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...
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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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Aussie birthdays for notable games and hardware
- Mafia (PC) 2002. Remake
- Phoenix Wright: Justice For All (DS) 2007. Get
- I Am Alive (PC) 2012. Get
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Experience points can make all the difference in an RPG like Starfield. But what's the best way to level up quickly? We have a few suggestions as fans gear up for Starfield's big release on Game Pass later this week.
IGN's intrepid guides team have identified several quick tasks that will gain you a nice XP boost. Here's a list for your reference.
Sleep for at least 1 Hour (+10% XP Gain for 24 minutes)
Drink Tranquilitea (+2% XP Gain for 15 minutes)
Craft and Drink Alien Tea (+2% XP Gain for 15 minutes)
Buy and eat Shepherd's Pie at Kay's Place in The New Atlantis Well (+2% XP Gain for 60 minutes)
Buy and eat "The Strip" At the Whetstone restaurant in New Atlantis (+2% XP Gain for 30 minutes)
Starfield also rewards a strong XP...
Replaced, an upcoming Xbox console exclusive that has found its way to several most anticipated list thanks to its lavish pixel art, has been delayed to 2024.
Developer Sad Cat Studios announced the delay alongside a production update, stressing that the team "do understand the game's scope" and that development is progressing "at a steady pace." However, the high quality of its visuals, which includes more than 500 "meticulously hand-painted animations made just for platforming," has put the release behind schedule.
"After Replaced's initial announcement in 2021 and its follow-up trailer in 2022 we had this incredible high bar of community's expectations," the team wrote in a statement posted on X. "And at this point we knew that...
Here's some good news for Final Fantasy XVI holdouts: the game is on sale for $49.99 right now. That's a fun little $20 discount on this PS5 exclusive, which also happens to be an excellent game (see our 9/10 Final Fantasy XVI review for details). You can grab it from your retailer of choice below.
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Final Fantasy XVI is the latest mainline game in the stalwart JRPG series that's been tirelessly representing the genre since its debut in 1987. As is typical for new, numbered Final Fantasies, it keeps the Cids and Chocobos but throws out much of what came before in favor of a whole lot of new things. For one, combat this time around is more akin to character...
“Our mission was to convey the wonder and majesty of space exploration, to evoke the golden-age of early spaceflight, and we’ve been referring to this approach as ‘NASA Punk’”. That’s how Starfield art director Istvan Pely described the distinctive look of Bethesda’s latest grand-scale RPG during a lengthy presentation earlier this Summer.
It was the first time we were given a truly in-depth look at the spacecraft that would inhabit Bethesda’s sprawling sci-fi universe and its ‘NASA Punk’ aesthetic. “This means a design language where the tech is advanced, yet still looks grounded and relatable,” expounded Pely.
To mark Starfield’s launch IGN drafted in the expertise of Robert Chambers, a real-life spaceship expert (yes, really)...
Payday 3 will hold an open beta on Steam and Xbox from September 8 to 11, Deep Silver and Starbreeze have announced.
Starbreeze said the open beta is designed to stress test servers for the co-op heist shooter ahead of the launch on September 21.
The open beta requires no key access and includes the same content as the recent technical closed beta test. Starbreeze mentioned the open beta build is based on a build from April 2023 and is not a final representation of Payday 3, but it will let the studio identify potential issues with the servers before launch.
Here’s what the open beta offers, from Starbreeze:
The original gang: Dallas, Hoxton, Chains and Wolf. The iconic clown-masked characters that made the Payday franchise...
A Stray animated movie is in development, Annapurna has announced.
BlueTwelve Studio’s well-received 2022 adventure game gets the animated treatment from Annapurna’s recently launched animation division, led by former Disney Animation executives Robert Baird and Andrew Millstein.
Stray is a third-person cat adventure game set amid the detailed neon-lit alleys of a decaying cybercity and the murky environments of its seedy underbelly. IGN’s Stray review returned an 8/10: “Stray is a delightful adventure in a dark but endearingly hopeful cyberpunk world, and that’s thanks in no small part to the fact that you are playing as an adorable cat the whole time.”
Annapurna Animation’s debut project, Nimona, premiered on June 14 at the...
EA has today formally revealed EA Sports WRC, a new series officially licensed by the FIA World Rally Championship.
EA Sports WRC is developed by veteran UK racing studio Codemasters, the team behind the Colin McRae and Dirt Rally series, and arrives on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and S, and PC on November 3, 2023 (or October 31, 2023 for players who pre-order).
“EA Sports WRC is the purest form of motorsport where every stage is a fight against the clock, the terrain, and yourself,” said Codemasters senior creative director Ross Gowing. “This is the rally game we’ve always wanted to make, combining our studio’s deep knowledge and expertise with the power of the official WRC license representing the pinnacle of rally motorsport. The...
Armored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon now has an unofficial easy mode on PC, courtesy of a modder who made mech design and gameplay more forgiving and rewards more generous.
As reported by Eurogamer, the aptly named EZ-Core mod posted to the NexusMods website changes key aspects of Armored Core 6’s mech design process, which ordinarily places significant restrictions on what parts you can use based on their weight and energy requirements.
The EZ-Core mod lessens this burden by reducing these energy and weight loads by half, thus making it easier for struggling players to build a relatively overpowered AC. It also increases the amount of starting ammunition for each weapon by 300 percent.
The effective range of weapons has also been...
Cypher 007 is a top-down James Bond game coming to Apple Arcade on September 29, publisher Tilting Point has announced.
The game lets players revisit some of Bond's most iconic moments and locations as he attempts to take down the evil criminal mastermind Blofeld, head of Spectre, who is looking to transform Bond into the ultimate double agent.
"Players will be immersed in this beloved universe of espionage as they gather intel, uncover secrets, and use spycraft to overcome immersive levels filled with obstacles, opponents, and objectives that increase in difficulty as they progress," reads the official synopsis.
"Players will complete missions to bring down Blofeld and Spectre once and for all, and compete against other 007 agents...
Space Marine 2 does an impressive job representing the ‘stompiness’ of the Astartes in video game form. It turns out the developers used Warhammer 40,000’s greatest fan-film as a reference point.
The fan-film in question is Syama Pedersen’s Astartes, an impressive animation widely considered the best representation yet of Warhammer 40,000’s iconic Space Marines.
Astartes does a wonderful job of getting the weight and the surprising agility of a Space Marine across without them devolving into farcical Buzz Lightyear territory. The atmosphere is perfect, the action intense, and the Space Marines themselves devastating.
Syama Pedersen did such a wonderful job with Astartes that Warhammer 40,000 owner Games Workshop hired him to create...
EA and Respawn Entertainment have released the biggest patch yet for Star Wars Jedi: Survivor across all platforms: PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and S, and PC.
Patch 7 "makes sweeping improvements to Quality and Performance modes" on console, EA said, while its PC counterpart is headlined by the addition of NVIDIA DLSS support.
PS5 and Xbox's Performance Mode has received a complete rework that has disabled Ray Tracing to guarantee a consistent 60 frames per second performance alongside other improvements. Other technical improvements have also boosted Quality Mode across both consoles and added Variable Refresh Rate support on PS5.
PC users, who faced the brunt of Jedi: Survivor's technical issues at launch, can also enjoy changes...
September is a massive month for Game Pass with the day-one release of Bethesda’s Starfield, but there are plenty more games coming to the subscription service soon.
As outlined in a post on Xbox Wire, Gris makes a return to the Game Pass library today, September 5, across console, PC and cloud.
The big one is of course Starfield, which launches day-and-date tomorrow, September 6, on Game Pass. It’s available to play early, if you want to fork out extra. Here’s IGN’s Starfield review for more, and IGN’s useful interactive Starfield maps, if you’re already playing.
Next up is stylish action platformer Solar Ash, available in Game Pass across console, PC, and cloud on September 14. Solar Ash is from the developers behind Hyper Light...