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Cuphead for Nintendo Switch Announced

Nintendo announced during its Nindies Showcase for GDC 2019 that former Xbox One-console exclusive Cuphead is coming to the Nintendo Switch.

Cuphead will be available for the Switch on April 18, and is currently available for pre-purchase. Nintendo specifically thanked Studio MDHR and Microsoft for allowing it to come to Nintendo’s console. (Cuphead also previously came to PC.)

Cuphead’s reveal opened the Nindies Showcase with an amusing old-fashioned tutorial regarding milk before highlighting the frantic gameplay of Studio MDHR’s platform shooter.

Originally released in 2017, Cuphead earned an 8.8 from IGN. In our Cuphead review, we said ” Rather than simply offering the player what they want, Cuphead makes them earn that right – the rewards, if you can hack the tests, are absolutely worth it.”

John Wick 3: Check Out 10 Exclusive New Character Posters

John Wick might be the title character of Lionsgate’s action-packed franchise, but the marketing for this movie certainly seems to be pushing that John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum is an ensemble affair.

Coming off IGN’s exclusive announcement that the second trailer for Parabellum will debut Thursday, March 21, today’s IGN Premiere has us debuting 10 new character posters featuring the main cast featured in the third installment of this story.

Unlike the eight John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum teaser videos we posted yesterday, these posters feature two characters who weren’t previously spotlighted: Jason Mantzoukas as Tick Tock Man and Saïd Taghmaoui as The Elder. They have their own posters alongside fellow Wick newcomers Halle Berry as Sofia, Angelica Huston as The Director, Asia Kate Dillon as The Adjudicator and Mark Dacascos as Zero.

Yoshi’s Crafted World: Check Out Some of the Unlockable Costumes

Yoshi’s Crafted World – Nintendo’s imminent new platformer for the Switch – seems like it knows how adorable it is. It leans into that cuteness with its large collection of unlockable costumes. The above montage video shows off a bunch of them, but there are many more in the full game! Which one is your favorite?

As a reminder, IGN First is our monthly, purely editorially driven initiative where we take a deeper dive into the games we’re most excited about. We’ve got an interview with the developers behind Yoshi’s Crafted World coming up soon, leading up to our review of the game and its release later this month. And if you enjoy the video above, feel free to also check out one of our previous new stage reveals from this month, which showcased ‘The Shogun’s Castle’ stage, complete with a mini-boss fight at the end.

Angel Star Suggests There May Be a Reunion for the Buffy Spin-Off

The lead star of Buffy the Vampire Slayer spin-off Angel, David Boreanaz, has teased that a reunion may be in the works for the show’s 20th anniversary.

As reported by Deadline, Boreanaz appeared on CBS chat show The Talk on Tuesday, where he dropped hints that something special would be happening to celebrate 20 years of the moody vampire show.

While discussing a Buffy the Vampire Slayer cast reunion that happened last month at the Wizard World convention in Portland, Boreanaz said: “We’re coming up on 20 years. I mean, that’s amazing to have been blessed with a show like that and that’s where I really started my gig — this acting world.”

Oculus Rift S Announced, Priced, and Detailed

Facebook and Oculus have announced the Oculus Rift S, a follow-up to 2016’s Oculus Rift. The Rift S will be available this Spring for $399 and include two new Oculus Touch controllers.

The Rift S will run everything the original Rift did. It includes built-in Insight tech, similar to the standalone Oculus Quest – which was also just confirmed for a Spring release at a $399 price point – which means the Rift S will not need room sensors. Just one wire runs from the headset to a USB port. When asked about where wireless fits into their plans, Oculus Studios boss Jason Rubin told IGN that no official first-party wireless adapter is currently in the works, and that if they had chosen to go wireless, it would’ve either driven the price up – Oculus calls $399 the “sweet spot” – or they would’ve had to sacrifice screen resolution. The Rift S indeed has a higher resolution than either the Rift or the Quest, noticeably reducing the “screen door effect.” It weighs a tad more than the original Rift but is “better balanced,” weight-wise, according to Oculus. The headband was designed in partnership with Lenovo. The Rift S also sports increased visual clarity, improved lenses, and a fifth camera. “Passthrough+” allows you to see the real world through the Rift S’s camera without taking the headset off, allowing you to better virtually draw your play space during setup.

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Epic Giving Away $100 Million To Aspiring Game Devs, Thanks To Fortnite

As part of its presentation at the Game Developers Conference, Epic Games announced a massive grant program, and it’s thanks to the popularity of Fortnite. The Epic MegaGrants program will award shares of $100 million over the course of five years to aspiring game developers, educators, and other professionals using the Unreal Engine and open-source tools.

This is the next stage in Epic’s grants program, which started in 2015 with a $5 million pool. That funding has expanded significantly, which Epic chalks up to “Fortnite’s unbelievable success.”

The grants will be awarded ranging from $5,000 to $500,000. Those who receive grants will still own their IP and be allowed to publish. Epic says that these grants have no strings attached, which means you don’t need to sign any kind of exclusivity arrangement to receive them. There is no firm deadline for grant applications.

Specifically, Epic is looking for grant recipients across five categories: game developers, media and entertainment, enterprise, education, and tools and open-source development. Each application should focus on how you plan to use Unreal Engine 4 in your work, curriculum, or research. You can check out the official site for more details.

“At Epic we succeed when developers succeed,” said CEO Tim Sweeney in the announcement. “With Epic MegaGrants we’re reinvesting in all areas of the Unreal Engine development community and also committing to accelerate the open sourcing of content, tools, and knowledge.”

Oculus Rift S Revealed, New VR Headset With Built-In Sensors For $400

Oculus has revealed its next PC-based VR headset called the Rift S as part of GDC 2019. The most notable improvement is the inclusion of built-in sensors for inside-out tracking; this means you no longer need to set up external sensors if you use a Rift S. Additional details on Oculus Quest have also been announced as well, which is the company’s upcoming standalone headset.

The built-in sensors make up what’s called Oculus Insight and it’s capable of free-roaming room scale VR gaming. The Rift S features five separate sensors on the headset while the Quest has four. Rift S also comes with a bump in visual quality–it’ll have a total resolution of 2560×1440 (1280×1440 per eye) on a fast-switch LCD display. However, refresh rate has been slightly dropped down, going from 90 Hz to 80 Hz. Oculus stated that this was done to offset the increase in resolution in order to maintain the same required PC hardware specifications to run Oculus games properly.

As for the Quest’s specs, it’s powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 processor with storage options starting at 64 GB. Oculus states that the headset’s resolution is 1600×1440 per eye on an OLED display with an overall refresh rate of 72 Hz.

Oculus Quest (left), Oculus Rift S (right)

Other notable improvements that come with the Oculus Rift S is the head strap. It takes on a similar design to the PlayStation VR with a ring-like headband that’s simply adjusted with a dial on the back. There is integrated audio on the headset so separate audio devices aren’t necessary, but a 3.5mm audio jack still allows you to use your own headphones.

Oculus made it clear that the Rift S is not a “Rift 2” and instead a much better version of the original since it’ll play all of the same games and live on the same ecosystem. The Quest’s game library will differ due to the lower specs of the standalone headset; however, all Quest games will be playable on the Rift. More than 50 games will be available for Quest on launch day.

The Rift S and Quest headsets will launch sometime in Spring 2019 for $400.

Examining Jordan Peele’s Us Homework

Ever since his film Get Out became a critically-acclaimed blockbuster, writer-director Jordan Peele has been on the radar of movie fans and critics alike. And now, his second time at bat is the horror-thriller Us, which follows a family tormented by a group of people that look and think exactly like them. (Read our review of Us.)

Lupita Nyong’o, who stars in the film as the mother of the family, told Entertainment Weekly that Peele set her up with 10 movies to watch as prep work for the film. So with Us about to hit theaters on March 22, let’s shine a light on Peele’s homework and speculate a bit about what these 10 films may mean for the story and themes of his latest offering.