Academic researchers investigating how people use ChatGPT to generate fiction accidentally stumbled upon a super user repeatedly requesting stories featuring pregnant characters from Doki Doki Literature Club (as spotted by Automaton and reported on by ITMedia).
In Walsh et al’s “AI Fiction in the Wild” study, University of Washington and University of Colorado Boulder researchers analyzed the WildChat dataset. It should be noted that WildChat is a set of over half a million anonymous English language conversations between users and ChatGPT, compiled with consent for use in research.
“The most prolific user in the WildChat fiction dataset and the clearest example of an infinite story demander began a fanfiction narrative in the Doki...
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A new weekend has arrived, and today, you can save on iPad Air, Cyberpunk 2077, Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade, Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake, the Criterion Collection Blu-ray Sale, and more. Check out our top picks for Sunday, July 5, below.
M2 iPad Air for $487
iPads are not getting cheaper anytime soon, but older M-series models are still holding up well today. This weekend, you can pick up an 11-inch M2 iPad Air for $487, which saves you 35% off the usual price. If you're looking for a new drawing tablet, a device to jot down notes during class, or even just a bigger screen to watch YouTube or Netflix, this is a fantastic option.
50% Off Criterion Collection Sale
Barnes & Noble is having its 50% Criterion Collection sale...
PlayStation and Arc System Works' Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls has been blocked in 132 countries in what appears to be another example of Sony's PSN requirements barring players from access on Steam.
Fans of the upcoming tag-team comic book fighting game have prepared to skip out on its August 2026 launch after it was revealed that a long list of regions will be blocked (via SteamDB). The full list of 132 countries includes Afghanistan, Haiti, Serbia, Zimbabwe, Egypt, and more.
Why Marvel Tokon has been blocked in these areas has not been explicitly stated, but fans think they've figured out the cause. It just so happens that the PlayStation Network is unavailable to access in any of the countries on the list.
It's a situation that...
Metal Gear Solid and Death Stranding creator Hideo Kojima has warned of a "frightening" digital future just days after Sony announced it would soon end production for physical PlayStation discs.
Kojima shared his feelings about the shift away from physical media during a conversation at the Il Cinema in Piazza film festival in Rome (according to a translation by Genki). His comments follow the news that production of new PlayStation discs would come to an end in January 2028, and although he doesn't seem to directly reference Sony by name, it seems pretty clear what's on his mind.
"Since production is ending in 2028, this is about video games, but I grew up with physical media, so I find it really sad," Kojima said. "Currently, I’ve...
A new weekend has arrived, and today, you can save on Cyberpunk 2077, Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade, Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake, the Criterion Collection Blu-ray Sale, and more. Check out our top picks for Saturday, July 4, below.
Cyberpunk 2077: Ultimate Edition for $57.99
In the wake of recent news about physical games, this weekend is a great time to grow your collection with physical games like Cyberpunk 2077 on Nintendo Switch 2! This Ultimate Edition includes both the base game and the Phantom Liberty expansion all on the cartridge. Today, you can save $13 off the MSRP, with copies available for $57.99 at Target.
Save on Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade
Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade is the ultimate...
Spike Chunsoft has announced that Danganronpa 2x2 has been delayed to early 2027.
The studio behind the Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair remaster confirmed it will no longer make its previously planned 2026 release schedule, with a statement published by producer Shohei Sakakibara. Spike Chunsoft did not confirm exactly why it decided to delay Danganronpa 2x2 but did attempt to cushion the blow with first details about a new story remix feature called Slayhem Mode.
"While development has been progressing toward a 2026 release, we have decided to move the launch to early 2027," Sakakibara said. "We will share a more specific release date at a later time.
"We are continuing to work to bring you the best possible experience. We sincerely...
NetEase Games is celebrating the 4th of July with a Marvel Rivals swimsuit skin that comes bundled with Captain America's big package.
It's been hard to avoid the comic book hero shooter for the last few days as fans flock to react to the First Avenger's new cosmetic. This latest in a line of revealing swimsuit outfits for Marvel Rivals' ever-expanding roster of heroes and villains includes beachwear for Loki and White Fox, too, but the Captain America skin really lays it on thick.
Called Seaside Sentinel, the outfit gives Captain America a USA summer makeover just in time for the holiday. Those who purchase the cosmetic will allow Steve Rogers to ditch his usual battle-ready attire in favor of little more than an inflatable ducky...
You don't become one of the biggest, most profitable media franchises in human history without stepping on a few toes, especially when there’s literally a violent felony in your name.
“Grand Theft Auto” was destined to collide with controversy. Lawsuits, international incidents, and full-on moral panics have followed in the wake of the series’ unparalleled success. And while there’s often a kernel of truth to some concerns raised over the violent, over-the-top nature of GTA, advocacy groups and opportunists have spent decades disingenuously trying to take one of gaming’s greatest series down before it warps the fragile little minds of our children.
Anything with as much cultural significance as GTA can have an influence on someone...
"Significant" pay rises are on offer at Professor Layton developer Level-5 — if you can correctly answer questions about the company's games.
That's according to Level-5's own CEO, Akihiro Hino, who has revealed that "knowledge quizzes" based on the developer's own games unlock bumper pay rises at the Japanese studio — but only if staff get the answers right.
Headquarted in Fukuoka, with satellite offices in Tokyo and Osaka, Level-5 is perhaps best known for creating the puzzle adventures of Professor Layton, but it's also behind the Pokémon-like RPG franchise Yo-kai Watch, anime soccer series Inazuma Eleven, and Studio Ghibli-esque role-player Ni No Kuni. So, if you know a lot about all of those, maybe take note...
Speaking to...
CD Projekt has hailed the success of Cyberpunk 2077, announcing it has now hit the 40 million copies sold mark. That’s up 5 million copies from the last time the developer announced Cyberpunk 2077 sales, back in November when it hit 35 million.
It’s also one of the most dramatic comebacks in video game history. Cyberpunk 2077 suffered a disastrous launch back in 2020, with CD Projekt accused of misleading consumers with its pre-release marketing materials. The game came out in such a terrible state, particularly on consoles, that Sony pulled it from the PlayStation Store.
CD Projekt spent years working to improve Cyberpunk 2077, rebuilding trust with its fans. While most consider the studio to have been successful in that, co-CEO...
Microsoft is using the fact that Halo: Campaign Evolved will offer a physical game disc in its box as a selling point.
On social media, and in a blog post offering answers to frequently asked questions, Microsoft leads with the fact that Halo: Campaign Evolved's physical edition will include a game disc in its box.
Weeks ago, this simple fact would have seemed obvious — but now, following a seismic one-two punch from GTA 6 developer Rockstar and PS5 manufacturer Sony, the video gaming landscape has been forever altered — and it is now a point that apparently needs clarification.
In a post on X/Twitter overnight, Microsoft's official Xbox account posted a bullet point list of features discussed in a new Q&A. Top of that list...
Magic: The Gathering is into its second Marvel crossover in the space of a year, and just days after launch, Amazon has fresh stock of the much-sought-after Collector Boosters.
They’re at market value, which, while ridiculously pricey, is better than you’ll find on the secondary market. You can net 12 packs for $474.99, which is almost the price of the Xbox Series S post-price-hike, making each pack around $39 each.
Marvel Super Heroes Collector Boosters Are In Stock At Amazon
Despite that price, you are almost infinitely more likely to get one of the most valuable cards in the set because Collector Boosters include full art and special treatments.
That includes cards like The Mind Stone, Tony Stark // The Invincible Iron Man, Bruce...
Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced publisher Ubisoft has confirmed the game's global release and preload times.
After years of wait and more leaks than a galleon peppered by cannonballs, Edward Kenway's grand return is now just days away. This is the brilliant 2013 adventure remade from the ground up for PC and modern consoles, with shinier visuals, welcome gameplay improvements, and plenty of new story content.
As has previously been announced, however, the game's original multiplayer mode and first-person modern day gameplay has been removed, in order to focus your time squarely on exploring the Caribbean. But when will you be able to get sailing? Well, head below to find out exactly when you can raise the anchor — wherever you...
Two developers who worked on Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League have given a transparent account of their experience working on the game.
In a new interview with Bloomberg, two former Rocksteady Studio employees spoke out about the experience of working on the ill-fated Suicide Squad game. Designer Johnny Armstrong noted that the team was excited to take a move on from Batman after doing three back-to-back Arkham games but, once they started working on Suicide Squad, things started to change. Warner Bros. wanted a live-service game, and that was unlike anything the studio had ever done before.
Axel Rydby, who became the game's director in 2022, noted that the prolonged development meant there was more pressure on the live-service...
Silent Hill has been going through a sort of revitalization in recent years. After leaving it dormant for far too long, Konami is finally doing what I'd like to see with more legacy series – letting talented external studios take a shot with their vision of what the series could be while having creative freedom. While Bloober Team did a faithful (and fantastic) remake of Silent Hill 2, NeoBards and writer Ryukishi07 made something truly special with Silent Hill f, which was an original story that was true to the series' core tenets. Sure, there have been absolute misses like the laughably bad movie adaption and a spinoff game in The Short Message, but hey, at least ideas are being thrown out there. However, I'm happy to report we might...
Now that I’ve spent more time with the Steam Machine, I can’t stop myself from looking at Grand Theft Auto 6 looming on the horizon and thinking about how it’d theoretically run on Valve’s new mini gaming PC. Now, of course, it’s going to be a year or two before Rockstar deigns to grace PC gamers with GTA 6, but once it does, it’ll probably be an incredibly demanding PC game.
Since the Steam Machine came out, its performance has been, well, heavily discussed online, to say the least. It’s not hard to see why some folks are skeptical of Valve's little PC – it does cost $1049 to start and is slightly slower than the PS5 most of the time. In spite of that, though, Rockstar’s last couple of PC launches, namely Red Dead Redemption 2 and the...
I don't remember much about Hellraiser, being much too young to watch the original even if the image of Pinhead superseded any affinity for the movie series. But I had been assigned to get hands-on with the upcoming horror-action game Clive Barker's Hellraiser: Revival, and I came away with two prevailing thoughts experiencing it on its own terms. One, holy hell I got acquainted with its brand of body horror, and two, it makes a hell of an impression from the 30-minute demo I played. It's borrowing from several other games – think modern Resident Evil with a little P.T. – and fusing them together into what feels like a solid, cohesive survival horror-action game that seems, in part, to align with the Hellraiser series.
I had to quickly...
This is an IGN opinion piece from writer Jeremy Peel, who has played (and occassionally reviewed) every single Call of Duty campaign. He particularly regrets Black Ops 3.
“For over 18 years, Jacob and I have developed character-driven games,” said Taylor Kurosaki during the Summer Games Fest reveal of Crossfire, “with the goal of thoroughly connecting design and story.”
As he said “design”, Kurosaki let his hand rest briefly on the shoulder of his creative partner, Jacob Minkoff, resplendent in a yellow bow-tie and handlebar moustache. And as he said “story”, he let that hand drift back to the long lapels of his own suit jacket. It was a quiet demonstration of each man’s expertise; a balance of elements that has shaped a number of...
Junior year of college was when I finally had to start making decisions about my major, internships, all that jazz. A lot changed. For College Football 27’s junior year, all I have to do is step back onto the field. The rest mostly sorts itself out. I’ve only been able to spend about a day with it at this point, so I’ve got a lot more College Football 27 to play before I’m ready to declare this thing a boom or a bust, but it seems like we’re shaping up for a promising – and very different – season so far.
The first place I went was the Skills Trainer. If you’ve played Madden, the Skills Trainer is old hat, but for the last couple years, College Football has sequestered this tutorial away in Ultimate Team. No longer. Here it is, in all...
World Cup 2026 is here, and you want to play some soccer games with the best players ever. So do we, actually. Thing is, the best players in football game history are actually wildly OP. So much so that they kinda break the very fabric of the sport.
Have you read about the strong link theory? It’s the idea that in some team sports, outcomes are determined by the mistakes of the weakest players on their team, and in others it’s the strongest links who take over and decide the outcome. Football is generally thought of as a weak link sport. All we can say is, whichever academics decided that theory have obviously never had Tijani Babangida in their PES Master League squad.
Journey with us through the greatest game-breakers in virtual...
Final Fantasy 7 fans are getting excited for a Story Expansion pass that has been glimpsed as part of a new store leak.
The Final Fantasy 7 Revelation Story Expansion Pass can be seen right now via a listing spotted lurking in the depths of the Epic Games Store database, along with placeholders for up to nine DLC packs.
It's unknown what these DLCs might be for — so anything from fully-fledged expansions to simple costume or item packs are possible. But the existence of a specifically-labelled "Story Expansion Pass" suggests some of these, at least, will be additions that comprise fresh narrative.
Already, fans are speculating over what these DLCs might comprise, with hopes that elements could be adapted from animated spinoff movie...
UPDATE: Bloomberg reporter Jason Schreier has said The Game Business report about Obsidian is incorrect, and that the studio is not in negotiations to avoid shutting down.
"Plenty of details are still up in the air surrounding the layoffs (picture will be clear on Monday) but Xbox is keeping Obsidian, according to people familiar with the situation," Schreier said in a post on social media.
ORIGINAL STORY: Avowed and The Outer Worlds developer Obsidian is reportedly also at risk of closure amid Microsoft’s “reset” of the Xbox business.
The Game Business listed the Microsoft-owned studio, which developed the much-loved Fallout: New Vegas, alongside State of Decay developer Undead Labs, Psychonauts developer Double Fine, Hellblade...
More than 20 years after it first launched, Halo remains one of the most iconic sci-fi franchises in gaming. Across six mainline games, players have battled alien empires, ancient superweapons, terrifying parasites, and rogue artificial intelligence. Along the way, Halo has built one of the richest stories in the FPS genre.
If you’re jumping into the series for the first time, though, it can all feel a little overwhelming. Between the games, novels, comics, and spin-offs, there’s a lot of Halo lore to unpack.
Thankfully, you don’t need to know every last detail to enjoy the journey. This guide focuses on the six mainline Halo games, breaking down the key events, major characters, and biggest turning points. Whether you’re preparing...
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine - Master Crafted Edition looks set for PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Switch 2, having launched on PC, Xbox Series X and S, and straight into Xbox Game Pass in June last year.
The ESRB’s listing for the game included PS5 and Switch 2 alongside PC, although word of the two consoles has now been removed.
Sega, which retains the rights to the Relic Entertainment-developed original third-person shooter, is behind the release. The original was published by THQ in 2011 for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and PC. The Master Crafted Edition was developed by SneakyBox, and has a 4K resolution, modernized controls, an interface overhaul, improved character models, and remastered audio, which includes over 100 new voice lines...
Capcom has announced that Onimusha: Way of the Sword, the upcoming action-adventure sequel for PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch 2, will now be released earlier than previously guided: it will be available on September 4 rather than September 25.
Onimusha: Way of the Sword is the first series entry in 20 years; Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams released for PS2 in 2006. IGN awarded it an 8.8 out of 10 review score. Way of the Sword, meanwhile, is set in Kyoto during the early Edo period, and we were quite impressed by it in our recent hands-on session at Summer Game Fest.
A demo for Onimusha: Way of the Sword is available now for PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC (on both Steam and the Epic Games Store). Those who play the demo (and...
If you’ve never played Magic: The Gathering (MTG), the prospect of getting into it can seem pretty daunting. This is a game, after all, with 30+ years of history. That’s more than three decades of cards and mechanics, worldbuilding and lore. If you’ve ever lived and breathed a live service video game you’ll know just how much energy and time it can take simply to keep up. Constant new releases and updates that drive an ever-evolving meta mean it can be tricky to be even a casual fan… let alone finding your feet as a completely new player.
Magic: The Gathering definitely has many of the same challenges, but it also has more ways to interact with its cards and its history and its gameplay on your own terms. The fact that it’s mostly...
Minecraft creator Markus 'Notch' Persson has spoken out against the Electronic Software Association for claiming that the game's private servers are "illegal."
Earlier this month, the California State Senate held a hearing regarding Stop Killing Games-backed bill known as the Protect Our Games Act. The bill aims to obligate publishers to find ways to make games playable, even after ending support for them. That would mean that live-service games would need to have some kind of functionality after servers are shut down. The subject of private servers was brought up as a feasible solution and cited Minecraft as a prominent example, to which ESA’s VP of State Government Affairs, Jennifer Gibbons, countered with a head-scratching argument...
Preparing to return to the high seas when Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced releases on July 9, 2026? Why wait? If you’ve got the itch to dive back into the world of Assassin’s Creed, this is the perfect time to get started or finish some of the Ubisoft franchise’s latest entries. IGN Guides has all the walkthroughs and collectible guides you could need to get platinum.
Plus, this July, use our Assassin’s Creed Shadows, Valhalla, and Mirage checklists for free! Until July 31, access unlimited checks across some of our best Assassin’s Creed guides, no subscription required. Here’s just a taste of what IGN’s guides and checklists have to offer:
Assassin’s Creed Shadows Checklists and Map
If you want to traverse Assassin’s Creed...
Ready your silver blades and holy water because July’s IGN First is The Blood of Dawnwalker. This upcoming RPG from developer Rebel Wolves casts you as Coen, a cursed man who must live as a human by day and a vampire by night. Mastering both sides of his existence is the key to saving his family from a court of evil bloodsuckers.
To kick off our month of exclusive content, we bring you brand new gameplay from one of The Blood of Dawnwalker’s prologue quests. In Deep Down, a young Coen - not yet afflicted by the vampirism curse - explores an underground ruin in search of Lazar, a local man who’s gone missing. In the depths of the caves he finds much more than just a lost man. By examining an ancient mural, Coen learns of old heroes and...
Resident Evil Requiem was among our favorite video game deals during the Prime Day sale. If you happened to miss out on it then, though, it's actually your lucky day. As part of Best Buy's 4th of July Sale, the game has returned to its Prime Day price of $56 across PS5, Xbox Series X, and Switch 2 at the retailer.
That's a $14 discount off its original price, and likely won't be around for very long. If you haven't picked it up yet, or missed out on the Prime Day deal, now is an excellent time to grab it. We may not see this deal pop up for quite a while again, either.
While Best Buy's PS5 and Xbox copies match the price that Amazon had, the Switch 2 copy is actually just a couple dollars higher. Amazon Prime Members could scoop up...