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Friday, June 30, 2017
Zelda: Find All the DLC Chests With Our Interactive Map
BioWare Shoots Down Cancelled Andromeda DLC Rumors
BioWare and EA have denied the claims of a company saying Mass Effect: Andromeda DLC it has been working on was cancelled cancelled. However, more recent reports suggest that, despite this false claim, there is no single-player DLC planned for the game.
PC Gamer reports these DLC cancellation rumors first started with a now deleted Facebook message (captured by Critical Hit) from a developer called Sinclair Networks, in which the studio claimed it's no longer working with BioWare on three pieces pf planned Andromeda DLC content.
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NVC: Will You Play SNES Again This Fall?
Peer jumps in for our dearly-departed host Jose (he's alive and well, living in a treehouse up north) to host episode 362 of Nintendo Voice Chat, IGN's weekly show for all things Nintendo.
He's joined by Brian, Zach, Andrew, and Sam to celebrate the announcement of the SNES Classic -- including its best and worst (if there is such a thing in this collection) games, and talk about the new and upcoming Pokemon Go updates, the latest game releases for Nintendo Switch, and what it's like to meet grandmaster and end boss of video game design, Shigeru Miyamoto in person. As always, you can watch NVC here on IGN and on our YouTube channel or listen to it on your commute in audio format.
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GTA Online: Independence Day Special Is Back This Week
The 4th of July celebration returns, alongside a new adversary mode and customization options.
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IGN Prime Giveaway: $10 Worth of Rubies for Clicker Heroes
IGN Prime has partnered with Playsaurus to give away $10 worth of Rubies (in-game currency) for Clicker Heroes on iOS, Android, and PC to Prime members.
Clicker Heroes is the idle clicker RPG that started the subgenre! Embark on your quest and begin a simple, yet incredibly fun adventure.
Tap to attack monsters, hire and level up heroes to unlock their unique abilities. Slay monsters for gold, find treasure, and explore new worlds!
Download Clicker Heroes for free today and claim your $10 in game currency.
Codes will expire on July 7, 2017 so redeem them soon!
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12 Awesome Games You Probably Missed This Month
Tons of awesome games come out every month, but in the shadow of high-profile AAA titles, even the best ones can slip under our radars. Whether you're a fan of top-down and isometric shooters, mesmerizing puzzle games and weird physics simulators, or experimental takes on classic genres, there's plenty to love in this month's roundup.
For more, check out our list on the most-anticipated 2017 indie games, a love letter to the glory of weird, free web games, or dive into last month's must-play games roundup.
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Zelda: All DLC Armor Chest Locations
Find out where Majora's Mask, Tingle's outfit and more are hiding in Zelda: Breath of the Wild's DLC.
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The Witcher Actor Joins Cast of New VR RPG
Augmented Empire, a virtual reality RPG with a cyberpunk setting, launches July 13 exclusively on Samsung Gear VR.
The 10+ hour adventure takes place in New Savannah, an island "neo-noir city divided into three tiers by the Citizen Grade System." Voice talent for the game comes by the way of Doug Cockle, the voice behind Geralt in the Witcher series, Kate Mulgrew of Star Trek: Voyager and Orange Is the New Black, Nick Frost of Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz, and Garrick Hagon who played Biggs in the original Star Wars.
Gameplay features "6 upgradable characters" across over 60 different environments. Gear VR controller support and gamepad support is also included.
Augmented Empire comes to Samsung VR July 13 for $9.99USD, £7.99 UK and €9.99 EU.
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NBA 2K18 Preorder Guide
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If you're a gamer and a basketball fan, you're probably familiar with NBA 2K. This series, which dates all the way back to 1999, consistently delivers some of the best basketball games on a yearly basis. This year's installment is NBA 2K18. It's scheduled to launch September 19, 2017 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3.
Whether you're a longtime NBA 2K player or you're thinking of trying it out this year, you'll probably want to know what your buying options are. As with most big games, NBA 2K18 is coming out in a number of editions that we'll dig into below. You'll also get a little something special if you preorder it, so read on for the goods.
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What Makes Sony’s Japan Studio Special
This month's IGN First is a bit different than usual. Rather than highlighting a single game -- we'll get back to that next month -- we're highlighting the Japanese game industry as a whole. We visited some of the biggest studios in Japan to focus on their games and creative processes. Check back all month for interviews, gameplay reveals, and more!
Find a list of everything we've published so far in our IGN First: Games of Japan hub!
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Shadow of the Colossus Director on Changes for Remake
Fumito Ueda, the director of the original Shadow of the Colossus, submitted a proposal with ideas for changes for the upcoming remake of his beloved PS2 classic.
Ueda discussed the PS4 remake with Eurogamer (via translator), noting he doesn't know whether or not any of his suggestions will be carried out for the final game. "I transmitted my petition about the content and tuning but I don't know the implementation will be what I told," he explained.
The translator then clarified, adding, "It's he who wants to change something, but he doesn't know if it is possible to change all of the things he
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StarCraft: Remastered Gets a Release Date
StarCraft: Remastered will be released on August 14, and will cost $14.99 USD / £12.99.
The updated version of the classic RTS brings together the original game and its Brood War expansion, adding improved looks, 4K resolution support, improved multiplayer support, and modern features such as stat tracking and cloud saving. That said, if you want the 1998 experience, you can switch back at any time.
The game will also be compatible with those who still play the original versions (which are available for free), allowing for multiplayer between generations of the game.
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Thursday, June 29, 2017
Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood Review
A woman in a striking kimono asks a band of Othardian peasants to prove their loyalty to the Garlean Empire and only one — citing a need to feed his family — heeds the call. It turns out to be a greater sacrifice than he imagined. She tosses a baroquely engraved pistol at his feet and commands him to shoot one of his friends. Trembling violently, he complies. But she's not done yet. She then orders him to kill his parents, claiming they drain the empire's resources. He refuses, and her goons cut him down. And as for me? I watch all this from behind a rock. I do nothing. Famous god-slaying hero or no, I know that any immediate revenge would bring down more hells on the sorry lot. It's tragic, but it's also fairly realistic.
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Nintendo Is Bundling 20 of the Greatest Games Ever
Welcome back to Game Scoop!, IGN's weekly video game talk show. This week we're discussing the SNES Classic, Metroid, Far Cry 5, and so much more. Watch the video above or download the podcast below.
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Infinite Warfare Absolution DLC PS4 Release Date Revealed
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare's third DLC map pack, Absolution, is coming to PlayStation 4 on July 6.
The content adds a new co-op zombies adventure called Attack of the Radioactive Thing!, which is inspired by 1950s-era monster movies and set in a beach town where a government science experiment has gone horribly wrong.
Attack of the Radioactive Thing! will see the return of Paul Reubens (Gotham) as movie director villain Willard Wyler and Cassandra Peterson (Elvira: Mistress of the Dark) as horror movie icon Elvira. New traps and weapons will be featured as well.
Absolution also comes with four new maps: Fore, a large miniature golf course; Permafrost, a frozen cityscape featuring tight-quarters gameplay; Bermuda, a shantytown created around a crashed ship; and Ember, a remake of the Resistance map from Modern Warfare 3.
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Top 10 Worst Rewards in Video Games
Many games features collectibles, secret endings, or unlockable power weapons as a reward for completing a campaign or demonstrating mastery of a game's mechanics. Some, like Nacht Der Untoten surpass all expectations and give players a whole new reason to keep players. Others...well they can't all be winners can they? These are the worst rewards in video game history.
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Destiny Fan Event GuardianCon Raises Over $1 Million for Charity
The Destiny fan convention GuardianCon met its lofty charity goal this year, having already raised more than a million dollars for pediatric research before the show officially kicks off.
The two-day convention, running Friday, June 30 through Saturday, July 1 in Tampa, Florida, has raised $1.2 million for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in the week preceding the event. The charity gaming stream was called #LittleLights and concluded today. It hit the target, but campaign organizers are still counting the donations coming in.
The convention itself will officially start tomorrow at the Florida State Fairgrounds. It will include a podcast theater, workshops, panels, PvP tournaments, live music, and artist booths. Passes are $30 for Friday or $50 for both days.
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The LEGO Ninjago Movie Video Game Announced and Dated
The LEGO Ninjago Movie Video Game will be released on Nintendo Switch, PS4, Xbox One and PC on September 22.
Based on the upcoming movie (which itself is based on LEGO's ninja-themed set), the game will see players take on the roles of Lloyd, Nya, Jay, Kai, Cole, Zane and Master Wu.
Set across 8 areas drawn from the movie, the game looks familiar to anyone who's played a LEGO title before, but promises "extended movements" (which seem to be ninja-y traversal), as well as a Battle Mode that allows up to four-player local multiplayer across four different modes.
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Sony Pulls Game With 'World's Fastest Platinum Trophy'
Sony has decided to take down a game that was claiming to contain the fastest Platinum trophy ever made.
Eurogamer reports Sony quickly pulled the indie game, titled ★★★★★ 1000 Top Rated, from PSN and asked the developer to change the game's name and remove any mention of trophies.
The Platinum trophy reportedly could have been earned in 20 minutes, as it only consisted of easy interactive tile puzzles made out of 4K wallpapers. Additionally, the game was priced at just $0.98.
Apparently, ★★★★★ 1000 Top Rated was created to advertise the developer's Facebook page, which sells a bunch of PS4 themes.
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Black Panther Villain Killmonger Explained
Black Panther is finally starring in his own superhero movie next year. But for hardcore fans of the character, half the fun with this new addition to the Marvel Cinematic Universe is seeing T'Challa's nemesis, Erik Killmonger, finally brought to life (and played by Michael B. Jordan).
But don't worry if you've never heard of this Marvel villain before. We're here to break down everything you need to know about the man who would rule Wakanda.
Most superheroes worth their salt have at least one villain who serves as their dark, twisted mirror image, and Killmonger fills that role for Black Panther. This exiled Wakandan native is obsessed with overthrowing King T'Challa and ridding the country of all white imperialist influences. Basically, he's loyal to Wakanda, but not its ruling family.
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Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy Review
As someone who played the first three Crash Bandicoot games over and over again, the Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy delivers exactly what I wanted. The platforming, for better and occasionally worse, retains the demanding, and punishing challenge of the originals coated in a polished, modern sheen that makes even the most familiar levels feel fresh.
And just as Naughty Dog's original trilogy sucked me in years ago, Vicarious Visions' remakes have me itching to collect every crystal, gem, and relic yet again.
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Oculus Rift Designer Reportedly Donates to Oculus 'Hack'
Palmer Luckey, designer of the Oculus Rift, has reportedly pledged thousands of dollars to a project that aims to unlock Oculus Rift-exclusive games for HTC Vive.
Jules Blok - who runs ReVive, the project that aims to bring all exclusive Oculus games to Valve's headset - posted a message thanking Luckey following an apparent $2,000 per month pledge to his Patreon (as reported by UploadVR).
"As some of you suspected," wrote Blok, "the sudden extreme jump in the pledge amount is indeed by Palmer Luckey. I'd like to thank him for his pledge and everything he has done for the VR community as a whole."
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Wednesday, June 28, 2017
Call of Duty 4 Remastered's Timed Exclusivity Is Ridiculous
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On this week's Xbox show, we talk about how silly it is for Activision to have a timed exclusive on a 10-year-old game. In happier news, the new game from the co-creator of Limbo and Inside looks incredible, and much more!
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Marvel Heroes Reportedly Removing Fantastic Four Heroes
Marvel Heroes developer Gazillion Entertainment has reportedly lost the rights to the Fantastic Four and Silver Surfer characters, and will no longer continuing selling these characters in the game starting next month.
In a since-deleted post (captured on Google Cache) from the official Marvel Heroes forums, Gazillion announced that starting July 1, Silver Surfer, Mr. Fantastic, Invisible Woman, Human Torch and Thing will no longer be available for purchase with Gs. The time to purchase these Heroes with Eternity Splinters reportedly expired earlier today at 2pm PT.
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Rick and Morty Coming to Rocket League
Rick and Morty will be available as free customization items in Rocket League starting July 5.
As per an update on Rocketleague.com, Rick and Morty will be available as Antennas, Cromulon, Mr. Meeseeks and Mr. PBH. will be available as Toppers and you'll also be able to enjoy an 'Interdimensional GB' Rocket Boost and 'Sanchez DC-137' Wheels. As a bonus, the Cromulon Topper can drop as a painted item.
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GTA Online: Everything You Need to Know About Gunrunning
The latest update to GTA Online is the biggest since heists - here's all the key info you need to run a successful arms race in San Andreas.
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Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle Gets a Collector's Edition
Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle will receive a collector's edition, which comes with a Rabbid Mario figurine and more.
GameStop will exclusively sell Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle Collector's Edition for $100. The special package features the game, 6-inch figure, a set of cards and CD soundtrack.
The Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle Collector's Edition is exclusive to GameStop. (Image courtesy of GameStop)
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Resident Evil 6, Dead Island Coming to Xbox Game Pass
Seven new games will be added to the Xbox Game Pass library on July 1, Microsoft announced today.
New additions include Xbox One games Resident Evil 6, Dead Island Definitive Edition, The Flame in the Flood, Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition, F1 2015, and Bard's Gold. A single backwards compatible Xbox 360 game, Monaco: What's Yours is Mine, will also be added in July.
Xbox Game Pass, which provides subscribers access to a library of over 100 games for $10 USD / £8 per month, officially launched on June 1. As Microsoft previously stated, games will be cycled in and out of the catalog each month, though games won't begin cycling out until November.
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How Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy WIll Let Me Relive My Most Important Gaming Memories
We always argued about which was better.
My mom always firmly came down on the side of Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back. She collected every crystal, gem, and found the secret warp room over and over, restarting the game after every run. I always favored Crash Bandicoot: Warped, with its historical era-hopping levels and time trials that allowed her and I to actually compete to be the better Crash player in our house.
Now with the release of the Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy, I'm so excited to be able to revisit those memories, because they'll transport me to a time that I can no longer visit. A time when I could play games with the person who introduced me to the medium — my mom, who died nine years ago.
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Inside, Limbo Double Pack Coming This Fall
An Inside and Limbo double pack is coming to retail this fall for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, developer Playdead announced today.
The pack, which contains Playdead's two critically-acclaimed puzzle-platformers as well as a special "limited run" poster and art card, will cost $29.99/£19.99. It will hit store shelves on September 12 in the US and September 15 in Europe.
Check out the box art below:
Inside and Limbo double pack box art
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PlayStation Plus July Free Games Revealed
July's list of PlayStation Plus free games has been revealed, with Supermassive Games' Until Dawn and Telltale Games' Game of Thrones: Season 1 leading off the list.
Check out the full slate of free games that will be made available to PS Plus subscribers for the month of July, as well as what platforms they'll be available on:
- Until Dawn (PS4)
- Game of Thrones: A Telltale Games Series (PS4)
- Tokyo Jungle (PS3)
- Darkstalkers Resurrection (PS3)
- Element4l (PS Vita)
- Don't Die, Mr. Robot! (PS Vita, cross buy with PS4)
In our IGN review of Until Dawn, we said "At its best, Until Dawn is a gleefully cheesy homage to horror movies, set in a world built by a developer that clearly adores the genre." The choice-based horror game later received a PlayStation VR spinoff, Until Dawn: Rush of Blood, while Supermassive's next games, Hidden Agenda and The Inpatient, were revealed during E3 2017. The Inpatient is actually a prequel to Until Dawn, set 60 years prior to the events of that game.
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GT Sport: Behind the Scenes With Polyphony Digital
This month's IGN First is a bit different than usual. Rather than highlighting a single game -- we'll get back to that next month -- we're highlighting the Japanese game industry as a whole. We visited some of the biggest studios in Japan to focus on their games and creative processes. Check back all month for interviews, gameplay reveals, and more!
Find a list of everything we've published so far in our IGN First: Games of Japan hub!
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Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite Preorder Guide
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It would appear that superheroes and video game characters don't think much of one another. Presumably, that's why they duke it out every few years in the Marvel vs. Capcom series. It's been five years since Chun-Li last lightning-legged Iron Man, but they're gearing up for another go-round with Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite. In case you haven't been following along, be sure to read our hands-on preview to see how the game's shaping up.
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Kingdom Come: Deliverance's Hard Medieval Living
With no magic, no elves, and not even a King Arthur, Kingdom Come: Deliverance is aiming for a grounded and realistic approach to open-world medieval roleplaying games. Oddly enough, that makes this February 2018 RPG feel distinctive next to the likes of The Elder Scrolls or The Witcher.
Developer Warhorse Studios says that aside from the personal story of your character, Harry, the events of a civil war in the Kingdom of Bohemia in the year 1403 are historically accurate. As you set out to avenge the death of your parents, who were killed in a raid on a village that actually happened, you join the service of a lord and play a role in the outcome of the war - which is, of course, fixed.
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Zelda's Midna Was Originally Designed for an Unreleased Nintendo Game
With the Master Trials DLC about to launch for The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Nintendo has revealed that character Midna from Twilight Princess was originally slated for a different game.
In one of a series of articles about the upcoming DLC, Breath of the Wild's art director, Satoru Takizawa explains that after The Wind Waker had been completed, "there was a secret project we were considering working on before The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess."
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Kirby's Blowout Blast Gets a Release Date
3DS eShop title Kirby's Blowout Blast will be released on July 6, Nintendo has announced.
An expanded version of Kirby 3D Rumble - a mini-game in last year's Kirby: Planet Robobot - Blowout Blast see players trying to cpmplete 3D Kirby stages as fast as possible, while building points through combos. This version adds longer stages, as well as boss enemies.
Blowout Blast is the second of three new Kirby 3DS games announced in April to help celebrate Kirby's 25th birthday. The third, a multiplayer action game, is still something of a mystery, but will be released this holiday.
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Tuesday, June 27, 2017
Here's Every Shadowverse: Wonderland Dreams Card
The fourth Shadowverse expansion - Wonderland Dreams - sees developer Cygames riffing on Alice in Wonderland, as well as a number of other popular fables and fairy tales. It's shaping up to be a lot of fun, with a focus on "Neutralcraft" - i.e. decks that revolve around neutral cards and cards that take advantage of or are impacted by neutral cards. It's a cool concept, as it allows the team to create new deck types for basically every class, as opposed to simply building on what has come before.
If you want to see what the set is about at a glance, you can see all 104 new cards below, ordered by class.
The rest of the slideshows are on the next page.
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Ever Oasis Review
At the start of many adventures lies a town in need of help -- even as the threat of a larger crisis looms on the horizon. Ever Oasis manages to up the stakes by casting you as the leader of a settlement that needs both your management and your heroism. Your actions in your oasis matter just as much as those in dungeon battles, seamlessly blending this RPG adventure with town management in a fun way. Even when quests teetered on being too repetitive, the satisfaction of building my Oasis and leveling up my characters, simultaneously, made every task worthwhile.
As the Child of the Great Tree you wield the power to create a life-sustaining oasis for desert-dwelling folk. After witnessing the destruction of your older brother's oasis by Chaos incarnate, it's up to you and the water spirit, Esna, to create the last oasis as a beacon of hope and bastion against the increasing darkness that plagues the desert and its creatures. As you build up your town, you'll gain access to shops, crafting recipes, and more. The town's transformation from sandy dunes to lush paradise is not only fulfilling, but gorgeous to watch. The routine goes something like this: Attract potential villagers, fulfill requests so they stay, build their booths and stock their merchandise, and finally: collect the profits. The endearing nature of my villagers and abundance of things to do made this routine fun instead of tedious.
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FFXIV Stormblood: How to Level Up Fast
Tips on the best way to level up, whether you're new to Final Fantasy 14 Online or a veteran Warrior of Light.
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Beyond 499: Beyond Good & Evil 2's Stunning Tech Demo
This week, the crew chats about the awesome Nex Machina, the insanely-ambitious Beyond Good & Evil 2 tech demo, and how stoked they are to hop back into Horizon's DLC. Also, they teach you how to make hamburgers.
Marty Sliva is a Executive Editor at IGN. A girl he was dating once stepped on his PlayStation 4, and now he no longer owns PT. But don't worry, they broke up. Follow him on Twitter @McBiggitty.
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Super NES Classic Preorder Guide
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The Super NES Classic Mini has officially been slated for a September 29 release, but the real question remains - when can we place an order!
Although SNES inventory will be in greater supply than with the NES, let's be realistic. The Super NES Classic includes a pre-installed collection of 21 legendary games, including the never-been-released Star Fox 2, as well as a second controller for a reasonable $79.99. Furthermore, Nintendo has only guaranteed shipping through 2017, so it's quite possible that if you don't get a copy by December, you won't get one at all (at least at list price). If you intend to skip preordering and wait until launch to secure a copy, you're setting yourself up for a tenacious experience.
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SNES Classics Preorders Already on eBay, With Huge Mark-Ups
Of all the social sciences, economics is perhaps the coldest and most unfeeling. If you need any proof, look no further than the outrageous mark-ups some sellers are already attaching to the only-just revealed Super NES Classic.
Econ 101 teaches us that when supply is vastly out-paced by demand, prices will rise, something that already played out with the NES Classic. Scalpers famously grabbed up as many as they could, choking off any readily available supply, and Nintendo itself only churned out a finite number, increasing the disparity even further. The result? NES Classics still sell for twice or more the manufacturer's suggested retail price.
As you can see from the slides, scalpers, or rather "resellers" are expecting similar supply and demand imbalances with the SNES Classic. We're hoping Nintendo learns from its mistakes with the NES Classic, but there's also the problem of unconstrained orders from online retailers. People used automated bots to order multiple units, causing headaches for anyone on the level and sometimes crashing retailer websites.
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Assassin's Creed Rebellion Announced for iOS and Android
Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed franchise is coming back to mobile, with a free-to-play strategy game that takes some adorable liberties with the art style.
Assassin's Creed Rebellion is being developed by Behaviour Interactive. It offers a roster of 40 Assassins including fan favorites like Ezio, Aguilar, Shao Jun, Claudia, and Machiavelli. Roughly half of the assassins are brand-new to the franchise and created especially for Rebellion.
With such an expansive cast of characters, Rebellion is mostly about managing your guild. Players will build a Brotherhood HQ and map out rooms that enable new equipment for your assassins to take out on missions, with a look reminiscent of Bethesda's Fallout Shelter.
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Arkane Studios President Announces Departure
Raphael Colantonio, president of Dishonored and Prey developer Arkane Studios, has announced he is stepping down from his position "to spend some time with my son and reflect on what is important to me and my future."
Colantonio made the announcement in a post on Bethesda Softworks's website.
"The last 18 years have been an amazing adventure - from starting Arkane in 1999, to making our first game, Arx Fatalis, to joining ZeniMax Media in 2010 and releasing the Dishonored series and Prey to critical acclaim - it is time for me to step out to spend some time with my son and reflect on what is important to me and my future," Colantonio wrote.
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Ex-Inside Dev Announces New Game: Somerville
Dino Patti, former CEO and co-founder of Playdead, the developer behind Inside and Limbo, has announced a new game.
Somerville is the product of a collaboration between Patti and Chris Olsen, "a seasoned feature film animator turned developer," according to a release from Jumpship, the studio behind the new game.
Described as a "sci-fi action adventure" game, Somerville "chronicles the lives of key individuals in the wake of a global catastrophe."
Almost exactly one year ago, Patti announced via Twitter his decision to leave Playdead to "seek new challenges." Those "new challenges" included incorporating the Guildford, UK based Jumpship studio and working on Somerville.
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Diablo 3: Rise of the Necromancer Livestream - IGN Plays Live
We're taking a return trip down to the depths of hell with the Necromancer class in Diablo 3: Rise of the Necromancer live today from 2PM - 4PM PT (5PM - 7PM ET/ 10PM - 12PM BST / 7AM - 9AM AEST). Join James Duggan and Brandin Tyrrel as they start brand new characters and walk us through the first few hours of the game, highlighting what's new about the returning Necromancer.
Join the action live by tuning into IGN.com/live, or watch us on YouTube, Twitch, Facebook, and get your questions answered by tweeting at IGN on twitter using the hashtag #IGNPlaysLive
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inXile Head Calls Kickstarter the 'Ultimate Honor System'
Back in 2013, inXile Entertainment set the record for the highest-funded video game on Kickstarter with Torment: Tides of Numenera, and studio founder Brian Fargo has come forward to share his thoughts on the crowd-funding platform, describing it as the "ultimate honor system."
On the latest episode of our monthly interview show IGN Unfiltered, Fargo spoke incredibly highly of Kickstarter and the freedom it has offered his studio, which received over $4 million in funding from backers for Torment: Tides of Numenera.
"As a creative person, there are two important factors to me. That you're doing what you want to do... but as important is that you're doing it the way you want to do it," Fargo said. He went on to note that when you have a publisher to answer to, you could be "made to do it in a way that isn't with your style."
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Shigeru Miyamoto and the Legacy of Mario
It's late on the first day of E3, and Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto looks very comfortable. In a small meeting room high above Nintendo's booth, Miyamoto sits under a Super Mario Odyssey poster in what seems like a different, much quieter world than the chaos of the bustling show floor below.
Officially, E3 is in full swing, but Miyamoto has already made his big announcement for the week, appearing on stage with Ubisoft to reveal a new Mario crossover with Rabbids. Even as Nintendo spent the morning on its live show debuting new gameplay of Super Mario Odyssey, producer Yoshiaki Koizumi and director Kenta Motokura took the stage, giving Miyamoto the chance to watch from the sidelines. With such a long legacy behind him, he's okay with not always being in the spotlight, and, in regard to both Rabbids and Odyssey, he's happy to see other people making new playgrounds for Mario.
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July Free Xbox Games With Gold Announced
July's line-up of free Xbox One and Xbox 360 games for Gold subscribers has been announced.
The full lineup, plus when they'll be available, is:
- Grow Up — July 1-30 (Xbox One)
- Runbow — July 16 - August 15 (Xbox One)
- Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days — July 1-15 (Xbox 360 & Xbox One)
- LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game — July 16-31 (Xbox 360 & Xbox One)
Grow Up is the scaled-up sequel of Ubisoft experiment Grow Home. We awarded it a 7.8, saying it "doesn't feel terribly different from Grow Home other than its larger world, but its main achievement is to strengthen some of its predecessor's weak points."
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You Can Buy Doom 2 Creator's Original Copy of Doom 2
You can purchase Doom 2 creator John Romero's original copy of the seminal first-person shooter.
Romero announced via Twitter that he's currently auctioning off his original five Doom 2 floppy disks on eBay and will sign them if the winner requests so. The starting bid was $10 USD but this has since increased to a whopping $406 USD.
John Romero's Doom 2 floppy disks.
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Final Fantasy XV: Ignis DLC Launches in December
Final Fantasy XV's upcoming Ignis-focused story DLC will be released in December.
The release month for Episode Ignis was revealed in a teaser trailer that is unlocked after you complete Episode Prompto, which launched today.
Final Fantasy XV: Episode Ignis is the third character-focused story add-on for the Square Enix RPG, following the aforementioned Episode Prompto, as well as Episode Gladiolus, which released back in March.
More content for Final Fantasy XV is on the horizon, including a co-op multiplayer expansion called Comrades and a PSVR Experience dubbed Monster of the Deep, which will be released this September. Square Enix also just recently confirmed it has big plans for Final Fantasy XV that it will share at Gamescom.
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Star Fox 2's Programmer Is as Surprised as You Are
It was announced today that the never-before-released Star Fox 2 is one of the 21 games included in the Super NES Classic, due to hit shelves (hopefully widely) on September 29.
IGN Japan got the chance to have a quick chat with the game's programmer (and now head of Q-Games) Dylan Cuthbert about the surprising announcement, the differences between the Super NES Classic version of the game and the various leaked builds that are available online, and the challenges of developing Star Fox 2 before Nintendo officially pulled the plug on it 22 years ago. Check out our interview with Cuthbert below.
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Valkyria Revolution Review
"Revolution" is such a nice, punchy word. Generally, it's even a positive word, or so we're generally led to think as we're on the "right" side of a bevy of revolutions ranging from the American to the sexual. But let's be honest—change isn't always good. However noble intentions may be, sometimes a revolution ends up making things worse than they were before. And that, sadly, appears to be what happened with Valkyria Revolution.
In a wider sense, the "revolution" here would be the act of yanking the Valkyria series away from its tactical origins in order to create something that's better described as a Dynasty Warriors-style RPG. The approach never works quite as well as it should. Valkyria Revolution has a rather fascinating narrative premise as its foundation, but all developer Media Vision builds on it are overlong, weakly animated cutscenes with frequent loading screens and a merely moderately enjoyable combat system. It's possible its weaknesses grew out of a need to make Valkyria Revolution less graphically intensive to accommodate a simultaneous release on the Vita, but the approach makes the PS4 version I played suffer greatly for it.
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Monday, June 26, 2017
Top 10 RPG Worlds of All Time
Out of every genre, role-playing games have given us some of the most awesome, beautiful, terrifying, and fascinating worlds to explore. In celebration of the hours we've spent exploring and adventuring in them, here are our top 10 RPG worlds of all time.
Many games are set in outer space, but few have really captured the essence of space travel and intergalactic civilization the way EVE Online has. Exploring the New Eden galaxy and its over 5000 star systems and 2500 wormhole systems must be done manually, via spaceship. While EVE by no means prioritizes realism, it does keep many of its elements grounded in slow-paced management-heavy gameplay, especially with its complex player-driven economy. These elements, combined with the backstories of each major faction, are a perfect fit for the literal universe that has been home to some of the most exciting online space battles and dramatic player-driven epics in video game history.
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Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds Update Balances Loot
The next update for Playerunknown's Battlegrounds will adjust the game's loot system, as well as add two weapons in addition to other changes.
According to a developer post, Bluehole Studio discovered a bug causing certain items to spawn more or less than the studio intended. As a result, the latest Battlegrounds update will see adjustments made both to address the bug and user feedback on particular weapons. Bluehole will continue to make adjustments as needed.
For the next update, the VSS will no longer appear in Care Packages but will still be spawned on the map. There will also be a low probability chance of collecting AR Silencers,SR Silencers, and 4x Scopes from Care Packages. A new weapon, the Groza, will also be added to Care Packages.
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SNES Classic: Will Nintendo Learn From its Past Launch Mistakes?
I'm probably not the only old-school Nintendo fan with conflicting emotions today. On the one hand, the long-rumored/expected Super NES Classic was announced, and it sounds awesome! Two controllers, 21 games including several bona-fide all-time classics, and even the unreleased Star Fox 2. Yes!! On the other hand, Nintendo flat-out bungled the launch of the NES Classic, which was a gimme putt as far as system launches go. What should've been a uniting moment of universally celebrated nostalgia was instead a months-long slog of frustration, unceremoniously capped off by the quiet discontinuation of the NES Classic in April, assuring that many fans would never get their hands on the tiny trip down video game memory lane.
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Pokemon Go Raids: Everything You Need to Know
See the new raid battle level requirements and more.
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Total War: Warhammer 2 Aims to Bring Fantasy Tabletop Game To Life
Back in my tabletop gaming days, I sported an impressive war host of Wood Elves, complete with treemen and hawk riders. But what I never achieved with dice rolls and detailed paint jobs was the epic scale that the Warhammer lore seemed to demand. There was something lacking in my painted figurines and styrofoam set pieces.
That's why the Total War series has been such a boon to Warhammer fans. Utilizing the units, locations, and lore of Warhammer's high-fantasy universe, TW:W2 brings the deep strategy of the Warhammer series to a real-time strategy platform.
At E3, I was able to get a hands-on demo with a familiar scenario to Warhammer fans: the High Elves, in their arrogance, have messed with forces they should not have, and now have to deal with the perhaps-cataclysmic consequences.
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Darkest Dungeon: The Crimson Court Review
The Crimson Court isn't an essential add-on for Darkest Dungeon, but it does give this grim RPG an infusion of new ideas in both battles and at the town level that freshen things up and make you rethink your approach to problems if things have become routine for you. And, of course, more of that awesomely dire narration.
The most pervasive new crisis you have to deal with is The Crimson Curse, a common and near-permanent affliction that turns your party members into junkies for vials of blood. Early on, becoming infected by the horrific giant mosquito-borne illness seemed debilitating due to rare supply of blood, which could only be obtained through random drops by fighting the new enemy faction; without it they eventually go into a withdrawal state and could potentially die. But in reality, at least playing on Radiant mode, the Curse's bark was worse than its bite. It actually gives a "Bloodlust" stat buff for a time after consuming a vial, and even when you're in withdrawal most of the stat penalties aren't enough to slow a team down much (though it does make them prone to rejecting healing or buffs as though they were irrational). It quickly became a manageable addiction.
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Nintendo Confirms SNES Classic Controller Cord Length Is Longer than NES Classic's
Nintendo has confirmed the length of the SNES Classic Edition controller's cord, revealing it will be longer than the often criticized length of the NES Classic Edition controller's.
In a statement provided to IGN, a Nintendo representative confirmed the Super NES Classic's controller cord is approximately five feet long, "which is about 2 ft. longer than the cord on the NES Classic Controller."
The length of the NES Classic Edition controller's cord was one of several issues IGN addressed in our look at what Nintendo could learn from the NES Classic's failures. IGN also took a look at how to solve the NES Classic Edition's cord length issue following the system's release.
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Nintendo Will Produce 'Significantly More' SNES Classic Editions than NES Classic
Nintendo has committed to manufacturing a greater number of the newly announced SNES Classic Edition consoles than it did the NES Classic Edition, with current announced plans to ship the console only through the end of the year.
A statement provided to IGN by a Nintendo representative explains that Nintendo "will produce significantly more units of Super NES Classic Edition than we did of NES Classic Edition," though the company is declining to provide specific numbers at this time. Following the NES Classic's cancellation, Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime told IGN the company shipped 2.3 million NES Classic Edition units worldwide.
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F1 2017 Preorder Guide
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If you're familiar with Codemasters, you probably know this developer doesn't let a year go by without dropping a new F1 game on the market. The F1 series is based on the Formula One World Championship, a yearly racing event that pits some of the fastest cars on the planet against one another. These games are sims, which means they're all about realism. So if peeling through real tracks in actual cars at upwards of 200 miles an hour sounds like your kind of fun, this game should be on your radar. Notable features in this installment include the 2017 cars as well as a number of classic cars, which haven't shown up in the series since F1 2013.
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Pokemon Sun and Moon: Don't Miss These Free Mega Stones
Get the Mega Stones for the Ruby and Sapphire starters and more with this mystery gift code.
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SNES Classic Edition Announced and Dated
Nintendo has announced the Super NES Classic Edition, and announced that it will be released on September 29 at a suggested retail price of $79.99 USD (prices for the UK and Australia are not available at time of writing).
The follow-up to the NES Classic Edition (which will be called the 'Nintendo Classic Mini: Super Nintendo Entertainment System' in Europe) includes 21 titles - including Star Fox 2, a game that had previously never been released.
A full list of included games follows:
- Contra III: The Alien Wars
- Donkey Kong Country
- EarthBound
- Final Fantasy III
- F-ZERO
- Kirby Super Star
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Out This Week: Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild's First DLC Expansion Pack
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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Super Mario 64 Mod Adds Odyssey's Capture Mechanic
A Super Mario 64 mod has added one of Super Mario Odyssey's biggest gameplay features to the Nintendo 64 classic.
Nintendo modder Kaze Emanuar has a found a way to include Odyssey's capture mechanic in Super Mario 64, allowing you to control several different enemies using Mario's hat, like Goombas, Shy Guys and Bob-ombs.
You can watch the mechanic in action here, where Emanuar successfully captures and controls floating platforms and blocks as well.
You can test the capture mechanic yourself when Super Mario Odyssey releases on October 27 for Nintendo Switch. For more on the 3D platformer, check out our glowing Super Mario Odyssey preview to find out why we think the game is a "brilliantly bizarre adventure."
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Nintendo's Market Value Climbs Past Sony
Thanks to the success of Nintendo Switch and Pokemon Go, Nintendo's market value has climbed considerably, eclipsing Sony's entire electronics and entertainment divisions.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Nintendo's market capitalization is now at $49.8 billion (5.56 trillion yen), just ahead of Sony Corporation's current market value of $48.6 billion (5.43 trillion yen).
It's important to note that because Sony's interests are significantly broader than Nintendo's, this isn't an an entirely straightforward comparison.
Since the release of Pokemon Go last year, Nintendo's stock is up a whopping 160 percent, having closed on Monday at 39,280 yen ($352), making for its highest value since 2008. Meanwhile, Sony's shares closed at 4,298 yen ($38.50), and the company's stock is currently up more than 42 percent compared to last year.
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Don't Worry, Capcom's Not Dumbing Down Monster Hunter
If you're a longtime Monster Hunter fan and came out of that Sony E3 keynote with a few worries about World, I have just the quote for you, straight from executive director Kaname Fujioka:
"We're not taking things that people in the west hate and fixing them to make western players buy it. People sometimes make that assumption, or they've got that fear, but that's not the case at all."
Phew.
For those who love it, the appeal of Monster Hunter lies not just in its creature design and stupefyingly complex weaponry, but in how hard it makes you work to see it all. To get reductive for a moment, it's a distinctly 'un-western' approach - today's action big hitters all tend to smooth out any busywork, in favour of getting you from encounter to encounter at high speed. It makes perfect sense - just not for Monster Hunter.
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Xbox One X Will Download 4K Patches, Regardless of TV
Microsoft has confirmed that all Xbox One games that feature 4K support will download the 4K assets for all Xbox One X users, regardless of their television.
When asked by Stevivor how the Xbox One family of consoles will handle sizable downloads for 4K supported games like Forza Motorsport 7, a Microsoft rep said, "With the launch of Xbox One X, when it comes to game content our intention is to download the correct assets to the correct console."
As such, the 4K asset patch will only be downloaded on Xbox One X, and not the S or original Xbox One models. "This means, regardless of the TV you are playing on, 4K assets will be downloaded to Xbox One X (if available) and the standard 1080p assets will be downloaded to an Xbox One S," Microsoft explained.
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GTA Modding Tool OpenIV Appears to Be Back in Development
Popular Grand Theft Auto modding tool OpenIV may be back in business, following a controversial cease and desist order from GTA publisher Take-Two.
PC Gamer reports that, after much contention from fans regarding the order, OpenIV has seen a small update this week, despite the creators saying that development on the tool had been discontinued.
This potentially speaks to the new stance that Take-Two is tentatively agreeing to allow single player mods, meaning OpenIV could be seen as a legitimate tool.
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Final Fantasy XV: Big Announcements to Come at Gamescom
The team behind Final Fantasy XV has confirmed that it has big plans for the game, to be announced at this year's Gamescom.
Gematsu reports that during the Japanese E3 2017 Recap Active Time Report stream, Square Enix marketing manager Akio Ofuji revealed that the company is planning "to do all sorts of things on a large scale this summer."
This was backed up by game director Hajime Tabata, who said: "That's right. We've been extremely busy. We have to be sure to have some good announcements in the summer
I want to put out some good news during Gamescom."
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Latest Overwatch Patch Namechecks New Hero and Event
The latest update to Overwatch's public test servers appears to be internally referred to as "Doomfist / Summer Games", referencing a long-rumored new hero and the return of the game's first major event.
Following the PTR's latest update, some players experienced crashes when using its new highlight saving feature. According to users on Reddit and the Overwatch forum, subsequent crash logs refer to the current version of the game as "1.13.0.0 Doomfist / Summer Games". The reference has subsequently been removed from the logs.
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Sunday, June 25, 2017
Titanfall 2 Free DLC Will Feature New Maps
Titanfall 2's latest free DLC adds a game-changing feature when it releases June 27 for PlayStation 4, PC, and Xbox One.
According to Respawn's latest blog post, the new add-on content, titled The War Games, finally let pilots equip a third weapon slot.
In addition to the standard primary and secondary weapon slots, players can also now bring an anti-titan weapon onto the battlefield. Meaning, you will no longer have to choose between a pistol or an anti-titan item.
The War Games also features two new maps, the first of which is also called War Games. It's a simulated battlezone featuring multistory buildings and open tank garage facilities for pilot battles, as well as wide-open city streets for titan combat.
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Nintendo on Animal Crossing Mobile and More
Nintendo of America president Reggie Fil-Aimé revealed why Animal Crossing Mobile was left out of E3, as well as why Nintendo shut down AM2R, and more on what's coming for Nintendo Switch.
When interviewed by Waypoint, the Nintendo Boss confirmed Nintendo's intentions when going into this year's E3 Spotlight, saying Nintendo felt fans "wanted to understand more about Nintendo Switch and the Nintendo Switch proposition."
He also cited this as the reason games such as Animal Crossing Mobile were not present at the conference saying that "When it comes to mobile, we are just not sure if E3 is the place for us to be talking about mobile."
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Sonic Mania Vinyl Album Announced
SEGA and Data Discs have announced a special Sonic Mania vinyl album.
According to Data Discs' product page, pre-orders will go live mid-July. The album, which is listed for £19.99 (roughly $25 USD) and will release "soon," will feature select music from composer Tee Lopes and come packaged in a heavyweight gatefold sleeve with UV spot varnish.
Sonic Mania vinyl album cover art
The vinyl record will also include a printed inner sleeve featuring a few characters from the game, as well as a download code for the album in lossless and lossy formats, and gatefold artwork of Sonic, Tails and Knuckles exploring Green Hill Zone Act 2.
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Saturday, June 24, 2017
How to Use the 5 Best Features of the Switch's New Updated
Here's a quick look at the most important features of the latest Switch system update, and how to use each one.
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7 Things You Need to Know About Dragon Ball FighterZ
Dragon Ball Z has had a ton of fighting games over the years of varying degrees of quality, but none have ever made us more excited than Dragon Ball FighterZ. Visually, it's pretty easy to see why, but there's more to this game than meets the eye, which is why we're here to break down everything you need to know about Dragon Ball FighterZ.
First off, let's talk about the combat system of the game. As this is an Arc System Works title, the controls are very similar to those of Guilty Gear, BlazBlue, and Persona 4 Arena. It's a four button combat system, with light, medium, and heavy attacks, and then the fourth button being mapped to projectiles.
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Friday, June 23, 2017
Nex Machina Review
When a top-down shooter like Nex Machina comes along, I'm reminded that even in this age of procedural open worlds and emergent storytelling, you don't need a lot of buzzwords to have a good time. Its five stages of simple, fast, sometimes frantic bot-blasting can be daunting to the unprepared. But when I got a good run going, the responsive controls and exciting, sci-fi graphics made my frustrations with its sometimes nasty death penalty worth it.
Each stage is divided up into rooms where you have to defeat several waves of robotic enemies, optionally saving defenseless humans to increase your score, before proceeding to the next. The baddies are both visually interesting and clever in their design, and every world introduces new ones so the combat never feels repetitive. Like in one of developer Housemarque's previous games, Resogun, saving the human hostages adds a sense of urgency and encourages you to take risks and get aggressive.
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Mario Kart, Evangelion Featured in Japan VR Arcade
Bandai Namco has revealed details on VR Zone Shinjuku, which it's billing as "Japan's largest VR entertainment facility" and "the flagship location for the next-generation of entertainment." VR Zone Shinjuku is set to open on July 14 in Tokyo, with reservations available now on its official site.
VR Zone Shinjuku will include 15 VR experiences including Dragon Ball VR: "Master the Kamehameha," Evangelion VR: "The Throne of Souls," Mario Kart Arcade Grand Prix VR, and more.
Bandai Namco also described other VR experiences not based on franchises, including "exploring a fantasy world on a winged bicycle, a horror-filled dinosaur survival run, and much more."
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NVC Says Farewell to Jose
It's with heavy heart that Nintendo Voice Chat, IGN's weekly talk show for all things Nintendo, bids farewell to our friend and coworker, Jose Otero. Jose joined the NVC cast in July 2013 and has helped grow the show to become one of the most popular gaming podcasts around.
In today's episode, the team of Jose, Peer, Brian, and Zach follows up on the two biggest Nintendo topics at E3: Super Mario Odyssey and the Metroid announcements, grades Nintendo's Spotlight event and overall showing, and sends off Jose in style.
Listen to the Latest Episode of NVC Right Here
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Modern Warfare Remastered Standalone Release Confirmed
Following recent leaks, Activision has confirmed that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered will be available as a standalone release for PS4 next week, with "other platforms to follow."
The game, which was previously only available with Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare special editions, can be purchased both physically and digitally on June 27 for $40 USD. Along with the full campaign, it will include its original 16 base maps.
In celebration of Modern Warfare Remastered's standalone launch, players will able to compete in a five-week seasonal event called Call of Duty "Days of Summer" on June 27. The community celebration will include XP events, in-game giveaways, a new summer-themed map for Modern Warfare Remastered, new gear, and more.
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What to Expect at the Final Fantasy 14 Trials of Bahamut Escape Game
The Final Fantasy XIV Real Escape Game US tour kicked off at the end of E3 in Los Angeles, in parallel with the new FFXIV Online expansion, Stormblood. If you attempted to save Hyrule in The Legend of Zelda real escape game, you'll be somewhat familiar with how Trials of Bahamut will play out, as both were created by escape room designers SCRAP. Here's what you should know if you're thinking of queueing up for this real-life challenge.
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Rockstar Comments on GTA 5 Single-Player Mods
Rockstar issued a statement on its support page regarding single-player mods for Grand Theft Auto V. Recently, Rockstar's parent company Take-Two recently issued cease-and-desist letters to some GTA V modding tool makers.
However, Take-Two now says it "generally will not take legal action against third-party projects involving Rockstar's PC games," as long as the mods are for single-player, non-commercial use, and don't infringe on "the intellectual property rights of third parties."
Take-Two will still seek out mods in violation of those conditions, with particular note made in regards to mods designed for "multiplayer or online services."
In the case of OpenIV's shutdown, Take-Two was working to put a lid on "malicious mods that allow harassment of players and interfere with the GTA Online experience for everybody," according to a statement from Rockstar to IGN earlier this month.
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13 Awesome Games You Missed at E3 2017
E3 2017 has come and gone, leaving us with a lot of awesome games to look forward to for the next year — well, realistically, for the next few years. But not all of those games got time on the big stage during press conferences or even a spot on the show floor.
Here are the 13 coolest games you might've missed at this year's E3.
Absolver continues to impress with its sleek mix of smart, customizable fighting game mechanisms and social role-playing elements. Being able to fine-tune your brawler's approach to combat, from individual kicks and punches to versatile blocks, dodges, and parries creates an action RPG experience like no other. — Chloi Rad
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Knack 2: Meet the Team Making Sony’s Sequel
This month's IGN First is a bit different than usual. Rather than highlighting a single game -- we'll get back to that next month -- we're highlighting the Japanese game industry as a whole. We visited some of the biggest studios in Japan to focus on their games and creative processes. Check back all month for interviews, gameplay reveals, and more!
Find a list of everything we've published so far in our IGN First: Games of Japan hub!
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PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds May Eventually Come to PS4
There's a chance PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds may still eventually come to PlayStation 4.
After the Daily Express published an article claiming that the battle royal game will remain an Xbox One console exclusive, developer Bluehole Studios issued a statement to GameInformer that refutes the claim.
The statement reads the following: "We're excited to announce that PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds is coming to Xbox One. We're always looking at various platforms to potentially introduce our game, but have nothing further to announce at this time."
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Moss Is My Most Pleasantly Surprising Game of E3
I love the idea of VR gaming, but in practice, the last 15 or so months of it have yielded mostly underwhelming results. Maybe that's why my hands-on session with PSVR's Moss was so refreshing – because it actually feels like a well-thought-out, complete game that takes advantage of VR without using it as a gimmicky crutch.
Moss places you in the world of Quill, an adorable mouse who's got some platforming and combat to do. It's played from the third-person, which is used intelligently in VR; you are in the world in that you can look around and peek down into any of Quill's set pieces – heck, you can even brush your head or hand up against the foliage in Moss's jungly world. But you're never moving, so you won't have to worry about motion sickness. And not unlike fellow third-person VR platformer Lucky's Tale on Oculus Rift, the camera perspective lends a wonderful sense of scale and place to your VR experience.
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Metroid: Samus Returns Special Edition Appears to Come in a Giant Game Boy Cartridge
The upcoming Metroid 2 remake for 3DS, Metroid: Samus Returns is set to feature a special edition which seems to include a Game Boy caryridge-styled steelbook case.
A Spanish arm of Nintendo (as reported by Kotaku) has revealed images of what appears to be the Legacy Edition for the new Metroid game. These pictures feature a steelbook case for the game which is crafted to look like the original Metroid 2: Return of Samus cartridge.
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Bungie Begins Winding Down Live Events in Destiny 1
In its latest announcement, Bungie has announced that some of Destiny's live competitive events will soon no longer be available.
Both the Iron Banner and Trials of Osiris PvP events are appearing for the final time on August 1 and 11 respectively, before being reworked for Destiny 2. While Bungie doesn't reveal what forms they will take in the upcoming sequel, it does promise that they will definitely reappear in "unexpected ways".
While these changes won't affect other weekly activities, the update does include a list of tasks that players may want to accomplish before August 1 in order to unlock emblems in Destiny 2.
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IGN's Exclusive Pokemon TCG Card Reveal
The Pokemon Trading Card Game will release its latest expansion, Sun & Moon - Burning Shadows on August 4, and we have two brand new cards from the set to exclusively show off: Golisopod GX and the Guzma trainer card.
Both cards work rather nicely together, with the Team Skull boss' trainer effect synergising nicely with the souped-up Wimpod evolution. Without further ado, here they are:
Golisopod GX
Golisopod GX fares best by bouncing off and onto your Bench, dealing big chunks of damage in the process, making him potentially hugely helpful for card combos. That's where Guzma comes in:
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Overwatch and Hearthstone to Reduce Duplicate Loot Items
In separate videos, Overwatch game director Jeff Kaplan, and Hearthstone game director Ben Brode have revealed changes that both development teams are making to improve their respective in-game loot reward systems.
"We are going to make significant improvements to the loot box experience," Kaplan explains, stating that the team is going to "drastically reduce the rate of duplicates that you'll get out of any loot box."
The game director also addresses the potential issue this could cause: duplicates are a major source of in-game currency, used to buy specific loot items. To compensate for this, Overwatch players will earn an increased amount of credits out of loot boxes, which Kaplan has promised will mean that "...credits will be the same if not more without duplicates."
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PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds Sells 4 Million Copies
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds was released into Early Access 3 months ago today - and it just hit 4 million copies sold.
Announced by PlayerUnknown himself, Brendan Green, the battle royale game continues to gain players, well before its finished version:
3 months... 4 million copies of @PUBATTLEGROUNDS sold... Thank you all again for your continuing support <3
— PLAYERUNKNOWN (@BattleRoyaleMod) June 22, 2017
At the beginning of May, Battlegrounds hit the 2 million copies mark, meaning its rate of sales has stayed almost as fast since then - something only likely to be helped by the fact that the game will arrive on Xbox One later this year.
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Thursday, June 22, 2017
Pokemon Go Re-Opens Gyms with New Features
After being taken offline for a few days, Pokemon Go gyms have re-opened, developer Niantic Labs announced on Twitter today.
Niantic has added a few new updates that completely redesign gyms in the game. Instead of being based on Prestige, gyms will now only allow a maximum of six Pokemon, and only one of each type. You can also now earn items at gyms by spinning a photo disc like you do at PokeStops, plus earn a variety of gym badges.
The way you battle Pokemon at gyms has also changed, as you'll no longer go up against the weakest Pokemon first. Instead, you will battle Pokemon in the order they were placed in the gym. Other Pokemon Go updates include raid battles and plenty of new items. You can read all about them here.
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Cliff Bleszinski Wants to Make Games About Lost Dogs and Mental Health
Cliff Bleszinski has been making video games since he was a teenager and is known largely for his work on first- and third-person shooters like Gears of War and the upcoming LawBreakers. But Bleszinski has ideas for very different games, including one about a lost dog.
"We have two dogs and I just love dogs. The studio is dog-friendly. Any day when we have multiple dogs at work, I can just feel like the tension is so much far less because dogs are awesome," Bleszinski said during an interview with IGN at E3 2017.
If he got around to making it, Bleszinski said he'd call the game Dog Gone. It would feature a dog trying to make it back to his irresponsible family.
"It'd basically be a family that takes the SUV or whatever to the Grand Canyon, and they get distracted by something and they wind up driving back home to Jersey," Bleszinski said. "They somehow manage to forget their dog — terrible people, mind you, much like the family from Home Alone. Then the dog has to go through all these different sections of dogs he meets the Chihuahuas, the Rottweilers, the Pitbulls, the Pomeranians, and everything at these various, different locations."
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Murdering Mummies in Strange Bridge is Better with Friends
When considering spending your free time mowing down waves of the undead, you have to ask yourself, "Can the concept of shooting zombie hordes stay interesting anymore?" We've seen a lot of them go by, from Left 4 Dead to Resident Evil's Raid Mode and even Call of Duty's Zombie Modes. Several developers have changed up their approach to keep zombies interesting - with a focus on story or characters or the crazy weapons you can use on the undead.
Rebellion has found a new approach all their own for Strange Brigade: Introduce a co-operative shooter, add a healthy dose of angry mummies with 1930's adventure and mysticism, sprinkle it with hints of hidden treasure, and bundle it up with an over-the-top British announcer straight out of an old time radio adventure serial. It's a very stylistic choice, and one I haven't seen done since Fallout 3's Adventures of Herbert "Daring" Dashwood radio program. It's up to you and your brigade of up to four players to beat back mummified hordes in search of treasure, and there's some pretty and foreboding locales to explore as you do.
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The Big Fall 2017 Gaming Preview
Welcome back to Game Scoop!, IGN's weekly video game talk show. Now that E3 is over we have a good idea of what our Fall gaming calendar looks like. That means it's time to talk about Super Mario Odyssey, Battlefront 2, Assassin's Creed Origins, and so much more. Watch the video above or download the podcast below.
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Overwatch: HotS Skins Added to Regular Loot Boxes
Two of Overwatch's Heroes of the Storm skins have been added to regular loot boxes.
As reported by VG247, players can now find the Officer D.Va and Oni Genji skins in standard loot boxes for the first time, as previously these two skins could only be attained by playing Blizzard's free-to-play PC game Heroes of the Storm.
Blizzard added the Officer D.Va and Oni Genji skins to regular loot boxes in Overwatch's most recent update, which brought balance changes to the game and added the Horizon Lunar Colony map, home of Overwatch hero Winston.
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New Dragon Ball FighterZ Character Revealed
Trunks has been revealed as the latest addition to the roster of Dragon Ball FighterZ.
As reported in the latest issue of Jump magazine (via Siliconera), Trunks is the seventh confirmed playable character for the 2D fighter, joining Cell, Frieza, Gohan, Goku, Majin Buu and Vegeta.
Trunks as seen in Dragon Ball Xenoverse
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Skull & Bones Will Have a Story Campaign
While it was introduced very much as a competitive multiplayer game, Ubisoft has confirmed that its pirate ship battler, Skull & Bones will come with a story component - but it's a little unclear what form that will take.
Speaking to PC Gamer, an Ubisoft representative said the game "will offer a narrative campaign which will be integrated into the game and will not be something aside of the multiplayer experience. In this campaign, players will encounter iconic characters and memorable rival pirates. More details will be shared at a later date."
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Gigantic Leaves Open Beta, Hits Full Release Next Month
Gigantic, the free-to-play shooter currently in open beta, is getting a full release on July 10 on PC and Xbox One.
To mark the occasion, developer Motiga and publisher Perfect World Entertainment announced the Founder's Pack has been discounted from $40 USD to $30. The Founder's Pack includes "access to all 18 current heroes," as well as two heroes not yet revealed and "additional unique rewards."
The final month of the open beta now offers up log in bonuses to gamers who take part before the full release. Gamers who login and play at least one match through the Arc free-to-play gaming service gain access to a Lightning skin for Tripp, while Xbox One and Windows 10 players get the Excelsior skin for Tyto the Swift.
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Resident Evil 2 Remake: Original Voice Actors Being Replaced
The original voices of Claire Redfield, Leon Kennedy and Ada Wong will not be returning for the Resident Evil 2 remake.
According to Claire actress Alyson Court (as reported by PCGamesN), Capcom has chosen to use non-union actors to voice the game's protagonists. Following a fan campaign for her return, she was contacted about reprising the role, but the company tasked with providing voiceover for the game in the US reportedly chose to take a different approach.
"I would have done it," Court explained in a YouTube video, "because I know you guys wanted me to, and I really appreciate your support. I appreciate the outrage you had towards Capcom and everybody involved. But unfortunately, as far as I know they chose to go non-union with the voice performances."
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Wednesday, June 21, 2017
More Xbox One X and Xbox E3 Reactions
On this week's Xbox show, we take 80 minutes to fully unpack everything that happened at Microsoft's E3 press conference. Listen/watch for our hands-on thoughts of the Xbox One X, Sea of Thieves, Crackdown 3, and much, much more! Plus: with Io Interactive going independent, should Microsoft buy them (and thus Hitman as well)?
Oh, and Unlocked now has its own snazzy new homepage! Bookmark this: go.ign.com/unlocked
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Final Fantasy 14 Hit by DDoS Attack
Final Fantasy XIV's recent network troubles are the result of a third-party DDoS attack, Square Enix confirmed.
"We have confirmed that since Jun. 16th, we have been experiencing DDoS attacks from an anonymous third-party targeting the Final Fantasy XIV game servers on the NA data center," Square Enix said in a statement posted on the Final Fantasy XIV website. The company added it's "taking every possible measure to address" the attacks.
While the attacks have caused connectivity issues, Square Enix assures players their character data and personal information are secure. You can learn more about DDoS attacks by reading IGN's in-depth explanation.
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Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Has Characters Designed by Tetsuya Nomura
Xenoblade Chronicles 2 will feature multiple characters designed by Tetsuya Nomura.
At the end of the new Xenoblade Chronicles 2 trailer that was released last week at E3, Nomura—who is currently directing both Kingdom Hearts III and Final Fantasy VII Remake—is credited at the end for character designs of "Ira" (or "Torna" in English).
While "Torna" was initially believed to be the name of a single character, the official Japanese Twitter account for Xenoblade Chronicles 2 (translation courtesy of Siliconera), clarified that "Torna" is actually the name of an organization in the game.
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Top 10 Missing Games of E3 2017
E3 2017 was full of amazing reveals and exceptional demos. Games like Super Mario: Odyssey, Spider-Man, and Shadow of War wowed us while announcements of Beyond Good & Evil 2, a remake of Shadows of Colossus, and Bioware's new Anthem property point to a bright future. Here are the games that we didn't see at E3 2017...
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Knack 2: Why Sony Decided to Make a Sequel
This month's IGN First is a bit different than usual. Rather than highlighting a single game -- we'll get back to that next month -- we're highlighting the Japanese game industry as a whole. We visited some of the biggest studios in Japan to focus on their games and creative processes. Check back all month for interviews, gameplay reveals, and more!
PlayStation's Japan Studio isn't shy about admitting the original Knack wasn't perfect. When a sequel was announced at last year's PlayStation Experience, Sony was open about listening to fan feedback and trying to improve upon the first game, even including a line of in-game dialogue about Knack's limited moveset.
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Uncharted Series Likely to Continue After Lost Legacy
Despite releasing Nathan Drake's last game, Naughty Dog seems keen to keep the world of Uncharted alive.
Speaking to Eurogamer, Uncharted: The Lost Legacy creative director and writer Shaun Escayg said that "to say the Uncharted world is done... I doubt that highly."
The upcoming Lost Legacy is a standalone game featuring returning side characters from the series (and, pointedly, definitely not featuring Nathan Drake in any capacity). Escayg seems to see that approach as a useful one for the future of the series:
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Overwatch Legendary Loot Box Free for Amazon and Twitch Prime Members
Blizzard is the latest company to team up with Twitch to offer some free loot for Amazon and Twitch Prime members.
If you're a Twitch or Amazon Prime member, you can get yourself a free Golden Loot Box right now, which contains a guaranteed legendary item. Over the next few months, you'll also get an additional 10 normal loot boxes. Similar promotions will start up later this year for Heroes of the Storm and Hearthstone.
It's not all about the free stuff though, as this collaboration will last two years and include streaming rights to over 20 Blizzard eSports tournaments. These include the StarCraft II WCS, the Overwatch APEX League and Premier Series, the Heroes of the Storm Global Championsip, the WoW Arena Championship, and the Hearthstone Championship Tour and Global Games.
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Tuesday, June 20, 2017
Indies 'Less Relevant Now,' Says PlayStation's Jim Ryan
Sony Interactive Entertainment's global boss Jim Ryan has commented on the focal shift away from Indie titles at this year's E3 Sony conference.
In an interview with gamesindustry.biz, Ryan spoke about the ineffective nature of showing small clips from indie games during presentations. He explained that the method doesn't allow viewers to learn enough about the games and that "
t is almost viewed as wasted time."
Ryan went on to discuss the importance of having such a reel during the early years of PS4 to solidify Sony's commitment to bringing indie titles to the console.
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Street Fighter Producer on How Mortal Kombat Inspired Series
While looking back over the franchise's 30-year anniversary, Street Fighter Producer Yoshinori Ono explained how a competing, long-running fighting series had an impact on Capcom's franchise.
Speaking to IGN at E3, Ono discussed how Ed Boon's 2011 Mortal Kombat reboot, with its focus on a fleshed out story mode, inspired Street Fighter V.
"When
saw that,
thought Capcom should really take advantage of mimicking this and incorporate it into its games as well. So story mode has then become a big thing in Street Fighter also," Ono said, additionally noting that he does seriously consider suggestions fans offer to him on his Facebook page.
Inspiration between the two franchises is a two-way street of course, as Boon told IGN earlier this year that Street Fighter II's dizzy mechanic ultimately resulted in Mortal Kombat's fatalities.
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Beyond: How Was This Year's E3?
Well, E3 is finally over, but there's still a lot to unpack. Join Max Scoville, Marty Sliva, Brian Altano, and Andrew Goldfarb as they discuss all the leftover tidbits from the the biggest gaming event of the year.
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