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Tekken 8: Unforgotten Echoes and Heihachi Mishima Hands-On Impressions

It turns out that it’s really hard to kill a Tekken character, especially with gravity. Despite Tekken series creator Katsuhiro Harada doing his best to convince us that Heihachi Mishima was actually, really, truly 100% dead this time around, lo and behold the third DLC character for Tekken 8 is none other than the King of Iron Fist himself. The upcoming free story expansion for Tekken 8, titled Unforgotten Echoes, is all about explaining the how and the why of Heihachi’s return, and as part of a preview event, I got to play the entirety of the two-hour-long DLC campaign. My general impression? If you’re able to turn your brain off and just let it take you for a ride, it’s more good (albeit quite silly) ass Tekken story content...

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Gravity Forge, a Dieselpunk 'Horde-Slaying Movement Shooter', Announced

Developer Relay has announced Gravity Forge, a new third-person co-op-supporting "horde-slaying movement shooter" powered by Unreal Engine 5 that puts you in the shoes of a parkour-expert assassin who can manipulate gravity (including walking on walls), create gravity wells, and more in a dieselpunk setting. It's in development for PC. Check out the first trailer above and the first screenshots in the gallery below. Relay describes how they're aiming to set their game apart: "Gravity Forge offers the player an extra degree of freedom in both movement and combat. The environment becomes a weapon. You can walk on walls, create gravity wells, change properties of the environment (gravity, size, mass), and discover new ways to interact...

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BioWare Reveals All the Ways Dragon Age: The Veilguard Evolves Relationships, and Its Steamiest Romance, Too

As we edge closer to the release of Dragon Age: The Veilguard, there’s been an overwhelmingly positive reaction from those who’ve had the chance to preview the game. An exhaustive character creator, slick combat, and expansive scenery definitely left us excited to get our hands on The Veilguard this October. But if you’re a Dragon Age fanatic you may be wondering about one incredibly vital thing: who do we get to kiss? As part of our continuing IGN First coverage, we sat down with game director Corinne Busche to talk romance and relationships as vital parts of the game. The Veilguard is a veritable candy shop with different flavors of romance. You want a buff gym rat? Taash. A heroic pet dad? Davrin. An elegant older fellow with an...

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Cities: Skylines Player Recreates Baldur's Gate as a Modern City

Dungeons & Dragons' iconic Baldur's Gate has been recreated as a modern city in Cities: Skylines, using Baldur's Gate 3 as a guide. Reddit user Impossible_Active271 shared their creation with a handful of side-by-side screenshots, showing how the medieval fantasy city of Baldur's Gate has been reimagined as something one might see today. Main streets have been replaced with highways, pubs have been replaced with diners, towers have been replaced with skyscrapers, and so on. Even the statue in the middle of the city stands recreated in the Cities: Skyline version. A top down view of the city is also compared with a map of Baldur's Gate, showing how the modern city similarly folds around the ocean with docks jutting out. It's not...

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Six Days in Fallujah Sets Release Date for Its First Documentary Story Missions

Six Days in Fallujah is getting a large update in November, bringing with it the first of its promised documentary story missions. Called the Command and Control update, its two story missions will focus on the opening of the Second Battle of Fallujah, which began on November 7, 2004 and saw some of the conflict's worst fighting. The missions will include documentary videos that play before, during and after missions, featuring interviews with both Iraqis and Americans who were present during the fighting in which more than 100 members of the military, over 1,000 insurgents, and at least 800 civilians were killed. According to the release, the missions will focus at least partly on the origins of the Islamic State group as well as the...

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Legacy of Kain Soul Reaver 1-2 Remastered Leaked via PlayStation Store Ahead of State of Play Broadcast

With Sony’s September 2024 State of Play broadcast just hours away, the inevitable leaks have begun. First up we have the heavily rumored Legacy of Kain Soul Reaver 1-2 Remastered, assets for which were spotted on the PlayStation Store before being swiftly removed. According to the store description (via resetera), Legacy of Kain Soul Reaver 1-2 Remastered is developed by Embracer-owned video game revival specialist Aspyr, and launches December 10, 2024 to coincide with Soul Reaver’s 25th anniversary. There’s even a trailer and a number of screenshots, all lifted from PSN before Sony reversed its mistake. “Experience the epic conflict of Kain and Raziel in original form or with remastered graphics,” reads the description. The games...

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Peacemaker’s Animality in Mortal Kombat 1 Is About as Patriotic as You Can Get

With Mortal Kombat 1 expansion Khaos Reigns almost upon us, developer NetherRealm has lifted the lid on its new characters and, in particular, its brand new animalities. Animalities, free for all Mortal Kombat 1 players as part of an update released today, September 24, see characters transform into an animal before tearing apart their opponent in the trademark over-the-top style. Animalities return to Mortal Kombat alongside the release of Khaos Reigns, having made their debut in Mortal Kombat 3 all the way back in 1995. Now, NetherRealm has revealed Peacemaker’s Animality. Peacemaker, a DLC guest character lifted from the DC Universe featuring the likeness and voice of actor John Cena, transforms into an eagle for a patriotic...

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Life Is Strange Creator Don't Nod Has Rough Start to the Year, Presses Pause on Two Projects

Original Life is Strange developer Don't Nod has announced it had a rough start to the 2024/25 financial year and has pressed pause on two projects as a result. Don't Nod's latest financial report revealed its recent release of Jusant and Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden "did not achieve the commercial results" it hoped for and it has changed its plans going forward as a result. The studio is "temporarily pausing two projects in the design phase," for example, enabling it to "prioritize resources and maximize the chances of success of the titles with the greatest potential at present." This will seemingly see Lost Records: Bloom & Rage pushed to the forefront following a "particularly positive reception" at Gamescom, Don't Nod said...

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Frostpunk 2 Hits 350,000 Copies Sold, Which Is Enough for the Dev to Break Even but Not Enough to Prevent a Share Price Collapse

Frostpunk 2 developer 11 bit studios says it’s already broken even amid a collapse of the company’s share price. In a tweet, 11 bit studios said its self-published city-building survival sequel has already sold over 350,000 copies since going on sale on September 20. That milestone was announced just a few days after launch. What’s more, revenue made from the game so far is already enough to cover the cost of development as well as marketing. “The total estimated sales revenue has already covered the costs we spent on producing and marketing the game,” 11 bit studios said. “Big, big thank you to you all for your support! It (almost) melts our frozen-solid hearts. The work doesn’t stop here, we are continuously working on improving...

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God of War Ragnarok Mod Removes Controversial PSN Requirement — and Its Creator Has Vowed to Maintain It

Just days after PlayStation game God of War Ragnarok launched on PC to a ‘mixed’ Steam user review rating over its forced PlayStation Network account linking, a mod has been released that bypasses the requirement entirely. Sony had made it clear on the God of War Ragnarok Steam page that a PlayStation Network account would be required to play Sony Santa Monica’s purely single-player adventure, but that failed to prevent a number of negative reviews singling out the policy. While God of War Ragnarok’s Steam user review rating is now up to ‘mostly positive,’ one modder has decided to take matters into their own hands by stripping out the PSN requirement. iArtorias’ NoPSSDK mod, which has been downloaded 1,764 times from Nexus Mods at...

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UK Deals: EA Sports FC 25 Preorders Drop to Just £51

It's a big week for PlayStation fans, with a State of Play kicking off at 3 PM on September 24, and preorders for all things PS5 Pro and 30th anniversary live on September 26. We'll be covering preorders for the PS5 Pro and the PlayStation 30th Anniversary Edition right here on IGN, or for immediate notifications, be sure to follow @IGNUKDeals on Twitter/X. For now, there's an electric deal ongoing at eBay with promo code SEPTSAVE20. It's a hot 20% off eligible retailers, including one of our favourites The Game Collection Outlet. This includes the upcoming EA Sports FC 25, with preorders down to £50.36 for PS5, PS4, and Xbox (down from £69.99). But, note that this code will expire by September 27, so act fast to avoid disappointment...

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PS5 Pro Will ‘Hopefully’ Automatically Make Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 Performance Mode Look Better Than Quality Mode Does Now, Dev Says

The developer of Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 is in talks with Sony over the game’s potential support for the upcoming PlayStation 5 Pro. PS5 Pro, due out in November priced $700, has an AI-powered upscaling feature called PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution (PSSR) that can automatically improve the image clarity of games. In an interview with IGN, Saber Interactive Chief Creative Officer Tim Willits said he’s hopeful the PS5 Pro will improve Space Marine 2 by default via PSSR. “What I'm excited about is the AI upsampling of the graphics,” he said. “So I have my kickass AMD machine, a kickass Nvidia machine right there. And the game looks f***ing great. But when I play on the PS5, I play performance.” Space Marine 2 has two...

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Pricing Info on PlayStation 30th Anniversary Kit, Dropped Dragon's Dogma 2, Slashed Star Wars, and More!

Though this is a place of daily deals—the polar opposite of exorbitant prices—let's talk about the (suspected Australian) pricing of the new 30th anniversary range of PS5 products. A known and legit leaker at Dealabs Magazine has divulged some US prices, which allows us to extrapolate. TL;DR: the 30th DualSense should be A$125, and the PS5 Slim Digital console ought to be A$780-$800. The PS5 Pro Bundle isn't mentioned, making this next statement an even bigger guesstimate: probably A$1700+. In retro news, I'm celebrating the 32nd birthday of The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, a true RPG classic. I co-played this around launch with my SNES-owning neighbour, and it was an all-consuming experience—tense dungeon crawling/puzzling...

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Judge Sides With Genshin Impact Maker in Forcing X/Twitter to Reveal Leakers' Identities

X/Twitter will have to comply with a subpeona regarding the identities of several Genshin Impact leaker accounts after a federal judge ruled against the social media platform's attempt to throw it out. The news comes from Torrent Freak and Stephen Totilo's Game File newsletter, detailing the latest in miHoYo's crackdown on leakers. Cognosphere, the miHoYo-owned publisher of Genshin Impact, filed the subpeona last fall, attempting to force X Corp. to “disclose the identity, including the name(s), address(es), telephone number(s), and e-mail addresses(es)” behind four popular leaker accounts: @HutaoLoverGI, @GIHutaoLover, @HutaoLover77, and @FurinaaLover. As Totilo notes, three of the accounts are currently suspended. The only one...

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Samsung Has a 512GB Nintendo Switch Memory Card (Micro SDXC) for Only $29.99

Looking to upgrade the storage capacity of your Nintendo Switch, Steam Deck, or ASUS ROG Ally? Here's a great deal on a very well-rated Samsung memory card with your choice of two different capacities. Both Samsung direct and Amazon have the 512GB Samsung Pro Plus Micro SDXC card for $29.99, or the 256GB for $19.99. A compact USB card adapter is also included. Samsung offers free shipping on both items. Amazon offers free shipping on the 512GB model but if you're not a Prime member, you'll need to get your order total to $25 to get free shipping on the 256GB model. If you want to pick a memory card that performs well and has a reliable track record, then look no further. Samsung is one of the most highly recommended memory card brands...

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Ara: History Untold Review

Ara: History Untold is the latest in a procession of turn-based 4X games trying to settle on the once-sovereign territory of Sid Meier's Civilization, and it's one of the more competent challengers to do so. The liveliness and detail of its animated towns and cities never fail to delight me – as a historical ant farm, at least. But it expects more of us as a world leader than Civ ever has, and doesn't really provide us with the tools to make it truly feel good to be the king. On a basic level, Ara doesn't have a vastly different view of history from its 4X forebears. Starting from roughly Neolithic times, you race down a tech tree split up into three acts of four ages each along a familiar and narrow path based mostly on Europe and...

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Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024: Here’s What Comes in Each Edition

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 is set to release for Xbox Series X|S and PC on November 19. The biggest new addition in this installment is a career mode, which lets you create a character and start working from any airport in the world. You can complete certifications for Medevac, Remote Cargo Ops, Aerial Firefighting, Search & Rescue, and more. All told, Flight Sim 2024 comes in two physical editions and four digital editions this time around (see it at Amazon). Read on for full details about what comes in each, as well as pricing. One quick note before we dive in: Below, you'll find the number of aircraft and airports that are included in each edition. To see specifically which aircrafts are included, check out this image from the...

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Sonic Central Stream Announced Offering 'Sneak Peek' of Sonic in 2025

Sega has announced that it'll host the fourth annual Sonic Central presentation tomorrow, giving fans a glimpse into some of what's to come in the Sonic the Hedgehog world. The presentation will take place at 9 a.m. PT/12 p.m. ET on Tuesday, September 24. Sega didn't reveal specifics of what will be shown outside of "a sneak peek of some of our upcoming projects, partnerships, and events happening through 2025." It should mark a busy day for gaming news, as Sony also just announced the latest State of Play for later on Tuesday. As for what could be at the Sonic Central, Sega could always announce new projects, but there are a few things on the docket that we already know about. The most immediate is the impending release of Sonic x...

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Yes, Warhammer 40,000 Superfan Henry Cavill Is Playing Space Marine 2, No He Won’t Reveal His Username

Henry Cavill, the world’s most famous Warhammer 40,000 fan, is like so many others enjoying the recently released Space Marine 2. In an Instagram post, the Superman and Witcher star praised the developers at Saber Interactive for the action game set in Games Workshop’s grimdark universe, although revealed he failed to complete the campaign solo on the Angel of Death difficulty, which is the hardest of the four difficulties available. As we can see from the photo, Cavill is currently big into Space Marine 2’s PvP mode, dubbed Eternal War. We can see him matchmaking on the PC version of the game, although the actor was smart enough to paste over his username with the word “nope.” Yes, that means you could be playing with or against...

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Baldur's Gate 3 Mod Cuts Turn-Based Combat and Makes Everything Real-Time

A Baldur's Gate 3 mod removes the role-playing game's traditional Dungeons & Dragons turn-based combat in favor of more action-orientated real-time battles. PC Gamer spotted the work-in-progress mod from tinybike on YouTube, and described it as a "very very very rough draft." It does what it says on the tin though, letting players run into Baldur's Gate 3 combat and cast spells as quick as their fingers will allow, instead of having to wait their turn. The video shows tinybike exploring the ruins found early in Act 1 of Baldur's Gate 3 and immediately being rushed by the agitated enemy who awaits. But they, alongside the handful of other baddies exploring the ruins, are quickly taken down with a selection of speedy spells. Baldur's...

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How Cyberpunk 2077’s Most Complicated Boss Was Built - Concept to Controller

If you’ve played Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty, you’ll no doubt remember the Chimera. It’s a hulking, spider-like tank that chases you relentlessly, destroying every piece of the building around you before trapping you in a one-on-one battle. It's the biggest boss fight in the whole game, and was a monumentally complex sequence for developer CD Projekt Red to create. So, how was this intricate multistage mission put together? We spoke to multiple developers from across several different departments to find out what the joys and complications were. This is how Phantom Liberty’s Chimera encounter was built, from concept to controller. The thoroughly elaborate design process for the Chimera started with the most simple of...

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Original Resident Evil 3 Gets GOG PC Release Date

The original Resident Evil 3 hits CD Projekt Red-owned GOG on September 25, 2024. A post on the platform from GOG itself and publisher Capcom revealed the release comes not long after the original Resident Evil 2 arrived on the platform, much like how the pair of games first launched. "Capcom's Resident Evil series has defined and revolutionized the survival horror genre, with the original Resident Evil, Resident Evil 2, and Resident Evil 3 being standout titles that have captivated gamers worldwide," the post said. "Now, it’s time to complete the trilogy. "Just like with Resident Evil and Resident Evil 2, we made sure GOG's version of the third entry in the series is the best it can be. You can expect a variety of quality of life...

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Minecraft Players Build Staggering 1:1 Recreation of New York City

Minecraft players have built a staggering recreation of New York City in 1:1 scale. Showcased in a Reddit post from d3_cent, below, the build includes iconic locations such as the Brooklyn Bridge, Battery Park, and more. The build is four years in the works and, despite its incredible size, d3_cent said only around 68% of lower Manhattan is complete. It's taken so long because "it's exact," they said. "Every building has been manually recreated, [with] the right amount of windows, correct window detailing, trash cans where they are in real life, road signs, stop signs, everything." Beyond these examples, the team is also making accurate subway systems underground and even the depth of water surrounding Manhattan is accurate. The...

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Beloved 'Skyrim Grandma' Retires From Making Gameplay Videos at 88 Years Old

Beloved YouTuber Shirley Curry, colloquially known as the Skyrim Grandma, has announced her retirement from making gameplay videos after doing so for nine years. A YouTube video announcing her retirement aged 88 has an appropriate 8,800 upvotes on Reddit, where fans of her content thanked her for making videos for so many years and crossed their fingers for a return when The Elder Scrolls 6 finally comes out. Curry said she won't be making gameplay videos anymore simply because she no longer enjoys it, but isn't quitting YouTube altogether. She'll continue posting vlogs once in a while and may occasionally do reading videos of the books in Skyrim or even her own stories. "I'm just doing it for fun and it isn't fun anymore," Curry...

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Steam Breaks Its Record for PC Players Online Once Again

Steam has once again broken its record for the most PC players online, this time hitting an incredible 38,366,479 concurrents. That figure, achieved on September 22, 2024, is a million concurrent players higher than the previous record set last month, which was fueled by the release of smash hit Black Myth: Wukong. So, what helped propel Steam to new heights over the weekend? All the usual suspects were in the top 10 most-played games on Valve’s platform, including Counter-Strike 2, Dota 2, Banana (yes, Banana has yet to split), and PUBG, with this year’s Black Myth: Wukong, Satisfactory 1.0, Space Marine 2, and Valve’s own Deadlock putting in work. Last week saw PlayStation exclusives God of War Ragnarok and Final Fantasy 16 both...

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Stardew Valley Console and Mobile 1.6 Update Finally Has a Release Date

Stardew Valley developer Eric Barone, aka ConcernedApe, has finally announced the hotly anticipated release date for update 1.6 on console and mobile. The developer behind the 30 million-selling farm life simulation game said in a tweet that 1.6 hits console and mobile on November 4, 2024. That’s for all console and mobile versions of the game, including the Nintendo Switch version, and includes the 1.6.9 update. In a follow-up tweet, ConcernedApe said that following the release of 1.6, console and mobile players can still experience almost everything new with their existing save, “but if you have any interest in starting a new farm it would be ideal to start fresh.” “Some of the new things, for example, are different in year one...

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Success of Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 'Changes Everything,' Dev Says — and Yes, There Are Ideas for Space Marine 3

The success of breakout hit Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 ‘changes everything’ for developer Saber Interactive, it’s said. Speaking exclusively to IGN as part of a sweeping post-launch interview just over two weeks after Space Marine 2’s record-breaking launch, Saber Interactive Chief Creative Officer Tim Willits said the success of the game would even positively affect its future projects. While neither Saber nor publisher Focus Entertainment have announced a sales figure for Space Marine 2, Focus has confirmed over two million played at launch. In fact, Space Marine 2 is the most-played Warhammer video game of any type ever released on Steam, with 225,690 peak concurrent players on Valve’s platform. Willits won't go into hard...

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Black Myth: Wukong Update 1.0.9.15179 Makes Balance Changes and Fixes Bugs

Black Myth: Wukong developer Game Science has released a new update for the record-breaking action game that makes a number of balance changes and fixes bugs. Black Myth: Wukong update 1.0.9.15179, which weighs in at approximately 1.7GB, may cause problems with installed mods, Game Science warned in a post on Steam. “We recommend uninstalling the installed mods and verifying the integrity of the game files before restarting the game,” the developer added. The patch notes are below. Earlier this month, Game Science investor Hero Games confirmed plans to release an Elden Ring-style expansion for Black Myth: Wukong ahead of any sequel. It sold an eye-watering 18 million copies in just two weeks across PC and PlayStation 5, making over...

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Insane Savings in These Sega and Xbox Studios Publisher Sales, $27 Hogwarts Legacy, and More!

Welcome back to another week on the trail of discounts, fellow bargain hunters. Aside from the correlative pattern of a few crazy cheap LEGO titles, I'm not really going with a definite theme today. It's just one big scattershot of pleasingly reduced prices on games and peripherals actually worth owning. So dive in and randomly save on unrelated bargains. In retro news, I'm using Flamethrower on 20 birthday cake candles for Pokémon FireRed / LeafGreen, and it's super-effective! Feels like only yesterday when I slapped this Gen III Red / Blue remake into my GBA and went capturing unsuspecting Kanto critters for the purposes of wanton cockfighting. My fondest memories of these games reside in the added Sevii Islands area, which hid...

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The Best Weapons In Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster

Get ready to slice through hordes of zombies with the best weapons in Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster. This iconic survival horror game is back with a remastered edition, offering a fresh take on the original Dead Rising experience. So whether you’re a seasoned player or new to the series, here are five of the best […] Continue reading...

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