I’m a privileged gamer. As a hardware reviewer, over the years I’ve been sent top-tier CPUs and graphics cards, letting me bounce from one flagship to the next. That’s made me lazy at game settings. I often just set the game at whatever the maximum “Ultra” setting is and get on with playing. But by doing so, I’ve just been playing into the marketing hype – and leaving a lot of performance on the table, it turns out.
Most games don’t actually need to be played at Ultra settings to look good. They don’t even need it to look great. The latest upscaling technologies are fantastically good at emulating higher resolutions, and often the difference between Ultra and High settings isn’t something I even really notice if pushed to look.
As an...
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‘Stray Dog: nobody cares’ is going viral, and it’s not hard to see why: it’s an upcoming Souslike game where you play as a stray dog on a mission to rescue its master.
If you like Soulslike games, or really enjoyed the part of Twilight Princess where you play as Wolf Link (or Okami, for that matter), this is the game for you. In Stray Dog: nobody cares (yes, that’s the title, and that’s how it’s capitalized), you take control of a stay dog who was raised by a disgraced knight from birth.
As told by the game’s description on Steam, this knight once earned glory fighting for an unnamed legion, but was later slandered and cast aside after uncovering its “dark secrets.” Now an outcast, he travels the kingdom with only his hound by his...
The arrival of Onimusha: Way of the Sword has brought Capcom’s supernatural samurai series back into the spotlight. It also gives us the perfect excuse to revisit the games that established its distinctive blend of swordplay, historical drama and demonic horror.
Since the original game debuted in 2001, Onimusha has taken players across feudal Japan, modern-day France and even the occasional tactical battlefield. While Way of the Sword is still new enough to deserve more time before earning its place in a definitive ranking, we’re looking back at six of the series’ established releases, from four mainline adventures to two memorable spin-offs.
Here are six classic Onimusha games ranked from worst to best.
6. Onimusha: Blade Warriors...
It was impossible for me to play The Sinking City 2 for more than 15 minutes without coming to the obvious realization that this is Resident Evil in a fedora. That might sound dismissive, but I really enjoy the recent Resident Evil games, so comparing Frogwares' Lovecraftian survival horror sequel to some of the best of them – which feels especially similar to 2019's Resident Evil 2 remake – is much more of a compliment than a put-down. What sets it apart begins with its unique, rich, 1920s New England setting flush with loving detail that instills a strong sense of personality over the top of the mechanics it so clearly imitates.
You play as Calvin Rafferty, a likeable occultist waking up to an apocalyptic flood set to wipe out the...
Embark Studios has announced that all future Arc Raiders Expeditions have been delayed until early 2027 as it aims to "return with major improvements" following community feedback.
The developer behind the early 2026 extraction shooter hit announced the change in its post-launch schedule in an update on the Arc Raiders website today. It came with confirmation that Expedition 5 will launch when the window opens September 8 and close September 29, but after that, the Rust Belt will be quieter than normal.
"We have been carefully reviewing your feedback on Expeditions," Embark's post said, "and while we've made ongoing improvements along the way, we've come to realize that some of the issues you've raised, like the tight departure...
Psychonauts and Brutal Legend developer Double Fine Productions has confirmed it has regained the IP and publishing rights for all of its games released under Microsoft following its split from Xbox.
CEO Tim Schafer cleared the air about the developer's future in the industry during a conversation with Kinda Funny Games today. Amid questions from fans hoping to support Double Fine as it enters a new chapter, he clarified that buying any of its previous releases will help it continue to flex the wildly creative muscles it's known for.
"I saw a question, there, 'Do you guys make the money on games?' The transfer of the IP came back to us, and we get the publishing rights back to all our games," Schafer said.
The one caveat to all of...
I think it’s safe to say that, ever since the original Gears of War hit the Xbox 360 back in 2006, many fans have wanted a lancer of their own. Now that Gears of War E-Day is coming soon, you can have one. An official Gears of War Prototype Lancer Replica is available for preorder on the Xbox Game Studios Shop. It’s not cheap at $299.99, but it’s a full-sized 1:1 scale model, and it looks terrific. Orders placed now are expected to ship in February 2027.
Gears of War Prototype Lancer Replica
Dimensions: 36” L x 14”H x 8” W
Weight: 6 lbs
Materials: ABS & PVC
1:1 Full-Scale Authenticity: Precision-molded from in-game assets
Battle-Worn "E-Day" Finish: Custom hand-painted weathering effects
Includes: a custom, minimalist ABS display...
Keeping up with the deluge of trailer drops is a near-impossible task. The watch list never shortens, digital Sisyphus. To cut through the noise and turn the slog of keeping up with the neatest-looking stuff, I’m starting this column with the goal of collecting the most notable video game, movie, and TV show trailers from the past week (or so), in no particular order. I’ll (mostly) avoid teasers and announcements that give nothing, highlight under-the-radar things that look particularly cool, and generally curate a list of short-to-mid-form videos that are legitimately worth your time. Behold, then: trailers!
D23: Avengers: Doomsday, VisionQuest, Ahsoka Season 2, and More
It’s literally the first time I’m doing this trailer roundup...
Developer Rebel Wolves has revealed footage of its highly anticipated RPG, The Blood of Dawnwalker, running on consoles, along with the graphics modes available at launch. None will hit 60fps, however.
An action role-playing game set in 14th century Europe in which you play as Coen, a half-human, half-vampire attempting to save his family, The Blood of Dawnwalker is one of 2026’s most exciting-looking games and is set to launch on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S on September 3.
But anyone choosing to play on console won’t get quite as smooth a gameplay experience as those on PC, it would seem — even on the beefier PS5 Pro and Series X machines. A new trailer reveals the different performance modes available on each Sony and Microsoft...
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth on Nintendo Switch 2 has just dropped to a new low price of $34.99 at Amazon, while the PlayStation 5 version has fallen even further, hitting just $19.99, also a record low.
If you've been waiting for an excuse to revisit Rebirth, particularly ahead of Final Fantasy 7 Revelation, this is a pretty compelling one. Both versions are significantly cheaper than usual, but the Switch 2 edition comes with an especially nice bonus.
The Switch 2 version includes an exclusive Magic: The Gathering Final Fantasy promo card featuring Zack Fair, making the $34.99 price even more tempting if you're a fan of both games.
The card features alternate art of Zack by Tetsuya Nomura, the original game's lead character designer...
Welcome to a new weekly feature on IGN: a roundup of game preview coverage in case you missed anything we got to check out over the course of the week. We enjoyed quite the variety of games we looked ahead to: The Duskbloods, Tides of Annihilation, Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2, Star Wars: Smuggler's Gambit, and Silver Pines.
The Duskbloods
Key Preview Takeaways:
The Duskbloods might be FromSoftware’s most complex and interesting game yet. Miyazaki cites TTRPG influences for its gameplay systems and multiplayer mechanics.
As far as gameplay feel, it's comparable to Bloodborne or Nightreign with added mobility and fit into an eight-player phase-based PvPvE setting where you earn victory points to avoid elimination.
The lock-on targeting...
Tim Soret, the director of the cyberpunk-styled 2D side-scrolling action-platformer The Last Night, has broken his silence about the long-gestating project, which was first revealed at E3 2017 (remember E3?). Soret says he believes its story will resonate more when it actually comes out than it did when it was announced nine years ago because of the "evolution of technology and social dynamics eerily matching the trajectory we envisioned."
Soret took to X to discuss the project, albeit in fairly vague terms. But anything is a welcome update at this point! "Next month, if everything goes according go plan, I should be out of a decade of sacrifice," he said, seemingly referring to the deliberate way he's built his team and game. "It’s...
It’s that time of year when it's fun to just wildly speculate (and make some educated deductions) about what we might see from Geoff Keighley’s Opening Night Live, direct from gamescom 2026. Little is known ahead of time this year – a few games and studios have been teased, but for the most part the show is a complete mystery, and so this gives me plenty of room to dream about what surprises the show may have in store.
Taking place on August 25 at 11am PT/2pm ET/8pm CEST, here’s how to watch the stream. Let’s not waste any more time, though, and get straight into what to expect from it.
What We Know
It’s going to be a big night for a couple of the most popular RPGs to ever exist. We’re officially getting our first look at The Witcher...
Woot customers can use a new promo code to get Sonic x Shadow Generations for $1 on Switch or Xbox, and Sonic Racing Crossworlds for $8 today—provided they have never shopped with the Amazon-owned retailer before.
While there are plenty of caveats, this is still a tremendous offering for anyone it applies to. Woot is effectively handing out copies of these critically acclaimed Sonic games for next to nothing.
By applying the promotional code "HELLOTEN" at checkout, new Woot users (i.e., those who have never shopped there before) receive an instant $10 off their total order. This discount knocks the final cost of Sonic x Shadow Generations down to a single dollar on both Nintendo Switch and Xbox consoles.
The same coupon code drops...
Halo: Reach designer Niles Sankey has revealed that the game was massively influenced by the first two Modern Warfare games.
On Twitter, Halo: Reach designer Niles Sankey responded to a post about the infamous nuke scene in Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. He noted that the first two Modern Warfare games were a "huge" inspiration for the campaign of Bungie's final Halo game.
He noted that, although Bungie felt Halo was doing things better than Call of Duty in areas like enemy AI and vehicles, Infinity Ward was beating them at other things, and it made sense to pull from their games.
"Many of the moments in Reach were inspired by the brilliant work of Infinity Ward, including the Nobel team squad interactions, and 'Objective Survive'...
In one of the more heartbreaking developments in the games industry this year, Riot’s League of Legends fighting game, 2XKO, will officially end active development in December.
The writing has been on the wall for some time now, but the official news still hit the fighting game community like a freight train. The 2XKO team explained the situation in a blog post on August 20, admitting that there simply aren’t enough active players to justify continued support.
“Over the last few months, we’ve been monitoring 2XKO’s trajectory closely, and what we’ve seen is painting a clear, consistent picture: while a lot of you jumped in to try the game and there's an incredible community that plays every day, we haven’t seen enough players stick...
The co-creator of Halo claims fans wouldn't like his vision for new games in the series if he were still working on the franchise.
Marcus Lehto outlined his vision on Twitter, saying he would have a darker and more "grounded military feel" if he made a new Halo game. He believes that many fans wouldn't actually like it and it wouldn't be "everyone's Halo." He went on to note that, although he would respect the current lore of the Halo universe, he would "bench" it to pave the way for a new narrative future for new and old fans alike.
When a fan asked if his vision was close to something like Halo: Reach, Lehto pushed back and seemed to express displeasure with that game: "God no." Gears of War creator Cliff Bleszinski chimed in on the...
Looking back, it seems surprising that we haven’t had a game like Star Wars Zero Company already. After all, combining XCOM-style turn-based strategy with the endlessly compelling Star Wars universe sounds like an irresistible prospect for fans of both.
Fortunately, Star Wars Zero Company looks set to fill that gap. Developer Bit Reactor appears to be bringing the best of tactical strategy and Star Wars together, from its character-driven story and cinematic presentation to its expanded action-point system. Here’s how the studio is putting its own galactic spin on the genre.
An Engaging Story Set a Long Time Ago in a Galaxy Far, Far Away
Penned by lead narrative writer Aaron Contreras, whose previous credits include Star Wars Jedi...
The team behind Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 believes that players have only gotten better at the game since the franchise became a pop culture juggernaut.
Speaking to IGN ahead of Modern Warfare 4's highly anticipated beta, multiplayer design lead Jacky Reynolds expressed the belief that the average Call of Duty player has only gotten better with time. As a result, it has pushed Infinity Ward and the various teams behind Call of Duty to play their game inside and out to ensure there aren't ways for players to exploit the most powerful items to ruin the fun for others.
"I think in general, the average player is just so much better than they were 15 years ago," Reynolds said as part of a sweeping interview on all things Modern...
It has been four years since Infinity Ward shipped its last Call of Duty game, Modern Warfare 2. While most consider it to have been a commercial success, some fans were divided on the greater emphasis on realistic, tactical gameplay, which walked the line of being cumbersome. Meanwhile, aggressive skill-based matchmaking enraged some players. With this year's Modern Warfare 4, Infinity Ward is looking back at what it did right in games like 2019's Modern Warfare, and where it missed the mark in games like Modern Warfare 2.
To find out more, I spoke with Joe Cecot, Studio Multiplayer Creative Director at Infinity Ward, and Jacky Reynolds, Multiplayer Design Lead, ahead of this weekend's Modern Warfare 4 beta. We talked about the way...
Developer FromSoftware is gearing up for The Duskbloods with a network test and a recent hands-on preview that I got to take part in. Coming off of its most recent game Elden Ring: Nightreign, which is a co-operative multiplayer experience, and now the upcoming PvPvE with The Duskbloods, you might be wondering if the studio has another single-player game lined up. Rest assured, FromSoft isn't putting all its eggs into the multiplayer basket.
As part of an interview I had with FromSoftware president and The Duskbloods director Hidetaka Miyazaki, I asked if doing back-to-back multiplayer games was indicative of the direction the team is going. He reassured us that FromSoftware is not done making single-player games.
"It's not...
I’ve been covering deals long enough to remember the good old days when Amazon and Best Buy offered preorder discounts on every video game they sold. Those days are over, but Best Buy is bringing back the spirit of the deal. Right now, when you preorder select games (including The Blood of Dawnwalker), you’ll get a free $10 Best Buy digital gift card at launch. That’s the best (and only) deal going on most of these games. Let’s take a look at the current offerings.
Free $10 Gift Card When You Preorder These Games
So what games are we talking about, specifically? Four games currently qualify for the deal: The Blood of Dawnwalker, Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve, FC 27, and NHL 27. With the price of games going up to as high as $80 this...
James Bond video game blockbuster 007 First Light has sold 4 million copies in just three months, developer IO Interactive has announced.
The achievement comes amid uncertainty over the future of the James Bond video game franchise under Amazon, despite widespread acclaim for First Light itself, built by Hitman maker IO.
But for now, at least, there's a lot to celebrate — with 4 million copies in three months an impressive achievement, with the game's Nintendo Switch 2 launch still to come.
Today, IO also recommitted to updating First Light further with an array of post-launch updates, including a New Game+ campaign option, a fresh mission starring pirate king Bawma (portrayed by Lenny Kravitz), plus addition Tac Sim challenges...
Once-controversial cult classic Postal 2 is returning, with original developer Running With Scissors, Flat2VR, Team Beef, and Impact Reality confirming Postal 2 Redux, a complete rebuild of the 2003 first-person shooter in Unity 6. Following a successful Kickstarter campaign that saw it get funded in one day, Redux will be released in Q1 2027 for PC, PS4, PS5, and VR platforms.
The fictional town of Paradise, Arizona will once again have to deal with the presence of the Postal Dude, an everyman who just wants to get his errands done and get through his day. Naturally, things go sideways, and he'll end up getting mixed up in all sorts of shenanigans. "At its heart, “Postal 2 Redux is a sandbox in the truest sense: players decide how...
If you want to run around Arc Raiders looking like a Subway sandwich wrapper, now you can via one of the more unlikely collaborations we’ve seen in the world of video games in recent years.
Embark Studios’ super serious extraction shooter has partnered with the fast-food chain ahead of the Frozen Trail update release on October 8, which is intended to breathe new life into the game following last year's record-breaking launch.
Every qualifying Subway meal “Fuels the Raid” with a code for an exclusive Subterranean outfit plus a rotation of weekly rewards bundles that contain additional outfits and in-game items.
From August 20 to October 26, if you buy a qualifying Subway meal featuring a 6-inch sub, Footlong, salad, or wrap, you’ll...
This is an IGN opinion piece from Ryan McCaffrey, who worked at Official Xbox Magazine from 2002-2012 during the original Xbox and Xbox 360 era before joining IGN, where he remains “the Xbox guy.” In the run-up to Xbox’s 25th anniversary, he’ll be sharing his memories from the platform’s first quarter-century.
Back in 2004, Halo 2 was the most anticipated video game of all time. I was at the tip of the spear for Official Xbox Magazine’s Halo 2 coverage back then, which meant I had one of the most exciting opportunities a games journalist can get: I was one of the first people in the world from outside of Bungie’s walls to play the landmark sequel. And I did so in a storage closet.
This story begins back in 2002 with the original...
In one of the most bonkers collaborations in gaming history, Yujiro Hanma is coming to Tekken 8 early next year. His reveal at Combo Breaker 2026 set off an avalanche of memes and speculation, leaving fans equal parts hopeful and terrified that he’ll be just as strong in the game as he is in the Baki manga.
We got the chance to speak with Tekken series chief producer, Naoya Yasuda, who answered our burning questions about 'The Ogre' and how the developers will adapt the famously overpowered fighter to fit within Tekken 8’s framework. We also asked what inspired this collaboration in the first place, and if Yasuda had seen the memes about Yujiro’s inclusion in the game. (Spoiler alert: Yes, he has, and he loves them.)
We also chatted...
Ten years on, it is hardly a stretch to call Hello Games’ No Man’s Sky one of the best redemption stories the games industry has ever produced. To understand the scale of that achievement, though, we first need to dive face-first into the pool of disappointment that greeted its original launch in August 2016.
The Promise and the Disappointment
Despite getting on a bit in years, I remember the announcement of No Man’s Sky remarkably well. Before its reveal trailer had shown even a second of gameplay, Hello Games was already stressing the scale of its procedural universe: every planet unique, every creature unique and, in the trailer’s most audacious phrase, every atom procedural.
The pitch was irresistible. Here was a boundlessly...
Resident Evil Requiem saw a great discount during this year's Prime Day sale event when physical versions hit $56. However, in a nice little surprise between sale events, its PS5 copy is currently on sale for less than that at Amazon and Best Buy. Both retailers have it discounted to $53.99 right now, which marks a new low price for it from the former, according to price tracking website camelcamelcamel.
Unfortunately, this offer only applies to the PS5 copy of the game. But if that's exactly what you were hoping to get, it's a solid deal to jump on that saves you $16 compared to paying full price. It's also worth noting that the Best Buy copy is sold by a third party, antonline, but they have a glowing 4.06 star rating with 807...
Former Tekken 8 Director Kohei Ikeda has announced he has joined newly established developer VS Studio, the Tokyo-based, SNK-owned outfit that was founded in May 2026 by former Tekken producer and director Katsuhiro Harada.
“I’ve joined VS Studio as the next step in my journey,” confirmed Ikeda via social media. “Working on games again with two of my former bosses feels nostalgic in many ways, while at the same time, the excitement of creating something completely new makes every day incredibly fulfilling.”
“I’m really looking forward to seeing what we can create together!”
Ikeda left Namco Bandai back in June. His 20-year stint at the storied developer culminated with his duties as game director on both Tekken 7 and 8. At least...