Matt Fowler is a writer for IGN and a member of the Television Critics Association. Follow him on Twitter at @TheMattFowler and Facebook at Facebook.com/MattBFowler.
The weekend spotlight continues to shine on Resident Evil 3 and Doom Eternal, as both games get a great preorder discount just weeks before they’re set to release.
Out 4/3: Preorder Resident Evil 3 and Save $10
Resident Evil 3 has dropped $10 to $49.94. For those of you who have already preordered the game from Amazon, your price is automatically adjusted to the lower one. Resident Evil 2 was a remake done right, and we expect RE3 to receive the same treatment. RE3 completes the Raccoon City arc, and this time you’re playing as the iconic Jill Valentine.
Doom Eternal is another hugely anticipated release and starting today you can get preorder it for $49.94. If you’ve watched any of the gameplay trailers you already know this game is going to pretty amazing. Preorder it and you’ll also receive a digital copy of Doom 64.
Out 3/17: Preorder Kingdom Hearts All-in-One Package for PS4 on Amazon
The ultimate compilation for Kingdom Hearts fans will be released next month. This package includes all ten Kingdom Hearts games including the recent KH3. If you haven’t yet played this epic universe-hopping RPG that merges the worlds and cast of Square Enix and Disney together, then you’re in for a real treat.
11% Off the Xbox Elite Series 2 Controller, Now $159.99 (Compatible with Upcoming Xbox)
Amazon is offering a Prime exclusive discount of about 11% off, dropping the price from $179 to $160. This is very likely the nicest first party controller you can buy. This professional-grade controller features adjustable tension thumbsticks, shorter hair trigger locks, wraparound textured grips, interchangeable thumbsticks and paddle shapes, and includes a USB Type C cable with charging dock. It boasts up to 40 hours of battery life and can be used for both the Xbox and PC and will supposedly work with the next gen console too.
Hyperkin Duke Wired Xbox Controller for $38 at Amazon
Do you miss the old Xbox days, when controllers were huge and chunky? Well, now you can relive the glory days thanks to this officially licensed Xbox Duke controller from Hyperkin.
HP OMEN 15″ 1080p 144Hz IPS Intel Core i7-9750H 6-Core GTX 1660 Ti Gaming Laptop with Bonus Mouse and Headset for $999.99
Check reviews across the web and you’ll see that the HP Omen is one of the nicest built gaming laptops for the price. This model even has a few extra bells and whistles, like the 144Hz display, RGB-backlit keyboard, and Bang & Olufsen speakers. This bundle also includes a free HP OMEN 400 gaming mouse and HP OMEN 800 headset, a $100 value.
This is the best price you’ll find on an RTX 2080 equipped laptop, and none of the other specs are lacking, either. Despite all this power under the hood, it still weighs only 4.6 pounds.
Joker is an excellent movie, and is now on sale at an even more excellent price. Don’t miss your chance to enjoy one of the best DC movies made in years.
Here’s your chance to score one of the best anime TV series ever at the lowest price ever. You’ll be able to watch this on your PC, your Xbox, or through a linked Vudu account.
Xbox One X Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order Bundle + Extra Controller for $349.98
Dell brings back the Black Friday price for the Xbox One X Jedi: Fallen Order Bundle and tosses in a second Microsoft Xbox wireless controller for free. Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order is an outstanding game, one of the best games of 2019.
Get a Deco Gear 49″ Curved 144Hz Monitor for $649 at PC Mag Shop
Looking for a new monitor? Why not try out this Ultrawide Curved monitor from Deco Gear. It features a silky smooth 144Hz refresh rate, and an excellent 4ms response time, a great combination of settings for the FPS fans who need the absolute quickest they can get.
Grab the LG OLED E9 4K 65″ TV from PC Mag Shop for $2599
LG is a solid name when it comes to 4K TVs, and this one is no different. With a crazy high refresh rate, this TV does away with your traditional input lag most HDTVs have, making it perfect for movie watchers and gamers alike.
Alienware Aurora Intel Core i7-9700 8-Core RTX 2080 SUPER Gaming Desktop PC for $1409.99
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The coupon code just went live today and won’t last more than a few days. This is the least expensive Core i7/RTX 2080 prebuilt gaming desktop you’ll find right now, and Alienware isn’t even considered a budget brand. The RTX 2080 is the new SUPER model that performs about 10% faster than the original (and much faster than the previous king of the hill, the GTX 1080 Ti). It’s also equipped with 8GB of RAM, 256GB solid state drive, and a 1TB hard drive. All of these components can be swapped/upgraded without voiding your warranty.
Alienware Aurora Intel Core i5-9400 6-Core RTX 2060 Gaming Desktop PC for $799.99
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This is the lowest price we’ve ever seen for an Alienware Aurora desktop equipped with an RTX 2060 video card. The desktop-class RTX 2060 video card is actually quite powerful; it’s superior to the GTX 1070 Ti video card and will handle current gen easily at up to 1440p as well as VR headsets like the Valve Index and HTC Vive Pro.
The entire team behind the upcoming System Shock 3 is “no longer employed” at developer OtherSide Entertainment, according to a report from VideoGamesChronicle.
This follows previous reports of other core members of the team announcing their departure over the past five months, including System Shock 3’s writer and director, lead programmer, and others. Just this week, design director Chase Jones changed his LinkedIn profile to reflect the end of his time at OtherSide.
The anonymous source also stated that System Shock 3 was “critically behind” in its development. We last saw how the game was progressing in a gameplay trailer released back in September 2019, which showed off the return of the iconic gaming villain/rogue A.I. SHODAN.
An anonymous poster claiming to be a developer from OtherSide posted on RPG Codex, explaining some additional background info.
“The only reason I’m posting is because I saw so much confusion about the state of the company and the project I thought some first person information would be welcome,” the user wrote. “I never suggested we were halfway done, core systems are a great foundation for a game but most of the work is content development which we were critically behind in, both in real assets and in tool support for an efficient pipeline.
“Was the failure of the project right? It’s hard to say. If Starbreeze hadn’t gone into crisis I think we would’ve delivered something interesting with some fresh and innovative gameplay, but a much smaller game than what people were expecting and inevitably disappointing for a sequel to such a beloved franchise.
“Those high expectations drove a lot of expensive experimentation. We were a small team and knew we couldn’t compete with current immersive sims in production quality and breadth, so we had to be creative and clever and weird. And we were on our way to make something unique and possibly fun, but probably not what the audience was hungry for.”
The user also shared that they “don’t actually know what’s going on, but the team is no longer employed there,” and refrained from commenting further over concerns they may break their non-disclosure agreement.
Adding some legitimacy to the report, VGC cites a community manager that confirmed the poster’s comments.
Starbreeze decided to sell off the publishing rights to System Shock 3 back to OtherSide in order to raise the desperately-needed cash it required to continue operations.
With OtherSide seemingly now floating in the ether, creative director Warren Spector (System Shock, Deus Ex, Epic Mickey) told VGC that the company was in talks with a “lot” of interested publishers. That was back in May 2019. He told VGC that the company had enough capital to fund itself for a period of time, and was also considering self-publishing System Shock 3.
IGN has reached out to a third-party PR company that previously handled communications for OtherSide for comment. We’ll update this story as we learn more.
Obviously, at this point, it’s impossible to imagine star Robert Downey Jr. playing anyone else but Tony Stark/Iron Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Tony was the jumping off point for the franchise and that character’s fate in Avengers: Endgame capped off a decade-long saga.
But if Downey Jr. could have played someone else in the MCU, who would it have been? While promoting his latest movie, Dolittle, the actor sat for BBC 1 Radio and answered questions from kids – ranging from “What was the best birthday party you’ve ever had?” to “Have you ever peed in a swimming pool?”
William, age 10, however asked Downey Jr. if we wasn’t Iron Man, which superhero he’d like to be. The answer was “I can’t think of any red-blooded American boy that didn’t imagine themselves as Spider-Man growing up.”
“However,” Downey Jr. added, “looking back on it now —- also because I’m just such a Jeremy Renner fan, and he made it so cool, particularly when he turns into Ronin [in Avengers: Endgame] —- I would say Hawkeye would be my go-to.”
The next stop in the MCU is Black Widow, due out May 1, featuring Scarlett Johansson’s Natasha Romanoff returning to her clandestine assassin roots to battle the mysterious Taskmaster.
Matt Fowler is a writer for IGN and a member of the Television Critics Association. Follow him on Twitter at @TheMattFowler and Facebook at Facebook.com/MattBFowler.
2020 already has a takedown with Netflix’s comedy The Last Hangover removed from Singapore. The movie is a spoof of The Hangover where the apostles wake up after a night of partying to find Jesus missing. In 2019, the country also demanded the removal of Martin Scorsese’s The Last Temptation of Christ after the movie was banned in Singapore in 2015, according to The Online Citizen.
Singapore’s last known removals were in 2018 when the country demanded three Netflix originals were taken off. The competition series Cooking on High, the documentary movie The Legend of 420 and the comedy series Disjointed were removed.
In 2019, a single episode of Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj titled “Saudi Arabia” was removed from Saudi Arabia’s Netflix. The host of the show tackles the Saudi Arabian government’s cover-up of the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. “This is the most unbelievable cover story since Blake Shelton won sexiest man alive,” Minhaj says in the special, according to NPR.
Representatives of Vietnam demanded Netflix to remove Stanley Kubrick’s Vietnam War movie Full Metal Jacket in 2017. That same year, Germany requested Night of the Living Dead to be removed from the service.
Germany allowed the George Romero classic for years, but supposedly banned it due to a mistake. The country banned the 1990 remake and the 30th Anniversary Edition of the 1968 film, which had some scenes taken out and other material put in. The new version of the 1968 movie is banned, but the original 1968 cut apparently isn’t. That’s according to Schnittberichte.com, which was translated via Google Translate.
Netflix seemingly confirms that this is the case. The report says on page 6 that Netflix took down the movie because a “version of the film is banned in the country.”
Finally, New Zealand asked for the documentary “The Bridge” to be removed from the country’s service in 2015. The filmmakers recorded more than a year of footage of the Golden Gate Bridge and caught 23 suicides on camera. They then interviewed some of the families and friends of the suicide victims that were identified in the footage. Netflix says that the film is classified as “objectionable” in New Zealand.
This Netflix report comes a few months after Blizzard banned a Hearthstone player for vocalizing support for Hong Kong’s liberation. A day after that incident, South Park was banned in China after the show aired an episode appropriately called “Band in China” where, among other things, a character is arrested in China for possession of marijuana and breaks a deal with the Chinese government to murder Winnie the Pooh so he can sell his weed in China and write a movie.
In February 2019, the horror game Devotion was taken off Steam after a Winnie the Pooh joke was found in it. Months later, developer Red Candle Games said that Devotion will not be re-released after the joke “caused immeasurable harm to Red Candle Games and our partner.”
Now that DC’s radical Birds of Prey has been unleashed on audiences everywhere, we thought it would be the perfect time to look back on the cast of crazy characters and their iconic looks throughout the years. With such an eclectic collection of DC heroes and villains, the movie is a non-stop R-rated romp through the gritty and sometimes glittery streets of Gotham.
To celebrate the release of director Cathy Yan’s superhero flick, we’ve selected some of the best, most outrageous, and most important iterations of each of Birds of Prey’s core cast — Harley Quinn, Black Canary, Huntress, Black Mask and more — from their comic book, TV, movie, and animated pasts for you to enjoy!
It’s interesting to look at how the classic versions of the characters have evolved and how some of the newer iterations have inspired and influenced what came next. There are more than a few entries here that, without which, Birds of Prey and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn likely wouldn’t exist!
We’re back again to discuss the games that are currently keeping the GameSpot staff busy after work, which includes a variety of games new, old, and everything in-between. Below you can read about the titles that folks on the team are playing, why we’re playing them, and what we love about them so far. But don’t just stop at reading our responses; we’d love to hear from you too! Tell us all about what you’re playing in the comments section below. Whether it’s playing the latest big games, experiencing old classics for the first time, or revisiting the warming comfort of a childhood favorite, we’d love to hear about it.
So please, join us and ramble on about all the super cool video games you’re playing! We know you need to get it off your chest as much as we do. And if you’re playing the same games from last week, that’s fine too! You’re more than welcome to talk about why you still love it!
Destiny 2 (Always) — Phil Hornshaw, Editor
So here’s the thing: I’m kind of never not playing Destiny 2, partially because it’s a big part of my job, but partly because I’m really enjoying what Bungie has done with the game over the years. I’m always telling people, “Destiny 2 has never been better,” and I’m enjoying the current approach of seasonal content that’s just enough to keep you engaged without feeling like you’ve taken on a non-paying part-time playing a video game. I got lost in the Corridors of Time puzzle, I’ve been digging into the lore surrounding the game’s current time travel plot, and I’ve managed to hit the Legend rank in the PvP Crucible for the first time since the first Destiny launched.
The current season has been exceedingly chill, which has been great. Destiny has become the game I play a little here and there to unwind, and lately, I’m digging into my Destiny 2 “backlog” of activities, cleaning out old Triumphs from the Scourge of the Past and Crown of Sorrows raids. Coming back to all the old content from Year Two has been a fun and relaxing experience, allowing me to dig into some of Destiny 2’s more involved and complicated stuff without the pressure that comes with trying to learn a new raid when it comes out. I played all of these back on PS4, so moving over to Destiny on PC has been an opportunity to revisit older corners of Destiny 2 and finally get some of those sick raid Exotics I’ve been pining over for a while.
Sure, I have a bunch of games on my Steam account I keep meaning to play–but maybe this run of Last Wish will finally get me One Thousand Voices. This feels like a backlog I can manage. | Twitter: @philhornshaw
The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel II — Michael Higham, Associate Editor
You know that feeling when you’ve discovered your new favorite thing–that genuine excitement that comes with diving into something fresh, to the point where you make time for it? That’s what’s happened to me with the Trails of Cold Steel series.
I’m currently on Trails of Cold Steel II (which is a four-part JRPG series), but it’s really a second chapter of the first game, as it picks up right where it ends. Instead of managing your day at the military academy (à la Persona) and going on dangerous field trips for hands-on educational experiences, the political drama brewing in the background reaches a tipping point and that impending dread hits meticulously at the conclusion.
The thing about the sequel is how it leverages my connection to the characters and world established in the first game to make its dire stakes all the more impactful. Characters who seem like cliches at first naturally grow into complex and believable people through sharp writing, localization, and voice acting. Their development feels genuine, and their narrative importance is always evident. So when I (or, well, the main character Rean Schwarzer) reconnect with them throughout Cold Steel II, there’s a sense of relief, a morale boost during tough times portrayed in the story. But I also realize that these military academy students are thrust into roles they didn’t ask for and have to grow up fast, and it’s those arcs that hook me.
Cold Steel’s story is so tightly told, leaving very few dialogue sequences, lore drops, or story beats to waste–yes, these are long RPGs, but Cold Steel is dense. Where the first game gave a sense of comfort, warmth, and wonder despite tensions between internal political factions, Cold Steel II paints a darker, starker picture of rampant classism and militarization.
What makes my journey through Trails of Cold Steel even more exciting is that I’m also playing the previous trilogy in the same universe, Trails in the Sky. That’s seven games in total I have my eyes on (of which I’ve only completed one), and I’m eager as ever to see how they all come together, however long it takes! | Twitter: @michaelphigham
Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot — David Ahmadi, Video Producer
I’ve always loved the Budokai series, and Dragon Ball FighterZ was a fighting game masterclass. Still, I never quite grew acclimated to the full 3rd person combat system of Xenoverse and Tenkaichi. That didn’t stop me from picking up Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot as I eagerly began playing it in both a rush to make content and a personal desire to once again relive the Dragon Ball Z sagas that I’ve grown accustomed to.
The real beauty of the chaotic action in the game shines when the actions on screen are a result of your input and intentions rather than mere happenchance. Timing assists moves with your own Super Kamehamehas, breaking down your opponent’s guard and stunning them to unlock mini cutscenes that dramatically show off the super moves with destructive flair. Powering up your allies to unleash devastating Z-Combos, and the natural balance of ki management, suddenly had me feel the hook of the old Budokai games from ages ago. Combine that with my recent fascination and love for open-world RPGs, and all of a sudden, I look at Kakarot in a new light.
I genuinely can’t stop playing the game, already having sunk about 80 hours into it long after beating the mainline campaign. I’m still flying around the various regions, making pit stops at the Kame house, and buying supplies for some killer recipes. I am a sucker for skill trees, and I have been greedily unlocking as many skills and powerful moves as I possibly can. And more often than not, I find myself absentmindedly flying off-course to gather Z-Orbs, which I promise you is way more satisfying than it might seem at first!
Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot has so much fan service as well, sometimes to the point where I feel that the slower moments in-game aren’t meant for me, but for people who grew up watching the anime more than I did. If anything, that’s just another aspect of the game that I’ve grown to enjoy. Seeing so much effort put into climactic moments in the story puts the legacy of Dragon Ball Z in perspective. When I see Teen Gohan face an enemy no kid his age should ever have to, and watch him surpass his dad in a gob-stopping moment of prodigious potential, I’m entirely captivated–and with that recent memory so fresh in mind, I eagerly move on to my next objective, anticipating what other laws of physics I can happily defy. | Twitter: @Roshby57
Pokemon Sword — Kevin Knezevic, Associate Editor
Like last week, I’m still steadily trekking through the world of Dragon Quest III, but in between sessions of that, I’ve found myself returning to Pokemon Sword. I’ve long since cleared the main storyline and post-game quest, so there’s nothing left for me to accomplish besides completing my Pokedex (which I have no interest in doing), but I can’t resist the allure of Max Raids. It’s become a nightly ritual of mine to check what Max Raids are occurring in Sword after shutting down Dragon Quest, which usually turns out to be a poor decision as I end up staying awake far later than I intend because I keep joining Raids.
Of all the new features Sword and Shield have introduced to the series, Max Raids are undoubtedly my favorite, in part because the rewards are so compelling. Max Raids are a fitting way to earn otherwise-expensive items like TRs, which can be used to teach Pokemon new moves. Unlike the reusable TMs, however, TRs break after a single use, so they’re much harder to come by. Many Pokemon can also only learn their best attacks through TRs, making them incredibly valuable, particularly if you’re trying to battle competitively.
Another reason Max Raids keep drawing me back in is that they offer a way to play cooperatively with friends–something the series has sorely lacked to this point. Previous Pokemon games have allowed you to team up with another player for Multi Battles, but that was typically limited to local play. I’ve always longed to have the option to play Pokemon online alongside my friends rather than strictly against them, which is why being able to team up and battle colossal monsters together has been so alluring. And now that a new handful of Gigantamax Pokemon have started appearing more frequently in Max Raids, I don’t think Pokemon Sword will be leaving my Switch anytime soon.
Wide Ocean Big Jacket — Edmond Tran, Senior Editor And Producer
I like playing short narrative games because they don’t take up a lot of time and are usually a chill break from the usual stuff I play. The really good ones typically focus on exploring unique scenarios and building strong moods, typically in ways that you aren’t going to find in any other kind of video game. Wide Ocean Big Jacket is one of those. It came out on Steam and Switch this week, and it’s a short story that revolves around tweenager Mord and her new boyfriend, Ben, as they accompany her uncle Brad and aunt Clo on a camping trip.
It’s got a great style about it, and the game’s primary mode is humour, which makes it easy to digest–the writing is pretty sharp, and Mord, in particular, is hilarious and full of energy. You’ll rotate between all four characters during the trip, though, and in between doing camping activities like roasting hot dogs, hiking, birdwatching, and finding a bush to pee in, the game also spends time taking brief glimpses into the untold anxieties of each individual.
Mord and Ben, both 13-years-old and longtime friends, are navigating that awkward phase in every kid’s life where they start getting curious about things like romance–working out precisely what it is, how the hell you’re supposed to go about it, and what it means to them. It’s a charming window to a part of life that I’ve long forgotten, and it’s weirdly surprising how much I found myself empathising with them. Uncle Brad and Aunt Clo have more adult relationship matters at hand, which made it more relatable and believable to me, so the same kinds of heart-straining feelings apply there too. The whole thing is very poignant and just… convincing.
It’s only about an hour long, and it left me in one of those beautiful, hopeful, feelgood moods. Definitely give it a shot if any of that sounds like your bag. Camping. It’s great. | Twitter: @EdmondTran
Dino Crisis — Matt Espineli, Editor
The first Dino Crisis isn’t often the go-to choice for those revisiting the cult-favorite dinosaur-themed Resident Evil sister series. In the years since its release, the game is frequently overshadowed by its far-superior sequel (it’s obvious where my allegiances lie). Still, I was compelled to play the less brilliant Dino Crisis 1 when I realized–after listening to a podcast about the game–that I’ve only beaten it once. I’m a strong advocate for giving old games a second reading, especially if I was a naive prepubescent child the last time I played them, so I was willing to give it another go.
So far, replaying Dino Crisis has been enriching. In stark contrast to its more action-packed sequel, Dino Crisis focuses on slowly building tension and surprising you with raptors (and other dinosaurs, but mostly raptors) when you least expect it–qualities I’m particularly fond of given the premise. The whole “secret research facility overrun by dinosaurs” scenario is still so captivating; there’s nothing more humbling than being hunted by hostile prehistoric beasts–even if some of them turned out to not be as violent as we thought. All the while, protagonist Regina is a delightful protagonist to experience the game’s numerous grizzly situations with, as her easy-going temperament supplies welcome levity to the proceedings.
I’m undoubtedly enjoying Dino Crisis far more than I did the first time. I recall having a lot of trouble solving all the puzzles scattered throughout the game, so maybe that’s why I didn’t like it as much back then. So I want to say I’m enjoying it more now because my current (hopefully) adult-level intelligence has made the journey more palatable. But who knows! Dino Crisis just might become be a new favorite for me. | Twitter: @MGespin
Apex Legends — Jordan Ramée, Associate Editor
My love for Apex Legends is probably different from most. I can’t claim that the smooth gunplay or satisfying climb up the ranks or thrill of unlocking new rewards are the main reasons for why I keep playing. For me, it’s the characters; it’s always been the characters.
Role-playing as an idiotic adrenaline junkie who’s always running towards the next fight (even when I really shouldn’t be because I haven’t also found a body shield yet) while playing as Octane is exhilarating fun, especially when I somehow win. It’s almost as ecstatic a feeling as zapping people while making stupid electricity-based puns as Wattson.
So yes, I do appreciate how mechanically sound of a game Apex Legends is, I really do (how did I ever once play first-person shooters without a ping system?), but if I’m honest, it’s the highly quotable characters that keep me coming back.
And I can’t get enough of Revenant. Season 4: Assimilation‘s new playable character is this jerkwad of a robot who is sassy, arrogant, ungrateful, and sadistic. The dude–and I am not making this up–refers to himself as “Death.” He uses a capital “d” and everything, like some middle-school edgelord. It’s hilarious, and I love just how extra he is, running around with this creepy douchebag persona.
Like, there was a moment this past week where I executed a Wraith, and Revenant said, “That little voice saying there’s still hope? It’s lying.” Given Wraith’s abilities, I couldn’t help but chuckle with malicious glee over how perfect such a line fits the situation.
My roommate has told me that I’m not allowed to play as Revenant anymore. Apparently, it’s “creepy.” But he’s just another worthless skin suit–what’s he gonna do? | Twitter: @JMRamee
For one, I’m using the term “playing” pretty loosely here. Pokemon Masters has an auto-battle system, and in single-player modes, it can be sped up. The auto-battle AI sometimes makes downright bafflingly stupid decisions, and it isn’t suited for the toughest stages, but for the sake of gaining levels and items, it works fine. This makes me less of a Pokemon Master than a Pokemon Team Manager, and something about that is deeply appealing to me. I still get to collect monsters, and I don’t have to grind–I just have to check in every couple of minutes to keep it going and then choose how to allocate my loot. Other times, I only check-in for my daily login bonus and put it aside. I’ve accumulated a fair number of gems and more sync pairs this way.
But besides that, the game has actually gotten a lot of TLC since its barebones beginnings. The Training area has added more Supercourses with tougher, once-daily challenges for much bigger rewards. New story chapters have been added, and level caps have been raised. A “Bingo” board lets you select your own set of objectives for even more weekly rewards. A Gear system enables you to equip team-wide buffs and gives more incentive to participate in co-op matches, where Gear and crafting materials are often the prizes. Most recently, a new Sync Grid lets you upgrade individual sync pairs with a system akin to Final Fantasy 10’s Sphere Grid. The game has gone from having too little to do to an almost overwhelming degree of customization, which is perfect for my passive “team manager” approach.
Finally, the semi-regular occurrence of Legendary events has added some big names in the Pokemon world, including Giovanni with Mewtwo, your own player character with Solgaleo, and currently, Zinnia with Rayquaza. The Pokemon Company has announced more events coming for Pokemon Day, and I’m hoping for another Legendary to add to my collection. | Twitter: @sporkyreeve
In Season 1, the White Wolf vanquished all sorts of creatures, from the Kikimora in the opening scene to the hellacious Striga in the third episode, “Betrayer Moon.” And it seems like the trend of ferocious fiends won’t stop with Season 1 as another famous beast from the saga’s deep lore is heading our way in Season 2.
Woodland Spirit (Leshen) from The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.
Redanian Intelligence is reporting now that one of our heroes will encounter a Leshen, which made a gruesome appearance in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, and is based on a monster from Slavic mythology called a “Leshy.”
Leshen are towering terrors that derive their power from nature, dwelling in primeval woods, using their magic to control the plants and animals within their territory.
The site’s sources say that a Leshen will appear in Season 2, encountering one of the characters and holding “serious consequences.”
Matt Fowler is a writer for IGN and a member of the Television Critics Association. Follow him on Twitter at @TheMattFowler and Facebook at Facebook.com/MattBFowler.
