If you were worried that Valve might increase the price of the Steam Deck, fear not. Co-founder Gabe Newell confirmed that the pricing for its portable gaming PC will remain untouched, although the company may look into 'higher end' new models.
During a recent interview, Newell told IGN that Valve has no plans to increase the price of any of the three original hardware configurations for the Steam Deck. "I mean, part of what you do with pricing is you're making a promise to customers. [...] But we wouldn't expect to be adjusting the SKU pricing," Newell said.
That's no surprise in and of itself. Last July, Newell said that hitting the Steam Deck price was "painful" but "critical," noting that the company had to be "very aggressive"...
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The Steam Deck is officially released today, and as the portable gaming PC begins shipping out to some buyers, Valve co-founder Gabe Newell sees the new handheld having an impact on the PC space akin to how Apple's iPhone impacted the mobile phone industry. Relatedly, he says demand has been "a lot higher than we expected."
Speaking to IGN in an interview about the Steam Deck's launch and the future, Newell was asked how long the Steam Deck had been in the works and whether the concept predated the Nintendo Switch. Newell's response was interesting, noting how the idea of playing your favorite PC games on the go has been something the space has wanted for decades, long before Nintendo launched its hybrid gaming system.
"I think every...
The Steam Deck is easily one of the most anticipated pieces of PC gaming tech since… well, maybe ever? The promise of carrying the entirety of your Steam library wherever you go on this bulky but well-designed and relatively powerful handheld gaming device is massively alluring, especially to those of us who continuously fatten our backlog with each passing Steam sale. And after a couple of weeks of gaming on Valve’s ambitious handheld PC I can say that a lot of the time it does live up to that hype, but right now, trying to review the Steam Deck is like hitting a moving target. For one thing, whether or not specific games work at a level you'll find acceptable, or at all, is a case-by-case basis. Additionally, I’ve found myself...
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.
Footage from video games has been misattributed as real footage of the war in Ukraine, with social networks beginning to ramp up attempts to stop it spreading.
Some footage appears to have been purposely doctored to represent news coverage, misleading viewers about the true status of the war. Other footage seems to be being used simply as a means of receiving engagement on social media – even if unintentional, the harmful after-effect of this kind of post is in where it is shared without context afterwards, spreading...
Elden Ring is finally here and Matt has 30 hours of playtime under his belt. He tells us whether it’s truly one of the greatest games of all time before joining Cardy and Joe in designing their “perfect’ open world games in the IGN UK Build-A-Game Workshop. What Frankenstein monster-like creations will they come up with? Listen to find out.
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Bandai Namco has apologized for a number of performance issues affecting Elden Ring players, including numerous complaints of frame rate issues on PC.
In a post on its website, the publisher acknowledged that the game is "currently experiencing some issues that are preventing the game from playing properly under some conditions," and apologized while asking for patience.
By far the biggest compaint around the game's current state is about frame rate and stuttering issues on PC. The game is currently seeing "Mixed" reviews on Steam, with many complaints focused on the above issues. That issue has been exacerbated by the fact that console versions received a patch to alleviate frame rate problems (among other things) on launch day...
Elden Ring is finally out now, and it's been verified to work well on Steam Deck – which is also released today.
Valve has already confirmed that Elden Ring, the wildly popular new release from FromSoftware, is “fully functional” on the company’s handheld gaming device.
“Valve’s testing indicates that Elden Ring is Verified on Steam Deck,” reads the compatibility checker. This game is fully functional on Steam Deck and works great with built-in controls and display.”
What exactly does this mean? Well, games that are given the “verified” status must satisfy four different criteria:
Input: The game has full controller support, uses appropriate controller input icons, and automatically brings up the on-screen keyboard when needed...
Warning: this article contains mild spoilers for Elden Ring.
In the lead up to Elden Ring’s launch, there’s been one breakout character who has been embraced by the community: Pot Boy. Later called Pot Friend by Bandai Namco, this sentient ceramic has captured the hearts of thousands.
But we’ve got bad news about the pot boys. They’re definitely not all friends.
The most famous of the pot boys is Alexander. He’s the one you may have seen in gameplay clips who is stuck in the ground in need of aid. Don’t worry about this big lad; he’s a friend, and will even clue you in on an important location.
But not every one of his kin is so friendly. Within the walls of some of Elden Ring’s dungeons, you’ll come across both small and large...
Warning: this article contains spoilers for Elden Ring’s first location.
Elden Ring has continued FromSoftware’s long running in-joke by once again including a character that Souls fans love to hate.
In Elden Ring’s opening location of Limgrave players can find Patches, the bald trickster who has constantly pulled pranks on players throughout the Soulsborne series of games.
This time around, Patches can be found in the Murkwater Cave. Should you wish to find him you’ll want to follow the river north and keep your eye out for a dungeon entrance. Once again he can be a valuable ally thanks to his collection of wares on sale (you might want to inspect his inventory before heading into Stormveil Castle) but he’ll prove a nuisance...
The venerable Gran Turismo 7 is not the only racing game being released in the next week or so that can trace its roots way back to 1997; indeed, the first seeds of Grid Legends sprouted that same year with retro racing royalty TOCA Touring Cars on PC and the original PlayStation. Mining that 25-year history for inspiration and reenlisting some long-forgotten characters, Codemasters has turned Grid Legends into a sequel to both 2019’s Grid and 2002’s TOCA Race Driver, which was the first time the studio had injected a story into the series. The live-action, documentary-style approach of Grid Legends is very different from the primitive PS2 cutscenes of the pioneering TOCA Race Driver, but it’s a story I’ve enjoyed watching unfold – even...
A number of Ukrainian game development studios, as well as members of the wider games industry have spoken up following the invasion of Ukraine by Russia late last night.
Russia's attack began on Thursday morning with Russian President Vladimir Putin announcing he would carry out "a special military operation" in Ukraine. Following his statement, attacks began in ten regions of Ukraine, including the capital Kyiv, and have since expanded across the country. Ukraine's ambassador has claimed that at least 40 troops have now been killed along with "dozens" of civilians, and Ukraine has reportedly lost its control of the Chernobyl nuclear site.
In response, Ukrainian developers including Frogwares (The Sinking City, Sherlock Holmes)...
Thank your own personal God—possibly Godwyn the Golden—it's Friday! Today, I'm using this space to signal boost a worthy cause announced by 11 Bit Studios. From their tweet: "from the next seven days, all profits from This War of Mine, all its DLCs, on all stores and platforms will go to a special fund [...] This money will be donated to the Ukranian Red Cross to directly support victims of war in Ukraine." Enough said. Stay safe, save often and see you all on Monday.
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Microsoft has announced that March 2022's Games with Gold are The Flame in the Flood, Street Power Soccer, Sacred 2: Fallen Angel, and SpongeBob's Truth or Square.
As revealed on Xbox Wire, the four Games with Gold will be available to anyone with Xbox Live Gold or Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, with The Flame in the Flood and Sacred 2: Fallen Angel available on March 1.
The Flame in the Flood is a survival game where players take control of Scout, who must venture down a treacherous river with her dog, Aesop.
In our 7/10 review, IGN said "The Flame in the Flood is a beautiful procedurally generated survival sim that gains a welcome sense of momentum from the need to stay on the move," though "its unwieldy menus and tendency to crash...
Knockout City is soon going fully free-to-play and EA is stepping away as publisher.
Developer Velan Studios announced in a blog post that it's taking over and will self-publish the dodgeball combat game when it enters its second year on the market.
These changes will come into effect when the game enters Season 6, and though Velan Studios only specified that this will be in the spring, it seems likely to occur in May based on the current season schedule and because the game originally launched in May 2021.
Knockout City Season 5, which begins on March 1, will have less content as a result of the changes: there won't be a new Brawl Pass, new map, or new ball, and there will also be less cosmetics and bundles.
Velan Studios said...
Syberia: The World Before is the fourth entry in the two-decade-old Syberia adventure game series. It spawned from the mind of the late Benoit Sokal, and in Syberia: The World Before, Microids studio is keeping the flame of the narrative adventure game burning bright. With an intriguing world, engaging puzzles, and a fascinating narrative, I am genuinely curious to see how the rest of the story plays out and see how these characters' relationships intertwine after playing the opening three chapters.
The beginning of Syberia puts you in the shoes of Dana Roze, a young woman who is trying to build a career as a pianist returning to her home of Vaghen – a town facing tensions leading up to the Second World War. Unfortunately, out of the...
2022 has already turned into a big year for fans of CD Projekt Red's Cyberpunk 2077. The developer recently delivered the long-awaited next-gen upgrade, and now Dark Horse Direct has a new wave of Cyberpunk-themed collectibles.
IGN can exclusively reveal the next three additions to Dark Horse's line of Cyberpunk 2077 figures - Adam Smasher, Judy Alvarez and Panam Palmer. Get a closer look at all three, along with a new Cyberpunk 2077 art print, in the slideshow gallery below.
While Dark Horse brands these collectibles as "Figures," they're actually non-articulated PVC statues. Judy Alvarez and Panam Palmer both measure roughly 9 inches tall, while Adam Smasher clocks in at 12 inches including his rocket launcher and oversized base...
Warning: This article contains descriptions of graphic content, including bodily mutilation, sexual content, and more. This article also contains what could be considered spoilers - proceed at your own discretion.
PlayStation versions of historical horror game Martha Is Dead recently received seemingly last-minute modifications – and we now what was removed (or modifed) and at least some of the reason as to why.
Having spoken to publisher Wired Interactive, and consulted with IGN's reviewer, we now know that the PlayStation version has removed interactivity from scenes where players slice and peel off a corpse's face and cut open a corpse's womb with scissors.
References to masturbation were also removed, and the PlayStation version...
What is Martha is Dead? Three words that neither Batman nor Superman ever want to hear. I’m sorry, but I feel the need to open this review with a joke since things are going to get pretty dark from here. Martha is Dead spins a torturous tale of psychological horror that focuses on the tragic death of a young woman and the subsequent mental and emotional torment suffered by her surviving twin sister, all set against the backdrop of one of the most harrowing times in human history, World War II. This feel-bad romp takes you on a trip through a small but fastidiously crafted slice of Italian countryside and into body horror-heavy nightmares that are not for the squeamish. It’s an engrossing and at times gruesome five-hour journey, but one...
Elden Ring has seen the release of a 1.02 patch that addresses a few elements, such as controls and frame rate drops – and Bandai Namco says you should update before playing the game.
Announced in a news post, the 1.02 patch is coming for PlayStation and Xbox versions of the game, with no word on a PC equivalent just yet. The patch is primarily being used "to improve the stability of the gameplay."
You can check out the full patch notes below:
Elden Ring 1.02 Patch Notes
Improved player controls
Addition and adjustment of BGM
Text adjustments
Balance adjustments
NPC event fixes and adjustments
Fixed frame rate drops under certain conditions
Fixed text bug in some languages
Fixed a bug that prevented the Xbox wireless headset from...
Final Fantasy 6 Pixel Remaster includes a bizarre omission, adapting the lengthy original opening credits sequence – but leaving off the actual credits themselves. The result is a two-minute scene of watching mechs walk across an empty landscape.
The recent Pixel Remasters of Final Fantasy have come under fire for a few unpopular changes to the original games, but this might be the strangest so far. As you can see in this video, the original version of FF6 included a scene that invoked classic cinema, as a sweeping score accompanied the opening credits while we saw the kidnapping of key character, Terra.
As noted by shinimomi on Twitter (below), the Pixel Remaster entirely removes the credit text. IGN has independently confirmed that...
Considering you might be asked to pay up to £70 for a new video game in the UK right now, Elden Ring is seemingly an outlier and a certified bargain to boot. Costing just £45 from Amazon for the Launch Edition, this is probably one of the most affordable new games to launch in a long while. While PS5 exclusives and the likes of Battlefield, Call of Duty, or FIFA publishers are looking to charge British gamers a premium to play on new-gen consoles - Elden Ring is cross-generation, and costs the same across the board.
£70 is a huge ask for gamers in the UK, considering the average price for a new game has been about £55 for a few years at least. But, Elden Ring is even undercutting that, dropping to just £45 on PS5, PS4, and Xbox. This...
Leaders in the games industry have spoken at length about how video games are the original metaverse, which is quite convenient for the games industry. But now Avengers: Endgame director Joe Russo agrees that if the metaverse comes to fruition, gaming will be the leader.
“I think the revolution comes from the gaming side because that’s where the technology is,” Russo says in a conversation with Epic Games chief creative officer Donald Mustard at the annual DICE Summit.
In a talk titled, ‘The Future of Media: World Building and Universe Expansion’ the two spoke at length about the future of technology, especially in media and storytelling. Russo in particular is convinced “The future is going to be virtual.”
Russo says that the...
The 25th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards are nearly here and, in 2022, the game awards show from the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences (AIAS) will be back in person at the Mandalay Bay Resort in Las Vegas after going completely virtual last year.
This year, the peer-juried D.I.C.E. Awards will feature 59 nominated games competing in 23 categories, and Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart leads the way with nine nominations.
IGN is the official media partner of the 25th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards and that means you'll be able to stream the entire event live right here with us. As usual, this watch guide will provide you with everything you need to know to watch the show, including when it starts, a list of places you can watch it with us, the full...
We liked it and, preorder-wise, you shoulda put a ring on it. FromSoftware's latest is a towering, 10/10 achievement that should have been secured several yesterdays ago. That being said, you still have time to stake your claim on a true genre-advancing adventure with these deals. Buy Elden Ring now while stocks last; die later on. Repeatedly...for about, oh, 80+ hours.
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If you want to know whether or not you are in the first wave of Steam Deck shipments, you won't have to wait much longer. Valve has announced new details regarding the Steam Deck's February 25 launch.
Beginning at 10am PT / 1pm ET that day, Valve will send out emails to reservation holders that are included in the first wave of shipments. (That's also when IGN will post our reviewer's impressions of the Steam Deck.) The emails will go out to the addresses that are associated with the Steam account used to place the $5 reservation for the portable gaming PC.
As Valve previously stated, reservation holders will have 72 hours to complete the purchase of the Steam Deck model they reserved. Failure to finalize the purchase within that...
EA chief operating officer Laura Miele says it’s on the games industry to build a better online community and how it’s not as hard a challenge as one would expect.
At the annual DICE Summit, Miele delivered a keynote address that covered a range of topics from the metaverse to the state of the industry. One element Miele touched on was how the games industry is uniquely positioned to improve all the various burgeoning metaverses and social networks currently in the works.
Miele cites EA’s work with games like Apex Legends and how the community improved itself without bans or other punitive measures. “85% of players who receive feedback about their behavior under the Positive Play charter changed their behavior. We didn’t have to ban...
Elden Ring has been one of the gaming community's most anticipated games for years, and its review scores appear to be living up to the hype. Right now, Elden Ring is one of the highest-scoring games on Metacritic and OpenCritic. The two websites compile scores from various outlets, giving an average score that's usually a pretty good indicator of the general critical consensus on a game.
Over on Metacritic, the PlayStation 5 version of Elden Ring has a score of 97, tied with the likes of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Grand Theft Auto V, Metroid Prime, and more. Only four games have ever scored a 98, and The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time stands alone at 99. And on OpenCritic, Elden Ring is currently tied with Super Mario...
EA CEO Andrew Wilson reportedly told his staff in November 2021 that the FIFA license has been an "impediment" to EA's hopes for its football games.
Citing sources familiar with the conversation, VideoGamesChronicle reports that Wilson told staff in an internal meeting that FIFA (the organization) had kept EA from expanding FIFA (the games) into additional modes beyond a standard 11 vs. 11 or "broader digital ecosystems." Wilson also reportedly stated that the only value EA received from FIFA in a non-World Cup year was "four letters on the front of the box."
“I’m going to be more open… more open than I’ve been with the outside world,” Wilson reportedly said, when asked why EA was considering breaking up with FIFA. “We’ve had a great...
2022 has the potential to be the biggest year for new video games since 2017 — a standout year that brought us Breath of the Wild, Super Mario Odyssey, Horizon Zero Dawn, Persona 5, Resident Evil 7, Nier: Automata, Assassin’s Creed Origins, and so much more. And now, less than two months into the year, that potential is being realized: 10 games released in 2022 have already been awarded a review score of 8 or higher from IGN.
To keep track of the year’s best new releases we’ve compiled this running list of every new, standalone game (no DLC) that received an 8 ("Great”), 9 (“Amazing”), or 10 (“Masterpiece'') from IGN. Click through the gallery below or continue scrolling for our full list of 2022's best games, ordered from lowest...
Your free PlayStation Plus games for March 2022 are Ark: Survival Evolved, Team Sonic Racing, and Ghostrunner's PS5 version, and the standalone version of the multiplayer Ghost of Tsushima: Legends is also being added.
All games will be available to download from March 1 to April 4. After that, you'll need to have an active PlayStation Plus subscription to keep the games. If you're still playing on a PS4, unfortunately you won't be able to get Ghostrunner.
If survival games featuring robot dinosaurs (but not those robot dinosaurs) are your thing, check out our review of Ark: Survival Evolved for a taste of prehistoric battle. It's worth noting that if you're already an Xbox/PC Game Pass subscriber, the service recently added Ark...