Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery Release Date Announced, Movie Actors Reprising Roles
The Harry Potter mobile RPG game, Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery will feature a large portion of the film series' cast, and has a confirmed release date of April 25.
The actors from the film series who will be featured include Dame Maggie Smith as Professor McGonagall, Sir Michael Gambon as Professor Dumbledore, Warwick Davis as Professor Flitwick, Sally Mortemore as Madam Irma Pince, Gemma Jones as Madam Pomfrey, and Zoe Wanamaker as Madam Hooch.
The game will arrive for both iOS and Android on April 25.
Jam City's Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery was announced at the end of last year and will be published under Warner Bros. new Harry Potter games label, Portkey. Players will take on the role of a student at the school of Witchcraft and Wizardry, working their way through multiple years of classes and shenanigans.
What Did You Think of This Week’s Comics?
The old IGN Comics review roundup may be retired, but we still want to make sure readers have a place to come together and discuss their favorite books of the week. Scroll down to check out some of our reviews and opinion pieces from the past week, and then head down to the comments section to get the discussion started.
Written by Tom King | Drawn by Mikel Janin & Joelle Jones
"Batman #44 is a deceptively deep comic. On the surface, it appears to be just one more Tom King-penned comic exploring the relationship between Bruce Wayne and Selina Kyle. Not that King and his collaborators haven't struck gold in that area in the past, but it's nothing we haven't seen before on this book. It's only when you begin picking apart the story and comparing it to the classic Batman tales it references that the true significance of this story becomes apparent." -Jesse
Green Lantern Writer’s Final Arc Challenges Law Enforcement Ethics
Comic book scribe Robert Venditti has been writing the flagship Green Lantern title since taking over the series in 2013. Over the past five years, he has remained on the title despite two line-wide relaunches and taken the Emerald Warriors to new heights, but as with all good things, it must now come to an end. Venditti spoke with IGN about how he intends to end his lengthy Green Lantern run with a story that brings back the Darkstars, an interstellar police force that challenges the rules of law enforcement and justice that the Green Lantern Corps is built on.
If you’ve been reading Venditti’s Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps series, then you already know that he’s been seeding this final story by re-introducing the conniving aliens known as the Controllers who, you guessed it, control the Darkstars. Not unlike the GLC, the Controllers enlist different beings from across the cosmos to wear the powerful Darkstar armor and use it to dish out their brutal brand of justice. This allows Venditti to explore themes about policing, law enforcement, crime, and how criminals and victims are treated.
Firewatch Announced for Nintendo Switch
Update: As it turns out, there are Switch-specific upgrades for this port. In a separate post on the Campo Santo blog, writer/designer Jake Rodkin explains:
"We’ve been hard at work stripping much of Firewatch’s tech down to the studs and rebuilding it to render the world more quickly, to stream and load faster, and to generally be more responsive."
He adds that those optimisations should hopefully be rolled out to other versions of the game after the Switch release.
"Plus," Rodkin adds, "we’re hoping to throw in a couple surprises just for the Switch release."
Overwatch: Retribution PvE Event Officially Announced
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Update: Spyro the Dragon Remaster Confirmed After Leak
Update: Sypro the Reignited Trilogy has officially been announced. You can watch the debut trailer, along with an exclusive interview with the devolpers behind the game, Toys for Bob, and stay tuned to IGN for more on the remastered trilogy collection today.
Original story follows.
A series of leaks appear to have revealed the official title, release date and a series of screenshots from the much-rumoured Spyro the Dragon remaster collection.
According to an Activision listing on Amazon Mexico, the game will be called Spyro: Reignited Trilogy, has been developed by Skylanders studio Toys for Bob, and will be released on September 21.
Spyro the Dragon Remaster Screenshots Seemingly Leak
A series of leaks appear to have revealed the official title, release date and a series of screenshots from the much-rumoured Spyro the Dragon remaster collection.
According to an Activision listing on Amazon Mexico, the game will be called Spyro: Reignited Trilogy, has been developed by Skylanders studio Toys for Bob, and will be released on September 21.
A subsequent leak on Amazon India all but confirmed that the game will be released on both PS4 and Xbox One. This leak also included a number of screenshots, which you can see below, along with the box art:
Overwatch Comic Sets Up Newest PvE Mode
Update: Looks like our guess was right, as Blizzard has officially released a trailer for the new Retribution PvE mode. It will take place on a new map set in Venice and have Genji, Moira, McCree, and Reaper as playable characters. You can watch the full trailer here:
Original Story:
A new Overwatch comic starring Reaper, in conjunction with a tease during a Developer Update video, makes it seem likely that we’ll soon get a new PvE mode called Retribution staring Reaper, Genji, McCree, and Moira.
On Monday, Blizzard revealed that not only would last year’s Uprising event return, but they would be exploring more stories from Overwatch’s past in a similar way with what they call the Overwatch Archives. Game Director Jeff Kaplan said more details would be coming in a video during the Overwatch League tonight, but signed off by saying “we hope that you’re ready for the retribution.”