8 Huge Games That Could Get a Battle Royale Mode
We might as well face it: 2018 looks as though it's going to be the year of the battle royale mode. PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds made the concept wildly popular early last year, and later Fortnite bounced from relative obscurity to impressive numbers in its own right after the launch of its free battle royale map.
This rapid adoption probably means it'll spread like wildfire much like survival games, horde modes, and MOBAs. Here’s a list of eight big games that could work with a battle royale mode.
Given the large-scale nature of battles in the Star Wars universe, a free-for-all PVP map in Battlefront II could be amazing, provided EA stripped away faction requirements and let battle points stand in for loot drops. Or maybe they could add some proper loot that drops, PUBG-style, in a crate that falls from the sky. Admit it: nothing would be more deliciously perfect for this game than the sight of a hundred players fighting over loot boxes.
Duncan Jones’ Mute Netflix Release Date Announced
Warcraft director Duncan Jones' sci-fi film Mute will premiere on Netflix next month.
Jones announced on Twitter Mute will be released on February 23. The film is set in the near-future and stars Alexander Skarsgård as a mute bartender named Leo who goes searching for his missing girlfriend Naadirah (Seyneb Saleh).
When Naadirah vanishes without a trace, Leo goes looking for her in the seedy underbelly of Berlin, with the only recurring clues being a pair of wise-cracking American surgeons played by Paul Rudd (Ant-Man) and Justin Theroux (The Leftovers).
The Tomb Raider Movie’s Croft Manor Reflects a New Lara
Lara Croft is emerging as a kind of digital-age Batman. Her story always has the same core - an adventurer both created by and disdainful of the wealth she grew up with - but the details change with every new version.
Perhaps the best marker for that - besides Lara herself - is each her childhood home, Croft Manor. Core Design’s original Lara took a utilitarian approach to her mansion, reflecting her pulpy adventurer status by turning a ballroom into a gym, and maintaining a bustling trophy room. Angelina Jolie’s absurdist Hollywood version took that a step further, building reproduction Egyptian tombs into its state rooms and filling them with party mix-playing killer robots. Crystal Dynamics’ reboot took a moodier approach, showing Lara’s inner turmoil about the loss of her father by depicting Croft Manor overgrown and in disrepair.
Diving Deep Into Three Kingdom Hearts 3 Rumors
Should Square Enix hold to the plans made last year, Kingdom Hearts III will finally release in 2018. And while that means we’re possibly less than 12 months away from the end of the Dark Seeker Saga, there’s still plenty we don’t know about the upcoming sequel.
The last few weeks have changed that…possibly. While Square has not officially announced much about KH3 since the 1-2 punch of last year's D23 and E3 trailers, a series of “leaks” and rumored details about the game have been floating around in this temporary KH news drought.
NIS Announces Disgaea Remake, New Titles
Two new titles were announced by NIS America parent company Nippon Ichi Software on January 18 through a Nintendo Direct-inspired livestream, where they also announced a remake of the original Disgaea and released more information regarding already announced titles such as The 25th Ward: The Silver Case.
The company holds an annual contest called the Nippon Ichi Project Festival, where employees in any department can submit ideas for a game, with the winning idea actually being developed and released. Up until now it has given birth to titles like htoL#NiQ and Yomawari: Midnight Shadows. This time around, the festival brings us Usotsukihime to Moumokuouji (which translates as The Lying Princess and the Blind Prince), which boasts a gorgeous hand-drawn art style inspired by picture books.
We Happy Few Delayed to Summer 2018
Compulsion Games has announced We Happy Few will be released a bit later than originally planned.
The title, which was previously slated to launch on April 13, will now be released for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC sometime this summer. Compulsion Games also released a new developer video that offers a peek at the game's second playable character, Sally, and outlines what else is ahead for We Happy Few. Watch it below:
The eerie survival adventure, set in a drug-addled dystopian 1960s England, needs some additional time for polish, after Compulsion made substantial changes to improve the first two hours of Arthur's story. "We went back to the drawing board and made a couple of big decisions: we brought forward a number of story moments, to get into the action faster, and also rebuilt the whole first island for Arthur," producer Sam Abbott explained.
IGN UK Podcast #418: The Nintendo Dube
This week we get all excited about Nintendo Labo and its possible future. Rory is all giddy about Dragon Ball FighterZ, Dale (for some reason) is banging on about former Coventry City legend, Dion Dublin and Cardy returns with his now infamous Football Manager updates (We still need a better title).
Also, after getting so much good feedback, we decided make the email section twice as long this week. There's some great questions and frankly, a mixed bag of responses...
Get in touch with us ign_ukfeedback@ign.com
Marvel’s Cloak and Dagger Gets a Premiere Date
Cloak and Dagger - Marvel's debut offering on the Freeform network - has finally been given a premiere date, with Variety reporting the show's first season will be arriving on screens June 7 at 8pm ET/PT.
Based on the Marvel characters created by Bill Mantlo and Ed Hannigan, Cloak and Dagger revolves around two teenagers from very different backgrounds, Tandy Bowen (Olivia Holt) and Tyrone Johnson (Aubrey Joseph). Both possess superpowers that link them to each other in mysterious ways. - Tandy can produce daggers of pure light, while Tyrone can engulf those around him in darkness. The two of them quickly realise they are more effective together than apart, but their joint exploration of their powers is complicated by their feelings for each other.
Tomb Raider Movie Villain Reveals Plot Details – IGN First
All month long, IGN First is spotlighting the Films to Watch in 2018. Today, we have an exclusive new photo from Tomb Raider, the new big screen take on the video game franchise. The Roar Uthaug-directed film stars Alicia Vikander, Walton Goggins, Daniel Wu, Kristin Scott Thomas, and Dominic West. Warner Bros. Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures present Tomb Raider, a Square Enix production and GK Films production. It opens March 16, 2018.
Square Enix's video game heroine Lara Craft returns to the silver screen this March in Tomb Raider. Oscar winner Alicia Vikander plays the title role of Lara, the fiercely independent daughter of an eccentric adventurer (Dominic West) who vanished when she was an adolescent.
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