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A from-the-ground-up remake of Resident Evil 4 is set to release for PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X, and PC on March 23. It will follow in the tradition of the RE2 and RE3 remakes, bringing the original graphics, gameplay, and story up to a modern standard. It’s available to preorder now in three different variations, including the Resident Evil 4 collector’s edition. Below, you’ll find a breakdown of what comes in each edition, how much they cost, and more.Resident Evil 4 - Standard EditionPS5Get it at Amazon - $59.99 Get it at GameStop - $59.99 Get it at Target - $59.99 Get it at PS Store (digital) - $59.99PS4Get it at Amazon - $59.99 Get it at GameStop - $59.99 Get it at Target - $59.99Xbox Series XGet it at Amazon -...

Ragnarok is coming and Cardy and Dale are here to share some early impressions of the God of War sequel. They're joined by Jesse on a bumper episode as they delve through the many Silent Hill games announced this week, the Resident Evil 4 Remake, Gotham Knights, and A Plague Tale Requiem.Got a game for us to play or some feedback you'd like read out on the show? Why not email us: ign_ukfeedback@ign.com.IGN UK Podcast #667: God of War Ragnarok Early ImpressionsIGN UK Podcast #666: Our Hidden Horror Picks IGN UK Podcast #665: Building Our Dream Video Game Adaptation Streaming Services IGN UK Podcast #664: Our Favourite First-Person Shooters IGN UK Podcast #663: Professor Layton and the Sludge-Guts of Doom IGN UK Podcast #662: So...

Valve has released a new Steam Deck Beta update that allows users to skip the device's opening movie and get straight to playing games.Detailed in a blog post on Steam, the update is only available if Steam Deck users have opted into its Beta and Preview channels, meaning the features are still being tested but will likely be made widely available soon.For those taking part, however, pressing the B button during the opening movie will now skip straight to the Steam Deck's main menu, shaving vital seconds from the boot time (or 90 minutes for the user who set Shrek to play as their opening movie, below).The update also added auto-correct for Store and Library search results, support for the Games to Play Together feature, the...

HoYoverse, the company behind Genshin Impact, Tears of Themis, and others, has released a new animated Genshin Impact trailer called "Scenery and Sentiment: Mondstadt Edition" that showcases Genshin Impact's first region.In it, notable NPCs from Mondstadt are shown briefly throughout, living their lives in and around the windswept town. HoYoverse shared that this trailer was produced by Danish animation studio, Sun Creature Studio, clearly noting it's different from their animated series project with Ufotable.It's unclear whether this trailer is meant to be a scenic advertisement for Genshin Impact, a continued piece to celebrate the game's second anniversary, or something more. At the very least, it's possible to imagine HoYoverse...

Thank your own personal deity—possibly Freya—it's Friday! Er...Freya-day...whatever. Let's just cut straight to the best deals of the entire week. At these prices, Pokémons Violet and Scarlet should be Quick Attacked at your earliest possible convenience. I'm also all about Xbox Series X consoles being purchasable again. Lastly, there's a ridiculous amount of (actually worth redeeming) freebies to nab on various formats. Stop reading. Get amongst them.Table of ContentsNintendo Switch PC Xbox PlayStationNotable Sales for Nintendo SwitchBack to topPurchase Cheaply for PCBack to topExciting Offers for XO/XSBack to topProduct Savings for PS4/PS5Back to topAdam Mathew is our Aussie deals wrangler. He plays at...

After the incredible success of the Resident Evil 2 remake in 2019, it was a no-brainer for Capcom to revitalise more of its older games to better suit a modern audience. With every step forward, though, the quality gap between past and present becomes less striking. And now it has finally arrived at the progenitor of the successful, over-the-shoulder Resi playstyle, it’s hard to imagine how much an all-time classic can be improved beyond a fresh coat of paint. But from what I’ve played of Resident Evil 4 so far, Capcom seems less interested in creating an RE2 remake-style gigantic leap. Instead, it appears more laser-focused on making one of the best games of all time even better.During my play session, which began at the very start...

How do you improve on one of the finest survival horror games ever made? That's the question facing the team at Capcom, many of whom worked on the original Resident Evil 4, as they tackle the remake for the PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC,"After [17 years], we too have gained a lot of knowledge about making games. We're now able to make games that are enjoyed on both a deeper and a broader level even when it comes to elements like controls and storytelling. We thought that adding this knowledge to Resident Evil 4 would make it an even more enjoyable title," says Yoshiaki Hirabayashi, who was the lead designer of the original game's cinematics and is now a producer of the remake. "That's why we decided to tackle Resident Evil 4 with the...

The Batman: Arkham games sit alongside Insomniac's Spider-Man as the best comic book games ever made. With the Arkham series, Rocksteady Studios blended excellent freeflow combat, top-tier voice performances, and an inspired rendition of Gotham City to create an unforgettable collection of action-adventure superhero games.While Gotham Knights isn't part of the "Arkhamverse," it's release inspired us to create this chronology of the Batman: Arkham games for those interested in playing (or replaying) the best Batman games around.Jump to:How to play in chronological order How to play by release orderHow Many Batman Arkham Games Are There?In total there are eight games in the Batman Arkhamverse. That tally will climb to nine...

A brand-new Resident Evil 4 Remake trailer was revealed during today's Resident Evil Showcase, showing Ashley Graham and Adam Wong, as well as providing a further glimpse of the gameplay on PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC.While the trailer doesn't directly spoil Resident Evil 4's reveal, it strongly hints at many of the mysteries behind the Los Plagas and the plight of the villagers in Spain. The trailer also features updated versions of Ramon Salazar, a familiar villain from the original Resident Evil 4, as well as Ashley Graham.Ashley Graham, as you may recall, is the president's daughter in the original telling of the story. She's obviously older in this version, with a more modern hairstyle. On the villain side, Salazar...

Capcom has announced that a demo for Resident Evil Village's upcoming third-person mode will be available tonight, October 20, and will include 60 minutes of gameplay to try out in the new mode or in first-person for comparison.Announced during the latest Resident Evil Showcase, this demo will be released at 4pm PT/7pm ET. If you live in the BST or AEST timezone, that translates to October 21 at 12am BST/9am AEST.Included will be a small glimpse of what owners of the Resident Evil Village's Gold Edition or Winters' Expansion DLC can look forward to when both are released on October 28, 2022. And yes, the entire game will be playable in third-person. For those worried about a simple rework, Capcom had previously stated that...

It looks like Overwatch 2 players have found new, hidden areas in old maps which may hint at future content in the hero shooter’s pipeline.Players, such as TikTok user @lowendwibs, have found inaccessible sections in established maps that have been added in Overwatch 2. As of this writing, this includes King’s Row, Havana, and Rialto, all of which now have new, unused areas on the map that you can't reach through normal gameplay.However, if you play a match on any of these maps and watch the replay, you can move the camera around freely as you spectate. IGN has verified in-game that doing so will allow you to find and explore unused sections of the map added in Overwatch 2.These new additions could point to a few things: they...

Konami is bringing back Silent Hill in a big way.As part of the new Silent Hill transmission, Konami announced multiple Silent Hill games and projects including a full remake of Silent Hill 2. Read on to see everything that was announced today in the Silent Hill Transmission.Silent Hill 2 RemakeAs rumored, Bloober Team is developing a full remake of Silent Hill 2 with the help of original Team Silent artist Masahiro Ito and composer Akira Yamaoka. The remake was announced for PlayStation 5.The remake will retell the story of James Sunderland who is looking for his dead wife, who sent him a mysterious letter from the town of Silent Hill. Konami and Bloober are promising a fully reworked game using new technology and delivered...

The developers at Infinity Ward apparently already have a good idea for where they’d take a potential Call of Duty spinoff.In an interview with IGN, Infinity Ward narrative director Jeffrey Negus and Modern Warfare 2 head writer Brian Bloom revealed their idea for a Call of Duty one-off, and it’d focus on a popular character from the series.“Yeah, I’m going to say it. Ghost’s origin story,” Bloom says. According to both him and Negus, the two want to do a game starring Simon “Ghost” Riley, the British special forces and main character of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.“There are others who would like to do that too,” Bloom continues. “And we think that would be really interesting. And again, that’s kind of where this interview...

Everyone has a lot to say in the comedy-FPS High on Life, the upcoming first-person shooter from Justin Roiland and his Squanch Games development studio. Especially the four talking guns. One of them, the shotgun-like Gus, is voiced by Curb Your Enthusiasm costar and renowed comedian JB Smoove. Hear Smoove in action as Gus in the gameplay montage video above, which also includes commentary from Roiland, who discusses what it was like to land Smoove for this game.For some more new gameplay that shows some continuous action, don't miss our exclusive 12-minute gameplay video from earlier this month. And take a look at the zany enemies of High on Life in the concept art gallery below.High on Life will be released on December 13 for PC...

Fallout: London won’t feature a ghoul-ified Queen Elizabeth after all.The ambitious Fallout 4 mod builds a whole new part of the Fallout universe by recreating a post-apocalyptic London. However, in a new development update, creator Dean Carter confirmed that it’s removing the planned characters based on Queen Elizabeth and King Charles.“We have always maintained that if she was to pass away before the mod was complete we would change it,” said Carter (via The Verge). “Do not expect them in there. There’s no point asking in the comments. There’s no point moaning. It’s the official stance of the mod, and it will not change.”Queen Elizabeth II died on September 8, 2022, and Fallout: London soon announced via Twitter that the...

Naughty Dog has said that releasing the Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection on PC is a "transformative pivot point" for the studio, indicating a bigger focus on the platform going forward.Speaking in a blog post, Naughty Dog vice president Christian Gyrling said that, while PlayStation 5 remains the developer's primary platform, putting games on PC allows it to reach a whole new audience.Naughty Dog used its partnership with Iron Galaxy (who ported the Uncharted collection over to PC) to learn about PC development, Gyrling said, and "we’re able to look ahead to the future of Naughty Dog games on PC more excitedly than ever."He continued: "We’re excited to be offering The Last of Us Part 1 on PC in the future, and know that...

Alan Wake Remastered has officially launched for Nintendo Switch, with a special discount available on the Nintendo eShop.Remedy Entertainment and Epic Games announced in May that the remastered version of Alan Wake would be heading to Nintendo Switch later in the year. Today, they followed up on that promise by releasing the award-winning action-thriller on the Nintendo eShop, with a special launch discount of 20% off the game's usual retail price of $29.99 USD / £24.99 price.Alan Wake Remastered is the updated version of the open-world survival game first released on Xbox 360. It offers the complete experience, with the main game and all original DLC, including two story expansions - The Signal and The Writer - that dig further...

Konami has revealed the system requirements for its newly announced Silent Hill 2 Remake, and running all the recreated horror goodness is going to require a hefty PC setup.As reported by PC Gamer, Silent Hill 2 Remake's Steam page has revealed the recommended system specs demand a GeForce RTX 2080 or AMD Radeon 6800XT graphics card, as well as an Intel Core i7-8700K or AMD Ryzen 5 3600X equivalent processor with 16GB of RAM.Those graphics cards, which were high-end in 2018 and remain strong options, still don't get the game running at its best. The recommended system requirements will deliver medium quality visuals at 60fps, or high quality visuals at 30fps. The latter is for 1080p; 4K can be achieved, but only with DLSS "or...

The fact that New Tales from the Borderlands exists at all warms my heart, considering that it had to defy the death of Telltale Games to do so. The original 2014 episodic adventure grabbed me with its excellent writing, sharp sense of humor, and likable main characters in Fiona and Rhys. While the unconnected, full-game-in-one-box follow-up gets a lot of things right, its attempts to flesh out the Telltale formula – not to mention the runtime – bog down what is otherwise a funny romp on a new planet with a new cast of anti-heroes.What I like most about New Tales from the Borderlands are its three new protagonists: the prudish, know-it-all scientist Anu; her street-smart, fame-chasing adopted brother Octavio; and the rageaholic...

Gotham Knights will be out tomorrow, October 21, and you can currently buy the game for just £49.95 from Amazon. This is for PS5 and Xbox Series X/S, where you're saving £15 on your purchase. Or, if you're feeling bold, the Deluxe Editions are also on sale, with it dropping to just £54.99 on Xbox (£25 down from £79.99), or £61.95 on PS5. Read our Gotham Knights review here.Other deals to check out today include a massive 30% discount on Keeper Unlimited and Keeper Family password managers, £5 off a £15 or more spend at Amazon, preorder God of War Ragnarok for £59.49 at Currys with promo code GOW15, and 64% off and 3-months extra free on a NordVPN account (early Black Friday offer).TL;DR - Our Favourite UK Deals Right NowGotham...

From everything I’d seen up to this point, Gotham Knights appeared to have all the makings of the ambitious, action-packed smash hit that it was clearly intended to be. I mean, who wouldn’t want a new, co-op-centric take on Rocksteady’s spectacular Batman: Arkham games that’s built for the current console generation? But then, as I played it for 30 hours, it just kept hitting me with bad news: WHAM! Underwhelming combat. POW! A weak, predictable story. BIFF! Puzzling progression design choices. THWACK! Sub-30 frame rates. I’m left wondering how it went so wrong. Some good parts manage to shine through, like the impressive open-world Gotham sandbox, but its problems never let me enjoy the moment-to-moment crime fighting nearly as much as...

Konami's Silent Hill 2 Remake from Bloober Team won't feature loading screens and instead has seamless gameplay when transitioning to new areas, coming out of cutscenes, and so on.Announced in a PlayStation Blog post, Bloober Team's creative director and lead designer Mateusz Lenart discussed how Silent Hill 2 Remake's PlayStation 5 console exclusivity allowed for some additional features.One of these is the seamless gameplay made possible by the console's SSD storage system. "One last great improvement I want to mention is the SSD storage technology," Lenart said. "The superfast data streaming means players won’t see any loading screens as they seamlessly explore the entirety of the Silent Hill town."He also explained how the...

The Microsoft-vs.-Sony drama over Xbox's proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard took another turn for the weird this week. We examine each company's latest effort to hilariously downplay themselves and talk up the other guy. Plus: our quick impressions of the just-released Xbox exclusive Scorn and the next-gen only, Game-Pass-day-one stealth adventure A Plague Tale: Requiem; Obsidian's future with Fallout, and more!Subscribe on any of your favorite podcast feeds, to our YouTube channel, or grab an MP3 of this week's episode. For more awesome content, check out our recent interview with Todd Howard, who answered all of our Starfield questions after the big reveal at the Xbox Showcase:For more next-gen coverage, make sure to...

After confirming its imminent arrival earlier this month at PAX Aus 2022, new free-to-play, first-person shooter World Boss has arrived today in Early Access on Steam. Developed by PlaySide Studios, World Boss had been previously available to try during its open beta playtest.World Boss is described as a casual, drop-in shooter with roguelite elements. According to PlaySide World Boss is also inspired by IO games, which is a genre of typically browser-based, free-to-play games loosely defined by their simple graphics and general accessibility.“With World Boss, we took the quick drop-in and drop-out nature of IO games, the customisation of roguelites, and the strategy and mechanical finesse of a first person shooter, to create a...

It's official: after months of rumors and speculation, Konami is remaking Silent Hill 2.During today's Silent Hill Transmission event, Konami showcased a three-minute trailer that provided a look at the famously foggy town in 4K. In addition to providing glimpses of Pyramid Head and other notable elements from the original game, the trailer confirmed that Bloober Team will handling development and that it will utilize the Unreal Engine. It will be a PS5 console exclusive while also releasing on Steam.Masahiro Ito will provide the creature design while Akira Yamaoka returns as the game's composer.The trailer begins with a close-up shot of a cockroach — a properly repulsive glamour shot designed to show off the game's graphics —...

Square Enix has dropped a surprise release for NEO: The World Ends with You on Steam today. The game first launched on July 27, 2021, for PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch, then came to PC via the Epic Games Store on September 28, 2021.The Steam version includes some in-game bonuses, including the Legendary Thread Set and Reapers’ Game Survival Set.Legendary Threads Set:Legendary Headphones (Greatly increases the item drop rate) Legendary Tank Top (Greatly increases Attack) Legendary Shorts (Shortens the duration the wearer is knocked down) Legendary Sneakers (Increases movement speed during combat) Legendary Music Player (Enormously increases HP)Reapers' Game Survival Set:Pin: UFO Rescue (Hold the button to slowly restore...

I am what you might call a casual gamer. I enjoy playing video games, but I don't always have the time to dive into giant open-world RPGs. It's for this reason that cozy games like Animal Crossing and Disney Dreamlight Valley have always appealled to me. These are titles that you can play at your own convenience for any amount of time and enjoy every second of it. There is a deep comfort in stress-free games like these that always calls to me.Animal Crossing: New Horizons was one of my favorite games when it was first released. The ability to create my own island and slowly complete tasks at a leisurely pace was deeply satisfying. But it only took a few months for me to grow tired of the repetitive gameplay and move on to even newer...

Warner Bros. has released the PC specs for Gotham Knights, revealing some pretty demanding system requirements for the upcoming DC action game.Gotham Knights' Steam page now shows that users will need at least a GeForce RTX 2070 graphics card to play on high settings at 60fps, but only at 1080p resolution. For that graphical set up you'll also need a CPU equivalent to or better than an Intel i7-10700K or Ryzen 5 5600X alongside 16GB of RAM. That's a resonably steep demand for 1080p.Gotham Knights minimum requirements were also shared, with users needing a GeForce GTX 1660 Ti or AMD Radeon RX 590 to run the game on low settings (but still at 60fps and 1080p). An Intel Core i5-9600K or AMD Ryzen 5 3600 equivalant CPU is also required...

An Overwatch 2 Tracer skin is being given away at McDonalds, and seemingly only in Australia.As reported by Dot Esports, developer Blizzard and McDonalds have united for the promotion that rewards the Overwatch 2 "Tracer Lightning" skin to anyone who orders a Big Mac, McChicken, or 10-piece Chicken McNuggets combo through the MyMacca's App.The skin is available at every McDonalds across Australia until the end of October, and there's currently no word as to whether the promotion will spread to the U.S. or other regions.If you're an Overwatch veteran, you may recognise the skin from Overwatch's 2018 anniversary event. These days, the skin is sometimes available in the Overwatch shop, but since the shop cycles its inventory there...

Don’t panic – The Callisto Protocol isn’t delayed. And it will be getting a 60fps mode, too.Developers announced via Twitter that the upcoming game from Dead Space creator Glen Schofield is still on its way on December 2, 2022, despite a post from the Epic Games Store listing a release date of February 12, 2023 (as reported by TheGamer).“We would love to inform you all that we will be shipping globally on December 2nd,” they confirmed. “And yes, we'll have a 60 FPS performance mode.”Following confirmation that The Callisto Protocol is still launching in December, it’s likely that the Epic Games release date change was down to a simple error.Still, it’s great to see the game’s developer put minds at ease so quickly, as well as...