The Silence: What You Need to Know About Netflix’s New Horror Film

Netflix is following up on the massive success of Bird Box with another high profile horror movie release: The Silence. IGN has your first looks at the upcoming flick, which stars Stanley Tucci and Kiernan Shipka. The film is directed by John R. Leonetti (Annabelle, Wish Upon) and based on the best-selling 2015 novel by Tim Lebbon.

First off, watch IGN’s exclusive trailer for The Silence below:

The synopsis for The Silence reads: “When the world is under attack from terrifying creatures who hunt their human prey by sound, 16-year old Ally Andrews (Kiernan Shipka), who lost her hearing at 13, and her family seek refuge in a remote haven. But they discover a sinister cult who are eager to exploit Ally’s heightened senses. The Silence is directed by John R. Leonetti (Annabelle) and stars Stanley Tucci, Kiernan Shipka, Miranda Otto, John Corbett, Kate Trotter and Kyle Breitkopf.”

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Enter for a Chance to Win Dragon: Marked for Death

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 Dragon: Marked for Death for Nintendo Switch. To enter into this sweepstake, fill out the form below. You must be at least 13 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. 

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Best Android Smartwatches 2019

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Google’s Wear OS may not be the biggest name in wearables, but if you’re using an Android phone and want the best integration your watch can offer, there are some decent watches out there that’ll get the job done.

For a little backstory, Wear OS is in a weird spot right now, though. Many popular watches running Wear OS are a couple years old at this point, and even many of the newest options are still running older Snapdragon chipsets. Many manufacturers are producing fewer watches than they used to, so finding one that will perform as well as possible right now isn’t as easy as it was a year or two ago. Still, there are some solid options you should consider. With that out of the way, here are the best Android-based watches in 2019.

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IGN UK Podcast #481: Shazam! Sekiro! Sematary! Skating!

Joe and Matt have seen Shazam! and have some lovely things to say about it. Cardy hasn’t, but he has watched two other films which he also has lovely things to say about. All 3 of them have played Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, of which lovely things are spoken about.

There’s also a cameo from a 15 year old deck of top trumps and a nail-biting edition of Go On Name Them. It’s a thriller. Please enjoy:

IGN UK Podcast #481: Shazam! Sekiro! Sematary! Skating!

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Tropico 6 Review

There aren’t a lot of city builders that let you roleplay a specific type of leader, so I immediately took a liking to the freedom Tropico 6 gives you to do just that. There’s nothing stopping you from trying to build a communist paradise where everyone lives in haciendas and banana pickers make as much money as tech executives, or a brutal military dictatorship that only cares about how efficiently human lives can be turned into profitable exports. Nothing, that is, besides an unwieldy economic simulation that can quickly go belly up without giving you easy access to information on how to fix it.

There’s a lot going on across the inviting white sand beaches, bungalows, and lush jungle interiors of the latest version of Tropico, which look great except for the waterfalls, which seem lifted out of a 10-year-old game. Despite its relaxing environment, its politicking, trade, and mission systems kept me busier than any of its predecessors as I strived to stay in power and accomplish objectives that would advance me from the colonial era all the way up to the modern day – many of my own making in sandbox mode, as well as pre-made ones in its 15 story missions.

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Dead Cells – Rise of the Giant DLC: Devs Take Down The Big Boss

Rise of the Giant is a brand-new, totally free expansion for Dead Cells. It adds two new biomes called Cavern and Astrolab, each with its own big bad end boss. The titular giant can be fought at the end of Cavern, and you can watch Motion Twin themselves run through the new stage and take the behemoth down in the video above. As for Astrolab, that level can only be accessed after defeating the Hand of the King with four Boss Stem Cells in hand, so we’ll leave the contents of that level for dedicated players to see themselves.

Rise of the Giant is the latest example of Motion Twin’s strong relationship with its community. In fact, its free release is the developer’s way of saying thank you to a fan base that constantly makes suggestions the team implements into the game. The team also plans on creating even more content based on fan feedback.

Motion Twin pulls plenty of ideas from its own team too, of course. The giant itself is an original creation of a technical designer, while the Astrolab stage is the vision of a one-time intern who’s now fully employed by the studio. Both stages are filled with new enemies and items created by the team as a whole.

Rise of the Giant is available now for the PC version of Dead Cells. It’s coming to PS4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch at a later time. We loved the original release here at GameSpot, naming it one of the best games of 2018.

PAX East 2019 Cosplay Gallery – Day One

PAX East 2019 is off to a big start, with the official reveal of Borderlands 3 and some other big announcements from Gearbox Software. We also got hands on with some lesser known, but equally awesome games like Creature in the Well.

PAX East has always been a convention that attracts talented cosplayers. So far, we’ve seen characters from Super Mario, The Legend of Zelda, League of Legends, and more. Check out the best cosplay get-ups from day one!

[Above: Princess Peach (Super Mario), by Maplesaur Cosplay]