Yearly Archives: 2018
The Best Blu-ray Players
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It might seem a bit quaint to be talking about something that plays physical media, but many of us still have a wall of discs – or at least a couple shelves – and might even still be adding to that collection. I personally added Blade Runner 2049 to my collection this summer because though the availability of streaming content continues to grow, it still doesn’t encompass everything, since new content is added and old stuff is removed from services monthly.
Best Gifts Under $25 for 2018
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The holidays can be a stressful and demanding time, especially for that poor wallet of yours. All the gift buying and the present shopping can leave your wallet beaten and empty so we've compiled a guide with awesome gifts at an affordable price for under $25 apiece.
Best Game Gifts Under $25
Fallout 76 Review
After more than 50 hours plundering the irradiated wasteland of Fallout 76, the greatest mystery still lingering is who this mutated take on Fallout is intended for. Like many of Vault-Tec’s underground bunkers, Bethesda’s multiplayer riff on its post-nuclear RPG series is an experiment gone awry. There are bright spots entangled in this mass of frustratingly buggy and sometimes conflicting systems, but what fun I was able to salvage from the expansive but underpopulated West Virginia map was consistently overshadowed by the monotony of its gathering and crafting treadmill.
On the surface, Fallout 76 is another dose of Bethesda’s tried-and-true open-world RPG formula on a larger-than-ever map that’s begging to be explored. As you emerge from Vault 76 you’ll start in a relatively peaceful forest and venture out into more dangerous pockets of the irradiated wasteland. My favorite is traveling the lengths of the Cranberry Bog, where the pinkish-red fields are seemingly inviting from afar but turn out to be full of a snaking system of trenches and alien forests that hide the worst horrors of the wasteland, but there are many more.
The Road to Overlord: When Horror Mixes with World War II Movies
It's not exaggeration to say that World War II was a war of many horrors, but as the years have passed, storytellers have used the shocking, world-spanning conflict as the backdrop for many horror stories that go above and beyond the battlefield.
Julius Avery's Overlord (read our review here), about a squad of American soldiers whose mission sends them straight to a Nazi mad scientist's horrifying laboratory, is the latest and probably the most expensive World War II horror movie to date, but it's by no means the first. There's a long history of World War II horror movies, some of them brilliant, some of them schlocky. So buckle up, folks. These are the World War II horror movies you really need to see...
DC’s Black Label Is Getting Much Bigger
DC's new Black Label imprint is poised to get much bigger in the months ahead. In addition to original projects like Batman: Damned and Superman: Year One, DC will be reprinting no fewer than 23 classic graphic novels under the Black Label banner.
The Black Label line emphasizes stories geared towards older readers and with little or no ties to current DC Comics continuity. Accordingly, DC will be focusing on popular standalone graphic novels like Watchmen, All-Star Superman, The Dark Knight Returns and Kingdom Come.
Watchmen gets a new cover for its Black Label edition. Art by Dave Gibbons. (DC Entertainment)
Strategy Guide Publisher Prima Games Shutting Down
Longtime strategy guide maker Prima Games is shutting down next year, according to new reports.
Variety reports that a spokesperson for publisher DK said "I can confirm that the decision has been made to no longer commission new Prima Games strategy guides and the U.S.-based imprint will be discontinued in Spring 2019. We are in conversations with the Prima Games team and cannot comment on this further at this point.”
Prima's three U.S. offices reportedly will be shut down one at a time starting with its Roseville, Calif. location by the middle of this month, according to EGM. The Indianapolis location will close its doors in March 2019 while it's unknown when the New York City office will be closed.
Just Cause 4’s Army of Chaos: The Front Line – IGN First
Just Cause 4 might still be about freeing an oppressed country through the medium of explosions, but exactly how you're freeing it has changed since the last game. Welcome to the Army of Chaos.
In this miniseries, we'll be running through the game's new systems for taking back regions across the nation of Solís, how you'll do that (spoiler, there's are lots of loud noises), and what you'll get in return.
This week, we're taking you to the Front Line, the endless conflicts you'll be sweeping across the island to foment freedom (with the added benefit of offering you lots of tanks to steal).
The Best Currys PC World Black Friday Deals
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Currys PC World Black Friday and Cyber Monday 2017 deals were a revelation, as some of the best gaming, tech and TV deals came from them. For this reason, I'm going to showcase all of what I think are the best Currys deals on this page so you have eyes on all the deals they are running during Black Friday and Cyber Monday.
Every Red Dead Redemption 2 Cheat Has Been Discovered
The search is over: IGN now has a complete list of all 37 Red Dead Redemption 2 cheat codes. IGN editors discovered and published the final two today, while the community and wiki contributors found several of the other missing cheats since the original publish date of this article (November 9, 2018). The search concluded today with the discovery of the very helpful "Clear All Bounties and Lockdown Areas" cheat and one additional Deadeye setting cheat. Thanks to everyone who joined the search!
The Best Cyber Monday Gaming Deals on Nintendo, PlayStation, Xbox and PC
Welcome to IGN's Cyber Monday gaming deals page, your source for all the best gaming deals you can get in the UK this month. If you buy something through this post, IGN may get a share of the sale. For more, read our Terms of Use.
You might be thinking about taking advantage of this deal-crazy month by getting a new gaming console, a new game, or pick up some much needed gaming accessories. If you are on the lookout, I've rounded up the best deals that includes popular games, consoles and accessories such as Red Dead Redemption 2, FIFA 19, Nintendo Switch, the best gaming headsets and much more during Black Friday and Cyber Monday.