Batman: Arkham VR Lets You Actually Put On Batman’s Cowl
After seemingly drawing the final curtain on Batman, UK-based Rocksteady Studios is back in black and wheeling the Dark Knight out the shadows once more for an intriguing virtual reality adventure in Batman: Arkham VR.
Those of you familiar with the grimy aesthetic of Rocksteady’s Arkham series should likely feel at home within this interesting new experiment, although it would appear the visceral, fast-paced combat has been traded for a focus on the cerebral, investigative side to Arkham games – which is obviously far more suited to a VR environment.
Rocksteady’s Batman VR demo is split into two admittedly sedate but cool and distinct segments. The first sees you donning the iconic batsuit and the second allows you to use Batman's evidence scanner while investigating a crime scene.
Kingdom Hearts 2.8 Is a Crash Course in Franchise Lore
Don’t expect to jump into the lore of the Kingdom Hearts universe with Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue. But for longtime fans looking to have the stage set for Kingdom Hearts 3, Final Chapter Prologue may be the much-needed crash course in all matters of the Heartless.
“I think for Kingdom Hearts 3 we want the player to leap into an action-packed game right away,” Final Chapter Prologue co-director Tai Yasue said.
2.8 is meant to facilitate that leap, bringing together three seemingly disparate corners of the universe that build out the world of Kingdom Hearts ahead of the release of the long-awaited numbered sequel.
18 Pictures of Highly Detailed Titanfall 2 Toys
In February, McFarlane Toys announced it was making a line of Titanfall 2 figures to be released alongside the game later this year. Now we've finally gotten a chance to see them up close.
The toy line includes a 7-inch version of protagonist Jack Cooper, equipped with his CAR submachine gun, and a 10-inch version of BT-7274, a Titan who linked to Cooper after his former pilot died. There are some other goodies as well, so check them all out in the slideshow below.
According to McFarlane's website, the figures come with codes for exclusive unlockable in-game content.
Person of Interest Explored a World Without the Machine
At the Austin ATX Television Festival over this past weekend, Person of Interest showrunner Greg Plageman screened tonight's penultimate episode, ".exe," for fans and then sat for a Q&A panel moderated by IGN's Eric Goldman, answering a few questions about the episode which he co-wrote (with Erik Mountain) and directed (as a first time director).
Warning: Spoilers for ".exe" follow...
"This was an episode we talked about doing about doing a long time ago," Plageman said of the concept to explore an alternate world where the Machine was never created, "and Jonah
had been on me to direct two seasons ago. By the way, the big lesson I learned is if you ever get that feeling that you're completely terrified by doing something because you're not sure how it'll work out, then you should definitely do that thing. Because that was this episode for me. It certainly arrived at the perfect time for me since it was the second to last episode and it was something we'd talked about doing and it hadn't come up, so I thought 'Well, if I'm going to direct, I'm going to do that and I'm going to get Michael Emerson to be in, like, every scene.'"
South Park: The Fractured But Whole First-Look Preview
South Park is one of the only franchises I'd be happy to see annualised, after The Stick of Truth showed us that a modern South Park game plays just like an extended episode - outside of combat, the two mediums are almost indistinguishable. The Fractured But Whole continues that trend pretty literally - it takes place immediately after the events of The Stick of Truth, with South Park's not-so-charming group of 4th graders now LARPing as Superheroes, with their own hypothetical movie franchises and Netflix series'.
After Ubisoft's press conference yesterday, where we already saw a meaty amount of gameplay, I was able to feast my eyes on an extended demo, with more fart sound effects in 20 minutes than I've ever heard in any other video game. We started out with our protagonist, literally called Douchebag, looking for Coon And Friends in Eric Cartman's house. There's a keypad barring you from the basement, though, with inscriptions of words I can't write here without getting an angry email from a young IGN reader's mother. So, you set off to find the code, interacting with cabinets and drawers that deliver an odd variety of crafting loot, though we didn't get to preview the crafting system.
The Elder Scrolls Online Is Getting Lots More DLC
Elder Scrolls Online will receive three pieces of new DLC above and beyond the new content announced at Bethesda's E3 conference.
Speaking to IGN, game director Matt Firor confirmed that an Argonian Dungeon Pack and character customising barber shop would arrive in August, while the much-requested addition of player housing would be added in "the first quarter of next year".
Developer Zenimax announced the content barrier-collapsing One Tamriel update and a console release for the Dark Brotherhood DLC at Bethesda's E3 showcase.
Beverly Hill Cop 4: Eddie Murphy Sequel Hires Directing Duo
Beverly Hills Cop IV has found its directors in Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah—the Belgian writer-directors behind Toronto Film Festival Discovery Award–winning movie Black.
According to Deadline, producer Jerry Bruckheimer and star Eddie Murphy were "charmed" when they found out "how important the original Beverly Hills Cop was to
." Arbi and Fallah are expected to bring "youthful energy" to the franchise.
Eddie Murphy in the first Beverly Hills Cop
Why Zelda: Breath of the Wild Doesn’t Have Female Link
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild doesn't feature the option to play as a female hero, and series producer Eiji Aonuma has come forward to explain why.
In an interview with GameSpot at E3 2016, Aonuma acknowledged the rumors of a female Link, noting the team "did discuss as a staff as to what would be possible if
took that route."
But instead of further exploring the possibility of a female Link, the team considered making Zelda the hero. "We thought about it and decided that if we're going to have a female protagonist it's simpler to have Princess Zelda as the main character," he said.
EA Motive ‘Focusing Mostly on Battlefront,’ Still Collaborating with Visceral Games
EA Motive may now be collaborating with DICE on the next Star Wars Battlefront, but that doesn't mean its work with Visceral—or on its own IP—is over.
"The two studios I'm working with are Visceral and Motive, and so obviously the long-term strategy is that we're going to collaborate on both
," Jade Raymond said in an interview during E3, noting that Motive will still be involved with Visceral
For now, Raymond said that EA Motive is "focusing mostly on Battlefront, but there are still people collaborating between the studios on Amy
Dead Rising 4 Release Date Revealed
UPDATE: Microsoft has confirmed to IGN Dead Rising 4 will be released on December 6.
Original story follows:
A listing on the Xbox Store may have outed Dead Rising 4's release date as December 6, 2016.
The possible release date lines up with the “holiday 2016” release window announced via a Christmas-themed trailer yesterday during Microsoft’s E3 press conference.
IGN has reached out to Microsoft for confirmation, and will update this article should we hear back.