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Bryan Singer will no longer serve as executive producer of the X-Men spinoff series Legion.

After the Legion panel at the Television Critics Association press tour, series creator Noah Hawley told Deadline, “Bryan asked to take his name off the show, so we have done that.” FX confirmed to TheWrap that Singer’s name has been removed from Legion ahead of the Season 2 premiere.

According to Deadline’s sources, Singer reached out to the network to have his name removed in light of allegations of sexual misconduct against the X-Men director.

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Now that Amazon shuttered its anime channel, Anime Strike, all the anime that were previously behind its extra paywall are now available with the standard Amazon Prime subscription. Though the service certainly had its issues, Anime Strike acquired quite a few great exclusives over its nearly year-long run, a few of which were nominated for IGN’s 2017 Anime of the Year.

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Welcome back to the IGN Movies Podcast! This week, Jim Vejvoda, David Griffin, and Tom Jorgensen take a look back at the films that came out on top in 2017 and share their thoughts on the most notable movies coming in 2018.

We discuss the overall box office performance of — and some of the very heated divisiveness around — Star Wars: The Last Jedi and what we think that might mean for both Solo: A Star Wars Story and Last Jedi director Rian Johnson’s planned new Star Wars trilogy.

And with awards season now upon us — the Golden Globes are this weekend — we debate what sort of Oscar chances the likes of Wonder Woman, Get Out and Logan have in light of the nominations they’ve received from critics and industry groups.

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The annual Game Developers Choice Awards has officially announced its nominees, and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Horizon Zero Dawn are tied for the most nomination with six each, including Game of the Year. The awards takes place during the 2018 Game Developers Conference in San Francisco.

The other nominees for Game of the Year are PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, Nier: Automata, and Super Mario Odyssey. All of the above were nominated for multiple awards in categories like Best Audio, Design, Innovation, Technology, and Visual Art. Any game publicly released in 2017 is eligible for nomination. The awards will be hosted by Robin Hunicke, a professor of game design at UC Santa Cruz and the co-founder of the independent game studio Funomena.

The awards are open to all GDC 2018 pass holders. It’s preceded by the Independent Games Festival Awards, where Night in the Woods, Baba is You, and Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy are taking top nominations. The awards take place on March 21 and will be streamed online.

In addition to the main categories, the GDC awards also recognize three individuals for the annual Special Awards categories: Pioneer, Ambassador, and Lifetime Achievement. There’s also an Audience Award category, which will be open for online voting in late January. Follow GameSpot for full coverage of the winners, and check out the full list on nominees below.

Game of the Year

• PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG Corporation)
• Nier: Automata (PlatinumGames / Square Enix)
• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
• Horizon Zero Dawn (Guerrilla Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Super Mario Odyssey (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)

Best Audio

• Cuphead (StudioMDHR)
• Nier: Automata (PlatinumGames / Square Enix)
• Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice (Ninja Theory)
• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
• Horizon Zero Dawn (Guerrilla Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment)

Best Debut

• Team Cherry (Hollow Knight)
• Sidebar Games (Golf Story)
• StudioMDHR (Cuphead)
• Infinite Fall (Night in the Woods)
• Jason Roberts / Buried Signal (Gorogoa)

Best Design

• Super Mario Odyssey (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
• Horizon Zero Dawn (Guerrilla Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG Corporation)
• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
• Nier: Automata (PlatinumGames / Square Enix)

Best Mobile Game

• Reigns: Her Majesty (Nerial / Devolver Digital)
• Hidden Folks (Adriaan de Jongh and Sylvain Tegroeg)
• Monument Valley 2 (ustwo games)
• Gorogoa (Jason Roberts / Buried Signal / Annapurna Interactive)
• Bury Me, My Love (The Pixel Hunt / Figs / ARTE France / Playdius)

Innovation Award

• Gorogoa (Jason Roberts / Buried Signal / Annapurna Interactive)
• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
• What Remains of Edith Finch (Giant Sparrow / Annapurna Interactive)
• Everything (David OReilly / Double Fine Productions)
• PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG Corporation)

Best Narrative

• Night in the Woods (Infinite Fall / Finji)
• Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice (Ninja Theory)
• What Remains of Edith Finch (Giant Sparrow / Annapurna Interactive)
• Horizon Zero Dawn (Guerrilla Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus (MachineGames / Bethesda Softworks)

Best Technology

• Destiny 2 (Bungie / Activision)
• Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice (Ninja Theory)
• Assassin’s Creed: Origins (Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft)
• Horizon Zero Dawn (Guerrilla Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)

Best Visual Art

• Persona 5 (P-Studio / Atlus)
• Cuphead (StudioMDHR)
• Horizon Zero Dawn (Guerrilla Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
• Night in the Woods (Infinite Fall / Finji)

Best VR/AR Game

• Superhot VR (SUPERHOT Team)
• Star Trek: Bridge Crew (Red Storm Entertainment / Ubisoft)
• Lone Echo (Ready at Dawn / Oculus Studios)
• Resident Evil 7: Biohazard (Capcom)
• The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR (Bethesda Game Studios / Bethesda Softworks)

Weeelcooome to Nintendo Voice Chat, Episode 389 — the first episode of 2018! This week, Max Scoville and Daemon Hatfield join the show as the panel shares their thoughts on the heavily rumored January Nintendo Direct and what Nintendo might have up its sleeve for 2018.

As always, you can watch NVC here on IGN and on our YouTube channel (subscribe and hit the bell!) or listen to it on your commute in audio format. If you enjoy the show, share it with other Nintendo fans, make a constructive comment, and give us a thumbs up or leave us a review. Listen to the Latest Episode of NVC Right Here

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HTC is teasing a Vive-related announcement for January 8, the day of its CES press conference.

The teaser image, posted by HTC on Twitter, clearly emphasizes the word “resolution,” likely hinting at a new Vive model with an upgraded display. The original Vive, which was released in April 2016, features two 1080×1200 display panels.

HTC’s teaser image for its Vive-related announcement

HTC announced a $200 USD price drop for Vive back in August. A few months later, the company announced Vive Focus, a standalone VR headset. However, the new headset was revealed on HTC’s Chinese website, and there’s no word on a western release at this time.

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Harry Potter alum Helena Bonham Carter is reportedly joining Netflix’s The Crown.

Vogue reports Bonham Carter is “all but confirmed” to replace Vanessa Kirby as Princess Margaret for the next two seasons of the series, according to a report in the Evening Standard. The Crown creator Peter Morgan decided to recast the main roles of the royal family in order to better portray the characters in their later years.

It’s been previously announced Claire Foy, who has played Queen Elizabeth II in the first two seasons of the show, will be replaced by Olivia Colman. It’s not known yet who’ll be replacing Matt Smith as Prince Phillip.

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