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Steam Lists Star Wars Jedi: Survivor With a March 2023 Release Date

Star Wars Jedi: Survivor is so far only confirmed to launch sometime in 2023 but the game's Steam page listed a March 15 release date before quickly removing it. As shared by industry insider Wario64 on Twitter (below), the now now-altered page was updated earlier today to include the date alongside new preorder bonuses but these have since been removed. Electronic Arts has already teased that a major game would be released before April 2023, adding to the legitimacy of the March 15 date. Star Wars Jedi: Survivor is also rumoured to be making an appearance at The Game Awards 2022, which take place just a few days away on December 6. The now delisted DLC includes cosmetics based on Han Solo and Luke Skywalker. The Digital Deluxe...

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Cyberpunk 2077 Is Getting a Game of the Year Edition

CD Projekt Red has revealed that Cyberpunk 2077 will receive a Game of the Year edition once its Phantom Liberty expansion is released in 2023. As reported by Polish website Stockwatch (and spotted by Insider Gaming), CD Projekt Red president and joint-CEO Adam Kiciński said during a recent investors conference that Cyberpunk 2077 will follow in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt's footsteps and receive the new edition that includes all previously released DLC in one package. "It's the natural order of things," he said. "It was the same with the Witcher, which, after both expansions, was finally released as a Game of the Year edition and has been on the market that way every since. The same can be expected in this case." The Phantom Liberty...

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Halo Infinite's Multiplayer Creative Director Tom French Has Left 343 Industries

Tom French, Halo Infinite's multiplayer creative director who has worked on the franchise for over 11 years, has left 343 Industries. French announced the news on Twitter, saying he is off to "new adventures" but is so proud of his time working alongside Master Chief. "After over 11 1/2 years on Halo, I step out of my Spartan armor for the last time today to head off to new adventures," French said. "It's been a massive honor to have been part of a game I loved so much as a player and admired so much as a developer. I couldn't be more proud of my time at 343." French departs 343 Industries following Halo Infinite's big Winter Update that added match and performance-based XP, the Forge Mode beta, the official launch of online...

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Aussie Deals: Fancy Coloured Controller Discounts, End of Year Sales Picks and More!

Welcome back to IGN Daily Deals and the weird disbelief of December being the current month. I can assure you it most certainly is—the clock is now ticking on your requirement to buy people gifts. To that end, I've scoured a bunch of End of Year sale events to find the very best (and cheapest) gaming deals. Get scrolling to get saving! Table of Contents Nintendo Switch PC Xbox PlayStation Notable Sales for Nintendo Switch Back to top Purchase Cheaply for PC Back to top Exciting Offers for XO/XS Back to top Product Savings for PS4/PS5 Back to top Adam Mathew is our Aussie deals wrangler. He plays at ludicrous difficulties on YouTube. Continue reading...

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Sifu Live-Action Adaptation Announced With John Wick Creator Derek Kolstad

John Wick creator Derek Kolstad and Story Kitchen are set to adapt the Kung-Fu third-person action game Sifu into a live-action feature film. As reported by Deadline, Story Kitchen has partnered with Sifu developer Sloclap after a "competitive pursuit" to bring this game to the big screen. Kolstad will be adapting the script, and he will produce alongside Story Kitchen's Dmitri M. Johnson, Mike Goldberg, Dan Jevons, Timothy I. Stevenson, and Jeff Ludwig. For those unfamiliar, Sifu puts you in the shoes of a young Kung-Fu student who is on a brutal journey of revenge. One of the unique parts of Sifu is that players will age every time they die and go from student to master and see their skills improve. In our Sifu review, we said...

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Fortnite Chapter 4 Season 1 Adds The Hulk, Geralt, Doom Slayer, and Next-Gen Unreal Engine 5 Features

Fortnite Chapter 4 Season 1 has officially arrived and promises to add The Hulk, The Witcher's Geralt of Rivia, Doom's Doom Slayer, and next-gen graphics and features powered by Unreal Engine 5.1. Fortnite's latest chapter is taking players to a whole new realm and, alongside the previously mentioned additions, will also bring with it dirt bikes, the ability to roll in a snowball, a way to launch yourself into the sky and attack enemies with a Shockwave Hammer, a new hurdle mechanic, Reality Augments, and so much more. As for the new Outfits that will be available in the Item Shop and Battle Pass, players will have a lot to look forward to. While The Hulk will join the Item Shop at a later date, the other characters will be part of...

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The Callisto Protocol Performance Review

The Callisto Protocol is a game with a myriad of inspirations and references within its design, but on the technical front it is most certainly a leader. Striking Distance is a relatively small, and certainly new studio, filled with a mix of veterans and new members who have collaborated to create one of the most forward-looking games of this generation. But before I get into that, I need to note that while the game is cross-generation, our review code only had access to the new-gen consoles and later the PC version. Game Modes The PS5 and Xbox Series X both have two modes: one is the default, which you could call a Quality mode or Ray Tracing mode, which runs at 30fps and has a dynamic scaling resolution with counts ranging from...

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Valve Will Give Away Almost Two Hundred Steam Decks at The Game Awards

It's been a big year for Valve — after its Steam Deck launched in February, Valve has finally cleared up supply chain issues and stopped requiring reservations, making the handheld PC a lot easier to get than it was at launch. To celebrate, Valve is giving free Steam Decks away to a handful of lucky Game Awards viewers. For every minute of the Game Awards, Valve will give one 512GB Steam Deck away, adding up to nearly 200 Steam Decks. "It's been a fun year for Steam Deck, and we've been blown away by the response," Valve wrote in a post on the Steam News Hub. To be eligible to win a Steam Deck during this giveaway, fans in the US, Canada, UK, or EU can register. They also have to have made a purchase on Steam between November 14...

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Destiny 2: Where Is Xur Today? Location and Exotic Items for December 2-6

The man whose loot was so good it crashed Destiny's servers this morning, Xûr, is now live in Destiny 2 for the weekend until next week's reset. If you're looking to get your 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...

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Callisto Protocol Releasing Day One Patch to Address PC Stuttering Issues

Just hours after Striking Distance Studios launched The Callisto Protocol, players who purchased the game on PC have already noted that the game performs poorly, with many users experiencing stuttering. Now, the team behind the game is working to fix these issues with a day-one patch. Today, The Callisto Protocol's Twitter account announced that a day-one patch for the game's PC version will be out in a few hours. The team also revealed it has a few additional updates on the way, but did not specify what these updates might include. After the game's release, fans left negative reviews on Steam regarding these technical issues, with just 34% of the game's 5,288 reviews currently being positive. Issues include choppy performance...

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A New NetherRealm Game Won't Be Revealed at The Game Awards

Four years after Mortal Kombat 11's surprise reveal during 2018's Game Awards, some fans have speculated that this year's Game Awards show might include an announcement of a new Mortal Kombat title. Unfortunately for fans of the series, however, Mortal Kombat developer NetherRealm Studios isn't quite ready to reveal a new game. Today, Mortal Kombat co-creator Ed Boon said in a Tweet that the next installation in the Mortal Kombat series won't be revealed during this year's Game Awards. "4 years ago at the Game Awards we managed to pull off a surprise announcement of MK11, which turned out great," Boon wrote. "Perhaps too great, as many assumed we'd repeat that trick for our next game. Thank you for the anticipation, but we're not...

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Primitive, an Unreal Engine 5-Powered First-Person Survival Game, Announced for PC

Developer Games Box S.A. has announced Primitive, a new Unreal Engine 5-powered first-person survival game set in a hostile open-world Stone Age. It's in development for PC, though no release date has been set. "The project is still at its early development stage. Thinking of similar games, Primitive is close to such titles as Far Cry Primal, yet our concept focuses more strongly on showing the primal character of a real world from many thousands of years ago, where it all boiled down to raw power, as well as a fight for dominance and survival," says Tomasz Supeł, CEO of Games Box S.A. A third-person view will be available in addition to first-person, while you'll face off against not just the elements, but also rival Neanderthal...

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DJ Game Fuser to Sunset Live Services

Harmonix is shutting down live services for Fuser, its two-year-old DJ simulator, on December 19. On that day, Fuser and its DLC will no longer be available to purchase, according to Harmonix, and those who already own it will be restricted to two game modes: Campaign and Quick Play. The developer stopped releasing new paid DLC for Fuser earlier in 2022. Fuser is Harmonix's most recent music game. Players take on the role of a festival DJ trying to conquer the music world. Using a mixing table, players can mix and match different tracks from popular songs to create original remixes. The game features a full story mode as well as an online competitive mode, but the latter will seemingly be shut down following the sunset. Harmonix...

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Dark Souls Creator Miyazaki Has “No Idea” What Made Elden Ring Such a Hit

FromSoftware's Elden Ring won the Grand Award at the PlayStation Partner Awards 2022 Japan Asia held earlier today in Tokyo. The Grand Award was given to the two games developed in the Asia region with the highest worldwide sales, and Elden Ring took home the honor along with Genshin Impact. As of the end of June, Elden Ring had sold over 16 million copies worldwide. Elden Ring director Hidetaka Miyazaki participated in a Q&A session with media during the PlayStation Partner Awards, where he was asked what he thinks is the reason for the game’s runaway success. “Honestly, I haven't analyzed it much,” Miyazaki replied. “It’s true that sales were higher than those of our previous games, but I have no idea what the reason was. So even...

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Dysterra is a Futuristic Sci-Fi FPS that Challenges Players to Survive Extinction by Any Means Necessary

Dysterra is a brand-new, sci-fi survival game with futuristic FPS gameplay that challenges players to either compete or cooperate on a dying Earth as they strive to secure a one-way ticket to the stars — and survival. Dysterra is now in Early Access on PC via Steam, and we’re going to break down the five biggest reasons why this is one battle you won’t want to miss! Survive an Imminent Extinction by Building a Base Worthy of Legend Earth is on the brink of being destroyed by Terrafire explosions, and your only hope of avoiding extinction is to board escape rockets. So, what’s the problem? Well, there’s only a limited amount of space and time is tick, tick, ticking away. To retain any hope of making it off Earth before it's too...

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Atomic Heart: Our Questions Answered - IGN First

After a month of Atomic Heart coverage as part of IGN First, we still had plenty of things we wanted to know about the upcoming shooter. So, we asked game director Robert Bagratuni just a few of the many questions we still have and learned plenty of interesting new details. There’s lots of melee combat. Is this by design or are resources such as ammo limited? Mundfish says that “every game needs balance, and Atomic Heart is no exception. We meticulously crafted each weapon so that it behaves uniquely in combat and is necessary for its way. Yes, melee helps to save ammo, because there are a lot of enemies, and it's unlikely you'll always have enough ammo to take them all out. That is why we have a special mechanic that allows us to...

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Marvel Snap Combo Raises Black Panther's Power to Over 600,000

Marvel Snap players have found a legitimate way to raise Black Panther's power level to over 600,000, practically breaking the game in the process. As reported by Polygon, who encountered the combo first hand, combining Black Panther with Wong, Ironheart, Odin, and the Onslaught's Citadel location brings its power level to 689,730. That's at least the number Marvel Snap landed on after it freaked out a little, and even then its numbers showed up completely stretched out and outside the allocated space. For those unfamiliar, Marvel Snap power levels usually range from single digit totals to potentially 20 or 30 if a card is very good, making the 600,000 number an eye-watering amount. The combo isn't even particularly hard to pull...

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The Callisto Protocol's Steam Reviews Suffer Following Reports of Poor Performance

The Callisto Protocol's Steam reviews are suffering as several users are reporting a stuttering frame rate on PC. As reported by PC Gamer, the game's Steam page currently has a mostly negative rating with just 29% of the 2,840 reviews being positive. The Callisto Protocol is described as a "stuttering mess" by one user while another commented: "It's pretty hard to get immersed when the game drops frames every time you go around a corner." Several of these users also claimed to be running The Callisto Protocol on high-end graphics cards including the RTX 3080, but even then the frame rate regularly drops significantly. "Currently I can't even walk through the opening area and turn a corner without stuttering on a 3080 with ray...

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EA Teases Battlefield 2042 Season 4 and Confirms a Season 5 Without New Operators

EA has teased what's coming in Season 4 of Battlefield 2042 and confirmed that a Season 5 is also on the way, though the latter won't feature a specialist. Season 4 is set to launch in early 2023, according to a new blog posted on EA’s website. The season will bring with it a new recon Specialist and Battle Pass, fresh hardware, re-worked environments, and new maps, one of which will heavily reference Battlefield 4. Developer DICE has promised the Season 4 map will be a “smaller, shorter, and linear” close-quarters affair, which sounds like a change of pace from the sprawling environments on offer at the moment. Season 5 will offer a similar amount of content to previous seasons - with the introduction of another map, new hardware...

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The Callisto Protocol Review

A proper remake might be rising from the grave next year, but the festering corpse of Dead Space has come lurching back to life early in the form of The Callisto Protocol. This spiritual successor to the sci-fi survival horror series recreates the haunting blood-streaked hallways and space zombie-slaying hallmarks first established on the USG Ishimura back in 2008, and injects the gore with more awe than ever before thanks to some strikingly detailed splashes of blood and guts. Unfortunately, while the mutant dismemberment has never been more vivid, The Callisto Protocol’s shortcomings appear just as clearly. Occasional control annoyances, imbalanced combat, and a general absence of innovation result in a roughly eight-hour massacre...

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World of Warcraft: Dragonflight Review in Progress

Most recent World of Warcraft expansions started with a tightly scripted, story-heavy, and somewhat bothersome on-rails scenario. Dragonflight seems to have remembered that this is an MMORPG and I should be deciding what kind of adventures I want to go on. Right off the boat onto the expansive, beautiful Dragon Isles, you'll be met with only minimal handholding and four huge, new zones to explore. It's like Blizzard finally learned to trust us to find the fun without supervision, and they're letting us have the run of the world again. I still have a lot of this expansion left to play, but it’s already so refreshing. As of now, I've leveled from 60 to 67 and quested through two of Dragonflight's four major zones. They really fly by –...

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Monster Hunter Rise Is Coming to Xbox Game Pass Next Month

Monster Hunter Rise is making the move to all consoles, as the previously Switch-exclusive game will soon be available on PlayStation 5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and Windows. Plus, Xbox Game Pass subscribers can look forward to Rise joining the service for consoles, PC, and cloud at launch. Capcom announced the game's multiplatform release is set for January 20, 2023. Monster Hunter Rise originally launched exclusively on Nintendo Switch in March 2021, before it came to Steam earlier this year. Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak — the major expansion already available on Switch and Steam — is coming to all platforms sometime next Spring. Unfortunately for hunters who have already poured hundreds of hours into Rise on Switch or...

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Amnesia: The Bunker Announced, Promises Major Changes to the Series

Frictional Games has announced the next game in the horrifying Amnesia series, Amnesia: The Bunker, and it’s potentially the biggest departure from the series yet. The studio announced that their next Amnesia game will be coming to Xbox, PlayStation, and PC in 2023. The developers are calling Amnesia: The Bunker their most open game yet with players able to explore a semi-open world with hardly any scripted events. This means players can explore different paths and areas without being constrained, but the terror will come from an “ever-present threat” so be warned. Furthermore, players will be able to choose their gameplay style as they will be equipped with both a revolver and noisy dynamo flashlight. While players can defend...

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The Speedrunning Platformer Neon White Comes to PlayStation Later This Month

Angel Matrix announced that its first-person platformer game will be hitting PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 on December 13. The PlayStation 5 version will run at 120hz. “When precision matters, the high framerate makes a difference. We’ve also made the most of the system SSD to reduce load times significantly,” says game director Ben Esposito. “It’s important that restarting levels is as quick and painless as possible. If you want to beat your friends’ leaderboard times, you’ll be restarting levels over and over again.” The game will also take advantage of the PS5 DualSense controller’s adaptive triggers when players utilize each of their Soul Cards to traverse through the many levels and puzzles it has to offer. “You’ll feel it...

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Xbox Game Pass in December 2022: High On Life, LEGO Star Wars, and More

December is another busy month for Xbox Game Pass with a ton of new titles arriving on console and PC. Xbox confirmed its final line-up of 2022 in a blog post, and headlining the new additions is High On Life, the ridiculously wacky shooter from Rick and Morty's Justin Roiland that arrives on December 13. Also coming this month is a range of modern classics, however, including LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga on December 6, The Walking Dead: The Final Season today, December 1, and the hardcore rhythm action game set in hell, Metal: Hellsinger on December 8. Other games confirmed for December include Hot Wheels Unleashed, Eastward, Chained Echoes, and more. High on Life Is Available on Xbox Game Pass From December 13 The wild and...

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Let's School Announced for PC

My Time at Portia developer Pathea Games has announced Let's School, a school management sim that tasks you with becoming the best headmaster you can possibly be. It is due out for PC in early 2023. Incredibly, this project started as a prototype by one person, and then the rest of the studio loved it so much they enthusiastically got on board. “Let’s School is a bit of a departure from what the world knows us for, but after being prototyped by our producer Lanka for 18 months everyone at the studio just fell in love with the project,” brand manager Alice Zhou said. “Since then the team has grown substantially to a handful of developers and we’re been blown away by what they’ve been able to achieve. Any fans of management sims are...

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Company of Heroes 3: The Final Preview

Having been there since the public announcement, I've had lots of chances to put Company of Heroes 3 through its paces. We even did a whole month of exclusive IGN First coverage on it. And chances are, with how open the development has been, you've played a slice or two yourself already. But all of that felt like running my fingers along various gears and armor plates that hadn't been assembled into a full tank yet. And now that I've gotten to see both the Italian and North African campaigns in something closer to a finished state, the bigger picture is starting to come together. What was missing from all the earlier builds, more than anything, was a sense of cohesion and storytelling. Both campaigns are now introduced with the sort...

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Aussie Deals: Gifts for Security Conscious Gamers

Life isn't always easy. Whether you're navigating online realms or IRL, you should know that pitfalls can and do pop up. All that being said and as much as we'd all love to be living in a scumbag-free utopia, protective measures are required. Quite a few of them, in fact. A wise traveller will cover themselves for financial protection, physical security, PC file health and even an invisibility cloak to thwart the prying eyes of Big Brother. Let's take a run at getting you properly Fort Knoxed with all of the above. We've identified smart ways to pay for goods and reduce the percentage chance of ripoffs. We've also included a selection of review-tested VPNS and antivirus software to ensure your batcomputer won't end up riddled with...

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Former Zelda Director Working on Open World Dress Up RPG, Infinity Nikki

Former The Legend of Zelda director Kentaro Tominaga is working an open world dress up RPG called Infinity Nikki. As reported by Kotaku, Tominaga is leading the game at developer PaperGames after working as a designer on The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and as director of its Expansion Pass. Infinity Nikki has an almost Disney mixed with anime aesthetic and a core gameplay loop of exploring a colourful open world full of puzzles and platforming. Protagonist Nikki can change outfits to perform different abilities and tasks, and as a reveal trailer (above) shows, this will include the likes of fishing, cooking, and catching bugs. "Join Momo and Nikki as they embark on a new adventure collecting various pieces of clothing...

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Ubisoft Sets Up Next Assassin's Creed With Free DLC Mission in Valhalla

Ubisoft has released some surprise DLC for Assassin's Creed Valhalla that features a character from the next game, Assassin's Creed Mirage. As reported by Polygon, Ubisoft announced on Twitter (below) that a new quest called Shared History can now be downloaded for free, introducing Roshan from the upcoming Mirage to Valhalla protagonist Eivor. Roshan is the mentor of Basim, another character from Valhalla and protagonist of the next game. Given his status as a master assassin, it's only natural that Roshan is too, and her quest kicks off with some foreshadowing of what's to come in Mirage. This DLC (alongside the previously announced Last Chapter) marks the end of Valhalla's post launch content and arrives more than two years...

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