Month: March 2020

As Picard nears the end of its first season–and already looks towards a second–William Shatner has shot down the idea of doing a similar revival for Captain Kirk, as picked up by the Hollywood Reporter.

When a fan on Twitter asked if Star Trek was likely to get a new series for Kirk, Shatner answered in no uncertain terms, saying that Kirk’s story “is pretty well played out at this point.”

Other questions from fans were met by apathy from the Star Trek actor, implying he is well and truly done with the franchise. Even a cameo is out of the question for Shatner, with one of his tweets stating “I don’t do cameos. It’s a throwaway part to sell DVDs.”

Continue Reading at GameSpot

The nominations for the BAFTA Games 2020 Awards have been revealed. IGN’s Game of the Year winner Control has the joint-most number of nominations at 11, alongside Death Stranding, which is IGN’s Best PS4 Exclusive of 2019. Disco Elysium, which is IGN’s Best PC Game of 2019, has been nominated for seven awards.

11 is the highest number of nominations any single game has received since the standalone BAFTA Game awards began in 2004. That high number is helped along by the new award categories this year, which are Animation, Technical Achievement, Best Performer in a Leading Role, and Best Performer in a Supporting Role.

[ignvideo url=”https://www.ign.com/videos/2019/08/26/control-review”]

The winner of the Mobile Games of the Year award is decided by the public. So if you want to, cast your vote for either Assemble with Care, Call of Duty: Mobile, Dead Man’s Phone, Pokémon Go, Tangle Tower, or What the Golf?.

The winners will be announced on April 2, 2020, and you’ll be able to tune into BAFTA’s Facebook, Twitch, and YouTube channel to watch it all happen live. As previously announced, Hideo Kojima will receive the BAFTA Fellowship on the night.

The full list of nominations for the BAFTA Games 2020 Awards are below.

BAFTA 2020 Nominees for Best Game

• Control
• Disco Elysium
• Luigi’s Mansion 3
• Outer Wilds
• Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
• Untitled Goose Game

BAFTA 2020 Nominees for British Game

• DiRT Rally 2.0
• Heaven’s Vault
• Knights and Bikes
• Observation
• Planet Zoo
• Total War: Three Kingdoms

BAFTA 2020 Nominees for Animation

• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
• Control
• Death Stranding
• Luigi’s Mansion 3
• Sayonara Wild Hearts
• Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice

BAFTA 2020 Nominees for Artistic Achievement

• Concrete Genie
• Control
• Death Stranding
• Disco Elysium
• Knights and Bikes
• Sayonara Wild Hearts

[ignvideo url=”https://www.ign.com/videos/2019/10/30/death-stranding-launch-trailer”]

BAFTA 2020 Nominees for Audio Achievement

• Ape Out
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
• Control
• Death Stranding
• Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
• Untitled Goose Game

BAFTA 2020 Nominees for Debut Game

• Ape Out
• Death Stranding
• Disco Elysium
• Katana Zero
• Knights and Bikes
• Manifold Garden

BAFTA 2020 Nominees for Evolving Game

• Apex Legends
• Destiny 2
• Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers
• Fortnite
• No Man’s Sky: Beyond
• Path of Exile

BAFTA 2020 Nominees for Family Game

• Concrete Genie
• Knights and Bikes
• Luigi’s Mansion 3
• Untitled Goose Game
• Vacation Simulator
• Wattam

BAFTA 2020 Nominees for Game Beyond Entertainment

• Civilization VI: Gathering Storm
• Death Stranding
• Kind Words (lo fi chill beats to write to)
• Life is Strange 2 (Episodes 2-5)
• Neo Cab
• Ring Fit Adventure

[ignvideo url=”https://www.ign.com/videos/2019/10/17/disco-elysium-review”]

BAFTA 2020 Nominees for Game Design

• Baba Is You
• Control
• Disco Elysium
• Outer Wilds
• Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
• Wattam

BAFTA 2020 Nominees for Multiplayer Game

• Apex Legends
• Borderlands 3
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
• Luigi’s Mansion 3
• Tick Tock: A Tale for Two
• Tom Clancy’s The Division 2

BAFTA 2020 Nominees for Music

• Control
• Death Stranding
• Disco Elysium
• Outer Wilds
• The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening
• Wattam

BAFTA 2020 Nominees for Narrative

• Control
• Disco Elysium
• Life is Strange 2 (Episodes 2-5)
• Outer Wilds
• The Outer Worlds
• Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order

BAFTA 2020 Nominees for Original Property

• Baba Is You
• Control
• Death Stranding
• Disco Elysium
• Outer Wilds
• Untitled Goose Game

[widget path=”global/article/imagegallery” parameters=”albumSlug=game-of-the-year-2019-nominees&captions=true”]

BAFTA 2020 Nominees for Performer in a Leading Role

• Laura Bailey as Kait Diaz in Gears 5
• Courtney Hope as Jesse Faden in Control
• Logan Marshall-Green as David in Telling Lies
• Gonzalo Martin as Sean Diaz in Life is Strange 2 (episodes 2-5)
• Barry Sloane as Captain Price in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
• Norman Reedus as Sam in Death Stranding

BAFTA 2020 Nominees for Performer in a Supporting Role

• Jolene Andersen as Karen Reynolds in Life is Strange 2 (episodes 2-5)
• Troy Baker as Higgs in Death Stranding
• Sarah Bartholomew as Cassidy (Lucy Rose Jones) in Life is Strange 2 (episodes 2-5)
• Ayisha Issa as Fliss in The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan
• Léa Seydoux as Fragile in Death Stranding
• Martti Suosalo as Ahti the Janitor in Control

BAFTA 2020 Nominees for Technical Achievement

• A Plague Tale: Innocence
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
• Control
• Death Stranding
• Metro Exodus
• Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice

BAFTA 2020 Nominees for Mobile Game of the Year

• Assemble With Care
• Call of Duty: Mobile
• Dead Man’s Phone
• Pokémon Go
• Tangle Tower
• What the Golf?

[poilib element=”accentDivider”]

Chris Priestman is a freelancer who writes news for IGN. Follow him on Twitter.

A Quiet Place Part II is coming to cinemas on March 20, but you’ll be able to catch it early if you grab tickets to a one-night-only double feature on March 18.

Some films just have to be watched in the cinemas, and A Quiet Place is undoubtedly one of them. With a proper surround system dropping every tiny sound, and a full audience all holding their breath on behalf of the protagonist, it’s an experience that can’t be replicated.

Luckily, if you missed the chance to watch A Quiet Place in cinemas the first time–or if you’re just a big fan of the film–you have the chance to catch it again, in a double feature with the upcoming sequel.

Continue Reading at GameSpot

Respawn has already given players a chance to play on Apex Legends‘ original map, Kings Canyon, a few times in Season 4: Assimilation. Both times, however, the map has returned as one of the older versions of Kings Canyon. Going forward, you’ll play on the Kings Canyon you remember from the final days of Season 2: Battle Charge.

Kings Canyon will first return in the System Override Collection event, during the second week of the limited-time Deja Loot mode. “This will be the Season 2 version of Kings Canyon,” Respawn design director Jason McCord said on Apex Devstream #4. “[The version] with the leviathans in it and all the town takeovers–the last version of the map that [players] played live.”

Halfway through Season 4: Assimilation, the ranked playlist will transition from World’s Edge to Kings Canyon. However, the legends won’t be playing on a new Kings Canyon. During the devstream, Respawn community manager Jay Frechette said that, like in System Override, the Kings Canyon that returns at the ranked playlist split is still the version of the map from Season 2: Battle Charge. So don’t expect a brand-new version of Apex Legends’ original map.

Continue Reading at GameSpot

E3 2020 is scheduled to happen from June 9 through June 11, but as numerous worldwide events are cancelled or postponed due to the COVID-19 (aka coronavirus) outbreak, it would be reasonable to question whether organizers were wavering. In the wake of GDC being postponed, E3’s organizers have stated that they still plan on having the event in June.

The news comes from Vice’s Patrick Klepek, who received a statement from the ESA and shared it via Twitter. The statement confirms that the company is “watching the situation very closely”, and makes it clear that things could change, but for now, it is “moving ahead full speed with E3 2020 planning.”

Exhibits and ticket sales have continued unabated, and it’s not possible to know whether the outbreak will be contained–or what state things will be in–by June.

Continue Reading at GameSpot

SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle For Bikini Bottom Rehydrated brings back the colorful jellyfish-riddled cult classic in a remaster set to arrive on Nintendo Switch, PC, PS4, and Xbox One later this year.