Battlefield 1: In the Name of the Tsar Release Date Revealed
Battlefield 1's upcoming expansion, In the Name of the Tsar, will be released for all players on September 19.
According to the official Battlefield 1 blog, players who own either Battlefield 1 Revolution or the Battlefield 1 Premium Pass will have access to the DLC two weeks ahead of time on September 5.
The expansion, priced at $15 USD/£12, comes included with the game's $50/£40 Premium Pass.
In the Name of the Tsar introduces six new maps, a new mode, new weapons, and two new classes. For more on the expansion, check out IGN's breakdown of all the new content.
Apple Event Announced for September 12
Apple has announced it will hold a "special event" on September 12.
The keynote will take place at the Steve Jobs Theater, and will begin at 10:00am PT/1:00pm ET/6:00pm UK (September 13 at 3am AET).
According to prior reports, next month's event is expected to showcase Apple's 10th anniversary iPhone, as well as an updated line of iPhone 7 models. In addition to a higher price tag, the rumored special anniversary iPhone will allegedly boast a larger form factor, an edge-to-edge display, and face-scanning technology.
See All of Hasbro’s Force Friday Last Jedi Toys
Hasbro has unveiled its line of Star Wars: The Last Jedi toys, which include a first look at the Canto Bight police speeder, and many more toys featuring Last Jedi and classic Star Wars characters.
Canto Bight, a planet being introduced in The Last Jedi, will feature a police force sporting blue-and-black speeders. Check out the first look at these vehicles, the planet's police force, and the rest of Hasbro's toys in the gallery below:
Hasbro's offering of Force Friday II toys includes an assortment of new 3.75-inch regular and deluxe figures, an assortment of Class A and Class B Last Jedi vehicles, a new 12-inch Interactech Kylo Ren figure, a new kylo Ren deluxe lightsaber, and much more.
Oxenfree Is Coming to Nintendo Switch
Oxenfree, the supernatural indie mystery from Night School Studio, is headed to Nintendo Switch.
Night School Studio teased the port on Twitter. According to co-founder Sean Krankel, it will be playable in both controller and touchscreen mode. A release date and trailer will be revealed "in the coming days."
Oxenfree is a paranormal adventure about a group of teenagers who stumble upon a mysterious force while partying on an island. The main character Alex can manipulate certain objects like doors by adjusting the frequency on her handheld radio. Our review of Oxenfree gave it a 8.2/10, calling it a "beautiful coming-of-age story" and praising its branching dialogue.
LEGO UCS Millennium Falcon Is Largest LEGO Set Ever
After a series of teases that a new Star Wars LEGO set would be the biggest in the company's history, LEGO has officially unveiled the Ultimate Collector Series Millennium Falcon.
Coming in at 7,541 pieces, the new LEGO set, revealed as part of Force Friday, is over 1,600 pieces larger than the previous biggest LEGO model ever, the Taj Mahal. Take a look at the new Millennium Falcon in the gallery below:
The set includes seven minifigures — four classic ones including Han Solo, Chewbacca, Princess Leia, and C-3PO — as well as three from The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi — Older Han Solo, Rey, and Finn. A BB-8, two buildable Porgs, and a buildable Mynock are also included.
Lost JLA Movie Featured Wonder Woman-Superman Brawl
Justice League: Mortal, director George Miller's unmade DC film, would have featured a huge showdown between Superman and Wonder Woman, according to Jay Baruchel.
In an interview with the MTV podcast Happy Sad Confused Baruchel, who was set to star as Maxwell Lord in the movie, shared a few new details about what would have taken place in the movie.
Baruchel said the movie, which would have vaguely followed the story of the DC Infinite Crisis event, had Maxwell Lord using his powers of mind control to take over Superman, using him as a weapon against the League. This would ultimately lead to an epic brawl between the Man of Steel and Wonder Woman, with him going so as far as to break the Themiscyran's wrists in the process.
Sonic Forces Release Date Announced
Sonic Forces will be released in North America on November 7, SEGA has announced.
Preorders are now open for the physical Bonus Edition (priced at $40 USD/ $55 CAD), which includes a Sonic Forces controller skin, as well as an assortment of in-game cosmetic items, allowing you to customize your Hero to look like various SEGA and Atlus characters.
Check out the gallery below for a look at the controller skin, as well as the bonus outfits and items, which spotlight several games, including Persona 5, Jet Set Radio, Super Monkey Ball, NiGHTS and Puyo Puyo.
The Best (and Worst) Reviewed Movies of the Summer
With the summer movie season now over, let's take a look back at how its offerings fared in the eyes of IGN's assortment of movie critics.
All the films cited here received wide theatrical releases between May 1st and August 31st; no strictly VOD or direct-to-video releases are included.
The "best reviewed" movies cited in the slideshow below include all theatrical releases that our reviewers scored as 8.0 or above. IGN's ten-point review scale labels anything between 8.0-8.9 as "great" and 9.0-9.9 as "amazing", with a 10 being a "masterpiece".
The "worst reviewed" movies all scored under 5.9 ("mediocre") or below. The IGN review scale labels any film scored between 4.0-4.9 as "bad" and 3.0-3.9 as "awful". Luckily, no movie we reviewed this season scored worse than that!
Gearbox: Borderlands’ Art Style Put a Ceiling on Its Success
The cartoonish art style of Borderlands put a limit on the potential size of the franchise's audience, according to Gearbox Software CEO Randy Pitchford.
On the latest episode of our monthly interview show IGN Unfiltered, Pitchford discussed Gearbox's decision to ditch their original plan to use a realistic art style in favor of a more cartoonish one, which was ultimately a better fit for Borderlands. While he believes it was the right move, the cap the non-realistic aesthetic put on the series' success is "one of the most frustrating things" for him about the franchise.
Pitchford said he knew that when he decided to go with the cartoon art style it would "fix the dissonance" between the visuals and the gameplay, but it would also put a limit on Borderlands's potential audience. "I knew it was putting a ceiling on us because there's—especially back then—there's just a huge percentage of the gaming audience that does not want a cartoon," he explained.
Every New Lego Star Wars: The Last Jedi Set
Lego has revealed its full range of Star Wars: The Last Jedi sets, which include a look at brand new vehicles for the Star Wars universe for the first time, as well as including the first minifigs for debut characters.
Warning: Some of the following story could be considered light spoilers for the upcoming Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Turn back now, if you want to go in absolutely fresh.
The sets include new Resistance ships, new First Order walkers, and new versions of returning ships, including Supreme Leader Snoke's Star Destroyer. We also see an Elite Praetorian Guard, plus minifigs of Resistance engineer Rose and the brand new BB-9E droid.