Mario + Rabbids Prototype Was Made in Under 4 Weeks

When Ubisoft Milan pitched its idea for Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle to Nintendo, the team had just three and a half weeks to craft a playable demo before showing it to Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto.

"The first time we proposed the prototype to Miyamoto, we had only three weeks and a half to come up with a playable prototype, because we truly wanted to show him gameplay," creative director Davide Soliani said on the debut episode of IGN Expert Mode.

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No More Heroes 3 to Feature Shovel Knight Collaboration

No More Heroes: Travis Strikes Again will feature multiple collaborations with independent game studios, one of which being Shovel Knight developer Yacht Club Games.

Grasshopper Manufacture founder Goichi 'Suda51' Suda teased the collaboration, lifting up his shirt to reveal a Shovel Knight t-shirt during Nintendo's Nindies@Night livestream at PAX West.

Suda51 teases Shovel Knight collaboration during Nindies@Night livestream

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New Shovel Knight Amiibo Announced

Yacht Club Games has announced three new Shovel Knight amiibo.

During tonight's Nindies livestream at PAX West, the studio unveiled its upcoming Plague Knight, Specter Knight and King Knight figures.

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Pokemon Go: Best Counters for Raikou and the Legendary Beasts

Raikou, Entei, and Suicune are appearing in different regions around the world. Here's the best way to take them on.

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Atlus Potentially Teasing Catherine Sequel

If a few hints from Atlus are any indication, a sequel Catherine might be on the horizon.

During today's "Golden Recruitment Special Program," which Atlus held to recruit talent for its new development team Studio Zero, several nods to the narrative-driven puzzle adventure game appeared.

As reported by Persona Central, the stream was Golden Playhouse-themed and featured music from Catherine. On top of that, appearances by Trisha, the host from Catherine, bookended the livestream.

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What's Coming up in the League of Legends Scene?

Welcome to IGN Australia's League of Legends tournament snapshot! The idea behind this doc is to give you a quick reference guide for the upcoming LoL events in Australia and a handy calendar for international tournaments you can't miss.

We'll be updating this regularly — we know OPL Split 2 begins after League of Origin, for example, but we're not sure exactly when. We want the community's help whenever possible, so if you're a player or an event organiser get in touch. If you're a super fan and notice something is missing - or we have a placeholder time, let us know! You can reach me at esportsau@ign.com or you can just click here to send me an email.

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Racing Sim Gear Club Unlimited Gets Release Date

The racing sim Gear Club Unlimited will release December 1 on Nintendo Switch.

Developer Eden Games is behind the game and previously worked on the Test Drive Unlimited series. Gear Club Unlimited will feature over 400 races in three modes: Derby, Rally and Time Trial.

Some of the cars already revealed for Gear Club Unlimited include the Bugatti Veyron GrandSport, Chevrolet Corvette Stingray and Nissan 370Z. They can be customized in the game too.

Yesterday, Nintendo highlighted 17 indie games coming to Switch as part of the latest Nindies Showcase.

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Battlefield 1: In the Name of the Tsar Release Date Announced

Battlefield 1's upcoming expansion, In the Name of the Tsar, will be released for all players on September 19.

According to the official Battlefield 1 blog, players who own either Battlefield 1 Revolution or the Battlefield 1 Premium Pass will have access to the DLC two weeks ahead of time on September 5.

The expansion, priced at $15 USD/£12, comes included with the game's $50/£40 Premium Pass.

In the Name of the Tsar introduces six new maps, a new mode, new weapons, and two new classes. For more on the expansion, check out IGN's breakdown of all the new content.

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Oxenfree Is Coming to Nintendo Switch

Oxenfree, the supernatural indie mystery from Night School Studio, is headed to Nintendo Switch.

Night School Studio teased the port on Twitter. According to co-founder Sean Krankel, it will be playable in both controller and touchscreen mode. A release date and trailer will be revealed "in the coming days."

Oxenfree is a paranormal adventure about a group of teenagers who stumble upon a mysterious force while partying on an island. The main character Alex can manipulate certain objects like doors by adjusting the frequency on her handheld radio. Our review of Oxenfree gave it a 8.2/10, calling it a "beautiful coming-of-age story" and praising its branching dialogue.

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Ant-Man and the Wasp's Ghost Explained

The Marvel Cinematic Universe is getting bigger all the time, with next year's Ant-Man and the Wasp adding several new heroes and villains to the mix. One of those new additions is Ghost (played by Hannah John-Kamen), a sinister villain who -- in the comics anyway -- lives to make life miserable for the business tycoons of the Marvel U.

If you're not familiar with Ghost, here's everything you need to know about the villain and his/her comic book background.

Where most Marvel villains are busy trying to take over the world or feuding with their superhero nemesis of choice, Ghost is more motivated by a love of anarchy and a desire to punish oppressive corporations. Ghost has dedicated himself (more on the character's gender in a sec!) to attacking the largest corporate empires in the Marvel Universe, using a combination of elite hacking skills and phasing abilities to dismantle them from the inside out. Sometimes he works as a hired mercenary performing acts of corporate espionage. Other times he chooses his own targets. But either way, Ghost is a real thorn in the side of powerful businessmen in general and Tony Stark in particular.

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Pokemon Go Adds Raikou, Entei, and Suicune

Niantic and The Pokemon Company have announced that Legendary Pokemon Raikou, Entei, and Suicune are coming to Pokemon Go starting today.

Each of the three will appear in raid battles in one region at a time. From today until September 30, Raikou will appear in gyms in the Americas, Entei will appear in gyms in Europe and Africa, and Suicane will be in gyms in the Asia-Pacific region. On September 30, the Pokemon will swap locations for a month, and then swap one more time to their last remaining region on October 31, making the full set eventually available worldwide.

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SplatNet For The Original Splatoon Closing

The online service SplatNet for the original Splatoon is shutting down its service on September 30, 2017.

This closure won't affect online battles and only impacts SplatNet itself, which allows players to check their stats, equipment, available stages and friend status through a website.

SplatNet's closure will occur just over a month before Nintendo also shuts down its social networking service Miiverse in November. Miiverse currently supports the Wii U and 3DS systems and over 100 games will be impacted by its demise but some like Super Smash Bros and Mario Kart 8 will take the hit harder than others.

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Destiny 2 Osiris DLC Reportedly Adds Mercury Patrol Zone

The first piece of DLC to release for Destiny 2 appears to feature the space wizard Osiris as well as a new patrol zone.

Kotaku reports a source revealed details about Destiny 2's first DLC pack, titled The Curse of Osiris, which is looking to release in December this year.

As the name implies, this DLC focuses on saving Osiris: a character we've never seen in the game, but has been talked about throughout the lore.

The DLC also looks to include a Mercury patrol zone, as well as a new social space at the exclusive Lighthouse. The Lighthouse was available to original Destiny players who managed a perfect run on the Trials Passage during the Trials of Osiris event.

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Analyzing Xbox One X's Flying Start

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On this week's Xbox show, the Xbox One X gets off to a flying start. Could Microsoft be hitting the wave at the perfect time? Plus: a dramatic reading of South Park: The Fractured But Whole's ESRB description, Telltale's Game of Thrones is on hold, and more!

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Dishonored 2 Almost had Emily Walking on Walls

At QuakeCon last week, I caught up with Dishonored's Creative Director Harvey Smith to talk about Dishonored: Death of the Outsider and the series as a whole.

After discussing Billie Lurk's new abilities in the upcoming game (you can see them in the video below) I asked Smith if there were any crazy abilities they had tested that ended up on the cutting room floor. Smith revealed that early in development they had planned to let Emily Kaldwin defy gravity.

"In Dishonored 2 we talked about letting Emily walk on walls and ceilings," Smith told me, "but our version of that was going to be literally changing the way gravity works."

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Street Fighter 2 Getting Special Edition Super NES Cartridge

To celebrate 30 years of street fighting action, iam8bit and Capcom have teamed up to release a 1990's nostalgia-fueled special edition of Street Fighter II: The World Warrior.

This isn't just some repackaged re-release, either. It's an actual, working Super Nintendo cartridge in a tri-fold box and includes a "premium instruction booklet," along with "retro pack-in surprises."

There are two variants of this amazing cartridge: one in "Opaque Ryu Headband Red" and the other in "Glow in the Dark Blanka Green." The glowing cart is translucent in addition to luminescent, so it's got even more '90s cred.

The red version is limited to 4,500 copies, while the glow in the dark variant is limited to just 1,000. And they're randomly inserted into the packages, too, so buying one is a bit of a roll of the dice. But that makes it exciting, too.

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New Game Puts Custom Steam Workshop Levels on Switch

Uurnog Uurnlimited, an expanded version of the Humble-exclusive Uurnog, has been announced for Steam and the Nintendo Switch, along with a whole lot of other indie games.

The Uurnlimited version will have a variety of new features, including more boss fights, co-op play, and alternate endings to the game. But the most notable is a built-in level editor for the Steam version of the game.

The editor will be hooked into the Steam Workshop, allowing players to share and download custom levels. Levels on the Workshop will also be available to play on the Switch version of Uurnog Uurnlimited.

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Bungie Working with Charity Foundation for Hurricane Harvey Relief

Bungie is teaming up with charity foundation Direct Relief to help victims of Hurricane Harvey.

As detailed in Bungie's post, the company is encouraging Destiny fans to help those in need by purchasing a commemorative pin via the Bungie Store. Your purchase will include an emblem you can use in Destiny 2.

Special Destiny 2 emblem, image via Bungie's site.

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Zelda: Breath of the Wild Glitch Removes Cel-Shaded Look

A graphical glitch in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild hat removes the game's cartoon art style has been discovered.

As evidenced in the video below, the cel-shading effect is not applied when viewing Link in a specific broken alcove on the Bridge of Hylia, giving the character model a more doll-like look.

To experience this visual trick for yourself, head over to our Breath of the Wild bugs and glitches guide, which also covers a magical ice cream, designated as an Elixir, that random appears in Link's inventory.

Breath of the Wild's second DLC pack, dubbed The Champions' Ballad, will be released later this year and feature new story content that provides additional insight into the four Champions of Hyrule. While you patiently wait for its release, read up on how Breath of the Wild's ending is slightly different in Japanese.

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Gigantic Review

Its huge monsters put on a great and imposing show, but Gigantic is really all about making its action-MOBA gameplay accessible. Its characters challenge, but they're not ultra demanding. Its multi-phase battles require strategy and teamwork, but you don't have to be a master tactician to succeed. It takes time to learn, but we're talking weeks instead of months. The drawback is that its short, rapid-fire matches risk retreading the same ground a bit too often.

There's currently only one way to play Gigantic: a 5v5 battle where teams must gather energy to power the massive monsters that sit on either side of the arena. These Guardians are far more interesting than ordinary MOBA objectives because they're active participants rather than stationary punching bags, and the few times they battle each other during a match are always exciting. Watching one swoop in from its perch, wrestle its rival to the ground, and expose the weak point for its team to attack is really cool, and I wished they'd spend more time in action instead of holding back.

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9 Things Not to Do in Rabbids + Mario Kingdom Battle

If you want to survive the Rabbid infestation, don't miss these tips on what to avoid in Mario + Rabbid Kingdom Battle.

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PS Plus Games Announced for September 2017

September 2017's list of free PlayStation Plus games has been revealed, with Infamous: Second Son and Strike Vector Ex headlining the list.

Check out the full list of free games, via PlayStation Blog, along with what platforms they are available on below:

• Infamous: Second Son (PS4)
• Strike Vector Ex (PS4)
• Monster Jam Battlegrounds (PS3)
• Hustle Kings (PS3)
• Hue (PlayStation Vita with PS4 crossbuy)
• Sky Force Anniversary (PlayStation Vita with PS4 and PS3 crossbuy)

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How to Get Into the Destiny 2 Open Beta on PC

Here's what you need to do to get access to this week's beta for Destiny 2.

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17 Games Highlighted in Today's Switch Showcase

Nintendo's latest Switch Nindies Showcase featured 20 games announced, dated, or detailed for the Switch throughout the rest of 2017 and into early 2018.

IGN has already highlighted the reveals of Shovel Knight: King of Cards, Kentucky Route Zero: TV Edition, and No More Heroes: Travis Strikes Again.

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No More Heroes for Switch Officially Revealed

After teasing the project earlier this year, Nintendo and Suda51 have officially revealed No More Heroes: Travis Strikes Again, coming to the Nintendo Switch exclusively in 2018.

Unveiled as part of today's Switch Nindies Showcase, Travis Strikes Again features the No More Heroes star being confronted in his trailer by TKTK, only to be pulled into the game he was playing — Hotline Miami.

A partnership between developer Grasshopper Manufacture and various indie developers will delve into six different games and beat their respective bosses.

Suda51 teased Travis' return — as wel las the game's subtitle — during the Switch reveal event earlier this year.

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Kentucky Route Zero Coming to Nintendo Switch

During today's Nindies presentation, Nintendo revealed that Kentucky Route Zero: TV Edition will be coming to Switch in 2018. The five act, episodic adventure game made its debut on PC in 2013, with the final installment set to hit alongside the Switch version sometime next year.

Developed by Cardboard Computer, the fantastic point-and-click adventure game is set in rural America and dripping with magical realism. It doesn't really focus on puzzles, instead leaning heavily on an evocative mood, incredible music, and beautiful writing. It's one of the closest analogues to Twin Peaks in all of gaming.

In our glowing review of Act 2, we said "Kentucky Route Zero is most affecting when you stop and let the surreal visuals, beautiful music, and masterful prose swirl together and fill your lungs."

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Shovel Knight: King of Cards Confirmed for 2018

During the Nindies Summer Showcase today, Yacht Club revealed Shovel Knight: King of Cards, the final campaign for Shovel Knight.

King of Cards will arrive in early 2018 and features four new worlds and 30 new courses, according to today's presentation.

King of Cards is a prequel that will tell the story of how King Knight ascended to the throne. It will also feature a new mode with card battles.

The King Knight campaign was previously announced and follows already-released bonus campaigns Plague of Shadows (featuring Plague Knight) and Specter of Torment (featuring Specter Knight). The boss campaigns are stretch goals from Shovel Knight's massively successful original Kickstarter campaign, which launched in 2013.

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Overwatch Punishment, Reporting Improvements to Come

Overwatch is due a series of big changes for player reporting and punishments including possible email notifications, less silences, and generally harsher penalties all round.

Blizzard's Jeff Kaplan responded to concerned fan threads on the Overwatch forums today, giving some new details on the Overwatch team's long-term plans when it comes to player behavior.

Kaplan said, initially, the team is, "… re-evaluating every punishment," including increasing suspension length across the board, removing silences in favor of suspensions and also testing a new email notification system. This system will, "let you know when someone you've reported has been actioned," hopefully meaning fans won't feel like their feedback is falling on deaf ears. Season 5 boosters will also be getting bans imminently, Kaplan said, noting that a developer update regarding these changes will air soon. In fact, it's already been recorded.

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Duke Nukem Forever 'Exceeded' Pitchford's Expectations

The infamously long-in-development Duke Nukem Forever didn't garner the greatest critical reception when, after 15 years of development, it finally launched in 2011. Still, the game managed to exceed the expectations of Gearbox Software CEO Randy Pitchford.

On the latest episode of our monthly interview show IGN Unfiltered, Pitchford reflected back on the project, saying there was an "obscene amount of dysfunction that happened at 3D Realms." So when considering the development trouble Duke Nukem Forever went through, he's pleased with how it ultimately turned out.

"I actually love it, and not because I think it's the greatest game ever, but because my expectations..." he explained, noting "the problem with Duke is it was legendary, so to the outside world, expectations were the highest possible thing."

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WWE 2K18: The Next 41 Playable Superstars Revealed

We've got ourselves a slobberknocker this week, folks! IGN and WWE have exclusively teamed up to bring you the next batch of playable WWE 2K18 superstars.

In this week's roster reveal video WWE's Renee Young and WWE Raw commentator Corey Graves are joined by Canadian beardo Kevin Owens, who spends around 40% of the video chatting about shoes...

Here's all 41 of those superstars - starting with our shoe-loving Canadian friend....

We're big fans of anything from the Geordie shores of Newcastle in the UK so seeing Neville (or Big Nev as he's known around our office) heading up this week's exclusive screenshots got us vibrating with excitement!

The Authors of Pain are making their WWE 2K debut this year and we've got their full entrance for you to pore over as well as the Demon King himself, Finn Bálor.

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Need for Speed Payback Preorder Guide

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One glance at the trailer for Need for Speed Payback, and you'll notice that this racer wears its influences on its sleeve. The game clearly owes its debts to the Fast and Furious franchise as well as to the racing masterpiece Burnout 3: Takedown. Not that there's anything wrong with that. Need for Speed Payback launches November 10, 2017 for PS4, Xbox One and PC.

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Pokemon Ultra Sun/Moon "Veteran" Dual Pack Announced

Nintendo of America has announced an additional release version of upcoming Poke-sequels Pokemon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon.

Titled the "Veteran Trainer's Dual Pack", this release contains a copy of both Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon, along with 16 art cards and a download code for 200 additional Poke Balls, at a cost of $79.99. Releases outside of North America are yet to be confirmed.

Pokemon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon: Veteran Trainer's Dual Pack

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Sonic Mania Launches for PC, is Accidentally Online-Only

Following a two-week delay, Sega's latest hedgehog-central title Sonic Mania has now launched on PC, with one unexpected restriction - the game is only playable for Steam users who are logged in to their account, despite Sega's insistence that the game is intended to be playable offline.

As reported over on Ars Technica, users attempting to play the game in offline mode will be met with an error message informing that they must be logged on and connected to the Internet in order to play the game.

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8 Things Mario + Rabbids Doesn't Tell You

Get free weapons, learn how to stop enemies in their tracks and more with these tips for Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle.

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GTA Online Update Adds Battle Royale-Style Mode

Smuggler's Run, the latest update from Grand Theft Auto Online, rolled out today, bringing with it a new Adversary Mode called Motor Wars.

This new battle royale-style mode, which bears some striking similarities to PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, blends "the adrenaline rush of Drop Zone with the claustrophobic tension of a match of Penned In," putting players in a "deadly scavenger hunt."

Motor Wars pits up to four teams against each other in a fight for survival on a striking map. Players will parachute into the battlefield, which features an array of weaponry—including guns, explosives and weaponized vehicles—that can be used to take down the opposing teams.

Smuggler's Run is the nineteenth update for GTA Online. In addition to Motor Wars, the update features an aircraft-based smuggling ring that's managed by "Nervous" Ron Jakowski and run by the player, who must gain and distribute illegal goods from their warehouse.

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Blade and Soul Tournament Offers $340,000 Prize

The Blade & Soul North American Regional Championships have amassed a prize pool of over $340,000 USD.

The prize pool was raised by revenue from sales of a special in-game item, according to developer NCSoft. The tournament will be held at PAX West on September 3, with the finals starting around 6:30 p.m. PT/9:30 p.m. ET. The event will be streamed on Blade & Soul's Twitch channel.

Both the first and second place teams will go on to represent North America at the Blade & Soul World Championships, which begin on September 20. The 18-team tournament will feature competitors from 9 regions, which include North America and Europe for the first time.

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Destiny 2's First Raid Will Be Called 'Leviathan'

Destiny 2's PSN trophy list has leaked online, providing a few hints about the first raid featured in Bungie's upcoming sequel.

According to the trophy list, courtesy of Exophase, Destiny 2 includes a gold trophy called "Belly of the Beast," which can be acquired by completing the "Leviathan" raid.

As noted by PCGamesN, there's a Grimoire card that mentions the Leviathan, suggesting it's an ally of the Traveler. Considering Destiny 2 will focus on the Light rather than the Darkness, there's reason to believe this entity could potentially serve an important role in the game.

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Overwatch: Team Deathmatch and Free-For-All Now Live

After opening up its two new modes and a new map to the PTR, Blizzard has officially made Team Deathmatch and Free-for-All available to all players in the Overwatch arcade.

Deathmatch's two flavors allow players to compete for the most kills, introducing a new scoreboard to keep track of that kill mount. Team Deathmatch features 6v6 competitive play, with teams vying to reach the goal of 30 kills first. In this mode, Mercy resurrections take kills away from the opposing team's total.

Free-for-All, meanwhile, is 1v7, letting players run free to see who can most quickly pull off 20 kills.

With these new modes, which were previously available via the PTR, several maps have been adjusted to accommodate Deathmatch play. Blizzard has also introduced the new Chateau Guillard map for Free-For-All gameplay.

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What to Expect in Tomorrow's Nintendo Switch Showcase

Nintendo is hosting a brand new Switch Showcase on Wednesday, August 30.

And while no exact games have been announced as part of the showcase video, Nintendo did reveal the focus will be on Nindies — Nintendo indie titles, many of which have a console-exclusive hook to them. (Think an early launch window or Switch-specific functionality.)

But even without knowing a single game confirmed to appear, there is still plenty we can gleam about what might be shown.

Nintendo hosted the first Nindies Switch Showcase back in February ahead of the Switch's release. Nintendo announced 17 games for the Switch, teasing many to come throughout the following months. The lineup included games already released on other platforms, like Yooka-Laylee and Stardew Valley, as well as newly revealed games like SteamWorld Dig 2.

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PSVR: The Inpatient, Bravo Team Release Dates Announced

Supermassive Games has confirmed its latest PlayStation VR offerings, The Impatient and Bravo Team will be released on November 21 and December 5, respectively.

The studio, which is the same team behind Until Dawn and the on-rails VR horror shooter, Until Dawn: Rush of Blood, announced the release dates in a post on PlayStation Blog. A story trailer for The Inpatient was also revealed. Watch it below:

Revealed at this year's E3, The Inpatient is a psychological horror game based in the Blackwood Sanatorium from Until Dawn. The game will take players back to the 1950s to relive the institution's final days while playing as a character with absolutely no memory of how he got there. As players explore the grounds in an attempt to rebuild the character's memory, "your decisions and actions will determine the fate of people that you meet," much like Until Dawn.

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Telltale's Game of Thrones: Season 2 Currently 'On Hold'

It might be quite a while before Game of Thrones: A Telltale Games Series gets a second season, if recent comments from Telltale's head of creative communications Job Stauffer are any indication.

When asked by Eurogamer, if Season 2 of its Game of Thrones series will be released next year alongside the recently announced second season of The Wolf Among Us, Stauffer replied, "Uhhh... no. Not long after the conclusion of the first season we said would be continuing, and we had designs on the future of Telltale's Game of Thrones. Right now that is on hold."

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The Games Hit Worst By Miiverse's Closure

Well, Miiverse is closing. The strange, extremely Nintendo-y, and occasionally much-loved social network built into Wii U (and built onto 3DS) will be shuttered come November 7/8 (depending on where you live).

Aside from Super Mario Maker - which will receive a patch to continue allowing for level sharing - that change will seemingly unavoidably affect over 100 games, rendering Splatoon's busy, graffiti-filled Inkopolis hub silent, turning Super Mario 3D World or Bayonetta's Stamps even more into collectibles for the sake of collectibles, and putting a stop to creation sharing in Zelda: The Wind Waker's Tingle Bottle or the Art Academy games.

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Harmonix Announces Super Beat Sports for Nintendo Switch

Rock Band creator Harmonix announced its bringing an all-new collection of musical mini-games to Nintendo Switch.

Super Beat Sports is a sports game "with a musical twist," according to the developer. The game is based on the Apple TV game Beat Sports and includes console-exclusive "content and features."

Super Beat Sports features Joycon support to " swing, volley and hit balls to the beat" in a new Switch mini-game. Other additions include "full multiplayer support for each mini-game," a new user interface, as well as "bonus songs, levels, bats and costumes" coming to Switch.

 

It also includes HD Rumble support and 60 fps in both TV and handheld modes.

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The Best Ways to Earn Coins in Mario + Rabbids

Find out how to amass a fortune to buy the best weapons in Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle.

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Gamescom People's Choice 2017 Winner Revealed

Gamescom is over for another year, but since the show opened last week in Cologne, Germany, we've been asking you to vote for your favourite game from the show.

Now, after 100,000 votes have been cast, we're pleased to announced the winner is...

Taking a massive 50% of the votes, the ever-popular football game reigns supreme, beating off other big games that were on the show floor.

Coming in second with 12% of the vote was Sonic Forces, followed by Dragon Ball FighterZ with 7% of the vote. Here are your top 5:

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Call of Duty WW2: Multiplayer Changes Incoming

The first private multiplayer beta test for Call of Duty: WW2 is now over, and Sledgehammer has taken to the game's community page to detail some changes they're working on based on feedback from the beta, which this time round was exclusively for PS4 players.

The list is fairly wide-ranging and covers a multitude of areas, but in addition to general bug fixes Sledgehammer has also responded to player feedback regarding playlist variety; in addition to making fixes to improve this, they've added: "You know what else would improve it? More maps and modes". It seems like a safe bet to expect some upcoming announcements on this.

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Halo: 343 Industries Working with VR / AR for Future Titles

Microsoft has announced - albeit in a fairly low-key fashion - that it is partnering with 343 Industries "to bring future Halo experiences into mixed reality".

The news comes buried towards the bottom of a more general report from Microsoft technical fellow Alex Kipman, providing an update on the company's mixed reality services as a whole. Among general information about its range of headsets and mixed reality-ready PCs, there's a lengthy list of 'first wave' content partners who will be working with Microsoft on "mixed reality experiences" - including Sony and Hulu, among others - with Microsoft's partnership with 343 Industries given pride of place.

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Absolver Review

The second I traded blows with Jinn Mesca, so-called Prime Disciple of the Golden Bottle, I knew I wanted to be like him. Absolver's "drunken master" warded off my blows and landed his own while swaying like a man fresh off a bender, punching me lightly even when I thought I'd successfully dodged. I returned to Jinn several times at his perch beneath a large tree until I'd learned all his moves and, in time, could beat him at his own game. I became the drunken master, and if Jinn had been a player instead of an NPC, I know I could have taught him a few moves myself. This master/apprentice relationship makes each fight in this action-roleplaying game a learning experience, and the idea meshes well with the surreal martial arts vibe woven throughout Absolver.

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See Rick and Morty Driving in Mario Kart 8 in Modded GTA 5

This may be the most ridiculous mod combination I've seen yet. YouTuber Modded Games has dropped Rick and Morty into Grand Theft Auto 5, then put them both into the Zelda course from Mario Kart 8 (still in GTA 5) and made Morty race around the track.

Watch this lunacy in action right here:

The full video has Rick and Morty exploring other games and locations to show off a "portal gun" mod from the show, including the Last of Us universe and GTA 4's Liberty City. You can watch the whole thing right here.

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South Park: The Fractured But Whole Rated in Australia Without Incident

If South Park: The Stick of Truth's classification hassles in Australia back in 2013 had you concerned for the fate of the sequel within these shores, relax; Ubisoft has today confirmed South Park: The Fractured But Whole has been rated R18+ and will be released in Australia "completely uncut and uncensored."

The game, and its associated rating advice, is yet to appear in the Australian Classification Board's database.

South Park: The Stick of Truth encountered problems in Australia in 2013 when it was refused classification twice. A third submission from Ubisoft, which famously removed the problem sequence and replaced it with a still image of a crying koala, was eventually rated R18+ on November 21 with the consumer advice "High impact crude humour, sex scenes and references to sexual violence."

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South Park ESRB Description Is Appropriately Gross

South Park: The Fractured but Whole has an 'M' rating by the US Entertainment Software Rating Board, which probably isn't too surprising. What is somewhat unexpected, however, is the absurd level of detail the game takes in its ESRB rating description.

It begins fairly innocuously, reading like a standard ratings board description.

"This is a role-playing game, based on the animated South Park TV show, in which players assume the role of a new kid in town embarking on an adventure to uncover an evil criminal element..."

After the opening, it details some of the combat, touches on weapons and spell systems, and warns of some dismemberment and decapitations. It's extremely dry, extremely expected copy. Then things start to go off the rails.

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Nintendo Reveals Release Date for Fire Emblem Warriors on Switch

Nintendo has been showing off its upcoming action title Fire Emblem Warriors for about a year, and now it finally revealed the game hits Switch October 20.

In addition to the release date, Nintendo also revealed a new Special Edition version of the game which includes 3 CDs, a poster, and 25 character art cards. No price or pre-order information for the Special Edition has been given at this time.

Fire Emblem Warriors is the latest game in Omega Force's Musou series and the second made in collaboration with Nintendo.

it is unclear if the release date is the same for the New Nintendo 3DS version of the game, or if that version will be getting a Special Edition of its own.

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Marshadow Event for Pokemon Sun and Moon Announced

How to finally add this especially rare Ghost- and Fighting-type Pokemon to your Pokedex.

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Every Hoysala Token Location in Uncharted: The Lost Legacy

Find all eleven of these hidden items to unlock a powerful relic that glows when nearby other treasures.

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PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds Temporarily Becomes Most Played Game On Steam

PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, for a moment, had the most concurrent players of any game on Steam.

Both yesterday and earlier today, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds reached another milestone by beating Dota 2's concurrent player count and becoming the most played game on Steam temporarily, according to Steam Charts. Each time, PUBG overtook the Valve title by about 30,000 concurrent players, though neither game reached their all-time records for most concurrent players ever.

PUBG vs. Dota 2 player count from August 26-28

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Destiny 2: What's Changed Since the First Destiny

Be sure to familiarize yourself with these important updates and changes coming in Destiny 2 before jumping into this week's beta.

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Nintendo Switch Nindies Showcase Announced

A new Nintendo Switch Nindies Showcase will be held this week, Nintendo has announced.

The showcase, a Nintendo Direct-style reveal of a host of indie games coming to the Switch, will air on Wednesday, August 30 at 10 a.m. PT.

No information has been revealed about what games will be included in the showcase, but it comes just ahead of PAX West 2017, at which Nintendo will have a daily Nindie Arcade space, as well as a Nindies@Night event on August 31.

Nintendo's first Nindies Showcase for the Nintendo Switch aired earlier this year and included the announcement of 17 games for the Switch. Those reveals included the already released Overcooked! Special Edition, Mr. Shifty, and more, as well as the yet-to-debut Switch versions of Yooka-Laylee and Stardew Valley. Stardew's developers recently offered an update about what to expect from that game. IGN had a chance to preview that slate of Nindies following the Showcase, including several that have still yet to be released.

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Sony Unveils New, Cheaper PlayStation VR Bundle

Sony has unveiled a new PlayStation VR bundle that comes packaged with the PlayStation Camera.

According to PlayStation Blog, the bundle will only be available across the US and Canada and is priced at $399 USD/$499 CAD. The camera is required to use the VR headset and had largely been sod separately outside of retailer-specific bundles and the original launch day bundle revealed for the VR headset ahead of its launch last year.

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Nintendo Debuts SNES Classic-Themed Nintendo Power Cover Poster at PAX West

Ahead of the Super NES Classic Edition's release on September 29, Nintendo will continue to fuel nostalgia for SNES with collectible Nintendo Power covers.

Available to attendees at PAX West 2017, which runs in Seattle, WA from September 1-4, three Nintendo Power cover posters created for SNES Classic titles have been revealed. Check them out below:

Among those games featured in the cover is the never-before released Star Fox 2, which IGN had a chance to play. Super Mario World and The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past are also included as collectible cover poster options.

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Out This Week: Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle, Everybody's Golf, Yakuza Kiwami

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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Gearbox CEO on Possibility of Making Half-Life 2: Episode 3

While Gearbox Software is no stranger to the Half-Life franchise, having working with Valve on the Opposing Force and Blue Shift expansion packs, as well as the PS2 version of Half-Life, studio president and CEO Randy Pitchford isn't so sure his team should return to the franchise.

On the latest episode of our monthly interview show IGN Unfiltered, we asked Pitchford if, given the opportunity, Gearbox would be interested in making the long-awaited and seemingly never-coming third episode that continues the Half-Life 2 story, and he replied with an air of uncertainty.

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Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle Review

Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle is an unanticipated game that's full of surprises. Its XCOM-style, turn-based tactics gameplay is just about the last thing I'd have expected from either Mario or Rabbids, but it's absurdist charm works against the odds and it's far more difficult and meatier than you probably think. When you break it down, a lot of the challenge comes down to pure trial and error, but the moment of figuring out its tactical puzzles and chaining together a string of attacks delivers a strong shot of satisfaction.

The bizarre story that brings Ubisoft's Rabbids into the Mushroom Kingdom of Nintendo's Mario and literally mashes them together embraces the fact that it's complete nonsense on every level and just rolls with it. I couldn't help but think of the plot of The Fly as a sci-fi gadget merged unwitting denizens of Mario's universe with an unintentional interdimensional invasion of idiot rabbit-things. There are some decent jokes that arise from the slurry, including at least one Game of Thrones reference, and a lot is owed to the Rabbids' almost entirely physical comedy. I don't understand why the eight-character roster includes both normal and only vaguely related Rabbid-ized versions of Mario, Luigi, Peach, and Yoshi, but I accepted it because of the humor. That said, I don't think I'll ever be totally okay with seeing those characters shoot enemies with guns (ranging from a knockoff of Mega Man's arm cannon to straight-up shotguns and Gattling guns) when I'm accustomed to seeing them shoot fireballs from white-gloved hands, but other than that it's the good kind of dumb fun.

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What Makes a Great Tutorial?

Tutorials are essential to every game experience. In that time we learn the game mechanics, the key players, and of course the main quest. The first few hours of a game can easily make or break our opinion of it.

So what makes a great tutorial? Beyond just explaining the controls, what do some games do that hook you at the start and keep you coming back?

A bad tutorial can be boring, it can be tedious and repetitive. But a good tutorial can be funny, insightful, entertaining, and give you a great first impression of the world you're going to spend hours in.

From the Cemetery of Ash in Dark Souls 3 to Vault 101 in Fallout 3, here are some great tutorial levels and the archetypes that hold them together.

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List of Easter Eggs in Agents of Mayhem

There are a lot of pop culture references in Agents of Mayhem. Did you catch them all?

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Splatoon 2: The Ideal Online Shooter for Non-shooter Fans?

There are numerous reasons as to why I let the original Splatoon pass me by when it debuted on the Wii U in 2015, but chief among them was that, in recent years, I just haven't been enjoying online shooters like I used to. This is largely because I'm older and more anti-social now; I have less desire to talk to or even interact with strangers online while playing games, not that I've ever found much of what's said in online lobbies to be worth engaging in.

Because of this, if I do ever feel the need to dabble, it tends to be in those shooters that are large in scale and with a high number of concurrent players, or at least something in which I can go lone wolf, leave the mic unplugged, but still contribute to an overall team effort. To this end, the Battlefields and Titanfalls of this world have been solid options for me, but even then, my online investment in such games has been fleeting at best.

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The Best Easter Eggs in Uncharted: The Lost Legacy

From hidden trophies to references to other games, Lost Legacy is chock full of Easter eggs - here are the best ones we've found.

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FIFA 18 Preorder Guide

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Once again, Electronic Arts is gearing up to release its annual FIFA soccer game. FIFA 18 is set to launch September 19, 2017 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC. There will even be a Legacy Edition for fans still rocking their PS3 or Xbox 360.

FIFA 18 is powered by EA's Frostbite Engine, and its campaign mode continues the story of Alex Hunter, who first appeared in last year's installment. If you're ready to hand over your preorder money, you'll probably want to know what your options are in terms of editions and preorder bonuses. Read on for the details.

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Yakuza: Kiwami 2, Fist of the North Star Game Announced

Three new titles from SEGA's Yakuza Studio are on the horizon, including a remake of Yakuza 2 for PS4, a free-to-play Yakuza game for mobile and PC, and a Fist of the North Star game for PS4.

As reported by Gematsu, Yakuza: Kiwami 2 was announced during the studio's live presentation today. This remake of Yakuza 2 will be released for PS4 in Japan on December 7, and is built in the Dragon Engine, the same engine that powers Yakuza 6: The Song of Life. It features a new scenario, new voice cast, and several other additions.

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Bethesda Made Brink Free-to-Play Because “Why Not?”

Earlier this week the 2011 competitive FPS Brink unexpectedly became free-to-play, announced only through a brief news post on Steam.

At QuakeCon this weekend, I spoke with Bethesda's VP of Marketing and PR Pete Hines and asked him what fueled the abrupt decision. It turns out the reason is pretty simple: "Why not?"

"Todd Vaughn our VP of Development and I had talked about it and sort of kicked around this idea," Hines told me. "Last year I think we had reduced it to like 99 cents

, and we were like 'why don't we just make it free? Like, why not?'"

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Agents of Mayhem: How to Find Vintage Cartoon Mode

See the agents dance to classic tunes by activating this secret.

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How to Solve Every Puzzle in Uncharted: The Lost Legacy

Can't quite crack that last puzzle? We've got you covered with the solution to all of the toughest brain-teasers in Uncharted: The Lost Legacy.

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Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus Preorder Guide

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Everyone knows the Nazis lost World War II. But what Wolfenstein presupposes is: what if they didn't? Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus is set to release for PS4, Xbox One, and PC on October 27, 2017. It continues the story of 2014's Wolfenstein: The New Order, with hero B.J. Blazkowicz coming to America, where the vile Nazis have seized control. He teams up with a motley crew of resistance fighters in hopes of bringing the Nazi regime to its knees.

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Microsoft Reportedly Stops Selling Original Xbox One

With Xbox One X on the not too distant horizon, it appears Microsoft has stopped selling the original Xbox One in favor of shifting its entire sales focus to the S and X models.

Microsoft's UK online store lists the console as sold out, while its US store only has listing for a refurbished version.

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Every Treasure Location in Uncharted: The Lost Legacy

There are 68 hidden treasures to collect throughout the story of Uncharted: The Lost Legacy - here's where to find them all.

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No Man's Sky Atlas Rises Update 1.34 Fixes Update Bugs

No Man's Sky's latest update, 1.34, is out now and it addresses a few bugs and issues that were present with the recent Atlas Rises update.

According to the game's patch notes, update 1.34 adds the ability for players to teleport between stations and to their base. It also fixes animations for various NPCs and prevents save files from greatly increasing in size due to a large number of portal visits.

The patch also increases the number of paths that can be rendered on the galactic map alongside improving the ordering of icons on the map to better display missions.

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Future Dishonored Games Would Have Different Characters

Dishonored 2's upcoming expansion Death of the Outsider will conclude the Kaldwin era, so, according to Arkane Studios creative director Harvey Smith, a hypothetical third installment would feature an entirely new set of characters.

Speaking to IGN at Quakecon about Death of the Outsider, Smith confirmed the expansion wraps up the current narrative narrative arc, noting that most of those playing it will "probably be Dishonored fans wanting to see the finale of the arc that we've made."

When asked if this means there won't be a Dishonored 3, Smith said he's not yet certain if there will be more games in the series. "I don't know yet. I kind of hope there are more Dishonored games, but I honestly don't know," he explained.

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Japanese Secret of Mana Collector's Edition Is Amazing

The recently announced remake of Secret of Mana is getting a Collector's Edition release in Japan.

According to Square Enix's Japanese online store, Secret of Mana Collector's Edition will include either the PlayStation 4 or PS Vita version of the game, as well as a pop-up storybook, soundtrack and three adorable figures, all of which can be seen in the gallery below:

The upcoming release is a full 3D remake of the of the beloved Super Nintendo classic that "retains its long-held charm while incorporating improvements such as upgraded gameplay for modern platforms and a newly arranged musical score."

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Why Uncharted's Female Leads Are Important

Uncharted has long been a series built on duos. Whether it's Nathan Drake and Sully, Nate and Elena, or Nate and Sam, each pairing has its own unique dynamic adding layers and complexity to the narrative while revealing new sides of these respective characters. These duos are usually explored in respectful and complex ways, but there has long been a very specific one missing.

Until now.

Warning! Spoilers for Uncharted: The Lost Legacy Ahead.

While driving through the lush valley of India's Western Ghats, Chloe Frazer and Nadine Ross often engage in small talk. These moments are largely innocuous exposition, but one moment in particular stands out. While discussing their history with the Drake brothers and the adventuring business, Chloe casually comments, "It's nice to be with a woman for a change."

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Half-Life 2: Episode 3 Potential Plot Revealed by Writer

Shortly before Half-Life 2: Episode 2's 10th anniversary, the series' writer Marc Laidlaw has posted what appears to be one possible plot for Half-Life 2: Episode 3.

Laidlaw posted "Epistle 3" to his personal website, a letter written from the first-person perspective of "Gertie Freemont" about her adventures with "Alex Vaunt," in what appears to be a gender-swapped version of events following Half-Life: Episode 2 and its cliffhanger ending. He made sure to note, however, on his Twitter that this piece is by no means official to Half-Life's story and is "fanfic," as far as he is concerned.

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Xbox One X Breaks Preorder Record for Microsoft

Microsoft's upcoming console appears to be off to a strong start, as Xbox One X has set a new preorder record for the company.

According to a post on Xbox Wire, more Xbox One X Project Scorpio Edition consoles were preordered in the first five days than any Xbox before. Microsoft said it saw record-breaking sell-out times for the console, which is currently sold out in many countries.

"The speed at which we sold through our initial preorder supply surpassed expectations, and what we experienced with preorders for the original Xbox One console," GameStop senior VP of merchandising Bob Puzon said.

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Crackdown 3 Announced Too Early, Says Microsoft Exec

The reveal of Crackdown 3 at E3 2014 may not have been a bit premature, according to Microsoft Studios Publishing general manager Shannon Loftis.

Speaking to Polygon at Gamescom 2017, Loftis admitted the company "probably announced Crackdown too early," noting the game features three different modes, is being developed by three different studios, and was delayed to spring 2018 so the teams could up the game's overall quality.

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How PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds Xbox Compares to PC

PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds is well-loved, even in its Early Access stages, for being an intense, tactical and difficult multiplayer experience, and porting a multiplayer game with 100 players per match from PC to console isn't without its challenges. The Xbox build of PUBG was playable on the show floor at this year's Gamescom, and there's a lot to adjust to, and a lot of unanswered questions.

Unsurprisingly, there were performance problems from the very beginning, but nothing remarkably out of the ordinary for PUBG. It's not a very pretty game, and the only noticeable graphical difference on the Xbox build seemed to be a slight change to draw distance, though that didn't seem to hinder gameplay in any negative way. The framerate was consistent and smooth, with developers aiming for, but currently unable to confirm, 60fps. It's still a bland, dull-looking game, but it ran almost as well as the current PC version, and I don't think console players will be disappointed.

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Lost Legacy: Use This Helpful Trick to Find Missing Photos

Want to find them all yourself but can't seem to find them all? This hint will help you track down those last few Photo Ops in Uncharted: The Lost Legacy.

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Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Is Beautiful, Confusing, and Captivating

At Gamescom 2017, tucked away in a small room in Nintendo's press area, I got to spend forty minutes playing Xenoblade Chronicles 2, Monolith Soft's monstrous new Nintendo Switch RPG.

I was dropped into a save file more than a dozen hours into the game where my eclectic party of level 20 warriors were nudged to start attacking the first enemy we saw. "This should be easy," I thought. "There's five of us and one of whatever that thing is, so I should be able to fly through this quickly." I was quite wrong.

Xenoblade's battles are a frantic mix of charging icons, switching characters, finding and mashing buttons for short quick time events, and darting your eyes around every corner of the screen to manage a set of interconnected systems. There's a lot going on here, and I immediately realized even this low-level grunt was going to take some strategy and perseverance.

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Nintendo Switch: Telltale's Batman, GotG Incoming

Telltale Games is bringing the first seasons of two of their episodic adventure games to Nintendo Switch.

Nintendo of America has confirmed, via Twitter, that both Batman and Guardians of the Galaxy are heading to its console. "Get ready to defend the galaxy or become the Dark Knight when more Telltale Games adventures arrive on Nintendo Switch!" the company said.

The news follows Telltale's previous release of Minecraft: Switch Edition this summer.

There's currently no word on how close we may be to seeing the two games on Switch; expect more news and release dates to follow in the coming months.

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Secret of Mana Remake Announced for PC, PS4, Vita

Square Enix has announced a full 3D remake of Secret of Mana coming to Steam, PS4, and Vita on February 15, 2018.

According to the announcement, Secret of Mana "retains its long-held charm while incorporating improvements such as upgraded gameplay for modern platforms and a newly arranged musical score."

Secret of Mana was originally released for Super Nintendo in 1993 and follows main characters Randi, Primm and Popoi.

As a preorder bonus for this new version, Square Enix is offering Moogle and Tiger costumes for all three heroes as DLC.

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F1 2017 Review

In this year's Azerbaijan Grand Prix Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel had a real brain snap on track, pulling up alongside rival Lewis Hamilton's Mercedes and steering into him during a safety car restart. During the Russian Grand Prix, in the first year of my F1 2017 career, he's done something similar. He's turned into Hamilton at race pace and managed to tangle himself, Lewis, and my F1 wunderkind Jackie Speedweasel together for a date with the wall. I manage to extract my driver from the mess, grazing the wall and losing part of the front wing in the process, but Hamilton and Vettel's cars are toast; a snarl of carbon fibre shards and loose wheels. It's still very early days but the championship has pivoted in an instant.

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Pokemon Sun and Moon: Every Mystery Gift Code

Have you gotten all of your free Mega Stones?

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Rhythm Heaven Not Dead, Producer Says

Despite rumors to the contrary, it appears that the zany and addictive Rhythm Heaven series is not dead.

When Eurogamer interviewed Metroid co-creator Yoshio Sakamoto about the upcoming 3DS title Metroid: Samus Returns and the rivival of the Metroid series, they also asked about the fate of Rhythm Heaven. Recent reports have suggested that the series was dead at Nintendo.

Sakamoto replied vaguely at first, saying "We generally don't comment on those kind of rumors, but I don't remember us ever saying it was over. Generally speaking, if there's an opportunity, a motivation, a need, we consider all opportunities and leave the door open. That's all I can say."

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Ninja Gaiden Creator Steps Down at Devil's Third Studio, Will Become a Consultant

The creator of the Ninja Gaiden series Tomonobu Itagaki has stepped down from his position as Representative Director and Chief Technical Officer at Valhalla Game Studios.

An official letter from Valhalla Game Studios details Itagaki's resignation from his position to focus on contributing as much to the games industry as possible rather than focusing on creating individual games as he had done in the past.

In this vein, Itagaki will continue to work with Valhalla Game Studios as a prime advisor in which he hopes to continue to provide help and direction to the young team that work there. However, his plans are also to act as a consultant to many other studios all over the world in order to contribute as much as possible to the games industry as a whole.

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9 Awesome New Aircraft Coming to GTA Online in Smuggler's Run

The name of GTA Online's newest update, Smuggler's Run, is a fun nod to Rockstar's pre-GTA3 arcade racer from way back at the turn of the century. But unlike the original, which focused on off road vehicles, this update pack is all about aircraft.

That said, I couldn't help but be reminded of the iconic Smuggler's Run dune buggy when they showed off this ultra-light flyer swooping over Blaine County's Alamo Sea.

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Overwatch's Jeff Kaplan Details Mercy, D.Va Changes

Overwatch game director Jeff Kaplan announced some "big changes coming for Mercy" as well as other heroes, including D.Va, in a new developer update video, which you can watch below. All the changes noted are currently available to test in the Overwatch PTR.

Mercy's ultimate ability, Resurrect — which currently lets Mercy revive multiple dead teammates within range — will become a common second ability next to Guardian Angel, with some vital tweaks. The revamped Resurrect will become a single-target revival ability that relies on "a rather long cooldown."

The replacement for Mercy's Ultimate is called Valkyrie. When activated, it will allow Mercy to fly freely and buff all of her current abilities: extending the range for Guardian Angel and her healing and damage boost beams, allowing her beams to connect with multiple targets at once, and increasing the fire rate and damage of her Caduceus Blaster, for all the "Battle Mercys" out there.

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New Powerful Mewtwo-GX Pokemon Card Featured in Special TCG Expansion

The Pokemon Trading Card Game Shining Legends expansion set will be released on October 6 only in special collections, much like last year's Generations set.

The Shining Legends expansion features more than 75 new cards to collect, including special Shining Pokemon reminiscent of the ultra-rare Shining Charizard from the Neo Destiny set. Also making an appearance in the Shining Legends expansion is a powerful Mewtwo-GX, along with other legendary GX Pokemon like Entei-GX.

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Teaming Up in Sonic Forces

There are a few different types of levels in Sonic Forces. As SEGA showed off at E3, Modern Sonic levels are fast, featuring big moments of spectacle, while Classic Sonic levels are more about platforming and traditional Sonic gameplay. A third type of level is built around the custom-made hero characters you can create in Sonic Forces, offering gameplay tailored around the ability you pick for your character.

At Gamescom, SEGA is showing off yet another type of level: Tag Team, which teams up Modern Sonic with your player-made character. In a level we played, Sonic and the custom character have to break into one of Eggman's factories and open up a path to let in the resistance, and you control both characters simultaneously.

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Assassin's Creed/Final Fantasy XV Crossover Announced

Ubisoft and Square Enix have announced a unique collaboration to bring the worlds of Assassin's Creed and Final Fantasy XV together with DLC arriving later this month,

The companies have announced that on August 30, Final Fantasy XV players will be given an Assassin's outfit for Noctis if they have collected the Moogle Chocobo Carnival event's Dream Egg. The following day, August 31, the free Assassin's Festival DLC will be made available for Final Fantasy XV. The new content will transform the town of Lestalium, offering new activities, themed items, and features. Among that content will be another Assassin's Creed outfit and the chance for Noctis to explore more in the style of and use some of the abilities of an assassin from Ubisoft's franchise.

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Xbox One X Preorder Guide

Follow all of IGN's Gamescom coverage all week long at IGN.com/Gamescom. Note that if you click on one of these links to buy the product, IGN may get a share of the sale. For more, read our Terms of Use.

8/24 Update - Not anymore.

8/24 Update - Xbox One X preorders are up at Amazon.

8/20 Update - The first run of Xbox One X may all be Project Scorpio limited editions. Differences are mainly aesthetic. "Once they're gone, they're gone".

8/20 Update - Xbox One X is now open for preorders! Price is set at $499.99 and will be officially released on November 7.

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Xbox Games With Gold for September 2017 Announced

September's lineup of free Xbox One and Xbox 360 games for Gold subscribers has been announced.

See the full lineup, as when as each title will be available, below:

• Forza Motorsport 5: Racing Game of the Year Edition — September 1-30 (Xbox One)
• Oxenfree — September 16 - October 15 (Xbox One)
• Hydro Thunder Hurricane — September 1-15 (Xbox One and Xbox 360)
• Battlefield 3 — September 16 - 30 (Xbox One and Xbox 360)

Forza Motorsport 5 launched alongside the Xbox One in 2013, and IGN's Forza 5 review praised the racing game at the time, calling it "an essential destination for the automobile obsessed." 2017 will see the release of thelatest entry in the series, Forza Motorsport 7, which launches this October. For more on that newest entry, learn about the latest cars announced to be coming to Forza Motorsport 7.

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Battlefield 1’s Incursions Mode Turns WW1 Into an eSport

I'm already bad at Battlefield 1 (I often find myself wishing there was War Poet class who earned tickets for sitting down in a barn and writing sadly as the bombs go off) so to find out that the brand new mode I was playing was a 5v5 match-up that puts a premium on skillful teamplay was worrying. To subsequently find out that the opposing team was full of eSports pros, and that I was the only English speaker on my team was positively frightening. The match went as you'd expect - but in its own cruel way, that teaches me everything I need to know about Incursions.

The mode twists series staple Conquest into a tight, fraught sport. Getting a kill, destroying a tank or capturing a point earns you one point. Earn 10 points and you win a set. 5 sets brings the match to half time. World War 1 has a half time now - that's weird. It's clear then, that this is Conquest, amplified. There are two certainties in Battlefield: death and tactics, and they mean more than ever here, making teamwork key.

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Win a PS4 Pro and CoD WWII Pro Edition by Playing the Beta

The beta for Call of Duty: WWII starts tomorrow, and we want to see your best kills from the game - and you could get a little something in return.

We're giving away a PS4 Pro, along with a copy of Call of Duty: WWII Pro Edition (which includes a steel book and season pass as well as the game), a T-shirt and a poster to the creator of our favourite footage. Three runners-up will each win a Season Pass along with a T-shirt and poster.

Be as sneaky or as brutal as you like - and if it's awesome enough, the winning footage will be featured in a video and advert on site!

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Sea of Thieves Wants to be The World's Friendliest Multiplayer Game

On one of the walls In the Gamescom interview room for Sea of Thieves, a quote from a player called 'Clumsy George' is brought to my attention. It reads:

"But is this a game alone? I suspect them of making some kind of social project? We 4 or 5, almost perfect strangers were able to work together in 15 minutes like an oiled machine. We talked, we joked and dug up treasures like it was something we'd done for years…"

That quote, said Rare's Shelley Preston (Senior Designer), Joe Neate (Executive Producer), and Craig Duncan (Studio Head), came from a larger community post George posted about his time in the Sea of Thieves Insider Program, and spoke volumes about the community Rare is trying to create.

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XCOM 2: War of the Chosen Review

Even with its procedural maps, XCOM 2's missions started feeling a little stale after a hundred hours or so. Enter War of The Chosen, a large-scale expansion which grafts on more than enough new variables to give that creeping sense of predictability a brutal beatdown.

Variety is War of the Chosen's biggest strength, and its long list of changes was very successful at making me rethink my established tactics. There are several new mission types, including clever new spins on Alien Supply Raids and Retaliations (the latter finally includes armed resistance soldiers who help you fight off the attackers – a little too effectively sometimes), extracting captured XCOM soldiers, assassinating Advent generals who'll flee to extraction points when you break concealment, evading ambushes, saving VIPs from zombie hordes, and more. Few of them rely on do-or-die turn-timers, which was a good call on Firaxis' part. I don't mind the occasional timed mission, but we have enough of those already.

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Space Junkies Feels Like a VR First-Person Shooter Done Right

Perhaps at some point in the future, omnidirectional treadmills will become a fixture in every household, enabling proper 360 degree on-foot movement in virtual reality first-person shooters. Until that time, and with the exception perhaps of DOOM VR's dash and warp mechanic, most developers are making do with the unhappy marriage of head tracking for look controls with traditional thumbstick for movement, which is a system that at best breaks immersion and at worst leads to nausea.

Space Junkies avoids such issues with the simple solution of strapping every player into a jetpack. It doesn't matter that the movement of your feet isn't tracked by the game, because your feet never touch the ground in its anti-gravity arenas. It doesn't feel odd to be playing a virtual reality first-person shooter sitting down, because movement is handled by looking where you want to go and clicking the left thumbstick on the controller (in the case of my Gamescom demo, an Oculus Touch) in order to boost your jets and propel yourself in that direction.

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LEGO Marvel 2 Is Assembling Marvel's Most Ludicrous Line-Up

The character select screen in LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2 is, frankly, ridiculous. A sea of tiny portraits and question marks swims up the screen, so massive that it seems almost counter-intuitive - is that Sakaar Hulk, medieval Hulk, or Maestro, the evil Hulk from the future? Ah who cares, let's give them all a try. Hearing the developers speak about the game, I wouldn't be surprised if that roster started a lot smaller, and they just got a bit carried away.

The best LEGO games have been more than the sum of their plasticky parts, and it's that line-up, and the love that's gone into assembling it, that looks like it'll make the difference here. LEGO Marvel 2 is still a game designed to be a totally smooth ride for kids - I played through a boss fight against burning Norse demon, Surtur that amounted to a series of "square peg in square hole" puzzles; The Witness this is not. That means most characters have an ability or two at most - which is when having a retina-scrambling number of them comes into its own. It's tough to get bored when there's always something new to try.

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Final Fantasy XV Pocket Has ‘A Chance’ of Coming to Switch

Square Enix has hinted at a potential future for Final Fantasy XV Pocket Edition on Nintendo Switch.

Speaking to IGN at Gamescom, Final Fantasy XV director Hajime Tabata didn't rule out the possibility of the recently-announced mobile version coming to Nintendo's console.

"There is certainly a chance. It's certainly not zero," Tabata told IGN when asked about a Switch version. "Obviously we'd have to think about what the meaning and what the significance of bringing this to Switch would be. You know, whether people would want to play it and whether it would be the right thing to do for our team."

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The Evil Within 2 Feels Familiar, But That's a Good Thing

At an early point during my hour-long demo of The Evil Within 2, returning protagonist Sebastian ran into a room full of swinging bodies, their bleeding faces obscured by white masks. There was a weird red symbol painted onto one of its concrete walls. A camera on a tripod was the only other object of note, so I looked through it. Suddenly, I saw a door. Had looking at the camera made it appear? I was disorientated. Then a multi-headed, nude monster with a buzz-saw for a hand burst through the wall and screamed her way towards me.

Oh yeah, this was The Evil Within, all right.

My time with the Evil Within 2 showed that while improvements have been made to the formula, it fundamentally remains the same. Sebastian is still a sort of stiff, bewildered protagonist, the monsters are still pulled from the golden era of Japanese horror, and the world is as grimy and oppressive as some of the darker moments of Jacob's Ladder, a source of inspiration for original Evil Within director Shinji Mikami. But of course, that combination of quirks made the original game so much fun in the first place.

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Find Every Photo Op in Uncharted: The Lost Legacy

Become a shutterbug while hunting for treasure! Here's where to find every one of the picture spots in Uncharted: The Lost Legacy.

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Hideo Kojima Praises Christopher Nolan's Dunkirk

Game industry legend Hideo Kojima has sung the praises of Christopher Nolan's latest box office hit Dunkirk.

Kojima penned an article for Rolling Stone in which he compares Nolan's latest film to his own works and talks about how both make great efforts to convincingly depict war. In his collum, the Death Stranding creator explains why he believes "Dunkirk gave birth to a new kind of war movie."

"By refusing to rely on computer graphics, opting instead to create life-size sets and employ a large cast of extras, Christopher Nolan recreated the war movie construct," Kojima wrote.

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Microsoft Talking to Sony About Cross-Play

Following the announcement of several games featuring cross-play between PCs and consoles, excluding the PlayStation 4, at E3 2017, a Microsoft executive has explained that they and Sony are in ongoing discussions about making cross-network play a reality some day.

Speaking to Game Reactor, Xbox Head of Marketing Aaron Greenberg confirmed the companies have discussed the possibility of cross-play and continue to do so. Greenberg remains hopeful that Sony will be supportive of the initiative.

"Absolutely, yeah. We're talking to Sony

, we do partner with them on Minecraft and of course we would like to enable them to be part of that; one community, to unite gamers. So we're talking to them and we're hopeful that they'll be supportive of it," Greenberg told Game Reactor.

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Madden NFL 18 Review: Final Review

Ask Tom Brady and Matt Ryan what they think about halftime adjustments. Those adjustments, major or minor, are the key to winning any football game – the types of championship-caliber adjustments we hoped for from Madden's move to the Frostbite Engine in Madden NFL 18. The engine has enhanced the graphics dramatically and added an immense amount of detail to the absolutely wonderful Longshot story mode, but EA Sports misses the opportunity to really make its mark by refreshing the gameplay in meaningful ways.

While playing a rematch of last season's Patriots vs. Falcons Super Bowl, it was easy to get distracted by the lighting effects and the improved body types, which, to my eye, have both taken the largest leap of any of Madden 18's graphical upgrades. While watching a replay I noticed details like how the glimmer of the sun flickered off of a receiver's helmet, and even while referees are announcing penalties you can see that the glare in their faces is real.

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Mario + Rabbids Season Pass Price Announced

Ubisoft's upcoming crossover Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle for the Nintendo Switch will have a season pass, the publisher announced today.

Available when the game launches on August 29 via the Nintendo eShop for $19.99, the Mario + Rabbids season pass will offer players three pieces of DLC. The first set will be unloackable at launch and include eight unique steampunk weapons, each with their own individual statistics. The next piece of DLC will come later this fall, introducing new solo challenges and additional maps for cooperative play. The third and final piece of DLC will arrive sometime in 2018 and feature new story content.

Mario + Rabbids Season Pass

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Hands-On with Total War: Warhammer 2's Sadistic Skaven Faction

It was the worst kept secret in video games, but we've now finally got absolute, official confirmation: the Skaven are coming to Total War: Warhammer 2. The race of humanoid rats are one of four playable factions coming to September's sequel, joining the High Elves, Dark Elves and Lizardmen.

Having now played the opening hour-or-so of the Skaven campaign, we're happy to report that the murderous, subterranean-dwelling rodents offer some distinctly different gameplay options to what we've seen in the first game.

Simply, if inhabiting a secret under-world and indulging in surprise attacks from the dark sounds appealing to you then you're going to adore the ugliness offered by the Skaven.

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WWE 2K18: 6 Changes That Create a More Realistic Match

Die-hard wrasslin' fans know that there's nothing quite like the art of pro-wrestling.

It's not something you can easily replicate in a game since the matches - even the most basic ones - can contain so many moving parts that they wind up resembling a hybrid of a fight, a dance, a partnership, and a story. WWE 2K18's Executive Producer, Mark Little, is determined to chip away at this beast until the ultimate experience of working a fully realized and complex wrestling match is created.

During my brief hands-on with WWE 2K18 last week, I was able to experience some of this year's changes and improvements, all done in the name of giving fans the closest thing possible to a playable match. For last year's WWE 2K17, multi-man matches (including ladder matches) saw some significant tweaks that allowed for easier ladder placement along with a "roll out" feature that made for less clutter in the ring - the latter also helping create a cool resemblance to the way real Triple Threat and Fatal Fourway matches are constructed and executed in front of live crowds.

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Wild West Online Aims to Fill Red Dead Redemption 2's PC Void

Wild West Online developer Stefan Bugaj headed me off at the pass, bringing up the elephant in the room (Red Dead Redemption 2) before I could.

"We were inspired by Westworld and the impending not-coming-to-PC Red Dead Redemption 2," he said with a smile. "Westerns started coming back. So we thought

would fill a fun unfulfilled gaming desire in the community."

You can see the entire demo I got from Bugaj in the four videos on this page, beginning with the one above. It's clearly still very early in development – note the total lack of any other people on the servers as of yet – but the team is cognizant of that and was happy to talk through their goals and intentions for WWO with me this week.

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Dragon Ball FighterZ: Four New Characters Announced

Super Saiyan Blue Goku and Vegeta, Android 16 and Android 18 have been announced for Bandai Namco's upcoming Dragon Ball FighterZ.

Siliconera has received information from the latest issue of Jump magazine, which details the new arrivals for the long-running franchise's new brawler.

Details are fairly thin, but Android 18 will definitely be a playable character, and seems to have access to a special combo attack with Android 17, although whether the latter is actually playable or only appears as support is not yet confirmed.

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Shenmue 3: Deep Silver Announced as Publisher

Shenmue 3 is one step closer, with the announcement that the long-gestating video game is to be published by Deep Silver.

In a press release available from the official Shenmue 3 site, series creator Yu Suzuki has spoken of his "confidence" in both the game and the new partnership, citing Deep Silver's "deep passion for bringing Japanese titles to the rest of the world". The publisher certainly has form - recent releases include both Persona 5 and Yakuza Kiwami.

It's been a long road for Shenmue 3 - the second game in the series debuted a full sixteen years ago on the Dreamcast and, despite a subsequent Xbox re-release, failed to perform well financially. Although the franchise seemed dead, Suzuki left original publishers Sega in 2011 to focus on his own studio - Ys Net - and in 2015 launched a Kickstarter to fund Shenmue 3, reaching his $2 million target in just nine hours and closing the campaign with over $6 million in donations - and soon after, Sony pledged to support the game with additional funding.

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