Blizzard has told Diablo 4 players who have reached all their goals that it's fine to take a break from the game ahead of the launch of Season 1, dubbed Season of the Malignant, on July 20.
Diablo 4 launched big early June, becoming Blizzard’s fastest-selling game ever. It has only been out five weeks, but some players have already hit the level 100 with a permadeath Hardcore character, and are now repeatedly target-farming in a bid to obtain loot that increases their power in ever-shrinking increments. There are even reports of players completing Tier 100 Nightmare Dungeons in Hardcore mode, considered one of the hardest challenges currently in-game. As a result, some players have said they are either getting bored with the Diablo 4...
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The Xbox team just had an amazing Xbox Showcase that is bringing a lot of brand-new games to the table. We got a look at Clockwork Revolution, South of Midnight, and of course Starfield, but in addition to the brand new IP that will be hitting console and PC sooner rather than later, we’d love for Xbox to go back to the treasure trove and revive some of these classics. Here are a few of the games we’d love to see make a return.
1. Banjo-Kazooie
The wacky bear with a bird in his backpack made waves when the duo last appeared in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. But recently the headlines have been about how former developers like Grant Kirkhope don’t think the Banjo audience would be there if it tried to make a comeback in 2023 or beyond...
Few companies have been able to sustain franchises through gaming's unpredictable market shifts over the last five decades. As the medium moved from arcades to living rooms and tastes transitioned with technologies, only a fraction of a percentage of franchises from gaming’s nascent days has survived.
Below we’ve compiled the franchises that have stood the test of time longer than any others. These are the 11 longest-running* video game franchises of all time.
*To be considered for this list, a franchise must have content currently in development or content released within the last five years. This list captures only franchises that originated as games; long-running licensed franchises such as Spider-Man, Indiana Jones, and Star Wars...
Since Capcom announced Exoprimal in 2022, players have looked forward to the dinosaur action game's focus on online multiplayer, which was later announced to support crossplay. However, Exoprimal only supports cross-platform matchmaking and not cross-platform party creation, meaning players won't be able to invite their friends to parties if they're playing on different platforms.
Today, Capcom clarified the restrictions around crossplay that will come with the game at launch in a Twitter thread.
According to the team's thread, crossplay for party creation will be limited within three platform ecosystems, which the tweet lists as:
Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Windows
PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5
Steam
Exoprimal's beta had the same...
After five years away from the role, Tom Cruise is back as special agent Ethan Hunt for Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One. As Paramount gears up to release this seventh movie in its beloved spy-action series, now is the perfect time to watch or rewatch the saga so far.
Scroll down for our quick guide on how you can watch all of the previous Mission Impossible movies online right now in 2023.
Where to Watch the Mission Impossible Movies Online
All six Mission Impossible movies are available on Paramount+. If you don't have that subscription service, each movie can be rented or purchased through Prime Video or YouTube.
Here's our full breakdown of how to watch Mission Impossible online in 2023 with links to where you can...
Kolo Jones is eagerly awaiting the release of Starfield, Bethesda’s newest open world title. As a fan of the sci-fi genre, Jones wants to explore as many planets as possible, engage in ship combat, and unravel the mysteries between each faction. But currently, her anticipation is met with equal feelings of trepidation. For Jones and other disabled players, Starfield’s lack of accessibility information is causing concerns.
Last year, Bethesda unveiled an official gameplay look at Starfield, and during this year’s Summer Game Fest, Xbox hosted an hour-long Starfield Direct with new footage and developer commentary. While we learned about mechanics like combat, space traversal, and even sandwich storage, noticeably missing from each...
Baldur’s Gate 3 developer Larian has teased some… unusual romance options in the upcoming fantasy role-playing game.
Spoilers for Baldur’s Gate 3 ahead.
One character Baldur’s Gate 3 fans have had their eye on throughout the game’s early access period is the Druid Halsin. Halsin is an NPC and potential companion who can be rescued from a prison. But play your cards right, and Halsin can be so much more.
Literally. As a Druid, Halsin can temporarily 'wildshape' into a bear, and he does this during a romance cutscene. Larian showed off the furry encounter during a Panel From Hell livestream. It proved too saucy for TikTok, which pulled the livestream offline an hour before it ended. "TikTok canceled our stream because it was too...
The potpourri creature, Xûr, is now live in Destiny 2 for the weekend until next week's reset. If you're looking to get you some shiny new Exotic armor or weapons for your Guardian, look no further.
Each week, Xûr has a random assortment of Exotic armor, one for each Guardian class, as well as a random Exotic Weapon and an Exotic Engram available for purchase. In addition to his Exotic wares, he's got a random collection of Legendary weapons and armor to deck out your Guardians.
We've rounded up all the info on Xûr for the week including where to find Xûr, which Exotic weapons and armor are available, as well as which Legendary weapons you should pick up, either for PvE or PvP.
Where Is Xûr Today?
Xûr's location can be found at The...
2K has unveiled NBA 2K24, due out September 8 on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X and S, Nintendo Switch and PC.
In a first for the series, NBA 2K24 has crossplay across all modes for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X and S.
Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant is the NBA 2K24 cover star, and appears on the front of the NBA 2K24 Kobe Bryant Edition and Black Mamba Edition boxes. There’s also a 25th Anniversary Edition, which includes a 12-month subscription to NBA League Pass.
NBA 2K24, developed by Visual Concepts, includes the new Mamba Moments mode. This lets you recreate some of Bryant’s most memorable performances while progressing through his career. Meanwhile, ProPLAY is described as a new tech that...
The late basketball legend Kobe Bryant will be the cover star of NBA 2K24's special editions.
Revealed in a tweet from NBA 2K (below), the Kobe Bryant Edition and Black Mamba Edition will be the two more expensive versions of this year's game but their exact contents have not yet been revealed.
2K has also yet to reveal the standard edition cover star but, as per tradition, this will most likely be a current NBA player.
Bryant's appearance on the cover of NBA 2K24 most likely came as a result of his number 24 jersey, which he wore for most of his 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers. NBA 2K pulled a similar move last year, putting Michael Jordan on the cover of 2K23 in accordance with his number 23 jersey.
Nothing else has...
Blizzard has revealed the Blood Knight, Diablo’s first new class in nearly a decade.
But it’s not coming to the recently-released Diablo 4 - not yet anyway. Blizzard announced the Blood Knight launches in free-to-download mobile game Diablo Immortal on July 13.
The Blood Knight is described as a mid-range class with hybrid attack options that are either melee or ranged depending on your proximity to the target. It’s a “vanquisher of vampires”, feeding on the life of its enemies, entrapping them in shadows, and specializing in the polearm weapon type.
The Blood Knight is the first new Diablo class since the release of the Crusader for Diablo 3 in 2014. Of course, Diablo 4 players are already wondering which new class their game will...
Like the deranged children’s programming provided by the Five Nights at Freddy’s and Chucky series before it, My Friendly Neighborhood takes everyone’s favorite childhood memories and converts them into a gruesome scenario where you’re fighting for your life. The result, at least based on my journey so far, is a highly entertaining pseudo-horror game filled with face-slapping goofball murderers and highly disturbing musical numbers. While it certainly leans much more heavily into silliness than it does horror, I’m quite enjoying the abundantly disturbing adventure so far.
My Friendly Neighborhood answers the hilarious and completely unnecessary question: “What if Resident Evil took place on Sesame Street?”, and that Raccoon City...
Street Fighter 6 sales have increased to two million units in just over a month, Capcom has announced.
Street Fighter 6 got off to a strong start with one million sold over launch weekend. Total sales for the Street Fighter franchise now top 50 million.
Capcom said single-player features such as the World Tour story mode and the new Modern Control type were designed to appeal to a broad range of players, and have contributed to Street Fighter 6’s sales success.
IGN’s Street Fighter 6 review returned a 9/10. We said: “Street Fighter 6 is the most feature-rich a Street Fighter has ever been at launch, but even beyond that, its roster of 18 characters is excellent, the new mechanics revitalize the one-on-one fighting formula, and it...
Cardy, Mat, and Dale have been playing and watching all sorts of bits and bobs this week so thought they'd share what they've been enjoying. Why not listen? You might discover something you've never heard of before. I don't know. I'm running out of ways to talk about the nonsense that gets talked about on this podcast every week.
Want to let us know which games you’re most excited for later this year, or just want to tell us the weirdest thing you've had as a pizza topping? Drop us an email: ign_ukfeedback@ign.com.
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Blizzard has temporarily disabled Diablo 4’s six super rare unique items from the game to address a new issue with Helltide Chest drops.
The July 6 release of update 1.0.4 added unique items to the Helltide Chest loot pool. Helltide Mystery Chests are special chests available from taking part in Helltide events. (For a more detailed look at the Mystery Chest locations check out our Interactive Map. You can filter Mystery Chest Locations at the bottom to clear some of the clutter.)
The change was welcomed by players on the hunt for Diablo 4’s rarest items, such as the six super rare uniques currently in the game. Fans had complained about the miniscule chance to obtain them, with some comparing the drop rate to winning the lottery or...
Yuji Naka, co-creator of the Sonic the Hedgehog series and former boss of Sonic Team at Sega, was given a suspended prison sentence for insider trading following a trial in Japan.
According to IGN Japan, 57-year-old Naka was found guilty of violating Japan’s Financial Instruments and Exchange Act for insider trading in connection with the development of a game for publisher Square Enix.
Following a trial held at the Tokyo District Court on July 7, 2023, Judge Madoka Hiruta issued a two-and-a-half year prison sentence, suspended for four years, as well as two fines of ¥2 million ($14,000 approx) and ¥170 million ($1.1 million approx).
Naka was arrested in November for suspected insider trading relating to an investment made while...
If you’re looking to obtain a new gaming PC on Amazon Prime Day this year, then you have two different options available. You can either purchase the components, including a GPU, to make your own gaming PC or you can go prebuilt. Many of the best prebuilt gaming PCs come packing plenty of power to play even the most intensive PC games, but there are also quite a few budget gaming PCs that can still run popular new titles.
Although Prime Day doesn’t always feature the best gaming PC deals of all time, it’s still a great time to find discounts on popular brands like Alienware, Acer, HP, Cyberpower, and Corsair if you know what you’re looking for. Prime Day gaming PC deals will begin on July 11 and run through July 12 with the rest of...
Sega isn't as all in on blockchain gaming as it was before, now withholding its biggest IP such as Sonic the Hedgehog from being used in third-party blockchain games. This move is to ensure that Sega doesn't devalue its own content.
Speaking with Bloomberg, Sega co-chief operating officer Shuji Utsumi panned blockchain games as "boring."
"The action in play-to-earn games is boring. What’s the point if games are no fun?" Utsumi said.
However, Sega will still let external partners use characters from lesser known franchises such as Three Kingdoms and Virtua Fighter as NFTs. Utsumi noted that the technology remains useful in instances where it's possible to move characters and items between different games.
Sega is also pausing its...
NetherRealm Studios has released a new trailer for its upcoming fighting game Mortal Kombat 1, with the latest trailer confirming more characters that will be on the roster at launch.
The latest trailer spotlighted Smoke and Rain, two characters with a long history in the Mortal Kombat series. It also revealed four new Kameo Fighters: Sektor, Cyrax, Frost, and Scorpion. As a quick refresher, Kameo Fighters is a separate roster of characters in Mortal Kombat 1 that can assist players during a match.
Smoke was first introduced back in Mortal Kombat 2 as an unplayable secret character before eventually making a proper debut in Mortal Kombat 3 as a cyborg. His first appearance as a human was in 2011's Mortal Kombat. He primarily...
Diablo 4 Season 1 will release July 20, Blizzard revealed in a new livestream that also included a host of new details about the upcoming content update.
Titled Season of the Malignant, the new seasonal content will bring with it a brand-new quest line featuring "new faces and new enemies, new powers, the first Season Journey, and the first Battle Pass." It takes place after the events of the main campaign and introduces a new character in Cormand, an ex-priest from the Cathedral of Light who is trying to stop the spread of the Malignant.
Season of the Malignant features a "dangerous new threat" in the form of Malignant Monsters spreading throughout Sanctuary. Any elite monster will be able to spawn as a Malignant Monster with...
The Diablo series has made a return through the release of Diablo 4. An entirely new entry in the series, it takes place some 50 years after the end of Diablo 3, and introduces a new cast of characters, and a new antagonist. Story and Narrative Producer Melissa Corning, Senior Quest Designer Grzegorz Sadzinski, Associate Game Producer Kelly Yeo, and Art Director John Mueller took the opportunity to sit down with IGN and share information about the narrative, art direction, and how the team conceptualized this entry’s antagonist—Lilith.
Art Director John Mueller shared what the key visual inspirations were for Diablo 4’s overall art direction, and that it traces back to a trip to the Louvre when he was young. Theodore Jericho’s The...
The Callisto Protocol is the latest game to join the PlayStation Plus trials program, granting subscribers unfettered access to Striking Point Studios' horror game for an hour before buying.
It will be available, as usual, to subscribers of the most expensive $17.99 a month PlayStation Plus Premium tier, which grants trial access to a growing list of games including God of War: Ragnarok, The Last of Us Part I, and more.
The Callisto Protocol’s 60 minute trial is relatively diminutive compared to the duration of other titles included in the program, but should still grant a prospective buyer valuable insight into the game.
Following its somewhat rocky launch the action horror title has received a number of updates, bringing new...
Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 1 is set to release for PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, and PC on October 24. It includes the first three Metal Gear Solid games from the PS1 and PS2 era, plus Metal Gear 1 and 2, along with a number of extras. The collection is available to preorder at all the usual retailers (see it at Amazon). Below, we have info about where to get it, how much it costs, what’s included, and more. Let’s dive in.
Preorder Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 1
PS5
Get it at Amazon - $59.99
Get it at GameStop - $59.99
Get it at Walmart - $59.99
Get it at PS Store (digital) - $59.99
Xbox
Get it at Amazon - $59.99
Get it at GameStop - $59.99
Get it at Walmart - $59.99
Get it at Xbox Store...
Ubisoft has announced a new History of Baghdad feature for Assassin’s Creed Mirage which will allow players to explore the historical realities of the city as they progress through the campaign.
Unlike the educational Discovery modes featured in previous Assassin’s Creed games such as Origins, and Odyssey, The History of Baghdad content will not require the player to enter a separate mode of Mirage.
Instead, the offering will be via an in-game codex as the player progresses through the story, in a similar vein to how Ubisoft imparted historical facts in earlier Assassin’s Creed titles.
"From the start we had an ambitious premise: to help the players better understand the world of ninth-century Baghdad."
"From the start we had an...
Naraka: Bladepoint comes out on PlayStation 5 on July 13 alongside a switch across all platforms to free-to-play.
The mythical melee battle royale also gets a new mode, called Capture the Spirit Well, a new hero called Tessa, and a new Dual Halberd weapon. Cross-play across all platforms launches July 13, too.
Naraka: Bladepoint, developed by 24 Entertainment and published by NetEase Games Montreal, launched on PC in August 2021 before Xbox Series X and S in June 2022. The new PS5 version launches just over a year later.
NetEase said Naraka: Bladepoint has now crossed the 20 million unique player mark. It’s a regular in Steam’s top 100 played games by concurrents list. At the time of publication, Naraka: Bladepoint was the 17th...
As we await the verdict in the Microsoft vs. FTC trial regarding the fate of Xbox's Activision-Blizzard acquisition, we dig into some of the other things happening in the world of Xbox, from the future of Banjo-Kazooie (if there even is one) to Ubisoft's rumored Assassin's Creed Black Flag remake to this month's hidden gem on Xbox Game Pass, 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 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 inspiration, what his future holds, and more!
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Watch the skies above you, Naraka: Bladepoint fans! Because big news about the melee battle royale game is on the way. The third Naraka Fest is upon us, and an upcoming live stream will give information on all the updates coming to Naraka: Bladepoint.
Here’s a watch guide on where and when to watch IGN’s stream of Naraka Fest. We'll also take some guesses at what you can expect to see when you tune in.
Naraka Fest Stream Start Time
The 2023 Naraka Fest stream starts on Wednesday July 5, 2023 at 7 p.m. PST. That's at 10 p.m. for folks on EST. It's also a sensible Thursday July 6, 2023 at 12 p.m. in AEST.
Where to Watch the Naraka Fest
Tune in to any of the links below to watch the Naraka Fest Stream. We have several portals to the...
Emile Morel, a Ubisoft game designer and creative director for Beyond Good and Evil 2, has passed away at age 40.
The announcement was originally spotted by IGN on LinkedIn, where two individuals that worked with Morel made tributes on the website.
"A cherished colleague for over a decade at Ubisoft Montpellier, we laughed and wept through good times and bad, and shipped a lot great games together," Morel's former colleague M. Gabrielle Shrager wrote on LinkedIn. "Emile was so very proud of Beyond Good and Evil 2, the Space Monkeys and his teammates. He will be sorely missed."
Emile was so very proud of Beyond Good and Evil 2, the Space Monkeys and his teammates
According to Morel's LinkedIn page, he began working at Ubisoft in...
When The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom first came out, one of the earliest and best jokes that circulated the community was a very specific flavor of Ultrahand building nonsense: the Korok Space Program.
Essentially, players were having fun building increasingly complex and silly vehicles to launch Koroks into the sky, or across long distances, and humorously dubbed their efforts in a clever play on space flight sim game Kerbal Space Program. The two games seem to have few simularities, but the slapstick way Tears of the Kingdom players' rockets launched, caught on fire, crashed, and generally caused mayhem was at least somewhat reminiscent of chaotic scenarios in Kerbal.
Most people probably would have let this comparison...
Microsoft has announced that Grand Theft Auto V returns to Xbox Game Pass starting today, July 5.
In an Xbox Wire post, Microsoft announced the next slate of games hitting its Game Pass subscription service, with Grand Theft Auto V headlining. Rockstar's critically-acclaimed open-world game is available on the console version of Xbox Game Pass and Xbox Cloud Gaming.
This marks the third time Grand Theft Auto V has released on Microsoft's game subscription service after debuting initially in April 2020. It was removed roughly a month later and replaced with Red Dead Redemption 2. The fifth mainline Grand Theft Auto then returned to the service in April 2021 with support for Xbox Cloud Gaming, before it was removed for the second time...