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Kingdom Come Deliverance II Drops to Just £39.95 in the UK

Kingdom Come: Deliverance II has only been out since February, but you can already grab the Day One Edition of Warhorse Studios' hit sequel for as low as £39.95 at The Game Collection on both PS5 & Xbox Series X. Previously £54.95, that's a massive £15 saving for a critically well-received RPG that will take you at least 40 to 60 hours just to complete the main story. If you've been distracted by all the other huge games that have come out in the last few months— like Civilization 7, Avowed, Like A Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii, or Monster Hunter Wilds, just to name a few—this is the perfect chance to return to the Kingdom of Bohemia with a massive bargain. There are a few other UK retailers who have followed suit, with Argos...

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Baldur's Gate 3's Huge Patch 8 and Its 12 New Subclasses Finally Have a Release Date

Larian has confirmed the hotly anticipated Patch 8 update for Baldur’s Gate 3 finally launches on Tuesday, April 15. Patch 8 has been available in stress test form for some time now, but Larian has announced it is finally ready to be released to all players next week. There’s a huge amount of new content coming to the record-breaking Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game with Patch 8, including 12 new subclasses. Elsewhere, there’s photo mode, cross-play, and Xbox Series S split screen. Check out the Baldur's Gate 3 Patch 8 patch notes for more. Baldur’s Gate 3 Patch 8 new subclasses: Bard - College of Glamour As a College of Glamour Bard, you’ll find you have the power to heal friends and command enemies in equal measure. Cast...

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Elden Ring Hits a New Low Price of Just £21.95 on PS5, Xbox, PS4, and PC

The Game Collection has been an occasional good source of decent deals for some time now, but the retailer has especially come through today with making Elden Ring available for just £21.95 on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PS4, and PC. That's a huge maximum price drop of £18 from the previous £39.95 price of the current-gen versions. Among the other retailers selling physical copies of FromSoftware's critically acclaimed and best-selling RPG, that's the best price you can get by far. The only other in the UK that comes close is Argos, selling most of the same versions for £21.99, but you have to pay at least £3.95 extra for home delivery—making the actual total £25.98 if you don't fancy the free store collection option. With Elden Rings'...

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AU Deals: Only 48 Rupees for Tears of the Kingdom, A Half Price Monster Hunter Wilds, and More!

Thank your own personaly deity—possibly Jin Dahaad—it's Friday. It's also time to tuck into some wallet-friendly wonders, with digital delights across Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X, PS5 and PC all copping hefty discounts. Until Monday, do stay safe and save often! This Day in Gaming 🎂 In retro news, I'm celebrating the 28th birthday of Suikoden, an all-timer PS One classic. In case you're not familiar with it, you control the son of a general destined to seek out 108 warriors to defeat a corrupt government and bring peace to the land. Not only did it feature duels and large turn based battles, but also packed a large amount of depth into its magic and combat system. The HD remaster is well worth smashing. Aussie bdays for notable...

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The Last of Us Complete Launches as Surprise Bundle for PS5

Naughty Dog has re-released both of its critically acclaimed The Last of Us games (again), this time as an all-in-one bundle for PlayStation 5 (PS5) called The Last of Us Complete. The studio behind beloved PlayStation titles like Crash Bandicoot and Uncharted announced and launched its two-pack collection today. It’s a bundle that includes the 2022 remake The Last of Us Part 1 and The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered for players to enjoy. “Experience the complete story that inspired the TV show with definitive versions of two award-winning games,” an official description for The Last of Us Complete says, “featuring graphical and gameplay improvements made possible by the PlayStation 5 console.” The Last of Us Complete comes with both...

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Devs React to Speedruns Returns This Weekend

Buckle up because one of IGN’s biggest original shows returns this Saturday! If you’re not familiar with Devs React to Speedruns, let me fill you in! Devs React to Speedruns is an IGN show that celebrates speedruns in the best way we know how—by showcasing the incredible playthroughs completed by the speedrun community and presenting them to the developers of those games. There’s nothing quite like watching developers who have spent years working on a game witness it being completed in mere minutes. In the upcoming season of Devs React to Speedruns, we’ve partnered with some of the biggest games and developers in the world to bring you a series of exciting episodes. It all kicks off this Saturday, April 12, at 8:30 AM PT with Larian...

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Star Wars: Battlefront 2 Is Now 'Completely Unplayable' on PC Thanks to Hackers

Star Wars: Battlefront 2 PC players are flooding Reddit, the official EA forums, and now also IGN's tipline with complaints that the game's various online modes, especially Galactic Assault, have been rendered "completely unplayable" due to hackers. According to post after post after post on Reddit and the EA official forums, the ongoing issue is being caused by a hack that prevents PC players in online 40-player modes (especially Galactic Assault, but more recently also Supremacy) from spawning in, rendering matches entirely unplayable. Co-op and other modes with smaller groups of players seem to be unaffected. Complaints about hackers in Battlefront 2 are nothing new, of course, with posts about the specific hack in question going...

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Schedule 1 Interactive Map is Now Available

IGN's Schedule 1 map is here! Our interactive map tracks essential locations across Hyland Point, including Customers and Dealers for players wanting to maximize their business empire. It also includes markers for ATMs, Cash for Trash machines, and more, so you know where to go when you need to make a transaction in Schedule I. Schedule I Interactive Map The available map filters for our Schedule 1 interactive map include: Locations, such as ATMs, Dead Drops, Cash for Trash Machines, and Payphones. Businesses, including Taco Ticklers, the Car Wash, and the Post Office. Properties, including the Motel, Bungaloo, and Docks Warehouse. Shops, such as Dan's Hardware and Gas Mart, so you always know where to go to purchase essential items...

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Survivor Soulslike Ember and Blade Announced for PC

Ember and Blade is a new action game for PC that's ready to prove that survivor and Soulslike are flavors that go together like peanut butter and jelly. The exclusive announcement trailer above introduces us to hero Fenrix Haven, a demon hunter who makes a deal with an angel for immortality, and the hordes of foes he'll have to slice and dice to prevent the resurrection of an ancient and pesky archdemon. Combat looks heavily inspired by Hades, and there are ranged weapons, melee attacks and special attacks called Celestial Blessings. In the trailer we also get a glimpse of some of the other mechanics that will aid Fenrix on his journey, from a skill tree called The Grace of the Arbor to artifacts like a magically levitating hoverboard...

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Ubisoft's The Crew Lawsuit Insists We Do Not Own The Games We Buy

Ubisoft has insisted that buying a game doesn't give players "unfettered ownership rights" to it, only a "limited license to access the game." The megacorp's comments come as it sought to dismiss a case brought by two unhappy The Crew players who took the company to court for shutting down its original racing game last year. 2014's The Crew is no longer playable. No version of the game, whether it's physical or digital or even if it's owned already, can be bought and played in any capacity, with servers going dark completely at the end of March 2024. Ubisoft took measures to create offline versions of The Crew 2 and sequel The Crew: Motorfest to enable players to keep playing, but no similar action was taken for the original. At...

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Path of Exile 2 Dev Announces More Emergency Changes as Recent Steam User Reviews Hit 'Mostly Negative'

Path of Exile 2 developer Grinding Gear Games has issued more emergency changes to the action role-playing game amid a backlash to the nerf-heavy Dawn of the Hunt update that has caused recent Steam user reviews to plummet to ‘mostly negative.’ Dawn of the Hunt launched earlier this month and quickly sparked a backlash among the Path of Exile community. The expansion added the new Huntress class, a Spear and Buckler user specialising in hybrid melee and ranged combat. Elsewhere, there are five new ascension classes: the Ritualist, Amazon, Smith of Kitava, Tactician, and Lich. And along with all that are mechanical overhauls, over one hundred new unique items as well as significantly expanded crafting options. What should have been a...

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Schedule I Update 0.3.4 Adds Pawn Shop, 'Fancy Stuff,' and More

Schedule I developer Tyler has released the 0.3.4 update for all players after a brief testing period, confirming via Steam patch notes what’s new in the viral smash drug dealer simulator. V0.3.4 is the first major content update for Schedule I, which launched to explosive success on Steam in early access form on March 24. It includes a functional pawn shop, boutique store, wall decorations, and more detailed below. In a post on Steam, Tyler apologized for the delay in releasing the update, saying: “I'm still ironing out the update/testing process.” He continued: “Things will be running a lot smoother (and on time) when I do larger monthly updates (starting next month).” As for what’s coming next, Tyler said is focused on sorting...

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Palworld Communications Director Says Developer Unlikely to Be Acquired: ‘Our CEO Would Never Allow It’

Last summer, Palworld developer Pocketpair signed a deal with Sony Music Entertainment to produce merchandise, music, and other products around Palworld. Though the deal was simply a business agreement to expand the Palworld universe outside of games, a number of fans mistook it for a sign that an acquisition was on the horizon. Especially after rumors earlier in the year that Pocketpair was in talks with Microsoft for that very reason. All that acquisition talk wasn’t true at the time, Pocketpair CEO Takuro Mizobe later confirmed, but it sure did get conversation started. Since then, a number of fans have speculated on a potential Pocketpair acquisition, especially in the wake of Microsoft seemingly acquiring half the AA industry in...

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Palworld Communications Director Speaks on Generative AI Controversy, Online Struggles, and Why Palworld Is Misunderstood

At the Game Developers Conference (GDC) last month, we sat down for an extended conversation with John “Bucky” Buckley, communications director and publishing manager for Palworld developer Pocketpair. We spoke following his talk at the conference, 'Community Management Summit: A Palworld Roller Coaster: Surviving the Drop.' During that talk, Buckley went into candid detail about a number of Palworld’s struggles, especially the accusations of it using generative AI (which Pocketpair has since debunked pretty soundly) and stealing Pokemon’s models for its own Pals (a claim that the person who originally made it has since retracted). He even commented a bit on Nintendo’s patent infringement lawsuit against the studio, saying it “came as...

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Palworld Devs Aren't Fans of the 'Pokemon With Guns' Moniker

What do you think of when you think of Palworld? Unfortunately for the folks who made it, the answer is pretty likely to immediately be, “Pokemon with guns.” That’s because when the game first exploded into popularity, that’s the shorthand everyone on the internet used for it, likely contributing to its rise thanks to the odd combination of two unlike ideas. Heck, we at IGN are guilty of using the phrase too, just like everyone else. It was convenient and easy for those who had never heard of the game to immediately understand. But according to Pocketpair communications director and publishing manager John ‘Bucky’ Buckley, “Pokemon with guns” was never intended to be the takeaway. In fact, he says that Pocketpair largely doesn’t love...

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AU Deals: A Mario for Only 64 Coins, Reduced DualSenses, Split Fiction, Kingdom Come 2, and More!

Crack open the piggy bank and stretch those thumbs because today’s bargains are banger-tastic. From high-speed karting to gritty sci-fi sagas, there’s something for every aficionado, and some of the prices are frankly outrageous (in a good way). This Day in Gaming 🎂 In retro news, I'm celebrating the 17th birthday of Professor Layton and the Curious Village. I still have vivid memories of this head-scratching puzzler making me feel dumber than usual. The premise itself was elegantly simple, mind you: Professor Layton and his young assistant Luke are summoned to solve the mystery of a hidden inheritance. But the narrative beyond was interwoven with over 130 logic teasers and sliding block conundrums dispensed by the town’s quirky...

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Battle Royale Interest is Declining But Fortnite Continues To Dominate, New Report Says

A new report from research firm Newzoo indicates the storm may be tightening on the battle royale genre, but Fortnite is still holding strong. Newzoo's PC & Console Gaming Report 2025 has detailed a number of shifts and trends across the industry, and one of those moving trends is the battle royale genre. Newzoo's tracking indicates the battle royale genre has shrunk in playtime, going from 19% of playtime in 2021 to 12% in 2024. Citing its Game Performance Monitor which looks at 37 markets (excluding China and India) across PC, PlayStation, and Xbox, Newzoo indicated that as a pair, shooter games and battle royale games routinely account for 40% of playtime. So as battle royale playtime has gradually shifted down, shooter playtime...

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PlayStation Plus Game Catalog for April 2025 Confirmed

Sony has published the list of PlayStation Plus Game Catalog additions for April 2025, revealing a lineup of games that includes highlights like Hogwarts Legacy, Blue Prince, Battlefield 1, and more. All of the newcomers were detailed in a PlayStation.Blog entry posted on the site today. It confirms a list of eight titles set to arrive for PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium subscribers starting April 10, with more PS4, PS5, and Classic games trickling in as the month rolls on. PlayStation Plus Game Catalog members starting at the Extra tier receive access to six titles, two of which launch with the service on day one. Those are Dogubomb’s critically acclaimed puzzle adventure Blue Prince, which launches April 10, and Lost Records...

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Diablo 4’s 2025 Roadmap Hasn’t Gone Down Well With Hardcore Fans — and Even the Former President of Blizzard Isn’t Sure Where the Game Is Going

Diablo 4 this week got its first roadmap of content, providing an overview of what’s coming to the action role-playing game in 2025, with a tease for what’s coming in 2026. IGN interviewed game director Brent Gibson to go over the Diablo 4 roadmap, discussing everything from expansion two to upcoming IP collaborations. But in the wake of the roadmap’s release, Diablo 4’s community has expressed concern about 2025, and questioned whether there’s enough new content to keep them coming back. “Oh boy! Can't wait for new Helltide color and temporary powers,” said redditor Inangelion. “It's gonna be so dope!” It’s a sentiment shared by a number of hardcore Diablo 4 players who were hoping for more excitement around upcoming content. “A...

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Assassin’s Creed Shadows Drops to Just £48 Using This Promo Code in the UK

While still usually priced at around £55 minimum if you want to get a physical copy, you can grab Assassin's Creed Shadows on PS5 for just £48.02 with Monster Shop on eBay. Originally £56.49, already down from its base price of £69.99, you can get 15% taken off thanks to the "RALLY15" coupon code usable on any of the outlet's items available in the store right now. Apply the code at checkout, and you'll have £8.07 taken off with no delivery charge either. Assassin's Creed Shadows is still priced at £69.99 for a digital copy on the PSN Store. So, if you want to own the game without paying £14.99 a month via the Premium tier of the Ubisoft+ subscription service, this is the best way to play on PS5. If you end up playing through it...

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The Outer Worlds 2: 11 Minutes of Exclusive Gameplay – IGN First

Welcome to our latest IGN First – a month of exclusive coverage in April, and it's all about The Outer Worlds 2. This is the very first look at its gameplay in real time, and it takes us through a quest where you infiltrate the N-Ray Facility to show off several of the game’s new features and mechanics, as well as how it’s rethinking level design. And one of the biggest things that stood out to me is how much deeper it’s going to be as an RPG with developer Obsidian looking back at its past and even drawing inspiration from immersive sims like Deus Ex and Dishonored. While that DNA has always been a part of first-person RPGs, The Outer Worlds 2 has more sophisticated systems compared to the first game like a true stealth system and...

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Activision Tweaks Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 and Warzone's Terminator Skin After Players Said It Was 'Pay-to-Win' for Being So Hard to See

The T-800 skin has plagued Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 and Warzone ever since it went live as part of a $30 premium bundle earlier this year, leading some to accuse Activision of adding a "pay-to-win" cosmetic in the first-person shooter. The problem had to do with visibility. The T-800 has a flat model and lacks illumination. At medium to long distances, it was incredibly hard to see compared to other character models. And in a game as fast and frantic as Call of Duty, being hard to see can make all the difference in a gunfight. The T-800 was so bad that the developers at Activision had to nerf it, and so an update pushed live on April 8 did just that. Or, it made an attempt to do just that. Here’s the relevant line from the patch...

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Go Fishing Codes (April 2025)

Last updated April 8, 2025: Checked for new Go Fishing codes! If you're in need of extra supplies and resources in Go Fishing, you're in the right place. Below, we've put together a list of all the active redeemable codes currently available in Roblox's popular fishing simulator, so you can get back to tracking down big catches with some useful new goodies attached to your belt. Active Go Fishing Codes (April 2025) Below, you'll find all of the currently active and working Go Fishing codes in April 2025 that you can redeem for free rewards: SPRINGTIME - 10 Luck Potion IV (NEW!) 150KLIKES - 3 Giant Gifts GOFISHING - Cash ONEBAITONEFISH - Rocket Bait FREEBAITS - 10 Grape Baits 50KLIKES - 5 Gold Baits Expired Go Fishing Codes The...

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Microsoft Confirms Xbox Games Showcase 2025 for June, Plus the Outer Worlds 2 Direct

Microsoft has solidified its plans for June, confirming an Xbox Games Showcase 2025 as well as an The Outer Worlds 2 Direct. Microsoft normally hosts a June showcase to reveal upcoming Xbox games, and 2025 is no different. Xbox Games Showcase 2025 will be livestreamed on Sunday, June 8, starting at 10am Pacific / 1pm Eastern / 6pm UK time. Xbox Games Showcase 2025 will offer a look at upcoming titles from across Microsoft’s first-party studios, Microsoft said, “in addition to incredible new titles from our third-party partners across the globe.” So, what could Microsoft have up its sleeve? It has a long list of games in development, including the new Fable, which was recently delayed to 2026, the Perfect Dark reboot, inXile’s...

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Hades 2 Coming to Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2 as a Timed Console Exclusive

Hades 2 is coming to Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2 as a timed console exclusive. While we don't yet have a firm release date, developer Supergiant confirmed the highly anticipated sequel would release on PC and Nintendo Switch 2, as well as the OG Switch, at the same time later this year. We knew Hades 2 was coming to Nintendo's beefed-up Switch 2 courtesy of last week's Nintendo Direct, of course, but developer Supergiant has now confirmed that it's not just coming to Switch 1 and 2, but it'll be a timed exclusive on Nintendo's console, too. "Hades II v1.0 will launch simultaneously on our Early Access platforms (Steam and Epic Games Store), Nintendo Switch 2, and the original Nintendo Switch," the team recently clarified on...

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Fortnite 'Is All Vibes Now' as Players in Sabrina Carpenter Skins Dance It Out Instead of Fighting

Sabrina Carpenter has joined the ranks in Fortnite, and she's bringing peace and love to the battle royale. Developer Epic Games reported "dance-related stalemates are on the rise" as players sporting the Sabrina skin are putting away their weapons and getting jiggy with it instead. "[Battle Royale] is all vibes now," the developer teased on X/Twitter. "So, I was playing a game of Fornite ZB Reload and I saw two Sabrina skins just hanging," explained one fan on the Fortnite subreddit. "They crouched and uncrouched and I stopped shooting, and well, before we knew [it], us three became, like, nine players who stopped fighting and only danced around. "Truly the most wholesome thing I've seen in a video game," they added. "This...

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Arrowhead Wants Helldivers 2 to Be Around ‘For Years and Years and Years to Come’ — and What About a Warhammer 40,000 Collab?

Helldivers 2’s runaway success continues. It’s just won two BAFTA Game Awards: one for Best Multiplayer, another for Best Music. That’s from five nominations. The BAFTA wins bring to an end a fruitful video game awards season, drawing a line under what has been a remarkable year for Swedish developer Arrowhead. Let’s remember, Helldivers 2 is the fastest-selling PlayStation Studios game of all time, with an astonishing 12 million copies sold in just 12 weeks. It is a record no first-party Sony-developed game will likely ever beat. But so much has happened since that initial explosive release: a dramatic U-turn on PSN account requirements on Steam, review-bomb campaigns, and a community often at war with Helldivers 2 itself as nerfs...

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BAFTA Games Awards 2025: The Full List of Winners

Astro Bot has once again won big at an awards show, this time securing five gongs at the 2025 BAFTA Games Awards, including Best Design, Best Family Game, and Best Game. The BAFTA Games Awards — the UK's independent arts charity celebrating excellence in games — took place overnight on Tuesday, April 8, 2025, in London, UK. Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2, Astro Bot, and Still Wakes the Deep led the charge with 11, eight, and eight nominations, respectively. Thank Goodness You're Here! also received seven nominations, Black Myth: Wukong six, and Helldivers 2 was up for five awards. Accepting the award, Astro Bot director Nicolas Doucet paid tribute to the game developers of the past, who paved the way for Sony-owned Team Asobi and other...

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Commandos: Origins Review

Whether twiddling their thumbs during the decades since Commandos 3 or calmly hiding in a hedge waiting to knife a nosey Nazi in the neck on his next stroll past, if there’s one thing Commandos fans are known for it’s lurking patiently. Good things come to those who’ve waited, and Commandos: Origins fits that bill. Slow-paced, challenging, and consistently satisfying when all your plans come together, its brand of isometric stealth action is intact and has never looked better. I’ve sunk nearly 60 hours into it over the last week and a half just to see out the missions, and there are potentially dozens more hours available should I return to play through some of them again with the intention of leaving no stone unturned and no soldier...

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AU Deals: Big Bites Off Monster Hunters, Metaphor, Sonics, Resi, Elden Ring, and More!

Get ready to equip your wallet to your main hand for mad discounts. Some absolute ripper deals are going cheap today across all platforms. Whether you're into slaying monsters, unravelling cosmic conspiracies, or trading blows in post-apocalyptic Tokyo, I’ve got a little something for every gamer who only wants the stuff worth stockpiling. This Day in Gaming 🎂 In retro news, I'm celebrating the 27th birthday of StarCraft, the venerable RTS GOAT. It needs little introduction, so I'll not zerg rush you with the fondest memories of the hundreds of hours I spent on it. Instead, let's use this space to reminisce on how nuts 1998 was for Oz game launches. Half-Life, Ocarina of Time, Resident Evil 2, Metal Gear Solid, Final Fantasy VII...

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