Kylo Ren, Stormtrooper Figures Revealed
Hot Toys has unveiled its new line of Star Wars: The Force Awakens figures, featuring Kylo Ren and his legion of First Order Stormtroopers.
New Star Wars: The Force Awakens Toys Revealed
The figures are 1/6th in scale and highly detailed. In fact, according to Hot Toys' announcement on Facebook, the helmet on Kylo Ren's figure has been meticulously weathered, and his cross guard lightsaber features an LED light-up function.
Windows 10 Pushes ‘Treshold 2′ Update Back to November
Threshold 2, one of the first major features updates for Windows 10, has been pushed back to an early November launch, about a month later than initially expected.
News of the delay comes from WinBeta, who also reports that the actual codename for the update, Threshold 2, may have been dropped in favor of the more straightforward "Windows 10 November Update," but specific branding information hasn't been confirmed.
Whatever its name, the upcoming November update for Windows 10 should include a desktop Messaging app, Edge extensions, and some performance fixes.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Apparel and Merch Revealed
IGN visited Lucasfilm in San Francisco, California this week for an unveiling of upcoming toys and merchandise for Star Wars: The Force Awakens. If you're looking for accessories, apparel, and other merchandise that's themed around Rey, Kylo Ren, and Captain Phasma, look no further.
Here's a ton of upcoming Episode 7 (and new Original Trilogy) merch you can look forward to.
For more on Star Wars: The Force Awakens, stay tuned to IGN.
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Watch Legends of Gaming Live on IGN This Saturday
This Saturday, September 5, sees Legends of Gaming Live descend on London's Alexandra Palace, as a host of the world's biggest gaming YouTubers duke it out to take home the honour of being a gaming great.
While tickets for the event are still available, those of you unable to attend will still be able to check out the full 12-hours of action as it happens from 2.30am PT / 5.30 am ET / 10.30am BST.
This Week in the Nintendo eShop
This week on the Nintendo eShop is very light, but just remember what comes next week. That's right, Super Mario Maker. Until then, get ready for building your own Mario levels by building your own Excitebike levels in the never-before-released-in-America Vs. Excitebike on Wii U Virtual Console. Also on Virtual Console is Mario Golf for the Nintendo 64. As for original games, Gunman Clive HD Collection is the breadwinner, bringing both excellent 3DS games to Wii U for the first time ever.
Gunman Clive HD Collection ($4.99)
The pair of Gunman Clive games have been fantastic bite-sized platformers on the 3DS and now they're making the leap to Wii U with the HD Collection. The stylish graphics are upgraded to look nicely on the big screen and the first game also features a new playable character. If you missed out on Gunman Clive, now is the perfect time to check it out.
New SPECTRE Poster Evokes Classic Bond
The brand new poster for the next James Bond movie, SPECTRE, was unveiled today and it's a throwback to classic 007 films.
The one-sheet, seen below, sees Daniel Craig's Bond sporting a white dinner jacket that 007 has worn in past films including Goldfinger, Diamonds Are Forever, The Man with the Golden Gun, Octopussy, and A View to a Kill.
Behind Bond you will see a creepy masked figure from the film's Day of the Dead sequence that calls back to Live and Let Die.
Borderlands Will Get Xbox One Backwards Compatibility
The original Borderlands is among the games that will be included in the Xbox One backwards compatibility update coming in November. Members of the Xbox One Preview program can try it out starting today.
All DLC for Borderlands, plus your saved game files, add-ons, and achievements, will be carried over.
Xbox One backwards compatibility was announced during this year's E3, with its launch date revealed at Gamescom. Xbox 360 discs will not run natively in the Xbox One console, but instead trigger a download for an Xbox One-compatible file.
Hulk Was Originally in Civil War, But…
Mark Ruffalo has revealed that the Hulk was initially going to be in Captain America: Civil War, but has since been pulled from the film.
Instead of including the green goliath in the upcoming battle of the Marvel heroes, the studio is apparently saving Ruffalo's character for something else. As for what that something might be, the Hulk actor isn't talking. He did, however, tease that the events following his disappearance at the conclusion of Age of Ultron are simply too big for Cap 3.
"The reason is too great to be revealed in this movie (Civil War)," Ruffalo told BadTaste.it (as translated by ComingSoon.net). "I was in the script but then they removed my character. They don’t want to reveal where is he and why. I don’t even know if Hulk will be back soon."
Here’s the World’s Largest Video Game Arcade Machine
The latest Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition boasts a host of new gaming-related records, including the largest arcade machine ever built.
Other records included in the new ninth edition include the longest football video game marathon (Chris Cook from Birmingham, UK, streamed FIFA for 48 hours, 49 minutes and 41 seconds to raise money for charity), the highest career earnings for a competitive gamer (Kat Gunn has earned $122,000 since 2007), and the longest journey ever recorded in Minecraft (Kurt J Mac has clocked up 1,303 miles trying to reach the Far Lands).
QuakeCon 2016 Dates Revealed
QuakeCon 2016 will take place between Thursday August 4 and Sunday August 7 next year.
The video game festival featuring North America's largest bring-your-own-computer LAN party will be held at the Hilton Anatole Hotel in Dallas, Texas. A special room rate of $169 per night is available at the hotel when you reference QuakeCon 2016 in your booking.
QuakeCon is open to the public and is free for everyone to enter. Last year saw 12,000 people attend.
Next year's event will have panels, presentations, workshops, tournaments, and Bethesda will be showing off its upcoming games.
At QuakeCon this year, we found out all sorts of info about Doom, and whether it will feel like the old games or not, plus we saw a new Fallout 4 demo.