Someone has found one of The Witcher 3's final Easter Eggs nearly seven years after it was released in May 2015.
YouTube user xLetalis discovered that Vivienne, a character that players can free from a curse at the risk of her dying in seven years, can actually be found dead after waiting that long in-game.
Vivienne is at the centre of the Blood and Wine expansion's The Warble of a Smitten Knight quest, where Geralt finds her half turned into a bird. He offers to lift the curse, though warns Vivienne that she may only live as long as the animal as a result.
She accepts, departs, and can later be found in Skellige. By meditating for seven years (more than 2,500 days), or by using console commands to otherwise speed up time, the...
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Epic Games has committed to donating all of its Fortnite proceeds to humanitarian relief for people affected by the war in Ukraine for the next two weeks.
As detailed by The Fortnite Team, Xbox is joining Epic in this effort by committing their net proceeds from Fortnite during the same timeframe so "we can get more aid to the people of Ukraine."
The donations will be collected from March 20 - April 3 and the funds will be sent to Direct Relief, United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), United Nations World Food...
15 years ago a mysterious GameFAQs user called Ditman333 casually posted about a discovery he’d made in Resident Evil 4. He had stumbled upon a glitch that allowed the player to move 50% faster. All of a sudden, the emerging Resident Evil 4 speedrunning community took notice and the glitch became a revelation.
But speeding up the player wasn’t the glitch's only use. Ditman had opened up a Pandora’s box of glitches that allowed speedrunners all over the world to expose new exploits and even bypass entire sections of the game altogether. Resident Evil 4 speedrunning exploded in popularity, with new finds and records still being set to this day, all thanks to Ditman’s simple discovery.
But in 2007 the original post has been purged from...
Fortnite Chapter 3, Season 2: Resistance has not only added Doctor Strange and Prowler to its Battle Pass, but it has also removed building from the battle royale.
Fortnite's newest season asks players to "join the resistance in the final battle to free the Zero Point." To help in this mission, Fortnite players will be able to use "all-new tactics like sprinting, mantling, and more" alongside the ability to actually drive an Armored Battle Bus - "complete with Chonkers Tires, a Cow Catcher, and two types of turrets."
However, the biggest change appears to be the removal of building from Fortnite's standard modes. To help with this drastic change, Fortnite has added an Overshield that will sit on top of your Shield and Health and...
Arc System Works revealed the final character in the Guilty Gear Strive Season 1 pass.
As announced during the Guilty Gear Strive ARCREVO America Finals, Arc System Works announced that boss character Testament is returning to the series. Testament is a ranged fighter who uses their scythe to hit opponents from afar.
Check out the screenshots below.
Furthermore, Arc System Works announced that it is working on Season 2 for Guilty Gear Strive which will add four additional characters to the roster. Plus, add cross-platform play between PS4, PS5, and Steam PC.
Arc System Works, known for developing visually-stunning fighting games, is going all out on announcements. Alongside Testament and the new season pass, ASW announced three...
Despite its rocky start, Square Enix has confirmed that there are "no plans to reduce the scale of development on Babylon's Fall."
Babylon's Fall, the latest game from PlatinumGames, was released earlier this month and was met with mostly negative reviews. On Metacritic, a site that aggregates game reviews, the game is currently sitting at a 42.
In our 4/10 Babylon's Fall review, we said that it "isn't a broken action RPG, but it isn't a good one, either – and it's one of the ugliest games in several console generations."
Despite these reviews and more, Square Enix is doubling down and wishes to make this game as great as it can be. On Twitter, the official Babylon's Fall Twitter account tweeted out a message to fans that looks to...
While Elden Ring has been having numerous issues on PC, the version on Steam Deck is now running a lot smoother and Valve's Pierre-Loup Griffais has shared how they fixed the handheld gaming PC's problems with the game.
At launch, one of the biggest issues those who chose to play Elden Ring on PC ran into was related to frame rate and stuttering. As reported by Eurogamer, its "working theory" was that "we were looking at yet another PC game suffering from shader compilation issues: split-second pauses whenever a new visual effect came into play."
This is a much bigger issue to solve on PC as the range of hardware specs on systems are obviously a lot greater than seen on console. Using this same thought process, the Steam Deck also...
The latest PlayStation State of Play brought a ton of new information on Avalanche Studios' upcoming open-world action RPG, Hogwarts Legacy. Although it’s not out until this holiday season, the broadcast showed off a ton of new gameplay and shed some light on plot details.
More specifically, we got the first information on the villains of Hogwarts Legacy – one is an entirely new character to the wizarding world, while the other may have familial ties to another wizard referenced in the original series.
Who is Ranrok?
During the roughly 20-minute presentation, we learned that one of the things your wizard or witch will be tasked with will be stopping a rebellion led by a Goblin named Ranrok. This would not be the first time...
Hearthstone's next expansion, Voyage to the Sunken City, is coming on April 12 in NA and April 13 in ANZ, and has a colourful nautical theme based around the ancient city of Zin-Azshari, which (according to World of Warcraft lore) was sent to the bottom of the ocean in the cataclysm. (More details in our annoucement article from yesterday.) Across the set's 135 cards you'll find vengeful Naga, sunken treasure, pirates, sea monsters and more. Today, we're going to showcase two of those elements, with Nellie, the Great Thresher, a brand new legendary for Warrior.
As you can see, Nellie is one of the new Colossal creatures, which means that it's too big to fit on one card. It's a Colossal +1, so summons one additional appendage when it...
The Media Indie Exchange (MIX) is celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2022, and to honor the milestone of when its first-ever event was held at IGN’s offices in at GDC 2021, it is kicking off a year full of indie game goodness with both the MIX Online Showcase and the Black Voices in Gaming stream.
IGN is carrying both streams and, as usual, this watch guide will provide you with everything you need to know to watch the shows, including when they start, a list of places you can watch them with us, and what you can expect to see at the shows.
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The MIX Online Showcase will take place on Tuesday, March 22, at 10am PT/1pm ET/5pm GMT. If you live in Australia, that...
Players in Elden Ring have known for a while that there are sometimes hidden walls in the game that lead to new areas. However, a new discovery takes this to an absurd length. A player has discovered a wall in Volcano Manor that only disappears when you hit it 50 times.
Over on Reddit, user teristam came across a wall seemingly inconspicuous wall in Volcano Manor. However, he soon found out that if the wall is hit 50 times, then the wall goes away, revealing a room. This room belongs to Rya and Knight Bernhal, which can be easily accessed normally just by finding its regular entrance.
Polygon confirmed that the walls in Volcano Manor don't behave like the other walls in the game that can be broken. There's usually a sound cue that...
Amazon Games has said releasing Lost Ark's first major update just a month after launch was a mistake. In a blog post reflecting on the first month of the action-RPG, the publisher said it misjudged when players would be ready for more content.
"We made a mistake releasing the March game update too quickly after launch. Data we analyzed alongside Smilegate RPG from their previous launches projected that a larger portion of players would have reached the level required to challenge Argos," the post reads.
"However, we overlooked certain variables, such as players spending more time on horizontal content and the price of honing materials increasing due to bots and real-money transactions. These factors contributed to a scarcity of T3...
Valve's Steam Deck has joined the ever-growing list of devices compatible with some form of Xbox Game Pass, as the Xbox Cloud Gaming beta is now available for owners of Valve's handheld gaming PC.
On Twitter, Xbox Cloud Gaming's head of Product and Strategy, Catherine Gluckstein, said it was a collaborative effort between Valve and Microsoft to get xCloud and Game Pass working on Steam Deck. And, as it turns out, Valve got a lot of help from Microsoft to get the service up and running.
On Steam Deck, players can access Game Pass through Xbox Cloud Gaming within the Microsoft Edge Beta. This means that players will have to install and launch the Steam Deck version of Microsoft's web browser to navigate to the xCloud launcher. The...
Moon Studios, the developer behind Ori and the Blind Forest and its sequel, is reportedly an "oppressive" place to work that has myriad issues with crunch, verbal abuse, and poor organization. This is according to a new report by Gamesbeat, which reports that Xbox is no longer working with the studio following what was said to be a "difficult relationship."
The lengthy report details a range of allegations, most of which center on the studio's founders, Thomas Mahler and Gennadiy Korol. They include reports of "constant arguments," a crunch culture in which developers were expected to be available at all hours and on weekends, and a steady stream of racist, sexist, and anti-semitic banter.
"It's an oppressive workplace, for sure. But...
The shady pasta-faced trader, 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.
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Xûr can be found at...
Hogwarts Legacy is set to release for PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC sometime in the holiday 2022 period. A single-player open-world RPG, Hogwarts Legacy takes place at the storied academy in the 1800s, long before the events of the books and movies.
Listings are starting to go up at various retailers, but if you preorder from Best Buy, you’ll get a free $10 gift card with your purchase. Not a bad deal on what will likely be one of the biggest games of the year.
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We already knew that Hogwarts Legacy, an open-world action RPG set in the Harry Potter universe, was coming to PC, PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X/S, and Xbox One. But if you are a Nintendo Switch owner and bummed the game was not announced for the console, I have some good news: it is indeed coming to the Switch.
The news first appeared when preorders went up for the retailer Best Buy (as spotted by Wario64). At first glance, a product listing for a Nintendo Switch version may seem like a glitch in the system. However, heading over to the FAQ section on the official website for Hogwarts Legacy, Avalanche Software confirmed that its game would be available on Nintendo's hybrid console. And checking the FAQ page via Wayback Machine, the...
A Plague Tale TV series is in the works, and French director Mathieu Turi has confirmed that he is working on the adaptation.
As spotted by Eurogamer, French website Allocine announced that the extraordinary medieval fantasy world of A Plague Tale will be adapted into a TV series, with plans to keep the show "closer to its setting and to the games' original Bordeaux-based developer Asobo" rather than being handed over to any of the US production studios that have shown interest.
Mathieu Turi, who was an assistant director on Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds, confirmed his involvement in the series on Twitter, writing, "I'm honored to work on the adaptation as a TV series of A Plague Tale. Thank you to Asobo Studio and Focus...
Like a living Samurai film, Trek to Yomi borrows the aesthetic of Seven Samurai or Thirteen Assassins to give you that same sword-swinging drama you love so much. I sat down and played the first two levels of Trek to Yomi, an upcoming side-scrolling action game. While I came in expecting to be delighted by the looks, I was also pleasantly surprised to find that Trek to Yomi had an interesting game under the hood, with some promising action combat with a variety of moves and matchups to explore.
Switching seamlessly from free exploration to side-scrolling in environments with a fixed camera, Trek to Yomi makes the most of its film influences, taking the dramatic lighting and understated duels of Akira Kurosawa's films and blending in...
It’s Cardy, Emma and Al’s turn to deliver an hour of waffle this week as GTA V returns and is unsurprisingly still a very good game. There’s also Hogwarts Legacy reactions, Tunic impressions, and why you should be watching Severance and Turning Red.
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Hogwarts Legacy will be released in Holiday 2022.
Two years after it was first revealed to the world, Avalanche Software announced Hogwarts Legacy will be released this holiday.
Before the release window, Avalanche showed off nearly 20 minutes of gameplay that included all the various activities players can partake in their life as a wizarding student at Hogwarts. This includes taking magic classes, wizard duals, raising magical creatures, and more.
Hogwarts Legacy was announced in 2020 and was set to be released in 2021 before being delayed to 2022. The holiday release window is slightly more concrete than that so folks hoping to hop a train to Hogwarts will have to wait until the tail-end of the year.
Today's State of Play was...
Avalanche Software lifted the veil on Hogwarts Legacy. During a special State of Play, the 20-minute show was dedicated to showing off new gameplay details and videos.
As seen in today's State of Play, Hogwarts Legacy will let players live their full wizarding life as a fifth-year student at Hogwarts. That includes a wizard duel with another classmate, brewing potions in class, flying on a broomstick, and exploring the school's campus in your free time.
Today's broadcast also detailed new gameplay mechanics and features included in Hogwarts Legacy, including a Talent system, in which you can upgrade specific skills such as stealth or your ability to efficiently use abilities you learn when you are in the Room of Requirement.
The...
Blizzard today announced the first full Hearthstone expansion for 2022 - Voyage to the Sunken City. This set of 135 new cards will be available on April 12 in NA and April 13 in ANZ, and will take players deep underwater to the ancient city of Zin-Azshari, once the ancient capital of the Night Elves, before being submerged during the cataclysm. Hearthstone players can expect a typically colourful take on this well-known piece of World of Warcraft lore, and mechanically, the set introduces two keywords: Dredge and Colossal, as well as formalising a brand new minion type: Naga. Let's quickly go through the new inclusions.
Dredge lets players look at the bottom three cards of their deck, and choose one to raise to the top. This keyword...
Rebellion has announced on Twitter that Sniper Elite 5 is launching on May 26. It will be available on Xbox Game Pass at launch, and will also receive a release on PlayStation 4 and 5, Xbox Series and One, and PC.
Sniper Elite 5 is set in France, 1944, with players taking part in a US military operation along the coast of Brittany. It features a secret Nazi project called Operation Kraken that threatens to end World War II in defeat for the Allies.
Rebellion promises advanced gunplay physics and traversal, in-depth customization, an enhanced kill cam, and a variety of multiplayer modes including an "invasion" option where players can secretly enter other users' games and hunt them down.
Sniper Elite 5 was announced in 2019...
Vampire: The Masquerade - Swansong is the latest in the long-running line of video games based on the popular tabletop RPG series, and today IGN can exclusively reveal a new gameplay overview trailer that showcases the role-playing mechanics Swansong will offer through its different playable characters. Watch the three-minute video above.
As developer Big Bad Wolf Studio describes it, "Each of the three heroes has a character sheet that the player can fully customise. You can be an expert in speech and persuasion and dominate others, or you can develop your technology skills so you can hack computers and locks. The heroes also have vampire powers of their own: the Disciplines. For example, Leysha can Obfuscate to conceal her presence...
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Humble Games revealed a slate of new games as part of its publishing arm. Here are all the games Humble announced as part of the show including a sequel to Monaco, a 2D hack-and-slash, and a reintroduction to a musical adventure.
Monaco 2
Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine is an early success story of the indie boom. Now nearly 10 years after the release of the first game, Pocketwatch Games has officially started development on a true sequel. The developers say they're aiming to make the most comprehensive heist...
Super Fantasy Zone, Alien Soldier, and Light Crusader have been added to the Sega Genesis library of Nintendo Switch Online.
The games are available now for any users who have a Switch Online membership and its Expansion Pass, which adds access to N64 and Sega Genesis games.
Super Fantasy Zone is a shooter where players fight against the evil Dark Menon as they seek to avenge their father. IGN said a 2008 Virtual Console re-release was great, "as the game is both fun to play and fun to look at. Great music, great colour, great control."
Alien Soldier puts you in the shoes of, you guessed it, an alien soldier, who must defeat 25 bosses in this side scrolling action game. In an 8/10 Virtual Console review, IGN said "Alien Soldier is...
AMD announced two new technologies as part of its software lineup on Thursday: FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR) 2.0 and Radeon Super Resolution (RSR), which aim to get more mileage out of GPUs in a "work smarter, not harder" approach.
AMD notes that FSR 2.0 will offer better image quality than FSR 1.0 in all four of its modes (Ultra Quality, Quality, Balanced, and Performance). FSR 2.0 promises to deliver higher frame rates over its original iteration and compete more closely with DLSS 2.0. Whereas DLSS 2.0 uses machine learning, AMD's solution optimizes anti-aliasing based on temporal data.
FidelityFX Super Resolution is AMD's supersampling tech which was released last June as a competitor to Nvidia's Deep Learning Super Sampling...