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Cyberpunk 2077: Blackout #2 - Exclusive Preview of the Spinoff Comic

Dark Horse Comics continues to expand on the characters and world of Cyberpunk 2077. The publisher recently debuted their newest spinoff comic, dubbed Cyberpunk 2077: Blackout, and now IGN can debut an exclusive preview of the second chapter. Check out the slideshow gallery below for a closer look at Blackout #2, from writer Bartosz Sztybor and artist Roberto Ricci: Blackout follows a beleaguered protagonist named Arturo, who works as a braindance repairman. The wealthy citizens of Night City pay good money for these customized dreams, but when a citywide blackout leaves all braindance machines on the fritz, Arturo finally snaps and hatches a scheme of his own. Can a technician who literally makes dreams come true launch the...

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Bungie Reportedly Working on a Destiny Mobile Game

Bungie is reportedly working on a first-person shooter Destiny mobile game that has been in development for more than two years. According to a report from The Game Post, the developer has partnered with Chinese tech company NetEase to create the game. An employee of NetEase apparently posted on LinkedIn saying that they had worked with Bungie to develop "an unannounced FPS mobile game". This was supported by an anonymous source familiar with NetEase's development plans, who told The Game Post of the mobile game's existence. It will allegedly not be connected to Destiny 2 but instead be a standalone title. Reports about a Destiny mobile game first surfaced in September 2021 following several jobs being advertised for the project...

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Elden Ring Mod Adds Avatar: The Last Airbender's Firebending

While the world lacks a modern, official Avatar: The Last Airbender game, a new Elden Ring mod at least lets players pretend by adding firebending to the game. As reported by PCGamesN, the firebending moveset mod from clevererraptor6 on Nexus Mods takes inspiration straight from the show, letting the player shoot fire from their finger tips, and even includes a "lightning generation" Ash of War for the most skilled fighters. Available with the standard red flames or in Princess Azula's blue, the mod includes several different attacks depending on the input, and sound effects for each. While pyromancy is already an established idea in Elden Ring, these attacks are directly inspired by the Avatar series and fans will recognise...

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Neon White Review

A brash blend of lightning-quick platforming, fast and frantic combat, and a peculiar, card-based resource system, Neon White is a slick and special speedrunning FPS that’s simple to understand but hard to put down. Think Doom Eternal’s platforming sections, only replace the grim hellscapes with the floating architecture of an abstract heaven and you’re part of the way there. Add a little of Trials HD trying to ride the perfect route over the corpse of Mirror’s Edge and you’ll be even closer. With its precise and elegant controls and its uncanny ability to make even an average shooter player feel lithe and lethal it’s extremely easy to get lured into Neon White’s loop, even if the story stitching it all together immediately overstays...

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Aussie Deals: Awesome Rainy Day Discounts, 59 Buck Pokémon Arceus, $8 PS Hits and More!

The best feature of video games are their power to completely and utterly distract. Interactive escapism can whisk us from our current predicaments—like, I dunno, copping more rain in one week than London gets in a year—to happier, drier worlds. But I digress. Today I've found some great discounts. Splash out on The Sinking City, Subnautica, BioShock or Abzû and forget your worries for a while. Notable Sales for Nintendo Switch Purchase Cheaply for PC Exciting Offers for XO/XS Product Savings for PS4/PS5 Legit Discounts for LEGO Adam’s our Aussie deals wrangler. You can watch him game on YouTube. Continue reading...

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My Hero Academia Battle Royale Gets New Trailer and Beta Announcement

Bandai Namco has released a new trailer for its My Hero Academia battle royale game, My Hero Ultra Rumble, and announced a second beta. Players from the U.S. and Canada can sign up for a PlayStation 4 beta on the game's website. The test will give invitees the chance to play Ultra Rumble ahead of its official release date. While the beta is restricted to one platform, Ultra Rumble will be also be released for Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC via Steam. The trailer (above) gives fans the first real look at the game following its announcement in January. The gameplay looks truly chaotic, as 24 characters use their hyper-colourful abilities to duke it out in the team-based battle royale. Not only are there flashes of fire shooting...

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Skyrim Online Co-Op Mod Gets a Full Release This Week

Skyrim Together Reborn, a new and improved co-operative mod for Skyrim is being released later this week, on July 8. Skyrim Together Reborn allows up to eight players to play Skyrim together, with more or less everything in the game synced up. Quests, the contents of chests, audio and subtitled dialogue and much more are fully synced between players' games, and PvP can even be enabled if wanted. As reported by PC Gamer, the mod from Tilted Online is a remaster of sorts of the modding team's previous version of the mod, simply called Skyrim Together, but this new version was built from the ground up and features vast improvements. That's not to say it will work flawlessly though, as the team noted in a Reddit post that it's...

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Call of Duty: Fans Think We're Getting Black Ops 5 in 2024 After Image Leaks

New Call of Duty images have leaked online that, among other things, appear to hint at Black Ops 5 being 2024's installment for the FPS series. The images were reportedly mined from a recent Warzone Mobile update by Twitter user RealiityUK (who has since been suspended from the social media platform). The images are currently viewable on ResetEra (we won't be reposting them here), and are seemingly a mix of shots from the upcoming Modern Warfare 2, and a new game in development at Black Ops developer Treyarch. Thought to be loading screens for upcoming Call of Duty projects, the two images that really got everyone’s attention are labeled “Stealth” and “Pillage” – which apparently stem from the upcoming Call of Duty game due for...

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Guardians of the Galaxy and Deus Ex Writer Joins BioWare

Guardians of the Galaxy and Deus Ex prequel writer Mary DeMarle has joined Mass Effect and Dragon Age developer BioWare. As reported by VGC, DeMarle had previously spent more than 14 years at Eidos-Montréal, where she was the narrative director and lead writer on Deus Ex: Human Revolution and Deus Ex: Mankind Dividided. Most recently she created the story of 2021's Guardians of the Galaxy, which won Best Narrative at the Game Awards last year. DeMarle announced the switch to BioWare on her LinkedIn page, revealing her new position as senior narrative director. It's unclear what games DeMarle will be working on, but we know that BioWare is currently developing Dragon Age: Dreadwolf and a new Mass Effect game (the latter of which would...

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Ubisoft to Shut Down Multiplayer and Online Services for 15 Games in September 2022

Ubisoft is set to shut down multiplayer and online services for 15 games on September 1, 2022, including five Assassin's Creed games, Far Cry 3, Splinter Cell: Blacklist, Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands, and more. For games like Assassin's Creed 3 (2012 Release) and Assassin's Creed Brotherhood, the installation of access to DLC will also be unavailable on that date. "Closing the online services for some older games allows us to focus our resources on delivering great experiences for players who are playing newer or more popular titles," Ubisoft wrote on its support page. The full list of games and what services will be stopped is as follows Anno 2070 PC: You will be unable to play multiplayer, link Ubisoft accounts...

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Summer Games Done Quick 2022 Raises $3.01 Million for Doctors Without Borders

Summer Games Done Quick, the week-long 24-hour video game speedrunning marathon that raises money for charity, has just raised over $3.01 million for Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières. 2022's Summer Games Done Quick was the first in-person Games Done Quick event since Awesome Games Done Quick 2020 in Orlando, FL, and this year's event was held from June 26 - July 3 at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Bloomington - Minneapolis South. Games Done Quick has now raised over $40 million for charities around the world since they began their philanthropic mission in 2010, including Doctors Without Borders, Prevent Cancer Foundation, Malala Fund, Organization for Autism Research, and CARE. There were 134 runs during Summer...

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Aussie Deals: Score Pokémon Scarlet & Violet for $128, Extra Steam Summer Sale Goodies and More!

Given local rainfall has been 3 month's worth in two days—and my youngest is thinking about using the PS5 as a skimboard to cross our living room—I'll be brief. On this, the rainiest of days during school holidays, you're going to want a bunch of games to keep yourself sane. I've collected a few worth owning below. Best secure/order them before the next trick happens: power outage. Or locusts. I forget the order. Notable Sales for Nintendo Switch Purchase Cheaply for PC Exciting Offers for XO/XS Product Savings for PS4/PS5 Adam’s our Aussie deals wrangler. You can watch him game on YouTube. Continue reading...

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Cyberpunk: Edgerunners - Netflix Reveals Opening Title Sequence for Its Upcoming Anime Series

Netflix has revealed the opening title sequence for Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, the upcoming anime set in the world of Cyberpunk 2077. The "so-stylish-it-hurts opening" is accompanied by Franz Ferdinand's This Fffire and was shared during the Trigger 10 Year Anniversary & Announcement Panel at Anime Expo 2022. You can watch it by clicking here. Alongside the opening credits, Studio Trigger also showed the first episode of the series to those in attendance and confirmed that Zach Aguilar, the English voice actor of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba's Tanjiro Kamado, will be lending his voice to main character David Martinez. Martinez is a street kid who is "trying to survive in a technology and body modification-obsessed city of the...

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Final Fantasy 14 Patch 6.2 Arrives in August and Adds the Island Sanctuary

Final Fantasy 14's upcoming Patch 6.2, which is titled Buried Memory, will add the long-awaited Island Sanctuary that will allow players to gather materials, build facilities, care for creatures, and much more on their very own island. Revealed during the latest Letter from the Producer LIVE broadcast for Final Fantasy 14, Island Sanctuary very much sounds like it takes inspiration from games like Animal Crossing and Stardew Valley and it is being described as "relaxing solo content" that required no previous crafting or gathering experience. Island Sanctuary was announced in 2021 and Final Fantasy 14 director Naoki Yoshida shared a bit more about what players can expect from this content. "There are elements of pioneering and...

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Elden Ring Transcends All Once Again in Comments of the Week for July 1st!

Hello there, it's been a busy month, and lots of you have been hard at work sharing your opinions in the comment sections. We have another user vying for the title of Elden Lord on IGN and lots of other great standouts over the last few weeks. Here are our favorite comments from the previous two weeks of June. User Reaper_Chris went on a full-court press about Elden Ring enough that many of our staff took notice! Check out the full conversation with Reaper_Chris and others in the comments. We missed this one before but once we found it we knew we needed to highlight user tenken8, and their thoughtful post on our TMNT Shredder's Revenge review. Have you played the new TMNT yet? Check out the review and chat with others in the...

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7 Minecraft Kitchen Ideas to Enhance Your Builds

Despite food playing such a big role in Minecraft, few people go out of their way to design a fully furnished kitchen for their homes. Whilst they don’t serve any literal functional purpose, it does allow for a higher level of RP, and also means that you can dedicate specific areas of your home to certain tasks. Do you want to have visitors and host people over a long table, GoT style? Do you want a basic, cute kitchen all to yourself? As you plan out a kitchen design, your choice will depend on what matters most to you, such as lighting, aesthetic, size and location. From medieval tables for a traditional Minecraft theme to outdoor buffets to fulfill a tropical vibe, this list showcases a great mix of options. Whether you're a new...

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Let's Talk About Our Favorite Games of the Year So Far!

We've officially made it through the first six months of 2022, and we had some excellent games to pass the time. We are excited to see what everyone has been playing for the first half of 2022. Are you still trapped in the Lands Between of Elden Ring, perfecting your PVP build while waiting for new content? Has anything come close to or surpassed it to potentially be your Game of the Year frontrunner? Let's Talk About is back for another installment. Today we want to hear from all of you about what games you've played this year and which ones you can't put down or stop talking about. We feel that Elden Ring will be in the conversation a lot. We're also expecting to have some Kirby and the Forgotten Land and TMNT Shredder's Revenge...

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Minecraft YouTuber Technoblade Dies, Aged 23

Minecraft YouTuber Technoblade has died following a battle with stage four cancer. The 23 year old, whose name is Alex, had more than 10.8 million followers on his channel. A touching farewell video was uploaded in which Technoblade's father read a farewell message from the YouTuber, which thanked fans for their continued support over the nine years he created content. "If I had another hundred lives, I think I would choose to be Technoblade again every single time as those were the happiest years of my life," his message read. "I hope you guys enjoyed my content and that I made some of you laugh, and I hope you all go on to live long, prosperous, and happy lives, because I love you guys. Technoblade out." "If I had another hundred...

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Destiny 2: Where Is Xur Today? Location and Exotic Items for July 1-5

The animate sloppy joe, 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 This Weekend? Xûr's location today can...

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Classic RPG Rogue Trader Will Explore More Than Just the War in Warhammer 40,000

Casting ‘magic’ in the Warhammer 40,000 universe is incredibly risky business. A psyker (see: space wizard) must draw their power from the Warp, a volatile dimension that’s home to daemons and chaotic gods. As such, every spell, no matter how trivial or powerful, comes with the chance of injury, insanity, demonic possession, or death. In Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader, the upcoming RPG from Owlcat Games, you’ll have to weigh up that risk every time you consider eviscerating a foe with your mind. Perils of the Warp, the system that governs whether your head explodes or you live to cast another day, is one of Alexander Gusev’s favorite mechanics from 2009’s Rogue Trader, a tabletop RPG set in the grimdark future of the 41st millenium...

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EA Makes Fun of Single Player Games - The Internet Does Not React Kindly

A joke made by EA's official Twitter account making fun of single player games did not go well for the company – and the internet's reaction forced the company to address its mistake. Getting on board with a popular meme, EA tweeted (below) "they're a 10 but they only like playing single-player games". The tweet in itself was a little odd, given that EA itself publishes plenty of single player games including Mass Effect: Legendary Edition, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, and The Sims 4, but what started as perhaps just a poorly-chosen joke escalated once the post gained traction. Twitter users, including the head of EA's Respawn Entertainment Vince Zampella, YouTuber Jacksepticeye, and the Game Awards host Geoff Keighley all shared in...

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IGN UK Podcast #651: The RPG Build-a-Game Workshop

Cardy, Joe, and Matt have convened to build the best RPGs ever as 30 different games are picked and dreams and horrors come to life. Taking turns they pick everything from combat and music to location and party members as things get increasingly more tense and borderline angry. It’s all good fun, though. Before that, there are reminders as to why you should be watching Atlanta and The Boys if you aren’t already, as well as why you should be excited about Cult of the Lamb. Joe also audibly salivates at the thought of a beefy pie. Want to get in touch to talk about potatoes? Elden Ring? Feel free to send us an email at ign_ukfeedback@ign.com. IGN UK Podcast #651: The RPG Build-a-Game Workshop IGN UK Podcast #650: The One That...

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Bethesda Keeps Offering Jobs to Fallout London Modders

The team behind Fallout 4's DLC-sized mod, Fallout London, has certainly caught the eye of Bethesda as the developer keeps offering its members jobs. The Fallout London Twitter page shared an update (below), which explained that lead technical adviser Ryan Johnson would be leaving the modding team to start working for Bethesda. This marks the second time (that we know of) the developer has hired straight from the Fallout London team after lead writer, Stephanie Zachariadis was also hired by Bethesda in August 2021. Not only that, but Fallout London's project manager Dean Carter was also offered a position at Bethesda's UK office to work on Fallout 76, though they declined in order to see the mod's development through to the end...

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8 Best Minecraft House Ideas

One of the fundamental parts of your Minecraft experience is building your forever home. You might be focused on the basics, such as building cute houses (we see you, cottagecore), and simplicity may be key for you. On the other hand, you could be the type to continually expand and use your home as a canvas to display the extent of your travels. Either way, if and when you're stumped for ideas on how to add a flourish to the bland and stereotypical wooden four walls approach, you can start here from our list of 8 favorite Minecraft House builds. If you're just starting out, here are three simple starter house bases to consider: (Video via MrMirror) Below you'll find some of our top Minecraft house ideas; from simple and cute...

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These Harry Potter Minecraft Builds From 2012 Are Still Cool

The following incredible Minecraft builds come from the rich world of Harry Potter. Hogsmeade, Azkaban and of course plenty of amazing renditions of Hogwarts itself have all been faithfully recreated by Harry Potter superfans. Is this list from 2012? Maybe. Is it still cool? Definitely. 1. Harry as Pixel Art (Cute!) 2. More Pixel Art! Dumbledore and Fawkes 3. Weasley’s House, The Burrow A faithful recreation of the Weasley’s eccentric house is still one of the most impressive Harry Potter builds in Minecraft today. 4. Quidditch Pitch! 5. The Room of Requirement 6. The Picturesque Hogsmeade Village, But Make it Blocky 7. Azkaban The massive recreation of Azkaban has lots of imaginative details, like the pumpkin head...

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F1 22 Review

It’s a new era for the world of Formula 1, with some of the biggest changes seen in the sport in four decades shaking up not only the status quo, but also the spines of the drivers as teams wrestle to rein in the engineering quirks of this year’s new cars. Codemasters has followed suit with F1 22, stopping short of infusing this season’s back-busting porpoising phenomenon into its handling model but tinkering just enough with its reliably robust annual racer that it does feel sufficiently refreshed in a number of the right areas – even if the overall package is bound to be a pretty familiar one to returning fans. Rest assured, there is more to F1 22 than simply a stable of the latest cars and the new Miami circuit. Visually it’s...

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Skate 4: New Trailer Revealed, EA Asking for Playtesters

Since Skate 3’s release over 12 years ago, fans and newcomers alike have eagerly awaited the release of Skate 4 (also known as skate.). Though it’s been almost a year since Full Circle's last update, the newly-formed team wants players to know that they're “still working on it.” Today, the team released a trailer for the game showing footage of the game’s various prototypes (or, as the trailer puts it, “pre-pre-pre-alpha” versions). The trailer is noticeably transparent about the game development process, giving players a glimpse of various processes like character rigging and dealing with bugs, though there are a few segments of gameplay with more polished graphics to show players what the game's future might have in store It also...

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Halo Infinite Campaign Co-op Beta Drops Next Week

At last, it looks like Halo Infinite is nearing its long-promised campaign co-op. 343 Industries has announced that a two-week-long beta preview of the feature is dropping next week, running from July 11 through July 22. The beta will include the entire campaign, and is available to anyone who either owns Halo Infinite or has Xbox Game Pass. Console players who are interested in trying it out will need to join the Xbox Insider Program, and the beta on Steam will only be available to Halo Insiders who are signed up for the program by July 5. Players will need to download the campaign build and start a new playthrough, and won't be able to carry any existing progress over. Beta progress will also not transfer back to the retail...

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Sea of Stars Has Been Delayed to 2023

Sabotage Studio has announced that it would be delaying Sea of Stars from its original 2022 release window to sometime in 2023. “As we are closing in on a very big milestone the road to launch become clearer, and we find ourselves here with a large body of text and our logos at the bottom,” Sabotage says in a statement. “Keeping in mind our two main priorities—quality of life for our team and quality of the finished game—we can now confirm that Sea of Tars will be released in 2023.” “We understand waiting is a big ask, and want to sincerely thank you community for the overwhelming support and positive vibes,” continues Sabotage. “In the meantime, we are looking at options to get a playable slice out to everyone this year.” Sea of...

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Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin First Expansion Arrives Next Month

Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin's first expansion is just a few weeks away as Square Enix has announced a July 20 release date. The Trials of the Dragon King DLC is a hefty addition to the game which includes new items, areas, and more. A new trailer was also released for the expansion (below), which shows a handful of new enemies alongside the titular Dragon King, known more commonly in Final Fantasy lore as Bahamut. The DLC comes with new story missions, challenges, and areas to explore, alongside new jobs, weapons, accessories, and a new equipment category. Square Enix has said Trials of the Dragon King will be available through the game's Season Pass, which is currently available through the Digital Edition Upgrade...

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