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Roblox Innovation Awards 2024: The Full List of Winners

Yesterday the Roblox Developer's Conference gave players a look at the future of the virtual gaming universe, today the company recognized the creators and games that drive its success with the Roblox Innovation Awards 2024. Gunfight Arena from Splitting Point took home the fan-fueled People's Choice Award, and the developer also grabbed Best Studio, while the fashionable Dress To Impress took home the Builderman's Award of Excellence. Dress To Impress was created in 2023 and has close to 400,000 active players, who compete in fashion competitions that make Project Runway look like the tweed section of a Goodwill. "Thank you Roblox for this prestigious award," the development team Dress To Impress Group said via an avatar-hosted...

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Daily Deals: Forza Motorsport, SMT V: Vengeance, Logitech G915 Keyboard, and More

The weekend is officially here, and we've rounded up the best deals you can find! Discover the best deals for Sunday, September 8, below: Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance for $29.99 Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance is at a new all-time low price this weekend! SMT V: Vengeance is an enhanced version of the former Nintendo Switch exclusive SMT V, launched in 2019. The biggest feature available in this upgraded re-release is the all new Canon of Vengeance route, which is essentially 40 hours of new story content. At $29.99, this is a steal for what will likely end up being one of the most popular RPGs of the year. Forza Motorsport for $30 Forza Motorsport offers over 500 cars to choose from, with an incredible attention to detail placed...

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Daily Deals: Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance, ThinkPad P14s Gen 5, Astro Bot, and More

The weekend is officially here, and we've rounded up the best deals you can find! Discover the best deals for Saturday, September 7, below: Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance for $29.99 Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance is at a new all-time low price this weekend! SMT V: Vengeance is an enhanced version of the former Nintendo Switch exclusive SMT V, launched in 2019. The biggest feature available in this upgraded re-release is the all new Canon of Vengeance route, which is essentially 40 hours of new story content. At $29.99, this is a steal for what will likely end up being one of the most popular RPGs of the year. ThinkPad P14s Gen 5 AMD (14″) Mobile Workstation Lenovo has a fantastic deal on this ThinkPad P14s Gen 5, with savings of...

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With Concord's Servers Now Closed, Fans Wonder If It'll Return as Free-to-Play. At Least One Expert Has Doubts

As of about 10:30am PT / 1:30pm ET on September 6, Concord's servers are officially closed. Sony's troubled live service game didn't even last two weeks, failing to fill its beta and launching to a tragically low concurrent count on Steam. Ultimately it is estimated to have only sold around 25,000 units, which is extraordinarily low by first-party release standards. On Bluesky, Circana executive director Mat Piscatella called Concord's shutdown "unprecedented," nothing that even Anthem was the best-selling game of February 2019 and is still playable today. Asked how it compares to the likes of The Day Before and Crucible, two other games that were shuttered soon after release, Piscatella said that this "one reads differently to me...

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Unlocking Black Myth: Wukong's Secret Ending Is Legendarily Convoluted

Spoiler Warning: This article contains spoilers for Black Myth: Wukong! Like many of the games it’s inspired by, Black Myth: Wukong has an unlockable secret ending – but you’ll need to complete a long list of tasks if you want to see it for yourself. While some have managed to reach the true grand finale since Game Science launched its boss-filled action RPG last month, many others are still working to check every box needed to unlock the secret ending. It’s Black Myth: Wukong’s third and most difficult ending to achieve, as it requires players to complete a series of tasks woven throughout the duration of the campaign and then beat its final boss twice. The journey to the Black Myth: Wukong true secret ending starts with finding...

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Roblox Developer's Conference 2024: Everything Announced

2024's Roblox Developer's Conference has arrived and has given fans a glimpse into the future of the platform that is setting its sights on 1 billion daily active users. Roblox founder and CEO David Baszucki shared that the team hopes to achieve that goal by focusing on helping creators build their businesses, scaling creation and access, and bringing people together. Roblox still has a ways to go to reach that one billion daily active user goal, as the game saw a still impressive 79.5 million daily active users as of June 2024, but Baszucki believes this mindset and the plans they have in place will transform the gaming landscape to a place where "10% of all gaming revenue will flow through the Roblox ecosystem and be distributed...

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Baldur's Gate 3 Player Finds Scrapped Evil Ending in Patch 7 That's Hilariously Anticlimactic

Warning: The below story contains full spoilers for the end of Baldur's Gate 3. As Baldur's Gate 3 fans scramble to find all the secrets in the RPG's absolutely massive Patch 7, released on PC this week, one player has found a scrapped evil ending that's, well, a little anticlimatic. YouTuber SlimXG (h/t GamesRadar) found the ending still in the game's files, accessing it by merely blocking the "impossible" tag. By doing this, he discovered a fully animated new cinematic, which shows the player character leaving all this tadpole nonsense behind after an evil run. As SlimXG explains, the character in his footage is Lae'zel, but the ending isn't limited to her. It shows Lae'zel after taking control of the Netherbrain, leaving all of...

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Starfield's New Planet Has Over 50 New Locations, Bethesda Reveals

Bethesda has celebrated Starfield’s first birthday by sharing some new details on upcoming expansion Shattered Space. The sci-fi role-playing shooter, which launched on September 6, 2023 as Bethesda’s first brand new franchise in years, gets its debut expansion Shattered Space on September 30, 2024. In a tweet, Bethesda teased it has “much more coming” to Starfield beyond Shattered Space, but for now, revealed some fresh details on the expansion. The highlight here is the addition of over 50 new locations to discover and explore across Va'ruun'kai (Va'ruun'kai is the new planet players get to visit during Shattered Space). This suggests Shattered Space will certainly keep Starfield fans busy when it comes out. Elsewhere, there are...

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Undisputed Final Preview: Calling All Fight Night Fans

While boxing has never been my favorite sport, I can't tell you how many hours I put into the Fight Night series back in the 2000s. The combination of realism and focus on presentation lived up to EA Sports' motto of making you feel like you're in the game. Despite my nostalgia for that franchise, it only took an hour-long preview of Undisputed at PAX West to realize that the boxing video game genre has a new contender on the horizon. I jumped right into my Undisputed preview by challenging Steel City Interactive CEO and Co-Founder Ash Habib to a sparring match. In reality, it was more of a tutorial, as he ran through all the basics of the mechanics while explaining how and why they were put into the game. It only took until the...

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Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Open Beta Gets Significant Changes for Weekend 2

Developer Treyarch has made some significant changes to Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 as the open beta heads into its second weekend. Black Ops 6, out October 25, 2024, has a new Body Shield feature, a new Omnimovement feature, and various features returning from Treyarch's 2020 game, Black Ops Cold War. The Black Ops 6 open beta restarts at 10am PT today, September 6, and with it comes tweaks to weapons, spawns, and various other gameplay elements that affect Multiplayer. “Many of the changes below are based on data and feedback from Weekend 1,” Treyarch explained in a blog post, “but rest assured we are also taking this into account as we look ahead to launch. We’ll be sharing more about what’s to come in the weeks after Weekend 2...

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Baldur’s Gate 3 Patch 7 Is Not the Final Update, Larian Confirms — but It Doesn’t Want to Talk About What’s Coming Just Yet

Baldur’s Gate 3’s game-changing Patch 7 was seen as Larian drawing a line under the phenomenally popular Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, but the developer has said there’s more to come. Patch 7, out now on PC but delayed on consoles and Mac (check out the Baldur’s Gate 3 Patch 7 patch notes here), is headlined by the addition of official mod support, 13 new cinematics that offer varying conclusions to your most evil playthroughs (some really are something!), Honour Mode improvements and new Legendary Actions, and revamped split-screen gameplay. Larian has announced plans to leave Baldur’s Gate 3 and indeed Dungeons & Dragons behind to make brand new games, but Patch 7 isn’t quite the finish line some might have thought. “Good...

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Street Fighter 6 Now on 4 Million Sales, Matching Mortal Kombat 1

Street Fighter 6 has now sold over four million copies, Capcom has announced. The sales milestone comes 15 months after the fighting game went on sale in June 2023 across PlayStation, Xbox, and PC. “Thank you for playing and for helping us reach this milestone!” Capcom said. “We hope you're excited for the future of SF6 as we intend to release more content and hold more events!” Street Fighter 6 hit three million copies sold back in January, seven months after launch. That means it’s taken just over half a year to add another one million sales. Capcom has said Street Fighter 6 is “generally progressing in line with our expectations.” Capcom had said it aimed for Street Fighter 6 to outsell Street Fighter 5, targeting over 10 million...

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IGN UK Podcast 764: Bots, Bolters, and Blood

Cardy and Matt are putting on a two-man show this week as they discuss the pure joy of Astro Bot, the bloody delight of Space Marine 2, and PlayStation's Concord disaster. There's also a time for a quick chat about two of the best films of the year: coming-of-age comedy Didi, and beautiful toilet-cleaning drama Perfect Days. Remember to send us your thoughts about all the new games, TV shows, and films you're enjoying or looking forward to: ign_ukfeedback@ign.com. IGN UK Podcast 764: Bots, Bolters, and Blood IGN UK Podcast 763: Star Wars Outlaws, MGS Delta, and Alien: Romulus IGN UK Podcast 762: The Best of gamescom 2024 IGN UK Podcast 761: Space Marine 2 Might Be the Warhammer Game We've Always Wanted IGN UK Podcast 760: Is Thank...

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Fans Wave Goodbye to PlayStation Flop Concord as It Goes Dark — Maybe Forever

Concord is set to shut down today, September 6, and what players the game has remaining are waving goodbye to a shooter they were only able to play for two weeks. Sony’s shock decision to haul the long-in-development PC and PlayStation 5 hero shooter offline just two weeks after launch amid disastrously low player numbers and terrible sales sent some players racing to nab its Platinum trophy in… creative ways. “While many qualities of the experience resonated with players, we also recognize that other aspects of the game and our initial launch didn’t land the way we’d intended,” Ryan Ellis, game director at Sony-owned developer Firewalk Studios, said at the time. “Therefore, at this time, we have decided to take the game offline...

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Microsoft Confirms Xbox Broadcast for Tokyo Game Show 2024

Microsoft has announced a return to the Tokyo Game Show later this month with a special Xbox broadcast event. The Xbox Tokyo Game Show 2024 Broadcast is set for Thursday, September 26 at 7pm JST / 3am Pacific / 6am Eastern / 11am UK. In a post on Xbox Wire, Larissa Hazel, Director, Gaming Integrated Marketing, Asia, said Microsoft will share content from Xbox Game Studios, Activision, Blizzard Entertainment, and Bethesda, as well as an “exciting lineup of games from third-party partners primarily based in Japan and across Asia, including games coming to Xbox Game Pass.” So, what can fans expect from the show? Microsoft has a long list of first-party studios currently working on various games due out across the next few years, but...

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Here Are Some Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake Hands On Impressions and the Best Aussie Deals

Let's start with a confession about one of my greatest weaknesses. I absolutely adore the HD-2D visual aesthetic from the Octopath Traveler series, and I'll play anything that employs it. Is your game unpolished with a bug that may or may not ruin save files? I'll take my chances with it in HD-2D. Am I also looking at a 30-hour plot that reads like your intern randomly threw up gobstoppers labelled with names, places, and plot twists? How concerning—now gimme my HD-2D. Obviously, if you choose to wrap this modern-meets-ancient art-style around one of the most celebrated RPGs of the golden age of gaming, well, winged serpents could not drag me away from your HD-2D quest. I'll clear my calendar for such a rejig, even if I didn't grow...

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The Most Astro Bot-tastic Prices on a Peak Platformer, Three AAA Freebies with Prime, and More!

Thank your own personal deity—possibly Big Brother Bot—it's Friday! Today is very much about Astro Bot, the star of the moment that's garnering many a 10/10 to enjoy a braggable "94" on Metacritic. As somebody who's 100%ed the pants off of it already, I can confidently say that paying $89 instead of 110 bucks is a wise investment you won't regret. In retro news, I’m baking a big 22-shaped birthday cannoli for Mafia. Set within the fictional city of Lost Heaven in the ‘30s, this (literal) OG on PC blew my mind at launch with its complex crime drama, comparable GTA III-esque action, and hilariously deformable cars. Better yet, the final scene of Tommy Angelo—taxi driving mook inducted into "myah, see" mobster by chance—is one of...

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Space Marine 2 Slammed With Server Troubles as Focus Entertainment Says It's Aware of 'Technical Issues'

Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 2 is already off to a strong start, netting a 24 hour peak of 134,302 concurrents. Its start was good for fifth overall on Steam's charts despite only being able to players who purchased the Gold and Ultra editions of the game. But it wasn't an entirely flawless victory for the anticipated sequel. Players soon reported problems with joining the server, including members of the IGN staff. Fans quickly took to X/Twitter and other forums to express their frustration with the experience. Similarly, while Space Marine 2's Steam reviews currently sit at "Mostly Positive," a few fans complained about graphics drivers and a lack of ultrawide support, among other issues. Focus Home Entertainment acknowledged the...

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Karlach Is Trending on X/Twitter After Baldur's Gate 3 Patch 7 Because Her New Evil Ending Is 'Absolutely Metal'

Warning: The below story is packed with FULL SPOILERS for Baldur's Gate 3, particularly Karlach's new evil ending. You've been warned! Larian Studios dropped its highly anticipated Patch 7 on PC today, and with it comes a slew of new cinematics for players doing evil runs. While fans hop back into the RPG and discover the new content, one origin character's new evil ending is getting a particular amount of attention. If you're wondering why Karlach, everyone's favorite tiefling Barbarian, was trending on X/Twitter today, that's why. One fan showed her new evil ending, which you can watch below, and it's going viral just by virtue of being "absolutely metal." In the clip, we see Karlach, if you're playing her as an origin character...

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Concord Will Remain in Prime Video's Secret Level Despite Game's Sudden Cancellation - Source

Concord will remain in Amazon's Secret Level despite its sudden cancellation, IGN has learned from a source close to production. Secret Level, a series of 15 standalone short stories featuring a host of video game properties, initially included Concord in its announcement during gamescom. Its inclusion was thrown into doubt by PlayStation's decision to take Concord offline, seemingly spelling the end of the troubled live service game. Prime Video has yet to officially whether or not it will remain in Tim Miller's anthology series, but IGN understands that the episode featuring Concord is indeed still slated to air this season. In addition to Concord, Secret Level will include stories featuring God of War, Mega Man, Unreal...

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NBA 2K25 Review in Progress

Over the past few years, developer Visual Concepts’ focus on updating online features and adding more microtransactions has left the meat of its annualized basketball series a forgettable merry-go-round of rehashed ideas and uninspired modes. But after spending about a dozen hours with NBA 2K25 so far, it already feels like a grizzled league veteran instead, and the definition of a perennial starter—there are still gaps in its game, but solid fundamentals and a willingness to adapt help make it a reliable part of any rotation. Or, in this case, right now it seems like a novel and innovative entry that can win new fans and bring back oldheads alike. Make no mistake, you still can’t teach a long-running basketball sim new tricks. But...

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Dragon Age: The Veilguard's Devs Reveal New Info About Each of the Companions (and Solas and Varric, Too)

Friendships, romantic relationships, and everything in between have always been an integral part of not just the Dragon Age series, but of BioWare in general. From Mass Effect’s Garrus Vakarian to Dragon Age’s Varric Tethras, the characters – and how they get along with the player – are inseparable from titles from the studio. But, perhaps more than any other BioWare game, Dragon Age: The Veilguard is leaning in heavily on this idea, as it’s already easy to see from the marketing material. For one, the name changed from Dragon Age: Dreadwolf back in June, with BioWare general manager Gary McKay telling us at the time that it was out of a desire to shift the focus to a “really deep and compelling group of companions.” That would be...

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Upcoming Alan Wake Update Will Remove David Bowie's Space Oddity From the Soundtrack, Replace It With a New Original Song

Remedy Entertainment will soon issue an update for the original Alan Wake that will remove one of its songs on PC. The studio announced the news in a post on the official Alan Wake X/Twitter account, saying that the changes will arrive in a few days, starting September 10 at 11 a.m. UTC. It’s an update that will affect Steam, Epic Games Store, and GOG versions of the 2010 experience, removing David Bowie’s classic ‘60s tune, Space Oddity. The dreamy rock song appears in Alan Wake to bookend the story as it plays over its credits sequence. It’s a notable finale for the adventure that eventually picks back up in Alan Wake 2, but Remedy isn’t leaving fans without a proper replacement. When Bowie’s spacey song is removed from Alan Wake...

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Shinji Mikami and Goichi Suda React to Tango Gameworks' Liberation and Share Details on the Shadows of the Damned Remaster

As the October 31 release of Shadows of the Damned: Hella Remastered draws near, we spoke with the 2011 game’s two legendary creators – Shinji Mikami (Resident Evil) and Goichi Suda (No More Heroes) – at gamescom. While the conversation focused mainly on Shadows of the Damned and its remaster, the pair also reminisced on their work together on Killer7 and told us a tiny bit about what to expect from their next projects, with Suda’s Grasshopper Manufacture and Mikami’s newly founded Kamuy Inc each working on new games. Mikami also gave us his thoughts on the closure and ensuing liberation of Tango Gameworks, the studio he founded. How did the remaster of Shadows of the Damned come about? Goichi Suda, Founder, Grasshopper...

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Guardians of the Galaxy Leads Humble Choice for September 2024

The new batch of PC games for September’s Humble Choice are now available for new and existing subscribers (get it here). Guardians of the Galaxy leads this month’s selection, but you also get seven other games, including SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake, all for just $11.99. It’s a great deal, since you get $269 worth of games for just $12. If you’ve had your eye on any of these, you’re basically losing money if you don’t join. Humble Choice Games for September 2024 Guardians of the Galaxy SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake Coral Island Stranded: Alien Dawn Lost Eidolons You Suck at Parking Infraspace Astrea: Six-Sided Oracles All of the games are yours to keep forever, regardless of your Humble Choice subscription...

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NBA 2K25 Bug Has Players Competing With Clones of Their Own MyPlayer

NBA 2K25 players are encountering a somewhat hilarious but very frustrating bug that sees their own MyPlayer character cloned and competing against or alongside them. The annualized basketball game is already available to most under the "Early Tip-Off" banner, a somewhat bizarre faux early access period available to anyone who buys the game digitally or physically at "participating retailers", with only some retailers and Nintendo Switch players unable to play until September 6, 2024. Players are therefore encountering unusual bugs like the character clones and sharing them online. And while facing off against another version of the heroic protagonist is somewhat of a video game cliche, it's definitely not intentional in NBA 2K25...

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Amazon Announces Prime Gaming September 2024 Lineup

Amazon has announced the September 2024 Prime Gaming lineup (Prime Gaming is a benefit of Amazon Prime membership). Highlights include Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition, Greedfall: Gold Edition, Whispered Secrets: Everburning Candle Collector's Edition, Minabo - A Walk through Life, and Eternights. To coincide with the premiere of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Season 2 on Prime Video, Prime members also get several free games from The Lord of the Rings universe, including Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor Game of the Year Edition, LEGO The Lord of the Rings, and LEGO The Hobbit via GOG code, and can play Middle-earth: Shadow of War on Amazon Luna. And hot on the heels of the disastrous Borderlands movie and the...

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Helldivers 2 Dev Responds to ‘Mostly Negative’ Steam Rating With the Promise of Patch That Makes ‘Significant Changes’

Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead has acknowledged the game’s plummeting Steam user review rating by outlining plans for a patch that makes what it called “significant changes.” The explosive third-person co-op shooter broke records when it launched on PC and PlayStation 5 earlier this year, becoming the fastest-selling PlayStation Studios game of all time. But Arrowhead has suffered a torrid time of late as it struggles to satisfy Helldivers 2’s fanbase, with recent months in particular resulting in a ‘mostly negative’ recent user review rating on Steam. Helldivers 2's overall Steam user review rating remains 'mostly positive.' Most of the negativity revolves around a feeling that Arrowhead has been heavy handed in nerfing Helldivers...

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Baldur’s Gate 3’s Long-Awaited Patch 7 Out Now on PC Alongside Massive Patch Notes

Baldur’s Gate 3’s long-awaited Patch 7, which draws a line under Larian’s blockbuster Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game a year after launch, is finally out now on PC alongside lengthy patch notes, below. Patch 7, posted to the Baldur's Gate 3 website, is headlined by the addition of official mod support, which fans hope will keep the game alive for years to come, 13 new cinematics that offer varying conclusions to your most evil playthroughs, Honour Mode improvements and new Legendary Actions, and revamped split-screen gameplay. It includes over 1,000 fixes and improvements that tweak many parts of the game. Patch 7 is approximately 11.6GB on PC, and will require 160GB of free space to install. If you find yourself without the...

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Yakuza/Like a Dragon Series to Continue Being About Middle Aged Guys Doing 'Middle Aged Guy Things'

Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio plans to continue making Yakuza/Like a Dragon games about middle aged men doing "middle aged men things." Series director Ryosuke Horii told Automaton he's grateful for Yakuza/Like a Dragon's influx of new players, which includes younger people and women, but said the studio doesn't plan on changing its approach because of it. "We have had a large increase in new fans, including women, which we’re truly happy and grateful for," Horii said. "However, we don’t plan to do anything like deliberately changing conversation topics in order to cater to new fans." He continued: "We are middle aged guys ourselves, so I guess that’s the kind of target audience we’re going for, probably. I think this is precisely one of...

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