When Will We Find Out Final Fantasy XV’s Release Date?
Square Enix will announce the release date of Final Fantasy XV at a “special event” in March.
The news comes from the game’s Active Time Report panel at PAX in Seattle today, where director Hajime Tabata confirmed that the game will indeed arrive in 2016, but that the team isn’t ready to announce the specific date just yet. No other information about the event was announced.
Speaking to IGN, Tabata also confirmed that an additional Active Time Report will take place in Japan during the upcoming Tokyo Game Show and will contain more information on two characters: Luna and Regis (the father of main character Noctis).
Dragon Age: Inquisition’s Latest Story DLC Revealed
Dragon Age: Inquisition's ending is about to be built upon.
During a PAX Prime panel, IGN learned more about Trespasser, the upcoming story DLC for BioWare's epic fantasy RPG. According to what was shown, the expansion will detail the fates of the heroes two years after they managed to save the world.
More specifically, players will learn new things about the Inquisitor's mark and the Qunari will pose a threat. As an added bonus, the Eluvian mirror will once again make an appearance, and one of Dragon Age: Inquisition's characters makes a dramatic return.
Buzz Aldrin Wants to Colonize Mars
The Florida Institute of Technology has established the Buzz Aldrin Space Institute at the university, and it will be promoting the settlement of Mars.
Buzz Aldrin, part of the Apollo 11 Moon landing, said that he is "thrilled to be partnering with FIT," adding that "FIT will play a key role in my ongoing legacy and Cycling Pathways to Occupy Mars. You ain't seeing nothing yet!"
The Buzz Aldrin Space Institute will be supporting "commercial and international development of lunar resources to support an eventual Mars settlement," according to Florida Tech's website. Cycling Pathways to Occupy Mars is a concept of progressive missions to cis-lunar space (the sphere within the Moon's orbit), asteroids, Phobos (one of Mars' moons), and eventually to Mars itself.
New to Amazon Prime for September 2015
Amazon is getting into the Halloween season a bit early this fall with The Blair With Project, Rob Zombie's Halloween, Hannibal Rising, Lord of Illusions, and more - all free to watch for Prime members on Amazon's Instant Video app.
Plus, Hand of God, starring Ron Perlman (Hellboy, SOA), debuts its first season as Amazon makes a big fall push to ramp up their original series slate. And if you're simply looking for movies and shows to buy, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Game of Thrones' fifth season, the Poltergeist reboot and more will be available for purchase.
Star Wars: Uprising Is a Never-Ending Force Awakens Prequel
Star Wars: Uprising really leans into George Lucas’ sci-fi World War II philosophies. Developer Kabam’s dungeon-crawling role-playing game is almost ready to launch, but when the team talks about it, the conversation isn’t about a mobile co-op game — it’s about Star Wars politics, the chaos of a galaxy ravaged by an endless war, and the people affected by it.
"The Uprising has four very distinct factions that never would be together if it weren’t for the Empire," Kabam’s Daniel Erickson told IGN. In fact, they really aren’t terribly together now. I think of the allies in World War II. Russia and America are allies, and are rushing for Germany — but we have very different ideas about what happens five seconds after the war ends."
Guild Wars 2 Getting Raids, Play Core Game for Free
ArenaNet has dropped two massive two pieces of Guild Wars 2 news – first, effective immediately, the core game is available free of charge to anyone who wants to play it, and secondly raids are set to make their debut in the MMO when its first expansion Heart of Thorns launches on October 23 of this year.
We got the chance to speak to studio president Mike O’Brien and creative director Colin Johanson about the decisions and why they were made, and the first thing both are keen to emphasise is that the decision to make the game a free download doesn’t mean the business model is shifting – there’s a clear distinction between being free-to-play, and letting your players play for free.
How to Watch PAX Prime 2015
The Penny Arcade Expo kicks off this weekend, and IGN is partnering with YouTube to bring you live coverage of awesome, upcoming games on Sunday, August 30.
In addition to all of our usual previews, interviews, and panel coverage, you can get more IGN from PAX via our awesome live show, where we'll have developers with new demos of upcoming games -- and a few surprises for good measure. Don't forget you can hang out with IGN at PAX as well as tell @IGNAccess what to cover using the hashtag #ControlPAX on Twitter.
Guild Wars 2 Heart of Thorns Expansion Gets a Release Date
The upcoming Guild Wars 2 expansion Heart of Thorns will release on October 23, 2015.
An add-on to Guild Wars 2, Heart of Thorns introduces a number of new changes, including new systems, specializations, locations, and competitive modes. It will cost $50 for the standard edition, $75 for the deluxe, and $100 for the ultimate. Both Deluxe and Ultimate offer several bonuses in addition to the expansion and the core game.
IGN learned the release date of the MMO's first expansion today during a PAX Prime panel. More information about Heart of Thorns and Guild Wars 2 is expected to be revealed today.
Metal Gear Solid 5 PS4 CE Missing DLC Codes
If you pre-ordered the Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain Collector's Edition for PlayStation 4, you'll find that your purchase will be lacking a few codes for some key DLC content.
According to reports on both NeoGAF and Reddit, several consumers who received the game early have discovered it's missing codes for the Day One DLC and bonus content exclusive to the Collector's Edition.
Konami has since taken to Facebook to clear up the issue, confirming the codes aren't included in the physical package itself. Rather, the codes will be delivered on the receipt at the time of purchase or via email.
Star Wars Battlefront: Twilight Company Cover Art Revealed
The cover for the upcoming tie-in novel to Star Wars Battlefront has been revealed. Called Star Wars Battlefront: Twilight Company, the novel centers on a group of soldiers fighting in the trenches during the galactic war.
"When orders come down for the Rebels to fall back in the face of superior opposition numbers and firepower, Twilight reluctantly complies. Then an unlikely ally radically changes the strategic equation—and gives the Alliance’s hardest-fighting warriors a crucial chance to turn retreat into resurgence."
The book is written by author Alexander Freed and will be released on November 3. Below is the cover image.