Some Pokémon Sword And Shield Fans Are Skeptical

The veil has finally been lifted on the eighth generation of Pokémon games, dubbed Pokémon Sword and Shield. The reveal was a big moment for the series, as it marks the first time a mainline Pokémon title has appeared on the Switch. The promise of a new region to explore, new Pokémon to find, and new mysteries to unravel is more than enough to get us excited, even this early on. Fans are already pouring over the new starter characters and deciding what allegiances they'll be making, designing fan art, and coming up with memes and jokes as they indulge in all the new details the trailer revealed to us.

As the Nintendo Direct showed us the games in action, they were clearly every bit the Pokémon we know and love. But are they too familiar? While it's too early to tell just how unique a mainline Pokémon experience Sword and Shield will be on a current generation Nintendo console, especially after just one short trailer, some of the more critical sentiments online bring up a few good points.

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Pokemon Sword and Shield Region Map Breakdown

Take a look at everything we found on the Galar map.

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Opinion: Video Games Still Have a Way to Go with Black Avatars

I've been a gamer for almost three decades, but I've been black my entire life. When I started gaming on my first Atari 2600 in 1982, the thought of having characters who looked like me -- in stories relevant to my background or culture -- was the furthest thing from my mind.

In '82, I was obsessed with roping pixelated cattle on Stampede and dodging crocodiles with Pitfall Harry in Pitfall. In 2019,  I find myself confused as to why there hasn't been a huge amount of progress in black representation in video games. From the lack of black protagonists in triple A titles to the uneasy fact that black avatars always play second fiddle to white ones --  I have to pay almost $10 just to have a black avatar represent me in a free-to-play game like Guns of Glory -- the slow progress is puzzling.

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Is a Borderlands 3 Reveal Imminent? Gearbox Teases 'Never-Before-Seen Reveals'

Gearbox Software is holding a main theater show at PAX East 2019, teasing "never-before-seen reveals" at the event. Is it possible Borderlands 3 could be one of these reveals?

Per the official PAX East 2019 schedule, Gearbox is holding its main theater show during the first day of the event, March 28. In the show's description, it says "This is your opportunity to get a behind-the-scenes look at Gearbox Software and Gearbox Publishing, along with the latest news and updates from the makers of Borderlands, Battleborn, Brothers in Arms, and more!  We will have never-before-seen reveals, exclusives, and surprises, so don't miss out!"

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Opinion: The Division 2 Has the Opportunity to Capitalize on Anthem's Shortcomings

When The Division 2 was first announced to be coming out a month after Anthem at E3 2018, I remember thinking the familiar-looking sequel to 2016's original would have a hard time stealing the spotlight from the flashy and (potentially) innovative sci-fi shared-world shooter. Now Anthem is out, and after 40+ generally underwhelming hours with it, I feel the opposite is true. Anthem's combat is fun, and I have high hopes for the future, but the fact remains that too much of its meaningful multiplayer gameplay and progression was hidden behind its repetitive and weirdly lonely quest grind. With this all-too-common shared-world shortcoming fresh in players' minds, Massive Entertainment is in a unique position to showcase what lessons it's learned from nearly three years of post-launch support on The Division.

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Opinion: Anthem May Have Its Problems, but Its NPCs Are Fantastic

Coming away from Anthem, I constantly hear people talking about how it makes them feel like Iron Man; you get to zoom around in a powerful suit and blast away enemies. I also hear about how it's not quite living up to expectations, at least not at launch, but you can read more about that in IGN's review. But when I step away from Anthem, what I'm excited to write home about are the great characters hanging around in Fort Tarsis and all of the world-building collectibles scattered about. Did you know that the actors behind Fix-It Felix, Louise Belcher, and Charles Boyle all lent their talents to characters in Anthem? Did you know they also have their own short storylines?

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Pokemon Sword and Shield Trailer Breakdown

Pokemon has sent out a call to arms with the reveal of the new Gen 8 games on the Nintendo Switch, Pokemon Sword and Pokemon Shield. We're going to point out all of the new and returning mechanics, what the trailer tells us about the new region, and piece together some clues about the two new Legendaries.

But we're going to start with the most sacred of rituals that marks the start of every new Pokemon Generation…

The Judging of the Starters!

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Pokemon Go: Legendary Pokemon Dialga Headed to Raid Battles

Legendary Pokemon Dialga is headed to Pokemon Go.

As revealed by Niantic on Pokemon Go's official site, Dialga will join Raid Battles on March 1 at 1:00PM PT and will remain in the game until March 28 at 1:00PM PT.

Dialga is the fifth Legendary Pokemon from the Sinnoh region to come to Pokemon Go, following Giratina, Cresselia, Heatran, and Palkia. Overall, Dialga will be the 80th Sinnoh Pokemon available in Pokemon Go so far.

Pokemon Go most recently added a new AR Snapshot mode, allowing you to take photos with any Pokemon in your collection for the first time.

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Get At Sundown: Shots in the Dark for Free with IGN Prime

IGN Prime has partnered with Mild Beast Games and Versus Evil to bring you At Sundown: Shots in the Dark. IGN Prime members, grab your copy of the 4-player hide-and-seek shooter where the maps are covered in darkness and light is your enemy.

At Sundown: Shots in the Dark is a hide-and-seek shooter where the maps are covered in darkness and light is your enemy, as 4 players compete in a death-match to be the best! Strategic gameplay is vital in the shadows of this dark world in which you only become visible when you shoot, dash or slash. See or be seen, kill or be killed. How long will you survive At Sundown?

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GTA Online Gets Arena War Content Creator and New RC Races

Build your own races and deathmatches for the deadly Arena War vehicles, or jump into new races for the tiny RC Banditos.

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Biggest Fortnite Season 8 Map Changes and Comparisons

See some of the biggest changes and cooler updates to the Fortnite map in Season 8.

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Deltarune: Don't Miss a Secret in Chapter 1 With This Guide

Deltarune's free first chapter has landed on Switch. Use this guide to find all of its secrets.

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BioWare Addresses Anthem Loot Fan Concerns With Update

BioWare is making various changes to the loot systems in Anthem, and has detailed much of what will be tweaked.

Revealed through an official Reddit post, BioWare lead producer Ben Irvo described changes that are coming to inscriptions, level 30 drop tables and masterwork crafting material requirements. These changes are planned to go live on February 28 or March 1.

Inscriptions are modifiers on items that can grant various improvements while out on expeditions, but not all listed inscriptions are useful. Bonuses can impact health, damage, armor and more, but when an inscription that boosts physical damage is applied to a fully elemental weapon, it's effectively useless. These ineffective inscriptions are officially going away, allowing for generally better and more effective loot to be acquired.

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Halo Infinite Will Be a 'Spiritual Reboot' For the Franchise

Halo Infinite will be a "spiritual reboot" for the Halo franchise, according to 343 Industries. In this month's episode of IGN Unfiltered, Ryan McCaffrey sat down with Bonnie Ross, head of 343 Industries, and discussed the development of Halo Infinite, among many other topics (watch the full interview below).

While Halo Infinite is, effectively, Halo 6, the team at 343 Industries is bringing their experience with the entire Halo franchise to bear in developing the new game, which aims to recapture what makes Halo such an iconic franchise. "We're kind of calling it a 'spiritual reboot,'" Ross said, "That's kind of how we talk about it."

According to Ross, 343 had "great learning moments" with Halo: The Master Chief Collection, the multiplayer suite in Halo 4, and the approach to REQ packs and free maps in Halo 5 multiplayer, and the studio has been keeping those moments in mind while crafting Halo Infinite.

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Here's How the Alien: Isolation Digital Series Got Started

In 2014, developer Creative Assembly released Alien: Isolation, a survival-horror game set 15 years after Ellen Ripley destroyed the Nostromo in the 1979 film. Five years after its debut, the game's story about Amanda Ripley is being expanded with a new digital series using a combination of new animations and original cinematic cutscenes from the game.

The game -- and now the series -- centers on Ellen's daughter, Amanda, who is searching for what really happened to her mother. When the Nostromo's flight recorder is discovered by a deep-space salvage team, Amanda journeys to Sevastopol Station, which leads her on a terrifying adventure filled with deadly aliens and murderous androids. You can binge all 7-episodes exclusively on IGN right here. For a glimpse at what's in store, watch the first episode below:

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Ghost Giant Wants to Blend Slapstick and Sadness

I wouldn't say it's the best piece of VR content I've played, but certainly my most fondly remembered is a scene during PlayStation Worlds' 'The London Heist' where you're forced to sit down in a pub while an East End mob boss just talks at you for ages. I love it because, while he drones on about someone called French Tony, the game just stops paying attention to what you're doing. You're at this table with a lighter, a cigar, a phone and more, and no one tells you can't just throw them at this guy. So you do. I've spent more time than I'd care to admit laughing as I bounce that phone off his forehead, or pretend to set fire to his groin. It's a pure, inconsequential act of messing about. I love it.

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Horizon: Zero Dawn Passes 10 Million Copies Sold

Horizon: Zero Dawn, which is celebrating its second anniversary today, has officially sold "well over" 10 million copies worldwide.

Via the PlayStation Blog, Guerrilla Games managing director Hermen Hulst revealed the number, saying "The idea that we were able to bring Aloy's journey to so many players is astounding. We've been deeply moved by the enormous amount of fan creations you've posted online, as well as the heartfelt letters you've sent sharing your favorite moments from Aloy's journey."

Along with announcing this sales milestone, Hulst took the opportunity to reveal little-known details about the development of the game. He revealed that prototyping gameplay elements began as far back as 2010, when most of the studio was still finishing Killzone 3, and because they didn't yet have an in-game model for Aloy, they used the model for Jammer, an intruder pilot from Killzone 3, in early testing phases of the game.

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Hearthstone: Baku and Genn Are Being Sent to Wild a Year Early and I Couldn't Be Happier

If you're sick of playing against Odd Paladin, Even Paladin, Odd Rogue, Aggro Odd Mage, Odd Warrior or any of the other Odd/Even variants in Hearthstone right now, then do I have good news for you. The cards that create those archetypes – Baku the Mooneater and Genn Greymane – are being sent to Wild (via the Hall of Fame) a FULL YEAR EARLY.

Yes, the next Standard rotation won't just see three sets leave the format (Journey to Un'Goro, Knights of the Frozen Throne and Kobolds & Catacombs), it will also see two of the most contentious cards from The Witchwood - the first Hearthstone expansion of 2018 – leave.

It's been a wild ride, and now it's going to be a Wild ride.

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Ape Out Review

Ape Out is Hotline Miami on an intense diet of bananas and Buddy Rich records; a top-down simian splatterfest set to a superb soundtrack of jazzy drums and crashing cymbals, bundled into an extremely elegant and cool package. Blending elements of old-timey film and vinyl with a sharp, bold 2D aesthetic and bucketloads of blood, Ape Out is striking to look at and properly addictive to play.

The premise is simple: The apes are in, and they need to be out. That's where we come in, steering these simians to an exciting escape through four short but regularly tough chapters, plus a fun epilogue with a slight twist. The location might be a shady research lab or a labyrinthine container ship and its nearby port, but the objective is constant: sprint to the exit, smash anything you can, and slaughter everyone in the way.

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Hearthstone’s Year of the Dragon Revealed!

Blizzard today announced a raft of new details about the year ahead for Hearthstone, from the cards that will be going to the Hall of Fame, new Arena formats and a new approach to single player content, through to a number of updates that will be coming to the game with the next patch. Let's go through them.

The next Hearthstone year will kick off with the next Standard format rotation - when the three oldest sets leave the game (in this case Journey to Un'Goro, Knights of the Frozen Throne and Kobolds & Catacombs) and the first new set of the year is released. That set hasn't been revealed yet, but we do know that when rotation happens we'll leave the Year of the Raven and enter the Dragon. The Year of the Dragon, that is.

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Judgment Really Is Yakuza + Ace Attorney

It was very easy to look at Judgment's reveal, and lazily decide that this was Yakuza with Ace Attorney dropped in. I know I did. The thing is, having played the game's opening 2 hours, that doesn't feel like a lazy comparison - it's just a correct one.

In its component parts, this is a Yakuza game. We're back in that series' ever-evolving Kamurocho setting (now updated to be an uncanny take on real-life Tokyo's Kabukichō district as of 2018), filled as it always is with neon distractions and strangers with strange requests.

It's as beautiful as Yakuza 6 but, crucially, Judgment's Kamurocho felt more alive in my time in it. The open world map is once again densely seasoned with shops, mini-games and arcades, and I'm assured that the meatier side activities that made Yakuza 0 such an enormous prospect will make an appearance along the way. If you want a quintessentially Yakuza anecdote, I took a break from heading to speak to a powerful gang member to spend 10 minutes playing a Kamurocho-themed parody of House of the Dead.

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Here's Every Fortnite Season 8 Battle Pass Skin

Take a look at all seven skins from the Fortnite Season 8 Battle Pass along with the requirements to unlock every style.

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Complete Guide to One Piece: World Seeker's Preorder Bonuses

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Cyberpunk 2077 Will Be at E3 2019

Just in case you were worried that CD Projekt Red would be joining the ranks of companies that won't be attending E3 this year, we have good news - Cyberpunk 2077 will be at the show.

The game's official Twitter account made clear that the much-anticipated RPG will be in attendance. It doesn't say in what capacity – so don't get too excited about a playable demo yet – but after last year's gameplay reveal we can be sure there'll be more to see.

For those of you asking, yes, we will be at E3 this year.

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Fortnite: Every Pirate Camp and Giant Face Location

The first week of Season 8 is here and we have the map and locations of all pirate camps and giant faces.

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Fortnite Season 8 Adds Volcano, Cannonball Weapon, and Party Assist Challenges

Season 8 brings another big shakeup in the world of Fortnite with new volcanic and jungle locations, a cannonball weapon, and the ability to allow other players to help complete your challenges.

A volcano has emerged from depths of the map, creating a jungle and lagoon in the surrounding areas. In exchange for saying goodbye to Wailing Woods, Lazy Links, and Tomato Temple, three new locations have appeared on the map. Volcanic Vents, Lazy Lagoon, and Sunny Steps can all be found in the northeastern portion of the map.

A cannonball weapon has been added.

Developing...

Michael Koczwara is IGN's Weekend Web Producer who is in awe of the beautiful new map. Follow him on Twitter and YouTube.

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Every Clue and Teaser for Fortnite Season 8

We've gathered all the official clues and teasers for Fortnite Season 8.

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How Black Women Made The Sims 4 Their Own

Since The Sims entered the video game market in 2000 on the PC, it has defied easy categorization. Designed to be a mix of an architectural simulator and a high-tech doll-house, The Sims' release marked some of the most extensive customization in a video game at the time. All iterations of The Sims since have continued the trend. There is no definitive story mode or sense of linearity; the draw is in the details. Your sim pays their bills, cleans themselves, eats, and remembers if they had a sour social interaction with another sim. Players have a great deal of freedom to guide their sims in whatever way they wish. Whether that's toward success -- through wealth, fame, family, popularity, a stylish vampire coven, or unbeatable cooking skills -- or death. You can kill your sims in progressively stranger ways (because, at some point, we've all put our sims in a pool and removed the ladder to observe as nature takes its course).

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IGN Can't Draw: Our Imaginary Pokemon Sword and Shield Starter Evolutions

Since this morning's reveal of the three new starters in Pokemon Sword and Shield - the grass chimp Grookey, the fire rabbit Scorbunny and the water lizard Sobble - there's been a lot of discussion around what their evolutions might look like. After all, Pokemon always start out cute and cuddly but can end up as imposing, muscle-studded beasts. We at IGN decided it would be a fun experiment to draw what we think Grookey, Scorbunny and Sobble's evolutions might look like, but the catch is...not a lot of us can draw.

Please enjoy IGN Can't Draw: Our Imaginary Pokemon Sword and Shield Starter Evolutions Edition.

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Detective Pikachu: Every Pokemon in the New Movie

At this point, there are over 800 species of Pokemon in this wildly popular video game franchise. And with another pair of sequels hitting the Nintendo Switch later this year, expect that number to grow. But Pokemon fans are also looking forward to the release of Detective Pikachu, the very first live-action Pokemon movie. The trailers released so far have been absolutely crammed with Pokemon both large and small, so to help you make sense of this sensory onslaught, we've got a breakdown of every Pokemon we know will be appearing in the movie (so far).

Check out every Pokemon from Detective Pikachu below!

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How Can Anthem Survive Post-Launch?

BEYOND!

On this week's episode of IGN's PlayStation show Beyond!, host Jonathon Dornbush discusses the launch of Anthem with Brian Altano, Max Scoville, and Andrew Goldfarb. The panel takes a look at the ups and downs of the launch of BioWare's latest, and dive into what we'd like to see to give Anthem longevity moving forward, and to keep us coming back beyond its launch.

But beyond that, we also say goodbye to Andrew Goldfarb, after he's announced he's leaving IGN this week. Andrew's been with the show since episode 221, and will have more to say about his future soon.

Timecodes:

• 0:00 - Andrew's goodbye
• 19:10 - Anthem

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How to Get Fortnite's Season 8 Battle Pass for Free

Fortnite's Share the Love event offers players a new set of challenges and the chance to unlock the Season Battle Pass for free.

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Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order to Be Revealed at Star Wars Celebration

Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, the upcoming action-adventure game coming from Respawn Entertainment, will be revealed at this year's Star Wars Celebration in Chicago.

Announced in an episode of The Star Wars Show, an exclusive first look of Fallen Order will debut during a special panel on Saturday, April 13. The panel will feature a discussion revealing "never before heard details" ahead of the game's release, which the hosts listed as Fall 2019. The game follows a Padawan that survived Order 66 and takes place shortly after the events Revenge of the Sith.

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Pokemon Sword and Shield: Every Pokemon Confirmed So Far

Earlier today, Nintendo, in collaboration with The Pokémon Company and Game Freak, officially revealed Pokémon Sword and Shield, giving fans their first looks at the eighth generation of Pokémon.

In addition to revealing Sword and Shield's three starters, today's Direct featured roughly one minute of game footage, highlighting 13 other Pokémon that'll inhabit the new region of Galar. Click through the gallery below, or scroll to the bottom of this page, to see which 16 Pokémon have, so far, been confirmed for the upcoming Nintendo Switch RPGs.

While not confirmed, it's safe to assume Sword and Shield will also include the evolutionary families of the Pokémon seen above. If so, that would add the likes of Raichu and Snorlax, among others, to the roster. Assuming Grookey, Scorbunny, and Sobble each evolve twice, as is standard with starter Pokémon, that would bring the current creature count to 37.

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Fortnite Season 8 Downtime and Patch Information Detailed

Get your pirate gear in order, Season 8 of Fortnite is set to launch tomorrow and Epic has detailed the release date and time of downtime.

Season 7 will conclude at 1am PT on February 28 and downtime for the 8.0.0 patch will begin immediately after. Patch notes detailing any new weapons, map changes, or gameplay alterations will be released by Epic as soon as downtime begins.

Downtime between updates typically lasts about an hour, but Epic has confirmed this is a larger patch and downtime will take longer.

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Kingdom Hearts 3 Director Confirms DLC in the Works

Director Tetsuya Nomura has confirmed that both free and paid DLC is in the works for Kingdom Hearts 3.

In an interview with Japanese publication Dengeki Online (via Google Translate), Nomura revealed that free DLC would likely come to the game as incremental updates as they are completed, and paid DLC would be larger, and possibly grouped together to be released before the end of 2019. One such free update may include a Critical Mode difficulty level.

Paid DLC would likely expand the story, potentially filling in details on characters that perhaps weren't fully explored in the main game.

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Developers Talk About Unionizing the Games Industry

In Episode 7 of Humans Who Make Games podcast, host Adam Conover talks with two game developers and advocates from Game Workers Unite. For the purpose of privacy because both people still work in the industry, Humans Who Make Games has changed their names to Emma and Steve to keep them anonymous.

Listen to Humans Who Make Games Episode 7.

Emma and Steve chat about what it's like to work in extreme overtime, gender equality and the challenges of unionizing in the games industry, and how God of War was reportedly a 5-year crunch game.

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PS Plus March Games Include Modern Warfare Remastered, The Witness

Sony has revealed the March 2019 games coming to PlayStation Plus members, featuring Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered and The Witness.

Announced on the PlayStation Blog, the updated first-person shooter Modern Warfare Remastered can be played in 4K on PS4 Pro. The Witness, a first-person puzzle game set on a mysterious island, was made by Braid creator Jonathan Blow. Both games will be available to download from March 5 - April 1, 2019.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered and The Witness are your free PlayStation Plus games for March! New lineup arrives Tuesday, March 5: https://t.co/6M4yBfi3xo pic.twitter.com/0ViM6bMnfT

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Exclusive: Alien: Isolation Digital Series to Debut on IGN

Get your first look at a new Alien: Isolation digital series, debuting exclusively on IGN on Thursday, February 28.

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Halo 4 Originally Pitched As Xbox One Launch Title

Halo 4, which launched on Xbox 360 in November 2012, was originally pitched as a launch title for Xbox One. In this month's episode of IGN Unfiltered (see the full episode below), Ryan McCaffrey sat down with Bonnie Ross, head of 343 Industries, and discussed the history (and alternate histories) of the Halo franchise.

When Ross originally pitched Halo 4, it was set to be a launch title for Xbox One, but when it was decided the game would launch as an "end of life-cycle" Xbox 360 title, a new plan was formed. Halo games take a minimum of three years to build, according to Ross, and moving Halo 4 away from the Xbox One release window created a gap in the launch portfolio of the new console.

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SteamWorld Quest Is a Card Game RPG as Fiendish as It Is Lovely

There's something inherently likeable about the SteamWorld series. Its hand-drawn sprites, or sheer commitment to cheeriness or unerring focus on a single, tight, mechanical design stretched to game length – one or all of these will tug a smile from players' cold hearts eventually, no matter the game. The side-effect is that the whole SteamWorld brand has given developer Image & Form the enviable opportunity to consistently try new things, while still attracting a captive audience.

2013's breakout Steamworld Dig, don't forget, was the second game to bear the moniker, swapping the DSiWare original's Tower Defence for procedurally generated platforming. Then we got Heist, which somehow wrestled the XCOM model into two dimensions, and added a weird fascination with collectible hats. Even Dig 2, the series' first full sequel, made major changes, swapping those procedural maps for a meticulously designed experience, now prizing skilled play over the original's material grinding.

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A Plague Tale Makes Death Matter in a World With Thousands of Rats

A Plague Tale: Innocence is a game chock full of death. Half-eaten corpses on the ground, bodies burning at the stake, and cities driven mad by disease. But it wasn't the overabundance of death that struck me most as I played through its first three chapters, but instead how developer Asobo Studio could still make death impactful in the midst of it all.

The horrifying hordes of plague rats are what we've seen most from A Plague Tale so far, but its opening hours make something else abundantly clear: Hell is truly other people. Amicia and Hugo, the sister-brother duo you control, are on the run not just from rats, but from an unexpected Inquisition that destroyed their home and is seemingly trying to cleanse disease by any means necessary.

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March Xbox Games With Gold Includes Metal Gear Rising, Garden Warfare 2

Microsoft has announced the March 2019 lineup of Xbox Games With Gold, which includes Metal Gear, Star Wars, Garden Warfare and Adventure Time games.

The specific games hitting the service are the RPG Adventure Time: Pirates of the Enchiridion, the third-person shooter Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2, the Xbox classic and tactical first-person shooter Star Wars: Republic Commando and the action-packed Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance.

Here's when you can download each game starting next month:

• Adventure Time: Pirates of the Enchiridion - March 1-31 (Xbox One)
• Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2 - March 16-April 15 (Xbox One)

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EVO 2019 Fighting Tournament Lineup Drops Smash Bros. Melee in Favor of Ultimate

The Evolution Championship Series has unveiled the lineup for this year, and tournament regular Super Smash Bros. Melee didn't make the cut.

The GameCube title has been a part of the event for over 10 years, but won't be making an appearance at EVO 2019 when it kicks off in Las Vegas this August 2 - 4.

The longtime tournament favourite (which outlasted both Brawl and the 3DS/Wii U sequel) has been replaced by the most recent Smash Bros. game, Ultimate.

Melee got a send-off in the form of a thank you video during the reveal livestream yesterday, suggesting that we may not see the brawler show up in the competition again.

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32 Images from the Pokemon Sword and Shield Reveal Trailer (Slideshow)

Take a closer look at the Galar region, its fashion-forward trainers, and the Pokemon you'll find there.

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Complete Guide to Pokemon Sword/Shield's Preorder Bonuses

It's official: the full 2019 Pokemon game for Nintendo Switch is called Pokemon Sword and Pokemon Shield. The pair of games is slated for release in "late 2019" and will be set in a new region called Galar, which bears some resemblance to England. The starter Pokemon this time around are a grass chimp named Grookey, a fire rabbit named Scorbunny, and a water lizard called Sobble.

If you're ready to lock in a copy of this colorful RPG for yourself, you'll want to know where you can find it and what preorder bonuses it comes with. We have all the information you need below.

Pokemon Sword and Shield Preorder Bonus

So far only one preorder bonus has been announced for Pokemon Sword and Shield, and it's exclusive to Best Buy. My Best Buy members will receive a $10 reward credit for preordering the game. You can sign up for free.

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Pokemon Sword and Shield Announced for Nintendo Switch

Nintendo and The Pokémon Company have announced Pokémon Sword and Shield.

The announcement was accompanied by the first footage of the newest Pokémon title and the reveal that it will take place in the Galar region.

We also got a glimpse of the new grass, fire, and water starters - the Chimp Pokemon Grookey, the Rabbit Pokemon Scorbunny, and Water Lizard Pokemon Sobble.

The trailer showed Pokémon battles, the beautiful backdrops, weather effects, and so much more.

As for more on the Galar region, it is said to contain many environments, including "idyllic countryside, contemporary cities, thick forests, and craggy, snow-covered mountains."

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Heads Up: Mortal Kombat 11 Kollector's Edition Preorders Are Live

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Mortal Kombat 11: Johnny Cage Revealed

It may be no surprise that Johnny Cage is on the Mortal Kombat 11 roster, but as you can see in the video above, he's looking good and having FUN. His fatality might be the most laugh-out-loud amusing one in the whole game yet, and his mime move can't help but make you smile.

We'll be showing off more of Cage on KombatKast, NetherRealm's Mortal Kombat show, airing live on all IGN channels today (Wednesday, February 27) at 1pm PT/4pm ET. Be sure to tune in here on IGN.com, YouTube.com/IGN, Twitch.tv/IGN, or Mixer.com/IGN.

For more on Mortal Kombat 11, check out other character reveals, such as Jade (above), and all of the fatalities we've seen so far.

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Pokemon Go: How to Change Teams

An item has finally launched that lets you change teams: the Team Medallion.

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Devotion Review

Some horror games offer little more than cheap jump-scares and buckets of gore, but Devotion is the kind of psychological horror with the potential to keep you thinking for weeks after you've beaten it. It's expertly-paced and doesn't stick around long enough for its mechanical simplicity to overstay its welcome, but in that three hours delivers a powerfully unsettling story. And it does it all without ever having a single fully animated character on screen for more than a few seconds.

In Devotion, you take on the role of screenwriter Du Feng Yu as he experiences a surreal journey through the past in order to unravel the threads of what happened to his wife and daughter. Similar to other first-person horror games, like P.T., Devotion mostly takes place in the family's modest apartment home. It's a choice of setting that makes room for excellent character development as you discover mementos and items across multiple years within the home, effectively telling the family's story.

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How Xbox Game Pass on Switch Benefits Microsoft, Nintendo, and Players

The rumor that Microsoft's Game Pass service could make its way onto the Nintendo Switch came as a shock. It would make for an unprecedented change in the gaming landscape, marking a new era of partnerships in a traditionally segmented industry.

But with Microsoft already letting slip its plans to bolster this relationship with the possibility of Xbox Live coming to Nintendo Switch, a deeper partnership could hugely benefit both companies involved and what players can expect for years to come.

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Overkill's the Walking Dead Now Canceled for Consoles

While a week ago it seemed Overkill's The Walking Dead was still set for release on PS4 and Xbox One, Skybound Entertainment, overseer of The Walking Dead license, has now announced the game will no longer be coming to consoles, and support for it on PC will be discontinued.

In a statement sent to IGN, Skybound confirmed it has ended its contract with Starbreeze Studios "and will discontinue all efforts on Overkill's The Walking Dead.

The company's full statement reads:

As of today, we have terminated our contract with Starbreeze Studios and will discontinue all efforts on OVERKILL'S THE WALKING DEAD. Our creators and their stories are the core of Skybound, and since 2014 we have worked hard to expand the world of The Walking Dead into an exceptional Co-op Action FPS. We did our best to work with Starbreeze and resolve many issues that we saw with the game, but ultimately OVERKILL'S THE WALKING DEAD did not meet our standards nor is it the quality that we were promised. We are exceedingly sorry to our fans and share their disappointment in the game. We remain dedicated to providing our fans with the most premium quality content we can offer, and will continue to look for alternative video game options for the IP.

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Nintendo Direct Predictions: Pokemon Gen 8, Starters, and Region Reveal

We're finally getting a Pokemon Direct for the first time in more than a year on February 27 at 6 a.m. PT / 9 a.m. ET / 2 p.m. GMT and February 28 at 1 a.m. AEDT (sorry Australia.) While we don't know for sure that it will focus on the core RPG Pokemon title for Nintendo Switch, why else have a Pokemon Direct if Nintendo isn't going to discuss the incredibly highly anticipated Generation 8? Yeah, we're rolling with that. Here's what we expect (and hope for) from tomorrow's Pokemon Direct.

If we can rely on any single detail being revealed in the February 2019 Pokemon Direct, it's the name of the Generation 8 Pokemon Nintendo Switch games.We first heard about the Gen 8 Pokemon games back at E3 2017, and we learned in May 2018 they would be arriving worldwide in Fall 2019. It's about time we learned, at the very least, the name and logo of the new games releasing this year. We got at least that much from the 2016 Pokemon Direct for Pokemon Sun and Moon. 

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Anthem: Freeplay Treasure Chest Locations and Map

Hunt down the treasure chests you need for the Legionnaire challenge with this guide.

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Games Made By Black Developers You Should Look Out For

Over the last decade, the video game industry has seen a rise in prominent indie games on platforms like Steam and Xbox Live Arcade. It signaled to developers everywhere that ideas could be created by nearly anyone wanting to make them. Black developers have taken advantage of this as well, home-brewing games that feature their own takes on various genres. African Americans may only make up only 2.5 percent of all video game developers, but that doesn't mean they're not putting time and effort towards building their own development studios.

In celebration of Black History Month, we look at games created by Black developers that are out now (or soon) that you definitely want to keep on your radar.

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Best PS4 Slim and PS4 Pro Deals and Bundles

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THQ Nordic Apologizes for Hosting AMA on Site Blacklisted By Google

THQ Nordic GmbH, best known as the publisher of the Darksiders series, has apologized for hosting an Ask Me Anything on a site that has been blacklisted by Google for "suspected child abuse content."

The official THQ Nordic GmbH Twitter account revealed this morning that it would be doing an AMA on 8Chan, adding "we have no idea why." This was followed up by a tweet saying "The opportunity was here and we took it, we got apporached 

in a very friendly and polite manner and were assured, said person (shoutout to Mark) will take care of the nasty stuff. so, here we are."

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Red Dead Online: Everything Included in Today's Update

New mechanics, emotes, weapons and more have been added to the Red Dead Online beta.

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Talisman: Kingdom Hearts Board Game on the Way for 2019

Talisman, the popular adventure-themed tabletop game from Games Workshop, will be getting an official Kingdom Hearts edition in 2019.

Announced by board game makers The OP, Talisman: Kingdom Hearts Edition is a licensed version of the classic game, and "...reveals Sora, Kairi, Riku, King Mickey, Goofy and other comrades as figures at the helm of an exciting and different way to play the tabletop classic."

Classic Tabletop Adventure Meets Disney Royalty in Talisman: Kingdom Hearts Edition. #TheOP25 #KingdomHearts https://t.co/StYDqnZkJO pic.twitter.com/3mZI5zQSvE

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How Bonnie Ross Is Shaping the Future of Halo

343 Industries studio head and AIAS Hall of Famer Bonnie Ross discusses her entire career in this 70-minute interview, from her start on an NBA basketball game to how she came to ask for – and get – the keys to the Halo franchise, including the trials of Master Chief Collection and the lessons being applied to Halo Infinite. She discusses taking over Halo from Bungie, the mistakes of the Master Chief Collection, the reception of Halo 4, what they've learned from Halo 5, and what 343's approach is for Halo Infinite.

If you'd rather listen than watch (but we encourage you to watch!), here's an audio-only download link of the full episode.

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Update: First Major Red Dead Online Update Released

Update 02/26/2019: Red Dead Online's first major update has now been released, and Rockstar has detailed what's included, and what's coming at a later date.

Today's update includes the addition of Daily Challenges, the Rare Shotgun weapon, a range of new clothing items and outfits, and new emotes (which will be available through the Wheeler & Rawson Catalogue). PS4 players will also get early access to the new Jawbone Knife weapon.

Logging into the game any time between now and March 5 will also award players with a delivery of recovery items and rare ammo.

The previously announced world enhancements – updated player visibility, easier Parley and Feuds and a more fully-fledged Law and Bounty system – have also gone live.

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$35 for Red Dead Redemption 2 and More PS4, Xbox One Deals

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Twitch Invites Politicians to Play Mario Kart and Discuss Copyright Law

In an attempt to rise awareness of an impending change to European copyright law that could leave Twitch liable for its users' content, the platform is hosting two EU MEPs.

Tiemo Wölken and Julia Reda, representatives of Germany's Social Democratic Party, and Pirate Party respectively, will be streaming Mario Kart later today to discuss Article 13. They will be joined by Twitch streamers P4wnyhof, and Mantrousse.

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Pokemon Nintendo Direct To Air Tomorrow

Nintendo has announced a 7 minute Nintendo Direct centred around "new information" about Pokemon.

It will be livestreamed tomorrow, February 27 at 6am Pacific / 9am Eastern / 2pm UK (that's February 28 at 1am AEDT).

It's worth pointing out that Nintendo steers clear of specifically mentioning the "core" Pokemon RPG coming to Switch later this year.

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Complete Guide to The Division 2's Preorder Bonuses and Editions

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Devotion Was Removed From Steam for a 'QA Check'

Red Candle Games has put an end to any speculation that its Taiwanese horror game, Devotion was banned from Steam following a backlash from Chinese gamers - but it was temporarily removed because of that backlash.

The Taiwanese horror game caused controversy earlier this week when players reported spotting a reference to a Winnie-the-Pooh meme mocking Chinese President Xi Jinping. It subsequently disappeared from Steam, leading some believe it had been banned from the platform.

However, in a Facebook statement, the developer explained that it removed its title to "have another complete QA check," and ensure that "no other unintended materials" were left in the game. It also cites "technical issues" that caused "unexpected crashes," as another reason for the removal.

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Pokemon Go: Everything You’ve Missed If You Haven’t Played Since Launch

(UPDATED on February 25 with Go Snapshot and the Team Change Medallion)

If you stopped playing Pokemon Go after the initial hype died down or if you never picked it up, there are a lot of exciting features that have helped transform it into a more robust game than you probably realize.

From PVP to trading and even in-game effects caused by the weather in the real world around you, Niantic has turned Pokemon Go into everything envisioned in the original announcement trailer, and in some ways even exceeded it.

Here are a few of the most exciting features to come to Pokemon Go in the last two and a half years.

Friends, Gifts, and Trading

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Rumor: Xbox Games Pass Allegedly Coming to Nintendo Switch

A new report suggests that Xbox Games Pass may be headed to the Nintendo Switch in the future via streaming.

Via Game Informer, Direct Feed Games, an "outlet that has a strong track record for rumors especially centering around Nintendo," claims that Microsoft is preparing to publish ports of its games on the Switch alongside allowing Switch owners to stream Xbox Games Pass titles by its Project xCloud service.

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Pokemon Go: How to Catch Smeargle Right Now

Smeargle, the missing Gen 2 Pokemon, is live in Pokemon Go right now!

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New Overwatch Hero Baptiste Revealed

The latest hero added to Blizzard's Overwatch roster, Baptiste, has been revealed.

The official Play Overwatch YouTube account has uploaded a new origin story video giving us some insight into the upcoming hero, Baptiste.  It shows the hero growing up in a wartorn country describing tough choices that had to be made to survive.

The armour worn by Baptiste in the origin story has a Talon logo, which happens to represent the terrorist organisation also connected to other heroes such as Reaper and Doomfist.

It seems Baptiste will be a mix of a DPS and healer character touting that he will use both bandages and bullets. The trailer finishes by saying that it's your choice as to which.

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5 Awesome Black Video Game Characters

Change is positive.

It feels like slowly, but surely over the past few years, publishers have finally started to realize the value of trying to inject their properties with new perspectives based around diverse characters, casts, and crews. A few developers like Long Hat House with Dandara, Arkane Studios with Dishonored, and Respawn Entertainment with this month's Apex Legends have specifically included prominent black characters, and proven that it's not hard to do.

Seeing blackness in-game is finally becoming normal, which is a stark contrast from when I was a kid and only able to make my Animal Crossing villager look like me by having him tan every day. It was a Jersey Shore nightmare cycle. Now kids get to bop their friends in Smash Ultimate as dark-skinned villagers who sport fly haircuts and don't over-tan. We're getting somewhere.

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Microsoft's HoloLens 2 Will Cost $3,500

Microsoft has unveiled the HoloLens 2, an updated mixed-reality device that starts at $3,500 and will support Unreal Engine 4.

Announced by Microsoft at MWC Barcelona, HoloLens 2 focuses on three key areas: immersion, comfort and an execrated time-to-value ratio.

To improve upon HoloLens' immersion, Microsoft purportedly doubled HoloLens' field of view while maintaining a holographic density of 47 pixels per degree of sight. It features a new display system that achieves this at low power, and includes a new time-of-flight depth sensor for direct manipulation of holograms. On top of this, HoloLens 2 features eye-tracking sensors and iris recognition for security.

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Horror Game Devotion Disappears From Steam Following Meme Controversy

A Taiwanese horror game has been removed from Steam following a controversy surrounding Winnie the Pooh and Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Devotion was removed from Steam after users found an in-game meme mocking Xi, according to The Verge.

An in-game poster reportedly says, "Xi Jinping Winnie-the-Pooh moron," an apparent reference to internet memes that have long compared the Chinese president to the famous cartoon bear. It remains unclear if this was the exact reason the game was removed.

Chinese censors have repeatedly banned content linking the president to Winnie the Pooh. According to Business Insider, the Oscar-nominated Disney film Christopher Robin was recently banned because of the memes.

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Dead Cells Gets Free DLC This Year, Playable at PAX East

Dead Cells will be receiving free DLC later this year and, according to developer Motion Twin, "players are going to freak out."

Motion Twin and Red Bull released a new 12-minute video that delves deep into the history of Dead Cells and allows fans to see "the first iteration of Dead Cells, which started as a "really boring" multiplayer strategy game."

As for the "huge DLC," the team begins discussing it and showing footage at around the 8:50 mark and reveals they have been working on it for over nine months.

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Microsoft Employees Protest Company's HoloLens Military Contract

A group of employees at Microsoft has begun protesting the use of its HoloLens technology following a multimillion contract with the United States Army.

Reported by GamesIndustry.biz, the group known as Microsoft Workers 4 Good, which was started in January, posted an open letter on Twitter to Microsoft's Brad Smith and Satya Nadella, demanding the cancellation of the $479 million contract and stricter ethical guidelines.

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The Division 2 Open Beta Details Revealed

Ubisoft has revealed details for the upcoming Open Beta for The Division 2, which will be dropping next week.

Announced through Twitter with additional details shared on the official Division 2 website, the Open Beta spanning from March 1-4 on PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One will include three main missions, five side missions, a Dark Zone and more. Ubisoft also released an official Open Beta trailer, which can be viewed below.

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Resident Evil 0, 1 and 4 Get Switch Release Dates

Capcom has confirmed we'll be surviving zombie outbreaks on the go with Resident Evil Zero, 1 and 4 this May on Switch.

Announced through Twitter, all three ports will drop on the Nintendo eShop on May 21, saying "Play all three masterpieces anywhere, such as: on trains, during mansion tours, across the European countryside."

Resident Evil 0, 1, and 4 are coming to Nintendo Switch eShop on May 21!

Play all three masterpieces anywhere, such as:

- On trains

- During mansion tours

- Across the European countryside

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Borderlands Developer Was Considered for Halo 4

Borderlands developer Gearbox Software was originally considered to create Halo 4. In this month's episode of IGN Unfiltered, Ryan McCaffrey sat down with Bonnie Ross, head of 343 Industries, and discussed the history (and alternate histories) of the development of Halo 4, among many other topics.

After Halo's original development studio, Bungie, split with Microsoft, there was a discussion at Xbox about what to do with the Halo franchise. While the ending of Halo 3 was ambiguous enough to serve as a finale for the series, Halo also took place in an incredibly well-realized universe, one which was rich enough to serve as the setting for many more games, should Microsoft find the right studio to make them.

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Fortnite Season 8 Could Feature Pirates and Snake Monsters

The Fortnite Twitter account has been slowly dropping hints about the game's upcoming Season 8, and it seems the new theme may centre around fantasy piracy.

In what seem to be daily tweets, rhymes and teaser images have pointed squarely to a pirate theme. The first is the clearest, from the theme of treasure to the hook-hand in the image:

'X' Marks The Spot

Treasure abound

Loot that has been lost

Can always be found.

4 days to Season 8. pic.twitter.com/1U8n7x4pQQ

— Fortnite (@FortniteGame) February 24, 2019

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How to Get 2,150 Apex Legends Coins for 99p

Find out how to get 2,150 Apex Legends Coins for 99p, 4,350 for £17.99, 6700 for £34.99 and 11,500 for £64.99.

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Trials Rising Review

I've long since stopped physically leaning into my turns while playing racing games, but something about the Trials series still has me twisting and jumping in my seat as if doing so will just give my rider that little bump they need to get over an obstacle. The nail-biting reaction time and delicate finesse required to get through the hardest courses Trials Rising has to offer makes them as thrilling to overcome as ever, driving me to return to them to crash and burn and improve my times endlessly. Counterproductively, though, it works against that urge with some tweaks and new additions which take the focus off of that loop of self-improvement and put it instead on repetitive challenges and discouraging PvP competition.

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Jump Force Characters List

See every character in this roster chart.

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How to Defeat Any Enemy in Metro Exodus

You'll have a lot of opponents throughout your escape from the Metro - here's how to take them all down.

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Every IGN BioWare Game Review - Vote For Your Favorite

It's been 23 years since a duo of Canadian physicians founded BioWare and started injecting awesome RPGs (and a few action games) directly into the veins of gamers around the world. IGN's reviewed almost all of BioWare's catalog, and you can flip through all of them in the slideshow below.

Dan Stapleton is IGN's Reviews Editor. You can follow him on Twitter to hear gaming rants and lots of random Simpsons references.

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How to Find Every Hidden Battle Star and Secret Banner in Fortnite

Season 7 is almost over so don't miss your chance on collecting all the secret battle stars and banners!

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A Guide to Crafting in Anthem

We'll show you how to unlock crafting abilities, and where to find components, blueprints and more in Anthem.

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Far Cry New Dawn: How to Get Every Outfit

Where to unlock all the item pieces throughout the latest Far Cry.

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Every Collectible Location in Far Cry New Dawn

From Audio Files to Photo Locations, here's where to find all the hidden items around what's left of Hope County in Far Cry New Dawn.

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How to Get 2,150 Apex Legends Coins for 99p

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How to Get 2,150 Apex Legends Coins for 99p

Find out how to get 2,150 Apex Legends Coins for 99p, 4,350 for £17.99, 6700 for £34.99 and 11,500 for £64.99.

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Jump Force Roster Tier Lists

See aggregated tier lists for characters in Jump Force.

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Anthem's 90-Day Post-Launch Roadmap Revealed

BioWare's shared-world shooter Anthem is officially out for everyone today, and with it, BioWare has announced the events and changes you can expect over the next three months.

In a post on the BioWare blog, Chad Robertson, Head of Live Service on Anthem, shared his short-term vision for the game with a look at the first 90-day roadmap of what the live-service team has planned.

You can find a list of the activities below, broken out by the month they'll be deployed. It's important to note that none of these activities have concrete deployment dates, or weeks, assigned to them just yet, so we'll have to keep an ear to the ground for when we can expect them to roll out during the calendar month.

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Kingdom Hearts 3 DLC We Want

Kingdom Hearts 3 has now been available for a few weeks, and while many of us are still working our way through Battlegates, the Ultima Weapon quest, or a Flantastic hunt, it's hard not to look to the future of Square Enix's action-RPG series. While the ending(s) of Kingdom Hearts 3 leave us plenty to chew on, the sequel also presents a unique opportunity for Square to expand on their franchise-hopping adventure with DLC, a would-be first for the Kingdom Hearts series.

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Jump Force Tips and Guide

Everything you need to know to get the upper hand in Jump Force!

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Microsoft Reportedly Set to Unveil New Xbox Hardware During E3 2019

New reports suggest that Microsoft will unveil two new Xbox hardware platforms during E3 2019, and that Halo Infinite will launch alongside them.

Reported by French site Jeux Video (via Google Translate), the Project Scarlet family of next-gen Xbox hardware will allegedly be revealed at E3 2019 and are scheduled to launch by the end of 2020. The site claims the rumors that Scarlet consists of two platforms, a weaker Lockhart console and a more powerful Anaconda console, are also true. These will allegedly be announced alongside the rumored partnership between Nintendo and Microsoft.

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Apex Legends Player Uses Spider-Man Web Shooter to Play

It can be tough enough for some of us to win in Respawn Entertainment's hit battle royale shooter Apex Legends. But one player has decided to take a unique tactic to playing the legend Pathfinder — using a modified Spider-Man web shooter toy as a controller.

Louis Hamilton, ATwerkinYoshi on Reddit, posted his awesome controller mod, which activates Pathfinder's grappling hook ability with the press of a Spider-Man glove. Mimicking the webhead's iconic motion, Hamilton presses down with his middle and ring finger on a modded web shooter glove, which launches Pathfinder's grapple. Check out the video below to see the glove in action.

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A Creepy Glitch in Red Dead Online on Xbox One Leaves the Whole World Empty

Red Dead Online players on Xbox One have been riding around in empty towns for close to a week, due to a glitch in the game.

Reported by Polygon and posted on Reddit and Twitter, players are describing the issues as the typical townsfolk being completely deleted from the areas, horses not spawning when they are called, and all animals being gone from the game.

Others are saying that Red Dead Online's beta will just kick them out of the game entirely while they are beginning to play, in which, Rockstar sent a troubleshooting link to a player on Twitter who inquired about the issue. Players have responded by saying the troubleshooting does not work.

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Fortnite: World Cup and Other 2019 Events Share $100 Million Prize Pool

The upcoming Fortnite World Cup and other Fortnite events that will take place across 2019 will share a $100 million prize pool.

Announced by Epic Games, the the lead up to the Fortnite World Cup includes ten weekly online open qualifiers from April 13 - June 16. Each week, $1 million will be on the line for eligible Fortnite players, with broadly distributed payouts.

Ultimately, the top 100 solo players and the top 50 duos teams from around the world will take part in the Fortnite World Cup Finals in New York City from July 26-28. Here, a $30 million prize pool is up for grabs. Each participant will be guaranteed at least $50,000, while the solo cup champion will earn a cool $3 million.

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Age of Wonders: Planetfall Is a Sci-Fi 4X with XCOM-Like Tactical Battles

Of all the varied visions of the future we see in games, some of my favorites have always been the ones that include dinosaurs. Age of Wonders: Planetfall doesn't skimp on these Cretaceous throwbacks, and it's all the better for it. Combining a detailed 4X campaign layer with XCOM-like tactical battles, Triumph's first foray into sci-fi has a lot of elements that will look familiar to a turn-based strategy veteran. But the way they're assembled is not quite like anything I've played before.

The backdrop for all this hex-based expanding, exploring, and exterminating is that there used to be a grand, galactic government that ruled over settled space peacefully, and everything was great. You know, unless you were a slave. Every shining beacon of spaceborne civilization has to have a rotting, decadent core after all. But a couple hundred years back, that all fell apart and left scattered groups of ragtag survivors to pick up the pieces and try to make something with them.

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Fallout 76 2019 Roadmap Details Content Seasons

On the 100-day anniversary of the release of Fallout 76, Bethesda has revealed its 2019 roadmap for the game, including a major spring update.

Detailed on Bethesda.net, the 2019 roadmap for Fallout 76 includes three major timeframes for free updates, with the Wild Appalachia update hitting in spring, Nuclear Winter coming in summer, and Wastelanders coming in fall. They bring with them different types of content, from new modes to a new main quest. Specific dates for when content will drop are included in the image below.

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Stellaris: Console Edition Review

If you asked me what traditionally PC-centric genre would be least likely to work with a gamepad, a complex grand strategy game of Stellaris' breed would be near the top of the list. But much to my surprise, the team behind the Console Edition of Paradox's space opera sandbox have managed to do a really admirable job translating the controls. Coming from the PC version, however, I can't help but notice that they've ported a long out-of-date version of Stellaris that's still full of major gameplay shortcomings that have been solved for a while now on that side of the fence – and man, is it hard to go back.

If you've never even looked at Stellaris before, there are plenty of reasons to get excited about Console Edition. It's one of the most ambitious and innovative space 4X games to come out in the last decade. You're given fine control over designing your empire's government and primary species using a variety of flavorful and impactful trait choices, allowing you to be anything from an iron-fisted dictatorship of bloodthirsty turtles to a peaceful technocracy led by some sort of worm creature whose underlying biology I don't even want to guess at. The portraits you can pick from include enough weird, memorable, and sometimes hilarious aliens to fill the Mos Eisley Cantina a few times over.

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Crackdown 3: Why a Good Deal Doesn't Make a Game Score Better

Any time we publish a review that takes a strong stance – positive or negative – on an anticipated game, we get a lot of feedback from our community. Beyond the unavoidable differences of opinion on the quality of a given game (there's never been a review in any publication that everyone agrees with), there are interesting philosophical questions that arise around how we make our evaluations.

In the case of last week's Crackdown 3 review, two often-debated topics were raised: Why is a sequel that's so similar to a well-regarded original now thought of as uninteresting, and what consideration should be given to a game that can be played for next to no cost? These are questions we actually spend quite a lot of time thinking about, and so now seems like a good time to shed light on how we approach those questions and the reasoning behind it so that you can have a better idea of how we review.

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Guild Wars Developer ArenaNet Confirms Upcoming Layoffs

ArenaNet, the studio behind the Guild Wars franchise, will layoff employees following the cancellation of unannounced projects, though game services for Guild Wars and Guild Wars 2 will allegedly not be affected.

IGN reached out to ArenaNet for comment, and the company confirmed the layoffs, stating it's a part of a larger organizational restructuring within NCSOFT, ArenaNet's parent company. ArenaNet send IGN the following statement:

"We can confirm that due to the cancellation of unannounced projects, ArenaNet will make staff reductions. This is part of a larger organizational restructuring within NCSOFT in the west, but the Guild Wars and Guild Wars 2 game services will not be affected, nor is any upcoming game content canceled."

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What We Want to See Apex Legends Do to Stay on Top

It's barely been two weeks since Apex Legends took the world by storm, and not only are many people playing the game — it amassed more than 25 million players in its first week alone-- but even more are watching others play the game. With 41 million hours of Twitch viewership over the past week, Apex Legends has more than doubled the watch time of Fortnite, which has been reigning supreme for almost a year now.Clearly, Apex Legends has quickly dominated the Battle Royale genre, but the real question is: how can it keep ahead of the well-established competition?

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Get a Nintendo Switch with Mario Kart 8 Deluxe for £289

The Nintendo Switch has notoriously held its value since its release, bar Black Friday when Amazon reduced it to £249. If you're one of those that are looking to get a Nintendo Switch on the cheap but didn't jump in on the Black Friday deal, you've come to the right place.

I've highlighted my picks on what I feel are the best and cheapest Nintendo Switch bundles, games and accessories below (updated weekly). It's good to note that Nintendo Switch bundle deals right now aren't as good as they are in promotional periods such as Black Friday, but if you can't wait to get your hands on one, then these deals are currently your best bet.

Best Cheap Nintendo Switch Bundle Deals Right Now

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Anthem: How to Make Combos

Mix these abilities to deal more damage to foes.

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No, Overkill's The Walking Dead Has Not Been Canceled on Consoles

Despite reports suggesting the console version of Overkill's The Walking Dead had been canceled, one of the game's publishers has gone on record saying it's simply been postponed.

Confirmed by publisher 505 Games on Twitter, the company states "We just wanted to clear the position on the Overkill's The Walking Dead on console and confirm that the game has not been cancelled, purely postponed whilst development is on-going. We will share further news as soon as possible."

We just wanted to clear the position on the OVERKILL's The Walking Dead on console and confirm that the game has not been cancelled, purely postponed whilst development is on-going. We will share further news as soon as possible.

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What $100 Gets You in Apex Legends

If you've been playing Apex Legends and have yet to part with any of your money, we've saved you the hassle of trying to figure out what's what by spending 100 dollars in Respawn's battle royale shooter.

Because Apex Legends is free-to-play, microtransactions are inevitably going to be a part of its ecosystem. For consumers who are unclear with how mictrotransactions work in Apex Legends, don't worry:  all of them are 100% cosmetic, which means you can't get an edge in the game if you fork out cash.

You can actually see every unlockable cosmetic if you head over to the legend and armory tab. There are over 1900 total items with 4 tiers of rarity: common, rare, epic, and legendary. Players will have unlocked 45 total apex boxes once they reach level 100 and with 3 items per loot box, that means you are getting access to 135 free items.

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Is Far Cry: New Dawn Weird Enough?

BEYOND!

On this week's episode of IGN's weekly PlayStation show, host Jonathon Dornbush is joined by Brian Altano, Max Scoville, and Andrew Goldfarb to discuss Far Cry: New Dawn's take on a colorful post-apocalypse, and whether the latest entry in the series is as weird as it maybe should be.

Plus, the panel catches up on Andrew's Kingdom Hearts 3 progress, discusses the odd launch of Anthem, and takes a Persona 5 Trophy Test.

Timecodes

• Far Cry - until 22:38
• 22:38 - Anthem
• 33:45 - Kingdom Hearts 3
• 43:30 - Trophy Test

And remember! Beyond has now moved publish days! You can find each week's new episode of Beyond on beyond.ign.com on Wednesdays at 3 p.m. PT/6 p.m. ET. 24 hours later each week, you can catch the full episode on YouTube, iTunes, and other podcast services.

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Ben Mendelsohn's Captain Marvel Villain Explained

The Captain Marvel movie will include several firsts for the MCU, like being set in the '90s and featuring a two-eyed Nick Fury. Perhaps the most notable new development, however, is the inclusion of the Skrulls as the main villains of the film. And they'll be led by Ben Mendelsohn, no less! One Avenger against an entire cosmic empire? We like those odds.

Mendelsohn (Rogue One) plays the Skrull leader, Talos, in the highly anticipated Brie Larson film. But who are the Skrulls, and why do they have such a bone to pick with Captain Marvel? Let's break down everything you need to know about this troublesome group of Marvel aliens. (Also be sure to read about how Marvel Studios can even use the Skrulls, who were long believed to fall under 20th Century Fox's domain as far as their film rights.)

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Rockstar Releases More Details for Red Dead Online Update Coming Next Week

Update: Rockstar has released new details for Read Dead Online's update on February 26, which include new Free Roam Events, Showdown Modes, Races, and its first batch of new weapons, clothing, and emotes.

Fool's Gold will be added to the Free Roam Events, which will let players compete for a protective suit of Golden Armor. Whoever takes down the player wearing the armor will earn points and will then be the wearer of the Golden Armor.

Three new Showdown Modes will be in the update, that involve stealing loot from one another for survival and capturing and delivering bags.

A new race will be added where players get to shoot at targets while on horseback while getting to checkpoints on a track, and new Fishing Challenges will come with the update, which will give you the equipment you need to complete each fishing challenge, such as rods, lures and proper bait for the challenges.

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