Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun 2 wastes no time hooking you into its blistering, blood-soaked world. Seriously, there are only a few minutes of speedy exposition before you're sent diving through a battered spaceship, hurling bullets and slicing rogue enemy agents to pieces – all while shouting sanctimonious battle cries as innards slosh against the tarnished metal flooring. With a breakneck pace and plenty of pixelated gore, it's clear developer Auroch Digital isn't messing with the magic in this first-person shooter sequel. Instead, the team has elevated the original's frantic run-and-gun style with boosted enemy counts and demanding level objectives that'll have you shouting 'For the Emperor.'
Boltgun 2's story kicks off with a literal...
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Epic has revealed a newly refreshed version of the Epic Games Launcher, its Steam-like platform that provides access to the Epic Games Store, your games library, social features, and a developer’s hub. In keeping with the company’s interest in and push for AI-assisted development, this new version of the launcher has been created using generative artificial intelligence.
“Programming is hard,” wrote Epic in a new blog post. “So, instead of doing that, we vibe coded a new Epic Games Launcher that’s way faster and more responsive than the current one, and has a new look.”
The term “vibe coding” is often used in a joke context to describe code developed entirely through AI prompts, rather than actual coding expertise. It’s interesting...
I’m taking a look back at each of the core Grand Theft Auto games and replaying them in the lead-up to the arrival of Grand Theft Auto 6. What we’ll be putting together won’t be traditional re-reviews, and they won’t come with any new IGN score, but they will re-examine what made each GTA remarkable upon the time of its release. By the end of the project, using GTA’s previously six-star wanted level, you should be able to get an idea of where each of these games roughly rank in my long-term love for this series.
Today it’s time to revisit Liberty City in Grand Theft Auto IV.
Grand Theft Auto IV is smaller than GTA: San Andreas. Significantly so, if you exclude water, as its land area is reportedly around only one-quarter the size of...
Epic has released a new version of the Epic Games Launcher, with a preview version of the company’s refreshed Steam competitor available to download now.
This new Epic Games Launcher, which was built using AI and “vibe coding”, is currently in the early stages of development and so is “light on features” according to a new blog post from Epic. The preview version features the core components you’d expect from a launcher, including store, library, and social panels, as well as the Unreal-focused developer page.
“It's been rebuilt entirely from the ground up,” explained Martin Keely, vice president and general manager of Epic Games Store, in an interview with IGN. “So this is a completely new tech stack, a complete new rewrite of both...
Amazon has just dropped exciting new discounts on the physical PS5 and Xbox Series X copies of Borderlands 4, bringing them down to just $19.91.
That's a massive 60% discount off their list prices, but more importantly, it's the lowest price to date for each of them at the retailer. That's a very exciting price cut to see, especially ahead of big upcoming sale events like Black Friday.
To add to that, these prices even beat where we saw the game during the most recent Prime Big Deal Days sale on Amazon, so if you've been hoping to grab this looter-shooter for your gaming library, why wait until Black Friday sales start?
This is as good a time as any to pick it up for your preferred platform for just $20.
Whether you're a longtime...
For more than forty years, horror and video games have been comfortable bedfellows. Horror movies and television shows offer compelling, visceral experiences exclusive to the genre. It is hardly surprising that generations of gamers have yearned to bring that experience home. Adding an interactive element that big- and small-screen icons simply cannot match.
From Ridley Scott’s Alien terrifying players on the Atari 2600 to horror legends like Michael Myers and Jason Voorhees dropping into Fortnite, here is the history of horror IPs in video games.
Aliens, Chainsaws, and Michael Myers: The Beginning of Horror Games
Kicking things off in a mainstream way back in 1982, Ridley Scott’s seminal space horror flick Alien was adapted for...
Battlefield 6 has come under fire from fans after its latest battle pass was found to include new character skins with some pretty clear design flaws.
The first that stands out is the soldier wearing some kind of Batman mask, but minus the ears. He has five pistols attached to the chest pockets of his tac vest, for when you positively, absolutely have to go Shiva mode on some clowns. “Because switching to your pistol, secondary pistol, tertiary pistol, quartenary (sic) pistol, and quinary pistol is faster than reloading, soldier!” one Reddit poster joked.
Illogical pistol placement isn’t the only thing weirding fans out. Some are convinced some of the skins were actually created with generative AI, after noticing weird spelling...
Rockstar has promised that its next game following GTA 6 won’t take as long to come out, although it failed to hint at what it might be.
GTA 6 finally launches in November, eight years after the release of its last game, Red Dead Redemption 2. In a new report by Bloomberg detailing the challenges Rockstar has faced during GTA 6’s development, company leadership said whatever’s next won’t take as long because the work done for GTA 6 provides a foundation for following it up faster.
“The engine, the tools and the team we’ve built during this project will allow us to do things more quickly,” Phil Hooker, co-head of development, said.
“I feel confident that we can build on top of this and go more sideways than upwards to build more...
Activision has confirmed the global release times and preload details for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4, which launches in various parts over the coming weeks.
Modern Warfare 4 (full game including Multiplayer) officially launches on October 23 across all platforms, but you’ll be able to play the campaign a week before that with Early Access, which kicks off on October 16. DMZ, Modern Warfare 4's extraction mode, is available from October 20.
Whether you’re playing Modern Warfare 4 on PC, PS5, Xbox Series consoles, or Nintendo Switch 2, this post will cover everything you need to know about getting those boots on the ground: release times, preload details, Early Access launch, and more.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 global release...
The cuts and studio shutdowns continue at Ubisoft, this time with layoffs hitting the developer of Skull and Bones and the closure of Trials maker RedLynx.
GamesIndustry.biz reported that Finnish studio RedLynx will close down, with up to 52 people losing their jobs. Meanwhile, Ubisoft Singapore, developer of pirate game Skull and Bones, will lose 70 staff. In a statement, Ubisoft insisted Ubisoft Singapore “remains an important part of Ubisoft’s global production organization.” GI said 70 staff represented around a fifth of Singapore’s total headcount, which suggests 280 staff are left.
Skull & Bones suffered a notoriously choppy development that stretched out over years. After a series of delays, it eventually launched early 2024...
The beloved co-op adventure game, Peak, has been leaked for PS5 by the ESRB.
Last year, an adorable, cheap co-op game known as Peak blew up on Steam. In the game, players unite with their friends to pass through a wide variety of deadly obstacles in order to climb absurdly tall mountains. They must use the power of friendship and a handful of tools to overcome the odds, often resulting in hilarious deaths, injuries, and hijinks. As of August 2025, Peak has sold over 10 million copies, partially thanks to the fact it only costs $8 and is an easy sell to a group of friends.
It seems like the game will likely only continue to grow its audience, as the ESRB has rated Peak for PS5. Historically, ESRB leaks are incredibly accurate, so it...
As part of IGN Fan Fest 2026: Fall Edition, we can reveal a new gameplay trailer for Send in the Clown, the upcoming one-hour comedy RPG where players become history's least-appreciated clown as he tries to save a 12-year-old's birthday from her brat brother.
Co-directors Nick Park and Jacques Mouledoux walk us through the latest look at Send in the Clown, focusing squarely on the game's climactic, one-and-only turn-based RPG battle.
Yes, the team built a whole battle system for just one fight, and all the roads that lead to it are pretty hilarious.
Players will step into the oversized shoes of Pockets as he tries to save Miranda's party from her brother Tad. To do so, he'll need to recruit characters and gather items, which will in...
K/DA Reactivates Social Accounts, Fueling Rumors of the Virtual K-pop Group’s Comeback After 6 Years
Official K/DA accounts have been updated for the first time in six years. New profile and banner images continue to show the existing promotional art from the All Out era, now with the addition of hot pink flames. The reactivated accounts have also wiped existing posts, fueling rumors that the virtual girl group is gearing up for a comeback.
K/DA, which debuted at the 2018 League of Legends World Championship, consists of four League champions (Ahri, Akali, Evelynn, and Kai'Sa) voiced by international pop-stars. The group’s first single, aptly called POP/STARS, was the first K-pop song by a girl group to receive RIAA Platinum certification in 2022. The early success of the girl group prompted the release of a full EP, All Out, in...
The Fallout series is one of the most popular video game franchises of all time. Naturally, that means there's a ton of Fallout merch.
Like any product tied to a specific IP, you can always expect some sort of markup on officially licensed products. However, these recently announced Fallout bookends are taking that to a whole new level with a price tag of $325 at Sideshow.
While $325 isn't unheard of for a hand-painted collectible figure, it does seem like an excessive price to pay for a set of bookends. Just to put it in perspective, you can currently get a semi-functional Pip-Boy replica from the IGN Store for only $300. Dark Horse also recently launched, in my opinion, a much cooler set of Fallout bookends for only $179.99.
So...
Xbox has announced Xbox Labs, a new initiative aimed at getting games to more people in more places — with a particular emphasis on web browsers.
No doubt seeing the growing community of games getting improved versions ported into web browsers (like the 94fps browser version of Halo: Combat Evolved), Microsoft itself is keen to get in on the action in support of new Xbox CEO Asha Sharma's goal of reaching 1 billion players per day.
Xbox has been tinkering with running Xbox and Xbox 360 games in browsers, and the Xbox Labs initiative is a formalization of those efforts that will see a small team of engineers playing with emerging technologies in order to find new ways for games new and old to be distributed and even created. And IGN...
Developers working on EA Sports' College Football franchise reportedly fear that the series may not live to see the end of the decade.
The report comes from Insider Gaming's Mike Straw, who spoke to senior-level sources working on or around the football series. He noted that, although the series is performing well, sales have gradually declined entry to entry since its highly-anticipated debut in 2024. While this isn't inherently a bad thing (or unexpected, given the extreme hype around the 2024 title), costs associated with the game have been rising.
Per the report, in 2024, EA paid each player featured in the game $600, amounting to roughly $7 million total. Those costs have tripled, with NIL (name, image, likeness) rights for...
Metro 2039 is set to release for PS5, Xbox, and PC on February 4. It’s a single-player first-person shooter set in the apocalyptic Moscow of its predecessors. The game will be available in two editions (you can preorder it at Best Buy here). Read on to see what comes in each edition, what preorder bonuses are available, and more.
Metro 2039 - Standard Edition
PS5
Get it at Best Buy - $69.99
Get it at GameStop - $69.99
Get it at PS Store (digital) - $69.99
Xbox
Get it at Best Buy - $69.99
Get it at GameStop - $69.99
Get it at Xbox Store (digital) - $69.99
PC
Get it at Steam - $69.99
Get it at Epic - $69.99
The standard edition just comes with the game itself, plus the preorder bonus you can find detailed below.
Metro 2039...
About a month after it debuted in NBA 2K27, DLSS 5 is now being added to Hogwarts Legacy, with a newer, faster model.
In a blog post, Nvidia announced that it is launching a new model for DLSS 5 that's — according to Team Green — twice as fast as the model that debuted in NBA 2K27 last month. While the basketball game will be getting an update that adds this new model, and thus improves performance, Nvidia is also bringing the neural rendering tech to Hogwarts Legacy and Where Winds Meet in November.
Nvidia has been hard at work getting DLSS 5 to run well enough that people will actually turn it on when they're playing games. It's not hard to see why that's a major focus; when I first tested the tech back in September, I found that it...
IGN and Xbox are teaming up once again to bring you a brand-new edition of the ID@Xbox showcase. On October 20, we’ll be presenting exclusive reveals from tons of new and upcoming games that are headed to Xbox and PC.
This year’s livestream will include trailers, gameplay, and more from 18 incredible games, including:
The Wolf Among Us Remastered
Critical Reflex Games
Plus tons of world premieres you won’t want to miss!
These are only a few of the games that will appear in a showcase that will be jam-packed with exclusives, first looks, and new games you’ll definitely want to check out.
How to Watch the ID@Xbox October 2026 Showcase
The October edition of the ID@Xbox Showcase Presented by IGN will kick off on Tuesday, October...
IGN Fan Fest: Fall Edition is rolling out all week with a ton of first-looks, exclusive reveals, and deep dives into some of the biggest games for PC, consoles, and mobile.
As part of the event, we want to take an in-depth look at what’s next: some games that you haven’t heard of yet but are sure to shoot to the top of your Steam Wishlist.
From co-op survival adventures, brand-new horror games, relaxing survival games, mysteries and even a chess-based shooter, here’s a look at 9 newly announced games that we think are worth a look.
Akiiwan: Relaxing Survival
Fall into a chill survival adventure with a talking campfire as your guide. Explore, craft, fish and hunt during the day, and ask your fire three questions each night. Choose...
It's no secret that World of Warcraft Forever has been incredibly popular since entering its beta last month, but now, over 1 million characters have been made.
According to classicplus.io, a community website that snapshots data from WoW Forever, 1,003,125 characters have been made in the Classic Plus mode so far. That's a lot, considering that to even make a character you need to have access to the beta, which is primarily done by buying the $60 Skyborne pack.
But even though most people will have to buy access to the Skyborne race to play in the beta, the Skyborne aren't the most popular race on either faction. For both Alliance and Horde players, the fancy blue elves only represent 18.7% of characters created. Instead, for...
This is an IGN opinion piece from Mat Jones. He loves weird little guys in video games.
If your social feed is anything like mine, it’s been overtaken by a weird little crocodile man that’s knee-high to a Tauntaun and has an unresolved rage twelve times his size. His name is Biddy Blas, he’s one of Galactic Racer’s supporting cast, and he’s the best new thing to happen to Star Wars since Andor.
Give an AI as long a time as it needs: it couldn’t have made Biddy Blas.
With every new day, the ground underneath video games as a medium, one where professional creatives are valued and capable of negotiating an honest living, feels more and more unstable. Perfectly good studios are shutting in the name of brand restructuring. Electronic...
Max Payne and its sequel, Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne, are two of the most genre-defining third-person shooters ever made. They propelled Finnish developer Remedy Entertainment into the spotlight as one of the most exciting studios making games. So, it was also going to be a challenge for another developer to pick up the third part of that trilogy. If you have the likes of Grand Theft Auto and Red Dead Redemption under your belt, though, you might just fancy your chances.
That’s what former Rockstar VP and writer of Max Payne 3, Dan Houser, thought, and while enjoying the process of making it, he now admits that it didn’t quite hit the mark. Despite being well-received critically, the 2012 game underperformed commercially, and...
Rockstar is gearing up for the launch of GTA 6, but, of course, Grand Theft Auto isn’t the only series the developer is known for. Alongside the likes of the beloved Red Dead Redemption games, there are many fans of another open-world adventure from the studio: Bully.
Released in 2006 and originally known in Europe as Canis Canem Edit, Bully tells the story of unruly student Jimmy Hopkins getting in and out of trouble during a year at Bullworth Academy. A smaller-scale, less X-rated version of GTA, it launched to critical acclaim. But the road towards launch was far from easy.
“The development was hard,” former Rockstar VP and writer of Bully, Dan Houser, said in a new interview as part of our IGN30 Icons Series. “The game was in...
There’s arguably no more recognisable style of cover art than that of the Grand Theft Auto series. The panelled collection of images featuring characters and locations from each open world that has adorned each game box from 2001’s GTA 3 to the upcoming GTA 6 is etched into each of our minds. It all nearly looked completely different, though.
We spoke to Dan Houser, former VP at Rockstar and writer of almost all of the studio’s games from 1999 until 2018’s Red Dead Redemption 2, as part of our IGN30 Icons Series. When reminiscing about the developer’s most famous series, Grand Theft Auto, Houser shared how it felt to see elements of his creation permeate into the real world.
“GTA has become part of the wider cultural fabric,” he...
Spoilers for Red Dead Redemption and Red Dead Redemption 2 follow.
The ending of 2010’s Red Dead Redemption is an all-timer. For dozens of hours, we’re placed in control of protagonist, John Marston, as he wanders across the American West in search of revenge against his former gang leader, Dutch Van der Linde. He, of course, gets it in a snowy showdown in one of its final missions. But John doesn’t get to live out his life in peace. That would be far too tidy an ending. Instead, the outlaw is gunned down by members of the army at his family farm’s barn.
It was a novel twist at the time. Open-world games, and games in general, didn’t do this. It initially split opinion, but has since gone down as a masterstroke in narrative design...
Running my dream menagerie in Planet Zoo is always going to feel a little different than the entertainment-focused spectacles of Planet Coaster or fantastical dino parks of Jurassic World Evolution. All of these gorgeous beasts and birds are real species we share the planet with and, in some cases, have put on the endangered list. So I was glad to see that Frontier's sequel put an even deeper emphasis on conservation as a main goal this time around, even if certain pieces of that – like wildlife reserves – feel a bit less fleshed-out than they could be.
When it comes to the daily tasks of building enclosures, hiring staff, and caring for animals, there isn't a ton that has changed since the original Planet Zoo. In that way, it feels...
Nearly two decades after the last mainline 2D Castlevania game,the team behind 2023’s Dead Cell’s Return to Castlevania DLC has been given the keys to Dracula’s Castle for real. Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse aims to breathe fresh life into this 40-year-old series with a creative blend of old and new ideas. With a brand new Belmont wielding the family whip, familiar foes in your way, and modern conveniences that have become expected in the genre, developer Evil Empire has largely hit their mark – but if you are a longtime fan expecting Belmont’s Curse to be a completely faithful revival of the series we played back in the early 2000s, then you will want to think again. This is a different breed of monster you're hunting, both for good and...
Award-winning composer and skull-shattering guitar shredder Mick Gordon has given an update on the scheduled live performances of his Doom and Doom Eternal soundtracks, explaining in an interview with IGN at PAX Australia this past weekend that his appearance as headliner at the UK’s RADAR festival in 2027 isn’t merely intended as a one-off.
“The two that we’ve announced are this headline show for RADAR, which is going to be on August 1, 2027,” said Gordon. “That’s going to be me with a band and a live orchestra playing music from Doom and Doom Eternal and some other stuff. Then a few days later I’m going to be in the Czech Republic playing the Brutal Assault Festival, which is in a medieval castle, which is so metal. That’s with bands...
Automation and factory-building games have become pretty popular over the past few years, with Coffee Stain Studios' Satisfactory being one of the stars of the genre. I have always admired the sprawling conveyor belts and mega structures of the factory-building powerhouse from a comfortable distance, dipping my toe into the waters with messy (but kind of functional) factories of my own. Soon, factory builders will have a whole new way to build out their process, as Mood Publishing, the same publisher behind Hitman: The Board Game, is looking to bring the beloved factory sim to your tabletop with Satisfactory: The Board Game and the launch of their latest crowdfunding campaign over on Gamefound. We were sent an early prototype copy to...