American Horror Story Was Right to Be Secretive about S6
After five seasons on FX, the freaky and shocking elements of American Horror Story began to have a numbing effect. The fifth season, Hotel, especially seemed guilty of delivering diminishing returns as it perhaps went too far over the edge in an attempt to make our jaws drop. And after each AHS season ended, the same "news cycle" would begin: We'd learn who'd be back (usually most everyone). We'd learn the time period and location. Then we'd tune in and watch Jessica Lange -- before she decided to leave the series after the fourth season -- lord over a collection of outcasts and oddities, occasionally grimacing at the bloodshed and overall ickiness.
In the show's sixth year, however, things changed. We learned nothing about the new season beyond the cast. Where and when would the story take place? Who would the actors be playing? The hook to get you in wasn't a hotel or an asylum or a freak show, but the mystery itself. The slew of teasers seemed to suggest that this year would involve everything under the sun - from possessed children to alien abductions. Finally, in Wednesday's premiere, audiences found out what Season 6 would be about.
Newcomer Cailee Spaeny Cast in Pacific Rim 2
Newcomer Cailee Spaeny will play the female lead in Pacific Rim 2.
Variety reports the actress and singer will co-star in the sequel alongside Star Wars: The Force Awakens actor John Boyega and Scott Eastwood. She previously showed up in the indie film Counting to 1,000 and has a single called "Fallin" on iTunes.
Cailee Spaeny (courtesy of her Twitter account)
Haunting New Art From Syfy’s Channel Zero: Candle Cove
Syfy is tackling annals of Internet urban legends, creepypastas, in its new anthology series Channel Zero. The first season of the series is bringing to life Kris Straub's classic Candle Cove, which follows a man trying to recall a children's TV show he watched in his youth and discovering that it's much more of a nightmare than he realized.
Channel Zero: Candle Cove premieres on October 11th, and to get viewers into the spirit of the new show, IGN is exclusively debuting some especially creepy illustrations. The art pairs dialogue from the season's scripts with some of the most terrifying imagery from the show that gives a pretty good sense of what's in store.
If you're unfamiliar with the Candle Cove story, you can read it in its entirety online. Channel Zero's first season will follow some of the ideas from that creepypasta, while expanding on the idea that the children who were watching the show mysteriously disappeared, and even more mysteriously would seemingly appear in the next episode of Candle Cove.
Daily Deals: Xbox One S With Halo and $50 Credit, Star Wars LEGOs, $260 PS4
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Xbox One S with Two Halo Games and $50 Gift Card
Dell has the 500GB Xbox One S, which includes both Halo 5 and the Master Chief Collection, and it's tossing in a $50 gift card to boot. I wouldn't sweat the console's smaller hard drive, since it's super easy to add more storage via USB (check out our guide to Xbox One hard drives for more).
HBO Now Launching on PS4, PS3 Ahead of Westworld Debut
HBO Now is coming to PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3 before Westworld's October 2 debut, HBO and PlayStation announced today.
Additionally, PlayStation Vue subscribers will be able to add HBO and Cinemax on to their current subscription plans for an additional $15 each, which will also give those subscribers access to the HBO Now app.
No exact date has been set for when Now will come to both platforms, but it is expected in the coming weeks. A standard HBO Go app has previously been available for both systems.
Battlefield 1 Beta Had 13.2 Million Players
The Battlefield 1 beta had 13.2 million players, making it the biggest beta in EA history.
According to an infographic for the beta, the 13.2 million figure is more than double the strength of the British and Ottoman Empires deployed in the Middle East during World War I. Check out the full stats from the infographic below:
The Battlefield 1 Beta Infographic
South Park: The Fractured But Whole Delayed Until 2017
South Park: The Fractured But Whole will now launch in Q1 of 2017 instead of its originally scheduled December 6, 2016 release, Ubisoft announced today.
A post on the official Ubisoft blog explains that the delay is being done because "the development team wants to make sure the game experience meets the high expectations of fans and the additional time will help them achieve this goal."
No exact new release date has been given for the game's launch on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC.
IGN had a chance to go nose-on with The Fractured But Whole at Gamescom 2016 via the Nosulus Rift, while a special edition for the game was revealed earlier this year.
AHS: The Real-World Mystery Driving Season 6
This article provides real-life context for Season 6 of American Horror Story. If you're concerned about potential spoilers, read on at your own risk.
"In 1590, on the coast of what we now know as North Carolina, the entire colony of Roanoke -- all 117 men, women, and children -- died inexplicably." - Billie Dean Howard, American Horror Story: Season 1.
The cryptic teasers for the sixth season of American Horror Story led to all sorts of speculation as to what the story would ultimately be about. Dolls? Bugs? Something Children of the Corn-ish? The prevailing assumption though was that the tale would involve the lost colony of Roanoke - one of America's earliest and most confounding mysteries.
A Closer Look at The Legend of Zelda: Art and Artifacts Book
This year, Nintendo's coveted Legend of Zelda series turns 30 and to celebrate, the company is releasing three books full of material from the series' history. The first, called the Legend of Zelda: Art and Artifacts is up for pre-order right now on Amazon.
While its only months away from release, here at IGN we don't like to wait. Since the book is already out in Japan, we bought a copy during Tokyo Game Show to give you an early look at what you're getting when it arrives in the West this February 2017.
Check out the slideshow below for more.
Head to our Tokyo Game Show 2016 event hub for all the big news from TGS this week.
Mad Max: Fury Road Black and Chrome Edition Coming
The Black & Chrome Edition of Mad Max: Fury Road is coming later this year in a new bundle called the Mad Max High Octane Collection, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has announced.
The compilation will be released on December 6, 2016, and includes all four of the Mad Max movies—Mad Max, Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior, Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome and Mad Max: Fury Road—as well as five hours of bonus content and the aforementioned Black & Chrome version of Fury Road.
Mad Max High Octane Collection