Elder Scrolls Legends Open Beta Starts Today on PC
At QuakeCon today, Bethesda announced that free-to-play card game The Elder Scrolls Legends is now in open beta on PC.
As confirmed on the game's Twitter, the beta is now available for download on Bethesda's official site.
Today's news marks the end of the closed beta period for the game that began in April. The Elder Scrolls Legends is expected to release later this year for PC, Mac, iOS, and Android.
New Prey Gameplay Trailer Revealed
This morning at QuakeCon 2016, Bethesda and Arkane Studios revealed the first look at gameplay for the upcoming Prey game. The footage of the first-person sci-fi action-adventure game is set in 2034, and features a narrator named Morgan. He recounts a recurring dream where a dark presence is looking down on him. This is all set to establishing shots of gorgeous environments. Check it out below.
The trailer then cuts to a series of combat shots set on a space-station against shadowy figures that look ripped out of a horror game. The vibe is somewhere between Half-Life and BioShock. Morgan repeats his opening narration, this time much more worried and terrified. The footage ends with the narrator ominously stating, “To make this right, someone has to die.”
Pokemon Go Companies Sued Over Trespassing Issues
A lawsuit has been filed against Nintendo, Niantic Labs and the Pokemon Company, after a number of individuals trespassed on a the property of a man from New Jersey.
According to Polygon, the lawsuit states that "at least five individuals knocked on plaintiff’s door and asked for access to plaintiff’s backyard in order to 'catch' Pokémon that the game had placed in plaintiff’s residence in West Orange, New Jersey — without plaintiff’s permission."
The plaintiff, whose name is Jeffrey Marder, is claiming that developer Niantic Labs set Pokemon Gyms and Pokestops on his property without first getting his consent. According to Marder, the people playing Pokemon Go on his property are interfering with his quality of life, and the companies behind the title are profiting off a game that causes players to trespass on private property.
This Samurai Gyarados Cosplay is Epic
Despite the insane popularity of Pokemon GO, cosplaying as Pokemon isn't a new thing, and it seems like the quality never ends.
Q Mandolin is part of a cosplay group called Constellation Cosplay, and has built her own unique and terrifying take on Gyarados, Samurai style.
Check out the gallery below to see Q Mandolin's Gyarados, and the rest of the crew from Constellation Cosplay in action - click right to see them all:
The photographers featured above are, in order: Photography by Homme, Road Salt Photography, Kaminsky Kandids Photography and Lynne Roark Photography.
Movement Totally Transforms Doom VR
Back in June at E3 2016, we got a chance to play an early build of a virtual reality Doom demo for the HTC Vive, and while it was technically impressive, it left two of our people with mixed feelings. Here at QuakeCon 2016 though, Bethesda has upped the ante, bringing a very similar demo with one important tweak: the ability to teleport around the featured environments freely. Not only did it make for a more enjoyable experience, but it made the idea of a full-sized Doom game in VR feel like much more of a possibility than before.
As we outlined in the E3 demo, things start out in a laboratory setting where you can view high-quality models of enemies up close and interact with the environment in generally simple ways - not much different. Things quickly ramp up in the next room though.
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If you were curious about the newly redesigned Xbox One S, this deal could put you over the edge: for the standard price of the 2TB system, you're also getting a free year of Live (roughly a $40 value) and Sunset Overdrive, a great open-world game (we gave it a 9.0) from the studio behind Ratchet and Clank and Resistance.
Is Pokemon Go Even Legal?
Pokemon Go has taken over the world, raking in tons of money for both The Pokemon Company and local businesses. But its location-based play has raised many questions about the safety and legality of a game that asks large groups to perform specific actions in public spaces.
What happens when a Gym is placed on top of someone’s front yard? When a lure is dropped in the center of a quiet neighborhood? When someone unwittingly injures themselves on private property? One lawsuit has already been filed against Niantic after a New Jersey man accused Pokemon Go of encouraging strangers to trespass outside his home — will more follow?
No Man’s Sky: Everything You Need to Know
No Man’s Sky has been shrouded in mystery from the beginning. With the much-anticipated survival adventure almost here — August 9 on PlayStation 4 and August 12 on PC — we thought it was the perfect time to look back on the history of this captivating interstellar exploration game, from its worldwide reveal announcement to its imminent release.
Below is a compilation of all the No Man's Sky news, IGN First coverage, trailers, and gameplay that has been released over the last three years, minus any of the leaked content sneaking online this week.
Here’s everything you need to know about No Man’s Sky.
Fly With Elliot in Pete’s Dragon 360 Video Experience
Now Pete isn't the only person who's going to experience flying on his pet dragon Elliot.
In anticipation of the upcoming release of Pete's Dragon, Walt Disney Studios partnered with WETA Digital, Nokia, Tourism New Zealand and Air New Zealand to create a unique VR/360 video experience, which IGN is exclusively debuting. Pete's Dragon: Elliot's Flyover allows the viewer to experience what Pete felt when he soared through the sky on Elliot's back.
Check out the experience below:
WETA Digital created the experience by using live action footage, shot on location in New Zealand, and adding in CGI effects, including a fully customized version of Elliot. This 360 video evokes a similar scene early in the film that's teased in the trailers, in which Pete and Elliot fly through canyons and across rivers around the film's Pacific northwest setting.
Hot Rod to Appear in Transformers: The Last Knight
Transformers: The Last Knight has gained yet another Autobot, as director Michael Bay has confirmed Hot Rod will appear in his upcoming film.
Bay shared the news in a post on Twitter, providing a first look at the classic Autobot and saying, "Time to turn up the heat. Meet Hot Rod."
Hot Rod in Transformers: The Last Knight, via Michael Bay's Twitter