Dragon Quest Walk Announced for Mobile

Square Enix has announced Dragon Quest Walk, a location-based mobile game akin to Pokemon Go.

Due for release this year in Japan, Dragon Quest Walk will feature “a story that develops as you walk”. Quests will take place at various landmarks around Japan, similar to how Pokemon Go generates PokeStops at real-world named locations.

The game’s official website, translated via Gematsu, states that players will be able to “Walk the fields and talk to the townspeople while moving forward on your quest. Battle against various monsters, grow, prepare your equipment, and even challenge formidable enemies.” There is also the ability to create a room and decorate it with items obtained through play.

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Sony, Microsoft Aren’t ‘Screwing Up at the Starting Line’ for Next-Gen, Says Todd Howard

Every generation of consoles and PC gaming has its high points and its incredibly low points. Sometimes you launch a console for $600, and other times you force players to maintain an always-online connection. Bethesda director Todd Howard is one of the lucky industry leaders who often gets an early look at the hardware that will determine the capabilities of the next generation, and on this month’s IGN Unfiltered, he has some positive, but very select words about what he’s seen on the horizon from major industry figures.

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Godzilla: King of the Monsters Tops Box Office With Underwhelming Debut

Godzilla: King of the Monsters, while debuting at the top of the North American box office, underwhelmed as it earned only $49 million USD.

As reported by THR, the $49 million was below the latest Godzilla film’s projections of over $50 million. It also pales in comparison to the $93 million and $61 million earned by the first two films of Legendary’s MonsterVerse, 2014’s Godzilla and 2017’s Kong: Skull Island, respectively.

Via BoxOfficeMojo, Godzilla surpassed Disney’s live-action Aladdin’s  $42 million and held strong against Rocketman’s debut at $25 million. The full top 10 weekend domestic box office films are as follows;

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Shenmue 3 Delayed Again

Shenmue 3 has been delayed again. However, this time it is only for a few months as “the game simply needs a little more refinement before being truly finished.”

Series creator Yu Suzuki and publisher Deep Silver posted an update to all of the game’s Kickstarter backers confirming that Shenmue 3’s scheduled release date of August 27, 2019, has now moved to November 19, 2019.

They promise the game is “almost ready,” and just needs a bit more time to “deliver the true Shenmue experience players around the world deserve!”

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Enter for a Chance to Win Life is Strange 2

Welcome to Daily Win, our way of giving back to the IGN community. To thank our awesome audience, we’re giving away a new game each day to one lucky winner. Be sure to check IGN.com every day to enter in each new giveaway.

Today we’re giving away a digital Life is Strange 2 Season Pass for PS4. To enter into this sweepstake, fill out the form below. You must be at least 18 years old and a legal U.S. resident to enter. Today’s sweepstake will end at 11:59 p.m. PDT. Entries entered after this time will not be considered.

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Why Neil Gaiman Doesn’t Want Good Omens Season 2

Warning! The following story contains spoilers for the end of Good Omens Season 1.

The seeds for a follow-up season of Good Omens seemed to have been planted in the epic finale. In the sixth episode, now streaming on Amazon Prime Video, the angel Aziraphale (Michael Sheen) and his demon BFF Crowley (David Tennant) successfully thwarted the end of the world, but their final conversation hinted at an even bigger apocalypse to come: the inevitable war between angels and demons fighting against humanity. It was an ominous note to end on after a cheerful first season (despite the whole season centering on the impending apocalypse), and one that seemed to hold promise for an even bigger second season. If angels vs. demons were as epic as the first season of Good Omens showed, just think of how world-shattering it would be to see both sides team up against all of humanity. Now that’s an Armageddon!

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Apple Reportedly Planning to End iTunes

Reports indicate that Apple, at today’s WWDC 2019, will announce that three separate media apps are going to replace iTunes on desktop.

iTunes has been a mainstay since it was first announced in 2001, but will soon be replaced by three separate apps for Music, TV, and Podcasts, according to a report by Bloomberg. The announcement is expected to occur during today’s keynote at 10am PT/1pm ET/6pm BST.

Alongside this reveal, Apple is also expected to discuss how it is positioning the Apple Watch to have even more independence from the iPhone with WatchOS 6, its push to make the iPad an even more viable laptop replacement, potentially show off a new Mac Pro, and give the world a look at iOS 13.

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