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PUBG: Total Player Killcount and Other Crazy Stats
Since it hit Steam Early Access in March 2017, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds has attracted millions of players for a collective total of 10 million games played so far. With number of minutes played soaring well into the billions and max concurrent users impressively high for a newer Early Access game, the Battle Royale-inspired massively multiplayer online shooter is undoubtedly one of the most popular games this year.
The team over at Bluehole were nice enough to give IGN an exclusive peek at some of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds internal statistics, ranging from most popular weapon types, number of kills broken down by firearm, longest kill, and more. You can watch a video breakdown of the numbers in the video above or check out the gallery below for a closer look at the data.
Dota 2 is Getting Two New Heroes in “Dueling Fates” Update
Valve ended the second to last day of The International 2017 Dota 2 tournament with a bang, announcing two brand new heroes coming to the game.
The first hero is a stylish armadillo wielding a rapier reminiscent of Zorro. The preview video shows him hopping around on hills, dancing around his enemies and dispatching them with quick swipes of his blade.
These preview videos generally are representative of a heroes abilities, meaning this currently unnamed hero will likely be highly mobile, with the ability to disarm opponents and curl up into a ball, rolling around to initiate or escape.
The second unnamed hero was given much less screen time, but appears to be the rumored fourth spirit, Sylph. Our freshly introduced armadillo friend tells her the forest is safe thanks to him, to which she replies, "ohhh, safe? It's really not," before attacking him with a minion.
Dota 2’s Top Pros Bested By Open AI Developed 1v1 Bot
Artificial intelligence company Open AI has created a bot that is taking down top Dota 2 players at The International 2017.
This year's big Dota 2 tournament is currently in its second to last day with only four teams remaining in competition. Between the event's official games, Valve always includes some fun show matches, and this year it brought in Open AI's aforementioned Dota 2 bot to face off against the game's most famous player, Danil "Dendi" Ishutin, live on the main stage.
Open AI said the 1v1 bot has learned from playing against itself in lifetimes worth of matches. In a promo video shown before the match we see the bot besting some of the game's top players, including Evil Genius' cores Arteezy and Sumail.
Once Upon a Time Showrunners Answer 15 Big Fan Questions
Once Upon a Time is returning in a big, new way with Season 7, which marks what showrunners Adam Horowitz and Eddy Kitsis call a "requel" -- part reboot, part sequel -- for the ABC fairy tale drama. With the news that not every previously major character will be returning for this jump forward in time after Season 6's happily ever afters, there have understandably been a lot of questions about how this change will affect the many, many characters the audience knows and has come to love.
So with that in mind, I turned to you, Once Upon a Time fans, to find out your most pressing concerns and burning questions about Season 7. I took those and brought them straight to Kitsis and Horowitz, who broke down what we can expect for Belle and Emma's returns to the show, whether we can expect new versions of beloved characters like Robin and the Wicked Witch, and whether Regina Roni and Hook will be getting new love interests. Read the full Q&A below!
Is No Man’s Sky the Same Game it Was a Year Ago?
One year ago, we took our first steps into the giant universe of No Man’s Sky. At the time, the prospect of discovering planets and flying my own little ship around a near-infinite galaxy excited me, and I played beginning of the game in awe of its immense scale. But that new ship smell could only carry me so far, and it wasn’t long before I was asking myself “Isn’t there more to this?”
Since then, developer Hello Games has slowly been adding free content updates to No Man's Sky, most recently today's massive 1.3 update called Atlas Rises. You can read about all the changes here, but nearly every aspect of the game has been touched, changed, or improved in some way. Here’s a video of the update in action:
Silver and Black: Spider-Man Spin-off Gets Release Date
Sony has announced a 2019 release date for its upcoming Silver and Black movie.
As reported by Variety, the upcoming Spider-Man spin-off film will be released in theaters on February 8, 2019. Silver and Black will be directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood, who is also rewriting the script penned by Thor: Ragnarok writer Chris Yost. The movie will be produced by Amy Pascal and Matt Tolmach.
Comic book readers know Silver Sable (aka Silver Sablinova) as the leader of the Wild Pack, a group of mercenaries who hunt down criminals. Meanwhile, Black Cat (aka Felicia Hardy) is a burglar who's skilled in martial arts and gymnastics.
Sonic Mania Collector’s Edition Unboxing
Sonic Mania will be released on August 15 for the PS4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch, alongside a special collector's edition.
Featuring a 12-inch statue of Sonic standing atop a Sega Genesis (which plays the classic "Sega!" startup sound), a collector's card, a Genesis-style cartridge, collectible Sonic ring, and a code for Mania, the Collector's Edition is currently available to preorder for $69.99. Check out our unboxing of the special edition above, or dive into our gallery below for a closer look at what's included.
Sonic Mania combines remixes of classic 2D Sonic levels with brand new areas and elements, while also including secret areas that act as homage to certain Sonic games.
IGN Movies Podcast: Ep. 3: New Last Jedi Details
Welcome back to the IGN Movies Podcast!
This week, Jim Vejvoda, Ahmad Childress and Tom Jorgensen talk up the big news about Disney's move away from Netflix to launch its own streaming service, the casting of Riz Ahmed in the Venom movie, and the latest on Justice League.
The bulk of our conversation, though, revolves around all the new details we learned this week about Star Wars: The Last Jedi, from what's happening within the Resistance to the new aliens inhabiting Luke Skywalker's island hideaway.
Finally, we chat up what we've been watching lately on streaming and at the cineplex.
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IGN Interviews Starcraft: Remastered’s Development Team
Even classics need renovations from time to time. After 19 years of zerg rushes, sellout tournaments, and an entire esports scene, on Monday, Blizzard is releasing a remastered edition of its iconic game. IGN talked to Robert Bridenbecker, VP of Tech Strategy at Blizzard, about the challenges updating a revered giant in the RTS genre.
“Starcraft is arguably the grandfather of esports,” explains Bridenbecker, but even he may be underselling the influence of Starcraft on the esports scene. With esports tournaments, casters, players, and entire leagues built around the game during its heyday, Starcraft isn’t so much a game as an institution.
No one was more surprised about the game’s success than the developers. “Go back to 1999, seeing those esport tournaments in South Korea, we were pretty blown away.” Back then, he and his team thought of multiplayer as a few people playing over LAN. “We didn’t expect 100,000 people in a stadium.”