Harry Potter Stage Play Has ‘Real Owl’ Incident
The owls hired to star in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Cursed Child stage play have all been fired.
Live owls have been removed from the production after one owl "escaped into the auditorium" after it "failed to return to the handler" during the first show. The Hollywood Reporter reported that on Thursday, performance-goers were greeted by a sign that said "real birds" were no longer being used in the play.
"The production of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is currently in its preview stage," the show's producers said in a statement, "with the process designed to allow the creative team time to rehearse the changes or explore specific scenes further before the play's official opening."
Overwatch Glitch Was Kicking Bastion For Being Bastion
Lots of people hate Overwatch's turret-transforming Bastion character - that list included the game's last patch, it seems.
Overwatch's 1.03 update shortened the amount of time it took for players to be kicked for inactivity, but a bug meant that - for a short while - the game seemed to be reading "inactivity" as "not moving around the map". Anyone who's used/sworn at Bastion knows that in turret form he can look around and fire, but can't move.
Basically, players wishing their hardest that the shell-spewing nightmare would just disappear were having their dreams come true.
The problem popped up on the Overwatch forums soon after the patch dropped (with players complaining of the bug affecting other characters like Torbjörn and Pharah), and was fixed shortly afterwards.
Mysterious Mini-Site Appears on Xbox Website
A mysterious new mini-site may be a clue that Microsoft is ready to tell us more about Crackdown 3.
Uncovered by fans on the official Crackdown forum, (thanks, Videogamer), a secretive teaser site has appeared online.
Microsoft Dismisses E3 Halo 5 PC Rumors
Despite persistent rumours to the contrary, Microsoft insists Halo 5: Guardians will not be coming to PC.
In a statement to PC Gamer, a Microsoft spokesperson said: "Our approach is to deliver epic Halo experiences designed for PC gamers and Windows 10, such as Halo Wars 2 and the recently announced Halo 5: Forge. There are no plans to port Halo 5: Guardians to PC.”
The latest rumour about a potential port surfaced when NeoGAFer Enter the Dragon Punch stated that he had it "on good authority from multiple sources that Halo 5 will be coming to PC".
E3 Games Hub 2016: Pre-Order E3 2016 Games
The biggest and most important event on the games industry calendar has come and gone. E3 always excites and this year's show was no different.
We saw the mammoth gaming giants in the industry, such as Microsoft, Sony, EA, Activision going head to head to showcase their highly anticipated games being released later this year, including the likes of Final Fantasy XV, Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, Battlefield 1, and many, many more.
Here, IGN have brought you a roundup of the best games announced at E3 2016 and where to buy them.
PS4 Neo Confirmed, Won’t Be at E3
The PlayStation 4 Neo is real, but the upgraded PS4 console won’t be at this year’s E3.
In an interview with The Financial Times, president and global chief executive of Sony Interactive Entertainment, Andrew House, says the new console will cost more than the standard $350 PS4, and is aimed to sit alongside the current model.
Pokemon GO Is Your Own Pokemon Journey Brought to Life
Pokemon GO, the upcoming Pokemon-themed augmented reality app, shines light on a different side of being a Pokemon Master. We met with developer Niantic, known for AR game Ingress, on the pier in San Francisco to take a walking tour of the app.
We saw a lot of Pokemon GO on our tour, and we also got a closer look at one of San Francisco’s most gorgeous areas with a Slowpoke or two to show us the way. Read on to see how our first real-life Pokemon adventure unfolded.
We peer down at the Pokemon GO app in person for the first time. It’s a little embellished GPS — we can see the curve of San Francisco’s The Embarcadero and the Bay Bridge jutting out into the distance. Looking up, it’s a beautiful day filled with joggers and dogs. Looking back down, it’s those same San Francisco streets near the IGN office that we’re already familiar with, except they’re peppered with blue markers called Poke Stops. These Poke Stops are based on real-world locations, like art installations, parks, and monuments, that are easily accessible to the public. The location data comes from Ingress, and much of that data comes from real people giving feedback about where they live. We set off toward a nearby Poke Stop along The Embarcadero.
World of Warcraft: Legion to Get Animated Shorts Before Release
Blizzard is going to be releasing a series of animated shorts prior to the release of the next World of Warcraft expansion, Legion.
According to PCGamesN, these shorts won't be in the same style as Overwatch's, but rather in the style of Lords of War, the animated comic book style videos Blizzard released before the Warlords of Draenor expansion.
The series will be called Harbingers, and will focus on Demon Hunters, Legion's new class, and their master Illidan.
9 Little Things to Know About Yooka-Laylee
Even though Yooka-Laylee is the first game from Playtonic Games, it has tonnes of heritage – that’s because so many of the team behind it also worked on such classics as Banjo-Kazooie and Donkey Kong Country.
Recently, we had a good old look at an early version, and when I started asking the developers for some lovely tidbits about their game, I could barely stop them going on. They told me a bunch of awesome little things about the game, its lead characters, and how it all works. What do I bring to the party? Well, I’ve arranged them into this nice little list with numbers and headlines.
All aboard!
Torment: Tides of Numenera Delayed Again
InXile has announced Torment: Tides of Numenera has been delayed until 2017.
In an update on its Kickstarter page, the studio confirmed that its successfully crowdfunded RPG has once again been delayed, this time slipping to next year.
"When we last checked in, we were heading towards a content complete milestone, and we are pleased to say we have hit that mark," inXile boss Brian Fargo stated in yesterday's Kickstarter update. "The game is playable from beginning to end, which marks a major step forward. This is one of the most content-rich role playing games I have ever worked on."