A complete guide to finding the Week 8 Hidden Fortbyte in Fortnite!
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Sunday, June 30, 2019
Fortnite: How to Find the Week 8 Hidden Fortbyte
Ni no Kuni Sequel Confirmed by Developer Level-5
In an interview with Japanese magazine Nikkei, translated and reported on by Dualshockers, Level-5 president Akihiro Hino confirmed that a new Ni no Kuni game is in the works, and will release sometime after the upcoming Ni no Kuni movie, which premiers on August 29 in Japan.
Hino didn't give many details beyond that, unfortunately, but did comment on how Level-5 is currently reviewing its development process, according to Dualshockers. Level-5's recent projects, Yo-kai Watch 4 and Inazuma Eleven Ares no Tenbin, were both delayed. In the interview, Hino implied that Level-5 is aiming to regain the trust of its fanbase after these delays.
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Overwatch League to End GOATS Meta With New Role System
According to multiple reports, Blizzard plans to effectively end the three tanks, three healers (or "GOATS) meta that has become the norm in most Overwatch League matches, and been a common complaint among viewers
In an original report from Upcomer, the esports news site claimed that multiple sources it had within the Overwatch League had told them that Blizzard will implement a 2-2-2 role lock for teams starting in the league's fourth stage starting July 25.
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Mario Maker 2: Check Out Story Mode's Postgame Secrets
Don't miss out on some hidden unlockables and more content after clearing Story Mode in Super Mario Maker 2.
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Enter for a Chance to Win a Tera Summer Fun 2019 Pack and Collectible
Welcome to Daily Win, our way of giving back to the IGN community. To thank our awesome audience, we're giving away a new game each day to one lucky winner. Be sure to check IGN.com every day to enter in each new giveaway.
Today we're giving away a Tera Summer Fun Pack and Steampunk Elin Collector's Statue. To enter into this sweepstake, fill out the form below. You must be at least 18 years old and a legal U.S. resident to enter. Today's sweepstake will end at 11:59 p.m. PDT. Entries entered after this time will not be considered.
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Saturday, June 29, 2019
Cadence of Hyrule: How and Where to Locate All Heart Pieces
Many Pieces of Heart can appear randomly in Cadence of Hyrule, but we can show you where to look, and how to get them.
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July's Xbox Games With Gold Revealed
Another month, another round of free games for Xbox Live Gold members. For July, Xbox owners who subscribe to Xbox Live Gold will receive four free games as part of the Games With Gold program.
For Xbox One owners, your two free games are Inside, from the creators of Limbo, and Big Crown Showdown.
IGN readers will remember that we gave Inside a 10 out 10, and nominated Inside for our 2016 game of the year. IGN editor Ryan McCaffrey called it "a dreamlike platformer that takes us to incredible places."
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Mario Maker 2: How to Unlock Everything in Story Mode
See how to put Princess Peach's castle back together with our guide to everything you can build, all the jobs to take on, and more.
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Pokemon Masters: See Every Sync Pair so Far
See every character (trainer!) and Pokemon revealed in Pokemon Masters so far, from Red to Blue and more.
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Enter for a Chance to Win Life is Strange 2
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Today we're giving away a digital Life is Strange 2 Season Pass for PS4. To enter into this sweepstake, fill out the form below. You must be at least 18 years old and a legal U.S. resident to enter. Today's sweepstake will end at 11:59 p.m. PDT. Entries entered after this time will not be considered.
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Friday, June 28, 2019
How to Unlock Mario Maker 2's Hidden Power-ups
There's secret unlockables lurking in Super Mario Maker 2's Story Mode - see what you can add to your levels.
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Harry Potter: Wizards Unite Review
Harry Potter: Wizards Unite may not be the wizarding world game of my dreams (hopefully that leaked Harry Potter RPG trailer is more than a concept) but I'm pleasantly surprised with how much I'm enjoying Niantic's latest augmented reality "walking RPG." This followup to the phenomenally successful Pokemon GO does a lot of heavy lifting to justify its storyline that makes the actual idea behind it a little wonky, but the many, many layers of exploration and collection it encourages have kept me engaged on a daily basis… so far.
Harry Potter: Wizards Unite is, in a nutshell, Pokemon GO but with wizard tchotchkes instead of collectable pocket monsters. The longer version of the description reads a bit more like a J.K. Rowling lore tweet: in the quiet, post-Deathly Hallows epilogue lives of Harry, Ron, and Hermione, a great calamity has hit the wizarding world and threatens to tear down the wall between muggles and magic. You and wizards around the world are enlisted to help uphold the Statute of Secrecy and eventually solve this Calamity.
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Game Freak Addresses Pokemon Sword and Shield National Dex
Game Freak's Junichi Masuda, the producer of Pokémon Sword and Shield, has issued a statement in response to the news that some Pokémon will not be able to be transferred to the newest entry on the Nintendo Switch from previous games.
Posted to Pokemon.com, Masuda-san has assured fans that while some Pokémon may not be available in Pokémon Sword and Shield, that does not mean they will not appear in future games.
Thank you to all of our fans for caring so deeply about Pokémon. Recently, I shared the news that some Pokémon cannot be transferred to Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield. I've read all your comments and appreciate your love and passion for Pokémon.
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8 Wii U Games We Want to See on Nintendo Switch
With the release of Super Mario Maker 2 on the Nintendo Switch this week, more of the Wii U's library finds some sort of representation on the Switch, which is great considering how little time people had to really experience some of its best titles. Whether via sequels or ports, Nintendo has slowly been bringing the best of the Wii U to its current console.
But even with Splatoon and Mario Maker sequels, Captain Toad and New Super Mario Bros. U ports and more, there are still treasured gems of the Wii U trapped on Nintendo's last-gen system. Here are seven WiiU ports Nintendo should make (or franchises to at least consider sequels for), instead of just leaving all this unspent money in my wallet.
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Gears 5: All of Our New Gameplay, Information, and More!
June's IGN First game is Gears 5! We're gearing up for the third-person shooter sequel's launch on September 10 by diving deep into Escape, the brand-new PvE multiplayer mode. We'll have new gameplay video, game details, and much more!
This page will serve as a continually updated hub of everything we're doing all month long. Take a look at the list below and catch up on anything you've missed!
14 Minutes of Escape Mode Gameplay
More Escape Gameplay
Escape Mode Explained
Exclusive Look at the Multiplayer Map Builder
Details on Gears 5 Escape Mode's Story and New Characters
Click the image above to read our information about Escape mode's story and new characters.
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Fortnite: How to Find Fortbyte #62
A complete guide to finding Fortbyte #62 in Fortnite!
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Days Gone Challenge Mode Released Today
Days Gone's latest free content update adds a standalone Challenge Mode, which will see 12 weeks of challenges added to the Sony Bend PS4 exclusive. Players can take part in the first challenge, "Surrounded," starting today.
As detailed in the latest Days Gone patch notes on Reddit, the first free DLC challenge "Surrounded" pits players against a never-ending horde of Freakers. Players will have to use weapons, the environment, and whatever traps are at their disposal to take down Freakers, and doing so will increase your timer to keep battling the horde.
Every Friday for the next 12 weeks (this week included), a new challenge will unlock in the new mode (exact times are to be determined), but players can compete in the challenges whenever they are available to earn Bronze, Silver, and Gold rankings. Doing so will earn players credits, allowing them to buy new characters, custom accents, and rings. And, once players complete a challenge, they'll earn a Patch specific to that challenge, which Deacon will wear in both this mode as well as in the story mode.
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What Breath of the Wild 2 Might Mean for the Zelda Timeline
The Legend of Zelda's timeline is long, complicated and notoriously messy. With 19 mainline entries, and one more on the way, it's understandable that things have gotten a bit unwieldy. Even then, most timelines don't include a split that generates three separate timelines rife with floods, parallel dimensions and resurrected demons.
The latest Zelda game, Breath of the Wild, simultaneously exists at the end of all three of these timelines, yet is strangely disconnected from each of them. The E3 2019 Breath of the Wild 2 trailer, however, suggests both it and its predecessor will finally have a much more concrete spot in this ever-growing legend.
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Tetris Royale Is Coming to Mobile Devices
The Tetris Company has partnered with N3TWORK to develop a new Tetris battle royale game for mobile, called Tetris Royale.
The game will be similar to Tetris 99, which released earlier this year for Nintendo Switch. Tetris Royale will let players compete in multiple modes, including the classic 100-player battle royale mode, which will let players earn rewards for customizations, power-ups, and more that can be used in future battles.
Daily competitions between thousands of players, and a solo mode to practice Tetris skills will also be in the game.
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Mario Maker 2: How to Unlock Story Mode Characters and Rewards
Find out how to unlock secret characters to play hidden levels and unlock exclusive rewards in Mario Maker 2's Story Mode.
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Zelda Producer Discusses Upcoming Zelda Games
At E3 2019 we interviewed Zelda series producer Eiji Aonuma about the just-announced The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild sequel (Breath of the Wild 2?), the Link's Awakening remake just around the corner, and other Zelda-related topics.
We've been reporting on the biggest news from this Aonuma interview over the past weeks, but because these high-level Nintendo developer interviews are so rare, we've also decided to present the interview in its entirety. Here are some highlights from the Aonuma interview, with the full transcript following below. We hope it will make for good beach reading for your summer break.
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Google Will Not Remove Games From Your Stadia Library
Games purchased for Google Stadia will not be removed from your library, even if the game is removed from sale.
Talking to IGN and UK press at Google's offices in London, Google vice president and Stadia boss Phil Harrison addressed concerns that games could be removed from the service and prevent users who have paid for the game without the ability to play.
When posed with the theoretical idea of a publisher pulling support for Stadia after a user having brought one of the company's games, Harrison responded "Yes, you will still be able to access the game."
"Now there may be, as we've seen in the past, times where the developer or publisher no longer has rights to sell to new players," he elaborated. "And that means that the game will not be available to new players, but it will continue to be available to existing players."
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Yakuza 6 Actor Suspended From Agency Due To Organised Crime Link
Actor and comedian Hiroyuki Miyasako, who plays a supporting character in Yakuza 6: The Song of Life, has been suspended by his talent agency due to an alleged link to organised crime.
As reported by The Japan Times (via VG247) Miyasako, who plays Tsuyoshi Nagumo in Yakuza 6: The Song of Life, reportedly attended a party five years ago, along with other comedians, that was hosted by an organised crime group. The comedians provided entertainment for party guests and were paid for their efforts. It is that payment that has caused Miyasako and 10 other actors to be suspended by the Yoshimoto Kogyo Co. agency.
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IGN UK Podcast #493: In Case You Didn't Know, Toy Story and Spider-Man Are Both Brilliant
Matt has seen Spider-Man: Far From Home which is nice for him. He also went to see Toy Story 4 with Cardy and they both cried together as their childhood's flooded back to them in a touching, impactful 90 minutes. Meanwhile, Joe has watching Japanese men expose their rectums.
The Endless Starch is also back for another mind-bending dose of trivia and mental gymnastics.
IGN UK Podcast #493: In Case You Didn't Know, Toy Story and Spider-Man are Both Brilliant
And remember, if you want to get in touch with the podcast, please do: ign_ukfeedback@ign.com
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Google Stadia Exclusives Aim To Be 'Fun to Watch’ As Well As Play
Google's vice president for Stadia, Phil Harrison, has elaborated on the kind of exclusive games players will see running on the upcoming video games streaming platform.
Talking to IGN and other journalists at a roundtable event at Google's UK offices, Harrison said "An innovation that we want to bring to bare is games that are as fun to watch as they are to play,"
"That may be even introduce a new way of experiencing games," he elaborated. "Most of the games we play today are measured in button presses per second. Watching a YouTube video is button presses per minute. And maybe there's something in between, which is allowing the less engaged gamer to have just as much fun being part of a game. But maybe they have a slightly different viewpoint on the world. Maybe they have a more strategic view."
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Thursday, June 27, 2019
Mario Maker 2: Essential Tips and Tricks for Building Levels
If you're ready to get started making levels in Mario Maker 2, consider checking out these tips to keep in mind to make your levels the best they can be!
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Every Clear Condition in Mario Maker 2
From escorting Toad to not touching the ground, see all the clear conditions you can make levels with in Super Mario Maker 2.
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Bloodstained Is Great, but Should You Wait?
Weeelcoooome to Nintendo Voice Chat, IGN's Nintendo podcast. Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is now out on the Nintendo Switch, but how does it run? We discuss our experiences with it on both the Switch and other consoles, and if you should wait for it to get an upgrade. We also explain why Mario Maker 2 scored a 9.5 (Amazing), where Brian has been (Florida), how Casey's near-death experience relates to Astral Chain and The Olive Garden, and more! Including: Graveyard Keeper, Dandy Dungeon, My Friend Pedro, Muse Dash, and Slay the Spire.
Make sure to read the Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night Review and Mario Maker 2 Review for more details, too! We learned some new things this morning we were unable to discuss in our show: Details about Pokemon Masters, and how to get a job on the Zelda team.
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Steel Division 2 Review
One of my only disappointments with Eugen's Steel Division: Normandy 44 was the lack of any love for my beloved Eastern Front of World War II. Steel Division 2 corrects this, adding tons of new, historically-grounded units and divisions from the iconic T-34 tank to the lesser-known woman-led Soviet sniper teams. It does almost everything Normandy 44 did as well or better. But just about everything new it tries gets bogged down in the mud.
If you played the original, Steel Division 2's multiplayer and skirmish vs AI modes are going to seem very familiar. You select one of 28 thoroughly-researched historical divisions from either the Allied or Axis side to serve as the base "deck" for your forces. There is a lot of fun tweaking to do here as you have to consider trade-offs like having fewer, more hardened troops with higher stats but also higher costs, or a larger number of weak and cheap rookies. And Steel Division's three-phase battle system makes a return, adding the extra wrinkle of having to think about which units are going to become available in the early, middle, and late parts of the battle.
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Apex Legends: See Wattson in Action in Season 2 Gameplay Trailer
Two new Apex Legends trailers showcase what is in store for Season 2 of Respawn's battle royale game, including gameplay of the new Legend Wattson, Leviathans and Titanfall's Flyers in Kings Canyon, as well as an EMP attack on Repulsor.
The first trailer is focused on the story behind Season 2, and includes Bangalore, Mirage, Octane and the newest legend, Wattson. The aforementioned EMP blast destroys a large tower that was keeping out the Flyers and Leviathans, and they are now invading the playable area of Kings Canyon.
The second trailer is much more focused on gameplay and details what players can expect from Apex Legends: Season 2. We get our first look at Kings Canyon following the EMP blast, with some areas destroyed and others growing vegetation.
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What We Want From Breath of the Wild 2
With the surprising announcement that Breath of the Wild 2 was in development during Nintendo's Direct at E3 2019, our minds immediately started spinning with theories and hopes for where the sequel could potentially take us.
While we know it's not going to be a new Majora's Mask (no matter how badly we might want it to be), we've got plenty of ideas for what we'd like to see in the next installment of The Legend of Zelda.
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Fortnite: How to Find Fortbyte #100
A complete guide to finding Fortbyte #100 in Fortnite!
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Even If It Fails, Google Stadia Can Still Bring Us Into the Game Streaming Future
Though Google is making some big promises with Stadia, I still don't think it'll be universally replacing video game consoles any time soon. People can be slow to adapt to new tech, internet speeds and data caps still pose a barrier, and Stadia won't be available worldwide at launch (though more regions will be added in 2020).
Entertainment as a whole may have shifted to streaming and subscription services, but that's( at least in part) because people never grew attachments to their boomboxes or VCRs the way they did for the NES, or that excitement from getting a manual with their game case. Like many others, you'd have to pry my cartridges and discs out of my cold, dead, slightly inconvenienced hands before I gave them away. But despite my old ways, I know an all-digital future is probably inevitable, and Google is clearly ready to capitalize on it.
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Pokemon Masters Release Set for This Summer
Today The Pokemon Company and developer DeNA revealed new gameplay details and an animated trailer for the upcoming mobile game Pokemon Masters, as well as a release window of this Summer (or Winter for anyone in the southern hemisphere) on iOS and Android.
Pokemon Masters takes place in a new location called the island of Pasio. Trainers from every region have come to Pasio and are split into "sync pairs" - for example, Red and Charizard, Misty and Starmie, or Brock and Onix - and there will be 65 sync pairs to recruit at launch, with more coming later.
You can watch the video below to see both the new animated trailer and new gameplay.
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Gears 5: Ask the Developers Anything
Our month of exclusive editorial coverage on Gears 5 is winding down, but before we finish up, we wanted to give you the opportunity to ask the developers of Gears 5 anything about their upcoming third-person action sequel. Remember that they're unlikely to say anything about the campaign until September, per studio head Rod Fergusson's announcement on the Xbox stage at E3 2019, but if you want to ask about the new Escape mode, something about the development process, or maybe try to sneak in a carefully worded general question about Versus or maybe even the campaign, post it in the Comments below. We'll be watching, and we'll send the best questions to The Coalition.
Look for the answers to be posted here next Wednesday, July 3. In the meantime, catch up on all of our IGN First Gears 5 coverage so far, and don't miss this week's exclusive interview/conversation with Fergusson on our Xbox show, Podcast Unlocked:
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Mario Maker 2: Here's How Night Mode Effects Your Levels
Check out all the ways your level can change using night mode in Super Mario Maker 2.
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WoW Successor Canceled Because Blizzard Didn't Control Its Scope
Titan, the MMO positioned to succeed World of Warcraft, was allegedly canceled because Blizzard Entertainment wasn't able to control its scope and ambition.
Reported by VG247, Mike Morhaime, co-founder and former president of Blizzard Entertainment, revealed this during a speech at Gamelab in Barcelona, Spain.
"We've tried really hard not to announce any games that weren't ready to be announced, or we weren't sure that we were going to release them," said Morhaime. "Titan is an exception to that where we wanted it to be our next generation, our sequel to sort of World of Warcraft. We took a lot of our senior developers and put them on this project. And I think where we really failed was we failed to control scope. It was very ambitious."
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Cyberpunk 2077 Install Size Is Twice As Big As The Witcher 3
The disk space needed for Cyberpunk 2077 has been revealed by Game Pressure, which they confirmed after preordering the game from the PlayStation store.
The PlayStation 4 version will reportedly need at least 80GB of space – which is more than twice the size of The Witcher 3's install, and 13 GB larger than Days Gone.
According to the report, the Xbox One version of Cyberpunk 2077 should be able to use its 4K capabilities with the available consoles, but it is unknown how much disk space the Xbox One version will require, as well as any enhancements that will be seen with the PS4 Pro.
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Google: 'Data Caps Is Not a Universal Challenge' For Stadia
Google vice president Phil Harrison believes that internet service providers will adapt to accommodate video game streaming, and will offer higher data caps to permit the increased levels of data required by Google Stadia.
Talking to IGN and other journalists at a roundtable event at Google's UK offices, Harrison said "Data caps is not a universal challenge. The ISPs have a strong history of staying ahead of consumer trends."
"If you look at the trend over time, when music streaming and downloading became very popular, data caps moved up. And then with the evolution of TV and film streaming, data caps moved up. And we expect that that will continue to be the case," he explained.
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GTA Online: Triple Rewards on Many Racing Modes This Week
This week in GTA Online, get triple rewards in many racing modes and save big on vehicles.
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Call of Duty Endowment Aims to Change Perspectives on Veterans
Call of Duty Endowment, the charity initiative that aims to help support real military veterans, has set itself a new goal to help 100,000 ex-armed forces personnel find new jobs for civilian life by 2024.
The Endowment scheme was originally set up in 2009 with the aim of finding new jobs for 25,000 ex-servicemen and women by 2018. Ten years on, that original goal has been surpassed - more than 57,000 veterans have been helped - and the aim is now to secure positions for 100,000 people.
The Call of Duty Endowment is committed to helping former UK and U.S. military personnel secure the meaningful careers they deserve. Learn more about our mission and how you can help at https://t.co/cyB7RTShhD #ArmedForcesDay pic.twitter.com/pOy3BZRNvT
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Why Final Fantasy XIV Deserves a TV Series
A Final Fantasy live-action TV show was just announced - specifically, a Final Fantasy XIV Online TV series. We don't know when it will come out, or what specifically it covers, but we do know it's directly inspired by the world of Final Fantasy XIV and will take place in Eorzea.
Casey DeFreitas and Mike Mamon, two of our Final Fantasy XIV fans, discussed why the fourteenth installment, an MMORPG, deserves a TV series. Read their conversation and speculation below, and read more details about the Final Fantasy XIV TV series here.
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Final Fantasy XIV Gets Live-Action TV Show
Final Fantasy XIV Online is getting a TV show adaptation from Square Enix with Sony Pictures Television and Hivemind - marking the first time Final Fantasy will be realized in live-action. The series will be filled with Final Fantasy staples like chocobos, airships, beastmen, and of course, Cid, who has appeared in most Final Fantasy games.
The Final Fantasy XIV series will tell an original story but is directly inspired by the MMORPG's characters and world of Eorzea, which includes elements from many Final Fantasy games before it, such as magitek (originally from Final Fantasy VI).
"Final Fantasy XIV and Eorzea are the perfect gateway into Final Fantasy for longtime fans and newcomers alike," said Sony Pictures Television Co-President Chris Parnell. "This show is about embracing and embodying all of the elements that have made the mythos such an endlessly captivating phenomenon, and it's an immense honor to be bringing all of Eorzea's iconic characters, settings, and concepts – including fan-favorites like Cid and, of course, the chocobos – to life for a television audience."
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Zelda Producer Reveals How to Get a Job on His Team
We are in the middle of a generational shift at Nintendo, with new developers taking the reins on The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild sequel and the Link's Awakening remake. But who gets chosen to make what often become some of the most critically acclaimed games in the world? The Legend of Zelda series creator Shigeru Miyamoto has been discussing that in recent years. In an interview with the New York Times from December 2017, Mr. Miyamoto said:
"More and more I am trying to let the younger generation fully take the reins… I always look for designers who aren't super-passionate game fans. I make it a point to ensure they're not just a gamer, but that they have a lot of different interests and skill sets."
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Fortnite: How to Complete the Week 8 Challenges - Season 9
A complete guide to completing the Fortnite Season 9 Week 8 challenges!
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Behold Pokemon’s ‘Stained Glass’ Card Featuring the Legendary Bird Trinity
The Pokemon Trading Card Game is debuting the first ever three-in-one Pokemon card in stunning fashion.
Behold Moltres & Zapdos & Articuno GX, a triple Tag Team card with a special holofoil version made to look like a stained glass window (and keep clicking to see more new cards):
This card with the three Kanto Legendary birds can be found in the new Hidden Fates expansion set releasing on August 23.
In 2018, Tag Team Pokemon GX cards were introduced to the game that featured two Pokemon partnering up on one card. Though Tag Team Pokemon GX come at a steep price of three Prize cards, their speed and strength shook up the metagame with extremely powerful combinations that ended up taking top honors at several major tournaments (like in May when Reshiram & Charizard GX secured both first and second at the 480-player Santa Clara Pokemon Regional). Now things look like they're going to be shaken up again with three famously powerful Pokemon joining together on one card for the first time.
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Enter for a Chance to Win Life is Strange: Before the Storm
Welcome to Daily Win, our way of giving back to the IGN community. To thank our awesome audience, we're giving away a new game each day to one lucky winner. Be sure to check IGN.com every day to enter in each new giveaway.
Today we're giving away a digital Life is Strange: Before the Storm for Xbox One. To enter into this sweepstake, fill out the form below. You must be at least 18 years old and a legal U.S. resident to enter. Today's sweepstake will end at 11:59 p.m. PDT. Entries entered after this time will not be considered.
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Wednesday, June 26, 2019
The Past, Future, and Trash Talk of Gears of War Esports
Gears of War's esports scene has evolved quite a bit over the franchise's history. It started as a mainly community-led endeavor with occasional tournaments by companies like Major League Gaming. Since then, Gears developer The Coalition has made strides to give the scene a professional edge beginning with more in-game competitive features in Gears of War: Ultimate Edition and The Coalition's development of the Gears Pro Circuit. However, with the scene's grown, the team behind Gears esports has been careful to make sure there's still respect and a celebration of the scene's grassroots origins.
IGN sat down with Rose Gunson, the executive producer for the Gears Eleague series and Gears Esports creative manager at The Coalition, and Rod Fergusson, The Coalition's studio head, to talk about the history of Gears esports, its future, and what makes it special.
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What Harry Potter: Wizards Unite Should Learn From Pokemon Go
Although Harry Potter: Wizards Unite is being developed by Pokemon Go developer Niantic, there are still multiple lessons it can stand to learn from Niantic's flagship catch 'em all game. Here they are, from three die-hard Pokemon Go players on the IGN staff.
Make Our Collection Useful
While Harry Potter: Wizards Unite shares a lot of the same mechanics as Pokemon Go in terms of its basic mechanics (catching Pokemon on the world map vs. catching Foundables, for example), the thing that differentiates Pokemon Go is that the Pokemon you're collecting can be used for things beyond simply adding to your hoard.
Depending on what Pokemon spawns, its IV ratings, and level, it could be utilized right away in other aspects of the game. In Wizards Unite, you're basically just scrapbooking and adding stickers to your notebook — which is cool the first few times, but feels worthless and grindy the more you come across the same Foundable. By contrast, in Pokemon Go, I could catch 10 Charmanders in a row, but every single one of those will be different in its level, moveset, usability, etc depending on what I need at a given moment. Maybe I will evolve that Charmander to a Charizard to use in a raid or PVP battle, or maybe I caught an ultra-rare shiny Pokemon that is just nice as a high-value collector's item.
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Everything You Need to Know About Dragon Ball Z Kakarot
Dragon Ball Z's story has been told and retold probably over 9000 times, and now that we've got the obligatory "Over 9000" reference out of the way, here's everything you need to know regarding the upcoming Dragon Ball Z Kakarot.
1. It's developed by CyberConnect2
If you're unfamiliar with CyberConnect2, chances are high that you're probably not a huge Naruto fan, as it's the developer behind the fantastic Naruto Ultimate Ninja and Ultimate Ninja Storm series. It's also well known for the .hack games, but if you ask me, the one game that is most relevant in this discussion is Asura's Wrath.
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Magic: The Gathering SDCC 2019 Exclusive Cards Feature Gods and Dragons
Magic: The Gathering has revealed its San Diego Comic-Con exclusive Dragon's Endgame, a five-pack that celebrates the recent War of the Spark expansion with Eternal Gods and the Dragon-God Nicol Bolas.
As reported by io9, the five-pack includes four God-Eternals - Rhonas, Bontu, Kefnet, and Oketra, and the Dragon-God Nicol Bolas. Dragon's Endgame is also presented in special edition packaging the includes a double-sided sleeve an a box that is able to display each of the cards.
The five cards feature exclusive artwork by Adam Paquette and are presented with a striking shadow presentation that gives each card a unique and artistic look.
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Astral Chain Planned as First Part of a Trilogy, No Post-Launch Content Planned
Astral Chain, PlatinumGames' upcoming Nintendo Switch exclusive, might be the first game in a trilogy but don't expect additional content directly following its release.
In an interview with Astral Chain's director, Takahisa Taura, our Netherlands team got more information regarding the game's future. "There are currently no plans to release extras for Astral Chain," said Taura as translated by Google, so unless plans change we shouldn't expect much in the way of DLC.
Instead, PlatinumGames hopes to turn Astral Chain into the first of trilogy - provided it sells well of course. "We
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Everything You Need to Know About Dragon Ball Z Kakarot
Dragon Ball Z's story has been told and retold probably over 9000 times, and now that we've got the obligatory "Over 9000" reference out of the way, here's everything you need to know regarding the upcoming Dragon Ball Z Kakarot.
1. It's developed by CyberConnect2
If you're unfamiliar with CyberConnect2, chances are high that you're probably not a huge Naruto fan, as it's the developer behind the fantastic Naruto Ultimate Ninja and Ultimate Ninja Storm series. It's also well known for the .hack games, but if you ask me, the one game that is most relevant in this discussion is Asura's Wrath.
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Dr. Disrespect's Twitch Ban Has Been Lifted
The popular Twitch streamer Guy "Dr. Disrespect" Beahm has been reinstated after a two-week ban.
Beahm's channel, which currently has just under 3.5 Million subscribers on Twitch (several thousand of them being paid subscribers), was initially banned during E3 2019, when Beahm repeatedly entered convention center restrooms while broadcasting live to his Twitch channel.
In addition to this being against the law in California, it's also a violation of Twitch's community guidelines, which states "Sharing content that violates another's reasonable expectation of privacy" (like they're using the restroom) as a valid reason for banning a user. Beahm also had his E3 badge revoked by the ESA, according to a report from Kotaku.
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Here Are The Roller Derby Tips You Need to Win Roller Champions
A few weeks ago at E3 2019, between a series of Tom Clancy related first-person shooters, Ubisoft revealed Roller Champions, an online multiplayer sports game loosely based on the real world sport of roller derby.
Roller derby is a fast-paced contact sport played on roller skates, mostly by women. It's very welcoming to queer skaters, and it's all about getting around the track fast, without too many people knocking you around along the way.
As an active roller derby player, I was ecstatic to see the sport I love finally used as the basis for a video game. Sure, it's not a 1:1 recreation, but it gets the most important things right. Thanks to its core similarities, there's a lot you can learn about being better at Roller Champions by studying how pros play roller derby.
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Terraria Coming to Switch This Week
Terraria is finally making its way to Nintendo Switch with a release date unexpectedly set for June 27 - that's tomorrow!
A Terraria forum post announcing the date said that the initial release will be digital only, but that a physical retail version would eventually follow. Developer Re-Logic explained that "since the game is ready, we figured we would just get it into your hands as soon as possible."
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A Narrative-Driven PUBG Game Will Require a Complete Gameplay Overhaul
There's a new PUBG game coming, and it's not a battle royale. It's not a sequel, either. In fact, it's "an original narrative experience within the PUBG universe," according to the PUBG Corporation. Glen Schofield, formerly of Sledgehammer and Visceral Games, is leading up PUBG Corporation's new studio 'Striking Distance' to build this new PUBG game.
The gameplay is going to require a complete, ground-up rebuild, though.
If you've ever played one of the custom PUBG modes, like death match, you know the game doesn't lend itself well to being played outside its battle royale comfort zone. With all the hundreds of hours I have into PUBG, I still don't like how the guns feel.
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PlayStation Plus Games for July 2019 Announced
The free PlayStation Plus games for July 2019 have been revealed, and they take a slightly more sporty angle this month with a little bit of soccer and a little bit of racing.
Announced on the official PlayStation Blog today, the following games will be available free with PlayStation Plus between July 2 and August 5:
- Pro Evolution Soccer 2019 (Read our review here)
- Horizon Chase Turbo
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Dead Space Creator's New Studio to Develop PUBG's 'Narrative Experience'
Glen Schofield, the former vice president and general manager of Sledgehammer Games and Visceral Games, who was instrumental in creating Dead Space and co-directed multiple Call of Duty games, has been named the head of Striking Distance studio by PUBG Corporation and will be creating an "original narrative experience within the PUBG universe."
PUBG Corporation announced the news today that Schofield will be building a "world class development team from the ground up" to help create this new narrative experience within the PlayerUnknown's Battleground's universe. The new studio will be located in San Ramon, CA.
"Throughout my career, I've had a lot of opportunities to make some remarkable games that tell incredible stories, and each of them has meant something special to me," said Schofield. "But now, those learnings will help me build a AAA team that can explore new designs and concepts at Striking Distance."
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Red Dead Online Players Discover a New Land Beyond World Boundary
A group of players found a glitch in Red Dead Online that lets them push through the game boundary into a vast new world of open landscapes.
As reported by Kotaku, a group of game devs from Australia, who call themselves The Grannies on Twitter, pushed past the barrier. Members in the posse are, Ian MacLarty, Andrew Brophy, Marigold Bartlett, Thomas Bowker, Jonothan Rubock, and Kalonica Quigley.
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Kratos Was Almost Cut From God of War
God of War director Cory Barlog has revealed that Sony Santa Monica had discussed cutting Kratos from the game during the early planning stages for the 2018 PS4 game.
Talking at Gamelab in Barcelona, Eurogamer reports that Barlog said "Early in discussion, people were saying we had to get rid of Kratos. It was like, 'he's annoying, he's done'."
Barlog went on to describe that members development team felt that Kratos' anti-hero design had been played through in the original trilogy, and that the new game needed a fresh protagonist. The argument was that the mythology was important to the series, not the character of Kratos.
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Super Mario Maker 2 Review
It's hard to decide where to begin when talking about all the things I love about Super Mario Maker 2. It does nearly everything better than its already excellent predecessor, introducing some incredible new ideas, level styles, building items, and so much more - all while maintaining the charm of Mario games we know and love.
Despite enabling you to depart so radically from the core Mario style, even the most odd-ball levels still feel like they could belong to some lost Super Mario game. But Super Mario Maker 2 is so much more than just a way to live out your Miyamoto-esque design fantasies: there's also a robust online mode to play against or with other people, a story mode that could almost stand as a full Mario game in its own right, and an abundance of content available to you before you even start making your first level. Like I said, I don't even know where to begin.
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Today we're giving away a digital copy of Forager for PC/Steam. To enter into this sweepstake, fill out the form below. You must be at least 18 years old and a legal U.S. resident to enter. Today's sweepstake will end at 11:59 p.m. PDT. Entries entered after this time will not be considered.
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Bandai Namco Announces 3v3 One Punch Man Game
The very first console game based on the incredibly popular anime and manga series One Punch Man has been announced.
One Punch Man: A Hero Nobody Knows will be produced by Bandai Namco, and is a 3v3 game in a similar vein to 3D fighters such as Jump Force.
The announcement trailer reveals a cast of characters including protagonist Saitama, as well as Genos, Hellish Blizzard, Speed-o'-Sound Sonic, and Mumen Rider. The announcement tweet teases that more characters are to be announced.
The first ever console game based on ONE PUNCH MAN is coming to PS4, X1, and PC! Get ready to play 3v3 battles as Saitama, Genos, Hellish Blizzard, Speed-o'-Sound Sonic, Mumen Rider and more in ONE PUNCH MAN: A HERO NOBODY KNOWS!
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Tuesday, June 25, 2019
Wizards Unite: Easier Masterful Spellcasts With This Trick
Trying to cast quicker spells in Harry Potter: Wizards Unite? Try this trick to trace lines with lightning speed.
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Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot Will Add to Canon with New Character Backstories
Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama has confirmed that the upcoming Action-RPG Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot will include backstories that haven't been told in the manga, further expanding the Dragon Ball universe.
As reported by Comicbook.com, Bandai Namco US shared the announcement on Twitter and Toriyama hopes that these new additions will greatly contribute to the "fresh new take on the franchise as you re-live the moment where Goku discovers his Saiyan bloodline and birth name, Kakarot."
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Why It's a Great Time to Be an RPG Fan Again
Now that the madness of E3 has died down, it's nice to finally be able to take a breath and actually digest all of the information that was whirling around over the past few weeks.
Looking back, while there was plenty of great stuff to see during the show, I was especially glad to see one genre seemed to get a lot more love this year than it has in a long time: RPGs.
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Rod Fergusson Talks Gears 5 With Us
Gears 5 boss Rod Fergusson joins us for an entire show of Gears talk, from taking over the beloved franchise from Epic to Gears Tactics to Gears 5 to Project Scarlett, and more!
Subscribe on any of your favorite podcast feeds, or grab an MP3 download of this week's episode. For more awesome content, check out this month's episode of IGN Unfiltered, featuring a career-spanning interview with Bethesda creative force Todd Howard, who discusses next-gen consoles, Starfield, Elder Scrolls 6, Fallout games past and present, and his origins with a Terminator first-person shooter:
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Bloodstained Devs Shifting Resources to Improve Performance on Switch
Fans have been reporting performance issues for the Nintendo Switch version of Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, and developer ArtPlay announced it is "immediately shifting resources to improve performance and stability for the Switch."
Announced on Twitter, the statement reads:
We have been listening to the feedback regarding Switch performance. Our goal is for everyone, regardless of platform, to be able to enjoy the game and have it run smoothly. We want to live up to your, and our, expectations. Throughout the QA process we have been addressing performance issues in the game. Update 1.01 was published to Switch prior to launch to add content and improve performance. It did not accomplish as much as we had hoped and we need to do more.
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PlayStation Fans Are Most Excited for This PS4 Exclusive
There are currently four massive-budget AAA games slated to be released exclusively for PlayStation owners: The Last of Us Part II, Ghost of Tsushima, Death Stranding, and Final Fantasy VII Remake.
Since excitement for all four are incredibly high and that hype only continues to climb with each passing day, we decided to run a poll to find out which of these PS4 exclusives IGN readers are the most eager to get their hands on.
After gathering over 20K votes from all of you, here are the results:
IGN.com poll results from over 20K votes collected
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Final Fantasy 7 Remake Needs to Better Communicate The Big Plan
While the excitement may be at peak levels for Final Fantasy 7 Remake, there's also a lot of worries and even disdain among the community for its development roadmap. Square Enix plans to release Final Fantasy 7 over multiple installments, and plenty of people - including us - have concerns about this approach.
These concerns have been formed thanks to the incredibly limited amount of information that Square Enix has provided. So far we know that Final Fantasy 7 Remake will launch on March 3 as a two blu-ray set, and that this first game will only cover the Midgar portion of the original game. Beyond that we have no idea what the Remake project entails; no projected cadence for game releases, no suggested length of the series, no information on how the 'episodes' will link, and no indication as to how the development team will deal with the console generation leap due to happen shortly after the first game launches.
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Scavengers Wants to Totally Nail 'Coopetition'
At first glance, Scavengers doesn't do anything particularly new. All of its elements are relatively familiar. At first glance, it's your run-of-the-mill third-person multiplayer shooter with scavenging and crafting elements. Actually playing it, though, reveals a highly compelling player-versus-environment-versus-player genre mashup that is well on track to being greater than the sum of its obvious parts.
In Scavengers, the Scourge are alien parasites that came to earth after an asteroid crashed into Earth, plunging our planet into perpetual winter. Ice storms of varying categories – Category 1 being easily survivable and Category 5 being highly lethal, much like the classification of hurricanes – constantly swirl around the landscape. The Scourge have infected plenty of creatures, from people (called Outlanders) to bears (think South Park's ManBearPig), and it's just one more nasty force to deal with.
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Our Favorite Games of E3
Before we put E3 2019 completely in the rearview in favor of getting lost in the workshops of Super Mario Maker 2, we wanted to take another look at some of our favorite games from this year's expo.
Of course, these are only a few of all the great stuff we saw this year, so be sure to check out all our E3 coverage here.
You can flip through the gallery above or scroll down for the full list.
Xbox Boss Phil Spencer on Giving Studios More Time for Game Quality
Xbox head Phil Spencer has commented on giving developers within Xbox Game Studios more development time to ensure games are made at a high quality.
In an interview with Kotaku, Spencer was asked why 2019 will be the first year in nearly a decade that Microsoft won't release a Forza game, to which he responded "One of the nice things I loved about
... was the things that we didn't show.
"I think about of the 14 first-party games, 12 are shipping in the next year. We were really able to focus on what's coming now, which I think is awesome. And then I think about the studios: where was Initiative? Where was Turn 10? Where was Playground's second team
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The Sinking City Review
Lovecraftian games are definitely on the rise in recent years (to varied success), but The Sinking City's blend of a mysterious and cosmic plot with clunky but serviceable third-person action rises above many of the rest of this fleshed-out genre. It places you in a detailed world filled with the fantastic and unearthly horrors befitting of any Lovecraftian tale, but provides a fresh but reverent take where others may have stayed on the tracks laid nearly a century ago. That said, while developer Frogwares' delve into Cthulhu lore has incredible moments, the tedious elements of this pulpy 1920s tale can be the wrong kind of terrifying.
The Sinking City takes steps into genre-refreshing territory in order to set it apart from its Lovecraftian peers. Where 2018's Call of Cthulhu tries to carve out a small space to tell its own stand-alone story that tucked itself into the already existing cosmic lore, The Sinking City feels like it's picking up eight movies into a Lovecraft cinematic Cthu-niverse, delivering a concentrated dose of its distinctive flavor. The first five minutes introduce the protagonist, Charles Reed, to Mister Robert Throgmorton, an important character who appears to be half-ape, half-human. That's a deep-cut reference to Lovecraft's short story, "Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family." This is quickly followed up by a run-in with the Innsmouthers, who are basically fish people from another novella. It pulls from so many of Lovecraft's plots, quotes, and themes that it reverently captures the intrigue and interest from these pulpy stories while combining them in a new way. It inspires political and criminal intrigue amidst its true-to-genre story.
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Red Dead Online: Ancient Tomahawk and Last Stand Come to Xbox One
This week, Xbox One players gain access to the Ancient Tomahawk and Last Stand, and all players can reset their appearances without losing progress.
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Fortnite: 9.30 Content Update Patch Notes
A complete list of the Fortnite 9.30 content update patch notes!
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19 New Details From the Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order's Full Demo
EA Play gave us 14 minutes of largely unedited Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order gameplay. I liked what I saw initially, but was left scratching my head after seeing the nearly 30-minute behind-closed-doors demo. The vertical slice that was shown on the EA Play livestream omitted some spectacular set piece moments and crucial hints of Fallen Order's Metroidvania structure. Be sure to watch the full behind-closed-doors demo for yourself in the video above and if you're itching for extra context you can find all the details I noticed below.
- A Republic LAAT Clone Dropship attacks an Imperial ATAT and TIE fighter. It's likely that the LAAT is stolen, and being piloted by Saw Gerrera's rebels since the Galactic Republic's clone troopers would have been re-designated as stormtroopers at this point, and their vehicles decommissioned.
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Cyberpunk 2077 Does Not Have a Morality System
Upcoming RPG Cyberpunk 2077 will not feature a morality system that categorises your character as good or bad depending on their actions.
Talking to GamingBolt, quest director Mateusz Tomaszkiewicz said "We don't have a moral system per se. However, to complete
non-lethally you have to be very good at stealth. Invest in points that allow you to stealth better, use weapons that will allow you to incapacitate the enemy instead of killing them, to make the moral choices that will allow you to avoid killing people throughout the game."
With this in mind, it appears that Cyberpunk 2077 will allow you to make moral decisions, but those choices will not be categorised and counted in the same way as, for example, Mass Effect's Paragon and Renegade system.
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Former COD Boss Talks Modern Warfare 'Being Pushed' For Controversy
The former head of Sledgehammer Games, the studio behind numerous Call of Duty games, has spoken about how Call of Duty: Modern Warfare could be a tough challenge for Infinity Ward, noting that there could be pressure from Activision to make the game controversial.
Talking to Venture Beat, Michael Condrey - who now acts as president of 2K Silicon Valley - responded to a question about Call of Duty: Modern Warfare's critical reception at E3.
"I respect every developer who strives to deliver their work as an extension or reflection of their artistic vision," Condrey said. "That said, MW seems like a tough challenge for any studio, especially if they are being pushed by publishing to be more controversial and "darker" for the sake of headlines."
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Monday, June 24, 2019
How to Cheat Your Way to Victory (and More Skins) in Crash Team Racing Nitro Fueled
CTR Nitro-Fueled has plenty of cheat codes. Here's all of them.
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Black Mesa: Xen Aims to Fix Half-Life 1’s Weakest Part
Many gamers consider Half-Life 2 to be Valve's greatest achievement and one of the best games ever made. I, for one, have always preferred the original Half-Life. With no disrespect to Alyx, Dog, or the gravity gun, the mystery of the Black Mesa facility, the slow onion-peeling reveal of one weird layer after another, the mystery of the G-Man and, lest many forget, the two endings(!) that the original delivered always left a more lasting impression for me. But what knocks Half-Life 1 down a peg for a lot of folks – and this is hard to argue against – is a particular part of the campaign: Xen. The alien dimension is placed right near the end of Gordon Freeman's Excellent Science Adventure, and it was...a let-down, for sure, after the GOAT-quality experience up until that point.
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Harry Potter: Wizards Unite Master Notes Guide
Learn how to brew potions faster in Wizards Unite with Master Notes.
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The Most Disappointing Moments of E3 2019
E3 is over...long live E3! And although it was a great show overall, that doesn't mean it didn't have its fair share of disappointing moments. We went around the IGN office to round up the creme de la creme of the biggest E3 bummers.
A Lack of Rocksteady
I was already sad that we wouldn't be seeing Rocksteady's next game at E3 this year, and then Avengers happened. We still don't know what the Batman Arkham devs are up to officially, but if rumours (and a certain amount of common sense) are to be believed, it'll be a DC superhero game of some description. You only need look at this list to see that the Marvel effort on show didn't quite meet expectations - how nice would it have been to have something else to pin our superhero hopes on? As it is, the wait continues. Here's hoping that long-awaited reveal works in Rocksteady's favour, unlike Crystal Dynamics. - Joe Skrebels
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Here’s Why Pokemon Fusion Is Making a Comeback
Pokemon Fusion, an online program that randomly generates the fusion of two separate Pokemon sprites into a single (often horrifying) sprite, has suddenly come back into the spotlight.
With a resurgence in Pokemon Fusion's popularity, we've decided to dig into why it has regained attention, how the program works, and share some wonderful examples of fan PokeFusions and subsequent fan art.
The Return of Pokemon Fusion
Fusing two Pokemon together to create fan art has been around nearly as long as Pokemon Red and Blue, but web developer Alex Onsager launched the widely used Pokemon Fusion website in 2010. The site spiked in popularity in 2013, generating a slew of memes, including the classic "Be strong for mother" comic created by ohcorny on Tumblr, which featured fan art for their Weepinduo, a fusio of Weepinbell and Doduo.
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Cyberpunk 2077 Designer Hints at New Game Plus Mode
Cyberpunk 2077's lead quest designer Paweł Sasko has hinted that a New Game Plus Mode may be in the works for the highly anticipated game from CD Projekt Red.
Via Reddit, user u/CaptainGJB direct messaged Sasko on Twitter and asked him if it would be possible to "have a character with every stat/ability maxed out, or will it be closer to
in that there's limited upgrade slots?"
Sasko answered that, while they are still working on character progression and it may change in time, "most likely it won't be possible to max out everything on 1 playthrough, as it would have little sens to have a game that is about replayability and choices, while in the same time allow the players to max out all the stats on the first run :)"
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Marvel's Avengers Will Feature Costume Changes and Personality Shifts
The story in Marvel's Avengers will incorporate a five-year time jump, and following that jump the Avengers will experience costume changes and personality shifts.
Revealed in a VentureBeat interview with lead combat designer Vincent Napoli and director Shaun Escayg, it's revealed that following the catastrophic event known as A-Day that supposedly results in the death of Captain America and the disbanding of The Avengers, the remaining heroes go through these costume and personality shifts.
Napoli said, "Picking up five years later, where they're at is very different from where they are in the beginning, which also gives us a very different — it's not just costumes and aesthetics, but different personalities, different gameplay space."
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Harry Potter: Wizards Unite Earns $1.7m Less Than Pokemon Go
Niantic's Harry Potter: Wizards Unite racked up 400,000 downloads and $300,000 in revenue within its first day of launch according to Sensor Tower's data.
Although Wizards Unite climbed to the No. 1 spot for free games in the App store for US users within 15 hours, Pokemon Go had been in the same position in 2016 and was downloaded 7.5 million times within 24 hours of its launch – while pulling in nearly $2 million.
Pokemon Go was ranked in first place for player spending after 24 hours, where as Harry Potter: Wizards Unite was in the No. 48 spot in the UK and No. 102 in the US.
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See Gears 5’s New Weapons and Escape Character Abilities
Gears 5 Escape has been our first chance to get a look at some of the game's newest weapons, character abilities, and enemies. While there will surely be more surprises in store for us in the campaign, versus, and Horde, here are the new features we've found so far.
Character Abilities
The characters you use in Escape and Horde are called Hero Characters. Each of these characters is equipped with a passive and ultimate ability. We only know about the following three characters who have a unique connection to Escape, but The Coalition said more will be added to Escape. We have yet to see who will be playable in Horde.
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Samurai Shodown Review
While it may not be a household name like Street Fighter or Mortal Kombat, Samurai Shodown is a storied fighting game series with a legacy to uphold. The 2019 version, which is simply titled Samurai Shodown, does a great job of bringing its unique brand of methodical footsies-based 2D duels into this modern era of fighters.
Samurai Shodown finds itself on the fighting game spectrum somewhere in between Street Fighter and Divekick, meaning it's not about combos, juggles, block strings, frame traps, or other high-level fighting game techniques. Instead, it strips all of that away, leaving a game that is laser focused on careful positioning, reading your opponent, and brutally punishing their mistakes.
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Sunday, June 23, 2019
Cadence of Hyrule: 9 Tips to Get Your Groove Back
If the rhythm in Cadence of Hyrule has you off-balance, be sure to check out these essential tips.
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Wizards Unite: Speed Up Brewing Your Healing Potion with Master Notes
Brew potions faster in Harry Potter: Wizards Unite with Master Notes.
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6 Things to Do First in Harry Potter: Wizards Unite
Here's everything you should do when getting started in Wizards Unite.
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NBA 2K19 Community Angered by Seemingly Unskippable Ads
NBA 2K19 players are complaining that unskippable ads are surfacing in the basketball sim game across multiple platforms.
In a Reddit thread created Saturday, Reddit user afilathiel posted a screenshot of a loading screen from NBA 2K, along with a caption reading "Unskippable ads in a 60$ (sic) game,
2K."
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A New Ape Escape Game May be on the Way
While the world waits for King Kong to eventually get around to fighting Godzilla, another brand of apes are quietly waiting for their moment to shine once again. A new Ape Escape game may be in the works, if some suspicious tweets are to be believed.
A relatively new Twitter account by the name of @piposaru20th tweeted out this image, along with the translated caption: "Piposar (20 years since then. I've been running around, but i wonder if there's anyone chasing me anymore." The image shows a titular ape from the Ape Escape franchise peeking around a tree.
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Enter for a Chance to Win The Occupation
Welcome to Daily Win, our way of giving back to the IGN community. To thank our awesome audience, we're giving away a new game each day to one lucky winner. Be sure to check IGN.com every day to enter in each new giveaway.
Today we're giving away The Occupation for PC/Steam. To enter into this sweepstake, fill out the form below. You must be at least 18 years old and a legal U.S. resident to enter. Today's sweepstake will end at 11:59 p.m. PDT. Entries entered after this time will not be considered.
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Saturday, June 22, 2019
The Future of Xbox May Hinge on E3 2020
Ever since the Xbox One's nightmarish launch in 2013, Microsoft and the Phil Spencer-led Xbox leadership team have done a remarkable job of rebuilding the entire Xbox brand on the fly. There could never be an overnight fix; restoring Team Xbox to its Xbox 360 glory days would require a complete systemic overhaul in order to win spurned fans back over.
And so they began. The Xbox One S, the Xbox One X, Xbox 360 backwards compatibility, original Xbox backwards compatibility, Xbox Game Pass, Xbox Game Pass for PC, Xbox All Access, eight new first-party studios, Project xCloud, and on and on and on. Every E3 program has come with a clear focus and a gamer-first message. Kinect is dead, the "all-in-one entertainment device" is dead. Xbox is a gamer-focused brand, and this year, it was playing for tomorrow.
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6 Classic Memes That Started At E3
How do you do, fellow kids? Since the earliest days of the internet, E3 has been a time when gamers around the world flock to their favorite message boards, chat rooms, comment sections and social networks to fire off their hottest takes on all the massive video game announcements.
While some of the biggest new video games will become old and forgotten over time, some of the memes to come out E3 have proven to have a lasting legacy.
Giant Enemy Crab
At Sony's 2006 E3 conference, they showed off Genji: Days of the Blade, a game that promised historically accurate battles that actually took place in ancient Japan, yet also had players fighting... a giant enemy crab? This anachronistic arthropod went on to inspire numerous memes, and even landed itself a cameo in Scribblenauts.
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What Were The Most Popular Games of E3 2019?
E3 2019 has come and gone, but most of the games we saw are still on the horizon, and the excitement for them is still growing strong.
Based on article traffic, we've determined what the most popular games from E3 2019 were for IGN readers. We also made a separate list of the most preordered E3 games based on our data tracking. Continue on to see which games made the cut, and what some of our readers had to say in our comments sections.
1) Marvel's Avengers
Reactions to Marvel's Avengers from Crystal Dynamics and Eidos Montreal have varied from person to person, but it undeniably caught the attention of a huge amount of IGN readers. Marvel's Avengers was shown off at the end of Square Enix's E3 2019 press conference with a flashy and dramatic trailer, and the publisher ultimately revealed its release date: May 15, 2020.
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