Disney+ is coming up on one full week of existence, and over the course of those seven days, we at IGN have finally had time to use the service and explore a lot of its offerings. If you’re curious what we think of the service as a whole, check out our Disney+ review.
We spent the weekend perusing the Disney+ catalog’s collection of new and old titles, from the nostalgic series we loved when we were younger through the blend of vintage Star Wars and Disney offerings — and, of course, the new series Disney included at launch.
Even before their release, Pokemon Sword and Shield became the most controversial entries into the Pokemon video game franchise. But now that fans have had a chance to play the games is that still the case?
Filmmaker JJ Abrams has revealed new details about Carrie Fisher’s posthumous role in The Rise of Skywalker, explaining how Leia Organa’s story will honor the franchise’s original plans for her character.
Welcome to IGN’s Black Friday Amazon deals page, your source for all the best deals that you can get in the UK from Amazon this month.
Amazon Black Friday deals continue to set the pace when it comes to online shopping in the UK and the rest of the world.
The biggest shopping event of the year will see daily deals from Amazon that are live for 24 hours, as well as quick-selling limited-time offers, also known as Amazon Lightning deals, that expire within six hours or as soon as they go out of stock.
With less than two weeks until Black Friday 2019, Sony has finally announced its official Black Friday PS4 deals for North America. While some of these deals had already been revealed in various retailers’ ads, other deals are a pleasant surprise, including an awesome discount on the PS4 Pro. PlayStation’s deals will be available from November 24 to December 2 in the US and November 28 to December 6 in Canada.
For those looking to grab a powerful console with a great library of games, you can’t go wrong with the PS4 Pro at its Black Friday price: $300 USD. No retailer ads have mentioned this offer as of yet, but we still expect you’ll see it at major retailers like Amazon and Walmart. Alternatively, an excellent PS4 Slim bundle will be available for just $200 USD, and it includes three PS4-exclusive classics: God of War, The Last of Us Remastered, and Horizon Zero Dawn: Complete Edition. While the PS5 is slated to release next holiday season, that’s still at least a year away, and for budget-savvy shoppers, these console discounts are a welcome surprise.
Some of 2019’s PS4-exclusive releases will be on sale for just $20 USD, including Marvel’s Spider-Man: Game of the Year Edition, which includes all DLC. You’ll also be able to grab Days Gone, MediEvil, Concrete Genie, and MLB The Show 19 at that price. Meanwhile, some older PS4 classics will be just $10 USD (down from $20). The PlayStation Hits collection includes God of War, The Last of Us Remastered, Persona 5, Resident Evil 7: Biohazard, and more.
If you’ve been interested in PlayStation VR, Black Friday is also bringing an excellent PSVR bundle with five games, and it’s perhaps the best offer we’ve seen on PSVR. For $200 USD, you’ll get not only the PSVR headset and camera but also vouchers to download some of the system’s best games: Astro Bot Rescue Mission, Skyrim VR, Resident Evil 7: Biohazard, Everybody’s Golf VR, and PlayStation VR Worlds. Alternatively, there’s a two-game bundle that includes Blood & Truth and Everybody’s Golf VR for $250 USD, but note that this bundle also includes two PS Move controllers (which can cost $100 on their own).
Finally, there are some less-than-stellar offers to be aware of as well, like the PlayStation Gold wireless headset for $70 USD (it’s already $71 on Amazon right now) and the 12-month PS Plus membership for $45 (you can get it for $40 at Ebay right now). The PS Plus membership price is a particular bummer as it’s been offered for $40 in previous years, but it’s still likely places like Amazon, Ebay, and Newegg will offer it for cheaper during Black Friday.
Street Fighter V will get a new iteration, Street Fighter V: Champion Edition, on February 14 2020. This new version of the game will include every single piece of DLC released previously with the exception of the Fighting Chance, Capcom Pro Tour and brand collaboration costumes that have released so far, plus some new content. This edition will be available for $29.99, or current owners of Street Fighter V can buy an upgrade kit, available on PS4 and PC for $24.99, at an earlier date.
Street Fighter V: Champion Edition will include all 34 stages and over 200 costumes that have been introduced since Street Fighter V launched in 2016, as well as new V-Skills for every single character (which will be made available for owners of any version of the game.) A balance update and new “gameplay improvements” have also been promised.
Champion Edition boosts the fighter count up to 40, with the addition of a new fighter: Gill, the antagonist of Street Fighter III. A character trailer has been released to show off his iconic red-and-blue design (to represent fire and ice,) and how his attacks translate to the latest Street Fighter. “Typically plotting behind the scenes, he is now ready to reveal himself to the world, as he sets out to fulfill the prophecy that the Secret Society has coveted since ancient times,” the description on the trailer reads. You’ll be able to nab him through the upgrade kit from December, and he’ll bring the “Sun Chase Moon” stage with him.
Anyone who preorders Champion Edition in the US will unlock a new choice of costume color for each fighter. Gill, like previous DLC fighters, can be purchased or earned in-game. New Christmas themed DLC is also heading to the game from today, bringing new costumes for G, Lucia and Poison, and later this month a new stage called Holly Jolly Beatdown will be made available as well–it’s Abigail’s auto shop, but snowed in.
We gave the Arcade Edition of Street Fighter V a 9/10 in our review, with critic Tamoor Hussain writing that “two years after its launch, Street Fighter V is finally fighting fit.”
Rick and Morty Season 4 Episode 2, “The Old Man and the Seat,” is primarily about poop. But through poop, it explores so much more.
In the second episode of the long-awaited Season 4, Rick went on a “solo adventure”–as he put it–while Summer became obsessed with a dating app, Beth tried to stop her, and Morty and Jerry almost got executed in space. And about 50% of the episode was about pooping, toilets, and butt bombs that fart with enough force to blast through drywall and poop out big hands that flip you a stinky bird.
Don’t let the possibly record-breaking number of poop jokes fool you, though–“The Old Man and the Seat” was a thinker, too. What was up with that ending? What were Rick’s real feelings toward Tony, his throne-stealing nemesis? And why was Jerry’s drug-induced fantasy to be a water delivery guy?
We don’t have all the answers, but we do have these Easter eggs, references, and hidden jokes you might have missed.
New Releases breaks down the hottest games launching each week, and this episode is all over the globe. It starts in the east, where Shenmue 3 continues Ryo Hazuki’s story in China and Sniper: Ghost Warrior Contracts drops you into Siberia. Meanwhile, Civilization 6 is coming to PS4 and Xbox One, letting you conquer the rest of the world. There are also some fantasy and sci-fi adventures to be had, thanks to Munchkin: Quacked Quest and Black Future ’88.
Shenmue 3 — November 19
Available on: PS4, PC
Shenmue 3 isn’t the end of Ryo Hazuki’s story, but fans of the Sega Dreamcast classic have been waiting a long time for the next chapter nonetheless. The third game picks up in a small fishing village in China, where Ryo continues to track down his father’s killer. Expect the usual dose of mini-games and intriguing characters as you explore the open world.
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Munchkin: Quacked Quest — November 19
Available on: PC, Switch
Quacked Quest is based on the Munchkin card game, which is not just about fighting monsters and scoring loot–backstabbing your friends is just as important. This procedurally generated dungeon-crawler operates the same way. You can fight your way through castles and caverns in co-op, but there are lots of opportunities to turn on the party and steal all the gold for yourself.
Black Future ’88 — November 21
Available on: PC, Switch
Munchkin isn’t the only procedurally generated adventure dropping this week. Black Future ’88 is set in a tower, and the layout changes each time you take another run to the top. Along the way, you’ll dodge lasers and fight bosses until you reach the architect on the highest floor. You can make a vertical run in local co-op too.
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Sniper: Ghost Warrior Contracts — November 22
Available on: PS4, Xbox One, PC
The latest in the Sniper: Ghost Warrior series drops you in Siberia, where you’ll have to take out targets in the concrete cities, snowy mountains, and deep forests. You can carry out your missions in a variety of ways, and the new AR mask opens up even more possibilities. You can use it to scan the environment, identifying weak points and objects of interest.
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Civilization 6 — November 22
Available on: PS4, Xbox One
Civ 6 has already made its way to mobile and Nintendo Switch, but now PS4 and Xbox One players are getting a chance to lead their nation to military, technological, and cultural victories. PS4 players even get three Scenario Packs thrown in for free. That’s on top of the 18 nations you can choose in the base game.
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November isn’t over yet, and there are still more video games on the way. Next week, we’ll talk about the Five Nights at Freddy’s series and the narrative indie title Where The Water Tastes Like Wine, both coming to Switch.
Rage 2 has received its second major expansion, TerrorMania, which transports you to the “twisted and cursed alternate reality” of the Deadlands to battle a skeleton army. This DLC brings new lands to explore, new enemies, and a sword weapon, the Sword of Transitus. Protagonist Ranger Walker must head into this alternate dimension and look for a way to close the gateway into it before the skeleton armies encroach on the Wasteland from the main game to mess it up even more. The pack will take areas from the main game, like Wellspring and Overgrown City, and present new, warped versions of them, but it’ll also feature entirely new areas, such as the Floating Islands and a hospital location.
This is the second of the two major expansions promised for Rage 2, following on from Rise of the Ghosts and a major free update that added New Game+. No further DLC has been announced at this time. This DLC can only be accessed through the in-game store, and costs 500 RAGE coins ($5). There’s also a deluxe edition, which comes with the Cult of the Death God mission, the Reaper Assault Rifle weapon skin, the Wasteland Celebrity Phoenix vehicle skin, and the Mutant Monster Truck vehicle skin. This costs 1750 RAGE coins ($17.50). Rage 2 recently came to Xbox Game Pass, meaning that it’s now in the hands of many more Xbox players.
We gave Rage 2 a 6/10 in our review. Reviewer Michael Higham wrote: “Rage 2 is at its best when you’re given the chance to keep up a gratifying momentum in combat, but struggles to setup the scenarios its combat deserves. It’s satisfying in the way clearing out an open-world checklist is, especially because powers are such a joy to use. The disappointment comes from the fact that those activities are rudimentary in nature and the decent ones end well before you get your fill.”
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