The Best Toys and Tech of Tokyo Game Show 2015
Tokyo Game Show 2015 showcased awesome new gaming hardware this year, and its featured figurine exhibits showed off some high-quality toys we can't wait to buy. From new pieces for your PlayStation 4 to Final Fantasy 15 and Metal Gear Solid 5 merch, there was a lot of gorgeous stuff to lust for and look at.
Check out our photos from the show for all the most impressive tech and toys from TGS.
For all our news, previews, interviews, and more coverage from Tokyo Game Show, check out IGN's TGS 2015 Hub.
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FOX’s Scream Queens is This Week’s TV Highlight
And. Here. We. Go.
It's time for TV to explode all over the damn place. Let slip the dogs of network TV as this week is all about big premieres. Heroes returns to NBC after years away, Gotham is back on FOX for a second season, CBS debuts its Limitless series, ABC updates The Muppets, and so much more.
So it's way more difficult to pick a TV highlight this time around. But we did it, and we went with a brand new series - FOX's Scream Queens. You can check out our review of Scream Queen's double-sized premiere here, as American Horror Story's Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, and Ian Brennan dial up the comedy for a new camp horror series revolving around a snooty sorority and devil-masked serial killer set on bumping off both members and pledges one by one. Starring OG scream queen Jamie Lee Curtis, Emma Roberts (riding the wave formed by her bitch role on AHS: Coven), Abigail Breslin, Skyler Samuels, Keke Palmer, and many more, Scream Queens pays homage to classic horror while mixing in slapstick elements one might find in a Zucker Brothers movie.
Prison Architect Release Date Announced
Introversion Software's prison simulator Prison Architect will be officially released on PC on October 6.
The release will come with new, as-yet-unannounced content. Introversion will demo the new features and game modes at UK game expo EGX this Saturday, September 26.
The demo will also be livestreamed on YouTube.
Prison Architect has spent three years in Early Access, during which it sold millions of copies. It sees players managing a maximum security jail, building execution chambers, and attempting to prevent riots.
In IGN's preview, we said that Prison Architect "looks set to provide a meaningful experience with a compulsive hook." It's available to preorder now on Steam with prices starting at $30 USD.
Monument Valley Dev Reveals VR Adventure Game
Ustwo, the studio behind Monument Valley, has unveiled its next project.
Titled Land's End, Ustwo's new virtual reality adventure game is being built specifically for Samsung's portable VR headet. In it players will "adventure through spectacular landscapes to awaken a lost civilization."
For an early glimpse at Land's End ahead of its October 30 release, check out the announcement trailer below.
If Ustwo's track record is anything to go by, mobile gamers will want to keep Land's End on their radar. After all, the studio's prior work, Monument Valley, placed sixth in IGN's list of Top 25 iPhone and iPad Games.
The Best Games of Tokyo Game Show 2015
Persona 5 is delayed and so is Star Fox Zero, but TGS wasn't all bad news -- we got plenty of awesome news out of Sony's excellent keynote presentation, learned about the Attack on Titan game's story, saw Karin added to Street Fighter V, and got a killer new Persona trailer. But in the end, we walked away happiest with what we played.
1993 Clint Eastwood Film Is Getting a TV Series
NBC has a commitment to script a TV series based on the film In The Line Of Fire.
Deadline reports that the In The Line of Fire TV series will be written by Carol Mendelsohn and Josh Berman, who previously worked together on CSI. They will both executive produce, along with Gail Katz and Julie Weitz.
Dungeon Defenders 2 Coming to PS4 Later This Month
Dungeon Defenders II is coming to the PlayStation 4 on September 29, 2015.
Featuring "classic role-playing elements like loot, levelling and pets", Dungeon Defenders II has been available in Early Access on Steam since last December. The action tower-defense game will initially release on the PS4 as a pre-alpha.
Unlike the PC version, the PS4 port will, naturally, feature controller support, and also have a two-player local co-op mode.
"But please note that Dungeon Defenders II is still under development!" says marketing director, Phillipe Asher, on the PS Blog. "During this time, some features, like local co-op and controller support, will be ahead of the PC version, but other features and content will be rolling in after they are released on PC."
The Final Episode of Life is Strange Gets a Release Date
The final episode of Life is Strange – Polarized – is expected to be released on October 20. That is, so long as the game is 100 percent ready by then.
In a blog post on the Square Enix website, Dontnod explained the slight caveat.
“We don’t normally announce a date until we know the game is 100% ready but in the spirit of Max’s birthday (today) we wanted to let you know early that we are aiming to release Episode 5 ‘Polarized’ October 20,” writes producer Luc Baghadoust.
Episodes 3 and 4 of Life is Strange were huge game-changers, and episode 5 has high expectations going into it. In our review of episode 4 we said “Dark Room is the most complicated, conflicting episode of Life Is Strange yet. It sets up a finale that could be a genuine stunner, but there’s a lot resting on its shoulders.”
Hyrule Warriors Won’t Have 3D on Older 3DS Models
Hyrule Warriors will not feature stereoscopic 3D if you’re playing on older 3DS systems.
That's according to an interview with 4Gamer – translated via PerfectlyNintendo. Producer Yosuke Hayashi explains the reasoning as to why 3D has been disabled on the older 3DS models. In the interview, Hayashi explains that in order to mimic the Wii U version in terms of how many enemies are on-screen at once, the 3D needed to be turned off permanently, presumably to free up as much CPU space as possible.
Did a Retailer Accidentally Leak BioShock Collection?
An unannounced BioShock Collection may have been accidentally leaked by an online retailer.
South African site Raru shared details of the collection over the weekend. Although it deleted the page shortly thereafter, you can still see the details via Google Cache (thanks, AllGamesBeta/VideoGamer!).