Former PlayStation lead Shuhei Yoshida warned the developers behind Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 about calling it a "turn-based RPG" because "that alone might cause players to overlook it."
Yoshida, who served as PlayStation's head of indies and president of Sony Interactive Entertainment Worldwide Studios before stepping down in 2024, spoke about some key advice he gave the award-winning team during a recent lecture for indie game developers. Portions of that lecture were then reported by 4Gamer and subsequently translated by Automaton, including one piece of advice he gave to publisher Kepler Interactive while advising the team ahead of its April 2025 launch.
"It’s incredibly well-made, but it would be better not to call it a...
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A compact power bank that is perfect for your Nintendo Switch 2, Steam Deck, or Apple iPhone 17 has dropped in price for a limited time. Amazon is currently offering the Iniu 10,000mAh 45W Power Bank for just $13.76 after you clip the 49% off coupon on the product page. This is an excellent price for a power bank that had double the capacity of the built-in Switch battery and can fast charge it as well so you can play and charge simultaneously. Note that these Iniu power bank coupons expire notoriously quickly.
Iniu 10,000mAh 45W Power Bank for $13.76
This Iniu power bank features a 10,000mAh (37Wh) battery capacity. If you factor in 80% power efficiency, here are the approximate number of times you can fully recharge some of the...
Fortnite has shown off its character roster for Overdrive, the battle royale's upcoming season themed around legendary video games.
Players will have already seen numerous franchises confirmed to be getting crossovers, including Sonic the Hedgehog, Crash Bandicoot, Kingdom Hearts, Persona, Tetris, Pac-Man, Mega Man and 99 Nights in the Forest. Indeed, teases for many of these popped up briefly in the game's latest live event this past weekend (more on that later).
Today, Fortnite maker Epic Games has highlighted the skins set to be available in the Overdrive battle pass, which feature a string of legally distinct video game parodies (plus the actual Sonic the Hedgehog, sort of).
There's been plenty of discussion over the weekend...
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Nails the look, feel, and sound of Aliens.
You’re never really comfortable, in a good way.
The Specialist class that lets you custom-assemble your own class is the way to go.
James Cameron has described the Director’s Cut of Aliens as “forty miles of bad road.” It’s an apt comparison for an intense and groundbreaking sci-fi action film that damn near everything since owes something to. What’s crazy is that so much of what would become iconic about Aliens isn’t in the theatrical release: Ripley’s daughter, the entire sequence with the turrets, Hudson’s monologue about being the ultimate badass… none of it is there. But it’s impossible to imagine Aliens, and the world it built, without those things – and...
Fortnite now has an exclusive Star Wars skin available only to those who visit two Disneyland parks.
The skin, named the Forsworn Trooper, is an exclusive in-game reward available to visitors at the Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run experience at Disneyland Park in Anaheim, California, or Disney's Hollywood Studios near Orlando, Florida.
If you're headed to either of these locations in the near future, then you're in luck! The skin will be yours, thanks to Disney's increasingly close relationship with Epic Games (and also the linking of your Epic account and Disney Experiences data).
If you're not headed to either of these locations in the near future... well, you're kind of unstuck. If it makes you feel better, though, the Forsworn...
This is an IGN opinion piece from Ryan McCaffrey, who worked at Official Xbox Magazine from 2002-2012 during the original Xbox and Xbox 360 era before joining IGN, where he remains “the Xbox guy.” In the run-up to Xbox’s 25th anniversary, he’ll be sharing his memories from the platform’s first quarter-century.
Anyone old enough to remember the Xbox 360’s earliest days, the ones before Mass Effect finally came out in November of 2007, will recall that BioWare’s epic space opera didn’t just come out of nowhere. It had been hugely anticipated and hyped up a whole lot… and I’m part of the reason why.
I worked at Official Xbox Magazine at the time, and to say we were excited for this RPG would be an understatement. This was a big, big...
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth on Nintendo Switch 2 has just dropped to a new low price of $34.99 at Amazon. If that's piqued your interest, particularly if you're looking to replay it ahead of Final Fantasy 7 Revelation, now is the time to grab it and save $15. Plus, it comes with an exclusive Magic: The Gathering Final Fantasy card of Zack Fair, which is a fantastic bonus alongside the deal.
This card features variant art of Zack by Tetsuya Nomura, the original game's lead character designer and creative director of the remake trilogy. According to the store page, this version of the card has identical abilities to the Zack Fair card in the MTG Final Fantasy set. The photo below can provide you with a closer look at it so you can know what...
After a couple of delays, Pax Autocratica is finally out in the wild, spreading its influence across alien planets. It can be difficult to pin down exactly what the game is from its trailers, largely because it combines two very different styles of play.
On one side, there’s the action: shooting enemies, completing objectives and gathering resources to strengthen your cause and spread the good word of authoritarianism. On the other, there’s a base-building colony sim. Rather than managing everything from above like an all-seeing god, however, you’re down on the ground as a supposed person of the people.
Developing your colony means running around to find suitable locations for new facilities, interacting with your citizens and...
As a fan of Mortal Shell’s scaled-down approach to the soulslike back in 2020, I was very skeptical of Mortal Shell 2’s enthusiasm for making everything about it way larger, because bigger is not always better. If you felt the same, then allow me to assuage those fears from the top here: besides being bigger, Mortal Shell 2 is also better in almost every way. It still has its rough edges, mostly weird technical things and some balance issues, especially towards the end of this 25-30 hour quest. But its world, the occasionally daunting act of exploring it, and the gritty skirmishes you’ll have while doing so are all greatly improved.
As you did in the first game, you play as a creature whose shiny, sinewy body places it somewhere...
10 years ago, a game almost broke me. A wide-eyed 24-year-old, as yet undecayed by nearly a decade in games media, I found myself enraptured by The Witness. Eager to eat up every one of the maze-like puzzles hidden around its island setting, I simply couldn’t get enough. That’s until I hit its final challenge. It was optional, but not for me. This brick wall of a bastard drained brainpower out of me each time I smashed my head against it. But the moment I finally broke through was a rush like little else — the kind hardened soulslike players get when finally striking down a boss after several hours of trying. It’s still the single most difficult trophy I’ve ever earned, and as such, my most prized PlayStation platinum. But while that...
The Mafia video game franchise is often compared to the Grand Theft Auto games. The rivalry began when the first Mafia game came out in 2002, just a year after GTA 3. Fast forward nearly a quarter of a century and, in the run up to the release of last year’s Mafia: The Old Country, GTA reared its head once again. For a time, it looked like The Old Country might end up coming out within the vicinity of the behemoth that is GTA 6. The Old Country’s developers had to explain the point of difference, why those comparisons were unfair, and manage expectations. In the end, Mafia dodged a bullet with GTA 6’s name on it; to have been a fly on the wall when Hangar 13 president Nick Baynes found out Rockstar's game had been pushed from fall 2025...
McDonald's is partnering with Xbox to offer in-game rewards for the console brand's six most recognizable gaming franchises, including Halo, Fallout, Forza and World of Warcraft.
Whether you play Candy Crush Saga or Overwatch, McDonald's is offering digital items to customers in the UK and Ireland as part of a new set of Side Missions, which will feature menu items inspired the foods and flavors of Xbox gaming.
Thankfully there's no red hot cooking rings of death here. Instead, you'll be able to unlock delicious additions such as the Sugar Bomb Bundle for Fallout 76, or World of Warcraft's fan-favorite Red Hot Portable Bakery.
"Gaming is all about imagination and the worlds we love to get lost in," said Tim Kenward, SVP, chief...
In the wake of Halloween: The Game being refused classification in Australia last week, and the subsequent confirmation that the game would not be available in Australia and New Zealand as a result, IGN reached out to IllFonic to clarify why the New Zealand release was affected. For example, Hotline Miami 2 is a game that was refused classification in Australia (and has remained so, unlike most high-profile RC cases, where developers typically make small changes to skirt the country’s classification guidelines). However, while Hotline Miami 2 is not available on storefronts in Australia, it is still very much available digitally in New Zealand. So the news of Halloween: The Game needing to be unavailable in New Zealand didn’t quite add...
A new weekend has arrived, and today, you can save on Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, Resident Evil Requiem, Project Hail Mary, Civilization VII, Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade, select LEGO sets, AirPods Pro 3, and more. Check out our top picks for Sunday, August 16, below.
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth with MTG Card for $34.99
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth for Nintendo Switch 2 is on sale today for $34.99 at Amazon. This physical version of the game includes an exclusive Zack Fair Magic: The Gathering - Final Fantasy card, which is perfect for fans and collectors alike. If you've yet to experience this massive RPG, take a chance and pick up a copy this weekend at a discount. It's pretty great exploring beyond Midgar on the Switch 2, just...
Marvel star Simu Liu has offered a positive update on his long-in-development Sleeping Dogs movie adaptation, saying the film has "a REAL path forward" as discussions with game publisher Square Enix continue.
The Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings actor offered a treat to patient fans when asked about the project's status on X/Twitter. It's been some time since we heard where Sleeping Dogs was at, but don't worry, Liu said it is still very much in the works.
"Okay, here it is," he replied to a fan asking for an update. "We’re moving along really well, we have a director, and a production company, and a REAL path forward."
Liu quickly stepped in to announce he had taken the reins to develop a movie based on Square Enix and...
Kingdom Hearts 4 co-director Tai Yasue and series creator Tetsuya Nomura have assured fans that it is a "100% thing" the game will not be delayed past its late 2027 launch window.
While the team behind the new Kingdom Hearts game stopped short of sharing a final release date during its big D23 2026 presence, they feel pretty confident the current schedule will stick. Yasue, Nomura, and director of product development at Disney and Pixar games Nana Gadd doubled down on Square Enix's Kingdom Hearts 4 launch plans during a panel at this year's show.
"One last thing I wanted to share: We announced the game will come late 2027," Nomura said. "Online, some people were saying the release date may get pushed back. I want to set the record...
Disney and Square Enix showed up for the Deep Dive into Kingdom Hearts panel at D23 2026 to show off an extended gameplay trailer for Kingdom Hearts 4 that features a first look at a playable King Mickey, Donald, and Goofy.
No one expected Sora to show up in the world of Pixar's Coco, Keyblade in hand, when the legendary crossover franchise made a surprise appearance during yesterday's Disney Entertainment Showcase. That only made Mickey, Donald, and Goofy showing up as playable characters in today's new four-minute trailer even more of a shock.
Gameplay for Goofy and Donald seems to mostly fall in line with what we've come to expect from Sora. Outside of one segment that saw the two Disney icons sledding through the Underworld, they...
D23, Disney's biggest fan convention, continues with a special panel all about Kingdom Hearts. IGN is on the ground bringing you the biggest news, reveals, and updates from the presentation as it kicks off today, August 15.
Titled ‘DEEP DIVE into KINGDOM HEARTS,’ this panel will stream live starting 4:30 PM PT / 7:30 PM ET / August 16 at 12:30 AM UK Time. You can watch it on IGN's own YouTube channel, which we will embed in this article for your convenience once the show gets started.
Disney said the panel will give fans a "behind-the-scenes look at the making of the games,” with insights from the "creative minds, character voices, and more behind the magic."
Guests on the panel include Nana Gadd, director of games at the Walt...
A new weekend has arrived, and today, you can save on Resident Evil Requiem, Project Hail Mary, Civilization VII, select LEGO sets, AirPods Pro 3, and more. Check out our top picks for Saturday, August 15, below.
Resident Evil Requiem for $53.99
Target has Resident Evil Requiem on sale this weekend for $53.99. If you've yet to play the latest RE game, this is a great time to do so. Grace Ashcroft and Leon S. Kennedy join forces to defeat a sinister new threat in a game that combines tense horror with brutal action combat. DLC is planned to be released in the future, so you can catch up now before the next story is out.
Project Hail Mary 4K Blu-ray for $24.95
Project Hail Mary was one of my favorite movies of the year, and today, you...
Itching to replay your favorite Marvel’s Spider-Man game after watching Spider-Man: Brand New Day in theaters? Now’s the perfect time to leap back into the web-slinging action. From now until September 15, 2026, you can use IGN’s Guides checklists with unlimited access to checks across all our best Spider-Man guides - no strings attached!
There’s no better way to track down every Spider-Man 2 Spider Bot or the new Suits added in honor of Brand New Day and Marvel Tokon. IGN’s fully integrated interactive maps and checklists makes tracking your in-game progress a breeze. If you’re curious how it works, here’s a taste of what IGN’s guides and checklists have to offer:
Marvel’s Spider-Man Checklists and Map
Is there anything cooler than...
Over the last five years or so, handheld gaming PCs have become one of my favorite ways to play games. And, it helps that they’ve been getting better pretty much every year, thanks both to more powerful hardware – shout out to the Intel Arc G3 Extreme – and both Microsoft and Valve improving their respective operating systems.
If I was able to totally ignore costs, I’d straight up just say that the handhelds that have come out in the last year are incredible, almost across the board. The Xbox Ally X brought a controller-friendly UI to Windows for the first time and the MSI Claw 8 EX AI+, thanks to its incredible innards, is able to play games at higher than minimum settings with a framerate that doesn’t give me motion sickness.
But I...
Maybe it’s the excitement of knowing we’re about to see a whole load of GTA 6 soon, or maybe it was just another weekend where it felt too hot to move, but I decided to boot up Grand Theft Auto 4 for the first time in 18 years. This may not surprise many of you, but I’m here to tell you that it’s still very fun. Niko still rules. I love the lived-in feel of Liberty City. I even really enjoy the driving — somewhat controversial, I know. What I’m trying to say is: GTA 4 is still good, innit.
IGN gave GTA 4 a 10 way back in the day (I didn’t review it; I was still in school at the time), and, while I may not agree with it being a full-fledged masterpiece, there’s still plenty to admire. I’m not going to give it a full re-appraisal here...
Jared Bush, chief creative officer of Walt Disney Animation Studios, spoke about the possibility of a Kingdom Hearts feature film, and he didn’t rule out the idea.
Kingdom Hearts fans are on top of the world after footage of the fourth game was shown off at D23. Sora and the gang are back to fight the heartless, which are wreaking havoc in the Land of the Dead. Coco’s universe is an explorable world in Kingdom Hearts IV, and Sora even gets a keyblade themed after Héctor's Guitar, along with some calavera facepaint to match.
A Kingdom Hearts animated series was also announced at the event, coming to Disney+ on an as-yet undetermined date. With these two big reveals in mind, IGN’s Jeffrey Vega quizzed Walt Disney Animation Studios’...
Big Kingdom Hearts news here at D23, with a new trailer for Kingdom Hearts 4, a late 2027 release window, and — surprise! — a Disney+ anime series.
The new trailer shows the addition of Pixar's Coco. Also at D23, Disney set a November 2029 release for Coco 2.
As for the Kingdom Hearts Disney+ anime, it's developed with creator Tetsuya Nomura and Square Enix, and reimagines the video game franchise with a brand-new story "that will expand on the universe of Kingdom Hearts while celebrating the characters that have captured the hearts of millions of fans around the world."
“Kingdom Hearts has captivated gamers everywhere with its unique blend of adventure and imagination,” said Ayo Davis, president, Disney Kids & Family. “There’s...
The Simpsons: Hit & Run "is coming back in some form," according to series creator Matt Groening.
Yes, at least as far as the mind behind Springfield and the Simpson family is concerned, Vivendi Games and Radical Entertainment's classic 2000s video game spinoff will finally soon let players get behind the wheel again. He shared his comments during a The Simpsons panel at Disney fan event D23 2026, but it sounds like, maybe, he should have pumped the brakes when it came to any announcements for The Simpsons: Hit & Run.
"I think the original game is coming back in some form," Groening said (via Empire).
Just as Groening let it slip that the Grand Theft Auto-inspired game was coming back, current series showrunner Matt Selman stepped...
The original Toy Story 3 video game will soon be delisted from the digital Xbox store ahead of the launch of its new remaster in October.
The store page for 2010's unlikely classic has recently been updated with messaging confirming it will be pulled starting September 29, 2026, as shared by TrueAchievements. It means the Pixar video game will no longer be available for purchase at its $9.99 price tag on Xbox One and Xbox Series X | S after that date, though those who already own the game will still be able to play it.
You can probably guess why Toy Story 3 is being delisted; a remaster is right around the corner. Come October 15, a little more than two weeks after the original is delisted, Atari and Digital Eclipse will release Toy...
It’s somewhat sobering to think that the Mafia franchise is nearly a quarter of a century old. Many of the people who make the games have been working on it for even longer. What began life in 2002 with the release of Illusion Softworks’ Mafia has become a significant franchise for publisher 2K. And, like most other series of similar vintage, Mafia has seen its ups and downs. But it is still alive and kicking, even now, 25 years later.
Today, August 14, 2K releases Mafia: The Omertà Collection, which includes Mafia: The Old Country Definitive Edition, Mafia: Definitive Edition, Mafia 2: Definitive Edition, and Mafia 3: Definitive Edition. There’s also a free update for Mafia: Definitive Edition on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X and S...
Resonants are the biggest threats that Control Resonant has to offer. The big bosses at the centre of the game’s corrupted New York play a massive role in Remedy’s latest story, as well as the world around them. We’ll get into that, and much more about how killing them might make your life harder in our next IGN First drop. For more on the game, you can check out the exclusive Metro Fault mission gameplay we revealed last week, as well as a deep dive into Control Resonant’s combat system and the philosophy behind it.
For now, it’s time to watch Dylan in action as he takes on the Central Resonant, a giant, fiery monster that loves to turn the floor into lava and spurt bursts of magma in your direction, as well as a little bit of run-up...
In a totalitarian state, you play an observer who watches your neighbors in a strange city called Z. This is the premise behind The Watcher (aptly named!), which is in development for PC. Check out the first trailer above and the first screenshots in the gallery below.
The developer, indie studio Yesterday's Sandwich, describes The Watcher like this: "The Watcher is a surveillance simulator set in a psychological thriller world. You play an unknown observer watching the residents of an apartment building across the street, in the strange city of Z, part of the totalitarian State of Nodia. It will remind you of Don't Feed the Monkeys and Orwell in terms of story and some game mechanics. But we've taken it further."
Be sure to wishlist...
Xbox is trying something new with the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 beta, as the company has announced this month's pre-release tests will include a single-player campaign mission for the first time.
Activision's best-selling first-person shooter franchise is no stranger to beta tests. The series has long relied on similar testing methods to get early feedback (and push pre-orders) ahead of launch, but while every installment thus far has focused on multiplayer offerings, this year's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 beta is changing things up with early access to a single-player campaign mission called "Entrenched."
Xbox CEO announced the move herself with an X/Twitter post, confirming that, in addition to a host of multiplayer modes...