Gears of War 4: We Really, Really Missed Horde Mode
We’ve covered Gears of War 4 extensively over the past month. As our August IGN First, we delivered a deep-dive into the DeeBees, the new robotic threat that stands in the way of JD and his pals. We’ve profiled the trio of heroes that you’ll be playing as. We’ve also done a couple fly-throughs of some of the maps that we’ll be playing in multiplayer come October 11th.
However, one thing we only teased was what Gears’ Horde 3.0 mode would have in store for us. Thankfully at PAX West 2016, five of IGN’s Gears fans got to go hands-on with the newest iteration of the classic mode. Here’s what two of us thought.
Check Out This Huge PAX Cosplay Gallery
Like any convention worth its salt, PAX West attracts a huge number of cosplayers each year to Seattle. The hard work, craftsmanship, and dedication to fandom are on display for the world to see.
Of course, we're at PAX West, too, and we're highlighting many of the amazing cosplayers we saw in a huge image gallery.
PAX West is a fan-focused event, but that doesn't mean there isn't news coming out of the con. We got to check out some awesome games, including 7 minutes of Sonic Mania gameplay, the new Sonic game that actually has us excited about the series again.
For all the news and features coming out of PAX West, be sure to check out our PAX West 2016 event page.
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Paper Mario: Color Splash Has the Most Realistic-Looking Lemons You’ve Ever Seen
In a standard Mario game, there are a few options you can always rely on when you’re taking down an enemy. You can stomp, use a Super Star, or maybe throw a fireball, but how often do you get to blind a koopa with lemon juice? Well, thanks to Paper Mario: Color Splash, even the power of citrus is now in our favorite plumber’s arsenal.
In Color Splash, the battle card system from Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam returns, but this time with a new twist: Thing cards. You can still utilize jumps and hammers and fireballs as you’d expect, but Things offer the wonderfully weird twist of introducing 3D objects into Mario’s 2D world that deliver devastating finishing moves in battle.
With long animations reminiscent of a Final Fantasy-style summon, Things shown in our PAX demo included revelations such as blinding enemies with the aforementioned lemon juice, stomping foes with a 50-foot tall fortune cat, and using the world’s largest fan to send a boss flying off the earth itself.
What to Expect From Apple’s September 7 Press Conference
Apple has announced the company will host a live press conference on September 7, but otherwise remained quiet on what viewers can expect.
IGN will have you covered with all the news breaking from the conference, and while Apple hasn’t hinted what will be shown off, nearly a year of rumors and leaks offer some idea of what could potentially be on display. Apple's tradition of September keynotes also points to what could possibly be revealed next Wednesday.
Apple’s latest keynote will stream on Wednesday, September 7 beginning at 10 a.m. PT/1 p.m. ET/7 p.m. BST/September 8 at 3 a.m. AEST.
Why Final Fantasy XV Becomes More Linear Near the End
Final Fantasy XV has a gigantic open world to explore, but it doesn’t stay that way the entire time. Recently, director Hajime Tabata has discussed the fact that in later parts of the game, XV actually becomes more linear as players start to focus more on following the story.
In an interview at PAX, Tabata explained why the game is structured this way, and clarified how much of the open world you’ll still be able to go back and explore even once you’ve reached the later parts of the game.
“Rather than it being the latter half, it’s actually very close to the end of the game,” Tabata told IGN regarding when things become more linear.
“I didn’t want to end the game in an open world type of environment,” he continued. “At the very end, when the main character and the enemy are going against one another, there’s a build up in the story. I wanted to ensure that that last part was a little bit different from the open world environment and more of a packed, condensed type of game experience.”
World of Final Fantasy May Be the Series’ Funniest Game
Final Fantasy isn’t a series primarily associated with humor. While each game features its own comic relief, mainline games are generally better known for their epic, sweeping stories and Shakesperean-level tragedies. In World of Final Fantasy, I heard two jokes about body odor within a 20-minute play session.
World of Final Fantasy is an adorable new departure for Final Fantasy and sees players exploring the land of Grymoire, a chibi-style world filled with all of the Final Fantasy monsters you’d expect. You play as brother and sister duo Lann and Reyne, who are the lone characters who can switch from chibi-style to “normal” sized, which causes quite a stir.
While turn-based battles work about how you’d expect, World of Final Fantasy’s humor really took me by surprise. Early on, Lann and Reyne have wonderful banter as they explore Grymoire trying to get their memories back, and even break the fourth wall as they observe the circumstances they’ve found themselves in. They use decidedly un-Final Fantasy-like slang (calling a Queen “dude,” for example), which prompts fun responses from the characters they encounter. Cameos from series heroes like Cloud and Lightning also let us see those characters in fun new circumstances instead of the serious, somber situations we’re used to.
Former WWE Star Training Alison Brie for Netflix’s GLOW
Professional wrestler and former WWE star Chavo Guerrero Jr. has been hired to train the cast of Netflix's upcoming wrestling comedy series, GLOW.
According to Pro Wrestling Sheet, Chavo was recently brought on board as wrestling coordinator to help GLOW's leading lady, Alison Brie, and the rest of the cast "acquire basic ring knowledge" ahead of filming later this month.
Former WWE star Chavo Guerrero Jr.
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