Monthly Archives: August 2019
Spelunky 2 Most Likely Delayed Into 2020
Spelunky 2 developer/creator Derek Yu of Mossmouth has stated he "doesn't think we're going to release Spelunky 2 this year," as the "density and detail of the game is demanding more time."
Yu further explained the decision on Twitter, saying "development is still going well and we're not far off target," but Spelunky 2 just needs more time to live up to the much beloved original.
Idris Elba Hasn’t Seen Avengers: Endgame but Says Heimdall Could Be Alive
Spoilers ahead for Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame.
Idris Elba, who has played Heimdall in the Marvel Cinematic Universe since 2011's Thor, has said, even though he has yet to see Avengers: Endgame, he thinks Heimdall could still be alive and he would love to once again reprise the role of the all-seeing Asgardian.
As reported by KTSA.com, Elba spoke to ABC Radio and admitted that he hadn't seen Avengers: Endgame yet, even though he almost had a bigger role in the film.
Update: No Man’s Sky Gets a Patch to Fix Console Version Crashes
Update: Hello Games has released a console hotfix patch, 2.04, which aims to fix a number of reasons for crashes on PS4 and Xbox One.
The fixes should stop crashes caused by rendering large textures, and adjust memory management to fix another set of crash issues.
It's not clear from Hello's notes the extent of these fixes for the current crop of crashes, or if further fixes are incoming.
Original story: No Man’s Sky Beyond, the next big update for Hello Games’ procedural space exploration sim, is live. But some players are reporting fairly regular crashes on consoles and PC which makes exploring the universe a bit difficult.
Amazon’s Wheel of Time Casts Rand, Nynaeve, Mat, Perrin, and Egwene.
Amazon has rounded out the main cast for its upcoming adaptation of Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time series, casting the five young heroes who will travel with Rosamund Pike's Moiraine on a "dangerous, world-spanning journey." One of these five is prophesied to be "the Dragon Reborn, who will either save or destroy humanity."
Madeleine Madden will play Egwene Al’Vere, Marcus Rutherford has been cast as Perrin Aybara, Barney Harris will portray Mat Cauthon, Zoë Robins is Nynaeve, and Josha Stradowski plays Rand Al’Thor.
Check out the gallery below for a first look at the actors.
Why The Russos Would’ve Snapped All X-Men Except Wolverine
Even though the X-Men film rights didn’t belong to Marvel Studios when Avengers: Infinity War and Endgame were being made, that doesn’t mean the Russo brothers don’t have any ideas on how things could go down if Marvel’s Merry Mutants were a part of the story. While playing a game on IGN’s Up At Noon show where the Russos were asked to choose who from a group of fictional characters would be dusted by Thanos’ snap, they made an exciting yet tragic choice in regards to the X-Men.
After considering who to kill on a team lineup consisting of Gambit, Jean Grey, Storm, Wolverine, Cyclops and Rogue, director Joe Russo used a marker to strike out everyone on the team except Wolverine.
Star Wars Resistance: New Trailer Revealed for Second and Final Season
A new trailer for the second and final season of Star Wars Resistance has been revealed and gives fans their first look at the events that will take place between Star Wars: The Last Jedi and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.
StarWars.com revealed the new trailer alongside the news that Star Wars Resistance's second season will be premiering on Sunday, October 6, 2019, at 10pm ET/PT on Disney Channel and DisneyNOW, with subsequent airings on Disney XD.
Spoilers ahead for season one of Star Wars Resistance.
Season 2 picks up "after a harrowing escape from the First Order, as Kazuda Xiono and the denizens of the Colossus wind up lost in space, pursued by Agent Tierny and Commander Pyre who have taken Tam Ryvora aboard their ship."
The Hero Might Be Smash Ultimate’s Most Polarizing Character Yet
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is a fantastic concoction of crossovers, one that excels at creating movesets for its characters based off of nods to their first appearances, easter eggs, and lore from the original games. Every moveset is unique (excluding echofighters), and each player’s styles and tactics clash like orange juice and toothpaste to create match-ups that can push entire crowds to the edge of their seats at tournaments like EVO.
Best External Hard Drive 2019: Portable HDDs for Extra Storage Space
Hard drives might be falling into obscurity as solid-state drives get bigger, faster and cheaper, but they still have their place in the world for backing up data. Given that an increasing number of PCs cases and ultraportable laptops don't even bother reserving space for these spinning drives, an external hard drive is probably your best solution for extra storage space.
Whether you're looking to add some storage to your console or laptop, share files, or back up critical data, we’ve got you covered. Here are the best external hard drives, based on reliability, speed, and price per terabyte (TB).
Snake Eyes: Henry Golding in Talks for G.I. Joe Spin-Off
Paramount is developing a new G.I. Joe spin-off movie centered around Snake Eyes, and Crazy Rich Asians star Henry Golding is reportedly in early talks to play the titular ninja character.
The news comes from Variety, whose sources report Paramount is working to find a new direction for the G.I. Joe franchise. Snake Eyes previously appeared in 2009's G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra and 2013's G.I. Joe: Retaliation, where he was played by Ray Park (Star Wars: Episode I). As with last year's Transformers prequel Bumblebee, Paramount looks to be shifting focus to smaller, character-driven spin-offs of its Hasbro properties.
The Best Reviewed Movies of 2019
With 2019 coming to a close and awards season in full steam, let's look back at all the films that have wowed us so far this year.
IGN rates movies on a scale of 0-10. On this scale, any film rated 9.0-9.9 is considered “amazing” and anything that gets the coveted 10 rating is declared a “masterpiece”.
And we don’t give out 10s to just anything, either. In fact, not one motion picture has earned a 10/10 rating from us so far this year.
But listed below are all the films -- released theatrically between January and now -- that our team of critics have ranked an 8.0 or higher.
Click the links to their reviews to find out more about why we scored them as we did, and then be sure to tell us what your favorite films of 2019 are in the comments below!