Monthly Archives: July 2019
Half of Monster Hunter: World Iceborne’s Story Takes Place in Old Areas
Monster Hunter: World producer Ryozo Tsujimoto has revealed that “maybe half” of the new Iceborne expansion’s story content takes place in areas from the original base game.
Talking to Game Informer in a quick-fire Q&A interview, Tsujimoto speedily explained that around 50% of the story of Iceborne will take place on the old continent. That means the remaining half will take place in Monster Hunter: World’s new snow-and-ice location, Hoarfrost Reach.
Monster Hunter: World’s story is told linearly, so in order to visit Hoarfrost Reach, you will need to have finished the base game. However, the new ecosystem changes coming in Iceborne means that the expansion’s new monsters can be found in areas from the base game. So if you’ve yet to complete Monster Hunter: World, you’ll still be able to see changes when you install Iceborne.
Netflix’s Pacific Rim Anime Is Coming in 2020
Legendary Entertainment has revealed that the Pacific Rim animated series will launch on Netflix next year, and will initially run for two seasons.
Talking at Project Anime, an industry event proceeding Los Angeles’ massive Anime Expo, Legendary Entertainment's executive vice president of brand development and consumer products, Elie Dekel, revealed that Pacific Rim’s first season will begin in 2020 and that the show has been confirmed for two seasons.
The series will be produced by Legendary in partnership with Tokyo’s Polygon Pictures. “
one of the biggest budget anime series I’ve had the pleasure of working on, and I think that speaks to the commitment of Netflix and Legendary
Midsommar Ending and Rituals Explained
This story contains full SPOILERS for Midsommar!
Ari Aster's Midsommar, the follow-up to his 2018 critical hit Hereditary, is partly an open homage to folk horror films (à la The Wicker Man), partly a death-colored fable, and partly a straight-up revenge fantasy. Midsommar takes place in a very, very remote Swedish village (so far north that the sun doesn't set) wherein a group of American tourists get caught up in a once-every-90-years solstice festival that comes complete with odd games, exotic meals, ineffable traditions, and a haze of dread that only grows as the film progresses.
Why Hereditary Was One of the Best Horror Movies of 2018:
What Exactly Is the Auto Chess Genre?
The last few years have been all about Battle Royales, before that, Hero Shooters. Further back yet, MOBAs, Roguelikes, survival games, crafting games, CoD-style shooters, instrument-peripheral-based music games, the list goes on until we reach 1998, where the fad was 'well-constructed games featuring high-quality storytelling and gameplay'.
Maybe that fad will return, but it's not coming this year, because in 2019 we've got Auto Battlers like Dota Underlords, Teamfight Tactics and Auto Chess.
What am I playing?
Auto Battlers, or Auto Chesses — as they would be known if we stuck with calling it Auto Chess as a genre — are relatively new in the gaming world, entering the scene this year by way of Drodo's custom map on the Dota 2 Arcade, where it single-handedly reminded non-Dota players that Dota 2 exists.
How Studio Trigger Is Using Its Patreon Money
Back at Anime Expo 2018, members of Studio Trigger (Kill la Kill, Little Witch Academia, Promare) announced they’d be opening a Patreon for the animation studio. Not for specific individual creators at the studio, but the studio itself. Patreon is generally used by independent creators and small teams, which made the announcement a little odd. Now in July 2019, the Trigger’s Patreon has over 2,500 patrons and is making about $7,000 USD a month. IGN sat down with members of Studio Trigger during a visit in May to discuss their collaboration for Kill la Kill the Game: IF and also got an update on Trigger’s Patreon project.
Dark Souls Producer Would Like to Collaborate With Pacific Rim Director
Masanori Takeuchi, longtime producer on various FromSoftware games including Dark Souls Remastered and the upcoming Metal Wolf Chaos XD Remaster, expressed interest in doing collaborations similar to Elden Ring, a game that Dark Souls creator Hidetaka Miyazaki is involved in with Game of Thrones writer George R. R. Martin. When asked what his dream collaboration project would be, Takeuchi honed in on film director Guillermo Del Toro as his dream pick.
Stranger Things Portals Have Started Appearing in Fortnite
Fortnite has just released its latest pop-culture tie-in, and it’s with the upcoming new season of Stranger Things. Portals to The Upside Down have begun appearing in Fortnite’s Megal Mall area.
In the past, Fortnite has added in-game collaborations with topical pop-culture releases like Avengers and John Wick. This week, to celebrate the upcoming release date of Stranger Things Season 3 on Netflix tomorrow, Fortnite has thrown up some sinister looking portals in the mall area.
Disney’s Live-Action The Little Mermaid Remake Casts Ariel
Disney has found its Ariel for the upcoming live-action The Little Mermaid.
Disney announced today via a press release that actress and musical artist Halle Bailey, one half of Chloe x Halle, has been cast as Ariel, with production expected to begin on the live-action remake in early 2020.
Halle Bailey and Chloe Bailey (L-R) - Halle has been cast as Ariel in the upcoming live-action The Little Mermaid (Photo by Amy Sussman/Getty Images)
The Mario Maker Challenge is Back!
Super Mario Maker 2 is here! And while we're blown away by some of the awesome community maps and levels that we've seen so far, we also wanted to get in on the action ourselves.
Just like last time, we've paired up our editors with one another, and they'll build levels for each other. Whether these are fun/cool tributes to our favorite Mario games or Machiavellian death traps built solely to destroy friendships remains to be seen, but either way, it's going to be a good time.
A Trash Castle
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Will Let You Reload While Aiming Down Sight
Infinity Ward is rebooting the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare franchise this year with a renewed focus on realism. In a new blog post, Infinity Ward revealed just how much more realistic the art is in this year’s Call of Duty game compared to previous entries.
Call of Duty developers have always prided themselves in delivering a realistic military-shooter experience, but Infinity Ward wants to show how above-and-beyond the art team is going with the Modern Warfare reboot this year.