Introducing Bad Cheese, a first-person psychological horror game rendered with hand-drawn art in the style of a century-old 16mm film cartoon. It's due out in 2025 for PC.
Bad Cheese is being created by developer Simon Lukasik and publisher Feardemic. In it, you will "step into the tiny paws of a mouse spending the weekend at home with a dysfunctional Dad while Mom's away." You'll "complete tasks, eat snacks, find toys, and navigate the 'complicated family dynamic'" and "experience the gruesome reality of a child-mouse trying to maintain a sense of normalcy in a not-so-normal household." Finally, Lukasik, speaking about Bad Cheese, notes that "every family has a corpse in the closet and in this house, there are many closets." Check...
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This week, Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 publisher Focus Entertainment released a new trailer, below, showing the DLC coming to the game as part of its first year of post-launch updates. It confirmed the imminent arrival of the Tyranid Hierophant Bio-Titan enemy type, the new Neo-Volkite pistol, and the hotly anticipated Dark Angels chapter cosmetic pack.
But, it seems, that is not all it confirmed.
Eagle-eyed fans have also spotted a number of pieces of DLC neither Focus nor developer Saber Interactive have announced, although some of it has been strongly hinted at via datamining. First up, we see what looks like confirmation that the Ravenwing chapter of Space Marines is set to get a cosmetic pack after the Dark Angels get...
Two hours isn't enough time to see all the branching stories, admire all the beautiful graphics, and discover all the secrets within the world of STALKER 2. But it is enough to be left impressed. When I wasn't taking stock of my paltry ammunition levels and hunger gauge, I was looking out at beautiful fields of red poppy flowers. When I wasn’t getting distracted by an interesting side quest I was doing my best to lure the mutants into an anomaly trap. And while it was over just when it felt like it was getting extra good, it had still left its impression. The impression that the team at GSC Game World has created something special with STALKER 2.
I will preface all this by admitting that I am not a STALKER exper meaning I have not...
IO Interactive boss Hakan Abrak has shared some fresh details about Project 007, the shadowy new project from the developers of Hitman that will feature a "James Bond origin story," saying that production is going "amazingly well" and that the studio will have more details to share soon.
Speaking with IGN in a wide-ranging interview as part of today's MindsEye publishing deal, Abrak said that Project 007 is being fully developed, published, and funded by IO Interactive, and that there's "a lot of cool stuff coming up."
"We absolutely feel like 20 plus years of training for the agent fantasy, creating an agent that travels the world and globetrotting whatnot, has given us some know-how on that. But obviously James Bond is a different...
IO Interactive is teaming up with Build a Rocket Boy, the studio founded by former GTA producer Leslie Benzies, to publish MindsEye — his upcoming AAA action-adventure game billed as a proof of concept for the studio's Everywhere platform.
IO Interactive, which is best-known for the Hitman series and is currently working on a James Bond game, will handle the distribution and marketing for MindsEye. IO Interactive Hakan Abrak says that Mindseye is "pretty far" along in development, and that the studio is currently working on plans to communicate a release date.
"It was easy to fall in love with [MindsEye] because there were a lot of the parts were there and we were playing it. So they're still polishing and building things, but it's...
Microsoft has pulled its $1 for 14 days of Game Pass trial ahead of next week's Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 release date.
Mirroring a tactic it employed ahead of last year's launch of Bethesda’s Starfield, Microsoft has now made the $1 introductory offer unavailable. It was previously available only to those who hadn’t subscribed to Game Pass before.
Microsoft is clearly hoping to capitalize on the release of Black Ops 6 straight into Game Pass as a day-one title, and it seems likely that hundreds of thousands, if not millions of people would have used the $1 offer to blast through the campaign and perhaps dip into Multiplayer and Zombies had it been available. IGN has asked Microsoft for comment.
The Game Pass tiers that include the...
The Japan set Assassin's Creed Shadows from Ubisoft is facing yet another controversy as collectible figure maker PureArts has removed a statue from sale over its "insensitive" design.
PureArts is "reworking the design" of the Qlectors Assassin’s Creed Shadows Yasuke & Naoe figure after some complained that its use of a one-legged Torii gate was offensive.
"We recently released an insensitive design," PureArts said in an X/Twitter post. "We appreciate and have learned from the concerns brought to our attention, and we apologize for the harm this caused.
"After reading and processing the feedback, we have immediately returned to the drawing board and are currently reworking the design of the Qlectors Assassin's Creed Shadows Yasuke &...
EA Sports has released a significant balance update for FC 25 addressing some of the key issues with the game.
Since FC 25 launched last month, players have complained about a number of gameplay issues that have made competitive play frustrating, including overpowered Trivelas (shots taken with the outside of the foot) and a much-maligned five at the back formation that was incredibly difficult to break down.
Title Update 3, which is rolling out now across all platforms, addresses those concerns with sweeping balance changes to many aspects of gameplay.
The accuracy of Trivelas, for example, is “greatly reduced,” and the width of the defensive line for five defender formations is “greatly increased,” which will hopefully open up...
Activision has announced a long list of launch information for Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 ahead of its global release date of October 25, 2024.
In a blog post, the publisher confirmed preload and global launch times, PC minimum and recommended system requirements, and a surprisingly light 102 GB storage requirement.
Call of Duty has for years now had an enormous storage footprint, which ballooned out of control when Activision forced the installation of battle royale Warzone alongside the mainline Call of Duty games. For Black Ops 6, however, Activision has changed its approach so that Warzone is a separate download on PC, which has resulted in the more manageable 102 GB SSD storage requirement.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 PC Preload...
XDefiant, Ubisoft’s free-to-play Call of duty rival, has missed the publisher’s expectations since launching in May — that much CEO Yves Guillemot admitted during a recent financial call. But are there plans to shut the game down? Not so, its chief developer has insisted.
Rumors began circulating this week that support for XDefiant could come to an end after Season 4, which closes out XDefiant's Year 1 roadmap, if its player count failed to improve. Ubisoft has yet to announce player numbers or revenue figures for XDefiant, with Guillemot promising to say more at the end of October.
Now, XDefiant executive producer Mark Rubin, who works at Ubisoft’s San Francisco development studio, has responded to those rumors, insisting the...
Welcome, my friends, to the party. A super Mario party (in the form of a 9/10 Switch jamboree), plus the usual bargains bash I throw. Some deals that pique my personal interest include Mass Effect Legendary, It Takes Two, and the Metro Saga Bundle, all for around 14 bucks. Insane value for money. Get amongst 'em if you somehow haven't already.
In retro news, I'm celebrating the 32nd birthday of Sonic the Hedgehog 2, a Master System must-own. Much to Sega's credit, this wasn't some sort of half-arsed, shoehorned-down port of its Mega big brother. Rather, we got a brand spanking 8-bitventure with new Zones, boss battles, and, for some reason, hang gliding levels? The only blemish I remember: somebody thought speed-nerfing water levels...
Riot Games has announced it will be laying off an unknown number of developers from the League of Legends PC development team, while simultaneously pledging to increase the size of the League of Legends team.
In a post to X/Twitter today, Riot Games co-founder Marc Merrill shared "An Update on How We're Evolving League" in which he announced the layoffs, explaining that this "isn't about reducing headcount to save money." Instead, the layoffs are apparently occurring so the company can make "sure we have the right expertise."
"While team effectiveness is more important than team size, the League team will eventually be even larger than it is today as we develop the next phase of League," Merill continued. "For Rioters who are laid...
A couple of great deals on power banks start this week. Amazon is offering the Anker Prime 20,000mAh USB Power Bank for only $89.99 after a 33% price drop. An arguably better and more uncommon deal is the Charging Dock Bundle for $109.99 after a 41% price drop. The Anker Prime is the successor to the Anker 737 that we deemed the best Steam Deck and Asus ROG Ally charger. It boasts a 20,000mAh capacity and 200W of charging, and it's TSA approved.
Anker Prime 20,000mAh Power Bank for $89.99
Add a charging dock for $20
The Anker Prime is a sizeable power bank, measuring 5"x2"x2" and weighing in at 1.2 pounds. The big digital display provides you with useful information like remaining battery capacity, power input, and power output...
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 will soon get a brand new enemy type: the terrifying Tyranid Hierophant Bio-Titan.
Publisher Focus Entertainment said this huge xenos hits the explosive third-person melee shooter as part of the new PvE operation: Termination, which takes players back to the planet Kadaku. This will be made available for free, and is coming “very, very soon.”
Also part of this free update is the new Lethal difficulty, which is “designed to test your skills against the most brutal xenos and heretics.” The new weapon is the Neo-Volkite pistol, also free for all players.
As for cosmetics available through the premium season pass, the Dark Angels chapter of Space Marines is first in-line for new threads with a theme...
Dragon Age: The Veilguard does not have third-party DRM of any kind, including Denuvo, Bioware has announced.
In a blog post, the EA-owned studio said its upcoming fantasy role-playing game lacks digital rights management (DRM) on any platform, which is sure to go down well with PC gamers.
But the lack of DRM has the knock-on effect of preventing Bioware from offering a preload period for PC players. Instead, Dragon Age: The Veilguard will be downloadable and playable on launch day, 9am Pacific / 12noon Eastern / 5pm UK on October 31 on PC.
There is a preload period on console, however: Xbox Series X and S preload is already available, with PlayStation 5 preload going live at 9am Pacific / 12noon Eastern / 5pm UK on October 29...
Sony has announced PlayStation: The Concert, the world tour of a "state of the art production" with music from games such as God of War, The Last of Us, Horizon, Ghost of Tsushima, and more.
Some details are still hazy as the PlayStation Blog post detailing PlayStation: The Concert and a press release provided to IGN have conflicting and seemingly incomplete information, but the world tour will premiere in April 2025.
The first show will take place in Dublin, Ireland, seemingly on April 19, before shifting to the UK for six tour dates between April 21 and April 27. It will then head to "more than 200 cities" across Europe, the U.S., and more.
Concert locations beyond Europe will be announced "very soon," Sony said, and so far only...
Warning: this article contains spoilers for Cyberpunk: Edgerunners!
Fans of Cyberpunk 2077 and especially the animated spinoff Cyberpunk: Edgerunners will be keen on Dark Horse's latest collectible. This dynamic statue pits Rebecca against Adam Smasher and immortalizes the "Final Moment" from the animated series.
IGN can exclusively reveal the first images and details for the Cyberpunk Edgerunners: The Final Moment Premium Statue. Get a closer look at this awesome piece in the slideshow gallery below:
This Cybperunk: Edgerunners statue is inspired by the final confrontation between Rebecca and Adam Smasher in the season finale animated series. The piece is sculpted by Monster Fight Club and Substance Model Works and is based on a...
Microsoft has announced the Xbox Game Pass Wave 2 October 2024 lineup.
The headline here is of course the October 25 release of Black Ops 6, the first Call of Duty game to launch day-one on Game Pass. It comes a year after Microsoft’s $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard, which has also seen the likes of Diablo 4 and Modern Warfare 3 arrive on Game Pass, and will, in November, see StarCraft: Remastered and StarCraft 2: Campaign Collection hit the subscription service.
Black Ops 6’s launch straight into Game Pass is a big gamble for Microsoft. It hopes the power of Call of Duty will boost subscriber numbers and revenue (itself bolstered by the recent Game Pass price rise and restructure), but it comes with the risk of losing...
Dragon Age: The Veilguard’s Trophy / Achievement list is online in full and contains spoilers you might want to avoid if you’re looking to go into BioWare’s next big game fresh when it arrives October 31.
The trophies, which IGN won’t spoil here, revolve around major story beats. There are a few miscellaneous and collectible trophies thrown in too, as well as the party member-specific trophies — although, curiously, not for completing a romance storyline.
BioWare games traditionally do include achievements for romancing characters, but Dragon Age: The Veilguard appears to be taking a different, perhaps more Platinum-friendly approach.
The names of the achievements tied to those story beats suggest various plot developments...
Metaphor: ReFantazio arrived from the creators of Persona 3, 4, and 5 as a twisted take on a medieval fantasy, but it was originally planned as a more traditional role-playing game akin to Lord of the Rings.
In an interview with Famitsu translated by Automaton, director Hashino Katsura said the development team went as far as creating concept art for the more traditional fantasy version of Metaphor but found it a bit boring.
"In the early stages we were considering a high fantasy setting with elves, dwarves, and the like," Katsura said, adding that the team rewatched The Lord of the Rings trilogy for inspiration. "We had [Persona series’ artist Shigenori Soejima] come up with a bunch of sketches, but it kind of felt ordinary. It...
Sony has confirmed 18 games leave the PlayStation Plus Games Catalog on November 18, including heavy hitters Red Dead Redemption 2, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, and the entire Kingdom Hearts collection.
The Games Catalog additions for October 2024 are now available but, alongside their arrival, Sony has also revealed which games leave the subscription service soon.
Rockstar Games' open-world cowboy adventure Red Dead Redemption 2 headlines the changes as it leaves the Games Catalog for the second time. It was touted as one of the biggest available games when Sony first announced the revised PlayStation Plus system but left the service after a year before eventually being added back in May.
Final Fantasy and Disney fans are also...
Microsoft has settled the antitrust lawsuit filed on behalf of a group of gamers who objected to the company’s $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard.
As reported by The Wrap, details of the settlement were undisclosed, but we do know the lawsuit was dismissed with prejudice, which means it cannot be filed again. Lawyers agreed that "each party shall bear their own costs and fees."
The lawsuit was filed back in 2022 in California by a group of gamers from across multiple states who expressed concern about the potential negative impact of a Microsoft monopoly in the video game space sparked by absorbing the makers of Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, and Candy Crush, among many other games. It came soon after the Federal Trade...
Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero has got off to an incredible start with three million sales in 24 hours.
The first sequel in more than 15 years in the Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi series launched on October 11 across PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and S, and PC via Steam, and quickly shot up to the most-played games list on Valve’s platform. Neither Sony nor Microsoft makes their console numbers public.
Sparking! Zero soon sped past the Steam peak player counts of every other Dragon Ball game released on the platform — and it's not even close. SteamDB currently reports a peak player count of 122,554, which was achieved at launch. The next-highest peak player count for a Dragon Ball game was set by Arc System Work’s fighting game Dragon...
Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead has released patch 01.001.104, which concludes its ‘60-day plan’ to improve pretty much all aspects of the third-person co-op PC and PS5 shooter.
Arrowhead said the patch marks the last set of changes it wanted to make as part of the 60-day plan. It makes changes to the remaining weapons and stratagems the developer wasn’t able to finish for the game-changing patch released on September 17, with the hope that they’re now “more interesting and effective.”
Elsewhere, Arrowhead said it’s “fine-tuned the Automaton experience to hopefully make them feel less frustrating to play against.” It’s also adjusted the Helldivers durability “to make your armor choices feel more impactful.”
Some items now have new...
There's a fairly high chance that the titular deal of this article may be gone by the time you read this. But maybe, just maybe, you can nab a PS5 version of the Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree Collector's Edition. I've got one myself and can speak to its inherent awesomeness. If that's not your bag, we have bargains aplenty elsewhere today!
In retro news, I've hired some Nathan Drake spooking clowns for the 15th Bday of Uncharted 2: Among Thieves. To say this sequel blew my mind at launch is quite the understatement. U2 began and persisted with gobsmacking action setpieces, brilliantly balanced shootin' / punchin' / puzzlin' gameplay, and an Amy Hennig script that snap, crackled, and popped with a decent pool of Marco Polo jokes. To...
Microsoft announced on Monday that Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 will be available on Xbox Cloud Gaming (Beta) for Game Pass Ultimate members at launch, along with two other Call of Duty titles later this month.
Per Microsoft's blog post, Black Ops 6 will begin rolling out on Xbox Cloud Gaming at 10am PT on October 25, the same day that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III and Call of Duty: Warzone will get cloud support for Game Pass Ultimate members. Microsoft points out in the blog post that it's "a first for the Call of Duty franchise," marking the first time a Call of Duty title has been available on Xbox Cloud Gaming at launch following Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard.
Interestingly, Microsoft sold cloud gaming rights...
Microsoft has announced its latest Xbox Partner Preview – what the company calls its "no-fluff, all-games broadcast" – for this coming Thursday, October 17.
Per Microsoft's blog post on Monday, the broadcast will show off games from Remedy Entertainment, Sega, 505 Games, and more. It'll include a mix of new and upcoming games, featuring more than a dozen fresh trailers and clocking in at around 25 minutes.
Delving into more specifics, the broadcast will also feature a look at Alan Wake II's next expansion, The Lake House, aheads of its release sometime this month. Other highlights include "an action-packed new trailer for Like A Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii, a peek at multiple bosses in dark-fantasy action game Wuchang: Fallen...
It’s no secret that the hero shooter genre has become a crowded market. So when the creative team at iDreamSky started planning their next game, they knew they needed to differentiate themselves.
The result was Strinova, a third-person shooter with an anime art style and unique mechanic. It’s called “Stringification” and allows you to shift between 2D and 3D versions of your character. You become paper-thin and are much harder to see and shoot. You can hover above the ground to see more of the battlefield or stick to walls to travel across or up them.
“Usually, for a player to dodge bullets or evade attacks, you move faster, jump, or hide behind a wall. This is very traditional, and almost every game does that already,” said Alan...
The long-rumored Destiny mobile game is finally a reality, with an announcement that brings a debut trailer and word of a closed-alpha test on November 1.
Destiny: Rising is a free-to-play mobile sci-fi RPG shooter set within the Destiny universe Bungie has spent the last decade building. But this new mobile Destiny game isn’t developed or even published by Bungie itself. It’s developed and published by NetEase Games, the Chinese megacorp behind the likes of Diablo Immortal, Once Human, and the upcoming Marvel Rivals, under an official license granted by Bungie.
In 2018, NetEase invested over $100 million into Bungie to build a new game. The investment gave NetEase a minority stake in Bungie and a seat on its board of directors, but...
The Witcher is getting a wholesome, family friendly comic book adaptation called The Little Witcher, CD Projekt Red has announced.
In collaboration with Dey Rey Books and Penguin Random House, the hardback book arrives May 13, 2025 and is available to preorder now for $16 at Amazon, and via the myriad outlets listed on the Penguin website. It tells stories of a young Ciri as she trains to be a witcher under Geralt of Rivia, and also stars the likes of Yennefer of Vengerberg and Vesemir.
"Young Ciri’s extensive training at Kaer Morhen, the witchers’ stronghold, includes everything she needs to learn to survive the many threats in her world, as well as all the antics and fun of a little girl bonding with her adoptive dad and family,"...