Monthly Archives: October 2016
Learn How to Draw Doctor Strange Like a Pro
Want to learn how to draw the Sorcerer Supreme like a professional?
If so check out the video above, in which Marvel artist Will Sliney (Spider-Man 2099) uses his new Learn How to Draw app (out now on Android, coming to iOS shortly) to conjure up Doctor Strange.
Or swipe through the slideshow below to get a feel for some of the steps that will get you there!
Meanwhile Doctor Strange is out in theatres from tomorrow in the UK and in the US on November 4th.
November’s Free Xbox Games With Gold Announced
Microsoft has revealed the four titles that will be available as part of November's Games With Gold lineup.
The full list and periods of availability to download these games for free are:
- Super Dungeon Bros — November 1-30, Xbox One
- Murdered: Soul Suspect — November 16-December 15, Xbox One
- The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition — November 1-15, Xbox 360 and Xbox One
- Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon — November 16-30, Xbox 360 and Xbox One
Super Dungeon Bros - a four-player co-op dungeon brawler - will launch on Xbox One as a Game with Gold. It was one of the first Xbox One games to announce console-PC cross-play. In our review, we gave Murdered: Soul Suspect a 5.5/10, explaining that it brought come great concepts, but underutilised them throughout.
Pokemon Go Halloween Update Increases Spooky Encounters
From October 26 until November 1, Halloween is coming to Pokemon Go.
Niantic says during this event, you'll earn double the amount of Candy every time you catch, hatch, and transfer Pokemon. Plus, your Buddy Pokemon will help you catch Candy four times as fast.
In addition, the chances of encountering spooky Pokemon has been increased. The likes of Gastly, Haunter, Gengar, Golbat and Hypno will be seen more often. And, in a move sure to be pleasing to no one (at least in the infested UK), so will Zubat and Drowzee.
Square ‘Committed’ Bringing More Dragon Quest Titles West
Additional Dragon Quest games won't be confined to Japan, as Dragon Quest Builders producer Noriyoshi Fujimoto has come forward to say that Square Enix is "committed" to releasing more titles from its popular fantasy role-playing series in the west.
In an interview with MCV, Fujimoto noted that while Dragon Quest is "not as well known in the west as we would like,
really plays an epoch making role in the console gaming history." The publisher sees a great opportunity to now expand the series to a larger audience who "may be surprised to the sheer breadth of the universe, in terms of variety and depth."
Star Citizen Is Available For Free Until the End of the Month
Star Citizen is available for free for the rest of the month.
As part of a new Fall 2016 Free Fly promotion, the game will be available without charge until October 30 for everyone who creates or signs into an account and uses the promo code FALL2016.
Image credit: robertsspaceindustries.com
New Man in the High Castle: Season 2 Posters
Amazon Prime's The Man in the High Castle returns for Season 2 this December and IGN has the exclusive debut of three new posters for the series.
Season 2 ended with some big turn of events for the characters Joe (Luke Kleintank) and Tagomi (Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa), both of whom get their own character posters in the gallery below. The third poster, meanwhile, focuses on the Statue of Liberty - eerily transformed into an image of Nazi propaganda, in the Man in the High Castle's "What if?" world, where America lost World War II.
The Man in the High Castle: Season 2 premieres Friday, December 16th on Amazon Prime.
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Lowest Price Yet for Madden NFL 17
Driven by the most balanced gameplay yet, along with fun and fresh ways to play modes such as Ultimate Team and Draft Champions, Madden NFL 17 is the most complete Madden to date (see our review here). Today marks the first day Madden NFL 17 has dropped below £40. You can now get a PS4 copy from Amazon for just £31.34 and an Xbox One copy for £32.99.
Rayman Creator Shares Images of Lost SNES Rayman Game
Rayman creator Michel Ancel has shared details of an unreleased Super Nintendo Rayman game.
"Four people in the world have seen this," Ancel posted on Instagram (NeoGAF via Polygon). "We thought it was lost, but somewhere in the cold electronic circuit, something was alive."
Zelda: Link Between Worlds Characters Coming to Hyrule Warriors
Koei Tecmo has announced that Ravio and Yuga - both introduced in The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds - will be the final DLC characters for Hyrule Warriors and Hyrule Warriors Legends.
As spotted by Siliconera, the 3DS Zelda entry's primary antagonist and the mysterious owner of its item rental shop will be joining the hack 'n' slash on October 31 in Japan (western releases are so far unconfirmed).
Yuga and Ravio - Hyrule Warriors' last characters to drop.
There’s a Monster Hunter Announcement This Week – But It’s Not a Nintendo Switch Game
Nintendo has announced that it will be broadcasting another of its Direct livestreams this Thursday, October 27. The show will be exclusively themed around Monster Hunter.
The Direct was announced on Twitter as a Japanese-focused announcement - an interesting move, given that all currently announced Monster Hunter games have been released in Japan at this point.
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— 任天堂株式会社 (@Nintendo) October 24, 2016