You can become undead in Skyrim, and then the un-undead, if that's your thing.
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Saturday, December 31, 2016
How to Become a Vampire (Or Cure Vampirism) In Skyrim
GTA 5, Portal 2 Among First Steam Awards Winners
The winners of the 2016 Steam Awards have been announced.
Grand Theft Auto V, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and Portal 2 were among the winning titles of the first ever Steam Awards. Valve's portal-focused puzzle game won "Villain Most in Need of a Hug," while Rockstar's open-world hit received both the "Whoooaaaaaaa, dude!" award and the "Game Within a Game" award.
The 2016 Steam Awards winners were selected by community vote
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Friday, December 30, 2016
How to Get Those Pesky Runes and Bonecharms in Dishonored 2
Sometimes you can see a Bonecharm or Rune, but can't quite get to it. Here's how.
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Thursday, December 29, 2016
The 10 Most Underrated Shooter Maps Ever Made
You don't have to look too far online to find a subjective list of the best shooter maps ever made. Because regurgitating another one of those lists would be too easy, and apparently I love making life difficult, I've gone the other way. What follows is a breakdown of my pick of the 10 most underrated shooter maps of all time. To further complicate (or, perhaps, refine) the selection process, I've enforced a rule of only one game per series which, believe you me, makes things a whole lot trickier.
In no particular order, here we go!
Look online and you'll find a lot of hate for Outskirts which – coupled with the reality that Treyarch had the unenviable task of following up on the mega-success of Infinity Ward's Modern Warfare – makes for the perfect first entry in this list. The more popular maps in World at War had a greater emphasis on close-quarters combat and tight corners. Outskirts, on the other hand, bucked the trend, with long lines of sight and plenty of open space between ruined houses, which made it a sniper's delight. It also forced run-and-gun SMG players (like me) to shift to longer-range firearms, or trick opponents into intense corner battles. Also, it had tanks.
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Pokemon Prism Leaks After Nintendo Cease and Desist
Pokemon Prism, the fan-made ROM hack for Pokemon Crystal Version, has been make available online.
Pokemon Prism creator Koolboyman shut down his website and the project after receiving a cease and desist from Nintendo, but shortly thereafter, the files for the hack circulated on 4chan by fans allegedly unaffiliated with the project who, in a README text document (via Kotaku), referred to themselves as "a group of people interested in seeing ROM hacks succeed."
Kotaku reached out to group of anonymous distributors to find out why they took it upon themselves to make the ROM hack available to the public. "Regardless of Nintendo's legal rights, we do believe that they are destroying their fans' hard work for no reason and at no gain," they said. "Nintendo could have used this (and any other good ROM hack) as an opportunity to promote the Pokémon series in general. They don't even have to do anything other than let the games live."
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Unlock Overwatch's Golden Guns
Want to unlock the legendary Golden Gun skins in Overwatch? It takes a lot of work, but here's how to do it.
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43 Big Games Coming in 2017
With another excellent year of gaming in the books, it's time to look forward to what's in store for us next year. Everything from long-awaited sequels to fresh takes on familiar genres, there are a ton of interesting games headed our way. Here are 43 big games coming in 2017.
Agents of Mayhem was the featured game for our June IGN First, and we got some fairly extensive hands-on time with it. Though it technically exists in the same storytelling universe as Volition's Saints Row series, it's a new IP that plays quite differently from its sister series, or from any sandbox action game really. You choose three squad members from a larger pool of diverse heroes, all of whom have customizable passive and active abilities, and by swapping between them on the fly, you can put together some impressive pyrotechnic displays. The core combat is already a good time, and if the open world elements wind up matching it, Agents of Mayhem could be the sandbox action game to beat in 2017. -- Vince Ingenito, Editor
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Super Mario Run: Android Pre-Registration Now Available
Nintendo has announced that Android users can now pre-register to download Super Mario Run.
As announced on Nintendo of America's Twitter account, Android users can pre-register on Google Play and will receive a notification as soon as Mario's auto-runner becomes available for download.
The Google Play listing confirms that, just like on iOS, players will be able to download the first few levels of Super Mario Run for free, then have the option to purchase the remaining levels for a set price. Also just like on iOS, internet connectivity is required to play Super Mario Run.
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Wednesday, December 28, 2016
For Honor Collector's Edition Revealed
A listing on GameStop's website has revealed a For Honor Collector's Edition, called the 'For Honor Apollyon Collector's Edition'.
The listing says the CE includes:
- For Honor Gold Edition
- 14" Apollyon Statue, made by Project TriForce: "Standing at over a foot tall, this highly-detailed statue features an accurate reproduction of Apollyon, For Honor's main Warlord."
- Exclusive Apollyon Lithograph: "The Warlord of the Blackstone Legion seeks to bring war to her enemies in this exclusive Limited Edition Lithograph."
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Every Treasure Location in Uncharted 4
100% Uncharted 4 with this guide to treasure locations and other collectibles.
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Final Fantasy III: A Retrospective
When I first started my daunting journey through the Final Fantasy series for IGN at the start of 2016, I did so opting for the most convenient and cost-effective methods available to me. For the earliest games in this beloved franchise, that meant resorting to remasters, the trade-off being that I could easily carry the first ten Final Fantasy games around with me on my Vita, grind a few levels whenever I had spare time throughout the day and speed up my playthroughs massively.
As I half-expected, when the first piece in this series landed on IGN's homepage back in January, I drew some criticism in the comments for not playing the original NES version of the first Final Fantasy. I get it: long-term fans of classic franchises tend to want others to experience what they experienced and in the way they experienced it. It is, of course, not only unrealistic to expect that everyone has had the same formative experiences as you, it's simply impossible, and is what makes your fellow human beings so damn interesting.
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What Persona 5's Main Characters Look Like as Food
While we ever so patiently await the worldwide release of Persona 5 (the game has been out in Japan since September), we couldn't resist a chance to sample an array of food and drinks based on the Atlus title when we had the chance.
A recent trip to Japan happened to coincide with a month-long Persona 5 pop up cafe that featured eight meals and eight drinks modeled after the game's characters and their Personas. While two people couldn't justifiably order all 16 items (maybe next time...) we did order one item per character for a sampling of what the cafe had to offer. Click right to view the photo gallery of our culinary adventure.
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PlayStation Plus January Free Games Revealed
The lineup of free games for PlayStation Plus subscribers in January has been revealed ahead of their availability next month.
According PlayStation Blog's announcement, Day of the Tentacle Remastered and This War of Mine: The Little Ones will be available for PlayStation 4 owners, with the former also available on PS Vita via cross buy. For our thoughts on DoubleFine's faithful and "lovingly-drawn" remaster of LucasArts' 1993 classic, read IGN's Day of the Tentacle Remastered review.
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Things to Do First in Skyrim
Get a free horse, learn some shouts, and prepare yourself for a long journey.
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The Best Ways to Level Up in Final Fantasy 15
Even the odds against tough monsters with these tips on gaining experience and AP fast.
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Tuesday, December 27, 2016
9 Things to Find First in Dark Souls 3
It's easy to miss this items and side quests that you'll need to get a head start in Dark Souls 3.
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Skyrim's Coolest Sidequests: The Ebony Warrior
Some call it the toughest fight in the game: A secret boss challenges you to a duel.
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Final Fantasy XV: How to Find Every Secret Dungeon
Locate hidden dungeons underneath Lucis for awesome loot in FF15.
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15 Awesome Games No One Talked About in 2016
Between the massive influx of new titles launching on Steam and emerging sites like itch.io every day and the tendency for high-profile AAA releases to overshadow smaller projects, it's getting harder to keep track of all the awesome games that come out every year.
We decided to round-up some of our favorite hidden gems from this year. Despite flying under the radar for many, these games are beautiful, clever, and deserve a closer look.
Here are 13 of the most awesome games no one talked about in 2016.
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7 Unique Vehicles You Can't Miss in Watch Dogs 2
From suped-up sports cars to Hazmat trucks or rainbow scooters, here's where to find all the Unique Vehicles in Watch Dogs 2.
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Monday, December 26, 2016
Out This Week: Snowden, The Underworld Series Re-Released
With so many new games and movies coming out, it can be hard to keep up. Lucky for you, IGN is here to help with a weekly round-up of the biggest releases each and every week. Check out the latest releases for this week, and be sure to come back next Monday for a new update.
Note: The prices and deals compiled below are accurate at the time we published this story, but all are subject to change.
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The 10 Biggest News Stories of 2016
Batman and Superman battled it out on the big screen, Pokemon started appearing around every corner of the real world, the first Disney-released Star Wars spinoff debuted, and much more dominated the entertainment landscape of 2016. IGN was there to cover all of it — the biggest games, movies, TV, and comics reveals, surprises, successes, and failures — but what were the biggest stories that captivated you, our readers and viewers, throughout this year?
Read on to find out what you were most intrigued by this year (hint: the DC cinematic universe will appear more than a couple of times) with IGN's 10 biggest news stories of the year:
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice started with a strong opening weekend, but broke a record after its first full week in theaters.
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Sunday, December 25, 2016
Things To Do First in Final Fantasy 15
Get a Chocobo to ride, learn how to fight, and many more helpful tips for starting FFXV.
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These Christmas Overwatch Cosplays Are Perfection
Overwatch recently rolled out it's Winter Wonderland update, and with that, cosplayers have jumped on the holiday celebrations, too.
Here are three of the coolest (get it, coolest?) Overwatch cosplayers we've ever seen - click right to see them all:
The Tracer cosplay, by Knitemaya, is a pretty spot-on recreation of Tracer's Winter Wonderland skin. The photographer who took those photos is Pireze.
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Pokemon Go: Don't Miss Out on Free Incubators to Hatch New Pokemon
Find out how to score more chances to hatch the new Johto Pokemon in Pokemon Go over the holidays.
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GTA Online: Don't Miss These Presents From Santa
Regardless of whether you've been naughty or nice, don't miss out on these free stocking stuffers today in GTA Online.
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Saturday, December 24, 2016
7 Things To Do First in Skyrim
Picking up Skyrim for the first time or coming back for the Special Edition? Don't miss out on these important tips.
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Skyrim's Coolest Sidequests: A Night to Remember
This sidequest, which starts at a tavern, gives new meaning to "the walk of shame."
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Kojima Productions, God of War, More Say Happy Holidays
Studios from around the industry with franchises on PlayStation have released eCards to wish their fans happy holidays.
As a thank you to PlayStation fans for their support throughout 2016, PlayStation Blog has compiled a collection of holiday cards from its studios and various partners and shared them with the community. Death Stranding developer Kojima Productions also took to Twitter to share a holiday card of its own, featuring an adorable illustration of its mascot Ludens. See them all in the gallery below.
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Friday, December 23, 2016
Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood Release Date Announced
At FFXIV Fan Festival in Tokyo today, Square Enix announced that Final Fantasy XIV's Stormblood expansion will launch on June 20, 2017.
The release date was confirmed on Final Fantasy XIV's official Twitter account. During the event, Square Enix also revealed the new Red Mage job class, as well as a new raid titled Return to Ivalice.
Via the official PlayStation Twitter account, a handful of new images from Stormblood were also revealed. You can swipe through the gallery below to see new art of the Red Mage, the logo for Return to Ivalice, as well as screenshots featuring swimming, diving, and more.
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GTA Online Gets More Festive Bonuses
Snow returns to Los Santos this weekend, along with a new game mode, vehicle upgrade and lots more.
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Unlock GTA 5's Best Cheat Codes
From Exploding Bullets to Invincibility and spawning vehicles, here are the best cheats codes for Grand Theft Auto 5.
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Pokemon Go Christmas Event Offers Free Egg Incubators
Niantic has revealed Pokemon Go's new holiday event, offering increased chances to hatch and encounter certain Pokemon.
As announced in a blog post on Pokemon Go's official site, from December 25th until January 3rd, PokeStops will offer one single-use egg incubator after your first spin each day. Eggs found during this period will have an increased chance of containing the new Johto region Pokemon, including Togepi, Pichu, Elekid, Smoochum, Magby, Igglybuff, and Cleffa.
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Super Mario Run Passes 50 Million Downloads
Nintendo announced today that Super Mario Run has been downloaded 50 million times since its launch on December 15.
The news comes via Twitter, and came along with the following image from Nintendo:
Nintendo celebrates 50 million downloads of Super Mario Run
Today's milestone marks 10 million additional downloads since the 40 million milestone Nintendo announced earlier this week. According to Nintendo, Super Mario Run was "the fastest in App Store history" to hit that milestone, topping the charts in 140 different countries.
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13 Most Epic Video Game Moments of 2016
2016 was a year full of video game surprises. Beloved franchises took exciting turns, new games wowed us with their brilliance, and we got our first real taste of the wonders of VR.
As the year draws to a close, join us in celebrating some of the epic moments that made 2016 an awesome year for gamers. Be warned, though: major spoilers ahead!
Rocksteady's Batman: Arkham VR let you don the Dark Knight's suit piece-by-piece, from his infamous cowl to a host of awesome gadgets. Yet it's the moment after the suit is assembled, when you see yourself reflected in a mirror as the Batman himself, that made us feel like our six-year-old self's dreams had come true. Arkham VR makes you feel like Batman. And it feels awesome. — Jonathon Dornbush
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The Best Ways to Level Up in Final Fantasy 15
Even the odds against tough monsters with these tips on gaining experience and AP fast.
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Thursday, December 22, 2016
How to Unlock Dark Souls 3's PVP Arena
It's harder than it sounds with an optional boss in your way.
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Logitech G502 Proteus Spectrum Review
Editor's Note: IGN is going to be reviewing a lot more GPUs, gaming mice, keyboards, and other hardware in 2017. We're kicking off our renewed tech coverage with deep dives into some of 2016's staples. Hit up the comments below for more details, and to give your feedback. We want it.
It can be a bit bewildering trying to decipher Logitech's mouse lineup since it's so vast, but one thing is clear: the G502 Proteus Spectrum ($59 on Amazon) is its top-of-the-line wired gaming mouse for right handers, and it's got more features than most home appliances. It's a replacement for the G502 Proteus Core, with the word Core being ditched in favor of the word Spectrum since this version has RGB lighting (naturally). It also features the company's most accurate sensor, 11 programmable buttons, and you can customize its weight as well. It's expensive at around $60 but considering its dizzying list of features the price matches its performance.
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Pokemon Go Now Available for Apple Watch
After its announcement earlier this year, Pokemon Go is now available for download on the Apple Watch starting today.
Niantic Labs revealed the app's availability today in a new blog post, again detailing what the smartwatch version of the game will allow Pokemon trainers to do. Players can use Pokemon Go on the Apple Watch to discover Pokemon around them and tap into PokeStops and collect items from them. Pokemon cannot be caught through the Apple Watch version of the game, however — if notified about nearby Pokemon via the smartwatch app, players must then catch them via the iPhone version.
Using Pokemon Go on Apple Watch will also count toward a player's cumulative distances for hatching Pokemon Eggs and for receiving Candy for your chosen Buddy Pokemon. The Apple Watch app will also notify users when Eggs are hatching and if they have received any medals.
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Wednesday, December 21, 2016
See Every Shadowverse: Rise of Bahamut Card
One of my favourite games this year was Shadowverse, a CCG that took inspiration from the likes of Magic the Gathering and Hearthstone, but ultimately came to the table with a number of fresh - and strong - ideas and mechanics. The game has already seen one major expansion - Darkness Evolved, and the second will be in the wild on December 29. It's called Rise of Bahamut and contains 107 new cards, with some cool gameplay twists.
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Forza Horizon 3: Blizzard Mountain Review
Those of you who've played Forza Horizon 3 might remember spotting a snow-covered peak thrusting up into the sky, deep in the distant background. You couldn't drive there; it was merely a decorative tease.
Well, it isn't anymore. Forza Horizon 3's first paid expansion, Blizzard Mountain, has arrived, and has brought with it a driving experience like never before seen in the series.
And it's very, very good.
The differences between Blizzard Mountain and Forza Horizon 2's equivalent Storm Island expansion are immediate. Storm Island features wilder and windier weather than the standard inclement conditions in Forza Horizon 2 but the environment itself is largely similar to the main game. It's really more of the same, with the rain going sideways.
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MSI GeForce GTX 1060 Gaming X 6G Review
Being first to market has obvious advantages, but being second to market can also give you time to prepare your offensive strategy a bit. Such is the case with the GTX 1060 ($200 - $270 on Amazon), which is designed to go head-to-head with the AMD's Radeon RX 480, which launched first.
You see, for this new generation of GPUs, Nvidia followed tradition and led with its high-end GTX 1080 and 1070 cards first, while AMD decided to launch with a midrange GPU instead. This allowed both companies to launch their new GPUs into unclaimed territory. Later Nvidia answered AMD's mid-range entry with one of its own. And that's the GTX 1060. It is the first affordable Pascal GPU to spring forth from Nvidia and uses an all-new slab of silicon named GP106.
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Beyond: What's The Most Overhyped Game of 2016
It's that time of year again: the time of year when we're tired of talking about news and also, there is no news, so let's look back on 2016, ahead to 2017, answer a bunch of listener questions, and of course... Discuss the movie Heavyweights. Join Max "Advent Calendar" Scoville, Marty "Chocolate Coins" Sliva, Brian "Egg Nog" Altano, and Andrew "Holiday Nickname" Goldfarb for the last Beyond of 2016.
- Download Beyond Episode 473
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Persona Director, Artist Reveal New Fantasy RPG
Atlus has established a new internal studio called Studio Zero and announced its first project, a new fantasy RPG from Persona series director Katsura Hashino, artist and character designer Shigenori Soejima, and composer Shoji Meguro.
According to details in the latest issue of Famitsu translated by Gematsu, the game is currently codenamed Project Re Fantasy. It is an entirely new project not connected to the Shin Megami Tensei or Persona series.
While few details about Project Re Fantasy beyond its fantasy setting have been revealed, images in Famitsu show off soldiers fighting a dragon, a young woman who appears to be an elf, and characters riding in carriages and on horseback.
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Gravity Rush 2 Demo Coming to PS4 Tomorrow
Ahead of the game's January release, a demo for Gravity Rush 2 is coming to PS4 tomorrow.
According to PlayStation Blog, the demo, which you can download from PlayStation Store, will cater to players that are already familiar with Gravity Rush's mechanics, and those who are new to the series. The demo will allow players to take two specific paths that will test Gravity Rush fans and newcomers' skills differently.
Also, the previously announced Gravity Rush Overture anime from Studio Khara, which aims to fill in the story gaps between the first and second game, will be released on YouTube December 26.
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Did You Beat Dark Souls 3's Toughest (Hidden!) Boss?
How to find, and kill, this tough Dark Souls 3 boss.
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Super Mario Run Reaches 40 Million Downloads in 4 Days
Super Mario Run was downloaded 40 million times in its first four days, Nintendo revealed this morning.
According to Nintendo, Mario's mobile debut was the "the fastest in App Store history" to reach the milestone, and was at the top of the free app chart in over 140 different countries, plus was among the ten highest-grossing apps in over 100. Nintendo didn't release specific numbers for how many players went on to purchase the full version of the app.
Super Mario Run's 40 million downloads puts it ahead of the record-setting pace set by Pokemon Go, which reportedly reached 30 million downloads in two weeks — though a direct comparison is tricky considering platform and region availability.
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Naughty Dog Co-Founder Discusses Studio’s 'Darkest' Days
Naughty Dog went through a difficult transition in the mid-2000s. According to studio co-founder Jason Rubin, the time during which he departed the company, which was just prior to the launch of Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, were "probably the darkest days at Naughty Dog."
"For two years, Andy
and I transitioned out of Naughty Dog, knowing we were leaving after having announced we were going to leave and having chosen successors," Rubin said on the latest episode of our monthly interview show IGN Unfiltered. "It was very important to us that Naughty Dog survive and Naughty Dog go farther."
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Skyrim's Coolest Sidequests: The Dragon Priest Masks
Collect these masks throughout Skyrim in a really cool, weird quest.
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Tuesday, December 20, 2016
Space Hulk: Deathwing Review
Space Hulk: Deathwing made me feel like one of Warhammer 40K's elite Space Marines in the same way that the renaissance festival made me feel like a knight when I was called up onto a stage as a kid to be dubbed by a fake king. The first-person hall-crawling and Tyranid-zapping through a massive, abandoned ship graveyard works well on a basic level, but you don't have to look very closely to see through the trappings to the shallow experience beneath. And like realizing that stately king was an actor getting paid to wear goofy clothes on the weekends, it left me with a sense of disappointment.
To its credit, Deathwing offered me several brief moments of outright, fanboyish glee. Clunking around in Terminator armor while cleansing a hallway of dozens and dozens of enemies, using an autocannon of a caliber that is normally reserved for vehicles, and literally wading through the corpses of the dead toward an objective marker in the near distance that read simply: "Purge", I was ecstatic. It's what playing as a Space Marine should feel like. It had me convinced that a first-person shooter was the ideal way to present this particular fantasy.
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What's Happening in the Overwatch Holiday Event?
There's a Winter Wonderland waiting in the awesome team shooter.
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Free Mafia 3 DLC Adds Races, Car Customization
The latest free update to Mafia III brings unlockable car customization to your in-game vehicles.
Unlocking the customization options involves winning 12 new races across New Bordeaux: "six circuit lap races and six point-to-point races."
Once all the races have been won and the customizations unlocked, you can win the Griffin Marauder. According to the official Mafia III blog, the "only way you can get it is by ruling the race courses."
Unlocked options include "decals, exhausts, spoilers, superchargers and wheels," offering 50 customizations when all is said and done.
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Overwatch Reveals Tracer's Girlfriend, Emily
Blizzard has confirmed in the latest Overwatch comic that Tracer is the game's first LGBTQ character.
The Overwatch comic, Reflections, opens with Tracer lamenting about how previous years' holidays have been lonely for her, but this year "is going to be different."
Tracer receives a present from a stranger who she helped after failing to buy one herself, and then comes home to a woman named Emily, who she appears to be dating. Emily opens the present — it turns out Tracer was trying to get a gift for her — and then kisses Tracer in thanks in the scene depicted below.
Emily kisses Tracer in the Overwatch comic Reflections
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PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 470 Review
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When AMD unleashed its Polaris architecture GPUs on the world, its opening salvo consisted of its RX 480 (Around $249 on Amazon), which was a VR-capable GPU designed for 1080p gaming at maximum settings. It then quickly followed up on the success of the 480 with a slightly detuned version dubbed the RX 470 ($170 - $200 on Amazon), with the logic being that an even more affordable Polaris GPU at $180 would allow more gamers to enjoy the fruits of AMD's labor.
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Crytek Closes Multiple Studios
Crytek is refocusing its business strategy for the future, and as such, the company has announced the closure of several of its studios.
While its Frankfurt and Kiev studios will remain operational and "continue to develop and work on premium IPs," the rest of Crytek's studios are closing up shop. The company has taken measures to "ensure a smooth transition and stable future" for those affected by the closures.
Going forward, Crytek is going to focus on its "core strengths of developing innovative games and game-development technology." As such, CryEngine will continue to serve as a "core pillar" of the company's strategy.
Avni Yerli, Crytek's co-founder and managing director, released the following statement regarding the company's future business plans:
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January Free Xbox Games With Gold Announced
Microsoft has revealed the four games available for free for Xbox One and Xbox 360 Gold subscribers in January as part of its Games With Gold program.
The full list and periods of availability to download these games for free are:
- World of Van Helsing: Deathtrap — January 1-31 on Xbox One
- Killer Instinct Season 2 Ultra Edition — January 16-February 15 on Xbox One
- The Cave — January 1-15 on Xbox 360 and Xbox One
- Rayman Origins — January 16-31 on Xbox 360 and Xbox One
World of Van Helsing: Deathtrap combines elements of tower defense and action-RPG games for single-player and co-op campaigns, as well as a versus mode as players fend off horrifying foes.
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The Walking Dead: A New Frontier Review
For two seasons of Telltale Games' venture into the apocalyptic wastelands of The Walking Dead, we have experienced the life of survivor Clementine as she has dealt with unimaginable loss and strife in a world overrun by walkers. Whether together with others or alone on the road, Clem (and, in turn, us as players) have kept alive through sharp intellect, honed instincts, and wise tutelage. But for Season 3 of The Walking Dead: A Telltale Game Series, everything is changing. Here, you find a new family of survivors, and a new playable protagonist named Javier. Here, you will be tested to make choices that will affect not just people you know and trust, but those bonded by blood. Here, you will discover A New Frontier. And here, no one can be sure to get through what awaits and come out alive...
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Shantae: Half-Genie Hero Review
Developer WayForward is pretty well dialed-in when it comes to the secret science of making a strong 2D platformer, and Shantae: Half-Genie Hero benefits greatly from that understanding. Shantae has a wide array of forms and magical abilities, and yet levels are designed to accommodate her talents in a surprising number of ways. And even if the gameplay weren't as well-tuned as it is, then the toe-tapping soundtrack, plucky protagonist, and beautiful hand-drawn animation probably would have been enough to win me over anyway.
Right from the start, Half-Genie Hero disarmed me with super-saturated colors and Saturday-morning-cartoon charm. Even ostensibly mundane stuff like the stage-select screen or running around town to talk to NPCs carries an air of unashamed, childlike fun and silliness. And Shantae herself is the force driving it all. Even when you put the controller down, she stands there bopping jovially to the beat of the music, and it's hard not to join in.
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CoD: Infinite Warfare Sabotage DLC Release Date Announced
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare's first DLC, titled Sabotage, will release for PlayStation 4 on January 31 with "other platforms to follow," Activision has announced.
Sabotage will bring four new multiplayer maps to Infinite Warfare as well as a new chapter for the game's zombie mode.
Rave in the Redwoods, the next zombie chapter, will continue "the macabre narrative while transporting players into a new decade: the 1990s." Players will fight zombie hordes "in an abandoned, lakeside summer camp where zombie ravers have taken over and turned the grounds into a techno-fueled illusion." All four playable characters from the original story will return, but with "fresh, over-the-top roles."
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GTA Online: The Festive Surprise is Back
Snow returns to San Andreas, along with dozens of new outfits, items, weapons and more.
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Pokemon Go Players Have Walked 8.7 Billion Kilometers
Pokemon Go has reached a new milestone, as a whopping 8.7 billion kilometers have been walked by those playing Niantic Labs hit mobile game.
The Pokemon Go development team shared the new in a post on the game's official site. The impressive figure was reached on December 7, and equates to over 200,000 trips around our planet.
Niantic Labs also revealed that Pokemon Go players have now in total caught more than 88 billion Pokemon, which makes for approximately 533 million creatures caught each day since the game's release.
Meanwhile, the previously announced Pokemon Go app for Apple Watch has yet to be released, though Niantic Labs just recently shot down rumors of its cancelation, assuring fans it's "coming soon."
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How a Video Game Let Me Relive My Father's History
One of the most important games I played this year wasn't about sci-fi space battles or dark fantasy realms. It was a short, small, and sad interactive story about a frequently overlooked, real-world event: the 1979 Iranian Revolution.
I'm half-Iranian and it isn't often that I get to see elements of my heritage portrayed in a positive light. Western movies and TV shows love to "other" the so-called Middle East, casting actors as faceless terrorists in political dramas that oversimplify complex conflicts into fights between the Good Guys and the Bad Guys. In video games, we've fired shots at many a bearded, AK-wielding baddie in a keffiyeh, seen Arabic script used as cryptic decor to root gaming's nameless, war-torn deserts in some kind of gritty reality. Sometimes, the language isn't even right.
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Things Final Fantasy XV Doesn't Tell You
What you need to know to get the most from Final Fantasy.
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This Pokemon-themed Wedding Is Adorable
A bride and groom made their Pokemon wedding dream come true earlier this month, and some of the photos from the event have been shared online so the rest of the world can enjoy it too.
One of the attendees (thanks Otakamu with a translation by Anime News Network) posted some of the pictures to Twitter, and they've received thousands of likes and retweets.
A look at the Pokemon-themed wedding via Twitter user sdc47_intel
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Dark Souls to Be Featured in Orchestral Concert in Europe
Bandai Namco Entertainment has announced the music of Dark Souls will be featured in an upcoming concert series in Europe.
The event, dubbed Orchestral Memories, will feature the "most acclaimed pieces" of music from the popular game series in concert. Watch a teaser trailer for the event below.
Composer Motoi Sakuraba will appear as a special guest, as well as Bandai Namco Studios composer Go Shiina.
The event will take place at 8pm on Saturday, February 4 at the Salle Pleyel concert hall in Paris. In addition to Dark Souls, several several other Bandai Namco franchises will be featured, including the Tales of series, Soul Calibur, Tekken, God Eater and more.
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Street Fighter 5's Second Season Starts Today
Street Fighter 5's second season is available now.
Season Two brings with it the addition of Akuma, as well as premium battle and nostalgia costumes. There's also a season pass available which nets you Akuma and five other characters throughout the year, premium costumes, and a PS4 theme.
Capcom also released a 92-page PDF detailing a massive number of new balance changes. Of note, invincible moves have changed due to characters without them performing worse than characters with, and normal throws have been altered to avoid loop throws.
One of the main reasons for the changes is due to characters who could attack more frequently had a larger reach, meaning they became stronger than others, and thus, unbalanced. Thanks, Eurogamer.
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The Walking Dead - A New Frontier Episode 2 Review
An immediate follow-up to episode 1, The Walking Dead: The Telltale Series - A New Frontier Episode 2: "Ties That Bind Part II" takes Part I's solid start and runs with it much faster than a walker ever could. The episode feels more tied to both the familiar trappings of Walking Dead and Telltale Games' plot structures. Yet by building on the foundation of the last episode and the two seasons before it, the conclusion of this two-part opener sets up an intriguing rest of the season — one that makes me feel like my choices actually matter (even if that's likely an illusion).
Picking up from Part I's dramatic final moments, "Ties That Bind's" second half forces Javi to learn the true cost of surviving in this world for the first time since his introductory flashback in the season premiere. It's easy to see how many dialogue choices and actions only matter in the moment, but I continued to care deeply about how Javi reacted to every blow to his family and his world. I fought to keep Javi's hope and determination alive, even as the world around him actively worked to shake him of that resilience.
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The Walking Dead - A New Frontier Episode 1 Review
Both a continuation of the last two seasons and, as its name suggests, a fresh chapter in Telltale's ongoing saga, The Walking Dead: The Telltale Series - A New Frontier kicks off with a tightly paced, engaging premiere episode that has me excited for what lies ahead this season. "Ties That Bind Part I" is not a complete departure from what made previous seasons work, but it does feel like an attempt to correct some of the series' wrongs; and so far, it's succeeding.
Episode 1 starts off with on just the right note by introducing a new playable protagonist, Javi, in one of the series' best-directed sequences. Set during the initial zombie outbreak, the opening sequence plays out like a tense, well-shot indie horror film, with stylish editing and directing that delivers substance (in the form of Javi's family) to match.
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Monday, December 19, 2016
AMD Radeon RX 480 Review
Editor's Note: IGN is going to be reviewing a lot more GPUs, gaming mice, keyboards, and other hardware in 2017. We're kicking off our renewed tech coverage with deep dives into some of 2016's heavyweights. Hit up the comments below to give your feedback. We want it.
The Radeon RX 480 ($175 - $250 on Amazon) is a watershed GPU for AMD, as it marks the arrival of the company's all-new and much-anticipated Polaris architecture; it's first ever built on a next-gen 14nm "3D" FinFET process. This is the platform the company will be using for at least the next two years, and is a massive leap forward in terms of performance-per-watt for AMD's GPUs, with the company claiming it's good for a 2.8x increase over the previous generation of cards.
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How One Man Changed the Video Game Industry Forever
An inside look at how Jonathan Blow's Braid significantly strengthened the indie scene and revived a genre.
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Nintendo Switch Reportedly Runs Much Slower When Not Docked
Leaked specs of the Nintendo Switch point to some sacrifices in power when the console is taken out of its dock.
A report from Eurogamer, sourcing from and adding to news from a VentureBeat report, shows the graphical processing unit on the Switch operates at 307.2MHz when undocked. Docked, the GPU can run at 768MHz.
However, developers have the option to run their games on the slower configuration even when the unit is plugged into the dock, to keep consistency across portable and home use.
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All Uncharted 4 Puzzle Solutions
Everything you need to know to get through Uncharted's toughest challenges.
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The Best Reviewed Games of 2016
2016 is just about in the books and it's been a pretty great one for games. We've already announced our nominees for Best of 2016, but how did the year look by the numbers? We're going to take a look right now by rattling off IGN's highest scored games of 2016.
Below, you'll find a list of every game we gave a 9.2 or higher, along with a blurb from their review. So let's dive right in and see who put up the biggest numbers in 2016!
From our Inside review: "Inside very clearly builds upon what made Limbo great, and in fact builds something greater. Its unimaginable twist may leave you dumbfounded, confused, and quite possibly speechless, but it will fuel heated discussion with your friends about its meaning, its message, and its intentions. It's a short ride, but one I felt compelled to take again – including a search for its mysterious hidden orb collectibles. Play it soon before anyone spoils a single big moment for you."
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Rumor: Arkham Origins Team Cancels Suicide Squad Project
WB Games Montreal, the studio behind Batman: Arkham Origins, has reportedly cancelled an unannounced Suicide Squad game and is instead now focusing on a Damian Wayne Batman game.
According to unnamed sources speaking to Kotaku, the reported Suicide Squad project had been in development for at least two years and was possibly even a co-op game. The game failed to impress executives at Warner Bros. and was cancelled after "a long period of turbulence at WB Montreal" according to the report.
Instead, the report states that WB Games Montreal's current project, a Damian Wayne game, was originally going to be revealed at the beginning of December, according to Kotaku's sources. Kotaku's report suggests the announcement may have been pushed back due to key WB Games Montreal employees leaving the company and the hiring of new studio head Stephane Roy.
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Out This Week: Shantae: Half-Genie Hero, Wild Guns: Reloaded
With so many new games and movies coming out, it can be hard to keep up. Lucky for you, IGN is here to help with a weekly round-up of the biggest releases each and every week. Check out the latest releases for this week, and be sure to come back next Monday for a new update.
Note: The prices and deals compiled below are accurate at the time we published this story, but all are subject to change.
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Things Pokemon Sun and Moon Don't Tell You
If you want to catch them all, you need to know these secrets.
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‘Great Decision’ to Sell Naughty Dog, Says Co-Founder
Coming off the success of Crash Bandicoot, Naughty Dog co-founders Jason Rubin and Andy Gavin decided to sell the studio to Sony in 2001, a decision Rubin believes has enabled the studio to achieve the incredible heights it has in the years that followed.
On the latest episode of our monthly interview show IGN Unfiltered, Rubin acknowledged that it wasn't an easy decision to sell Naughty Dog to Sony, saying he and Gavin "definitely agonized over it."
Rubin recalled the moment when he and Gavin first considered selling the company, a time at which Crash Bandicoot was doing incredibly well for PlayStation and former Sony exec Kelly Flock suggested they "think about safe harbor."
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Star Citizen FPS Module 'Star Marine' Gets New Trailer, Details
At last, after delays spanning months and years, Star Citizen's highly anticipated first-person shooter module Star Marine will launch with the upcoming 2.6 patch. To celebrate, developer Cloud Imperium Games' CEO Chris Roberts caught up with us to share a brand new trailer that shows off some new footage, as well as to answer a few questions.
The new trailer follows last month's release of footage for Star Marine in the form of a livestream and a separate five-minute preview taking place in Station Damien, the smaller of the two expected maps. The new trailer, though, shows off the larger Echo Eleven map that's set on an asteroid base and designed for 12 vs. 12 matches, as well as smaller details such as the attention given to character faces.
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Sunday, December 18, 2016
Super Mario Run: Black Coin Locations
This is where to find the best-hidden Black coins in Super Mario Run.
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Saturday, December 17, 2016
Find all the Royal Arms in Final Fantasy 15
Obtain some of the most powerful weapons in the game with the locations for all of the Royal Arms in FFXV.
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Pokemon Go Dev Says Apple Watch Version 'Coming Soon'
Niantic Labs has confirmed that, despite reports claiming the Apple Watch version of Pokemon Go has been canceled, the smartwatch app is still on track for release and "coming soon."
After 9to5Mac reported that Niantic has shelved plans to bring Pokemon Go to Apple Watch, the following message was posted on the game's official Twitter account, presumably in response to the rumor of the app's alleged cancelation: "Pokémon Go for Apple Watch is coming soon. Stay tuned."
A Pokemon Go app for Apple Watch was announced back in September and hasn't been mentioned since. While players won't be able to catch Pokemon on Apple Watch, the app will allow users to hatch eggs, visit Pokestops and perform many of the other functions included in the mobile version.
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Death Stranding Rainbow Appears Above Argentina
A rainbow that bears a striking resemblance to the one featured in the latest trailer for Kojima Productions' upcoming game Death Stranding was spotted in Argentina.
Twitter user sabelor10 posted the following message to Hideo Kojima—which the Death Stranding creator retweeted—showcasing a rainbow he discovered that was created by suspended ice crystals in Rosario, Argentina.
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Every Dishonored 2 Safe Code Location
Don't get locked out of great loot with our guide to every safe combination in Dishonored 2.
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Pokemon Go Increases Spawns in Outdoor Areas
Pokemon Go players will now encounter more creatures in outdoor areas, as the number of spawns in various locations outside have been increased.
"Trainers, we've observed increased numbers of Pokemon sightings in parks and other outdoor locations in urban and rural areas," the game's official Twitter account announced.
Earlier this month, several new Pokemon were added to Niantic Labs' creature-collecting mobile phenomenon. Players can now find Pichu, Togepi and several other monsters from Gold and Silver, In addition, a special Pikachu wearing a "festive hat" can be spotted in the wild from now until December 29.
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Unlock Every Bonus Character in Super Mario Run
Here's how to play as Peach, Luigi and more in Super Mario Run.
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Friday, December 16, 2016
Dreams Beta Delayed to 2017
Media Molecule has announced that the Dreams beta has been delayed to 2017.
The beta was originally announced at Sony's Paris Games Week keynote in 2015 and was supposed to come out sometime in 2016. In a statement on the company's website, Media Molecule explained that it didn't expect to be taken aback by how ambitious Dreams has gotten. By delaying the beta, the developer promises to use the time to stick to its original vision of the game.
In its blog post, Media Molecule said it's staying "true to our vision," saying the game is about more than just "drawing or sculpting."
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Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 Founder’s Edition Review
Editor's Note: IGN is going to be reviewing a lot more GPUs, gaming mice, keyboards, and other hardware in 2017. We're kicking off our renewed tech coverage with deep dives into some of 2016's heavyweights. Hit up the comments below for more details, and to give your feedback. We want it.
When Nvidia announced its all-new GPUs based on its Pascal architecture, the GTX 1080 ($600 - $700 on Amazon) stole all the headlines with its flagship specs, but its less-expensive baby brother – the GTX 1070 ($400 - $450 on Amazon) – stole everyone's hearts. That's because the golden rule in the GPU world is that the top card always comes with an exorbitant "fastest card" tax, while the model right below it is usually only a bit slower but much less expensive (this same rule also applies in the CPU world too).
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Final Fantasy XV Holiday DLC Coming This Month
To celebrate the holiday season, Square Enix will release a Holiday Pack, DLC and a free game update for Final Fantasy XV next week on December 22.
The free update, which will be available to everyone, adds a "New Game Plus" option, allowing those who have already finished the main story to replay the game with all of their data carried over.
In addition, a new photo frame feature is being added, allowing players to select from an array of different frames that can be used to display photos taken by Prompto during your journey.
Those who purchased the game's Season Pass or the Final Fantasy XV Digital Premium Edition will also receive the premium Holiday Pack and DLC, which, as described by Square Enix, includes the following:
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Assassin's Creed Ezio Collection Update Will Remove Weird Face
Assassin's Creed: The Ezio Collection patch 1.02 will remove the randomly generated, bug-eyed NPC seen in the Assassin's Creed 2 remaster.
"FIXED - A weird NPC face appears in Assassin's Creed 2 Sequence 1, Memory 1." the 1.02 patch notes say, via Eurogamer. The patch, which released yesterday for Xbox One and PS4, also fixes an issue where background music gets cut after synchronizing a view point in Assassin's Creed 2.
Ezio Collection patch notes (image via Eurogamer)
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Nintendo Switch Preview Tour Announced
Ahead of Nintendo Switch's launch this coming March, Nintendo will tour across North America to provide the public with an opportunity to go hands-on with the console.
The preview tour will begin on January 13 in New York and conclude on March 5 in Los Angeles. Attendees will have the opportunity to play a number of select launch titles in an array of different settings, showcasing the variety of ways one can play Nintendo Switch.
Check out the schedule below to see each of the participating cities and their corresponding tour dates:
- New York – January 13-15
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Street Fighter 5 to Reportedly Soon Shame Rage Quitters
If a reported leak is any indication, Capcom has plans to soon publicly shame those who repeatedly rage quit while playing Street Fighter V.
According to a post on Reddit, a new test branch for the Steam version of Capcom's fighter went live yesterday, and it wasn't initially password protected. Several screenshots were captured and posted to NeoGAF before a password was added.
Street Fighter V penalties for rage quitters, via NeoGAF
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Werewolves Within Review
Werewolves Within takes the popular party game 'Werewolf' (or Mafia) and transforms it into one of the only remarkably welcoming, social VR experiences available. It's a successful "port" of an already very tactical and thought-provoking game of deception, but being hosted in a virtual world offers unparalleled accessibility. Unfortunately, it also comes with some very inhibiting technical issues that mar it considerably.
Werewolf, the social game that Werewolves Within seeks to replicate, is about a werewolf trying to hide their identity amidst a group of villagers, while the villagers try to discern who among them is the monster. Werewolves Within facilitates the social setting you need to play it in, with an interesting variety of fantasy-inspired worlds. Without VR, it usually takes a social event and a willing group of people to play, but being able to opt in online with the PSVR makes it wholly accessible, even for friends or family living miles apart. Jumping in through the Quick Start option either immediately puts you in a virtual lobby with other players, or has you observe other matches while you wait to play - it feels organized, and easy to get into the madness.
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Super Mario Run is #1 in Top Grossing on the App Store
With Super Mario Run now out for iOS, the platformer is having a successful launch.
Nintendo's first-ever Mario game for mobile is currently the top grossing app in the US App Store, beating Mobile Strike, Pokemon GO, and Netflix. Though there's no information yet on exactly how many times Super Mario Run has been downloaded, its initial success should be an encouraging sign for Nintendo.
The US App Store.
The company has high ambitions for its auto-running platformer, as it hopes it could match the popularity of Pokemon GO. According to Dr. Serkan Toto, the free version of Super Mario Run will easily hit 1 billion downloads. The game is also available for purchase for $9.99 USD.
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Thursday, December 15, 2016
Let it Die Review
Let It Die is essentially Dark Souls reimagined as a free-to-play roguelike, with a monetization scheme that sounds incredibly predatory on paper. And yet, for many hours at least, it never really threatens to empty your wallet. It's got clunky combat and a nebulous sense of progression, but it initially showers you with premium currency and wraps it all in a enticingly weird and violent package. The appeal wears off in time, but in its chaotic first dozen or so hours it achieves something like magnificence.
The bizarro setting is partially to thank for that. Let It Die embraces the increasingly popular view that the world could go down the toilet in the next few years, specifically after some tectonic cataclysm in 2026. On an island outside of Tokyo, the Babel-like "Tower of Barbs" shoots up to the skies, ringed with skyscrapers and populated by baddies with dreadfully poor AI all trying to reach the top. Others shoot through underground tunnels in subway cars while hooked up to skin-piercing tubes straight out of The Matrix, and you start off by choosing whichever one of these lab rats suits your fancy.
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NES Classic Sold Nearly 200,000 Units in the US Alone
At least 196,000 lucky people bought the NES Classic in the United States since it released earlier this month.
November was a good month for Nintendo, with sales of its 3DS line up 59 percent over last November, representing the consoles "sixth straight month of year-on-year growth," in the US, according to NPD.
In a statement from Nintendo, it said sales of the new Pokemon games helped increase software sales for 3DS by an astonishing "350 percent year-on-year."
The NPD Group said Nintendo's almost impossible-to-find miniature all-in-one led the "retro console segment."
Since its release, the NES Classic has been notoriously difficult to find without resorting to paying much higher prices on the secondary market. US retailer GameStop promised more NES Classics will be trickling onto its shelves over the next few days, but it doesn't look like there's any end in sight to the drought.
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Call of Duty Bests Battlefield for November's Top Sales Spot
According to The NPD Group, Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare was the top-selling game for November 2016.
Nipping at Call of Duty's heels was Battlefield 1, which dropped down one place from last month, where it was the best-selling game for October 2016.
Pokemon Sun and Moon had strong showings, especially considering digital sales for the 3DS games weren't included in NPD's numbers. According to the release, Sun and Moon had the strongest launch of any Pokemon game in the franchise's history, beating out Black and White "despite having 19 fewer days in market" during their launch month.
Here are the top 10 games by revenue for November 2016:
- Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare
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Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun Review
It's rare to find a game that excels in the pillars of mechanics, storytelling, and art as consistently as Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun. It has its share of blemishes, most prominent of which being camera controls that made me want to flip an entire hibachi table. But its needle-sharp stealth systems, cast of memorable characters with diverse abilities and personalities, and an uncommonly grounded saga set in a stylized feudal Japan left me with a sense of true accomplishment and a role in a well-told story.
Each of Shadow Tactics' five characters has a particular set of skills that make them suited to different sneaky deeds, like hunkering down in bushes, isolating and executing enemies, and hiding the evidence before anyone notices. There were clearly times that called for Mugen, a samurai who can take out a cluster of enemies in a katana flurry, and times when it was a job for Yuki, a young thief who can lure solo enemies into traps. Other times, using them both in tandem allowed me to achieve what neither could alone, which created some great "Eureka!" moments.
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Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Founder’s Edition Review
Editor's note: IGN is going to be reviewing a lot more GPUs, gaming mice, keyboards, and other hardware in 2017. We're kicking off our renewed tech coverage with deep dives into some of 2016's heavyweights. Hit up the comments below for more details, and to give your feedback. We want it.
The launch of the GTX 1080 ($600-$700 on Amazon, depending on the manufacturer) isn't some nuanced affair about balancing price and performance. This card was launched with the tagline of being "The new king," making its intent quite clear; it's designed to dominate, plain and simple. It's the first GPU from Nvidia made with its all-new Pascal architecture, which promises a quantum leap in performance instead of the incremental gains we're used to seeing from one GPU series to the next.
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GameStop Will Restock Limited Quantities of NES Classic
Those still looking to track down the NES Classic Edition in time for the holidays will have another chance to purchase Nintendo's micro-console this week at GameStop.
The video game retailer has announced that limited qualities of the NES Classic are coming to GameStop stores today and tomorrow. Since quantities will be limited, GameStop recommends that consumers call their local store or check GameStop.com for availability information.
In addition, GameStop conducted a survey that polled Power Up Rewards Members on their favorite consoles from childhood. The ten retro consoles that got the most votes included: Nintendo 64, NES, Super Nintendo, PlayStation, Genesis, Xbox, Dreamcast, Saturn, Game Boy and Game Boy Advance.
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11 Things Super Mario Run Doesn't Tell You
These tips are important to know going into your adventure through Super Mario Run.
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Twitch Announces Mobile Broadcasting, Vlogs and More
Your phone will soon be able to act as a hub for your next live stream, as Twitch announced today a number of features coming to the streaming platform.
Mobile broadcasting from phones, a new category for vlogs called "IRL," and updated community guidelines are all set to be introduced, according to a new Twitch blog post.
Set for next year, a native streaming solution for mobile devices will be coming to the Twitch mobile app. Many have gone to great lengths in the past to stream on mobile, IGN included, when we set up a mobile rig to record a live stream of Pokemon Go.
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The Walking Dead: A New Frontier Not Coming to 360, PS3
The next installment of Telltale Games' The Walking Dead series will also be the first to skip the last generation consoles.
The company announced today that The Walking Dead: A New Frontier will not be available for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in either digital or physical form.
Those looking to play the third season of Telltale's series on a new generation of consoles will still be able to carry over their saves. Through a process detailed on the studio's website, saves from The Walking Dead — Season 2 can carry over through a player's Telltale account.
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Super Mario Run Review
Super Mario Run asks you to surrender some direct control of Nintendo's mascot, but what it gives you in return is a stylish, addictive platformer you can play with one hand. Slick new moves and highly replayable stages make Mario's iOS debut feel like a parkour collect-a-thon loaded up with Nintendo charm. Admittedly, Mario games have looked better on Nintendo's own platforms, but Super Mario Run's elegant mechanics and great level designs kept me coming back in search of hidden coins to grab, and scores to topple.
At its core, Super Mario Run is an automatic runner that utilizes simple touch controls to perform all kinds of actions. You can extend the duration of Mario's jump, delay his fall mid-air, or somersault off of foes to reach high places. Like any solid game, these smooth moves are easy to pull off but difficult to completely master, and there's plenty of open screen space towards the bottom, so my fingers were never obstructing my view. I always felt like I had enough room to react and pull off a slick maneuver, even though I couldn't stop Mario's constant forward movement.
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Super Mario Run Now Available on iOS
Super Mario Run, Nintendo's first-ever Mario game for mobile, is now available for download on the App Store for iOS devices.
You can download the game for free to try out each of the game's three modes. You also have the option to purchase all six worlds for $9.99 USD, $14.99 AUD/NZD and £7.99 in the UK. You can download Super Mario Run at the following links:
- AU: Buy Super Mario Run on AU App Store (This link will become active once Super Mario Run launches in this territory)
- UK: Buy Super Mario Run on UK App Store (This link will become active once Super Mario Run launches in this territory)
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Super Mario Run Isn't Out Yet, But It's Got Its First Free DLC
At time of writing, the world is a cruel place where Super Mario Run has not yet been released (in Australia, New Zealand and Japan, it's entirely missed its release date). But that doesn't mean it can't have DLC already.
Nintendo has revealed its first batch of rewards for the game available through the My Nintendo loyalty service, including a new character, Toad, available for free as soon as the app is released.
Available in return for just having a My Nintendo account, Toad is described as "a playable character in the Super Mario Run game. Toad can run a little bit faster than others."
Toad can't be pre-downloaded without the app already installed, as it needs to be linked to one's My Nintendo account first. Once you can redeem him, here's the necessary link.
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Fallout Minecraft Mash-Up Pack Coming to Consoles
Bethesda's post-apocalyptic wasteland is coming to Minecraft in the form of a Fallout Mash-Up Pack for the console versions of Mojang's popular world-building game.
In a post on the game's official website, Mojang's Marsh Davies announced the Fallout Mash-Up Pack will be available for Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Wii U, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita for $5.99 USD (or your local equivalent).
In addition to transforming the world into an expansive wasteland filled with ghouls and mutants, the Fallout Mash-Up Pack features 44 skins based on various characters from the post-apocalyptic franchise. The user interface is also getting a revamp that sports a "retro-futuristic" look reminiscent of the Pip-Boy.
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Dawn of War 3: Ork Faction Reveal
Editors Note: Who better to reveal a major Dawn of War 3 faction than the developers themselves? As part of the IGN First - Hot Games of 2017, Relic Entertainment's Dawn of War III Team explains everything you need to know about the savage Orks!
Brutish and violent, Orks are viewed with both derision and fear by other races. Orks are a part of a larger species known as Orkoids, but they are without a doubt the most dominant and aggressive of the known subspecies.
The faction is split into thousands of WAAAGHs, or warbands, each led by the biggest and strongest Ork on offer. Despite massively outnumbering all other races, their primitive instincts prevent them from working towards that common goal. If they were to unite into one massive WAAAGH, they would surely dominate the galaxy.
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New Nintendo Switch Patents Show VR Headset Accessory
A new set of Nintendo patents for its upcoming home-handheld hybrid Switch console show what appears to be an accessory allowing for virtual reality play.
Spotted by NeoGAF user Rösti, the accessory is referred to as an "HMD (head mounted display)", and appears to work similarly to Google and Samsung's smartphone VR solutions - the core Switch tablet is placed into a headset, which features lenses to create the 3D effect.
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Lionhead Tracked Down a Teenage Fable Leaker and Threatened to Tell His Mother
Sam van Tilburgh, formerly of Lionhead Studios and now of Gfinity, has revealed the tactics employed to stop Fable leaks being posted back in 2003.
On a recent BAFTA Games Panel titled "Who Rules Games?", van Tilburgh recounted the time a young hacker got hold of screenshots and other information about Fable that was never meant to be released (the story begins at 34:12 in the video below).
The group, called Kibitz, was a small group of hackers, and one of the screenshots "was the hero of Fable stabbing a little kid through the head. It was never meant to be released, for obvious reasons."
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Doom's Last Piece of Paid DLC Out Now
Doom's final piece of DLC, Bloodfall, is available now on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC.
As well as the DLC, there's also a double XP weekend going down in Doom's multiplayer, which ends on December 19.
Bloodfall, which costs £11.99, includes three multiplayer maps - Empyrian, Boneyard, and Outbreak - a player-controlled demon in the Spectre Pinky, a Grenade Launcher, Lateral Thrusters (for short directional boosts), hack modules, and some new customisation options.
In our review of id's surprise success, we said the following:
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New Shenmue 3 Screenshots Released
In celebration of PC pre-orders going live, developer Ys Net has released three new screenshots of the long-awaited Shenmue 3.
While the dev's Kickstarter update makes clear that these visuals are still work-in-progress, they look like an improvement in quality since previous batches of screens (although Ryo's face is... interesting):
The update also sheds some light on where development of the hugely successful crowdfunding project is up to.
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Wednesday, December 14, 2016
Beyond: Wholesome Family-Friendly Games That Don't Suck
This week, join Max "You'll Shoot Your Eye Out" Scoville, Marty "Buzz's Girlfriend, Woof!" Sliva, Brian "Yippee Ki Yay" Altano and, on his last episode for the foreseeable future, Jared "To Me, You Are Perfect" Petty as they discuss a pathetic smattering of gaming news in these pre-holiday doldrums, what they have on their 2016 backlogs, and most importantly: what are the best Playstation games to play in the presence of younger or older relatives, who might not be okay with F-bombs and no-scope headshots?
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Microsoft Offers Free Game to Celebrate Backward Compatible Milestone
Microsoft is celebrating its 300th game available as part of the Xbox One backwards compatibility program by letting players download a free game.
Lost Odyssey, one of the few JRPGs for Xbox 360, can be added to Xbox Live subscribers' libraries for free before December 31, 2016.
Additionally, Blue Dragon, another JRPG for 360, is available for download in the Xbox store.
This morning Xbox head Phil Spencer said almost half of all Xbox One owners take advantage of the Xbox 360 backwards compatible feature introduced to the system.
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Pokemon Go Was the Biggest Google Search of 2016
Niantic Labs' wildly popular mobile game Pokemon Go was this year's most searched Google topic.
According to Google Trends, Pokemon Go topped the overall global 2016 list, edging out iPhone 7 and Donald Trump, which placed second and third, respectively.
Meanwhile, 20th Century Fox's R-rated comic book flick Deadpool was the top-searched movie of 2016, with Suicide Squad and The Revenant rounding out the top three. As far as television was concerned, the Netflix-exclusive series Stranger Things outpaced Westworld and Luke Cage to be the number one searched TV show of the year.
For more on this year's most searched entertainment, check out IGN's Pokemon Go review, as well as our thoughts on Stranger Things: Season 1 and our Deadpool review.
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Dishonored 2 New Game Plus Release Date Revealed
Dishonored 2's New Game Plus mode will release for PC in beta today and in full for PC, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4 on December 19.
The new mode, which is part of Dishonored 2's first free game update, will allow you to start over after beating the game with either Emily or Corvo and will give you "access to the full suite of abilities from both of the game's heroes," according to Bethesda.
"If you've ever wanted to make higher-powered characters, now's your chance," said creative director Harvey Smith. "If you've wanted to play Emily Kaldwin with Possession or Devouring Swarm, or Corvo Attano with Domino, now you can. We've been having fun with it here at Arkane Studios, and we hope you will too."
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For Honor's Shugoki Is a Devastating Mountain of Meat
Even based on looks alone, For Honor looks like it's all about putting axes to faces. But while that's certainly a big part of the equation, there are a lot of other variables that make it interesting. Each warrior, like this new lumbering Shugoki is a set of tools and attributes that can either be leveraged for success or exploited by your opponents with impunity, depending on the map and mode.
In Dominion, For Honor's primary multiplayer mode, the Shugoki's large health pool and strong defense make him difficult to outlast when he's defending the central control point. He even has a special move that replenishes his health on hit, giving him tremendous survivability.
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Tim Schafer on Remastering His Best-Selling Adventure Game
Of the many adventure games that Double Fine founder and LucasArts alum Tim Schafer has been involved in over his long and decorated career, Full Throttle is the best-selling of the lot, according to Double Fine, and also my favorite. The 1995 point-and-click comedy featured stylized graphics, razor-sharp humor from the deadpan biker hero Ben Throttle, a killer hard rock soundtrack, and a memorable villain in the form of Mark Hamill's slimy corporate stooge Adrian Ripburger.
Over 20 years later, absolutely all of those qualities may very well remain true thanks to Full Throttle Remastered. Like Schafer's previous updates to his other classics, Day of the Tentacle and Grim Fandango, Throttle is being given a visual facelift. And like those two revivals, the doctor (in this case, Schafer and his team at Double Fine) knows not to go too crazy on the operating table. By and large, Full Throttle Remastered retains its visual identity, seemingly looking like it would had 1080p widescreen displays been the norm in '95.
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Final Fantasy XV's First DLC Will Bring Back a Classic Villain
Gilgamesh will be making a return to Final Fantasy once again in an upcoming piece of DLC for Final Fantasy XV.
According to VG24/7, a new special edition book sent to some YouTubers contains information regarding the first piece of DLC, entitled Episode Gladiolus.
Final Fantasy XV's DLC producer Haruyoshi Sawatari said in the book: "The player confronts an enemy called Gilgamesh, who can only be seen in Episode Gladio." In addition, he comments that "in Episode Gladio, you're able to go into areas that cannot be entered in the main game."
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Valkyria Chronicles Follow-Up Gets Western Release Date
Japan's Valkyria Azure Revolution is dropping "Azure" from its title and coming to the West.
While the game loses a word from its title, it gains an extra platform on its trip West. Sega announced Valkyria Revolution is coming to Xbox One in addition to PlayStation 4 and PS Vita.
Valkyria Revolution Screen Shot
The newly-named Valkyria Revolution is a follow-up to Valkyria Chronicles, the alternate-reality World War 2 tactical RPG. Sega calls it a "whole new entry" in the Valkyria series, with "new characters, a new world, and new gameplay mechanics."
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Todd Howard to Receive Hall of Fame Award at DICE 2017
Todd Howard, Bethesda Games Studios game director and executive producer who has been part of both the Elder Scrolls and Fallout franchises, will be the next person inducted into the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences Hall of Game. Howard will be presented with the honor at the 20th DICE Awards Ceremony on February 23, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
"I know that many of us in the industry have spent countless hours enthralled in the vast, open worlds that Todd has created," AIAS President Mike Fischer said in a statement. "He's made us all reconsider the player-game relationship and extended the storytelling possibilities of our medium. We look forward to honoring Todd and celebrating his achievements and contributions to the video games industry."
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Miitomo Seems to Contain Hints to Unreleased Nintendo Games
Nintendo's first mobile game, Miitomo, appears to hint at two other projects from the developer.
Miitopia - a 3DS RPG that has been formally announced for Japan but with no western release - is mentioned on a loading screen (seen below). It marks the first time Nintendo has ever mentioned the game in English, sparking speculation of a localised release.
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— Tony (@tonyh24613) December 12, 2016
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Select Fans Invited to See Nintendo Switch Early
Nintendo is inviting select users of its My Nintendo service to try out the upcoming Nintendo Switch console before its release in March.
First reported by Go Nintendo and since independently confirmed by IGN, invitation emails have been sent out, asking chosen users to sign up for a ticket. A copy of one is below:
A Switch trial email.
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Tuesday, December 13, 2016
FFXV: Find the Most Powerful Upgradable Weapons
Locate rare upgradable weapons and find out how to unleash their power in Final Fantasy XV.
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Every Overwatch Winter Event Skin
The Overwatch Winter Wonderland event includes a new mode and a several festive hero skins.
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Modern Warfare Remastered Update Adds Maps, Supply Drops
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered's latest update out today is adding the remaining original maps as well as new modes and microtransactions in the form of supply drops.
As originally promised, the six remaining maps, Bloc, Countdown, Pipeline, Showdown, Strike, and Wet Work, will all be added for free. The Winter Crash map, originally exclusive to PC, will also be available to play. In addition, Gun Game and Hardpoint are being added as two new game modes.
Activision also revealed that two special weapon camos, Gift Wrap and Ugly Sweater, can be unlocked by completing challenges on Winter Crash.
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Overwatch's 'Winter Wonderland' Event Now Live
Overwatch's latest seasonal event, the holiday-themed Winter Wonderland, has rolled out to players starting today and will end on January 2, 2017.
If you're familiar with Overwatch events then you know the drill. All earned or purchased loot boxes during the event have been replaced with Winter Loot Boxes housing over 100 appropriately themed cosmetic items including icons, sprays, victory poses, emotes, highlight intros, and skins like the Torbjorn Santa skin and Winston amazingly imagined as a yeti.
Additionally, the Winter Wonderland event is adding a new brawl: Mei's Snowball Offensive. The brawl is a six-versus-six, single-elimination mode where everyone plays a modified version of Mei. Her weapon no longer sprays frost or fires icicles, but instead shoots one-hit-kill snowballs, and must be reloaded by finding piles of snow around the map. In this brawl Mei's ultimate has similarly changed, turning her blaster into a semi-automatic, continuously firing version when activated.
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Pokemon TCG Getting Sun and Moon Expansion
Break out your Pokemon trading cards; the game is getting a Pokemon Sun & Moon expansion pack.
The Pokemon Trading Card Game: Sun & Moon expansion will be available on February 3, 2017. Fans can pick up the expansion—which introduces more than 140 new cards—at Toys "R" Us, GameStop, and other hobby shops across the United States and Canada.
Lunala & Solgaleo in the Pokemon TCG Sun & Moon expansion
40 brand new Pokemon straight from Pokemon Sun & Moon are heading into the TCG, along with new Alolan variants of classic Pokemon. The expansion will also introduce Pokemon-GX, which are super-powered Pokemon with "a huge impact on the game," according to The Pokemon Company. Of course, those who pick up the Sun & Moon expansion will have the chance to receive Legendary Pokemon Solgaleo and Lunala.
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GTA Online: Everything in the Import / Export Update
New game modes, vehicles and more come to Los Santos in the free Import / Export update, available now for GTA Online.
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Sqaure Enix Reveals Final Fantasy VII Remake Figures
Though the Final Fantasy VII Remake has yet to be given a concrete release date, Square Enix has revealed new action figures based on two of the game's most popular characters that fans can purchase in the coming months.
Square's toy line, Play Arts Kai, (via Kotaku) will be releasing figures of protagonist Cloud Strife and supporting character Barret Wallace for an April and May launch in Japan. Get a look at both below:
The two are currently listed at 15,984 yen, which comes out to approximately $139 USD. There are currently no announced plans to bring the figures to other territories, but various merchandise, including some from Final Fantasy VII, in the Play Arts Kai store has previously released elsewhere.
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