Stardew Valley Multiplayer Coming in Early 2018
A blog post on the official Stardew Valley site has announced details about its upcoming multiplayer mode, while also revealing that the feature won’t be coming until early 2018.
The post reveals that multiplayer will be played through players' ability to build up to three cabins on their farms for “farmhands,” which will controlled by other players.
“Farmhands can do almost anything the main player can do,” the post explains. “They can farm, mine, fight, fish, forage, marry NPCs and take part in festivals.” However, certain decisions like when to sleep and when to start or end a festival can only be made by the main player.
How Young Sheldon Is Different from The Big Bang Theory
Even though it serves as a prequel to The Big Bang Theory, CBS' Young Sheldon is a different kind of show for executive producer Chuck Lorre. The new comedy focuses on a 9-year-old Sheldon Cooper (Iain Armitage) who's not quite yet the hardened, cynical adult established in the original series. This Sheldon isn't even into comic books yet. He has idiosyncrasies at that age, but Lorre said at the Television Critics Association (TCA) press tour the show presents a more innocent and hopeful version of Sheldon.
This marks the first time Lorre has done a comedy without a studio audience, and the first time he's done a show with a narration -- Jim Parsons is narrating his character's past. Lorre said, "I've never worked with narration before and narration changes the way we write. We looked for inspiration in shows that used it beautifully and no one does it better than Wonder Years."
How Marvel’s Runaways is The O.C. of the MCU
Marvel's Runaways takes a deep dive into teen angst this fall, premiering November 21st on Hulu.
Centered around six Los Angeles teenagers, all former friends, who discover that their parents are secretly part of a supervillain cult, The Pride, Runaways is part Breakfast Club, part coming-of-age thriller. In fact, Marvel TV head Jeph Loeb referred to Runways, which he'd had his eye on developing for years, as "The O.C. of the Marvel Universe" even before he hired the actual creators of The O.C. to run it.
IGN spoke to executive producers Josh Schwartz (The O.C., Chuck) and Stephanie Savage (The O.C., Gossip Girl) recently, at the Television Critics Association press tour, about how the show fits into the greater MCU and what it's like to tackle this famous high school conspiracy story from Brian K. Vaughan. But, most importantly, I wanted to know what they themselves thought Loeb meant when he made that O.C. comparison.
SNES Classic Preorders Will Begin This Month
Despite an accidental preorder retail listing last month, Nintendo has announced that the Super NES Classic Edition will officially be available for preorder later in August.
In a Facebook post, Nintendo said the company "can confirm that it will be made available for pre-order by various retailers late this month." While declining to mention a specific number, Nintendo said "A significant amount of additional systems will be shipped to stores for launch day, and throughout the balance of the calendar year." Nintendo told IGN it intends to produce "significantly more" SNES Classic than NES Classics, which Nintendo had shipped 2.3 million units of worldwide before its cancellation this year.
New Star Wars Alien Spotted in Han Solo Movie Set Photo
A new photo from the set of Lucasfilm's Han Solo movie has been revealed, and it seemingly contains a brand new alien not seen before in the Star Wars universe.
Director Ron Howard posted the photo on Twitter, saying he's "working out a shot w/cinematographer Bradford Young for #UntitledHanSoloMovie." You can see plenty of crew members in the photo. Check it out below.
On-set photo featuring the new alien.
However, in the top left corner there's an alien in strange-looking clothing who seems to be playing some sort of a board game. Whether this alien will be a major figure in the film remains to be seen.
Lost Sphear Is Retro RPG Fun, a la I Am Setsuna
When JRPG kingmaker Square Enix unveiled their new development studio Tokyo RPG Factory back in 2015, many fans were hopeful for a return to the company’s early RPG roots. Sure enough, the outfit’s first foray into nostalgia -- I Am Setsuna -- received a warm reception for its loving homage to '90s classics like Chrono Trigger and Final Fantasy VI. This past week the developer released a short demo for its sophomore title, Lost Sphear. Will it be as welcomed as its spiritual predecessor? It’s tough to say considering the demo is only about 30 minutes long. But even in that short time, I feel like Lost Sphear is off to a promising start.
Mario + Rabbids Is Really Weird, and That’s the Point
I move an injured Peach into tiara-high cover. On the one hand, it obscures her line of sight, turning at least two Rabbids with springs attached to their feet into unreachable targets. On the other, I now hold the high ground over a third enemy - and I only need one more kill to complete the mission. My gumption is rewarded - it’s a 100% hit chance. A celebratory animation kicks in once I hit the fire button, zooming into the steely face of the Mushroom Kingdom’s de facto leader as she levels a shotgun the size of a French horn at her target. An enormous boom, and a cone of flame engulfs the creature and he scurries away, his arse now on fire (Peach currently has a 50% chance of adding a burn status effect). He phases out of existence, and I win. The Princess gives a demure twirl of happiness at having slaughtered those who would invade her country.
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Resident Evil: Revelations 1 and 2 Coming to Nintendo Switch
The 2012 and 2015 survival horror games, Resident Evil: Revelations 1 and 2 are coming to the Nintendo Switch late this year.
Capcom has announced that in addition to the re-release of Resident Evil: Revelations on Xbox One and PlayStation 4 on August 29, both Revelations and its sequel will be also be coming to Nintendo Switch before the end of 2017.
These revisions will see the iterations of the popular series running an increased frame rate at 1080p as well as add improvements to animations and details within the games.
Fans of the series will also be able to play the familiar Raid Mode with an added twist in The Ghost Ship: Chaos. This version of the popular mode will see players being able to access more powerful weapons and upgrades, but have to deal with shaken up enemy placements for an additional challenge.
EA Merges BioWare Montreal With Motive Studios
EA has officially confirmed it's merged BioWare Montreal with Motive Studios.
“The teams in EA Worldwide Studios are packed with talent, and more than ever, we’re driving collaboration between studios on key projects," EA told IGN in a statement. "With multiple major projects in development in Montreal, we are merging BioWare Montreal with Motive Studios. This is an ongoing process, but there are many exciting roles and opportunities for everyone on the team."
The merge comes after reports that the Mass Effect series was to be put on hold after the underwhelming release of BioWare Montreal's Mass Effect: Andromeda, and that the studio would instead be focusing on BioWare's other titles.