Monthly Archives: August 2016
Aaron Paul: From Breaking Bad to Final Fantasy 15 Film
Emmy Award-winning actor Aaron Paul may be known for playing one of TV's baddest bad boys, but he's really a good guy. Not just because he voices one in Square Enix's upcoming film Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV. (He plays the part of Nyx Uldric, the movie's earnest main protagonist). He actually risked his life once to save another person. We got a chance to ask Aaron about that, why he chose to do Kingsglaive, and what he thinks of the current US presidential election.
IGN: I was at the Final Fantasy XV event in LA back in March, and when they debuted the Kingsglaive trailer, I turned to my friend and said, "Nyx Uldric looks like Aaron Paul." And then seconds later the company announced you were doing the voice of Nyx. Did Square Enix deliberately make the character look like you? Or was that just a happy coincidence?
Rogue One: New Photo of Star Wars’ Next Big Villain
A new photo of Rogue One: Star Wars Story has been revealed, providing a closer look at Ben Mendelsohn's villainous character Director Orson Krennic.
Krennic was featured on the second cover of the latest issue of Empire. See Mendelsohn's white-caped character, alongside a group of elite stormtroopers (aka Death Troopers) below.
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story cover. Photo credit: Jonathan Olley, via Empire
Undertale: 21 Creepy and Cute Sans Fan Art
Undertale is a hugely successful and immensely popular game, thanks in part to its incredible cast of characters, unique gameplay, and thoughtful message.
A major part of the Undertale phenomenon has been its dedicated fanbase, which, a year after the game's debut, are still hard at work putting out some of the best fan art of any community: everything from detailed digital paintings of their favorite Undertale characters, to light-hearted doodles, and more.
One of the Undertale community's favorite characters? The one and only jokester skeleton bro, Sans. Check out the gallery below for 21 awesome pieces of Sans fan art.
Warning: This gallery contains HUGE spoilers! Proceed with caution.
SummerSlam: The 5 Matches We’re Most Excited About
As summer begins to wind down, WWE's ready to turn up the heat with its annual SummerSlam event, airing this Sunday on the WWE Network.
It'll be a jam-packed card -- that will most likely run over four hours, like last year's show -- with some promising bouts, ranging from grudge matches like John Cena vs. AJ Styles to battles for new championships, like Seth Rollins vs. Finn Balor. We've perused the entire card, sifted trough the offerings, and come up with the 5 matches we're most excited for (sorry, Lesnar vs. Orton, you're among those we're somewhat wary of - though we'd be happy for a surprise!).
Check out our list below and be sure to return to IGN on Sunday for our SummerSlam live-blog.
New Sun and Moon Pokemon Revealed
A new trailer for Pokemon Sun and Moon debuted, showing off four new Pokemon coming to the latest generation of the game.
The latest look at the upcoming games reveals Crabrawler, Sandygast, Palossand, and Stufful as the latest additions to the new lineup. Check out all four newly revealed Pokemon in the trailer below.
Crabrawler was shown off during the 2016 Pokemon World Championships keynote by Game Freak's Junichi Masuda, who introduced the character by saying "I really love crabs." Crabrawler is a Fighting-type crab Pokemon. Two sandcastle-themed Pokemon were also revealed in the trailer — Sandygast and its evolved form Palossand. Both are Ghost and Ground types with the Water Compaction ability.
Gears of War 4 ‘Lift’ Multiplayer Map Revealed
Introducing Lift, the newest multiplayer map in the Gears of War 4 lineup. This dynamic map features areas that open and close as lift moves downward during the match.
Take a flythrough tour of Lift here to get a feel for the cover in the video below.
Then check out some of the first shotgun action on Lift in this guided gameplay video:
Earlier this week IGN revealed new information on the DeeBee enemies and their weapons, and detailed 11 changes coming to Gears of War 4.
Miranda Sanchez has destroyed countless Locust in her Gears of War career. Listen to her on IGN's Anime Club podcast and follow her on Twitter.
Disney Files Patent for Real-World Lightsaber Battle Tech
Disney has filed a patent to allow the company to use drone technology to beam lasers through foggy environments towards someone wielding a custom lightsaber.
According to PatentYogi, the Star Wars-like interaction is achieved by filling an area with vapor, then arming a person with a specially-designed lightsaber that’s capable of transmitting IR lights towards the laser-shooting drones.
The IR rays are transmitted from the saber to the drone, then an IR sensor built into the drone creates a field of view based from where the person is standing, allowing it to – presumably – open laser fire.
Why Final Fantasy XV Was Delayed
Final Fantasy XV’s two month delay to November this week may have been a disappointment to some fans, but Square Enix is confident it will make for a better experience once the game is available worldwide.
Speaking to IGN at Gamescom, Final Fantasy XV director Hajime Tabata explained that a hefty day one patch was originally in store for the game, but ultimately he didn’t want fans who play offline to be unable to experience the game at its best. Instead, he wanted the game to be in its most polished state as soon as players put in the disc.
“Originally I was thinking it would be okay and we could put all of the extra updates into a day-one patch,” Tabata told IGN. “But at that point I learned there are maybe a lot of people out there who play in an offline environment and don’t have internet. When I found that out, thinking about it again, I’m glad I didn’t make that decision.”
Resident Evil 7 Is Keeping Us in the Dark for a Reason
H.P. Lovecraft – a man who knew a thing or two about horror – famously believed that “The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown”. Right now so much of Resident Evil 7 lies in the shadows.
The Beginning Hour demo – released during E3 – gave us a taster of the franchise’s new tone and direction but importantly it wasn’t lifted from the final game. The Lantern demo, however, is in Resident Evil 7 but it’s another found footage tape, depicting the horrific final moments of a woman.
Find Out the Fate of Two Stranger Things Characters
We’ve been talking to Matt and Ross Duffer – the brilliant minds behind Netflix smash Stranger Things – and they’ve been spilling the beans about the future of the show.
So SPOILER ALERT if you haven't watched Season One or don't want to know anything about Season Two.
A second season hasn’t officially been announced, but as they’ve all-but-confirmed it’s happening, we asked about the fate of two major characters who were in bad shape at the end of the first season.
And the outlook isn’t good for Barbara. One of the show’s breakout characters, Barb was last seen looking very much dead in the Upside Down. But as the brothers recently paraphrased James Cameron when talking about no one ever really being dead in sci-fi, we asked if she might reappear in Season Two.