Mega Crit has published Slay the Spire 2 patch notes for beta version 0.104.0 as it attempts to fine-tune balance to make the experience "more accessible for a wide range of players."
Details on the latest update for the deckbuilder roguelike sequel were published in a post on its Steam page. In addition to the usual rundown of bug fixes, new art, and writing tweaks, the patch notes came with a message from the developer that explained the reasoning behind some of the changes.
When speaking about Ascensions, Mega Crit said it feels the base difficulty has proven to be too challenging for some players. The new update should make things feel a bit more balanced as the team works to deliver an overall experience to its liking.
"We're...
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Los Angeles, California and Shinjuku, Japan will be the first recipients of Square Enix's officially licensed cafes. The veteran game publisher announced today that it would open locations on both sides of the Pacific, with both locations set to open this spring.
"The cafe spaces will offer menu items inspired by multiple Square Enix IPs, while the adjoining shop spaces will carry a wide selection of official merchandise," the company said in a press release. No further details have been announced just yet, such as what Square Enix game-inspired menu items would be available to eat and drink or what unique merch will be exclusive to each location.
The Los Angeles location will be operated by J-Pop Culture Cafe Inc. at 316 E. 1st St...
Check out this brand new deal on a high-capacity, high-output power bank. For a limited time, Amazon is offering the AsperX 20,000 165W Power Bank for just $39.99 with free shipping after you apply coupon code "EWU466XG". You do not need to be an Amazon Prime member to get this deal. This power bank has both a high battery capacity and high output that make it the perfect complement for power hungry handheld gaming PCs and laptops.
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The AsperX is a candy bar style power bank with a unibody aluminum shell that gives it a premium feel and helps with heat dissipation. There are a total of three outputs: one 2ft 100W USB-C retractable cable, one 100W USB-C port, and one 30W USB-A port. The...
The next expansion for the critically acclaimed MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV has been revealed; it's called FFXIV Evercold and it's coming January 2027.
The teaser trailer dropped during the FFIXV Fan Fest keynote and showed the Warrior of Light and the Scions of the Seventh Dawn crossing into a new realm that appears to be freezing over. If you've been keeping up with the FFXIV Dawntrail 7.x patch series, you'll recognize the new character Halmarut and her role in bringing the characters of FFXIV between worlds. This marks the beginning of a new story arc for the MMORPG that's being called "The Godless Realms Saga."
For FFXIV players, what you need to know is that we're going to the Fourth, a new reflection separate from anywhere we've...
A number of official Bladur’s Gate 3 books have been announced, including an Astarion prequel, a reproduction of the Necromancy of Thay, a coloring book, and a cookbook.
Penguin Random House announced a new publishing program based on Larian’s masterful Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, which it said has seen over 15 million players since launching in 2023. The program will include “a variety of books that bring the game’s immersive world, deep love, and unforgettable characters to the page.” It's available to preorder at Amazon now.
Random House Worlds will publish Baldur’s Gate 3: Astarion by award-winning, New York Times bestselling fantasy author T. Kingfisher on September 29, 2026.
Here’s the official blurb:
Meanwhile...
Publisher EA and developer Battlefield Studios have offered further clarification for their Battlefield 6 2026 roadmap after recently bombarding players with major reveals and big promises last week.
The team behind the multiplayer first-person shooter took to its official Discord to shed light on some of the community’s burning questions. It came not only as a response to the feedback they have received since revealing Season 3, 4, and 5 content last week but, hopefully, as a sign that BF Studios will deliver consistent communication in the future.
"Thank you to everyone who shared their thoughts on last week's 2026 roadmap,” the message said. "Seeing the response has meant a lot to the team, and we're genuinely grateful to have you...
Capcom has celebrated Resident Evil Requiem passing another sales milestone, and provided its director with two giant cakes to mark the occasion.
Resident Evil Requiem has now sold more than 7 million copies since its launch last month. That's up by a million on our last official tally, confirmed in mid-April.
Requiem has been breaking sales records for the franchise since its release, when it shifted a stunning 5 million copies in just five days — making it the fastest-selling Resident Evil game in the whole franchise.
Now, director Koshi Nakanishi has revealed Requiem's latest sales achievement via a story on his Instagram, which shows staff members celebrating alongside two towering Resident Evil Requiem-themed cakes. A Leon cake...
Konami has officially revealed a Silent Hill: Townfall Steelbook bundle exclusive to the UK and Europe.
The physical edition features striking new artwork created by the concept art team at ScreenBurn (the Glasgow-based studio developing the game).
The Silent Hill: Townfall Steelbook bundle is currently listed as an exclusive for the UK and European markets, with preorders now officially open on Amazon UK.
Curiously, Konami has still not confirmed an official release date for the game itself.
This is becoming a recent trend for the publisher. Konami has also rolled out a nearly identical strategy for its Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 2 steelbook.
Though MGS preorders have yet to go live despite Konami's intended...
Ever since the new Fable got its big gameplay reveal in January, fans have been comparing it to the originals, and pointing out some of the beloved features from the Xbox and 360 trilogy that haven't made the cut.
One of those beloved features is the morality-based character morphing system, which altered the appearance of your character based on their actions in the world. For example, if you were “good” you’d spawn a halo over your head, but lace your acts with “evil” intentions and you’d see devil horns sprouting from it.
IGN spoke to Peter Molyneux, who led Fable developer Lionhead and who has just released his new game, Masters of Albion, into early access on Steam, to get his thoughts on the lack of the fan-favorite feature...
My last thought before dying for what felt like the eighth time on Thanh Hoa Bridge was that I had a guy pinned inside a shack. I lined up at the door frame, breathed out, and waited for him to emerge from cover. Then his squadmate, whom I hadn't even imagined would be waiting nearby, sniped me from a hundred meters behind me. As soon as I heard the distant crack of the shot, I found myself back on the redeploy screen. The entire two-hour preview of Hell Let Loose: Vietnam unfolded much the same way. Around the 90-minute mark, I began to truly respect what Expression Games had built: a truly hardcore 50v50 Vietnam-era milsim that pulls no punches, rewarding sharp tactical interplay as quickly as it punishes its absence.
Welcome to Hell...
Blizzard has formally apologized to fans, acknowledging its latest World of Warcraft patch "was not up to our standards."
In a brief apology posted to Reddit and social media overnight, the team admitted the launch of 12.0.5 "disrupted your time and caused justified frustration," and said it was "working around the clock" to address the issues the new patch spawned.
World of Warcraft's 12.0.5 patch introduced a new hide-and-seek mode, fishing, and more PvE opportunities to level up your gear, but it seems to have debuted to almost universal dismay across the community. For instance, the map still showed where the seekers were hiding, and Blizzard similarly forgot to turn off the Track Humanoids ability, too. There were also a lot of...
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is celebrating the first anniversary of its release with a free update that adds new cosmetic options for the game's full party.
Fresh haircuts for Gustave, Verso, Maelle, Lune, Sciel and Monoco are now available to claim in-game and equip, giving the gang a fashionable look that's fit for a first anniversary shindig.
Indeed, developer Sandfall Interactive revealed today's update with fresh artwork of the game's cast, sporting their new styles. Maybe this is the game's true ending, after all — something developer Sandfall Interactive previously said it never considered.
Apart from the new haircuts, a handful of bug fixes have also been added today — though nothing particularly major. Following success at...
Ubisoft has reassured fans concerned by the minimal blood seen in yesterday's Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced reveal.
During the game's big livestream premiere, numerous viewers commented on the lack of claret seen in Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced gameplay, leaving action sequences looking oddly sanitized. In response, producer Justin Ng has now addressed the situation via social media, and confirmed that gameplay shown during the reveal had been "toned down."
"A few things to quickly address I guess (without getting into trouble hopefully)," Ng wrote on X/Twitter. "There WILL be blood in the final game, and it will not be a paid DLC. We hear the feedback on the VFX and audio cues on fight. It's being toned down."
The...
Sega is dragging its older games and franchises back into the spotlight again with its new initiative, Sega Universe.
Tagged "No Old, Stay Gold," the program revolves around games and characters "born in the past, transcending generations and borders" that continue to live on, even beyond games, Sega said.
"Everything created here remains in someone's memory and is passed on to the next generation," the company said, before presenting us with a nostalgic YouTube video then takes us through misspent youths spent with OutRun, Sonic the Hedgehog, Rent a Hero, and more, before cutting to the familiar "Say–GAH!" sound sting.
The site lists nine of its most iconic back catalog franchises: Fantasy Zone, OutRun, Streets of Rage, Rent a...
Crimson Desert got a huge update this week, and among the many changes it brought, it added new difficulty settings. Now, Pearl Abyss’ single-player open world action adventure has easy, normal, and hard difficulties for players to work through.
Hard difficulty makes it so food item effects won’t be applied immediately, and will only take effect after the consumption animation is complete. This makes it impossible to recover health by spamming food, as so many players had been doing, especially in boss fights. In hard difficulty you also take more damage, and the maximum health, aggressiveness, and overall speed of opponents is increased. You also get a reduced timing window for parry and dodge, reduced invincibility duration for roll...
IGN's multi-day in-person fan event is set to showcase the biggest names in games and entertainment. The all ages event will take place June 6th and 7th at the Magic Box in downtown LA and streams globally across IGN platforms. Tickets are on sale now.
In the lead-up to the show, we’ll be revealing all of the cool guests, games, shows, movies, and merch that will be on hand to celebrate.
Bookmark this page and keep checking back between now and June for a complete list of everything that’s at store for IGN Live.
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The Legend of Vox Machina Season 4 from Critical Role, Titmouse, and Prime...
Assassin's Creed: Black Flag Resynced, Ubisoft's long-awaited pirate game remake, will feature major changes when it launches on July 9 — with the addition of new story quests and characters, but the removal of several key features.
In a detailed presentation on the game attended by IGN, Ubisoft explained that it had decided to focus solely on the single-player story of Black Flag's pirate-turned-Assassin Edward Kenway, meaning that the game's Freedom Cry DLC has not been integrated, its original multiplayer mode has been ditched, and its previous playable modern day sections have been excised.
Some small modern day story offering will still be included, it sounded like, though the exact details of this are unclear. One things for...
Get your first look at the just-announced Olympus Rangers, a creature battler from developer Mechano and publisher Jandusoft that lets you build and fully customize your team, compete in multiple battle modes, and even mod your own avatars, stages, moves, and rules – then upload them to Steam Workshop to share with other players. It even supports 2D sprite and 3D gameplay. Plus, you can take all of your customized creations and compete with friends online or in local multiplayer.
The creatures in Olympus Rangers are called Olys, and there are over 60 of them. In battle, a database will allow you to dig into units, moves, abilities, and modifiers in order to help craft your perfect strategy. Mod support is here as well.
Check out the...
Pragmata publisher Capcom has left another vacant URL in one of its video games — so, of course, a fan has snapped it up.
Earlier this year, fans spotted a domain name referenced within Resident Evil: Requiem that was still available to own. One player quickly bought it up, and used it to host links to their YouTube channel and social media profiles. Speaking to IGN, the domain's new owner said he was surprised Capcom had referenced a domain it did not control (which anyone could buy, and use to host, well, anything) but would give it back if asked.
Now, the situation has happened again — this time with a website address spotted in Capcom's newly-launched Pragmata. The address itself is an obvious Easter egg for Resident Evil fans, as...
Ubisoft's pricing for Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced has leaked ahead of the game's official unveiling — and the game will also arrive with a $200 special edition.
According to the ever-reliable billbil-kun from Dealabs, Black Flag Resynced will launch on July 9 priced at $59.99 (that's £49.99 or €59.99) for a standard physical copy, or via a $199.99 Collector's Edition (that's £174.99 or €199.99).
The Collector's Edition contents are headlined by a large statue of Edward sitting on top of a treasure chest, appropriately holding a big black flag. Eagle-eyed readers will remember that this is the same Black Flag statue that inexplicably popped up on clothing retail app Vinted earlier this year. Truly, every single thing about...
Crimson Desert developer Pearl Abyss has released update 1.04.00, which makes significant improvements to the game. Chief among them is the addition of difficulty settings, new storage improvements, new pets, keyboard/mouse and controller preset options, new category tabs for the inventory, new skills, improvements to distant scenery quality, and a lot more.
It’s worth digging into the details here. Hard difficulty makes it so foot item effects won’t be applied immediately, and will only take effect after the consumption animation is complete. This will make it impossible to recover health by spamming food. Instead, you're going to have to carve out the space and time to do so. In hard difficulty you also take more damage, and the...
The Australian Government’s eSafety office has formally asked Roblox, Microsoft, Epic, and Valve to specifically outline how their systems are preventing child grooming and the spread of extremism. The eSafety office is an independent agency that was initially established in 2015 to combat youth cyberbullying and the online distribution of child sexual abuse material, but its role has since expanded to cover protections for all Australians from a spectrum of online risks.
As per eSafety’s announcement, legally enforceable transparency notices have been issued to the aforementioned companies in the wake of its continuing concerns about platforms like Roblox, Minecraft, Fortnite, and Steam itself “being used by sexual predators to groom...
With the prices on imported goods continuing to rise, I don't see as many 20,000mAh power banks under $25 anymore. Fortunately, there's one such deal today, although the coupon may not last very long. Amazon is currently offering the Baseus 20,000mAh 45W Power Bank for just $20.99 after coupopn code "285SJVCH". Better yet, you don't need to be an Amazon Prime member to get in on the discount.
Baseus 20,000mAh 45W USB Power Bank for $21
This Baseus power bank boasts a generous 20,000mAh, or 74Whr battery capacity. If you factor in 80% power efficiency, here are the approximate number of times you can fully recharge each gaming handheld:
Nintendo Switch (16Whr) about 3.7 times
Nintendo Switch 2 (19Whr) about 3.1 times
Steam Deck...
AMD released its new processor, the Ryzen 9 9950X3D2, and while it's probably (I haven't tested it) the most powerful CPU on a mainstream platform, it's overkill for PC gaming.
On the surface, the 9950X3D2 looks remarkably similar to the 9950X3D that preceded it. It's also a 16-core, 32-thread desktop processor built on the Zen 5 architecture, but AMD made a pretty huge change under the hood. With the 9950X3D2, rather than having one layer of 3D V-cache, the X3D2 has, well, two of them, one on each CCD, or Core Complex Die.
By adding a second bundle of cache, AMD was able to squeeze 208MB of cache onto the Ryzen 9 9950X3D2, compared to 144MB on the original 9950X3D. More cache means that more data is able to be stored directly on the...
More big corporate shakeups are happening inside Microsoft. Kiki Wolfkill, art director, producer, and veteran of the Halo franchise and other big Xbox properties, revealed she's left the company as of April 17.
Wolfkill dropped this bombshell on her LinkedIn page (via PC Gamer). She posted the following message:
As she mentions in her post, Wolfkill was a mainstay at Microsoft for the better part of three decades. She rose to prominence in 2008 when she joined 343 Industries, eventually becoming 343's Head of Halo Transmedia and Entertainment. That put her in charge of, among other things, the controversial Halo live-action series on Showtime and Paramount+ (check out IGN's Halo Season 2 review for more). In 2022, Wolfkill was...
Close your eyes and think of your favourite game. Beyond the graphics and the gameplay, what do you hear? It’s the haunting swell of an orchestra as you enter a new land, the satisfying clink of a menu selection, or the distant, rhythmic hum of a sci-fi engine. Sound isn’t just an addition to a game – it’s the soul of the experience.
To help you find that perfect frequency, we are thrilled to introduce Ovani Presents: The Legendary Launch Bundle. As our first-ever dedicated audio collection, we’ve partnered with the sound maestros at Ovani to bring you a massive library of professional-grade, royalty-free assets. With a total value of over $1,000, this bundle gives you the tools to create professional soundscapes for a fraction of the...
Star Wars Day - which lands on May the 4th (be with you) - is coming up much faster than you'd expect, and already we're seeing some fun deals pop up.
For those looking for a video game set in a galaxy far, far away to escape into, Amazon has dropped the price of the Gold Edition of Star Wars Outlaws on Nintendo Switch 2 to just $28.02 (see it here).
Overall, this is a huge 53% discount from its list price of $59.99, but it's also incredibly close to its lowest-ever price at the retailer. Quite literally just $0.02 away from it, according to price tracker camelcamelcamel. That's a fantastic offer to take advantage of, if I do say so myself.
Since it's the Gold Edition, you'll get access to the season pass alongside the base game...
There are all sorts of hidden cute moments with Diana and Hugh in Capcom’s Pragmata. But some players have recently spotted a Japanese comedy reference that Diana makes when handling the Globe REM collectable.
Pragmata sees you switch between space mercenary Hugh and his human child-like android companion, Pragmata D-I-0336-7, whom he dubs Diana, as they try to escape a lunar base overrun by a hostile AI. As you explore the base, you can collect REMs (Read Earth Memories), 3D holographs of items from back home on Earth that you can give to Diana as presents to decorate the Shelter with.
The first REM you come across is a globe. This unmissable item comes with a Japanese comedy reference that eagle-eyed Japanese-speaking commenters on...
Veteran video game voice Alix Wilton Regan will soon be taking on the role of Tomb Raider’s Lara Croft, but she won’t be the only one. Game of Thrones star Sophie Turner is also scheduled to portray the same character in Prime Video’s adaptation of the series.
We had the opportunity to speak to Alix Wilton Regan, who is “really honored to have been trusted with this iconic British character,” and get her take: "I actually know Sophie personally and she will be the most perfect on-camera Lara Croft that you could imagine. She's going to be wonderful."
“It did need another iconic British actress to take it on for the television series. So Sophie, to me, is a very natural choice,” Wilton Regan continued: “She also looks like a Grecian...
The Last of Us video game actor Troy Baker has said there's more to come for his character Joel, potentially including "more games."
Baker, who played Joel in Naughty Dog's The Last of Us and its sequel, made the remark while discussing the character's impact with fans — something an audience wider than video games has enjoyed with Pedro Pascal's portrayal of the character in HBO's The Last of Us TV series.
Warning! Spoilers for The Last of Us video games and TV show follow:
Alas, with Joel now dead in the games and the TV show, you'd think that would likely be it for the flannel-wearing hunk — but not so, said Baker, who likened the character to one potentially portrayed by many actors over time.
"I hope that Pedro is not the last...