Kickoff E3 2017 with Your Friends at IGN
IGN is kicking off E3 2017 in style! We’ve partnered with Hot Pockets for a free, open to the public party on Saturday, June 10th! If you're in Los Angeles, come hang out with IGN’s Andrew Goldfarb, Daemon Hatfield, Naomi Kyle, Ryan McCaffrey, Alanah Pearce, Max Scoville, Marty Sliva, and more!
There will be gaming stations, photo booth, full bar, DJ, and free Hot Pockets samples. Plus, you can watch the party unfold through the IGN Facebook Livestream! Get there early for free swag.
Come celebrate E3 2017 with your friends at IGN! No RSVP, just show up!
Mass Effect: Andromeda Development Included No Man’s Sky-like Procedurally Generated Worlds
Mass Effect: Andromeda's development reportedly once included plans for the Bioware RPG to include hundreds of procedurally generated worlds in the vein of No Man's Sky.
Kotaku reports that game director, Gérard Lehiany, had the idea before No Man's Sky was announced to use algorithms to generate all of the planets for players to explore, allowing for endless and unique possibilities.
Prototypes for the game reportedly included the ability for players to discover unique planets and then land their spaceship and explore the surface on a smaller craft, hunting for habitable terrain.
Mass Effect: Andromeda Meant to Do ‘What Mass Effect 1 Promised But Failed to Deliver’
The original goal for Mass Effect: Andromeda was to go back and deliver on the promise of exploration that came with the first Mass Effect.
A Kotaku story reveals that Bioware's goals on Andromeda were to find new ways to make the next installment in the popular series distinct and fresh. The team looked at the closing of the Reaper threat and Commander Shepard's epic as a clean slate to start over and pick a new part of space.
One person who worked on the game stated that, “The goal was to go back to what Mass Effect 1 promised but failed to deliver, which was a game about exploration," and after achieving what they had wanted from combat and narrative with the previous games, exploration seemed to be the last vestige to improve upon.
No Man’s Sky: Mysterious Cassette Tapes ARG Points to ‘Portal’ Update
No Man's Sky Developer Hello Games has begun sending mysterious packages containing cassette tapes to some of their Reddit moderators.
Each of the tapes currently received is marked as a number out of 16, and so far seven individuals have come forward claiming to own a tape, with five already having uploaded their audio.
The Reddit community is working together to decipher the information in this ARG, and so far has produced that every tape features the word 'Portal'. This was apparent after spectrographs of the recording revealed a number sequence which when run through a common letter substitution cipher ROT13 and converted from HEX to ASCII revealed the word.
Wonder Woman Easter Eggs, References and Trivia
The DC Extended Universe just became a bigger and more interesting place thanks to the release of Wonder Woman. Now we know the story of how Diana of Themyscira first ventured into man's world and helped save humankind from annihilation in the waning days of World War I.
Even though Wonder Woman takes place about 100 years before the events of Batman v Superman and the rest of the DCEU, the film features a number of interesting cameos and connections to the comics for eagle-eyed fans.
But don't worry if you didn't catch everything. We've put together a slideshow that breaks down all the big cameos and Easter eggs in the movie.
While the film was packed to the gills with cool comic book homages, it did leave us scratching our heads a few times. Check out our list of 5 WTF questions we're asking after having seen the movie.
Jennifer Connelly Joins Snowpiercer TV Series
Academy Award-winning actress Jennifer Connelly has joined TNT's TV version of Snowpiercer.
Like the film of the same -- which was itself based on the French graphic novel, Le Transperceneige -- Snowpiercer tells the story of a train of survivors during a post-apocalyptic ice age who are divided by class.
Connelly will portray a First Class passenger named Melanie Cavill, who works as the Voice of the Train responsible for making daily announcements over the train's PA system. Unlike those in the same VIP position as Cavill, she's fascinated by the lower class passengers.
Jennifer Connelly in American Pastoral (2016).
Beyond’s E3 2017 PlayStation Predictions
E3 2017 is nearly upon us, so IGN's PlayStation crew gathered around to predict what Sony would show at its big E3 press conference. From Bloodborne 2 and God of War, to new games from Sucker Punch and Rocksteady, here's what we think/hope/fear will happen at the big show. Watch the video above, or read our predictions below.
- God of War and Spider-Man both get release dates -- one being late 2017, one early 2018.
- No Death Stranding (editor's note: nailed it) or Last of Us Part II at the conference.
- Bloodborne 2 teased, but From Software is not developing.
Ant-Man and the Wasp Casts Game of Thrones Actress
Game of Thrones alum Hannah John-Kamen has joined Ant-Man and the Wasp.
Variety reports John-Kamen is the first new major cast member for the Ant-Man sequel, and will portray a "key" character in the film whose identity has yet to be revealed. Along with playing Ornela in Game of Thrones, John-Kamen's other acting credits include Black Mirror, Killjoys and Star Wars: The Force Awakens. She's also set to appear in the upcoming Tomb Raider film reboot and Steven Spielberg's Ready Player One.
Hannah John-Kamen in Game of Thrones.
Star Wars: Lando Calrissian ‘Complicated’ in Han Solo Movie
Lando Calrissian is a complicated figure in the upcoming Han Solo spinoff movie, according to Donald Glover.
While speaking to Deadline about what's been like portraying Lando, Glover said this younger version of the character is very complex. Even though Lando "has a lot of style" in the spinoff, you never know what his true agenda is.
"I think even Han isn't as complicated as Lando is," said Glover. "From the first time you meet him, you don't know whether to trust him or not, and you're constantly not knowing whether to trust him."
Elsewhere in the interview, Glover said he's learned quite a lot about Lando while playing him and that, since Lando is a lot of fans' favorite character, Glover has been both excited and nervous taking over the role from Billy Dee Williams. Earlier this year, Williams shared his thoughts on meeting Glover, saying he "really got the sense of him
More Evidence of Assassin’s Creed 2017 Setting, Name Reportedly Leak Via Target
A supposed preorder card from Target that has surfaced online lends more evidence to previous reports that the next Assassin's Creed will take place in Egypt, as well as other details, including the game's possible name.
An image spotted by Reddit of a reported reservation card for the next Assassin's Creed bills the game's full title as Assassin's Creed Origins, with art featuring a sphinx, a pyramid, and more to suggest the previously reported Egyptian setting.