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Squid Game Knockoffs Are Blowing Up on Roblox

One of the biggest shows currently on Netflix is the South Korean import Squid Game. Now fan-made Squid Game experiences are popping up all over Roblox. Squid Game was released on September 17 and has quickly become one of the most buzzed-about shows on Netflix, becoming the first South Korean television show to hit the number one spot in Netflix’s Top 10. This popularity seems to be reaching across mediums as in recent days fan-made games based on the same deadly challenges seen in Squid Game have begun cropping up all over Roblox. There are already several Squid Game Roblox remakes on the site’s “Popular” section, which is impressive as a recent investigation by People Make Games reveals just how difficult it is to get your game...

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Hot Wheels Unleashed Review

Perhaps best described as a head-on collision between an itty-bitty Burnout and a tiny Trackmania Turbo, Hot Wheels Unleashed is an endearing arcade stunt racer that feels great and looks absolutely remarkable. With tracks creatively weaved through lavishly detailed, life-sized environments, and brimming with a catalogue of cars spilled straight out of the toy bucket, developer Milestone’s decision to double down on a brand of racing 64 times smaller than usual has been a consummate success. Highly accessible yet full of advanced techniques, devilish shortcuts, and creative tools to master, Hot Wheels Unleashed is one of the best, most customisable, and most imaginative arcade racers I’ve played in at least a decade. Hot Wheels...

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Overwatch 2: Blizzard Reveals New Abilities For Bastion and Sombra

Activision Blizzard is currently facing serious ongoing allegations of harassment and mistreatment of marginalized workers. To learn more, please visit our timeline as well as our in-depth report on the subject. Overwatch 2's Game Director Aaron Keller and Lead Hero Designer Geoff Goodman have revealed substantial character reworks for Bastion and Sombra that have been made for the upcoming sequel. As well as sporting a charismatic new cap and slightly streamlined design, Bastion will see a number of changes in Overwatch 2 to make the battle automaton play rather differently. "For starters, he no longer has his Self-Repair button at all. It's just gone," says Goodman. "Instead, he now has a brand-new ability that's bound to...

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Marvel's Avengers Spider-Man DLC Will Have Story and Cutscenes

Crystal Dynamics, the developer behind Marvel's Avengers, has confirmed that the PlayStation-exclusive Spider-Man DLC will have story content and cutscenes when it makes its long-awaited debut. As spotted by MP1ST, Crystal Dynamics' Senior Producer Dan Matlack responded to a fan's question on the official Marvel's Avengers Discord server that asked whether or not everyone's favourite webhead would come with his own storyline. "Spider-Man is what we call an 'event' so he will have cutscenes and a story for sure," Matlack replied. Matlack then went on to give fans a further glimpse at details of the game's first ever Raid, in which players will battle with Klaw, the primary villain of the Marvel's Avengers' last expansion, War for...

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Bethesda Buys Deathloop Voice Actor a PS5 so He Can Play His Own Game

Bethesda has bought a PlayStation 5 for Deathloop's Jason Kelley after the voice actor told fans he didn't have a copy of the game or a console to experience it on. Just as Deathloop was about to launch, a short promo clip on the game's official Twitter account featured Jason Kelley, the voice actor for protagonist Colt, saying: "I cannot wait for you guys to get your hands on this video game. If anyone can get me a copy and a PlayStation 5, I would appreciate it." This made it clear that Kelley didn't own a copy of Deathloop or a PlayStation 5 to play it on While a number of fans congratulated Kelley on his performance in the game, Pete Hines - Senior Vice President of Communications at Deathloop publisher Bethesda - appeared to...

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Aussie Deals: Half Off an Uncharted Triple Pack, 90% Off Retro Classics, and More!

Let's kick these weekly bargains off with a bit of food for thought. It's worth knowing that the chief executive of Australia Post recently flagged a "Christmas supply crunch" on the horizon. Long story short: maybe grab a cheap deal on a gift idea now-now. Squirrel something away. It beats the scenario where you're forced to put on a world-class poker face as you hand someone a really nicely wrapped bus pass. Notable Sales for Nintendo Switch Purchase Cheaply for PC Exciting Offers for XO/XS Product Savings for PS4/PS5 Sign up to get the best Aussie gaming deals sent straight to your inbox! Adam's an Aussie deals wrangler who actually gave somebody a bus pass once. You can almost never find him @Grizwords Continue...

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Demon Slayer: The Hinokami Chronciles - The Final Preview

CyberConnect2 has established itself as one of the best in the business when it comes to anime-to-video-game adaptations, with the Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm series standing tall as some of the most faithful and visually spectacular of that group, along with Dragon Ball Z Kakarot offering up an extremely respectable take on the storied legacy of DBZ. The team’s next project is the truly excellent anime, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, and based on my early experience with The Hinokami Chronicles, it’s exactly what you’d expect from CyberConnect2: absolutely jaw-dropping recreations of Demon’s Slayer’s most memorable story moments, approachable combat with some of the wildest super moves you’ll ever see, and more than a few rough...

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The Witcher: Vesemir Explained - Who Is Geralt's Mentor in Season 2

Season 2 of The Witcher kicks off in December, bringing a significant expansion of the show’s cast of characters and notable casting that includes Bridgerton’s Adjoa Andoh as the priestess Nenneke and Game of Thrones’ Kristofer Hivju as the cursed noble Nivellen. One of the most significant new characters is Vesemir, who will be played by Kim Bodnia of Killing Eve (despite rumors at one point that the role would go to Mark Hamill). During Netflix’s Tudum presentation, the streaming giant released a new Witcher franchise trailer, with never-before-seen footage from Season 2, including our first up-close look at Bodnia’s portrayal of the famous Witcher. Netflix has built anticipation for his appearance and provided viewers with a way...

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2K Wanted BioShock on Phones, Here's How One Dev Team Pulled it Off

The mid to late 2000s featured a particularly prevalent trend of extending a game’s reach by porting it to as many platforms as possible, regardless of whether or not those platforms were a good fit. Games like Need for Speed: Most Wanted, 007: Quantum of Solace, and Cars 2, alongside so many more, saw releases on consoles and PC, as expected, but also saw downgraded or drastically different versions hit handhelds like the PSP, Nintendo DS, and even mobile phones. The trend hit a number of major console and PC games of the era. Perhaps, most surprisingly, the acclaimed first-person adventure BioShock saw the release of a mobile port known as BioShock 3D. Though there’s a tendency to wave away the handheld or mobile versions of console...

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World War Z: Aftermath Review

With the Aftermath expansion, World War Z is a much different game than when it debuted in 2019, and overwhelmingly for the better. With more episodes to rampage through, a greater selection of playable classes, and dozens of major quality-of-life improvements (like zombies no longer being able to pull you off ledges and devour you in the most unfair manner imaginable, for example), there’s a lot to love about it these days. Aftermath is the next major step for this sleeper hit and one that mostly succeeds at moving the zombie-filled shooter in the right direction. That said, with ongoing online issues, forgettable stories, and some gameplay growing pains, it still has plenty of room to grow. One of the more noteworthy things...

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Halo Infinite: Release Date, Gameplay, and What We Know So Far

Halo Infinite remains to be on the top of gamers' minds despite all the reworks and delays the game has gone through. Although Xbox and developer 343 Industries have shown a few trailers and little gameplay of the Master Chief's next adventure, there's plenty of information to mine out of them. If you're looking for everything you need to know about Halo Infinite, from the release date to all the new weapons in the game, you've come to the right place. When is the Halo Infinite Release Date? Halo Infinite will release on December 8, 2021. The game was slated for a Holiday 2021 release date until the official release date was announced during an Opening Night Live Stream at Gamescom 2021. Halo Infinite will also be available on Xbox...

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Nintendo Direct September 2021: Everything Announced

Nintendo's latest Direct has arrived and brought with it some big updates for the Nintendo Switch. Alongside announcing the Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack membership that will add N64 and SEGA Genesis games, Nintendo also unveiled Kirby and the Forgotten Land, the first gameplay trailer for Bayonetta 3, new Splatoon 3 gameplay, an expansion for Monster Hunter Rise, and so much more. To ensure sure you don't miss a single announcement, we've included all the news and trailers from the latest Nintendo Direct. Kirby and the Forgotten Land Is an Adorable-Looking New Adventure Headed to Switch Kirby and the Forgotten Land is a 3D adorable adventure launching on Nintendo Switch in Spring 2022. This game features wide-open areas...

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The Mario Movie's Cast Is Bonkers and More Nintendo Direct Reactions - NVC 579

Welcoooome to Nintendo Voice Chat! On this live Nintendo Direct post show, the NVC crew breaks down the craziest reveals from this week's Nintendo Direct, including the wild Mario movie cast. Join Casey DeFreitas, Peer Schneider, Brian Altano, and Seth Macy as they discuss Bayonetta 3's long-awaited reveal, the new 3D Kirby game, Chris Pratt, and a whole lot more. NVC is available on your preferred platforms! Spotify Apple iTunes Stitcher Podbay PlayerFM Podbean You can also Download NVC 576 Directly Here You can listen to NVC on your preferred platform every Thursday at 3pm PT/6pm ET. Have a question for Question Block? Write to us at nvc@ign.com and we may pick your question! Also, make sure to join the Nintendo Voice Chat...

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Life Is Strange Remastered Collection Arrives This February

We already knew that Life is Strange: Remastered Collection, a compilation of the first two installments with enhanced visuals and animations. And today, Square Enix has announced that the game will be available on all major platforms on February 1, 2022. The game was supposed to release on September 30 of this year, but in August, it was announced that the game would be delayed into next year, citing ongoing challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic as the main reason for pushing back the game's release date. Life is Strange: Remastered Collection bundles the first Life is Strange and its prequel Before the Storm. The game was announced in March as part of Square Enix Presents live stream. In addition to enhanced visuals and animations...

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Fortnite Adds Venom: Let There Be Carnage and Tom Hardy-Inspired Venom and Eddie Brock Outfit

In celebration Venom: Let There Be Carnage, Fortnite has added a new Tom Hardy-inspired Eddie Brock Outfit that features a Venom Unleased Emote that will transform him into a Venom that looks just like the one found in the upcoming film. Revealed by The Fortnite Team, this Outfit joins the Carnage one from Fortnite's Chapter 2 Season 8 Battle Pass and another comic-based Venom Outfit that was added in November 2020. While this Outfit starts you out as Eddie Brock and won't turn you into Venom until you use the built-in Venom Unleashed Emote, you can choose to start as Venom by selecting that Style in the Locker. Additionally, players can turn back into Eddie by using the same Emote in-game. The Eddie Brock Outfit also comes with...

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Halo Infinite's Full Technical Preview Schedule Revealed By 343 Industries

343 Industries has revealed the full schedule for the latest Halo Infinite Multiplayer Technical Preview for the weekends of September 23 - 26 and September 30 - October 4. 343 shared the details on Halo Waypoint, also saying that the goal of this weekend's preview is to "test our services and systems at scale, gather data on a breadth of real-world hardware configurations, and obtain feedback on Arena, Training Mode, as well as the new Halo Waypoint web and app experiences." During the weekend of September 30 - October 4, "Big Team Battle will go live and take it up a notch." While Training Mode and Weapon Drills in this Halo Infinite Multiplayer Technical Preview will be playable the entirety of both weekends, there will be...

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Hearth & Home - Valheim's Long Voyage Through Early Access

Valheim took the gaming world by storm when it hit early access in February this year. A complex survival game crafted by the (then) five-person strong Iron Gate Studio out of Sweden, the launch nabbed a 9/10 review and by March had more than one million players per team member. Seven months later, and it's streaking back up the player count charts on Steam again thanks to the release of "Hearth and Home", Valheim's first major update. The content drop brings with it an array of changes for all facets of the game — new building possibilities, new items to find (particularly in the Mountains), new food to cook and more. For some, seven months is a long time to wait between drinks, though veterans of other survival games like...

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The Initiative Is Teaming Up With Crystal Dynamics to Develop the New Perfect Dark Game

The Initiative has announced that it will be partnering with Marvel's Avengers and Tomb Raider's Crystal Dynamics to develop the upcoming reboot of Perfect Dark. The Initiative shared the news on Twitter, saying that the two teams "couldn't pass up a chance to work together." "Perfect Dark update! We are partnering with Crystal Dynamics, the world class team behind character-driven games such as Tomb Raider, to bring this first-person spy thriller to a new generation," The Initiative wrote. "The teams couldn’t pass up a chance to work together. We’re still early in development, but incredibly excited to use this unique opportunity to deliver on the vision for Perfect Dark!" Crystal Dynamics Quote Tweeted The Initiative's Tweet...

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Aussie Deals: Half-Price PlayStation Hits, Nintendo eShop Sale, and More!

Once again, it's time to adios the working week in favour of hours upon hours of gaming. What will you play, though? Maybe it should be some of the must-own first-party PS4 titles that went 52% off overnight. Perhaps you'll dive into the eShop for some choice savings on Nintendo's exclusives. All these cracking deals (and more) await you below! Notable Sales for Nintendo Switch Purchase Cheaply for PC Exciting Offers for XO/XS Product Savings for PS4/PS5 Sign up to get the best Aussie gaming deals sent straight to your inbox! Adam's an Aussie deals wrangler who spends too much of his income on the bargains he finds. You can occasionally find him @Grizwords. Continue reading...

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The Shadowrun Trilogy Is Coming to Switch in 2022

The Shadowrun Trilogy is coming to Nintendo Switch in 2022. The collection of cult classic RPGs feature turn based combat, branching narrative paths, and more. They take place in a dystopian future, and are described as, "cyberpunk-meets-fantasy." Paradox Interactive's trilogy includes Shadowrun Returns, Shadowrun Dragonfall - Director's Cut, and Shadowrun Hong Kong - Extended Edition. The trilogy is already available on PC. The games take place in locations across the globe, including Seattle, Berlin, and Hong Kong. The trailer showed off combat reminiscent of XCOM. In our original Shadowrun Returns review, we called the game "good," saying, "the light tactical combat has enough depth to make it a worthwhile adventure." The...

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Monster Hunter Rise Sunbreak DLC Announced for 2022

Capcom has announced the first major expansion for Monster Hunter Rise titled Sunbreak. The next expansion is set to release in summer 2022. The brief trailer showcased a terrifying new monster perched over dilapidated gothic ruins. Capcom is promising a new story, new locales, monsters, and hunting actions, and quest ranks when Sunbreak is released next year. Capcom highlighted the "eerie new setting" in the trailer but says more details on the upcoming expansion plus new monsters and gameplay will be revealed soon. Monster Hunter Rise is the most recent, mainline Monster Hunter game and introduced several new gameplay mechanics and monsters. Although it was a more traditional Monster Hunter experience, gameplay advances and...

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Disco Elysium Gets Nintendo Switch Release Date

Disco Elysium: The Final Cut, the lauded story-driven role-playing game about being a total failure of a detective, has finally gotten itself a Switch release date: Oct. 12. A physical version of the game for the Switch will be available in early 2022. Pre-orders for the digital version begin today. During today's Nintendo Direct presentation, Disco Elysium: The Final Cut got the release date announcement after months of anticipation, showing some footage of the game's shabby hero of a detective and the mystery he stumbles through in the world of Elysium. Disco Elysium: The Final Cut has been out for a while on consoles after making the leap away from PC exclusivity, having dropped on PS4, PS5, and Stadia back in March. It's...

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Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic for Nintendo Switch Release Date Announced

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic is coming to Nintendo Switch on November 11. The classic BioWare Star Wars RPG is coming to Nintendo Switch this year, joining several classic Star Wars games already on the system like Star Wars Episode 1: Racer and Star Wars Republic Commando. Knight of the Old Republic is one of the most beloved western RPGs and a fantastic take on the Star Wars universe. Players can create a character and choose whether to become a Jedi or be tempted by the ways of the dark side. The version coming to the Switch is a port of the original Knights of the Old Republic and not the recently announced remake coming to PlayStation 5 and PC. Check out IGN's original Knights of the Old Republic review for our...

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Final Fantasy 14 Players Are Asking For Better Cyber Safety Features

Final Fantasy 14 players are asking Square for better cyber safety features to prevent harassment in the game. A Reddit post on Thursday that has gathered almost 4,000 upvotes at the time of writing outlines several issues Square could take to prevent in-game stalking. Primarily how character names are easy to find on Square's Lodestone database, which can reveal a character's location, server, appearance, and more. Unfriending a user also only removes them from the person who unfriended them. So, any unfriended user can visit the Lodestone database to find the user who wants to unfriend them. Users can also be matched with players who they have blacklisted. Final Fantasy players are simply asking for the option to make Lodestone...

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Diablo 2: Resurrected Review in Progress

Activision Blizzard is currently facing serious ongoing allegations of harassment and mistreatment of marginalized workers. To learn more, please visit our timeline as well as our in-depth report on the subject. Diablo 2: Resurrected has arrived, and I've had a couple of days’ head start. I've been smashing demons aside for enough hours that I’m now breaking into Act 3 and I am absolutely not bored – I'm honestly delighted. I probably played hundreds (but I'd wager less than a thousand) hours of Diablo 2 between 2000 and 2007, and Resurrected absolutely scratches an itch for a style of game that's not really made anymore – not just aesthetically, but mechanically. It’s all coming back. I mean, the mood of this game is just superb...

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Diablo 2: Resurrected is Suffering From Familiar Server Problems

Activision Blizzard is currently facing serious ongoing allegations of harassment and mistreatment of marginalized workers. To learn more, please visit our timeline as well as our in-depth report on the subject. Another launch for an online game, another launch with day one server issues. It's rare today that a game with online connectivity launches without server issues, and unfortunately for Paladins, Necromancers, Barbarians, and other players around the globe, Diablo 2: Resurrected is not without its own problems. Players are reporting server issues that prevent them from even playing the game, and these same issues are preventing players from seeing existing characters or creating new ones, too. Earlier today, Blizzard...

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Classic Disney Games The Lion King, Aladdin and The Jungle Book Coming to Modern Consoles

The classic Jungle Book game is coming to modern consoles this fall, alongside The Lion King and Aladdin. The updated collection is coming to Switch, PS4, Xbox One, and PC on November 9 for $29.99. Put together by publisher Nighthawk Interactive and development studio Digital Eclipse, this bundle will include everything from 2019's Disney Classic Games: Aladdin and The Lion King, plus the Super Nintendo version of Aladdin and both console and handheld versions of The Jungle Book. Here's a game list of everything that was originally part of this bundle: Disney’s Aladdin - SEGA Genesis version Disney’s Aladdin - Game Boy version Disney’s Aladdin Final Cut - Includes additional content Disney’s Aladdin Trade Show Demo The Lion King -...

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Call of Duty Vanguard's Subreddit Mocks the Game's Audio By Calling it 'Historically Accurate'

Activision Blizzard is currently facing serious ongoing allegations of harassment and mistreatment of marginalized workers. To learn more, please visit our timeline as well as our in-depth report on the subject. Call of Duty Vanguard's subreddit has taken to poking fun at the upcoming game's audio design by claiming that it is "historically accurate". COD Vanguard recently ran an open beta for players to jump into the fray and test out their multiplayer skills. As well as giving fans the chance to get to grips with some of the Vanguard's new features, the beta also allowed developer Sledgehammer Games to receive feedback on a number of the game's elements. One such feature that players felt didn't live up to expectations was...

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Halo Infinite's Big Team Battle Has a Cool Area That's Also a Sly Destiny Reference

343 Industries recently showed off some more multiplayer action for Halo Infinite ahead of the game's back-to-back multiplayer tech previews starting this weekend. PC gameplay of a Big Team Battle CTF match on Fragmentation showed a little more of what fans can expect from Infinite when it launches later this year as well as an introduction to the game's very own loot cave – seemingly a reference to Halo creator Bungie's Destiny. As broadcast from Halo's official YouTube channel, community director Brian Jarrard was joined by Fernando Reyez Medina to speak about some of the gameplay elements shown off in Big Team Battle. During the match, (starting at around the 9:17 in the video below), the pair come across a large fortified door...

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Konami’s eFootball Doesn't Support Cross-Save or Cross-Progression Yet

When Konami’s eFootball launches in full later this year, the football sim will feature cross-play between PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X and mobile devices – but cross-save and cross-progression between these systems won’t be supported. Hopefully, that won't always be the case. Following IGN’s two-hour hands-on preview of eFootball, Konami confirmed to IGN that “eFootball does not currently support cross-progression or cross-save between different platforms, however we aspire to include this in future.” Cross-save and cross-progression would mean that you could carry your eFootball profile, saves and associated purchases across various platforms. So before heading out, you could upload your Creative League progress from your...

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