How Watchmen’s Doctor Manhattan Corrupted the DC Universe
Doctor Manhattan made his first significant appearance in DC's Watchmen sequel Doomsday Clock today, and in the process readers learned more about how he altered the timeline of the DC Universe.
Warning: this article contains spoilers for Doomsday Clock #7!
One of the central mysteries of Doomsday Clock involves the question of what Doctor Manhattan is trying to accomplish. Why did he alter the history of the DC Universe and remove a decade's worth of time? Is he merely tinkering with time out of idle, scientific curiosity, or is there something more at play?
Your Lingering PlayStation Classic Questions Answered
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On this week's episode of IGN's weekly PlayStation show, Beyond, host Jonathon Dornbush, Brian Altano, and Max Scoville address some of your lingering PlayStation Classic questions, including the lack of an AC adaptor, whether there will be post-launch support and if the PlayStation Classic has online functionality.
Additionally, they dive into the unfortunate mass layoffs at Telltale Games, as well as Death Stranding's new TGS trailer, and Jonathon dives in for one more minute of Kingdom Hearts 3 talk.
Marvel’s Strongest Symbiotes (And Venom Isn’t #1)
Venom may be one of Spider-Man's stronger foes, but he's not the only symbiote character on the block. This villain's breakout popularity in the late '80s and early '90s inspired a new wave of symbiote characters, from villains like Carnage to heroes like Scorn and Toxin. And some of these characters have proven to be stronger and more capable than Venom himself.
If you want to know how the major symbiote characters in the Marvel Universe measure up, we've put together a helpful guide. Read on -- or watch the video above -- to see where characters like Peter Parker and Eddie Brock fall on the list of the most powerful symbiotes.
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Update: Red Dead Redemption 2 File Sizes Revealed for Xbox One and PS4
Update 10/18/2018: Through its support page, Rockstar has officially confirmed the respective file sizes for Red Dead Redemption 2 on Xbox One and PlayStation 4.
Both the physical and digital versions on Xbox One weigh in at 107 GB. On PlayStation 4, 99 GB will be required for the physical version, while the digital version calls for "an additional 50GB for the installation process," bringing its hard drive space requirement up to a whopping 149 GB.
Update 10/15/2018: A Microsoft Store listing reveals that the Xbox One version of Red Dead Redemption 2 has an approximate size of 88.57 GB.
Seven Deadly Sins Season 2 Is Coming to Netflix in October
Netflix announced Wednesday their lineup for October, and The Seven Deadly Sins season 2 is on the list.
The Seven Deadly Sins: Revival of The Commandments will release on Netflix Oct. 15. It had a 24-episode run earlier this year in Japan, where it was released early compared to other countries.
The Seven Deadly Sins anime is based on the manga by Nakaba Suzuki. The first 24-episode season of the anime came to Netflix in 2015.
The Seven Deadly Sins is Netflix's second exclusive anime, right behind Knights of Sidonia.
The first console game of the series, The Seven Deadly Sins: Knights of Britannia, was released on PlayStation 4 in Feb. 2018 and lets you play as the famous characters in unique fighting styles.
Every IGN Assassin’s Creed Review
Sit down in this comfy sci-fi chair, won't you, and plug in as we delve into our ancestral memories of IGN's Assassin's Creed reviews. From the 2007 original in which Altair first implausibly lept off a tall building into a tiny pile of hay to last year's revitalizing Origins and now the absolutely massive Odyssey, Assassin's Creed has had a pretty impressive 11-year run – including several spin-offs that didn't go quite as well. What's your favorite of the bunch?
Hellboy Reboot Release Date Postponed
Summit Entertainment announced Wednesday the Hellboy reboot will be pushed back to April 12, 2019, according to THR.
Originally planned to premiere on Jan. 11, 2019, Hellboy will now open one week after Warner Bros.' Shazam.
Stranger Things actor David Harbour is set to star in the Hellboy reboot with a script written by Mike Mignola, creator of the comic along with Andrew Cosby and Christopher Golden.
Neil Marshall from The Descent and Game of Thrones will be directing the film, and Milla Jovovich, Ian McShane, and Daniel Dae Kim will star alongside Harbour.
Developers Weigh in on PlayStation 4 Cross-Play
After this morning’s announcement that the PlayStation 4 would begin supporting cross-platform play, beginning with Fortnite, other developers have begun weighing in on this recent development.
The social channels for Xbox have already gotten in on the fun, as soon after the announcement, Microsoft showed its support of Sony’s policy reversal in allowing cross-platform play.
— Xbox (@Xbox) September 26, 2018
Fortnite Season 6 Downtime and Patch Information Detailed
Epic has detailed the release date and time of the launch of Season 6 set for tomorrow.
Season 5 will conclude at 1am PST on September 27 and downtime for the 6.00 patch will begin immediately after. As soon as downtime begins, Epic will release patch notes detailing new additions and any other changes coming to Fortnite.
In previous seasons, downtime between updates typically lasted an hour, but updates between seasons are typically longer.
Any replays saved before the update will rendered useless after downtime concludes. Outfits with unlockable styles from the Season 5 battle pass can still be unlocked in Sesaon 6 as long as the skins were unlocked prior to the new season.
Fortnite: Epic Confirms Merging in Wake of Sony Cross-Play
Epic Games has announced it's working on an account-merging solution for those who've created multiple accounts to play Fortnite on different platforms.
In a post on the official Fortnite Twitter account, Epic announced it is working on "an account-merging feature to combine Battle Royale purchases," as well as "enabling unlinking a console from one Fortnite account, and relinking to another Fortnite account."
The ability to unlink a console and relink to a different account will arrive within "a few days," while account merging is set to arrive sometime in November.
This news from Epic comes hot off the heels of Sony's announcement that PS4 will now support cross-platform play for Fortnite, starting with an open beta that begins today.