Shameik Moore on Hulu’s Wu-Tang Series and Into the Spider-Verse
All September long, IGN is highlighting the best TV coming your way in the 2019-2020 season. Today, we're delving into the gritty world of Hulu's Wu-Tang: An American Saga, co-created by RZA and Alex Tse. The historical crime drama is inspired by The Wu-Tang Manual and Tao of Wu, and based on the true story of the Wu-Tang Clan. Set in early ’90s New York at the height of the crack cocaine epidemic, the show tracks the Clan’s formation, a vision of Bobby Diggs aka The RZA, who strives to unite a dozen young, black men that are torn between music and crime but eventually rise to become the unlikeliest of American success stories. The series premieres on Hulu on Wednesday, September 4, 2019.
Exclusive Spider-Man: Far From Home Deleted Scene!
Spider-Man: Far From Home arrives on Digital on September 17 and on Blu-ray on October 1, but you can watch one of the scenes that didn't make it into the final MCU Spidey movie right here and now.
In the deleted scene dubbed "Peter's To-Do List", which you watch in the player above, Tom Holland's Peter Parker visits a passport agency to pick up his passport for his class trip to Europe. But there's a long line and Peter's impatient so he relies on some Stark tech to cheat the line.
Peter uses his cell phone to pilot the Spider-Drone from his suit out of his backpack to a nearby clerk's window. We watch the Spider-Drone fly under the window, scatter across the desk, and turn the sign above the clerk's window from closed to open.
Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Producer Talks Season 2
Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance executive producer Lisa Henson, daughter of Jim Henson, recently opened up about the continuation of her father's legacy, as she confirmed that the creative team behind the Netflix series "definitely" have ideas for future episodes.
Henson told Yahoo that the original pitch for the puppet-driven prequel series extended beyond the first season, but said only time would tell whether they would be granted the opportunity to expand upon the story, which takes place years before the events of The Dark Crystal film.
Gears 5 Has a Level 50 Times Bigger Than Anything in Previous Gears Games
Gears of War 5 includes a map fifty times larger than any previous Gears of War level, says Coalition studio head Rod Fergusson.
"What players will see in Act 2 and Act 3 of the campaign is that you'll be able to use the Skiff to traverse the largest levels we've ever built," Fergusson said during a panel at PAX West. "You know, in some cases, the levels are 50-times bigger than any previous Gears level."
Developers have made no secret of the fact Gears 5 is the biggest Gears of War game they've ever created. While past instalments have been corridor shooters, Gears 5 shakes things up with open-ended levels containing side-quests and collectables.
40-Minute Nintendo Direct Announced For This Week
Nintendo has announced a 40-minute Nintendo Direct for Wednesday, September 4, 2019, at 3pm PT/6pm ET/11pm BST that will focus on "2019 Nintendo Switch games, including Pokemon Sword & Pokemon Shield and Luigi's Mansion 3."
As with all Nintendo Direct announcements, no further details were given, but 40 minutes gives Nintendo a lot of time to provide at least a few surprises for fans of the Nintendo Switch.
Madden NFL 20 Gets Weirder and Looser With Superstar KO
Superstar KO streamlines every aspect of the Madden NFL 20 experience. One offensive possession for each team, no field goals or punts, stripped-down playbooks, mandatory two-point conversions, and a sudden-death overtime tiebreaker. It’s as if college football overtime and arena football had a love child. EA postulates that the online-only multiplayer mode, which will be launching on Madden 20 servers later this month, will require about eight minutes of actual gametime. For longtime football gamers who eulogize the cheeky arcade chaos of NFL Street and NFL Blitz, this should be taken as an olive branch. After years of elaborating on the monolithic algorithms of Madden Ultimate Team and the salary-cap math of Franchise Mode, Superstar KO returns Madden to its core base -- people who always go for it on 4th down.
SteelSeries Announces the First Wireless Gaming Headset for the Switch
SteelSeries has introduced the first wireless gaming headset for the Nintendo Switch—and when I say wireless I don’t mean Bluetooth.
Rather the Arctis 1 Wireless connects to the Switch using SteelSeries’ lossless 2.4GHz wireless technology. The headset’s accompanying dongle may look strikingly similar to the third-party Bluetooth dongles companies like HopeSpot, Genki, and Bionik have made, but it doesn’t require you to pair it to a separate set of Bluetooth headphones or Bluetooth earbuds.
See Zelda: Link’s Awakening’s New Chamber Dungeon Mode in Action
With under a month until The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening's release on Nintendo Switch, Nintendo is showing off more than just what fans may remember from the beloved adventure, having given IGN a chance to go hands-on with the completely new Chamber Dungeon mode.
Between a few run-throughs of the new mode and a chance to dive into the reimagined version of the third dungeon, it’s clear that: Nintendo is making some exciting advancements to this remake; the art style continues to be one of my favorites of the franchise; and that Link’s Awakening still has some performance issues in Full Screen/Docked mode.
Joker Will be in the Running for an Oscar, says Film Festival Director
Venice Film Festival director Alberto Barbera has identified Joker as an early Oscar contender following its premiere screening at the 76th annual event on Saturday.
In an interview with Deadline, Barbera discussed Joker’s resoundingly positive reception and further stoked awards buzz by endorsing critics' praise for Joaquin Phoenix's apparent Oscar-worthy performance as the Clown Prince of Crime.
"They're very good," he said of the film's Academy prospects. "Absolutely, it will be in the running.
"The film deserves the reception it is getting," he continued. "It goes beyond the boundaries of the genre. Joaquin Phoenix's performance is outstanding and Todd Phillips did a great job."
Cyberpunk 2077: Cutscenes Will Be in First-Person Perspective
All of Cyberpunk 2077's cutscenes will be locked to first-person perspective, according to CD Projekt Red.
Since the core gameplay of Cyberpunk 2077 is also first-person, this means players will rarely see their character's appearance. The studio's global community lead, Marcin Momot, says this is a deliberate decision that prioritises narrative flow.
He tweeted, "Achieving full immersion in an FPP game is extremely important and the decision made by the team to go 100% first person in @CyberpunkGame is something that will benefit it greatly from gameplay and story-telling perspectives."
He added that players would still be able to see what their character looks like in the inventory screen, during driving sequences, in reflections and "very occasionally" in some cutscenes. Any sex scenes in the game will play out from a first-person perspective, according to the official Cyberpunk 2077 Twitter account.