Monthly Archives: August 2017
All of Today’s Biggest FOX Stories
Fox hosted its Television Critics Association summer press tour day, bringing the talent and teams behind its biggest returning and brand new shows.
The day's panels included news about The X-Files, The Simpsons, and much more, so read on for a recap of the biggest stories, and stay tuned to IGN for continuing coverage of the TCAs.
FOX President of Entertainment David Madden offered a number of teases about what The X-Files' next season will hold, including how much the mythology will be present. Madden also discussed what lessons the creative team learned from the season 10 revival, the returning faces on screen, and the new faces joining the show's creative team.
Seth MacFarlane’s The Orville Isn’t a Star Trek Parody
Upon first viewing of the trailer for FOX's new Seth MacFarlane series, The Orville, it might be easy to assume this is a straight Star Trek parody. But The Orville is actually a far cry from Family Guy, much closer to being Star Trek itself than any sort of parody.
For MacFarlane, a self-professed sci-fi nerd, that homage was intentional. With the rise of dystopian science fiction over the years, MacFarlane wanted to create something that was more of a return in the style and tone to the sci-fi shows he loved from the '90s and earlier, something he thinks is missing from the current television landscape.
"What's happened is it's left open a space that has been relatively unoccupied for a while in the genre. ... For me, it's a space that's kind of waiting to be filled in this day and age when we're getting a lot of dystopian science fiction," he said at the 2017 summer TV Critics' Association press tour. "This is sort of an attempt to fill that void in that genre."
Amiibo Not Required for Metroid: Samus Returns Hard Mode
Nintendo revealed amiibo are not required to access Hard Mode in Metroid: Samus Returns.
During a demonstration with Nintendo in which we tested out all the Metroid amiibo functionality in the upcoming 3DS title, we learned Hard Mode is accessible to all players after they complete the game for the first time.
This comes after speculation access to harder difficulties was only available through the new squishy Metroid amiibo, announced at E3 this year, unlocking Fusion Mode after the game's completion.
No Man’s Sky Teases New Update to Add Quick Travel
No Man's Sky will apparently receive a new update this week, bringing quick travel and story improvements to the game.
Hello Games founder Sean Murray announced the Atlas Rises update for No Man's Sky in an email for fans, which has been posted on Reddit. He said "it focuses on improving the central story of No Man’s Sky and adds the ability to quick travel between locations using portals."
Back in June, Hello Games teased the arrival of quick travel via portals with a No Man's Sky cassette tapes ARG.
Pokemon Go: Niantic Working to Resolve Premiere Ball Bug
In the wake of the Legendary raid events, Niantic is looking to fix a bug that occurs while trying to catch raid Pokemon.
The Premier Ball bug is an issue where a Raid Boss will always break out of the last Premier Ball granted to a player for that raid. This is especially frustrating when limited time Legendaries such as Zapdos are currently available. The fix Niantic is currently implementing for this bug is to simply give players an extra Premiere Ball.
Borderlands Developer Gearbox Reveals New Game
Gearbox Software has revealed a new game codenamed Project 1v1.
It's a shooter that Gearbox says "combines the action of fast-paced 1v1 first-person combat with the metagame strategy of a collectible card game."
Project 1v1 will see a closed technical test in the coming months. The early look at the game will offer three modes: ranked, challenge and arena. Signups are available at Project1v1.com.
Now Gearbox is busy with other games too, most notably Borderlands 3. Earlier this year at GDC, the studio showed off a Borderlands 3 early tech demo with Unreal Engine 4.
The Best Leia Tales Beyond the Movies
Leia Organa made an impression from her first appearance in A New Hope. She stood tall against the intimidating Darth Vader and lied to him, she watched the destruction of her entire freaking planet and kept moving forward, and she helped her would be rescuers make it off the Death Star. She established herself as a take charge individual who was apparently invincible to the headaches tightly wound hair can cause.
The princess from Alderaan continued to showcase her mettle throughout the original trilogy from remaining calm and leading during the Battle of Hoth to killing Jabba the Hutt with the chains he used to enslave her. Leia's story extended into the sequel trilogy with The Force Awakens and will continue in the upcoming The Last Jedi. And that's not all. Her history has expanded across books, comics, and television. You should read and watch these Star Wars stories to get more of Leia.
Bond 25: Showtime Boss Confirms Daniel Craig’s Return
Daniel Craig will indeed return as 007 in James Bond 25, according to Showtime CEO David Nevins.
According to /Film, Nevis confirmed Craig's involvement at the TCA press tour when explaining why the upcoming Showtime series Purity, which will star Craig, has been delayed, saying "He's doing Bond first."
Nevis added: "I can't say anything about what I know or don't know about Bond. That's not my area." However, he went on to note that "it's possible" Craig may not be available to film Purity until 2019 because of scheduling conflicts with Bond 25.
While there have been reports that Craig's return for Bond 25 is a "done deal," this is the first time an industry person has said on the record that Craig will indeed reprise his role as 007.
Opinion: How to Save The Dark Tower
The Dark Tower, adapted from Stephen King’s incredible series of novels, finally hit theaters lacking any sort of critical or commercial splash. We scored the film a 5.0, calling it a “thoroughly average adaptation of some truly incredible source material.” Likewise, while it opened at #1 this past weekend, its $19.5 million draw, adding to the lowest weekend of the summer, didn’t exactly scream a film that’s setting the foundation for a massive cinematic universe.
With Sony insistent that the television series is still moving ahead as planned, here are some ways, from a massive fan of the source material, that I feel The Dark Tower can still be salvaged.
Resident Evil’s Milla Jovovich to Play Hellboy Villain
Resident Evil star Milla Jovovich will play the main villain in the Hellboy reboot.
IGN can confirm Jovovich, who portrayed protagonist Alice in all six Resident Evil movies, will star as the Blood Queen.
Milla Jovovich in Resident Evil: The Final Chapter.
Jovovich will star opposite David Harbour, who'll play the titular Hellboy. Deadwood's Ian McShane has also recently joined the cast as Hellboy's adoptive father, Professor Broom.