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Epic Games and The LEGO Group have announced a new collaboration in which the two companies will work together to create a child-friendly space within the metaverse.The announcement states that "the two companies will team up to build an immersive, creatively inspiring and engaging digital experience for kids of all ages to enjoy together."The digital space will be governed by three principles agreed upon by LEGO and Epic Games:Protect children’s right to play by making safety and wellbeing a priority. Safeguard children’s privacy by putting their best interests first. Empower children and adults with tools that give them control over their digital experience.Concrete detais about what this "digital experience" will be are...

Cyberpunk 2077 just got a pretty significant update in February, and plenty of us took the time to jump back into Night City and take on a few more gigs. Maybe a few of you even checked out the 5-hour trial CD Projekt RED put out on Xbox and PS5 as well. Well, if you can find time away from Elden Ring, and want to pick up the full game, this deal is absolutely brilliant.Cyberpunk 2077 is now only $5 at Best Buy for a limited time. That's right, for one day only, you can get what is probably the cheapest a Cyberpunk 2077 physical copy will ever be. The discount is available until the end of the day (April 7) on PS4 and Xbox One copies of the game. Both copies can be upgraded to their new-gen console equivalent for free as well...

Well, it looks like large chunks of Oz will have a wet and miserable Easter break. The good news: that's the perfect excuse to park your butt, forget your gym membership and knock a few levels off your game pile of shame. If you don't really have one of those yet, I can help you lay a new foundation (or build on a loft extension) with a ton of great discounts!Notable Sales for Nintendo SwitchPurchase Cheaply for PCExciting Offers for XO/XSProduct Savings for PS4/PS5Adam’s our Aussie deals wrangler. You can watch him game on YouTube.Continue reading...

On this episode of IGN's weekly PlayStation show, Podcast Beyond!, host Jonathon Dornbush is joined by Mark Medina and Jada Griffin to talk about PlayStation... and Severance. But mostly PlayStation, we promise, Mark's just really happy Severance got renewed.But after that, we dig into the biggest news of the week, including confirmation that a new Tomb Raider game is confirmed, as well as our hopes and expectations for a new Lara Croft adventure from Crystal Dynamics. We dig into what we did and didn't like about the reboot trilogy, what we hope a new game would carry forward, and if it's even something we want set in that same universe or a new timeline entirely.Then, we discuss a bit about E3 2022 not happening, what we expect...

Remedy and Rockstar Games have announced they will be remaking Max Payne and Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne.In a surprise announcement Remedy will work with Rockstar under a new publishing agreement to remake the first two Max Payne games for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X and S. Remedy will handle development while Rockstar will finance the project "which will be in line with a typical Remedy AAA-game production."The Max Payne remakes will also be developed on Remedy's Northlight game engine, the same engine used to develop Control and the upcoming Alan Wake 2.The original Max Payne games were also a result of a partnership between Remedy and Rockstar, with Remedy handling development and Rockstar Games publishing...

Over two decades after its original PlayStation release, Chrono Cross is finally seeing the light of day again with Chrono Cross: The Radical Dreamers Edition. It’s a fascinating remaster on a technical level, offering an identical reproduction of the original but with the option to turn on improved visuals including clearer text, retouched visuals, and new character portraits. The rest looks like it leaped right out of 1999 and into our fancy 4K TVs, giving it the thematically appropriate vibe of being temporally displaced.Chrono Cross, despite its age, is well-worth playing today for any number of reasons - among them the amazing IGN review score it earned back in 1999. The praise our review offered then for elements like the...

Dying Light 2 is getting a New Game Plus mode later this month.Techland announced on Twitter (below) that the third major patch for Dying Light 2 was on its way with a promise it would be one of the biggest yet.The developer didn't give an exact release date for the update but said it would be available on all platforms by the end of April, meaning it's a few weeks away at most.Several fixes for both the single and multiplayer portions of the game will be included alongside the New Game Plus mode but Techland didn't say if anything else would be included.Patch three would have to be fairly sizable to compete with Dying Light 2's previous updates. Its launch day patch featured more than 1,000 fixes while later ones were tasked...

Days Gone director Jeff Ross has joined Tomb Raider developer Crystal Dynamics.In a tweet, Ross announced he was joining the studio as design director just hours after it revealed it was working on a new Tomb Raider game. He didn't confirm which game he'd be working on though, as Crystal Dynamics is also co-developing the Perfect Dark reboot with The Initiative, and continues to work on Marvel's Avengers.Ross will be joining Crystal North West in Seattle this summer, a subsidiary studio of Crystal Dynamics, but his LinkedIn profile indicates he's been a Crystal Dynamics employee since February.Ross has previously expressed his desire to work on an Uncharted game, and considering that Crystal Dynamics took inspiration from the...

Ai: The Somnium Files is set to launch for PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC on June 24. It's already up for preorder (see it at Amazon). It's available in a standard edition and a special collector's edition. Below, you'll find all the details about what comes in each edition, where you can preorder it, and how much it costs. Let's get down to business.Ai: The Somnium Files - Nirvana Initiative Collector's EditionPS4Get it at GameStop - $119.99 - IN STOCK Get it at Amazon - $119.99 - Sold out Get it at Best Buy - $119.99 - Sold outNintendo SwitchGet it at GameStop - $119.99 - IN STOCK Get it at Amazon - $119.99 - Sold out Get it at Best Buy - $119.99 - Sold outXbox OneGet it at Walmart - $119.99 - IN STOCK Get it at...

Acting for Eidos Montreal’s Guardians of the Galaxy came with an almost unique challenge. Not only were the core cast members tasked with bringing digital avatars to life, they had to differentiate them from some of the most famous onscreen characters of the last decade. Peter Quill, Gamora, Drax the Destroyer, Rocket, and Groot – they’re all now major pop culture names thanks to their MCU counterparts, not to mention decades of comic book appearances.But this isn’t an MCU game, nor a straight comic adaptation. Not in the slightest. We spoke to all five lead cast members for Guardians of the Galaxy to work out how they managed the balancing act of presenting players with new versions of beloved, familiar characters.“We were told...

Konami is finally releasing the full version of eFootball on April 14, with a new patch set to fix bugs and add new features many have been waiting for since last year.Patch 1.0 promises to turn the game from what Konami said was "basically a demo" into the fully-fledged first version of its new soccer series.Announced in a blog post on the eFootball website, the development team said it had been working hard to "regain the trust" of players and had taken on feedback to fix bugs, improve online play, and add new gameplay mechanics.One of the major additions comes in the Dream Team mode, previously branded as Creative Team, which allows players to combine a mixture of their own players and real-life soccer stars to form a, well...

Today, the twin suns have risen on a great deal for a star war. I've actually clocked LEGO Star Wars The Skywalker Saga already, and I can confirm it's goofy, block-rocking fun for the whole family. The amount of collectables and side content makes this thicker than a Hutt with a Brazilian butt lift. 59 galactic credits is a steal. Do it.Notable Sales for Nintendo SwitchPurchase Cheaply for PCExciting Offers for XO/XSProduct Savings for PS4/PS5Adam’s our Aussie deals wrangler. You can watch him game on YouTube.Continue reading...

Blizzard today announced that the next year of Hearthstone will be known as The Year of the Hydra. It will commence on April 12 (April 13 in ANZ) with the release of Hearthstone's newest expansion, Voyage to the Sunken City, and will see three sets leave the Standard format - Ashes of Outland, Scholomance Academy and Madness at the Darkmoon Faire. It's going to be a massive shakeup, and not just because the card pool will be significantly smaller for Standard players, but also because the game's foundation - the Core Set, which is free for all players to use - will be radically different to The Year of the Gryphon's.Last year's Core Set was 235 cards, but for The Year of the Hydra, the set will expand to 250 cards. In terms of...

Ubisoft has announced that it will be ending content support for Ghost Recon Breakpoint, after a little over 2 years of continuous updates. The final piece of content, Operation Motherland, launched back on November 2, 2021."The last four months marked the release of our final piece of content: the brand new Operation Motherland mode, tons of new items including 20th-anniversary iconic outfits and Quartz items for Ghost Recon Breakpoint," Ubisoft said in a statement on Twitter. "We will continue to maintain servers for both Ghost Recon Wildlands and Ghost Recon Breakpoint and we truly hope you will continue to enjoy the game and have fun playing in solo or co-op with your friends."Ghost Recon Breakpoint has received plenty of...

Developer Tendershoot is releasing two sequels to '90s internet simulator Hypnospace Outlaw – and they're both due to arrive this year.Dreamsettler is the true spiritual sequel to Hypnospace, putting players inside the internet of the early 2000s. Meanwhile, Slayers X: Terminal Aftermath: Vengance of the Slayer is a Doom-like first-person shooter featuring a character from the original Hypnospace Outlaw.The games were announced by Tendershoot and publisher No More Robots during their Hypnospace Next presentation and are due for release on PC and consoles.Like Hypnospace Outlaw, Dreamsettler will have players navigating a parodic version of the internet – but where the first game was set in a '90s-like cyberspace, Dreamsettler...

A new video from Bethesda has offered a closer look at VASCO, the first Starfield companion to be revealed.VASCO is an expeditionary robot in the service of Constellation, which is denoted by his white and red paintwork. Based on a bipedal chassis, VASCO was designed to aid in extended overland journeys, and comes equipped with components to aid in the carrying of survival gear and payloads.Starfield's lead artist, Istvan Pely, says that VASCO is a peaceful robot, but "does have defensive capabiulities should the need arise". The concept art shown in the video suggests Vasco's right arm houses some kind of rifle, and a square box on his should could perhaps be some kind of launcher.Pely descirbes VASCO as a "reliable companion...

A ton of content is being added to Lost Ark over the next two months including a new continent, classes, and raids.Amazon Games didn't give specific release dates in its April and May roadmap but broke the content down by each month, revealing that the new continent, South Vern, and a new martial artist class are coming this month.South Vern is a brand new region in Lost Ark that joins Punika as the second Tier 3 continent, requiring an item level of 1340 to begin. It features new quests, characters, and stories centred around Queen Ealyn and and Knight Commander Avele.The new class coming in April is the Glaivier, a martial artist class that uses a short spear in the Flurry stance and a glaive in the Focus stance. Players are...

Xbox has officially announced the first wave of games hitting Xbox Game Pass in April 2022, including one we already knew about in advance, MLB: The Show 22. Both MLB and Cricket 22 are available immediately for Xbox users on cloud and console, while there are a few more games to look forward to across the rest of the month.This includes Life is Strange: True Colors, coming to cloud, console, and PC on April 12. There's also Chinatown Detective Agency on April 7, Panzer Corps 2, The Dungeon of Naheulbeuk, and more. You can also find games such as Star Wars Squadrons, Dragon Age 2, and Plants vs. Zombies can now also be played on cloud gaming via Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and EA Play on April 7.MLB: The Show 22 Is Now on Xbox Game...

Earlier this year, social media was utterly dominated by little green, yellow, and black squares as everyone triumphantly (or otherwise) showed off their Wordle scores. The hype has since died down considerably, but not without pushing Wordle to the second-most-discussed game on Twitter in 2022 so far.This is according to data shared by Twitter, which put Genshin Impact as the most-discussed game between January and March this year. Apex Legends clocked in at No.4, followed by Final Fantasy at No.5.Despite what your timeline might have looked like in the last month, Elden Ring was only the seventh-most-discussed game for that period. That said, the conversation doesn't appear to have slowed at all, based on this graphic shared by...

Ubisoft has announced Rainbow Six Mobile, a new game that brings the core gameplay of Rainbow Six Siege to mobile devices.Rainbow Six Mobile looks and plays like its console counterpart; it’s a 5v5 attack and defend FPS with destructible environments and a variety of specialist gadgets. Attackers use drones, explosives, and various other offensive items to push their way into the defending team’s fortified positions.While a huge amount of Rainbow Six Mobile appears to be a near enough straight adaptation of Rainbow Six Siege, there are some notable changes. Matches are shorter as R6 Mobile is a best-of-three-rounds affair, and the HUD has been adjusted to work for mobile. It also seems, at least at launch, that there will be a...

Amazon is running a pretty great “Buy 2, Get 1 Free” sale right now. Lots of items are eligible, from books and toys to furniture and musical instruments. But a ton of video games are also eligible, including new releases like Elden Ring, Ghostwire: Tokyo, Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands, and hundreds more. If you’re mostly interested in the games, you can filter to video games on mobile, or click the "video games" category in the sidebar in a browser.But you can mix and match, so if you can find three items you want in any eligible category, you’ll get the least expensive one free. Good stuff.Buy 2 Get 1 FreeTo take advantage of the deal, all you have to do is add the items to your cart and go to checkout. Note that only items sold by...

Lego Star Wars The Skywalker Saga is now finally available, and you can pick it up right now for just £38 from Tesco. All you need is a Tesco Clubcard and you're sorted. Head on to your local superstore right now, or buy it via Tesco online as well. We've included all the relevant links below.Other deals today include an Xbox Elite Series 2 Controller for just £67.30 (used, but in very good condition, the discount is shown at checkout), and a perfect PS5 SSD for under £100. Spider-Man No Way Home is also now available on Blu-ray and 4K UHD in the UK, and includes around 100 minutes of extra special features, including some amazing deleted scenes. It's available to order from Amazon for £24.99 in 4K UHD, or £14.99 on Blu-ray.TL;DR -...

Nerds' Kitchen and Ten Speed Press are releasing an official Witcher cookbook.Fully trademarked by CD Projekt Red, the book will feature 80 recipes that promise a new level of immersion into the Witcher universe.Anita Sarna and Karolina Krupecka of Nerds' Kitchen (and its subsidiary Witcher Kitchen) have created the cookbook to emulate the foods that protagonist Geralt may encounter while hunting monsters on the path.The included recipes are all inspired by various areas of The Witcher 3 including baked fruits from White Orchard, snacks from the markets of Oxenfurt, and a meal of fresh fish and mulled ciders from Skellige.The cookbooks official synopsis describes them as "meticulously-researched, immersive recipes that give...

Leaked Overwatch 2 concept art has seemingly revealed an incoming Battle Pass feature.A concept for the Overwatch 2 main menu on ArtStation shows all the options players would expect, such as Play and Shop, alongside a new setting for the Battle Pass, as reported by Attack of the Fanboy.While the screenshot isn't official and may not represent what features will be in the final version of Overwatch 2, adding credibility is the user who posted it: Blizzard senior UI artist Jayson Kirby.He held this position on the original Overwatch until March 2020 when he transitioned to an "unannounced project" according to his social media profiles.An explanation appears under the image states that "the goal was to simplify and refine the...

From poorly ported consoles games to action adventures and racing simulators, there are more than a few cases where a gaming keyboard and gaming mouse aren't necessarily going to be the best input options for PC games. It's easy to swear by a keyboard and mouse where twitchy response and pixel-perfect aim are concerned, but there's a huge arena where different gaming controllers can have an edge while playing on a gaming PC.If you're playing a fighting game, you may get more satisfaction out of the buttons on a controller, which you can frantically mash. If you're flying through space in an intense dogfight, holding a thumbstick down to perform a series of loops and turns can be a lot easier than hurriedly throwing your mouse around...

If you are impatiently waiting to order a Steam Deck, I have some good news: Valve has announced that it is "ramping up" shipments on its portable gaming PC and has clarified when you can expect to finalize your order for the product.In a recent tweet the official Steam Deck account confirmed that it is ramping up the handheld shipments. Valve also noted that it will be sending out more order availability emails every week. Some weeks it will send two emails instead of the one email that Valve has sent out every Monday for roughly the last month.Valve also confirmed that it has updated the Steam Deck product page. It specifies when you can anticipate finalizing your order if you put down a $5 deposit. Looking at the Steam Deck...

Return to Monkey Island is a sequel to the legendary point 'n' click series, coming in 2022 from original writer-director Ron Gilbert.Designed a follow-up to the first two games, The Secret of Monkey Island and Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge, the new game is being published by Devolver Digital in collaboration with Lucasfilm Games. It also brings back original co-writer Dave Grossman, and LucasArts composers Michael Land, Michael McConnell and Clint Bajakian.On Twitter, Gilbert said his Terrible Toybox development studio has been working on the game for 2 years "in complete secrecy".We don't have any more information on the game than what's included in the short teaser trailer above, but we do have a 2013 blog post from...

Adventure. Excitement. A Jedi craves not these things. If that’s the case, then all Jedi should probably cancel their preorders for LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga, since this dazzling new entry in Traveller’s Tales’ longrunning LEGO game series has brought both adventure and excitement by the plastic bucketload. With stunning set pieces cribbed from all nine mainline Star Wars films and a surprisingly vast number of iconic planet hubs to freely explore in between, The Skywalker Saga is a brick-breaking blockbuster executed with a goofy charm that had me feeling as happy as a droid in a hot oil bath.In a dramatic departure from the zoomed out camera perspective of previous LEGO titles, The Skywalker Saga features a tighter...

Drinkbox Studios announced its new action-RPG Nobody Saves the World is coming to new consoles later this month, alongside a new update on all platforms.Previously released for Xbox and PC, Nobody Saves the World will now be released for PS4, PS5, and Nintendo Switch on April 14 for $24.99. PlayStation players will get both versions for a single price, and the Switch version will have pre-orders go live today with a 10% discount. The Switch version is also designed so that players can use a single Joy-con per player and play in Tabletop mode.Additionally, NSTW for all platforms will receive an update that adds local co-op to the experience. Previously Nobody Saves the World only featured online co-op at its PC and Xbox launch. It...

The past weekend saw someone complete Elden Ring in 3 hours without taking damage, while another player beat the game without dealing any.The world's first Elden Ring no-hit run, as spotted by PCGamesN, was recorded by YouTube user Seki, who completed the game in 2 hours and 43 minutes and without taking a single point of damage.Seki therefore completed the game without taking any hits from enemies, fall damage from dropping too far, or ongoing damage from status effects such as poison.Providing some balance, YouTube user Iron Pineapple also completed a unique Elden Ring run at the weekend by defeating the game without dealing any direct damage, VG247 reported.The player instead relied on summoned spirits to deal damage for...