Month: May 2018

Welcome back to the IGN Movies Podcast! In this week’s episode, Jim Vejvoda, Terri Schwartz, Jacki Jing, and Tom Jorgensen talk FULL SPOILERS about Solo: A Star Wars Story.

We go into what we liked and didn’t about the Han Solo origin story, its depictions of Chewbacca and Lando Calrissian, Alden Ehrenreich’s performance in the title role, the new characters, surprise appearances and fan service, and more.

It should be noted this spoilercast was recorded before Solo opened — and promptly disappointed at the box office.

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SPOILER WARNING: Important plot points from Solo: A Star Wars Story lie ahead.

Solo: A Star Wars Story tells the story of a young Han Solo, and how almost everything we know about him came together over the course of one rollicking, Western-themed adventure. But there are a few unexpected surprises that pop up over the course of this new movie, and one of them probably doesn’t come across the way the filmmakers intended, because it transforms a beloved piece of Star Wars iconography into something which, if you think about it, is pretty disturbing.

Say what you will about Solo: A Star Wars Story (and people are saying a lot), but let’s give credit to this Star Wars interquel for discussing a subject that most of the other films in the franchise have alluded to but never completely confronted.

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The Happytime Murders creators STX Entertainment have responded to Sesame Street’s lawsuit with a puppet lawyer.

Last week Sesame Workshop, the non-profit behind the beloved children’s TV show, filed a lawsuit against the upcoming R-rated puppet comedy for the inappropriate use of the Sesame Street brand in the film’s marketing campaign.

Per Huffington Post, STX Entertainment issued a statement on the matter saying puppet lawyer Fred, Esq. will represent the studio in the lawsuit. The studio even provided a photo of Fred.

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To celebrate the upcoming 2018 Fifa World Cup in Russia, Fifa 18 has been updated with a host of new features.

A number of game modes have been added to the game including a replica structure of the tournament starting on June 14.

Players can pick their favourite from the 32 qualified teams and make their own course through the fixtures.

Further, if your national team didn’t qualify, the custom FIFA World Cup Tournament mode will let you rewrite history and make them champions.

Each of the 12 official Russian stadiums have been added to the game complete with World Cup match balls and team banners.

Other game modes have also been added including a FIFA World Cup-themed Kick-Off mode and an expansion to the popular Ultimate Team mode.

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ABC has canceled the reboot of Roseanne.

The network pulled the plug on the hit show after Roseanne Barr made controversial comments on Twitter Tuesday morning about former White House adviser Valerie Jarrett. The tweet has since been deleted.

The following statement was provided to IGN by ABC:

“Roseanne’s Twitter statement is abhorrent, repugnant and inconsistent with our values, and we have decided to cancel her show.” – Channing Dungey, president, ABC Entertainment

Barr has since issued an apology on Twitter which reads, “I apologize to Valerie Jarrett and to all Americans. I am truly sorry for making a bad joke about her politics and her looks. I should have known better. Forgive me-my joke was in bad taste.”

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Splatoon 2 has seen a fair share of free content updates since its initial release last summer. There’s no doubt that Nintendo has been relentlessly hard at work keeping the game feeling fresh with new weapons, stages, and gear, not to mention a healthy amount of balance tweaks to the game itself. Now, as year two quickly approaches, the first paid DLC for the game is finally on its way and comes in the form of Octo Expansion.

In every other mode of Splatoon 2, you play as your very own custom Inkling known only as Agent 4. You’re on the job for Salmon Run, you’re the one splatting away in Turf Wars, and you’re the hero in Hero Mode. But, that’s not the case in the Octo Expansion – players will assume the role of Agent 8, an Octoling who wakes up with amnesia in a strange subway station that’s connected to a series of research facilities hidden under the city.

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Fox aired two bonus episodes of Lucifer last night, but it hasn’t been resurrected from cancellation (yet).

We Happy Few, which creative director Guillaume Provost describes as “an action adventure game with lots of weird stuff in it,” has been around for quite some time in the form of a drug-fueled roguelike. But its stock rose significantly in the wake of its E3 2016 presence at Xbox’s press briefing, where it showcased a BioShock-esque narrative campaign. It’s been mostly quiet ever since before finally re-revealing itself this month. I played a good 45 or so minutes of it and came away mostly impressed. It is clearly doing everything it can to make “The Leap,” like a superstar athlete, from raw potential to polished All-Star.

Developer Compulsion Games and creative director Guillaume Provost explained that over 40 people are now working on We Happy Few – far more than before – and that the past nine months have been spent focusing almost solely on this single-player campaign, which Provost claims is clocking in at around 20 hours long. My demo picked up shortly after the 2016 demo ended, in the shoes of Arthur, the same chap we already know from the last demo.

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