Ori Dev And Publishers Raised Over $58,000 For The Rainforest Trust

Ori developer Moon Studios alongside publishers iam8bit and Skybound Games pledged to donate five percent of the proceeds from every Nintendo Switch sale of Ori and the Will of the Wisps from December 8-13 to the Rainforest Trust. This included all versions of the game, from downloads on the eShop to collectors’ editions sold on the iam8bit site. Originally, there was a $25,000 guarantee, but now the companies will be donating over $58,000 in proceeds from this period to the charity.

The Rainforest Trust is a charity that works toward the conservation of rainforests around the world by establishing protected areas in partnership with local organizations and communities. They have already protected 33 million acres and are working towards securing 50 million more. Thanks to the donation from Moon Studios, Skybound Games, and iam8bit, the Trust will be able to secure another 29,000 acres, which is about the size of Manhattan.

Iam8bit co-owner Jon Gibson explained the companies’ reasoning for the donation in a video posted back in December. Because of the stories they tell, the companies felt it was imperative they do their part to protect our own environment. The Ori franchise, for instance, is about a spirit that watches over a forest and its varied inhabitants, looking to keep them safe. According to Gibson, this decision to partner with the Rainforest Trust came from a desire to use Ori’s marketing budget to try to make some positive change.

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IGN Prime Free Game: ToeJam and Earl: Back in the Groove

IGN Prime has partnered with developer HumaNature Studios to offer all IGN Prime members a free steam key for ToeJam and Earl: Back in the Groove!

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ToeJam & Earl’s new major update titled ‘STILL in the Groove’ is now live on Steam and contains tons of fan requested tweaks and improvements. This biggest improvement is the all new Fixed Mode with much larger and difficult to navigate maps, all handcrafted by the original designer of the series Greg Johnson! 

  • 4-player Co-op funky roguelike gameplay!
  • Procedurally generated maps!
  • Online and offline play!
  • Groovy soundtrack!
  • ALIENS!

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This Snyder Cut-Themed Meal Box Costs $130

Meal subscription boxes are all over the Internet these days, but only one of them will allow you to order Justice League-inspired junk food packaged inside a replica Mother Box.

Warner Bros. is teaming with Wonderland Restaurants to launch Wonderland At Home, a service where hardcore fans with deep pockets can order themed meal kits inspired by various WarnerMedia titles. Naturally, Zack Snyder’s Justice League will be the first movie to get a meal kit. Dubbed “The Mother Box,” this kit is priced at $130 for a two-person box and $260 for a four-person box. Think of it as a highbrow version of a Happy Meal tie-in.

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Each box will include several pre-prepared, refrigerated food courses and multiple drink options, all inspired by different Justice League characters or restaurants from the DC Universe. Here’s a breakdown of everything you get:

  • Ocean Trench (fish and chips)
  • Big Belly Burger (pretty self-explanatory)
  • Resurrection (some sort of corn-based dish)
  • Ancient Themysciran Fire (???)
  • Snacks & Extras
  • Kool Brau Beer
  • Jitters Coffee (canned cold brew coffee)

The Wonderland at Home site indicates these boxes will ship to most locations within the US and UK. The program is expected to launch in April or May of 2021. Unfortunately, with The Snyder Cut confirmed for a March 18 debut on HBO Max, you may have to hold off watching it if you’re intent on getting the full experience.

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Among the many changes being introduced in Snyder’s version of Justice League, expect a new design for Darkseid’s herald Steppenwolf, the return of cut dialogue from Superman and Batman’s confrontation, and Joe Manganiello shooting new scenes as Deathstroke. The Justice League reshoots reportedly cost $70 Million, meaning WarnerMedia would probably like us all to pick up a few Mother Boxes.

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Immortals Fenyx Rising: A New God Review

Immortals Fenyx Rising‘s first major DLC, A New God, feels like it’s calling a bluff. Ubisoft’s open-world template has gotten flack over the years for turning its sprawling worlds into a sea of icons that push you to beeline it to the next objective. If that’s gotten stale, why not cut out the “open world” part? That’s more or less what A New God does: It abandons any pretense about these games being about discovery and traversal in favor of a set checklist of challenges. The idea works in concept; the self-contained puzzles were some of my favorite parts of Immortals, so this DLC is in some ways exactly what I wanted. It, unfortunately, doesn’t work as well in practice. Although it introduces some clever ideas to tease your brain, the way these ideas are implemented are extremely hit-or-miss, as agonizingly inconsistent and frustrating as it is clever.

A New God doesn’t spend much time getting you up to speed with its story or gameplay, so you should probably finish the base game before you jump in. After the events of Immortals, Fenyx is ready to ascend into the pantheon of gods they’d helped free from Typhon–as soon as they prove themselves worthy by completing a number of puzzle and combat trials designed by said gods in Olympos.

I’m surprised by how little I miss the parts of Immortals that A New God trims. You don’t explore Olympos much, since it’s more of a hub than a world. Immortals’ eye-rolling humor (which still can’t land a punchline most of the time) is also thankfully easier to ignore than it is in the base game, as it’s delivered almost entirely through quips from the gods trying to amuse you or impart advice as you play.

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New Warframe Content Coming In February And Possibly March

Some new Warframe content is coming to all platforms this February and sometime in or after March, including two new Frames, a Valentine’s Day event, and permanent cosmetics, developer Digital Extremes revealed.

Starting things off in February is Nightwave: Intermission 3. It goes live on February 1 and brings about new acts, reintroduces some past rewards, duplicates protection, and more. Digital Extremes didn’t go into much detail about Intermission 3 during the livestream.

The series of Warframe content continues with the Star Days event, which goes live from February 11-24. The event is centered around debt collector Ticker, whose store will get a variety of themed items such as glyphs, floofs, and other cosmetics. On top of this event, Digital Extremes will enable wings as a permanent cosmetic for all Frames. They are customizable, from wing style to feather color, and ephemeral, meaning they will become transparent to ensure they don’t obstruct viewing angles when players aim down sights.

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