Month: September 2018

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Is PlayStation Taking Notes from Xbox Game Pass?

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With the recent announcement that PlayStation Now will allow for players to download and play PS4 and PS2 games offline from Sony’s subscription streaming service, the crew of IGN’s weekly PlayStation show Beyond dug into the topic.

Watch the video above to see Jonathon Dornbush, Brian Altano, and Max Scoville discuss whether PlayStation Now’s new capabilities are taking a note out of Xbox’s Game Pass system, and whether we could see the service be combined with PlayStation Plus in the future.

In its original announcement, Sony did note that users will need to connect their PS4’s to the internet every few days to verify their PS Now subscription to play downloaded titles, but an always-on, super-fast internet connection won’t be necessary for this verification.

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Every Amiibo Figure Ever

Amiibo may not be the wild craze they were when they first released, but they are still some of the best official Nintendo figurines you can find. As of publish, 175 official Amiibo have been made or announced, though that number comes with some caveats.

Here’s gallery of every single Amiibo figurine released or announced, sorted by game series. There are a whole lot in there, so be sure to use the arrow keys for quicker browsing if you are viewing on the desktop site:

Now, let’s get a few things straight: We aren’t counting the Animal Crossing Amiibo cards. There are A LOT of those, but 2D cards don’t really feel like they qualify as full-on Amiibo. (Though we did include the cereal box Amiibo, that’s 3D, right?) Additionally, there are four figurines from the Skylanders games, but they actually do double as official Amiibo. Additionally, the Mr. Game & Watch Amiibo has four interchangeable poses sold in a bundle with only one base, technically making it a single Amiibo.

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Dave Bautista Is Returning to WWE for SmackDown 1000

On Tuesday, October 16, Evolution will be reuniting for WWE SmackDown’s 1,000th episode, which includes the return of Dave Bautista.

Evolution consists of some of the most successful Superstars in WWE history, with 49 world championship reigns between the four members: Tripple H, Batista, Randy Orton and Ric Flair. The announcement came from WWE announcer Mike Rome on Friday.

Dave Bautista (under his famous ring name Batista) became a six-time WWE world champion by winning the WWE World Heavyweight Championship four times and the WWE Championship twice.

Many didn’t think he’d make it to the SmackDown 1000 event, as earlier this month he Tweeted out that he hadn’t been invited. Well, it looks like that won’t be the case, and the entire Evolution crew will be back together for the historic occasion.

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