Cardy and Matt are putting on a two-man show this week as they discuss the pure joy of Astro Bot, the bloody delight of Space Marine 2, and PlayStation's Concord disaster. There's also a time for a quick chat about two of the best films of the year: coming-of-age comedy Didi, and beautiful toilet-cleaning drama Perfect Days.
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Concord is set to shut down today, September 6, and what players the game has remaining are waving goodbye to a shooter they were only able to play for two weeks.
Sony’s shock decision to haul the long-in-development PC and PlayStation 5 hero shooter offline just two weeks after launch amid disastrously low player numbers and terrible sales sent some players racing to nab its Platinum trophy in… creative ways.
“While many qualities of the experience resonated with players, we also recognize that other aspects of the game and our initial launch didn’t land the way we’d intended,” Ryan Ellis, game director at Sony-owned developer Firewalk Studios, said at the time. “Therefore, at this time, we have decided to take the game offline...
Microsoft has announced a return to the Tokyo Game Show later this month with a special Xbox broadcast event.
The Xbox Tokyo Game Show 2024 Broadcast is set for Thursday, September 26 at 7pm JST / 3am Pacific / 6am Eastern / 11am UK.
In a post on Xbox Wire, Larissa Hazel, Director, Gaming Integrated Marketing, Asia, said Microsoft will share content from Xbox Game Studios, Activision, Blizzard Entertainment, and Bethesda, as well as an “exciting lineup of games from third-party partners primarily based in Japan and across Asia, including games coming to Xbox Game Pass.”
So, what can fans expect from the show? Microsoft has a long list of first-party studios currently working on various games due out across the next few years, but...
Let's start with a confession about one of my greatest weaknesses. I absolutely adore the HD-2D visual aesthetic from the Octopath Traveler series, and I'll play anything that employs it. Is your game unpolished with a bug that may or may not ruin save files? I'll take my chances with it in HD-2D. Am I also looking at a 30-hour plot that reads like your intern randomly threw up gobstoppers labelled with names, places, and plot twists? How concerning—now gimme my HD-2D.
Obviously, if you choose to wrap this modern-meets-ancient art-style around one of the most celebrated RPGs of the golden age of gaming, well, winged serpents could not drag me away from your HD-2D quest.
I'll clear my calendar for such a rejig, even if I didn't grow...
Thank your own personal deity—possibly Big Brother Bot—it's Friday! Today is very much about Astro Bot, the star of the moment that's garnering many a 10/10 to enjoy a braggable "94" on Metacritic. As somebody who's 100%ed the pants off of it already, I can confidently say that paying $89 instead of 110 bucks is a wise investment you won't regret.
In retro news, I’m baking a big 22-shaped birthday cannoli for Mafia. Set within the fictional city of Lost Heaven in the ‘30s, this (literal) OG on PC blew my mind at launch with its complex crime drama, comparable GTA III-esque action, and hilariously deformable cars. Better yet, the final scene of Tommy Angelo—taxi driving mook inducted into "myah, see" mobster by chance—is one of...
Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 2 is already off to a strong start, netting a 24 hour peak of 134,302 concurrents. Its start was good for fifth overall on Steam's charts despite only being able to players who purchased the Gold and Ultra editions of the game.
But it wasn't an entirely flawless victory for the anticipated sequel. Players soon reported problems with joining the server, including members of the IGN staff. Fans quickly took to X/Twitter and other forums to express their frustration with the experience.
Similarly, while Space Marine 2's Steam reviews currently sit at "Mostly Positive," a few fans complained about graphics drivers and a lack of ultrawide support, among other issues.
Focus Home Entertainment acknowledged the...
Warning: The below story is packed with FULL SPOILERS for Baldur's Gate 3, particularly Karlach's new evil ending. You've been warned!
Larian Studios dropped its highly anticipated Patch 7 on PC today, and with it comes a slew of new cinematics for players doing evil runs. While fans hop back into the RPG and discover the new content, one origin character's new evil ending is getting a particular amount of attention.
If you're wondering why Karlach, everyone's favorite tiefling Barbarian, was trending on X/Twitter today, that's why. One fan showed her new evil ending, which you can watch below, and it's going viral just by virtue of being "absolutely metal."
In the clip, we see Karlach, if you're playing her as an origin character...
Concord will remain in Amazon's Secret Level despite its sudden cancellation, IGN has learned from a source close to production.
Secret Level, a series of 15 standalone short stories featuring a host of video game properties, initially included Concord in its announcement during gamescom. Its inclusion was thrown into doubt by PlayStation's decision to take Concord offline, seemingly spelling the end of the troubled live service game.
Prime Video has yet to officially whether or not it will remain in Tim Miller's anthology series, but IGN understands that the episode featuring Concord is indeed still slated to air this season.
In addition to Concord, Secret Level will include stories featuring God of War, Mega Man, Unreal...
Over the past few years, developer Visual Concepts’ focus on updating online features and adding more microtransactions has left the meat of its annualized basketball series a forgettable merry-go-round of rehashed ideas and uninspired modes. But after spending about a dozen hours with NBA 2K25 so far, it already feels like a grizzled league veteran instead, and the definition of a perennial starter—there are still gaps in its game, but solid fundamentals and a willingness to adapt help make it a reliable part of any rotation. Or, in this case, right now it seems like a novel and innovative entry that can win new fans and bring back oldheads alike.
Make no mistake, you still can’t teach a long-running basketball sim new tricks. But...
Friendships, romantic relationships, and everything in between have always been an integral part of not just the Dragon Age series, but of BioWare in general. From Mass Effect’s Garrus Vakarian to Dragon Age’s Varric Tethras, the characters – and how they get along with the player – are inseparable from titles from the studio.
But, perhaps more than any other BioWare game, Dragon Age: The Veilguard is leaning in heavily on this idea, as it’s already easy to see from the marketing material. For one, the name changed from Dragon Age: Dreadwolf back in June, with BioWare general manager Gary McKay telling us at the time that it was out of a desire to shift the focus to a “really deep and compelling group of companions.” That would be...
Remedy Entertainment will soon issue an update for the original Alan Wake that will remove one of its songs on PC.
The studio announced the news in a post on the official Alan Wake X/Twitter account, saying that the changes will arrive in a few days, starting September 10 at 11 a.m. UTC. It’s an update that will affect Steam, Epic Games Store, and GOG versions of the 2010 experience, removing David Bowie’s classic ‘60s tune, Space Oddity.
The dreamy rock song appears in Alan Wake to bookend the story as it plays over its credits sequence. It’s a notable finale for the adventure that eventually picks back up in Alan Wake 2, but Remedy isn’t leaving fans without a proper replacement. When Bowie’s spacey song is removed from Alan Wake...
As the October 31 release of Shadows of the Damned: Hella Remastered draws near, we spoke with the 2011 game’s two legendary creators – Shinji Mikami (Resident Evil) and Goichi Suda (No More Heroes) – at gamescom.
While the conversation focused mainly on Shadows of the Damned and its remaster, the pair also reminisced on their work together on Killer7 and told us a tiny bit about what to expect from their next projects, with Suda’s Grasshopper Manufacture and Mikami’s newly founded Kamuy Inc each working on new games.
Mikami also gave us his thoughts on the closure and ensuing liberation of Tango Gameworks, the studio he founded.
How did the remaster of Shadows of the Damned come about?
Goichi Suda, Founder, Grasshopper...
The new batch of PC games for September’s Humble Choice are now available for new and existing subscribers (get it here). Guardians of the Galaxy leads this month’s selection, but you also get seven other games, including SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake, all for just $11.99. It’s a great deal, since you get $269 worth of games for just $12. If you’ve had your eye on any of these, you’re basically losing money if you don’t join.
Humble Choice Games for September 2024
Guardians of the Galaxy
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake
Coral Island
Stranded: Alien Dawn
Lost Eidolons
You Suck at Parking
Infraspace
Astrea: Six-Sided Oracles
All of the games are yours to keep forever, regardless of your Humble Choice subscription...
NBA 2K25 players are encountering a somewhat hilarious but very frustrating bug that sees their own MyPlayer character cloned and competing against or alongside them.
The annualized basketball game is already available to most under the "Early Tip-Off" banner, a somewhat bizarre faux early access period available to anyone who buys the game digitally or physically at "participating retailers", with only some retailers and Nintendo Switch players unable to play until September 6, 2024.
Players are therefore encountering unusual bugs like the character clones and sharing them online. And while facing off against another version of the heroic protagonist is somewhat of a video game cliche, it's definitely not intentional in NBA 2K25...
Amazon has announced the September 2024 Prime Gaming lineup (Prime Gaming is a benefit of Amazon Prime membership).
Highlights include Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition, Greedfall: Gold Edition, Whispered Secrets: Everburning Candle Collector's Edition, Minabo - A Walk through Life, and Eternights.
To coincide with the premiere of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Season 2 on Prime Video, Prime members also get several free games from The Lord of the Rings universe, including Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor Game of the Year Edition, LEGO The Lord of the Rings, and LEGO The Hobbit via GOG code, and can play Middle-earth: Shadow of War on Amazon Luna.
And hot on the heels of the disastrous Borderlands movie and the...
Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead has acknowledged the game’s plummeting Steam user review rating by outlining plans for a patch that makes what it called “significant changes.”
The explosive third-person co-op shooter broke records when it launched on PC and PlayStation 5 earlier this year, becoming the fastest-selling PlayStation Studios game of all time. But Arrowhead has suffered a torrid time of late as it struggles to satisfy Helldivers 2’s fanbase, with recent months in particular resulting in a ‘mostly negative’ recent user review rating on Steam. Helldivers 2's overall Steam user review rating remains 'mostly positive.'
Most of the negativity revolves around a feeling that Arrowhead has been heavy handed in nerfing Helldivers...
Baldur’s Gate 3’s long-awaited Patch 7, which draws a line under Larian’s blockbuster Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game a year after launch, is finally out now on PC alongside lengthy patch notes, below.
Patch 7, posted to the Baldur's Gate 3 website, is headlined by the addition of official mod support, which fans hope will keep the game alive for years to come, 13 new cinematics that offer varying conclusions to your most evil playthroughs, Honour Mode improvements and new Legendary Actions, and revamped split-screen gameplay. It includes over 1,000 fixes and improvements that tweak many parts of the game.
Patch 7 is approximately 11.6GB on PC, and will require 160GB of free space to install. If you find yourself without the...
Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio plans to continue making Yakuza/Like a Dragon games about middle aged men doing "middle aged men things."
Series director Ryosuke Horii told Automaton he's grateful for Yakuza/Like a Dragon's influx of new players, which includes younger people and women, but said the studio doesn't plan on changing its approach because of it.
"We have had a large increase in new fans, including women, which we’re truly happy and grateful for," Horii said. "However, we don’t plan to do anything like deliberately changing conversation topics in order to cater to new fans."
He continued: "We are middle aged guys ourselves, so I guess that’s the kind of target audience we’re going for, probably. I think this is precisely one of...
Black Myth Wukong developer Game Science is working on an Elden Ring-style expansion for the game ahead of any sequel.
A Bloomberg report into Game Science investor Hero Games has revealed an updated sales figure for the smash hit Black Myth Wukong, which set Steam concurrents records upon its launch last month.
Black Myth Wukong sold an eye-watering 18 million copies in just two weeks across PC and PlayStation 5, Bloomberg reported, making over $700 million in revenue so far. That’s enough to put Black Myth Wukong up there with Grand Theft Auto 5 and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 as one of the fastest-selling games of all time.
In a subsequent tweet, Daniel Ahmad, director of research and insight at Niko Partners, said the $700...
Star Wars Outlaws Director 'A Little Disappointed' by Its Review Scores but Vows to Improve the Game
Star Wars Outlaws director Julian Gerighty has admitted to being a "little disappointed" in the Ubisoft game's review scores but has committed to making it better.
Gerighty told GamesRadar that Star Wars Outlaws — which earned a 7/10 in IGN's review and currently sits at a 76/100 on Metacritic — brought him and the team a "level of pride, happiness, and sense of accomplishment" but he still wanted a better critical reception.
"I'm a little disappointed with the Metacritic," Gerighty said. "Of course, recognition from press and critics is very important to us, but players are really connecting with what we did."
He continued: "It's brought me so much joy to see the incredible images being captured and shared. And I think that's...
Space Marine 2 publisher Focus Interactive has asked players not to spoil the game’s story as its early access period goes live.
Warhammer 40,000 action game Space Marine 2 sees Titus of the Ultramarines go up against the Tyranid horde as well as the forces of Chaos in a sequel that arrives 13 years after its predecessor. It includes a campaign that can be played co-op, a PvE Operations mode, and a PvP mode. IGN's Space Marine 2 review returned an 8/10. We said: "Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 may not break the third-person shooter mold, but it looks amazing, makes good use of its Warhammer lore, and has brutal combat that just feels great."
In a tweet, Focus published a statement calling on Space Marine 2 players not to spoil the...
State of Decay developer Undead Labs has signaled the end of content updates for State of Decay 2 as it moves to focus on the upcoming State of Decay 3.
Undead Labs has released nearly 40 content updates for State of Decay 2 in the six years since its 2018 launch on PC and Xbox One. In a blog post, Undead Labs said State of Decay 2’s final update, Update 38, is due out later this year. It aims to fix some long-standing issues, implement additional quality-of-life improvements, and permanently unlock seasonal or otherwise previously-gated content, such as Winter outfits and the Wizard Van.
Of course, State of Decay 2 will remain playable, and as a Xbox Game Studios title it will remain part of the Xbox Game Pass library.
“We know...
Following the blockbuster success of Hogwarts Legacy, Warner Bros. is working towards a direct sequel, it has confirmed.
Avalanche Software’s Hogwarts Legacy has sold over 24 million copies since going on sale in February 2023, generating over $1 billion in revenue. It comes as little surprise, then, to learn that parent company Warner Bros. is keen on a Hogwarts Legacy 2.
Speaking to Variety, Warner Bros. Discovery chief financial officer Gunnar Wiedenfels said the sequel is due in a couple of years.
“Obviously, a successor to Hogwarts Legacy is one of the biggest priorities in a couple of years down the road,” Wiedenfels said. “So there is certainly a significant growth contribution from that [games] business in our strategic...
The Steam Deck has revolutionized how many people play PC games, as it allows you to access a vast majority of your Steam library on the go. Whether you're jumping in for a quick session, or diving into a more robust game while relaxing on the couch or lying in bed, the Steam Deck has proven itself to be an incredibly versatile machine.
However, the Steam Deck can also be connected to a TV or monitor for those moments where you'd like to experience your games on a bigger display with an adapter or by using a docking station. Check out the details below to find out how to easily connect your Steam Deck to a TV and start playing on a bigger screen.
How to Connect With an Adapter
Arguably the most straightforward way to connect the...
Sony Chief Financial Officer Hiroki Totoki doesn't think that the media giant has enough franchises that it has "fostered from the beginning," calling it an issue for the company as it seeks to rival its competitors in the space.
"Whether it’s for games, films or anime, we don’t have that much IP that we fostered from the beginning," Totoki said in an interview with the Financial Times. "We’re lacking the early phase (of IP) and that’s an issue for us."
PlayStation fans quickly seized on Totoki's comments, posting images of Sly Cooper, Resistance, and other long lost franchises. But as others pointed out, Totoki was referring to the business as a whole, which is lacking in homegrown properties on the scale of, say, Mario. Outside of...
Mass Effect is one of the most acclaimed and beloved video game franchises of all time, with global sales of over 20 million copies across the series. Now, fans of Commander Shepherd and the Normandy Crew have the chance to see their favorite characters sculpted on the tabletop, thanks to the upcoming Mass Effect: The Board Game – Priority: Hagalaz.
You might justifiably be concerned that this is a cheap cash-in, like many board game adaptations of video games, but the good news is that one of tabletop’s hottest designers, Eric Lang, creator of Blood Rage and XCOM: The Board Game, is attached to the project. The better news is that he’s a fan of the Mass Effect franchise himself. “I’ve been humbled by the game’s profound and...
Sigmund Freud believed that the power of the uncanny came from placing the strange inside something that would otherwise be ordinary. Dolls, wax figures, settings, scenarios, people that are just off. It’s the familiar, but just strange enough to feel wrong, and it makes us anxious. I couldn’t help thinking of the uncanny as I played Little Nightmares 3. A sense of creeping dread pervaded my time with it, but I also found myself compelled to push forward, see more, and unravel the mysteries of its world. It’s a fine line to walk, but during my hour-long play session with the game, Little Nightmares 3 pulled it off, and left me wanting more when the “Thank you for playing” screen informed me my time was done.
Little Nightmares 3 might...
Helldivers 2 fans may soon have a new war to fight, as some players suspect that the Illuminate faction will soon make its long-awaited debut.
Fear that a new enemy will launch its attack against Super Earth started after a few players noticed strange behavior on the in-game Galactic War map. Where the circle layout usually only shows two factions – the Automatons and Terminids – and their progress as represented by red and orange colors, some were beginning to spot a third, purple color, gaining ground. Reddit user Helldiver343 was one of the first to share their findings and posted a screenshot of the updated map before the changes “vanished.”
The image suggests that a third enemy, likely the Illuminate, will soon rear its head...
I was halfway through the opening level of Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2’s campaign, unloading bolt rifle rounds alongside my two squadmates, when I found myself smiling at just how good it feels to be back in this futuristic grimdark fray. It’s been over a decade since the original, but Space Marine 2 reinvigorates the squad-based shooter series with seeming ease. The environments are varied and breathtaking, the running-and-gunning feels great, and the sense of comradeship while fighting with your team, be they bots or friends, can be exhilarating. It may not break much new ground in its genre, but it didn’t need to for me to have a blast playing through its dozen-hour campaign.
Let’s get this out of the way early: The original...
Scalpers are currently trying to sell physical copies of Concord for much more than its recommended retail price after Sony pulled the hero shooter from sale just 11 days after launch.
Physical copies of Concord have been pulled from store shelves ahead of a server shut down on September 6, 2024. The PlayStation 5 and PC hero shooter launched to abysmal player numbers with analysts estimating as few as 25,000 copies were sold physically and digitally.
Scalpers who still have a sealed copy of the game are therefore seeing it as an opportunity to make some money, listing Concord on eBay for double or even triple its price. Some sellers still have it available for its standard price of $39.99 so it's unlikely many of these will sell...