Yearly Archives: 2018
Mondo Games Unveils Jurassic Park Board Game
In celebration of Jurassic Park's 25th anniversary, Mondo Games has announced their newest board game addition, Jurassic Park: The Chaos Gene.
The asymmetrical tabletop game will let 2-4 players take control of different factions in the park while they strive to reach their goals. Options include working in the field of science as the head of InGen operations, being a cunning and resourceful raptor as you discover weaknesses in the park's defense system, to being a guest of John Hammond and running around terrified looking for your own resources to survive.
Mondo Games Creative Director Luke Byers spoke of their focus with a Jurassic Park board game.
How to Watch San Diego Comic-Con 2018 Live
San Diego Comic-Con 2018 is nearly upon us, and IGN will be on location at the event to provide you with breaking news, interviews, and exclusive looks at the some of the biggest and most anticipated movies, TV shows, comics, and games.
Our live coverage, which you'll be able to watch on the IGN homepage, will run from Thursday, July 19 to Saturday, July 21. IGN is also exclusive partners with Twitter, so you can also catch our streamed coverage on IGN's Twitter.
Our Comic-Con coverage will be streamed live from San Diego and viewable right here on IGN. The schedule for IGN's SDCC 2018 livestream coverage is as follows:
Fortnite Season 5 Map Changes, Hi-Res Map, List of New Locations
Fortnite Season 5 just dropped, and a handful of huge changes to the Fortnite Battle Royale map came with it. It includes a desert biome for the first time, Dusty Divot is now overgrown, and Anarchy Acres has been transformed into the lux Lazy Links.
Watch the video above for an illustrative one-to-one comparison of the biggest new changes between Fortnite Season 5 and Season 4. Some of the new areas are obvious by the map gif below, but there is more to see.
Visit our incredibly hi-res, interactive Season 5 Fortnite Battle Royale Map to scour it yourself for anything new and to find spawn points of treasure chests.
Fortnite Gets Motion Controls on Switch
Fortnite's Season 5 update is here and it brings a new way to play for Switch players.
According to the official patch notes, the update now adds gyro/motion controls to Switch. This will let players waggle their Joy-Cons, and can be optionally turned on in Settings.
Epic detailed the downtime for the 5.0 patch yesterday, while the full patch notes were revealed earlier today. Some of the big changes include the map getting an update with a new desert biome, a new vehicle named the All Terrain Kart (ATK), some big updates for weekly challenges, and much more.
How to Unlock All 100 Fortnite Season 5 Battle Pass Rewards
Fortnite Season 5: Big Map Changes and New Desert Area
Guillermo del Toro Produced Thriller in Talks to Star Keri Russell
Shortly after news of Keri Russell reportedly joining the cast of Star Wars: Episode IX, the actress is now in talks to star in Guillermo del Toro's supernatural thriller film, Antlers at Fox Searchlight, according to THR.
If Russell is cast, she would take on the role of a teacher who finds interest in a mysterious and withdrawn student – a boy who ends up hiding a deadly secret that is the answer to their town's survival.
AbleGamers Donates $10,000 of Gaming Tech to Children’s Hospital
The AbleGamers Foundation, a charity dedicated to bringing visibility and resources to people with disabilities, has teamed up with a number of game industry giants to donate $10,000 in assistive gaming equipment to Children's Hospital in New Orleans.
Alongside Microsoft, HyperX, and Humble Bundle, AbleGamers gifted Children's Hospital in New Orleans (CHNOLA) a number of custom controllers, accessibility devices – including Microsoft's Xbox Adaptive Controller, which was developed with help from AbleGamers – HyperX headsets, keyboards, mouse, and mousepads, as well as a pack of family-friendly games from Microsoft. Humble Bundle contributed proceeds from its Humble Monthly Bundle to the package.
First Pokemon Funko Pop, Pikachu, Announced as Target Exclusive
Funko Pop will be releasing their first Pokemon figure, Pikachu, this July as a Target exclusive.
Announced in a Tweet and accompanying blog post, Funko revealed the first look at the "iconic Electric-type Pokemon."
Let’s Go Pikachu, Eevee Version-Exclusive Pokemon Announced
Version-exclusive Pokemon for Pokemon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Pokemon: Let's Go, Eevee! have been announced.
Both games will feature various Pokemon that can't be found in the other version, and a handful of those have been announced today. Pokemon: Let's Go, Pikachu! will feature Oddish, Sandshrew and Growlithe. Likewise, Pokemon: Let's Go, Eevee! will receive Bellsprout, Meowth and Vulpix.
In order to catch all of the original 151 Pokemon in either game, players must trade between the versions to complete the set - just like in past Pokemon titles. However, if you want to get Mew, you'll need to purchase a Poke Ball Plus accessory, which comes loaded with the mythical Pokemon.