Author: The West News

[ad_1] Takashi Yamazaki has the eyes, ears, and heart of a live-action filmmaker. But while his career took off with an actor-filled adaptation of the manga Always: Sunset on Third Street, in recent years, he’s turned to anime with films like Stand by Me Doraemon and Dragon Quest: Your Story to scratch a different itch. Like Steven Spielberg and Robert Zemeckis before him, animation — specifically high-production, 3D CGI that’s familiar to global audiences — unlocked his ability to do … well, pretty much anything. And when you want to make high-flying blockbusters, the option is hard to resist. Yamazaki’s…

[ad_1] On this week’s episode of IGN’s PlayStation show, Podcast Beyond!, host Jonathon Dornbush is joined by Brian Altano, Max Scoville, and Janet Garcia to discuss the PS5 launch lineup, compare it to the PS4’s launch, and break down why we’re so excited for the launch. Plus, we dive into the UI reveal for the PS5, some of the latest news on PS4 chat and the PS5’s fan, plus much more. Direct Download YouTube  Apple Podcasts/iTunes Spotify Stitcher PlayerFM Podbay TuneIn Podbean Feedburner Podcast Beyond! is live every Wednesday. For more on PS5, check out the PS5 full specs list, why…

[ad_1] There may be a new Legend coming to the Apex Games. Over the last few days, Respawn Entertainment has released two short teaser videos for what seems to be a new character that may soon arrive in Apex Legends. The teasers themselves don’t give much away. There’s almost nothing to go on in the first teaser, but the second gives us a little more room to work with. We hear a heavily-accented voice say, “A wee bit of betrayal, eh deary? I was so daft.” This is all captured in a static-filled video that looks like it may have…

[ad_1] Cyberpunk 2077 is nearly here. The game has gone gold and is set to release for PS4 and PS5, Xbox One and Series X|S, and PC on November 19, 2020. If you preorder it now, you can save $10. That’s a particularly great deal for anyone upgrading to next-gen systems, because the Xbox Series X and PS5 upgrades will be free to all owners of the respective current-gen versions. The game, made by the creators of the Witcher series, is a gritty open-world shooter set in the futuristic Night City. Developer CD Projekt Red says Cyberpunk 2077’s cybernetic body modification lets…

[ad_1] Get your Proton Packs ready, because Rocket League is bringing Ghostbusters to this year’s Haunted Hallows event! Starting tomorrow at 9 a.m. PDT (4 p.m. UTC), complete Event Challenges to unlock items inspired by the iconic comedy, and enjoy spooky Limited Time Modes! Once Haunted Hallows is live, the Event Challenges will be available to complete. Finish each challenge to unlock a specific item, like the Ghostbusters Wheels, Slimer Topper, Mood Slime Boost, and more! Plus, Golden Pumpkins are also granted for completing challenges, and contain items from the Turbo, Nitro, and Vindicator Series. Check out two featured Limited…

[ad_1] After fifteen consecutive years of new releases, you might expect the Call of Duty train to be slowing down in 2020. Yet with PS5 and Xbox Series X on the horizon, game spending on the rise, and renewed enthusiasm for the series thanks to the breakout success of Warzone, Black Ops Cold War is positioned to be the series’ biggest launch in years. And that excitement isn’t merely circumstantial; there are tangible reasons to be optimistic about this year’s installment of Call of Duty. Featuring a fully loaded suite of game modes — a single-player campaign, multiplayer, a new…

[ad_1] Disney is revisiting the world of Willow, the 1988 film conceived by George Lucas and directed by Ron Howard, for a new series for Disney Plus. Warwick Davis will reprise his role as Willow Ufgood, the film’s eponymous heroic adventurer, while Howard will return to executive produce. John M. Chu, the director of Crazy Rich Asians and next year’s adaptation of In the Heights, will direct the pilot episode and serve as executive producer. Jonathan Kasdan, who wrote Solo: A Star Wars Story, will serve as showrunner alongside Wendy Mericle, a longtime producer on The CW’s Arrow. Bob Dolman,…

[ad_1] Needless to say, Dynasty Warriors Producer Akihiro Suzuki knows a thing or two about the Three Kingdoms. He’s been working on the Dynasty Warriors series since the historically-based franchise’s birth, helping grow the 1 vs. 1,000 game into a global brand, while helping celebrate the original game’s 20th anniversary at TGS with the surprise news of the forthcoming Dynasty Warriors 9: Empires. I caught up with Suzuki to find out more about this action-strategy game hitting Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S in early 2021. Jon Robinson, Public Relations, Koei Tecmo America: Dynasty Warriors: 9 Empires marks the fourth…

[ad_1] There has been a lot of internal debate here at Team ID@Xbox about what constitutes a “cozy game.” A game that you can play with your kids or friends? A game that has a feel-good aesthetic, mechanic, or story line? A game that just puts a smile on your face? The answer is yes, to all those and more. We decided to take a look at some of our favorites and put them in a Cozy Game Sale, a little different from the typical Halloween content that tends to take center stage in October, and discounted them up 75%…

[ad_1] Among Us has quickly become one of the biggest games of the year, and its latest player is none other than U.S. Representative for New York’s 14th congressional district Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Tonight at 9 p.m. EST, Ocasio-Cortez will stream the game on her Twitch channel as part of an effort to get more people to vote. She will be joined on the stream by streamers like Pokimane, Hasan Piker, and others. Ocasio-Cortez first floated the idea of a stream on Oct. 19, tweeting that she’d never played the game but might play it as a way to “get out…