Now here is something really cool for all our retro fans. Games That Weren’t has shared a new ROM for the canceled Game Boy Color port of the first Resident Evil game. This new ROM is said to be 98% complete. As such, you can finally experience this unreleased Resident Evil game on PC. For … Continue reading You can now play the canceled Game Boy Color port of Resident Evil →
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Unreal Tournament fans, here is something for you today. YouTube’s Smart Poly has ported Unreal Tournament to Unreal Engine 5.7 and has released a playable demo that you can download right now. Before Fortnite Battle Royale launched, Epic Games was working on a free-to-play Unreal Tournament game. This was meant to be a community-driven project. … Continue reading Unreal Engine 5.7 Demo for Unreal Tournament Released →
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Modder ‘GPC-Surgeon’ has released V4 of his Ultra Cinematic Next-Gen Mod for Cyberpunk 2077. So, let’s take a closer look at it, shall we? The Cyberpunk 2077 Ultra Cinematic V4 Mod makes the game look much better, especially when Path Tracing is turned on. The modder says this is not just a simple ReShade preset. … Continue reading Cyberpunk 2077 Ultra Cinematic V4 Next-Gen Mod Looks Stunning →
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The holidays are almost here, and we've rounded up the best deals for Saturday, December 20, below. Don't miss your chance to save on these last-minute gifts!
The best deal of the weekend is the Nintendo Switch 2 + Mario Kart World Bundle, which is on sale for $449. That's the price of a standard Nintendo Switch 2, which means you're essentially scoring Mario Kart World for free. If you're planning on picking up a Switch 2 for yourself or as a gift this holiday season, today is the best time to buy one.
PS5 Pro is on sale this weekend for $649, saving you just over $100 off Sony's most powerful console. Even if you already own a PS5, the PS5 Pro can still be a solid upgrade, providing enhanced performance and frame rates for numerous games. Newcomers to the PlayStation ecosystem can expect the best PS5 has to offer with this one.
If you're a Nintendo Switch 2 owner or expecting to become one this holiday season, a microSD Express Card is an absolutely essential purchase. The internal 256GB of storage is nowhere near enough for most players, especially with huge games like Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade set to take up over a third of that space next year. You can save $20 off this 256GB microSD Express Card at Amazon and instantly double your Switch 2 storage.
Black Ops 7 is the latest Call of Duty, with the game releasing just a few weeks ago. Despite this, it's already on sale at Amazon for $40, which makes this a perfect last-minute Christmas gift.
Art books are a great way to gain greater insight into the development of your favorite games. This DOOM: The Dark Ages art book was released a few weeks ago, and it's already on sale for just under $31. Featuring over 200 pages, you can dive into behind-the-scenes art of the Doom Slayer, his weapons, and even enemies or locations.
The Nintendo Switch 2 version of Star Wars Outlaws is on sale this weekend for $29.99, which is a steal for one of the hybrid system's best third-party games. This version of Star Wars Outlaws is the Gold Edition, packing in all the DLC and updates that released.
Best Buy has Battlefield 6 for $39.99 today, with both PS5 and Xbox Series X copies discounted. Out of all multiplayer games released this year, Battlefield 6 might just be the most popular. This is a great gift to give alongside a new console.
Amazon has the Asus ROG Xbox Ally on sale for $489.99, which is even lower than Black Friday! You can save $110 on this portable PC equipped with everything you need to play or stream your Xbox games. This deal is almost gone, so don't miss your chance to score!
Finally, Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake is down to $49.99 this weekend. This is actually a bit higher than it was last weekend, but I still think it's a fantastic price for two games that any RPG fan will appreciate. If you're on the hunt for a last-minute gift to give, this is an excellent choice.
The LEGO Tropical Aquarium is beautiful. It might not be $480 beautiful, but for the right person with the right amount of disposable income, the price might not matter. The person who owns a set like this one might be older or might have been gifted it. They might be part of the emerging LEGO-as-lifestyle audience, the same audience that would buy LEGO wall art or LEGO flowers that integrate into the living space. The LEGO Tropical Aquarium has a trendy pop art appeal that LEGO's more play-intensive sets lack.
The tank's dimensions are 14 inches high, 20.5 inches wide, and 11 inches deep; were this a real tank, it would hold approximately 13-and-a-half gallons of water. You build the black framed edges of the tank, the floor of the tank (which is designed to look like sand), and the background scenery of the tank (a blue, aquatic backdrop decked with little waves and bubbles). You're not building the glass that forms the tank itself. But when you look at the aquarium from a small distance, the scenery does some heavy lifting, and your brain concludes that all the negative space is water. It's a cool optical illusion that enhances the set's attractiveness; I can easily imagine people doing double takes when walking past it.
Building the tank itself is straightforward – you layer bricks to establish tactile strength and build notches to "fit" and strengthen the connection points. But the most fun parts of the build are the tank's inhabitants: the fish, crustacean, rocks, coral, seaweed, anemones, and thematic elements that the LEGO designers thoughtfully arranged into a colorful pastiche.
The closest equivalent to building the LEGO Tropical Aquarium scenery is building one of the LEGO Botanical sets. Like the flowers in a bouquet, the coral is also composed of numerous colorful pieces, which are arranged in symmetrical, circular patterns. It is a redundant process, admittedly. But the variety of coral means you're never building one formation for too long before you're moving on to the next one. My favorite part of the scenery are the sea anemones, which sprout from the rock facade like a bouquet of poisonous flowers.
The animals do not have real-life equivalents. They bear strong resemblance to actual species, but LEGO is content to refer to them as "brickfish" in their promotional materials. A fanciful approach allows the LEGO designers to play with size and scale. Looking at this aquarium feels like looking at one through a magnifying glass; everything is larger than life. The entire tank seems a little more crowded than it ought to; there's no way that a fish of such large proportions could navigate a tank this small.. But the variety and aesthetic impact overrides practical quibbles.
Each animal and type of corral gets its own plastic bag, which makes it easy to divide the work among multiple friends or family members. You build an element, install it into the tank, and then build the next element; there is no sequential necessity to any of it. This is the sort of set that, owing to its diverse yet isolated elements, lends itself to collaboration.
There are several mechanical functions built into the tank. The rocks hide built-in gearboxes, rods, and pins, which allow you to animate four different elements by turning a crank or dial. A crab emerges from its cave. A massive fish waves its tail and torso. A cluster of orange coral sways in the waves. And a treasure chest, half buried in the sand, opens and closes. Inside the chest are gold bars and a note in a corked bottle.
As an 11th grade high school English teacher, I read a lot of college essays, and one of my students wrote a particularly memorable one this year. He detailed his efforts to incorporate a freshwater fish tank into his bedroom. For him, it was a lesson in patience, consistency, and long-term planning – of realizing there is a league's difference between creating something wonderful and maintaining that thing for an extended length of time.
The LEGO Tropical Aquarium is a stress-free alternative to the real thing – for people who want the ambience but not the ongoing costs and labor that go into establishing a nitrogen cycle and minimizing algae growth, not to mention cleaning the tank itself.
LEGO Tropical Aquarium, Set #10366, retails for $479.99, and it is composed of 4154 pieces. It is available exclusively at the LEGO Store.
Kevin Wong is a contributing freelancer for IGN, specializing in LEGO. He's also been published in Complex, Engadget, Gamespot, Kotaku, and more. Follow him on Twitter at @kevinjameswong.
Modder ‘Safemilk‘ has released some comparison screenshots between the vanilla and the upcoming RTX Remix Path Tracing Mod for Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines. This RTX Remix Mod will enable real-time Path Tracing to this classic RPG. Now, contrary to other RTX Remix Mods we’ve shared, this one will use new textures and materials. As … Continue reading New comparison screenshots for Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines RTX Remix Path Tracing Mod →
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Director and DC-boss James Gunn announced on social media Saturday that he has cast German actor Lars Eidinger as the villainous Brainiac in his Superman follow-up film Man of Tomorrow.
“In our worldwide search for Brainiac in Man of Tomorrow, Lars Eidinger rose to the top,” Gunn wrote on his Instagram account. “Welcome to the DCU, Lars.”
Eidinger, 49, may be relatively unknown to North American audiences, but he can currently be seen in the George Clooney-Adam Sandler movie Jay Kelly, which is streaming on Netflix.
His other film and TV credits include Babylon Berlin, All the Light We Cannot See, High Life, Tim Burton’s Dumbo, My Little Sister, Dying, Clouds of Sils Maria, Personal Shopper, White Noise, and Irma Vep. Eidinger is also a rapper, musician, and DJ.
Even though he hovers near the top of Superman’s rogues gallery, Man of Tomorrow marks the first time Brainiac will be depicted in live-action on the big screen. Man of Tomorrow will see Superman (David Corenswet) and his archenemy Lex Luthor (Nicholas Hoult) have to ally to protect Earth from Brainiac.
Created by writer Otto Binder and artist Al Plastino, Brainiac made his debut in 1958’s Action Comics #242. He is a genius alien android who was originally a scientist from the planet Colu named Vril Dox.
“But now, he exists as a cyborg with a series of super-strong bodies to draw upon. Already fiendishly intelligent, Brainiac has made it his goal to collect all knowledge that exists in the universe,” as IGN’s Jesse Schedeen explains in his piece Why Brainiac Makes Perfect Sense as Man of Tomorrow's Main Villain.
“Brainiac’s fiendish modus operandi consists of travelling to different worlds and capturing cities as his personal souvenirs. He shrinks them down and bottles them up for his collection, and then destroys what remains of the conquered civilization. One of Brainiac’s greatest prizes is Kandor, a relic of the Krypton that was. In some versions of the Superman mythos, it’s actually Brainiac who causes the destruction of Krypton after stealing Kandor.”
Man of Tomorrow starts filming next year for a July 9, 2027, release.
What do you think of James Gunn’s Brainiac casting choice? Let us know in the comments.
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