Nintendo Switch Preview Tour Announced
Ahead of Nintendo Switch's launch this coming March, Nintendo will tour across North America to provide the public with an opportunity to go hands-on with the console.
The preview tour will begin on January 13 in New York and conclude on March 5 in Los Angeles. Attendees will have the opportunity to play a number of select launch titles in an array of different settings, showcasing the variety of ways one can play Nintendo Switch.
Check out the schedule below to see each of the participating cities and their corresponding tour dates:
- New York – January 13-15
Former Konami Executive Joins Kojima Productions
Shinji Hirano, former president of Konami Europe, lists President of Kojima Productions as his current job on his LinkedIn profile.
Spotted by The Koalition, it looks as thought Hirano has been president for at least a month, with a start date of November 2016.
The listing shows Hirano left his last position at Konami in March after a year as "Corporate Officer, Division Director, Sales Division" for Konami at its headquarters in Tokyo.
Rumors of a split between Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima and Konami first began to surface in March 2015, with the news later being confirmed through official channels. Kojima went on to form his own studio, Kojima Productions.
Sense8 Christmas Special Trailer Released
Netflix released a new trailer for its upcoming Sense8: A Christmas Special.
The trailer, which is less than two minutes long, focuses on the show's eight main characters and their collective attempt at celebrating Christmas despite trouble always finding them. Mr. Whispers also makes a brief appearance haunting one of the Sensates, Will Gorski.
The Christmas special will be two hours long, and tells a standalone story about the show's eight protagonists as they try to connect with one another and learn each other's secrets. It will debut globally on Netflix on December 23.
Riverdale Poster Mixes Murder Mystery and Malt Shops
The CW has released the official poster for its upcoming Archie Comics mystery drama, Riverdale.
The poster features the show's six main characters, an old-school malt shop, and a couple of tasty-looking milkshakes. You can spot Archie Andrews (KJ Apa) sitting across from Veronica (Camil Mendes) and Betty (Lili Reinhart). Jughead (Cole Sprouse), Cheryl (Madelaine Petsch), and Josie (Ashleigh Murray) on the other hand are looking in from the outside.
You can also click through the gallery to see more photos from the series.
The poster includes an interesting tagline that reads "A great place to get away with it all," indicating that despite the innocent-looking malt shops and milkshakes, Riverdale is a troubled town filled with plenty of murderers and mysteries. The show is set in present day and will be a subversive take on Archie.
Street Fighter 5 to Reportedly Soon Shame Rage Quitters
If a reported leak is any indication, Capcom has plans to soon publicly shame those who repeatedly rage quit while playing Street Fighter V.
According to a post on Reddit, a new test branch for the Steam version of Capcom's fighter went live yesterday, and it wasn't initially password protected. Several screenshots were captured and posted to NeoGAF before a password was added.
Street Fighter V penalties for rage quitters, via NeoGAF
Star Wars: Every Sith and Dark Force User Ever
A new Star Wars movie has been released! Rogue One is the first standalone movie set in that iconic galaxy far, far away, and to celebrate its arrival we've got our latest Every Ever video: Every Sith and Dark Force User Ever.
Your journey to the Dark Side will be complete once you check out this timeline of every Sith and Dark Force adept in the Star Wars canon universe -- from the ancient era dating back to 1000 BBY (Before the Battle of Yavin) and all the way up to The Force Awakens (and beyond). Watch the video below:
Of course, that's just the tip of the kyber crystal as far as our Star Wars coverage goes right now. You can also read our Rogue One review, learn what Darth Vader was up to between Revenge of the Sith and Rogue One, find out how much every Star Wars movie has made at the box office, and much more.
Super Mario Run is #1 in Top Grossing on the App Store
With Super Mario Run now out for iOS, the platformer is having a successful launch.
Nintendo’s first-ever Mario game for mobile is currently the top grossing app in the US App Store, beating Mobile Strike, Pokemon GO, and Netflix. Though there’s no information yet on exactly how many times Super Mario Run has been downloaded, its initial success should be an encouraging sign for Nintendo.
The US App Store.
The company has high ambitions for its auto-running platformer, as it hopes it could match the popularity of Pokemon GO. According to Dr. Serkan Toto, the free version of Super Mario Run will easily hit 1 billion downloads. The game is also available for purchase for $9.99 USD.
IGN UK Podcast #362: We Saw Rogue One and Have Some Opinions
Not very long ago, in a podcast booth not that far away, Gav, Alysia, and Krupa sat down to talk about Rogue One. They got a bit sidetracked at one point by recalling the Simpsons' episode where they recreate Nightmare on Elm Street with Groundskeeper Willie, but they talked about Rogue One nonetheless.
Also on the agenda: Dawn of Titans, The Last Guardian, Keyword Countdown, and theoretical physics.
IGN UK Podcast #362: What We Thought of Rogue One (Spoiler-Free)
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These Final Fantasy XV Cosplays Are Spot On
Final Fantasy XV shipped 5 million copies on day one, and with impressive sales comes awesome cosplay.
We rounded up some photos of incredible Noctis cosplayers, who look like they walked right out of the game. Click right to see them all:
In order, the cosplayers featured are Yuuma, NipahDUBS, and Moderately Okay Cosplay. The photographers are KLM Studio, AmaitoFuu and The End of Something Beautiful.
NES Classic Sold Nearly 200,000 Units in the US Alone
At least 196,000 lucky people bought the NES Classic in the United States since it released earlier this month.
November was a good month for Nintendo, with sales of its 3DS line up 59 percent over last November, representing the consoles "sixth straight month of year-on-year growth," in the US, according to NPD.
In a statement from Nintendo, it said sales of the new Pokemon games helped increase software sales for 3DS by an astonishing "350 percent year-on-year."
The NPD Group said Nintendo's almost impossible-to-find miniature all-in-one led the "retro console segment."
Since its release, the NES Classic has been notoriously difficult to find without resorting to paying much higher prices on the secondary market. US retailer GameStop promised more NES Classics will be trickling onto its shelves over the next few days, but it doesn't look like there's any end in sight to the drought.