Play Like a Pro with One of the Best Fight Sticks
The stock gamepad is pretty great for most Xbox One and PS4 games, but for fighting games, you really want an arcade-style fight stick. Not only do you get the requisite number of buttons to mash, in the correct form factor, but they can take a lot of punishment and give you more precision than the standard, hand-held controller that came with your console. Quick movements and rapid button presses are what fighting sticks are made for, and who doesn't love a good old joystick?
Big box stores and your favorite online retailers are swimming with options, so it can be tough to know where to start. If you need a little guidance, here are the best fighting sticks to get you started.
Echo May Be Hitman Meets Gone Home
At first glance Echo, a third-person stealth game from some of the developers behind Hitman, seems straightforward enough: You sneak around choking out patrols while trying to covertly complete an objective. But when I asked game director Martin Emborg about why every enemy looks like you and what the deal with this beautiful white mansion we were sneaking around was, it became clear there’s more going on than just another stealth game.
The clearest twist from the classic Hitman formula shown so far is the way its enemies learn from your actions. Whenever you do anything – vaulting walls, killing guards, or even just stopping to eat a grape – it’s logged and remembered by the AI. After you do enough actions, the room goes dark, all the enemies are rebooted, and they learn know how to do whatever you’ve done since the last blackout.
Darren Aronofsky’s mother! Inspires 12 Twisted Works of Art
What happens when you task 12 artists with translating Darren Aronofsky's latest film into works of art? The 12 gorgeous pieces of artwork that IGN can exclusively debut below.
In preparation for the upcoming release of mother!, Paramount worked with a group of artists from around the world to create the custom images featured below. Each artist was given the audio from the first trailer as inspiration, which makes it especially interesting when you see the themes that reappear in many of the works of art.
And for context on what inspired these artists, rewatch mother!'s first trailer below.
mother! stars Jennifer Lawrence as its titular heroine, a happily married woman living in a beautiful house in the country with her husband (played by Javier Bardem). Their tranquil life begins to deteriorate upon the arrival of a mysterious couple (Ed Harris and Michelle Pfieffer), whose mere presence seems to challenge all perceptions of reality.
Vince McMahon Added to WWE 2K18 Playable Roster
WWE chairman and CEO Vince McMahon has officially been added to WWE 2K18's playable roster.
This isn't the first time Mr. McMahon will be playable in a new WWE 2K game, as he was also part of the roster in last year's entry, WWE 2K17, along with the rest of the McMahon family.
Vince McMahon, image via Twitter.
WWE 2K18 will be released on October 17 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch. Check out the last 47 playable wrestlers in the game, which includes JBL, Sting, and Shawn Michaels.
Okami HD Confirmed and Dated for PS4, Xbox One and PC
Okami HD will arrive for PS4, Xbox One and Steam on December 12.
The remaster and its release date were leaked last month - but we now know the game will come PS4 Pro and Xbox One X compatibility, allowing for 4K visuals across all three platforms. Here's a new trailer:
Players can choose between the original 4:3 aspect ration, or a modernised widescreen, and the original version's interactive loading screens (and the bonus items for interacting with them) are also included.
The game will be released physically and digitally, with the latter priced at £15.99 / $19.99 USD (no Australian pricing was available at time of writing).
Star Wars: Episode IX Finds Its New Director
Star Wars: The Force Awakens director J.J. Abrams will return to direct Star Wars: Episode IX, Disney and Lucasfilm have announced.
According to StarWars.com, Abrams is also on board to co-write the project with Chris Terrio. Episode IX will be produced by Abrams and Bad Robot, as well as Kathleen Kennedy, Michelle Rejwan and Lucasfilm.
"With The Force Awakens, J.J. delivered everything we could have possibly hoped for, and I am so excited that he is coming back to close out this trilogy," Kennedy said.
Read IGN's Star Wars: The Force Awakens review to find out why we found Abrams' first Star Wars movie to be "a great way to reboot the franchise and open the world up for a new generation of fans."
PUBG Gets New Gun, New Town, Fog And More
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds’ September patch is coming to test servers today, bringing foggy weather, a new town, a new semi-automatic rifle and more details on the upcoming vaulting feature.
In a post on the PUBG Steam page, players have been given a look at a host of new features, bug fixes and soon-to-be-added features. Coming immediately to test servers will be the introduction of foggy weather to lower visibility. Don’t start sweating just yet though, as this will be a, “low probability,” weather effect in the live game (it was noted however that this will occur more frequently on the test servers).
Fortnite Battle Royale Adds Building to Its PUBG Formula
In Fortnite Battle Royale, you’ll skydive onto an island arena, scavenge for weapons, run from an encroaching electricity field, and fight your way through 99 other players to victory. Sound familiar? A carbon copy of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds has found it’s way into Epic’s recently Early Access-launched crafting adventure Fortnite with many notable exceptions, but at least two major additions: building and destruction. Fortnite Battle Royale is an unexpected and disconnected addition to the main game, but one that isn’t entirely without merit.
Let’s get the negatives out of the way first. Despite feeling eerily similar to PUBG at times, the build of Fortnite Battle Royale that I played was missing a plethora of quality of life features that were sorely missed from my time spent with Battlegrounds. Vehicles, free look, aim down sights, backpacks, and the ability to sort through nearby items with an inventory screen had not yet been added. Weapon attachments, airdrops, and the ability to go prone were absent too, but those struck me more as stylistic differences.
Sandman: 5 Times The Endless Appeared in the DCU
Dark Nights: Metal #1 was full of surprising plot twists, from the debut of the Justice League's very own Megazord to the return of a long-standing hero. But one twist definitely rose above the rest.
Warning: This article contains spoilers for Dark Nights: Metal #1!
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