The Best Soundbars

Not everyone wants to fuss with setting up surround sound speakers. A much easier way to add some excellent audio to your home theater is with one of our picks for the best soundbar.

Fortnite Finals Summer Skirmish Schedule and Times

The finals of the Fortnite Summer Skirmish take place this weekend at PAX West, and you’ll be able to watch all of the action live right here on IGN.

The eight-week competition, which kicked off last month and boasts a prize pool of $8 million USD, will come to an end with four more days of matches that conclude on Monday, September 3. To ensure you don’t miss a second of the action, check out our handy rundown of when and where on IGN you’ll be able to watch all four days of the Fortnite competition live.

  • Friday, August 31 from 7-10pm PT/10pm-1am ET (Saturday, September 1 from 3-6am UK/12-3pm AET)
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Best Overwatch Cosplay From PAX West 2018

PAX West is home to some amazing cosplay every year and this year was no exception. While there was a variety of cosplay this year ranging from Fornite to League of Legends to Marvel, Overwatch was well represented this year as fans dressed up as their favorite characters.

In this gallery, you’ll find Mercy, Junkrat, D.Va, Roadhog & more. For even more cosplay, make sure to check out our round-up of all the best costumes we saw during PAX West Day 1 as well as cosplay seen at the Fortnite mini-golf course.

For a broader look at everything happening at PAX West 2018, be sure to check out all of our coverage of the event.

Spelunky 2 Doesn’t Break the Formula of an Already Amazing Game

I got a chance to try out Spelunky 2 on the show floor of PAX West 2018, and it’s pretty much exactly what I was hoping for: More Spelunky.

The earlier levels I was able to play both solo and co-op don’t do much to radically change the formula of the first game, but it’s a formula that was already as close to perfectly tuned as you can potentially get. More of that is by no means a bad thing.

Watch the first gameplay video of Spelunky 2 here:

Spelunky 2 isn’t exactly the same, of course. There were a host of new enemies to fight, obstacles to avoid, and treasures to collect. I didn’t get far enough into its still brutally lethal depths to see things like the new mounts or the liquid physics we saw in its latest trailer, but there was still plenty of stuff I hadn’t seen before early on.

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