Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 has added DMZ to its list of early access experiences available for pre-order players ahead of its launch later this month.
Activision and Infinity Ward revealed a host of new details for its DMZ revamp in a blog post shared today. Early access for the mode joins campaign early access, with both available to those who pre-ordered either the standard or Vault Edition versions of the game across PC, Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, and/or Xbox Series X/S.
Here's the full breakdown: Eligible players will gain early access to the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 campaign starting Friday, October 16. DMZ early access will then follow Tuesday, October 20, with the full launch unleashing the rest of the...
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With the arrival of October comes a brand new Humble Choice lineup for PC gamers to dig into, and it looks like a stacked selection this month. Leading the pack is Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii followed by Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown and Psychonauts 2 (which are all 8/10 games in our eyes), alongside five other PC games to add to your Steam library for just $14.99/month when you sign up to become a Humble Choice member.
That's a steal compared to buying all eight games on their own, but that's not all. One month free of IGN Plus is also thrown in the mix, plus you get some added shopping perks when you're a member, like up to 20% off in the Humble store. What a treat.
Check out this month's full lineup below, and if you...
The team behind Wardogs has confirmed that Lonestar, AKA the blue team, loses more than other team, and is making big changes in Season 2 to fix that.
Since Wardogs launched in early September, there have been no shortage of memes mocking the game's blue team, Lonestar. For whatever reason, Lonestar tends to lose a lot, and there are a plethora of videos showing Lonestar players crashing helicopters at base and making fools of themselves.
Speaking exclusively with IGN, Bulkhead confirmed that Lonestar's win percentage is lower than other teams in Wardogs, but it has actually increased over time. Lonestar's win rate was roughly 10% during the game's alpha, but has risen to 20% in recent weeks. Bulkhead co-founder Howard Philpott noted...
Wardogs developer Bulkhead has revealed how rain will change the gameplay in Season 2.
Next week, Wardogs will release its second season of content, which will also add rain to the game. This will not be dynamic weather, so don't expect it to be sunshine one minute and storming the next; matches that include rain will experience rainfall the entire time, from start to finish. However, this will result in some major changes to the game, with senior producer Kane Allard confirming to IGN that it "completely changes the game," and as a result, some players may not actually like this addition.
"It completely changes the game, and it's going to be positive for some players," said Allard. "It's going to be negative for others. Your play...
The developer of Wardogs has admitted that the limitations of the Xbox Series S have stopped it from adding certain things to the game, but insisted these limits have also provided some unique benefits.
During a press conference for Wardogs Season 2, Bulkhead CEO Joe Brammer said the team is "limited" by the Xbox Series S and revealed that this is one of the reasons why the game doesn't have dynamic weather right now. The new rain feature being added to Wardogs this month will be persistent throughout a match, meaning a storm won't suddenly roll through halfway through a game and lighten up within 15 minutes. It's a constant downpour.
"We are limited, as every dev is, by Xbox Series S," said Brammer. "As great a platform as Xbox is...
The team behind Wardogs expects to bring the game to next-gen consoles in the future.
Although some would argue that this console generation has yet to meet its full potential, platform holders are already ramping up for the next one with Sony's PlayStation 6 and Xbox's Project Helix, though neither company has locked in an official release window. However, it does mean some developers have to start planning ahead, and one of those studios is Bulkhead, the team behind the new shooter Wardogs.
In an exclusive interview with IGN, we talked about plans for the game's eventual console release. Wardogs is currently slated to make the jump to consoles in 2028, which begs the question: Will it release on next-gen hardware? Bulkhead says it's...
Wardogs Season 2 is adding a new gambling system that will allow players to bet on their own performances.
The new season of Wardogs, due to launch on October 15, features a bunch of new content, most notably a new weather system that adds rain to matches. Another major mechanic lets players win big, or lose tons of cash. It's called the Wager Vendor, and it allows players to bet on themselves. If you think you can kill 20 people in a match, make a bet, and you will be rewarded. However, if you fail, you will lose cash. The harder your challenge is, the more you stand to win.
Speaking exclusively to IGN about the new system, developer Bulkhead noted that it technically won't be available to players as soon as the season launches, as...
Battlefield 6 is getting a Dead Space event in time for Halloween. EA and Dice are calling it a “non-canon” event, which means the Battlefield 6 developer can go wild with it. Necromorphs in Area 51? Why not?
The Dead Space and Battlefield 6 crossover was teased earlier in the week, with the alien monument The Marker showing up at the end of the shooter’s Vegas trailer. Pax Armata will be pursuing secret tech hidden beneath Area 51 in the event, which will be decked out with assets taken from the Dead Space remake.
Players will be able to unlock unique cosmetics for participating, starting when the event goes live on October 20. You’ll have until November 7 to grab what you want.
“Battlefield 6 is now one year old and what an...
When Rockstar debuted its extended look at GTA 6 on Netflix, it was as if the developer had uploaded a one-off episode of a crime thriller to the platform. Sure, this was a gameplay reveal and there was certainly plenty of what was clearly a person playing a video game, but it nonetheless felt like a cinematic event. Compelling characters, building tension, slick action, and beautiful camera direction – it was as if Michael Mann had shadow-dropped a CGI short.
None of that will have come as a surprise. Rockstar has always had one eye on the movies – the game that shot it to stardom is a love-letter to Goodfellas, and its most recent open-world is the greatest Western never filmed. But the cinematic ambition we associate with the studio...
I've never done anything wrong in my life. It's really important you believe me. But here I am in the grip of a 50-foot policeman, and he's not buying what I'm selling. Not about what I didn’t do – because I'm sure I didn't do it, though I'm not sure what exactly I'm accused of – but about anything, including why I'm up so early. I offer some excuse about having a job. Do I have a job? I don’t know. You get nervous when a cop bigger than a house is holding you to eye level. It seemed like the right thing to say. The good news: I'm free to move about town. The bad news: I can't leave. I'm innocent and they’re not gonna believe me. I have to get out of here.
I've never played a game quite like Militsioner before. It's unnerving, moving...
A YouTuber and streamer's channel was permanently banned for a Clive Barker’s Hellraiser: Revival gameplay video.
French content creator J0nathan said that despite covering up the nudity in the game’s opening scenes with black boxes, his channel was removed for violating YouTube’s sex and nudity policy. “Explicit content that’s meant to be sexually gratifying isn’t allowed on YouTube,” the company told the streamer in response to an appeal upholding the ban.
Hellraiser: Revival, from Space Marine 2 developer Saber Interactive, opens with a raunchy sex scene featuring a topless woman and some BDSM play. Following that, the male character runs around for a while with their wang in the wind. While the scene is explicit, it’s essential to...
Though I would never claim to be a Soulslike savant, I’ve certainly been an avid fan of the subgenre since it emerged with Demon’s Souls in the halcyon days of 2009.
Countless Soulslikes have arrived since then, but many have followed a familiar design throughline: third-person action, close-quarters combat and a heavy reliance on the invincibility frames provided by a well-timed dodge.
Coming from an unexpected developer, Ghostrunner studio One More Level, Valor Mortis looks set to do things rather differently. In the process, it could blow away some of the stale vapours that have been wafting around the Soulslike subgenre for a while.
Here’s how Valor Mortis is shaping up to be one of the most distinctive Soulslikes of 2026...
Amazon's Prime Day sale may be over, but there are still some decent video game deals to be found if you know where to look.
One of the best we've spotted is on Final Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade for Nintendo Switch 2, which has dropped to just $25 at Amazon.
That's a new all-time low for the RPG, and the best part is that you don't even need an Amazon Prime membership to take advantage of it anymore.
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Final Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade includes the full remake of the original RPG's Midgar story, along with INTERmission, an additional episode starring Yuffie.
Just bear in mind that this physical edition uses a Game-Key Card, so you'll need to download the game rather than...
NieR franchise creator Yoko Taro dropped a big revelation about his motivations for continuing to work and his thoughts on the future of Japan’s game industry. As reported by Denfaminicogamer, Taro was asked if he had any current projects or plans to make a new game. He replied “nothing really,” and confessed that “I’m done with working. I don’t want to do it anymore.”
On top of this, Taro revealed that he already achieved his life goal before he even made critically-acclaimed titles like NieR Automata. Taro's first game as director was 2003 PS2 title Drakengard (known as Drag-on Dragoon in Japan). “With Drakengard, the first game I was given the opportunity to direct, I was actually able to do almost everything the way I wanted,” he...
This is an IGN opinion piece from Tristan Ogilvie, who plays survival horror games like it's his job (because a lot of the time, it very much is).
While there’s certainly been a number of horror-themed metroidvanias released in recent years, from the savage executions of the Blasphemous series to the brilliant shapeshifting reverse-horror of Carrion, until now I’ve never experienced one that has so expertly adapted proper survival horror mechanics into the genre. Silver Pines takes the fear and foreboding of Silent Hill and Resident Evil, and flattens it into a 2.5D setting that begins as a small town but becomes an increasingly larger one as new tools are uncovered and new paths are unlocked in typical metroidvania fashion. I’m only...
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There are a ton of boss fights, and they’re fantastic so far.
If you like style, PBZ is oozing it.
Framerate hitches on a beefy PC are a yellow flag this close to launch.
I play so many sweaty action games that pit me against insanely difficult bosses and require the most tight reaction times imaginable that it actually takes quite a lot to get me to pay attention these days. I’ll admit that when I first saw the Phantom Blade Zero gameplay trailers, I didn’t immediately get the hype. After all, this sword-wielding parry-happy action game exists in an era where we get at least a dozen of these a year. It only took about five minutes with developer S-GAME’s Phantom Blade Zero to see how it sets itself apart...
Daredevil star Charlie Cox has confirmed that he is starring in another video game, this one for Sega.
Cox opened up about the project at New York Comic-Con 2026, telling IGN’s Jeffrey Vega that he’s completed recording for an as-yet unannounced Sega video game.
“I did another one! It doesn’t have a name yet,” he said. “I did a Sega one. I’ve done one since. It hasn’t come out yet. It was fun to do. It’s hard. It’s a whole different job, man.”
Cox went on to share a humorous anecdote about his experience working on the game, saying that the crew weren’t aware that he wasn’t American.
“I’m not sure what I’m allowed to say, but I showed up for it, and I met them for the first time, they asked me to do this game, and so I agreed to...
Nitrate Games revealed the first footage and new details about its upcoming farm sim video game Jay and Silent Bob’s Joint Venture at New York Comic Con on Thursday. IGN can exclusively share the first trailer for the game, which you can watch via the player embedded below.
Jay and Silent Bob’s Joint Venture promises a funny and raunchy spin on the cozy farming genre, with creator Kevin Smith’s iconic characters out to “build the best weed farm in town.” Players will build, cultivate and expand their operation, interact with familiar faces, and experience an original story written by Ernie Altbacker (the animated films Batman: Hush and Justice League Dark).
Kevin Smith and Jason Mewes have been creative forces on the project from the...
Smile 2 star Kyle Gallner is making it known that he’s ready and willing to play V in Paramount’s live-action film adaptation of Cyberpunk 2077.
Cyberpunk 2077 has come a long way from its roots as a tabletop RPG. Thanks to CD Projekt Red’s video game and its standout expansion, as well as the critically-acclaimed Edgerunners spinoff anime from Studio Trigger, fans of the gritty sci-fi series are eating well.
They’re about to get fed even more, as Paramount revealed that it is developing a live-action movie based on the franchise. Thus far, we’re not sure of any plot details, so it’s possible that we could follow V’s adventures with Johnny Silverhand, or Idris Elba’s Solomon Reed before he meets V — or heck, maybe even Edgerunner 2’s...
Street Fighter 6 producer Shuhei Matsumoto revealed how dire things were for Capcom’s flagship fighting game franchise during the Street Fighter V era and explained how he and director Takayuki Nakayama worked together to save the series from death.
It’s no secret that Street Fighter V stumbled massively when it launched in February 2016. Many players felt that it was shipped out in an unfinished state, as it lacked basic elements like an arcade mode or story mode, on top of its incredibly unstable netplay.
Shuhei Matsumoto — who stepped in as producer for Street Fighter V near the end of its lifetime following Yoshinori Ono’s exit from Capcom in 2020 — alongside director Takayuki Nakayama, recognized that the franchise as a whole was...
Ben Affleck has revealed he plays shooters like Fortnite and sometimes ends up getting into arguments with kids in voice chat.
When speaking on the New Heights podcast, Affleck was asked about the inspiration for some of the costumes in his latest film, Animals. The new Netflix thriller features a character wearing a fuzzy bunny mask, and Affleck stated that he took inspiration from Fortnite for that particular costume. He noted that his son was taking an interest in Fortnite skins and kept calling them "tough." Affleck joked that he didn't quite understand what was "tough" about a character wearing a bunny mask, but utilized it as an inspiration.
"I thought these costumes are so kind of random and unusual, that's what I based the...
Resident Evil Requiem producer Masachika Kawata revealed that the game was originally planned to be an online title before they scrapped the idea to focus on horror.
Kawata shared this information in the Biohazard 30th Special Mook (‘magazine book’), a 124-page, full-color fan book with a complete history of the series' timeline, creature genealogy, and developer interviews.
“Every game is a continuous process of trial and error. For example, with Resident Evil Requiem, [game director Koshi Nakanishi] initially went so far as to develop it as an online game,” he said, via a fan translation.
“However, the results of research conducted partway through development were not favorable, so we decided to prioritize the horror concept once...
Forza Horizon 6 is finally coming to PS5 in January, and it will launch alongside a major expansion to the game.
A new trailer has confirmed that Forza Horizon 6 will race on to PS5 on January 26. It will arrive on the same day and date as the game's first major expansion, though no details have been revealed on what that will look like. As was the case with the Xbox and PC version of the game, players can pre-order the Premium Edition for extra goodies, including five days of early access to the game on PS5. Players who pre-order any version of the game on PS5 will also get a pre-tuned Ferrari J50.
The news of the game's release date comes after rumors that Forza Horizon 6 would miss its initial 2026 release window for PS5. The news...
A seemingly new type of Shiva is joining Final Fantasy VII Revelation. At the game’s New York Comic Con panel, it was revealed that Critical Role performer Marisha Ray is joining Revelation as “Polydroid Shiva.” It wasn’t explained how, exactly, this pointy version of the series-recurring ice lady summon will fit into Revelation, but in the BTS clip played during the panel, she seemed to be announcing a snowboarding minigame and blamed Vincent for her “situation.”
“Have you any of the faintest idea of the consternation you’ve caused?” Polydroid Shivia says. “Polydroid problems aren’t my purview,” Vincent replies. (Cold, brother!) She then demands him to, “Drop on a board, caped one, and give my slopes a spin. Let us see how you carve!”...
Paramount Pictures is developing a live-action Cyberpunk 2077 film.
Deadline has reported that the film will be produced by Lorenzo di Bonaventura, who is best known for producing the Transformers and GI Joe films. CD Projekt Red is also onboard to produce, though there is no word on any actors, writers, or directors attached to the project. It's unclear if it will faithfully adapt the titular video game from 2020, or if this will be another story set in the Cyberpunk universe, similar to Edgerunners.
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Reina, who made her debut in Tekken 8, is coming to Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves. The announcement comes from a short teaser trailer from SNK Official.
The Tekken fighter joins the City of the Wolves roster as a playable character, joining other guest characters such as Street Fighter’s Chun-Li, Fist of the North Star’s Kenshiro, and soccer star Christiano Ronaldo. Reina is believed to be the daughter of Heihachi Mishima, a guy with a penchant for chucking his kids into volcanos. It’s no wonder she’s looking for somewhere else to live.
Tekken 7 previously featured Geese Howard, one of the primary antagonists of Fatal Fury, as a guest character, so it’s nice to see Bandai Namco paying the favor back. Fatal Fury has gone a bit ham...
Before there was Warzone, Fortnite, or even PUBG: Battlegrounds, there was Minecraft Survival Games. While the exact origin is nebulous, Norwegian YouTuber Dennis Vaeride is credited as launching the first Survival Games server in April 2012, just one month after The Hunger Games’ film adaptation had opened in cinemas. The concept followed the rules outlined in Katniss’ harrowing ordeal: dozens of players would sprint into the middle of a starting circle, gather supplies, and then hunt until the last one standing.
Little did Vaeride know, he’d just fired the starting pistol on an industry-wide battle royale. Many studios would try to replicate this formula. Few would survive. Those that did would grow fat on microtransactions and...
Whatever happened to the MMORPG? In the early 2000s, the likes of World of Warcraft, RuneScape, and EverQuest dominated cyberspace, their worlds host to millions of players questing and raiding together. Today, Roblox’s titanic 123 million daily player count dwarfs the combined historical peak of this trio and many other genre stablemates of the time.
That’s not to say the MMORPG is dead. A brand new one, Aion 2, launched just this week and quickly found itself on Steam’s Most Played list. The long-awaited Guild Wars 3 is on the horizon. And many of the genre’s pioneering games continue to run successfully, some even 25 years on from their inception. But that’s become the genre’s norm – ongoing projects built on ageing technology...
Not too long ago, it felt like there was no escape from live-service games. Bethesda’s unveiling of Fallout 76 in 2018 felt like an ominous bellwether – was every iconic franchise now fated to transform into a forever game? Was ever-evolving multiplayer with seasonal content updates the way forward for our favourite RPGs and shooters?
Fast forward eight years and the landscape is looking very different. Major gaming publishers are cancelling live-service games left, right and centre, while many newcomers arrive on the scene only to pack up their bags and disappear within a few short months.
Some will, understandably, celebrate the apparent downturn of the live-service model. Others, meanwhile, will see this as cause for concern. The...
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Remastered just got a significant patch to tweak the presentation of CD Projekt’s RPG epic.
Despite the remaster offering a host of improvements over the base game — visually and mechanically — not everyone was happy with how it turned out. Some fans across Reddit and social media complained about its heavy bloom effects, which created a washed out look and removed many of the original game’s stark shadows. Tonally, it felt meaningfully different, and the overdone bloom made it difficult to appreciate other graphical improvements.
“I started the training part at the beginning of the game [and] I noticed that the blooming effects are jacked all the way up which causes the image to look washed out and makes...