The Best Tenkeyless Mechanical Gaming Keyboards for 2017
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You’ve decided it’s time to join the big leagues and dump that old, cheap, dome-switch keyboard and upgrade to a quality mechanical gaming keyboard. Congratulations. Now you must consider whether or not you want a standard keyboard with a ten key number pad on the right, or one without? The ones that forego the number pad are referred to as “Tenkeyless” (TKL) and sometimes “compact” keyboards, and they’re all the rage with professional gamers and in eSports these days for several reasons.
IGN Live Presents: Red Dead Redemption 2 Reveal
Join IGN live on Thursday, September 28 at 7:45am PT / 10:45am ET / 3:45pm UK (or 12:45am AEST on September 29) as we dive into whatever Rockstar has to show regarding Red Dead Redemption 2. You can watch it here, or on our Twitch, or YouTube channel!
Will we get a firm release date? Actual gameplay details? Maybe an announcement that the original Red Dead Redemption is coming to Switch? Tune in to find out! And in the mean time, get caught up with everything we know about Red Dead Redemption 2 so far.
Blade Runner 2049 First Impressions
Several members of the press had the opportunity to see Blade Runner 2049 ahead of its release next month and shared their initial impressions of director Denis Villeneuve's sci-fi sequel on Twitter.
Reactions have been overwhelming positive, with IGN senior editor Scott Collura, who will review the film for IGN, calling Blade Runner 2049 "amazing."
Blade Runner 2049 First Impressions
Several members of the press had the opportunity to see Blade Runner 2049 ahead of its release next month and shared their initial impressions of director Denis Villeneuve's sci-fi sequel on Twitter.
Reactions have been overwhelming positive, with IGN senior editor Scott Collura, who will review the film for IGN, calling Blade Runner 2049 "amazing."
Star Wars Actor on American Made’s Rogue CIA Agent
Domhnall Gleeson plays a career-minded, rogue CIA agent "Schafer" in the new true crime flick American Made, opening Friday, starring Tom Cruise and directed by Doug Liman (Edge of Tomorrow). During a recent phone chat with IGN, the actor hailed both Cruise and Liman as thrill-seekers in the spirit of American Made's subject, Barry Seal, a high-flying pilot who smuggled drugs and guns in the 1980s for the Medellín Cartel and CIA, respectively.
Cruise, a pilot, and Liman ventured out into the jungle on location in South America, flying there on their own and camping out in the wild. "I went up in the plane with the pair of them a couple times. And they also flew that plane over my head when we were, during that scene where the people are flying like ten feet over my head. That was me standing in there. So I got to see some of the kind of madness up close, and it was really exhilarating," Gleeson said.
Star Wars Actor on American Made’s Rogue CIA Agent
Domhnall Gleeson plays a career-minded, rogue CIA agent "Schafer" in the new true crime flick American Made, opening Friday, starring Tom Cruise and directed by Doug Liman (Edge of Tomorrow). During a recent phone chat with IGN, the actor hailed both Cruise and Liman as thrill-seekers in the spirit of American Made's subject, Barry Seal, a high-flying pilot who smuggled drugs and guns in the 1980s for the Medellín Cartel and CIA, respectively.
Cruise, a pilot, and Liman ventured out into the jungle on location in South America, flying there on their own and camping out in the wild. "I went up in the plane with the pair of them a couple times. And they also flew that plane over my head when we were, during that scene where the people are flying like ten feet over my head. That was me standing in there. So I got to see some of the kind of madness up close, and it was really exhilarating," Gleeson said.
Code Vein: First Look at Mia in Action
Code Vein is an action RPG heavily influenced by Dark Souls, but one important distinction that sets Bandai Namco's upcoming vampire-riddled apocalypse apart is the presence of companion characters that fight alongside you, support you in battle, and further flesh out the story. In this new gameplay clip, the rifle-toting support character Mia is shown for the first time fighting alongside the player character.
For everything Code Vein, check out our making of video, our in-depth write up of how Code Vein is more than just anime Dark Souls, the benefits of bloodsucking in Code Vein, details on Code Vein's character customization and weapons, 10 minutes of boss fight action and our time with its first 17 minutes.
Code Vein: First Look at Mia in Action
Code Vein is an action RPG heavily influenced by Dark Souls, but one important distinction that sets Bandai Namco's upcoming vampire-riddled apocalypse apart is the presence of companion characters that fight alongside you, support you in battle, and further flesh out the story. In this new gameplay clip, the rifle-toting support character Mia is shown for the first time fighting alongside the player character.
For everything Code Vein, check out our making of video, our in-depth write up of how Code Vein is more than just anime Dark Souls, the benefits of bloodsucking in Code Vein, details on Code Vein's character customization and weapons, 10 minutes of boss fight action and our time with its first 17 minutes.
Joker-Harley Quinn Romance Must ‘End in Flames’
Harley Quinn actor Margot Robbie has revealed how she'd like to see her on-screen romance with Jared Leto's The Joker ultimately end.
"Their love story has to end in flames!" Robbie told Bang Showbiz (via Batman News). "It has to — it just wouldn't be right
."
Leto and Robbie made their DCEU debuts as Joker and Harley Quinn, respectively, in last year's Suicide Squad. Their tumultuous romance is expected to be explored even further in a recently announced standalone movie. Warner Bros. is said to be in "final negotiations" with Glenn Ficarra and John Requa to direct the Harley Quinn-Joker film, which will reportedly be released after Suicide Squad 2.
Veep Creator Making Sci-fi Show for HBO
Veep creator Armando Ianucci's next project is a space comedy called Avenue 5.
Deadline reports HBO has ordered a pilot and picked up backup scripts for the series, which is set in the future and takes place mostly in space. Ianucci will write and executive produce Avenue 5, with the pilot expected to starting filming in London in 2018.
A release date for the first episode has not been set yet, so no word on when it'll premiere on HBO. Ianucci executive produced and was showrunner on Veep for four seasons before stepping down in 2015 for personal reasons.