Monthly Archives: December 2017
The Last Jedi Director Reveals SPOILERISH Cameos
The following article contains mild spoilers.
Star Wars: The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson has hinted at a smattering of cameos to look out for when the film hits theaters next week.
Speaking to IGN Japan during an interview in Tokyo, Johnson revealed, “I’ve already said that my friend Joseph Gordon-Levitt has a voice cameo in it, but there are a few film director friends of mine who have cameos too.
“Gareth Edwards
, I had to give him a cameo. My friend Edgar Wright
has a cameo in the film. And Joe Cornish, who directed John Boyega in Attack the Block, has a cameo in it too. You gotta keep your eyes peeled; it’s like Where’s Waldo! There’s a few of these director-nerd cameos.”
Stardew Valley Coming to Vita in 2018
A PlayStation Vita version of Stardew Valley will be released sometime in 2018.
The popular farming simulator/RPG will come to Vita with cross-buy support, meaning those who already own the PlayStation 4 version will be able to download the Vita version at no cost. However, as noted in a post on the Stardew Valley website, the Vita version won't feature the upcoming multiplayer update.
A beta test for the update was planned for the end of this year, but according to publisher Chucklefish, it's being pushed to early 2018 "in order to make room for polish and QA."
The update will also include all-new content, which the publisher teased with the screenshot seen below.
Star Wars: Episode 9 Director Talks Ending the Trilogy
J.J. Abrams could not pass up the opportunity to end the Star Wars sequel trilogy.
In an interview with Rolling Stone Abrams, who took over for Colin Trevorrow as the director of the still-untitled Star Wars: Episode IX earlier this year, revealed he had no intention of coming back to the franchise. However, Abrams ultimately couldn't decline the chance to finish the story he helped start in The Force Awakens.
"When the opportunity presented itself to finish a story that we had begun with these new characters, to tell the last chapter of their story, it felt like there was a chance to do it in a way where we could go beyond, and do better than we did in Seven," Abrams said.
5 PC Games You Don’t Want to Miss – Dec 8
Welcome back to our PC-focused show, Hot Keys! You can watch previous episodes here if you missed them.
Every Friday at noon, Hot Keys will take a look at the five PC games you should check out this week. We’ll be finding you the diamond in the rough games you may have missed, as well as letting you know when a game you might already love has something exciting going on.
We’ll also dive deeper into our top pick of the week for a hands-on Let’s Play to show off exactly why we like it so much. Watch the latest episode above, and read on to see our key picks this week.
DC’s Legion of Doom Explained
Spoilers follow for Justice League.
When the world's most powerful heroes band together to fight evil, the world's most powerful villains have no choice but to do the same. That's the takeaway from the final post-credits scene in Justice League, which shows Lex Luthor and Deathstroke forming the beginning of an evil alliance that will no doubt threaten the entire DCEU. The Legion of Doom looks ready to make its big-screen debut.
With that in mind, we figured now would be a good time to explain what exactly the Legion of Doom is and why they're such a credible threat to a team that includes the likes of Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman.
The Legion of Doom is one of several supervillain teams that have risen up in opposition to the Justice League over the years. The team roster remains pretty fluid, but the main goal of the Legion of Doom is always the same - to join forces and ensure that the Justice League are never able to rid the world of evil through sheer, overwhelming numbers.
Bayonetta Special Edition Coming to Switch in EU, Japan
Bayonetta 1 and 2 are getting special editions for Europe and Japan when they launch early next year.
Nintendo of Europe announced when the games come to Switch in February, players in Europe will be able to purchase the Bayonetta Special Edition, which includes a game card with Bayonetta 2, a download code for Bayonetta 1, a SteelBook, Verse cards, and stickers.
Europe's Bayonetta Special Edition, via Twitter
Kylo Ren’s State of Mind in Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Kylo Ren fought hard to embrace the Dark Side in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, not only wanting to impress his boss, Supreme Leader Snoke, but also to better represent the legacy of his hero (and grandfather) Darth Vader.
That's why Kylo Ren went as far as to kill his own father to cut off all ties to his goodness, though anyone who is having that much trouble sticking to evil ways probably won't find it easy to wrap his mind around doing something so terrible and permanent. When we had the chance to speak with actor Adam Driver, we asked him how his character is wrestling with his murder of Han Solo in Star Wars: The Last Jedi.
"It's because it's starting so soon after The Force Awakens, there hasn't been really a lot of time to reflect or process it. Things, it's hard to say so far if they're going according to plan. I don't think he's expecting to feel the way he does," said Driver.
Tera on PS4 Feels More Like Devil May Cry than World of Warcraft
Bringing an MMO to consoles on a controller is always a tricky task, but I was amazed at how much Tera felt right at home when I played it on PS4 Pro this week.
The free-to-play online RPG plays more like an action game than most of its MMO competition, relying on actual timing, dodging, and aim over damage dice rolls. It makes Tera feel closer to Devil May Cry than World of Warcraft, and as a result fits on a gamepad almost naturally.
But making it seem like a simple translation sells short the work developer Bluehole and publisher En Masse had to do to get it feeling this slick. The menus and UI have been completely rebuilt, designed to take advantage of the shoulder buttons and make text boxes more legible when read from your couch across the room.
IGN UK Podcast #412: Thumbs Up, Baby!
It's the day after the Christmas party and yet we still manage to deliver a vintage episode. Well, not vintage. Let's not go mad. It's good, don't get me wrong. Still definitely worth a listen.
On this week's show, we go through the big trailers at the Game Awards, take a closer look at the Jurassic World 2 trailer, and Simon updates us on his tenure at Blackburn on Football Manager.
As always, we also dive into Keyword Countdown and your lovely feedback.
IGN UK Podcast #412: Thumbs Up, Baby!
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Mads Mikkelsen on Unexplored Potential of Rogue One’s Galen Erso
As the unwilling architect of the Death Star and estranged father to Jyn Erso, Galen Erso is one of the Star Wars franchise’s more complex supporting characters. Reflecting on the role, Rogue One actor Mads Mikkelsen told IGN Japan that he feels Galen still has unexplored depths.
“We don’t see him a lot (in Rogue One); we get a feel of him,” Mikkelsen said. “Obviously you could elaborate on a character like that for his own movie. The story (of Rogue One) is about his daughter, and for that reason he plays a sidekick in her life. If he had his own film it would be different.”
Mikkelsen, who also recently spoke about wanting to play Spider-Man and his role in Death Stranding, explained that the richness of the Star Wars universe allows scope for even more stories, and that he senses a particular interest in exploring day-to-day life for ordinary folk under the Empire.