Monthly Archives: June 2017
5 CPU Coolers to Fit Your Budget (and Your Case)
When building a gaming PC, keeping your CPU cool will keep you from baking your processor and turning that $1,000 PC into nothing more than an elaborate end table. While the stock cooler that comes with some CPUs is fine and all, an aftermarket CPU cooler will run quieter, keep your CPU a bit more chilly and thus allow for overclocking, and can also add a bit of flair to the interior of your rig as well.
Given all these benefits along with semi-low pricing, you really can't afford to not run one of these coolers.
Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO
HBO Debuts New Game of Thrones Season 7 Trailer
The newest trailer for Game of Thrones' upcoming seventh season promises a war to come — and one in which families must unite to survive.
Click on the image below to watch the new trailer.
"For centuries our families fought together against their common enemy. We need to do the same if we’re going to survive," Jon Snow says over the trailer, which features brief snippets of the battles to come. The trailer also offers new, brief glimpses at Tyrion Lannister, Daenerys Targaryen, and Sansa Stark, who says the A Song of Ice and Fire quote, "When the snows fall and the white winds blow, the lone wolf dies but the pack survives" over the final moments of the trailer.
Every Movie Transformer
The Transformers movie franchise clocks in at five movies now, with plenty more on the way. And with each new movie adding more Autobots, Decepticons and neutral players to the mix, this universe has grown incredibly huge over the last decade. The number of heroes and villains in these films is now pushing 100, and that's just the robot characters.
It can be tough keeping track of so many characters, so to help get you primed for Transformers: The Last Knight we've created a slideshow breaking down all of the dozens and dozens of Transformers to appear on the big screen so far, including those characters (that we know of) who are making their debut in the latest sequel. Check them all out right here (spoilers for the first four movies follow)...
Saw 8 Now Titled Jigsaw
The upcoming eighth Saw film will now officially be titled Jigsaw, Lionsgate has announced.
The horror movie was previously referred to as Saw: Legacy, but is now named after the series' main villain, who was played by Tobin Bell both before and after the character's death (in the later movies, thanks to many flashbacks).
Jigsaw movie logo, via Twitter
The latest installment in Lionsgate's long-running horror franchise stars Laura Vandervoort (Smallville) and Hannah Anderson (Reign).
Venom Movie Will Reportedly Feature Carnage as the Villain
Carnage will reportedly be the villain in the Venom solo film.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Tom Hardy's Eddie Brock will be facing off against Carnage. In the comics, Carnage is a symbiote, just like Venom, who attached to Brock's prison cellmate, serial killer Cletus Kassidy.
Carnage, from Marvel Comics
After Brock manages to escape prison by using the symbiote, some of it was left behind and attached to Kassidy, transforming him into Carnage. Carnage's powers include shapeshifting, physical strength that's more powerful than Venom and Spider-Man combined, and the ability to plant thoughts into people's minds.
Top 10 Missing Games of E3 2017
E3 2017 was full of amazing reveals and exceptional demos. Games like Super Mario: Odyssey, Spider-Man, and Shadow of War wowed us while announcements of Beyond Good & Evil 2, a remake of Shadows of Colossus, and Bioware's new Anthem property point to a bright future. Here are the games that we didn't see at E3 2017...
Knack 2: Why Sony Decided to Make a Sequel
This month's IGN First is a bit different than usual. Rather than highlighting a single game -- we'll get back to that next month -- we're highlighting the Japanese game industry as a whole. We visited some of the biggest studios in Japan to focus on their games and creative processes. Check back all month for interviews, gameplay reveals, and more!
PlayStation’s Japan Studio isn’t shy about admitting the original Knack wasn’t perfect. When a sequel was announced at last year’s PlayStation Experience, Sony was open about listening to fan feedback and trying to improve upon the first game, even including a line of in-game dialogue about Knack’s limited moveset.
Uncharted Series Likely to Continue After Lost Legacy
Despite releasing Nathan Drake's last game, Naughty Dog seems keen to keep the world of Uncharted alive.
Speaking to Eurogamer, Uncharted: The Lost Legacy creative director and writer Shaun Escayg said that "to say the Uncharted world is done... I doubt that highly."
The upcoming Lost Legacy is a standalone game featuring returning side characters from the series (and, pointedly, definitely not featuring Nathan Drake in any capacity). Escayg seems to see that approach as a useful one for the future of the series:
Who Is Marvel’s New Ultimate Thor?
The Marvel Universe gained a third Thor in the pages of The Mighty Thor #20 today.
Warning: this article contains spoilers for The Mighty Thor #20!
Marvel has been teasing the debut of a third Thor for some time now, ever since it was revealed in Thors #4 that Ultimate Mjolnir survived the destruction of Battleworld and landed in the reborn Marvel Universe. For a while it seemed as though the Odinson himself would claim the hammer in the mini-series The Unworthy Thor, but in the end the former god of thunder decided to leave the hammer where it lay and wait for a truly worthy owner to arrive.
Play Sonic and Other Classic Sega Games on Your Phone
As convenient as modern smartphones have become, they've been lacking one feature: the ability to play Sega games for free. Thankfully, Sega has righted this wrong with the introduction of Sega Forever.
Sega Forever is a collection of free-to-play, ad-supported Sega games featuring offline play, "cloud saves, controller support, and leaderboards," according to Sega's mobile division Sega Networks Inc.
Once downloaded, the games can be unlocked and ads removed for $2. The first round of games includes the original Sonic the Hedgehog, Phantasy Star II, Comix Zone, Kid Chameleon and the Genesis port of Altered Beast. The games also include iMessage sticker packs.
Sega's Mike Evans said the collection is first and foremost "a celebration of nostalgia."