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The Invincibles Meets the Office in New Trailer for Dispatch | IGN Fall Fan Fest 2025

Think The Invincibles meets The Office for superhero workplace comedy Dispatch, which dropped a new trailer at Fanfest today ahead of its impending release on PC and PS5. Created by some of the folks behind Telltale's Tales from the Borderlands and The Wolf Among Us, it's all about managing ex-supervillains turned superheroes, from behind a desk, navigating work relationships and quietly nursing plans for vengeance. The first two episodes of the anarchic adventure will be released on October 22, followed by two episodes a week until the final two on November 12. Until then, the latest trailer is a tantalizing blast of what's to come when the game releases a week from now, where your goal is to manage the logistics of which superheroes...

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WWE 2K25 Celebrates Legend John Cena With Farewell Tour Edition | IGN Fall Fan Fest 2025

It's impossible to think about wrestling without thinking about John Cena, so it makes total sense that WWE 2K25 is marking his retirement later this year with a special tribute expansion pack, available today. As part of IGN Fall Fan Fest 2025, we got a look at some new gameplay featuring the fan favorite. The WWE 2K25 Farewell Tour Edition and Farewell Tour Edition Pack has new playable wrestlers and cosmetic items as part of its new content. WrestleMania 41 John Cena Dr. of Thuganomics John Cena Brock Lesnar Ron Cena Cena made his video game debut in 2003 with WWE WrestleMania XIX, and since then has made appearances in a further 38 of them both in WWE titles and games like Fortnite, as Peacemaker. Despite his retirement...

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Denshattack! Is Tony Hawk With Japanese Trains, for Train-Lovers, by Train-Lovers

David Jaumandreu and I are supposed to be having our interview about his upcoming game, Denshattack, in a studio built out to look like a train. And we will, eventually, as you’ll see from the video above. But before we shoot the video version, we chat for my written piece in a very different setting: a dungeon. Jaumandreu is sitting on an inexplicable throne, like you’d find in a king’s palace, while I sit atop a different sort of throne: an actual toilet. There are fake shackles against the stone walls around us, and bars on the window. Behind us, through a sliding door, is the train studio we’ll be using in 30 minutes. I don’t have a clever way to transition Jaumandreu and my dungeon adventure into something about Denshattack!, or...

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Ambrosia Sky Act 1 Trailer Reveals November Release Date for Power Wash Action | IGN Fall Fan Fest 2025

Developer Soft Rains and support studio Blackbird Interactive made an appearance at IGN Fall Fan Fest 2025 to announce an Ambrosia Sky Act 1 release date of November 10, 2025, for PC via Steam. The launch update for the studio’s upcoming stylized, power wash-inspired action FPS arrives alongside a new two-minute trailer. It’s a fresh look at the creative cleaning adventure, promising to release its first chapter in just a few weeks, with Act 2 and Act 3 set to follow in 2026. Ambrosia Sky sees players step into the zero-gravity shoes of a field scientist named Dalia. Her search for the key to human immortality takes her to Saturn’s outer rings, where she must face (and clean) hostile fungi and discover what happened to the people who...

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The Outer Worlds 2 Gameplay Trailer Highlights Alien Weapons as Launch Looms | IGN Fall Fan Fest 2025

The Outer Worlds 2 has a lot of guns, so developer Obsidian Entertainment stopped by IGN Fall Fan Fest 2025 to give fans a sneak peek at the arsenal they’ll have at their disposal when launch arrives later this month. Today’s new look at the studio’s sci-fi RPG follow-up arrives in the form of a minute-and-a-half-long trailer set to a catchy tune and new gameplay footage. The video’s tone rides a line between Borderlands and Fallout, as the player’s chosen Earth Directorate agent can be seen wielding everything from explosive rocket launchers and melee tools to Spacer’s Choice-branded rifles featuring their lunar mascot, Moon Man. Each of The Outer Worlds 2’s colorful guns has unique properties that will no doubt aid players on their...

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New Look at Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes | IGN Fall Fan Fest 2025

Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes gives the classic science fiction series a tactical roguelike twist, putting you in charge of the fleet from combat to resources. At Fan Fest: Fall Edition 2025 we got a new look at the game. The space battles are frantic, but to survive the Cylons you'll also need to manage your resources carefully, commanding the crew of the fleet and be ever vigilant for any Cylon imposters that may have already infiltrated your population. Over time you'll earn access to new Gunstar fleets, squadrons, and crucial meta upgrades, which you'll need to survive the enemy. Scattered Hopes is due out sometime next year but one lucky writer at IGN got to try it out already, and called it "the first breath of new...

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Predator: Badlands Director Says the Predator's New Laser Sword Was Inspired by the Demon Hunter's Warglaive From World of Warcraft | IGN Fall Fan Fes

Dan Trachtenberg’s Predator: Badlands was inspired by a number of video games. The director has said 2005 PlayStation masterpiece Shadow of the Colossus inspired the relationship between the film’s young Predator, called Dek, and Elle Fanning’s character, a Weyland-Yutani synth he must carry around. Now, add World of Warcraft to the mix. You wouldn’t think Blizzard’s massively multiplayer fantasy online role-playing game would have much in common with a new Predator movie. But Trachtenberg, who already has Predator films Prey and Killer of Killers under his belt, told IGN at Fan Fest 2025: Fall Edition that he took inspiration from one class in particular when it came to Dek’s arsenal of weapons. “He starts out with a number of...

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Warhammer 40,000: Dark Heresy Gets a New Trailer and Alpha Release Window | IGN Fall Fan Fest 2025

Warhammer 40,000: Dark Heresy has a new trailer fresh from IGN Fall Fan Fest 2025, and it confirms a Q4 2025 release window for the alpha. Owlcat Games’ promising follow-up to cRPG Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader, lets players become an acolyte of the Inquisition, one of the Imperium’s heresy-hating enforcers. Here’s the official blurb: Warhammer 40,000: Dark Heresy is due out on PC (Steam, GOG, Epic Games Store) and PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X and S. There’s no release date yet, but thanks to the new trailer, we know we’ll be able to play the game before the end of this year. Meanwhile, also at Fan Fest, Owlcat announced a Nintendo Switch 2 version of Rogue Trader. It’s exciting times in the world of Warhammer 40,000 video...

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Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader Confirmed for Nintendo Switch 2 | IGN Fall Fan Fest 2025

Warhammer 40,000 has officially arrived on Nintendo Switch 2 with the announcement of a Rogue Trader port. Owlcat Games’ well-received cRPG set in the grimdark future of the 41st millenium first launched on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X and S in December 2023. For the uninitiated, it’s a bit like Baldur’s Gate 3, but set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe. IGN’s Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader review returned an 8/10. We said: “Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader is an ultra crunchy, 130-hour space epic with excellent writing and combat, but unfortunately, also a lot of bugs.” The Nintendo Switch 2 version was announced at IGN Fall Fan Fest 2025 with a new trailer, below. No release date was mentioned. Since the launch of Rogue...

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Jurassic World Evolution 3: New Dinosaur Revealed | IGN Fall Fan Fest 2025

Jurassic World Evolution 3 hits PC, Xbox Series X/S, and PlayStation 5 soon, and the team behind the game just revealed a brand-new dinosaur at IGN Fan Fest 2025: Fall Edition. When the game releases in just a few days, players will be able to breed and care for a new dinosaur that up until now has only shown up on the big screen: the Therizinosaurus. The Therozinosaurus previously appeared in the 2022 movie Jurassic World Dominion. I spoke exclusively with the team behind Jurassic World: Evolution 3 to break down why they consider the new dinosaur a pivotal addition to the franchise. “The Therizinosaurus is a key franchise dinosaur now,” says Andy Fletcher, Game Director for Jurassic World Evolution 3. “Our narrative for our...

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The Outlast Trials Invasion Mode Will Put Players at Each Other's Throats With PvP Update Next Week | IGN Fall Fan Fest 2025

Red Barrels showed up for IGN Fall Fan Fest 2025 with a trailer for The Outlast Trials Invasion Mode, a major update coming in Season 4 that finally introduces its take on PvP. The Invasion Experimental Therapy mode looks more Among Us than Dead by Daylight in its first two-minute trailer, revealing a twist on the live-service survival horror game that lets players stalk others while wearing their skin as a mask. It’s…creepy, to say the least, with Red Barrels prepping its PvP experience for Halloween with a release date of October 21, 2025, for PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X | S. “You are not your brother’s keepers: you are your father’s children,” an official story description for The Outlast Trials...

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Minecraft Probably Wouldn't Add Creepers Today as They'd Be Too 'Controversial' — But Don't Worry, They're Not Going Anywhere Now They're So Iconic

Love them or, more likely, hate them, Minecraft's Creepers are now an iconic part of Mojang's beloved sandbox game. But the explosive creatures probably wouldn't be included today, the developer has said, if it were to design them from scratch now. Speaking in a new developer video discussing game balance and fairness, chief creative officer Jens Bergensten said that Mojang now followed a strong principle when adding any new item, biome or enemy to Minecraft that could cause players grief. In a nutshell, if anything causes the player to suffer, it should be because players brought it on themselves. "We want to avoid treating players in a way that feels unfair," Bergensten said. "So we have this guiding principle that bad things [can]...

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Battlefield 6 Devs Say New Conquest Tweaks Will Improve the Pace of Matches, But Fans Have Other Ideas

The Battlefield 6 team at EA and Battlefield Studios is shrinking ticket sizes for their large-scale Conquest multiplayer game mode, but players aren’t sold that these changes will improve the pace of matches. An update to the structure of Conquest matches arrived in an official post from the Battlefield Comms X/Twitter account. It details blanket changes across every Conquest map in Battlefield 6, as the developers aim to ensure matches “finish at a more natural pace.” To achieve this, BF Studios says it has reduced ticket sizes – which essentially represent each team's available reinforcements – from 1000 tickets to a unique ticket goal for each map. These range from 900 tickets on maps like Siege of Cairo and Empire State to 700...

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IGN Fan Fest 2025: Fall Edition - Everything Announced So Far (Updating Live)

Following a successful event back in February, IGN Fan Fest is back for the second time this year with our Fall Edition show, and it's happening today! Get ready for dozens of exclusive game trailers, interviews, clips, and reveals across games, movies, TV, and more. We're talking Predator: Badlands, Netflix's The Witcher, The Outer Worlds 2, Scott Pilgrim EX, Frankenstein, IT: Welcome to Derry, and so much more. We have a lot of fun surprises in store for today, and we thought we'd gather all the biggest announcements and reveals right here and update this page live to ensure you don't miss a thing. So, be sure to keep refreshing during our show to stay on top of it all. Now, you're probably wondering how you watch IGN Fan Fest 2025...

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Forge Your Legend with the Destiny 2: Expansion Bundle 2025

Guardians, the time has come to embark on Destiny’s greatest journey yet – and to make a real-world impact along the way. The Destiny 2: Expansion Bundle 2025 brings together years of adventure, mystery, and cosmic conflict in one incredible charity collection, offering an unprecedented way to experience Destiny’s universe while supporting a cause that truly matters. An Unforgettable Journey Across Light, Darkness, and Fate The Expansion Bundle 2025 unites Destiny 2’s major storylines — from the epic Light and Darkness Saga to the ongoing Fate Saga, giving new players and veterans alike the fullest journey through the stars to-date. Whether you’re just beginning your Guardian’s story or returning to face the Witness’s lingering...

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Green Man Gaming Has a Destiny 2 Expansion Bundle Worth $275 From Just $5 Today

Destiny 2’s recent Edge of Fate expansion marked the game’s seventh mainline annual expansion, and if there’s one thing that’s never been clearer, it’s that Bungie’s MMO/loot-shooter is tough for new players to get into. Sure, the game isn’t in its best state right now ahead of the Star Wars-themed Renegades in December, but it’s still one of the best-feeling shooters. If you’ve ever wanted to become a Titan, Hunter, or Warlock but felt you missed your chance, there’s good news: Green Man Gaming has bundled together every expansion for charity. The Destiny 2: Expansion Bundle includes every major Destiny 2 expansion released to date, with tiers including Edge of Fate and even the upcoming Renegades, which supports the Bungie...

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As Borderlands 4 Players Brace Themselves for the End of the OP Crit Knife, Gearbox Developers Explain Why Nerfs Are Needed Even in Mostly Single-Play

Gearbox developers have been addressing disgruntled Borderlands 4 players who have questioned the need to nerf overpowered builds in the mostly single-player looter shooter, saying it’s necessary to preserve the challenge and encourage build “diversity.” This comes as players brace themselves for the end of builds that rely on what the community has dubbed 'the crit knife,' an "unintended interaction” Gearbox has said will be nerfed this week. Borderlands 4 is rife with overpowered builds that cause massive damage, even to the game’s toughest bosses on the hardest difficulties. The most infamous of these is the crit knife, which Gearbox has said it’s aware of. But there are many others. The nerf sweep set to hit Borderlands 4 has...

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The Outer Worlds 2 Global Release Times Confirmed, Including Early Access

The Outer Worlds 2 is almost here, aiming to not just be bigger than its predecessor but a better RPG in every respect when it releases on October 29 on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X and S. We think Obsidian's sci-fi sequel is one of this fall's most slept-on games, possibly due to a bumpy start after The Outer Worlds 2 was initially touted as Microsoft's first $80 game. The publisher U-turned on the decision just a month later, however, saying it was keeping the price at $69.99 "in line with current market conditions." We had a great time with The Outer Worlds 2 when we previewed it back in August, writing: "If it’s not clear by now, I’m really into what Obsidian is doing with The Outer Worlds 2. While I appreciated Obsidian’s...

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PlayStation Plus October Game Line-up Leaked, Includes Until Dawn Remake

October's list of PlayStation Plus games has been leaked online, and the new additions will reportedly include the 2024 remake of horror classic Until Dawn. The line-up of additional titles headed to Sony's PlayStation Plus subscription this month has once again been posted by Dealabs' ever-reliable billbil-kun, who states that Until Dawn will join the previously-reported Silent Hill 2 remake as part of October's suitably spooky offerings. PlayStation Plus Extra subscribers will gain access to both games — and several others — when the service next updates its offerings on October 21. Two additional titles will reportedly also join the PlayStation Plus classics range for Premium subscribers, also. Until Dawn's 2024 remake updated...

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'So I'm Not Crazy?' — Battlefield 6 Players Struggle as Bullets Seem to Fly Right Through Enemies

Battlefield 6 launched to impressive player numbers just last week, but EA’s latest entry in the long-running FPS series is facing one issue that has players missing more shots than they should be. As players across PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X and S poured into Battlefield 6 in the days following its October 10 launch, they were met with a launch build that holds up much better than some of the more infamous launches of the franchise’s past. It’s not been without its problems, though, with one particularly annoying bug seemingly affecting hit registration for some guns. Only a few clips analyzing the issue have managed to bubble to the top of online discussion, but each has drawn more examples from other individuals faced...

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Rockstar Games, Red Dead Redemption 2 Fans Pay Tribute to D'Angelo, Who Has Died Aged 51

Fans across the world are paying tribute to "titan of soul" D'Angelo, who died yesterday aged 51 after an undisclosed battle with cancer. D'Angelo was behind the hugely popular Red Dead Redemption 2 track, Unshaken, and fans of the game as well as developer Rockstar paid tribute following the news. In a statement posted to social media, Rockstar Games called D'Angelo a "true titan of soul," writing: "We are eternally grateful for his track Unshaken which will forever be an enduring part of the legacy of Red Dead Redemption 2." The Grammy-award winning musician released three albums over his career. 2014's Black Messiah was his last album, which makes the iconic track included on 2018 Red Dead Redemption 2's soundtrack one of his...

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Battlefield 6 'Ladder Launching' Will Get Patched, but That Hasn't Stopped Players From Having Fun While It Lasts

Battlefield 6 players haven’t decided what their favorite weapons are yet, but they’ve already fallen in love with a new movement tech called “ladder launching.” To catch you up to speed, the ladder is a gadget available to use with the Assault class in Battlefield Studios and EA’s latest Battlefield game. It’s a traversal tool that can be used to reach high-up places, opening up opportunities to gain new vantage points or even sneak up on unsuspecting enemies. The thing is that now, just days after Battlefield 6 launched for PC and consoles, the ladder is also being used for much, much more. If you’ve even accidentally whipped out the ladder while playing Battlefield 6 multiplayer, you might have noticed that actually mounting it...

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AU Deals: Stock Up on the Cheapest Must Plays That Are Pile of Shame Proof

My pile of games already stretches past the moon, but some discounts just hit that "add to cart" button for you. This week’s round of wallet tests includes some cinematic adventures, open-world chaos, and nostalgia bombs that deserve a permanent slot on your shelf or SSD. Get amongst them before they're gone. Contents Retro Nintendo Xbox PlayStation PC PC Gear LEGO This Day in Gaming 🎂 In retro news, I've hired some Nathan Drake spooking clowns for the 16th Bday of Uncharted 2: Among Thieves. To say this sequel blew my mind at launch is quite the understatement. U2 began and persisted with gobsmacking action setpieces, brilliantly balanced shootin' / punchin' / puzzlin' gameplay, and an Amy Hennig script that snap, crackled, and...

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Stock Up on a Four-Pack 6.6-Feet 240W USB Type-C Cables for Just $12 on Amazon

USB Type-C has become the standard for charging and data cables alike, so it's good to have extra on hand. Here's a great back to school deal where you can get some quality cables at a throwaway price. Amazon is offering a four-pack of Lisen 6.6ft 240W USB Type-C cables for just $11.89 after you apply coupon code "3FDEL3W7". That averages out to $2.97 per cable. USB Type-C cables typically go for about $10 per cable or more at your local big box store. These can charge nearly any device with a USB-C port, including your Nintendo Switch 2, iPhone 16, or even the new M4 MacBook. 4-Pack of Lisen 6.6ft 240W USB Type-C Cables for $11.89 Keep your cable collection simple. These cables measure 6.6 feet in length, which is a great general...

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Assassin's Creed Franchise Boss Departs Ubisoft

Assassin's Creed franchise boss Marc-Alexis Côté has departed Ubisoft after a career spanning more than 20 years, IGN understands. The news comes just two weeks after Assassin's Creed, Ubisoft's biggest brand, became operated by Vantage Studios, the separate business entity formed by Ubisoft with a 25% stake from Chinese giant Tencent that will also now oversee all future Far Cry and Rainbow Six games. Ubisoft staff were informed of the news this afternoon via an internal email which discussed the need for Vantage Studios' leadership team to be "aligned" with its core goals. IGN understands that Côté was offered a role as part of Vantage Studios' leadership, but declined. In an internal note to Ubisoft staff obtained by IGN, Vantage...

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Battlefield 6 XP Farming via Portal Lobbies Explodes as Players Complain of Sluggish Progression System

It took less than one week for Battlefield 6 players to start making Portal lobbies for XP farming – and some believe EA has already caught on. Fans were quick to call out the progression system in last week’s new FPS entry as a bit of a slog. Although most are walking away from each multiplayer match happy with the package Battlefield Studios has crafted, even some of the most enthusiastic fans believe leveling up takes too long, with an unrewarding weapon unlock system and arduous challenges dampening the experience even further. “Do they really think players have that much time and energy to grind endlessly just to get the rewards we’re supposed to earn naturally?” one player asked in a Reddit post. “It’s exhausting.” Just days...

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Amazon's Buy 1, Get 1 Half Off Board Game Sale Is Back After October Prime Day

Amazon's October Prime Day has ended, but the online retailer is already offering a new "Buy 2, Get 1 50% Off" sale this week on board games. There's a little bit of everything for everyone in here, from classic family games to modern party games. If you've been hoping to add some more board games to your tabletop collection, right now is a great time to do so. The sale itself is fairly straightforward: Amazon has a big list of items that are included in the promotion and all you need to do is add two in your cart and the 50% discount will be applied to whatever the cheaper one is. That means if you want to take full advantage of the savings, you'll want to buy two similarly priced items. I've gathered some of the best board game...

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'The Feedback That We've Got Has Been Very Justified' — Helldivers 2 Dev Pushes Content and Feature Updates Back to Sort Out Performance Problems Firs

Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead has revealed it's putting a temporary pause on content updates while it works on improving performance. In an interview on the official Helldivers YouTube channel, director Mikael Eriksson admitted the game's most recent big update, Into the Unjust, had "more issues than [the team] were comfortable with," which is why the studio has now decided "to push some of our content and feature updates a little bit into the future." Recent reviews for Helldivers 2 on Steam are 'mixed,' with most of the complaints revolving around performance trouble. The 'most helpful review' penned over the last 30 days is a negative one from a player with over 500 hours in-game. They called Helldivers 2's performance...

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Fallout Creator Reveals Lore the Original Team Decided Was True but Never Explained — 'Bethesda Is Free to Invent Different Reasons That the Things in

Fallout creator Tim Cain has continued his insightful video series on the development of the original Fallout game, this time focusing on lore with a number of fun reveals that have got fans talking. Cain, the creator, producer, lead programmer and one of the main designers of Interplay’s 1997 post-apocalyptic role-playing game Fallout, released a video in which he talked about lore in the original Fallout that the team assumed was true but was never directly stated. This “non-expository Fallout lore,” as Cain calls it, is lore from the first game only, lore the original team discussed among themselves and decided was true, and then made the game based on that. “None of this was written down” by any one of the 15 core people who...

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Skyrim Lead Designer Is 'Eternally Shocked' At The Game's Lasting Appeal, Saying: 'I Think Skyrim Did Open World in a Way That Nobody Had Ever Done Be

The lead designer of Skyrim is "eternally shocked" at not just the RPG's success, but its enduring appeal, suggesting it's the game's open world and "quirkiness" that keeps players coming back 14 years after its debut. Skyrim released way back in 2011. An open-world RPG, it puts players on the precipice of determining the future of Skyrim as the Empire waits for the prophesied Dragonborn to come, a hero born with the power of The Voice, and the only one who can stand among the dragons. IGN's Skyrim review returned a 9.5/10. We called it "a rare kind of intensely personal, deeply rewarding experience, and one of the best role-playing games yet produced." Now, speaking on the FRVR Podcast, lead designer Bruce Nesmith offered his...

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