Month: December 2017

With the First Doctor returning in the new Doctor Who Christmas Special, we look back at his final adventure and how it connects to the Twelfth’s.

Hyrule is bigger than ever in Breath of the Wild, don’t miss the most important things you can outside of the Great Plateau!

How heavily can nostalgia impact our movie-going experience? And does it explain the strong fan reaction to The Last Jedi?

See the location of every collectible in Super Mario Odyssey and learn how to get them.

Nintendo had a great year, with The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Super Mario Odyssey both earning an unbelievable amount of praise, including 10/10 review scores from IGN.

Following both games receiving honors at this year’s Game Awards, we spoke to Mario Odyssey producer Yoshiaki Koizumi as well as Breath of the Wild director Hidemaro Fujibayashi and producer Eiji Aonuma about their favorite parts of each other’s games.

“I think for me, the parts where you’re able to go from 3D into 2D and go into the wall and it becomes the old school style,” Fujibayashi told IGN about Mario. “I especially liked where it looks like there’s nowhere to go, but then the walls curve around. It was super unique. It actually reminded me a bit of Zelda.”

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DOWNLOAD UNLOCKED: 2017 YEAR IN REVIEW (Audio version)

On this special year-end episode of our Xbox show, we reflect back on the Xbox’s year in 2017: the good, the bad, and everything in-between. Plus: a look ahead to Xbox’s exciting prospects for 2018!

Oh, and Unlocked now has its own snazzy new homepage! Bookmark this: go.ign.com/unlocked

And we’ve got our own YouTube channel too! Subscribe here: youtube.com/ignunlocked

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From fantastic sequels to superhero movies to directorial debuts, 2017 was an amazing year for films! Which were the absolute best? Here are our top 10 movies of 2017!