Now that I’ve spent more time with the Steam Machine, I can’t stop myself from looking at Grand Theft Auto 6 looming on the horizon and thinking about how it’d theoretically run on Valve’s new mini gaming PC. Now, of course, it’s going to be a year or two before Rockstar deigns to grace PC gamers with GTA 6, but once it does, it’ll probably be an incredibly demanding PC game.
Since the Steam Machine came out, its performance has been, well, heavily discussed online, to say the least. It’s not hard to see why some folks are skeptical of Valve's little PC – it does cost $1049 to start and is slightly slower than the PS5 most of the time. In spite of that, though, Rockstar’s last couple of PC launches, namely Red Dead Redemption 2 and the...
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I don't remember much about Hellraiser, being much too young to watch the original even if the image of Pinhead superseded any affinity for the movie series. But I had been assigned to get hands-on with the upcoming horror-action game Clive Barker's Hellraiser: Revival, and I came away with two prevailing thoughts experiencing it on its own terms. One, holy hell I got acquainted with its brand of body horror, and two, it makes a hell of an impression from the 30-minute demo I played. It's borrowing from several other games – think modern Resident Evil with a little P.T. – and fusing them together into what feels like a solid, cohesive survival horror-action game that seems, in part, to align with the Hellraiser series.
I had to quickly...
This is an IGN opinion piece from writer Jeremy Peel, who has played (and occassionally reviewed) every single Call of Duty campaign. He particularly regrets Black Ops 3.
“For over 18 years, Jacob and I have developed character-driven games,” said Taylor Kurosaki during the Summer Games Fest reveal of Crossfire, “with the goal of thoroughly connecting design and story.”
As he said “design”, Kurosaki let his hand rest briefly on the shoulder of his creative partner, Jacob Minkoff, resplendent in a yellow bow-tie and handlebar moustache. And as he said “story”, he let that hand drift back to the long lapels of his own suit jacket. It was a quiet demonstration of each man’s expertise; a balance of elements that has shaped a number of...
Junior year of college was when I finally had to start making decisions about my major, internships, all that jazz. A lot changed. For College Football 27’s junior year, all I have to do is step back onto the field. The rest mostly sorts itself out. I’ve only been able to spend about a day with it at this point, so I’ve got a lot more College Football 27 to play before I’m ready to declare this thing a boom or a bust, but it seems like we’re shaping up for a promising – and very different – season so far.
The first place I went was the Skills Trainer. If you’ve played Madden, the Skills Trainer is old hat, but for the last couple years, College Football has sequestered this tutorial away in Ultimate Team. No longer. Here it is, in all...
World Cup 2026 is here, and you want to play some soccer games with the best players ever. So do we, actually. Thing is, the best players in football game history are actually wildly OP. So much so that they kinda break the very fabric of the sport.
Have you read about the strong link theory? It’s the idea that in some team sports, outcomes are determined by the mistakes of the weakest players on their team, and in others it’s the strongest links who take over and decide the outcome. Football is generally thought of as a weak link sport. All we can say is, whichever academics decided that theory have obviously never had Tijani Babangida in their PES Master League squad.
Journey with us through the greatest game-breakers in virtual...
Final Fantasy 7 fans are getting excited for a Story Expansion pass that has been glimpsed as part of a new store leak.
The Final Fantasy 7 Revelation Story Expansion Pass can be seen right now via a listing spotted lurking in the depths of the Epic Games Store database, along with placeholders for up to nine DLC packs.
It's unknown what these DLCs might be for — so anything from fully-fledged expansions to simple costume or item packs are possible. But the existence of a specifically-labelled "Story Expansion Pass" suggests some of these, at least, will be additions that comprise fresh narrative.
Already, fans are speculating over what these DLCs might comprise, with hopes that elements could be adapted from animated spinoff movie...
UPDATE: Bloomberg reporter Jason Schreier has said The Game Business report about Obsidian is incorrect, and that the studio is not in negotiations to avoid shutting down.
"Plenty of details are still up in the air surrounding the layoffs (picture will be clear on Monday) but Xbox is keeping Obsidian, according to people familiar with the situation," Schreier said in a post on social media.
ORIGINAL STORY: Avowed and The Outer Worlds developer Obsidian is reportedly also at risk of closure amid Microsoft’s “reset” of the Xbox business.
The Game Business listed the Microsoft-owned studio, which developed the much-loved Fallout: New Vegas, alongside State of Decay developer Undead Labs, Psychonauts developer Double Fine, Hellblade...
More than 20 years after it first launched, Halo remains one of the most iconic sci-fi franchises in gaming. Across six mainline games, players have battled alien empires, ancient superweapons, terrifying parasites, and rogue artificial intelligence. Along the way, Halo has built one of the richest stories in the FPS genre.
If you’re jumping into the series for the first time, though, it can all feel a little overwhelming. Between the games, novels, comics, and spin-offs, there’s a lot of Halo lore to unpack.
Thankfully, you don’t need to know every last detail to enjoy the journey. This guide focuses on the six mainline Halo games, breaking down the key events, major characters, and biggest turning points. Whether you’re preparing...
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine - Master Crafted Edition looks set for PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Switch 2, having launched on PC, Xbox Series X and S, and straight into Xbox Game Pass in June last year.
The ESRB’s listing for the game included PS5 and Switch 2 alongside PC, although word of the two consoles has now been removed.
Sega, which retains the rights to the Relic Entertainment-developed original third-person shooter, is behind the release. The original was published by THQ in 2011 for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and PC. The Master Crafted Edition was developed by SneakyBox, and has a 4K resolution, modernized controls, an interface overhaul, improved character models, and remastered audio, which includes over 100 new voice lines...
Capcom has announced that Onimusha: Way of the Sword, the upcoming action-adventure sequel for PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch 2, will now be released earlier than previously guided: it will be available on September 4 rather than September 25.
Onimusha: Way of the Sword is the first series entry in 20 years; Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams released for PS2 in 2006. IGN awarded it an 8.8 out of 10 review score. Way of the Sword, meanwhile, is set in Kyoto during the early Edo period, and we were quite impressed by it in our recent hands-on session at Summer Game Fest.
A demo for Onimusha: Way of the Sword is available now for PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC (on both Steam and the Epic Games Store). Those who play the demo (and...
If you’ve never played Magic: The Gathering (MTG), the prospect of getting into it can seem pretty daunting. This is a game, after all, with 30+ years of history. That’s more than three decades of cards and mechanics, worldbuilding and lore. If you’ve ever lived and breathed a live service video game you’ll know just how much energy and time it can take simply to keep up. Constant new releases and updates that drive an ever-evolving meta mean it can be tricky to be even a casual fan… let alone finding your feet as a completely new player.
Magic: The Gathering definitely has many of the same challenges, but it also has more ways to interact with its cards and its history and its gameplay on your own terms. The fact that it’s mostly...
Minecraft creator Markus 'Notch' Persson has spoken out against the Electronic Software Association for claiming that the game's private servers are "illegal."
Earlier this month, the California State Senate held a hearing regarding Stop Killing Games-backed bill known as the Protect Our Games Act. The bill aims to obligate publishers to find ways to make games playable, even after ending support for them. That would mean that live-service games would need to have some kind of functionality after servers are shut down. The subject of private servers was brought up as a feasible solution and cited Minecraft as a prominent example, to which ESA’s VP of State Government Affairs, Jennifer Gibbons, countered with a head-scratching argument...
Preparing to return to the high seas when Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced releases on July 9, 2026? Why wait? If you’ve got the itch to dive back into the world of Assassin’s Creed, this is the perfect time to get started or finish some of the Ubisoft franchise’s latest entries. IGN Guides has all the walkthroughs and collectible guides you could need to get platinum.
Plus, this July, use our Assassin’s Creed Shadows, Valhalla, and Mirage checklists for free! Until July 31, access unlimited checks across some of our best Assassin’s Creed guides, no subscription required. Here’s just a taste of what IGN’s guides and checklists have to offer:
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If you want to traverse Assassin’s Creed...
Ready your silver blades and holy water because July’s IGN First is The Blood of Dawnwalker. This upcoming RPG from developer Rebel Wolves casts you as Coen, a cursed man who must live as a human by day and a vampire by night. Mastering both sides of his existence is the key to saving his family from a court of evil bloodsuckers.
To kick off our month of exclusive content, we bring you brand new gameplay from one of The Blood of Dawnwalker’s prologue quests. In Deep Down, a young Coen - not yet afflicted by the vampirism curse - explores an underground ruin in search of Lazar, a local man who’s gone missing. In the depths of the caves he finds much more than just a lost man. By examining an ancient mural, Coen learns of old heroes and...
Resident Evil Requiem was among our favorite video game deals during the Prime Day sale. If you happened to miss out on it then, though, it's actually your lucky day. As part of Best Buy's 4th of July Sale, the game has returned to its Prime Day price of $56 across PS5, Xbox Series X, and Switch 2 at the retailer.
That's a $14 discount off its original price, and likely won't be around for very long. If you haven't picked it up yet, or missed out on the Prime Day deal, now is an excellent time to grab it. We may not see this deal pop up for quite a while again, either.
While Best Buy's PS5 and Xbox copies match the price that Amazon had, the Switch 2 copy is actually just a couple dollars higher. Amazon Prime Members could scoop up...
Sony has confirmed the PlayStation Plus monthly games lineup for July 2026 — and it includes Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3.
This is, of course, the Modern Warfare that launched in 2023 (not the one from back in 2011) that received a rough reception from fans and critics, with particular criticism for its story campaign. It launched just a year after 2022's Modern Warfare 2, an annual release strategy that publisher Activision has said it will no longer continue.
IGN's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 campaign review returned a 4/10 score, and branded the game as "underbaked, rehashed, and cobbled together from multiplayer parts." Still, its inclusion here is timely — allowing you to zip through its story in preparation for this year's...
The entire staff of Subnautica 2 developer Unknown Worlds will get their bonuses after parent company Krafton reached a settlement with studio leadership.
Bloomberg reported that as part of the settlement, Unknown Worlds CEO Ted Gill had stepped down, leaving the company to look for a new boss.
In a statement provided to IGN, Krafton confirmed the settlement, insisting its focus now was on the future of Subnautica 2, which Unknown Worlds will continue to develop,
"Krafton, Inc., Unknown Worlds Entertainment and Ted Gill, Charlie Cleveland, and Max McGuire have reached a mutual settlement and agreed to dismiss all pending legal proceedings," Krafton said. "Unknown Worlds and Krafton are focused on supporting Subnautica 2, its Early...
This is an IGN opinion piece from writer Jeremy Peel, who has followed Fable since the Lionhead days, and is forever midway through playthroughs of Oblivion and Fallout: New Vegas.
There’s a moment in Fable’s latest gameplay demo, right after the hero saves a talking pig from being butchered and turned into chops for the Silver Trowel Feast, when the disposition of the locals perceptibly changes. You can see it on the faces of the people of Silverbrook: the slight upward turn at the corners of their mouths, signifying that somewhere behind the scenes, a number has changed in response to the player’s actions. Jack the Beggar, a hardworking commoner down on his luck, likes the hero because they’re virtuous. Megan the Merchant...
When Doom: The Dark Ages Revelations, the upcoming campaign DLC for last year’s excellent modern-Doom prequel, was first announced at the Xbox Showcase last month, one thing jumped out at me: the classic Doom 2 map visible for a few seconds in the trailer. As a huge fan of the legendary original pair of Doom first-person shooters long before I fell in love with the more recent trilogy, my interest in this DLC suddenly skyrocketed. So when I got a presentation showing more Revelations gameplay from Doom director Hugo Martin and got to ask him questions afterward, I immediately asked about that moment in the trailer.
“[Revelations] is a celebration of the Doom games,” Martin said. “We've always treated all of the Doom games as canon. We...
Blood Bowl is saved! The video game adaptation of Games Workshop’s Warhammer fantasy football tabletop game is now in the hands of Warhammer 40,000: Battlesector publisher Slitherine, which obtained the licence, publishing rights, and back catalog from the collapsing Nacon. Better yet, Slitherine said it will move forward with the next Warhammer Blood Bowl game previously announced by Nacon, and that it will work with long-time series developer Cyanide Studio to produce it.
Back in February, AA publisher and developer Nacon filed for insolvency, raising questions over the future of games such as GreedFall 2, Hell is Us, RoboCop, and Test Drive Unlimited. Nacon, which was home to 16 development studios as well as a publishing arm at the...
Escape from Tarkov is the original first-person extraction shooter. While previous games had modes that extraction shooter fans would now find familiar, there can be no argument that the unashamedly hardcore Escape from Tarkov introduced the extraction mechanic to the wider gaming public — and Nikita Buyanov was at the heart of it.
The boss of Battlestate Games is widely credited with establishing the extraction mechanics that we see in so many other games now. Arc Raiders is a more accessible take on Escape from Tarkov. Even Call of Duty is getting in on the act with Modern Warfare 4's upcoming extraction mode, DMZ. So, with well over a decade of Escape from Tarkov development behind him, and the extraction shooter genre now firmly in...
New Xbox boss Asha Sharma is reportedly speeding up development on new The Elder Scrolls, Fallout, and Halo games as she prepares to hit the “reset” button on Microsoft’s gaming business. Now, Fallout fans are wondering what this means for new games in the post-apocalyptic franchise, while one former Fallout developer has cautioned against pumping out more big new Fallout games faster.
The last mainline Fallout video game was 2018’s Fallout 76, which added multiplayer elements to the traditionally single-player open world role-playing series. It is now over a decade since Fallout 4 came out. The promised Fallout 5, which will not arrive until after The Elder Scrolls 6, seems a long way away indeed.
Could Bethesda follow The Elder...
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Iron Soul: Dungeon codes will reward you with Race Rerolls and Lucky Tickets, which will give you a helping hand as you clear out ancient dungeons and tombs. While you might be able to take on the Dragon of Evil in your Human form, you'll soon want to reroll your class and hope you land on a class like the Angel, Demon, or Night Elf.
You'll get one free reroll when you launch into the Roblox experience, but with the Iron Soul: Dungeon codes listed below, you'll have plenty of chances to aim for those rare classes.
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Microsoft is sending notifications out to Xbox Game Pass members reminding them that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 won’t be in the subscription service this year, so if they want to play the game at launch, they’ll have to buy it.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 launches globally on Xbox Series X and S, PlayStation 5, PC via Battle.net, Xbox on PC, and Steam, and Nintendo Switch 2 on Friday, October 23, 2026. Microsoft has decided to stick with $70 as the standard edition price point for Call of Duty this year, resisting the temptation to go to $80 or beyond. The Vault Edition costs $100.
With Modern Warfare 4, Call of Duty is certainly changing tactics. For one, Activision has a Switch 2 version ready. Two, it’s finally leaving the...
After a long hiatus from Civilization 7 following my original review – after which I wasn't exactly in love with it – I decided to give it another go with the big 1.4 Test of Time update, and more specifically the 1.4.1 patch that came out in late June 2026. Firaxis has made pretty big changes across the board, including some much-needed quality-of-life improvements here. But I don't know if I agree with the overall philosophy of making it more like older, existing Civ games.
In May, Take-Two' Strauss Zelnick told Game File that Civilization 7 had been a "bridge too far" for existing fans of the series. That's definitely the guiding star the Test of Time update was based on. And man, from my perspective, that was completely the wrong...
Daigo Says 'Random' State of Street Fighter 6 Is Good for Casuals, but Makes It Hard to Crown a GOAT
While Daigo Umehara isn’t dissatisfied with the current state of Street Fighter 6, he says the game’s “random” style makes it difficult to determine the best player in modern tournament settings.
Evo 2026 is in the books, with Saul ‘MenaRD’ Mena once again claiming victory on the biggest stage in all of fighting games. It’s hard to argue against his current status as the most dominant Street Fighter 6 player, with two Capcom Cup championships and four Evo victories to his name… but Daigo Umehara isn’t sure a true ‘GOAT’ of the game has yet been crowned.
We got the chance to sit down with ‘The Beast’ of fighting games during Sunday finals, who revealed his surprising take on the divisive nature of Street Fighter 6’s balance as it...
Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey now has an official Roblox tie-in game, which you can play right now.
If you want to experience Odysseus' journey yourself, fire up Roblox right now. The new free-to-play game, known as The Odyssey: Defy the Gods, allows you to sail across the ocean with friends while scavenging for supplies and solving puzzles. The game claims to have a "new ocean" with every voyage, suggesting it may be procedrually generated or have dynamic elements to it. There are storms and whirpools that will make your journey more challenging, as well.
The Roblox companion game is for ages 18 or older, due to violence and "fear," according to the game's official rating. This likely won't come as a major surprise given The...
With all of the excitement surrounding the new upcoming fighting games like Marvel Tokon, Avatar Legends, and Virtua Fighter Crossroads, as well as all of the buzz surrounding Tifa and Yujiro Hanma joining Street Fighter 6 and Tekken 8 respectively, it's easy to feel like Guilty Gear Strive has fallen a bit into the background. But the reality is that Strive is still going strong after six years, especially after the Guilty Gear Strive 2.0 patch completely revitalized the meta with the removal of a core system mechanic and a roster wide rebalancing patch.
At Evo this year, I got to do my yearly catch up with Guilty Gear Strive Producer Ken Miyauchi, to chat about what's still to come in the world of Strive, how he feels about the...
007 First Light and Hitman developer IO Interactive has announced layoffs after an unexpected setback revolving around its upcoming fantasy game, which was reportedly set to be published by Xbox.
The Danish developer took to social media to confirm that a relationship with an "external partner" that was working on the studio's upcoming fantasy game had ended. As a result, IO Interactive is laying off an unconfirmed number of staff, but it insisted it remained committed to supporting those who are impacted.
It is believed that these layoffs are unrelated to the successful release of 007 First Light, which IOI celebrated in the same post.
Here's IO's statement in full:
Although IO Interactive did not explicitly name the external...
The ESA has made the head-scratching claim that private Minecraft servers are "illegal," arguing that they're considered a form of "piracy" in a recent hearing.
During a California State Senate hearing over the Protect Our Games Act (a Stop Killing Games bill that would force game publishers to ensure games remain playable if servers are shut down), Assemblyman Chris Ward was questioned by the committee about how feasible it would be to keep games running on private servers if official support concluded. Ward noted that both Minecraft and Call of Duty utilize community servers, meaning it's a solution that already exists in some cases.
However, ESA’s VP of State Government Affairs, Jennifer Gibbons, objected to his claim and stated...