Developer Dambuster Studios and publisher Deep Silver have announced that Dead Island 2’s release date has been moved up by one week, from April 28 to April 21.
“You asked for it, you got it. Dead Island 2 went gold and it's coming out a week early. See you in HELL-A on April 21, 2023,” revealed the Dead Island official Twitter account.
Dead Island 2 was originally scheduled to be released on February 3, but was later delayed to April 28. Now, players will get their hands on the game a little earlier than expected.
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor was also recently announced to be delayed to April 28 from its original March 17 release date. With Dead Island 2 moving up a week, the two games won’t launch on the same day anymore.
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The latest figures from The NPD Group reveal that Dead Space is the best-selling new video game in the U.S. in January. The well-received remake of the 2008 survival horror was kept away from the top spot by Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, which enjoys its fourth consecutive month as the best-selling game in the U.S.
Dead Space was joined in the top 20 best-sellers by three other new games: Fire Emblem Engage (No.5), Forspoken (No.7), and One Piece Odyssey (No.9).
While there were four new releases among the top 10, U.S. consumer spending on video game software, hardware, and accessories dropped year-on-year by 5%, according to NPD’s Mat Piscatella. “Video game hardware spending was flat, while content (-5%) and accessories (-14%)...
Do you dream of the chance to get dropkicked by a lava-monkey the size of a building? Of course you do, and goodness gracious is Wild Hearts excited to make that dream a reality. Omega Force and EA’s take on co-op monster hunting is a remarkably familiar one, mixing on-the-fly building mechanics into enormous elemental animal fights across its gorgeous feudal Japanese locations. But even when its crystal clear inspirations can sometimes lead to comparisons that aren’t always flattering for Wild Hearts, the few dozen hours I’ve spent with it so far have been a ton of fun, and I’m excited to keep grinding for materials as I progress toward the end of its campaign and into the endgame.
Let me be perfectly blunt: it’s nearly impossible to...
Hogwarts Legacy is already taking the world by storm, and you may be wondering how you could possibly get in on the action. Well, have no fear, we've got some excellent deals for you that will open up the Wizarding World to you right now. Our headline deal today is the PS5 with Hogwarts Legacy Bundle for just £516.98 at Argos. Overall that works out at £479.99 for the PS5, and just £36.99 for Hogwarts Legacy, about £23 off the new game already.
This is perfect for anyone who doesn't have a new-gen console but still wants to play the game right now! If you're more interested in Xbox, don't worry, I've got deals there as well, as you can pick up an Xbox Series X console and Hogwarts for just £479.99 from Smyths at the moment, or an Xbox...
Double Fine PsychOdyssey, the 32-part, 20+ hour documentary that chronicles the development of Psychonauts 2, is now available for free for everyone on YouTube.
Double Fine PsychOdyssey was created by 2 Player Productions and Double Fine and follows a similar and equally as wonderful documentary that was released for Double Fine's Broken Age. It's an extensive, very rare look behind the curtain of game development and you can check it out now by clicking here.
"Ten years after the release of their flagship video game Psychonauts, Double Fine Productions returns to its most celebrated franchise with Psychonauts 2," The official description reads. "Now facing the pressure to produce a worthy sequel, the studio must confront overly...
An Easter Egg on a screen near the end of Hi-Fi Rush very well may be teasing The Evil Within 3.
As reported by GamesRadar, this screen in question is visible for less than a second during a cinematic that plays before Track 11: The Needle Drop and takes place in an elevator. You can see the screen in the image below or in action courtesy of YouTuber Shirrako, and can see, on the bottom, it says, "Sequel to popular survival horror game franchise announced."
Now, this could just be a fun nod to The Evil Within and not the tease of an announcement, as there are other Easter Eggs to the franchise in Hi-Fi Rush, including robots who look just like Sebastian Castellanos and Joseph Oda. That being said, it is a blink-and-you'll-miss-it...
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CD Projekt Red has confirmed that certain NSFW community mods were accidentally added to The Witcher 3's next-gen update and that it is working to remove them from the game.
As reported by Kotaku, Reddit users and other players began noticing that certain characters, including the "crones from Crookback Bog and the bruxas (the only women NPCs that regularly do full-frontal without any obscuring shots or panties) have landing strip-styled pubic hair and visible labia."
Also noted by Kotaku, the original version of The Witcher 3 had the same nudity, but the women had "no visible genitals, just a sort of smoothed over, Barbie doll area."
CD Projekt Red commented on the matter and...
The weapons wizard, 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.
Where Is Xûr Today?
Xûr's location today can be found at...
IGN Fan Fest is back! From Diablo IV to HBO’s The Last of Us, we’re excited to bring you a ton of exclusive interviews and sneak peeks from some of the biggest movies, shows and games you love. If you’re wondering what types of reveals happened at Fan Fest last year, including which special guests made an appearance, here’s a list of everything announced at Fan Fest 2022. Some key franchises covered last year included Sonic, Marvel, DC, LEGO, TMNT, WWE, The Walking Dead, as well as coverage around indie games, anime, horror, action, and so much more. Many big actors in the gaming, comics, and entertainment spaces joined the fun last year, including Jim Carey, Idris Elba, Michelle Yeoh, Jamie Lee Cutis, Stephanie Hsu, Ke Huy Quan and...
This week’s Unlocked column is a little different. As a seasoned Apex Legends player, I’ve been playing the game ever since it was released. With its biggest update ever on the horizon, I spoke with the developers to see what’s in store.
Apex Legends turns four this year and ever since it hot-dropped on February 4th 2019, it’s held its ground as one of the best battle royales in the market. It set the bar for mechanics every battle royale should have, such as the intricate ping system, resurrection for eliminated teammates, and Evo armor that evolves into higher tiered protection as you do more damage. But Apex has had its ups and downs since launch.
In recent seasons it’s been very apparent that Apex needed an overhaul to its game...
This week, Emma and Jesse have been playing Hogwarts Legacy and they discuss the new game set in the Harry Potter universe at length. Mat’s also here to tell us why Puss in Boots: The Last Wish is worth a watch, and brings us a Shrek-tastic Endless Search.
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Thank your own personal deity—possibly The King of All Cosmos—it's Friday! Interesting sort of week's end for yours truly. A PSVR 2 has landed in the office, and now the race is on to cover an insane amount of launch titles in not many days. Keep it locked to IGN AU for more VR-centric opinions, plus the odd guide on what to get. Until such a time, stay safe, and save often!
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The English voice actor for Genshin Impact character Tighnari, Elliot Gindi, has been accused of grooming underage fans, transphobic behavior, and emotional abuse by moderators of his Twitch and Discord server. Gindi has since admitted that numerous screenshotted chatlogs demonstrating him engaging in such behavior are real, and both he and Genshin developer HoYoverse have issued statements.
The chatlogs were posted to Twitter by FretCore and phiotan, two of Gindi's moderators. FretCore shared a 21-page Google Doc containing screenshots that show multiple victims coming forward to mods about Gindi's behavior, which included asking for inappropriate photos and videos, pursuing relationships with underage individuals, sending sexual...
The Division 2 development team has notified players that a recent update has caused an error that is now preventing the team from updating the game at all.
The Division 2 development team took to Twitter to explain the unfortunate situation, saying it was caused when they were trying to deal with a localization issue. While they were fixing that particular problem, another one popped up that "brought down the build generation system for The Division 2." This, in turn, broke the whole updating system.
"Dear Agents, last week, we shared news that the season would be delayed due to a localization issue," The Division 2 development team wrote. "This past Saturday, in the process of creating the update which would resolve the issue, we...
After years of smaller updates, Team Fortress 2 is set to get a major update this summer that will add items, maps, taunts, Steam Workshop Creators' content, and much more.
The Team Fortress 2 team shared the update in a blog, and addressed it mainly to Steam Workshop Creators.
"Steam Workshop Creators, can we have your attention please," The blog reads. "The following message is so urgent, so time-sensitive, we made the executive decision to skip TikTok and Twitter entirely and break the glass on the most bleeding-edge communication technology available. Welcome to the future. Welcome… to a 'blog-post.'"
After the funny intro, it went on to confirm that, while "the last few Team Fortress summer events have only been item updates,"...
A good action game lives and dies by the strength of its combat, true, but combat mechanics are just one part of the equation. Equally important are the enemies that put those combat mechanics to the test. And so one of the things that I was most curious about during my visit to Respawn was the enemy design of Star Wars Jedi: Survivor. Fortunately, I had Design Director Jason de Heras and Production Director Kasumi Shishido to walk me through a handful of new enemy types that are determined to stand in the way of Cal Kestis.
Droids
Early on the team at Respawn knew that they wanted to incorporate more droids into the fold as far as enemies go. And true enough, there are tons of droids to fight against in Jedi Survivor, from the weak...
Our first look at Pacific Drive in Sony's September 2022 State of Play left us with more questions than answers: what is going on in this spooky forest, what is up with this station wagon, and most importantly, what is this game about? After a short hands-off demo session of the upcoming first-person driving survival game with the developers at Ironwood Studios, I came away intrigued to see just how crazy this survival road-lite game will be.
I sat in the passenger seat while Pacific Drive's developers took the wheel to show me what to expect from this quirky car game. I got to see the world, its dangers, and, most importantly, the station wagon. Pacific Drive’s anomaly-filled version of the Pacific Northwest will take you deep into...
Hogwarts Legacy has had one of the biggest early access launches in Steam history for a paid, single player game.
As spotted by VGC, analyst Benji-Sales tweeted that Avalanche Software’s wizarding RPG has already achieved an all time concurrent player peak of 474,144, which has since risen by over 15,000 to 489,139.
Benji-Sales noted that the pre-launch figure represents the second highest player peak for any paid, single player game in the history of the Steam platform according to SteamDB.
The success bumped Fallout 4's concurrent player record of 472,962 down into third place, with Hogwarts Legacy now trailing just Cyberpunk 2077, which despite its rocky launch was able to achieve a staggering concurrent player count of...
If you've been holding of on upgrading your old console to the latest thang, now's your window of opportunity. The handheld with the most sensual screen in ages is way, way below its $539 RRP today. Likewise, there's a PS5 bundle which may not Ragnarok your world on paper — but hey, 9% off represents a historical low on these.
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A busy week of Xbox news has us discussing the recent cancellation of a secret Titanfall single-player project at Respawn and why we sadly may never see Titanfall again. Plus: live-service multiplayer games are getting shut off left and right, so what does it mean for the industry? Also: how will DC's plan to integrate video games into the DCU go over with developers, MLB The Show 23 adds a wonderful new feature that celebrates a key part of baseball history, Tim Schafer heads to the Hall of Fame, 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 interview with Todd Howard, who answered all of our Starfield questions after...
Nintendo has announced that it is adding Game Boy and Game Boy Advance games to the Nintendo Switch Online subscription service, and they're coming later today.
Revealed as part of today's Nintendo Direct event, Nintendo said that classic Game Boy games will be available as part of the basic Nintendo Switch Online subscription, while Game Boy Advance games are coming as part of the premium Expansion Pack upgrade for Switch Online.
Game Boy games included at launch include Tetris, Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins, The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX, Gargoyle's Quest, Game & Watch Gallery 3, Alonme in the Dark: The New Nightmare, Metroid II: Return of Samus, Wario Land 3, and Kirby's Dream Land. You can use the Game Boy, Game...
Harmony: The Fall of Reverie, a new game from Life Is Strange developer Don't Nod, was announced during today's Nintendo Direct.
The game is a narrative adventure, set in a world where the mystical "Reverie" plane has intersected with the real world. Players will step into the shoes of Polly, "an upbeat young woman who can travel between our world and Reverie."
When a megacorporation theaters the balance between these two worlds, Polly must use the power of "divine clairvoyance" to travel between worlds, see the future, and "decide humanity's fate." The game features many branching narrative paths, with the player ultimately deciding to side with one of the six different god-like "Aspirations."
Harmony features a beautiful...
A port of the Nintendo DS title Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective, a detective game where you solve crimes as a spirit named Sissel, was announced by Capcom during today's Nintendo Direct.
The port will be available on PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC via Steam. It will also come with higher gameplay quality, adapted for 1080p/60fps visuals; optimitized UI features; three new languages (Korean, simplified Chinese, and traditional Chinese); new challenges; and fresh music and illustrations.
The game follows Sissel, a brace phantom who's been unexpectedly stranded in the afterlife and lost his memory. The players helps Sissel solve the mystery behind his death by using his newfound supernatural abilities.
Ghost Trick was...
It's the best kind of day because a brand-new Nintendo Direct has arrived. It was an exciting show that gave us a brand-new look at The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, a shadow drop of Metroid Prime Remastered, the reveal of today's launch of Game Boy and Game Boy Advance games on Nintendo Switch Online, a Pikmin 4 release date, and so much more.
There were a TON of other big announcements, and we've gathered each and every reveal and trailer for all the games headed soon to Nintendo Switch to ensure you don't miss a thing.
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Gets a New Gameplay Trailer, Collector's Edition, and Link amiibo
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom was the final game featured in the Nintendo Direct and...
Atlus has announced that the first three Etrian Odyssey games are coming to Nintendo Switch and Steam in a remastered collection on June 1.
Revealed as a surprise announcement during the February 8 Nintendo Direct, the Etrian Odyssey Origins Collection will include HD versions of the original trilogy alongside several other improvements, and can be purchased as one package or separately.
Changes include a remastered soundtrack to go alongside the remastered graphics, various quality of life improvements including difficulty selection and save slots, easy access to the monster compendium, skill tree, and quest log, plus 24 new character portraits.
The Nintendo Switch version will also have touch screen functionality that lets players...
Following a two-week delay, Activision has fully revealed the Season 2 roadmap for both Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and its free-to-play companion game, Warzone 2.0.
The extensive list of updates includes new maps for both games, the return of popular modes, and even a new watercraft vehicle. More importantly, it will add ranked play to multiplayer in Modern Warfare 2, which will offer "plenty of rewards and bragging rights."
Season 2 is currently slated to launch for both games on February 15 at 9am PT.
In a blog post detailing the updates, Activision laid out the changes while revealing Warzone's new Japanese-themed Ashika Island map. Here's the official description.
The island is suited for Resurgence Mode, Activision says...
Square Enix's Forspoken can be deciedly mixed when it comes to performance, but the game's director says some fixes are on the way. On Twitter, Forspoken director Takeshi Aramaki didn't provide a timeline for upcoming performance updates, but said the developers are working hard at it now.
"We've been listening to all your feedback and are hard at work on an upcoming patch that will include improvements to overall performance, graphics, playability, and general updates and fixes to the game content across PS5 and vartious PC hardware configurations," Aramaki wrote. "We are committed to making Forspoken the most enjoyable experience possible and will provide an update about the timing of the next patch as soon as possible."
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Overwatch 2 had an enormous launch last year, seeing 35 million players try the free-to-play game in its first month alone. Now, IGN can exclusively reveal four new Overwatch 2 toys from Funko, including three action figures and a new Funko Pop.
The three action figures are Tracer, Genji, and Reaper. The action figures stand at 3.75 inches tall, and will retail for $12.99. Each figure comes with alternate hand and weapons attachments, while Genji and Tracer also come with an alternate head attachment.
The newly-revealed Pop is of Echo in a Hot Rod skin. The Pop stands at 5.05 inches tall. You can take a look at all four newly-revealed products in the gallery below.
You can order the new products beginning today at Funko's website...
Apex Legends Season 16 Revelry is just around the corner launching February 14th and there are a lot of changes coming for Apex’s fourth anniversary. There’s a big rework coming to the Legends Class system and rebalancing along with a new weapon, new limited time modes and permanent playlist, and the farewell of Arenas. Here’s an in-depth look at everything changing in Apex Legends Revelry.
Reworked Class System
The Legend Classes were implemented before but didn’t really have much to offer the Legends in each category. So the rework focuses on 5 new classes - Assault, Skirmisher, Recon, Controller, Support. Each class has individual gameplay perk for strategic gameplay value not combat.
Assault
Focus: Assault Legends are the...
After Microsoft’s shopping spree of studio acquisitions over the last few years, there’s a long list of video game licenses that are now technically first-party Xbox properties – but possibly the weirdest is that PlayStation’s biggest competitor is now the home of its original mascot, Crash Bandicoot.
If you grew up in the ’90s, Crash and PlayStation were almost synonymous. Not only were the first few crash games amazing tech demos of what Sony’s first console could do, Crash himself was an extremely vocal hype-man; the mascot platformer became a literal mascot for the PS1 and millions of people likely heard about Sony’s new console from a guy in a fur suit yelling through a megaphone about it in TV commercials.
The first three...