We’re Retiring the IGN Xbox 360 App
There's a time in every app's life where it must step aside to make room for the new generation of apps. For IGN's Xbox 360 app, that time has come.
On January 19, 2016, our Xbox 360 app will be retired. After this date, searching for the app in the Xbox 360 Marketplace will return nada, and users who've previously downloaded the app will, unfortunately, lose the app as part of Microsoft's standard app retirement plan.
Users who want IGN on the TV screen can continue to use IGN apps available on a variety of platforms including Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and Apple TV.
George Miller Says ‘No More Mad Max’ Comment Untrue
Despite prior reports claiming George Miller is done making Mad Max movies, the Fury Road director says he still has more planned for the franchise.
Miller told TheWrap he was misquoted in a recent interview after traveling for 27 hours, calling it a "completely garbled interview," in which the journalist "got the wrong fragments of information that were just not true."
According to the director: "I said no,
Over $46 Million Pledged to Kickstarter Video Games in 2015
480,382 backers pledged a total of $46,177,705 toward Kickstarter video games in 2015. 421 video game projects were successfully funded, to boot.
Shenmue 3 led the way, according to the crowdfunding website's year-end numbers, with $6.3 million raised from 69,000 backers. The project dethroned Koji Igarashi's Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, which originally broke Kickstarter's record for most money pledged to a video game. The Castlevania spiritual successor ended 2015 with $5.5 million in pledges.
Win Access to the Steam VR Developer Showcase
Steam's VR Developer Showcase is January 28 in Seattle, WA, and Valve and IGN have partnered to offer you the chance to win access to the event.
Entering the contest is easy; in the comments of this post, all you need to do is answer the following question:
"What do you think would make the perfect VR game or experience?"
Between now and January 18th, we'll be selecting 20 winners for a slick VR package that includes access to the Steam VR Developer Showcase, exclusive access to over ten new VR experiences at the show, and a chance to meet-and-greet with developers.
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New York Wants to Ban the Sale of Encrypted Smartphones
New York Assemblyman Matthew Titone wants to prohibit the sale of encrypted smartphones in the state of New York. This comes after New York District Attorney Cyrus Vance spoke out about banning encryption, with the goal of aiding law enforcement.
Titone's bill states that any smartphone manufactured in 2016 must be able to be decrypted and unlocked by the manufacturer, or else face a huge fine. This means that Apple or Google phones that offer default encryption would be essentially illegal to sell in New York. Default encryption means that only a person with the phone's password can access what it stores (so the manufacturer can't even unlock it), which prevents law enforcement from obtaining information through the manufacturer without a search warrant.
The Last of Us’ Ashley Johnson Leads The Witness Voice Cast
With voice recording on The Witness complete, developer Thekla Inc. has revealed the complete voice cast for its upcoming open-world puzzle game.
According to a post by studio president Jonathan Blow on the PS Blog, the four-person cast is led by Ashley Johnson, who voiced Ellie in The Last of Us and Gortys in Tales from the Borderlands. Remaining cast members include Phil LaMarr (Pulp Fiction, Shadow of Mordor), Matthew Waterson (The Order: 1886, Fallout 4), and musician Terra Deva.
Thekla Inc. also released a handful of new screenshots, which you can see in the gallery below.
Riot Games Drops EDM Album to Celebrate LCS
Many games have their own soundtracks, but Riot Games released something different today: an album to capture the sound of the competitive, eSports side of League of Legends.
Titled "Warsongs," the album is a collaboration of many popular electronic dance music (EDM) artists, including Arty, MitiS, Marshmello, James Egbert, Mako, Hyper Potions, Jauz, Minnesota, and Vicetone. According to a making-of the album on Riot's site, the Riot music team wanted it to be "an album that could serve as the soundtrack to the 2016 ranked season."
Warsongs is currently available to listen to and download for free on Riot's website, as well as YouTube, Spotify and SoundCloud.
Netflix to Stop Subscribers Using International Unblockers
Netflix users will soon be unable to use proxies or unblockers to access content that's currently unavailable in their country.
According to VP of content delivery architecture David Fullagar, the company will be enforcing this new restriction within the next few weeks. As such, those using international unblockers will no longer be able to circumvent country-based content licensing restrictions.
Fullagar admitted that while the company has "a ways to go before
can offer people the same films and TV series everywhere," Netflix "will continue to respect and enforce content licensing by geographic location."
New Orphan Black: Season 4 Teaser
This April, BBC America's Orphan Black returns for its fourth season. And from the looks of this new Lewis Carroll "Down the Rabbit" hole teaser, things are about to get truly insane as the quest for answers turns backwards, back to Beth Childs.
C-4, burning rooms, ruined monkey dolls, a NEW clone ("MK - aka the girl running in the sheep mask) - you'll have see for yourself...
So what'd you guys and gals think?
Matt Fowler is a writer for IGN and a member of the Television Critics Association (TCA). Follow him on Twitter at @TheMattFowler and Facebook at Facebook.com/Showrenity.