Get help clearing the tough challenges in Splatoon 2's Octo Expansion with guides for all the stations.
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Saturday, June 30, 2018
Splatoon 2 Octo Expansion: How to Clear Every Station
12 Essential Pokemon Quest Tips
Hit a wall? Keep this info in mind to get past the toughest challenges in Pokemon Quest.
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Fortnite: Rocket Launch Leave More Questions Than Answers
The countdown is over and the rocket has launched, ending Fortnite's first one-time event.
As expected, the rocket launched from the evil lair and headed straight for the sky. Soon after, a red laser touched down in Tilted Towers and a blue vortex starting spawning all over the map. The event quickly ended when the strange object shot back up and and tore a rip in the sky.
Developing...
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Friday, June 29, 2018
Overwatch’s New Hero Is a Ton of Fun but Extremely Weird
When Overwatch's 28th hero was revealed to be a hamster in a spherical, robotic killing machine, some people genuinely thought it was a joke. But this fuzzy-faced friend is very real, and after spending some time trying him out on the PTR, may stand as one of my favorite Overwatch heroes to date.
His ability to roll around the map and then shoot out a grappling hook to start swinging through the air feels completely unique within Overwatch's roster. It's wildly different from the Pharah's flying, D.Va's jets, and even Widowmaker's own hook despite the visual similarities. Frankly, it's hard to think of any FPS character that feels quite like the adorable Hammond the hamster.
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Call of Duty: WW2 - United Front DLC Review
All in all, Call of Duty: WW2's United Front DLC feels experimental and exciting in some ways, while safer and dull in others. The changes to the Zombies mode dramatically shake up the formula and make it a high point worth visiting, but otherwise, the mostly underwhelming new maps aren't breaking any new ground.
When I first played Call of Duty: WW2 at release, it felt like a bizarre omission to not visit Stalingrad as a multiplayer destination. Over the years I feel like I've fought battles on that field countless times, because as the largest conflict to take place in all of WW2, it's always been a staple for shooters based on the war. United Front finally brings it back, and it's the best of the three new maps.
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Star Wars Battlefront II DLC Roadmap Released
After teasing Star Wars Battlefront II Clone Wars DLC at the EA Play 2018 press conference, EA has released a more expansive roadmap of Battlefront II's future through the end of the year.
Much of the future updates include Clone Wars content teased during E3.
Starting in July, Star Wars Battlefront II will feature a new Hero Starfighters mode that pits two team of four players against one another in the cockpits of famous Star Wars ships, like the Millennium Falcon or Poe Dameron's T70 X-wing.
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Shadow of the Tomb Raider Doubles Down on Puzzles and Exploration
Of the nearly 150 hours I have in Rise of the Tomb Raider, I spent plenty of them jumping off ledges, investigating corners, staring up at empty ceilings, and trying to get just the right angle to peek into a crack in a room to find the next obscurely hidden collectible. Exploration and all the challenges area that came with it were a great post-game activity in Rise of the Tomb Raider – that is, until exploration eventually became tedious and I realized how bloated Rise was with collectibles and other extra tasks. Shadow of the Tomb Raider touts a bigger and more immersive setting, and Shadow of the Tomb Raider's narrative director, Jason Dozois, and level design director, Arne Oehme, assured me that a focus on building out the game's fictional culture will help keep exploration interesting.
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Pokemon Quest Best Pokemon
See the best Starter Pokemon, the best Pokemon overall, and how to attract them with recipes.
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Pokemon Quest Best Pokemon
See the best Starter Pokemon, the best Pokemon overall, and how to attract them with recipes.
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Every Leaked Skin, Emote, and Glider From Fortnite's Latest Patch
Detective outfits, patriotic emotes, and a ton of new gliders and back bling have been datamined from Fortnite's most recent patch.
Fortnite Intel provided images for each unreleased addition while fnbr.co revealed the alleged name and rarity for each new cosmetic item. This update features a hefty amount of items for a total of nine new outfits, four harvesting tools, five gliders, five pieces of back bling, and five emotes. A release date for these items was not uncovered.
From left to right: Sleuth, Oblivion, and Fireworks Team Leader.
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Hollow Knight Has Sold Over 250,000 Copies on Switch
The atmospheric Metroidvania Hollow Knight has sold over a quarter of a million copies on the Switch in its first two weeks.
Developer Team Cherry revealed the number to IGN, and says the team is currently working on a patch to address bugs in the launch build.
In an interview with Waypoint, Nintendo's Reggie Fils-Aime said that "Hollow Knight on Switch is doing exceptionally well," and now Team Cherry has shared exactly how well the title has been doing.
Hollow Knight was originally released on the PC in February 2017 after being revealed on Kickstarter and reaching its initial funding goal in 2014. It was subsequently released on macOS and Linux, but has found a natural home on the hybrid Nintendo Switch.
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Judge Cuts ZeniMax's $500 Million Court Winnings From Facebook in Half
After a Texas jury awarded ZeniMax $500 million in its suit against Oculus last year, U.S. District Judge Ed Kinkeade has reduced that payout to $250 million.
As reported by Bloomberg, Kinkeade's decision to retain a $250 million payout includes $200 million for breach of contract and an additional $50 million for copyright infringement. The $250 million that he is removing from the payout includes damages against Oculus co-founders Brendan Iribe and Palmer Luckey.
Additionally, Kinkeade rejected ZeniMax's request to ban the sale of Oculus headsets. At last year's hearing, a ZeniMax lawyer argued "a permanent injunction is the only way to stop" Oculus continuing to infringe upon copyrights. Oculus argued a proposed sales ban would place unfair hardship on the VR company - Kinkeade ultimately sided with Oculus on this front.
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Fortnite's Big Countdown Event Might Only Happen Once
Fortnite fans have been (im)patiently waiting to find what an in-game countdown is leading up to since a mysterious skull showed up more than a week ago. And if new reports are to be believed, whatever is going to happen is only going to happen is a once-in-a-gametime event.
Popular Fortnite YouTuber Elliott "Muselk" Watkins tweeted early this morning that "something big" is going to happen at 1:30 p.m. ET/10:30 a.m. PT tomorrow, and it will only "happen once." While Watkins declined to provide any additional info, The Verge reported hearing similar rumors.
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Forza Horizon 4: IGN's Real-Life Horizon Road Trip
The Forza Horizon series has been taking us around the globe since 2012. Colorado. Southern Europe. Australia. Now we're going to Britain.
What do I think of when I think of Britain? Mary Poppins. Michael Caine. Moles?
I dunno; maybe that's a little unfair. I mean, Australia and Britain aren't really that different, culturally speaking. Yeah, we love fish and chips too, and we also drive on the left, and we have the same old lady on the back of our money. Sure, there are dissimilarities in the temperature we serve our beer and the amount of venom packed into our spiders, but the differences aren't really as stark as I think we all like to pretend they are.
Geographically, though? That's a different story. However, while I've been to Britain to visit developers a bunch of times over the past 15 years I still really haven't seen that much of it in person. The places I've experienced are airports, motorways, and the inside of a few pubs. I've never really seen the Britain between all that.
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Pillars of Eternity Director Would Rather Have the Constraints of Crowdfunding
For years, Obsidian Entertainment had long been one of the video game industry's unluckiest studios. Between Sega canceling their role-playing game based on the Aliens franchise, Microsoft canceling the lofty "million-man raids" of Stormlands, or THQ folding shortly after acquiring the publishing rights for South Park: The Stick of Truth, publishers just weren't looking like a good idea for the struggling team. Instead, Obsidian began to look towards the success of the Double Fine Adventure Kickstarter (which later became Broken Age), seeing it as a way for the team to make their pitch directly to fans of the studio's work. In this month's IGN Unfiltered, Pillars of Eternity director Josh Sawyer elaborates on how the change in the landscape of game publishing has impacted the studio, and how he prefers both the freedoms and limitations of crowdfunding.
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Mario Tennis Aces Getting Diddy Kong, Birdo Later This Year
A trio of playable characters are coming to Mario Tennis Aces later this year for free.
Nintendo has announced that Diddy Kong, Birdo and Koopa Paratroopa will pick up their rackets and hit the court this fall in the Northern Hemisphere.
Diddy Kong, Birdo, and Koopa Paratroopa will swing into action this fall as free playable characters in #MarioTennis Aces! Available now for #NintendoSwitch. https://t.co/Y64e3vgs0v pic.twitter.com/gKkwVNJfxz
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The Crew 2 Review
In a lot of ways, The Crew 2 feels more like a reboot of the first game than it does a simple sequel. The dramatic shift in tone is perhaps the key reason for this, though the fact that it's taken a second swing at recreating the entire continental USA for the setting is another. I welcome the lighter approach to the campaign mode and the fun mix of new vehicle types and racing disciplines here, but it's still a little rough around the edges and missing some surprising features.
A large amount of content has been added to this open-world race 'em up; most notably, aircraft and boats, plus whole suites of events for each. A lot has been made of The Crew 2's 'Fast Fav' system, which allows us to magically change between vehicles on the fly. It admittedly works really well and I can't imagine playing without it. The novelty of flying miles above the Earth, turning into a boat and spearing into the ocean does wear off, but there's no denying it's tremendously conducive to moving around the world, exploring, and creating ridiculous emergent gameplay moments.
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Thursday, June 28, 2018
Fortnite Haunted Hills Treasure Map
Every Week 9 Challenge in Fortnite, including specifically where to find the Haunted Hills Treasure Map and its treasure.
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Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle - Donkey Kong Adventure Review
Donkey Kong Adventure is a full-fledged new world for Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle that puts an ape-flavored twist on its bouncy and colorful turn-based tactical gameplay. It gives up some flexibility to focus its levels so heavily on Donkey Kong's new powers, but in doing so it makes its battles more interesting than just more of the same.
I'm not going to try to explain the absurdist story that brings Beep-O and Rabbid Peach to Donkey Kong's world to battle a beefed-up Rabbid Kong. It's funny and well animated, but you kinda have to be there (and appreciate the Rabbids' goofy schtick).
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Xbox May Be Getting Platform-Wide Mod Support
Rumours suggest Microsoft may be bringing more mod support to the Xbox One.
According to Windows Central, internal documents have leaked from a presentation which talks about a new Xbox Community Content platform.
The platform is said to allow developers to support user-generated content for their games, including defining what can be modded, how this new content can be used in game, and whether or not it will cost money.
Windows Central points out the idea of more mod support coming to the Xbox One is also backed up by a job listing posted by Microsoft earlier this year which called for applicants to "drive support for Xbox Live game mods."
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Shenmue 3 Will Require a Whopping 100GB on PC
The highly anticipated sequel Shenmue 3 will require 100 GB of free space to install on your PC.
An update on Shenmue 3's Kickstarter page lists the system requirements for the PC version of the game as needing 100 GB of available space.
When you consider large open world games like The Witcher 3 clock in at around 45 GB this is a pretty sizeable install.
Other system requirements reveal the game is expected to need at least an Intel Core i5-4460 (3.40 GHz), 4 GB of ram, a GTX 650 Ti, and a broadband internet connection.
Shenmue 3 will have an open ending to allow for a sequel but the game has already been delayed twice now, being pushed back to a 2019 release. This might give us enough time to play the earlier games in the series again - ports for those have been in the works since before the Shenmue 3 announcement and should release sometime this year.
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New Smash Bros Ultimate Details, Capcom on Bringing More Cloud Games to Switch, Wolfenstein 2, and more! - NVC Ep. 413
Weeelcooome to episode 412 of our weekly Nintendo show and podcast, Nintendo Voice Chat. This week, the NVC crew shares their thoughts on Sakurai's new Famitsu interview where he discusses new details about Super Smash Bros Ultimate, Capcom on bringing more cloud-based games to Switch, the Mario + Rabbids DLC, Fortnite on Switch, and more!
As always, you can watch NVC here on IGN and on our YouTube channel (subscribe and hit that bell! It gives fairies wings!) or listen to it on your commute in audio format. If you enjoy the show, share it with other Nintendo fans, leave us a comment, and give us a thumbs up or leave us a review! If you prefer audio over video, please subscribe to NVC on iTunes or your podcast service of choice. You can also download and listen to the latest episode of NVC Right Here.
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Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus for Switch Review
When we first reviewed Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus we gave it a 9.1 for Amazing. Here's what we said about it then:
"Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus is a fantastic single-player shooter, but what really got me invested was the brilliantly written characters and the performances of its cast. BJ and his crew are full of spirit and personality, and General Engel is as memorable a nemesis as you're likely to find in games. Machine Games has once again turned the well-worn act of mowing down Nazis into something to get excited about." Read our original Wolfenstein 2 review.
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Pokemon Go Dev's New AR Tech Strives for More Realism
Pokemon Go developer Niantic has just released three trailers showing off its new Augmented Reality technology.
The AR experiences are currently codenamed Niantic Occlusion, Tonehenge, and Neon, and all show what looks like real-time gameplay with a more realistic nature than what we've seen in Pokemon Go so far.
Tonehenge has players using their phones to view an AR environment in which they can cooperatively move and turn statues to unlock energy orbs. Once this has been completed it gives them access to a jigsaw puzzle and completing the puzzle as a team looks to be the ultimate goal. You can view the full trailer below for a better look.
Neon, on the other hand, is more fast-paced and combat focussed.
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Delayed Bloodstained Demo Now Available
Update: The Kickstarter backer demo for Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is available today.
Alongside the demo's release, a new story trailer has been debuted, you can watch below.
After its delay last week, the demo can now be played by backers who supported at the $60 or higher tier. For more on the demo, as well as IGN's coverage of Bloodstained from E3 2018, read on.
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Kickstarter backers of Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night will have to wait just a little bit longer than expected for the game's demo. While it was supposed to go live yesterday, that didn't happen. Instead, the demo has been delayed to June 28.
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Left 4 Dead Creators Working on Unannounced Title in 'A Globally Known Franchise'
Left 4 Dead fans' long wait for a third game doesn't look any closer to being over today, but Turtle Rock Studios, the developer that created that series and went on to make Evolve, is apparently working "on a globally known game franchise."
As first noticed today by a ResetEra user, Turtle Rock is hiring for a Senior Level Designer to work "on an unannounced AAA title." Turtle Rock has yet to officially reveal the AAA title in question, but the job posting is looking for someone who can create "fun encounters" and "awesome level layouts."
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Control Is Like a Supernatural Quantum Break
Yes, Remedy's first multiplatform game since Max Payne 2 shares a lot in common with their ambitious 2016 cinematic action-adventure, Quantum Break. No, that's not a bad thing. It's most welcome, in fact, as it feels like a spiritual sequel, but with a tighter focus. Oh yeah, and supernatural powers too.
You play Jesse Faden (played by Quantum Break's Courtney Hope), the new director of the Federal Bureau of Control. She's been promoted there in the wake of the death of the previous director, and with that promotion comes certain...abilities, which will be useful in defending against The Hiss, a strange force that has invaded our reality and corrupted Bureau workers. She can use telekinetic abilities like Shield, which pulls clocks off of walls and chunks of nearby columns and holds them in front of her defensively, as well as Launch, which does the same but turns that debris around as an offensive weapon (at one point later in the demo, Faden flung a forklift at a target). She can also levitate, which became more useful the longer my demo went because the physics-defying three-dimensional transitions that got more and more outlandish the deeper inside the Bureau headquarters Faden went -- a space called The Oldest Place. And she even becomes the keeper of a nifty transforming pistol that only the Director can wield.
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Pokemon Quest - How to Get Every Pokemon
See what recipe you need to make to attract every Pokemon in Pokemon Quest.
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Death Stranding: 12 Things To Watch and Read While You're Waiting
In Hideo Kojima's Twitter bio, he claims 70% of his body is made of movies. Presumably, the other 30% is comprised of other types of popular culture (and maybe some nanomachines.)
Compared to the Metal Gear series, which proudly wore its Hollywood action movie influences on its sleeve, his upcoming game Death Stranding seems wholly alien and unfamiliar.
After obsessively scrubbing through Death Stranding's cryptic trailers, though, certain themes start to become apparent. The same could be said about staring at a Rorschach test too long, but in some cases, Kojima's own social media acts as a paper trail to support our theories.
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Nintendo Voice Chat LIVE - Today at 3 pm PT/6 pm ET!
Hey! Listen! NVC will be live streaming IGN's weekly Nintendo Podcast today exclusively on ign.com!
Join Filip, Peer, Casey, Zach, and Dan today at 3:00 PM PT/6:00 PM ET as they share their thoughts on Sakurai's new Famitsu interview, Capcoms growing interest in bringing more cloud-based games to Switch, the Mario + Rabbids Dinkey Kong Adventure DLC, Fortnite on Switch, and more! Join the fun and chat with the community LIVE! Don't worry, you can still catch the full episode on Friday as usual on YouTube.com/NintendoVoiceChat and your favorite podcast listening services.
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What the Halo TV Show Could Look Like
With the news of the Halo TV show still alive, and better yet, entering production in early 2019, we're all wondering the big questions. What will the show focus on? Where will it be set? Who will be our main characters?
While we wait for those answers, we can dig into the Halo's live-action trailer history to get an idea of what the new Halo TV show could like like. We've compiled a list of every one of those live-action trailers and commercials here, for you to relive and remember the saga of the Chief and humanity. Check them out:
So which live-action slice of the Halo-verse is your favorite? The thumping drums of the Halo 3: ODST trailer? The ominous new tone of Halo 5: Guardians' live-action sequences? For my money, it's got to be the devastating impact of Halo 3's "Believe" trailers. Oof.
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Inside: Don't Miss Any Secrets With Our Complete Walkthrough
There's some crazy secrets hiding in Inside - we show you where to stop along your journey.
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Game of the Year Watch Continues
Welcome back to Game Scoop!, IGN's weekly video game talk show. It's time to check in with Game of the Year Watch, which includes God of War, Monster Hunter World, and more. We'll also be discussing Fallout 76 and The Division 2. Watch the video above or download the podcast below.
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Resident Evil 2 Returns to its Horror Roots in the Best Ways
Out of all of Resident Evil's many phases – the old-school, fixed camera angled, tank controlled approach of the original three; the less restrained roaming camera of Code Veronica; the over-the-shoulder third-person action of Resident Evil 4, 5, and 6; and the gruesome first-person of Resident Evil 7 (not counting the series' many, many spin-offs) – my heart lies in the original three's oppressive survival horror.
I miss the careful, deliberate framing of scenes, the importance of pre-planning routes and inventory management, the near-instinctual understanding of your surroundings developed by smart, productive backtracking, and the obscure puzzle solving that can make something as mundane as a police station feel like a terrifying gothic castle. Based on my 30 minute demo, the Resident Evil 2 remake – officially titled Resident Evil 2 – strikes an elegant balance between these old-school elements and the more modernized format of recent entries.
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Toejam & Earl: Back in the Groove Set to Launch This Fall
HumaNature Studios and its founder, Greg Johnson, have posted a Kickstarter update for Toejam & Earl: Back in the Groove, stating the revival is set to launch later this fall and that a closed beta will be arriving next week.
The update elaborates that the Nintendo Switch version of the title is "just about ready to be submitted for certification by Nintendo, and the other console versions are not too far behind."
Also, of note, Adult Swim Games will no longer be the publisher for Back in the Groove as HumaNature Studios will be self-publishing the game. Johnson explains that, "Adult Swim Games has some other big titles they plan to launch this summer so when Back in the Groove pushed back, we both agreed that it made sense for them to hand us the reigns, rather than taking a chance on this getting pushed back any more."
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Inside Review
Update 2: Inside is now available for Nintendo Switch. We played it and compared it side-by-side with the Xbox One version and noticed no discernible differences in draw distance, image quality, framerate, or even the initial loading time. In short, it remains the same 10/10 game we originally reviewed it as, and we could not recommend it more.
Update: Inside has been nominated for IGN's 2016 Game of the Year.
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Blizzard Exploring Big Changes to Sombra's Abilities
Big changes could be on the way for stealthy Overwatch character Sombra. Posting on the official Overwatch forums yesterday, Principal Designer Geoff Goodman detailed some Sombra changes Blizzard is currently testing – including infinite invisibility.
"These changes started by seeing how far we could push the duration of her Stealth and Translocator abilities," wrote Goodman. "As we pushed them out, it allowed her to play more and more as
scout/infiltrator for your team and also allowed her more time to pick and choose when and where she popped out to ambush her enemies.
"So now she has infinite duration on both Stealth and Translocator."
Sombra's Stealth ability allows her to become invisible, but it currently restricts her to up to five seconds of invisibility at a time followed by a cooldown of six seconds. The Translocator, a projectile Sombra can toss and teleport back to later, has an active timer of its own, lasting 20 seconds before being put into a four-second cooldown before another one can be tossed.
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Xbox Games With Gold for July 2018 Announced
The lineup of games available to Xbox Live Gold subscribers in July 2018 has been revealed.
Per Xbox Wire, the following titles will be available to download for Xbox Live Gold members next month:
- Assault Android Cactus - July 1-31 (Xbox One)
- Death Squared - July 16-August 15 (Xbox One)
- Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown - July 1-15 (Xbox 360, Xbox One)
- Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction - July 16-31 (Xbox 360, Xbox One)
Assault Android Cactus is a twin-stick shooter first released in 2015. Players assume the role of an android cop as you blast a variety of enemies while protecting your spaceship. The game features a storyline and mulitplayer. We scored Assault Android Cactus an 8.8.
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Update: Fortnite Players Discover New TV Message After Altering the Date on PC
Update (June 28): The countdown has officially gone live in Fortnite and you can currently view it on every TV on the map. The hologram at the villain's lair also shows the countdown.
It's not clear what will happen when the countdown ends in two days, but we do know the launch message discovered last week has yet to appear. Players near the surrounding area of the rocket will now occasionally hear a missile siren. Both changes started alongside the release of the Week 9 challenges early this morning.
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Fortnite fans have discovered a new message on every TV on the map by changing the date and time on PC.
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State of Decay 2 Gets Independence Pack DLC
State of Decay 2 is celebrating a new player milestone with a new DLC pack, available now for players on PC and Xbox One.
Microsoft revealed today that, after surpassing three million players, Undead Labs has released the Independence Pack DLC, which costs $4.99 includes new weapons, vehicles, supplies, and fireworks.
The pack is available now on Xbox One and PC and also includes zombies dressed up in American Revolution garb, allowing for what Microsoft describes as "history that you can blow up...with fireworks." The full content includes:
Pokemon Let's Go Screenshots Show Off Pokemon Cosmetic Customization
New Pokemon Let's Go Pikachu and Let's Go Eevee screenshots show some of the customization options for the eponymous pocket monsters.
Pikachu and Eevee can apparently wear items like flowers and ribbons that can be affixed to their tail, body, and ears. Check the screenshots out below.
The screenshots were shared on the official Japanese website along with a short video of Pikachu and Eevee sporting their accoutrements, via Serebii.
The two titles are not a part of the core series of Pokemon games, but they do share some of the same features, as well as a number of similarities to Pokemon Go, with which the game is compatible.
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Obsidian Open to Other Developers Doing Pillars of Eternity Games
For Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire director Josh Sawyer, one of the most valuable things a game company can hold onto isn't just its employees or the hardware it develops, but the original worlds they create that can be used throughout the future to create different games. In this month's IGN Unfiltered, Sawyer says that Obsidian is open to the idea of other developers using the Pillars of Eternity IP to create their own games set within the same universe.
"I as an individual designer, I try not to design outside the boundaries of what we're actually putting in the games because I want other teams and other designers
-- or heck, maybe someone would license this from us," Sawyer says, citing a hypothetical Pillars of Eternity tactics-based game as an idea that Obsidian might not have the interest in or means to produce itself. Sawyer suggests that a different developer could possibly license the Pillars of Eternity IP and software to start their own project.
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Fortnite's Playground Mode Planned to Return Today
Epic Games is aiming to re-release the Playground limited time mode in Fortnite later today.
Over on Reddit, the Fortnite developer gave a brief overview of why Playground was pulled yesterday and the new release plans for the mode. "So many of you rushed in
to create and play that our matchmaking service fell over," Epic stated. "We've since separated the Playground matchmaker from the one that affects the default modes and made large improvements to assist with the number of players.
"We plan to push these changes and improvements live later today to bring the Playground LTM back online."
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Marvel Powers United VR Release Date Revealed
Oculus has announced that Marvel Powers United VR will launch July 26.
Not only that, but Black Panther has been unveiled as a new playable character for the game. Marvel Powers United VR will cost $40 and is now available for preorder on the Oculus Store.
The game was originally announced at last year's D23 and features cooperative battles with up to three other people. T'Challa is the eighth playable character to be revealed, and Oculus has promised the game will contain "more than a dozen playable characters."
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Crackdown Creator Downplays His Departure From Crackdown 3
When Microsoft announced Crackdown 3 all the way back at E3 2014, it touted the fact that series creator Dave Jones was returning to head up the project after being absent from Crackdown 2's development. However, it was revealed last week that Jones is no longer working on Crackdown 3, but he apparently doesn't think his departure is that big of a deal.
Jones' involvement was said to be crucial to Crackdown 3 development because his Reagent Games' Cloudgine cloud technology was powering the impressive environmental destruction that's been positioned as one of the game's main selling points. But Jones recently chatted with GamesIndustry.biz about leaving the project, saying it amounts to "not a lot basically."
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Overwatch Hero 28 Is a Hamster in a Mech
Overwatch's new hero is an adorable mech with a terrifying hamster inside.
After teasing a new hero earlier this week, the Overwatch Twitter account has revealed the identity of Hero 28, and it's a chubby hamster in a weaponised hamster ball.
The champion revealed. pic.twitter.com/0Fdpg2iBcs
— Overwatch (@PlayOverwatch) June 28, 2018
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Nintendo Announces New Post-Game Outfit for Super Mario Odyssey
It's a-me, Rango!
Nintendo announced on Twitter last night that players who have finished the main story in Super Mario Odyssey will be treated to a new, free special outfit. Heading to the shop then will give Mario access to a new Rango suit and hat.
A new special outfit has been added to #SuperMarioOdyssey! After you've finished the main story, check out the shop to find the Rango Hat & Rango Suit. pic.twitter.com/4BmYiL3Dez
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Cyberpunk 2077: 9 New Details We've Learned Since E3
We found out a lot about Cyberpunk 2077 at E3 2018, from its controversial first-person viewpoint to what its "Cool" stat is for. But in a game this ambitious, there's always going to be more to find out - and I'm hungry for details.
Which is why I've skipped across the Internet reading Cyberpunk-related E3 interviews, and collated the most interesting details. Here's the new information I've found - and this list will be updated as I spot more:
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Fortnite: How to Find the Haunted Hills Treasure Map and Location - Week 9 Challenges
Use our Week 9 challenges tips page to find the Haunted Hills treasure map and the named locations in Fortnite.
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Wednesday, June 27, 2018
Warner Bros. Responds to Bethesda Westworld Lawsuit
UPDATE: Warner Bros. has responded to the Bethesda lawsuit in a statement provided to IGN.
"As one of the world's leading creators of intellectual property, including the ground-breaking television series Westworld, Warner Bros. has a deep respect for intellectual property rights. As such, the assertions by Bethesda Softworks that Warner's Westworld mobile game improperly used source code from Bethesda's Fallout Shelter are as surprising as they are unsubstantiated. Warner Bros. has been assured by the game developer, Behaviour Interactive, that Bethesda's allegations are untrue and that none of Bethesda's code was used in the Westworld game. Moreover, contrary to Bethesda's baseless accusation, Warner Bros. at no time "induced" Behaviour to use the Fallout Shelter code in Westworld."
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The Last of Us 2 is Great - But There's Still a Way to Go for LGBTQ Representation in Games
I joked about the lesbian sex scene in Mass Effect 3 to anyone who would listen at the time, whooped about it as if it was the novelty porn my flatmates and I had watched in our first shared apartment. I thought it would be a scene I cringed through, a cynical product of my calculated romance option selections set deep in the Uncanny Valley. As it began, though, it hit me that I was watching an actual lesbian sex scene in a video game, between two characters I had grown to care about over a long period, whose relationship felt important to me. It felt too big to laugh at.
That was 2012. The Mass Effect trilogy was the first experience I had with LGBTQ characters in a video game since my grandma bought me a Gameboy in 1990. Nothing has measured up to that experience for me since, and of course, nothing could. It was revelatory to me in the way late-'90s queer films like But I'm a Cheerleader were -- my palms sweating, clutching the side of the couch and furtively glancing at the door in case my parents came in.
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Celebrating Summer Gaming, Keyboard + Mouse on Xbox, and More!
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Our Xbox crew looks at the new summer game releases in a normally dry time of year for gaming. Plus: we debate Gears (of War) 5's name change, discuss Minecraft's Xbox/Switch cross-play, salute Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice, and more!
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BioWare Producer Says Release Timing May Have Hurt Mass Effect: Andromeda
Mass Effect: Andromeda was not as critically well received as past entries in the series, and one BioWare producer offered his insight into one aspect he believes may have contributed to Mass Effect: Andromeda's review scores.
In a Twitter thread today, BioWare Executive Producer Mark Darrah wrote that he believes Andromeda suffered somewhat from releasing in the midst of a crowded schedule. Nier: Automata, Nioh, Horizon: Zero Dawn, and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild all released mere weeks before BioWare's sci-fi RPG. Darrah sees this as a "crowded" release environment, noting he believes each one of those games "does something better" than Andromeda, which he admitted to be a "flawed game."
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My Friend Pedro For Nintendo Switch Will Make You Feel Like Deadpool
My Friend Pedro is a gun-fu ballet 2D action-platformer in which a talking banana assists a man with glowing eyes in the mass execution of, from what I've seen so far, geriatric gangsters.
Are you having trouble visualising what that might actually mean? Yeah, I thought as much, so I brought some gifs.
The problem for your humble video game writer is that the sheer, beautiful excess of My Friend Pedro is extremely hard to put into words. It's a game that presents you with all the tools to do incredible things almost immediately, and turns its snaking levels into playgrounds for you to put them to use.
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Cheetah Explained: Who Is the Wonder Woman 1984 Villain?
Update: For your first look at Cheetah in the Wonder Woman sequel, head here!
While details surrounding Wonder Woman 1984 -- a.k.a. Wonder Woman 2 -- remain scarce, we do at least know which DC villain Gal Gadot's heroine will be battling in the sequel. Kristen Wiig has been cast as Cheetah, one of Wonder Woman's oldest and most nefarious foes.
While we wait for this epic clash between comic book titans, here's everything you need to know about Cheetah and the various women who have held that title in DC's comics.
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12 Awesome Playground LTM Creations From Fortnite's V4.5 Update
With just a few hours since release, Fortnite players have already constructed a number of different creations in the new Playground limited time mode.
The new mode gives players one full hour to run around the entire map with just yourself or a squad with the freedom to do just about anything you want. While server issues forced Epic to temporarily disable the mode, the small window of time allowed fans to build whatever they desired and we've rounded up 12 of the most impressive constructions made in just a few mere hours.
Building the Next Great Pyramid
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Pokemon Quest Now Available on iOS, Android Devices
Pokemon Quest is now out on mobile devices.
The action RPG from developer Game Freak Inc. has been relased on iOS and Android devices. You can download the game for free right now on the App Store and Google Play Store. The game launched on Switch back in May.
Pokemon Quest has players battling with wild Pokémon, hunting for treasure, discovering unexplored areas, and cooking treats to tempt new Pokémon to join your party. The game takes place on Tumblecube Island, where everything is a cube.
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Metro Exodus Is a Bit Rough Around the Edges So Far
After Metro Exodus' visually stunning reveal at last year's E3, I came into this year's event with the long-running post-apocalyptic survival shooter high on my list of games I was eager to get my hands on. Unfortunately, I walked out of my demo a lot less excited than I was going in, as technical woes plagued my hands-on session.
Metro Exodus isn't an open-world game, the developers told me, but it does have open-space missions where you're free to roam. And so my play session began on a bridge in one of these pseudo-open-world areas. We were on a train, which turned out to be our roving home base called the Aurora. We encountered a roadblock and slammed on the brakes. Playing as Artyom, I went to the engine room, where our group of allied survivors convened to figure out what to do next.
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Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery Adds Expensive Pets
The notorious free-to-play mobile game Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery announced it will be adding optional pets — however, they come at a cost.
To obtain the pets, players will need to spend Gems, Hogwarts Mystery's premium currency. Each pet will cost between 160 and 320 Gems, which can generally be purchased in packs of 130 for $4.99. Though gems are obtainable through playing as well, it's a slow process.
The pets included are a toad, cat, owl, and rat. Each will generate some Energy, Hogwarts Mystery's main resource for completing actions, upon waking them up in the morning. Players can keep all four in their dormitory, though only one will be able to follow them around the rest of the school.
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Fallout 3 Headlines Xbox Game Pass' New July Titles
Microsoft's Xbox Game Pass service will add nine new titles in July, seven Xbox One games and two Xbox 360 games. Although they may be dated, the two Xbox 360 games – Fallout 3 and The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion – look like they'll be next month's heavy hitters when they arrive on July 1.
The seven Xbox One games, meanwhile, are:
- Abzu, July 1
- DiRT 4, July 1
- Zombie Army Trilogy, July 1
- Shadow Complex: Remastered, July 1
- Human Fall Flat, July 1
- Bomber Crew, July 10
- Warhammer: Vermintide 2, July 11
Warhammer: Vermintide 2's addition to Xbox Game Pass coincides with its release date, while the other eight games are already available on Xbox One right now. In our review of the Warhammer: Vermintide 2 PC version, IGN called Vermintide 2 "a beautifully dark game."
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Fortnite V4.5 Patch Brings Dual Pistols
Dual pistols are coming to Battle Royale in Fortnite in the latest patch, along with Playground, and Final Fight Limited Time Modes.
Fortnite patch V4.5 is here and brings new weapons to Battle Royale with Dual Pistols, available in both Epic and Legendary variants. The weapons use medium ammo and will fire simultaneously with one trigger pull. The Dual Pistols don't use first shot accuracy (a "perk" that essentially ensures you'll hit your target if you're not moving, haven't recently fired your weapon, and have lined up your reticule with the enemy).
Players can find the Dual Pistols in Supply Drops, floor loot, and chests.
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PlayStation Plus Free Games for July Revealed
Sony today revealed the seven games included in PlayStation Plus' July lineup via a PlayStation Blog post. Next month's games are:
- Heavy Rain (PS4)
- Absolver (PS4)
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 (PS4)
- Rayman 3 HD (PS3)
- Deception IV: The Nightmare Princess (PS3)
- Space Overlords (PS Vita)
- Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma (PS Vita)
Call of Duty: Black Ops 3's inclusion may sound familiar, as Sony already added it to the roster after revealing it would be joining PlayStation Plus during its E3 2018 media showcase. Described as a "special bonus title" — the service normally has six monthly games, not seven — Black Ops 3 will only be available as a PlayStation Plus download through July 11.
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PlayStation Plus Free Games for July Revealed
Sony today revealed the seven games included in PlayStation Plus' July lineup via a PlayStation Blog post. Next month's games are:
- Heavy Rain (PS4)
- Absolver (PS4)
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 (PS4)
- Rayman 3 HD (PS3)
- Deception IV: The Nightmare Princess (PS3)
- Space Overlords (PS Vita)
- Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma (PS Vita)
Call of Duty: Black Ops 3's inclusion may sound familiar, as Sony already added it to the roster after revealing it would be joining PlayStation Plus during its E3 2018 media showcase. Described as a "special bonus title" — the service normally has six monthly games, not seven — Black Ops 3 will only be available as a PlayStation Plus download through July 11.
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PUBG Event Pass Updated After Fan Outcry
Fan response to PUBG's recent introduction of a paid Event Pass to compete with Fortnite's Battle Pass has been, in a word, ugly. But PUBG Corp. has heard the complaints from its player base, and it's "making some changes based on the feedback received," according to an update posted to Steam today.
PUBG Corp. is raising the daily experience limit from 80 to 120, lowering the minimum playtime required to count toward mission progress from five to two minutes, and dropping the playtime required to build experience from five minutes to two-and-a-half minutes.
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Forza Horizon 4: Living the Horizon Life
According to Playground Games, Forza Horizon 4 will feature the biggest campaign the studio has ever delivered.
Dubbed Horizon Life, the campaign component will package up a huge amount of content for different types of Forza players. Forza Horizon 4 has been built to cater for all Horizon fans; not just those who want to race.
"One of the other great things which we've always found in Horizon is, because we have a really broad feature set, we end up with a really diverse set of players who play the game in really interesting and different ways," says principal game designer Mike Brown. "Obviously there are people who come to race, but there's equally people who don't really want to race at all, and maybe they're artistic and they want to express themselves in the livery creator."
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How Fallout: New Vegas Got a Dose of Tabletop-Style Storytelling
Fans of Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas have been arguing over which role-playing adventure is the superior one ever since Obsidian Entertainment got its chance with the franchise, especially considering a portion of the development team worked on the original two Fallout titles. One often-cited strength of Fallout: New Vegas is its more open-ended quest structure, borrowing heavily from Obsidian's and Interplay's top-down role-playing games, which are in turn heavily inspired by tabletop games such as Dungeons & Dragons. In this month's IGN Unfiltered (watch the full episode in the video below), Fallout: New Vegas director Josh Sawyer lays out how the game utilized classic tabletop game design to build a better, more open-ended apocalypse.
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This Collectible, Labo-Inspired Switch System Is Awesome
Nintendo has unveiled a pretty awesome Switch system inspired by Labo.
But the collectible console — spotted by Tiny Cartridge — isn't for sale. Instead, it's the grand prize for Nintendo Labo Creators Contests in North America and Europe that begin next month. That means there are only a handful of the systems available.
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Sony Is 'Confident' It'll Find an Acceptable Cross-Play Solution
PlayStation 4 owners who were left unimpressed with Sony's first response to the ongoing cross-play controversy may be a little more encouraged by its most recent update on the matter.
Speaking with Eurogamer at the Gamelab conference today, Sony executive Shawn Layden denied allegations that it wasn't listening to the growing anger from its players:
"We're hearing it. We're looking at a lot of the possibilities," said Layden. "You can imagine that the circumstances around that affect a lot more than just one game. I'm confident we'll get to a solution which will be understood and accepted by our gaming community, while at the same time supporting our business."
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Fallout 76: Our Biggest Hopes and Fears
With the recent reveal of Fallout 76, a lot of us were surprised at the game's online, multiplayer focus. And while the idea of venturing into a vast post-apocalyptic wastelands with friends sounds enjoyable to some of us, others were left questioning if this is something fans of the core Fallout franchise should be excited about. Here are some of our biggest hopes and fears for Fallout 76.
The building mechanics in Fallout 4 were….fine. But 76 is daring to up the ante with an all new C.A.M.P. or the "Construction and Assembly Mobile Platform" which allows you to build settlements anywhere you please. And with an improved Sims-like building interface, 76 is promising a much more robust approach to settlement building that seems very promising.
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Elon Musk's AI Aiming to Compete in Dota 2 International
OpenAI is returning to the Dota 2 tournament this year to compete in 5v5 matches after taking down a top Dota 2 player at The International 2017.
Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company, OpenAI, will be sending its new and improved bot, OpenAI Five, to this year's International in August. The company is aiming to make the August deadline, and the AI will be operating with certain restrictions in place, like no warding, no summons/ illusions, as well as only being able to use five of the 115 heroes in the game.
Last year, OpenAI's Dota 2 bot beat the game's most famous player, Danil "Dendi" Ishutin, live on the main stage. The 1v1 bot had been learning from playing against itself in lifetimes worth of matches.
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Fortnite: Season 5 Gets Updated Start Date
Fortnite: Season 5 will launch a couple of days later than originally expected — July 12 instead of July 10.
Epic Games revealed the updated Fortnite: Season 5 start time on Reddit. "We want to give you a heads-up on the exact ending time. You may have seen the timer update in-game, which means we are giving you two more days to complete Season 4! Season 5 will begin on July 12th at 4 AM EDT (08:00 GMT)," the developer wrote.
The popular theory for the upcoming season of Fortnite is that a rocket launch is imminent. While some expect there to be more destruction on the map — similar to the meteor and Dusty Divot — others believe the rocket will lead to a new map on the moon.
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PUBG Corp Drops Lawsuit Against Fortnite
PUBG Corp, the studio behind PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds and a subsidiary of Korean publisher Bluehole, is dropping its lawsuit against Epic Games.
Bloomberg reports that the company sent a letter of withdrawal to Epic Games' lawyers on Monday, and the case has been closed.
PUBG Corp. and its legal representatives have reportedly confirmed the course of action, but neither disclosed the reason behind it, or indicated if a settlement had been reached.
The South Korean studio filed the lawsuit in January with the Seoul Central District Court, alleging that Epic Games Korea was guilty of copyright infringement over the similarities between PUBG and Fortnite.
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Overwatch's Endorsements are Making Players 'Fake Nice'
Overwatch opened its new Endorsements system to all players yesterday, and it's given rise to an interesting - and divisive - side-effect.
Players across the community have reported a rise in players being 'fake nice' in chat, with some saying it's made the historically toxic Overwatch community a nicer place to be, while others say it cheapens genuine good behaviour.
Endorsements are a new feature for the game, giving players three options to reward both comrades and opponents they enjoyed fighting with. Giving out Endorsements comes with a bump of XP, and receiving them contributes to an overall Endorsement Level. Players with higher Endorsement Levels will find better teammates in the new Looking For Group tool.
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Pokemon Go Hits Highest Player Count Since 2016
Pokemon Go has hit its highest number of players since its record peak in 2016.
The news comes from a study on the worldwide digital games market by Superdata, which also revealed that the game is the 4th highest-grossing mobile game as of May 2018.
Superdata also reports that Pokemon Go made $104 million in May 2018, its revenue rising at a rate of 174% since last year.
The surge in players coincides with the changing of the seasons, with Superdata attributing the bump in users to the game's "walkabout gameplay" which is perfect for summer.
If you're confused as to why so many people are still playing, check out our article detailing everything you've missed if you haven't played Pokemon Go since launch - quite a lot's been added in the last two years.
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The Binding of Isaac: Four Souls Announced
The Binding of Isaac: Four Souls isn't just some licensed card game spin-off, it's not a trend-following Hearthstone clone, and it has nothing to do with The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords, despite the awesome logo.
Instead, Four Souls is a Binding of Isaac physical card game lovingly made by Edmund McMillen, the creator of Isaac and Super Meat Boy, because he wanted to make a Binding of Isaac card game. Newly launched on Kickstarter, it's seeking $50k to finish up that production.
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Tuesday, June 26, 2018
Pokemon Quest - How Recipes Work and Recipe List
How to earn ingredients and cook up the recipes you need to attract the Pokemon you want in Pokemon Quest.
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The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit Review
The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit may not be particularly adventurous, per se, but it has heart on its side. This free Life is Strange prequel episode centers on the relationship between a wonderfully imaginative boy and his emotionally withdrawn father, but for all the depth and humanity of its storytelling it lacks enough tough challenges or meaningful decisions to make participating feel exciting.
Dontnod's two-hour game revolves around an innocently charming nine-year-old named Chris Erikson and his imaginary alter ego Captain Spirit as he copes with the death of his mother. The father-son dynamic is the emotional center of the story and certainly succeeded at moving me; Chris' father, Charles, clings to his basketball glory days and his beer and vents his sadness by yelling at Chris and leaving fist-sized dents in doors. (I happened to play Awesome Adventures soon after completing Detroit: Become Human, and the similar elements have me slightly concerned that "dads with substance abuse problems who scream at their children" is a troubling new gaming subgenre.) Though the story isn't notably innovative, it's engaging enough that I was never bored.
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Anthem Players Can Have Multiple Freelancers Per Account
When BioWare's Anthem launches next year, player-characters won't be locked into single classes thanks to the ability to switch between different Javelins (exo-suits), each of which fills a traditional RPG class. But that doesn't mean each player will be restricted to having a single character.
In a tweet yesterday, Anthem Executive Producer Mark Darrah confirmed that players will be allowed to have multiple pilots, known as "Freelancers," on the same account. Darrah later confirmed that there will likely be a limit to how many additional Freelancers each player can have, but he doesn't know what that limit will be.
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First 4 Figures Opens Pre-Orders for Spyro Statues
First 4 Figures has opened preorders for their newest statue addition – the Crystal Dragon in anticipation of the Spyro Reignited Trilogy.
The statue is available in three editions: Regular, Crystallized, and Exclusive. Each statue costs $475, or you can purchase a combo edition for $900. They were designed by artist Sanjeev Keisham and will be produced out of resin. Check out the figures below:
Validation for purchases are open for the next 24 hours, and preorders will be available until June 27. The statues are expected to ship in February 2019.
The Spyro Reignited Trilogy was announced back in April and will include the three originals fully remastered — Spyro the Dragon, Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage, and Spyro: Year of the Dragon. The Trilogy will be available on PS4 and Xbox One consoles on Sept. 21.
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Tunic Is An Adorable Adventure Hiding Dark Secrets
One of the biggest little games shown during Microsoft's E3 2018 conference caught me by total surprise. It's called Tunic, a beautiful isometric action-adventure starring a cute fox as it ventures through a blocky, fantasy open-world full of mystery and secrets.
I was able to get my hands on a brief portion of Tunic -- previously known as Secret Legend -- and I can confirm it's cute as heck, with an excellent atmosphere of exploration and discovery. But it's also not just a really, really pretty adventure. There's a current of difficulty and danger that runs below the surface.
When I spoke to Andrew Shouldice, the mostly one-man developer -- who outsourced some of the game's excellent sound design -- of Tunic, he was very clear that Tunic is more than just a cute-fox simulator.
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Death Stranding Is Already Generating Hilarious Phone Game Rip-Offs
Details around Death Stranding, the upcoming game from Hideo Kojima's studio Kojima Productions, are sparse. We don't know much beyond the information we can gather from its handful of teasers and trailers, and a bit of what Kojima himself has offered up – a character name here, a hint of lore there.
Despite, or perhaps thanks to the mystery, Death Stranding is already inspiring some... interesting rip-offs for mobile.
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Overwatch Patch Overhauls Symmetra
Overwatch's latest patch has dramatically overhauled how support character Symmetra works, as well as added new social features that allows players to "endorse" others and seek out players of specific roles.
Symmetra's photon projector no longer locks onto enemies, instead emitting in a straight beam, similar to Zarya's primary weapon. Damage takes one second longer to ramp up, but its range is increased by 10 meters.
Symmetra's secondary fire, those large orbs of energy, has also been retooled. Instead of phasing through enemies, they now explode on impact, damaging enemy teammates standing nearby.
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Latest Fortnite Fan Creation is a Giant Pyramid Over Wailing Woods
Fortnite didn't get its v4.5 patch update today, but that hasn't stopped fans from constructing an incredibly massive pyramid over Wailing Woods.
Led by Fortnite streamer Loserfruit, a group of Fortnite players entered the underpopulated Oceania server at the same time and landed together in Wailing Woods. Players tore through every tree in the area and collected as many materials as possible before starting construction of the wooden pyramid in the now barren and open area.
Once completed, the enormous structure measured out to 16 building segments tall with a 32 x 32 grid base at the bottom. A minimum of 11,480 materials were used.
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Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise Import Impressions
Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise is a crossover between post-apocalyptic manga classic Fist of the North Star and Sega's action-adventure series about the Japanese underworld, Yakuza. If that previous sentence made no sense to you, the barrier to entry may be high; but fans of either series will find something to enjoy.
Spin-offs included, more than a dozen games have been released in the Yakuza series since the first entry back in 2005. There may have been zombies and samurai, but the Fist of the North Star crossover is the first game in the series set in a completely fictional world.
Like in the original manga by Buronson and Tetsuo Hara, the game follows the story of Kenshiro, the successor of a deadly martial art called Hokuto Shinken. After a nuclear war during the end of the Twentieth Century, the world has become a hopeless wasteland. Survivors are few, and the only law that counts is that the weak are victims of the strong.
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Kingdom Hearts Producer Wants Franchise to be in Disney Parks
Kingdom Hearts executive producer Shinji Hashimoto wants the franchise to be featured in Disney parks across the world.
During Square Enix's annual shareholders meeting (translation via KHInsider), Hashimoto was asked if a physical crossover between Kingdom Hearts and Disney parks could ever happen. Hashimoto responded by saying it'd be a dream come true.
"As a Japanese person, it's been nothing short of a dream to be able to play something developed by a Japanese creator with Disney, especially the same Disney that owns such properties like Frozen and Star Wars," Hashimoto said.
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Pokemon Go-Esque The Walking Dead Game Coming
The Walking Dead is getting a mobile game similar to Pokemon Go in July.
As detailed on the game's website, The Walking Dead: Our World is an augmented reality, location-based mobile title from Next Games which lets players fight zombies anywhere in the world. Players "collect stashes, find missios, and rescue survivors."
Players can collect and team up with some of the main characters from the AMC show, such as Rick, Michonne, Daryl, and more. The Walking Dead mobile game also lets players team up with others to take on weekly challenges.
The Walking Dead: Our World will be released on July 12 for iOS and Android devices.
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Beyond: Our Death Stranding Conspiracy Theories
Join Max, Alanah, Zach, and Jonathon as they discuss this week's slow trickle of PlayStation news, unpack our nuttiest Death Stranding theories, talk about how faithfully the Spyro: Reignited Trilogy recreates the classic games, and fret over how far off the Final Fantasy 7 remake probably is.
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LGBTQ+ Inclusive Games That Will Steal Your Heart
Be sure to tune in to IGN's Pride Live Stream on Wednesday, June 27 from 1pm-4pm over here.
The need for accurate and respectful representation has grown in all forms of media over the years, especially in gaming. With such potential as a storytelling format, games are a great opportunity to respectfully explore and depict various identities and orientations. These are some of our favorite LGBTQ+ inclusive video games for heartwarming stories about identity, finding love, and queer representation.
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What We Can Learn From RPG Design Guru Josh Sawyer
Josh Sawyer is a longtime veteran of renowned RPG studio Obsidian Entertainment, and he's seen a lot in his career. From his history-based beginnings to Fallout, Pillars of Eternity, and much more, his story is a fascinating one! Check out the video above for the entire interview.
If you'd rather listen than watch, here's an audio-only download link of the full episode.
Here is a preview clip, in which Sawyer gives details on Obsidian's infamous canceled Aliens RPG:
And if you missed it, here's last month's episode of Unfiltered, in which Xbox creator Seamus Blackley discusses his Renaissance-man career, from Looking Glass to Xbox to Jurassic Park, in a 90-minute interview about his life:
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Joel Embiid Announced as NBA Live 19's Cover Star
While last night's 2018 NBA Awards ceremony announced Houston Rocket's James Harden as the league's MVP, the Philadelphia 76ers' center Joel Embiid received another honor.
Embiid, the third-overall pick in the 2014 NBA draft, was revealed to be the cover athlete of EA Sports' NBA Live 19.
Embiid, 24, is a 7-foot center from Cameroon who was named to his first NBA All-Star team and led the 76ers to the playoffs this past year. He was nominated for Defensive Player of the Year at last night's award ceremony but lost to Rudy Gobert of the Utah Jazz.
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Nintendo Switch Could Get Its Own New Monster Hunter Games
Capcom almost certainly won't attempt to bring Monster Hunter World to Switch, but it may be making entirely new Monster Hunter games for the console.
A recent shareholder's meeting Q&A transcript includes a Capcom executive saying that the company "plans to continue developing other titles for this platform in the future."
Per Twitter user Koudaiseidaos, that meeting also included a separate question that seems to indicate that Capcom would make Monster Hunter games for Switch specifically, rather than attempt to port home console games to a console with less power:
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Call of Duty: WW2 Update Brings a New Class to the Frontlines
Call of Duty: WW2's newest patch version 1.18 adds a division called the Cavalry, basic training, and other improvements to the first-person shooter.
The Cavalry is an objective-focused division that brings players to the frontlines. It offers you a Cavalry Shield (which can be used defensively and offensively), the ability to plant bombs as well as capture Domination flags faster, and lets you build and destroy walls quicker in War Mode. The division even scores more from objectives — two assists from the Cavalry results in a kill.
The update also includes new basic trainings, including Escalation which lets you aim down your sights at double the speed after each kill on SMGs and your ammo will get refilled after each double kill. Wanderlust will respawn you with a new gun with up to six attachments, and Specialist lets you choose three basic trainings to earn instead of scorestreaks.
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Australian Ratings Board Reviewing We Happy Few's Ban
The Australian Classification Board is reviewing its ban on We Happy Few's release after its it refused classification for the game.
Kotaku Australia explains the review comes after an appeal as the game was initially banned in the country due to apparently incentivising drug use in the context of the game.
The Classification Board's report stated "A player that takes Joy can reduce gameplay difficulty, therefore receiving an incentive by progressing though the game quickly." The appeal argues that drug use in the game is portrayed as negative, as it's used to control a dystopian society rather than a simple player benefit.
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Update: Overwatch Posts a Second Teaser, Possibly for Hero 28
Update 06/26/18: The Overwatch account has now posted a second teaser set in the same location as the first - the difference being that a gigantic, rolling... something now rolls through the shot.
Many are speculating that this is Hero 28, although some have speculated that it could be to do with the return of the annual Summer Games event. That event usually kicks off in August, but it could perhaps come a little early to tie into the FIFA World Cup taking place at the moment.
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Fallout 76: All Proceeds from 'Country Roads' Trailer Cover Go to Charity
Bethesda has revealed that it is making the cover of "Take Me Home, Country Roads" from the Fallout 76 trailer available for purchase, with 100% of the proceeds going to charity.
The catchy wasteland version of the 1971 John Denver classic will be available on iTunes starting July 4th.
The charity Bethesda is supporting is Habitat for Humanity, a foundation that seeks to help those in the poorest communities across the globe access decent, affordable housing.
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