Monthly Archives: September 2018
Jordan Peele Reportedly in Talks for a Candyman Remake
It looks like the 1992 slasher film Candyman might be getting a remake, and Get Out’s Jordan Peele is reportedly in talks to produce the project.
As reported by Bloody Disgusting, Peele is currently in talks to produce the film through Monkeypaw Productions, which previously helped produce Get Out, BlacKkKlansman, Key and Peele and more. It is curently unlcear if Peele plans to simply produce the film, or if he will also serve as director.
While these reports should be taken with a grain of salt, the film does seem to be in Peele’s wheelhouse. The original Candyman, based off of Clive Barker’s short story The Forbidden, involves an urban legend, where if anyone looks in a mirror and says “Candyman” five times, he will appear and kill the speaker. The original film took place in Chicago, and the antagonist was an artist and the son of a slave whose painting hand was cut off and replaced with a hook - he was later covered in honey and stung to death by bees.
How Insomniac’s Spider-Man Came to Be
While PlayStation 4 owners around the world celebrate the release of Marvel's Spider-Man, Insomniac's open-world game could have just as easily featured another Marvel character.
In this month's episode of IGN Unfiltered, Ryan McCaffrey sat down with Insomniac CEO Ted Price to discuss how the team got the opportunity to make a game featuring everyone's favorite wall-crawler. Be sure to check out the preview clip above, in which Price talks about the studio's decision-making process.
"Connie Booth, who is a great friend, and also one of our partners at Sony, was down at Insomniac," Price said, "and she said to me, one day, 'What would you think about working on a Marvel game?'" Price said his immediate reaction was "fairly neutral" and, as the studio had built a following on the back of original properties, he "hadn't really considered working on someone else's IP."
Out This Week: Shadow of the Tomb Raider, NBA 2K19, Nintendo Labo Vehicle Kit
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.
Watch the New Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice Trailer Now with English Subtitles
A new Japanese-language trailer for Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice has been released ahead of Tokyo Game Show next week.
You can watch the new trailer (with English subtitles) up above right now, which contains lots of new footage including a glimpse at new mechanics, bosses, and environments than we've seen previously.
I've gathered some of the main highlights in the gallery below and added my own observations as well as a moderate dose of speculation based on playing the game, recent interviews, and speaking to the developers at Gamescom.
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Spider-Man Is the Fastest-Selling Game of the Year in the UK
Insomniac's Spider-Man has swung its way to the top of the UK sales charts. Not only was Spider-Man the best-selling game of last week – despite only being out for two days – but it's the fastest-selling game of the year in the UK, reports GamesIndustry.biz.
Far Cry 5 previously held the distinction of being 2018's fastest-selling game, making Spider-Man's accomplishment all the more impressive considering Far Cry 5 launched on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. Spider-Man is a PlayStation 4 exclusive, and it blew away the year's previous best-selling exclusive, the PlayStation 4's God of War, by nearly twice as many units sold.
WWE: Renee Young Officially Joins RAW Announce Team
WWE has announced that Renee Young, who filled in for Jonathan Coachman as part of the RAW commentary team on two recent occasions, has been named as the first woman to join the Monday Night RAW broadcast booth full time.
As for Jonathan Coachman, he's been announced as the new host of WWE’s pay-per-view kickoff shows - which was Young's old gig.
Starting tonight, Renee Young will join Michael Cole and Corey Graves each week on RAW.
Nintendo Switch Getting a Pokemon Eevee and Pikachu Special Edition
Nintendo has announced it will release Pokemon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee! limited edition Switch hardware bundles on November 16, the same day the new Pokemon games are released.
Buyers can choose to have either Let's Go, Pikachu! or Let's Go, Eevee! pre-installed in their bundle. Regardless of which version is chosen, the Switch console itself will have both Pikachu and Eevee etched on it and brown and yellow Joy-Cons.
The Switch dock also comes with images of both Pokemon on the front. Also included in each bundle will be a Poke Ball Plus controller. Check it out in the trailer below:
The Nintendo Switch Pokemon Go bundle is priced at $399 in the US.
Hidetaka Miyazaki’s VR Game, Déraciné Gets a Release Date
Déraciné, the Hidetaka Miyazaki-directed VR game from From Software and Sony Japan Studio, will be released in the west on November 6.
Placing you in the role of a time-stopping faerie, and having you solve puzzles along the hallways and classrooms of a Victorian-like boarding school, it's something of a departure in tone for the Dark Souls mastermind.
The game is now available for pre-order, and doing so will get you a PS4 Dynamic theme and six avatars for your PSN profile.
We played a slice of the game at E3, and called it "a beautiful and cryptic experience".
The X-Files Had a Sneaky Trick to Handle Mulder and Scully’s Height Difference
September 10, 2018 marks the 25th anniversary of The X-Files series premiere, and in celebration, IGN is exclusively debuting a behind-the-scenes clip from a new documentary on the show's legacy.
The 40-minute documentary special, "Implanted Memories: 25 Years of The X-Files," will be available exclusively on The X-Files Season 11 Blu-ray release, in stores beginning Tuesday, September 18.
In our sneak peek, Second Unit Key Grip Tom Kaczmarski gives us some insight into how the show dealt with the major height difference between stars Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny throughout the show's run, with an invention that came to be affectionately known as the "Gilly Board."
Amazon May Have Outed Halo 5: Guardians PC Port
Halo 5: Guardians could be coming to PC, if the updated box art on Amazon is anything to go by.
The Amazon listing for Halo 5: Guardians has had a bit of a makeover on Amazon, hinting at the possibility of an upcoming PC release. AllGamesDelta shared images of the old and new box art, side-by-side, in a tweet, going on to say that "Quantum Break, a game that came out on both Xbox One and PC has the same 'Xbox One Console Exclusive' banner."