Yearly Archives: 2018
NBA 2K19 Cover Star Revealed
Giannis Antetokounmpo, a.k.a. The Greek Freak, is the NBA 2K19 cover star. His appearance was revealed at a press conference in his hometown of Athens, Greece earlier today.
Antetokounmpo currently plays for the Milwaukee Bucks, and in the 2016-2017 season became the first ever NBA player to finish in the top 20 for total points, rebounds, assists, steals and blocks. Basically, he’s really good at basketball.
The 25 Best Arrowverse Episodes
The Arrowverse has enjoyed some amazing growth over the past six years. What started as one series about a hooded vigilante has ballooned into a massive shared universe that touches on nearly every corner of DC Comics lore. Between Arrow, The Flash, Legends of Tomorrow and Supergirl, the Arrowverse is now several hundred episodes deep and still going strong.
Let's take a look back and spotlight the very best of the best with our breakdown of the 25 greatest episodes from those four shows. Did your favorites make the cut? Read on!
One of the hallmarks of the Superman franchise is that both Clark and his cousin tend to have bad reactions when exposed to the many colored variations of Kryptonite. That was the basis of this Season 1 episode, as exposure to red Kryptonite brought out Kara's dark side. It's a lot of fun seeing Melissa Benoist take such an evil turn, but this episode mined its premise for drama as well as laughs. For a series that routinely struggled to find itself during its first year, this episode served as a welcome sign of what was possible.
Out This Week: Jurassic World Evolution, Blockers, Red Faction: Guerrilla Re-Mars-tered
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.
Fortnite’s Playground Limited Time Mode Still Sidelined
Fortnite's Playground mode is still missing in action after briefly going live last week.
Epic Games gave a status update for the creative limited time mode on Reddit, highlighting three areas that need further testing before it's relaunched in Fortnite. "Aside from the scale tests, there are some other test scenarios we need to investigate, such as: exhausting server capacity, matchmaking queue back-pressure specific to the LTM,
recovering when new capacity is added, etc," the developer wrote.
Originally, Epic planned to bring back Playground on Thursday, but that obviously didn't pan out. The developer says another status update will occur in a few hours, but this time there's no specific timetable for the mode going live again.
PUBG Players Are Exploiting a Bug in the New Map
PUBG has a new problem, one unrelated to the much-maligned Event Pass. As was first reported by Kotaku, players have discovered a bug in the recently released Sanhok map that lets them glitch through the ground.
There's a spot in the terrain where the collision detection doesn't properly sync up with the textures, allowing players to hide underneath. It's not just a hiding spot, either. PUBG players can launch unfair ambushes by hanging out under the ground and shooting unsuspecting passersby without ever being seen.
Fortnite’s Rifts Are Getting Bigger
Fortnite's rocket launch on Saturday left more questions than it answered, and now there's a new one: Why are the rifts getting bigger?
Early this morning, Reddit user Discount_Pringles posted screenshots showing that the rift that was torn in the sky by Fortnite's in-game rocket launch event is growing. It's not alone in that, either.
While the large rift at the rocket's point of impact in the sky is certainly the most noticeable world change from Saturday's event, smaller rifts also showed up around the Fortnite map following the launch. USGamer has been keeping an eye on one of those rifts in the Lonely Lodge section of Fortnite's map, and it too has been expanding.
Incredibles 2 Global Box Office Passes Original
Incredibles 2 continues its super box office streak, now surpassing the original 2004 film.
Per Box Office Mojo, the sequel has grossed an estimated $646.8 million worldwide after reaching the $500 million mark just last week. It's now made more than the first Incredibles' $633 million lifetime worldwide earnings.
Even when adjusted for inflation, Incredibles 2 has still grossed more domestically ($439.7 million) than the first film's $384.9 million earnings, per Box Office Mojo. Incredibles 2 is also the third highest-grossing film domestically of the year, trailing behind Avengers: Infinity War ($670 million) and Black Panther ($699 million).
Doctor Strange Director Leaves Snowpiercer TV Series
Doctor Strange director Scott Derrickson has exited the Snowpiercer series due to creative differences with new showrunner Graeme Manson.
Derrickson announced on Twitter he won't be directing reshoots for the pilot as he disagrees with Manson's vision for the show. Manson, who co-created Orphan Black, took over from Josh Friedman as showrunner earlier this year.
Fortnite Player Breaks Solo Kills Record During Rocket Launch
A Fortnite player used the rocket launch viewing party on Saturday to break the game's solo kills record.
With the rocket launching this past weekend, players had a temporary truce to gather and watch the event unfold. However, Fortnite player Elemental_Ray opted to use this truce to his advantage, taking out 48 players at one time.
As revealed on Twitter, Elemental_Ray destroyed a ramp holding the dozens of players who were viewing the rocket launch, surpassing the previous record of 33 kills.
Fallout 76 Won’t Have Cross-Play Because Sony Is ‘Not as Helpful as Everyone Would Like’
Fallout 76 won't feature cross-play because of Sony, Todd Howard confirmed.
In an interview with GameStar, Howard was asked why the upcoming online Fallout title won't feature cross-platform play, and it's because Sony is "not as helpful as everyone would like."
"We would love to have that, but currently this isn't possible," Howard said.
Currently, cross-play between PS4 and other consoles, most notably Switch and Xbox One, isn't possible. If you had created your Epic Games account on PS4 to play Fortnite, the account can't be used on other consoles.