Invincible supervillain Omni-Man is a playable character in fighting game Invincible VS. The announcement came as part of the EVO tournament alongside a first look at gameplay.
Invincible VS is the upcoming 3v3 tag fighting game set in the Invincible universe. It’s developed by Skybound Entertainment’s first in-house game studio, Quarter Up, and already has a number of confirmed playable characters, including Mark Grayson (Invincible), Atom Eve, Thula, Bulletproof, Rex Splode, and Battle Beast. Now we can add Omni-Man to the list.
Here’s the official blurb on Omni-Man:
Of course, this isn’t Omni-Man’s first foray into the world of fighting games. He was a popular guest character in the equally gory Mortal Kombat 1, which included...
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We've rounded up the best deals for Sunday, August 3, below, so don't miss out on these limited-time offers.
Elden Ring Nightreign Deluxe Edition for $39.49
Elden Ring Nightreign is a great time with friends, and you can save on the Deluxe Edition of the game this weekend at Amazon. This edition of the game includes additional DLC content, featuring additional playable characters and bosses, in addition to a digital artbook and mini soundtrack. Bandai Namco has continued to release new content for Nightreign, so this is a great time to jump in.
M4 MacBook Air for $799
This weekend at Amazon, you can save $200 off an M4 MacBook Air. This 13-inch model includes 16GB of Unified Memory and 256GB of SSD storage, making it ideal for...
It’s become the new normal, unfortunately, to wait years for a follow-up to our favorite games. While the realities of modern game development mean studios are working harder than ever to meet ever-higher standards, that hasn’t stopped projects like Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto 6, Valve’s Half-Life 3, and especially Team Cherry’s Silksong from becoming the unwitting faces of the industry’s lengthening timelines. That last one is surprising because when it was first announced, it didn’t seem like the sequel to Hollow Knight was all that far away.
Months turned into years, and until very recently, it felt like we were no closer to Silksong than we were in 2019, back when we played a hands-on demo of the mystical sequel. In the years...
Bethesda is reportedly preparing the much-rumored PlayStation 5 release of Starfield for spring 2026, which will come alongside a new expansion.
According to MP1st, Starfield was pushed out of 2025 “partly due to the RPG’s weak sales of the first expansion, Shattered Space.” Shattered Space, which launched in September 2024 to a ‘mostly negative’ Steam user review rating, was meant to be followed by an expansion this year as part of an annual release schedule.
IGN has asked Bethesda for comment.
The PS5 launch will apparently coincide with the release of Starfield’s second expansion and other quality-of-life updates. MP1st said not to expect an announcement at gamescom later this month, or an imminent shadowdrop, as The Elder...
Fans of Magic: The Gathering have been waiting months to explore the cosmic reaches of the Blind Eternities, and the big day has finally arrived. Edge of Eternities has launched worldwide today, ushering in a new era of space fantasy for the traditionally high-fantasy trading card game.
But if you were hoping to snag your boosters or bundles from Amazon, you'd better hurry, because stock’s selling fast.
The highly anticipated set, which launched today and introduces mechanics like Warp, Void, Station, and Lander tokens alongside the long-awaited return of Slivers and Eldrazi, appears to have flown off Amazon’s digital shelves within hours of release. As of this morning, only a handful of listings remain, and prices are climbing fast...
Mafia: The Old Country will boast both quality and performance modes on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X to give players the choice to prioritize visual fidelity or framerate.
Confirmation came from the development team itself, which stated in a social media post that, although it had already released PC specifications for fans, questions about consoles persisted.
In response, the team said: "On PS5 and Xbox Series X, Mafia: The Old Country will have both Quality and Performance modes at launch, with the game running at an average 60fps in Performance Mode.
"Players who want to prioritize higher resolution and visual fidelity should select Quality Mode, while players who prefer to prioritize framerate should select Performance Mode,"...
Just in case you weren't sure what to make of all those Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag remake/remasters rumors, Ubisoft reportedly "threatened to sue" the voice of protagonist Edward Kenway for previously hinting that fans would get the chance to beat the game again.
Multiple reports charting the game's development have surfaced over the past couple of years, with Skull and Bones studio Ubisoft Singapore reporting working on something ultimately more substantial than a simple remaster.
But Ubisoft itself has yet to confirm the project and declined to comment on the matter last month, when an Assassin's Creed merchandise maker dropped an obvious Black Flag remake hint.
This latest rumor, however, came directly from leading man Matt...
We’re most of the way through the Summer now, and yes, that is a good thing. If the UK has to endure a 17th heatwave this year, it’ll probably crumble to dust. Anyway, it’s been too hot to leave the house for a lot of us, which would be an issue if it wasn’t for the fact that we’re also getting full hordes of indie games to enjoy.
As we always do, we’re going to highlight some of the coolest-looking indie video games launching in August 2025. It’s filled with a really interesting array of different genres and vibes, so let’s go ahead and get into it.
The Royal Writ – 7th August
The Royal Writ takes the classic deck‑builder formula and flips it into a lane‑based roguelike full of absurd medieval mayhem. You’ll command peculiar...
EA has opened up about the fate of its hugely popular The Sims franchise, offering a sneaky tease about what to expect from the upcoming multiplayer game, and why we probably shouldn't expect The Sims 5 any time soon.
In an interview with Variety, EA Entertainment president Laura Miele said that a multiplayer spin-off from The Sims "represents one of the biggest growth opportunities for EA," teasing that the team is "hard at work and feverishly developing what this [multiplayer] platform is going to be."
“What we’re doing is upgrading and refreshing all this technology, and we’ll be adding modes of play — but we also are going to be creating and updating the base technology and the base user experience on the core game,” Miele said...
Octopath Traveler 0 is set to release for PS5, PS4, Switch 2, Switch, Xbox Series X|S, and PC on December 4. Like the previous entries in this turn-based RPG series, it’s made in the visually striking “HD-2D” art style that uses pixelated 2D characters and gorgeous HD environments, with visual effects only possible on modern platforms. The game is available for preorder now in several editions. Read on for details about what comes in each one, how much they cost, where you can preorder, and more.
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Ever since the Steam Deck originally launched back in 2022, handheld gaming PCs have been blowing up in popularity. I’d even go as far as to say that Valve’s handheld has since been dethroned, with devices like the Lenovo Legion Go S and ROG Ally X greatly improving performance and display resolution. However, while there are more options than ever for Windows handheld gaming, there’s still a ton of folks that swear by the Steam Deck, and they’re not wrong.
But given that the Steam Deck is now a three-year-old tech product, the time has come to look into the future and try to figure out what the next generation should look like. And while I’m tempted to just say “toss in a more powerful chip and call it a day,” it’s a bit more...
Borderlands 4 has been available to preorder since June, but only for PS5, Xbox, and PC gamers. We knew that the new game would be coming to the Switch 2, but it wasn't until recently that we finally got a release date. The Switch 2 version of Borderlands 4 is set to arrive on October 3, almost a full month after its console and PC release. And as of today, you can now preorder your copy for $70.
Preorder Borderlands 4 for Nintendo Switch 2
As of right now, it looks like the standard edition of Borderlands 4 is the only version available to preorder on Amazon and GameStop. Both the console and PC currently have Super Deluxe Editions available for preorder that include additional content and fancy packaging. It's unclear at this time...
Bandai Namco will finally roll up another mainline Katamari game with Once Upon a Katamari when it launches for PC via Steam, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X and S on its October 24, 2025, release date.
News about the first fresh Katamari game in 14 years arrived during today’s July 2025 Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase. It came with a full-on gameplay trailer, below, revealing the return of The King of All Cosmos and plenty of that classic Katamari, ball-rolling gameplay fans have come to love the series for. You can see it all — and catch some new music — in the Once Upon a Katamari gameplay trailer below.
As if there was ever any concern, players can expect Once Upon a Katamari to let them roll up the universe...
[Editor's Note: Minor spoilers for Dead Reset ahead.]
Cole Mason has a problem. He’s woken up in a dank cellar of a room, surrounded by people he doesn’t know and under circumstances he doesn't recall. They are all very unpleasant and really need him to perform a high-stakes surgery as soon as possible under threat of a swift execution at the hands of extra-ornery security guard named Slade. I was given a few choices upfront, mostly to attempt to resist being forced to cooperate. Early attempts to run and refuse are met with pretty convincing pushback, so Cole ultimately plays ball and helps them with the surgery.
Of course, that's when things get weird. The patient is revealed to have a pretty dramatic, pulsating tumor in her...
Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero is flying over to Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2 with a November 14, 2025, release date.
Bandai Namco announced its port plans during today’s July 2025 Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase. The news comes alongside a gameplay trailer, below, showing what it will be like to control Goku, Vegeta, Perfect Cell, and the rest of Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero’s roster of 180 characters on Switch consoles.
Today’s Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase reveal comes with a breakdown of some of the other modes and offerings featured in Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero. These include Episode Battle Mode, which allows players to relive – or remix – iconic moments from across the Dragon Ball franchise, and Custom Battle Mode...
Ever since the original Battlefield 1942 released back in the summer of 2002, EA and DICE’s large-scale multiplayer warfare series has consistently been among the most critically acclaimed and popular first-person shooters ever made. Thanks to its constant reinvention, Battlefield has felt forever fresh, cycling through a number of different eras and locations, pushing the player count to support over 100+ players on the map at once, and bolstering its core multiplayer-first design with singleplayer narratives that cover some of the grittiest aspects of warfare. All this considered, it’s really no surprise that Battlefield is still holding strong after two decades, even if it’s had a couple of missteps along the way.
Whether you're a...
Recently, a 73-year-old woman (playing as the pink version of Panda no less) beat a 73-year-old man in the finals of the Tekken 8 portion of the 11th biannual Amigo Club Cup, an esports competition for elderly care home residents in Japan. YouTube livestreams and videos of this feat have drawn attention to the event, and the benefits that gaming can give players, regardless of their age.
In an interview with Japanese news site Game*Spark, the tournament’s winner, Yoshie Murabe revealed that she chose to main Panda purely for the reason that she likes the animal. Murabe picked the pink version of the character; however, opponents should not be fooled by this cute appearance. Murabe’s winning bout shows her taking good advantage of...
As PopCap announces a "definitive" new version of its beloved original Plants vs Zombies, the studio has reflected on the evolution of its garden tower defense franchise — and revealed why now is the right time for it to go back to the series' PC and console roots, after a pair of sequels focused on smartphones.
Speaking to IGN, PopCap studio general manager Nick Reinhart said the freshly-announced Plants vs Zombies: Replanted was an opportunity to "reestablish" what fans loved about the series, while making it accessible on modern consoles, with polished-up 4K graphics.
Plants vs Zombies: Replanted will arrive on October 23, 2025 priced at $19.99, for PC (via EA app, Epic Games Store and Steam) and on consoles for Nintendo Switch...
Bloober Team’s twisted sci-fi nightmare, Cronos: The New Dawn, is coming to Nintendo Switch 2 with a release date of September 5, 2025.
The studio revealed its release date plans during today’s July 2025 Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase, narrowing its launch window down to a specific September date. It comes with the news that Cronos is coming to Switch 2 in addition to PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X | S.
Bloober’s update arrived alongside a new trailer showing how Cronos: The New Dawn runs on Switch 2 and the many terrors The Traveler will encounter during their journey through past and future. While it included a look at enemies, time-travel mechanics, and an upgrade system, the real highlight is that the footage offers a...
A brand new Monster Hunter Stories game is coming to Nintendo Switch 2, as shown in today's Nintendo Partner Direct.
Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection opened the Direct today, showing off the new story-focused game set in a kingdom seemingly at war. We see shots of a big monster egg on the cusp of hatching, various characters fighting against something called "the Encroachment," and what appears to be the main character - the "sole Rathalos rider" in the kingdom.
From a press release, we learn that Monster Hunter Stories 3 follows the story of two nations, Azuria and Vermeil, both of whom are facing destruction from a "crystal encroachment." However, a mysterious egg is discovered that hatches into twin Rathalos, creatures...
Can I reminisce for a second, gang? Is that cool? Almost four years ago, I reviewed Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Hinokami Chronicles for IGN. It was my first IGN review. Now, with exactly 25 more IGN reviews under my belt, I’m back to review its sequel. Time flies, and a lot has changed in the last four years, including within this series. The Hinokami Chronicles 2 is a bigger, better version of its predecessor that adds new ways to play while maintaining what worked and tweaking what didn’t, even if it’s not exactly out here discovering new forms of demon slaying.
Let’s start from the beginning. If you’re unfamiliar with Demon Slayer from its manga or anime, it follows Tanjiro and Nezuko Kamado after demons murder their family...
Hideo Kojima may be the creator of the seminal stealth series, Metal Gear, but that doesn't mean he'll play Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater — the remake of Metal Gear Solid 3.
In an interview with Ssense, when asked if he would be playing Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater when it releases later this summer, he laughed and replied: "No, I won't."
Asked why he chose to develop a sequel for Death Stranding rather than pursue a new project, Kojima told the interviewer, "it's my IP," and acknowledged his decision to expand into other media like film and anime came from his "business side." It's also why he developed his stealth series Metal Gear into a franchise.
"Even during [my days at] Konami, I was thinking about the business...
Just pass the ball. Truthfully, the next few hundred words you’re about to read could be boiled down to as few as those four. I’ve recently been sinking my teeth into Rematch, the newest football game on the block from developer Sloclap, and it’s largely felt like a breath of fresh air in a subgenre of games that has been desperately in need of one. I love that feeling it gives me of being back on the school field, or those heady power league days I briefly took advantage of before my knees started to make crunchy noises every time I bent them. It really nails that individual sense of expression that can come from the beautiful game — a key aspect of what makes the sport so engaging to both play and watch — but more often than not, it...
After a short delay due to a tsunami hitting Japan, FromSoftware has released Elden Ring Nightreign patch 1.02, which finally adds duos mode to the game.
Up to this point, Elden Ring Nightreign dropped players into the shifting lands of Limveld, exploring and fighting for survival either solo or in groups of three. There was no way to play two-player co-op.
In IGN's interview with Elden Ring Nightreign director Junya Ishizaki, the Nightreign lead developer discussed the choice to lean on solos and trios as the core experience options for launch. When asked why there was no option for a pair of players to drop in together without a random matchmade third player, Ishizaki said it was overlooked.
"The simple answer is that this is...
Taking a quick look at the likes of Grand Theft Auto and even the Saints Row series, you would be forgiven for thinking that these sorts of crime epics have always been anchored to the open world design that we so often take for granted. 2K’s Mafia series is no stranger to open-world shenanigans either, what with Mafia 3 unfolding against the sort of design blueprint that players have seen many, many times over. Taking both the not-so-great commercial and critical response to Mafia 3 into account, while also being emboldened by the success of Mafia: Definitive Edition, which very much went back to the series’ roots, developer Hangar 13 looks set to once more embrace the linear cinematic design that has defined the best entries in the...
It is one of the great unsolved mysteries of the Warhammer 40,000 universe — at least, it was. Via a new codex, Games Workshop has finally revealed the true nature of the much-debated Terminus Decree — and some Warhammer 40,000 lore fans really wish it hadn’t.
The Terminus Decree, for the uninitiated, is the final order issued to the Grey Knights, perhaps the most mysterious chapter of Space Marines in the setting, before the Emperor was placed within the Golden Throne following his mortal wounding by the Warmaster Horus at the end of the Horus Heresy.
(For more on the Emperor's current... situation, check out this article here.)
The idea is that only the Supreme Grand Master of the Grey Knights can open The Terminus Decree and...
It and Annabelle writer-producer Gary Dauberman is set to bring Bloober Team's The Medium to the big screen.
As reported by Hollywood Reporter, Dauberman has secured the screen rights to Bloober's tense horror. A writer and director have yet to be announced.
“With its compelling story and incredibly cinematic visuals, The Medium is a natural for a feature film adaptation,” Dauberman said in a statement.
“When I talked to [CEO] Piotr [Babieno] about it, we immediately connected on our mutual love of horror and his vision for where the genre is headed. I have no doubt anything Bloober develops is going to push horror forward in unique and terrifying ways, and I’m excited to be working alongside them."
Babieno added: "Adapting games...
The Land of Shu is full of dangers, and Wuchang: Fallen Feathers doesn’t always explain its mechanics. We’ve teamed up with the experts at Maxroll to bring you a beginner’s guide, builds to crush the game’s hardest bosses, additional resources and mechanical overviews, and much more.
Beginner's Guide
Get started with Maxroll’s Beginner's Guide. Combat in Wuchang: Fallen Feathers is different from a lot of other Soulslikes, as your main resource Skyborn Might revolves around getting “perfect dodges” called Shimmers (think Sekiro but with hitting B instead of LB). You can then spend Skyborn Might to empower your weapon skills, or instantly execute a charged heavy attack. This is particularly useful because you can use charged heavy...
Some days the deals just feel like kismet. I’ve been running my 15-year-old son through Red Dead Redemption for his first time, and while watching I’ve fallen head-over-spurs for it all over again. Serendipitously, I now see it’s also gone on sale today for you! Pro tip, though: when that Mexico section opens up, stay on your bloody horse. Trust me. Don’t do what my boy did and go pick flowers. You’ll ruin one of gaming’s most magical moments. Sigh
This Day in Gaming 🎂
In retro news, In retro news, I’m using a Critical Finish from Nightmare’s soul-devouring blade to ignite a 16-candle cake baked for SoulCalibur IV. As a series fan since ye olde SoulBlade days, I was always going to love this, and it's a sin that it's no longer...
Xbox just had a great Q2...and it might have PlayStation to thank. Or is it PlayStation that should be thanking Xbox?
Per data shared from Circana analyst Mat Piscatella, six of the ten best-selling games on PlayStation consoles in the U.S. during the second quarter of 2025 (April through June) were published by Microsoft.
Most of those games were new. Forza Horizon 5 debuted at No.2 for the quarter (just behind Elden Ring Nightreign). The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion: Remastered was right behind it. Doom: The Dark Ages debuted at No. 6 and Indiana Jones and the Great Circle came in at No.8.
They were joined by returning titles Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 at No.4 and Minecraft at No.9.
Sony only had two first-party games in the top...