Divinity: Original Sin 2 Definitive Edition Review

When we first reviewed Divinity: Original Sin 2 in 2017, we gave it a 9.6 for Amazing. Here's what we said then:

Divinity: Original Sin 2 may have been designed in the spirit of decades-old RPGs like Baldur's Gate 2, but that legacy serves only as a foundation for the expansive game Larian has built on top of it. Few other RPGs allow such a wide range of flexibility while also supporting rewarding combat and a powerful story. This will be remembered as one of the greats. - Leif Johnson

Now, the Divinity: Original Sin 2 Definitive Edition refines and retools some elements of the first game that didn't quick stick as a free update for owners of the original on PC, and ushers that excellent isometric experience onto consoles for the first time. And that translation to console is skillfully executed, delivering one of the greatest RPGs in recent memory with near-lossless quality.

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Fortnite Finals Summer Skirmish Schedule and Times

The finals of the Fortnite Summer Skirmish take place this weekend at PAX West, and you'll be able to watch all of the action live right here on IGN.

The eight-week competition, which kicked off last month and boasts a prize pool of $8 million USD, will come to an end with four more days of matches that conclude on Monday, September 3. To ensure you don't miss a second of the action, check out our handy rundown of when and where on IGN you'll be able to watch all four days of the Fortnite competition live.

• Friday, August 31 from 6-9pm PT/9pm-12am ET (Saturday, September 1 from 2-5am UK/11am-2pm AET)

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Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate Monster List

See all 93 monsters in MHGU in one place!

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Check Out Fortnite's Awesomely Detailed PAX Mini-Golf Course

After building a theme park at Gamescom 2018, Epic Games' Fortnite has opted for a bit of sport for its PAX West 2018 showing - namely, a tough, detailed mini-golf course.

IGN's intrepid golfers hit the Lazy links at PAX for nine holes of Fortnite-inspired mini-golf. Check out dozens of photos of the golf course below to see the tricky shots we had to make to keep somewhat around par.

For more on Fortnite, stay tuned to our in-depth video tour of the golf course, and make sure you check out the details on the latest announced Fortnite event, High Stakes.

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One of Dota’s Weirdest Heroes Is Becoming One of Artifacts Craziest Cards

Not all existing Dota 2 heroes are guaranteed to make it into Valve's next game, Artifact, but this crafty Geomancer, Meepo, is confirmed to get a card counterpart, and IGN has the first details on his cards.

In Artifact, almost every known hero card has either a passive or active ability and a signature spell card. Meepo is unique in that his card has both an active and a passive. His active ability, Poof, allows Meepo to move to an allied Meepos lane and deal 2 damage to his new enemy neighbors. His passive or "continuous effect" ability, United We Fall, requires that if Meepo dies, allied Meepos in other lanes die too.

Like in Dota 2, Meepo's signature spell allows him to summon another Meepo. You can see the spell card and the art for other Meepo in the slideshow below. Each hero comes with three copies of their signature spell card, so there's potential to have four Meepos across the board at once.

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IGN Plays Fortnite Live Today at 3:05pm PT/6:05pm ET

We're dropping four days of Fortnite livestreams on all of our streaming platforms, so join us today as we continue our quest to see how many Victory Royales we can get in a total of 8 hours of Fortnite streams.

Today's action runs from 3:05-5:05pm PT/6:05-8:05pm ET/11:05pm-1:05am UK (Saturday, September 1 from 8:05-10:05am AET). As always, you can watch live right here on the front page of IGN.com, or you can find us on YouTube, Twitch, and Mixer.

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How Valve Won’t Let Artifact’s Marketplace Get Crazy Expensive

Artifact, the next game from Half-Life developer Valve, is decidedly bucking digital card game trends. Not only is it not free-to-play, it's not going to have any kind of free in-game currency to spend on cards -- a decision Valve tells me is to avoid the grind that can make other CCGs feel like a job instead of a game.

"At its core, we want you to play the game because you enjoy playing the game," programmer Brandon Reinhart told me when I visited Valve last week. They don't want you to feel obligated to do daily quests just so you have enough gold to get a pack that might have the card you want. They want you to just play the game.

So instead of the usual digital model, Artifact is following a physical one like that of Magic: The Gathering -- whose creator, Richard Garfield, is also the lead designer of Artifact. It will have a $20 price tag that gets you two full decks and 10 card packs, and all card packs after that cost $2 each.

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Valve Is 'Very Aware of All the Jokes' People Make

It's hard to go long on the internet without running into a 'Half-Life 3 confirmed' joke, the eternal meme as we collectively wait for the third installment of Valve's legendary FPS series to materialize. And speaking to the development team of Valve's next game, Artifact, at their office in Seattle last week, Valve clearly hasn't missed those jokes either.

"I think we're very aware of all the jokes because all of us lurk all the forums and share them around with each other," says Jeep Barnett, a programmer on Artifact and a member of the original team that made Narbacular Drop, who were all hired to create Portal as a result.

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Why Torchlight Frontiers Is My Most Anticipated ARPG Since Diablo 2

Immediately upon playing Torchlight Frontiers, I was presented with a choice between the two currently playable classes: the Dusk Mage and Forged. The former is a powerful magic user charged with wielding both the immense powers of dark and light in perpetual harmony. The latter is a robot. I chose the robot.

I felt an immediate sense of adoration for my sputtering little steampunk monstrosity, who looked inescapably like Maurice's cast iron furnace contraption from Beauty and the Beast. As Echtra Games CEO Max Schaefer explained, my little automaton wouldn't simply equip gear but would instead integrate it into his body. If I equipped a rare pair of leggings, for example, they might change my four spider-like robot-legs into two sturdy tank treads.

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Survivor of Jacksonville Shooting Sues EA and Venue

One of the survivors of the Jacksonville shooting has officially filed a lawsuit against EA, the venue the tournament took place, and six other potentially liable parties.

The survivor, Jacob Mitich, competed in the tournament and sustained injuries after being shot twice. The lawsuit in question (via The Hollywood Reporter) claims the various parties are liable due to negligence in not providing sufficient security, and for hosting the tournament at an unsuitable venue in the first place.

The lawsuit points at The Landing marketplace, which houses the GLHF Game Bar where the shooting took place, and identifies it as a "hub of dangerous, violent and too often, deadly activity." It further points to recent violence in the area, including a hit-and-run murder, a stabbing and a double shooting, ultimately questioning EA's decision in holding the event in this location.

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Rebel Galaxy Outlaw Revealed

Developer Double Damage has revealed Rebel Galaxy Outlaw, the follow-up (or rather, a "sort-of prequel," as the developers put it) to its acclaimed 2015 space combat game. The studio calls Outlaw "a blue-collar space combat adventure packed with outlaws, explosions, gleefully unrealistic spaceflight, and a hell of a soundtrack."

In Outlaw, you play Juno Markev, 34 years before the events of Rebel Galaxy. Markev left her life of crime behind until she got pulled back into the outlaw life.

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Aiming for release in Q1 2019 on PC, PS4, and Switch, "Rebel Galaxy Outlaw features high-octane space combat, over 20 hours of subspace radio, side activities like billiards and dice poker, plenty of sketchy characters to meet, and sketchy jobs to take on. Nobody's saving the universe around here - they'd settle for saving a couple of credits." Double Damage co-founder Travis Baldree said, ""We took what worked from the last title, and then went a little crazy. It's got a stronger focus on story and place, a huge jump in detail, and while it still works great for folks with a HOTAS at home, I think we've managed to make space combat accessible and fun for everybody else in a way that nobody has managed before. We've got a lot more to share in the months ahead."

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Gold Mega Man Figure Has a Bomb of a Price Tag

Capcom has officially unveiled a collectible solid gold Mega Man figure, and it only costs $21,624 USD.

As reported by Kotaku (via 4gamer), the figure is 3.9 inches tall, and weighs in at 3.2 ounces. There is also a smaller version of the figure that clocks in at 2.4 inches and weighs a little over an ounce. If you can believe it, the smaller figure costs a mere $6,217 USD - a must-have for fans on a tight budget.

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Divinity: Original Sin 2 Launch Day Livestream

One of the best RPGs released on the PC last year is finally making its console debut! Join us as we stream the first two hours of the game live on PlayStation 4.

Check out the action today from 1-3pm PT/4-6pm ET/9-11pm UK (Saturday, September 1 from 6-8am AET). As always, you can catch the action right here on the front page of IGN.com, or you can find us on YouTube, Twitch, and Mixer.

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New Fortnite High Stakes Event Announced

A new Fortnite event dubbed High Stakes will begin next week, Epic Games announced on Twitter this morning.

Details about High Stakes are light for the time being, but Epic noted the event will include the new Wild Card outfit (pictured below), a new limited-time mode called Getaway, and its own challenges. Eager Fortnite fans won't have to wait long for more info, however. Epic will offer the first look at gameplay and more tonight at 6 p.m. PDT during a PAX West stream that will be broadcast on Fortnite's Twitch channel.

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No More Heroes: Travis Strikes Again Gets a Release Date

Nintendo has announced the release date for Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes.

Nintendo revealed on Twitter, developer Grasshopper Manufacture's upcoming title will come exclusively to Switch on January 18.

Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes poster, via Twitter.

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The (Sometimes Dangerous) Power of The Video Game Community

In the '90s and early aughts, the relationship between those who made video games and those who bought and played them had a very clear beginning and end. Publishers and studios would work together to push a game out, consumers would buy the game (or rent it, which was often the case), play it, and that was essentially that. There was no Beta, no external feedback, and little transparency from behind the scenes. The game was done, the transaction made, and you liked it or you lumped it.

In 2018, that relationship is much more opaque. One of the biggest trends in video games over the last ten years has been the shift towards a model that focuses on player retention and games as a service, and as a result, consumers have more power than ever before. If we're spending significant money on a gaming experience -- particularly one that is continually evolving in an effort to keep us along for the ride -- we need to be able to have a voice in what that experience is that we're committing to, lest it exist in a bubble.

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Rocket League's Rocket Pass Gets a Release Date

Rocket League's limited-time progression system, Rocket Pass, will go live on Sept. 5 at 10 a.m. PDT and run through Nov. 26, developer Psyonix announced today. Rocket Pass will be available on all platforms (PlayStation 4, Switch, Xbox One, and PC).

With both free and premium versions, Rocket Pass challenges players to increase their tier to earn new unlocks by completing matches. The Premium Rocket Pass costs 10 keys ($9.99 USD, £7.99 GBP, or $13.45 AUD) and includes up to 70 tiers' worth of rewards, more than double the free version's 29. Premium players can also continue advancing past the 70th tier to unlock painted and certified versions of some Rocket Pass items. All items are cosmetic-only.

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PES 2019: The 'Real' Names of the Unlicensed Teams and Leagues

Man Red is Manchester United but some of the other names are less obvious. Here's a list.

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No Man's Sky Launches Its First Community Event

Hello Games has announced the first in a series of No Man's Sky community events, which will centre around returning character Specialist Polo's discovery of "another iteration of the universe" and task players with helping them learn more about this "glitch in reality".

The news was announced in a blog post, with studio boss Sean Murray clarifying that the community events will be open to all explorers who have completed the first Space Anomaly mission, with Specialist Polo contacting these players directly to ask for assistance.

This week's event has been referred to as "the first chapter" of an ongoing research project and tasks players with visiting "a specific corner of the galaxy" (although no details of where that is are given in the post) to excavate and return a selection of "strange objects" which have begun spawning underground. Returning these objects will reward players with Quicksilver, a valuable resource that can be used to create a variety of exclusive exotic collectables.

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Loads of New Switch Games & Announcements: Nindies, Monster Hunter, & More

Casey here, covering for Zach while he's out! Also turning our weekly Nintendo show into the Super PokeMonster Hunter Ultimate hour. Kidding! Though we do discuss Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate and the Pokemon World Championships, we also cover other games we're playing including The Messenger, Little Dragon's Cafe, and so much more. Of course, we had to champion our top Nindies picks from this week's Nintendo Switch Nindies Summer Showcase, and explain why we're so afraid of Nintendo's newest mobile game, Dragalia Lost.

As always, you can watch NVC here on IGN live on Thursdays at 3pm PT. Catch the video and audio 24 hours later 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.

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Fortnite Weekly Challenge Guide: Rift Locations Map

How to use ten different rifts but from different rift spawn locations.

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WWE 2K19 Roster Reveal: 75 Playable Superstars

It's WWE 2K19 roster reveal time, folks, and this year the festivities kick off with...75 freakin' superstars!

Sorry, to clarify, the first 75 superstars.

Yes, there're still many more to come. We've got all the current champs from WWE and NXT - from Roman Reigns to Ronda Rousey to Undisputed Era to Kairi Sane - and almost everyone in between. Elias, Velveteen Dream, Johnny Gargano, Braun Strowman, Seth Rollins, Dean Ambrose (who you'll have to give a haircut), Alexa Bliss, Finn Balor, Pete Dunne, and more!

And for those who dig lists in all their list-iness...

• Aleister Black
• Adam Cole
• Akam

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Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate Key Quests

Every mandatory quest you need to complete in Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate.

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Bioware Says Anthem Is a 'Continued Evolution' from Its Past RPGs

Anthem's Game Director, Jon Warner said that despite what fans have speculated about Anthem being a departure from past BioWare games, the upcoming game is actually an evolution of their craft.

Speaking with GamesIndustry.biz, Warner called Anthem an "amalgamation" of everything BioWare has done to date. An MMO looter shooter seems on the surface to be a change of course from the single-player RPGs BioWare is beloved for, but Warner insisted the changes are evolutionary.

"If you look at BioWare games on a spectrum, from Baldur's Gate to Neverwinter, and Jade Empire to Knights of the Old Republic, to Mass Effect and Dragon Age," Warner said, "you'll see that the games have always been about evolving our technique and storytelling... so the way that we look at it, Anthem is not a departure, it's the continued evolution of our craft and our technique."

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Sony Reveals PS4 Exclusive Content for Destiny 2: Forsaken

Sony has revealed the PlayStation 4 exclusive content coming to Destiny 2: Forsaken, including new armor sets, an exotic weapon, a ship and a strike.

Announced through the PlayStation Blog, the exotic weapon is called the Wavesplitter. It uses focused sonic waves that superheat electrons and creates a powerful energy beam. It includes three power levels that change while the trigger is being held down - players can determine how powerful the beam will be based on a meter on the weapon itself. When an orb of light is obtained, the weapon will automatically fire at its maximum strength.

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IGN Plays Fortnite Live Today at 1pm PT/4pm ET

We're dropping four days of Fortnite livestreams on all of our streaming platforms, so join us today as we continue our quest to see how many Victory Royales we can get in a total of 8 hours of Fortnite streams.

Today's action runs from 1-3pm PT/4-6pm ET/9-11pm UK (Friday, August 30 from 6-8am AET). As always, you can watch live right here on the front page of IGN.com, or you can find us on YouTube, Twitch, and Mixer.

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Quantum Break, Master Chief Collection and More Coming to Xbox Game Pass in September

Xbox Game Pass is getting 10 new games throughout September, including Quantum Break, Halo: The Master Chief Collection and Onrush.

Microsoft has announced that Quantum Break and The Master Chief Collection, both major Xbox One console exclusives (Quantum Break was also released on the PC) are coming to Xbox Game Pass on September 1.

Onrush, a vehicular combat game, was released this June, and comes from Codemasters, which hired many of the developers from the now-defunct Evolution Studios. Expect Onrush to hit Xbox Game Pass on September 5.

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Marvel's Spider-Man Fans Are Arguing About Puddle Sizes

Some gamers who were looking forward to Spider-Man's release next week are claiming Insomniac Games has downgraded Spider-Man's visuals, leading to smaller puddles and several other perceived problems.

A Reddit post from Thursday morning by Ghulam_Jewel compares Spider-Man E3 and release screenshots, and is nearing 7,000 upvotes and 1,000 comments. Redditors are arguing over whether or not the textures look worse in the release versions – but one thing everyone agrees on is that what once was a giant puddle is now a smaller puddle.

Whether or not consumers will let this lead to a buying decision is unknown. While some fans have made jokes that it would be a silly reason to not buy Marvel's Spider-Man, others are sticking to their guns and letting Insomniac hear about it on Twitter.

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Rockstar Reveals Red Dead Redemption 2 Merch

Rockstar Games has announced a line of Red Dead Redemption 2 merchandise, dubbed the Outlaw Essentials Collection.

Inspired by Rockstar's forthcoming Old West blockbuster, the limited-edition items will be available for preorder soon at GameStop, the Rockstar Warehouse, and other retailers.

The line includes standard fare like t-shirts, pins, phone cases, and keychains, along with more unique items such as 3D puzzles of a train, a sawed-off shotgun, and a machine gun – each of which is featured in Red Dead Redemption 2.

The full collection, pictured above, consists of the following items:

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Unboxing Shadow of the Tomb Raider's Impressive Collector's Edition

Our IGN First month of coverage with Shadow of the Tomb Raider has just about ended, but we've got one more fun little feature for you! We got our hands on the game's Collector's Edition, which includes, among other things, a tall, hyper-detailed Lara Croft statue.

Unfortunately this edition is sold out, but it's too cool for us to NOT show it to you when granted the opportunity. Enjoy!

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Shadow of the Tomb Raider is our IGN First game for August, which means we've editorially chosen to take a look at it all month long. Catch up on any of our coverage from the month that you might've missed right here.

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Shovel Knight: King of Cards Release Date Announced

Yacht Club Games has plenty of more Shovel Knight content to come, and the developer is now finally ready to share when the King of Cards, Showdown, and more are coming.

IGN can exclusively reveal that Shovel Knight: King of Cards, the third and final story-based expansion, will be released on April 9, 2019. Shovel Knight Showdown, previously revealed earlier this week by IGN, will also be released on April 9.

Yes, both to-be released expansions are debuting on the same day, because Yacht Club has also announced a physical version of Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove — the complete collection of Shovel Knight and all of its expansions, will see a physical, retail release on April 9, 2019 in both North America and Europe for the PS4 and Nintendo Switch.

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Warriors Orochi 4's Smartest Addition Is Some Very Dumb Magic

It feels like the Warriors series is constantly looking for a way to act smarter than its fans actually want it to be. The release of any given Dynasty, Samurai, or spin-off Warriors game will come with the promise of some new idea or other. We've had flexible combo systems, skill-based special gauges, weapon classes, squad controls. The last 'innovation' was the most sweeping of all, as Dynasty Warriors 9 swapped the series' compact, enemy-packed battlefields for an astonishingly empty open world that, somehow, still wouldn't run properly. The less said about that the better.

The thing is, I'd imagine the majority of Warriors fans are in the same boat as me. Perversely, this is a series beautiful entirely because of its mindlessness. Sweeping bright red enemy armies from the mini-map feels closer to the pleasure of a Tetris or an emptied pool table than the stresses of the hardcore action games Omega Force has seemed keen to copy in the past.

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Battlefield 5 Delayed By a Month

EA has announced that Battlefield 5 - originally due for release October 19 - has had its release date pushed back a month, and will now release November 20.

The news comes from Oskar Gabrielson, General Manager of developer DICE, in a blog post on EA's website. He seems to point to player feedback as being the primary reason behind the delay, thanking the "tens of thousands" of players who have played both during closed alphas or in demo booths at events such as E3 and Gamescom, and highlights some positive feedback around weapons handling and player movement.

It seems that core gameplay is the sticking point, with Gabrielson pointing in particular to "gameplay tempo", as well as "soldier visibility" and "player friction". While he doesn't go into any details around the specifics of the feedback, he does state that players will see improvements in these areas in the game's upcoming open beta, which kicks off September 6 (or September 4 for pre-orders or members of Origin Access Premier, Origin Access Basic or EA Access).

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Metal Wolf Chaos, and Why From Software Isn’t Releasing New Mech Games (Right Now)

I was entirely unprepared to meet From Software's Masanori Takeuchi. When I arrived at Devolver Digital's Gamescom booth to see Metal Wolf Chaos - the 14-year old, Japan-only Xbox mech game about a vengeful American president - I expected to interview someone working on the current-gen port, not the producer of the 2004 original.

As I was ushered into a separate room to meet the senior managing director of quite probably the most well-respected developer in the world right now, my prepared questions about exactly how many guns I could make the mech-president shoot, and how many the mech-president could shoot all at once, seemed woefully inadequate.

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Gwent: Single Player Campaign Will Now Be a Standalone Title

Developer CD Projekt Red has announced that the upcoming single player campaign for Gwent: The Witcher Card Game will now be launching as a standalone game in its own right.

The mode, called Thronebreaker, had already been delayed from its expected release date last year. However, in CDPR's latest financial briefing, it was revealed that it will now be known as Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales, and has evolved into a full-scale, 30-hour RPG.

This hasn't affected the gameplay, which will still be driven by Gwent matches, but seems to be an indication of the new size and scope of the single player campaign.

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The Internet Thinks It's Found the PS5's Codename

If Internet sleuths are to be believed, the PlayStation 5's codename is 'Erebus'.

Detailed by ResetEra user Gemüsepizza, two lists of platforms in the Unreal Engine 4's backend now include a mention of Erebus. Erebus seemingly wasn't a part of these lists until the latest update to the engine. One list is included below:

A few extra factors have contributed to why people think this could refer to PS5. First, the name itself: Erebus is a Greek deity that personified darkness. More pertinently, he's pointed to as one of the first five (get it?) beings in existence.

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Fortnite Week 8 Challenges - Three Oversized Seats Map and Rift Spawn Locations

Fortnite Week 8 Challenges for Season 5 include the search between three oversized chairs map and the use a rift a rift at different rift spawn locations challenge.

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First Gameplay Details Revealed for Nintendo's Next Mobile Game, Dragalia Lost

Nintendo's next mobile game, Dragalia Lost, had a Direct tonight that revealed the first gameplay details and what to expect from this action-RPG when it launches on September 27, 2018, for iOS and Android.

Dragalia Lost takes place in the Kingdom of Alberia, where humans and Dragons once lived together in peace, and you play as the "Seventh Royal Prince." It's up to you to save the kingdom when the Sacred Shard, which kept the monsters at bay, starts to lose its power.

However, you won't be alone as you have the blood of the Dragon in your veins and you must reestablish a binding "pactbound" between human and Dragon, an alliance that hasn't been formed for centuries. The prince must bond with the Windwyrm known as Midgardsormr, the Dragon who once held a pact with the founder of Alberia, to help save the kingdom.

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Nintendo's Next Mobile Game, Dragalia Lost Gets a Release Date

Nintendo has announced that its next mobile game, Dragalia Lost, will be initially released on September 27, with a Nintendo Direct focused on it coming today.

Nintendo shared the news via Twitter, and announced that "service for Nintendo's upcoming mobile game Dragalia Lost begins in the U.S., Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Macau on September 27." There's no word at time of writing on release dates for other territories.

The Direct will air at 8:30pm PT / 11:30pm ET (that's 4:30am UK / 1:30pm AEST on August 30).

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Addressing Our Cyberpunk 2077 Concerns - IGN Beyond Episode 557

BEYOND

This week on IGN's PlayStation show Beyond, host Jonathon Dornbush and panelists Brian Altano, Max Scoville, and Tom Marks discuss the huge new Cyberpunk 2077 demo, including both what we loved and some of our concerns, and biggest takeaways, from the 48-minute piece of gameplay.

Plus, the crew discusses the new multiplayer expansion for Shovel Knight, Shovel Knight Showdown, a fix for one of the PSN Store's longest-standing issues, and all of the big games coming out this fall and what they're most excited to play.

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How Dragon Quest's Creator Invented JRPGs

I think most of us have an informal mental list of people we wish they could meet, and I think that's especially true in the entertainment and game industries. I'll often hear Shigeru Miyamoto and Hideo Kojima batted around in newsroom conversations, but for me, there's no higher name in my pantheon of hero worship than Yuji Horii. And now here I am in an upstairs room at Anime Expo in Los Angeles, sitting across the table from him.

I've told friends that the course of my professional life has been equally defined by my childhood encounters with Jesus and video games, and I don't think that's a bit of an exaggeration. As a former clergyman and current video game commentator, I've divided my adulthood between metaphysics and pixels, and both have proven worthwhile pursuits. One thing both fields hold in common, and perhaps the tie that most binds them in me, is that they are both intrinsically rooted in stories of trying, failing, trying again, learning, exploring, growing, and finally overcoming. They are stories of second chances and becoming better people.

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Fortnite Fans Are Unlocking the Exclusive Galaxy Skin Through In-Store Phone Units

Fortnite's Galaxy skin is a hot exclusive outfit and fans are using in-store phone units to unlock it on their account.

Earlier this month, Samsung announced an exclusive partnership with Epic where any player that purchases the new Galaxy Note 9 or Tab S4 would gain access to the exclusive Galaxy skin on Fortnite. All players need to do is download Fortnite on the new phone, log in to your Epic account, and play at least three matches. After 24-48 hours, players should receive a gift box in-game featuring the very cool skin. Only one Galaxy skin is unlocked per device.

It wasn't long before Fortnite fans found a workaround to these demanding requirements.

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Far Cry 5 Update Adds New Game+ and Infamous Difficulty

Far Cry 5's latest update has added New Game+ alongside a higher difficulty.

As detailed on Ubisoft's blog post, New Game+ is now available via the Title Update 10. It can be accessed through the main menu, but only those who completed the campaign can try out the mode.

New Game+ will allow you to replay Far Cry 5's story with all your progression intact. This includes money, gear, vehicles, weapons, outfits, prestige items, unspent perk points, arcade progression, and challenge progression.

Players who're looking for a bigger challenge in New Game+ can try out the Infamous difficulty, which features more challenging AI with extra health. Those who can complete the game on Infamous difficulty will unlock the Rook outfit.

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PlayStation Plus Free Games for September 2018 Announced

Sony has announced the September lineup of games included with PlayStation Plus, and the roster is highlighted by Destiny 2 and God of War 3: Remastered.

PlayStation Plus subscribers won't have to wait until September 1 to play Destiny 2, either. Sony has made it available immediately so that subscribers can try out the 24-hour free trial for Destiny 2: Forsaken's new Gambit mode, which starts today at 10 a.m. PDT.

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Destiny Fans Think They've Figured Out What the Darkness Is

After years of speculation by Destiny fans, some Reddit users think they've finally learned something about who or what the Darkness is, via a datamine.

What follows could be considered spoilers for Destiny 2: The Forsaken, so proceed at your own risk, Guardian!

Redditor dobby_rams (via Eurogamer) posted info about Drifter, a new character to be included in next week's Forsaken DLC, who describes creatures that some users believe to be the Darkness.

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'Robot White' Xbox One X Fallout 76 Bundle and White Special Edition Xbox Elite Controller Announced

Microsoft has just announced the first-ever white Xbox One X and Xbox Elite Wireless Controller, along with a new white Turtle Beach headset.

Revealed on Major Nelson's Blog, the Xbox One X Robot White Special Edition Fallout 76 Bundle will feature the first white, specifically "Robot White", Xbox One X and will come packaged with a digital download of Fallout 76 and a white Xbox One controller.

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Pokemon Go Took Over a City in Japan for a Safari Zone

Pokemon Go is no stranger to live events. Aside from a messy debut in Chicago last year and a redeeming follow-up last month, Pokemon Go has held more than half a dozen Safari Zone events across Europe and Asia, spanning locations from The Netherlands to Taiwan.

This week, the latest Safari Zone is in Yokosuka, Japan, a waterfront city roughly 90 minutes outside of Tokyo. The August timeframe for a Japan event was taken last year by the city of Yokohama, which declined to hold a follow-up event this year after over-attendance caused traffic problems and delays in 2017. By contrast, the city of Yokosuka has welcomed Pokemon Go with open arms.

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Destiny 2: Post-Forsaken Content Detailed

Bungie has released a content roadmap for Destiny 2, detailing what players can expect following the launch of the game's third expansion, Forsaken.

The game will continue using its seasonal model, with the year broken up into several three-month seasons, with each season providing different challenges, loot, rewards and more.

This additional seasonal content will be free of charge, although some updates will be exclusive to players who have purchased Forsaken. As an example, Season of the Outlaw will see both a Raid (Last Wish), as well as an "evolution" for the Dreaming City, exclusive to Forsaken players.

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Are Tag-Team Pokemon Too Powerful? The Pros Weigh In

A new kind of Pokemon card called Tag Team GX was revealed during this past weekend's Pokemon World Championships 2018, featuring mascot Pikachu fighting side-by-side with the legendary Zekrom. It's not only a Basic Pokemon card with a whopping 240 HP but it packs a pair of powerful attacks that have the potential to end the game in a flash.

Take a gander:

For three Lightning Energy, Full Blitz hits for 150 damage -- add a Choice Band for a 30 attack boost and it can knock out numerous Basic Pokemon GX with 180 HP, like Rayquaza GX and Necrozma GX.

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Yakuza Creator Teases New Game Reveal in September

During the latest Sega-nama livestream (akin to Sega's version of a Nintendo Direct), Chief Creative Officer Toshihiro Nagoshi made the announcement that the company has been working on something new, and to expect a further announcement sometime in September.

Although few details were mentioned, Siliconera highlighted a few key details: Nagoshi indicated that the announcement would take place somewhere around Tokyo Game Show, which takes place September 19-23. Whether this would be part of a conference or whether Sega is planning a separate event isn't something he'd be drawn on, saying only that the announcement will take place "before the next Sega-nama", which is at the end of September.

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7 Iconic Locations We Want in Call of Duty: Black Ops 4's Blackout Mode

The latest entry in Treyarch's long-running Black Ops series is almost here, and with a traditional campaign officially scrapped (at least for launch), Black Ops 4 is doubling down on multiplayer in a big way. This year's substantial inclusion is the Battle Royale-inspired mode Blackout — Call of Duty's take on the wildly popular genre that's taken the industry by storm over the last year and half.

One of the major components to a good Battle Royale game is, of course, the large map that players venture through in search of chicken dinners (or victory royales). PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds now has three maps in its rotation, while Fortnite alters its map significantly every three months via seasonal updates. Given Black Ops is one of the most successful Call of Duty sub-series to date — and as we're still mostly in the dark about Blackout's map and where Treyarch will go with it — now is as good as time as any to take a look back at the series and consider some memorable locations that would be a good fit.

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Bethesda's Pete Hines on Playing Fallout 76 Solo and Why 'Replayable' is a Dirty Word

During an interview with Bethesda's Senior Vice President of global marketing and communications Pete Hines at Gamescom this year, I ask if he's getting sick of talking about Bethesda's position as the saviour of the single-player experience by now, several months since its 'save player one' campaign. "I mean, a little," he says. "But single player is part of who we are. We're also the folks that make Elder Scrolls Online. We make Quake Champions. We make Elder Scrolls: Legends. But single player is part of who we are."

Bethesda also makes Fallout 76, the first Fallout to be a shared-world experience. Somewhat unsurprisingly, it's one that Hines plays solo.

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When Will IGN Post the Spider-Man PS4 Review?

You might be wondering when you can read our Marvel's Spider-Man review -- that's the big PS4 exclusive from Insomniac Games that's kicking off this fall's AAA game release season. Wonder no more! IGN will publish reviewer Jonathon Dornbush's Marvel's Spider-Man Review (reviewed on PS4 Pro) on September 4, 2018 at 7 am PT (that's 10 am ET, 3 am UK, and 12 am, September 5 AET). The review will appear right here at this URL, so set your reminders (and bookmarks, which are cool and 90s now) to the URL above.

On September 7, Marvel's Spider-Man hits store shelves, and, at that point, you'll also be able to dive into our Marvel's Spider-Man Wiki Guide, which will have a 100% completion guide, including all collectible locations, a full written and video walkthrough, guides for stuff like how best to spend your skill points, a list of all skins and costumes, a list of references and Easter eggs, and other cheats and secrets and stuff we've found while playing.

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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Finally Backward Compatible on Xbox One

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is finally a part of the Xbox One Backward Compatibility library and it is available to play on your Xbox One or Xbox One X starting today.

Announced via Twitter by Major Nelson, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 joins an ever-expanding library that includes every other mainline Call of Duty game, except the 2003 original, and is playable in some form on Xbox One.

In addition, if you don't already own Modern Warfare 2, it is on sale this week for $14.99 USD digitally on the Xbox store.

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Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate Review

Monster Hunter Generations arrived in 2016 on Nintendo 3DS, compiling memorable monsters and areas from the series into one, mammoth package. Here's what we thought at the time:

"Monster Hunter Generations hits the core tenets of what makes this series great. Great gear drives the lust for the hunt even on the small scale, but the big, spectacular fights ultimately matter the most. Generations' tweaked combat adds just the right tools to make slaying epic boss monsters a fun activity that's just as fun online or off. Playable companions help shake up the gathering game without taking away resources, and its fun to play as a wackier character. Generations only falters during slower moments spent on fetch quests and in wrangling through menus before the hunt."

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Onimusha's Insane 20-Level Dungeon

When Onimusha: Warlords came out for PS2 back in 2001, it was most often described as a feudal-Japan version of Resident Evil. The survival horror genre of the late '90s and early 2000s was dominated by games with fixed cameras, tank controls, and lots of pixelated blood-spatter, and Onimusha was right in line with its contemporaries. As a huge fan of the survival-horror genre, I was instantly sold by Onimusha: Warlords' setting, a blend of Japanese history and mythology.

It's one of those games I knew I would enjoy long before I even played it, and when I finally did buy myself a copy, I was smitten. It was the Dark Realm sidequest that really cemented my love of Onimusha, and looking back 17 years later, it's the part of the game I remember most of all.

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The Forgotten Capcom Horror Series That Needs a Reboot

With Resident Evil 7's successful reinvigoration of the horror franchise last year and the upcoming remake of Resident Evil 2 looking equally terrifying, it's safe to say that Capcom's premiere franchise is riding high. Now that's all well and good, but in their efforts to repair their favored series, Capcom are missing a golden opportunity to revive a few of their extinct titles, starting with Dino Crisis.

For those too young to remember the time when dinosaurs roamed the PlayStation, Dino Crisis was a survival horror game from legendary director Shinji Mikami – one of the lead creating forces behind the Resident Evil series and, more recently, The Evil Within. Set on a remote island, Dino Crisis follows a special forces team's attempts to capture Dr. Kirk, an archetypal mad scientist who had faked his own death and gone into hiding. Not long after landing, the team discovers that the facility has been infested by Cretaceous carnivores and has to battle their way off the island.

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Cyberpunk 2077 Devs Experimenting With Fully Destructible Environments

The development team at CD Projekt Red are pulling in a heavy amount of in-game destruction to Cyberpunk 2077 in order to create the rawness of a dystopian world.

CDPR Level Designer Miles Tost shared insights during an interview with IGN into the physical environments that make up Cyberpunk 2077.

"So we're trying to push the interactivity of the world by adding in details from a physical side," Tost said. "The game will be highly physical, will have a lot of destruction. You can see that in the demo when you're in the scavengers area and you shoot at the pillars and they start crumbling.

Tost said there will be a high level of gore in the game as well, and that it all adds to the feel of the dystopian world they are trying to create for players.

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22 Games Announced for Switch in the Nintendo Switch Nindies Showcase Summer 2018

Nintendo streamed their Nintendo Switch Nindies Summer Showcase Summer 2018 and announced and discussed 22 games that will be released on the Switch this year and through early 2019, and we've made a rundown of each one.

Release: September 6, 2018

Originally released in 2016, Hyper Light Drifter has you playing as The Drifter, who is plagued by a mysterious illness and must use forgotten technology only available to you to find a cure. The Nintendo Switch version will come with exclusive content, including a new outfit that will help you find secrets, and new weapons that include the Crystal Shot and Blade Caster. In our review of Hyper Light Drifter, we said it's "a gorgeous, fast, fluid trek in a neon apocalypse that's hindered by its wordless storytelling."

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Fortnite: Week 8 Challenges Leaked (Search Between Oversized Chairs)

Fortnite Week 8 Challenges for Season 5 have leaked and include a Search between oversized chairs map, rift spawn locations, and stage eliminations.

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Xbox Free Games With Gold for September Announced

The Xbox Live Games With Gold lineup for September 2018 has been revealed.

Announced through Xbox Wire, the following games will be available for Xbox Live Gold members next month:

• Prison Architect - September 1-30 (Xbox One)
• Livelock - September 16-October 15 (Xbox One)
• LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars - September 1-15 (Xbox One, Xbox 360)
• Sega Vintage Collection: Monster World - September 16-30 (Xbox One, Xbox 360)

Prison Architect has players design, build, and run a maximum security prison. We gave the game an 8.3 in our review, saying Prison Architect is, "one of the most in-depth, satisfying builder games in a long time."

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Halo: The Master Chief Collection's Final Major Update Is Now Live

The final update for Halo: The Master Chief Collection is now live.

The update, which Bungie announced and detailed last October, features a rework of the game's matchmaking system, 4K HDR support for Xbox One X, shorter load times, improved matchmaking, and much more.

The changes come just ahead of The Master Chief Collection's addition to Xbox Game Pass on September 1.

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10 Things Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate Doesn't Tell You

A little stumped? Check out this Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate tips.

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Marvel's Spider-Man DLC Details Revealed

Insomniac Games Community Director, James Stevenson revealed Tuesday on the PlayStation blog the schedule and details for the first DLC from Marvel's Spider-Man: The City That Never Sleeps.

The DLC will consist of three installments, with the first chapter being Marvel's Spider-Man: The Heist and will release on Oct. 23. The Heist focuses on Felicia Hardy, also known as Black Cat and features new missions and challenges for players, along with a new faction of enemies and three additional Spider-Man suits.

The second and third installments include Marvel's Spider-Man: Turf Wars which releases in November 2018 and Marvel's Spider-Man: Silver Lining that comes out the following month in December 2018.

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Shovel Knight Showdown Battle Mode Revealed

As Yacht Club Games finishes up on the promises of its original Kickstarter campaign for Shovel Knight, the developer has finally revealed the local multiplayer battle expansion set to debut for the title next year — Shovel Knight Showdown.

IGN can exclusively pull back the curtain on Showdown, a series of new modes that allow up to four players to play as one of several characters from the beloved game and compete. But rather than first going into detail, check out 10 minutes of four-player gameplay from the Gem Clash mode below to get an idea of what to expect.

Players can compete in either one-on-one duels, in four-player free-for-alls, or as cooperative teams battling against AI. Modes in Shovel Knight Showdown include Gem Clash, Showdown, and a full Story Mode, which is customized to each playable character, offering a series of challenges, minigames, and a new final encounter.

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Far Cry 5: Dead Living Zombies DLC Review

It wouldn't be a big-budget shooter released in 2018 without a zombie-themed expansion, and Far Cry 5's latest DLC, called Dead Living Zombies, dutifully indulges that trend. With the same goofy humor we saw in the previous Mars-themed DLC, this one takes us to a fun nightmarish version of the Montana countryside that's crawling with undead fodder. It's not bad as zombie-killing shooting galleries go, but the humorous movie-themed approach alone isn't quite enough to hold back the creeping feeling that I'd killed these same exact zombies quite a few times before.

Like in similarly framed games like Borderlands 2: Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon Keep or Call of Juarez: Gunslinger, this adventure is controlled by a narrator whose ideas are changing on the fly. In this case, would-be director Guy Marvel pitches seven ridiculous zombie scripts to Hollywood's elite, each more fun and absurd than the last. One of my favorite missions, called Undying Love, uses the story of Romeo and Juliet as a backdrop and spices it up a little bit, with a modern-day gang war and of course, plenty of zombies. This storytelling technique is cleverly used, with various weapons, vehicles, and even strange romantic scenes involving zombies magically appearing whenever Marvel has a new idea.

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GTA Online: Unleash the HVY Menacer

Pick up the new HVY Menacer and continue to earn double rewards in Hunting Pack Remix, plus take big discounts on select vehicles, properties and upgrades.

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Fortnite on Switch: Players Send Epic 'a Crying Plea'

It's no secret that Fortnite for Switch isn't as fully-featured as its PlayStation 4 and Xbox One counterparts, but for at least a few thousand fans, the Nintendo console's version of the world's most popular game is no longer up to scratch.

In a post that's seen thousands of upvotes since being posted yesterday, Redditor DoctorSqueeze detailed problems in what they called "a crying plea" to Epic Games.

The laundry list of complaints, which DoctorSqueeze claims makes Fortnite for Switch "pretty much unplayable", includes issues with emotes, gyro controls, playing with friends, voice chat, game freezes, lengthy texture loading times, lag, and more.

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3 Big Nintendo Switch Games Getting Packaged With Exclusive Strategy Guides

Nintendo has announced "Starter Packs" for Super Mario Odyssey, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, and Splatoon 2 that include the game, an exclusive strategy guide, and a cardboard sleeve.

Arriving on September 28, 2018, these Starter Packs will all retail for $59.99 USD and each of the three game's strategy guides are uniquely named - Super Mario Odyssey's is the Traveler's Guide, Breath of the Wild's is the Explorer's Guide, and Splatoon 2's is the Splategy Guide.

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The Messenger Review

The Messenger has a lot going for it. It's a 2D action platformer with a gorgeous aesthetic that seamlessly goes from 8 to 16-bit, it has a hilarious sense of humor, clever dialogue, and one of the absolute best retro-themed "chiptune" soundtracks out there. There was even a period of time while playing The Messenger, once I unlocked its full suite of core abilities, when I felt this might be one of the best games I've played all year.

But then, something happens at about the halfway point. The Messenger changes genre completely from a linear action platformer like Ninja Gaiden on the NES, to a sprawling Metroidvania. Unfortunately, it fumbles this transition, padding the back half with repetitive backtracking and boring fetch quests.

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Soulcalibur 6 Could Be the Last in the Series If It Doesn't Sell Well

If the six year wait between Soulcalibur 5 and 6 has felt unbearable to some fans, they'd better hope Soulcalibur 6 is a success.

Producer Motohiro Okubo told DualShockers that the franchise was on shaky ground after the fifth installment, and that there may never be another game in the series if Soulcalibur 6 is a flop.

That would be the worst-case scenario, but publisher Bandai Namco apparently had to be slowly won over to even give Soulcalibur 6 the green light.

"The first thing is that the IP itself of the SoulCalibur franchise had low expectations from the company," said Okubo. "It was actually facing a crisis of maybe disappearing. It took time for me to convince the company."

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Pokemon World Championships 2018 Winners and Finals Analysis

The 2018 Pokemon World Championships in Nashville were full of surprises in both the Video Game Championship (VGC), Trading Card Game (TCG) Championship, and even in Pokkén Tournament. Read on for our recap of the exciting Master Division matchups and videos of the grand finals for each of these games.

Pokémon VGC

The 2018 Pokemon World Championships VGC format is quite different compared to last year's limited Pokemon pool.The release of Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon came with access to multiple powerful Legendary Pokemon and other past favorites like Landorus-Therian Forme (Landorus-T) and Salamence, granting players a broad number of Pokemon to choose from. Mega Evolution was also allowed this year, opening up the possibilities even further.

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Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age Review

Dragon Quest XI is a distilled, energetic, mathematically elegant epic that takes what I love most about traditional dungeon crawlers and masterfully iterates on the formula. On the surface, Dragon Quest XI seems to be a simple return to the single-player RPG format, after deviating into MMO territory for Dragon Quest X. But that simplicity is a purposefully-crafted facade that melts away after a little time in the immense, complex world. Dragon Quest isn't simple... it's pure. I've been plugging away in Dragon Quest XI's sprawling environments for well over 65 hours and I just want to keep going.

Check out a large chunk of the latest Dragon Quest XI footage from last week at Gamescom 2018 above.

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Someone Created a Luigi's Mansion AR Game Using Labo

Japanese Nintendo fans have taken the build-it-yourself approach of Nintendo Labo to an impressive new level - crafting a Luigi's Mansion AR game using the software's Toy-Con Garage.

As shared on Twitter by user Nawafuji, the game is simple - explore a dark room and, if you find a Boo, vigorously shake the Labo to simulate Luigi's trademark Poltergust 3000.

The way it was created was anything but simple, however. Using a magnifying glass and some clever cardboard creativity, the Poltergust build allows the Switch screen to be projected onto the wall. Some immensely complex Toy-Con Garage code means that projection usually looks like a flashlight beam, but passing over a reflective sheet turns that image into a pixel art Boo, which is then sucked up by using motion controls. You can see it in action below:

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We Ate Lunch in Japan’s Pokemon Cafe

While in Japan for the Pokemon Go Safari Zone event in Yokosuka this week, we stopped by Pokemon Center DX in Tokyo to visit the Pokemon Cafe.

Hidden away in a corner near the entrance of Pokemon Center DX, tables at the Pokemon Cafe are available by reservation only (or by a long standby wait in the cancellation line if you're feeling lucky).

You can check out the Pokemon Cafe and everything we ate in the gallery below:

The menu consists of drinks, meals, and desserts that are all (as you'd expect) themed after Pokemon. We tried a Pikachu donut to start, followed by a Pikachu tail cookie and iced coffee. For the main course, an Eevee chicken burger with fries and minestrone soup, followed by a Gengar grape smoothie and a Mimikyu crepe for dessert.

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Just So You Know, the Fortnite Cube Is Empty

For anyone wondering what secrets are hiding inside Fortnite's mysterious purple cube, the answer has been revealed: there's nothing there.

The news comes courtesy of Reddit user Gsonicfy, who managed to breach the cube through a happy accident; a collision with a teammate and a clipping glitch led to the player ending up actually inside the cube, where he found . . . the inside of a purple cube.

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Ubisoft CEO Pictures the Future of Games

Yves Guillemot has big ideas about the future of gaming. Beyond just better graphics and more power for new systems, Guillemot sees a future where the concept of home consoles could change altogether, and games could embrace new technology to grow in major ways.

Speaking to IGN at Gamescom, Guillemot described a vision he's laid out many times in the past: that the future of home gaming will arrive via streaming.

"Technology is actually going in that direction. The machines will be more powerful and the system to transfer data will be more efficient, so at one point, we will have a better experience streaming something than having to buy a machine and change the machine regularly," Guillemot told IGN.

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EA Cancels Remaining Madden Classic Qualifiers After Shooting

EA has cancelled the three remaining Madden Classic qualifying events in the wake of the August 26 shooting at a competitive Madden event in Jacksonville, Florida, where a competitor shot and killed two other players. 11 others were wounded during the shooting, nine with gunshot injuries, before the gunman took his own life.

In a statement released today, via the company's website, EA CEO Andrew Wilson expressed his shock and grief in the wake of the incident.

"First and foremost, it is an unthinkable tragedy that Taylor Robertson and Elijah Clayton, two of our top Madden competitors, lost their lives in this way," said Wilson. "They were respected, positive and skilled competitors, the epitome of the players and personalities at the heart of our community. Their love of competition was evident through their participation in our events over the past few years. We are committed to supporting Taylor and Elijah's families through this difficult time, and we send our deepest sympathies to their loved ones, to those injured yesterday, and everyone affected.

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PAX Organizers Issue Statement on Safety Following Jacksonville Shooting

In the wake of Sunday's Madden Championship Series shooting in Jacksonville, Florida, Penny Arcade and partner ReedPop have issued a joint statement regarding security for their upcoming PAX West convention.

Penny Arcade and ReedPop wrote that their "hearts go out" to everyone affected by the shooting, which resulted in three deaths, including the shooter's, and 11 injuries.

"The safety of our attendees, exhibitors, and staff is paramount to ReedPOP and Penny Arcade," reads the statement. "As PAX has grown in popularity, we have responded with the addition of increased private security, law enforcement, and other personnel, each of whom are on-site at all times during our events."

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Join Us for Four Days of Fortnite Streams This Week

We're dropping four days of Fortnite livestreams on all of our streaming platforms starting Tuesday 8/28, so join us as we see how many Victory Royales we can get in a total of 8 hours of Fortnite streams.

The action begins Tuesday, August 28 from 1-3pm PT/4-6pm ET/9-11pm UK (Wednesday, August 29 from 6-8am AET). As always, you can catch the action right here on the front page of IGN.com, or you can find us on YouTube, Twitch, and Mixer.

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PES 2019 Review

PES 2019 makes an interesting distinction. It's not a game about football so much as it is a game about the guys playing football. And exactly how they play it - their behaviours, tendencies, and individual techniques - makes for a livelier game. No longer are you a massive deity in the sky moving generic pieces around a pitch, nor should you think of your team as a collection of stats. Here, players take on a life of their own.

The biggest development is a feature called Magic Moments. This refers to a set of 39 RPG-like traits that are distributed across the roster of players in combinations that give each of them their own personality. So, for instance, only gifted shooters like Kevin De Bruyne can hit ferocious rising thunder-bastards that rifle into the net, while Ronaldo's headers are practically laser-guided. Magic Moments go further than merely adding new moves, though. They also offer effects such as fighting spirit (which gives players better performance when fatigued), super sub (where players improve if brought on in the second half), and man marking (which enables a player to more doggedly stick to opponents). What's good is these animations happen automatically, whether a pinpoint cross or an acrobatic clearance off the goal line, triggering by themselves if you're in the right time and place. This makes players feel as distinct to control as they are to watch.

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Strange Brigade Review

Rebellion may have made a name for itself with the realistic ballistics and gruesome, testicle-popping kills of the Sniper Elite series, but with Strange Brigade, it feels like the Oxford-based developer has found its over-the-top, tea-swilling, alliteration-obsessed voice.

Colonial British sensibilities are the order of the day for this third-person co-op shooter. The four playable characters from the secret arm of the Department of Antiquities feel ripped from the pages of a 1930s pulp novella. There's Nalangu Rushida, an African tribeswoman; Frank Fairburne, sharpshooter and relative to the protagonist of the Sniper Elite series; the mild-mannered scholar Professor Archimedes De Quincy; and a Manchester-raised boxer and factory worker by the name of Gracie Braithwaite. Reminiscent of Rosie the Riveter, seeing her uppercut a teleporting demon after telling them to "leave it out" in a thick Northern English accent quickly cemented her as my favourite. An accident at a North African dig site sets the story up and, as is often the way with video games, you'll resolve it by shooting lots and lots of undead.

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Cyberpunk Devs Discuss the New Gameplay Demo

Since its first demo at E3, Cyberpunk 2077 has been one of the most talked-about games of 2018. Both the E3 and Gamescom versions of the behind-closed-doors demo offered an in-depth look at the first-person sci-fi RPG, and now that 50-minute gameplay sequence has been released to the general public.

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'Netflix for Comics' App Coming to Nintendo Switch

InkyPen, a new comic subscription service, will be brought to the Nintendo Switch this November, making it possible for users to read comics on the handheld device. It will also be the first international non-game app to come to the eShop on the Switch, according to Variety.

The app will let comics be read in either the handheld or TV mode and will be launching at $8 per month. InkyPen will have a library of over 10,000 graphic novels, manga, and European comics.

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Cyberpunk 2077 Gameplay Demo Stream Included Hidden Message

The Cyberpunk 2077 gameplay demo stream included a hidden message that was placed in the final frame of the demo and contains a letter from the development team, CD Projekt Red.

Discovered and transcribed on Reddit, the letter from CD Projekt begins by them apologizing for making fans wait so long and goes into detail into what brought them to the decision to finally show Cyberpunk 2077's gameplay demo to the world.

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Cyberpunk 2077: 77 New Gameplay Screenshots

CD Projekt RED's mysterious Cyberpunk 2077-related "data transmission" live streamed early Monday morning, August 27, ended up being exactly what fans have been waiting for – their first real look at Cyberpunk 2077 gameplay.

The Cyberpunk 2077 demo was essentially the same version of the demo shown off behind-closed-doors at E3 2018 and Gamescom 2018. You can check out our rundown of all the differences between Cyberpunk 2077's E3 and Gamescom demos, or just watch out the 48 minute Cyberpunk 2077 gameplay demo in its entirety for yourself.

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Cyberpunk 2077 Dev on Why They Released the Gameplay Now

Since its first demo at E3, Cyberpunk 2077 has been one of the most talked-about games of 2018. Both the E3 and Gamescom versions of the behind-closed-doors demo offered an in-depth look at the first-person sci-fi RPG, but what was shown has remained unshared with the public...until now.

Earlier today, CD Projekt Red debuted the 50-minute gameplay sequence to the general public, and ahead of its reveal, IGN spoke to the developer about the decision to release the footage now.

"We felt a little uneasy doing it, but the demand was high enough, so we're putting it out there," explained Cyberpunk 2077 Quest Designer Patrick Mills to IGN, reminding us that "This is a game still deep in development, and elements are subject to change."

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Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Pro Controller and Special Edition Steelbook Revealed

Nintendo has revealed that Super Smash Bros. Ultimate for the Nintendo Switch will be receiving a Special Edition and a Pro Controller when it launches this December.

On the Smash Bros. website we are given our first look the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Edition Nintendo Switch Pro Controller and a Special Edition bundle that appears to include the Pro Controller and a black steelbook case that has the fiery Smash logo emblazoned on it.

There are no prices or further information currently shown, besides the Pro Controller being available day-and-date with Super Smash Bros. Ultimate on December 7, and the website just says to "Check back for retailers."

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Cyberpunk 2077: Here's the PC the Demo Was Played On

CD Projekt Red has released the full gameplay demo for Cyberpunk 2077. Shorty after their reveal at E3, the developers revealed the technical specifications for the PC that was used to run the impressive gameplay demo. The machine is, in the most technical of terms, a beast:

• CPU: Intel i7-8700K
• Motherboard: ASUS ROG Strix Z370-I Gaming
• RAM: G. Skill Ripjaws, V 2x16GB, 300MHz, CL15

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Microsoft Is Interested in Acquiring Even More New Studios

Microsoft isn't done acquiring studios, and according to Matt Booty, head of Microsoft Studios, they have interest in developers that are capable of bringing "content that is a little different to what our big AAA franchises can deliver."

Speaking to Gamesindusty.biz, Booty elaborated and said while they aren't trying to hit a "quota", they do want to expand the breadth of their titles, especially content that is geared more towards Xbox Game Pass subscribers.

"I don't want to seem like we're going out to fill a quota," Booty explains. "It's not about filling a spreadsheet by any means. We will, however, have an interest in studios right now that fit this criteria of 50 to 100 people, who are making games on a two to three year cadence, and have content that we think will be of interest to our Game Pass subscribers. That means content that is a little different to what our big AAA franchises can deliver"

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Microsoft Officially Announces Xbox All Access

Following weeks of rumors, Microsoft officially unveiled its Xbox All Access program. Xbox All Access lets consumers pay for an Xbox One X or Xbox One S in monthly installments when they commit to two-year Xbox Live Gold and Xbox Game Pass subscriptions.

Essentially an interest-free console financing plan, Xbox All Access will last for a limited time and, as earlier rumors suggested, appears to only be available in the United States. The Xbox One X bundle costs $34.99 per month for 24 months, while the Xbox One S bundle is $21.99 per month for 24 months.

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Streets of Rage 4 Announced

Streets of Rage 4 is in the works, publisher DotEmu has announced.

The brand new Streets of Rage title is being developed by Lizardcube (Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap) and Guard Crush Games (Streets of Fury), and will once again feature Axel and Blaze as the playable characters.

Streets of Rage 4, a direct continuation of Sega's arcade brawler series, will sport hand-drawn visuals from Lizardcube, alongside new gameplay mechanics, solo and co-op play, new stages, and an original story.

A release date and platforms were not announced yet.

Sega released the first Streets of Rage game back in 1991 and followed it up with two sequels in 1992 and 1994.

Dotemu recently announced Windjammers 2 for the Nintendo Switch and PC, coming in 2019. Windjammers 2 serves as a sequel to the 1994 sports arcade game that was remastered last year.

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Fallout 76 Power Armor Edition Sells Out, Bethesda Says More Won't Be Made

Preorder stock for the Fallout 76 Power Armor Edition fluctuated since Bethesda announced the special edition at E3, and the studio has now disclosed it is sold out and will not be making more of them.

Bethesda's Pete Hines responded to a player's question on Twitter in reference to any future availability of the edition saying, "we are making as many as possible and made all of them available. there's no way to make any more."

Hines also elaborated on the difficulty of making the special editions. "They're not quick or easy to make. We got as many lines making them as possible in order to get them finished and assembled in time for launch. I'm sorry if you didn't get one."

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