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Star Wars Outlaws: How Nix Was Created - IGN First

It’s a recipe for tears when Han Solo and Chewie are torn apart. C-3PO is lost without R2-D2 beeping and booping close behind him. And The Mandalorian is half the man he can be without Grogu floating by his side. Star Wars has a long lineage of companions, and in Outlaws it’s no different. Say hello to Nix, the centre of Kay’s world, and her partner in crime (literally). “He’s Kay's family,” states game director Mathias Karlson. “He's not a person, but the only creature, the only thing in the galaxy that she truly trusts and cares for.” Nix grew up with Kay on the streets of Canto Bight from a very young age. Little is known about how they met just yet, but ever since their younger years, they’ve been a dynamic duo willing to make...

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Capcom Is 'Considering' How to Make New Mega Man Games on an 'Ongoing Basis'

Capcom has confirmed Mega Man remains one of its "highly valued IPs" and that it is "considering how to create games for it on an ongoing basis." Capcom shared this update for the beloved franchise during a Q&A for its 45th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders, and while nothing concrete was revealed, it's always great to know it still wants to continue its legacy. A shareholder asked Capcom what its plans were for the Mega Man series, and Capcom replied by saying, "Mega Man is one of our highly-valued IPs and we are considering how to create games for it on an ongoing basis." Mega Man was first released on the NES in 1987 and has since had over 50 entries and has sold over 41 million copies as of October 2023. Mega Man 11 was...

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LEGO Fortnite Sets Revealed, Include Battle Bus, Supply Llama, Peely Bone, and Durrr Burger

LEGO Fortnite sets have been revealed, and they include the Battle Bus with nine minifigures, a Supply Llama, Peely Bone, and Durrr Burger. The Battle Bus, Supply Llama, Peely Bone, and Durrr Burger sets are all available to pre-order right now and they are set to ship from October 1, 2024. Preorder the Fortnite LEGO Sets The Battle Bus will cost $99.99 and includes minifigures of Battalion Brawler, Adventure Peely, Brite Bomber, Cuddle Team Leader, Cube Assassin, Trespasser Elite, Drift, Meowscles and Raven. The set also comes with Slurp Juice, a Grappler, Pickaxes, and Slap Juice. It also has rolling wheels, a removable roof, and, of course, the hot-air balloon. The Supply Llama is an adorable set that will set you back...

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Helldivers 2 Escalation of Freedom Update Teases Arrowhead's Biggest Content Drop Yet

Helldivers 2 isn’t out of the fight yet, as Arrowhead Games Studios has announced that its latest update, Escalation of Freedom, will be its biggest yet. The studio unveiled the latest addition to its post-launch rollout in a PlayStation.Blog post. It’s an update that’s meant to give Super Earth defenders more variety, including new missions, objectives, enemies, planets, and even a new difficulty mode. While we wait for launch on August 6, you can see how Arrowhead plans to move into the next phase of Helldivers 2 with the Escalation of Freedom update trailer below. “Our community continues to show us how strong we all are when united against the mindless Automatons and the scourge of the Terminid,” Arrowhead social media and...

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Assassin’s Creed Shadows Team Issues Apology to Japanese Fans for Marketing That Has ‘Caused Concern’

The Ubisoft development team working on Assassin’s Creed Shadows has posted a public message to Japanese fans on X/Twitter, which explains the project’s stance on historical authenticity and also apologises for promotional materials that “have caused concern” among the community. The four-page message, posted in both English and Japanese, explains that Assassin’s Creed Shadows is not intended to be a factual representation of history. Instead, it is described as “a compelling, historical fiction set in Feudal Japan”, and the developers hope that it will “spark curiosity” in players who will then hopefully research the historical period the game is inspired by. Ubisoft emphasises that Shadows has been made in collaboration with...

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Historical Switch Game Lows, and the Cheapest FC25, COD Black Ops 6, and Star Wars Outlaws Prices!

Welcome back to a Tuesday of choice savings on nothing but the games that matter. I've locked onto a pile of old gold in the Nintendo Store that's going for historically low prices. I'm also tracking the best preorders one can setup for the biggest games coming down the pipe. Lastly, I'm folding back in LEGO deals because some brick-tastic, post-Prime Day bargains still exist. In retro news, I'm celebrating the 28th birthday of Grand Prix 2, one of the most definitive PC racing games of its time. Coded by sim genius Geoff Crammond, GP2 was a comprehensive recreation of 1994's Formula One season with all 16 circuits, 14 teams, and 28 drivers. Not only do I fondly recall tap-steering through its "amazingly lifelike" Adelaide Grand Prix...

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Everything Coming to IGN’s San Diego Comic-Con 2024 Live Show

San Diego Comic-Con is back in a big way. After last year’s strike-affected and somewhat muted celebration (which still saw popular headliners like Star Wars Outlaws, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, The Creator, and Spider-Man 2), 2024’s edition is shaping up to be a return to form for fans of movies, TV, games, comics, and collectibles. Starting today, be sure to check out IGN for exclusive reveals and sneak peeks of what you can expect at this year’s convention. IGN will be streaming live from San Diego Friday, July 26 and Saturday, July 27 with A-list celebrities, inside looks, in-depth discussions about SDCC’s biggest announcements, and much, much more. Our live show begins at 3pm PT each day and will be available...

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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Releasing on Xbox Game Pass This Week - Report

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 might be a day one release on Game Pass, but it appears another game will take the crown as the first Call of Duty game on Microsoft's gaming subscription service, as new reports claim that 2023's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 will arrive on Game Pass this week. In a new report from Insider Gaming, Tom Henderson writes that he has corroborated with sources that the 2023 first-person shooter will be released on Game Pass on Wednesday, July 24. Rumors that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 began to surface first by Windows Central's Jez Corden, who reported earlier this month that Modern Warfare 3 was coming to Game Pass in July. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is the latest mainline entry in Activision's wildly...

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Baldur's Gate 3 Patch 7 Closed Beta Delayed in Part Because Passive Dice Rolls 'Literally Stopped Working'

Larian Studios is pushing back the start date of the Baldur's Gate Patch 7 closed beta as it wrestles with a host of bugs, including one in which "passive dice rolls literally stopped working." Thankfully, it doesn't seem the wait will be too long. "We’re trying to figure out how we got here, so while we do that, we’ll be pushing the planned Closed Beta back to later this week," Larian Studios wrote in a post on X/Twitter. To tide fans over, Larian has released more highlights from Patch 7, including how it will improve the UI, Honour Mode, and more. In total, Larian says that Baldur's Gate 3 will feature more than 1,000 fixes and improvements while adding evil endings, a mod manager, and revamped splitscreen gameplay. You can find...

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Streamer Manages to One-Shot Elden Ring DLC's Final and Most Difficult Boss

An Elden Ring challenge runner has just managed to do the unthinkable: one-shot the final — and arguably most difficult — boss of the Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree DLC. One hit, blammo, he's down. Content creator Ainrun has posted a video in which he uses basically every buff you can imagine, including several new to Shadow of the Erdtree, to walk into the final boss arena of the DLC and just smash through the fight's two excruciating phases in a single attack. If you've encountered this boss already, you know how nightmarish this fight can be, to the point where some consider it to be the hardest fight in the entire expansion. Warning: Spoilers for the identity of the final boss of the Shadow of the Erdtree DLC follow after the...

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Dragon Age: The Veilguard Voice Cast Revealed, Including Erika Ishii and More

Ahead of a busy week at San Diego Comic-Con, BioWare has revealed who will be voicing the players’ companions in Dragon Age: The Veilguard, in addition to some returning actors from past games. It’s also announced the voices of Rook, the character that the player takes control of. Players will be able to choose from one of four voices, which will be provided by Erika Ishii (Apex Legends, Destiny 2, Dimension 20), Alex Jordan (Cyberpunk 2077, The Amazing World of Gumball), Bryony Corrigan (Baldur’s Gate 3, Good Omens), and Jeff Berg (Battlefield 1, NCIS). See the full list of the voices of The Veilguard, including BioWare’s character descriptions that have some interesting teases, below: Ali Hillis (Mass Effect 3, Naruto), returns...

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Warner Bros. Games Officially Acquires the Developer of MultiVersus

Warner Bros. Games has officially acquired Player First Games, adding the developer behind MultiVersus to its profile. In an official release sent to IGN, Warner Bros. confirmed that co-founder Tony Huynh and Chris White will retain leadership of the studio, which has led development of the popular Smash Bros-like brawler. Multiversus officially launched in May following early access and open beta releases throughout 2022 and 2023. "Our team is excited to join the Warner Bros. Games family, and we feel that this will be great for MultiVersus overall,” Huynh said in a release. “We are working to make the MultiVersus game experience the best it can be and having our development team integrated with the publisher is optimum for the...

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Digital Extremes Answers All of Our Soulframe Questions, Including Warframe Tie-Ins and More

Soulframe, an over-the-shoulder fantasy MMO, is the latest game from Warframe developer Digital Extremes. With slick action, otherworldly customization options, and thick lore, Soulframe is undeniably a Warframe sister project, but it's also something completely different. Where the 2013 sci-fi game leans into industrial settings and breakneck action, Soulframe takes a more methodical approach with an emphasis on nature, ancestry, and slower combat. IGN attended a press presentation ahead of TennoCon and the inaugural Soulframe dev stream to get a better look at the studio’s plans. During an open Q&A session, the team explained that Soulframe’s starting island is about twice as big as Warframe’s first open-world area, The Plains of...

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F1 Manager 2024 Review

I’ll admit that I generally prefer to have direct control in racing games, but the F1 Manager series has made me equally excited to work behind the scenes. Watching a risky overtake pay off from the pit wall can be similarly thrilling to burning that rubber yourself, and a focus on team development and overall strategy between races can be refreshing. While F1 Manager 2024 is your typical annual update in many respects, content to make incremental improvements over massive changes, several of those tweaks leave developer Frontier's latest management sim more compelling than ever. This year's biggest addition is the new 'Create a Team' feature, which offers a pleasantly surprising range of customization options. For example, different...

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Terry Bogard Gets a First Look of His Arrival in Street Fighter 6 at EVO 2024

At EVO 2024, Capcom revealed a first look at Fatal Fury's Terry Bogard in Street Fighter 6. Terry was previously revealed as the second DLC fighter of Street Fighter 6's Year 2 and he will be available in World Tour, Battle Hub, and Fighting Ground when he arrives in autumn 2024. He is the next fighter following M. Bison and will be released before Fatal Fury's Elena in spring 2025 and Mai Shiranui in winter 2025. Terry has been the face of Fatal Fury since its first entry back in 1991 and has already been a guest character in games like Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Fighting EX Layer, and the Capcom vs. SNK series. To learn more about Terry Bogard and why this is such an important moment for the Street Fighter franchise, be sure to...

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Stellar Drops on the Newly Updated No Man's Sky, Cheap Controllers, $49 Diablo IV, and More!

Welcome back to my usual daily deals programming. Whereas a bunch of sites hit-and-quit-it on that opening Amazon Prime Day, I camped on the promotion for the full five days. Hopefully, you scored a bargain from that. As for today, I'm seeing a bunch of new deals for those of you who (somehow) still have money left in their account, so let's get you hooked up! In retro news, I'm celebrating absolutely nothing. Apparently, no games of note in the last 40 years were released on this day. Kind of impressive in a way. Games publishers have just come together as one to pick today as the dead-est, most useless launch day in the gaming calendar. So there you go. This Day in Gaming Aussie birthdays for notable games. ....? Table of...

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Tekken 8 Will Finally Get Heihachi in August 2024

Tekken 8 will finally be getting Heihachi Mishima as he will be joining the roster in Fall 2024 as the third DLC character. The big news was announced at EVO 2024 and it's a welcome announcement as fans have been waiting for the King of the Iron Fist since he wasn't part of the roster at launch. It made sense at the time as he met his end during Tekken 7's story, but he's been such a mainstay that fans wanted him back in some form. We had the chance to speak to Tekken's Katsuhiro Harada and Kohei Ikeda about Heihachi's return, and they shared the thought process about bringing him back from the dead. "Tekken 7 really focused on the story arc between Heihachi and his son, Kazuya, and so, we really wanted to show that kind of final...

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Daily Deals: Final Fantasy XVI, Nintendo Switch Lite, Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, and More

The weekend is ending, and we're rounding up the best deals you can find. Today, there are great deals on video games for all consoles, from PS5 to Nintendo Switch. The best deals for Sunday, July 21, include Final Fantasy XVI, Granblue Fantasy: Relink, Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance, Nintendo Switch Lite, and more. Final Fantasy XVI for $29.99 Final Fantasy XVI for PlayStation 5 has hit a new all time low at Amazon at $29.99. As one of the biggest titles of 2024, FFXVI brings a wide variety of new systems and elements to the world of Final Fantasy. You play as Clive Rosfield on a mission to track down the one who killed your brother as a child. You can expect larger-than-life setpieces, mesmerizing boss battles, and a memorable...

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Guilty Gear Strive to Add Lucy from Cyberpunk: Edgerunners in Season Pass 4

Guilty Gear Strive is set to add Lucy from Cyberpunk: Edgerunners to its roster in Season Pass 4 in 2025, which will mark the first time a guest character will be added to the series. As spotted by Wario64, the announcement appears to have leaked ahead of its official reveal at EVO alongside the news that Season Pass 4 will arrive on July 22, 2024. We didn't get a good look at Lucy in the game as she is the farthest one away of the new characters, but we did learn she will be joined by two returning characters and a brand new one. The first fighter will be the Queen of Vialattea, Queen Dizzy, who first appeared in Guilty Gear X and will arrive in October. Venom, who also first appeared in Guilty Gear X, will join the roster in...

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The Most Useless Collector's Editions Ever Made

I’m a huge sucker for Collector’s Editions of games. I know they’re expensive but there’s something jubilant about opening a massive box for a game and pulling out artbooks and soundtracks and gorgeous steelbook cases that I’ll throw out immediately because I have no more shelf space left. Into the book of loose Blu-ray discs you go! Maybe I Iike Collector’s Editions so much because they remind me of old-school computer game boxes that always came in weird shapes and always included more documentation than necessary. They were goofy and grandiose. They were treasure chests. But not every video game Collector’s Edition can be as good as, say, Cyberpunk 2077. While you could argue that a statue of V on a motorcycle is embarrassing (and...

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MultiVersus Season 2 to Add Samurai Jack and Beetlejuice, Ranked Mode Arrives Next Week

MultiVersus Season 2: Back in Time will see the addition of Samurai Jack and Beetlejuice and it will arrive on July 23, which is the same time the game will be getting its long-awaited Ranked Mode. Samurai Jack will be available at the launch of Season 2 on July 23, and Beetlejuice will arrive sometime before Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is released in theaters on September 6 in North America and September 4 internationally. You can check out a glimpse of Samurai Jack's gameplay below, and Warner Bros. Games revealed he will be a Bruiser class character who will "utilize his mystical katana blade, agile footwork, and quick reflexes to send opponents flying off the map." The clip also shows off the Righteous Warrior Jack character variant...

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Daily Deals: Granblue Fantasy: Relink, ROG Ally Z1 Extreme, Nintendo Switch Lite, and More

The weekend has kicked off, and we're rounding up the best deals you can find this weekend. Today, there are great deals on handheld PCs, laptops, headphones, and, of course, video games. The best deals for Saturday, July 20, include Granblue Fantasy: Relink, ROG Ally Z1 Extreme, Nintendo Switch Lite, and more. Save 20% Off Granblue Fantasy: Relink Granblue Fantasy: Relink is one of the biggest RPGs released this year. Over five years after its reveal, Cygames released the title officially on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, and PC in January. The game features over 20 different playable characters from the Granblue Fantasy series, with characters like Nier, Rosetta, Lancelot, Percival, and more. Score this RPG now for only $39.99 and...

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Bethesda Officially Becomes the First Microsoft Game Studio to Fully Unionize

Bethesda Game Studios is officially the first Microsoft game developer to full unionize under the Communication Workers of America (CWA), forming a "wall-to-wall" union of developers including artists, engineers, programmers and designers. Microsoft has recognized the union. The union was confirmed after 241 developers either signed a union authorization card or indicated that they wanted unionization via an online portal. It follows Bethesda Games Studios Montreal's unionization in late June and the unionization of roughly 300 quality assurance workers within Zenimax, which is Bethesda's parent company. "We, a majority of developers at Bethesda Game Studios Dallas, Rockville, and Austin, are ecstatic to announce the formation of...

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Overwatch 2 Voice Line Seemingly Debunks Long-Running Fan Theory In the Funniest Way Possible

Overwatch 2’s 41st hero, Juno, is playable this weekend for a limited time, and fans have already unearthed a surprising bit of lore about the purple-haired space cadet healer and Mei. Overwatch is filled with voice lines that flesh out lore from its myriad of maps as well as relationships between heroes and villains. It’s just not every character’s death throw voice line would reveal a possible familial tie. Apparently, eliminating Mei as Juno triggers a voice-over exchange in which the Martian hero says, “Sorry, Auntie!” in response to Mei’s dying gasp. This tidbit of gameplay lore is significant not only in that it might confirm the hero shooter’s fourth familial tie among its heroes, but it also seems to debunk a key fan theory...

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Once Human Teases Big September Update, Including New PvP and PvE Scenarios

Starry Studio and NetEase Games’ Once Human has reached a major player milestone and is celebrating by teasing its first big update. The free-to-play open-world survival shooter managed to peak at more than 230,000 players on Steam since its launch earlier this month. It also appeared among the top five of the storefront’s Most Played list of games and is one of its Top Sellers. As the team at Starry enjoys its newfound successes, it’s looking to the horizon with an update that’s due out in September. Once Human players can look forward to a new PvP gameplay scenario that the team says features confrontations between the Mayflies and Rosetta. A PvE scenario is on the way as well, promising a new northern mountain region, monsters...

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Every Final Fantasy 14 Expansion Ranked

Final Fantasy 14 is over 10 years old and players are finishing up its newest expansion, Dawntrail. With six expansions, including A Realm Rebron, Final Fantasy 14 is one of gaming's greatest comeback stories. From a critically-panned launch to becoming one of the biggest games of all time for Square Enix, all of it was thanks to the consistently excellent work from the developers. But which expansion reigns supreme? With so many to choose from, and each expansion with its own unique characteristics, it's hard to choose. But we've gotten together to rank every Final Fantasy 14 expansion to find out which one we loved most. So hit the jump to see our favorite expansions in Final fantasy 14 below. Final Fantasy 14: A Realm Reborn The...

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Building a New Star Wars Moon for Outlaws - IGN First

At the very heart of Star Wars Outlaws is the fantasy that all sci-fi fans dream of: the ability to adventure across the stars. Five different moons and planets await you, from Rise of Skywalker’s chilly Kijimi to the classic deserts of Tatooine. But while fans will recognise many of Outlaws’ locations, there’s one that they definitely won’t: Toshara. A brand new moon crafted especially for Star Wars Outlaws by the development team at Massive Entertainment, Toshara is inspired by the East African savannah. But while it has uniquely beautiful landscapes, it is – aptly for a game called ‘Star Wars Outlaws’ – a criminal hive. “It's run by a corrupt imperial governor,” says Navid Khavari, Outlaws’ narrative director. “And while the...

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The Witcher 3 Mod Adds Full Morality and Reputation System

CD Projekt Red scrapped a reputation system during development of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt but one fan has modded it back in. Nexus Mods user FreakVIp created the Reputation System mod for The Witcher 3, which "restores the reputation concept that was cut by CDPR from the game." While the game is already full of hard choices and butterfly effect consequences, this mod will see NPCs respond to Geralt in different regions depending on his behavior. Completing witcher contracts, winning horse races, clearing monsters from abandoned villages, and more will all reward Geralt with Reputation Points, while stealing and attacking guards will see Geralt lose points. Actions in quests also affect reputation. Five ranks of reputation exist...

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The Dreaded ‘Blue Screen of Death’ Hits Windows Systems Across the Globe Amid Major IT Outage

Companies across the world are suffering an IT outage that affects Windows operating systems. Flights have been canceled, banking halted, and commerce, healthcare, and travel delayed amid one of the most significant global IT outages ever. TV studios were even forced to pause broadcasting, The outage has to do with a “defect” in Cybersecurity firm Crowdstrike’s software, which has had the knock-on effect of causing the dreaded 'Blue Screen of Death' to appear on monitors across the globe. "This is not a security incident or cyberattack,” Crowdstrike said. “The issue has been identified, isolated and a fix has been deployed.” However, it will take some time before the outage is resolved, causing chaos today, July 19, 2024...

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Surfpunk, a Ska-Infused Co-Op Extraction Action-RPG, Announced for PC

Would you like a bit of ska vibe in your co-op extraction action-RPG? If so then Surfpunk might be your vibe. You'll cruise through a flooded, anime-styled paradise world hunting for loot in ancient ruins with your friends before you need to escape. Surfpunk is being developed for PC by Double Stallion. You and up to three friends play as Raiders who roam a flooded world in search of Evress, a coveted energy source vital to the surviving Fallen World. Battle the Sumi as they try to stop you from extracting back to your Beastship with all of your loot intact. There's also an in-game crafting system good for creating tools that can help your run, like ladders for getting to hard-to-reach places. Watch the first trailer above and check...

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