Category: games

From the Jaegers to the setting, here’s what’s different in Pacific Rim Uprising.

Mortal Kombat is celebrating 25 years this week. Let’s take a look back at a few of the more interesting fatalities.

Check out Hasbro’s new line of Black Series figures before the new Last Jedi trailer drops.

From Pennywise to Wonder Woman to Baby Groot.

Those getting ready for the Prestige version of Destiny 2‘s Leviathan Raid now have some additional time to make their preparations. Bungie announced today that it has delayed the launch of Prestige mode after the discovery of a serious bug.

In a post on its website, Bungie explained that this bug would have negated the difficulty of Prestige mode–which is basically the entire point, being the hard-mode version of the Raid. “An exploit has been discovered in the Leviathan Raid that causes the encounters to be stripped of their intended challenge,” it explained. “To allow time to fix this issue, we are delaying the start of the Prestige Raid until next week. It’s important to us that the team who earns World First status doesn’t have their legacy tarnished by doubt, skepticism, or uncertainty.”

No further details were shared about the nature of the bug. It could be related to the recently discovery exploit that allows players to easily defeat Calus, which is documented here on Reddit.

The Leviathan Prestige Raid now launches at 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET / 6 PM BST on Wednesday, October 18 (4 AM AEDT on October 19). That’s a full day after the weekly reset; it had been scheduled to launch just after this week’s, at 10 AM PT on October 10.

We don’t yet have a complete idea of how exactly the Prestige Raid will differ from the standard version. “We do not expect everyone to be successful in completing this activity,” Bungie said when it was first announced. “Mechanical changes to the encounters are minimal, but they are there.” We also know that rewards will be less about making you more powerful; instead, you can expect “unique rewards to help you shine.”

While Tuesday’s weekly reset may not bring a new challenge for Raid fans, the first-ever Iron Banner in Destiny 2 does kick off. It will run for a week and offer up some new rewards. Players can also look forward to the next Nightfall Strike, among other things.

The world of Blade Runner is one full of futuristic cyberpunk technology, including lifelike androids, space travel and giant, holographic billboards. But there are a few pieces of modern technology that are strangely absent in this sci-fi universe. Namely, there are no cellphones and no Internet. That might seem like a strange omission in this day and age, but there are actually several reasons why the Blade Runner universe is missing those crucial pieces of technology.

The simplest explanation is that the original Blade Runner simply couldn’t have predicted the ubiquitous nature of cellphones, the web and social media in the 21st century. Not only was that film released in 1982, it was based on a Philip K. Dick novel published in 1968. In some ways, Blade Runner was very prescient in envisioning the world as it would exist in 2019. The film predicted China’s rise to become a global superpower, the nonstop sensory barrage that is modern advertising and the fact that humanity would increasingly have to deal with the effects of climate change. But in other ways, Blade Runner was way off the mark. Unless some big changes happen very quickly, we’re not likely to have flying cars, androids and off-world colonies by the year 2019.

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Opening to a less-than-expected $32 million, Blade Runner 2049 underperformed despite glowing critical reception. But while 2049 may not have performed up to industry expectations, how did it fare in comparison to other long-awaited sequels.

IGN earlier this year took a look at 13 movie sequels that took years, and even decades, to be released following the original. In the chart below, find out how those sequels fared alongside the openings of the original films, with numbers via BoxOfficeMojo.

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You don’t have to worry about owning amiibo to get costumes in Super Mario Odyssey.

On the game’s official website, Nintendo notes that “all outfits can be unlocked in-game without amiibo.” That implies that even the wedding outfits with the new Super Mario Odyssey amiibo aren’t exclusive to the toys.

That said, we here at IGN have reached out to the company for confirmation on this aspect.

On the flip side, if you do own a lot of amiibo, every single one of them will work with Super Mario Odyssey. Some will offer help, while others will unlock costumes.

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With dozens of comic books to choose from, let us show you which are the best coming out this week. Take a look at this list spotlighting our favorite comics that we know are money-well-spent and new books that look cool and are backed by some top-tier talent.

Check out our picks, then head to the comments to let us know what you’ll be buying this week!

By writer Dan Slott & artist Stuart Immonen | Marvel

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Blue is a respected name in the world of microphones, and for good reason. Its offerings range from the entry-level to professional, and each mic is well-made and excellent at capturing accurate, natural sound. The Snowball (See it on Amazon) is the company’s entry-level USB microphone, and at $70 it’s aimed at people just getting into streaming, podcasting, or recording voice-over for video. The main difference between the Snowball and a more expensive microphone is the number of capture patterns, and the fact that it comes in a desktop mount. There’s also a cheaper model, the Snowball iCE, that lacks the capture patterns of the standard Snowball, but otherwise the two are identical.

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