Pokemon Gold and Silver Soundtrack Getting Deluxe Vinyl
Johto Legends, a one-hour orchestral arrangement featuring the music of Pokemon Gold and Silver, is coming to vinyl.
The album, from Materia Collective and composer/arranger Braxton Burks, will be available as a 2xLP vinyl for $40 USD, courtesy of iam8bit. This deluxe set features album art by Ryan Brinkerhoff, as well a premium foil-stamped jacket and foil inner sleeves. A digital download is included as well.
Pre-orders for the Johto Legends vinyl open tomorrow, May 31 at 8am PT/11am ET on iam8bit.com. The set will release in the first quarter of 2018.
The music of Johto Legends—based on Junichi Masuda, Go Ichinose and Morikazu Aoki's original score—is performed by a number of talented musicians, whose performance credits include The Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses and Pokemon Symphonic Evolutions.
Arrow: What to Expect From Season 6
Arrow's Season 5 finale might just be its best episode ever, a fact that certainly isn't making the wait for Season 6 any easier. It's going to be several months until fans learn who survived the destruction of Lian Yu and what new enemy will rise to threaten Star City now that Prometheus is finally gone.
The good news is that we do have some idea of where the show is headed in Season 6. Scroll down to find out everything we know about the new season, from which Team Arrow members will be in the spotlight to what the end of the five-year flashback storyline means for the show.
The CW recently revealed its schedule for the fall 2017 season, and fans will now have to wait an extra night to get their weekly Arrow fix. Riverdale will be taking over Arrow's old Wednesday 8pm EST/PST slot, with Arrow shifting to 9pm EST/PST on Thursdays (after Supernatural).
Batman and Harley Quinn Animated Film Release Info
The release date and cover art for Warner Bros.' upcoming Batman and Harley Quinn animated movie have been revealed.
The film arrives August 15 on Digital HD ($19.99 HD, $14.99 SD) and August 29 on Ultra HD Blu-ray Combo Pack ($44.98), Blu-ray Deluxe Giftset ($39.99), Blu-ray Combo Pack ($24.98) and DVD ($19.98). The Blu-ray Deluxe Giftset will include an exclusive Harley Quinn figurine. Check out the box art and a couple Blu-ray images from the movie below.
In Batman and Harley Quinn, Batman and Nightwing are forced to enlist the help of Harley Quinn after Poison Ivy and Jason Woodrue (a.k.a. The Floronic Man) wipe out most of humanity in their ecological quest to save the planet. However, Harley Quinn's unpredictability tests Batman's patience, resulting in a bumpy road trip filled with twists and turns.
Sonic Mania Release Date Announced
Sonic Mania will come out August 15.
SEGA has also announced that Sonic Mania will cost $20 USD/$26 CAD. Pre-orders are live digitally for PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, while Nintendo Switch owners will have to wait until the game launches.
Unveiled at Comic-Con 2016, Sonic Mania was initially scheduled to release during springtime. However, SEGA delayed the game back in March.
For more about the Blue Blur's next game, be sure to check out IGN's PAX preview of Sonic Mania.
Why Nintendo Hasn’t Made a New Advance Wars
While Nintendo has published four Fire Emblem games in the last five years, the drought for its other Advance Wars series continues. Nintendo producer Hitoshi Yamagami admits he’d like to make a new Advance Wars, but he admits the development team would have to overcome a particular design challenge.
“Personally, I'd love to do Advance Wars,” Yamagami told Eurogamer, “but since it's harder to create relationships between its characters compared to Fire Emblem, I don't have a clear idea of what kind of setting it could have."
Ranking the Pirates of the Caribbean Box Office Openings
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales debuted to an estimated $62.2 million domestically over the Memorial Day weekend, along with the 12th largest international box office opening ever with about $208 million. But how does the fifth Pirates film's debut stack up to Jack Sparrow's previous voyages?
Take a look below to see how all five Pirates of the Caribbean films' box office hauls compare in regard to opening weekends both adjusted and unadjusted for inflation, as well as total worldwide gross. Numbers via Box Office Mojo.
Supergiant Games’ Pyre Release Date Announced
Pyre will launch July 25.
Developer Supergiant Games, which previously created Bastion and Transistor, made the release date announcement on the PlayStation Blog. Pyre will arrive at the same time on PlayStation 4 and PC, according to the game's Steam page.
In fact, on both platforms, Supergiant is offering a 10-percent off pre-order bonus. Pyre costs $20 regularly.
For more on the party-based RPG, be sure to check out IGN's preview of Pyre from last year.
Death Stranding: Road to E3 2017
It's that time of year again: E3 2017 is just on the horizon. From June 10-15, we'll be covering the biggest games and hardware announcements of 2017 and beyond. While you can check out our continually-updated Games of E3 List, we're now going to start diving deeper.
Every day leading up to the show, we'll be highlight the stuff we want to see and play at E3 2017. Today's game: Death Stranding.
The last time we actually saw Death Stranding was at the PlayStation Experience back in December. Kojima played an alternate version of the trailer starring Guillermo del Toro and Mads Mikkelsen, which we originally saw at The Game Awards a few days before that. The new version contained a vocal track by Low Roar, the band who did the song in the first Death Stranding teaser. Kojima implied the lyrics of the song were significant to the trailer.
Middle-earth: Shadow of War Preorder Guide
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Soon it will be time to head back into one of the most beloved fantasy settings ever created. Middle-earth: Shadow of War aims to build on Shadow of Mordor in nearly every way, with an expanded nemesis system, a bigger open world, and a welcome splash of color to the environments. Read our hands-on impressions for an idea of what the game has in store when it releases on August 22 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC.
Injustice 2 Wonder Woman Events Celebrate New Movie
Injustice 2 is celebrating the upcoming Wonder Woman film with special in-game events.
Players will be able to unlock Wonder Woman-themed content based on the DC film. From now until June 5, those playing the console version of Injustice 2 can earn the gear Wonder Woman wears in the movie by participating in the multiverse event "To End All Wars."
Meanwhile, the mobile version of the game will let players earn two brand new Wonder Woman character cards based on the feature film, as well as the hero's full Gear starting today.
For more on NetherRealm Studios' DC fighter, read IGN's Injustice 2 review. For tips and tricks, including how how to level up faster, check out our Injustice 2 wiki guide.