No Man’s Sky’s next big update is about AI and robot uprisings.
The update, out today for all formats, is dubbed Singularity. It is the 10th major update for the long-running space exploration game.
Singularity forms a part of a much longer narrative arc that kicked off in the Interceptor update and is set to play out as the year goes on.
Players investigate curious robot heads that are delivering cryptic clues across the galaxy. The story is about AI corruption and robotic uprisings, with Hello Games teasing “strong hints of what’s to come in No Man’s Sky”.
“Throughout the five week long expedition, the whole community will be working with Nada and Polo on the space anomaly to try to breathe new life into the galaxy, and work...
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Now Diablo 4 Is Out in the Wild, the True Horror of Its Costly Microtransactions Has Revealed Itself
Diablo 4 launched proper yesterday, June 6, and now all players can see just how pricey its microtransactions are.
Blizzard’s $70 action role-playing game leans heavily on in-game monetisation, with plans for various battle passes post-launch.
Available now, however, is the in-game shop, which has become a bone of contention among fans.
Diablo 4’s shop sells cosmetics only. There are no gameplay-affecting items up for sale. While that is very much a good thing, and in keeping with promises Blizzard made before launch, the pricing of some of these cosmetics has raised eyebrows.
Take the Triune Apostate armour set, for example. It weighs in at 2,500 Platinum. Platinum is Diablo 4’s premium in-game currency, and must itself be bought...
Counter-Strike 2 now lets players refund their weapons.
Developer Valve confirmed the feature, which Counter-Strike players have long-called for, in the tweet below.
“Bought the wrong thing? Meant to buy a different weapon, armor, or grenade? Sell your purchase back and buy again (during buy time).”
Currently, Counter-Strike does not allow refunds under any circumstances, which means if you buy a gun in error you either have to use it or fork out more cash to buy another.
It’s worth noting Counter-Strike rival Valorant, from Riot, does offer refunds.
The addition of refunds comes as part of a significant update for Counter-Strike 2, which is currently available to play as part of a limited test.
The update also includes a...
IGN's Summer of Gaming is officially on, and the events keep rolling with Summer Game Fest 2023 on Thursday, June 8. With E3 being cancelled, Summer Game Fest promises to be one of the biggest events of the season. Jeff Keighley's show debuted some heavy hitters last year, like The Last of Us Part 1 and Marvel's Midnight Suns, so there's definitely potential for juicy surprises this time around, especially since it's a live in-person event this year.
If you want to tune into Summer Game Fest we'll point you to where you can watch the livsetream and let you know when it starts. We'll even do a bit of speculation about what to expect!
Summer Game Fest 2023 Start Time
Summer Game Fest kicks off on June 8, 2023 at 12pm PT/ 3PM ET/8PM...
Personally, as a gamer known to min-max whenever possible, I'd rather just get right to the deals. Unfortunately, the ol' SEO says we have to do a little chit-chat before that happens. So, how you been? Good? You look well. I love what you've done with your hair. Reverse mohawk with mutton chops was a bold choice. OK.. that ought to do it. Now we can get to the thing that I actually care about—saving you money on the games that matter.
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Aussie birthdays for notable games.
- Mario Strikers Charged (GC) 2007. Sequel
- Shadow Hearts: From the New World (PS2) 2007.
- SteamWorld Heist (PC) 2016. Get
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Hit mobile game Angry Birds is getting a brand-new animated series on Amazon Prime.
Announced today, the 24-episode series, titled Angry Birds: Mystery Island, will follow three new hatchlings – Mia, Rosie, and Buddy. There’s also a foreign exchange piglet called Hamylton.
“We’re excited to work with Amazon to add a new chapter to the Hatchlings’ story in Angry Birds Mystery Island,” said Rovio's head of brand licensing, Hanna Valkeapää-Nokkala. “I’m sure fans of the Hatchlings will be eager to see them in their own series, with speaking voices for the first time.”
The show follows the four youngsters as they set off on an all-expenses-paid island getaway, but are instead mistakenly catapulted to a mysterious, uncharted island...
After several betas and an early access period, Diablo 4 is finally available for all to play. IGN's expert guide writers have been hard at work uncovering its many secrets and adding them to the Diablo 4 Walkthrough. While Diablo 4's open regions allow you to explore and delve into various dungeons, it's still worthwhile to tackle the main story as soon as you can, as it's the only way you can eventually unlock a mount to ride across Diablo 4's vast areas.
We still have you covered on Diablo 4's various optional Dungeons, Side Quests, Altar of Lilith locations, and much more, but the latest Diablo 4 Walkthrough update covers each of the first three Acts that can be undertaken in any order and the fourth Act that unlocks the ability...
EA is nearing an agreement to move the ongoing development and operation of MMORPG Star Wars: The Old Republic from BioWare to third-party studio Broadsword Online Games, IGN has learned.
According to sources familiar with the matter, Broadsword and EA have signed a letter of intent, with the deal expected to be finalized as soon as this month. The agreement would see The Old Republic handed over to current Ultima Online and Dark Age of Camelot developer Broadsword Online, which is run by former Mythic Entertainment co-founder and BioWare VP Rob Denton, who previously worked on The Old Republic in its early days.
Currently, roughly 70-80 people are part of the core development team of The Old Republic, more than half of whom are...
Diablo 4 was officially released today and if you're planning to give it a whirl, you should anticipate the game's servers to be a little rocky.
IGN's sister site, Downdetector.com, has been sharing user-reported outages for the game's servers, but these issues aren't entirely new. Players have reported problems with Diablo 4 since its early access release five days ago. PlayStation 5 players that preordered the $90 Digital Deluxe Edition or the $100 Ultimate Edition reported a day after the early access release that an "Invalid License" error was locking them out.
Players were also having wide login issues last night, although Blizzard said in a tweet this morning that those issues were resolved.
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When you think of RoboCop, you think of a one-man tank. A heavily armed and armored dealer of justice who patrols the streets of Detroit while walking really slowly. Honestly, it’s a surprise he ever makes it to the scene of the crime on time, given the pace he ambles along. It’s even more of a surprise that RoboCop’s methodical movement from the movies has made it into Rogue City, which is a first-person shooter – a genre traditionally dominated by games where speed and agility are key.
Of course, RoboCop’s slow and precise movements are two crucial parts of his identity, so it was always the plan to make that an important part of the game. However, it meant rethinking the way the developer approached making a first-person shooter...
Blizzard revealed that Diablo 4 is the company’s fastest-selling game of all time. Although, this milestone has some caveats.
While Blizzard didn’t provide any specific sales numbers, Diablo 4 has been played for 93 million hours since its early access launch on June 1.
“This is a moment years in the making for the Diablo 4 team,” said Rod Fergusson, Diablo general manager, in a statement. “We’re extremely proud to offer players the richest story ever told in a Diablo game.”
He continued: “Since the game was first announced in 2019, the support from millions of players around the world drove us toward this release of our dark vision of Sanctuary. Hail Lilith, Blessed Mother.”
It’s once again worth noting that Diablo 4 has been out...
Respawn's Jedi: Survivor included a ton of new and returning characters completely crucial to Star Wars Canon but perhaps none more important than Turgle.
The giant froggy menace grabbed the attention of Star Wars fans for his strangely charismatic shenanigans, and now Jedi: Survivor director Stig Asmussen has teased his return in the future.
Speaking to IGN for Podcast Beyond, Asmussen commented on the fan reaction to Turgle and gave his followers hope that they'll get even more in the future.
"When you work on a game, you never know what people are going to latch onto and Turgle... the team love Turgle," he said.
"I think Richard Horvitz, the actor, did a fine job with him, but once it goes live, once it's out in the wild and...
Capcom has moved to remind Street Fighter 6 players that DLC hasn’t come out yet amid a backlash to the game’s Ultimate Pass.
The Street Fighter 6 Year 1 Ultimate Pass, which costs $49.99 / £49.99, launched alongside the game itself and now has a “Mostly Negative” user review rating on Steam.
The backlash stems from confusion about the availability of the content of the Pass itself, as well as a feeling from some that it does not include enough of the in-game currency.
The Ultimate Pass includes four additional characters (Rashid, A.K.I., Ed, Akuma), extra colours and costumes for those characters, two new stages, and 7,700 Drive Tickets.
"Really unimpressed with this cheap tactic to squeeze extra money out of people with easily...
This article contains major spoilers for Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, including a key plot point and its consequences.
Respawn Entertainment's Jedi: Survivor includes a story as complex as any other in Star Wars, and director Stig Asmussen has revealed what inspired its biggest twist.
Speaking to IGN for Podcast Beyond, Asmussen revealed that a classic Keanu Reeves film directly inspired one character and, final spoiler warning, the reference is surprisingly on the nose.
Jedi: Survivor's Bode was based on Bodhi from Point Break, big betrayal and all. "Bode is born out of our narrative director Aaron Contreras," Asmussen said. "He had this idea, of all movies, [from] Point Break."
He continued: "That was the genesis for it and we...
Respawn Entertainment's Star Wars Jedi franchise has never been shy about pulling from FromSoftware's Dark Souls games but director Stig Asmussen has revealed The Legend of Zelda to be another inspiration.
Speaking to IGN for Podcast Beyond, Asmussen revealed that sequel Jedi: Survivor's developers drew inspiration from Zelda games to create the myriad of puzzles for Cal Kestis and the player to overcome.
We had a lot of puzzles in the game and I would be lying if I didn't say that we definitely drew inspiration from Zelda
"We had a lot of puzzles in the game and I would be lying if I didn't say that we definitely drew inspiration from Zelda," he said.
Asmussen explained that his team of level designers essentially had a toy box of...
Diablo 4 is experiencing further log-in issues as new players flood the servers.
Diablo 4: Ultimate Edition owners enjoyed four days of relatively smooth-sailing early access. Now Diablo 4 is available to all, more log-in issues are beginning to emerge.
“Game servers are down again,” said one Reddit user. "I was teleporting and got stuck on a loading screen. Now I can't load into the game, getting error 30000. Oh well."
Unfortunately, some were hit harder than others. When Hardcore mode characters die, they're gone forever, which makes disconnections even more stressful.
“I literally just lost my [Hardcore] character 95% through the campaign cause the game [disconnected] me during one of the final boss fights,” said a Reddit user...
A Diablo 4 player has reached level 100 with a Hardcore character playing solo.
Wudijo, who hit the headlines last month after defeating world boss Ashava with a Hardcore character solo, is the first player to hit Diablo 4’s level cap with a Hardcore character playing on their own.
Hardcore mode adds permadeath to Diablo 4, which means if you die, your character is gone forever.
Wudijo set out to complete the challenge when Diablo 4 early access began on June 1, and finished June 5, a day before Diablo 4’s full launch. Watch the moment he hit level 100 live on Twitch here.
Wudijo admitted he felt "exhausted" after his gruelling four-day race to 100. "That was intense, man," he said shortly after hitting the level cap. "The last...
First order of business today is to note that God of War: Ragnarok has slipped from $66 to $58. (Mind you, it says 2 left in stock.) Secondly, Xbox Game Passers looking for sweet, sweet storage can save 87 clams on an SSD. Lastly, we should probably take time to highlight the 10-year birthday of Remember Me, a game I'd completely forgotten about.
This Day in Gaming
Aussie birthdays for notable games.
- WarioWare, Inc. (GBA) 2003. Sequel
- Red Faction II (GC,XB) 2003. Get
- Pac-Man C.E. (X360) 2007. Get
- Enemy Territory: Quake Wars (PS3,X360) 2008.
- Remember Me (PS3, X360) 2013. Get
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Capcom has announced it will be hosting a livestream next week for fans to tune in and see what the studio is preparing to serve up. Capcom Showcase 2023 kicks off on Monday, June 12 at 3PM PDT (6PM EDT, 11PM BST, and 8AM AEST Tuesday, June 13). The show is expected to run for around 36 minutes.
There's no firm indication of what Capcom will be focusing on during the show, but it seems likely it would include Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective's HD Switch port (which is due later this month) and we'd see more of Exoprimal (which is due next month). It's also worth remembering Dragon's Dogma II (which was recently officially revealed as part of PlayStation's May 2023 showcase). Capcom also recently announced an upcoming mobile...
On the eve of the biggest Xbox event of the year, we keep to our tradition and make a total of 12 predictions for the upcoming Xbox Showcase. From Fable to Avowed to Gears of War 6 and beyond, we've got a dozen ideas about what we might see this Sunday. Plus: we discuss the recent report about Redfall's troubled development, gush about Diablo 4, 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 our most recent interview with Todd Howard, who answered all of our Starfield questions after the big reveal at last year's Xbox Showcase:
For more next-gen coverage, make sure to check out our Xbox Series X review, our Xbox Series S...
Despite the slow-motion train wreck that led to the ultimate demise of video games preview-athon E3 this year, the 2023 summer season – and especially the month of June – is turning out to be a uniquely spectacular time for games. The groundswell of excellence building up to this crescendo included both Jedi Survivor and Tears of the Kingdom, two of the best games in recent memory. They were soon followed by the similarly epic Street Fighter 6 and Diablo IV, with Final Fantasy XVI right on the horizon.
There have been very few years with this kind of density of excellence in such a short period, and even fewer summers. For those of us that require mundane things like work, sleep, and time with tolerant loved-ones there already aren’t...
According to a Eurogamer report, Microsoft has stepped in and removed an Xbox achievement from Homestead Arcana after it was discovered that the achievement was hard.
Homestead Arcana initially launched on Xbox Game Pass on April 21, 2023, with over thirty achievements you can unlock by playing the game's story and completing specific tasks. But it didn't take players long to realize that unlocking an achievement called "You Can't Be Too Prepared," which requires you to craft every item in the game, was more difficult than the others because the recipe for Green Ankle Boots didn't appear in-game at all.
Players who were trying to unlock You Can't Be Too Prepared soon noticed the achievement had been removed. Those who only had that...
Diablo general manager Rod Fergusson revealed that Diablo IV currently has two expansions in the works.
Speaking with Kinda Funny Games, Fergusson said, “As I sit here we're about to launch the main game, we're finishing up season one, we're working on season two, we're working on expansion one, we're kicking off expansion two…we're working on that now and we haven't even launched the game.”
Fergusson also adds that the live-service format of Diablo IV allows for more substantial content to be included over time in seasons as opposed to how Diablo III was. Previously, Fergusson mentioned that Diablo IV’s expansions will have narrative questlines and will have richer context around the seasons whereas Diablo III’s was centered on...
Hideo Kojima made a surprise appearance during Apple's WWDC 2023 keynote to reveal that Death Stranding: Director's Cut is coming to Mac. The Director's Cut is set to come to Mac sometime this year, but we don't have an exact date yet.
Kojima also teased ahead to future Kojima Productions games, saying his studio is "actively working to bring its future titles to Apple platforms".
We don't know exactly what future projects Kojima is referring to with that statement. Currently, Kojima Productions' announced upcoming games include Death Stranding 2 — which is currently only confirmed for PlayStation 5 — and the untitled game the studio is developing for Xbox Game Studios.
Death Stranding originally released as a PlayStation exclusive...
Diablo 4 isn’t properly out yet but early access players have already hit level 100 on Hardcore mode and secured their place on Blizzard’s Lilith statue, though not without using a controversial method.
Action role-playing specialist Carn was first to hit the maximum level in the permadeath-infused Hardcore mode using a method that has sparked debate amongst the Diablo community.
This revolves around the difference between playing Diablo 4 solo and playing in a group with other players, as the latter comes with certain advantages.
Playing in a group provides a passive bonus to experience point gain, for example, which by default gives those who party up a head start on those who play solo.
There’s also the added benefit of...
Dark Horse Direct has lately become the best source for high-end Mass Effect collectibles, including detailed replicas of the iconic ships from the games. And while the Reaper Sovereign Ship Replica sold out following its original release in 2022, Mass Effect fans are being given a second chance to add this impressive piece to their collection.
IGN can exclusively reveal the new version of the Mass Effect Reaper Sovereign Ship, which features the same detailed sculpt in a smaller size and die-cast materials. Get a closer look in the slideshow gallery below:
This ship replica again features a sculpt by the designers at Gentle Giant Studios. But whereas the original clocked in at 14 inches tall, this version measures a more modest 8...
Diablo 4 players are having a right ‘mare when it comes to the game’s horses. Hell demons, corrupt villagers, and the undead are no match for The Wanderer, but it looks as though some players have met their match when it comes to horse riding.
“I keep getting caught on tiny trees or rocks,” said one player who took to Reddit to complain. “Going downwards on the screen is beyond awkward too, making my horse stutter step and waste the charge. They’re still really useful as long as you’re going anywhere other than further down the map lmao”
And other players were somewhat less tactful. “The horse is objectively awful. Seems super sensitive to server desync, too. The Elden Ring horse is like a f**king spaceship compared to this turd.”...
Street Fighter 6 has reached over one million players across its opening weekend, Capcom announced on the official Japanese Street Fighter Twitter account.
The fighting game launched on June 2 to critical acclaim (with IGN's 9/10 review calling it a knockout) and plenty of players seem to be enjoying it too.
With the launch of Street Fighter 6, the series has sold over 50 million copies, and Capcom celebrated the achievement by gifting all players the “Just Picked Up SF6” profile title.
Street Fighter 6 also got off to a strong start on PC where it became Steam’s most-played fighting game of all time by concurrent player count, beating out the likes of Mortal Kombat 11, Tekken 7, and predecessor Street Fighter 5 on Valve's...
Over 35 years since he first stomped the streets of Detroit, RoboCop returns to the frontlines. Teyon, the studio behind Terminator: Resistance and Rambo: The Video Game, is primed for its most ambitious ‘80s action movie revival yet. Set between the events of RoboCop 2 and 3, with Peter Weller reprising his iconic role, RoboCop: Rogue City takes us back to Old Detroit once again to clean up the streets. Promising familiar faces, a huge helping of explosive violence, and the franchise’s gloriously stilted, cheesy humor, Rogue City is a bloody first-person shooter that takes us on an authentic trip to Alex Murphy’s old haunts to chase a new threat.
Rogue City opens with a now-familiar satirical news segment, which is interrupted by a...
Amnesia: The Dark Descent changed the face of horror games 13 years ago, and 2020's Amnesia: Rebirth seemed to bring the story seeds it planted to a bone-chilling and climactic final bloom. So Amnesia: The Bunker, a smaller and more self-contained chapter, has its work cut out for it in getting me excited about this frightening franchise again. And while a lot of the fundamentals of its stealth and exploration have stayed the same as they were when I woke up as Daniel more than a decade ago, this gloomy, open-ended cat-and-mouse thriller proves you can teach an old hellbeast some new tricks.
Set in a dim, doomed World War I bunker in 1916, we take on the role of a French soldier who is wounded in battle, and wakes to find the exits...