Xbox One X Sleepover Coming to Australia
Want to get your hands on an Xbox One X ahead of its launch November 7? Xbox Australia has designed a pop up hotel in Sydney for you and a friend to do just that.
The 'Xbox Stay n' Play' lets guests check into a transparent cube containing four suites, where they can play Xbox One X-enhanced games like Forza Motorsport 7, Assassin's Creed Origins and Minecraft. Most importantly, guests will also be able to order room service.
Stay n' Play.
Stardew Valley Dev Says Bizarre, Helpful Bug Won’t Be Patched
We recently stumbled across an extremely strange bug in Stardew Valley which lets players create any item they want based on their character’s name, a bug which Stardew Valley developer Eric “ConcernedApe” Barone confirmed to us will not be patched out.
“I am aware of it, but I don’t think I want to fix it,” Barone said. “It's not game-breaking, it's kind of amusing, and the likelihood that someone would randomly stumble upon it is extremely low. So I feel like it's okay to leave it, and actually kind of fun.”
Schwarzenegger on How Next Terminator Will Streamline Series
Terminator star Arnold Schwarzenegger has explained how the latest movie in the franchise will seek to improve on some of the confusion created by previous Terminator films.
The actor told Business Insider that, with James Cameron and Deadpool's Tim Miller behind the wheel for the reported next film, Schwarzenegger is confident the new movie will fix and simplify the formula.
“I think
Cameron and Tim
came up with a concept where they can continue on with the T-800 but make a whole new movie,” he said. “What they are doing now with this one is basically to just take a few very basic characters, like Linda Hamilton’s character and my character, and dismiss everything else. Just move away from all these rules of the timeline and other characters.”
Wonder Woman Leads 2017’s Most Googled Costumes
Google Trends has revealed the most searched costumes this Halloween, and Wonder Woman currently stands as the top trending costume in all the land.
As reported by Fortune, the tool Google Frightgeist provides an up-to-the-minute list of the results for the most-searched costumes, and as of this writing, Wonder Woman leads the bunch. The character has had a great year, as the Gal Godot-led DC film broke box office records, and Diana Prince will be back in Justice League in November.
Top 10 Super Mario Games
Mario is, without a doubt, one of the most well known and iconic characters in any medium. He’s appeared in over 200 games across about a dozen platforms, and has had at least twice as many jobs. At the end of the day, it’s the core Mario games that have kept players coming back for nearly forty years. So, without further ado, these are the Top 10 Mario games of all time.
In Mario’s second Game Boy adventure, he has a castle (which he inexplicably owns) stolen from him by none other than his childhood friend, Wario and he must receive the titular six golden coins to break Wario’s curse and win the castle back. So, it’s pretty safe to say that this ranks among the weirder entries in the Mario series. Not unlike Link’s Awakening, the bizarre, otherworldly feel of the Game Boy Mario games only add to the character’s charm and appeal. While the original Super Mario Land was modeled after Super Mario Brothers, 6 Golden Coins borrows heavily from Super Mario Bros. 3 and Super Mario World. The overworld map allows you to tackle each of the game’s six zones in any order you choose, and in doing so you’ll explore an enormous mechanical Mario, the insides of a haunted pumpkin, and of course, Space. Also unique to this entry is the magic carrot power up, which gives Mario’s cap rabbit ears and allows him to float past obstacles. Furthermore, one of the boss fights pits Mario against the three little pigs, so, that’s pretty great too, I guess. - Zach Ryan
Bea Arthur’s Star Wars Holiday Special Character Is Canon
A character from the Star Wars Holiday Special is now officially part of the main Star Wars canon thanks to a new anthology of Star Wars tales.
ComicBook.com reports that From a Certain Point of View, the new book collecting dozens of Star Wars stories, contains one specific short that mentions Ackmena, a character Golden Girls actress Bea Arthur played in the Holiday Special.
Dragon Ball Super Episode 112 Review
Warning: The following review contains spoilers for the episode.
It’s a Saiyan filled episode as the team from Universe 6 steps up in the wake of Hit’s defeat. Seeing their struggle and Cabba’s bond with Vegeta made for an entertaining and surprisingly emotional episode. Even with that strength, the action falls short as it simply can’t compete with the spectacle of the last several episodes.
The Universe 6 Saiyans are the standouts this week with Cabba in particular showing considerable growth. Unlocking Super Saiyan 2 is a big step for him, but it’s the growth of character that was the most intriguing. Since his introduction, Cabba has proven to be interesting; he’s the exact opposite of a warrior that the Saiyan race expects him to be. His steps into that warrior bloodline were conveyed well through his actions and words. In many ways, it reminded me of the same growth we saw from Goku years ago as he learned about his own Saiyan heritage and what it meant to be a warrior.
Planet of the Apes Game Pulled From PSN
Update: Planet of the Apes: Last Frontier has now been pulled down from the PlayStation Store, apparently having mistakenly appeared on the shop earlier today.
IGN has reached out for comment about the game's appearance on the store, as well as when a full release is planned across all platforms.
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Planet of the Apes: Last Frontier has unexpectedly launched today for PlayStation 4.
The standalone cinematic adventure game is now available to purchase for $29.99 via the PSN Store. Last Frontier, which IGN exclusively revealed, was originally slated for Xbox One and PC as well, however as of press time the game is not listed on either of those systems' stores.
Guest Column: Channel Zero Creator’s 7 Favorite Creepypastas
Editor's Note: In support of Channel Zero: No-End House's season finale on Syfy, airing Wednesday at 10 p.m. ET/PT, IGN asked showunner, creator and executive producer Nick Antosca to share with our readers the creepypastas -- or Internet horror stories turned urban legends -- that inspire him.
Season 2 of Syfy's horror anthology series Channel Zero is based on the famous creepypasta "No-End House," after Season 1 was inspired by "Candle Cove." No-End House tells the story of a group of friends who get trapped in a viral haunted house that is not at all what it seems. Remember: beware the cannibals.
Logan Director Scripting X-23 Spinoff Movie
Logan director James Mangold is reportedly writing the script for the potential X-23 spinoff movie.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Mangold has now started working on the screenplay for the film, which hasn't officially been greenlit by 20th Century Fox but would focus on Dafne Keen's Laura from Logan. However, the director did mention that the success of Wonder Woman has increased the chances of an X-23 movie actually happening.