Out This Week: June 29, 2015
With so many new games and movies coming out, it can be hard to keep up. Lucky for you, IGN is here to help with a weekly round-up of the biggest releases each and every week. Check out the latest releases for this week, and be sure to come back next Monday for a new update.
Note: The prices and deals compiled below are accurate at the time we published this story, but all are subject to change.
Guardians 2 Gets an Awesome Title
Director James Gunn has confirmed that the Guardians sequel is called Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2.
On Twitter, Gunn unveiled the superhero sequel's official title after Collider reported that Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige may have accidentally let the cat out of the bag.
Previously rumored to be codenamed Guardians 3000, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 is set to start shooting in February in Atlanta. Gunn has already finished the first draft for the Marvel movie, claiming the sequel will be a more "emotional" film.
Mojang Halts Development on Scrolls
Mojang announced plans to slowly halt development on strategy card game Scrolls.
The news comes from a post on Scrolls' official blog, which states that, despite the success of the Scrolls beta, "the game has reached a point where it can no longer sustain continuous development."
That means no more additional features, sets, or content patches (Echoes was the last one), but the team does plan on maintaining game balance. A new Scrolls update was actually sent live today.
You'll still be able to buy Scrolls for now as well. Servers will stay online until July 1st, 2016 at the least.
Watch: Olivia Munn’s X-Men Sword Skills
Psylocke actress Olivia Munn has been training for her role in X-Men: Apocalypse, and footage of her sword-swinging skills has surfaced online.
Munn shared a brief video on Instagram, which you can check out below:
Munn joins a large cast of mutants, of which Channing Tatum's Gambit "definitely" won't be included. Check out the gallery below, in which we run through all of the characters confirmed to appear in 20th Century Fox's upcoming superhero film.
X-Men: Apocalypse is set to hit theaters on May 27, 2016.
Daily Deals: Xbox One With Halo, AC: Unity, A Free Game and $50 Credit, Matrix Collection, Cowboy Bebop
1TB Xbox One With Halo, AC: Unity, $50 Gift Card, and A Free Game of Your Choice
The Microsoft Store just sweetened the ongoing Xbox One sale by tossing in a copy of Assassin's Creed: Unity. Even if you don't care about that game at all, you're basically getting two free games of your choice here: one right away, and one in ten days when $50 in Microsoft Store money shows up in your inbox.
App Store Update: June 29
Every day hundreds of new apps make their debut on the App Store, and hundreds more are updated or reduced in price. We have sifted through the noise and highlighted those select few that might be worth your attention.
Note: The prices and deals compiled below are accurate at the time we published this story, but all are subject to change.
Welcome to a special App Store Update week, iOS owners! 2015 is halfway over as of this week, so we're doing a little mid-year evaluation on the state of the App Store so far. Looking back across the past six months, we've picked out 15 games that we consider to be among the best new Game Debuts of 2015 to this point. We'll be presenting three picks a day for each day this week, so come back every day to see which apps made the cut!
Nolan North Discusses Amy Hennig’s Uncharted 4
Nathan Drake voice actor Nolan North has opened up a little on how Uncharted 4: A Thief's End has changed since the departure of Amy Hennig.
Speaking at MetroCon earlier this month, North was asked about what alterations have been made to Uncharted 4 since Hennig, who wrote and directed the first three titles, left Naughty Dog. "We had shot 8 months of her story, and it was all thrown away," he said.
"The Last of Us guys came in, and you have to understand, new producers, new people, they want to do it," North said. I don't know what happened exactly. Amy is still a very, very dear friend of mine, and she's brilliant. But the Last of Us guys were the next team there so they took over, and they just wanted their own flavor."
Mafia 3 Domains Registered By Take-Two
Take-Two recently registered a number of domains related to Mafia 3, including Mafia3TheGame.com, MafiaIIITheGame.com, MafiaThree.com, and MafiaThreeTheGame.com.
These domains, registered on June 25th, were first found by NeoGAF user ekim on domain tracking site Daily Changes.
Most publishers take measures to mask their name on things like domain registrations and trademark applications, but this time the domain's WhoIs entry was screencapped by GameInformer before all mention of Take-Two Games was removed.
Comic-Con: Shout! Factory Bringing Power Rangers, Ponies and Surprises
Now a mainstay at San Diego Comic-Con, Shout! Factory is returning to the convention in 2015 with their staple booth (#4118) and store, as well as a panel on Friday revealing new Blu-ray and DVD collector's editions and some surprise announcements.
The Shout! Factory booth highlights include a green screen photo booth, featuring backdrops from Power Rangers, Mystery Science Theater 3000 and My Little Pony; a Kaiju scavenger hunt (in partnership with Famous Monsters Magazine at booth #1507) offering a limited-edition Godzilla poster; a My Little Pony costume contest; and exclusive merchandise.
Meanwhile, the Shout! Factory panel is just the thing for genre and horror film buffs, obscure franchise fanatics, animation aficionados, fans of retro television or who just have a penchant for pop culture entertainment. The discussion and Q&A will feature Brian Ward (Blu-ray/DVD producer), Melissa Boag (Vice President, Shout! Factory Kids) and Jeff Nelson (Senior Marketing Director, Scream Factory), and will be moderated by IGN TV's own Eric Goldman!
Top 25 Batman Villains
They say a hero is defined by his villains, and no hero has a rogues gallery like Batman. Are you ready for a field trip to Arkham Asylum? These are the 25 best Batman villains of all time.
One of Batman’s greatest strengths is that he knows the streets and alleys of Gotham City better than anyone. But when the shadowy group known as the Court of Owls appeared with their haunting masks and undead Talon assassins, Batman realized that maybe he didn’t know his city as well as he thought.