Yearly Archives: 2018
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TV Shows That Killed Off a Main Character
With the Walking Dead’s ninth season debuting recently, promising "Rick Grimes' final episodes," ABC's The Conners returning without Roseanne Barr, and House of Cards' final season debuting without series lead Kevin Spacey, we got to thinking in the IGN offices about a few other times that TV shows lost a main character. It doesn’t happen too often, but it does happen. And usually, when they go, they go via the morgue.
Red Dead Redemption 2 Soundtrack to Be Released
Red Dead Redemption 2 developer and publisher Rockstar Games is planning to release the game's official soundtrack as a standalone product.
The soundtrack features vocal performances from musicians such as Willie Nelson, Nas, and Josh Homme, as well as a track written and performed by David Ferguson, who previously worked as a sound engineer for Johnny Cash. Vocals in the game were produced by Daniel Lanois, who has produced albums for folk legends like Neil Young and Bob Dylan.
The score is a major collaborative effort. It was primarily composed by Woody Jackson, who worked on the original Red Dead Redemption as well as Grand Theft Auto V and L.A. Noire, with additional production handled by Jeff Silverman of Truth and Soul Records.
World of Light Is Super Smash Bros. Ultimate’s Story Mode
Masahiro Sakurai has revealed Adventure Mode: World of Light, the new campaign for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.
With an intro cutscene that shows rainbow-like beams vaporizing almost all of Smash Bros.' characters, the mode appears to have players travelling across an overworld, and taking part in fights against fighters, seemingly to unlock them in the core game.
Sakurai wouldn't give specific details, but the mode appears to take place across multiple different kinds of area, includes light puzzle elements, and a very large looking skill tree.
This also appears to be where the boss battles teased in a previous Direct – against the likes of Monster Hunter's Rathalos – will take place.
All 74 Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Characters Have Been Revealed, DLC and Fighters Pass Announced
During the final Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Nintendo Direct, Director Masahiro Sakurai confirmed that after today's presentation, there will be no more full characters announced for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, but a full DLC plan is in place for more to be added in the future.
This will bring the total character count of fighters to 74, not including echo fighters like the recently announced Ken, in which more may still be revealed.
As for DLC, Sakurai confirmed that there will be five sets of DLC - all with a character, stage, and music track - and each is expected to be $5.99 USD.
Ken Masters and Incineroar Join Super Smash Bros. Roster
Director of Nintendo, Masahiro Sakurai, announced Thursday during the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Direct two new fighters who are joining the roster.
So far 72 fighters have been confirmed.
The new additions include Ken Masters as a new echo fighter and Incineroar, the Pokemon who will use primarily pro wrestling moves in his fighting.
Ken's appearance is based on Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo, and has a wheel attack, a focus attack, and his kicks will change based on your command inputs. The shape of Ken's Hadoken is different and he is faster than Ryu, along with having other tweaks from different previous titles.
Incineroar is the advanced evolution of Litten, who is mainly used for his wrestling moves in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – including his love to pose for the audience, which you can cancel to get him back in focus of the fight.
Great PS4 Slim 1TB With Spider-Man Black Friday Deal at Target
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Target's United States Black Friday ad is live, giving us a glimpse into the deals we can expect from the big red retailer on Black Friday. Among them is a Super Mario Maker special edition 2DS, with Super Mario Maker for 3DS preinstalled.
The limited-edition system is yellow with orange-red highlights and has an NES Mario sprite located under the D-pad. Target has it listed at $79.99.
Dragon Ball Super’s Goku Becoming a Macy’s Day Parade Balloon
Dragon Ball Super's Goku will be a part of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade this year, in the form of a gigantic balloon.
To celebrate the upcoming North American release of Dragon Ball Super: Broly, Goku will take to the skies when the Parade passes through Manhattan on November 22.
The balloon is 70 feet long, 36 feet wide and 56 feet tall, and was created by a combination of Macy's Studio artists and Toei Animation. It depicts Goku in his Super Saiyan Blue form.
A preview of the Goku float.
What Did You Think of This Week’s Comics?
The comic book industry closed out the month of October with a number of major releases. Marvel wrapped up Old Man Logan and debuted the Spider-Geddon tie-in Spider-Force, while DC delivered a new chapter of Heroes in Crisis and kicked off the Drowned Earth crossover.
Scroll down to check out our new reviews and thinkpieces, and be sure to let us know your favorite books of the week in the comments below.
Heroes in Crisis #2 Review
Just Cause 4 Expansion Pass DLC Announced
Square Enix has unveiled the Expansion Pass to Just Cause 4, which will bring three new content packs to the open-world action game in 2019.
Purchasing the Expansion Pass gives you access to all three planned content packs, and you can also gain access to them by purchasing the game's Gold edition. As a bonus, the Gold Edition and Digital Deluxe package let you play the main Just Cause 4 game a day early, and access to all three expansions a week early.