LEGO Adventure Time Set Revealed
LEGO has announced its LEGO Ideas Adventure Time set will be released on January 1, 2017.
It'll include bricks to build eight different Adventure Time characters, including Finn, Jake, Princess Bumblegum, Lady Rainicorn, Marceline, BMO, Gunter, and Ice King. Accessories — like Marceline's guitar and Finn's sword — will also be included, and are essential for a super fun adventure.
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LEGO's Adventure Time set will be priced at $50 and will include 495 bricks.
Comic Book Reviews for July 13, 2016
July heated up for the comic book industry this week, as Marvel delivered a pivotal new chapter of Civil War II and a new wave of tie-ins. However, Vision #9 was the real winner in Marvel's lineup. DC, meanwhile, kicked off a new wave of Rebirth titles, including Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps, New Super-Man and Nightwing. Elsewhere, Boom's Kong of Skull Island mini-series got off to a solid start and Dark Horse began a new chapter in the Conan saga.
Scroll down to check out our reviews for these and various other new releases, and be sure to let us know your favorite books of the week in the comments below.
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Bungie Teases New Gear Available in Rise of Iron Expansion
Destiny: Rise of Iron — the next major expansion for the game — is slated for release on September 20, and with it comes new gear.
This new Hunter gear will be available for Trials of Osiris champions once Destiny: Rise of Iron is released in the fall. You'll want to get practicing; the new armor is pretty sleek with its blue and gold accents and white cape. Bungie offered a preview on the official Destiny Twitter account.
Check Out the Cool Opening Credits for Stranger Things
As I referenced in my review of Stranger Things, the new Netflix series debuting Friday, the opening credits quickly help set the stage for the show and its expertly done homage to the films of the 1980s. With the graphic imagery of the logo (evoking Stephen King novels) to the music, which feels straight from an 80s John Carpenter film, the mood is created for a show that feels right out of the era it’s set in.
IGN has the exclusive debut of the opening sequence of Stranger Things, in a special version that removes the cast and crew credits, letting you take in just the work of Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein, who composed the music, and Imaginary Forces, who designed the sequence.
Nintendo Announces New NES Console
UPDATE: The full list of games included in the console are:
- Balloon Fight
- Bubble Bobble
- Castlevania
- Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest
- Donkey Kong
- Donkey Kong Jr.
- Double Dragon II
- Dr. Mario
- Excitebike
- Final Fantasy
- Galaga
- Ghosts ‘n’ Goblins
- Gradius
- Ice Climber
- Kid Icarus
- Kirby’s Adventure
- Mario Bros.
- Mega Man 2
- Metroid
- Ninja Gaiden
WWE Announces NXT Edition of WWE 2K17
NXT fans, rejoice! During a conference call earlier this week, Paul “HHH” Levesque announced that a special NXT Edition of WWE 2K17 will be available alongside the standard version when the game releases this October.
Exclusive to the PS4 and Xbox One, this rare $100 special edition (which can be pre-ordered starting today) includes a lithograph signed by the “King of Strong Style” Shinsuke Nakamura, an 8” collectible figure of Finn Bálor, and NXT TakeOver: London collectible cards that each come with an actual piece of ring canvas from the event. It also includes the Goldberg pack, featuring both WCW and WWE versions of Goldberg, plus playable WCW Monday Nitro and Halloween Havock arenas.
Grow Up Release Date Revealed
A release date of August 17 has been revealed for Grow Up via the PlayStation Store.
Ubisoft's sequel to Grow Home is now available for pre-order on the PlayStation Store for £6.39 if you're a PS Plus member, or £7.99 if you're not.
So far, the game's release date has not been revealed for Xbox One or PC, but you can expect it to be similar, if not the same. IGN will update you when we know more.
Grow Up was leaked shortly before Ubisoft's E3 press conference, and was officially unveiled at the show itself. This time, the physics-based platformer will take place across an entire planet.
Evolve Reaches 1 Million Players Since Going Free to Play
Evolve's switch to free-to-play has apparently been successful so far, as the player count has risen to one million players in less than a week.
To celebrate, 2K is giving away a free skin. If you login between now and Monday July 18 at 10am PST, you'll receive the Blood Eagle Hunter Skin for Griffin at the end of the time period.
1M #Stage2 PC players in less than a week! THANK YOU! Celebrate w/ this free skin. #StageUp https://t.co/5zXeo8B70S pic.twitter.com/NA7YAkw4Rq
Next Total War: Warhammer DLC Race Leaked
The next race coming to Total War: Warhammer will be The Beastmen.
It hasn't been officially announced yet, but an as-yet unreleased YouTube trailer has been leaked on Reddit.
The trailer reveals The Beastmen in a cinematic trailer, and says they'll be coming to the game on July 28. The first "gameplay reveal" will be released next week on July 19.
Here's more on The Beastmen from the trailer's description:
"As The Beastmen emerge from their woodland lairs, ten thousand hooves stamp in agitated union, and a foetid musk arises from the sea of matted fur. The bray of the battle-horns pierces the gloom, and beyond: from Bordeleaux to Ostermark, the Call Of The Beastmen will be heard across The Old World!"
Everything You Need To Know About Star Wars Celebration 2016
As Yoda once famously said, “Using the London Underground leads to anger, anger leads to the Docklands Light Railway, the Docklands Light Railway leads to... Star Wars Celebration.”
That may be paraphrasing, but all you need to know is that the biggest Star Wars event of the year is kicking off this weekend in London.
There’ll be cosplay, exclusive merch, cast appearances and harried looking IGN staff members sprinting around the convention trailing cameras and Boba Fett keyrings in their wake. Here’s everything you need to know about the show.
