Month: November 2017

The Star Wars galaxy is a huge place, and even after eight live-action movies, it feels as though we’ve barely scratched the surface when it comes to the many colorful alien races who call it home. No doubt The Last Jedi will soon add a whole new wave of distinctive creatures to the lineup.

As we gear up for the new sequel, we thought it would be fun to take a look back at some of the most memorable aliens introduced in The Force Awakens and Rogue One (and soon, The Last Jedi). Check out our guide to this diverse and motley crew below:

Star Wars: The Last Jedi opens in theaters on December 15 and boasts a run-time of 150 minutes, making it the longest Star Wars film yet. It’s also tracking to have an opening weekend of $200 million, which would beat out Beauty and the Beast’s record for the biggest opening of 2017.

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Jenova Chen, creator of Flower and Journey, IGN’s 2012 Game of the Year, has been working quietly and diligently with his team at thatgamecompany ever since on Sky.

In the video above (which showcases work-in-progress footage recorded on iOS), thatgamecompany audio director Vince Diamante debuts the first bit of music from the follow-up to 2012 Game of the Year Award winner Journey, which debuted in September at Apple’s iPhone event and will premiere on the App Store before coming to other formats at a later date. You’ll definitely notice certain artistic similarities to Journey – particularly in the character design depicted in this video. We’ll have more from Sky in the next week or two as this month’s IGN First highlights a game you may not have been keeping your eye on…until now! In fact, here is all of our Sky coverage so far.

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Amazon Alexa devices can now obtain additional functionality through the Destiny 2 Ghost Skill, allowing supported devices to connect with Destiny 2. By enabling the skill, players are able to use real-time voice commands.

Boasting over 1,000 custom lines to discover, players can use the Destiny 2 Ghost Skill to ask the Ghost to equip certain loadouts, send messages to friends, or even decide what to do next in the game. The Ghost can even share lore about the universe of Destiny 2, all without even booting up the game.

A Destiny 2 Limited Edition Ghost is also coming, and when paired with an Alexa-enabled device, it will confer all the same benefits as the Ghost Skill. Both the Skill and the physical Ghost are compatible with all versions of Destiny 2. While the Ghost Skill is available now, the physical version of the Ghost releases on December 19, and is currently available for pre-order.

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It’s very hard not to be engulfed back into the world of Call of Duty every year, especially as a lover of first person shooters. I was excited to go back to World War II and experience a new harrowing chapter set against the backdrop that we first stepped foot into when we played the first few games in the series almost 15 years ago now. However, that huge period of time away from the era has allotted me a more full knowledge of history, a chance to listen to stories about World War II from veterans still alive today as a documentarian, and even a chance to explore the history of my own grandfather, who fought in the Battle of the Bulge.

Now, that’s not to say these experiences have changed the way I’ve absorbed entertainment, especially about war. Many of the great games and films I’ve played and watched today are deeply rooted in war stories, historic and modern. Some of them are brutal and real in their portrayals (The Grey Zone, Saving Private Ryan) and some of them are outlandish and caricaturistic (Inglourious Basterds, Wolfenstein).  Yet, those stories have planted their stance on war in some way or another.

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Nintendo’s new console was an incredibly popular item over the Thanksgiving weekend.

According to Adobe Digital Insights (via Markets Insider), Switch was the best-selling product among online retailers on Thanksgiving, Black Friday, and Cyber Monday. While competing platforms, like PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, were available at a discount, Nintendo’s console was not even on sale.

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Lionsgate’s new take on Hellboy finally has a release date.

IGN can confirm the Hellboy reboot starring Stranger Things’ David Harbour will be released in theaters on January 11, 2019. Currently the synopsis of the film is that Hellboy will battle an ancient sorceress seeking revenge while he’s caught between both the worlds of man and the supernatural.

In addition to Harbour in the lead role, the film also stars Resident Evil’s Milla Jovovich as the film’s villain and Ian McShane as Professor Broom, as well as Daniel Dae Kim, who recently took over the role of Major Ben Daimio following Deadpool star Ed Skrein’s announcement that he would leave the role. Skrein departed the project following controversy and upon the actor learning of the character being am Asian-American.

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Destiny 2 will be offline for six hours tomorrow, December 1.

Bungie announced the game’s servers will undergo maintenance starting at 8am PT/11am ET/4pm UK (December 2 at 3am AET. Those already playing the game at 8am PT will be able to keep playing until 9am. After that, you will be booted to the main screen.

No gameplay updates or content will be introduced. However, Destiny 2 is still getting major updates in December. This includes the game’s latest expansion, Curse of Osiris, which arrives on December 5.

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