Fable Fortune Leaving Early Access This Week
Fable Fortune is leaving Steam Early Access and Xbox Game Preview this week.
Developers Mediatonic and Flaming Fowl Studios announced the collectible card game will launch as a free-to-play title on PC via Steam and Xbox One on February 22. The title will feature a handful of updates and bug fixes. The developers will share more details about the changes closer to the update's launch.
Early Access players will also be able to log-in and receive free Fancy cards and card packs throughout this week leading up Fable Fortune's launch.
From February 19 6am PT/9am ET/2PM UK to February 20 6am PT/9am ET/2PM UK, you'll able to nab the Fancy Crazy Cat lady card. All day throughout February 20, a Fancy Restless Spirit card will also be on offer. Finally, all day throughout February 21 players can get the Fancy Bloody Augur card and a Fancy Card pack.
LEGO Unveils Giant Hulkbuster: Ultron Editon Set
LEGO has announced the Hulkbuster: Ultron Edition set, measuring nine inches tall.
The set contains 1,363 pieces, according to iO9, which includes everything you'll need for both the Hulkbuster armour and the display case, that comes complete with robot arms, just like in Stark Towers.
Mega Man Legacy Collection 1 + 2 Switch Release Date
Mega Man Legacy Collection 1 and 2 will release for Nintendo Switch on May 22.
Following the release of Legacy Collection 2 for PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One this past August, Capcom announced in December that Legacy Collection 1 and 2 will come to Switch this spring. The Switch release date was announced today on Capcom's blog.
Hasbro Announces Toy Crowdfunding Platform, HasLab
Hasbro's HasLab crowdfunding platform is like Kickstarter for cool toys, and first up is Jabba's Sail Barge, weighing in at 14lbs.
HasLab "hopes to bring dream products into the hands of fans" with new models that are "trophy items in significance and size".
If the campaigns are fully funded by the end date, the products will move into production, and release exclusively to backers - for now. If the goal isn't reached, backers won't be charged.
Rainbow Six Siege Dev Defends Limited Run Loot Boxes
Rainbow Six Siege will be rolling out loot boxes for a limited run, and brand director, Alexandre Remy, has stepped in early to defend the decision.
The loot boxes will be a part of the Outbreak event pegged for March 6, and will be available to purchase alongside the existing free alpha packs that reward players with cosmetic items.
"I feel like the loot boxes act like the gift shop after the rollercoaster," Remy told MCV. "I am feeling very empathetic towards players upset with this, but at the same time I do not feel we are cheating anyone, I don't think we are being greedy whatsoever."
Diablo Creator Shares Thoughts on Diablo 3
David Brevik, the co-founder of Blizzard North and creator of Diablo, recently shared his thoughts on the latest entry in Blizzard's critically acclaimed action role-playing series, which was released well after his departure from the studio.
"I think that Diablo III ended up being a great game, especially after the expansion," Brevik said on the latest episode of our monthly interview show IGN Unfiltered. "I thought that they added a lot of really great stuff to it that fleshed it out and made it a much better game than I thought that it was at launch," he said in regard to the expansion content.
Star Trek: Discovery Season 1 Scorecard
The first season of Star Trek: Discovery ended on Sunday, and audiences, as with many Star Trek shows before it, find themselves facing a mixed bag. We should recall that this was also true of the first season of Star Trek: The Next Generation: While it introduced a cast of indelible characters that would eventually prove to be more than worthy successors to Kirk and company, the storytelling was slow, and the tone was shaky. This also goes for Deep Space Nine, a show that struggled to find stories for its first season but hit a pretty powerful stride a little later. Voyager and Enterprise also started shaky, and eventually found their feet. Arguably.
Discovery has had 15 episodes to prove itself, and like its forebears got a lot of stuff right and a lot of stuff wrong. The highs were high and the lows were low, and it's time to consider whether or not the season was, overall, a net gain. Spoilers, of course, follow for the season.
Star Trek: TNG Is Returning to the Mirror Universe
In last year's hit comics miniseries Star Trek: The Next Generation – Mirror Broken, IDW gave us the Mirror Universe version of the TNG crew. We're talking buff Picard here! Ever since, fans have wanted to see more tales about this twisted version of the Next Generation team. And now, IGN can exclusively announce that they're getting just that with a new story arc called Through the Mirror.
Unlike that previous arc, Through the Mirror will be a five-week event in the month of May. And while last year's story took place solely in the Mirror Universe, this time around the Prime Universe TNG team will be crossing over with their Mirror U. counterparts.
The tale is written by Scott Tipton and David Tipton, who also wrote Mirror Broken, with each issue featuring a different artist. J.K. Woodward, who did the art on the previous series, is creating connecting covers for all five issues of Through the Mirror. Each issue also features a backup story illustrated by Woodward.
Max Payne Dev’s Next Game Gets 2019 Release Date
Remedy's new project, codenamed P7, is slated for a 2019 release.
The third-person action game was referenced in the company's financial statement and is currently in production, and progressing according to plans.
We first heard about P7 last year when 505 Games and Remedy Entertainment entered into a publishing agreement for the title.
Star Wars Battlefront 2 Patch Adds Mode, Arcade Maps and More
Star Wars Battlefront 2's latest patch is live and brings some big changes, with a new game mode, arcade maps, and three new Hero appearances for a limited time.
The full patch notes were posted today and detail the new features as well as bug fixes, and hero and villain balances.
Jetpack Cargo is the new mode that will have players slip on a jetpack and gear up with a rocket launcher for the entire round. The mode is only available for a limited time, as are the new Hero looks, which are Hoth skins for Luke, Leia, and Han Solo. Hero looks are unlocked by completing in-game challenges "that will be available over time."