CD Projekt Red has added a key part of the Edgerunners anime to Cyberpunk 2077 with the Phantom Liberty update.
As reported by VGC, an overhaul to the capacity system forces players to consider the risk of cyberpsychosis when installing new cyberware.
Featured as a key plot point in Netflix's Cyberpunk: Edgeunners, cyberpsychosis affects people who install too much tech onto their feeble human bodies, potentially turning them into mindless killing machines.
Signs of this can perhaps be seen early on in the Phantom Liberty trailer released during the Xbox Games Showcase, where protagonist V seemingly loses control of her actions.
It's unclear exactly how the feature will work in Cyberpunk 2077, however, though a mod released last...
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The director of the scrapped Star Wars 1313 has joined the team working on Amy Hennig's upcoming Star Wars game at Skydance New Media.
As reported by SWNN, Dominic Robilliard announced on LinkedIn that he's "incredibly excited" to work with Skydance on its upcoming Star Wars and Marvel games.
"I am incredibly excited to share that I will be joining Amy Hennig, Julian Break, and the incredible team at Skydance New Media as their game director," he said in the post.
"To collaborate with such an amazing group of developers, and to play in the iconic worlds of Marvel and Star Wars (again) is a dream come true. I cannot wait to get started."
Robilliard was director of Star Wars 1313 ahead of its cancellation in 2013. The game was...
The ship’s cook slowly approached the Inquisition checkpoint. He whistled from around the corner, drawing one guard away from his post while my navigator teleported through the wall to kill the other one. As the remaining Inquisitor neared the bush where the rest of my crew was hiding, my ghostly spy possessed him. The spy, now a supernatural Agent 47 wearing the guard’s body as a disguise, returned to the checkpoint and waited, sabotaging a suspended crate to crush the approaching Inquisition leader, leaving the rest of my squad free to rescue the final Cursed crewmate and make our escape. Imagine many more moments like that and you’ll have a good idea of what it was like to preview Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew.
Shadow Gambit is an...
Mortal Kombat 1's Ed Boon has confirmed the door is not closed on Injustice 3.
IGN had the chance to speak with Boon and ask him about NetherRealm's decision to go with another Mortal Kombat game after Mortal Kombat 11, given the studio has alternated between Mortal Kombat and Injustice since the 2013 release of Injustice: Gods Among Us.
"There were a number of factors, some of which I can talk about, some of which I probably shouldn't," Boon said.
Two reasons Boon was willing to discuss were the unfortunate onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and the team's choice to switch to a newer version of the Unreal game engine (Mortal Kombat 11 runs on Unreal Engine 3, whereas Mortal Kombat 1 runs on Unreal Engine 4).
"But we did go to a new...
Microsoft has insisted any similarities between inXile’s Clockwork Revolution and BioShock Infinite are “unintentional”.
Microsoft unveiled Clockwork Revolution during the Xbox Games Showcase with a reveal trailer some said looked remarkably similar to Irrational Games’ 2013 shooter adventure BioShock Infinite.
As a reminder, here’s the Clockwork Revolution reveal trailer:
And here’s a BioShock Infinite trailer:
While both games share a similar steampunk aesthetic, Twitter user Butmac, who claims to have worked on BioShock Infinite trailers (IGN has asked for comment) hammered home the point in a series of posts that included side-by-side images lifted from both games. The shots show similar perspectives of statues, sky rails...
Starfield Constellation Edition preorders are now live for those in the UK. It can be preordered only from GAME as an exclusive to the retailer, so you'll also have to pay a £5 delivery fee on top of the £249.99 for the new collector's edition. For preorders in the US, see our full preorder guide here.
Starfield is set for release on September 6, but with the special edition granting you access up to 5 days early, you're likely to receive this on September 1 instead. Plus, the Starfield Xbox Controller is also now available to buy if you're interested.
Starfield Constellation Edition (Xbox) - £249.99
Starfield Constellation Edition (PC) - £249.99
Starfield Constellation Edition - What's Included?
The collector’s edition of...
Starfield is set to launch on September 6, 2023, and we've just gotten one of the most in-depth looks at the game ever during Xbox's Starfield Direct showcase. Preorders are now live, but if you're interested in playing on Game Pass; I've got a whole new deal to highlight for you. Plus, the Starfield Xbox Controller is also now available to buy if you're interested!
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Bethesda is granting early access to the game for those who buy the Premium Edition (£100) or Constellation Edition (£250), but that's not the only way to access it. For £34.99 you can buy the Premium Upgrade and still play the game on September 1.
This is available in digital or physical form, but those preordering the physical edition...
Think of Avowed like The Outer Worlds rather than Skyrim in terms of size and scope, developer Obsidian has said.
Obsidian boss Feargus Urquhart told PC Gamer the studio’s initial pitch was for Avowed to be a bigger, sprawling open-world fantasy role-playing game like Bethesda’s Skyrim, but it ended up being smaller scale, similar to its previous sci-fi role-playing game The Outer Worlds.
After announcing Avowed three years ago during a livestream, Microsoft finally revealed gameplay during its Xbox Games Showcase event alongside a 2024 release window. It’s a first-person fantasy RPG set in Eora, the world of Pillars of Eternity, with fantastical monsters and lots of magical combat.
So, expect typical Obsidian first-person melee...
The Xbox Games Showcase was full of announcements and surprises. From a full reveal of Fable to release windows for Avowed and Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2, there's plenty to be excited about if you're an Xbox gamer.
But there are several Xbox Game Studios games announced previously over the last several years that have been MIA ever since. Here's a list of Xbox Game Studios we know exist but were a no-show today.
MachineGames' Indiana Jones
In early 2021, we learned Wolfeinstein: The New Order and The New Colossus developer MachineGames and Bethesda were working on an Indiana Jones game. Outside of the announcement, we have not heard much about the project.
We do know Bethesda Game Studios' Todd Howard will serve as Executive...
Today's Xbox Game Showcase was a real celebration for fans of several franchises by Japanese studios, with multiple Persona games making an appearance as well as Metaphor Re Fantazio from former Persona creators, and reveals of Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth and Capcom's new IP, Path of the Goddess. It's a marked turn from a few years ago, when Xbox seemed desperate for connetions with Japanese developers.
Xbox head Phil Spencer addressed this on Giant Bomb's Twitch stream, noting that bringing Japanese developers to a US-based platform was "work." Spencer admitted that Xbox is "not the strongest brand in Japan" and compared it not just to PlayStation and Switch, but also to mobile, which is a massive market in the country.
"Five...
The Elder Scrolls 6 may be the last game in the fantasy series Todd Howard makes, the Bethesda boss has said. Speaking to IGN ahead of Starfield Direct, 52-year-old Howard discussed the length of time it takes for Bethesda Game Studios to make its games.
Starfield is Bethesda Game Studios’ first new intellectual property in over 25 years, and its first major release since Fallout 4 came out eight years ago in 2015.
While Bethesda Game Studios has grown bigger since those days, with four studios (Rockville, Montreal, Austin, and Dallas) set up and contracts with multiple partners in place, this expansion does not necessarily speed up development, Howard insisted.
The Elder Scrolls 6 was announced in 2018 with a teaser video, below...
Bethesda has clarified Doom developer Id Software’s involvement in Starfield’s development in the wake of a May rumor claiming the fellow Zenimax-owned studio had stepped in to overhaul Starfield’s combat.
In an interview with IGN ahead of the Xbox Showcase and Starfield Direct, Bethesda boss Todd Howard confirmed Id Software had helped out with Starfield’s graphics, but "they did not help us with the combat.”
“Well, first of all, I'd say being in the company, knowing the folks at Id Software for a long time, I'm a huge Doom fan,” Howard said. “They're the absolute best. Doom Eternal is one of my favorite games.
“So with Fallout 4, they did give us a few tips on how to handle combat. And Starfield, we redid the combat ourselves and...
Bethesda already has a Starfield post-launch story expansion pack in the works. It's called Shattered Space, and it's Starfield's first story expansion. It comes with the Digital Premium Edition and the Constellation Edition of Starfield, upon release.
Development chief Todd Howard told IGN in an interview ahead of the Starfield Direct that Bethesda plans to release “a lot” of add-on content for the space exploration game.
“We're going to be doing a lot of add-on content for Starfield,” Howard said.
“We love doing it. Our fans love it. We're going to do a story expansion pack that's going to be coming.
“Our plan is to do things of varying sizes, and we've done a lot of that in our previous games, so it's something that we really...
Starfield runs at 30 frames per second on both Xbox Series X and S, Bethesda’s Todd Howard has confirmed.
Speaking to IGN in a new interview ahead of the Xbox and Starfield showcases, Howard said Starfield runs in 4K resolution on the Xbox Series X and 1440p on the Xbox Series S, but has locked Starfield at 30fps on console to ensure “consistency” of performance.
“I think it'll come as no surprise, given our previous games, what we go for,” Howard said. “Always these huge, open worlds, fully dynamic, hyper detail where anything can happen. And we do want to do that. It's 4K in the X. It's 1440 on the S. We do lock it at 30, because we want that fidelity, we want all that stuff. We don't want to sacrifice any of it.
“Fortunately in...
Starfield is officially getting its own limited edition Xbox accessories, and they're all available to order right now, shipping within a few days. There's a Starfield-themed Xbox controller, wireless headset, and external hard drive available right now.
We're expecting these accessories to be incredibly popular and sell out fast, so we'll leave some handy links just below if you're looking to preorder ASAP. Preorders for the Constellation Edition ($299.99) are also live at GameStop for Pro Members, plus see everything else related to Starfield in our dedicated preorder guide. Plus, for more updates on preorders from other retailers like Amazon or Best Buy, stay tuned, or follow @IGNDeals on Twitter.
Where to Preorder Starfield Xbox...
Xbox Game Studios head Matt Booty told an audience of media and content creators today that he believes Xbox has "turned the corner" on first-party releases, stating that the company is moving closer to a goal of four first-party releases per year.
In an Xbox panel entitled "What's Next for Gaming?", Booty was questioned about the company's first-party slate, which has been under criticism throughout the last year due to a perceived dearth of major releases and weaker showings from major pillars such as Redfall.
Booty replied by acknowledging that Xbox "had some gaps last year," but added, "I think we've turned the corner."
He called out Hi-Fi Rush, Minecraft Legends, Age of Empires, and the coming releases of Forza Motorsport and...
The long-awaited Starfield Direct has arrived following the Xbox Games Showcase and it gave us an extensive look at the much-anticipated game from Bethesda Game Studios.
The Starfield Direct lasted over 40 minutes and was packed with gameplay footage and developers discussing many of the game's features, including combat, exploration, space travel, character creation, companions, outpost building, and so much more. It was a lot to take in, and this guide will break it all down for you!
Starfield Welcomes You to Visit Over 1,000 Planets and Fly Through the Stars on Your Own Ship
Starfield is going to be huge, there is no doubt about that, especially considering Bethesda has re-confirmed there will be over 1,000 planets for players to...
Starfield’s more expensive editions grant five days early access, Bethesda has confirmed.
The Digital Premium, Premium Edition Upgrade, and the $299.99 Constellation Edition (the one that comes with the in-game watch in real life) all include “up to five days early access”.
Starfield’s street date is September 6, but with this early access period its effective release date is September 1.
Here’s the small print, from Bethesda:
“Actual play time depends on purchase date and is subject to possible outages and applicable time zone differences.”
Given Starfield is a single-play story-driven game, it’s hard to see outages preventing any of the five day early access period from being available.
Bethesda showed a huge chunk of...
Starfield is coming to Xbox Series X|S and PC on September 6, 2023. It’s a massive new game from the development team behind the mainline Elder Scrolls and Fallout games. Instead of an open world, you get to explore an open universe, taking on missions, traveling to over a thousand planets, speccing out your spaceship, engaging in space dogfights, and a whole lot more. Starfield is up for preorder now in a handful of editions, including a collector's editions that comes with an awesome watch. Below, we have all the details you need to pick the edition you want. Let’s dive in.
Starfield: Constellation Edition
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Get it at Best Buy - $299.99
Get it at GameStop (Pro members only) - $299.99
Get it at Bethesda Gear Store - $299.98
PC...
The Starfield Xbox Controller is now available from the Microsoft Store for $79.99 / £69.99. We repeat, this is not a preorder, this is available to order and ship right now. The Starfield Xbox Wireless Headset is also now available from the Microsoft Store for $124.99 / £114.99. Finally, preorders for the Constellation Edition ($299.99) are also live at Best Buy, plus see everything else related to Starfield in our dedicated preorder guide. Plus, for more updates on preorders from other retailers like Amazon or Best Buy, stay tuned, or follow @IGNDeals on Twitter.
Where to Preorder Starfield Xbox Controller
The Starfield controller unfortunately leaked before the Xbox Games Showcase, but now it has been officially announced and...
Announced today during Xbox's Starfield Direct, the Constellation Edition of Starfield comes with an actual, functional watch modeled after the same one you get in-game.
During the presentation, Bethesda said it wanted to make the watch feel as believable as possible, matching the item that acts as part of your HUD and letting this real one connect with your phone. The watch also comes in a special case Bethesda said was modeled after cases from the Apollo era that were used to bring back lunar samples. It has a special latch, a patch, a watch band, and the watch itself.
According to the Gamestop store page, the Constellation Edition costs a cool $299.99 USD (also up at Best Buy). It comes with five days of "early access" to...
IGN's Summer of Gaming continues with another major showcase. Ubisoft Forward 2023 is arriving on June 12 and bringing with it updates on Assassin's Creed, the new Avatar game, and more. This stream comes hot off the heels of the Xbox Games Showcase.
If you're wondering when and where you can watch the Ubisoft Forward livestream yourself, we've got you covered with all of the details below as well as what Ubisoft games to expect from the show in 2023.
Ubisoft Forward 2023 Start Time
Ubisoft Forward is set to kick off on Monday, June 12 at 10 a.m. / 1 p.m. ET. That translates to 6 p.m. BST if you're watching from the UK. Although Ubisoft has not yet announced an official runtime for the stream, it will likely be somewhere around...
Jusant was revealed during today's Xbox Games Showcase, an action-puzzle climbing game from Life is Strange and Vampyr developer Don't Nod coming to Xbox Series X|S and GamePass this Fall.
Its reveal trailer showed off a a lone climber in a vibrant world, scaling all sorts of terrain with a strange blue creature in a pack on their back - a companion an Xbox Wire blogpost calls the Ballast, apparently made entirely of water.
This narrative-driven game has no spoken dialogue, and the trailer showed the pair exploring massive ruins, climbing old structures and rock paths alike, and seemingly using special powers to grow plants to help them to new areas.
You can take a look at everything revealed in the Xbox Showcase, as well as the...
A trailer shown during today's Xbox Games Showcase gave us our first (quite revealing) look at Like a Dragon: Inifinite Wealth, the next game in the mainline Like a Dragon/Yakuze series, with a release window on Xbox and PC set for early 2024.
The trailer shows Yakuza: Like a Dragon's main character Ichiban Kasuga waking up naked on the beach (seemingly in Hawaii) without much idea of how he got there. A blog post on Xbox Wire said Infinite Wealth "highlights an unexpected chain of events that sets two legendary yakuza, Kasuga Ichiban and Kazuma Kiryu, on a larger-than-life RPG adventure."
Beyond some great visual gags hiding his, um... delicates, the trailer was otherwise light on any specific detail about the game, so we'll have to...
Revealed today at the Xbox Games Showcase, Spiritfarer developer Thunder Lotus Games showed off its next project, 33 Immortals, coming to Xbox and PC sometime in 2024.
This raid-focused co-op roguelike allows 33 players to band together in top-down action, with a blog post describing it as a "pick-up and raid" experience with matchmaking that's easy to jump into. The debut trailer showed that huge team facing off against massive waves of enemies and giant bosses alike.
While it is a rogulike, the post also says that you will be able to "expand your arsenal and equip powerful new relics to permanently upgrade your soul," so it sounds like there is some roguelite progression mixed in there as well.
33 Immoritals is a very different...
South of Midnight, a brand-new IP from We Happy Few and Contrast developer Compulsion Games, was announced at today's Xbox Showcase.
The cinematic trailer was pretty mysterious, just showing off some gorgeous American South vibes with a touch of magical realism. Xbox revealed more in an interview posted on its blog today, saying it's a third-person action-adventure that will follow Hazel, who was introduced in the trailer, as she tracks down supernatural creatures that have spilled into the world.
It'll take place in a fictionalized swathe of the U.S. inspired by “the more interesting geological, topographical, cultural, societal, historical areas of the South," creative director David Sears said in the Xbox blog post.
Hazel, who...
Xbox brought a ton of games to the Xbox Games Showcase 2023, giving us a good idea for what to expect on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox Game Pass, and PC for the rest of the year and beyond. From our first proper look at Playground Games' Fable, to a release date for Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty, to surprise reveals like inXile's Clockwork, there's a lot to look forward to. Read on to learn everything announced at today's Xbox showcase.
Playground Games' Fable Revealed
Xbox kicked off the show with our first proper look at Playground Games' upcoming Fable reboot. The IT Crowd's Richard Ayoade played a starring role in the trailer as narrator, maintaining the cheeky humor the series is known for. We don't know when the game is coming out...
CD Projekt Red has shared the first major look at Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty, the DLC expansion that's now slated to release on September 26.
Revealed at Xbox Games Showcase with an announcement by Keanu Reeves, who will reprise his role as Johnny Silverhand in the expansion, the trailer shows off more action-packed missions throughout an entirely new area of the game's futuristic Night City.
Phantom Liberty marks the debut of Idris Elba's Cyberpunk character, which was revealed last December. Elba's Solomon Reed will help players "fulfill an impossible mission of espionage and survival".
CD Projekt Red announced Phantom Liberty last September, along with the reveal that the DLC was only coming to PlayStation 5, Xbox Series...
Right before the Starfield Direct, Bethesda Game Studios provided a new trailer of Starfield, showing us a better look at the game as well as some gameplay.
Outside of another extended look at Starfield, Bethesda Game Studios promised that the upcoming open-world sci-fi RPG will still arrive on September 6, 2023. Starfield was originally set to launch on November 11, 2022, but Bethesda announced in May 2022 that it was delaying it into the first half of 2023. And then, in March this year, we got a second delay.
While we are getting more Starfield news today, ahead of the Starfield Direct, Microsoft announced a new Starfield-themed Xbox external hard drive, now available for preorder. But days before today's event, images began to...
Persona 5 Tactica, a spin-off title that looks to be a grid-based tactical game similar to Fire Emblem or XCOM, has been announced with a gameplay trailer.
It'll be available on Xbox consoles, PC, and Game Pass on Nov. 17, 2023. It was announced shortly after Persona 3 Reload, the much-anticipated remake of Persona 3. Unfortunately, both games leaked before the Xbox Games Showcase.
This new spin-off features many of our favorite Persona 5 characters, but they appear in a more chibi art style. They also seem very confused and think they are in a palace of some sort. They don't have much time to think, however, as they are quickly attacked.
Unlike Persona 5's turn-based combat, Persona 5 Tactica's battles look to be much more...