Yearly Archives: 2018
Rainbow Six Siege: Ubisoft Reverses Planned Changes for Chinese Market
Ubisoft recently censored certain visual elements in Rainbow Six Siege in order to comply with rules in certain Asian territories. These changes were applied to all versions of the game, but following player backlash, the company has reversed course.
The visual changes that were introduced affected everything from icons to the multiplayer environments. Knife symbols used for melee kills became fists. A skull face was covered with a mask. Blood was removed from a wall. Even slot machines in a bar were pulled, leaving the counter blank.
Magikarp and Wailord Team Up to Create Pokémon’s Biggest Card Ever
In the history of the Pokémon Trading Card Game, Wailord-EX has held the record for the largest Basic Pokémon with a whopping 250 HP, but now the massive whale Pokémon is breaking its own record with a little help from Magikarp. IGN is excited to reveal Magikarp & Wailord GX, a brand new Tag Team Pokémon-GX with an astonishing 300 HP.
Check it out:
Image Credit: The Pokemon Company.
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Hearthstone: See a Brand New Rastakhan’s Rumble Card
Rastakhan’s Rumble is almost upon us, and the set is shaping up to be a huge amount of fun. The broad theme takes us to the Gurubashi Arena (which World of Warcraft players on the Horde side would be familiar with), and to a contest presided over by Rastakhan, king of the Zandalari, and ruler of the great troll empire. Long story short, it's an excuse for trolls and other warriors to battle it out for glory.
Each class has its own “team”, and these are centred around their “Loa” or beastly deities. Rogue, for instance, are known as Gral’s Sharks, named after their Loa - Gral, the Shark. Each Loa is a legendary minion and accompanied by a Spirit that strengthens what that Loa is attempting to do. The Rogue companion card, Spirit of the Shark, obviously works well the turn before Gral, allowing you to trigger its battlecry twice, not to mention playing into the many great battlecry and combo cards in the game.
The Flash: Killer Frost’s True Origin Revealed
One of the bigger ongoing mysteries in The Flash has been solved, as this week's episode revealed the origin of Caitlin Snow's Killer Frost powers.
Warning: this article contains spoilers for "The Icicle Cometh"!
Last season, viewers learned that Caitlin originally manifested her Killer Frost powers as a child, contradicting the belief that she had been transformed by the STAR Labs particle accelerator explosion like most of Central City's metahumans. So if it wasn't the dark matter that did it, how did Caitlin become a metahuman years before Barry and Cisco?
Does Wreck-It Ralph 2 Have Any Post-Credits Scenes?
Minor SPOILERS ahead for Ralph Breaks the Internet.
It's become commonplace in big event movies, especially Disney releases, to include end credits scenes and it turns out that the sequel to Wreck-It Ralph is no exception.
Ralph Breaks the Internet includes not one but two short scenes during the end credits.
The first is a mid-credits scene that will be familiar to those who enjoyed the movie's trailers.
The second is a post-credits scene that, befitting the nature of this story, pokes fun at one of the most watched and satirized music videos online.
For more on Ralph Breaks the Internet, check out our review, find out what John C. Reilly had to say about how the film redeems the Disney Princesses, watch Taraji P. Henson take our internet slang quiz, and dive into our breakdown of other movies with egregious product placement in them.
Fortnite Streamer Showdown: Runjdrun vs Sam Bashor
Thanks to a little known holiday called Thanksgiving, IGN Plays Live: Streamer Showdown returns a day early.
This Wednesday, November 21, starting at 4pm PT/7pm ET Sydnee Goodman pits Comedian and YouTuber Runjdrun against Only Stupid Answer’s Sam Bashor.
As always, you can watch right here on the front page of IGN.com, or you can find us on YouTube, Twitch, and Mixer.
Marvel Confirms Cyclops’ Resurrection in Uncanny X-Men
Both Marvel Comics and DC Comics released their solicitations for February 2019 this week. There are plenty of major new books and storylines kicking off that month, with Marvel confirming the return of Cyclops and DC debuting a new crossover between The Flash and Batman.
Scroll down to see the most significant new projects from Marvel and DC in February.
The Age of X and the Return of Cyclops
Uncanny X-Men #12 cover by Salvador Larroca. (Marvel Comics)
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Was October 2018’s Best-Selling Game
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 was October 2018’s best-selling game in North America, beating out Rockstar Games’ Red Dead Redemption 2 in this highly-competitive month.
Not only did Black Ops 4 become the best-selling game of the month, it almost instantly became the best-selling game of the year, and its launch month dollar sales are the eighth highest on record since NPD began tracking game sales in 1995. Black Ops 4 was the best-selling game of October on both PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
Though exact numbers weren’t provided in NPD’s official report, we do know Black Ops 4 had a two week head start, and Red Dead Redemption 2 only had nine days that it was on sale in NPD’s October window ending on November 3. These launch month sales were more than triple what the original Red Dead Redemption sold in its launch month, and it’s already the second best-selling game of the year.
Alison Sudol Defends Her Character in Fantastic Beasts 2
Be aware that SPOILERS are ahead for Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald. Continue at your own peril.
Creator J.K. Rowling is known for adding intense plot twists in the Harry Potter universe, and the narrative for Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald is no different.
At the end of the film, the kind-hearted and upbeat Queenie Goldstein, portrayed by Alison Sudol, can be seen joining Grindelwald on the "dark side," shocking everyone but herself.
In an interview with EW, Sudol spoke about her character's twist, and why she understands the decision Queenie makes.