Nintendo has announced that it will be livestreaming a new Nintendo Treehouse: Live on October 7, 2020, at 10am PT/1pm ET/6pm BST, and it will be focused on both Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity and Pikmin 3 Deluxe. Nintendo shared the news on Twitter, saying that fans can expect a "Pikmin 3 Deluxe deep dive and a new stage and gameplay details for Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity." [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/09/08/hyrule-warriors-age-of-calamity-official-trailer"] Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity is a new game set 100 years before the events of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, and will let players learn more of Zelda, the four Champions - Mipha, Revali, Urbosa, and Daruk - the King of Hyrule, and more through "dramatic cutscenes as they try to save the kingdom from Calamity." At 2020's Tokyo Game Show, we got an in-depth look at gameplay, including a first look at Impa, who will be playable in Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity. Pikmin 3 Deluxe, on the other hand, brings forward the 2013 Wii U title to the Nintendo Switch, and adds co-op for the whole story mode and new side-missions that can also be played with a friend. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/08/05/pikmin-3-deluxe-announcement-trailer"] Pikmin 3 Deluxe is set to be released on October 30, 2020, while Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity, will launch on Switch on November 20, 2020. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com. Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on Twitch.

Nintendo has announced that it will be livestreaming a new Nintendo Treehouse: Live on October 7, 2020, at 10am PT/1pm ET/6pm BST, and it will be focused on both Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity and Pikmin 3 Deluxe. Nintendo shared the news on Twitter, saying that fans can expect a "Pikmin 3 Deluxe deep dive and a new stage and gameplay details for Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity." [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/09/08/hyrule-warriors-age-of-calamity-official-trailer"] Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity is a new game set 100 years before the events of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, and will let players learn more of Zelda, the four Champions - Mipha, Revali, Urbosa, and Daruk - the King of Hyrule, and more through "dramatic cutscenes as they try to save the kingdom from Calamity." At 2020's Tokyo Game Show, we got an in-depth look at gameplay, including a first look at Impa, who will be playable in Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity. Pikmin 3 Deluxe, on the other hand, brings forward the 2013 Wii U title to the Nintendo Switch, and adds co-op for the whole story mode and new side-missions that can also be played with a friend. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/08/05/pikmin-3-deluxe-announcement-trailer"] Pikmin 3 Deluxe is set to be released on October 30, 2020, while Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity, will launch on Switch on November 20, 2020. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com. Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on Twitch.

HBO Max has announced a new, children's animated series for the streaming service about the Batmobile and other Batman vehicles called Batwheels. The show, which is aimed at viewers in the preschool demographic, will feature Batman's trusty Batmobile, Bam, and other vehicles like Jett the Batwing and Buff the Bat Truck as young, sentient characters on the streets of Gotham. Those vehicles will be joined by others like Bibi the Batgirl Cycle and Red the Redbird. Together, under the leadership of Bam, this superhero team of cars is known as the Batwheels.

Buckle up and put on your capes! BATWHEELS, an all-new preschool animated show, is coming to @hbomax and @cartoonnetwork!https://t.co/qeCy7HPvup pic.twitter.com/rCqy0PzdK9

— DC Kids (@DCComicsKids) October 6, 2020

"From Batman: The Animated Series to Teen Titans Go!, superhero storytelling has definitely been one of our superpowers here at Warner Bros. Animation," Warner Bros. Animation and Cartoon Network Studios President, Sam Register, said in a press release. "We are so excited to bring that expertise over to the preschool space and take something that all kids love, cool vehicles, and give it a turbo boost with Batman." Batwheels will be an "animated action-adventure comedy series" and it will air on Cartoon Network and HBO Max, according to the press release. The Batwheels are described by Warner Bros. Animation as a team of incredible crimefighters who have banded together to combat crime and evil on the streets of Gotham. The sentient vehicles will find themselves newly-created by the Batcomputer and the series will show the team "navigate the growing pains of being a newly formed super team as well as the growing pains that come with just being a kid." [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/03/04/the-batmans-matt-reeves-reveals-the-new-batmobile-ign-now"] Warner Bros. Animation says the goal of the show is to thrill and entertain viewers and demonstrate to children the value of self-confidence, friendship, and teamwork. "Batwheels is the perfect show to headline our new foray into preschool," Warner Bros. Global Kids, Young Adults and Classics President, Tom Ascheim, said. "I can't wait for all the aspiring superheroes out there to meet this whole new batch of crime-fighters." Bawheels is only just now beginning production so it's unknown at this time when the show will hit HBO Max and Cartoon Network. While waiting for Batwheels to come out, check out what the Batmobile looks like in Matt Reeves' The Batman, which was recently delayed to 2022. After giving that a look, read about how that Batmobile draws inspiration from comics and TV shows. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Wesley LeBlanc is a freelance news writer and guide maker for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @LeBlancWes. 

HBO Max has announced a new, children's animated series for the streaming service about the Batmobile and other Batman vehicles called Batwheels. The show, which is aimed at viewers in the preschool demographic, will feature Batman's trusty Batmobile, Bam, and other vehicles like Jett the Batwing and Buff the Bat Truck as young, sentient characters on the streets of Gotham. Those vehicles will be joined by others like Bibi the Batgirl Cycle and Red the Redbird. Together, under the leadership of Bam, this superhero team of cars is known as the Batwheels.

Buckle up and put on your capes! BATWHEELS, an all-new preschool animated show, is coming to @hbomax and @cartoonnetwork!https://t.co/qeCy7HPvup pic.twitter.com/rCqy0PzdK9

— DC Kids (@DCComicsKids) October 6, 2020

"From Batman: The Animated Series to Teen Titans Go!, superhero storytelling has definitely been one of our superpowers here at Warner Bros. Animation," Warner Bros. Animation and Cartoon Network Studios President, Sam Register, said in a press release. "We are so excited to bring that expertise over to the preschool space and take something that all kids love, cool vehicles, and give it a turbo boost with Batman." Batwheels will be an "animated action-adventure comedy series" and it will air on Cartoon Network and HBO Max, according to the press release. The Batwheels are described by Warner Bros. Animation as a team of incredible crimefighters who have banded together to combat crime and evil on the streets of Gotham. The sentient vehicles will find themselves newly-created by the Batcomputer and the series will show the team "navigate the growing pains of being a newly formed super team as well as the growing pains that come with just being a kid." [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/03/04/the-batmans-matt-reeves-reveals-the-new-batmobile-ign-now"] Warner Bros. Animation says the goal of the show is to thrill and entertain viewers and demonstrate to children the value of self-confidence, friendship, and teamwork. "Batwheels is the perfect show to headline our new foray into preschool," Warner Bros. Global Kids, Young Adults and Classics President, Tom Ascheim, said. "I can't wait for all the aspiring superheroes out there to meet this whole new batch of crime-fighters." Bawheels is only just now beginning production so it's unknown at this time when the show will hit HBO Max and Cartoon Network. While waiting for Batwheels to come out, check out what the Batmobile looks like in Matt Reeves' The Batman, which was recently delayed to 2022. After giving that a look, read about how that Batmobile draws inspiration from comics and TV shows. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Wesley LeBlanc is a freelance news writer and guide maker for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @LeBlancWes. 

Crash Bandicoot 4 makes the choice to return to a world map format closer to Crash Bandicoot 1 than the warp room setup of Crash 2 and 3. And while the team at Toys for Bob didn’t initially plan for it, the map actually provided the developers with a structure for how it wanted to introduce players to Crash 4’s story and difficulty. Speaking to IGN ahead of Crash 4’s launch, Toys for Bob studio co-head Paul Yan discussed the approach, as well as how the team set out to make the biggest Crash game ever. And initially, the team thought it would just continue the trend of Crash 3's warp room map, but realized how the style of Crash 1’s world map better suited their designs. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/10/01/crash-bandicoot-4-its-about-time-review"] “We wanted to make sure that it was a follow-up to Crash 3,” Yan said when the team approached the whole project. “Part of that was making a presumption, ‘Oh yeah. We'll just start off with the warp room format.’”

World maps are the best. Here's a sneak peek at your path through Crash 4, out tomorrow. pic.twitter.com/6W0zvuX4OW

— PlayStation (@PlayStation) October 1, 2020

“As we went along further into our designs, we found that striking this balance between making sure the game is challenging, but also approachable and controllable was at odds with that format. We went back to that linear overworld map from Crash 1, and it gave us two really long benefits.” [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=every-ign-crash-bandicoot-game-review&captions=true"] As Yan continued on, he noted that a balance between making the entire adventure approachable, but also delivering the difficulty players expect from the franchise, melded with the idea of physically having players walk along the game’s on-map path. “We could very specifically craft the ramp and its difficulty in the way that we onboard new abilities. We knew with high confidence that if you could overcome level two with this set of new abilities and this new locomotion trick, then you were prepared for level three, and that experience could be really highly crafted and authored, he explained before diving into the other major benefit. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/09/23/8-things-to-know-about-crash-bandicoot-4"] “One of our goals for this game was to make story a bigger deal, and that we would put more emphasis on the storytelling and the relationships between the characters. Having that linear format allowed us to craft that story more linearly in the way that you could present without it feeling disparate and without any sense of chronological order,” he said. And as players can experience for themselves, jumping from one level to the next on the map comes with obvious teases toward the other unlockable levels, like those Timeline adventures for other playable characters, and the flashback tape challenge chambers. For more on Crash 4, be sure to read IGN's Crash Bandicoot 4 review, and if you're playing, be sure to read our Crash Bandicoot 4 wiki guide to find out how to collect the special gems and more. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Jonathon Dornbush is IGN's Senior News Editor and host of Podcast Beyond! Talk to him on Twitter @jmdornbush.

Crash Bandicoot 4 makes the choice to return to a world map format closer to Crash Bandicoot 1 than the warp room setup of Crash 2 and 3. And while the team at Toys for Bob didn’t initially plan for it, the map actually provided the developers with a structure for how it wanted to introduce players to Crash 4’s story and difficulty. Speaking to IGN ahead of Crash 4’s launch, Toys for Bob studio co-head Paul Yan discussed the approach, as well as how the team set out to make the biggest Crash game ever. And initially, the team thought it would just continue the trend of Crash 3's warp room map, but realized how the style of Crash 1’s world map better suited their designs. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/10/01/crash-bandicoot-4-its-about-time-review"] “We wanted to make sure that it was a follow-up to Crash 3,” Yan said when the team approached the whole project. “Part of that was making a presumption, ‘Oh yeah. We'll just start off with the warp room format.’”

World maps are the best. Here's a sneak peek at your path through Crash 4, out tomorrow. pic.twitter.com/6W0zvuX4OW

— PlayStation (@PlayStation) October 1, 2020

“As we went along further into our designs, we found that striking this balance between making sure the game is challenging, but also approachable and controllable was at odds with that format. We went back to that linear overworld map from Crash 1, and it gave us two really long benefits.” [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=every-ign-crash-bandicoot-game-review&captions=true"] As Yan continued on, he noted that a balance between making the entire adventure approachable, but also delivering the difficulty players expect from the franchise, melded with the idea of physically having players walk along the game’s on-map path. “We could very specifically craft the ramp and its difficulty in the way that we onboard new abilities. We knew with high confidence that if you could overcome level two with this set of new abilities and this new locomotion trick, then you were prepared for level three, and that experience could be really highly crafted and authored, he explained before diving into the other major benefit. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/09/23/8-things-to-know-about-crash-bandicoot-4"] “One of our goals for this game was to make story a bigger deal, and that we would put more emphasis on the storytelling and the relationships between the characters. Having that linear format allowed us to craft that story more linearly in the way that you could present without it feeling disparate and without any sense of chronological order,” he said. And as players can experience for themselves, jumping from one level to the next on the map comes with obvious teases toward the other unlockable levels, like those Timeline adventures for other playable characters, and the flashback tape challenge chambers. For more on Crash 4, be sure to read IGN's Crash Bandicoot 4 review, and if you're playing, be sure to read our Crash Bandicoot 4 wiki guide to find out how to collect the special gems and more. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Jonathon Dornbush is IGN's Senior News Editor and host of Podcast Beyond! Talk to him on Twitter @jmdornbush.

Apple has announced its next event will take place on October 13 and it's where the new line of iPhones are expected to be revealed. Apple has released new iPhones for years, now and the announcement for those phones traditionally came every September. September came and went without a trace of the rumored iPhone 12, but the company announced today that its next event will be on October 13 at 10 a.m. PDT, which is when many are expecting the new iPhones to be revealed. As indicated in the invite for the event sent to press, Apple is specifically drawing attention to speed, including the joking phrase "Hi, Speed," which ties into rumors that the next line of iPhones will have 5G integration. This new type of cellular service is extremely fast and can handle significantly more internet-connected devices at a time when compared to the 4G LTE networking we have now. When Apple announced in September that it would be holding an event that month, many speculated that the new iPhones were going to be revealed. That didn't happen as the company instead focused on its new Apple One subscription that bundles services like Apple Music and Apple Arcade together, its new iPad Air with an integrated Touch ID top button, and the new Apple Watch Series 6 smartwatch. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2019/09/13/apple-arcade-in-100-seconds"] Considering we received all of those announcements last month, it's safe to say that Apple is preparing to showcase its new iPhone, expected to simply be called the iPhone 12, next week. Last year's iPhone 11 came in multiple variants, namely the standard iPhone 11 and the larger and more powerful iPhone 11 Pro, and the 12 is expected to follow suit. We'll find out next week on October 13. In the meantime, read about Apple's latest phone and why we think it's great in our iPhone SE 2020 review and then read why we think the company's game subscription service, Apple Arcade, is worth getting. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Wesley LeBlanc is a freelance news writer and guide maker for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @LeBlancWes. 

Apple has announced its next event will take place on October 13 and it's where the new line of iPhones are expected to be revealed. Apple has released new iPhones for years, now and the announcement for those phones traditionally came every September. September came and went without a trace of the rumored iPhone 12, but the company announced today that its next event will be on October 13 at 10 a.m. PDT, which is when many are expecting the new iPhones to be revealed. As indicated in the invite for the event sent to press, Apple is specifically drawing attention to speed, including the joking phrase "Hi, Speed," which ties into rumors that the next line of iPhones will have 5G integration. This new type of cellular service is extremely fast and can handle significantly more internet-connected devices at a time when compared to the 4G LTE networking we have now. When Apple announced in September that it would be holding an event that month, many speculated that the new iPhones were going to be revealed. That didn't happen as the company instead focused on its new Apple One subscription that bundles services like Apple Music and Apple Arcade together, its new iPad Air with an integrated Touch ID top button, and the new Apple Watch Series 6 smartwatch. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2019/09/13/apple-arcade-in-100-seconds"] Considering we received all of those announcements last month, it's safe to say that Apple is preparing to showcase its new iPhone, expected to simply be called the iPhone 12, next week. Last year's iPhone 11 came in multiple variants, namely the standard iPhone 11 and the larger and more powerful iPhone 11 Pro, and the 12 is expected to follow suit. We'll find out next week on October 13. In the meantime, read about Apple's latest phone and why we think it's great in our iPhone SE 2020 review and then read why we think the company's game subscription service, Apple Arcade, is worth getting. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Wesley LeBlanc is a freelance news writer and guide maker for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @LeBlancWes. 

Media Indie Exchange has announced The MIX NEXT, a digital showcase of game reveals and announcements, coming on Wednesday, October 14 – and you can watch it live on IGN. The MIX NEXT follows on from this summer's Guerrilla Collective showcases, which showcased dozens of new game announcements, as well as in-depth developer walkthroughs, and we can expect a similar set-up here.

What Is The MIX NEXT Showcase Start Time?

The MIX NEXT takes place on Wednesday, October 14, and begins at 11am Pacific / 2pm Eastern / 7pm UK. If you’re tuning in from Australia, the showcase is on October 15 at 4am AEST. A post-show will air from 1pm Pacific / 4pm Eastern / 9pm UK. That's October 15 at 6am AEST.

How to Watch The MIX NEXT Showcase

We’ll be broadcasting the livestream on our channels across a variety of platforms. Here’s where you can watch The MIX NEXT with IGN:

• IGN.com (homepage)
• IGN's Twitch Channel
• IGN’s Youtube Channel

What to Expect at The MIX NEXT Showcase

No specific games have been announced for the show as yet, but The MIX NEXT will feature game reveals, announcements, trailers, and gameplay from the likes of tinyBuild, Humble Games, Modern Wolf, Akupara Games, Another Indie, Goblinz, Graffiti Games, Headup, Panic, Raw Fury, SEGA & Two Point Studios, Super.com, Those Awesome Guys, Thomas Happ, Whitethorn Games, and more. The showcase will also include appearances from Kinda Funny’s Greg Miller, Twitch’s Mary Kish, and game developers Shawn Alexander Allen, Nick Suttner and Swery. A MIX NEXT Steam event page, also going live on October 14, will include pages and demos for games featured during the show. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Joe Skrebels is IGN's Executive Editor of News. Follow him on Twitter. Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com.

Media Indie Exchange has announced The MIX NEXT, a digital showcase of game reveals and announcements, coming on Wednesday, October 14 – and you can watch it live on IGN. The MIX NEXT follows on from this summer's Guerrilla Collective showcases, which showcased dozens of new game announcements, as well as in-depth developer walkthroughs, and we can expect a similar set-up here.

What Is The MIX NEXT Showcase Start Time?

The MIX NEXT takes place on Wednesday, October 14, and begins at 11am Pacific / 2pm Eastern / 7pm UK. If you’re tuning in from Australia, the showcase is on October 15 at 4am AEST. A post-show will air from 1pm Pacific / 4pm Eastern / 9pm UK. That's October 15 at 6am AEST.

How to Watch The MIX NEXT Showcase

We’ll be broadcasting the livestream on our channels across a variety of platforms. Here’s where you can watch The MIX NEXT with IGN:

• IGN.com (homepage)
• IGN's Twitch Channel
• IGN’s Youtube Channel

What to Expect at The MIX NEXT Showcase

No specific games have been announced for the show as yet, but The MIX NEXT will feature game reveals, announcements, trailers, and gameplay from the likes of tinyBuild, Humble Games, Modern Wolf, Akupara Games, Another Indie, Goblinz, Graffiti Games, Headup, Panic, Raw Fury, SEGA & Two Point Studios, Super.com, Those Awesome Guys, Thomas Happ, Whitethorn Games, and more. The showcase will also include appearances from Kinda Funny’s Greg Miller, Twitch’s Mary Kish, and game developers Shawn Alexander Allen, Nick Suttner and Swery. A MIX NEXT Steam event page, also going live on October 14, will include pages and demos for games featured during the show. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Joe Skrebels is IGN's Executive Editor of News. Follow him on Twitter. Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com.