, and hinted at The Flash time traveling. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/08/22/justice-league-the-snyder-cut-trailer"]

Zack Snyder’s Justice League Might Be Called ‘Justice League: Director’s Cut’

In the mix of downloadable wallpapers released for the DC FanDome event, some art for Zack Snyder's cut of Justice League was released with what might wind up being the official title. When it was announced back in May that Snyder's cut of the film was headed to HBO Max in 2021, it was accompanied by art using the title "Zack Snyder's Justice League." As you can see here, this particular poster for the cut has a different name... Theatrical-JusticeLeagueDirectorsCut-Desktop_5f5a6e2bc34459.45930397 There's no word yet on if Justice League: Director's Cut is the name Warner Bros. will stick with, but it is interesting to see it pop up for the FanDome event. The Snyder Cut, which will be released in four parts, is reported to costs upwards of $30M to produce and Snyder has confirmed there will be no reshoots with the original cast, using only previously shot footage. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=justice-league-snyder-cut-all-the-known-differences-from-the-theatrical-version&captions=true"] For his version of the film, Snyder has confirmed the omission of a Superman line, a new design for Steppenwolf, and hinted at The Flash time traveling. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/08/22/justice-league-the-snyder-cut-trailer"]

Microsoft Says ByteDance Will Not Sell It TikTok’s US Operations

Update (9/13/20) - Bloomberg is reporting that Oracle Corp. has won the bidding for the US operations of TikTok. Oracle is allegedly set to "be announced as TikTok's 'trusted tech partner' in the U.S., and the deal is likely not to be structured as an outright sale." Original story follows. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Microsoft has said TikTok's parent company ByteDance will not be selling it the popular social media platform. In a statement on the Microsoft Corporate Blogs, Microsoft said it was "confident our proposal would have been good for TikTok’s users, while protecting national security interests." "ByteDance let us know today they would not be selling TikTok’s US operations to Microsoft. We are confident our proposal would have been good for TikTok’s users, while protecting national security interests. To do this, we would have made significant changes to ensure the service met the highest standards for security, privacy, online safety, and combatting disinformation, and we made these principles clear in our August statement. We look forward to seeing how the service evolves in these important areas." [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/09/08/xbox-series-s-world-premiere-reveal-trailer"] Microsoft was one of the leading suitors for TikTok's US operations, and CEO Satya Nadella was in discussions with US President Donald J. Trump to help explore this potential purchase. Microsoft had previously stated it hoped to complete these discussions by September 15, 2020, as Trump had put in place an executive order to stop any transactions with ByteDance after 45 days. However, it was moved to 90 days shortly after, which will now be November 12. This all stemmed from TikTok becoming under scrutiny from the Trump administration. TikTok's issues have been going on for some time, with lawmakers and the Trump administration questioning "whether the app is susceptible to influence from the Chinese government, including potential requests to censor material shared on the platform or to share American user data with Chinese officials." [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=confirmed-xbox-series-x-games&captions=true"] [poilib element="accentDivider"] Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com. Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on Twitch.

Microsoft Says ByteDance Will Not Sell It TikTok’s US Operations

Update (9/13/20) - Bloomberg is reporting that Oracle Corp. has won the bidding for the US operations of TikTok. Oracle is allegedly set to "be announced as TikTok's 'trusted tech partner' in the U.S., and the deal is likely not to be structured as an outright sale." Original story follows. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Microsoft has said TikTok's parent company ByteDance will not be selling it the popular social media platform. In a statement on the Microsoft Corporate Blogs, Microsoft said it was "confident our proposal would have been good for TikTok’s users, while protecting national security interests." "ByteDance let us know today they would not be selling TikTok’s US operations to Microsoft. We are confident our proposal would have been good for TikTok’s users, while protecting national security interests. To do this, we would have made significant changes to ensure the service met the highest standards for security, privacy, online safety, and combatting disinformation, and we made these principles clear in our August statement. We look forward to seeing how the service evolves in these important areas." [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/09/08/xbox-series-s-world-premiere-reveal-trailer"] Microsoft was one of the leading suitors for TikTok's US operations, and CEO Satya Nadella was in discussions with US President Donald J. Trump to help explore this potential purchase. Microsoft had previously stated it hoped to complete these discussions by September 15, 2020, as Trump had put in place an executive order to stop any transactions with ByteDance after 45 days. However, it was moved to 90 days shortly after, which will now be November 12. This all stemmed from TikTok becoming under scrutiny from the Trump administration. TikTok's issues have been going on for some time, with lawmakers and the Trump administration questioning "whether the app is susceptible to influence from the Chinese government, including potential requests to censor material shared on the platform or to share American user data with Chinese officials." [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=confirmed-xbox-series-x-games&captions=true"] [poilib element="accentDivider"] Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com. Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on Twitch.

Tom Holland Updates from Uncharted Movie Set: ‘It’s Going So Well’

On Sunday morning, a restless Tom Holland took to Instagram Live to talk to his fans after not posting for a long while. "Filming is going so well," Holland shared, giving a brief updated on the Uncharted movie production, which was prepping to start up back in July after being put on pause last March due to the pandemic. "The film is like, everything I dreamed it would be," Holland added. "I mean, I don't know if you guys played the games, but I was such a huge fan of the game, and it's been going so well." Hinting at the physicality required for the role of Nathan Drake, Holland said "I do have the biggest bruise of all time though, on my leg. That's in a bit of a revealing area for Instagram Live." [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=every-video-game-movie-in-development-almost&captions=true"] The Uncharted film is finally headed our way after a turbulent series of setbacks that have stretched well over the course of a decade, with a number of directors and stars coming and going throughout the movie's cursed development history. In March of this year, Venom's Ruben Fleischer became the seventh director to be attached to the project. Previously, Holland shared some pre-production teasers on his Instagram stories, tagging co-star Mark Wahlberg, who is playing Drake's treasure-hunting mentor, Victor "Sully" Sullivan. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/09/12/cbs-all-access-console-wars-official-trailer"] [poilib element="accentDivider"] Matt Fowler is a writer for IGN and a member of the Television Critics Association. Follow him on Twitter at @TheMattFowler and Facebook at Facebook.com/MattBFowler.

Tom Holland Updates from Uncharted Movie Set: ‘It’s Going So Well’

On Sunday morning, a restless Tom Holland took to Instagram Live to talk to his fans after not posting for a long while. "Filming is going so well," Holland shared, giving a brief updated on the Uncharted movie production, which was prepping to start up back in July after being put on pause last March due to the pandemic. "The film is like, everything I dreamed it would be," Holland added. "I mean, I don't know if you guys played the games, but I was such a huge fan of the game, and it's been going so well." Hinting at the physicality required for the role of Nathan Drake, Holland said "I do have the biggest bruise of all time though, on my leg. That's in a bit of a revealing area for Instagram Live." [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=every-video-game-movie-in-development-almost&captions=true"] The Uncharted film is finally headed our way after a turbulent series of setbacks that have stretched well over the course of a decade, with a number of directors and stars coming and going throughout the movie's cursed development history. In March of this year, Venom's Ruben Fleischer became the seventh director to be attached to the project. Previously, Holland shared some pre-production teasers on his Instagram stories, tagging co-star Mark Wahlberg, who is playing Drake's treasure-hunting mentor, Victor "Sully" Sullivan. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/09/12/cbs-all-access-console-wars-official-trailer"] [poilib element="accentDivider"] Matt Fowler is a writer for IGN and a member of the Television Critics Association. Follow him on Twitter at @TheMattFowler and Facebook at Facebook.com/MattBFowler.

Console Wars Shows the Battle Between Nintendo and Sega in the ’90s

Console Wars, CBS All Access' first feature-length documentary, looks to tell the story of the battle between Nintendo and Sega in the '90s on September 23, 2020. Console Wars will be available for CBS All Access subscribers in the U.S. and was an Official Selection of the 2020 SXSW Film Festival. It looks to take "viewers back to 1990 when Sega, then a fledgling arcade company, assembled a team of underdogs to take on the greatest video game company in the world, Nintendo." [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/09/12/cbs-all-access-console-wars-official-trailer"] This documentary is being produced and directed by Jonah Tulis and Blake J. Harris, the latter of who is the author of 2014's Console Wars: Sega, Nintendo, and the Battle that Defined a Generation. Evan Goldberg, Seth Rogen, James Weaver, Josh Fagen, Scott Rudin, and Eli Bush are executive producers, and Julian Rosenberg, Doug Blush, and Katie Mustard are producing the film. Console Wars is another big video game documentary releasing this year, and follows Netflix's High Score, which was a six-part docuseries that offered a much broader look at the evolution of video games over the last 50 years. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2019/12/09/the-lie-that-helped-build-nintendo"] Reports of a film and/or movie adaptation of Harris' book have been appearing since 2014, with one of the more recent ones being that Console Wars was set to be a television series with Kong: Skull Island's Jordan Vogt-Roberts directing, and American Vandal's Mike Rosolio writing the pilot episode. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com. Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on Twitch.

Console Wars Shows the Battle Between Nintendo and Sega in the ’90s

Console Wars, CBS All Access' first feature-length documentary, looks to tell the story of the battle between Nintendo and Sega in the '90s on September 23, 2020. Console Wars will be available for CBS All Access subscribers in the U.S. and was an Official Selection of the 2020 SXSW Film Festival. It looks to take "viewers back to 1990 when Sega, then a fledgling arcade company, assembled a team of underdogs to take on the greatest video game company in the world, Nintendo." [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/09/12/cbs-all-access-console-wars-official-trailer"] This documentary is being produced and directed by Jonah Tulis and Blake J. Harris, the latter of who is the author of 2014's Console Wars: Sega, Nintendo, and the Battle that Defined a Generation. Evan Goldberg, Seth Rogen, James Weaver, Josh Fagen, Scott Rudin, and Eli Bush are executive producers, and Julian Rosenberg, Doug Blush, and Katie Mustard are producing the film. Console Wars is another big video game documentary releasing this year, and follows Netflix's High Score, which was a six-part docuseries that offered a much broader look at the evolution of video games over the last 50 years. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2019/12/09/the-lie-that-helped-build-nintendo"] Reports of a film and/or movie adaptation of Harris' book have been appearing since 2014, with one of the more recent ones being that Console Wars was set to be a television series with Kong: Skull Island's Jordan Vogt-Roberts directing, and American Vandal's Mike Rosolio writing the pilot episode. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com. Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on Twitch.