The developer of Hypercharge: Unboxed has announced the indie toy soldiers shooter has sold 50,000 copies on Xbox in five days.
Digital Cybercherries, a small UK studio made up of just six people, said it had achieved the sales milestone “without publisher support or Game Pass deal.”
“I’m really overwhelmed by the success of our game on Xbox and can’t thank everyone enough for buying the game,” said creative gameplay and marketing director at Digital Cybercherries Joe Henson.
“50,000 sales might not mean much in the realm of AAA, but for our small team of six, in a tough time for the industry, with no support from a big-publisher, selling 50,000 on Xbox in only a few days is really a big deal! Thank you again to everyone who has...
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Shenmue fans are so desperate for another game in the long-running action adventure series they bought an advertisement in New York's famous Times Square to campaign for Shenmue 4.
Fan website Shenmue Dojo launched a campaign on June 4, 2024 to "support the continuation of the series and attempt to spread global awareness to find [developer] Ys Net a potential partner for Shenmue 4." Part of this campaign involved renting a 15-second advertisement on Times Square, which can be seen below, that displayed a handful of characters from the series alongside "#LetsGetShenmue4."
"Shenmue fans do some insane things to try and get recognised," an X/Twitter post from Shenmue Dragons said. "Are you watching Sega?" While a 15-second...
It's been a while since I've felt so captivated by such a minimalist game as Arco. A simple but effective revenge tale set against the backdrop of early colonial Mesoamerica, it presents its snappy combat and distinctive worldbuilding with an art style that almost looks like something out of the 8-bit era. Yet the sweeping landscapes are never lacking for detail. And the tale woven across them had me hooked from the start.
Nearly all media about the American frontier focuses on the settler experience, so it's refreshing to see that Arco presents a rich, thriving, and diverse Native world as the player's point-of-view, with European "Newcomers" representing a looming, somewhat enigmatic threat. Everything is slightly fantastical, with...
GTA Online is getting its own take on Dog the Bounty Hunter with the game’s next major update.
Developer Rockstar Games announced this summer’s update to the hugely popular GTA Online lets players set up their own bail enforcement and bounty hunting business. There’s very little to go on at this point, not even a release date, but already fans are getting excited by the prospect of living out their Dog the Bounty Hunter fantasy within the virtual world of GTA Online.
Elsewhere, players will get to “conduct a range of off-the-books enforcement activities” across Los Santon for Vincent. There are new tools and props to create custom Drift and Drag Races in the Creator, and “much more” later this month.
Here’s the official blurb, per...
While the sting of E3’s death can still be felt, June remains a massive month for video game reveals, announcements, and world premieres. Things have already begun but the next big swing of the season comes from Summer Game Fest. Unlike the long-running, exclusive-focused streams from platform holders, Summer Game Fest features announcements from a wide range of developers and publishers of varying sizes. The list of attending companies has already been revealed and so we’ve used it as the basis for some predictions. What can you expect to see at Summer Game Fest 2024? Read on for our best educated guesses.
The Big Three
Sony may have only recently held its own summer State of Play broadcast, and the Xbox Game Showcase arrives in just...
Supergiant Games has released Patch 2 for the Early Access version of Hades 2, which adds more night time encounters, refreshes the UI, and more.
Outlined in a Steam post, Supergiant first thanked fans for playing this early version of Hades 2 and for providing feedback which influences patches. This second update arrives less than three weeks after Patch 1 but features dozens of changes, improvements, and bug fixes.
Balance changes take up a large part of the spoiler heavy patch notes, available below, but Supergiant has also made larger gameplay changes including the ability to encounter up to one additional Olympain each night, increased the invulnerability duration after Death Defiance, and the option to press and hold to...
IGN is partnering with Humble once again, this time to celebrate Pride month with their latest bundle, Stories of Pride! Eight games are in this bundle, with players able to choose various pricing tiers to receive a minimum of three games, up to all eight of them for $18.
The full line up for Humble Bundle's Stories of Pride includes:
Wylde Flowers
Lakeburg Legacies
Monster Camp: Camp Forever Bundle
Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus and Butterfly
Arcadian Fallen
Heaven Will Be Mind
No Longer Home
The World Next Door
As Humble shared, the Stories of Pride bundle is "all about matters of the heart and the joy of human connection," with the games in the bundle comprised of story-heavy games to celebrate Pride month. From the urban...
A prominent Mortal Kombat 1 dataminer has uncovered evidence to suggest that Ghostface from the Scream franchise is a future DLC character.
Following this week’s release of DLC character Homelander and accompanying patch, dataminer @interloko extracted the sounds from the Mileena announcer and found her saying Ghostface twice in among all the game’s other characters.
Mortal Kombat developer NetherRealm has yet to announce Ghostface as DLC, perhaps unsurprisingly given there is still one character from Kombat Pack 1 left to come out (Takeda Takahashi). Ghostface, then, is assumed to be a part of the inevitable Kombat Pack 2, but the character's release may be tied up with the ongoing issues surrounding the next movie in the series...
Katsuhiro Harada, chief developer of the Tekken series, has offered a fascinating insight into the making of the fighting game franchise’s characters, specifically their dialogue — and in the process revealed why one Tekken character in particular became popular despite saying nothing at all.
Harada tweeted in response to one user who asked about a line of dialogue spoken by the character Reina in the recently released Tekken 8, but the answer went on to describe the process of adding dialogue to Tekken characters, kicking off with Bryan and Yoshimitsu in 1997’s Tekken 3. Before that game, Tekken characters did not speak, but it was felt that with the demise of the arcade scene in the West and a shift toward consoles, there was a need...
Destiny 2 The Final Shape expansion is now available. The Final Shape wraps up Destiny’s long-running narrative by taking players inside the Traveler for a showdown with the enigmatic Witness. This marks the climax of a decade of intricate Destiny storytelling, leaving fans curious about the future. Some are even speculating Bungie has Destiny 3 up its sleeve.
For now, if you're looking to jump into the expansion and see what it has to offer, we have found the best deal available for those on PC. Destiny 2: The Final Shape is down to $42.99 at Fanatical (£35,69 in the UK) a trusted steam code seller, and a 15% saving compared to the $49.99 list price. It's not an enormous saving, but it's well worth considering if you were already...
Octopath Traveler will seemingly join its sequel on PlayStation 4 and 5 as the game was rated for distribution in Taiwan.
As reported by Gematsu, the Taiwan Digital Game Rating Committee has rated Octopath Traveler for PS4 and PS5 alongside Octopath Traveler 2 for Xbox Series X and S (which was previously announced). A ratings board approving a game is often a strong signal its release is coming, and more than likely soon.
Octopath Traveler has unusually complex availability. Originally a Nintendo Switch exclusive, the first game later came to PC and Xbox but not PlayStation platforms. Its sequel came straight to Nintendo, PlayStation, and PC, but skipped Xbox altogether.
The confirmed release of Octopath Traveler 2 on Xbox...
Mortal Kombat 1 now has Homelander as a DLC character, and players are already finding cool Easter eggs with the supervillain.
Homelander, from the phenomenally popular Prime Video show The Boys, launches in NetherRealm's gory fighting game with a number of references, but one Brutality in particular was found to include unique dialogue that hat tips an infamous scene.
Warning! Spoilers for The Boys Season 2 follow:
In The Boys Season 2 premiere The Big Ride, Homelander is introduced to Blindspot, a candidate for replacing the now-deceased Translucent's spot in The Seven. Blindspot is blind but possesses superhuman hearing and agility. Homelander, clearly unimpressed, bashes Blindspot’s ears in, declaring him “just another useless...
Destiny 2 developer Bungie has issued an apology to disgruntled fans who struggled to play The Final Shape expansion at launch.
The Final Shape launched on June 4 and Destiny 2 soon ran into significant server issues that prevented players from making progress through the hotly anticipated campaign. Many reported being booted from campaign levels, missing out on crucial cutscenes and losing progress. Bungie tweeted progress updates as it worked to ease the problems, but for many players the night was a write-off.
On Steam, the user review rating for The Final Shape is, predictably, 'mostly negative'. "Best 40 bucks I ever spent and best two hours of my life... My favorite part was when Cayde said 'Destiny 2 servers are not available...
I spent way too many hours knocking together my hands on for Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree, so I'll just let today's deals speak for themselves. My quick personal pick: that Humble Bundle that includes LEGO 2K Drive Awesome Edition for $15. Even the non-Awesome-edition is well worth that price. My kids and I love that game.
In retro news, I'm celebrating the 26th birthday of Panzer Dragoon Saga, a holy grail for Sega Saturn RPG enthusiasts and collectors. Why? This four-discer released at the tail end of Saturn's less than (inter)stellar lifespan in limited numbers, despite deserving a wide audience. All in all, a lovely bleak dystopian setting, unique art design, and a turn-based/real-time positioning battle system that stands up...
Since the launch of Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes in late April, some versions of the game have been plagued by quite a few bugs, including one that prevented a key character from being recruited on Switch. Now, after development team Rabbit & Bear prioritized fixing the game's bugs in April, the game's biggest patch yet is now out.
Today, in a post on Twitter/X, the team behind Eiyuden Chronicle announced the game's latest patch, which resolves quite a few major problems that sparked player complaints, including issues with story progression and a bug where time spent with support characters wasn't properly counted. The patch is now available on all platforms.
The patch also fixes a few things like stability, localization, and...
IGN Live, the one-of-a-kind summer fan event coming June 7-9, 2024, to downtown Los Angeles, will feature a ton of playable games that will join the exclusive reveals, trailers, celebrity panels & interviews, and so much more from the biggest names in gaming and entertainment.
In fact, IGN Live will feature over 100 playable gaming stations from such hits as Ghost of Tsushima on PC, XDefiant, The Rogue Prince of Persia, WWE 2K24, TopSpin 2K25, Squirrel with a Gun, Metaphor: Refantazio, Persona 3 Reload, Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, Street Fighter, Kingdom Hearts, PowerWash Simulator, and so many more.
While we can’t reveal everything, you can check out some of the games that you’ll be able to play if you stop by IGN Live! And...
Blasting monsters in the chops with a Bruce Lee backfist—few things feel more badass than that. So, when FromSoftware said my “hands on” could be literally just that—using my mitts to kung fu the dung out of every shadow under the Erdtree—I was in. The mere idea of testing out Martial Arts in Elden Ring summoned a smirk to my face; three-hours of punch-a-riffic playtime later, it was a toothless ear-to-ear grin.
Ever since the Monk class in Diablo III—or the time I found the Hands of God in Demon’s Souls—I've been a big fan of the biff. Particularly in PvP. There’s something hugely satisfying about facing an armed foe thirsty for blood, but you serve them a tall glass of “wa-taaa” instead.
It’s also worth noting that I also decided...
Destiny 2, Bungie's long-running live-service FPS, may be getting its "final shape" today, but that shape appears to not include servers that are ready for the clamoring playerbase.
As has been the case for every major Destiny expansion since 2014, Destiny 2: The Final Shape has kicked off with hours of error messages and hours-long queue times as players rush to log in. The error message, which reads "Destiny 2 servers are not available" for most, has been met with annoyance from some, while most veterans are merely unsurprised by this longstanding tradition.
The issues likely stem from the massive influx of players the game sees with each new expansion, as Steam alone reported more than 200,000 players trying to log on...
Dead by Daylight developer Behaviour Interactive is laying off "up to" 95 of its employees, most of them based in Montreal, in its second round of layoffs this year.
In a press release shared by the company today, Behaviour explained that the layoffs were driven by a need to "focus on its historical strengths." In the last five years, the company said, it has grown from 575 employees to 1,300 individuals. However, due to "unprecedented competition," Behaviour is undergoing "multiple strategic changes" to better distinguish its different business divisions.
It's doing this by laying off "up to" 95 individuals across multiple departments, 70 of whom are being laid off from the company's Montreal office. In January, Behaviour laid off...
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Shadow of the Erdtree, Elden Ring's 'first and last' DLC expansion, is so close. Whether you're jumping back into the base game before release or starting from scratch altogether, the hype is slowly building. Shadow of the Erdtree will release on June 21 and costs $39.99 -- but if you're on PC, there's already a tantalizing saving on offer to you.
Both Green Man Gaming and Fanatical, trusted PC and Steam code sellers, currently have the Elden Ring: Shadow of The Erdtree expansion listed for $35.19 / £30.79 in the UK, alongside the 'Premium Bundle' for $43.99 (down from $49.99). That's at least $4.81 savings and 12%...
A new Warzone cutscene shows Black Ops protagonist Frank Woods dishing out orders from a wheelchair, appearing to confirm a Black Ops 2 ending as canon and offering our first look at the character in the upcoming Black Ops 6.
The intro, added to the battle royale ahead of Microsoft’s big reveal of the upcoming Black Ops 6, sees fan-favorite character Woods talk about the discovery of a “mole”, presumed to be Russell Adler from Black Ops Cold War.
But it is Woods’ appearance in a wheelchair that has caught the attention of the Call of Duty community, and sparked excited discussion about the storyline running through the Black Ops series.
First, some background: in 2012’s Black Ops 2, Woods is tricked into killing his best friend and...
As Bungie launches Destiny 2 expansion The Final Shape, fans think one developer has teased Destiny 3 with a series of cryptic tweets.
The Final Shape concludes Destiny’s overarching story by placing the player inside the Traveler in a face-off against the mysterious The Witness. It’s the culmination of 10 years of often bewildering Destiny storytelling, and will hopefully provide answers for the game’s player base.
But in previous videos, Bungie developers have teased that The Final Shape is not the end of Destiny 2 or even the series, with the developer - now owned by Sony - also working on multiplayer game Marathon. In a series of tweets marking the release of The Final Shape, Bungie executive creative director, Luke Smith...
There was something magical about that first playthrough of Elden Ring – when everything was new and there was a prevailing sense of discovery and awe as I rode through The Lands Between, stumbling upon the horrors of Caelid, the beautiful vistas of Limgrave and Liurnia, and the treasures that awaited after a challenging dungeon. Which is why my three hours with Elden Ring’s DLC: Shadow of the Erdtree was so exciting, because it felt like I was playing Elden Ring again for the first time, in a brand new realm to explore, with new discoveries, new surprises, new gear, and you’d better believe new challenges, even despite my provided level 150 character with end-game level gear.
My three hour play session began at the Cocoon of the...
Dark Horse is adding another major property to its growing lineup of video game-inspired collectibles. Remnant II is getting a statue, one that immortalizes the iconic World Stone from the game.
IGN can exclusively debut the first images of the Remanant II: World Stone statue. Get a closer look in the slideshow gallery below:
This collectible brings the transdimensional portal to life as a statue measuring 10.5 inches tall and 4.5 inches in diameter. The statue rotates atop its pedestal base and features LED lights and customizable sound effects.
The statue was sculpted by BigShot Toyworks, with prototyping and painting by J.W. Productions. It's limited to 1000 pieces worldwide and features a hand-numbered certificate of...
XDefiant developer Ubisoft San Francisco has issued an update for the free-to-download shooter, targeting a range of issues across all platforms.
The XDefiant Y1S0.2 patch (Ubisoft uses a patch naming convention based on the year and season from now on) fixes issues across social play and other parts of the game. As has become XDefiant’s style, Ubisoft has had a bit of fun with the patch notes, below, picking out a change on PlayStation 5:
Fixed a thing on PS5 where people could sneak into places they shouldn't via PS5 Activities.
XDefiant launched its pre-season last month and Ubisoft’s Call of Duty competitor appears to be off to a decent start, earning praise from competitive shooter fans hankering for an old-school experience...
Furniture store IKEA will pay people £13.15 / €14.80 per hour to work in a virtual store it’s opening inside Roblox.
The Co-Worker Game, as it’s called, will let players “experience working in IKEA’s virtual universe”, the company said. “Fans will be able to live their home furnishing dreams and get paid for it, with a limited number of paid roles available,” IKEA continued. Applications run to June 16, with the game itself launching June 24.
“The immersive experience gives players the opportunity to experience IKEA's unique approach to careers where non-linear career journeys are the norm and lateral moves across departments are commonplace,” IKEA said. It is IKEA’s first foray into mainstream gaming.
There are paid shifts on...
A MultiVersus players had to react fast after the developer pulled their main character out of the game in the middle of a tournament.
A post on the MultiVersus X/Twitter account signaled the removal of Iron Giant from the recently released brawler due to various issues with the character, which players believe include overpowered combos and an infinite chain grab. Garnet was added to the Preview Rotation in response.
Fair enough, you’d think. But for one MultiVersus player the removal of Iron Giant couldn’t have come at a worse time. As revealed in an X/Twitter post by @NickSF_SSB, co-owner of No Style eSports, a player going by the name of ‘FlaSHFReeeze’ was in the middle of a bracket when their main, Iron Giant, was pulled from...
Steam viral hit game Content Warning has sold 2.2 million copies in two months, with a console version possibly waiting in the wings.
That’s up from the one million sold in mid-April, itself an impressive figure that came after an eye-catching free launch period.
Publisher Landfall released Content Warning for free for the first 24 hours, signaling that it planned to charge for the game after the launch period. The Lethal Company-style co-op survival horror saw an impressive peak concurrent player number of 204,439 on Valve’s platform off the back of the promotion, but some questioned whether it would prove successful in the long run.
Landfall said this week that over 8.8 million players own Content Warning on Steam two months...
The Team Fortress 2 community has come together in an attempt to brute force developer Valve into fixing a bot problem that has plagued the hero shooter for years.
Disgruntled players of the near 17-year-old shooter, which remains one of the most-played games on Steam, have taken to user reviews to let their feelings be known about bots. This review campaign has caused Team Fortress 2’s recent reviews user rating to plummet to ‘mostly negative’, with pretty much all the comments complaining about bots.
“It's time Valve does something about the bots,” reads one review from a user with over 630 hours on Team Fortress 2. “The game has been overrun with people willing to doxx, DDOS, and SWAT anyone who takes action against the problem.”...
Amazon has announced an original live-action series for Prime Video based on Sega’s successful Like a Dragon game series, previously known as Yakuza.
Simply titled Like a Dragon: Yakuza and including six episodes, this original series is directed by Masaharu Take, best known for the drama series The Naked Director. Made in Japan, the series stars the hugely popular Japanese drama and stage actor Ryoma Takeuchi in the role of Kazuma Kiryu.
Like a Dragon: Yakuza will be available on Amazon Prime in over 240 countries and territories worldwide, released in two batches on October 25 and November 1, 2024.
A new story loosely based on the original Yakuza
The live-action crime-suspense series is based on an original screenplay loosely...