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Diablo Immortal's Microtransactions Have Made It $24 Million In Two Weeks

Diablo Immortal appears to be off to a strong start, as the mobile-focused take on the Blizzard franchise has generated over $24 million USD in revenue in its first two weeks. As reported by PCGamesN, industry tracking website AppMagic has shared some interesting tidbits of data for the free-to-play Diablo Immortal alongside the microtransactions details, including that the USA and South Korea have spent the most money and that the game has been downloaded more than five million times. The US has accounted for 26% of all global downloads and 43% of the previously mentioned revenue. Speaking of revenue, South Korea is in second place at 23% and Japan takes third with 8%. These impressive numbers were achieved despite many players...

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EA Boss Andrew Wilson Got a $20m Pay Cut Last Year, But It's Complicated

EA CEO Andrew Wilson took a pay cut last year at the behest of shareholders, and we finally know by about how much: a whopping $20 million. But, as with most executive pay scenarios, the intricacies of Wilson's pay are not quite that simple. In the previous year, 2021, Wilson earned $39.2 million between his base salary of $1.25 million and a bundle of various stock awards, grants, and other types of extra compensation that are typical for top executives. But the EA board of directors was under pressure to reform those numbers. A 2020 "say on pay" vote by shareholders had indicated that only 26% of the company's shareholders were happy with the current pay schemes, after similar votes in previous years had indicated overwhelming...

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Is The Last of Us Remake Worth $70?

It may have not been a total surprise thanks to leaks more than a year ago, and sadly on the very morning of its reveal, but a remake of the 2013 masterpiece The Last of Us is officially coming to PS5 this September, with a PC release to follow. The remake of Naughty Dog’s epic PS3 action-horror game is visually a big step up from the remastered version released in 2014 for PlayStation 4. That’s because this remake isn’t just a simple uprezzed, slightly revamped port running on PlayStation 5. The Last of Us Part 1, as it’s officially called, features fully redone character models and environments, tons of improved textures, improved animations, 60 FPS performance, new accessibility features, and new combat options and revamped enemy AI...

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Game Scoop! 680: Starfield & All-new PS+ Impressions

Welcome back to IGN Game Scoop!, the ONLY video game podcast! This week your Omega Cops -- Daemon Hatfield, Sam Claiborn, Justin Davis, and Mark Medina -- are discussing Starfield, Redfall, Resident Evil Village, Sifu, and more. And, of course, they play Video Game 20 Questions. Watch the video above or hit the link below to your favorite podcast service. Listen on: Apple Podcasts YouTube Spotify Stitcher Find previous episodes here! Continue reading...

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The Quarry and High on Life Were Reportedly Meant To Be Google Stadia Releases First

Before Google scaled back first-party development for Stadia, its video game streaming platform, two games were reportedly in the works for the platform: Supermassive's The Quarry and Squanch's High On Life. According to Axios, both games were in development at the tech giant before Google closed its internal development studios, with The Quarry subsequently being picked up by 2K. When its parent company, Take-Two Interactive, was asked by Axios about Google, the rep simply stated that the publisher was happy with its decision and that the studio "was looking for a publishing partner as the project came to completion." High on Life is a first-person shooter game by a team led by Justin Roiland, the co-creator of Rick and Morty. The...

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Destiny 2: Where Is Xur Today? Location and Exotic Items Guide for June 17-21

The eternal horse's sidekick, 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...

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Unpacking Studio's Next Game Revealed In Newly-Discovered Easter Egg

Update: After Witchbeam teased an undiscovered easter egg teasing the studio's next game, one player quickly stepped up with the answer. Titled TemPopo, it can be found on one of the game's televisions. After the player posted the image, Unpacking developer Sanatana Mishra seemingly confirmed the easter egg had been found by tweeting, "Nice one. :)" The original story continues below. Unpacking developer Witchbeam says that an easter egg exists within the game that reveals art from its next project. "A pixel art rendition of the key art for our next game exists somewhere inside Unpacking, and no one has found it yet! Let us know if you find it," says Emily Hummel, Witchbeam community and social manager on the studio's blog. The...

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Starship Troopers: Terran Command Review

The 1997 film adaptation of Starship Troopers featured a lot of space soldiers dying terribly to show how having an entire society based on enlisting in the military to go fight aliens is… pretty bad, really. So it's odd that for at least half of the 19-mission campaign of Starship Troopers: Terran Command, I rarely lost a soldier. That's not a brag. These bugs are just that forgiving early on. When this simple but competent RTS does eventually turn up the heat and provide a pretty exciting single-player experience in the back half, though, it's a lot of fun to watch the carnage. I promise I'm not going to spend this entire review making jokes about how "buggy" it is. Because in the technical sense, it's actually not bad. The one...

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Cookie Cutter, a Hyper-Stylish 2D Metroidvania, Announced

Publisher Rogue Games has announced Cookie Cutter, a hyper-stylized – and hyper-violent – 2D Metroidvania game, coming to PC in 2023. Cookie Cutter features a hand-drawn, cel-shaded art style with gameplay that promises platforming, puzzle-solving, and plenty of gory action. Take a look at the reveal trailer at the top of this page, and the first screenshots in the gallery below. “Cookie Cutter is a weird, wild, fun-as-hell ride of a Metroidvania. It’s got all the staples of the genre. A massive world. Loads of insane enemies and boss fights. A twisted narrative. And it’s freakin’ beautiful,” said Rogue CEO Matt Casamassina. “But it’s also got a heroine who defies video game conventions in the best of ways and it’s a title...

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Our Favorite LGBTQ Characters in Video Games

It’s Pride Month, and what better way to celebrate than to shout out our favorite LGBTQ characters in video games. These are characters who have spoken to us through meaningful LGTBTQ representation and are also complex, fascinating, hilarious, or otherwise cool as hell. Be sure to let us know who your favorite LGBTQ video game characters are in the comments below! 1. Ellie - The Last of Us Ellie has proven to be an extraordinarily complex character over the course of The Last of Us, Left Behind, and The Last of Us Part 2. She’s resilient, ruthless, kind, protective, vulnerable, vengeful, and ultimately capable of great change. Her first love Riley was taken from her while she survived, and she carried that guilt with her for years...

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Microsoft Flight Simulator Is On Sale

It's no secret I love Microsoft Flight Simulator. In fact, I reviewed Flight Simulator and gave it a 10. I couldn't have imagined any other score for it at the time: I was completely blown away. But they keep making it better. Not only are they constantly improving the sim side of it, with physics tweaks and performance upgrades, but they just keep adding more and more content. It's astounding. Microsoft Flight Simulator Deal This deal, which is incredible by the way, is for the physical Xbox Series X version. If you already have Game Pass, well, you already have Flight Sim, but if you don't for some reason, and you want that sweet, sweet disc, you can snag this really excellent deal. From a content to price perspective, it's...

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IGN UK Podcast #649: Phil's Big Night Out 2022

Cardy, Joe, and Alex are here to talk about some of their favourite announcements and reveals from this year’s Xbox and Bethesda Games Showcase. We’ve got your Starfields, your Redfalls, your Kojimas. We’ve got the lot. Also, a slightly deeper dive into how A Plague Tale: Requiem is shaping up and the unfortunate tale of two underwhelming blockbuster films in the shape of Jurassic World: Dominion and Lightyear. Fear not though, there’s a banging round of the Endless Search and some impromptu cake chat. Want to get in touch to talk about digging graves? Cakes? Or maybe Elden Ring? Feel free to send us an email at ign_ukfeedback@ign.com. IGN UK Podcast #649: Phil's Big Night Out 2022 IGN UK Podcast #648: Geoff's Big Night Out...

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Aussie Deals: $413 Off an Assassin's Creed Pack, 28% off TMNT: Shredder's Revenge and More!

Thank your own personal deity—possibly Tempestra—it's Friday! Oh, speaking of a TMNT antagonist, I've gone and found you the cheapest deal on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge. It's damn fine old school gaming, roughly about as purchasable as the rather reduced TimeSplitters 2 and TimeSplitters Future Perfect I found. Anyway, stay safe, save often and see you all Monday. 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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Tetsuya Nomura Says Work Has Already Started On Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3

Work has already started on Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3, which will cap off Square Enix's trilogy when it's released sometime after 2023. Nomura confirmed that "some development has already begun" on the as-yet unnamed third title in a note following today's livestream. "I myself have started on the development and am working toward the completion of the series," Nomura wrote in a two-part message on Twitter. His note followed the first trailer for Final Fantasy 7: Rebirth, which offered a glimpse of the anticipated follow-up to Final Fantasy 7 Remake. Square Enix also announced Crisis Core: Final Fantasy 7 Reunion, a remake of the PSP spin-off slated to release on PS4, PS5, Xbox, Switch, and PC sometime this winter. Nomura...

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Forza 8 Will Have Realtime Ray Tracing Along With a Full Night and Day Cycle

Forza Motosport 8 is getting a number of exciting features including realtime ray tracing and an all-new career mode according to today's Forza Monthly livestream. The information comes from the game's Creative Director, Chris Esaki. According to Esaki, the game will sport a full night and day cycle and varying weather forecasts for all tracks. These will only be enhanced by the game's realtime ray tracing. These tracks, whether they're new or returning, have been built from the ground up for this iteration of Forza. The weather aspect will also determine how you drive affecting things like traction, grip and more. To make it even more dynamic, tires in-game have been drastically upgraded to include eight contact points. Forza...

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Activision Blizzard Board Finds 'No Evidence' It Ignored or Downplayed Harassment

After conducting its own internal investigation, Activision Blizzard's Board of Directors claims it has found 'no evidence' to suggest that its senior executives and its own members ignored or downplayed gender harassment. It's also urging its shareholders to vote against an upcoming proposal to craft a report about its own efforts to prevent abuse and harassment. In a new SEC filing, Activision Blizzard asserted: The initial complaint from the state of California, filed after a two-year-long investigation, accuses the company leadership of knowing about and failing to prevent numerous internal cultural issues. Subsequent reports and lawsuits have similarly included accusations that incidents were reported and either ignored or...

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Crisis Core: Final Fantasy 7 Reunion Announced for This Winter

Crisis Core: Final Fantasy 7 is really real, with Zack in all his glory. Announced at today's Final Fantasy 7 25th Anniversary stream, Crisis Core: Final Fantasy 7 Reunion is planned for release on Xbox Series X and S, PS5, PS4, Switch, and PC sometime this winter. Crisis Core: Final Fantasy 7 Reunion is a prequel to the original Final Fantasy 7, released for PSP in the west in 2008. The game gained unexpected new relevance when Final Fantasy 7 Remake seemed to include a shot-for-shot remake of Crisis Core's ending, but drastically changed its outcome, seemingly setting up prequel protagonist Zack Fair for an appearance in the main games. We caught another glimpse of Zack later during the show, too, as part of the trailer for Final...

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Final Fantasy 7 Remake Is Now a Three-Part Trilogy

Today at Square Enix’s Final Fantasy 7 25th Anniversary Celebration Livestream, the next installment in the Final Fantasy 7 universe, Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, was revealed in a brand new trailer. Alongside that information, it was also revealed that Rebirth would be the second in what is now a three-part trilogy from Square Enix. The trilogy situates itself in the greater Final Fantasy 7 Compilation with the newly announced Crisis Core: Final Fantasy 7 Reunion, which will be out this winter. Final Fantasy 7 Remake stayed faithful to the original in many ways, but there were a number of changes that had fans both confused and intrigued for what's to come. Today's new trailer asks the question, "What is fact and what is fiction?" This...

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Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 2 Comes Out Next Winter

Square Enix has revealed the first trailer for Final Fantasy 7 Remake: Part 2, and it is officially called Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth. Revealed during Square Enix's 25th Anniversary event for the original Final Fantasy 7, the second part in the company's planned multi-part series will release next winter in 2023. Today they also announced that Final Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade is heading to Steam June 17, 2022, and will be compatible with the Steam Deck. Final Fantasy 7 Remake was released in 2020 and delivers on the promise of bringing the classic RPG into the modern era. IGN reviewed Final Fantasy 7 Remake and gave it an 8 out of 10, calling it an exciting take on the classic while standing on its own as a great RPG. The game...

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Overwatch 2: 35 New Details

With a recent trailer at this year’s Xbox Games Showcase, and now a whole dedicated reveal event, it’s been a busy week of Overwatch 2 news. There’s so much new info about the Blizzard shooter sequel that it can be quite hard to take in all at once. That’s why we’ve distilled all the new details we’ve learnt here so you can easily see all you need to know: 1. Overwatch 2’s PvP is launching in early access on October 4th and will be free-to-play. 2. A Beta will also be launching on both PC and consoles on June 28th, with sign-ups starting June 16th. 3. A new hero - Junker Queen - and a new map - Rio de Janeiro - will both be playable in the upcoming Beta. 4. Crossplay and cross-progression will be available from launch in Overwatch...

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Overwatch 2 Ditches Loot Boxes, But Adds Battle Passes and a Store

As Overwatch 2 prepares to go free-to-play, it will be introducing some major changes, including the removal of the loot boxes that were once a defining part of the original. During today's Overwatch 2 reveal stream, Blizzard announced that the upcoming sequel will be following in the footsteps of many other modern online game and introducing a battle pass. While Blizzard didn't offer many details, it did confirm that players will be able to unlock cosmetic items through both the battle pass and the in-game store. In addition, Overwatch 2 will feature weekly challenges in what Blizzard is calling "Competitive Play 2.0." The introduction of a battle pass also means that Overwatch 2 will be doing away with an important part of its...

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Overwatch 2 PvE Is Coming in 2023 As Seasonal Content

While Overwatch 2's PvP content has received most of the attention so far, the PvE maps that once served as its raison d'être will be an important factor as well. During today's Overwatch 2 reveal stream, Blizzard went into a bit more detail on how exactly it will work, explaining that player-versus-environment [PvE] maps will be released as part of the newly-minted free-to-play shooter's seasonal content, beginning in 2023. Described as "content to immerse yourself in," Blizzard hints that PvE in Overwatch 2 will function as a contained series of missions designed to drive the game's overall story forward. Among other things, Overwatch 2's PvE content will show the Overwatch team reuniting while visiting familiar locations like...

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Overwatch 2 Aims to Stop Hero Stagnation - Including Two More Unannounced Heroes This Year

Blizzard has promised that Overwatch 2 will deliver a new hero every 18 weeks (one for every two in-game seasons) – and the game will see two more unannounced heroes added this year, on top of those already announced. Announced during today's Overwatch 2 reveal event, the game's new content roadmap introduces 9-week seasons of content, and lead hero designer Geoff Goodman says the team is looking at releasing a new hero "every other season" – so every 18 weeks. If upkept, this would return Overwatch to its original cadence of hero releases, which delivered a new character to play as roughly every 18 weeks from release in 2016 up until August 2019. However, things dramatically slowed down after that point, with only one hero, Echo...

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Overwatch 2 Reveals Its Content Roadmap

Blizzard has revealed Overwatch 2's new content roadmap, revealing that the newly free-to-play game will start a new season every 9 weeks. As you'd expect, Battle Passes are being added to the game. Revealed during today's Overwatch 2 reveal event, the roadmap shows that Season 1 of the game (beginning on the game's October 4 launch date) will include 3 new heroes – that's Sojourn, Junker Queen, and an unannounced support hero – 6 new maps, more than 30 new skins, a new game mode (the previously announced Push), a new Mythic skin (the new most rare cosmetic type), and a Battle Pass. While we only got a glimpse of a work-in-progress Battle Pass, it seems they'll offer a familiar mix of free content and premium unlocks only gained by...

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Elden Ring Mod Turns Every Enemy into Malenia

While Elden Ring doesn't include intrinsic difficulty settings, players looking for (much) more of a challenge can now turn every enemy in the game into Malenia, Blade of Miquella thanks to a new mod. As spotted by PCGamesN, YouTube user Bushy used thefifthmatt's Elden Ring enemy randomiser mod to fill The Lands Between with the infamous boss. Bushy somehow still managed to beat the game in around eight hours, despite coming up against up to five Malenias at once in some areas, a highlight reel of which can be watched on his YouTube channel. Malenia has emerged as the toughest boss in Elden Ring since it was released in February, with all sorts of storylines emerging from the fight. Developer FromSoftware didn't help the situation...

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Halo Infinite Fixes Offensive Juneteenth Cosmetic Name, 343 Apologizes

Halo Infinite developer 343 Industries has changed an offensive cosmetic name released as part of a Juneteenth event, and apologized to fans for what it called a "hurtful" mistake. A Halo Infinite nameplate color palette released to celebrate Juneteenth - a federal holiday in the U.S. commemorating the emancipation of slaves - was named Bonobo, a species of great ape. The offensive name was called out by players, including Sean W on YouTube, which prompted 343 to quickly change the palette's name to Freedom and apologise for what it claimed was a mistake. "While the original name refers to an internal toolset, it was not intended to be applied to this content and we recognize the harm it may have caused," said Halo's senior...

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Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course’s Amount of Animations Is Equivalent to the Entire Base Game

Do you ever think about hand-drawn animation? Like really, really think about it? And the absolutely massive amount of artwork that goes into even making a single short walk cycle? StudioMDHR certainly thought about it a lot during the development of Cuphead. Then the studio turned right around for Delicious Last Course and decided to do about the same amount of animation work again. For a DLC. According to Maja Moldenhauer, the sheer volume of animations in Delicious Last Course stemmed from the team’s desire to bring to life everything they had left on the cutting room floor of the original Cuphead, with a playable Miss Chalice serving as a catalyst for the rest. “We really wanted to experiment with the art form…I don't have an...

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Borderlands: The Art of Tiny Tina's Wonderland Announced by Dark Horse Books

Between the release of Tiny Tina's Wonderlands and the upcoming Borderlands movie, this franchise is on a major upswing in 2022. Now fans can dive deeper into the world of the former, with Dark Horse's The Art of Tiny Tina's Wonderlands. As with Dark Horse's past video game art books, The Art of Tiny Tina's Wonderlands is a hardcover tome that features extensive concept art, creator commentary from the developers at Gearbox and other glimpses into the development of this Borderlands spinoff. The book showcases the game's kooky cast of characters, the environments and the larger-than-life weapons featured in the game. Check out the cover art for The Art of Tiny tIna's Wonderlands below, though note that the final artwork is subject to...

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Cuphead Studio Director on Delays And Long Development: ‘Who Cares?’

Professional animators who still animate by hand in 2D are hard to find, says StudioMDHR’s Maja Moldenhauer. And it’s understandable given how the style of animation has given way to digital animation, and how physically demanding good animation can be. Which is why, she says, StudioMDHR had to take care of the handful of folks it found to work on Cuphead and its DLC: Delicious Last Course – around 18 developers total, and only about six animators at the height of DLC development. Even if that meant both took a very, very long time to make – over a decade, in fact. “It's hard to find people,” she says. “The number one thing, especially through COVID was keeping everybody happy. This is video games. Take your time. Mental health...

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Capcom Reverses Resident Evil PC Upgrade Decision After 'Overwhelming Community Response'

Capcom has reversed its decision to force upgrades of the PC versions of Resident Evil 2 Remake, Resident Evil 3 Remake, and Resident Evil 7. The updated versions - that lined up with the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series upgrades being released - added ray tracking and enhanced 3D audio, but also raised the system requirements and caused performance issues for some users, causing many players to call for a choice to return to the old versions. Announced on each game's Steam page, the developer said it had made the older versions of the games available again "due to overwhelming community response". There's a little bit of work to do before the older versions can be played again but Capcom gave step by step instructions on how to...

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