Reports Suggest Walmart Is Exploring a Game Streaming Service
The retail giant Walmart has reportedly been in talks with developers and publishers for a few months with a view allegedly to launch its own video game streaming platform.
Anonymous sources familiar with Walmart's plans have spoken to USG about the endeavour, saying the idea allegedly has been in the works since earlier this year, with Walmart supposedly continuing the conversation with various contacts at GDC.
The news follows in the footsteps of Google's game streaming platform, Stadia, unveiled at the company's GDC 2019 keynote.
The X-Men Movies That Probably Won’t Happen Now (and a Few That Will)
For even more on the Disney Fox Deal, be sure to check out all the movie and TV show properties Disney is getting from Fox. Or catch up on how Disney is now the most powerful studio due to the merger, and what Disney taking over Fox could mean for the TV landscape.
Some $71.3 billion later, Disney now owns most of Fox. And yes, fans, that includes the X-Men! Of course, the question now is what does this Disney/Fox merger mean for the merry band of mutants. Will they be rebooted in the MCU and meet the Avengers? Will they continue to exist as their own universe of characters? Will Deadpool show up and mess everything up?!
PlayStation Now: Discover What to Play With Our Handy Tool
With a sprawling library of over 750 titles to choose from, PS Now is basically every PlayStation fan's dream. However, navigating the sea of available titles in search of what to play can be a bit daunting. Well... that's where we come in!
Check out our handy PlayStation Now tool, which allows you to sort the service's lineup of available titles by genre, review score, and platform.
Google Stadia’s Controller Is Surprising Because of How Normal It Is
During my time speaking to Google's Phil Harrison about the Google Stadia reveal, I got to actually see and hold the Stadia controller. And the biggest surprise about it was that, for a controller paired with a streaming platform aiming to spark a revolution, it feels so familiar.
I didn't get to play anything with the Stadia controller but holding it felt immediately comfortable and recognizable. It had the rough shape and grip of a Nintendo Switch Pro controller with the symmetrical analog stick layout of a PS4 DualShock 4 controller. There's a nice heft to the controller, getting close to that indescribable dream controller weight midway between a hollow piece of plastic and a smooth rock.
Amazon’s The Dark Tower TV Series Casts Its Leads
Sam Strike and Jasper Pääkkönen have been cast as Roland Deschain and The Man in Black, respectively, in Amazon’s The Dark Tower television series based on Stephen King’s novels of the same name.
Reported by Variety, the pilot for this series adaptation is currently in the works, and will detail how Roland became a gunslinger, and portray his first encounter with The Man in Black, who goes by many aliases, including Marten Broadcloak and Randall Flagg.
Strike is known for his recent work on the Syfy series Nightflyers as well as Mindhunter and EastEnders while Pääkkönen is recognized for his roles in Vikings and BlacKkKlansman.
We’re Reacting to Google Stadia On the Latest Game Scoop Podcast
Welcome back to Game Scoop!, IGN's weekly video game podcast. This week we're discussing Google's new Stadia game streaming platform, The Division 2, and more. Tune into Game Scoop! Episode 522 here. That one link will get you to wherever you like to listen.
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Game of Thrones: Season 8 Poster Revealed
HBO has revealed the poster for Game of Thrones' eighth and final season, and it's a smart mash-up of two of the show's most striking images.
What initially seems to be the pointy chair everyone seems to want so much reveals itself to be a dragon - or the other way round, if you see the eyes first:
The question is: is this a clue? There are a couple of characters we know who are a little more dragon-related (and just, you know, related) than others - is this a hint that we'll see a Targaryen retake the seat at some point?
The ‘Pay-Per-View’ of Godzilla Battles Is Coming
Back in the summer of 2017, I visited a secret underwater base where hundreds of people were hard at work. This was one of the clandestine installments run by the monster-studying organization Monarch, and the scientists and personnel on hand had one primary task: waiting and watching for signs of the greatest monster of them all. The king of the monsters -- Godzilla!
Of course, in actual fact I was in Atlanta on a soundstage where the huge Monarch set was standing, a series of corridors and chambers that simulated a high-tech base built into the side of an underwater mountain range. Filled with computer monitors displaying details about suspected or known monsters, and featuring a giant window that will offer Monarch scientists a view of the depths of the sea and -- as the trailers have shown us -- of monster passersby, this set is, in a word, sick.
John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum Final Poster Revealed
It's no secret that John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum picks up only moments after the end of Chapter 2, with John Wick on the run and a $14 million bounty about to be placed on his head. The premise of this new installment in the John Wick saga is exploring what comes after, and the final poster for the movie makes that clear from the get-go: Every action has consequences.
First, watch the new trailer here:
Coming off IGN's exclusive reveal of 10 new John Wick character posters, today's IGN Premiere has us debuting the final poster for the film, hot on the tail of the release of Parabellum's second trailer. Check out the poster below:
Battlefield 5: Firestorm – What You Need to Know About the Battle Royale Mode
We've played (and won!) Battlefield 5: Firestorm, the series' new Battle Royale mode, and it's a pleasant mix of elements of the series and the genre.
Want to know more? We've got a bunch of details, and some brand new gameplay, nestled in this very article:
Firestorm is a fairly straightforward set-up as Battle Royales go. 64 players (squad and solo variants are available) parachute onto a single landmass, and kill each other off as the titular, circular Firestorm closes in.
As per Battlefield tradition, the real difference here is size. Firestorm's map, Halvøy, is 10 times bigger than the previous largest Battlefield map. What's interesting here is how Firestorm uses that scale - the circle will only cover around two thirds of the map from the very beginning of the round, meaning you won't have to worry too much about escaping the incoming wall of fire, but every round should feel slightly different, placing you across different, distant parts of the map.