Starfield mods can do anything from improve its systems to break the game, but installing one also turns off achievements — so someone modded that out.
As reported by VG247, one player has now created a pretty major workaround for achievement hunters on Steam. Brunph on modding website NexusMods has created the aptly titled Achievement Enabler mod, which essentially allows endless meddling without any consequences.
Without the mod, Starfield saves are very sensitive to exploits. Using console commands (a list of which can be found in IGN's Starfield guide) or installing mods essentially marks the player as a cheater, meaning any saves using them can no longer obtain Steam achievements.
While it's unclear if the Achievement Enabler...
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Payday 3 comes with a laundry list of decisions that players will have to answer quickly when walking into the next job. Mask off or on? Creep around corners and avoid armed confrontation or bust in guns blazing? Engage in a hostage negotiation to buy some time or power through as quickly as possible? After 10 years and more than 200 updates since the Payday gang infiltrated Washington, DC, and after acquiring a few new associates along the way, the crew is picking up where they left off and heading to the greater New York City metropolitan area for Payday 3 — even crossing the Hudson River for a sting in New Jersey. They may have learned a few more tricks of the trade, but it’s up to the player to utilize them effectively. And, more...
Starfield development chief Todd Howard had a fun response after an interviewer asked him why Bethesda hadn’t optimised Starfield for PC.
The Bloomberg interviewer set up the question by saying they’d asked their viewers for questions for Todd Howard, and a “big question from many” was: “why did you not optimise this game for PC?”
After a brief pause in which Howard looked a little nonplussed (Xbox boss Phil Spencer has a little laugh, too), an answer that cut to the heart of the issue: “We did. It’s running great. It is a next-gen PC game. We really do push the technology so you may need to upgrade your PC for this game. But it’s got a lot of great stuff going on in it and the fans are responding awesome.”
The message is clear: if...
The voice behind a ton of iconic Bethesda characters from The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion to Fallout 3 has made a return in Starfield.
As reported by PC Gamer, Wes Johnson appears in Starfield as Ron Hope, the CEO of HopeTech who sends players after a thief in the Where Hope Is Built side mission. You can read all about where to find his mission and how best to play it out in IGN's Starfield guide.
Johnson is perhaps most known in the Bethesda realm for playing every member of the Imperial Watch in Oblivion, famous for screaming at the player: "Stop right there, criminal scum."
He also played Prince of Madness Sheogorath and Lucien Lachance in Oblivion, alongside three Daedric Princes (Boethiah, Malacath, and Molag Bal) in The Elder...
It’s a debate as old as role-playing games themselves: should players have to deal with encumbrance?
The recent release of Larian’s Baldur’s Gate 3 and Bethesda’s Starfield have thrust the encumbrance debate back into the headlines, with both games employing a system that restricts how much stuff you can carry.
While each game employs systems and mechanics that let you carry more and more, it is inevitable that as a player, you’re going to have to spend a decent chunk of your time fussing with managing your character or characters’ carry weight limit.
In Starfield’s case, encumbrance is a big enough issue for some that they are willing to lose access to gaining achievements in order to increase the carry limit via console commands...
Starfield is now available on PC and as an Xbox Series X and S console exclusive, but some players are really trying to pretend it's on PlayStation 5 too.
From using the DualSense controller to play the game, to creating custom "limited edition" Starfield PS5s, and even modding in the PlayStation Studios intro, some users have seemingly taken Bethesda's Xbox exclusivity hard.
Players can use the PS5's DualSense controller to play Starfield quite easily, of course, since the game is on PC and the DualSense is a fully supported gamepad there. Redditor aqkj questioned a Facebook advert showing a Starfield player using the PS5 controller before many fans commented they'd be doing the exact same with the PC version.
Ironically, upon the...
One of the best things about playing Starfield on PC is the access to console commands.
In Starfield, cheat codes are enabled via console commands, but they only work on the PC version of the game. These cheat codes let you do everything from spawning any item in the game to toggle god mode. Check out IGN’s Starfield console commands guide for a comprehensive rundown of how the cheats work.
Xbox Series X and S owners, however, do not have access to console commands. But players have discovered a workaround that, while limited, does let console players get in on some of the cheating action.
If you own Starfield on Xbox or Xbox Game Pass, you can download it on any PC for free via the Xbox App. Even if your PC is a potato (Starfield...
Bethesda's Starfield exceeded one million concurrent players across all platforms today, according to CEO of Microsoft Gaming Phil Spencer.
"Thanks to all the players who helped us reach this great milestone and congrats to [Bethesda Studios]," the Xbox boss added alongside the news.
Bethesda's sprawling space epic, which topped sales charts even before its official launch on September 6, has enjoyed a positive start to its life after launch.
Players have been using Starfield's ship creator to recreate famous vessels from the likes of Star Wars, Serenity, and Star Trek, and many hidden references to other games like Skyrim have already been discovered. Savvy speedrunners have even figured out how to complete it in under three...
After a quick update on how our Starfield adventures are going, we discuss Phil Spencer and the Xbox leadership team’s big decision to bend the Series X/S parity rules to get Baldur’s Gate 3 on Xbox, Destin’s big interview with Phil Spencer — including whether or not Microsoft will produce a mid-gen refresh for the Series X — the sad closure of Volition, and more!
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 June 2023 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 inspiration, what his future holds, and more!
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Skull and Bones is suffering yet another breach in the hull, as Ubisoft's long-delayed pirate game has lost another creative director.
According to a report from Kotaku, creative director Elisabeth Pellen left Ubisoft Singapore to return to Ubisoft's Paris headquarters earlier this summer. Pellen had been working on Skull and Bones since 2018. This marks the third time Skull and Bones has lost a creative director. Kotaku's report also says Ubisoft Singapore is facing an organized labor campaign from Singapore's Creative Media and Publishing Union.
“Five years ago, Elisabeth Pellen went to Ubisoft Singapore with a mission to reboot the creative direction of Skull and Bones,” an Ubisoft spokesperson told Kotaku. “She succeeded, and the...
Megan Fox is the voice of the vampire Nitara in the upcoming Mortal Kombat 1, and NetherRealm Studios has shared a new trailer to unveil the roster's latest playable fighter.
Nitara hails from the dark, desolate realm of Vaeternus, and she's joining the fight in Mortal Kombat 1 to protect her race of vampires. In kombat, she uses her claws, fangs, and aerial abilities. You can check out the new fighter in action in the trailer below.
"She comes from this weird realm, she is a type of vampire creature," Fox explains in the video. "She's evil but she's also good. She's trying to save her people. I really like her. She's a vampire which obviously resonates for whatever reason. It's cool to be in the game, you know? Because I'm not...
The Starfield Walkthrough, the core of IGN's Starfield strategy guide, is complete: Right up to the big ending and through to the other side. Our Starfield experts have been playing for weeks, mining every aspect of Starfield's many permutations and we've figured out the big choices and big consequences.
Our Starfield Walkthrough will also tell you the rewards for each mission, the location of collectibles like Skill Magazine and Book Locations along the way, and we've even made maps for the big cities and settlements like New Atlantis that will help immensely.
Starfield Walkthrough: Main Missions
A note on the walkthrough: In the 19 Main Quest missions there are times when multiple main quests will become available at once. In...
Baldur's Gate 3 is out on PlayStation 5 today, finally giving console owners a chance to see what the fuss is all about with Larian Studios' critically-acclaimed RPG. Many are eager to play with their friends on PC, but Baldur's Gate 3 does not currently support crossplay... at least not right now.
In a new interview with Eurogamer, Larian Studio's confirmed that Baldur's Gate 3 crossplay is "on the roadmap" for a future release. Larian has been working diligently to fix various bugs and performance problems since its release last month, which has kept the studio very busy.
"It was always in the planning," director of publishing Michael Douse says, "but we knew it wouldn't be for launch. It's in the roadmap, and though we have an...
We knew that Wolfenstein developer MachineGames is working on an Indiana Jones video game. But news since its announcement has been minimal. But according to Todd Howard, we might get more information on this mystery game next year.
In an interview with Esquire, Howard did not share much in regards to the upcoming game but teased that he could have more to share down the road. "Howard would talk more about Indiana Jones—I can tell he really wants to—but he's not allowed," the article reads. "Instead, as I exit his office, he flashes that smile. 'We'll talk next year.'"
The interview also explains how Howard pitched Lucasfilm back in 2009 to make an Indiana Jones game, stating it was on Howard's "bucket list" to make such a game...
Starfield players have found a cheeky, sneaky method of getting a killer spacesuit very early on in the game.
As discovered by Patrick Maka on X, a slightly open window lets players access the elite Mark I Spacesuit, helmet, and boost pack just two to three hours into Starfield's several dozen hour adventure.
Players only have to complete the first main quest and obtain the Lodge Key to access the suit, which sits in the basement of Constellation's headquarters. A few twists and turns are needed to get there, but players will encounter a glass case that houses a mannequin wearing the advanced set.
While unlocking the case requires the ability to break through master locks, meaning three points in the Security skill, players can...
Persona 3 Reload is set to release for PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC on February 2, 2024. As its title implies, it’s a remake of Persona 3, which originally came to the West on PS2 in 2007. It’s available to preorder now in a number of editions, both physical and digital. To help you pick which one is right for you, we’ve broken down exactly what comes in each edition below. Let’s dive in.
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Baldur’s Gate 3 is a game packed full of consequences. Align yourself with evildoers and goody two-shoes may ditch your adventure altogether. One particularly evil companion can only join your party if you succumb to a spot of evildoing yourself, risking upsetting others who look on the lighter side of life. Or so we thought…
Baldur’s Gate 3 spoilers follow.
Minthara is a ruthless Drow encountered in Act 1, and found in the Shattered Sanctum, inside the Goblin Camp. She’s one of three Goblin leaders, and is desperate to assault the nearby druid Grove, which the player can choose to protect or attack, as well as a few options in between.
If you side with Minthara in Act 1, you may recruit her later in the game. But siding with...
IGN First for September is Remedy’s long-awaited Alan Wake 2. To kick things off we’ve got 11 minutes of brand new gameplay from an early mission played from the perspective of FBI Agent Saga Anderson.
In the above video, you’ll see a mixture of combat, puzzles, and detective work, as well as plenty of the series’ signature unsettling atmosphere as Saga arrives in the small town of Watery and through the Coffee World theme park. The town itself was founded by Finnish settlers who arrived in the American Pacific Northwest and may even be home to a familiar face to fans of Remedy’s other games…
Stay tuned all throughout the month as we’ll have plenty more gameplay and behind-the-scenes looks at Alan Wake 2 as we dive deeper into the...
A dedicated Starfield player has built a digital LEGO model of New Atlantis from 6,000 individual pieces, with some social media users joking that they might use the reconstruction to help navigate the city in the absence of an actual mini-map.
“I just couldn't help myself and instead of playing Starfield, I immediately ended up rebricking New Atlantis Roughly 50 hours and 6k pieces later, this is the result,” reads a post from Taris120_Builds, displaying his creation.
The miniature architect used the digital LEGO-building program Bricklink Studio to capture the distinctive sloping design of the MAST building, while also getting the locations of key buildings such as the Pioneer and Orion Towers, and even the New Atlantis transit...
The full game line-up for WASD x IGN, the upcoming gaming event at the Truman Brewery in London that will take place from September 14 - 16, has been revealed and it includes playable demos of Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, Tekken 8, Pacific Drive, Ultros, and more.
WASD x IGN will feature over 60 playable games, some of the biggest content creators, and chances to interact with the developers of these games on the showfloor. Some of the biggest games include Ghostrunner 2, Moving Out 2, Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, Tekken 8, Terminator: Dark Fate - Defiance, Total War: Pharoah, Total War: Warhammer 3, and much more.
We'll include the full list of games below, but we wanted to share a few more details about the event first...
Religion is one of the themes in Starfield, and to help make the theme and the existing religions in the game feel more believable, Bethesda rehired one of its former writers who had left to become a Jesuit priest.
In an interview with Esquire, Todd Howard said one of Bethesda's former employees left the studio to became a priest for the Jesuit Order, and was then rehired by the developer to help write some of Starfield's religious text. "It can only be written by somebody who went and legitimately did it and studied for years and years," Howard told Esquire. "I find all of those topics very, very interesting to explore in a game like this."
This fact was also confirmed by Starfield design director Emil Pagliarulo, who told Polygon...
Bethesda development chief Todd Howard has discussed the benefits of Starfield being Xbox exclusive, namechecking the brand association Nintendo enjoys with its first party games.
Speaking to the BBC, Howard stressed that working to one console lets the development team “focus”, which in turns “yields a better product”.
"When you're making something exclusive then the more you can focus,” Howard said. "You know this is the hardware or the thing people are playing on, so the ability to focus on that always yields a better product.
"You do want people to be able to access it of course. But being with Xbox means there is an ease of access for us and I'm told we're expecting more people playing this launch than anything we've ever done...
When Super Space Club creator Graham Reid was a child growing up in Jamaica, he couldn’t even conceive of video game development as a career possibility.
“I thought that game development was just Nintendo and Sony and the big companies making things,” he tells me. “And of course I played games on Newgrounds and that kind of stuff, but I never actually thought that I could just make that. Looking back, I think, of course I could have made a Flash game. But in Jamaica, they don't teach any of that stuff. All the jobs are about being a doctor or a lawyer. One of those traditional, stable jobs.”
But many years, a motion graphics degree, a move to New York, and a major game release later, Reid seems to finally believe that he might be a...
The developers of STALKER 2 have discussed the game’s first hands-on at gamescom 2023 and addressed a “downgrade” debate sparked by a new gameplay trailer.
GSC Game World told IGN it is still targeting a visual quality and level of polish suggested by STALKER 2’s eye-catching 2021 trailer (below). This comes despite the horrendous conditions suffered by the staff at the Ukrainian developer amid the war with Russia, which halted development, displaced staff, and caused a number of delays.
STALKER 2 was at the Microsoft gamescom 2023 booth in hands-on fashion, letting the public and press play the post-apocalyptic first-person shooter for the first time. STALKER 2’s gamescom 2023 gameplay trailer (below) includes footage taken from...
Stardew Valley creator Eric "ConcernedApe" Barone has revealed a new screen from his upcoming game The Haunted Chocolatier, which has some fans convinced a beloved Stardew Valley character is set to make an appearance in the highly anticipated confectionery store simulator.
The scene in question shows an old, white-bearded man in bed, with an unnamed companion standing at the bedside. Both the book-strewn darkened room around the pair and the waking man’s clothes seem to give off a distinctly wizardy vibe, with the only other information coming in a cryptic text box containing eight simple words: "...I was just having the most terrible dream."
Excited fans in the comments were quick to point out the man in the picture looks a lot...
After years of waiting, Starfield has finally arrived. I recently called it the most important launch for Xbox since at least Halo 5, and now it’s here and on your Xbox console or PC. I hope you enjoy it! But being the previews lead at IGN, it’s my job to live in the future; I’m always looking ahead to the next big thing. And the next big thing for Bethesda Game Studios isn’t The Elder Scrolls 6. At least, not for a while. The next big thing for Todd Howard and his team is still going to be Starfield! Let me explain.
Naturally, the bulk of BGS will move on to Elder Scrolls 6. In fact, we know that with Starfield shipped, the follow-up to Skyrim has completed pre-production and moved into full production. But for us, the players of...
Starfield has launched proper today, September 6, with an astonishing number of mods already available after a week of early access.
One of the most popular mods on NexusMods revamps the game’s inventory user interface, addressing a key complaint with Bethesda’s sci-fi role-playing game.
M8r98a4f2’s StarUI Inventory mod improves all inventory screens for Starfield on PC. There’s a new compact display style, more details in sortable columns, item category icons, and loads of quality-of-life features.
As IGN Starfield reviewer Dan Stapleton pointed out, Starfield’s inventory management is “shockingly bad”.
“To avoid becoming overloaded you’ll constantly need to transfer the weapons, space suits, materials, and alien goo you’ve...
If you’re hoping to go into Mortal Kombat 1 fresh when it launches on September 14 you might want to tread carefully across the internet after physical copies appeared to make their way into the hands of eager players.
MP1st reported on one player who obtained the Nintendo Switch version of NetherRealm’s upcoming fighting game and uploaded images showing the launch roster of playable characters as well as the available Kameo (support) characters. IGN will not share the images here, or reveal the unannounced characters in the pictures.
It seems further leaks are coming, as the person in question even uploaded a video of the game running on Nintendo Switch to reddit.
Mortal Kombat is coming to PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and S...
It sounds like Diablo 4 is set for annual expansions, based on comments from its chief developer.
In an interview with Dexerto, Diablo 4 boss Rod Fergusson mentioned “quarterly seasons” and “annual expansions” as the focus for the action role-playing game’s live service.
“When you look at the launch of the game and this first season, we see that as building a foundation on which we can build for the future,” Fergusson said.
“So, as we look at our quarterly seasons, and we look at our annual expansions, those are the things that we’re really focused on for our live service.
“We’ve got plans, we have storylines that go well into the future. We’ve got plans. We’re always leapfrogging our seasons, and leapfrogging our expansions, so...
It's finally time for everybody — not just the early access folks — to get them some Starfield. You, uh, may have noticed the odd video on this site about this RPG. If that content avalanche has fired up your main thrusters and made you want to commence docking procedures, I have the current historical low for Xbox and PC below. Yep, Harvies has gone decidely more hardcore than even Amazon AU on this one. 88 bucks is a steal (if you're not rocking Game Pass).
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