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Uncharted's PS5 Debut Is Beautiful and Still a Blast – Beyond 733

9 hours ago IGN

On this week's episode of IGN's PlayStation show, Podcast Beyond!, host Jonathon Dornbush is joined by Mark Medina and Jada Griffin to discuss Uncharted's PS5 debut with the Uncharted Legacy of Thieves Collection, and a host of news in the…

Gaming News

The Book of Boba Fett's Darksaber Explained: The History of the Mandalorian Lightsaber

9 hours ago IGN

Warning: this article contains major spoilers for The Mandalorian: Season 2 and The Book of Boba Fett: Episode 5! The Mandalorian Season 1 introduced a weapon with a major legacy in the Star Wars universe. The Darksaber returned in the…

Gaming News

Minecraft Tournament Cyberattack Cripples a Small Country's Internet

9 hours ago IGN

More than a decade after its original release, Minecraft continues to be massive — so massive that it apparently has the power to take down an entire country's internet. Last weekend, a major Minecraft tournament endured a cyberattack significant enough…

Reviews

Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection Performance Review

12 hours ago IGN

Nathan Drake is back once again with his first PlayStation 5 adventure, bringing Chloe and friends along for an updated and upgraded dual package of Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End and the spinoff Uncharted: The Lost Legacy. Offering enhancements and…

Playstation

The Best TV for PS5 and Gaming is On Sale Right Now

13 hours ago IGN

Those who've managed to get hold of a PS5 or Xbox Series X over the past year will be very pleased to hear this next piece of news. LG's C1 OLED 4K TVs are on sale right now (see here),…

Gaming News

Horizon Forbidden West: 32 Amazing New Details

13 hours ago IGN

After four hours of hands-on with Horizon Forbidden West, we feel like we’ve only scratched the surface, but still found an incredible amount of detail in Guerrilla Games’ sequel. Aloy’s world is brought to life in much more vivid detail,…

Playstation

PlayStation Reveals February PS Plus Games

14 hours ago IGN

Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon Keep leads the way for February's PlayStation Plus lineup. Announced on the PlayStation Blog, February's free games for PS Plus subscribers include Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon Keep and EA Sports UFC 4 for PS4…

Gaming News

No Man's Sky Studio's Lost Early Games Return

15 hours ago IGN

No Man's Sky studio Hello Games has announced that it's surprise-released remasters of its debut Joe Danger games on Apple devices. Before it gained notoriety for making No Man's Sky, Hello Games cut its teeth with Joe Danger – a…

Gaming News

Every Game Delay Announced in 2022 (So Far)

15 hours ago IGN

Video game delays have become commonplace during the pandemic — we tallied 60 delays in 2021 alone — as studios largely continue to work within the confines of remote or hybrid development. This dramatic shift in the way games are…

Gaming News

eBay Will Now Authenticate Trading Cards to Combat Costly Fakes

17 hours ago IGN

eBay has announced that it will be expanding its Authenticity Guarantee service to include trading cards in a bid to combat the number of costly fakes that have grown in circulation. As detailed in a press release, the company has…

Gaming News

Elden Ring: Here's What Comes in Each Edition

17 hours ago IGN

Elden Ring is set to release for PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC on February 25, 2022 (see it at Amazon). Anyone who buys the PS4 or Xbox One version will get a free next-gen upgrade as…

Gaming News

Kao the Kangaroo (2022) Announced

18 hours ago IGN

Kao the Kangaroo, the mascot platformer first seen two decades ago on the Sega Dreamcast and Game Boy Advance, is returning for a reboot on all major platforms (PC via Steam, Nintendo Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series S|X)…

Playstation

PS5 Will Finally Let You Auto-Upload Captures to Mobile

19 hours ago IGN

The PlayStation 5 will finally allow players to have their latest screenshots and video automatically uploaded straight to mobile. As spotted by the Twitter account Gaming Interactive Photos (and reported by VGC), fans will now be able to have their…

Gaming News

Crysis 4 Is Coming

20 hours ago IGN

Crysis 4 is on its way, with developer Crytek putting out a teaser trailer following a leak on Chinese social media. Announced under the simple headline of 'A Crytek Announcement', the teaser shows a number of images, from an unstable…

Nintendo

New Knights of the Old Republic Switch Patch Fixes Its Giant Text

21 hours ago IGN

A new Knights of the Old Republic patch for Nintendo Switch has fixed the game's giant and rather obnoxious text boxes. Per a press release, the game's latest Nintendo Switch update will fix a number of issues – including its…

Playstation

Daily Deals: Up to £1000 Off the Perfect PS5 4K OLED TV Right Now

23 hours ago IGN

This is one of the best deals of the year so far. LG C1 OLED TVs are on sale right now (see here), and you can get an extra 10% off with code LG10 during the sale. This is the…

Trailers

Black Myth: Wukong – Comedy Trailer Shows Off Purposely Glitchy Gameplay and Lots of Cats

1 day ago IGN

Much anticipated action-RPG Black Myth: Wukong has released a 13-minute new trailer – but don't expect much in the way of new information, as it's a short comedy film featuring some silly gameplay and a lot of cats in a…

Xbox

Our Dream Xbox-Activision Collabs + Who Should Xbox Buy Next? – Unlocked 528

1 day ago IGN

We can't stop thinking about last week's landmark Xbox acquisition of Activision-Blizzard, so on this week's podcast, we're talking about A) Who Microsoft might strategically target for acquisition next, and B) our dream Xbox-Bethesda-Activision-Blizzard project collaborations and IP revivals. Plus:…

Gaming News

Final Fantasy 14: Endwalker 6.08 Patch Adds New Oceania Data Center, Class Buffs

1 day ago IGN

Final Fantasy 14’s Patch 6.08 is now live. Along with a bevy of balance updates for a lot of classes, the Oceania data servers are finally up-and-running. The 6.08 patch tackles two big points among the community, class balances and…

Call of Duty: Activision Reportedly Wants To Release Next Three Games On PlayStation Despite Xbox Acquisition

1 day ago IGN

Although Activision Blizzard is soon set to become an Xbox company, the future of Call of Duty isn’t exclusive just yet. According to a new report, the next few annual Call of Duty releases are still set to be released…

Xbox

Xbox Had a Record Holiday Season in 2021

1 day ago IGN

With the Xbox Series X and S now a year and change into their lifespans, Microsoft just pulled off a record holiday sales quarter thanks not just to game sales, but also, helpfully, having more Xbox consoles in stock than…

Gaming News

Resident Evil 4 HD Fan Project Eight Years In the Making Finally Has a Release Date

1 day ago IGN

A Resident Evil 4 HD remaster eight years in the making finally has a release date. The fan project, which is being developed by just two people, will rebuild Resident Evil 4 from the ground up. Based on the 2014…

Gaming News

Rune Factory 5: Here’s What Comes in Each Edition

2 days ago IGN

Rune Factory 5 is set to release exclusively for Nintendo Switch on March 22. The latest entry in a series of RPG/farming sims, Rune Factory 5 puts you in the shoes of a ranger in the peacekeeping organization SEED. Your…

Gaming News

Blizzard Is Hiring For an Unannounced Survival Game Set in a Brand New Universe

2 days ago IGN

Blizzard has announced it is working on a new, AAA survival game for PC and console set in a brand new universe. And Blizzard is hiring to help make it happen. In a new blog post announcing the job openings,…

Gaming News

Ex-StarCraft and Warcraft Devs Raise $25 Million to Make an Unreal Engine 5 RTS

2 days ago IGN

Frost Giant Studios, a debut developer formed by ex-Blizzard staff, has raised $25 million to help create a brand new real-time strategy game in Unreal Engine 5. Frost Giant – which was founded by Tom Morten (production director on StarCraft…

Gaming News

Pokémon Legends: Arceus Will Feature New Evolutions for Classic Starters

2 days ago IGN

Pokémon Legends: Arceus is set to feature new evolutionary forms of its classic starter Pokémon when it launches for Nintendo Switch on Friday, January 28. As per the YouTube description for the game's latest trailer (which can also be seen…

Trailers

Gord, a New Dark-Fantasy Strategy Game from a Former Witcher 3 Producer, Gets New CG Trailer

2 days ago IGN

Publisher Team17 and developer Covenant, a group of two dozen veteran developers headed by former producer on The Witcher 3 Stan Just, have just released a new cinematic story trailer for Gord, their upcoming dark-fantasy strategy game for PC. See…

Playstation

Bug Briefly Shows All PS4 Trophies as PS3 Games, Sparking More Backwards Compatibility Rumours

2 days ago IGN

A recent bug on the PlayStation Network briefly displayed all PlayStation 4 trophies as if they had come from PlayStation 3 games, causing further rumours around unannounced backwards compatibility plans. As spotted by VGC, an issue on PSN recently meant…

Gaming News

German Physicist Makes GTA 5 Playable on Game Boy Using Streaming

2 days ago IGN

A German physicist has found a way to make Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto 5 playable on a 1989 Nintendo Game Boy through the use of a custom-built streaming cartridge. As spotted by GamesRadar, Sebastian Staacks, a physicist and drummer from…

Gaming News

Respawn Working On Three New Star Wars Games, Including Jedi: Fallen Order Sequel

2 days ago IGN

EA is far from finished with the Star Wars universe. The publisher is working on three new Star Wars games, all of which are being overseen in one form or another by developer Respawn Entertainment. The games comprise a sequel…

Gaming News

Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin Is Up for Preorder

2 days ago IGN

Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin is set to release for PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC on March 18, 2022. Developed by Team Ninja and some of the creative minds behind Final Fantasy VII Remake, this…

Reviews

Horizon Forbidden West: The First Preview

2 days ago IGN

Horizon Zero Dawn introduced an amazing foundation to Guerrilla Games’ post-post-apocalyptic world, one overrun with robotic creatures as stunning as seeing a brachiosaurus for the first time in Jurassic Park, centered around an instant PlayStation icon in Aloy, and layered…

Playstation

The Best PS5 Games

2 days ago IGN

Sony put together an excellent first year for PS5, selling over 13 million units and releasing a handful of great exclusives (Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart and Returnal, to name two). Between an exciting 2022 games lineup and a planned…

Nintendo

Nintendo Stopped Super Metroid From Being Unlockable In Metroid Prime

2 days ago IGN

A Super Nintendo classic was almost playable within Metroid Prime on Nintendo GameCube, until Nintendo stepped in and stopped it from happening. In the latest episode of the Kiwi Talkz podcast, Metroid Prime developer David "Zoid" Kirsch shared insight into…

Nintendo

G-Case Aims at Making the Nintendo Switch More Convenient for Gaming on the Go

2 days ago IGN

Suppose you are looking for a way to make the Nintendo Switch a lot more portable-friendly. In that case, this new Kickstarter campaign might have the answer: an all-in-one modular case that makes Nintendo's hybrid console more convenient as a…

Gaming News

World of Warcraft on Console Feels Closer Than Ever Before

2 days ago IGN

I watched Duke Nukem Forever emerge from its tomb, dripping with amniotic fluid, after an unprecedented 15- year development cycle. I can go play the long-gestating S.T.A.L.K.E.R., and its many spinoffs and expansions, right now on my Steam account. Final…

Gaming News

Elden Ring Has Been Designed to Reduce Player Stress – Without Reducing Enemy Difficulty

3 days ago IGN

A new gameplay overview of Elden Ring has revealed FromSoftware's focus on making sure players aren't overly stressed while playing the game – but seemingly without reducing the difficulty you'd expect from Souls game enemies. Speaking during Taipei Game Show,…

Gaming News

Elden Ring Can Be Finished in 30 Hours, But There Are 'Dozens' of Hours of Side Content

3 days ago IGN

Elden Ring can be finished in 30 hours, says producer Yasuhiro Kitao, but there are 'many dozens' of hours of optional content for fans to sink their teeth into. And no, you won't be able to see absolutely everything in…

Gaming News

One Modder Is Releasing the Warcraft 3 Campaign Remaster That Blizzard Didn't

3 days ago IGN

Warcraft 3: Re-Reforged is a fan-made campaign mod for Warcraft 3: Reforged that looks to give fans the remastered experience that Blizzard itself never really delivered. As reported by Ars Technica, the fan-made project – which has been put together…

Gaming News

Dead by Daylight x SAW Crossover Revealed

3 days ago IGN

Behaviour Interactive and Lionsgate Films have announced Archives Tome 10: SAW, the latest content addition to Dead by Daylight that adds notoriously sadistic horror movie villain Jigsaw to the world of the popular multiplayer horror game. It will be available…

Gaming News

Elden Ring Has Finally Gone Gold

3 days ago IGN

Elden Ring, the highly-anticipated action-RPG by FromSoftware (and with additional world-building elements from Game of Thrones author George R.R. Martin), has officially gone gold. As revealed on Twitter by @EldenRingUpdate, a Taipei Game Show video confirms the game has now…

Gaming News

Fans Think a Kingdom Hearts Hotel Room Might Be Important to the Series' Plot

3 days ago IGN

Fans think that an item found inside a Kingdom Hearts-themed hotel room in Tokyo may be important to the future of the series' plot. Last year, Tokyo Disney announced that it was bringing to life a Kingdom Hearts-inspired hotel room…

Gaming News

Raven Software Workers Call Off Strike After Announcing Union: 'We Are Acting in Good Faith'

3 days ago IGN

Members of the Raven Software QA team, alongside other Activision Blizzard workers, have called off their strike action. The news follows on from Friday's announcement, which confirmed that members of the QA team had officially voted to unionize. The decision…

Nintendo

Daily Deals: Even More Amazing Switch Deals and £10 Off Switch OLED Right Now

3 days ago IGN

We've been seeing a tremendous amount of Switch discounts in the UK recently. With a huge sale on Switch games last week, and now £10 off a Switch OLED console (see here), the deals aren't slowing down yet. Our favourites…

Nintendo

Nintendo Switch's Latest Update Appears to Improve N64 Emulation and The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

3 days ago IGN

While many were excited about the arrival of N64 games on the Switch via the new Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack service, it was quickly discovered that the performance of these classic games left much to be desired. Fortunately,…

Gaming News

Yakuza Series Creator Toshihiro Nagoshi Establishes Nagoshi Studio at NetEase Games

3 days ago IGN

NetEase Games has announced that it has established Nagoshi Studio, a new game development studio that is led by Yakuza series creator Toshihiro Nagoshi. As reported by Gematsu, Nagoshi confirmed that he would be leaving both Ryu Ga Gatoku Studio…

Dark Souls Series PvP Servers Are Down on PC Following the Discovery of a 'Serious Exploit'

3 days ago IGN

Following the discovery of a "serious exploit," the PC PvP servers for Dark Souls: Remastered, Dark Souls 2, and Dark Souls 3 have been temporarily deactivated as Bandai Namco works on a solution. On Reddit, users like TripleBrownMeow shared a…

Gaming News

Halo Infinite Multiplayer Will Let You Earn Credits In Its Season 2 Battle Pass

5 days ago IGN

Halo Infinite's multiplayer will let players earn Credits in its Season 2 Battle Pass that they will be able to use in the in-game shop to buy items, cosmetics, and even a new Battle Pass. Shared by 343 Industries Head…

Gaming News

Assassin's Creed Was Originally Going To End On a Spaceship

5 days ago IGN

The Assassin's Creed series has always paired exploring historical time periods with modern-day technology and storylines, but we're now learning the original plan for the Assassin's Creed trilogy almost took that concept to an entirely new level. As reported by…

Gaming News

Uncharted 4: Devs Reveal Secrets Behind the Series' Best Chase Sequence – Art of the Level

5 days ago IGN

Uncharted 4: A Thief's End crescendos at its midpoint with a bombastic, all-out chase action sequence that is not only a highpoint for the game itself but for the entire Uncharted franchise, ranking as one of Uncharted's best chases and…

Gaming News

Final Fantasy 7 Feels Like a Whole New Game In 60fps

5 days ago IGN

A PC mod has been released for the original Final Fantasy 7 that cranks that framerate up to 60fps, and the resulting game is… almost disturbingly smooth. Mum: "Don't worry dear. Smooth 60fps battles FF7 doesn't exist and can't hurt…

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