Comparing PS5 and Xbox Scarlett Specs, Features, and More
While the current generation of consoles still has some heavy hitters left to come, Microsoft and Sony have slowly eked out information about their respective next-gen systems, the Xbox Scarlett and the PS5.
While there's still plenty we don't know, there's enough that we do understand about next-gen to start sizing up how the systems stack up to each other. Read on for a breakdown of what we do and don't know so far about the PS5 and Scarlett, and be sure to check out our next-gen features comparison chart throughout the coming months as we learn more.
Watchmen: Everything You Need to Know About the Classic Graphic Novel
As HBO and Damon Lindelof (The Leftovers, Lost) prepare to enter the world of Watchmen with their follow-up series, which debuts on October 20, this seems like a good time to catch up on the events of the original 12-issue graphic novel by Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons, and John Higgins.
That seminal book was of course turned into a movie directed by Zack Snyder in 2009, though by its very nature the film had to drop or alter several elements from the comic. Additionally, the HBO Watchmen TV series is a continuation of the book, not the movie, set some 34 years after that story. (The movie, of course, had a different ending than the comic.) Read our first impressions of the Watchmen pilot.
Pixar’s Onward Trailer: Tom Holland & Chris Pratt Go on Magical Quest
Disney-Pixar has released a new trailer for their upcoming film Onward, an animated tale set in a suburban fantasy world where elves, trolls and unicorns are commonplace.
The latest trailer transforms Tom Holland and Chris Pratt into two teenage elf brothers, Ian Lightfoot and Barley Lightfoot, who set out on a rambunctious road trip to discover whether there is enough magic still left in the world for them to conjure up a special enchantment.
The clips show Ian and Barley being gifted a magical staff by their mother (voiced by Julia Louis-Dreyfus), along with a set of instructions for a "visitation" spell that will allow them to bring their late father back into the mortal realm for just 24 hours.
Ubisoft TV Plans Include Tween-Friendly Revamp of Watch Dogs
Ubisoft is developing new cartoon shows based on its video games, including Watch Dogs and Far Cry: Blood Dragon.
While the games are M-rated, the show adaptations will be aimed at younger viewers, and so will carry tamer themes. Watch Dogs will be developed into a “cybermystery” aimed at tweens, reports THR, while Blood Dragon will become Captain Laserhawk: A Blood Dragon Vibe, a show for young adults.
Disney Junior’s The Rocketeer to Premiere This November
IGN can exclusively reveal that Disney Junior's The Rocketeer, an animated series inspired by Dave Stevens' comic book and the 1991 Disney film of the same name, will premiere on Friday, November 8, 2019, on Disney Channel, Disney Junior, and DisneyNOW.
Disney Junior's The Rocketeer features "a young girl named Kit Secord, who takes to the skies to protect her community after becoming the surprise recipient of a rocket-pack that gives her the ability to fly."
The Rocketeer stars A Series of Unfortunate Events' Kitana Turnbull as Kit Secord, with Billy Campbell and Kathy Najimy voicing her parents, Dave and Sareena Secord. Rocketeer fans will know that Campbell previously played Cliff Secord, the protagonist of 1991's The Rocketeer.
How Afterparty Was Born From Bar Crawling and Cemetery Walks
When you look at Afterparty, Night School Studio’s newest game due out later this October, one has to wonder how a fledgling indie studio goes from a game about teenagers on a mysterious island to a game about drinking your way out of Hell. As developer Sean Krankel puts it on this month’s episode of IGN Unfiltered, the idea for Afterparty definitely involved a bit of drinking and cemetery exploration.
“There's a cemetery called Forest Lawn across from our studio,” Krankel explains. “It's massive. Anyone who's been to LA knows, it's like three miles across. So everybody is buried there. We'll walk over there and brainstorm sometimes.
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New Doctor Sleep Posters Include Major Shining References
Two new Doctor Sleep posters have been released, teasing Danny Torrance's return to the haunted halls of the Overlook Hotel, as he dares to "go back" to the place where his nightmare began 40 years prior.
Hot on the heels of the final trailer, the first poster for the horror sequel promotes the "next chapter in The Shining story" by dropping an adult Danny Torrance (played by Ewan McGregor) against a blood-red backdrop, walking down an eerily familiar hallway within the foreboding building.
The text on the one-sheet dares him to "go back"; as Danny paces towards his younger self in a mirror-like image that positions him directly opposite his six-year-old character from The Shining, who sits atop a tricycle trundling through the empty corridors of the hotel.
Star Wars Toy Designer Addresses Safety Hazards of Rey’s New Folding Lightsaber
When the latest trailer for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker showed off a cloaked Rey brandishing a new folding, double-bladed lightsaber, it instantly raised a lot of questions. Many fans asked whether it meant Rey had gone to the Dark Side or if it was merely some kind of Force illusion. But for Lucasfilm senior manager of product development Chris Dern, the main question was how his team was going to recreate that collapsing lightsaber as a toy that wouldn’t become a mousetrap for kids’ fingers.
If you need a refresher, check out the trailer featuring the reveal of Rey's new double-bladed saber below:
Hitman Dev IO Interactive Is Making a New Game With Warner Bros.
Warner Bros. Interactive and IO Interactive are teaming up together once more to make a video game, but it seems that it won't star Agent 47.
The publisher and developer worked together on 2018's Hitman 2 after IO split from previous publisher Square Enix. The two companies have now announced a "new console and PC game experience" that seems to be separate from what they've previously created.
While they're keeping tight-lipped on what exactly is in the works, we do know that IO Interactive's two studios in Copenhagen and Malmö will be developing the game. IO Interactive's CEO, Hakan Abrak, said in a press release that the teams are currently staffing up to begin development in earnest.
Steam Brings Local Multiplayer Games Online With ‘Remote Play Together’
A new feature called 'Remote Play Together' is heading to Steam, which will turn local multiplayer games into online experiences.
Perhaps the biggest boon to players is the fact that, like a traditional local couch gaming experience, the feature means you can enjoy a friend's game even if you don't own it yourself.
Remote Play works by one player inviting a friend to join their local multiplayer game via the Steam Overlay. If their pal accepts the invitation, the game is run through the host's computer and they begin playing together. The host player handles all the processing, while their friends hook in with their connection, controllers, and microphone. The game doesn't need to already exist in the friend's Steam library.