Nioh 2: New Trailer And Closed Alpha Test Announced

Developer Team Ninja is back with some new, if scant, information on Nioh 2. This time, the Toyko-based studio has unveiled a new trailer detailing a closed alpha for the upcoming hack ‘n’ slash title.

The closed alpha trailer looks very much like Nioh, with all the same imagery and iconography. Something new, however, is the change in characters. Alongside playable male samurai, we see a female samurai (Onna-bugeisha) do battle against yokai throughout the trailer. Later in the trailer, the playable characters transform into yokai themselves with what looks to be different forms and movesets, suggesting that Nioh 2 will feature some sort of transformation state players can use in battle. The game also seems to feature several new weapons, including a longer, nodachi-style blade, duel-wielded axes, a naginata (a pole weapon similar to a spear), and more. You can check out the closed alpha trailer below.

As indicated by the trailer, Nioh 2’s closed alpha will be held for a full week, starting on Saturday, May 25 and ending on Sunday, June 2. Unfortunately, there doesn’t seem to be a way to request an invite. According to a tweet from the official Team Ninja Twitter account, “Some PS4 users are invited to take part in the Nioh 2 closed alpha to help gather feedback for the development.” Team Ninja didn’t clarify how it will notify PS4 users that they’ve been granted access, and the studio currently has no plans to expand the alpha.

Nioh 2 was revealed during Sony’s E3 2018 press conference. The short teaser, at the top, sees a wounded samurai fleeing into a marsh field before defending against a few yokai. After succumbing to wounds, the samurai falls to his knees, at which point he grows horns on his forehead and pulls them both out of his skull, revealing the demon underneath. With Sony skipping E3 2019, it’s unclear when we’ll be getting our next look at Nioh 2.

Enter for a Chance to Win World War Z

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 World War Z for Xbox One. 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.

Daily Doodle: Even with all eyes on our adventurers, they continue forth!

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Godzilla’s Greatest Fights

Godzilla didn’t earn the title King of the Monsters by knocking down buildings and stomping on tanks. No, ma’am, Godzilla fought his way to the top. The guy has taken down three-headed dragons, giant robots and even King Kong. He’s not just king of the monsters, he’s king of the movies.

So as we prepare for the release of Godzilla: King of the Monsters, let’s take a look at the best of the best of Godzilla fights…

10. Godzilla vs. MUTOs

Movie: Godzilla (2014)

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Why You Should Preorder the Endgame Power Gauntlet Now Rather Than Later

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One of the hottest items online right now is the Marvel Legends Series Avengers Endgame Power Gauntlet. Since it went up for preorder, it already sold-out at Walmart and GameStop.

Amazon remains the only major player in the game to have a steady, uninterrupted supply of preorders. The only hiccup so far is the original August 19 release date listed on the Amazon page changed to October 31. Some people who already preordered got emails from Amazon telling them their orders wouldn’t arrive until November 4. Geez, take forever!

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Bring Color to Your Life with These PS4 Controllers, on Sale Now

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Between friends coming over for co-op, dogs mistaking them for chew toys, and the occasional table-slam of frustration, we could all probably use an extra PS4 controller or two. Good news then: DualShock 4 controllers in all the colors of the rainbow are available for around $47 right now at Walmart and Amazon. Considering most of them list for $65, that’s a 28% discount. So stock up now.

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Star Wars: Kylo Ren and Rey’s Connection Is ‘Even Deeper Than We Thought’

In Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, Kylo Ren and Rey’s connection will reportedly “run even deeper than we thought,” as they are “uniquely suited to understand each other, but at the same time they are in every way each other’s inverse.”

In Vanity Fair’s “ultimate preview” of Episode IX, following the reveal that the Knights of Ren will be returning in The Rise of Skywalker, Adam Driver began discussing Kylo Ren’s relationship with Rey and where their connection lies following the events of The Last Jedi.

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Even With PS5, Sony Still Planning PS4’s Big Exclusives for Current-Gen

Sony confirmed that the biggest PlayStation 4 exclusives will still be coming to the current-generation console, but didn’t specifically rule out them appearing on PlayStation 5.

During a Sony Investor Relations Day 2019 presentation, president and CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment Jim Ryan spoke over a slide including key art for The Last of Us Part II, Death Stranding and Ghost of Tsushima that focused on the critical role of PS4 over the next few years.

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What’s Coming And Going From Netflix In June 2019? New Movies, TV, And Originals (US)

It’s almost June, and that means a wave of new content is coming to Netflix in the upcoming month. From movies that hit theaters earlier in the year to brand-new Netflix originals, there is plenty of content coming to the service next month.

The final season of any Netflix/Marvel joint venture hits the streaming service in the upcoming month. Season 3 of Jessica Jones is set to debut on Netflix sometime in June. However, no specific release date has been announced. There will be no more Marvel TV series on Netflix, as Marvel is moving its properties to the new streaming service, Disney+ later this year.

The most-anticipated release this month is Season 5 of Black Mirror on June 5. The last release of the series, a choose your own adventure-style episode called Bandersnatch, actually delayed Season 5 of the hit show. This season will only contain three episodes,–Striking Vipers, Smithereens, and Rachel, Jack And Ashley, Too–but it’s looking like it will be an exciting one–also, super-depressing.

As usual, there are plenty of movies coming to the service in June, including Christopher Nolan’s Batman Begins and The Dark Knight, which arrive on June 1. And while Disney is pulling its content this fall, there are still a few things coming, like on June 15 when Ralph Breaks the Internet arrives.

But Netflix is also giving content the boot in June, so you have a limited amount of time to watch some movies. On June 1, Stargate, Doom, and the Kill Bill movies exit Netflix, so watch them before they leave. On June 5, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 leaves, so it’ll be your last chance to check that one out as well.

Below, you’ll find the full list of everything coming and going from Netflix in June. For more on streaming services, check out the June releases list for Hulu and Amazon Prime Video.

Coming To Netflix In June

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  • Marvel’s Jessica Jones: Season 3 — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
  • Trinkets — NETFLIX ORIGINAL

Avail. 6/1/19

  • Arthdal Chronicles — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
  • Oh, Ramona! — NETFLIX FILM
  • 50/50
  • A.I. Artificial Intelligence
  • Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day
  • Batman Begins
  • Cabaret
  • Carrie
  • Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
  • Dynasty: Season 2
  • Good Night, and Good Luck
  • Gran Torino
  • Life in the Doghouse
  • Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
  • Magic Mike
  • Network
  • Platoon
  • Prosecuting Evil: The Extraordinary World Of Ben Ferencz
  • Satan & Adam
  • Small Soldiers
  • The Dark Knight
  • The Phantom of the Opera
  • The Space Between Us
  • What a Girl Wants

Avail. 6/3/19

  • Documentary Now!: Season 3
  • Malibu Rescue: The Series — NETFLIX FAMILY

Avail. 6/4/19

  • Miranda Sings Live…Your Welcome — NETFLIX ORIGINAL

Avail. 6/5/19

  • A Silent Voice
  • Black Mirror: Season 5 — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
  • Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch

Avail. 6/6/19

  • Alles ist gut — NETFLIX FILM
  • Todos lo saben

Avail. 6/7/19

  • 3%: Season 3 — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
  • Belmonte
  • The Black Godfather — NETFLIX FILM
  • The Chef Show — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
  • Designated Survivor: Season 3 — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
  • Elisa & Marcela — NETFLIX FILM
  • I Am Mother — NETFLIX FILM
  • Pachamama — NETFLIX FAMILY
  • Rock My Heart — NETFLIX FILM
  • Super Monsters Monster Pets — NETFLIX FAMILY
  • Tales of the City — NETFLIX ORIGINAL

Avail. 6/8/19

  • Berlin, I Love You

Avail. 6/11/19

  • Disney’s Ralph Breaks the Internet

Avail. 6/12/19

  • Jo Koy: Comin’ In Hot — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
  • Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese — NETFLIX FILM

Avail. 6/13/19

  • The 3rd Eye 2 — NETFLIX FILM
  • Jinn — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
  • Kakegurui xx — NETFLIX ANIME

Avail. 6/14/19

  • Aggretsuko: Season 2 — NETFLIX ANIME
  • The Alcàsser Murders — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
  • Awake: The Million Dollar Game — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
  • Charité at War — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
  • Cinderella Pop — NETFLIX FILM
  • Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce: Season 5
  • Leila — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
  • Life Overtakes Me — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
  • Marlon: Season 2
  • Murder Mystery — NETFLIX FILM
  • Unité 42 — NETFLIX ORIGINAL

Avail. 6/15/19

  • Grey’s Anatomy: Season 15

Avail. 6/16/19

Avail. 6/17/19

  • The Missing: Season 3 — NETFLIX ORIGINAL

Avail. 6/18/19

  • Adam Devine: Best Time of Our Lives — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
  • Big Kill

Avail. 6/19/19

  • Beats — NETFLIX FILM
  • The Edge of Democracy — NETFLIX FILM

Avail. 6/20/19

  • Le Chant du Loup — NETFLIX FILM

Avail. 6/21/19

  • Ad Vitam — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
  • Bolívar — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
  • The Casketeers: Season 2 — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
  • The Confession Tapes: Season 2 — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
  • Dark: Season 2 — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
  • The End of Evangelion
  • EVANGELION: DEATH (TRUE)²
  • Girls Incarcerated: Season 2 — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
  • GO! Live Your Way: Season 2 — NETFLIX FAMILY
  • Jaoon Kahan Bata Ae Dil — NETFLIX FILM
  • La misma sangre — NETFLIX FILM
  • Mr. Iglesias — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
  • Neon Genesis Evangelion
  • Shooter: Season 3

Avail. 6/24/19

  • Forest of Piano: Season 2 — NETFLIX ANIME

Avail. 6/25/19

  • Mike Epps: Only One Mike — NETFLIX ORIGINAL

Avail. 6/26/19

  • The Golem
  • Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
  • The Zookeeper

Avail. 6/27/19

  • Answer for Heaven — NETFLIX ORIGINAL

Avail. 6/28/19

  • 20th Century Women
  • 7SEEDS — NETFLIX ANIME
  • Dope: Season 3 — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
  • Exhibit A — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
  • Instant Hotel: Season 2 — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
  • Motown Magic: Season 2 — NETFLIX FAMILY
  • Paquita Salas: Season 3 — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
  • The Chosen One — NETFLIX ORIGINAL

Avail. 6/29/19

  • Scare Tactics: Seasons 4 & 5

Avail. 6/30/19

  • Madam Secretary: Season 5

Leaving Netflix In June

Leaving 6/1/19

  • An Extremely Goofy Movie
  • Apollo 13
  • Cold in July
  • Disney’s 101 Dalmatians
  • Disney’s The Fox and the Hound 2
  • Disney’s The Jungle Book: Mowgli’s Story
  • Doom
  • Freddy vs. Jason
  • Friday the 13th
  • Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves
  • I Am Legend
  • In the Army Now
  • Inspector Gadget 2
  • Jason X
  • Kill Bill: Vol. 1
  • Kill Bill: Vol. 2
  • Legally Blonde
  • Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
  • My Bloody Valentine
  • Playing It Cool
  • Pretty in Pink
  • Reindeer Games
  • Stargate
  • Terminator Salvation
  • The Bone Collector
  • The Constant Gardener

Leaving 6/4/19

  • District 9

Leaving 6/5/19

  • Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

Leaving 6/6/19

  • The Soloist

Leaving 6/14/19

  • Grand Designs: Australia: Season 4
  • I Own Australia’s Best Home: Season 1
  • I Own Britain’s Best Home: Season 1
  • Mother

Leaving 6/15/19

  • Apocalypse Now
  • Minimalism: A Documentary About the Important Things
  • National Lampoon’s Van Wilder
  • The Pianist

Leaving 6/16/19

  • Death Race

Leaving 6/24/19

  • Disney’s Mulan 2

Netflix’s Dark Crystal Prequel Show Release Date Confirmed, New Images Revealed

It’s more than two years since Netflix first announced development of a new show based on the classic ’80s fantasy movie The Dark Crystal, and we finally know when it will be with us. The streaming giant has confirmed that Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance will hit the service on August 30, and a new batch of images has been released.

The images will be instantly recognisable to anyone who has seen the 1982 film, which was written and co-directed by Muppets creator Jim Henson. Director Louis Leterrier told Entertainment Weekly that he was determined to use puppetry to create and animate the characters, rather than the CG you might expect in 2019. The results look very impressive–check them out below.

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Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance will run for 10 episodes. It has a hugely impressive voicecast, which includes Taron Egerton, Anya Taylor-Jo, Nathalie Emmanuel, Mark Hamill, Jason Isaacs, Keegan-Michael Key, Simon Pegg, Andy Samberg, Helena Bonham Carter, Natalie Dormer, Eddie Izzard, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Mark Strong, and Alicia Vikander.

The official synopsis for the show reads: “The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance returns to the world of Thra with an all new adventure: When three Gelfling discover the secret behind the Skeksis’ power, they embark on a journey to ignite the fires of rebellion and save the entire world.”

The original movie was released in December 1982. It was only moderately successful at the time, but was praised by critics and has gone on to gain a cult following. For more on 2019’s big upcoming TV shows, check out GameSpot’s guide to the biggest TV shows to watch in 2019.

Netflix’s Aggretsuko Season 2 Premieres The Day After E3 2019, Perfect Timing!

Death metal anime Aggretsuko has had a full year to rest its vocal cords and seems to be ready to make a return. According to Netflix, the series’ second season launches on the streaming platform on June 14, which is the day after E3 2019–the perfect way to unwind from all the excitement of the show.

The news comes via a Twitter exchange between Japanese design company Sanrio (most known for Hello Kitty) and Aggretsuko. The back-and-forth banter concludes with Netflix’s NX Twitter account providing the release date announcement and a couple of screens from the new season.

You can check out a teaser, which was released in June 2018, below.

Aggretsuko follows Retsuko, a 25-year-old anthropomorphic red panda who’s stuck working at an accounting firm. The company is her dream, but the work and coworkers are her nightmares. In order to maintain some semblance of sanity, Retsuko goes to a karaoke bar in which all she sings–ahem, screams–is death metal.

In a feature article, our reviews editor Kallie Plagge called Aggretsuko one of the best anime’s of last year, saying, “It offers lessons in coping for when you feel powerless against everything wrong in your life.”