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I have a strange relationship with the Legend of Zelda series. My first game in the franchise was Wind Waker HD (yes, I was late to the party, leave me alone). I didn’t like it–it’s quite slow, isn’t it?

Later, despite some hesitation on my part after not really getting on with Wind Waker, I tried A Link Between Worlds. I loved it–it’s amazing, isn’t it?

Encouraged by my unexpected love for ALBW, I immediately bought Breath of the Wild after getting a Switch, and, again, despite universal praise from critics, I didn’t like it. I found it directionless–I didn’t know what to do, where to go, which weapons to use, and why certain armor was better than others.

I thought I was the problem. Maybe I’m just weird, I thought.Maybe I just don’t like the 3D Zelda games? I should try another 2D one. Argh, they’re all old, and as we all know, all old games are Bad™.

Fear not, dear reader, for I persevered. After bouncing off at the first time of asking, I returned to Breath of the Wild a further two times, and on the third try it finally clicked. Suddenly I had decent gear and a few hearts and I could explore without fear of immediately being killed. I realized that getting lost was sort of the point, and that it didn’t matter where I went. I’m not weird! I thought. I do like Zelda!

Fast forward to 2019 and I cannot wait for Link’s Awakening. I’m a full-on Zelda convert now, and I’m hungry for more. A critically acclaimed game, remastered for the modern age on the most convenient and delightful console ever, all in that wonderful cartoonish 2D art style? Sign me the hell up. — Oscar Dayus

Here’s Every Pokemon We’ve Seen So Far in Pokemon Sword and Shield

Here’s Every Pokemon We’ve Seen So Far in Pokemon Sword and Shield.

The Most Surprising Details in the Pokemon Sword and Shield Nintendo Direct

Nintendo, Game Freak, and The Pokémon Company held a Pokémon Direct for Pokémon Sword and Shield this morning, and a bunch of new information – including that vital piece of the puzzle, the release date – was revealed. So…what did we think of the Direct? We gathered our biggest Poke-fans, Miranda Sanchez and Casey DeFreitas, to hash out the biggest surprises (and a particularly unsurprising detail) that were.

Miranda: Any morning that starts with Pokemon Direct is a good morning. Casey, our Pokemon Master, what did you think about the Direct?!

Casey: My hype for Pokemon Sword and Shield is absolutely invigorated after seeing this Direct! They showed off so many surprising changes, and I am mostly here for them.

Enter for a Chance to Win The Occupation

Welcome to Daily Win, our way of giving back to the IGN community. To thank our awesome audience, we’re giving away a new game each day to one lucky winner. Be sure to check IGN.com every day to enter in each new giveaway.

Today we’re giving away a digital copy of The Occupation for PS4. To enter into this sweepstake, fill out the form below. You must be at least 18 years old and a legal U.S. resident to enter. Today’s sweepstake will end at 11:59 p.m. PDT. Entries entered after this time will not be considered.

DCeased Reveals Startling Superhero Transformations

DC’s heroes are responding to a devastating zombie outbreak in some unexpected ways.

Warning: this article contains spoilers for DCeased #2!

The series is continuing to explore the ramifications of a worldwide zombie pandemic, one caused by a mutated form of the Anti-Life Equation spreading across social media. And it should come as no surprise that the already devastating death toll from DCeased #1 grows even bigger in the second chapter.

DCeased #2 features the apparent death of Aquaman, who’s attacked by a swarm of undead while responding to a ship’s distress signal. It’s also revealed that the Joker has joined the ranks of the infected, putting Harley Quinn in serious danger.

Framing John DeLorean Review

I’m particularly drawn to the story of John DeLorean, seeing as how I owned one of the DMC-12 sports cars that bear his name for over a decade. From that experience, I can assure you: rumor, innuendo, myth, and straight-up falsehoods followed John Zachary DeLorean, his company, and his elegant stainless steel-body, gullwing-door cars for years after his death in 2005. Framing John DeLorean offers a compelling, balanced account of both the transcendent accomplishments of the Detroit legend as well as his catastrophic personal and professional failures – told through a clever mix of interviews with those closest to him, real-life archival footage, and dramatic reenactments with Alec Baldwin playing a spot-on DeLorean.

War of the Realms Struggles to Set Up its Finale

War of the Realms is nearing its conclusion, and there’s little sign the series is changing its questionable course now. The book has been and continues to be a fun ride through a war-torn Marvel Universe, one that invites all manner of heroes to join in the fray. But its beauty still runs surface deep. Even issue #5’s halfhearted attempts to re-center the conflict around Thor and his family do little to change that.

This is traditionally the point in any big Marvel crossover where the heroes begin rallying together and beating back the all-powerful threat looming over everything, and War of the realms #5 doesn’t disappoint in that regard. Much of this issue is devoted to hopping from one battle scene to the next, showing readers how a motley lineup of heroes is succeeding where the gods, dwarves and elves of the Ten Realms failed. Jason Aaron and Russell Dauterman focus on delivering one fist-pumping moment of victory after another, with She-Hulk stomping Ulik, Ghost Rider unleashing hell on the Enchantress, Wolverine filling an empty slot in the Warriors Three and various other fun, larger-than-life moments.

Blizzard Reportedly Cancels Game That Was In The Works For Two Years

It appears Blizzard Entertainment has canceled a project that was in development for at least two years. Game developer David Gibson, who was a senior animator on Overwatch, started working on a mysterious unannounced Blizzard project in July 2017, according to his LinkedIn page. He worked on this game for about two years before announcing his departure from Blizzard this week.

Whatever this project was, it’s reportedly no longer happening. “Unfortunately, you’ll never see what we made over the past two years–that’s [game development],” he said on Twitter.

Game development is a highly iterative, fluid process. It is not uncommon for projects to get canceled midway through development, for a variety of reasons. Gibson did not offer any specifics on why this project was seemingly axed or if his departure from Blizzard is related.

According to Blizzard executive producer Allen Adham, roughly 50 percent of Blizzard’s games are canceled before release. “The truth is, behind the curtain, it’s a horror show. But most people outside of Blizzard don’t realize around half of our titles don’t see the light of day,” he explained to Game Informer. “So, people who think we’re a consistent company, we’re only consistent in that we only release the really amazing games.”

GameSpot has contacted Blizzard in an attempt to get more details.

Gibson didn’t say if he was let go or if he is leaving voluntarily. Whatever the case, Gibson says he has already lined up a new gig.

Blizzard’s new president, J. Allen Brack, has said that Blizzard currently has more projects in development than ever before in the company’s history. It seems it has one fewer now. Recently, Brack teased that Blizzard might be working on some kind of Overwatch spinoff or sequel.

If Blizzard does have new projects to announce, that could happen at the BlizzCon 2019 event in November. Keep checking back with GameSpot for the latest.

How the Game of Thrones VFX Team Made Drogon so Emotional

Warning! FULL SPOILERS for Game of Thrones Season 8 to follow. For more on the final season, check out our review of the final episode – “The Iron Throne,” how Game of Thrones’ prophecies came true (or didn’t), how Jon Snow’s fate brings the series full circle, and our explainer of the series finale’s ending.