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Resident Evil 2 Remake Now the Best-Selling Resident Evil Game Ever

Capcom’s Resident Evil 2 remake has sold more copies than any other title in the horror franchise’s 27-year history, after passing 12.6 million cumulative lifetime sales across console and PC. Earlier this week Capcom updated its sales record for the 114 ‘platinum’ titles' the company has created throughout the years that have sold through one million units. The new list, which takes into account games sold up until the June 30 cutoff, revealed that Capcom's Resident Evil 2 remake has now sold over 12.6 million units since its Januray 2019 launch. 12.6 million sales is enough to place the remake at the top of the franchise’s best-seller list, dethroning the previous record holder Resident Evil 7: Biohazard, which has sold 12.4...

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Lords of the Fallen: What Starting Class Should You Pick? | IGN First

One of the most important decisions you'll make in any Soulslike is what to go with for your starting class. Ultimately, you'll be able to adjust your character to whatever build you want by levelling up your stats, but your starting class affects your playstyle where it often matters most: Right at the beginning of the game. It determines your starting stats, the weapon you'll likely use for the first few hours, the type of armor you'll wear, what kind of magic you'll wield, and what items you'll start the game with. It's the kind of decision you'll want to make an informed choice about, so to that end, we asked Hexworks themselves to breakdown the starting classes of Lords of the Fallen and give some recommendations as to what...

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Top 3 Forgotten PlayStation Launch Gems

In honor of IGN’s ‘90s Week celebration, this month’s installment in my regular column about forgotten games is going to go just a little broader. Instead of looking at a single game that may have faded from public discourse, I foolishly promised my fellow editors that I’d look at the entire launch lineup of the PlayStation and highlight all the obscure gems we once loved to play. Hey, I was there – at launch – and picked up my PlayStation at our local Toys R Us using one of those printed-out tickets you had to take to the “Keeper of Valuable Goods” behind the glass window. (I think his name was Geoffrey. Maybe.) IGN didn’t yet exist – our first website launched in 1996 – and as a university student with limited means, I picked out a...

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Apex Legends Season 18 - Revenant Rework Abilities and Weapon Changes Explained

After this month's in-game teases of Revenant getting a major change up, the time is finally here! Apex Legends Season 18 Resurrection sees the huge rework of Revenant, completetly changing the way his Legend kit works. Not only are his abilities completetly altered, but there are major weapon changes on the way, and new gameplay updates. The new season Resurrection launches August 8th so here’s everything you need to know to prepare. Revenant Reborn Revenant has been reworked with a new set of abilities. Here’s how Revenant’s kit works now: Assassin’s Instinct (Passive): Revenant wall climbs and crouch walks faster and now highlights low health enemies and hit enemies will be shown for everyone on team. There's no max amount of...

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Baldur's Gate 3 Review in Progress

Baldur’s Gate is estimated to clock in at around 100 hours on a first playthrough. Review copies were distributed this past Sunday morning; this first draft you’re reading was due the following Wednesday. I am, sadly, not a Time Wizard (yet), so I'm going to do my best to help you make a day one buying decision based on what I've played so far and update this article as I go along with new thoughts and insights until we can roll credits. At around 22 hours deep – still within the first act that was available to Early Access players – I can say that I more or less love Larian's latest high-fantasy behemoth. One issue video games often run into when trying to adapt the experience of playing Dungeons & Dragons on the tabletop is the...

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Call of Duty Will Now Show You When a Cheater Has Been Removed from a Game

Activision has announced its Riochet anti-cheat system will now notify Call of Duty players when it has kicked out an individual for cheating. In a tweet, Activision said Call of Duty's kill feed will notify lobbies in both Modern Warfare 2 and Warzone 2.0 when the anti-cheat system has detected and removed a "problem player". This is the latest effort from Activision as it attempts to crack down on cheating PC players in Call of Duty. Earlier this week, it was reported that Call of Duty banned more than 14,000 Modern Warfare 2 and Warzone cheaters in just a single day. Last June, Activision threatened to take away weapons for players caught cheating in Call of Duty. Activision has even gone as far as to say that if you were...

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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Leaks Again, Activision Gets in on the Joke

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has leaked once more and Activision is officially in on the joke. As reported by MP1st, the reveal date, weapons, and key art of 2023's Call of Duty have reportedly leaked and Activision has tweeted its own "key art" in response. "Jokes on you, real key art here," the tweet said (below), alongside a Microsoft paint drawing of a Call of Duty cover. "We'll share our artistic abilities and even more next week." The full reveal date is reportedly August 17, though the "next week" suggestion from the official Call of Duty account suggests at least a tease will be coming earlier. One key art image for the game, which appeared on Imgur, shows a spooky skull with a snake going through it while another shows...

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Save Up to 85% off Bethesda QuakeCon Deals, Standalone PS VR2s Drop by $115, and More!

QuakeCon is in town, and so too are a whole bunch of discounted goods. That's right, FPS fans, it's time to save like a demon and slay AAAs like there's no tomorrow. Meanwhile, it looks like the VR wars of recent days are continuing in earnest. The standalone PS VR2 unit is being aggressively priced to counter the imminent appearance of the (considerably expensive) Meta Quest 3. This Day in Gaming Aussie birthdays for notable games and hardware - Kirby's Dream Land (GB) 1992. - Fear Effect (PS) 2000. Table of Contents Nintendo Switch PC Xbox PlayStation Nice Savings for Nintendo Switch Expiring Deals From Yesterday Hardware Watch How much to make the switch to Switch? Back to top Purchase Cheaply for PC Expiring...

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We Need to Talk About Remnant 2 – Unlocked 606

Remnant II has sold more than one million units across all platforms in its first week, so Stella, Kahlief, and Destin discuss how Remnant II has improved from its original game formula and how unique the gameplay loop is. Plus: Baldur’s Gate 3 won’t be releasing on Xbox for quite some time, your Xbox controller will be easier to repair on your own, and we have the full list of games joining and leaving Xbox Game Pass for August. Subscribe on any of your favorite podcast feeds, to our YouTube channel, or grab an MP3 of this week's episode. For more awesome content, check out my recent interview with Todd Howard, who discussed the realization of his vision for Starfield after eight years, how Red Dead Redemption 2 was something of an...

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Diablo 4 Patch 1.1.1 Leaves Fans Much Happier After Sorceress Buffs and Other Key Fixes

Diablo IV Patch 1.1.1's full notes are finally here, and it seems as if fans are actually kind of... happy? Patch notes for the new Diablo IV update dropped earlier today, bringing with it some crucial fixes, including an update to a bugged Barber malignant power that was effectively useless. What's more, the patch includes solid buffs for the much-maligned Sorceress class. "As a Chain Lightning Sorc... I'm f*cking stoked," one Reddit user wrote. "Build was already fun enough pre-patch." Barbarian likewise received attention with a focus on speeding up combat flow by increasing Fury generation on basic skills. The lengthy patch notes touch on everything from Treasure Goblins to Nightmare Dungeons to Malignant Hearts, fixing many...

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Callisto Protocol Publisher Confirms 32 Striking Distance Studios Layoffs to 'Realign Priorities'

Striking Distance Studios, the studio behind the 2022 survival horror and Dead Space spiritual successor the Callisto Protocol, has laid off 32 employees in what it's calling a move to "realign the studio’s priorities to better position its current and future projects for success." Spotted first by X user @bogorad222 and independently confirmed by IGN, more than 30 employees were impacted by the recent layoffs. In a statement sent to IGN, a spokesperson for Krafton confirmed the studio had layoffs and that 32 employees were impacted. Striking Distance struggles forward Striking Distance was founded over three years ago and is led by Glen Schofield, the creator of Dead Space and co-founder of Sledgehammer Games. The studio was...

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Vampire Survivor's Director Cut Seemingly Confirmed With 10 New Characters and 300 Chickens

It appears there is a director's cut of Vampire Survivors featuring ten new characters and 300 chickens. The story broke on X when user Laura Kate "@LaurakBuzz" Dale shared a screenshot of the title screen for Vampire Survivors with the words "Director's Cut" just below it. Dale notes in her Twitter thread that the game is apparently "drastically different" from the base game. According to Dale, she was at an event dedicated to having people test an upcoming co-op mode being added, but she was "pulled aside" to check out the game's Director's Cut. Dale's thread continues to reveal a ton of information, including apparent confirmation that there is a new level featuring 300 chickens, ten new characters, and alleged video proof of the...

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Palia Is Like the Bizarre Lovechild of World of Warcraft and Animal Crossing

For the past month, many of my gaming hours every week have been dedicated not to action-packed fantasy adventures like Final Fantasy XVI, but to picking mushrooms, fishing, and crafting furniture in the upcoming cozy MMO: Palia. Channeling the likes of Disney Dreamlight Valley’s community-building, Palia hopes to kick things up a notch by throwing players together in one big server and letting them loose to farm, hunt, and romance NPCs alongside one another, and from what I’ve played so far that premise has enormous potential. I never knew that I wanted to catch bugs and go fishing with my buddies in an online cozy game, instead of fighting alongside them in a battle royale, but here we are – Palia’s got me hooked. If you aren’t...

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Palia Kicks Off Closed Beta with a Cozy-as-Heck Cinematic Trailer

Palia, the upcoming free-to-play cozy MMO, is available to a limited number of players starting today via a closed beta, and developer Singularity Six aims to kick the hype train into overdrive with a cinematic trailer that's brimming with personality. The new trailer, which debuted just moments ago on Palia's official YouTube channel, features many of the MMO's principle characters players will interact with as they complete quests, level up their character's skills, and improve social links, including the all-important romance options, of course. “We’ve spent years building towards this moment, pouring ourselves into Palia to create a new kind of community sim game that truly feels like a home away from home,” said Aidan Karabaich...

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Why an Obscure 2010 DSiWare Game Is the Highest User-Rated Nintendo Game on Metacritic

Last week, a Reddit user by the name of u/SayFuzzyPickles42 took to r/Nintendo to ask a rather strange question: “Weird question - why is the highest user-reviewed Nintendo game of all time an obscure DSiWare game called Metal Torrent?” According to FuzzyPickles, they were looking at Nintendo’s user reviews to see where Pikmin 4 had landed, and were surprised to see an obscure DSiWare title called Metal Torrent at the top with a sky-high 9.6 rating. It currently sits above classics like Super Metroid (for Wii), Pokemon SoulSilver, the Metroid Prime Trilogy, and Banjo-Kazooie in the user ratings, despite having a much lower critical Metascore of 62. In the replies, a handful of fellow redditors offered their theories about this...

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Post Malone Buys Magic: The Gathering's One Ring Card Valued at $2 Million

Post Malone has bought the one-of-a-kind Magic: The Gathering Card, Lord of the Rings' The One Ring, which was valued at $2 million. Though the owner of the One Ring card was previously unknown, a social media user called Brook Trafton shared a video of (presumably) themselves meeting Post Malone and selling the card. The 13-second clip doesn't show much but does see the rapper evaluating the card before saying: "Yeah, I'll take it." It's unconfirmed how much Post Malone paid for The One Ring, but as trading card buying and collecting company Dave and Adam's Card World was willing to pay $2 million for it, it was likely a life-changing amount. Trafton looks to break down in tears after Post Malone agrees to take the card and the...

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Star Trek: Resurgence Disc Version Out This Fall, PS4 Owners Get Free PS5 Upgrade

A physical version of the recently-released, previously digital-only Star Trek: Resurgence comes out October 6 on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and S, and Xbox One. PS4 owners get a free upgrade to the PS5 version (currently the PS5 plays the PS4 version in emulation). The new versions include a raft of bug fixes and quality-of-life additions, too. Star Trek: Resurgence is a third-person narrative adventure game developed by Dramatic Labs, a team that includes over 20 former Telltale staff. It tells an original story set shortly after Star Trek: The Next Generation and follows the crew of the U.S.S. Resolute. IGN’s Star Trek: Resurgence review beamed up a 7/10: “The story of Star Trek: Resurgence does an excellent job...

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Diablo 4 June's Best-Selling Game in the U.S., PS5 Doing Fantastically Well

Diablo 4 was the best-selling game in June 2023 in the U.S., according to new data. Circana’s U.S. video game market results for June 2023 reveals Blizzard’s action role-playing game is the third best-selling game of 2023 so far, behind only Hogwarts Legacy and The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. That stat doesn’t come as a surprise: Diablo 4 is Blizzard’s fastest-selling game of all time with over 10 million players. The launch of Diablo 4 even propelled Blizzard’s financials to record levels. Final Fantasy 16, meanwhile, was the second best-selling game of June in the U.S. Its sales have become something of a battleground after Square Enix announced the PlayStation 5 exclusive sold three million copies during launch week...

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Microsoft Reveals What to Expect From Xbox at Gamescom 2023

Microsoft has said attendees at gamescom 2023 can expect to see the largest booth Xbox has ever had as well as the return of Xbox FanFest. Over 30 games across 150 gaming stations are set for the booth, Microsoft said, alongside a 300-seat theatre in which Bethesda Game Studios will show a Starfield presentation, Turn 10 will show a Forza presentation, and Oxide Games will show an Ara: History Untold presentation. Neither Starfield, Forza, nor Ara: History Untold will be playable at gamescom, however. Microsoft is yet to announce an Xbox showcase for gamescom 2023 and it looks like the focus is firmly on games set to come out in 2023 or the early part of 2024. There’s no mention of Playground’s Fable, Obsidian’s Avowed, Compulsion...

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TMNT's Original Arcade Game Was a Licensed Game Done Right

More pizza toppings don’t mean a better pizza. The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles might like to put a bunch of ridiculous nonsense on their pies, but it’s hard to deny the simple pleasures of a slice of plain cheese or pepperoni when it’s done right. A similar declaration could be made about video games, and as cool as it is to see the medium constantly pushing the boundaries of new technology, sometimes less is more. Take for instance Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge, which went back to basics, iterating on everything that made the original TMNT arcade game so beloved without losing sight of its charm. Shredder’s Revenge capitalized on millennial nostalgia for the original arcade game. Some of that nostalgia might be...

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Potentially Ban-Worthy Diablo 4 Exploit Lets You Transfer Eternal Characters to Seasonal Realm

A newly-surfaced Diablo 4 glitch lets players transfer their Eternal Realm characters into the Seasonal Realm, sparking concern about the potential of a Blizzard ban. YouTuber Glitch Unlimited posted a video breaking down this inter-realm travel and what it enables. In summary, to exploit the glitch you need to be in a group with a friend in the Seasonal Realm, briefly disconnect your internet, then log back into the Seasonal Realm with your Eternal character. Eternal characters who exploit this glitch can benefit from the Seasonal Blessing experience boost, which will let them level up faster than they would normally be able to. Eternal Realm characters can also carry over their gear and inventory items, which creates obvious issues...

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Capcom Delivers Early Verdicts on Street Fighter 6 and Exoprimal Sales

Capcom has issued verdicts on the initial sales performance of the recently-released Street Fighter 6 and Exoprimal. Street Fighter 6 sold two million copies in just over a month which, in a note to investors, Capcom said was “generally progressing in line with our expectations”, adding it hoped positive word of mouth would fuel follow-up success. “Compared to the internal plan for the title, sales are generally progressing in line with our expectations,” Capcom said. “We believe that its positive critical reception will work as a tailwind in expanding future sales of the game as a catalogue title.” Capcom said it's aiming for Street Fighter 6 to outsell Street Fighter 5, which means selling over 10 million over the course of its...

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Saints Row Reboot’s Third and Potentially Final Expansion Has a Release Date

Saints Row’s third and potentially final expansion, A Song Of Ice And Dust, comes out August 8, developer Volition has announced. The expansion launches ahead of Saint Row's August 24 Steam release, which comes alongside a new activity for players on all platforms. Volition has yet to detail A Song Of Ice And Dust, save mention of new missions, new cosmetics, new weapons, new vehicles, and a brief blurb: “When a crippling ambush decimates the Dustlanders, it’s up to fierce rivals Bossonius and Gwendolyn Firebird to join forces and defend The DustFaire from a new foe.” Yep, it’s Saints Row does Game of Thrones. A Song Of Ice And Dust is the final piece of DLC outlined in Saints Row’s post-launch roadmap and potentially brings an end...

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Baldur's Gate 3 Dev Recommends Deleting Early Access, Save Files, and Mods Before Full Launch

The developer of Baldur’s Gate 3 has told fans to delete the Early Access version, any save files and mods, and do a fresh install when the hotly-anticipated role-playing game launches proper on August 3. Baldur’s Gate 3 has been in Early Access on Steam since October 2020 and developer Larian has already warned players they face a 122GB install for Baldur’s Gate 3’s launch build, which cannot be preloaded. In a follow-up tweet explaining this (below), Larian told Early Access players to delete their save files and mods and do a fresh install. This is to reduce the risk of file conflicts when the final game downloads, and "should mean more playing, and no troubleshooting!" For many fans who are excited to jump straight into...

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Warhaven Hands-On: Finding Joy in the Mayhem

In a bid for the growing number of warfare-centric multiplayer games with massive numbers of combatants taking to the field all at once to impale one another, Warhaven hopes make a name for itself with large maps, an impressive roster of warriors, and objective matches that have armies scrambling to overrun one another in an elaborate game of tug-of-war. I recently spent several hours with the team at Nexon and some of my fellow IGN sweaty tryhards as we tried desperately to maim one another while slinging as much trash talk as humanly possible. The result was a few entertaining hours that were complete pandemonium from beginning to end. While combat may be slightly reminiscent of fellow third-person melee warfare game For Honor...

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Star Wars Jedi: Survivor Is 'in the Early Stages of Development' for PS4 and Xbox One

Star Wars Jedi: Survivor is coming to even more consoles. But we're not talking about the Nintendo Switch, or some unannounced next-gen thing. Instead, Respawn is working on dedicated versions for last-gen systems, the Xbox One and PS4. Announced today during EA's earnings call, the publisher revealed that Respawn is "in the early stages of development" to bring Jedi: Survivor to PS4 and Xbox One. Of course, it's not abandoning the current-gen, either. "Additional performance improvements for PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S remain a top priority at Respawn and the team will share more information as soon as the next update is ready," the publisher said in a statement. While many games are still developed with both generations...

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Elden Ring, Bloodbourne Composer Yuka Kitamura Exits FromSoftware After 12 Years

FromSoftware composer Yuka Kitamura has left the company and is now pursuing freelance work. She's worked on games such Dark Souls III, Bloodborne, and Shadows Die Twice. Over on X (formerly known as Twitter), Kitamura said, “Thank you all for your continued support. Today I have an announcement to make. I have decided to leave FromSoftware, the company I worked for, and to start working new as a freelance composer in this August.” She continued, “I would like to continue to express myself in game music through various genres of music. I hope you will look forward to my music in the future! I have created a new website.” Her website notes that she specializes in orchestral, folk, and easygoing styles of music. Kitamura joined From...

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Jujutsu Kaisen Is Coming to Fortnite

Your favorite sorcerers from Jujutsu Kaisen are dropping into Fortnite. Epic Games released the teaser trailer for the latest anime collaboration on Fortnite's official X (formerly Twitter) account Tuesday. The trailer shows Yuji, Megumi, Gojo, and Nobara scaring away Banana Man and Fishsticks with the Ten Shadows Technique cast by Megumi to turn their juvenile shadow puppets into terrifying shikigami and breaking through the wall to introduce themselves to the Fortnite world. The teaser trailer for the Fortnite x Jujutsu Kaisen collaboration comes after leaks from dataminers unearthed images of bundle pages that showed skins of the characters (mainly Nobara, Megumi, and Gojo) and accessories inspired by the anime that would be...

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Call of Duty Bans More Than 14,000 Modern Warfare 2 and Warzone Cheaters in One Day

Activision banned more than 14,000 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and Warzone cheaters in one day thanks to new exploit-checking techniques. As reported by VG247, a tweet from Call of Duty Updates on Twitter (below) revealed that Activison is using an anti-cheat technique that targets exploit developers at the source. This seemingly means that Activision can now trace a cheat from the top to everyone who's used it. "In the last 24 hours, new detections directly targeting cheat developers at the source has led to over 14,000 account bans for cheating and hacking in Modern Warfare II and Warzone," the tweet said. Cheaters and hackers have always been an issue in Call of Duty, with the classic Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 era games...

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Dead by Daylight Developer Teases Crossover with Alien Franchise

Behaviour Interactive is teasing a crossover between asymmetrical horror game Dead by Daylight and the sci-fi horror film franchise Alien. In a teaser trailer (below), the developer revealed it was teaming up with 20th Century Studios to bring the Alien franchise to Dead by Daylight. While not much was shared, Behaviour Interactive did confirm that more details would be shared on August 8. This is not the first time Behaviour Interactive has done a crossover for Dead by Daylight and a horror film franchise, as the developer previously introduced content from Saw, Hellraiser, and Ringu. The Alien reveal comes months after Behaviour Interactive announced Nicolas Cage is joining the game. Additionally, the studio said in May it was...

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