Monthly Archives: July 2022

Detroit: Become Human is Becoming a Manga

Detroit: Become Human is getting a manga adaptation in Japan with a story set in Tokyo at the same time period as the game.

As reported by Famitsu, Detroit: Become Human: Tokyo Stories is being written by Saruwatari Kazami and drawn by Moto Sumida. The story follows an android idol known as Reina and, like the game before it, explores what happens when these robots gain independent thoughts and feelings.

Unlike Detroit: Become Human, however, Tokyo Stories focuses on a smoother integration of androids as Reina becomes incredible popular. The peace isn't to last, of course, disrupted by a rogue android that gains sentience.

The manga will appear in Comic Bridge magazine starting July 22 but there's currently no word on whether it will be distributed outside of Japan. Detroit: Become Human follows a handful of other western video games to gain manga adaptations, including The Witcher and Watch Dogs.

The manga is still a little random, however, given that Detroit: Become Human was released four years ago and hasn't really made a resurgance since. In our 8/10 review, IGN said: "Detroit: Become Human is a wonderfully silly interactive drama that meaningfully bends to your will."

Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelancer. He'll talk about The Witcher all day.

Check Out These Original Design Docs Showing How Classic Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Games Were Made

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection includes never-before-seen design documents that show how the 13 included retro games were made. We've got 11 to show you ahead of release.

We just revealed that The Cowabunga Collection has got an August 30 release date, and developer Digital Eclipse has provided us with a number of the original concept documents included in the game collection's Museum mode – which have never been publicly revealed before now.

The documents show off animation and art concepts for heroes and villains, cutscene plans, and much more. It's a fascinating look into how Konami approached making these games in the 8-bit and 16-bit eras. Check all the documents out below:

Digital Eclipse promises that the Museum section will also include imagery from the original cartoons and comics, as well as "other historic TMNT media content". It's not clear how many games in the collection will see their development materials released.

The Cowabunga Collection will bring with it 13 games from the franchise's 8 and 16-bit days, including beloved staples like Turtles in Time for the Super Nintendo. Many of the games in the collection are difficult or impossible to obtain on modern consoles and some, such as Hyperstone Heist for the Sega Genesis, are becoming available to current audiences for the very first time.

Stay tuned for lots more Turtles related content on IGN's live show as well as everything else shown during SDCC 2022.

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.

Check Out These Original Design Docs Showing How Classic Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Games Were Made

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection includes never-before-seen design documents that show how the 13 included retro games were made. We've got 11 to show you ahead of release.

We just revealed that The Cowabunga Collection has got an August 30 release date, and developer Digital Eclipse has provided us with a number of the original concept documents included in the game collection's Museum mode – which have never been publicly revealed before now.

The documents show off animation and art concepts for heroes and villains, cutscene plans, and much more. It's a fascinating look into how Konami approached making these games in the 8-bit and 16-bit eras. Check all the documents out below:

Digital Eclipse promises that the Museum section will also include imagery from the original cartoons and comics, as well as "other historic TMNT media content". It's not clear how many games in the collection will see their development materials released.

The Cowabunga Collection will bring with it 13 games from the franchise's 8 and 16-bit days, including beloved staples like Turtles in Time for the Super Nintendo. Many of the games in the collection are difficult or impossible to obtain on modern consoles and some, such as Hyperstone Heist for the Sega Genesis, are becoming available to current audiences for the very first time.

Stay tuned for lots more Turtles related content on IGN's live show as well as everything else shown during SDCC 2022.

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.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection Has a Release Date

If Shredder's Revenge wasn't enough, you'll soon be able to play virtually every major Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game released to console thanks to the new Cowabunga Collection, which now has a release date.

IGN can exclusively reveal that The Cowabunga Collection will be releasing August 30 on PS5, PS4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PC and Nintendo Switch. The collection will bring with it 13 games from the franchise's 8 and 16-bit days, including beloved staples like Turtles in Time for the Super Nintendo.

Developed by Digital Eclipse, The Cowabunga Collection caused a mini-sensation when it was announced back in March, not the least because many of the games in the collection are difficult to impossible to obtain on modern consoles. Many of them, such as Hyperstone Heist for the Sega Genesis, are becoming available to current audiences for the very first time.

To refresh your memory, here's the complete list of games in the collection.

  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Arcade)
  • TMNT: Turtles in Time (Arcade)
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (NES)
  • TMNT II: The Arcade Game (NES)
  • TMNT III: The Manhattan Project (NES)
  • TMNT IV: Turtles in Time (SNES)
  • TMNT: The Hyperstone Heist (Genesis)
  • TMNT: Fall of the Foot Clan (Game Boy)
  • TMNT II: Back from the Sewers (Game Boy)
  • TMNT III: Radical Rescue (Game Boy)
  • TMNT: Tournament Fighters (NES)
  • TMNT: Tournament Fighters (SNES)
  • TMNT: Tournament Fighters (Genesis)

In addition to a slew of classic releases, Digital Eclipse is including a trove of original design documents. The collection will also support online play for TMNT Arcade, Turtles in Time Arcade, and TMNT: The Hyperstone Heist, and Tournament Fighters for the SNES.

The announcement was part of San Diego Comic-Con 2022, where The Cowabunga Collection has a large presence. Stay tuned for lots more Turtles related content on IGN's live show as well as everything else shown during SDCC 2022.

Correction: This article has been updated to reflect which games support online play in Cowabunga Collection.

Kat Bailey is a Senior News Editor at IGN as well as co-host of Nintendo Voice Chat. Have a tip? Send her a DM at @the_katbot.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection Has a Release Date

If Shredder's Revenge wasn't enough, you'll soon be able to play virtually every major Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game released to console thanks to the new Cowabunga Collection, which now has a release date.

IGN can exclusively reveal that The Cowabunga Collection will be releasing August 30 on PS5, PS4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PC and Nintendo Switch. The collection will bring with it 13 games from the franchise's 8 and 16-bit days, including beloved staples like Turtles in Time for the Super Nintendo.

Developed by Digital Eclipse, The Cowabunga Collection caused a mini-sensation when it was announced back in March, not the least because many of the games in the collection are difficult to impossible to obtain on modern consoles. Many of them, such as Hyperstone Heist for the Sega Genesis, are becoming available to current audiences for the very first time.

To refresh your memory, here's the complete list of games in the collection.

  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Arcade)
  • TMNT: Turtles in Time (Arcade)
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (NES)
  • TMNT II: The Arcade Game (NES)
  • TMNT III: The Manhattan Project (NES)
  • TMNT IV: Turtles in Time (SNES)
  • TMNT: The Hyperstone Heist (Genesis)
  • TMNT: Fall of the Foot Clan (Game Boy)
  • TMNT II: Back from the Sewers (Game Boy)
  • TMNT III: Radical Rescue (Game Boy)
  • TMNT: Tournament Fighters (NES)
  • TMNT: Tournament Fighters (SNES)
  • TMNT: Tournament Fighters (Genesis)

In addition to a slew of classic releases, Digital Eclipse is including a trove of original design documents. The collection will also support local and online co-op for TMNT 2: The Arcade Game, TMNT 3: The Manhattan Project, and TMNT 4: Turtles in Time. Hyperstone Heist will feature local multiplayer.

The announcement was part of San Diego Comic-Con 2022, where The Cowabunga Collection has a large presence. Stay tuned for lots more Turtles related content on IGN's live show as well as everything else shown during SDCC 2022.

Kat Bailey is a Senior News Editor at IGN as well as co-host of Nintendo Voice Chat. Have a tip? Send her a DM at @the_katbot.

Nintendo’s Former Managing Director Joins PlatinumGames

Nintendo's former managing director of sales, planning, and strategy has joined Bayonetta and Nier: Automata developer PlatinumGames as vice president.

Announced in a Famitsu article featured on Platinum's website, Takao Yamane will also take on the role of chief business officer after spending his last 27 years at Nintendo. Yamane became managing director back in March 2004, meaning he was there for the release of the Nintendo DS, Wii, 3DS, Wii U, and Switch. He had other roles at the company previously, including as vice president of Nintendo France.

Yamane made clear he didn't leave Nintendo with any ill-feelings, but he had just turned 50 and wanted a new challenge. "My resignation was very smooth," he said. "My desire to take on something new and what PlatinumGames was aiming to do lined up perfectly. And to be perfectly honest, I felt like my last company would be perfectly fine without me."

Platinum has been steadily expanding in the last few years but the company isn't ready to stop yet, as its goals are "simply not possible with the numbers we have now", Yamane said. "I’m building an organization capable of tangible action from the ground up," which includes "self-publishing and promoting Project G.G. and other titles globally".

Nintendo's philosophy of prioritising game development over sales will also be brought over. "When it comes to sales and development, development takes priority," Yamane said. "Even if I come up with a schedule and think, 'this will be a hit,' if [vice president and chief game designer] Kamiya says 'sorry, but development is running six months late,' I’ll just smile and say, 'I understand'."

Platinum currently has two games in development that we know of: Bayonetta 3 for Nintendo Switch (which arrives this October) and the aforementioned Project G.G. The latter is the developer's first self-published game, and Yamane promised more details would be revealed about it in June next year.

Thumbnail Image Credit: PlatinumGames

Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelancer. He'll talk about The Witcher all day.

Nintendo’s Former Managing Director Joins PlatinumGames

Nintendo's former managing director of sales, planning, and strategy has joined Bayonetta and Nier: Automata developer PlatinumGames as vice president.

Announced in a Famitsu article featured on Platinum's website, Takao Yamane will also take on the role of chief business officer after spending his last 27 years at Nintendo. Yamane became managing director back in March 2004, meaning he was there for the release of the Nintendo DS, Wii, 3DS, Wii U, and Switch. He had other roles at the company previously, including as vice president of Nintendo France.

Yamane made clear he didn't leave Nintendo with any ill-feelings, but he had just turned 50 and wanted a new challenge. "My resignation was very smooth," he said. "My desire to take on something new and what PlatinumGames was aiming to do lined up perfectly. And to be perfectly honest, I felt like my last company would be perfectly fine without me."

Platinum has been steadily expanding in the last few years but the company isn't ready to stop yet, as its goals are "simply not possible with the numbers we have now", Yamane said. "I’m building an organization capable of tangible action from the ground up," which includes "self-publishing and promoting Project G.G. and other titles globally".

Nintendo's philosophy of prioritising game development over sales will also be brought over. "When it comes to sales and development, development takes priority," Yamane said. "Even if I come up with a schedule and think, 'this will be a hit,' if [vice president and chief game designer] Kamiya says 'sorry, but development is running six months late,' I’ll just smile and say, 'I understand'."

Platinum currently has two games in development that we know of: Bayonetta 3 for Nintendo Switch (which arrives this October) and the aforementioned Project G.G. The latter is the developer's first self-published game, and Yamane promised more details would be revealed about it in June next year.

Thumbnail Image Credit: PlatinumGames

Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelancer. He'll talk about The Witcher all day.

Godzilla and the Titans Adds Kurt Russell And Son Wyatt Russell To Cast

Kurt Russell and his son Wyatt Russell have joined the cast of Apple and Legendary's upcoming live-action Godzilla and the Titans series.

According to Deadline, Kurt and Wyatt have signed on to star in the Monsterverse series alongside previously announced cast members Anna Sawai, Ren Watabe, Kiersey Clemons, Joe Tippett, and Elisa Lasowski. Details on their two roles are being kept under wraps for now, so it's not currently known whether their on-screen characters will be related or not.

Kurt Russell is a legendary actor known for his frequent collaborations with John Carpenter throughout the 1980s, starring in films like Escape from New York, Escape from L.A., The Thing, and Big Trouble in Little China. He's also featured in several other notable projects during his lengthy acting career, including playing Ego in the MCU's Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 and What If…?

Wyatt Russell is coming off of FX's true-crime drama series Under the Banner of Heaven alongside Andrew Garfield. His other acting credits include movies like 22 Jump Street and Overlord, as well as TV shows such as Lodge 49 and The Good Lord Bird. He is also part of the MCU, having portrayed John Walker in the Disney+ series The Falcon and the Winter Solider.

Apple's new Godzilla series is part of Legendary's growing Monsterverse franchise. The show will explore the aftermath of the thunderous battle between Godzilla and the Titans that levelled San Francisco and the shocking new reality that monsters are real, as one family sets out to uncover its buried secrets and a legacy linking them to the secret organization known as Monarch.

The series is being co-created by Chris Black, a writer on Star Trek: Enterprise and Outcast, and Matt Fraction, writer of comics like Hawkeye, The Defenders, and Sex Criminals. Black will also serve as showrunner on the project. The first two episodes will be helmed by WandaVision director Matt Shakman who is also on board as an executive producer.

The untitled series about Godzilla and the Titans stomps in the footsteps of 2014's Godzilla, 2017's Skull Island, 2019's King of Monsters, and 2021's Godzilla vs. Kong, which brought the kaiju legends to a head against each other and eventually Mechagodzilla. There's also a Godzilla vs. Kong sequel film currently in the works and an animated Skull Island series, which is being produced for Netflix.

Adele Ankers-Range is a freelance writer for IGN. Follow her on Twitter.

Godzilla and the Titans Adds Kurt Russell And Son Wyatt Russell To Cast

Kurt Russell and his son Wyatt Russell have joined the cast of Apple and Legendary's upcoming live-action Godzilla and the Titans series.

According to Deadline, Kurt and Wyatt have signed on to star in the Monsterverse series alongside previously announced cast members Anna Sawai, Ren Watabe, Kiersey Clemons, Joe Tippett, and Elisa Lasowski. Details on their two roles are being kept under wraps for now, so it's not currently known whether their on-screen characters will be related or not.

Kurt Russell is a legendary actor known for his frequent collaborations with John Carpenter throughout the 1980s, starring in films like Escape from New York, Escape from L.A., The Thing, and Big Trouble in Little China. He's also featured in several other notable projects during his lengthy acting career, including playing Ego in the MCU's Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 and What If…?

Wyatt Russell is coming off of FX's true-crime drama series Under the Banner of Heaven alongside Andrew Garfield. His other acting credits include movies like 22 Jump Street and Overlord, as well as TV shows such as Lodge 49 and The Good Lord Bird. He is also part of the MCU, having portrayed John Walker in the Disney+ series The Falcon and the Winter Solider.

Apple's new Godzilla series is part of Legendary's growing Monsterverse franchise. The show will explore the aftermath of the thunderous battle between Godzilla and the Titans that levelled San Francisco and the shocking new reality that monsters are real, as one family sets out to uncover its buried secrets and a legacy linking them to the secret organization known as Monarch.

The series is being co-created by Chris Black, a writer on Star Trek: Enterprise and Outcast, and Matt Fraction, writer of comics like Hawkeye, The Defenders, and Sex Criminals. Black will also serve as showrunner on the project. The first two episodes will be helmed by WandaVision director Matt Shakman who is also on board as an executive producer.

The untitled series about Godzilla and the Titans stomps in the footsteps of 2014's Godzilla, 2017's Skull Island, 2019's King of Monsters, and 2021's Godzilla vs. Kong, which brought the kaiju legends to a head against each other and eventually Mechagodzilla. There's also a Godzilla vs. Kong sequel film currently in the works and an animated Skull Island series, which is being produced for Netflix.

Adele Ankers-Range is a freelance writer for IGN. Follow her on Twitter.

FIFA 23 Launches This September

EA has revealed that FIFA 23 will be available on September 30 and will feature women's clubs for the first time, as well as same-generation cross-play, World Cup DLC, and more.

Revealed on its official website and in a new trailer (below), EA's final FIFA game will include both the UK's Barclays FA Women's Super League and France's Division 1 Arkema, letting fans play as cover star Sam Kerr.

FIFA 23 will also be cross-play at launch, though like the testing in last year's edition, there are caveats. Players can only play together between the same generation of consoles, meaning those on PlayStation 4 can only play against those on the same platform or on Xbox One. PC players (and those on Google Stadia) will be in the same pool as players on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series (X and S).

Friends can also only play against each other in online friendlies and FIFA Ultimate Team's Play a Friend mode. All other modes - FUT Online Friendlies, Online Seasons, FUT Rivals, FUT Champions, and FUT Online Draft - can only be played cross-play through online matchmaking. Players can also choose to opt-out of cross-play altogether, meaning they'll only ever come across players on the same platform.

EA has also announced that free DLC will be released down the line, bringing both the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup and FIFA Women's World Cup Australia and New Zealand 2023 to the game. No release window was given for the DLC but the world cups start in November 2022 and July 2023 respectively.

FIFA 23 also promises to bring more realism and control than ever before through its new HyperMotion 2 technology that includes 6,000 unique animations to make players move more authentically than ever before.

This technology will not arrive in the Nintendo Switch version, however, nor will cross-play in any capacity, as EA is once again re-releasing FIFA 19 with updated players, kits, and squads, the new women's clubs, and a handful of new stadiums, but no "new development or significant enhancements".

Further reveals will be made in the lead-up to the game's September release date, with EA promising new information on gameplay features on July 27, Career Mode on August 1, Matchday Experience on August 5, Pro Clubs and Volta on August 8, and FIFA Ultimate Team on August 11.

Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelancer. He'll talk about The Witcher all day.