Yearly Archives: 2018

The 25 Best Comedies Ever Made

Are you in the mood for some yuck-yucks? Or perhaps a gaggle of giggles? We've got some movies for you with this list of the best 25 comedy movies ever made! The genre has been around since practically the birth of the medium, but not all funny movies are equally funny, and as time goes on some comedies stick around to prove that they'll probably always be funny.

Those are the films we can more or less safely call "the best comedies of all time," the ones that tickle the funny bone no matter what era you live in, with jokes that stand the test of time. Some of these films are just so danged important we can forgive their dated qualities, and some of them are relatively new but seem destined to go down as among the most hilarious motion pictures ever made.

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Rumors of Rocksteady’s Superman Game Circle Back Ahead of the Game Awards

A new listing appeared on Game System Requirements with the title of Superman: World's Finest and the developer listed as Rocksteady Studios.

The listing was noticed by a user on ResetEra who searched on Game System Requirements' website for currently rumored games to compare credibility, such as GTA VI, Half Life 3, and Bloodborne 2 – with none of them being listed.

Game System Requirements details required specs for PC games, and the user pointed out the Terms of Use and FAQ on the website make it difficult for just anyone to post a random game or rumor. A Devil May Cry 5 listing also appeared on the website last spring, approximately one month prior to the game's official announcement.

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9 Things Artifact Doesn’t Tell You

Artifact isn’t a hard game to pick-up and play, but it is a complex one. As a card game with three lanes, five heroes, and even an item shop, there’s a lot of intricacies that aren’t explained in it it’s fairly surface-level tutorial. Here are nine important things Artifact doesn’t tell you:

Signature Cards

An Artifact decks must have a minimum of 40 cards, but 15 of those cards are determined by the five heroes you pick. Every hero automatically adds three copies of its unique signature card to your deck, which can’t be added any other way. That means if you see Zeus in an enemy line-up, you know Thunder God’s Wrath is in their deck – it also means that if he isn’t, you don’t have to worry about that particular card at all.

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Guacamelee! 2 Gets Switch, Xbox One Release Dates

Drinkbox Studios has announced that Guacamelee! 2 will be released on Switch Dec. 10 and Xbox One in January 2019.

Switch owners can pre-order Guacamelee! 2 right now at a 10% discount. Any Switch owners who also own Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition will receive a deeper 30% discount by pre-ordering.

As was announced yesterday, Guacamelee! 2's first DLC pack, Tree Enimigos, is also now available to be purchased on PlayStation 4 for $2.99 USD. That pack will also be released on Switch and Xbox One as soon as Guacamelee! 2 is available on those respective platforms.

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Nintendo Switch Became the Best-Selling Nintendo Console in U.S. History During a Thanksgiving Weekend

Nintendo has high expectations for the Switch this holiday season, predicting sales totals that some viewed as overly ambitious. The company wants the system to hit 20 million units sold this fiscal year, and it helped get closer to that number with a huge Thanksgiving weekend.

Over the five-day period from Thanksgiving to Cyber Monday this year, the Nintendo Switch set a record for best-selling Nintendo console in history over that period, and it had its best week ever in the United States.

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Red Dead Online’s Gold Bars Could Take up to 8 Hours to Earn

Red Dead Online players have worked out how long it takes to earn gold bars - and they're not ecstatic about it.

The Red Dead Online beta has started rolling out, with owners of the Red Dead Redemption 2: Ultimate Edition able to jump in first. Although microtransactions aren't live just yet, Rockstar has confirmed that players will be able to buy gold bars at the in-game store. If you don't fancy reaching for your wallet, one gold bar could take you up to 8 hours to earn.

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Fortnite Mobile Now Supports 60fps on Newest iPhones

Epic Games has announced that owners of the newest iPhones can now enjoy Fortnite at 60fps, while Android users are still capped at 30fps.

Fortnite update 6.31 dropped yesterday, but it seems that an important note for mobile users was missed. Epic PR guy, Nick Chester, hopped onto Twitter to spread the good word, tweeting that owners of the "iPhone XS/XS-Max/ XR" can now play at 60fps.

Unfortunately for iPhone X users, Chester added that the option isn't available.

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Live-Action Cowboy Bebop Series Headed to Netflix

Netflix has announced that it will be developing a 10-episode live-action adaptation of Cowboy Bebop.

Originally released in Japan in 1998, Cowboy Bebop is "the jazz-inspired, genre-bending story of Spike Spiegel, Jet Black, Faye Valentine and Radical Ed: a rag-tag crew of bounty hunters on the run from their pasts as they hunt down the solar system’s most dangerous criminals. They’ll even save the world…for the right price."

IGN’s Favorite Episodes of SpongeBob SquarePants

SpongeBob SquarePants is a series that has touched the hearts of countless people over the years.

With the news that series creator Stephen Hillenburg has passed away, IGN staff decided to honor his legacy and pick out the episodes of SpongeBob SquarePants that have stayed with us since the series' premiere.

Below, you'll find IGN's six favorite episodes of SpongeBob SquarePants. While it's clear that most of our staff didn't keep watching through the most recent SpongeBob seasons, there is one episode in particular that sticks out as the best of the best. Let us know if you agree!

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