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Xbox Business Update Confirms Four Exclusives Going Multi-Platform, Reveals Diablo 4 Game Pass Date

Xbox revealed its "vision for the future" today in a podcast featuring executives Phil Spencer, Sarah Bond, and Matt Booty, who did their best to articulate the path forward for the platform amid reports of plans to embrace a third-party publishing strategy. The business update confirmed that four games will be releasing on other platfoms, though Xbox did not provide additional details. It also revealed Xbox's plans for Activision Blizzard games on Game Pass while teasing the "largest technical leap you will have ever seen in a hardware generation" for its next console. Here's everything that was announced. Xbox reveals its plans for PS5 and more. The biggest news was Xbox's confirmation that four games will indeed be going...
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No Rest for the Wicked: Exclusive Boss Battle Gameplay - IGN First

No Rest for the Wicked is the unexpected next project from Moon Studios, the developer behind the Ori series. But rather than make another Metroidvania platformer, the studio has entered the exciting world of action RPGs and it hopes to make a serious mark with its very non-Diablo approach to combat. For the next two weeks, we’re bringing you plenty of new details about No Rest for the Wicked as part of February’s IGN First. We’ll be offering you behind-the-scenes features and interviews with the developers, but we’ll start with perhaps the most important thing: gameplay. Today’s eight-minute video showcases No Rest for the Wicked’s exploration, combat, cooking, and – of course – an intense boss battle against the grotesque Warrick...
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ZA/UM Reportedly Cancels Disco Elysium Expansion, at Risk of Lay-Offs

Disco Elysium developer ZA/UM has reportedly cancelled a standalone expansion for the game, leaving several staff members at risk of losing their jobs. Sources close to the matter told Video Games by GLHF that around 24 employees, or roughly one quarter of all staff, are at risk of redundancy. Staff who worked on a game codenamed Project X7, which was allegedly the Disco Elysium expansion, are the most at risk of being laid off, according to GLHF, such as 2D, 3D, and technical artists alongside production, IT, and animation employees. GLHF also obtained a message allegedly sent to staff from CEO Ilmar Kompus. "Despite concerted efforts over the past eight months by our management team and the X7 disciplines, following consultation...
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No Man's Sky Goes Free to Play This Weekend to Celebrate Omega Expedition Launch

No Man's Sky is going free to play this coming weekend to celebrate the launch of the Omega Expedition, which comes in an update alongside myriad other changes today, February 15. The Omega Expedition is free from February 15 at 6am Pacific / 9am Eastern / 2pm UK on February 15 until 10am Pacific / 1pm Eastern / 6pm UK on February 19, with Hello Games promising "no microtransactions, no free-to-play mechanics, just a huge universe to explore for free with your friends." Expeditions, which are timed events that set players on a specific path and mission, have also been revamped into the main game instead of only being available through a different mode. The Omega Expedition was built as a perfect introduction for new players, Hello...
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Sony Picks Up Forever Skies as a PS5 Console Exclusive Out 2024

Sony has signed a deal with developer Far From Home to secure Forever Skies as a PlayStation 5 console exclusive due out at some point in 2024. First-person post-apocalyptic survival game Forever Skies launched on Steam in Early Access form in June, and when it leaves Early Access later this year, it’ll have a console exclusive debut on PS5 with a same-day release on Steam. Sony Interactive Entertainment is providing development support and funding as part of the partnership for Forever Skies, Far From Home said. Far From Home moved to reassure its PC players that the deal does not affect their version. “Forever Skies will make its console debut on PS5 in tandem with the launch of the full version on Steam once Early Access has...
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5 Years After It Was Announced, Hollow Knight: Silksong Is Still One of the Most-Anticipated Games Around

It has been five long years since Team Cherry announced Hollow Knight: Silksong on February 14, 2019, with a launch then planned for PC, Mac, Linux, and Nintendo Switch. And still, it remains one of the most-anticipated video games around. Not only is Hollow Knight: Silksong the third most-wishlisted game on Steam, behind only Hades 2 and Manor Lords, but it is one of the most-wanted Game Pass games following Microsoft’s deal with Team Cherry to bring it to its subscription service day-one. It’s also coming to the PlayStation Store, with a PlayStation 5 launch planned. In June 2022, Microsoft included Hollow Knight: Silksong in its Xbox-Bethesda Showcase, and announced that everything shown would be playable in the next 12 months...
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Diablo 4’s Hellish Microtransactions Go From Bad to Worse With $65 Horse Bundle That Costs More Than the Game Itself

Hot on the heels of a backlash against Diablo 4 portal reskins that cost the same as Palworld comes a new microtransaction horror: a horse bundle that costs more than Diablo 4 itself. This week, Blizzard released the new Vitreous Scourge mount, which can only be bought as part of a $64.99 bundle that throws in 7,000 Platinum. For context, Diablo 4 itself currently costs $41.99, and there is no way to buy the Vitreous Scourge mount outside this bundle. Here’s what you get from the Vitreous Scourge pack, per Blizzard: Diablo 4 players are debating the rights and wrongs of this bundle, working out its value given it includes 7,000 Platinum (7,200 Platinum costs $64.97 when bought on its own via the denominations Blizzard provides)...
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Payday 3 Sales and Engagement 'Significantly Lower' Than Dev Wants

Payday 3 developer Starbreeze Entertainment has admitted the heist shooter is performing "significantly lower" than it would like in both sales and player engagement. As reported by Game Developer, Starbreeze admitted to the struggle in its latest financial earnings. "Payday 3’s sales and player activity are currently at significantly lower levels than we would like," it said. Improving Payday 3 will be its "biggest focus and absolutely priority" going forward as it attempts to "ensure that that the game lives up to expectations". Starbreeze appeared hopeful about the future, however. "There are many examples from the game industry, where a problematic initial time on the market is turned into long-term success," it said. "There is...
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Forza Motorsport Update 5 Adds Nürburgring, Bug Fixes, and More

Turn 10 Studios has released Update 5 for Forza Motorsport, adding the full version of the beloved Nürburgring track to the game. Revealed in a blog post, Update 5 adds the Ringer Tour and within it the Nordschleife, a portion of track which completes the Nürburgring race within Forza Motorsport. The Ringer Tour also introduces players to cards from various German manufacturers. "Get ready to tackle the exhilarating challenge of the Nürburgring Nordschleife," the post said. "This iconic track isn't just about its 20.8-kilometer length or its daunting twists and turns; it's a testament to racing history." Myriad bug fixes are also present in the update, such as a fix for infinite loading screens in Featured Multiplayer, improvements...
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Helldivers 2 Dev Says It Will 'Never' Add PvP Because It Wants to 'Reduce Toxic Elements' From the Community

Are you playing Helldivers 2 and wondering if the developers will ever add a player versus player mode? Don’t hold your breath — the boss of developer Arrowhead Game Studios has said it’s never going to happen. Responding to a user on Twitter/X, Arrowhead CEO Johan Pilestedt said the developer will “never” add PvP to Helldivers 2 in order to reduce “toxic elements” from the community. “Hey; We'll ‘never’ add a PvP-mode,” Pilestedt said. “This is to reduce toxic elements from the community. “We want an environment that's supportive, fun and where we all are fighting on the same side!” Helldivers 2 is a co-op third-person shooter in which players squad up to take on alien bugs and automatons across big maps packed with over-the-top...
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'Palworld Has Lost X% of Its Player Base' Discourse Is 'Lazy', Dev Says

The developer of Palworld has commented on the debate around the declining number of people playing the game since launch, calling the discourse "lazy". Taking to Twitter/X, Pocketpair community manager Bucky, who has become the voice of Palworld’s development team in the West, reflected on the game’s first month since going on sale in early access form across PC and Xbox Series X and S. “In May of 2023, I was convinced that Palworld could break the 50,000 player mark,” Bucky said. “Anything above that seemed unobtainable though, and I certainly never expected it to reach into the millions. “It has taken years to get to this point, and Palworld only really begins from here. Everyone is working hard to fix the issues and prepare new...
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A Free Seminal Smash 'Em Up Racer, A 70 Item Capcom Uber Bundle for 30 Bucks, and More!

If you like spending money, I have heaps of bargain priced things to buy today. However, you might wanna skip all that entirely by simply downloading FlatOut for free on GOG. Why? Because it's the physics-heavy racer where you fender bend with other POS cars (or try to slingshot your driver through the windshield at a giant dartboard). What's not to love there? In retro news, it's been 33 years since a tonne of green haired, no-self-preservation-havin' weirdos trotted across our screens. Though it got rehashed and 3Dified a bunch of times, you really can't beat the original 2D Lemmings. Its key feature that hasn't aged a day: a Nuke button that turns your dimnutive charges into one big pixelized guts explosion. This Day in Gaming...
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Phantom Blade Zero's Anime Trailer is a Historical High-Stakes Due

In honor of 2024 marking the Year of the Dragon in the Chinese calendar, , S-Game has revealed an introspective and suspenseful Phantom Blade Zero anime trailer called Rain & Blood that recalls Phantom Blade's history–and its upcoming future as a third-person action game. S-Game is celebrating the Year of the Dragon as dragons are a pillar of the phantom Blade universe, embodied by the mighty Loong (meaning “dragon”) Clan. In Phantom Blade’s timeline, the Loongs have been honored, even worshiped, as the vanguard of justice for over a century, until the clan collapsed in a history-making event. Within Phantom Blade Zeroplayers will find some of the Long relics and feel their lingering influence. This alignment between the game world...
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Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League Performance Review

It was always going to be a tall order for Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League to emerge from the shadow of the mighty Arkham series. From an architectural perspective the game has moved from Unreal Engine 3 to 4, while from an art and style perspective think more multi-coloured Marvel comics than a dark DC tome. From the bright sunshine across Gotham City and vibrant greens, reds and purples, each character and enemy stand in stark contrast to the subtle and muted tones of Rocksteady’s prior games. The same wide-open city is available to you early on, and each of the 4 playable characters have their own unique and fast means of travel. However, this presents one of our biggest issues when it comes to performance. Available only on...
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Top 10 Best DC Games

Deciding the 10 best DC video games requires superhuman stamina, because there a lot to choose from! DC Comics characters have been showing up in games since the very beginning, starting with Superman for the Atari 2600 way back in 1979 — just a year after Christopher Reeve’s iconic movie performance hit theaters. Since then, the number of DC games has flown up, up, and away, with over a 100 games to date. And half of them are Batman games! Just kidding. Only 38 are. DC’s world of superpowered heroes and larger-than-life villains has proven to be good for everything from side-scrolling beat-’em-ups to high-flying action adventures. They’ve made for games that range from family-friendly fun to disturbing crime thrillers, from cheap...
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PlayStation Plus Game Catalog Additions for February 2024 Revealed

Sony has revealed the full line-up of PlayStation Plus Games Catalog additions for February 2024, which includes Assassin's Creed Valhalla, Need for Speed Unbound, and more. Announced on the PlayStation Blog, a total of 13 games are joining the library: nine in the Games Catalog available to Extra and Premium members and four in the Classic Games Catalog only available to Premium members. February includes a solid number of role-playing games, with other highlights including Obsidian Entertainment's The Outer Worlds and a handful of entries in the beloved Tales series, such as Tales of Arise and Tales of Vesperia. PlayStation Plus Games Catalog Additions for February 2024 Need for Speed Unbound | PS5 The Outer Worlds: Spacer's...
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Everything You Need To Know About Pacific Drive

Strikingly unique, Pacific Drive combines open-world driving, survival horror elements and a thickly slathered atmosphere of genuine mystery to create a very different take on the survival genre. Be sure to keep this guide in your favourites as we cover everything you need to know about Pacific Drive including the release date, gameplay details, latest […] Continue reading...
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Dragon's Dogma 2 Will Feature an Uncapped Frame Rate, Director Confirms

Despite what previous rumors suggested, the director of Dragon's Dogma 2 has clarified that the upcoming action RPG will not be locked at 30 frames per second but rather will feature an uncapped frame rate. In a post on X/Twitter, Dragon's Dogma 2 director Hideaki Itsuno confirmed the game would feature an unlocked frame rate and support for variable frame rate (VFR). While Itsuno did not specify whether these features are available on all the platforms Dragon's Dogma 2 is set to release on, they should be on PC and consoles alike, as Itsuno liked a reply a fan posted when asking if uncapped frame rates and VFR were coming to the console versions, too. Unlike variable refresh rate (VRR), variable frame rate (VFR) is when the the...
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Suikoden Creator and Eiyuden Chronicle Lead Yoshitaka Murayama Has Died

Suikoden creator and Eiyuden Chronicle: Rising director Yoshitaka Murayama has passed away due to complications with an ongoing illness. The Eiyuden Chronicle X/Twitter account announced Murayama passed away last week. "It’s with a heavy heart and deep sadness we must inform you that Yoshitaka Murayama, the scenario writer for Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes and head of Rabbit & Bear Studios, passed away on February 6," it said. Rabbit and Bear Studios, a studio Murayama created alongside other Suikoden veterans to make a spiritual successor series in Eiyuden Chronicle, also published a statement to commemorate the famed developer. "Murayama first began this journey of the creation of Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes in 2020...
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Silent Hill 2 Remake Dev Responds to Controversial Combat Trailer, Insists It Was Handled by Konami

It sounds like Bloober Team and Konami’s relationship is under further strain after an interview emerged in which the developer of the Silent Hill 2 remake pointed the finger at its own publisher for a recently released and divisive gameplay trailer. In January, after months of speculation and leaks, Blooper Team's remake of Silent Hill 2 finally resurfaced during PlayStation’s State of Play presentation, albeit without a release date. But the new trailer, below, was criticised by some for focusing on combat in what is meant to be a tense, horror-filled adventure. “I'm really concerned after that trailer,” wrote IGN commenter MasterChief3624. “I think Silent Hill is at its best when it uses the fixed camera angles. But even putting...
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Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor Early Access Review

I've spent countless hours plumbing the depths of alien worlds, blasting bugs, and bringing home loot with my crew of jolly space dwarves in 2020’s excellent Deep Rock Galactic. And as it turns out, that experience translates quite well to a single-player, top-down approach in Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor. The pacing can be a little hectic as of its Early Access launch, but the exciting weapons, vicious enemies, rewarding progression, and overall good vibes had me ready to get back below ground as many times as the company would let me. Having put hundreds of hours into Vampire Survivors, Holocure, and other games in this growing roguelite genre, Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor is familiar enough that I was able to hit the ground...
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Helldivers 2 Dev Rolls Out New Patch to Combat Matchmaking and Stability Issues

Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead Games Studios has rolled out a new patch to address a range of matchmaking, performance, and stability issues affecting the popular co-operative shooter. "Recruits, help is on the way!" wrote the developer in a Twitter/X post announcing the patch. "We have issued a patch to PC and PS5 players to address general stability (crashes) and stuttering, Defend Events, and matchmaking." Patch 01.000.006 brings a number of fixes for cutscene-related crashes, including one that was known to occur during extraction at the very end of a mission. Other crashes linked to text-to-speech functionality and menu elements have also been addressed. Arrowhead has also worked to improve Helldivers 2’s ‘backend...
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Baldur's Gate 3 Has Made $90 Million for Hasbro

During a Hasbro investor's call, the American toy and game company revealed that Baldur's Gate 3 has earned it $90 million since the RPG's official release last year, thanks to a licensing deal. According to Hasbro's Q4 2023 earnings call, Dungeons & Dragons publisher Wizards of the Coast's revenue increased 7% following the release of Larian Studios' 2024 Game of the Year award-winning D&D role-playing game alongside Monopoly Go! Baldur's Gate 3 released for PC in August 2023, followed by PS5 in September and Xbox in December. “Our refreshed leadership team is bringing innovative new products to our fans," Hasbro chief executive officer Chris Cocks said during the investor's call. "At the same time, we are taking the necessary...
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Hollow Knight: Silksong – Everything We Know About the 2D Metroidvania Sequel

Team Cherry is years into development on Hollow Knight: Silksong, a sequel to its acclaimed 2D action-adventure game that IGN crowned the all-time best Metroidvania (that isn’t a Metroid or Castlevania game). In anticipation of the sequel to Hollow Knight, we’ve put together this breakdown of everything you need to know about Hollow Knight: Silksong as of February 2024. Jump to: Release Date Gameplay Details Story Details Development Hollow Knight: Silksong Release Date There is no official release date or window for Hollow Knight: Silksong. A 2024 release seems most likely given it was previously slated for the first half of 2023, though there’s been no official word from developer Team Cherry. Last May, Team Cherry delayed...
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A Free Dead Island and RPG Maker, Arkhams Axed by 85%, Reduced RoboCop, and More!

There's never been a better time to serve the public trust, protect the innocent, uphold the law, and save some moolah. Yep, RoboCop: Rogue City—the game I'd buy for a dollar—has finally seen a decent double-digit discount. I'm also spying a bunch of Final Fantasy related bargains, chief of which being the free FFVII Rebirth demo. Grab it here, register a save file, and then reap a free Summon reward if you decide to buy the full game. In retro news, I have the 20th birthday of a cult classic that not many of you would have played. Capcom's Maximo vs. Army of Zin was the second title in a 3D platformer/brawler series experiment. Honestly couldn't tell you why this enjoyable offshoot of the Ghost 'n Goblins franchise went the way of...
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Overwatch 2 Season 9 Patch Notes Reveal Big Balance Changes and More

Season 9 of Overwatch 2 is finally here. As you'd expect, Blizzard has provided a rundown of all the new additions coming to the team-based shooter. In a new blog post covering the patch notes, Blizzard reveals not only that the new update introduces season 9 but also a slew of improvements to competitive play. Most notably, the developer reworked competitive updates -- instead of requiring a player to win five matches or lose 15, they will receive updates after every match. A new skill tier, Champion, above Grandmaster, has also been introduced. Blizzard touted that "only an exceedingly small percentage of players will ever occupy this echelon of Competitive Play." Overwatch 2's Season 9 update also introduces a new co-op event...
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DICE Awards 2024: How to Watch and What to Expect

The 27th D.I.C.E. Awards are nearly here and are set to celebrate the best of the best in the world of video games. The show kicks off later this week in Las Vegas and will once again be hosted by IGN's Stella Chung and Kinda Funny CEO and IGN's Greg Miller. IGN is also the official media partner of the show and this guide will let you know everything you need to know about this year's D.I.C.E. Awards, including how you can watch it with us, what you can expect, and more. DICE Awards 2024 Start Time The D.I.C.E. Awards 2024 will take place on Thursday, February 15, 2024, at 8pm PT/11pm ET. If you live in the GMT or AEST timzones, that translates to Friday, February 16, at 4am GMT/2pm AEST. Where to Watch the DICE Awards 2024 If...
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Dead Island: Riptide Is Currently Free as Dead Island 2 Gets Steam Release Date

Developer Dambuster Studios has announced that Dead Island 2 will be available on Steam on April 22. To celebrate, publisher Deep Silver is having some promotions around the series. Kicking it off, Dead Island: Riptide Definitive Edition is free on Steam until February 15. Dead Island Definitive Edition and Dead Island: Retro Revenge are discounted at 85% and 75% discount, respectively. The latter is a side-scrolling game developed by Empty Clip Studios, best known for other small side-scrolling games likes A King's Tale: Final Fantasy XV, Streets of Kamurocho, and Gargoyles Remastered. Dead Island 2 was first released on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Epic Games Store on April 21, 2022. Now...
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