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Ghost Recon Breakpoint Will Receive No More New Content

Ubisoft has announced that it will be ending content support for Ghost Recon Breakpoint, after a little over 2 years of continuous updates. The final piece of content, Operation Motherland, launched back on November 2, 2021. "The last four months marked the release of our final piece of content: the brand new Operation Motherland mode, tons of new items including 20th-anniversary iconic outfits and Quartz items for Ghost Recon Breakpoint," Ubisoft said in a statement on Twitter. "We will continue to maintain servers for both Ghost Recon Wildlands and Ghost Recon Breakpoint and we truly hope you will continue to enjoy the game and have fun playing in solo or co-op with your friends." Ghost Recon Breakpoint has received plenty of...

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Hypnospace Outlaw Is Getting Not One, But Two Sequels This Year

Developer Tendershoot is releasing two sequels to '90s internet simulator Hypnospace Outlaw – and they're both due to arrive this year. Dreamsettler is the true spiritual sequel to Hypnospace, putting players inside the internet of the early 2000s. Meanwhile, Slayers X: Terminal Aftermath: Vengance of the Slayer is a Doom-like first-person shooter featuring a character from the original Hypnospace Outlaw. The games were announced by Tendershoot and publisher No More Robots during their Hypnospace Next presentation and are due for release on PC and consoles. Like Hypnospace Outlaw, Dreamsettler will have players navigating a parodic version of the internet – but where the first game was set in a '90s-like cyberspace, Dreamsettler...

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Meet Starfield's Peaceful Robotic Companion, VASCO

A new video from Bethesda has offered a closer look at VASCO, the first Starfield companion to be revealed. VASCO is an expeditionary robot in the service of Constellation, which is denoted by his white and red paintwork. Based on a bipedal chassis, VASCO was designed to aid in extended overland journeys, and comes equipped with components to aid in the carrying of survival gear and payloads. Starfield's lead artist, Istvan Pely, says that VASCO is a peaceful robot, but "does have defensive capabiulities should the need arise". The concept art shown in the video suggests Vasco's right arm houses some kind of rifle, and a square box on his should could perhaps be some kind of launcher. Pely descirbes VASCO as a "reliable companion...

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Xbox Game Pass in April 2022: MLB The Show 22, Life is Strange True Colors, and More

Xbox has officially announced the first wave of games hitting Xbox Game Pass in April 2022, including one we already knew about in advance, MLB: The Show 22. Both MLB and Cricket 22 are available immediately for Xbox users on cloud and console, while there are a few more games to look forward to across the rest of the month. This includes Life is Strange: True Colors, coming to cloud, console, and PC on April 12. There's also Chinatown Detective Agency on April 7, Panzer Corps 2, The Dungeon of Naheulbeuk, and more. You can also find games such as Star Wars Squadrons, Dragon Age 2, and Plants vs. Zombies can now also be played on cloud gaming via Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and EA Play on April 7. MLB: The Show 22 Is Now on Xbox Game...

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Lost Ark Getting a New Continent, Classes, And Raids in April and May

A ton of content is being added to Lost Ark over the next two months including a new continent, classes, and raids. Amazon Games didn't give specific release dates in its April and May roadmap but broke the content down by each month, revealing that the new continent, South Vern, and a new martial artist class are coming this month. South Vern is a brand new region in Lost Ark that joins Punika as the second Tier 3 continent, requiring an item level of 1340 to begin. It features new quests, characters, and stories centred around Queen Ealyn and and Knight Commander Avele. The new class coming in April is the Glaivier, a martial artist class that uses a short spear in the Flurry stance and a glaive in the Focus stance. Players are...

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Rainbow Six Mobile Brings Siege to Your Phone

Ubisoft has announced Rainbow Six Mobile, a new game that brings the core gameplay of Rainbow Six Siege to mobile devices. Rainbow Six Mobile looks and plays like its console counterpart; it’s a 5v5 attack and defend FPS with destructible environments and a variety of specialist gadgets. Attackers use drones, explosives, and various other offensive items to push their way into the defending team’s fortified positions. While a huge amount of Rainbow Six Mobile appears to be a near enough straight adaptation of Rainbow Six Siege, there are some notable changes. Matches are shorter as R6 Mobile is a best-of-three-rounds affair, and the HUD has been adjusted to work for mobile. It also seems, at least at launch, that there will be a...

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Wordle Is the Second-Most-Discussed Game on Twitter So Far This Year

Earlier this year, social media was utterly dominated by little green, yellow, and black squares as everyone triumphantly (or otherwise) showed off their Wordle scores. The hype has since died down considerably, but not without pushing Wordle to the second-most-discussed game on Twitter in 2022 so far. This is according to data shared by Twitter, which put Genshin Impact as the most-discussed game between January and March this year. Apex Legends clocked in at No.4, followed by Final Fantasy at No.5. Despite what your timeline might have looked like in the last month, Elden Ring was only the seventh-most-discussed game for that period. That said, the conversation doesn't appear to have slowed at all, based on this graphic shared by...

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Incredible Buy 2 Get 1 Free Sale on Games is Now Live at Amazon

Amazon is running a pretty great “Buy 2, Get 1 Free” sale right now. Lots of items are eligible, from books and toys to furniture and musical instruments. But a ton of video games are also eligible, including new releases like Elden Ring, Ghostwire: Tokyo, Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands, and hundreds more. If you’re mostly interested in the games, you can filter to video games on mobile, or click the "video games" category in the sidebar in a browser. But you can mix and match, so if you can find three items you want in any eligible category, you’ll get the least expensive one free. Good stuff. Buy 2 Get 1 Free To take advantage of the deal, all you have to do is add the items to your cart and go to checkout. Note that only items sold by...

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Daily Deals: LEGO Star Wars The Skywalker Saga is £38 Right Now

Lego Star Wars The Skywalker Saga is now finally available, and you can pick it up right now for just £38 from Tesco. All you need is a Tesco Clubcard and you're sorted. Head on to your local superstore right now, or buy it via Tesco online as well. We've included all the relevant links below. Other deals today include an Xbox Elite Series 2 Controller for just £67.30 (used, but in very good condition, the discount is shown at checkout), and a perfect PS5 SSD for under £100. Spider-Man No Way Home is also now available on Blu-ray and 4K UHD in the UK, and includes around 100 minutes of extra special features, including some amazing deleted scenes. It's available to order from Amazon for £24.99 in 4K UHD, or £14.99 on Blu-ray. TL;DR -...

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The Witcher Is Getting an Official Cookbook

Nerds' Kitchen and Ten Speed Press are releasing an official Witcher cookbook. Fully trademarked by CD Projekt Red, the book will feature 80 recipes that promise a new level of immersion into the Witcher universe. Anita Sarna and Karolina Krupecka of Nerds' Kitchen (and its subsidiary Witcher Kitchen) have created the cookbook to emulate the foods that protagonist Geralt may encounter while hunting monsters on the path. The included recipes are all inspired by various areas of The Witcher 3 including baked fruits from White Orchard, snacks from the markets of Oxenfurt, and a meal of fresh fish and mulled ciders from Skellige. The cookbooks official synopsis describes them as "meticulously-researched, immersive recipes that give...

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Best PC Controller 2022

From poorly ported consoles games to action adventures and racing simulators, there are more than a few cases where a gaming keyboard and gaming mouse aren't necessarily going to be the best input options for PC games. It's easy to swear by a keyboard and mouse where twitchy response and pixel-perfect aim are concerned, but there's a huge arena where different gaming controllers can have an edge while playing on a gaming PC. If you're playing a fighting game, you may get more satisfaction out of the buttons on a controller, which you can frantically mash. If you're flying through space in an intense dogfight, holding a thumbstick down to perform a series of loops and turns can be a lot easier than hurriedly throwing your mouse around...

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Overwatch 2 Menu Concept Art Could Hint at an Incoming Battle Pass

Leaked Overwatch 2 concept art has seemingly revealed an incoming Battle Pass feature. A concept for the Overwatch 2 main menu on ArtStation shows all the options players would expect, such as Play and Shop, alongside a new setting for the Battle Pass, as reported by Attack of the Fanboy. While the screenshot isn't official and may not represent what features will be in the final version of Overwatch 2, adding credibility is the user who posted it: Blizzard senior UI artist Jayson Kirby. He held this position on the original Overwatch until March 2020 when he transitioned to an "unannounced project" according to his social media profiles. An explanation appears under the image states that "the goal was to simplify and refine the...

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Valve Clarifies When Exactly You Can Finalize Your Steam Deck Order

If you are impatiently waiting to order a Steam Deck, I have some good news: Valve has announced that it is "ramping up" shipments on its portable gaming PC and has clarified when you can expect to finalize your order for the product. In a recent tweet the official Steam Deck account confirmed that it is ramping up the handheld shipments. Valve also noted that it will be sending out more order availability emails every week. Some weeks it will send two emails instead of the one email that Valve has sent out every Monday for roughly the last month. Valve also confirmed that it has updated the Steam Deck product page. It specifies when you can anticipate finalizing your order if you put down a $5 deposit. Looking at the Steam Deck...

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Return to Monkey Island Is a New Sequel Coming from the Original Director

Return to Monkey Island is a sequel to the legendary point 'n' click series, coming in 2022 from original writer-director Ron Gilbert. Designed a follow-up to the first two games, The Secret of Monkey Island and Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge, the new game is being published by Devolver Digital in collaboration with Lucasfilm Games. It also brings back original co-writer Dave Grossman, and LucasArts composers Michael Land, Michael McConnell and Clint Bajakian. On Twitter, Gilbert said his Terrible Toybox development studio has been working on the game for 2 years "in complete secrecy". We don't have any more information on the game than what's included in the short teaser trailer above, but we do have a 2013 blog post from...

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LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga Review

Adventure. Excitement. A Jedi craves not these things. If that’s the case, then all Jedi should probably cancel their preorders for LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga, since this dazzling new entry in Traveller’s Tales’ longrunning LEGO game series has brought both adventure and excitement by the plastic bucketload. With stunning set pieces cribbed from all nine mainline Star Wars films and a surprisingly vast number of iconic planet hubs to freely explore in between, The Skywalker Saga is a brick-breaking blockbuster executed with a goofy charm that had me feeling as happy as a droid in a hot oil bath. In a dramatic departure from the zoomed out camera perspective of previous LEGO titles, The Skywalker Saga features a tighter...

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Nobody Saves the World Hits Switch, PS4, and PS5 Later This Month

Drinkbox Studios announced its new action-RPG Nobody Saves the World is coming to new consoles later this month, alongside a new update on all platforms. Previously released for Xbox and PC, Nobody Saves the World will now be released for PS4, PS5, and Nintendo Switch on April 14 for $24.99. PlayStation players will get both versions for a single price, and the Switch version will have pre-orders go live today with a 10% discount. The Switch version is also designed so that players can use a single Joy-con per player and play in Tabletop mode. Additionally, NSTW for all platforms will receive an update that adds local co-op to the experience. Previously Nobody Saves the World only featured online co-op at its PC and Xbox launch. It...

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Last Weekend, One Player Beat Elden Ring Without Taking Damage and Another Without Dealing It

The past weekend saw someone complete Elden Ring in 3 hours without taking damage, while another player beat the game without dealing any. The world's first Elden Ring no-hit run, as spotted by PCGamesN, was recorded by YouTube user Seki, who completed the game in 2 hours and 43 minutes and without taking a single point of damage. Seki therefore completed the game without taking any hits from enemies, fall damage from dropping too far, or ongoing damage from status effects such as poison. Providing some balance, YouTube user Iron Pineapple also completed a unique Elden Ring run at the weekend by defeating the game without dealing any direct damage, VG247 reported. The player instead relied on summoned spirits to deal damage for...

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World of Tanks Developer Decides to Leave Russia and Belarus

Editor's Note: The war in Ukraine is an ongoing, painful and emotive topic. IGN urges community members to be respectful when engaging in conversation around this subject and does not endorse harassment of any kind. World of Tanks developer Wargaming has announced that it will leave Russia and Belarus, and expects to make "substantial losses" as a result. Announced on LinkedIn, the company said that it had transferred its live games business in the two countries to Lesta Studio, which is no longer affiliated with the company. It has also begun closing its Minsk office in Belarus. "The company will not profit from this process either today or going forward," reads a statement. "Much to the contrary we expect to suffer substantial...

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New Elden Ring Patch Buffs a Boss Who Got Accidentally Nerfed

Bandai Namco has announced a small Elden Ring patch, which will be released today, April 4, across all platforms. The patch buffs some attacks for boss Starscourge Radahn, who was unintentionally made weaker in the latest version of the game. Elden Ring's 1.03 patch arrived last month, and made a lot of adjustments to the game. However, one was unintentional, making the famously tricky Radahn far weaker than he was meant to be when using some attacks. A new version of 1.03 arrives today as a result. The only patch note reads "Fixed a bug in the balance adjustment of the boss 'Starscourge Radahn' in update 1.03, in which the power of some attacks was unintentionally reduced." The patch comes to PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S and...

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Elden Ring Publisher Wants to Work With Wheel of Time's Brandon Sanderson After George R.R. Martin

Elden Ring publisher Bandai Namco has expressed interest in working with Mistborn and Wheel of Time author Brandon Sanderson – who'd seemingly like to work with developer FromSoftware in the same way George R.R. Martin did. In a a YouTube stream spotted by PC Gamer, Sanderson unboxed an Elden Ring gift package from Bandai Namco that included a message saying the publisher was interested in working with him. Sanderson previously jokingly complained about developer FromSoftware working with Game of Thrones author George R.R. Martin over him, or as he put it "someone who spends his days blogging about the NFL rather than the person who has played their games since King's Field." During his YouTube stream, someone off-camera asked if...

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The Best Aussie Xbox Deals

When you own an Xbox Series S or X, life's grand — but peripherals and games can always make life even grander. Playing couch co-op requires more of those newly updated Xbox controllers (because somebody will whinge and blame their loss on "having the old controller"). Likewise, you'll hunt surer with headphones that betray your opponent's movements better. And hey — how can you call yourself a true fighting or racing game aficionado if you’re without an arcade stick and steering wheel, respectively. Collected below is a list of the games and peripherals that will take your Xbox experience to the next level. Just be aware that we’re still at the start of the Series X life cycle — third-party accessories producers have yet to flood...

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Halo Infinite: 343 Industries Says 'We Understand the Community Is Simply Out Of Patience'

While Halo Infinite has been positively received by many, the lack of new content in its multiplayer has led to frustration for some fans. 343 Industries has spoken up on this issue and has said that it does "understand the community is simply out of patience." 343 community director Brian Jarrard took to Reddit to speak to Halo Infinite fans and let them know that the team is "certainly not happy to be unable to meet player and community expectations." However, he also reassures that meaningful content is on the way, it just unfortunately takes time. "There are indeed a lot of challenges and constraints," Jarrard said. "We're certainly not happy to be unable to meet player and community expectations, it's a difficult situation...

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Elden Ring: Margit's Shackle Has a Secret Alternate Use

Margit's Shackle is an item you can find in Elden Ring that will make the difficult Margit the Fell Omen boss battle easier. However, the item appears to be good for much more as it can seemingly help you discover hidden illusory walls and stop fire-breathing traps. As reported by GamesRadar, Margit's Shackle can stop Margit the Fell Omen in his tracks for a few seconds when activated, but its usefulness does not end once that great enemy has been felled. NateThePunk2 on Reddit is one of those who discovered that it can also cause a nearby hidden wall to disappear. A running theory is that the item sends out an invisible shockwave of sorts that stuns Margit the Fell Omen if he is within a certain range. This same shockwave appears...

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Final Fantasy 14 Patch 6.1 Gets April Release Date and New Gameplay Trailer

Final Fantasy 14 6.1 patch will be released on April 12th, and Square Enix has released a new trailer and patch notes detailing the upcoming adventure. Titled “Newfound Adventure,” Patch 6.1 picks up after the finale in Endwalker. While the new patch will include new dungeons, a new 24-player Alliance Raid, and Trial, it will also allow players to complete A Realm Reborn content solo with the help of NPCs. Below is a breakdown of the new content coming to Final Fantasy 14 in 6.1. New Main Scenario Quests New 24-Player Alliance Raid New Ultimate Duty - Dragonson’s Reprise in Patch 6.11 New Tribal Quest starting with Patch 6.15 New Residential Areas with plots in Empyreum, the new Ishgardian residential district. New Trial: The...

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Former BioWare GM Reflects On Witcher 3's Biggest Advantage Over Dragon Age: Inquisition

Fair or not, Dragon Age: Inquisition is often compared with The Witcher 3. Released just a few months beforehand, Dragon Age: Inquisition garnered Game of the Year awards and was generally praised by critics, but wound up drawing unfavorable comparisons to CD Projekt Red's seminal RPG. But The Witcher 3 had at least one major advantage over its competition. Speaking with GLHF for an article on USA Today, former BioWare GM Aaryn Flynn pointed out that CDPR's decision to focus on the PS4, Xbox One, and PC benefited the project immensely compared to Dragon Age: Inquisition, which also had to work on Xbox 360 and PS3. "I'd say the biggest compromise came from the fact that we had to ship [Dragon Age: Inquisition] on the Xbox 360 and...

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Destiny 2: Where Is Xur Today? Location and Exotic Items for April 1

The freaky hooded creature, 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 can be found at Watcher's...

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Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical Narrative Choices Will be Familiar to Dragon Age Fans

Disclosure: Stray Gods is published by Humble Games which is owned by Ziff Davis, the parent company of IGN. Humble Bundle and IGN operate completely independently, and no special consideration is given to Humble Bundle announcements or promotions for coverage. David Gaider and the team at Summerfall Games are combining their love of narrative and music with Stray Gods, a roleplaying musical. But fans who are familiar with Gaider’s past work as lead writer on Dragon Age will find that Summerfall Games is pursuing a similar route for how their story unfolds, albeit much more musically. Stray Gods is the first game from Summerfall Studios, an Australian-based team of veterans and rising stars across the industry. Stray Gods centers on...

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IGN UK Podcast #638: The Steam Deck Is a Big Boi

Dale, Joe and Jesse are here and are chatting everything Steam Deck, but mostly about how flipping big and unwieldy it is. The lads have also seen the first episode of Moon Knight and are hesitant about its quality, especially compared to Severance. We also dive into the mess that is the new PlayStation Plus tier system. Want to get in touch to talk about your "how is this my job?? Feel free to send us an email at ign_ukfeedback@ign.com. IGN UK Podcast #638: The Steam Deck Is a Big Boi If you'd like to check out the documentary Dale mentions on the podcast, you can watch it right here: IGN UK Podcast #637: Ghostwiring and Smelly Feedback IGN UK Podcast #636: GTA V is Old but so Are We Now IGN UK Podcast #635: More Decent Chat...

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Minecraft Briefly Got Raytracing on Xbox Consoles - But It Was a Mistake

Microsoft seemingly began testing raytracing in Minecraft earlier this week, but it was actually a mistake. The feature has now been pulled. The feature appeared in a preview update on Xbox consoles, but it was quickly removed after news spread about its inclusion. The update included a raytracing preview for both Xbox Series X and Series S consoles but, according to Microsoft, it should never have appeared in the first place. “The previous Minecraft Preview build available to Xbox Insiders inadvertently included prototype code for raytracing support on Xbox consoles,” the company confirmed. “This early prototype code has been removed from Preview and doesn't signal near future plans to bring raytracing support to consoles.” That’s...

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The Best Aussie PC Deals

So you've just built yourself a HAL-9000 beast. A SKYNET which can somehow divide by zero and always win at tic-tac-toe. What's the first thing you should do with such a batcomputer of a PC? Why, get some video games, of course! Given you've probably already spent a small fortune on hardware, you'll probably be wanting discounted goods. This we can provide. Collected below is an expertly curated list of the apex PC games available, per genre. We regularly comb the internet for the cheapest deals on these highly sought after titles. So be sure to bookmark and check back periodically. The Best PC Deals for: First-Person Shooters (FPS) The Best PC Deals for: Role-Playing Games (RPG) The Best PC Deals for: Action-Adventure The Best PC...

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