Here’s What Fable Legends is Actually All About
"Uniting thrilling stories, exciting combat and heroic quests with the next generation capabilities of the Xbox One and Windows 10 PC, Fable Legends is the forthcoming adventure in the genre defining series Fable."
If you go to the official Fable Legends website and click the "What is Fable Legends" tab, these are the first words you see. The thing is, they don't actually tell you anything about what Fable Legends is at all. In fact, it almost makes it sound like Fable Legends is a direct continuation of the core Fable series, which it couldn't possibly be farther from. I'm not pointing this out because I think there's something devious about it though. I'm pointing it out because even though it has, as near as I can tell, no substantive similarity to Fable or any action RPG of any kind, it's piqued my interest. I actually quite like its novel take on wave-based, co-op PvE, so if you really want to know what Fable Legends is, read on.
Red Dead Redemption Leading Xbox One Backwards Compatibility Vote
Rockstar Games’ highly successful and critically acclaimed Red Dead Redemption is leading the vote for the Xbox 360 games that fans most want to see enabled for play on Xbox One.
The extremely popular open-world Western is some distance ahead of juggernauts like Call of Duty: Black Ops II, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, and Halo: Reach right now.
Microsoft revealed the Xbox One’s upcoming new backwards compatibility functionality during its E3 press conference earlier this week, confirming Xbox One will support backwards compatibility with over 100 selected Xbox 360 games by this holiday season.
Jeremy Clarkson Not Returning for Forza Motorsport 6
Turn 10 has confirmed that former Top Gear host Jeremy Clarkson will not be returning for Forza Motorsport 6 but the series’ partnership with Top Gear will continue.
“Top Gear still very much is a part of
Motorsport,” Turn 10 content director John Wendl explained to IGN today. “We have Stig’s Digital Cousin, we have the Top Gear Test Track, we have Top Gear inspired events in the game, and we actually have Richard
and James
continuing to do voiceover in the game as well.”
“But that’s actually led us to some new approaches to our career mode which we call Stories of Motorsport. Our new career has over 70 hours of gameplay and we’ve kinda doubled-down on that; we’ve brought in voices and personalities from racing and automotive entertainment to come in and really expand the career. You move through and you experience these things called Showcase Events that may take you back to a pre-war era Formula cars or something like that, or classic muscle cars.
Here’s Every Huge Statue From E3 2015
The show floor of this year's Electronic Entertainment Expo has been home to a number of jaw-dropping statues, including one for Halo 5: Guardians and a couple for Bethesda Game Studios' Fallout 4.
Check out our comprehensive gallery below to see every single one.
Be sure to check out our Best of E3 2015 Awards, in which we shine the spotlight on the most promising titles showcased at this year's expo. While you're at it, make your voice heard in IGN's E3 2015 People's Choice Award.
Watch Everything on Fallout 4 from E3 2015
E3 2015 marked the first time Bethesda held their own press conference, and we weren't disappointed. Headlined by Fallout 4, the studio definitely had a lot up their sleeve.
Fallout 4 seems huge, and this awesome look at gameplay during Bethesda's conference shows its seemingly endless limits.
Then they showed off the new base building feature, which proves just because it's the post apocalypse doesn't mean you can't get cozy.
... and with so much goodness, the only way to cap it off was for Bethesda to show us a crazy kills montage.
Even though we knew we'd see a lot of Fallout 4 from Bethesda's conference, their announcements still exceeded our wildest expectations.
Final Fantasy 7 is a Remake, Not a Remaster
The PS4 version of Final Fantasy VII isn't just a simple remastering of the original, but instead will be an entirely remade version of the beloved PS1 game.
In an IGN interview, executive producer Shinji Hashimoto told us that the team tasked with bringing the JRPG classic to Sony's modern console is looking back at the original to see what needs to be changed.
The game will be more than just an update, in other words. It will be a full-blown remake. "We're putting in a lot of careful thought to meet" the expectations of fans, Hashimoto told us.
When asked why the time for a remake was now, Hashimoto said conversations had happened over the years, but schedules of key figures, including director Yoshinori Kitase and character designer Testuya Nomura, conflicted.
Final Fantasy 7 Remake Won’t be Game’s Final Title
The remake of fan-favorite Final Fantasy VII is getting a remake, but the title Final Fantasy VII Remake is not permanent.
"Essentially we put that there to say 'yes, this is a remake,'" executive producer Shinji Hashimoto told us in an interview. Hashimoto went on to say more info on the game and its final title will be made available during the northern-hemisphere's winter.
Last winter saw the first ever PlayStation Experience, held in Las Vegas in December. During the event, Sony announced Final Fantasy VII would be coming to the PS4, but excitement waned somewhat when it was learned the version announced was a straight port from the PC version of the game.
The newly announced Final Fantasy VII remake, on the other hand, will be rebuilt entirely. Hashimoto said his team is looking at the original game to find what needs to be changed to bring the game into the modern era.
How Ubisoft Evolves Its Brands
Ubisoft believes the way to keep its brands feeling fresh is to take risks. At E3 2015, SVP of Marketing and Sales Tony Key spoke to IGN about the publisher’s strategy for sustaining its key franchises. And even when they don't pay off, it presents an opportunity to learn about a series' fanbase or about the development process itself.
“You have to take risks,” says Key. “Sometimes it doesn’t work. We took a lot of risks with Unity, to try and move that technology and the brand forward, and some of it didn’t work out.” But Syndicate will benefit from those setbacks.
Miss Syndicate's E3 trailer? Watch it now.
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This Is What it Would Feel Like to Be Inside Jurassic World
On the heels of Jurassic World dominating the global box-office, Montreal-based Félix & Paul Studios, a leading creator of cinematic live-action virtual reality content, has announced their virtual reality experience Jurassic World: Apatosaurus on the Oculus Store.
With visual effects by Industrial Light & Magic, sound design by Skywalker Sound and mixing by Headspace Studio, Jurassic World: Apatosaurus brings viewers to a unique encounter with one of the largest dinosaurs that has ever walked the Earth, in the heart of Jurassic World on Isla Nublar.
Take a look at a tease of the experience above!
“Universal is excited to release the virtual reality companion experience to Jurassic World,” said Doug Neil, EVP of Universal Pictures Digital Marketing. “The experience captures the essence of this unbelievable park, that allows the viewer to see and hear the awesome presence of an Apatosaurus.”
First Look at Ghostbusters Reboot
The first photos from the Boston set of Ghostbusters -- a stand-in for New York City (where else?) -- reveal our first look at the reboot, with Kristen Wiig, Melissa McCarthy and Kate McKinnon all seen in costume.
Take a look at some tweets with pictures from the set:
Some set photos from the first day of filming on the #Ghostbusters reboot. Intriguing. pic.twitter.com/twZqwHa0dh
— comiczeroes (@comiczeroes) June 18, 2015