Monthly Archives: December 2020
JBL Quantum Cup: How to Watch the Fortnite, Valorant, and PUBG Tournament
The JBL Quantum Cup is a global gaming tournament that not only has the top names in esports facing off in Fortnite, Valorant, and PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG), but it also gives fans a chance to compete and make their way into the finals along with more chances to win giveaways throughout the broadcast and on the event website.
The JBL Quantum Cup begins on December 11, and fans around the world have just completed the qualifying rounds of the Fortnite challenge for a chance to face off against the pros in the finals and win from a total prize pool valued at $200,000.
JBL Quantum Cup Event Time and Dates
The JBL Quantum Cup will begin on December 11, 2020, at 9am PT/12pm ET/5pm GMT and will run for three days straight until the end of the tournament on December 13 at 9pm PT/December 14 at 12am ET/5am GMT. Fornite European Finals: December 11, 2020 at 9am PT/12pm ET/5pm GTM Fortnite North American Finals: December 11, 2020 at 4pm PT/7pm ET/ December 12, 2020 12am GMT Fortnite Asia Pacific Finals: December 11, 2020 at 11pm PT/ December 12, 2020 2am ET/7am GMT Valorant North American Qualifiers: December 12, 2020 at 1pm PT/4pm ET/9pm GMT Valorant North American Finals: December 13, 2020 at 1pm PT/4pm ET/9pm GMT PUBG Asia Pacific Finals: December 12, 2020 at 11pm PT/ December 13, 2020 at 2am ET/7am GMTHow to Watch the JBL Quantum Cup
We'll be hosting the JBL Quantum Cup livestream on our channels across a variety of platforms including IGN.com, YouTube, Twitch, and Twitter. Here's the full list of places you can watch the JBL Quantum Cup:- JBL Audio Twitch Channel
- IGN.com (homepage)
- IGN’s Twitter
- IGN's Twitch Channel
- IGN’s Youtube Channel
- IGN's iOS App
- IGN's Android App
What to Expect from the JBL Quantum Cup
The JBL Quantum Cup spans across North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific. For the global Fortnite tournament, 1,200 consumers across the globe will compete in three rounds, with the top 10 duos in each region advancing to the regional finals to battle with the best professional teams and influencers. Those tuning into the stream will also get a chance to win JBL Quantum headsets, JBL Quantum DUO computer Speakers, autographed gear from 100 Thieves, and much more every hour. To get updates throughout the weekend follow @JBLQuantum. [poilib element="accentDivider"]JBL Quantum Cup: How to Watch the Fortnite, Valorant, and PUBG Tournament
The JBL Quantum Cup is a global gaming tournament that not only has the top names in esports facing off in Fortnite, Valorant, and PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG), but it also gives fans a chance to compete and make their way into the finals along with more chances to win giveaways throughout the broadcast and on the event website.
The JBL Quantum Cup begins on December 11, and fans around the world have just completed the qualifying rounds of the Fortnite challenge for a chance to face off against the pros in the finals and win from a total prize pool valued at $200,000.
JBL Quantum Cup Event Time and Dates
The JBL Quantum Cup will begin on December 11, 2020, at 9am PT/12pm ET/5pm GMT and will run for three days straight until the end of the tournament on December 13 at 9pm PT/December 14 at 12am ET/5am GMT. Fornite European Finals: December 11, 2020 at 9am PT/12pm ET/5pm GTM Fortnite North American Finals: December 11, 2020 at 4pm PT/7pm ET/ December 12, 2020 12am GMT Fortnite Asia Pacific Finals: December 11, 2020 at 11pm PT/ December 12, 2020 2am ET/7am GMT Valorant North American Qualifiers: December 12, 2020 at 1pm PT/4pm ET/9pm GMT Valorant North American Finals: December 13, 2020 at 1pm PT/4pm ET/9pm GMT PUBG Asia Pacific Finals: December 12, 2020 at 11pm PT/ December 13, 2020 at 2am ET/7am GMTHow to Watch the JBL Quantum Cup
We'll be hosting the JBL Quantum Cup livestream on our channels across a variety of platforms including IGN.com, YouTube, Twitch, and Twitter. Here's the full list of places you can watch the JBL Quantum Cup:- JBL Audio Twitch Channel
- IGN.com (homepage)
- IGN’s Twitter
- IGN's Twitch Channel
- IGN’s Youtube Channel
- IGN's iOS App
- IGN's Android App
What to Expect from the JBL Quantum Cup
The JBL Quantum Cup spans across North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific. For the global Fortnite tournament, 1,200 consumers across the globe will compete in three rounds, with the top 10 duos in each region advancing to the regional finals to battle with the best professional teams and influencers. Those tuning into the stream will also get a chance to win JBL Quantum headsets, JBL Quantum DUO computer Speakers, autographed gear from 100 Thieves, and much more every hour. To get updates throughout the weekend follow @JBLQuantum. [poilib element="accentDivider"]Cyberpunk 2077 Review
Early on in Cyberpunk 2077, there's a series of side quests that has you tracking down rogue taxis run by faulty AI. You have to talk one of the taxis down from suicide as it contemplates driving off a bridge, while another needs to be brute-forced into behaving, and a third is an obvious reference to a famous video game AI that manipulates you as you chase it down. It's one of the best minor questlines in the game, an intriguing and surprisingly human substory that rewards you with lots of much-needed cash. It's also an excuse to send you to every corner of Night City, a clever introduction to all the areas you haven't yet been.
I spent a lot of my playtime following side-quest threads like this one, excited about the premise and hoping to find something as interesting or fun or rewarding at the end and, in many cases, I did. But now, after finishing the main story, I can't see how most of those activities fit into the overall narrative or the character I was playing. The main story doesn't even gel with itself.
Cyberpunk 2077 draws heavily from its source material, with everything from the world itself to the life and death of Johnny Silverhand coming from its pen-and-paper inspiration. But unlike in a tabletop RPG, you aren't playing a role of your own creation in Cyberpunk 2077; you're playing V, and this is V's story, not yours. I often felt like I was role-playing two different characters: one V for the side quests and one more limited V for the main story.
Continue Reading at GameSpotCyberpunk 2077 Review
Early on in Cyberpunk 2077, there's a series of side quests that has you tracking down rogue taxis run by faulty AI. You have to talk one of the taxis down from suicide as it contemplates driving off a bridge, while another needs to be brute-forced into behaving, and a third is an obvious reference to a famous video game AI that manipulates you as you chase it down. It's one of the best minor questlines in the game, an intriguing and surprisingly human substory that rewards you with lots of much-needed cash. It's also an excuse to send you to every corner of Night City, a clever introduction to all the areas you haven't yet been.
I spent a lot of my playtime following side-quest threads like this one, excited about the premise and hoping to find something as interesting or fun or rewarding at the end and, in many cases, I did. But now, after finishing the main story, I can't see how most of those activities fit into the overall narrative or the character I was playing. The main story doesn't even gel with itself.
Cyberpunk 2077 draws heavily from its source material, with everything from the world itself to the life and death of Johnny Silverhand coming from its pen-and-paper inspiration. But unlike in a tabletop RPG, you aren't playing a role of your own creation in Cyberpunk 2077; you're playing V, and this is V's story, not yours. I often felt like I was role-playing two different characters: one V for the side quests and one more limited V for the main story.
Continue Reading at GameSpotKingsman: ‘Something Like Seven’ More Movies Being Planned
Filmmaker Matthew Vaughn is said to be plotting "something like seven more Kingsman films" to expand his highly successful franchise.
Deadline reports that Marv Group CEO Zygi Kamasa discussed the production company's expansion plans at the Winston Baker UK Finance Summit late last week, where he touched on the prospective development of several Kingsman projects, including numerous movies and a TV series.
"We want to grow the business and the output," Kamasa explained at the conference. "We have a Kingsman TV series in the works and there are two-three other franchises that are being developed alongside the Kingsman world."
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Kingsman: The Secret Service proved to be a surprise hit ($414.3 million worldwide from an $85 million budget) and its sequel Kingsman: The Golden Circle turned out to be a serviceable follow-up ($410.9 million worldwide from a $104 million budget), but the franchise may face its biggest challenge with the release of its third film, The King's Man, which is slated to arrive in theaters in February of next year.
While Vaughn has returned to write and direct the film, the primary faces of the franchise - Taron Egerton and Colin Firth - have not been enlisted in the prequel, which precludes the first film. Instead, this entry will follow how the Kingsman spy agency started up in the early 1900s, and will serve as a real test as to how dependable the franchise really is, without the main anchors of its primary cast.
The contemporary Kingsman timeline - made up so far of The Secret Service and The Golden Circle films - was originally envisioned as a trilogy, and Egerton recently confirmed that the script has been written for the third sequel. The story will reportedly focus on concluding the relationship between Egerton and Firth's characters.
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Adele Ankers is a Freelance Entertainment Journalist. You can reach her on Twitter.
Kingsman: ‘Something Like Seven’ More Movies Being Planned
Filmmaker Matthew Vaughn is said to be plotting "something like seven more Kingsman films" to expand his highly successful franchise.
Deadline reports that Marv Group CEO Zygi Kamasa discussed the production company's expansion plans at the Winston Baker UK Finance Summit late last week, where he touched on the prospective development of several Kingsman projects, including numerous movies and a TV series.
"We want to grow the business and the output," Kamasa explained at the conference. "We have a Kingsman TV series in the works and there are two-three other franchises that are being developed alongside the Kingsman world."
[ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2017/09/18/kingsman-the-golden-circle-review"]
Kingsman: The Secret Service proved to be a surprise hit ($414.3 million worldwide from an $85 million budget) and its sequel Kingsman: The Golden Circle turned out to be a serviceable follow-up ($410.9 million worldwide from a $104 million budget), but the franchise may face its biggest challenge with the release of its third film, The King's Man, which is slated to arrive in theaters in February of next year.
While Vaughn has returned to write and direct the film, the primary faces of the franchise - Taron Egerton and Colin Firth - have not been enlisted in the prequel, which precludes the first film. Instead, this entry will follow how the Kingsman spy agency started up in the early 1900s, and will serve as a real test as to how dependable the franchise really is, without the main anchors of its primary cast.
The contemporary Kingsman timeline - made up so far of The Secret Service and The Golden Circle films - was originally envisioned as a trilogy, and Egerton recently confirmed that the script has been written for the third sequel. The story will reportedly focus on concluding the relationship between Egerton and Firth's characters.
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Adele Ankers is a Freelance Entertainment Journalist. You can reach her on Twitter.
Johnny Silverhand Tells You to Go Away If You Try to Play Cyberpunk 2077 Early With a Preload
Cyberpunk 2077 is available to preload now, and players have discovered a cute Keanu Reeves Easter egg if they try to launch the game early through GOG Galaxy.
Posted to Reddit by user jmendo02, once you boot up the game after preloading it via the GOG Galaxy service, you'll see a landfill vista. You'll then get a very cheeky line from Reeves' Johnny Silverhand, who says "Go back to sleep, Samurai! It's not December 10th yet."
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GOG Galaxy's preload screen (Image credit: Twitch user g1zmo59)[/caption]
We're sure this tongue-in-cheek easter egg won't make it any easier for the fans waiting for the game's official launch later this week, but it's a cute nod nonetheless from CD Projekt Red.
AlexEnMadrid in the comments on Reddit mentioned that it was a missed opportunity to use the yellow screen favored by Cyberpunk 2077's Twitter presence to announce delays, but we think that would've been far too cruel...
[ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/11/19/cyberpunk-2077-the-final-preview"]
In other Cyberpunk 2077 news, here's every easter egg revealed so far, including an explanation as to why Keanu Reeves and Johnny Silverhand are both canon in the game's universe.
If you want to find out exactly when Cyberpunk 2077 launches in your region, you can check out our article covering the game's global release times, which offers a useful map of the regional release schedule so you can properly prepare for December 10. For our spoiler-free thoughts ahead of launch, check out our final preview of Cyberpunk 2077.
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GOG Galaxy's preload screen (Image credit: Twitch user g1zmo59)[/caption]
We're sure this tongue-in-cheek easter egg won't make it any easier for the fans waiting for the game's official launch later this week, but it's a cute nod nonetheless from CD Projekt Red.
AlexEnMadrid in the comments on Reddit mentioned that it was a missed opportunity to use the yellow screen favored by Cyberpunk 2077's Twitter presence to announce delays, but we think that would've been far too cruel...
[ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/11/19/cyberpunk-2077-the-final-preview"]
In other Cyberpunk 2077 news, here's every easter egg revealed so far, including an explanation as to why Keanu Reeves and Johnny Silverhand are both canon in the game's universe.
If you want to find out exactly when Cyberpunk 2077 launches in your region, you can check out our article covering the game's global release times, which offers a useful map of the regional release schedule so you can properly prepare for December 10. For our spoiler-free thoughts ahead of launch, check out our final preview of Cyberpunk 2077.
[poilib element="accentDivider"]Johnny Silverhand Tells You to Go Away If You Try to Play Cyberpunk 2077 Early With a Preload
Cyberpunk 2077 is available to preload now, and players have discovered a cute Keanu Reeves Easter egg if they try to launch the game early through GOG Galaxy.
Posted to Reddit by user jmendo02, once you boot up the game after preloading it via the GOG Galaxy service, you'll see a landfill vista. You'll then get a very cheeky line from Reeves' Johnny Silverhand, who says "Go back to sleep, Samurai! It's not December 10th yet."
[caption id="attachment_2448374" align="alignnone" width="1920"] GOG Galaxy's preload screen (Image credit: Twitch user g1zmo59)[/caption]
We're sure this tongue-in-cheek easter egg won't make it any easier for the fans waiting for the game's official launch later this week, but it's a cute nod nonetheless from CD Projekt Red.
AlexEnMadrid in the comments on Reddit mentioned that it was a missed opportunity to use the yellow screen favored by Cyberpunk 2077's Twitter presence to announce delays, but we think that would've been far too cruel...
[ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/11/19/cyberpunk-2077-the-final-preview"]
In other Cyberpunk 2077 news, here's every easter egg revealed so far, including an explanation as to why Keanu Reeves and Johnny Silverhand are both canon in the game's universe.
If you want to find out exactly when Cyberpunk 2077 launches in your region, you can check out our article covering the game's global release times, which offers a useful map of the regional release schedule so you can properly prepare for December 10. For our spoiler-free thoughts ahead of launch, check out our final preview of Cyberpunk 2077.
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GOG Galaxy's preload screen (Image credit: Twitch user g1zmo59)[/caption]
We're sure this tongue-in-cheek easter egg won't make it any easier for the fans waiting for the game's official launch later this week, but it's a cute nod nonetheless from CD Projekt Red.
AlexEnMadrid in the comments on Reddit mentioned that it was a missed opportunity to use the yellow screen favored by Cyberpunk 2077's Twitter presence to announce delays, but we think that would've been far too cruel...
[ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/11/19/cyberpunk-2077-the-final-preview"]
In other Cyberpunk 2077 news, here's every easter egg revealed so far, including an explanation as to why Keanu Reeves and Johnny Silverhand are both canon in the game's universe.
If you want to find out exactly when Cyberpunk 2077 launches in your region, you can check out our article covering the game's global release times, which offers a useful map of the regional release schedule so you can properly prepare for December 10. For our spoiler-free thoughts ahead of launch, check out our final preview of Cyberpunk 2077.
[poilib element="accentDivider"]Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid – Scorpina Revealed to Close Out Season 3
When Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid released last year, we said it had "a fighting system developed with thought, care, and an obvious love for 2D tag fighting games." Development has continued since, and Season 3 of it officially comes to a close with Scorpina, the latest brawler to be added to the game's roster.
Check out the exclusive new trailer for Scorpina at the top of this page above, and see some Scorpina screenshots below.
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For more on Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid, check out our review of the core game.
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Ryan McCaffrey is IGN’s Executive Editor of Previews. Follow him on Twitter at @DMC_Ryan, catch him on Unlocked, and drop-ship him Taylor Ham sandwiches from New Jersey whenever possible.
Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid – Scorpina Revealed to Close Out Season 3
When Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid released last year, we said it had "a fighting system developed with thought, care, and an obvious love for 2D tag fighting games." Development has continued since, and Season 3 of it officially comes to a close with Scorpina, the latest brawler to be added to the game's roster.
Check out the exclusive new trailer for Scorpina at the top of this page above, and see some Scorpina screenshots below.
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For more on Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid, check out our review of the core game.
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Ryan McCaffrey is IGN’s Executive Editor of Previews. Follow him on Twitter at @DMC_Ryan, catch him on Unlocked, and drop-ship him Taylor Ham sandwiches from New Jersey whenever possible.