The perfect power bank to use with your Steam Deck or Nintendo Switch is back on sale in the UK right now. We are, of course, talking about the INIU 100W 25000mAh Fast Charging Portable Charger, available on Amazon for just £24.99 right now (see here). Ensure you use the listed voucher (35% off) and promo code TKP5F6W2 to get the full discount.
This incredibly affordable INIU power bank is ideal for portable gaming systems like the Steam Deck or the Switch. It boasts super-fast charging capabilities, a robust battery capacity, and a sleek design. It's our favourite pick for portable gaming, and well worth it at such a discounted price.
Taking your Steam Deck or Switch on the go is undeniably convenient. We've all experienced that...
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It's time to get busy bargain huntin' in the second-best time of the year—end of financial. I've scoured every store worth shopping in for the cheapest prices on the games worth caring about. I'm also all about hooking you up with free things. Four of those await you below. Check back tomorrow for more, because I see some extra ones on my radar.
In retro news, I'm celebrating the 31st birthday of Starwing, aka the PAL version progenitor of the Star Fox series. Interestingly, its N64 sequel was named Lylat Wars, at which point Nintendo Europe said, "Screw it, we'll just use the US naming convention from here on out." Starwing is the shoot 'em up that deserves special acclaim as the first hardware-accelerated 3D gaming experience on a...
Like grabbing a hot drink and unwinding with a good book, Disney Dreamlight Valley makes the hours pleasantly fly by. With two beefy maps to unlock and explore, more than 30 Disney characters to befriend, and a plethora of quests to complete, this Disney-infused cozy life simulator kept me blissfully entertained for dozens of hours – even having already played a whole bunch of it during its Early Access over a year ago. But despite hitting 1.0, Dreamlight Valley still feels as unfinished as it ever has in some ways thanks to persistent bugs, a newer storyline that ends on another unsatisfying cliffhanger, and a merciless grind that not even the wonderful cast of characters can entirely compensate for. That means it still has plenty more...
Abubakar Salim, the founder of Surgent Studios and creative director of Tales of Kenzera: ZAU, issued a strong statement today addressing harassment both he and his studio have faced since the release of Tales of Kenzera in April.
In a five-minute video posted to X/Twitter (which you can watch below), Salim opens by saying he didn't want to address the harassment, and that he's dealt with assertions that he didn't "deserve the opportunit[ies]" he got from the beginning of his career: "No, it was simply because I'm Black, and I've turned my other cheek and just kept doing my thing," he says.
Salim is also an actor known for roles in Assassin's Creed Origins, Max's Raised by Wolves, and an upcoming part in Season 2 of HBO's House of...
As a traditionally parkour-heavy series with a main character who often has a difficult time dying when it counts, a roguelike Prince of Persia game feels like a concept that was simply waiting for an execution. Pair that intuitive idea with Evil Empire, the developers behind Dead Cells, and you’ve got an ideal coupling for Ubisoft’s second sidescrolling Prince of Persia of 2024. But while The Rogue Prince of Persia has a lot of potential, at this stage in its Early Access life, there doesn’t seem to be quite enough to hang onto for this time loop adventure to really shine yet. I still have more to play before I put a final score on it, but what I’ve seen so far is a skeleton of a roguelite adventure that will entertain for a few hours...
In recent weeks, reports have surfaced that Take-Two is shuttering Kerbal Space Program 2 developer Intercept Games and OlliOlli World developer Roll7. Now, IGN has learned that not only are these closures imminent, but they are a part of a larger move by Take-Two to either sell off or shut down the entirety of its indie label, Private Division.
Earlier this month, Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick told IGN that Take-Two "didn't shutter" its owned indie studios Intercept Games and Roll7. At the time, that was technically true; both studios are currently operational, but they won't be for long. Speaking to multiple anonymous sources familiar with the matter, IGN has independently confirmed that Intercept Games is set to close on June 28...
Video game composer Geoff Follin, known for his role in crafting ‘80s and ‘’90s-era songs for the Nintendo Entertainment System, has passed away at the age of 58 from pancreatic cancer.
Follin’s passing was announced yesterday by his brother and fellow composer Tim in a Facebook post (spotted by Time Extension). According to Tim, Follin passed away earlier this week while awaiting scans from his pancreatic cancer diagnosis on May 7.
“The speed at which this has happened has been utterly brutal. He leaves behind an amazing wife and three amazing children, the oldest 19 and the youngest only 16. You can imagine how devastating this is for all of them and for the rest of us,” Tim wrote on Facebook. “He was four years older than me and I...
TICKETS FOR IGN LIVE ARE AVAILABLE NOW!
IGN Live is coming to Los Angeles June 7-9. The event promises to be an epic, action-packed weekend full of huge exclusives, playable games, giveaways, demos, and more from your favorite properties across games and entertainment. Scroll down to find out who will be there on what days!
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What to Expect
It all takes place at Magic Box @ The Reef from 10am-6pm PT each day. Select highlights from the show will be broadcast across IGN platforms each afternoon. Tickets are still on sale, so don’t miss out on your chance to see the one-of-a-kind show live and in person.
In addition to the exclusive programming below, IGN Live will feature...
If you're an IGN Plus member, a new free expansion is available to claim now from IGN Rewards! Destiny 2: Lightfall can be claimed for free for a limited time by all IGN Plus members, which is just in time for the upcoming Destiny 2: The Final Shape expansion. Developed by Bungie, Destiny 2 is one of the most popular multiplayer shooters out there, with hundreds of hours worth of content at your fingertips. The upcoming expansion offers loads of new features, including an exciting campaign, a new subclass, new enemies, and more.
Claim a Free Destiny 2: Lightfall Steam Key!
The next Destiny 2 expansion, titled Destiny 2: The Final Shape, is set to release on June 4. This expansion brings Guardians into The Pale Heart of the Traveler...
Toys for Bob, the Crash Bandicoot 4 developer and Call of Duty support studio that left the Xbox-owned Activision in February 2024, has signed an agreement with Xbox directly to publish its next game.
Revealed in a post on X/Twitter, Toys for Bob confirmed reports from March 2024 that claimed it would team up with Xbox once again. Its next game, which the studio said will return it to its roots, is still in "very early development," but it's partnering with Xbox to publish it.
"We're excited to announce that we'll be partnering with Xbox to publish our next new game," Toys for Bob said. "We're still very early in development, so you might not hear from us for a bit, but know that we're working hard on an experience we're so sooo...
“Just be grateful you get to say goodbye.” “There’s nothing here for you anymore.” “Nostalgia can be a dangerous thing.” Simple one-liners like these are plentiful in the early conversations of 1000xResist, a story-driven game set in a far-flung future where humanity's scant remains live on through generations of clones. It’s easy to see that kind of writing and get the impression developer Sunset Visitor is perhaps a bit too eager to be melodramatic – but it trusts you’ll stick with it because their delivery and the context around them make moments like these as thoughtful as they are gut-wrenching. A striking visual style and an intoxicating mystery pull you in as its ambitious narrative structure comes together brilliantly, and in...
Riot Games has made clear its stance on toxic players in its multiplayer shooter Valorant, saying those who make "evil statements" against others "aren't welcome here."
In a post on X/Twitter, below, Valorant studio head Anna Donlon said Riot "absolutely needs to do better" in protecting its players from others and outlined changes it's making to do so.
"Too often it takes someone experiencing the worst behaviors — something egregious, something painful, something threatening — for us to better understand where the gaps in our systems and processes are, and that's exactly what we're experiencing and addressing right now," Donlon said.
"We've been working on systems and technologies, and we actually have been making a lot of...
Fast-paced first-person shooters may be a dime a dozen these days, but Anger Foot has a unique gameplay hook that is literally kicking the door down for your attention. This colourful and completely chaotic shooter from the makers of Broforce is like a first-person take on the compelling, room-clearing carnage of Hotline Miami, with an emphasis on using your left foot of fury to violently smash a path through locked doors, obstacles, and gangs of anthropomorphic animal enemies. It’s a shoot and boot ‘em up that feels like John Wick with some extra kick, and I enjoyed the two hours I spent playing an early build of Anger Foot every skull-stomping step of the way.
There are guns too, of course, but the pistol in your hand is merely a...
The controversial boss of Embracer Group has discussed the topic of increasing the price of video games beyond $70 amid rising development costs and a brutally competitive market.
Lars Wingefors, who has laid off thousands of staff, shut multiple studios, and sold off subsidiaries in the last financial year, told GI.biz that pushing the price of video games higher is something Embracer has discussed, and that doing so would mean more video games would be released.
"I'm not saying you can't increase the price," Wingefors told the site. "But the reality is no one has tried it. If you create an enormous role-playing game, for example, with 100 or 150 hours of gameplay, very polished, and a unique experience, would the consumer be...
Chasing the End doesn’t hide its inspirations for even a second. In the opening scene, Rion, a young woman in Seoul, South Korea, rises from the bed in her apartment building, the TV in the corner showing nothing but static, and a not-so-subtle pixel-art poster of Playdead’s 2016 masterpiece Inside hanging on the wall behind her.
In fact, Inside is the only pristine thing you could possibly be reminded of as you explore Rion’s world. Everything has gone to hell: trash coats the floors of her building, rooms are boarded up, the walls are cracked and crumbling, and as an elderly neighbor stops Rion for a quick chat to plead for help cleaning her place up, it quickly becomes clear that this is not a prosperous world.
In fact, Rion...
Amid speculation Microsoft plans to launch a new, more expensive tier of Game Pass, the company has confirmed Call of Duty Black Ops 6 will be playable upon launch on all existing tiers.
This week, Microsoft announced the arrival of Call of Duty Black Ops 6 day-one on Xbox Game Pass. It is the first Call of Duty game to do so, and follows Microsoft's $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard.
Microsoft has faced tough questions around the potential cannibalization effect of Game Pass, particularly on games that launch on the service day-one. While Xbox executives have insisted sales can be boosted by a game’s presence on Game Pass, some publishers remain unconvinced. Former Activision boss Bobby Kotick, for example, was always...
Little Nightmares 3 has been delayed from 2024 to 2025, Supermassive Games and Bandai Namco Europe have announced.
In a post on X/Twitter, the development team said it needs more time to reach the level of quality it and its fans expect of the franchise, though didn't reveal anything more specific. Supermassive Games laid off around 90 employees in March 2024, two months before this delay announcement.
"The teams at Supermassive Games and Bandai Namco Europe have been working hard towards delivering the best experience possible for the next entry in the franchise," the Little Nightmares development team said.
"As much as we can't wait for you to return to the Nowhere, we also want to make sure we give the game the care and love it...
Manor Lords has received its first major patch in version 0.7.972, with developer Slavic Magic making even more changes than were present in the beta version of the update.
Revealed on Steam, the patch includes the myriad features available to those testing the new version such as the addressing of clogged Trading Posts, weak archers, overly high ale consumption, disappearing crops, and more.
A new major feature called King's Tax has also been added, which ultimately rewards good workers and punishes poor ones.
Slavic Magic has applied many more balance changes with the full patch too, using the testing period to fine tune different mechanics. Armor variations, a refreshed Large Granary, a new patron saint, and more were also...
Dale, Matt P. and Emma chat about everything shown and announced in the May 30th PlayStation State of Play, including an Alien VR game, Monster Hunter: Wilds and the biggest new announcement of all; the return of Astro Bot! Dale has also seen the Stranger Things live theatre show, Stranger Things: The First Shadow and needs to rave about its amazing production.
As ever, there’s also the regular dose of madness thanks to your feedback, including a hideous pasta pudding concoction.
Send in your food nonsense to ign_ukfeedback@ign.com (or questions and thoughts about games, TV, and films – we should probably stay on topic at least 60% of the time).
IGN UK Podcast 751: The State of Astro Bot
IGN UK Podcast 750: Scrotus, Erectus, and...
Iconic sports car brand Porsche and hero shooter Overwatch 2 have teamed up for an electric collaboration, and as part of the festivities, you’ll have the chance to show off your Overwatch 2 skills to compete for a limited collab inspired Xbox Series X!
This epic collab saw D.Va receive a sleek new Legendary skin inspired by the all-electric Porsche Macan. D.Va is taking center stage for our latest competition and it all comes down to showcasing your best play as the mech-piloting tank.
Send us a recording of your most impressive in-game D.Va moment, and we’ll pick our favorites to feature in an upcoming IGN compilation video. If that wasn’t exciting enough, we’ll identify the best of the submissions (and the player responsible) to...
Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead has indicated plans to issue a hotfix as soon as possible after players reported a nasty bug with the current Major Order.
Helldivers 2 players’ latest Major Order, dubbed Operation Enduring Peace, seeks to bring an end to Meridia by turning it into a giant black hole via the experimental deployment of weaponized Dark Fluid. Players speculate the destruction of Meridia and its Terminid supercolony will lead into the release of a third faction, potentially the long-extinct Illuminate.
But it didn’t take long for players to notice something untoward with the Major Order itself, with Bile Titans and breach holes spawning directly on the objective. This led some to call the Major Order a “broken mess”...
PC gamers in countries without PlayStation Network have expressed their frustration at Sony after the confirmation they cannot buy single-player games God of War Ragnarok and Until Dawn on Steam.
Sony announced the PC ports of both PlayStation games during its State of Play May 2024 showcase, and confirmed they require a PSN account to play. This message is reiterated on the Steam page for both games. Unfortunately, this means God of War Ragnarok and Until Dawn are unavailable on Steam in regions in which PSN is not live.
While it has now become clear that all Sony’s PC games will require a PSN account to play after the Helldivers 2 debacle in April and, more recently, a furore over the PSN requirement for the multiplayer portion of...
Those looking forward to Destiny 2: The Final Shape may need to clear out a their hard drives ahead of its June 4, 2024 release date, as Bungie has shared some hefty install sizes.
Revealed in its This Week in Destiny blog post, where Bungie also warned players of spoilers after the expansion was accidentally pushed live early for some players, The Final Shape requires around 150 GB on all platforms.
The biggest numbers come for those on PC, however, as players who already have Destiny 2 installed will essentially need double the amount of space available if they want to preload The Final Shape to play the moment it's available.
Steam players need an eyewatering 299.70 GB and the Epic Games Store needs 279.66 GB, and while these...
The high-profile video game cheat maker recently ordered to pay Activision millions of dollars in damages in a court ruling has vowed to continue to release cheats for Call of Duty.
This week, the United States District Court of the Central District of California granted Activision’s motion for default judgement in the civil case against EngineOwning, which sells cheats for a number of Call of Duty games as well as Counter-Strike, Battlefield, and Titanfall. Activision was awarded $14,465,600 in statutory damages and $292,912 in attorneys’ fees, and the court issued a permanent injunction to enjoin EngineOwning’s “unlawful conduct” and to transfer its domain name, www.EngineOwning.to, to Activision.
Despite the ruling, some...
The 21st Century has seen the longest stretches of team domination in the history of Formula 1. The last 14 years has seen drivers from just two teams win the whole shebang. That’s year after year, for nearly a decade and a half. Yes, Formula 1 is foremost an engineering series, and the recipe for winning a World Drivers' Championship essentially begins with “have the quickest car” and ends with “be faster than your teammate.” Yes, there’s a glimmer of promise this year with four different winners in just eight Grands Prix.
However, broadly speaking, the predictability of F1 is getting a little old hat. Unfortunately, Codemasters’ F1 series is suffering a parallel predictability problem in F1 24, in that it’s a terrific racing game...
The best June indie games are coming at us at full speed and will not be deterred, not even by the likes of Destiny 2: The Final Shape nor Elden Ring: Shadows of the Erdtree. If we’re all being honest here, June is a scary month to release a game primarily because of those two […]
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Thank your own personal deity—possibly Surtr—it's Friday! Old mate was a topical choice because, for 24 hours, the Complete Edition of Assassin's Creed Valhalla is a whopping $178 off. You can thank PlayStation's Days of Play sale for that one, and there's plenty more where that came from below...
In retro news, I'm celebrating the 22nd birthday of Super Smash Bros. Melee, a GameCube great that really knocked it out of the park with a Home-Run Bat. Having played the control stick out of the OG on N64 with my mates, I remember being blown away by Melee's increase in free-form movement, responsiveness, character roster, and head nods to other Ninty IPs. I love that this is still lauded in the SSB competitive scene.
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At last, an open-world game that measures up – literally. On the one hand, Infinity Nikki is the console-ready follow-up to the Miracle Nikki and Shining Nikki series of dress-up games on mobile from Chinese game publisher Infold. On the other, it takes some influence from The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, with ex-Nintendo BOTW director Kentaro Tominaga as its executive producer.
And as I discovered from three hours playing a packed new demo on PC, Infinity Nikki blends the best of these two disparate worlds – and tucks a ton of surprises under its sparkly belt.
As she digs through her attic in search of an outfit for the ball, titular heroine Nikki is thrown headlong into adventure when she finds an enchanted red and purple...
Immediately after a jam-packed PlayStation State of Play, Konami aired a Silent Hill Transmission livestream, where the publisher shared a slew of details on the multiple Silent Hills projects currently in development.
Although we did not get any details on Silent Hill f and Silent Hill: Townfall, fans were treated to new gameplay and pre-ordering details for Silent Hill 2 Remake, in addition to a behind-the-scenes look at the upcoming horror film Return to Silent Hill.
Read below to learn more about everything Konami revealed during the Silent Hill Transmission livestream.
Thirteen minutes of Silent Hill 2 gameplay revealed
Following an intro message from Silent Hill producer Motoi Okamoto, the digital showcase started with 13...
Paramount and SEGA have expanded their 'Cinematic World of Sonic the Hedgehog' with Knuckles, a six-episode event series starring Idris Elba as Sonic's eponymous rival-turned-ally. IGN's Knuckles review called it "a fun, chaotic bonus level that nails everything that made the Sonic movies great."
If you're wondering what Knuckles is about or how to watch it yourself, take a look at the information below.
How to Watch Knuckles Online – Streaming Release Date
All six episodes of Knuckles are now available, exclusively on Paramount+.
Paramount+ costs $6/month or $12/month with Showtime included. There is also a free trial available for new subscribers.
What's Knuckles About?
Knuckles, a spinoff of Paramount's Sonic the Hedgehog...