Watch IGN’s New Show on Disney
Next Monday, IGN will be joining Disney XD for D|XP, a brand new block of nightly gaming content. We’ll be running episodes Monday through Friday for the next two weeks, and then coming back in mid-August for another four week run. That’s thirty episodes of content about your favorite games from your favorite IGN creators.
We’ve got loads of fun things planned, including features on Overwatch, Destiny 2, Dragon Ball FighterZ, Spider-Man, and more. We’ll also be taking you to the floor of big events like VidCon, Anime Expo, and Comic Con.
Gamescom 2017 Tightens Security for Cosplayers
Gamescom organizer Koelnmesse GmbH has tightened the security for this year's convention.
There will be separate entrances for cosplayers at Gamescom 2017. Additionally, props and accessories will be checked and registered by specially trained personnel. Any items that don't adhere to the rules can be stored at separate cloakrooms and retrieved when you leave.
Costume design rules can be found here.
Additionally, Koelnmesse advises attendees to leave all bags and backpacks that aren't absolutely necessary for the convention at home. While there will be bag checks at each of the entrances before admission into Gamescom, Koelnmesse wants to keep the wait times for entry as short as possible.
Warner Bros. TV Comic-Con Bag Images Revealed
Warner Bros. Television has partnered with Comic-Con for the official bags of SDCC.
The backpack-style bags feature the official Comic-Con 2017 design on one side and imagery related to a TV show on the other. The shows featured on the bags include The 100, Arrow, DC's Legends of Tomorrow, Supergirl, The Flash, Westworld, Black Lightning, Gotham, Lucifer, Riverdale, Supernatural, The Big Bang Theory, Justice League Action, Teen Titans Go!, Freedom Fighters: The Ray and DC Super Hero Girls.
Additionally each bag will include one of six exclusive DC Super Hero pins that feature The Green Arrow, Batman, The Flash, Supergirl, Superman and Wonder Woman.
Warner Bros. Television is bringing over 20 different TV series to San Diego Comic-Con this year. The convention kicks off on with a preview night on Wednesday, July 19 and runs up through Sunday, July 23.
Sundered Release Date Announced
Sundered, the latest game from Jotun developer Thunder Lotus Games, will release on July 28 for PlayStation 4 and PC.
The studio announced the news on PlayStation Blog and revealed a new trailer, which you can check out below:
In Sundered, player will assume the role of a wanderer named Eshe, who has to traverse a dangerous procedurally generated world. You'll find relics, called Elder Shards, that are dropped by bosses and scattered throughout the world. It will be up to you do decide whether to use these relics for power by sacrificing a part of your humanity, or to destroy them and stop their dangerous influence on the world.
Ready Player One: First Image Revealed
In anticipation of Ready Player One's release next year, the first image from Stephen Spielberg's film adaptation of Ernest Cline's novel has been revealed.
This first look photo, courtesy of Entertainment Weekly, offers an early glimpse at Tye Sheridan as the treasure seeker Wade Watts. Pictured in his hideout, Watts is seen wearing the OASIS rig, which is comprised of a VR visor and pair of haptic gloves.
Ready Player One first look, courtesy of EW
The Incredibles 2 Takes Place Immediately After the First Film
Audiences might have waited 14 years for a sequel to The Incredibles by the time the second film comes out in 2018, but not as much time has passed for the movie's titular family. Speaking with IGN, Pixar chief creative officer John Lasseter confirmed that The Incredibles 2 begins immediately after the events of the first Incredibles.
"It starts right as the first one finishes, so it just carries on," Lasseter said during an interview at D23 Expo, quipping that only "a minute" will have passed. He added, "It starts with the Underminer and a big old set piece. You know that at the end of the first movie when he comes up and you see the family dressed as superheroes, well that's where start this movie."
19 Photos of Star Wars Land Scale Model, Concept Art and Props
Disney Parks are offering fans an even closer look at Star Wars Land at the 2017 D23 Expo. During a preview of the show floor, the first look at a scale model of the forthcoming section of Disneyland and Walt Disney World was unveiled.
Click through the below gallery for a look at the scale model of Star Wars Land, an array of concept art and some of the props that will be used at the theme park.
The immersive Star Wars section of the Disney theme parks is slated to open in 2019, and features everything from an attraction that allows attendees to fly the Millenium Falcon to a fully stacked cantina. The idea is to make attendees feel like they are in their own Star Wars story, and though the new expansion's time period is intentionally vague, parkgoers will run into members of the First Order and the Resistance.
How Thief Inspired Warren Spector to Create Deus Ex
Thief was instrumental in the creation of Deus Ex, and Warren Spector has come forward to reveal how Looking Glass Studios' first-person stealth title inspired the creation of his beloved action role-playing game.
"That
team was adamant about focusing on stealth to the exclusion of everything else," Spector said on the latest episode of our monthly interview show IGN Unfiltered, noting that "a lot of the reason Deus Ex exists is because of the stubbornness, the appropriate stubbornness, of the Thief team."
According to Spector, it was the team's dedication to making Thief strictly a stealth game that inspired him to make Deus Ex. "There's a lot to the story of Deus Ex, but one of the things that really drove me was a moment when I was playing Thief in the early build, and I just was not good enough as a sneak thief to get past some guards," he said.
IGN UK Podcast #392: War for the Planet of the Zelda Trials
In this week's episode, Krupa n Gav get WAY too emotional about the new Apes movie, Al's got some advice for anyone thinking about tackling Breath of the Wild's Master Trials and everyone lost their collective minds because of a little Star Wars model.
We've also got Keyword Countdown, the best of your feedback and some info on the upcoming podcast 400 celebrations...
IGN UK Podcast #392: War for the Planet of the Zelda Trials
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Disney Reveals Star Wars Land Theme Park Model
Ahead of D23 Expo 2017, Disney has provided an early look at the model of its upcoming Star Wars-themed lands coming to Walt Disney World and Disneyland.
Disney released a video, as well as several images on the official Disney Parks Blog and official Star Wars Twitter account.
Star Wars Land will open in both Disneyland and Walt Disney World in 2019. Both lands will take attendees to a planet we've never seen in before; one that serves as a remote trading port that has since become a "great place for smugglers, bounty hunters, rogue adventurers and people who don’t want to be found."