IGN UK Podcast #337: Zelda – A Breath of Fresh Air?
This podcast all about the "why can’ts." Why can’t other games be this exciting? This nostalgic? Or build upon its prequels with new challenges?
Why can’t every upcoming release tease you so expertly? Or launch surprises that leave you reeling because you didn’t think you could get any more excited? Mainly, though, Zelda: A Breath of the Wild is about thinking "Why the sod is it not 2017 yet?"
In this week's show Rory, Dale, and Alysia take look at: the next chapter in Link's adventure, Power Rangers and Zordon, plus Dale and Rory go head to head in the Mother (of dragons) of all Game of Thrones quizzes.
Don't forget, we're all donning lycra to run 10k for an incredible charity called SpecialEffect - here's our JustGiving page if you have a few pennies spare!
New Pokemon Sun and Moon Details to be Released Next Week
The Pokemon Company in Japan has announced that fresh information for Pokemon Sun and Moon will be released next Friday, July 1.
The information will be released at 10pm on the day in Japan (making that 6am Pacific Time, 9am Eastern Time or 2pm in the UK).
次回『ポケットモンスター サン・ムーン』の新情報は、7月1日（金）、夜10時ころに公開予定！ お楽しみに！ #ポケモン_サン・ムーン #ポケモン_サン・ムーン pic.twitter.com/22HWfuuEZe
Hannibal Showrunner Explains When Season 4 Could Appear
We've known since the show's cancellation that seemingly everyone involved in the Hannibal TV series would like to return for a fourth season (or a movie), but the actual possibility of that happening has seemed shaky at best.
However, showrunner Bryan Fuller has now said that the show's complex rights could be up for negotiation in the not-too-distant future:
“Two years after the last airing of the show, we can investigate our options," explained Fuller to Collider. "August 2017 is when we can actually start talking about it. That’s when we would have to see what the rights are for the character and for the story, and see who’s interested and how we get it done."
Where Does E3 Go Next?
For all the traditional money-dripping, fan-friendly stage shows and effulgent gameplay trailers, this year’s E3 felt a little deflated. A glance at the desert-like outer limits of the South Hall, devoid of giants Activision and EA, further fuelled the whispers permeating the industry - is E3 in its death throes?
The short answer is no, but just like the mainstream video game industry itself, E3 is going through something of a transitional period. Gaming has changed drastically over the last decade; we have more platforms, more business models, more ways to play, more niches than ever before, and that’s before we get into the biggest questions of 2016: how will consumers react to the new era of console ‘upgrades’? Will eSports (itself a collection of siloed audiences) go truly mainstream? And will VR fulfil on its promise this time? Gaming is in an uncertain but exciting place, in which change and transition is the norm.
Star Trek: Bryan Fuller Reveals New Details on Upcoming Series
Star Trek showrunner Bryan Fuller didn't just want to be a TV show writer—he wanted to be a Star Trek writer. Working on CBS All Access' new Star Trek television show is everything he's ever wanted, according to the man who will be showrunning the series.
"To be able to craft a new iteration of the show with new characters and a whole new adventure and whole new way of telling stories that you haven't been able to tell on Star Trek is honorable and it's a dream come true," Fuller told Collider. "It's hard to articulate that."
Legends of Tomorrow Season 2 Finds New Vixen
Vixen will be returning to the CW DC universe, but it will be a new iteration of the character viewers see in Legends of Tomorrow's second season.
Maisie Richardson-Sellers will play Amaya Jiwe, also known as Vixen, who is the grandmother to the Vixen who headlines her own animated series on CW Seed and has appeared on Arrow, Mari McCabe (Megalyn Echikunwoke).
Richard-Sellers, who previously appeared in Star Wars: The Force Awakens as Resistance commander Korr Sella, will be a series regular on season 2 and have the same powers as McCabe, tapping into the abilities of animals via her Tantu Totem.
Nintendo Discontinuing Devil’s Third Online Multiplayer
Nintendo has announced that online multiplayer support for Devil's Third will be discontinued later this year.
According to Nintendo Support, online multiplayer for the Wii U action game will no longer be available starting December 28, and Golden Eggs will be unavailable for purchase starting June 27 at 9am PT. In addition, the price of Devil's Third has been discounted to $30 on the eShop, effective today.
Nintendo was also careful to note that Golden Eggs will no longer work when online multiplayer is discontinued in December, but the online features for the single-player mode will remain unaffected.
Necropolis Collector’s Edition Available for Pre-Order
Necropolis, the upcoming action adventure game that our preview described as a humorous Dark Souls, is getting a Collector's Edition from iam8bit. It's available to pre-order now for $50 USD and will ship in Q4 2016.
The Necropolis Collector's Edition comes with a code for the game available on Steam, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. While the whole set won't ship until Q4 2016, game codes will be delivered one day before the game launches on its respective platforms. That's July 11, 2016 on Steam and later this season for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
The Top PC Games of 2016 (So Far)
It would be hard to argue 2016 hasn't been a great year for gaming. We're just over half-way through and the sheer number of new games is almost overwhelming.
So far we've seen incredible revivals of classic franchises with Doom, fantastic DLC that nearly qualifies as a stand alone game in The Witcher 3's Blood & Wine expansion, and the introduction of a wholly new and fantastic IP with Overwatch.
If you're a PC gamer, things are looking pretty great right now. Not only are newer, faster, and cheaper graphics cards making games look and run amazing, the best games so far this year are destined to be classics. Here then are the top PC games so far, along with our review score.
Multiplayer Zelda Could Come After Breath of the Wild
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild isn’t even out yet, but series producer Eiji Aonuma may have given us a hint of what’s coming after Nintendo’s open-world adventure game ships in 2017.
“I would like to take what I learned from Breath of the Wild and see if we can somehow fuse those learning points into another multiplayer Zelda,” Aonuma told IGN at E3 2016. “For example, with Triforce Heroes, which followed a similar format of Four Swords, there was a multiplayer involved in that game.”
“That's definitely a possibility and we will continue to