Month: November 2017

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Fullmetal Alchemist screened in Japan and at the Anime NYC convention.

In life, there are certain unshakable truths. The tides will flow. The sun will rise (for now, anyway). And live-action movie versions of big-name manga rarely work out. Just this year, we had to witness the crash-burn wreckage of Tokyo Ghoul on the cinematic tarmac. And in 2015, the first Attack on Titan movie was poorly received, making its sequel the same year an embarrassing box office disaster.

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We’re just over two weeks away from the long-anticipated release of Star Wars: The Last Jedi, and Disney is delivering an extra special treat to help ease the wait. IGN is exclusively debuting nine new pop icon images inspired by the upcoming movie that focus on the Light Side of the Force — and even show off some of the new aliens that will appear in the movie.

Click through the below gallery to see all nine Star Wars: The Last Jedi pop icons:

Among familiar droid-faces like C-3PO, R2-D2 and BB-8 and beloved spacecrafts like the Millennium Falcon and X-Wings, you’ll spot two new Star Wars creatures that will be joining the canon in The Last Jedi. The first is a pop icon-take on a Porg — you know, those adorable new penguin-like creatures that have been the breakout hit of The Last Jedi’s marketing. This little fellow seems to be the same Porg as the one we’ve seen befriending Chewbacca in the film’s trailers.

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December is nearly here, and that means the next batch of free Games With Gold titles will soon be available. As a result, time is running out for November’s freebies, and today is your last opportunity to claim a pair of them if you’re an Xbox Live Gold member.

On the Xbox One side, intense racing game TrackMania Turbo returns to its regular price tomorrow, December 1. The other Xbox One game, Tales From the Borderlands, will be available through December 15, though there’s no reason to wait on claiming that one, if you haven’t already done so.

Today’s also the last day to claim an Xbox 360 game, the Indiana Jones-esque Deadfall Adventures. As with all Xbox 360 games offered through Games With Gold, it can be played on Xbox One through backwards compatibility, so One owners have as many as three games to claim right now. You can grab them all through the Xbox.com links at the bottom of this story.

Tomorrow will bring with it December’s first two Games With Gold titles, Warhammer: End Times – Vermintide and Child of Eden. On December 16, two more games will be added, Back to the Future: The Game and Marlow Briggs and the Mask of the Death.

November 2017 Games With Gold Available Now

Xbox One

• Tales From the Borderlands
• Trackmania Turbo

Xbox 360

• Deadfall Adventures

Developer Giant Sparrow’s critically lauded What Remains of Edith Finch is coming to PlayStation 4 as a limited edition physical release.

In addition to the physical version of the game, a special edition vinyl of the game’s soundtrack is also coming out. Both the game and the soundtrack are available for pre-order now from iam8bit.

The physical game is coming January 2018 and features a “premium reversible cover insert.” It also ships region-free and will set you back $29.99.

The soundtrack is pressed onto a “brown smoke” colored vinyl with album art from Giant Sparrow artist Holly Rothrock. It’s also available for pre-order and will set you back $28.

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