Today, Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto hosted a very special Nintendo Direct where he tours the newly finished Super Nintendo World theme park at Universal Studios Japan. Miyamoto went around the park to highlight the biggest attractions, including the Mario Kart ride. Super Nintendo World is a theme park based on, you guessed it, Nintendo. In collaboration with Universal Studios, the first park is set to open in Japan with versions of Super Nintendo World set to come to North American parks afterward. Aside from entire structures built to resemble levels and areas from Super Mario World, the park utilizes a wrist band that attendees can wear and use to interact with various attractions around the park. A QR code can also be scanned and connect your smartphone to a special Super Nintendo World app. Check the video below for the full tour. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/12/18/super-nintendo-world-direct-presentation"] For example, wearing the wrist band, attendees can “punch” a power block and earn a digital coin that will be saved to your smartphone. Miayamoto says there are several secrets hidden around the park that will utilize the wrist band, and that the coins may unlock some kind of reward as well. The wristbands also function like amiibo and will apparently be useable with your Nintendo Switch after you take them home. Along with coins, other items like keys can also be stored in the smartphone app which can presumably unlock even more secrets. These interactive elements are called “Activities.” If you find three keys you can unlock a special activity — a battle with Bowser Jr. Miyamoto also gave a brief tour of the 1-Up Factory, the gift store with exclusive Mario merchandise that can only be purchased at the park. Miyamoto says that some items were developed in collaboration with Nintendo developers. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=super-nintendo-world-direct-screenshots&captions=true"] After some brief stops at the restaurants where Mario-themed food will be served, Miyamoto ended his tour with the Mario Kart ride, a roller-coaster where attendees work together to fight Bowser. There’s also an AR-glasses component to the ride. Super Nintendo World is set to open in Japan on February 4, 2021. The park will also open in other locations including Los Angeles, California; Orlando, Florida; and Singapore in the future. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Matt T.M. Kim is a reporter for IGN.

Yoshitaka Amano, the artist known for his illustrative art of the Final Fantasy series, has contributed once again to the DC comics universe with a new variant cover for Harley Quinn #1.

Harley Quinn writer Stephanie Phillips shared the artwork on Twitter this past Thursday.

By the way, here's the full Yoshitaka Amano Harley Quinn #1 cover.  pic.twitter.com/bJ8TKcaHpj

— Stephanie Phillips (@Steph_Smash) December 17, 2020

 

The art style is definitely Amano’s, with its watercolor, art nouveau, and woodblock print influences. Take out the tattoos and DC iconography (like the smoke taking the shape of Superman) and it could easily pass for one of Amano’s illustrations of Final Fantasy characters.

This isn’t the first time Amano has worked with DC, though. The artist previously illustrated Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman: The Dream Hunters, a sidestory in the Sandman universe set in ancient Japan.

Harley Quinn #1 hits comic store shelves on March 23, 2021.

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Blogroll image credit: Yoshitaka Amano and DC Comics.

Joseph Knoop is a writer/producer/bird for IGN.

Yoshitaka Amano, the artist known for his illustrative art of the Final Fantasy series, has contributed once again to the DC comics universe with a new variant cover for Harley Quinn #1.

Harley Quinn writer Stephanie Phillips shared the artwork on Twitter this past Thursday.

By the way, here's the full Yoshitaka Amano Harley Quinn #1 cover.  pic.twitter.com/bJ8TKcaHpj

— Stephanie Phillips (@Steph_Smash) December 17, 2020

 

The art style is definitely Amano’s, with its watercolor, art nouveau, and woodblock print influences. Take out the tattoos and DC iconography (like the smoke taking the shape of Superman) and it could easily pass for one of Amano’s illustrations of Final Fantasy characters.

This isn’t the first time Amano has worked with DC, though. The artist previously illustrated Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman: The Dream Hunters, a sidestory in the Sandman universe set in ancient Japan.

Harley Quinn #1 hits comic store shelves on March 23, 2021.

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Blogroll image credit: Yoshitaka Amano and DC Comics.

Joseph Knoop is a writer/producer/bird for IGN.

Welcome back to Game Scoop!, IGN's weekly video game podcast. Our Game of the Year Nominees have been announced, so it's time for your Omega Cops -- Daemon Hatfield, Tina Amini, Sam Claiborn, and Justin Davis -- to discuss, Animal Crossing, Assassin's Creed Valhalla, Cyberpunk, Final Fantasy 7 Remake, Ghost of Tsushima, Hades, Half-Life Alyx, The Last of Us Part 2, Spider-Man Miles Morales, Microsoft Flight Simulator, and more. Watch the video above or hit the link below to your favorite podcast service. Listen on: Apple Podcasts YouTube Spotify Stitcher   Find previous episodes here!

Welcome back to Game Scoop!, IGN's weekly video game podcast. Our Game of the Year Nominees have been announced, so it's time for your Omega Cops -- Daemon Hatfield, Tina Amini, Sam Claiborn, and Justin Davis -- to discuss, Animal Crossing, Assassin's Creed Valhalla, Cyberpunk, Final Fantasy 7 Remake, Ghost of Tsushima, Hades, Half-Life Alyx, The Last of Us Part 2, Spider-Man Miles Morales, Microsoft Flight Simulator, and more. Watch the video above or hit the link below to your favorite podcast service. Listen on: Apple Podcasts YouTube Spotify Stitcher   Find previous episodes here!

Cyberpunk 2077 developer CD Projekt Red says it intends to refund players out of the company’s own pocket if they can’t get refunds from other stores.

In a tweet posted Friday morning, CD Projekt Red updated its initial post about Cyberpunk 2077 refunds, stating that their “intention is for every owner of a physical copy, or a digital copy bought at retail, who has valid proof of purchase (and sends us an email at helpmerefund@cdprojektred.com within the time window) to receive a refund. We will do this out of our own pocket if necessary.”

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CD Projekt Red also stated it is asking players who can’t get a refund from the store they bought it from to email CDPR by December 21.

CDPR said that the company will provide next steps for people requesting refunds after the request submission window closes. CDPR reiterated that digital versions of Cyberpunk 2077 will still need to be refunded through their respective platforms.

If you’re unsatisfied with your copy of Cyberpunk 2077, here’s how to request a refund on PS4 and Xbox. Xbox recently expanded its refund policy to allow for Cyberpunk 2077 returns.

[ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/12/18/sony-pulls-cyberpunk-2077-from-ps-store-will-offer-refunds"]

The Cyberpunk 2077 refund debacle continues after CD Projekt Red’s messy messaging. Sony has pulled Cyberpunk 2077 down from the PlayStation Store, although previously purchased copies are still playable. CD Projekt Red has promised players that it is working on bringing Cyberpunk 2077 back to the PS Store “as soon as possible.”

IGN also has an exhaustive Cyberpunk 2077 wiki, including a huge interactive map of Night City and quest walkthrough.

[poilib element="accentDivider"] Joseph Knoop is a writer/producer for IGN. Get cyberpunked with him on Twitter.

Cyberpunk 2077 developer CD Projekt Red says it intends to refund players out of the company’s own pocket if they can’t get refunds from other stores.

In a tweet posted Friday morning, CD Projekt Red updated its initial post about Cyberpunk 2077 refunds, stating that their “intention is for every owner of a physical copy, or a digital copy bought at retail, who has valid proof of purchase (and sends us an email at helpmerefund@cdprojektred.com within the time window) to receive a refund. We will do this out of our own pocket if necessary.”

[ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/12/18/cyberpunk-a-red-flag-for-cross-gen-games-next-gen-console-watch"]

CD Projekt Red also stated it is asking players who can’t get a refund from the store they bought it from to email CDPR by December 21.

CDPR said that the company will provide next steps for people requesting refunds after the request submission window closes. CDPR reiterated that digital versions of Cyberpunk 2077 will still need to be refunded through their respective platforms.

If you’re unsatisfied with your copy of Cyberpunk 2077, here’s how to request a refund on PS4 and Xbox. Xbox recently expanded its refund policy to allow for Cyberpunk 2077 returns.

[ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/12/18/sony-pulls-cyberpunk-2077-from-ps-store-will-offer-refunds"]

The Cyberpunk 2077 refund debacle continues after CD Projekt Red’s messy messaging. Sony has pulled Cyberpunk 2077 down from the PlayStation Store, although previously purchased copies are still playable. CD Projekt Red has promised players that it is working on bringing Cyberpunk 2077 back to the PS Store “as soon as possible.”

IGN also has an exhaustive Cyberpunk 2077 wiki, including a huge interactive map of Night City and quest walkthrough.

[poilib element="accentDivider"] Joseph Knoop is a writer/producer for IGN. Get cyberpunked with him on Twitter.

Netflix is dropping some classic films and fan-favorite returning series to its lineup for January 2021. To kick things off, Netflix is releasing the third season of Cobra Kai in January (exact release date TBD), which takes place 30 years after the events of the 1984 All Valley Karate Tournament in the original Karate Kid film. You can also binge Part 3 of Matt Groening's adult-animated fantasy series, Disenchantment, which will debut on January 15. IGN exclusively revealed the release date and official trailer for Disenchantment Part 3, which you can watch in the video below: [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/12/15/disenchantment-part-3-exclusive-official-trailer-2021-abbi-jacobson-eric-andre"] On the movie front, Netflix is dropping classics like Goodfellas (1990) and Catch Me If You Can (2002) on January 1. The streamer is also releasing The Dig on January 29, starring Academy Award nominees Carey Mulligan and Ralph Fiennes. Here's how Netflix describes the upcoming film: "As WWII looms, a wealthy widow hires an amateur archaeologist to excavate the burial mounds on her estate. When they make a historic discovery, the echoes of Britain's past resonate in the face of its uncertain future‎." Check out the slideshow gallery below for the highlights of Netflix's January offerings, followed by the full list (U.S. Netflix only): [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=netflix-spotlight-january-2021&captions=true"] [poilib element="accentDivider"]

January 1

• Dream Home Makeover: Season 2 -- NETFLIX ORIGINAL
• Headspace Guide to Meditation -- NETFLIX ORIGINAL
• The Minimalists: Less Is Now -- NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY
• Monarca: Season 2 -- NETFLIX ORIGINAL
• What Happened to Mr. Cha? -- NETFLIX FILM
• 17 Again (2009)
• 30 Minutes or Less (2011)
• Abby Hatcher: Season 1
• Blue Streak (1999)
• Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
• Can't Hardly Wait (1998)
• Catch Me If You Can (2002)
• Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009)
• Cool Hand Luke (1967)
• The Creative Brain (2019)
• The Departed (2006)
• Enter the Dragon (1973)
• Gimme Shelter (2013)
• Good Hair (2010)
• Goodfellas (1990)
• Gothika (2003)
• The Haunted Hathaways: Seasons 1-2
• Into the Wild (2007)
• Julie & Julia (2009)
• Mud (2012)
• Mystic Pizza (1988)
• The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)
• Eddie Murphy: Raw (1987)
• Sex and the City: The Movie (2008)
• Sex and the City 2 (2010)
• Sherlock Holmes (2009)
• Striptease (1996)
• Superbad (2007)
• What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993)

January 2

• Asphalt Burning (Børning 3) -- NETFLIX FILM

January 5

• Gabby's Dollhouse -- NETFLIX FAMILY
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)
• History of Swear Words -- NETFLIX ORIGINAL
• LA's Finest: Season 1
• ¡Nailed It! México: Season 3 -- NETFLIX ORIGINAL

January 6

• Ratones Paranoicos: The Band that Rocked Argentina -- NETFLIX FILM
• Surviving Death -- NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY
• Tony Parker: The Final Shot -- NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY

January 7

• Pieces of a Woman -- NETFLIX FILM

January 8

• Charming -- NETFLIX FILM
• The Idhun Chronicles: Part 2 -- NETFLIX ANIME
• Inside the World’s Toughest Prisons: Season 5 -- NETFLIX ORIGINAL
• Lupin -- NETFLIX ORIGINAL
• Mighty Little Bheem: Kite Festival -- NETFLIX FAMILY
• Pretend It’s a City -- NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY
• Stuck Apart (Azizler) -- NETFLIX FILM

January 10

• Spring Breakers (2012)

January 11

• CRACK: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy -- NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY
• The Intouchables (2011)

January 12

• Last Tango in Halifax: Season 4

January 13

• An Imperfect Murder
• Night Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer -- NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY

January 15

• Bling Empire -- NETFLIX ORIGINAL
• Carmen Sandiego: Season 4 -- NETFLIX FAMILY
• Disenchantment: Part 3 -- NETFLIX ORIGINAL
• Double Dad (Pai Em Dobro) -- NETFLIX FILM
• Henry Danger: Seasons 1-3
• Hook (1991)
• Kuroko's Basketball: Season 1
• The Magicians: Season 5
• Outside the Wire -- NETFLIX FILM
• Penguins of Madagascar: The Movie (2014)
• Pinkfong & Baby Shark's Space Adventure (2019)

January 16

• A Monster Calls (2016)
• Radium Girls (2020)

January 18

• Homefront (2013)

January 19

• Hello Ninja: Season 4 -- NETFLIX FAMILY

January 20

• Daughter From Another Mother (Madre solo hay dos) -- NETFLIX ORIGINAL
• Sightless (2020)
• Spycraft -- NETFLIX ORIGINAL

January 21

• Call My Agent!: Season 4 -- NETFLIX ORIGINAL

January 22

• Blown Away: Season 2 -- NETFLIX ORIGINAL
• Busted!: Season 3 -- NETFLIX ORIGINAL
• Fate: The Winx Saga -- NETFLIX ORIGINAL
• Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous Season 2 -- NETFLIX FAMILY
• So My Grandma’s a Lesbian! (Salir del Ropero) -- NETFLIX FILM
• The White Tiger -- NETFLIX FILM

January 23

• Love (ft. Marriage and Divorce) -- NETFLIX ORIGINAL

January 26

• Go Dog Go -- NETFLIX FAMILY

January 27

• Accomplice
• Penguin Bloom -- NETFLIX FILM

January 29

• Below Zero (Bajocero) -- NETFLIX FILM
• The Dig -- NETFLIX FILM
• Finding 'Ohana -- NETFLIX FILM
• We Are: The Brooklyn Saints -- NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY

January 31

• Fatima (2020)

Also Releasing in January (Exact Release Date TBD)

• 50M2 -- NETFLIX ORIGINAL
• Bonding: Season 2 -- NETFLIX ORIGINAL
• Cobra Kai: Season 3 -- NETFLIX ORIGINAL
• June & Kopi -- NETFLIX FILM
• The Netflix Afterparty -- NETFLIX ORIGINAL

[poilib element="accentDivider"] David Griffin still watches DuckTales in his pajamas with a cereal bowl in hand. He's also the TV Editor for IGN. Say hi on Twitter.

Xbox has expanded its refund policy for Cyberpunk 2077 to ensure that anyone who purchased CD Projekt Red's latest game digitally from the Microsoft Store can be fully reimbursed. Those interested can request a refund for Cyberpunk 2077 through Microsoft's support page, and this move comes after Sony's decision to not only offer refunds for all Cyberpunk 2077 players, but also remove it from the PS Store indefinitely. Unlike Sony, Microsoft does not appear to be removing the game from its online store. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/12/18/sony-pulls-cyberpunk-2077-from-ps-store-will-offer-refunds"] "To ensure that every player can get the experience they expect on Xbox, we will be expanding our existing refund policy to offer full refunds to anyone who purchased Cyberpunk 2077 digitally from the Microsoft Store, until further notice," Xbox Support wrote on Twitter. "While we know the developers at CD PROJEKT RED have worked hard to ship Cyberpunk 2077 in extremely challenging circumstances, we also realize that some players have been unhappy with the current experience on older consoles." Xbox Support also mentions that Microsoft has already "granted refunds to the vast majority of customers who have requested one," but this makes it more official and hopefully easier for consumers. This new development is another entry in the messy story that has been Cyberpunk 2077's launch. Following many players reporting major issues with resolution, frame rate, texture pop-in, and more with Cyberpunk 2077 on base Xbox One and PlayStation 4 units, CD Projekt Red promised players that they would be able to get refunds if they were unhappy with their experiences. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=cyberpunk-2077-examples-of-visual-bugs&captions=true"] While some were successful, many noted that both Microsoft and Sony were denying their refund requests. This led to much confusion and the eventual decisions by Microsoft and Sony to address this matter publicly. In our review of the PC version of Cyberpunk 2077, which was the only platform we could play before launch, we praised the game. However, we separately reviewed the console versions, and said "If your only option right now is playing Cyberpunk 2077 on either of the base console platforms, I highly suggest you don’t play at all until its many terrible performance issues are fixed. And if you’ve already bought it and had an experience similar to what I’ve described, you should absolutely get a refund if possible." [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/12/15/cyberpunk-2077-for-xbox-one-and-playstation-4-review"] [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.

Xbox has expanded its refund policy for Cyberpunk 2077 to ensure that anyone who purchased CD Projekt Red's latest game digitally from the Microsoft Store can be fully reimbursed. Those interested can request a refund for Cyberpunk 2077 through Microsoft's support page, and this move comes after Sony's decision to not only offer refunds for all Cyberpunk 2077 players, but also remove it from the PS Store indefinitely. Unlike Sony, Microsoft does not appear to be removing the game from its online store. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/12/18/sony-pulls-cyberpunk-2077-from-ps-store-will-offer-refunds"] "To ensure that every player can get the experience they expect on Xbox, we will be expanding our existing refund policy to offer full refunds to anyone who purchased Cyberpunk 2077 digitally from the Microsoft Store, until further notice," Xbox Support wrote on Twitter. "While we know the developers at CD PROJEKT RED have worked hard to ship Cyberpunk 2077 in extremely challenging circumstances, we also realize that some players have been unhappy with the current experience on older consoles." Xbox Support also mentions that Microsoft has already "granted refunds to the vast majority of customers who have requested one," but this makes it more official and hopefully easier for consumers. This new development is another entry in the messy story that has been Cyberpunk 2077's launch. Following many players reporting major issues with resolution, frame rate, texture pop-in, and more with Cyberpunk 2077 on base Xbox One and PlayStation 4 units, CD Projekt Red promised players that they would be able to get refunds if they were unhappy with their experiences. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=cyberpunk-2077-examples-of-visual-bugs&captions=true"] While some were successful, many noted that both Microsoft and Sony were denying their refund requests. This led to much confusion and the eventual decisions by Microsoft and Sony to address this matter publicly. In our review of the PC version of Cyberpunk 2077, which was the only platform we could play before launch, we praised the game. However, we separately reviewed the console versions, and said "If your only option right now is playing Cyberpunk 2077 on either of the base console platforms, I highly suggest you don’t play at all until its many terrible performance issues are fixed. And if you’ve already bought it and had an experience similar to what I’ve described, you should absolutely get a refund if possible." [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/12/15/cyberpunk-2077-for-xbox-one-and-playstation-4-review"] [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.