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.
Scream Queens: Extended Opening Credit Footage
An extended opening credit sequence for the new FOX series Scream Queens has been released as part of the lead up to the series.
Scream Queens is a new comedy / horror anthology series starring Emma Roberts, Jamie Lee Curtis, Lea Michele, Keke Palmer, and Abigail Breslin. It will have a two hour premiere on September 22. The credit sequence features the cast members facing off with the show's devil-masked killer, setting up the whodunnit aspect of the series.
Last month, creator Ryan Murphy took the stage during the TCA press tour, alongside the cast and co-creators Brad Falchuk and Ian Brennan, to talk about how different Scream Queens is from his other show American Horror Story.
New Mortal Kombat X DLC Announced for 2016
NetherRealm Studios has confirmed it is indeed working on more DLC for Mortal Kombat X.
Due out in the first half of 2016, it'll apparently be made up of new playable characters, skins and a new stage. No further specifics were given.
Yesterday, series creator Ed Boon teased four new fighters would be coming to the bloody brawler, confirmed that the "Kombat Pack 1" comment made on a Mortal Kombat X live stream does indeed mean more DLC is on the way.
Once Upon a Time: Season 5 Merida Poster
ABC has released a new poster for Season 5 of Once Upon a Time.
The poster features Disney's Princess Merida from the Pixar film Brave, with the caption "Bravery is a choice." .
#Oncers, are you ready for Merida? pic.twitter.com/sjYvF6o9Kl
— Once Upon A Time (@OnceABC) September 2, 2015
Earlier this year at Comic Con we got the chance to see Merida (Amy Manson) in action for the first time in a teaser trailer which you can find below. We'll also get to see the villainous journey ahead for Emma Swan in season 5.