Stardew Valley is Selling Like Hotcakes
Stardew Valley—developer ConcernedApe's farm simulating RPG—has sold over one million copies since its launch in February.
"It's actually at 1,007,000
as of now," publisher Chucklefish Games told Polygon. "It's been really exciting for us to help bring this game to people's attention, and the success really couldn't have come to a more deserving person."
Those sales numbers place Stardew Valley alongside ARK: Surivival of the Fittest and XCOM 2 in SteamSpy's list of 2016's top-performing games.
Suicide Squad: Dead Pig Wasn’t Leto’s Only Gross ‘Gift’
As if a dead hog, live rats, creepy letters, and bullets weren't enough, Suicide Squad actor Jared Leto has revealed even more notably disturbing "gifts" he sent to his cast mates.
Speaking with E! Online, the Oscar-winning actor revealed he also sent his co-stars used condoms and anal beads. Killer Croc actor Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje added Leto sent him some "sticky Playboy magazines."
Said Leto: "I did a lot of things to create a dynamic to create an element of surprise, a spontaneity and to really break down any kind of walls that may be there. The Joker is somebody who doesn't really respect things like personal space or boundaries."
19 Images From the Adorable New Sailor Moon Game
Sailor Moon Drops is now available in English for Android and iOS devices, and it's adorable.
The match 3 puzzle game originally released on the Japanese iOS and Android stores in fall 2015. The puzzle game lightly follows the original Sailor Moon story, and features the Sailor Senshi, Tuxedo Mask, and the villains from the Dark Kingdom. Check out screenshots from the game below.
There are many different objectives for the levels, and as a free-to-play game, there's plenty of items available for purchase to help you reach them. There are also unlockable backgrounds, multiple maps, and while the text is in English, Sailor Moon Drops only has a Japanese audio track.
For more on Sailor Moon and other anime, be sure to check out IGN Anime Club.
Explore Game of Thrones’ Opening Credits in New VR Video
You can now explore the world of Westeros in VR, thanks to a new, 360-degree video of Game of Thrones' opening title sequence.
Click and drag within the video below for the full experience.
Game of Thrones returns to HBO for its sixth season on Sunday, April 24 at 9pm ET/PT. While you wait, check out 41 images from the series' latest trailer, or watch the video below for IGN's breakdown.
The Gang’s All Here in New X-Men: Apocalypse IMAX Poster
A new IMAX poster for X-Men: Apocalypse has been revealed.
The image first surfaced in a post on Twitter by X-Men Movies UK, and features the film's entire mutant-filled cast, along with the ominous tagline "only the strong will survive." See it below.
X-Men: Apocalypse IMAX poster, courtesy of X-Men Movies UK
Majority of Console Gamers Also Play on Mobile Devices
New data published by market research firm Nielsen suggests that console gamers are reaching for their mobile devices to play games more frequently than they have in the past.
Those gamers, however, aren't exactly spending money on those games. Nielsen found that mobile gaming occupies a third of gamers' weekly gaming time—11 percent on tablets, 22 percent on smartphones—but generates much, much less revenue in comparison. Mobile gaming brings in just 5 percent of gamers' "spend share," with console spending dominating the data.
Image via Gamasutra
Why Wasp Isn’t in Captain America: Civil War
Ant-Man actress Evangeline Lilly will have to wait a bit longer to suit up, because Wasp won't appear in Captain America: Civil War.
Marvel instead wants to wait and debut Wasp in the Ant-Man sequel, which is a less crowded affair. Ant-Man and the Wasp director Peyton Reed explained the strategic choice for Hope Van Dyne while speaking with EW.
“It just didn’t make sense for Wasp
because there’s so many characters in this movie, and you really want to see her become a hero and really spend time with her,” said Reed.
“She’s a complicated character and a rich character. We’re really, really having fun writing that.”
Two Star Wars Fan Favorites Coming to Battlefront
According to a post on its official site, Star Wars Battlefront is getting a whole bunch of new content in the months to come. Most notably, two new characters are being added to the game—Lando Calrissian and bounty hunter Dengar.
The second digital expansion pack, Star Wars Battlefront Bespin, will release in June for all season pass holders. Four new maps will take players "in and around Cloud City." More blasters, new Star Cards, and a new game mode are also included.
Lando will join Star Wars Battlefront!
Final Fantasy 9 May Hit PC Sooner Than You Think
According to a listing on Green Man Gaming, Final Fantasy IX may finally be coming out on PC as early as tomorrow.
Though publisher Square Enix has said nothing definitive about the exact release window since they announced the PC version's existence in January, they also stayed mum about the iOS version up until the moment it came out in February. The Green Man listing indicates April 14, 2016 as the release date, but this hasn't been echoed on the game's Steam listing, or in any official capacity by Square Enix. We'll be reaching out to them for comment, and we'll update this story if we hear anything solid.
Ready Player One Casts Oscar Winner Mark Rylance
Mark Rylance is in final negotiations to join Steven Spielberg's Ready Player One.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Rylance will play James Donovan Halliday, the creator of the virtual world OASIS.
Rylance, who won an Oscar for best supporting actor in Spielberg's Bridge of Spies, will join Simon Pegg, Tye Sheridan, Olivia Cooke, and Ben Mendelsohn if the deal is finalized.
The sci-fi film, based on the 2011 novel by Ernest Cline, follows a teen (Sheridan) who winds up in a deadly competition with others to unlock the virtual world's secrets with the promise of power and fortune as a reward.