Bungie Outlines Destiny: Age of Triumph Weekly Rituals
Destiny: Age of Triumph kicks off later this month, and Bungie has outlined the weekly rituals that will be part of the game's final live event.
Bungie senior designer Tim Williams revealed that Age of Triumph will bring with it loot boxes called Treasure of Ages during today's developer livestream. These boxes give players to opportunity to acquire any of the event-based items they missed previously, including armor, Ghosts, Sparrow racing emblems and emotes.
New items, including Age of Triumph armor set, ornaments, ships and shaders can also be acquired. Bungie teased a new armor set would be available for each class (which it plans to unveil next week) along with new Legendary weapon ornaments, ships and shaders. Each box includes two guaranteed items and one new item. The Silver Dust kiosk will be updated, allowing players to exchange any Silver Dust currency acquired for Treasure of Ages.
Sword Art Online Movie’s English Dub Hits Theaters Soon
The English dub of Sword Art Online The Movie: Ordinal Scale hits US theaters on April 22.
It will premiere at the Anime Boston convention, which begins at the end of the month on March 31 and runs through April 2.
Produced by A-1 Pictures and directed by Tomohiko Itō, Sword Art Online The Movie: Ordinal Scale follows Kirito and Asuna on a new, original adventure involving an augmented reality game called Ordinal Scale.
Our review of Sword Art Online The Movie: Ordinal Scale called it a "satisfying stopgap for fans waiting for Season 3."
Chloi Rad is an Associate Editor for IGN. Follow her on Twitter at @_chloi.
Major Characters Return in Amazing Spider-Man #25
The Amazing Spider-Man #25 kicked off a huge new conflict for Peter Parker, and one that brought several iconic Spider-Man characters back into the forefront.
Warning: this article contains spoilers for The Amazing Spider-Man #25!
As Marvel has been teasing, this issue features the long-awaited showdown between Spider-Man and Norman Osborn, the latter of whom has been in hiding ever since he was defeated at the end of Superior Spider-Man. Acting on intel given by The Kingpin, Spidey and Mockingbird attacked a South American arms dealer named El Facoquero, a man they thought was really Osborn in disguise.
Wrestling Wrap Up: Is Shane the Right WrestleMania Opponent for Styles?
There was a lot of drama with the GMs and Commissioners this week as we get closer and closer to Ultimate Face Punching Extravaganza 33. A lot of violence against one's superiors as both Mick Foley and AJ Styles both "I can't standsk no more'd" their respective brand bosses, the latter event resulting with Shane getting his head rammed through a freakin' car window. And not even a respectable car window. One of those smaller crappy rear passenger windows that kids cover with boogers and Go-Gurt.
FX Renews Legion for Season 2
FX has announced it's renewed Legion for a second season. The Marvel series, which is set in the X-Men universe, is currently airing its first season.
Noah Hawley will continue to serve as creator and executive producer on Legion: Season 2, which will debut in 2018.
"We are thrilled there will be a new season of Legion. Noah's spectacular take on David Haller and all the other characters he brought to life makes us ache for more. We're particularly proud of our partners at FX and the success we share on our first TV series together," Jeph Loeb, Executive Producer and Head of Marvel Television, said in a statement.
Legion's eight-episode first season is currently airing on FX. Its sixth episode airs Wednesday, March 15, and sees David Haller going "back to where it all started." To catch up on Legion, make sure to read IGN's reviews of Season 1 so far.
Could You Beat Mario With Your Eyes Closed?
“Mario is quite complex,” explains Kevin Satizabal. “It has so many shifting scenes and shifting elements.”
It’s not often that the original Super Mario Brothers is described as “complex.” But video games are naturally perceived very differently by sighted and visually impaired players. Blind since birth, Satizabal — a Marketing and Communications Assistant at the London Royal Society for Blind People — struggled at times with Mario’s level structure, yet still managed to enjoy Nintendo’s perennial side-scrolling platformer in his formative years.
Have you ever tried playing a video game blindfolded? It’s obviously not easy, and is a task that requires more than your average amount of determination and perseverance to succeed. But success doesn’t hinge solely on well-refined mental traits — certain design techniques can help the process. Sound cues, directional prompts, and binaural indicators on the development end are but a few tangible considerations which can assist blind players in enjoying standard video games.
IGN Prime Giveaway: The Frostrune
IGN Prime has partnered with Grimnir to give away Frostrune on PC to IGN Prime members.
Unravel a mystery inspired by Viking myth and legend in The Frostrune, a classic point-and-click adventure based on ancient Norse culture and environments.
Find yourself shipwrecked on an island after a summer storm. Nearby, a recently abandoned settlement shows signs that its inhabitants left in a panic. Surrounding the village is a dark, dense forest filled with ancient rune stones and burial mounds. Among them are hidden relics and other well-kept secrets that will bring you closer to solving the mysteries of the island.
Sleight Director J.D. Dillard In Talks for The Fly Remake
Fox is working on a remake of the classic horror film The Fly.
Deadline reports Sleight director J.D. Dilliard is in early talks with the studio to direct and co-write the remake with his writing partner Alex Theurer.
Dilliard made waves last year at Sundance with his directorial debut Sleight, a thriller about a young street magician who turns to selling drugs to take care of his little sister. Jason Blum’s Blumhouse acquired the film, which opens in theaters on April 28.
The Disney Afternoon Collection Announced
Capcom has announced The Disney Afternoon Collection, a six-game compilation that bundles together an assortment of classic Disney games.
The titles featured in the collection include Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers, Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers 2, Darkwing Duck, DuckTales, DuckTales 2 and TaleSpin.
The Disney Afternoon Collection releases on April 18 and will be available as a digital download on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC for $19.99/£15.99/€19.99.
All six games in the compilation have been visually upgraded with 1080p support and include different filter options that recapture the classic retro aesthetic. Boss Rush and Time Attack modes have been added to all each title as well. As the name implies, Boss Rush mode allows players to face off in a string of consecutive boss battles. Meanwhile, Time Attack will have players racing to the end of each level, with the fastest times shared via online leaderboards.
The American Dream Pointed a Gun at Me in VR, and It Was Surprisingly Terrifying
Things that happen in VR tend to be a lot scarier than they are on a TV screen, and I think that’s mostly due an unparalleled sense of invasion of space. If you’re playing Resident Evil 7 on your TV, you have the comfort of whichever familiar setting you’re sitting in, as well as some space between you and the things that happen in-game. If you’re playing in VR there’s no comfort at all, not even the ability to shield your eyes with your hands if you want to, and with that, comes an array of emotional responses that are hard to find anywhere else.
Obviously, Resident Evil 7 is meant to be scary so it accomplishes that easily, but there are an assortment of things that would be fairly tame if I were playing on a TV that dramatically unsettle me when playing in VR. Sometimes it’s just a vast amount of space, sometimes it’s the enormous scale of a generally peaceful creature, but most recently, it was having a gun pointed to my head, and having to lean toward it, in an Australian-made game called The American Dream VR.