These 4K TVs Will Let You Game With the Best Picture Quality Possible
There's almost no reason not to get a 4K TV at this point. Games these days are meant to be played at 4K thanks to the powerful PS4 Pro and Xbox One X, as well as some of the most potent gaming PCs to ever release. Additionally, with platforms like Disney+ and HBO Go all streaming 4K content on the best streaming boxes not to mention the availability of cheap UHD disks and Blu-ray players.
7 Big Surprises From Marvel’s Legacy Announcement
Last week Marvel pulled back the curtain on the 52 books that will be a part of the Legacy relaunch this fall. Even though many of these books look to be direct continuations of titles Marvel is currently publishing, there were definitely some surprises in the mix.
From returning characters to unexpected status quo changes to the tease of a huge character death, these are the biggest surprises of the Marvel Legacy reveal.
Neill Blomkamp’s Firebase – Exclusive Concept Art
District 9 and Elysium director, Neill Blomkamp has launched a series of Sci-Fi shorts with Oats Studios. The project attempts to answer a question that he posted on Twitter earlier this year, “If I sold experimental short films on @steam_games as tests for potential full feature films, would people watch them?”
Earlier this month the studio launched a short film called Rakka, which starred Sigourney Weaver and was directed and co-written by Blomkamp. That film generated over 2 million views on YouTube.
The latest short in the series is called Firebase, and we have an exclusive first look at some of the concept art from the film, which you can see below.
inXile Head Calls Kickstarter the ‘Ultimate Honor System’
Back in 2013, inXile Entertainment set the record for the highest-funded video game on Kickstarter with Torment: Tides of Numenera, and studio founder Brian Fargo has come forward to share his thoughts on the crowd-funding platform, describing it as the "ultimate honor system."
On the latest episode of our monthly interview show IGN Unfiltered, Fargo spoke incredibly highly of Kickstarter and the freedom it has offered his studio, which received over $4 million in funding from backers for Torment: Tides of Numenera.
"As a creative person, there are two important factors to me. That you're doing what you want to do... but as important is that you're doing it the way you want to do it," Fargo said. He went on to note that when you have a publisher to answer to, you could be "made to do it in a way that isn't with your style."
Shigeru Miyamoto and the Legacy of Mario
It’s late on the first day of E3, and Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto looks very comfortable. In a small meeting room high above Nintendo’s booth, Miyamoto sits under a Super Mario Odyssey poster in what seems like a different, much quieter world than the chaos of the bustling show floor below.
Officially, E3 is in full swing, but Miyamoto has already made his big announcement for the week, appearing on stage with Ubisoft to reveal a new Mario crossover with Rabbids. Even as Nintendo spent the morning on its live show debuting new gameplay of Super Mario Odyssey, producer Yoshiaki Koizumi and director Kenta Motokura took the stage, giving Miyamoto the chance to watch from the sidelines. With such a long legacy behind him, he’s okay with not always being in the spotlight, and, in regard to both Rabbids and Odyssey, he’s happy to see other people making new playgrounds for Mario.
July Free Xbox Games With Gold Announced
July's line-up of free Xbox One and Xbox 360 games for Gold subscribers has been announced.
The full lineup, plus when they'll be available, is:
- Grow Up — July 1-30 (Xbox One)
- Runbow — July 16 - August 15 (Xbox One)
- Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days — July 1-15 (Xbox 360 & Xbox One)
- LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game — July 16-31 (Xbox 360 & Xbox One)
Grow Up is the scaled-up sequel of Ubisoft experiment Grow Home. We awarded it a 7.8, saying it "doesn't feel terribly different from Grow Home other than its larger world, but its main achievement is to strengthen some of its predecessor's weak points."
You Can Buy Doom 2 Creator’s Original Copy of Doom 2
You can purchase Doom 2 creator John Romero's original copy of the seminal first-person shooter.
Romero announced via Twitter that he's currently auctioning off his original five Doom 2 floppy disks on eBay and will sign them if the winner requests so. The starting bid was $10 USD but this has since increased to a whopping $406 USD.
John Romero's Doom 2 floppy disks.
Spider-Man: Homecoming Sequel Will Start the MCU’s Phase 4
Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige has revealed that the sequel to Spider-Man: Homecoming will mark the start of the Marvel Cinematic Universe's fourth Phase, and has revealed some small plot details about the 2019 movie.
Speaking to io9, Feige explained that the as-yet-untitled follow-up fourth Avengers movie (coming on May 3, 2019) will mark "the unprecedented conclusion to a 22-movie overarching narrative.” After that, Homecoming 2 (or whatever it turns out to be called), will start the next phase of the MCU.
“So much happens in
Sony Taking Public Pitches for its Next PlayStation Shows
Sony is now taking public pitches for potential new PlayStation TV shows.
GamesIndustry.biz reports that the US arm of Sony Interactive Entertainment has launched a new initiative, called the PlayStation Emerging Filmmakers Program, which will let writers and filmmakers pitch their ideas for a new series directly to Sony. You can submit your idea here.
These don't need to be based on PlayStation licenses, rather winning entries will be shown to a PlayStation-owning audience.
Avengers: Infinity War Picture Hints at Possible Plot Point
New set images from Avengers: Infinity War appear to show a major change for Tony Stark in the Marvel Cinematic Universe continuity.
What follows could be considered spoilers for the upcoming film and, possibly, Spider-Man: Homecoming. This is your final warning!
In set images published by Variety, Robert Downey Jr.'s character appears to have a new chest-set Arc reactor incorporated into his costume.
Within the MCU timeline, Stark was able to remove the Arc reactor - which kept shrapnel from entering his heart - at the end of Iron Man 3, and was able to power his Iron Man suits without it in Captain America: Civil War.