Month: March 2020

If you thought March already had enough to keep you busy with big games like Animal Crossing: New Horizons and Doom Eternal, then you’re mistaken. April is nearly upon us, and with it comes riveting dose of nostalgia in the form of top-tier classic game remakes, Final Fantasy VII and Resident Evil 3. Another notable standout this month is Microsoft’s Gears Tactics, an XCOM-style spin-off of the Gears of War franchise, which comes alongside several other releases both big and small.

To give you a look at what’s ahead for PS4, Xbox One, PC, and Switch, we’ve rounded up all the biggest games of April 2020 below. For a broader look at the titles still to come this year, be sure to check out our list of game release dates in 2020.

Resident Evil 3 (PS4, Xbox One, PC) — April 3

Following the success of last year’s Resident Evil 2 remake, Capcom is already giving us a remake of Resident Evil 3. As returning series protagonist Jill Valentine, you embark on a perilous journey to survive the early days of Raccoon City’s zombie outbreak. All the while, a towering bioweapon known as Nemesis hunts you at every turn, making your struggle to escape that much more difficult. Like its predecessor, RE3 reimagines the events of the original to create a unique survival-horror experience that looks to defy the expectations of longtime series fans, while also terrifying and surprising newcomers.

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The second of Borderlands 3‘s DLC expansions–Guns, Love, and Tentacles: The Marriage of Wainwright & Hammerlock–has been released and so I figured it would be as good a time as any to jump back into Gearbox’s first-person loot shooter. The Borderlands franchise has a decent track record when it comes to DLC and it’s been a few months since I played the third mainline installment so, ya know, why not?

However, I wasn’t particularly enthused by my time with Guns, Love, and Tentacles, largely because Gearbox’s interpretation of H.P. Lovecraft’s work incorporates some of the problematic parts of the author’s worldview and then does nothing to address them.

It’s the DLC’s portrayal of black people that irks me the most, largely because of the Borderlands franchise’s style of storytelling. Borderlands games traditionally explore concepts or pieces of pop culture through sarcasm, satire, or playful homage. Gearbox takes something that already exists and adapts it to match its style of irreverent Borderlands mayhem.

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Nintendo shared a new trailer for Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition during this week’s surprise Nintendo Direct Mini. Along with giving us another look at the upcoming game, the presentation revealed that there will be entirely new story content, and you’ll be able to play it right from the beginning.

Nintendo confirmed on Twitter that the new epilogue story in Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition–called Xenoblade Chronicles: Future Connected–will be available from the outset, so you won’t first need to clear the main storyline to access it. That’s good news if you’ve previously played the game and want to jump right into the new content, as the main story can take upwards of 100 hours to finish.

Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition is slated to launch on May 29. However, as Nintendo noted at the start of the Direct Mini, release dates that were announced during the presentation are subject to change due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

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Jared Leto made the most of his Thursday night by dressing up as Joe Exotic, a central figure in the Netflix True-crime documentary Tiger King, which Leto was hosting a viewing for on Twitter.

Leto announced Wednesday afternoon that he would be hosting a Tiger King viewing party that night at 6 p.m. PDT on Twitter. The tweet came with a picture of Leto’s face edited onto Joe Exotic, who is the subject of the documentary miniseries and the most-watched program of the day on Netflix in the United States. The series focuses on an eccentric man who bought an Oklahoma horse farm in the 90s and converted it into a zoo. The Netflix Twitter account clarified 30 minutes before the event began that it would be a viewing party of just the first episode.

 

Leto posted his first tweet one minute before the 6 p.m. start time. “Got my popcorn. Pressing play on #TigerKing Episode 1. Let’s do this @Netflix #JaredLetoCinemaClub,” Leto wrote. An image accompanying the tweet showed Leto in a colorful collared shirt in the essence of the flamboyant subject of the documentary. Instead of a real tiger, Leto has what looks like a stuffed animal bracelet.

 

Leto then says in a follow-up tweet that he’s already seen the entire series and promises viewers a wild “ride.” In his next two tweets, he thanked Netflix “for keeping us entertained during this challenging time” and thanked Joe “for keeping fringe alive.”

The multi-hyphenate consistently commented on the wardrobe of the people in the documentary and found a striking comparison between a shirt that he previously wore and a shirt that somebody wears in the show.

Leto tweeted throughout the episode and ended his viewing party with more praise for the Netflix miniseries.

“Wow. Mind blown again – end of episode one,” Leto wrote. “Masterful direction and great job to all involved with the production!!!”

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Tiger King consists of seven episodes running 40-50 minutes each and was released on March 20 on Netflix. IGN’s review of the series calls it “a fascinating and depressing look inside a community of big cat fanatics.” Kate McKinnon is starring in a scripted miniseries based on Joe Exotic’s story, and Dax Shepard and Edward Norton are fan-casting themselves as Joe Exotic.

For those that have seen the series, here is what the subjects of the series are doing today. Leto was also in the news himself recently after finding out about the coronavirus way later than most people.

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Petey Oneto is a freelance writer for IGN.

On April 6, a new streaming service will launch called Quibi. What sets this apart from others is that all of the content is no longer than 10-minutes per episode. Now, the service has revealed what’s coming in its first month, and there are a slew of original series headed your way.

On April 6, two beloved MTV shows are getting a revamp. First, there is Singled Out–hosted by Keke Palmer and Joel Kim Booster. The show will reflect today’s dating atmosphere and have 20 episodes. Secondly, there is Punk’d, this time hosted by Chance The Rapper. In the press release for the show, augmented reality is mentioned, so we’ll see how that plays out in this well-known prank series.

Next up, Chrissy Teigen plays the judge, jury, and possibly executioner in the new court room show Chrissy’s Court, where she’ll hear cases in small claims court and make a ruling. That series debuts on April 6. Finally, there is 50 States of Fright, the horror series landing on April 13. This series is executive produced by Sam Raimi, and Raimi will also direct and co-write alongside Ivan Raimi. Check out the teaser for the new show below.

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