Gearbox Software is giving away Borderlands 2 for free on Steam, but some fans are warning others to stay away from the series due to a recent controversy surrounding its terms of service.
The studio behind the looter-shooter series surprised PC gamers with the free offer today, allowing all Steam users to add the sequel to their libraries for free. It’s a freebie that grants access to the 2012 title at no extra cost, but as many share their excitement online, Borderlands 2 Steam reviews are telling a different story.
While the All Reviews section boasts a “Very Positive” rating on Steam with more than 287,000 user reviews, the more than 3,300 Recent Reviews have the second Borderlands game’s reactions labeled “Mostly Negative.” The...
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Those game shop and digital shelves are looking mighty tempting this Friday, with price drops that’ll loosen even the tightest wallet strings. Whether you’re planning a wintry weekend indoors or chipping away at your gaming backlog, this fresh stack of discounts across consoles and PC has something worth clicking into. From long-awaited sequels to welcome cuts on prime Switch 2 launch titles.
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In retro news, I'm celebrating the 22nd birthday of WarioWare Inc., the Game Boy Advance grandaddy of a beloved microgames empire. Along with absurd tasks like picking one's nose skillfully or shooting a bidet sprayer at a starfish-shaped something, I recall being delighted with the snippets from NES classics and this weirdly...
The day has finally arrived — the Nintendo Switch 2 is here! Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you probably already know that. What you might not know is that Sega has four games coming to the console, three of which are available now and one with a release date fast approaching.
This batch of games brings some titles to the Switch for the first time and covers a range of genres. From pure action to platforming to puzzles, there’s a little something for everyone, whether you’re a solo gamer or want something to play with friends. If you’re one of the many people who has a shiny new Switch 2, here are some options to get the most out of it.
Yakuza 0 Director’s Cut
This is the definitive edition of the Yakuza series’ origin...
Microsoft has announced Wave 1 of the June 2025 Xbox Game Pass lineup, which includes a shadow-drop of Baldur’s Gate 1 and 2.
As detailed on Xbox Wire, Baldur’s Gate and Baldur’s Gate II: Enhanced Editions (Cloud and Console) are available today, June 5, on Game Pass Ultimate and Game Pass Standard. Perfect timing for anyone who’s wrapped up Baldur’s Gate 3 and wonders how the series began. Bizarrely, neither game is on PC Game Pass.
Moving on to June 10, and Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine – Master Crafted Edition (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S) hit Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass. This is the reworked first Space Marine game, which comes with quality of life and graphics improvements. Again, it’s well-timed for anyone who...
Final Fantasy Tactics creator and director Yasumi Matsuno has opened up about how the game came to be, revealing he wrote the story to bring joy to those in an era "robbed of hope."
Now, with the long-rumored Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles finally getting a release date later this year, Matsuno posted a heartfelt message to X/Twitter, saying he "offers this story once again," as though addressing the profound unrest and division plaguing us in 2025, too.
"Nearly 30 years ago, the collapse of Japan's bubble economy engulfed the nation's financial institutions in mountains of bad debt, triggering a wave of corporate bankruptcies, a sudden and extreme rise in unemployment rates, and stagnation of Japanese society as a...
Publisher 505 Games and developer ArtPlay have announced Bloodstained prequel Bloodstained: The Scarlet Engagement for 2026.
Set in England during the 16th Century, before the events of Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, The Scarlet Engagement sees a mysterious floating castle under the control of Demon Lord Elias terrorizing the people with its demonic forces. You play as two new protagonists: Leonard Brandon — a young fighter with the Church's Black Wolves clan — and Alexander Kyteler, a knight of the Kingdom's White Stags. Together, they rise to defeat Demon Lord Elias’ reign of terror and shatter the chains of a kingdom tormented by evil forces.
Created by Koji Igarashi, the mastermind behind classic games like Castlevania...
It's 2025, and Sony PlayStation has finally designed its own wireless fight stick for PS5 and PC.
Edwin Foo, VP of product development at Sony Interactive Entertainment, said the stick — codenamed internally as Project Defiant — will give players "more flexibility to play their favorite fighting games."
Sony promises ultra-low latency through a wireless connection on PS5 or PC, as well as the option to play with a wired connection. This is essential for fighting game fans who need their combo inputs to be as precise and as instant as possible.
It also boasts an ergonomic design, a "high-quality digital stick" that's been custom-designed by Sony, and toolless interchangeable restrictor gates, so players can choose between square...
MindsEye developer Build A Rocket Boy has called on fans to wait for the official release date before playing the game after some got their hands on a physical copy a week early and took to social media to post their impressions.
X / Twitter user @MrHazel88 posted a picture of a physical copy of MindsEye and a series of subsequent tweets bemoaning the state of the game, calling it a “technical mess.”
MindsEye officially launches on June 10, which means it’s out in the wild a week early. In response, Build A Rocket Boy took to social media itself to issue a statement calling on players to avoid posting spoilers, and to confirm a day-one update the developer wants fans to have downloaded before they experience the game.
This “major”...
XDefiant's servers went dark on Tuesday, June 3, a little over a year after Ubisoft's free-to-play arena shooter was released. Ubisoft gave its Call of duty rival just four months before confirming it would discontinue support. Almost half the team lost their jobs as Ubisoft made a swath of cuts across its San Francisco and Osaka studios.
Producer Mark Rubin, who led development fo the game having previously worked on the Call of Duty series at Activision, called it a "sad day" in a lengthy statement posted to X/Twitter earlier today. After thanking his co-workers for making a "really fun and terrific game," he announced he's decided to "leave the industry" for good.
"In case everyone doesn’t know, the team behind XDefiant was all...
Epic Games boss Tim Sweeney has discussed the future of Fortnite, and the developer's continued desire to grow the game from something known primarily as a battle royale into a platform that offers experiences of numerous different genres.
Several years after Fortnite's much-promoted Big Bang event that launched Lego Fortnite, Rock Band developer Harmonix's Festival and Rocket League maker Psyonix's Rocket Racing, Sweeney told IGN at Unreal Fest 2025 that Epic Games' key issue remained the fact that people still think of Fortnite simply as its leading battle royale portion.
"That's our central challenge, to have everybody recognize that Fortnite is the everything game and you can experience anything there," Sweeney said, "and that's...
Fans of secret agent James Bond haven't taken long to decide who they think is the (not so) mysterious actor playing the role in 007 First Light.
The game's new trailer, revealed at Sony's State of Play broadcast, shows off a notably younger-looking Bond, fresh out of the Royal Navy and keen to earn his 00 agent status. But who is playing the title role?
Minutes after the trailer aired, fans on reddit began guessing that Dexter: New Blood star Patrick Gibson was the behind the new Bond — and he certainly shares a strong similarity with the character in the trailer.
"I clocked it THE SECOND I saw the dirty smirk of his," wrote one 007 aficionado. "Yeah I peeped that as soon as I seen it," said another.
"Watching the trailer and knew...
It's been some time since we've heard from Goichi "Suda51" Suda's Grasshopper Manufacture, but both he and the studio were back with a vengeance at last night's State of Play, showing off a bombastic trailer for upcoming "ultra violent" sci-fi adventure, Romeo Is a Dead Man.
It's so violent, in fact, that GhM calls the violence the "main feature of this game," letting you swap between a wide array of weapons to "unleash wave after wave of splattering blood, and experience unmatched levels of violence and hyper-stimulating action."
"At this point, our development team is working at full force to get this thing finished. Back in the day, this would’ve been right around the time when staff members started bringing in sleeping bags to...
Bethesda has released details of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered’s first post-launch patch, which is available today (June 5, 2025) in Steam beta form before a release across all other platforms on June 11.
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered - Update 1.1 is the first of two separate patches to be launched in the coming weeks, Bethesda said in a post on Steam. Both are on Steam Beta first.
This first update focuses on quests, major bugs and blockers, and quality of life fixes. The second update will focus on performance. Bethesda said it will share more details “when we are able.”
A performance patch is much needed. Oblivion Remastered has enjoyed a hugely successful launch, with over 4 million players and a ‘very...
PlayStation Plus subscribers can look forward to playing a selection of video games, new and old, as part of its Extra and Premium catalogs, including classic titles from the Resident Evil, Twisted Metal, and more.
New PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 additions to the ever-changing lineup of titles were revealed during today’s June 2025 State of Play showcase. Every game on the list is prepped to drop at some point throughout the summer, with some titles launching on the service day-one.
Sword of the Sea, an atmospheric adventure game about surfing through a colorful oasis, is the headliner here. It’s the next project from the Abzu and The Pathless team at Giant Squid and promises an experience that focuses on skateboarding-like...
Today's PlayStation State of Play broadcast has provided our first proper look at 007 First Light, the upcoming James Bond game from Hitman studio IO Interactive that's due to launch in 2026.
A cinematic trailer for the game showcased a fresh-faced James Bond at the beginning of his career as an agent, who joins MI6 and meets new versions of classic characters M, Q and Moneypenny.
The trailer also revealed the involvement of The Walking Dead's Lennie James, who will portray Bond’s mentor John Greenway in the game.
007 First Light's trailer reveals this incarnation of James Bond was involved in a childhood tragedy that left him as an orphan aged 11, after which he spent the rest of his childhood in various British boarding schools...
Team Ninja has officially revealed Nioh 3 today at Sony's State of Play June 2025 presentation.
The debut trailer revealed an early 2026 release window for the action RPG sequel, which is set for release across PlayStation 5 and PC via Steam.
This time, there are open fields for players to explore and both Ninja and Samurai styles to get to grips with. A demo is live now on PS5 until June 18. Players who complete the demo will unlock an exclusive in-game helmet at launch.
Here's the official blurb, from PlayStation Blog:
We're pretty big Nioh fans here at IGN. We gave the original Nioh a 9.6/10, calling it "an epic, unforgettable adventure carried by a fierce combat system that cleverly balances style and strategy." We...
Surprise! Beloved PlayStation tactics game Final Fantasy Tactics is getting a full-blown remake for modern consoles, as announced at today's Sony State of Play.
Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles will include two versions of the game — the classic original (which includes the War of the Lions translation), and a fresh new version with full-blown voice acting, revamped interface, "extensive additions and adjustments to the story", and smoother visuals.
Today's trailer also revealed a release date for the game, which launches for PlayStation 4 and PS5 on September 30, 2025.
Rumors of a Final Fantasy Tactics remake or remaster have been circulating since 2021, when a list of upcoming games were datamined from Nvidia GeForce...
Today's State of Play included a brand new trailer for the upcoming Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater remake that showed off more of the game, a closer look at at the revamped Snake vs. Monkey mode featuring Ape Escape, and... something to do with camoflage?
The trailer focuses on Snake being sneaky, as he is, crawling through areas unseen, in disguise, hiding in bushes, and eventually engaging with the enemy head-on in multiple of the game's infamous boss fights.
However, the end of the trailer is a little sillier. It focuses on the previously-announced revamp of the Snake vs. Monkey mode that includes the monkeys from Ape Escape, with Snake trying to capture them by surprise. When this mode was revealed, we learned that Xbox...
In a haunting new trailer at today's Sony State of Play, we learned that Silent Hill f's fog of fresh horrors is imminent: it's coming out on September 25, 2025.
In a deeply upsetting new trailer today, we saw a longer, darker look at what's in store for us in Silent Hill f. We saw the main character, Hinako Shimizu, and her friends in Ebisugaoka living normal, peaceful lives, just before a mysterious fog envelopes the town and makes everything real weird.
Creepy red flowers bloom. Heinous, jerky dolls start chasing Hinako around and trying to rip her apart. Her friends don't seem to be doing so hot, either. There's gore, there's violence, lots of paranormal, and Hinako proving remarkably efficient with a crowbar.
Silent Hill f was...
Capcom's elusive new game, Pragmata, has resurfaced at Summer Game Fest, this time with a new release window and a little more info on what the heck this game even is.
As demonstrated by the cheeky ending of the trailer, Pragmata is indeed a real game. You play as an astronaut man who's come into some unexpected enconter with alien creatures, including a little girl whose name is actually DI0367, but who the astronaut dubs Diana.
Though she's small, Diana's far from helpless - she has some sort of magic-techno-hacking powers that enable her to help out her astronaut friend as they fight off the weird robot-alien creatures trying to "neutralize" them. At the end of the trailer, it's briefly revealed that Pragmata seems to take place on...
Developer CarX Technologies has made a name for itself over the last decade with series like Drift Racing, Highway Racing, and Rally. In 2022, they branched out with CarX Street, an open-world racing game with a level of freedom they’ve never had before. Then they brought it to Steam in 2024, where it was wishlisted by over 600,000 people. And now, they’re bringing it to consoles — it arrives June 18 on Xbox Series X/S and later this summer on PlayStation 5.
CarX Street takes you to the sprawling Sunset City and its suburbs, where your goal is straightforward: prove you’re the best racer in the city. There are racing clubs scattered throughout the city, each with their own identity. For example, Union Underground is a crew of...
Blue Mammoth Games' popular free-to-play fighting game Brawlhalla may be notable for its many pop culture guest stars, but the game also has a mythology and cast of characters all its own. One of those characters now takes the spotlight in Brawlhalla Tales: Nix, an original graphic novel spinoff.
Head down to the slideshow gallery below for an exclusive 10-page preview of Brawlhalla Tales: Nix:
Brawlhalla Tales: Nix is written by Brawlhalla veterans R.J. Jost and Matt Woomer, with Jost also handling the art. The creative team also includes colorist Roshan Kurichiyanil and letterer Lucas Gattoni.
Here's Dark Horse's official summary of the graphic novel:
Nix, a freelance angel of death and the finest reaper of the Underworld, misses...
Hi, everyone. I have a message for you, from one Elden Ring: Nightreign player to another: please stop beelining chapels at the start of each game to collect flask charges.
I'm not the only one saying this! Fellow Nightfarers in the community have been sharing this PSA over the last few days to express frustration at what's becoming an annoyingly common habit when queuing with random players in Nightreign.
Essentially, what's happening is this: in Nightreign, every map is riddled with a handful of small churches or chapels that contain a free upgrade to your healing flask, adding an extra charge. This is genuinely great! It's good to go after these! However, as players have gotten more comfortable with the gain and learned about this...
For a limited time, Amazon is offering the lowest price I've ever seen on one of the best Windows-based gaming handhelds. Right now you can pick up a Lenovo Legion Go with an AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme APU and 512GB of storage for only $499.99 shipped after a 30% off instant discount. The Legion Go boasts a larger and sharper display, detachable controllers, and a larger battery compared to the Asus ROG Ally.
30% Off Lenovo Legion Go 512GB Gaming Handheld
The Lenovo Legion Go is a Windows-based gaming handheld that's powered by an AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme APU with Radeon graphics and 16GB RAM, which is the same configuration as the one found in the $700 Asus ROG Ally Z1 Extreme or ROG Ally X. The Legion Go also boasts a a bigger and sharper...
As players dive deeper into Elden Ring Nightreign's launch content, more discoveries are being made and Nightlords felled. Some Nightfarers would like a little bit of assistance, though, when it comes to knowing what's dropped on the ground.
One post on the Nightreign subreddit that picked up a bit of traction is asking for more weapon info when items drop on the ground. Clearing a camp or point-of-interest in Nightreign tends to result in a decent amount of loot to sort through, and so the idea is that you'd like some more details to quickly scan over.
As commenters have pointed out — and I went in to verify with a quick run — you are able to see a weapon class type by hitting R3 for details. This also provides info on Weapon Arts...
Deltarune, the multi-chapter sequel to 2015's indie smash hit Undertale, is currently blowing up on Steam thanks to the release of Chapter 3 and Chapter 4 this morning after years of anticipation.
The game itself has been out in some format since 2018, when creator Toby Fox posted a series of cryptic tweets before dropping an innocuous download entitled "SURVEY PROGRAM." That download turned out to be the first chapter of a new game, Deltarune, the name of which is an anagram for Undertale. After a cryptic introduction, the player controls a teenager named Kris who, with their school bully Susie, is dropped into a mysterious Dark World and tasked with saving its citizens by a goat-child named Ralsei.
Deltarune's second chapter...
June's Humble Choice lineup has dropped, and if you're looking for some exciting new games to add to your PC library, it's full of great picks. Leading this month is Warhammer 40K: Boltgun, Legacy of Kain Soul Reaver 1&2 Remastered, and Nobody Wants to Die, but there are 5 more games in this bundle as well. You can keep them all forever for just $11.99 per month when you sign up to become a member. Not to mention, this bundle also comes with one month of IGN Plus for free, which is a nice little treat on top of the eight games.
Humble Choice Games for June 2025
Warhammer 40K: Boltgun
Legacy of Kain Soul Reaver 1&2 Remastered
Nobody Wants to Die
Dungeons of Hinterberg
Tchia
Sker Ritual
Biped
Havendock
One Month of IGN Plus
If you're...
Epic Games has detailed its technical specifications for the new version of Fortnite coming to Nintendo Switch 2, and revealed that mouse support would arrive in an imminent patch.
As you'd expect, this fresh version of the hit battle royale will arrive with an improved frame-rate (now 60FPS) and better resolution (2176x1224 when Switch 2 is docked, or 1600x900 undocked).
The new Nintendo console also allows for a greater draw distance, so you can pull off more of those sweet long range shots, as well as clothing physics and higher-quality textures, shadows and water rendering.
Replays, which are not available in the Switch 1 version of Fortnite, will finally be available for you to peruse and see which horrible person killed you...
Epic Games boss Tim Sweeney believes small teams will soon be able to use AI prompts to make video games on the scale of Nintendo masterpiece The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.
Speaking to IGN at Epic’s State of Unreal 2025 event (where CD Projekt revealed a stunning The Witcher 4 tech demo), Sweeney said AI prompts will be “a fundamental part” of game engines, and will result in “entirely new genres of games invented that weren't possible or practical before” without it.
“Every significant advance in technology has led to the rise of new games,” Sweeney explained.
“I remember 3D gaming just became possible and then Doom and Wolfenstein introduced the 3D shooter. The battle royal genre itself only became possible when you had...
A Switch 2 Edition for No Man's Sky will be available alongside the launch of Nintendo's new console, developer Hello Games has announced.
This version will come as a free upgrade for current No Man's Sky owners, and offer a range of improvements such as full multiplayer, high-res texture support, and improvements to resolution and frame-rate.
No Man's Sky on Switch 2 also offers cross-save and cross-play, so you can pick up exactly where you left off on Switch 1 — or elsewhere.
Hello Games has said the Switch 2 version of its successful sci-fi adventure survival game is the product of 12 month's work getting to grips with Nintendo's new hardware, after receiving development kits a year ago.
This new version arrives alongside (and...