Month: January 2018

Star Trek: Discovery got crazy this week as the Mirror Universe saga went into overdrive.

Elon Musk’s flamethrower could be making an appearance in the next Borderlands game.

Musk tweeted about the new $500 consumer tool from his Boring Company brand, jokingly adding that it was sentient, had a safe word (“cryptocurrency”) and came with a free blockchain.

Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford reached out to Musk to ask him if he could implement his creation in Borderlands 3:

Sure

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 29, 2018

Borderlands is known for its novelty sentient weaponry so this seems like a perfect fit. Pitchford offered to lift the flavour text from one of Musk’s tweets if he didn’t have any suggestions himself.

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The best curved gaming monitor is the Asus PG348Q (See it on Amazon). It combines everything we want in a gaming monitor and is just plain gorgeous too. It sports a massive 34″ curved panel, a fast 100Hz refresh rate, and Nvidia’s G-Sync technology so you’ll never have to suffer any frame-tearing. It’s expensive, but once you think of it as an investment in your happiness the price seems a bit more reasonable, especially considering it’s a piece of hardware you can use for 10 years or so, or until the 8k version comes out.

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The personal struggles thatgamecompany founder Jenova Chen faced during the development of Journey were instrumental in shaping the emotional snow sequence that immediately precedes the game’s conclusion.

On the latest episode of our monthly interview show IGN Unfiltered, Chen discussed how the hardships he faced during development inspired Journey’s arduous snow climb. “The struggle we went through in the last year of Journey was pretty insane, and I think that is also why when I was working on the struggle level I was able to channel my own struggle into the game,” Chen said.

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With so many new games and movies coming out, it can be hard to keep up. Lucky for you, IGN is here to help with a weekly round-up of the biggest releases each and every week. Check out the latest releases for this week, and be sure to come back next Monday for a new update.

Note: The prices and deals compiled below are accurate at the time we published this story, but all are subject to change.

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Although there weren’t many deals on the Xbox One X in the immediate wake of its release, January has brought a flurry of offers involving Microsoft’s new, 4K-capable console. Perhaps the best one yet is now available, getting you both a discount on the system itself and an additional freebie.

Over on Ebay, highly rated seller Antonline has the offer (via Wario64). It’s selling the Xbox One X for $460, which is $40 off its usual price, and is throwing in a free $50 Xbox gift card. The latter is usable for anything on the Xbox Store–you can buy games or DLC, rent movies, and so on, making this a more flexible freebie than what’s often included in system bundles.

This is a new, unused system, and a free shipping option is available. It will ship to many places around the world, though this is a North American version of the system and its power cable. One important thing to note is that the gift card will be sent to you by email within a week of the system itself being shipped. As a result, it’s possible you may not have it at the same time the console arrives. There’s no exact date for how long this will be available, but it’s possible it could sell out, so you should act fast if you’re interested.

This isn’t the only Xbox One X deal going on right now. Best Buy is also throwing in a free controller and Xbox Live subscription with the system but at the regular $500 price. We also recently saw one that bundled the system with the newly released Monster Hunter World, but that has since expired.

For an idea of what to expect from the system, check out our Xbox One X review. An increasing number of games are providing Xbox One X enhancements, including the aforementioned Monster Hunter World. One other thing to know if you’re just now buying an Xbox One is that Microsoft plans to offer all future first-party exclusives through Game Pass.

Assassins Creed Origins will get a New Game Plus mode soon, Ubisoft has announced. Community Manager Dominik Voigt responded to a fan question on Reddit by saying, “New Game Plus is coming. We’ll have more information to share soon.”

Little else is known about the mode as yet, though New Game Plus modes in other games typically offer a chance to replay the campaign with a number of modifiers active, including increased difficulty for example. There’s also no indication of a timeframe as to when we can expect the mode to launch.

The news comes just days after Assassin’s Creed Origins’ latest DLC pack, The Hidden Ones, launched for PS4, Xbox One, and PC. The Hidden Ones is a story-driven expansion that sheds more light on the rise of the Assassin Brotherhood. It is set four years after the events of the main game and takes players to the new Sinai Peninsula region, where they’ll have to “investigate a clash between a rebel faction and occupying Roman forces.”

Another added content pack, the Discovery Tour, is coming to the game on February 20. The mode turns off combat and story quests, allowing you to simply explore and learn about the game’s version of ancient Egypt at your leisure.

The new content adds to what was an already enjoyable experience. Our critic, Alessandro Fillari, said Origins’ world feels “fresh and exciting to explore” and that the game “feels like the first step in the start of a new journey.” He awarded the game a 7/10; for more, check out our full Assassin’s Creed Origins review.