Monthly Archives: July 2016
WWE Announces NXT Edition of WWE 2K17
NXT fans, rejoice! During a conference call earlier this week, Paul “HHH” Levesque announced that a special NXT Edition of WWE 2K17 will be available alongside the standard version when the game releases this October.
Exclusive to the PS4 and Xbox One, this rare $100 special edition (which can be pre-ordered starting today) includes a lithograph signed by the “King of Strong Style” Shinsuke Nakamura, an 8” collectible figure of Finn Bálor, and NXT TakeOver: London collectible cards that each come with an actual piece of ring canvas from the event. It also includes the Goldberg pack, featuring both WCW and WWE versions of Goldberg, plus playable WCW Monday Nitro and Halloween Havock arenas.
Grow Up Release Date Revealed
A release date of August 17 has been revealed for Grow Up via the PlayStation Store.
Ubisoft's sequel to Grow Home is now available for pre-order on the PlayStation Store for £6.39 if you're a PS Plus member, or £7.99 if you're not.
So far, the game's release date has not been revealed for Xbox One or PC, but you can expect it to be similar, if not the same. IGN will update you when we know more.
Grow Up was leaked shortly before Ubisoft's E3 press conference, and was officially unveiled at the show itself. This time, the physics-based platformer will take place across an entire planet.
Evolve Reaches 1 Million Players Since Going Free to Play
Evolve's switch to free-to-play has apparently been successful so far, as the player count has risen to one million players in less than a week.
To celebrate, 2K is giving away a free skin. If you login between now and Monday July 18 at 10am PST, you'll receive the Blood Eagle Hunter Skin for Griffin at the end of the time period.
1M #Stage2 PC players in less than a week! THANK YOU! Celebrate w/ this free skin. #StageUp https://t.co/5zXeo8B70S pic.twitter.com/NA7YAkw4Rq
Next Total War: Warhammer DLC Race Leaked
The next race coming to Total War: Warhammer will be The Beastmen.
It hasn't been officially announced yet, but an as-yet unreleased YouTube trailer has been leaked on Reddit.
The trailer reveals The Beastmen in a cinematic trailer, and says they'll be coming to the game on July 28. The first "gameplay reveal" will be released next week on July 19.
Here's more on The Beastmen from the trailer's description:
"As The Beastmen emerge from their woodland lairs, ten thousand hooves stamp in agitated union, and a foetid musk arises from the sea of matted fur. The bray of the battle-horns pierces the gloom, and beyond: from Bordeleaux to Ostermark, the Call Of The Beastmen will be heard across The Old World!"
Everything You Need To Know About Star Wars Celebration 2016
As Yoda once famously said, “Using the London Underground leads to anger, anger leads to the Docklands Light Railway, the Docklands Light Railway leads to... Star Wars Celebration.”
That may be paraphrasing, but all you need to know is that the biggest Star Wars event of the year is kicking off this weekend in London.
There’ll be cosplay, exclusive merch, cast appearances and harried looking IGN staff members sprinting around the convention trailing cameras and Boba Fett keyrings in their wake. Here’s everything you need to know about the show.
Killer Instinct: Definitive Edition Announced
Killer Instinct: Definitive Edition is coming to Xbox One September 20, Microsoft announced today. The collection will cost $40 USD.
All characters and content from Seasons 1-3 come with the new package, which includes twenty-six characters and twenty stages -- the latter boasts "visual upgrades and lighting changes."
Additionally, the Definitive Edition includes Killer Instinct Classic 1 & 2, as well as every archived song, trailer, and piece of concept art. A behind-the-scenes video exploring the history of the franchise and an interactive map that places each stage within the KI universe will also both be part of the package.
Pokemon Go Code Hints at Potential McDonald’s Partnership
Niantic Labs, the developer behind Pokemon Go, may be exploring an additional way to monetize its massively successful app: sponsored PokeStops.
As reported by Gizmodo, multiple Reddit users have spotted the McDonald's logo within the game's code. In the image below, "MCDONALDS" can be seen following "Sponsor" and preceding "POKEMON_STORE."
Image via Gizmodo
Ghostbusters Gets Wacky New Title to Appease China
In an effort to appease censors in China, Sony Pictures has renamed Ghostbusters to Super Power Dare Die Team to help win their film a release in the world's second-largest movie market.
According to Variety's sources, however, it's unlikely that Ghostbusters -- er, Super Power Dare Die Team -- will even get a release in China after all.
"Though Ghostbusters hasn’t officially been screened for Chinese officials, its subject matter will likely run afoul of the country’s censors," the trade reports. "The state-controlled film board does not approve of films that promote cults or superstitious beliefs. In the past, movies that focus on the paranormal, such as last fall’s Crimson Peak, have been unable to secure a berth in the country."
The Present & Future of Overwatch Competitive Play
Overwatch’s Competitive Play mode has been out in the wild for a month now, and it’s already received balancing changes based on fan feedback. There’s also the impending release of Overwatch’s first new character, Ana, in the soon-to-be-released next patch, and she’s poised to change the meta in interesting ways. Today, I chatted with principal designer Scott Mercer about new support character Ana, as well as the future plans for Overwatch’s Competitive Play mode.
Read on for the full transcript.
IGN: You’ve just unveiled a new character, Ana. How do you see her impacting the meta and general character selection of support classes for both regular players and pro-level players?
Hideo Kojima Says He “Could Never Stop Making Games”
It looks like Kojima is here to stay in the games industry.
Speaking today at Develop: Brighton, game developer Hideo Kojima discussed the reason he has stayed in game development for so long in an interview with Mark Cerny.
"Every game brings me closer and closer to making what I imagine," Kojima told Cerny. "That’s why I could never stop making games."
Comments like these come after Kojima's moves through the industry, including a tumultuous separation from Konami, publisher of the Metal Gear Solid series. Kojima now runs his own studio, Kojima Productions, and unveiled the studio's newest project Death Stranding live during Sony's E3 2016 press conference. Kojima recently discussed about how he was very concerned this latest project would leak before its E3 reveal.