Monthly Archives: June 2017
Ni No Kuni 2 Release Date Announced
Bandai Namco has announced that Ni No Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom will be released on PS4 and PC on November 10, 2017.
The RPG sequel follows a new cast of characters and storyline and is set in a city called Ding Dong Dell where the king has been banished. According to Bandai Namco, Ni No Kuni 2 "recounts the story of this deposed king and his journey to build his own kingdom and unite the entire world."
It was first revealed at Sony's conference during PlayStation Experience 2015. Earlier this year, we saw gameplay and learned 12 things about Ni No Kuni 2.
Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 + 2.5 Remix Free DLC Available Now
Two free pieces of add-on content for Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 + 2.5 Remix are available now for free via the PSN Store.
Square Enix has added a theater mode where you can watch all of the cutscenes from Kingdom Hearts, as well as a new scene for Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days, which Gematsu notes can be viewed by selecting "Day 357: Tears" via the Chapters menu.
Out This Week: ARMS, Mighty Gunvolt Burst, John Wick 2, The LEGO Batman Movie
With so many new games and movies coming out, it can be hard to keep up. Lucky for you, IGN is here to help with a weekly round-up of the biggest releases each and every week. Check out the latest releases for this week, and be sure to come back next Monday for a new update.
Note: The prices and deals compiled below are accurate at the time we published this story, but all are subject to change.
Battlestar Galactica Showrunner: “The Cylons Had No Plan”
The cast of Syfy's Battlestar Galactica, along with series executive producer/showrunner Ron Moore, reunited for a Q&A panel at the Austin Television Festival this past weekend, where a question was posed - "What was the Cylons' plan?"
As you recall, BSG episodes opened with:
"The cylons were created by man . They evolved. They rebelled. There are many copies. And they have a plan."
"There was no plan," Moore laughed.
"It all came about when we were doing the main titles and we had to have what's called a 'precap' as opposed to a recap," he said. "So we had a precap before the main title. And David
said we should have a punchy line there at the end...'and they have a plan.' And I was like 'What does that mean?' He said 'It doesn't matter, doesn't matter. It'll be great. The audience will love it.'
Opinion: At $499, Who Is the Xbox One X For?
Microsoft has spent the last year hyping up Project Scorpio -- now officially Xbox One X -- as the most powerful console ever made. In that time, we’d been repeatedly told by Head of Xbox Phil Spencer that it would be a premium console at a premium price. And, well, he wasn’t kidding. At $499, I’m not sure who the Scorpio is for.
Is it for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 owners who haven’t upgraded yet? If those customers are in the market for a 4K-capable console, will third party games run or look sufficiently better to merit the $100 price difference? Will those buyers ignore Sony’s considerably larger software library and first-party stable of games -- not to mention the “first DLC” deals Sony has on major titles like Call of Duty and Destiny? It’s on Microsoft and third-party publishers to definitively show a visual difference between the native 4K they’re touting and the checkerboarding 4K rendering trick that many PS4 Pro games are using.
Microsoft’s VR Focus Is on Windows Right Now, Not Xbox
Head of Xbox Phil Spencer spoke with IGN about Microsoft's present stance on VR, saying the company is currently more focused on virtual reality for Windows than Xbox.
"Where we're really seeing developer interest is on the Windows platform," Spencer told IGN when asked about Microsoft's interest in VR for Xbox One.
Spencer went on to explain how a living room environment isn't best place for VR right now. "We're just finding that that family room experience... you've got your TV across the room and there's cables hanging out across the room," he said, noting they've found "it's better in a desk environment."
The Xbox boss emphasized his desire "to respond to what the gamers are asking us to do," and since they're currently seeing the interest from developers on the Widows platform, that's where Microsoft is putting its VR focus "right now."
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Original Xbox ‘Duke’ Controller Returns for Xbox One
The original controller bundled with the first iteration of Microsoft's Xbox is returning after sixteen years.
Gizmodo reports that Hyperkin is making a replica of the 2001 "Duke" controller, which can be used via a nine-foot cable with Xbox One and Windows 10 PC.
Xbox "Duke" controller, image via Gizmodo
New Fighting Game Blade Strangers Announced
Blade Strangers, a new fighting game published by Nicalis and developed by Studio Saizensen was announced at E3 2017.
The 2D fighter, which features characters from some of Studio Saizensen's prior games, will release for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Steam in Q4 2017.
Blade Strangers will feature a number of familiar characters, including Curly from Cave Story, which is coming to Switch later this month, and Kawase from the Umihara Kawase franchise. Additionally, characters from Code of Princess (read IGN's review), which was also developed by Studio Saizensen, will be featured in the game. Additional characters will be announced sometime in the future. There are also plans to support the game post-launch with new updates.
Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus: All Gameplay, News, Trailers
Wolfenstein: The New Colossus was first announced at Bethesda’s E3 conference in June 2017. The game is scheduled to release on October 27, 2017 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC.
A sequel to the 2014 game Wolfenstein: The New Order, The New Colossus will introduce a host of new characters trying to fight off the ruling Nazi regime. Let’s take a look at everything we know so far about Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus.
After cleverly teasing the game at E3 2016, Bethesda officially unveiled Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus during its conference at E3 2017. We even got a release date: October 27, 2017.