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Subscribe to the New Prepare To Try YouTube Channel
Prepare To Try, a show about three idiot friends slowly losing their minds while playing challenging games, now has its own YouTube Channel.
Here's a little tease of what you can expect from the new channel...
It'll be the first place to see new episodes in our playthrough of The Ringed City, but it'll be home to much, much more. Expect more one-off Let's Plays, dropping every Wednesday, challenges, livestreams, and behind-the-scenes videos (basically us mucking about).
If you like the sound of any of that, visit the new Prepare To Try YouTube channel and subscribe (don't make us beg).
Logan’s Run Remake Hires Hunger Games Writer
Warner Bros. is reportedly moving forward with its long-in-development remake of Logan's Run with Peter Craig writing the script.
Deadline has heard the studio closed a deal this week to move forward on the project, which will be written by Craig and directed by Simon Kinberg (X-Men: Dark Phoenix).
Warner Bros. allegedly hopes the film will be able to generate the same level of excitement as the upcoming Ready Player One and find success similar to last year's Blade Runner 2049. A few years ago, Kinberg called Logan's Run "the granddaddy of Maze Runner and Hunger Games," and said Warner Bros. sees it as a "potentially really big franchise."
Oscars: Jennifer Lawrence and Jodie Foster to Present Best Actress
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is doing things a bit differently this year and will have two actresses present the award for best lead actress at the 90th Academy Awards.
While traditionally, the previous year's best lead actor winner would present the award for best lead actress, Variety reports Jennifer Lawrence and Jodie Foster will present the award this year instead.
Last year, Casey Affleck won the best lead actor award for his performance in Manchester by the Sea, so he would have been set to present the award. However, in January he withdrew as a presenter for best lead actress in the wake of sexual harassment allegations.
We Reveal 3 New Shadowverse: Dawnbreak, Nightedge Cards
The next Shadowverse expansion has been revealed, and it’s called Dawnbreak, Nightedge. This is the first new set of cards since Shadowverse turned everything upside down at the very start of the year by splitting its constructed game into two formats – Rotation, which only includes Basic cards and the last five expansions released, and Unlimited, in which every card ever released is legal. At the same time, the game also added an additional class – Portalcraft.
It’s an exciting time for Shadowverse - and we have three exclusive cards to reveal (further down) - so I asked Lead Game Designer Naoyuki Miyashita about both what’s coming up and how things have been going since the introduction of a new class and formats.
What We Expect to See at Bethesda’s E3 Conference
Bethesda's E3 press conference is kicking off the Sunday before E3, but what exactly are they getting ready to show? Rage 2 has already been officially announced and something from Fallout is being teased, so this year’s show could be pretty big.
Miranda and I sat down to discuss what we might expect to see in the video above, though we had that conversation before Rage and Fallout were shown. From brand new Bethesda Game Studio reveals to new expansions and DLC for current games, here's what we think the conference might have in store for Fallout and more, broken down by how likely we think it is.
Battlefield 2018 Microtransactions Reportedly Cosmetic-Only Following Battlefront Controversy
Following in the wake of EA and DICE's controversial microtransactions in Star Wars Battlefront II, the companies are reportedly taking a different approach with the loot boxes used in Battlefield 2018.
According to Kotaku, sources claim DICE is intending to have this year's Battlefield 2018 only include cosmetic-oriented microtransactions and not those that would affect a player's abilities in-game. Kotaku's sources also claim, however, that the plans for the games microtransactions have changed and may change again before its release, so this plan is not set in stone.
Bethesda Possibly Teasing New Prey DLC
If a recent tease from Bethesda is any indication, new downloadable content for Prey might be on the horizon.
The following GIF was posted today on the official Prey Twitter account, hinting at what could potentially be new content for Arkane Studios' sci-fi shooter.
Do we really know what’s out there? pic.twitter.com/TIByM1O738
— Prey (@PreyGame) March 2, 2018
Earlier today, Bethesda sent out invites to its E3 showcase, confirming the publisher will indeed have a press conference again at this year's big gaming expo. Characters from various Bethesda franchises, including Prey, can be seen on the front of the invitation.
How Punisher Became the Cosmic Ghost Rider
Thanos #16 by writer Donny Cates and artist Geoff Shaw tells the origin story of Thanos’ right-hand man, the Cosmic Ghost Rider. The story sees present-day Thanos brought to the future by an insane, joke-making Cosmic Ghost Rider to help King Thanos regain Mistress Death’s affection. Last issue revealed his identity is none other than Frank Castle aka the Punisher, but now we get a full account of how he went from street-level murder machine to space-faring Spirit of Vengeance.
Warning: full spoilers ahead!
A flashback shows the last stand of Earth’s heroes against Thanos where they are brutally dispatched one by one. When Thanos takes out the Hulk and throws him against a building, falling debris hits Castle and leaves him mortally wounded. As he lay dying, Castle thinks, “I would give anything to punish that purple sonofabitch.” His thoughts are heard by Mephisto, who turns him into a Ghost Rider with the power of the Spirit of Vengeance.
New Mario Odyssey Costumes Discovered, Games as a Service, and more! – Nintendo Voice Chat Ep. 397
Weeelcooome to episode 397 of our weekly Nintendo show and podcast, Nintendo Voice Chat. This week, Jared Petty and Lily Zaldivar join the panel to discuss the new costumes discovered in Mario Odyssey's update files, Outlast's surprise releases on Switch, Mulaka, Bridge Constructor Portal, and more!
As always, you can watch NVC here on IGN and on our YouTube channel (subscribe and hit that bell! It gives fairies wings!) or listen to it on your commute in audio format. If you enjoy the show, share it with other Nintendo fans, leave us a comment, and give us a thumbs up or leave us a review! If you prefer audio over video, please subscribe to NVC on iTunes or your podcast service of choice. You can also download and listen to the Latest Episode of NVC Right Here.