Amy Hennig Explains Problem With Players Not Finishing Stories
Amy Hennig, best known for her work as creative director on the Uncharted series, may be one of the most prolific video game storytellers alive, but even she can’t make a huge portion of gamers finish her stories. Hennig sat down with editor Ryan McCaffrey on this month’s episode of IGN Unfiltered to discuss the issue plaguing narrative-focused games.
“The idea that our medium just makes peace with the fact that most people will never see the whole arc of the story we're telling, that's bizarre to me. The age when we could make games in the non-indie space that are six to eight hours long, don't have any second modes, don't have a live service, multiplayer, they're just about this finite interactive narrative experience that sticks the landing and is memorable, that's a harder and harder sell."
Yoshi’s Crafted World Developers Speak on Unreal Engine, amiibo, and More!
Nintendo Executive Officer of the Entertainment Planning and Development Division Takashi Tezuka has been with the company since 1984. He has served as Director and Producer on 2D games in the Super Mario series, 2D games in The Legend of Zelda series, and he's produced the Yoshi series, Animal Crossing series, and Flipnote Studio for Nintendo DSi. Etsunobu Ebisu, meanwhile, is the Executive Vice President of Good-Feel Co., Ltd, the developer behind Yoshi's Crafted World. Both answered a handful of IGN's questions about the brand-new Yoshi-starring platformer, which releases tomorrow.
Our interview is presented below, but first, check out our review of Yoshi's Crafted World, which, as you can see, we quite enjoyed!
New Minecraft Update Removes Mentions of Notch
A new update for Minecraft has removed references to the game's creator Marcus “Notch” Persson from the game’s splash screen.
When launching Minecraft, one of many preset messages are randomly shown in yellow text over the main menu. Among them are three that reference Persson: “Made by Notch!”, “The Work of Notch!” and “110313!”, the latter of which refers to the date of Persson’s wedding day. All three of these have been removed as part of snapshot 19w13a.
Persson himself has not been part of Minecraft’s development for a few years, having left Mojang along with fellow company co-founders Carl Manneh and Jakob Porsér in 2014. The developer would then go on to be fully bought out by Microsoft in 2015 at a cost of $2.5 billion.
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Breath of the Wild Co-Developer Hiring for Another Zelda Project
Monolith Soft, the creator of the Xenoblade series and co-development studio on The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, is hiring for a new Zelda project.
On a Zelda-themed recruitment page (as spotted by Japanese Nintendo), Monolith says it's looking for technical artists, programmers, planners, designers, and a project manager.
No hint is given as to what the Zelda project would be, simply asking for staff who can help "create new surprises and emotions".
Monolith previously contributed to Zelda: Skyward Sword, helping with artistic and graphical elements. However, its work on Breath of the Wild centred on level design for the open world, particularly with regard to topography. Over 100 Monolith staff were part of the Breath of the Wild development process.
Angelina Jolie in Talks to Join Marvel’s The Eternals
Oscar winner Angelina Jolie is reportedly "in talks" to join the cast of Marvel's The Eternals.
The sci-fi/fantasy film is poised to be one of the next big event films in the MCU. The Eternals will be directed by Chloe Zhao (The Rider).
"While details about the movie are being kept under wraps, sources tell The Hollywood Reporter that one aspect to the story involves the love story between Ikaris, a man fueled by cosmic energy, and Sersi, who relishes moving amongst humans," according to THR. "It is unclear who Jolie will play. Marvel had no comment."
Did the First PlayStation State of Play Meet Our Expectations?
BEYOND!
On this week's episode, Jonathon Dornbush is joined by Zach Ryan, Max Scoville, and Brian Altano to discuss Sony's first State of Play presentation, including its big announcements like Marvel's Iron Man VR and a host of other PSVR release dates. Plus, the cast dives into their thoughts about Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, and max offers a beautiful story for this week's Memory Card segment.
Timecodes:
- 1:10 - State of Play Discussion
- 22:22:30 - Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice impressions
- 48:30 - Zach and Brian leave to rank Switch games
- 50:01 - Memory Card stories from Tyler and Max!
- 1:00:41 - Housekeeping
Space Jam 2 Casts Star Trek: Discovery’s Sonequa Martin-Green
Sonequa Martin-Green, known for her role as Michael Burnham in Star Trek: Discovery, is reportedly in negotiations to join the cast of Space Jam 2.
Reported by Variety, sources claim Martin-Green will play LeBron James’ wife in the sequel to the 1996 classic. Martin-Green has also starred in The Walking Dead, New Girl and Once Upon a Time.
Sonequa Martin-Green in Star Trek: Discovery.
Young Avengers Explained: What Is Marvel’s Teen Superhero Team?
With Avengers: Endgame finally upon us, many Marvel fans are wondering what the future holds for the MCU. And with Disney reportedly developing a Kate Bishop-centic Hawkeye series for its streaming service, we can't help but wonder if a full-fledged Young Avengers movie is in the cards.
But who are the Young Avengers, and what connection do they have to Earth's Mightiest Heroes? Here's everything you need to know about these underage heroes in training.
Note: Spoilers for Avengers: Endgame appear at the bottom of this article under the Young Avengers: Beyond the Comics section.
Prepare to Bend the Knee to These Epic Game of Thrones Tattoos
In celebration of the eighth and final season of Game of Thrones, Tattoodo has shared the most popular Game of Thrones tattoos on the platform with IGN.
Tattoodo, a global booking platform for tattoos, crawled through its millions of tattoo designs and pulled the most popular based on the number of likes from its app users.
"As the last season is approaching, some dedicated fans don't want to let go, "Johan Plenge, founder and CEO of Tattoodo said. "With these amazing GoT tattoos, fans can carry the story and their favorite character with them wherever they go, forever. It's great to see such engagement from our users, booking and sharing their GOT tattoos through our platform."