Note: This review specifically covers the single-player campaign of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6. For our thoughts on the other modes, see our multiplayer review in progress – and for Zombies, stand by!
A spy thriller worthy of the name, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6's campaign is a hugely welcome reinvigoration of the long-running first-person shooter series. It looks back at what has historically made the best CoD single-player modes so great and throws its own exciting and novel ideas into the mix, to fantastic effect. Telling one of the most engaging stories the series has ever seen, Black Ops 6’s enticing variety and impressive scale provide a stellar return to form.
Ever since the 2003 original, CoD campaigns have been heavily...
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Black Ops 6 comes out today, October 25, and it does something no other Call of duty game has done before: launch straight into Game Pass.
Following Microsoft’s $69 billion acquisition of Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard, the pressure is now on its gaming business to deliver. With that in mind, Xbox boss Phil Spencer has decided to take the plunge and release Black Ops 6 as a day one Game Pass game, albeit restricted to the Ultimate and PC Game Pass tiers.
This is a momentous moment not just for Call of Duty but for Game Pass, which has struggled for growth in recent years. Latest official figures put Game Pass subscriber numbers at 34 million. That’s 34 million paying subscribers across console, PC, and cloud. Indeed Microsoft...
In 1991, I went to see Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze. The Turtles were barely using their weapons now, Casey Jones was gone, and April O’Neil wasn’t Judith Hoag anymore – which was like coming back after holidays to find the classmate you had a crush on had changed schools. Put simply, it wasn’t what I’d expected, and I find myself in a similar position with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants Unleashed. What I expected was a basic 3D beat ’em up that would be over in a few hours. What we got is actually a 14-hour light RPG, with a basic 3D beat ’em up tying together long sections of exposition and relationship building. Unfortunately, like with The Secret of the Ooze, moving in an unexpected direction...
After the success of Halloween (1978), Friday the 13th kicked off the 80's by taking the slasher genre to gorey new heights. Jason Voorhees first appeared (sort of) to terrify teens at a Crystal Lake summer camp, and its safe to say the original Friday the 13th is essential viewing for any horror fan. 12 movies and 11 directors later, the hockey-mask wearing horror villain has become a zombie, gone to space, and battled a fellow slasher icon.
For those looking to watch or rewatch the films ahead of Halloween or the next Friday the 13th in December, here's where you can stream all of the Friday the 13th movies right now.
Where to Watch the Friday the 13th Movies Online
Over the years, the Friday the 13th movies have been pretty hard...
Thank your own personal deity—possibly Black Doom—it's Friday! Let's round out your week with two free games worth adding to your pile of shame (NiGHTS and Moving Out). Also, I have the best prices for the behemoth in the room, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 and an absolute ton of Yakuza titles. Whatever you choose, have a great weekend!
In retro news, I'm baking a citrus-based cake for The Orange Box, one of the most value-filled compilations ever devised. We met when I was just a junior freelancer who'd drawn the short straw (because that particular magazine's stable of veteran reviewers looked at the slim deadline, then the five game to-do list, and went, "Nope"). Four sleepless nights later, I recall deliriously trying to tell anybody...
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 is following a recent trend by adding an arachophobia setting to Zombies, but its solution somehow seems even worse.
As part of its blog detailing Black Ops 6's various acccessibility features, Activision showed off its new arachnophobia mode, explaining, "For the first time in Black Ops 6 Zombies, a new arachnophobia toggle feature will be available. This setting will allow players to change the appearance of spider-like enemies in Zombies without affecting their game play."
The description is accompanied by a screenshot that shows a spider beast crawling toward the player on one side, and what it looks like when the arachnophobia mode is turned on. It seems the toggle simply removes the spider creatures...
With the recent success of Metaphor: Refantazio and Sonic x Shadow Generations, it’s safe to say Sega is having a pretty good year. While those may be the final big game releases from the publisher in 2024, Sega officially caps off its year of releases with a TV show based on the Yakuza game series. That’s a cause for celebration, and, more importantly, some discounts.
With the new TV show Like a Dragon: Yakuza premiering today on Prime Video, Amazon has dropped prices on most of the Yakuza games. The critically acclaimed turn-based RPG Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth is at its lowest price yet.
$40 Off Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth on PS5 or Xbox Series X
Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth is the most recent addition to the Yakuza...
If you're an IGN Plus member, a new game is available to claim now with IGN Rewards. You can claim a free Rugrats: Adventures in Gameland key for PC via Epic Games Store with your membership while supplies last. If you're a fan of 2D platformers, this is the perfect game for you to try out.
Claim a Free Rugrats: Adventures in Gameland Key!
Developed as an NES game, indie teams, The MIX Games and Wallride teamed up to make a modern classic game with Rugrats: Adventures in Gameland. The game sees Tommy, Chuckie, Phil, and Lil transform Tommy's house into a video game world that has all sorts of surprises in store. Each of the babies is playable, meaning you have four unique characters to choose from. Additionally, you'll find that...
Few games defined the Xbox 360/PS3/Wii generation as much as Bioware’s Mass Effect trilogy. Whether you picked the red strawberry, blue raspberry, or green apple ending, characters like Commander Shepard, Wrex, Garrus, and others have become icons among the video game pantheon. Which is to say that when Mass Effect: The Board Game - Priority: Hagalaz was announced, I was stoked, and even more so when I got an early copy to play for this review. After rolling some dice with my old crew from the Normandy, I have to say, this board game version of Mass Effect is a pretty fun little romp.
Mass Effect: The Board Game – Priority: Hagalaz
Designed by Eric Lang and Calvin Wong Tze Loon (both of whom we interviewed in our preview) with art by...
Ever since the release of the original Final Fantasy 7, fans have agonized over the game's biggest, best-known tragic moment: Aerith's death. Could she be saved? Was it possible? For years, rumors have abounded about secret ways to save her and keep her in the party. And now, speedrunners have found a path to keeping her around that may also be a massive time-saver.
Discovered by speedrunners AceZephyr and Kuma and publicized by Luzbel, a new skip allows players to jump from Midgar all the way to Forgotten Capital with Aerith still in the party. Because it skips the part of the game where Aerith leaves the party, she sticks around, and ultimately witnesses her own death at the hands of Sephiroth only to join the battle against Jenova...
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 is rolling out now (some have been playing it for hours at this point), and Activision has published its preseason patch notes that detail changes made to Multiplayer in time for launch. These are in addition to already announced changes based on feedback and data from the beta weekends.
The headline here is that aim assist is much weaker at point blank ranges for launch and smoothly increases in strength out to a short range. Aim assist is always a hot topic within the Call of Duty community with each game’s release, so it will be interesting to see feedback now the game is out in the wild.
Elsewhere, there are improved pistol and dedicated melee swap speeds, a slight increase to weapon butt melee attack...
Roblox is implementing some major changes to the control it gives parents over their children's accounts following damning reports that its platform was rife with child exploitation and abuse.
In an email sent to parents who manage children accounts on Roblox, which IGN has obtained, the company details that it's finally introducing Roblox accounts with parental privileges. Prior to this, Roblox parental controls allowed parents to essentially set a PIN on a child's account that only the parent would know. This unlocks the ability to change settings like what type of content the child can access and set spending limits.
Now, PINs are going away. Instead, parents must create their own separate Roblox accounts and link them to the...
Rebellion’s Sniper Elite: Resistance has a release date: January 30, 2025.
The World War 2 shooter launches then across PC via Steam and the Epic Games Store, PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X and S, and as a day one Game Pass title.
Preorders get a bonus new Target Führer campaign mission, an additional weapon skin, and the Karabiner 98 Rifle. Preordering the Deluxe Edition gets you the classic M1911 Pistol and two days early access.
Sniper Elite: Resistance is the latest game in Rebellion’s quietly popular (20 million players) sniper Elite franchise, which combines stealth gameplay with sniping and is famous for its slow-motion testicle shots viewed through an X-ray kill cam.
Here’s the official blurb...
Looking for Fruits Battlegrounds codes? You've come to the right place! Featuring a One Piece-inspired arena, Fruit Battlegrounds is a Roblox game that pits players against each other as they aim to collect bounties and unlock Fruits, which allow players to obtain better abilities. Below, you'll find all the active and current working codes for Fruit Battlegrounds in October 2024.
Active Roblox Fruit Battlegrounds (October 2024)
Here is the list of active Fruit Battlegrounds codes in October 2024. These codes will automatically give you more Gems to use for Fruit, which in turn allows you to upgrade your character's abilities:
NANAP0CALYPSE! - 2,500x Gems
BIG8HUNDO! - Gems
SHINE790K - 500x Gems
GLITTER780K - 500x Gems
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The developer of the Yooka-Laylee remaster has teased a release on the Switch 2, announcing today the game is set for launch on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and S, and “Nintendo platforms.”
That’s a clear nod to Nintendo’s next console, which the company has yet to formally announce. But that hasn’t stopped a handful of developers from indicating they’re working on bringing their games to Switch 2.
Last month, with Nintendo fan excitement for Switch 2 reaching fever pitch, Pathea Games, developer of the multi-million selling RPG/farming/life series My Time, announced My Time At Evershine by saying it was “committed” to launching on PC, Xbox Series X and S, PS5, and “future Nintendo platforms yet to be announced.”
Now UK developer...
The developers behind Roblox smash hit Dress to Impress have pulled a hotdog costume from the game after players used it to look like a penis.
Dress to Impress, from developer Gigi, launched inside Roblox in November last year and took the controversial user-generated content platform by storm. It tasks players with putting themed outfits on their avatars before they’re ranked.
Dress to Impress is meant to be a wholesome experience, but, as reported by Eurogamer, the recently added hotdog costume sparked less savory behavior. Players changed the color of the costume and combined it with a specific hat to make their fit look phallic.
Dress to Impress development manager Zac initially took to X/Twitter to signal the removal of the...
With it being that time of year again (no, not that time of year, the other one), the temptation to find a particularly scary flick to get you in the mood for the annual spooky celebrations can be a strong one. Perhaps stronger still is the compulsion to take a more interactive role in such […]
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Sega has found great success with its series of Sonic the Hedgehog movies – so much so that it has inspired the company to more actively pursue big- and small-screen adaptations of its treasure trove of game franchises. Next up is Like a Dragon: Yakuza, an Amazon Original series based on the first game in the beloved series, which launches on October 24 – and Sega has plans to do even more.
During Gamescom Asia, IGN Japan sat down with Justin Scarpone, Global Head of Transmedia at Sega, whose resume includes 17 years working with games and entertainment at Disney and who joined Sega in April 2024. From adaptations of Shinobi and Golden Axe to early forays into the theme park space, Scarpone gave us the lowdown on Sega’s plans to reach...
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 is rolling out across the world (in New Zealand first, as is Call of Duty tradition), and fans are already getting stuck into the shooter’s annual camo grind. For one Call of Duty streamer the race is on for world firsts — with one in the bag already.
Call of Duty Twitch streamer Reidboyy, who IGN has reported on in the past for unlocking Modern Warfare 3’s most coveted camo after a near 76-hour grind, took just over an hour to obtain the gold camo for the XM4, and took to X/Twitter to declare the world first.
Black Ops 6 has four Mastery Camos to be earned in each mode (Multiplayer, Zombies, and Warzone). The camo in question is the Gold Multiplayer Mastery Camo. This Tier 1 Mastery Camo is unlocked by...
Ubisoft has released Star Wars Outlaws Title Update 1.3.0, which makes a number of significant changes to the game.
The patch, available across all platforms, focuses on improving Outlaws’ much-maligned stealth “to give players more flexibility in how they approach situations,” Ubisoft said. It also tunes enemy AI (another aspect of the game that came under fire) and speeder travel. The patch notes, courtesy of Ubisoft’s website, are below.
Ubisoft added that it’s aware of an ongoing issue affecting PC players after the 24H2 Windows Update, and is working to fix it. Elsewhere, Ubisoft has created a dedicated Bug Reporter tool where players can report issues and track their status, in a bid to “improve transparency and communication.”...
With the release of Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 Update 4.1, the community is rallying against “gatekeepers” who have called on developer Saber Interactive to retire a reward given only to those who complete all PvE missions on the hardest difficulty.
Update 4.1, out now, follows hot on the heels of last week’s controversial Update 4.0, widely criticized by Space Marine 2 fans for making the game significantly harder. The backlash to Update 4.0 even spread to Space Marine 2’s Steam page, where disgruntled players review-bombed the game.
Update 4.0 added the Lethal difficulty to Space Marine 2’s PvE Operations mode, and with it exclusive rewards. One of these rewards, the Survivor’s Helm, is highly coveted by the community because...
Want the best indie games in November? Of course, you do. With so many games released all the time, both AAA and Indie, it can be a little bit harder to know which ones you should be paying attention to. To make things harder, Indie games do occasionally appear out of nowhere and take over […]
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Under any other circumstance, The Lake House would sound like a nice spot for a serene summer getaway. In this case, though, it’s the setting for the second and final installment of Alan Wake II DLC, so it is naturally anything but. There’s no rest and relaxation to be found here, only another double-fisted dose of flashlights and firepower in this tightly paced two-hour tour inside the cold, concrete walls of a remote Federal Bureau of Control facility. In raw gameplay terms, The Lake House is not as eccentric a departure as Night Springs was a few months’ back, but as far as closing the book on Alan Wake II’s story and providing a bridge to the upcoming Control 2 goes, it’s yet another meta-storytelling slam dunk for the team at...
Yesterday, I had some spooky sales on games perfect for Halloween plays. Today, it seems 2K has raided its back catalog for some horrifically good discounts of their own. Not sure if I'd call the BioShock series scary. But I would call them plenty disturbing and bucket list essential. So hook them into your veins via an EVE hypo, stat!
In retro news, I'm celebrating the 21st birthday of inhales deeply Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3. I remember this as arguably the best version of SMB3, with a proto-QR code mechanic whose usage was as convoluted as Nintendo's naming conventions. Using a link cable, connect a second GBA with an e-Reader plugged into it. Then, using one of 40+ specially printed cards, you unlock exclusive...
The connections within Remedy's shared universe continue to grow strong amid the release of Alan Wake 2's new DLC, titled the Lake House. Included in the DLC is what looks like a pretty substantial teaser for Control 2, the upcoming sequel to the cult favorite supernatural horror game. You can watch the full scene in the video below.
Spoiler warning: This video contains spoilers for both the Lake House DLC and possibly Control 2.
The optional scene near the end of The Lake House DLC features FBC Investigations Agent Kiran Estevez being transported first to the Oceanview Motel and then to Panaopticon in The Oldest House — the setting for the original Control. There she has an extended conversation with Control protagonist Jesse...
Amazon has just dropped the price on its highest capacity power bank: The Anker Prime 27,650mAh USB Power Bank is down to $129.99 after a 28% off instant discount. In fact, right now it's the exact same price as the lesser 20,000mAh model.
This is the successor to the Anker 737 that we deemed the best Steam Deck and Asus ROG Ally charger. This power bank features a massive 27,650mAh and power delivery up to 250W. Very few power banks at this price can match that output; it can even charge the newest Apple MacBook Pro 16" laptop.
Anker Prime 27,650mAh Power Bank for $129.99
With 250W of USB Type-C Power Delivery
The Anker Prime is a hefty power bank, measuring 6.4"x2"x2.2" and weighing in at 1.5lbs. This is something you'd put in...
The long-delayed sequel Beyond Good & Evil 2 officially has a new creative director, with veteran designer Fawzi Mesmar announcing that he is taking the reins in the wake of the sudden death of Emile Morel in 2023.
"Today I’m glad to share that I joined Beyond Good & Evil 2 as Creative Director. I have been working with those peeps for years now on this ambitious game and witnessed their talent firsthand," Mesmar wrote on Linkedin. "I am standing on the shoulders of creative giants that have supported the team before me, and I look forward to continuing to craft a game that is truly unique for players to enjoy."
IGN has reached out to Ubisoft for further comment and an update on the status of the game, which has remained largely...
Target is offering Target Circle members a 25% off coupon that is good for one toy or kids' book. This includes just about every one of the thousands (!) of board games that are sold from Target direct (note that marketplace vendors are excluded). The Target Circle membership is free to sign up, so everyone can partake in this deal. As long as you're signed into your account, the coupon should automatically apply during checkout.
Note that free shipping is on orders over $35. You can choose in-store pickup if the option is available (many board games at Target only have a delivery option). Target Circle Card members get an additional 5% off and free 2-day shipping with no minimum on several of the board games. Circle Card is a credit...
Ubisoft has confirmed that it's exploring the possibility of a new Rayman game following reports that the recently-disbanded Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown team was working on, among other things, a remake.
In a statement sent to Kotaku over email, an Ubisoft representative said, “We are pleased to confirm Ubisoft Montpellier and Ubisoft Milan have recently started an exploration phase on the Rayman brand. The project is still in its early stages, and we will share more details later.”
Ubisoft's statement follows a report earlier today saying that the Lost Crown team had been shifted to work on Beyond Good and Evil 2, the next Ghost Recon, and an unannounced Rayman remake. Creator Michel Ancel was also reported to be involved...
Bethesda has held its first ever Fallout Day broadcast, using it to reveal more of what’s coming to Fallout 76.
Fallout Day is today, October 23, because in Fallout lore the Great War started and ended on October 23, 2077 when nuclear weapons devastated the world. But there were no explosive announcements around new Fallout games or megaton reveals for Fallout 5, which Bethesda has said is in the works, potentially after The Elder Scrolls 6. Instead, Bethesda developers talked about new features for MMO Fallout 76.
Bethesda began its broadcast by saying it’s seen more players in Fallout this year than ever before, setting record numbers across almost every title in the franchise. Fallout 76, now approaching its sixth anniversary, has...