The exotic weapon merchant is back with new weapons for sale.
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Friday, September 30, 2016
Destiny: What's Xur Selling This Week?
Dishonored 2: Messing Around With Emily's Crazy Powers
The sheer anticipation of seeing the next cool gadget, spectacular spell, or awe-inspiring environment can be a driving force on its own, and the most recent demo I played Dishonored 2 conjured that feeling up for me. If I were to sum up my latest turn with it in one sentence, it would be, "What will I see next?" The striking art style, Emily's crazy powers, and the spectacular transforming walls of the Clockwork Mansion all left me wondering what treats the rest of Dishonored 2 might have in store.
The mission I played, The Clockwork Mansion, takes place roughly half way through the game, tasking Emily or Corvo with two possible objectives: find and rescue your old friend Anton Sokolov and deal with his captor, Kirin Jindosh, whose clockwork mansion has more hidden rooms than Wayne Manor. The original Dishonored was full of beautiful architecture, but the shifting walls in Jindosh's estate take things to a new level. With a single pull of the many levers I found throughout the area, stair cases transformed, floors broke away, and walls did flip-flops, transforming the landscape around me. It felt like the kind of spectacle many games would save for a finale. If this is an environment halfway through the game, I can't even imagine what might follow or top it.
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Destiny: What's Xur Selling This Week?
The exotic weapon merchant is back with new weapons for sale.
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2 New Gears of War 4 Xbox One S Bundles Announced
Microsoft has unveiled two new Gears of War 4 Xbox One S bundles ahead of the shooter's October 11 release.
The first includes Gears of War 4 and a 1 TB white console, according to Xbox Wire. This standard bundle will be available worldwide October 11 for $350 USD.
The second, "special edition" bundle features a 500 GB "deep blue" console and will only be available in the US and Australia for $300 USD. This bundle, exclusive to Microsoft Stores and GameStop (EB Games for Australian shoppers), hits stores November 1.
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LEGO Ship Sets Guinness Record for World's Largest
A Danish shipping company has built the world's biggest ship made of LEGO bricks. As reported by Brothers Brick, DFDS built the giant plastic vessel, dubbed Jubilee Seaways, with over 1,000,000 individual LEGO bricks.
According to the DFDS blog, the ship was constructed to celebrate the company's 150th anniversary. Modeled after one of DFDS' real-life ferries, over 7,000 employees worked on the construction by assembling thousands of bricks made of 45 individual LEGO pieces.
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Paladins: Champions of the Realm Coming to PS4, Xbox One
Hi-Rez Studios' team-based shooter Paladins: Champions of the Realm is getting a closed beta on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
Just like on PC and Mac, Paladins will continue to be free on consoles. If you're on PS4, you can sign up for the beta here. Xbox One players can sign up here.
"From day one of development, Paladins was designed with console in mind," the developer wrote on its website. "We've enlisted some big-name console gamers to make sure the control scheme feels just right."
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NES Classic Is Budget-Priced NES-talgia...With a Catch
Nintendo's new mini-console, called the NES Classic, is an '80s-themed throwback for anyone who wants to play 30 of the best video games made for the original Nintendo Entertainment System. It packs in truckloads of mostly-excellent classic games, including hits like Super Mario Bros. 3, The Legend of Zelda, and Castlevania. Overall, it's an impressively lightweight system that outputs significantly better software emulation compared to Nintendo's current offerings. And it's available at a budget-friendly $59.99 USD, but there is one catch: The decision to use wired controllers, and not modify the iconic look of the NES, makes the user-end experience slightly clunky.
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7 Things Resident Evil 7 Needs to Do to Win Me Over
Resident Evil 7 is just a few months away, and we still don't know what it actually looks like.
Capcom says the Beginning Hour demo is a "tone piece" designed to match the final "feel" of Resident Evil 7, and not an actual gameplay preview. The recent Lantern demo, available exclusively at conventions and private press appointments, is a section straight out of the game, but rather than give us a look at the "core" gameplay of Resident Evil 7, it pulls from one of the found footage sequences that Capcom has confirmed will be a recurring element.
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Amazon to Release eSports Brawler by Killer Instinct Devs
Amazon Game Studios has announced Breakaway, a four on four "mythological sport brawler," from Double Helix, the team behind Killer Instinct.
The game's description says it is "made by streamers, for streamers." Your team builds its composition from legendary warriors, each with their own skills, weapons, and Buildables, structures which will change the way the game plays out.
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Pokemon Go Launch Suffered Because it Had 50 Times More Traffic than Expected
Ever wondered why the Pokemon Go launch was plagued with problems? It's all down to ridiculously high traffic.
According to Google's Director of Customer Reliability Engineering, Luke Stone, he has never "taken part in anything close to the growth that
customer Niantic experienced with the launch of Pokémon GO."
Stone says within just 15 minutes of Pokemon Go launching in Australia and New Zealand, traffic had already passed Niantic's initial predictions.
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Thursday, September 29, 2016
Blizzard is Finally Making Hearthstone Less Random
Hearthstone's most recent round of nerfs represents the first step towards a more consistent and competitively viable card game. Yogg Saron will now stop casting spells if it dies during it's effect and Tuskar Totemic can no longer summon Totem Golem. These changes may seem minor, but this is the first time in history of the game that a card has been changed to reduce the variance of it's random effects.
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Stardew Valley Getting Huge Update Next Week
A big update for Stardew Valley, the farming simulator and country life RPG from ConcernedApe and Chucklefish Games, is planned for Monday, October 3. You can find instructions for participating in the beta on the Stardew Valley forums.
One of the biggest updates is the addition of four new starter farm maps, available on the character creation screen. Each map caters to specific skills sets: the Riverland Farm has plenty of fishing spots, the Forest Farm comes with more foraging areas and a special mixed seed-dropping weed, Hill-top Farm has mineral deposits for mining enthusiasts, and Wilderness Farm spawns Bats and Golems at night. The standard Stardew Valley farm map still exists.
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Battleborn Will Reportedly Become Free to Play
2K's Battleborn will reportedly become free to play in the coming months, with an official announcement supposedly coming in mid-November.
According to a report from Kotaku, the multiplayer shooter will undergo the pricing restructure due to poor sales since the game's launch in early May. The decision for the change has already been delayed a couple of times.
An anonymous source speaking in the report said that developer Gearbox wanted Battleborn to be free to play from the start, but publisher 2K reportedly decided it was better off as a full-fledged $60 retail game.
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Darkest Dungeon: The Best Loadouts to Bring to Every Location
Don't go dungeon delving in Darkest Dungeon without bring the right tools - and heroes - for the job.
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Titanfall 2 Campaign’s First 3 Hours Are Intense
When Respawn wanted to build a full-blown single-player campaign for Titanfall 2, the first decision they made was to allow the player exit the Titan – however foolish that may be at times. But beyond that? There obviously wasn't much of a blueprint to follow from the first Titanfall, so Respawn's designers did something all good creators know how to do: they started playing with blocks.
Action blocks, that is.
Every week for six months, the developers in charge of campaign design were tasked with bringing a new idea to the collective table. It could be a weapon, a puzzle, a mechanic, a small section of a level. Anything, really, as long as it was small, simple, and playable. These "action blocks" were discarded or set aside when they weren't fun, but the ones that captured everyone's attention or sparked their imaginations were dissected and explored. They're only small ideas, sure, but six months of brainstorming is no small deal, and from what I saw, it seems to have paid off.
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Bulletstorm Remaster Coming for PS4, Xbox One and PC
Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition has been rated by the Brazil Advisory Rating Board.
According to Gematsu, Full Clip Edition is listed for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. It's going to be published by Gearbox Software, and it's due out next year.
Back at E3 this year, Microsoft handed out USB drives to press with folders named "Bulletstorm Remaster." Nothing official was announced at the time, but this latest news would seem to confirm our earlier suspicions.
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Nidhogg 2 Announced Alongside Debut Trailer
A sequel to Messhof's sword-based fighting game Nidhogg has been announced, and will release sometime next year.
According to the developer, Nidhogg 2 will be available for PC and "maybe some other platforms." Check out the debut trailer below for an early look at the game in action.
The sequel boasts a number of improvements over the 2014 original—which won IGN's Game of the Month—including "completely overhauled" character animations and environments, as well as a brand-new soundtrack featuring the works of Mux Mool, Dose One and Daedelus.
Nidhogg 2 will include at least ten different levels, as well as both local and online multiplayer, and a tournament mode. A single-player option will also be available, allowing players to face off against waves of AI opponents with special challenge rounds peppered throughout.
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Names and Details of Battlefield 1's Five War Stories Released
EA and developer DICE have further detailed Battlefield 1's anthology of 'War Stories' that make up its single player campaign.
The five mini-campaigns will take place across the globe, featuring fights in the Middle East deserts, France, the Alps, and more.
"Friends in High Places" puts you in the cockpit of a British fighter plane against German aces on the Western front. "Intense dogfights, unexpected encounters, and a story of friendship await you," according to the campaign's description.
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Deep Silver to Co-Publish Kingdom Come: Deliverance
Warhorse Studios has announced a partnership with Koch Media's publishing label Deep Silver to release its historically authentic medieval role-playing game, Kingdom Come: Deliverance.
Deep Silver will co-publish the title alongside the Czech-based indie game studio, with plans to launch the game sometime in 2017.
Warhorse Studios will handle the global distribution of the PC's digital release, while Koch Media will publish the digital and physical releases of the PS4 and Xbox One versions, as well as the physical release of the PC version under the Deep Silver label.
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The Final Fantasy Trading Card Game Is Coming West
Square Enix has announced the Final Fantasy Trading Card Game is coming to Europe and the United States on October 28.
The FFTCG has had a six year run in Japan, and the game now spans over 2,000 different cards. It's designed by former pro card game player Taro Kageyama and Shota Yasooka.
The western edition will be fully localized in English, French, German, Spanish, and Italian, however the Italian release date is still yet to be announced.
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New Beyond Good & Evil 2 Concept Art Surfaces
A second post from creator Michel Ancel makes it almost certain we'll take a new trip to System 4.
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Wednesday, September 28, 2016
J.J. Abrams: A Portal Movie Announcement is Coming Soon
J.J. Abrams has confirmed the Portal and Half Life movies are still in development, and we can expect a Portal announcement "fairly soon".
Speaking to IGN on the Westworld red carpet (Abrams produces the HBO show), the filmmaker said both films were "still very much in development".
"We have a meeting coming up next week with Valve, we're very active, I'm hoping that there will be a Portal announcement fairly soon", said Abrams.
When we asked if the movies would follow on from the story-lines that already exist in the games, Abrams kept his cards close to his chest.
"We are having some really interesting discussions with writers, many of whom...once you said you're doing a movie or show about a specific thing that is a known quantity you start to find people who are rabid about these things. As someone who loves playing Half Life and Portal, what's the movie of this, it's incredible when you talk to someone who just 'gets' it, it's like, oh my god, it's really the seed for this incredible tree you're growing."
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Destiny: How to Find the Exotic Outbreak Prime
Follow these ridiculous steps to unlock the incredibly powerful exotic Pulse Rifle in Destiny.
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Yo-kai Watch 2 Fleshy Souls/Bony Spirits Review
Yo-kai Watch returns with a Pokemon-style set of dual sequels and one journey that aims to deepen the series' lore while retaining its quirky charms. And while Fleshy Souls and Bony Spirits certainly succeed in that regard, they reuse both the same boring battle system and they both open with an unnecessary retread of the first Yo-kai Watch's plot. Though this sequel certainly adds plenty to the overall experience, it never really takes any steps to fix the gameplay issues that hampered its predecessor.
Splitting the sequel into two games with only minor differences (like unique Yo-kai to collect in each version) reflects a civil war going on in the world of the Yo-kai. Unfortunately, though the opening foreshadows that battle with an argument over doughnuts — yes, pastries are the crux of the conflict — the actual fight doesn't kick off until late in the 17-hour main campaign. Even then, the battle is over so quickly it made me question why the two factions were deserving of the title spots.
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Pokemon Go Players File Complaints With FTC
Over 70 Pokemon Go players have filed complaints with the Federal Trade Commission since the mobile game was released in July.
Polygon reports that of the 72 complaints, 56 were directed at developer Niantic Labs, with the rest aimed directly at Nintendo and The Pokemon Company. Players have a few different grievances, with the largest revolving around money.
One player noted that their account got banned without any warning after they spent nearly $450 on Pokemon Go, as Niantic began blocking third-party apps, and accounts that were using those apps.
The player expressed interest in having either their money refunded or "my account returned to me so i can continue to play their game."
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Gears of War 4 Prologue Gameplay Released
The Coalition has released a new video for Gears of War 4, showcasing the first 20 minutes of its upcoming Microsoft-exclusive third-person shooter.
The introductory mission, dubbed Prologue, gives players the opportunity to experience several key moments from three decades of Gears history, including the Locust's siege of Anvil Gate and the COG's battle at Aspho Fields to acquire the Hammer of Dawn technology. Watch all 20 minutes of gameplay footage below.
Gears of War 4 releases for Xbox One and Windows 10 on October 11.
For our thoughts on The Coalition's highly anticipated third-person shooter, check out IGN's Gears of War 4 multiplayer preview. While you're at it, be sure to check out this comprehensive overview of all our IGN First coverage.
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Ubisoft Won't Necessarily Release Assassin's Creed or Far Cry Games in 2017
When it was confirmed that there will be no Assassin's Creed game in 2016, most assumed that the series would be taking a single year off. This may not end up being the case — and Far Cry may also be going away for longer than expected.
Speaking to IGN, Ubisoft VP of Editorial, Tommy François explained that both Assassin's Creed and Far Cry were undergoing close scrutiny during development, with a very particular goal in mind:
"I'll tell you what," François said, "We believe Alpha for these games needs to be one year before release. We're trying to achieve that. That's super f****** blunt, I don't even know if I'm allowed to say this. This is the goal we're going for: Alpha one year before, more quality, more polish.
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Significant Shaman Nerfs Coming To Hearthstone
Blizzard will be nerfing two key Shaman cards in the upcoming 6.1.3 update for Hearthstone.
In an official blog post outlining all the upcoming changes, Blizzard stated that they're "happy that Shaman has many deckbuilding options to choose from, but we are taking this opportunity to adjust two of the most widely played and frustrating Shaman cards."
The cards in question are Rockbiter Weapon and Tuskarr Totemic. The former is having its mana cost increased by one, and the latter is having its card text tweaked. The new Tuskarr will now only be able to randomly summon standard totems as opposed to special ones. In practical terms, this means that there will no longer be a chance of this low-cost minion minion summoning a board-dominating, and potentially game-ending totem to the field.
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Beyond: Watch Dogs 2 Allows For Plenty of Sandbox Mayhem
This week, Brian "Alvin" Altano, Max "Simon" Scoville and Andrew "Theodore" Goldfarb sit down to discuss their time playing Watch Dogs 2, Persona 5 (in Japanese) and just when we're discussing the novel concept of a Firewatch movie, we're interrupted by the delivery of a brand new piece of Playstation-branded gaming hardware. Hm, what it could be?
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PlayStation Plus Free Games for October Revealed
Sony has unveiled the list of free games PlayStation Plus subscribers can download for free in October.
Resident Evil HD, a remastered version of the 2002 Resident Evil GameCube remake, headlines the month for PlayStation 4 subscribers, along with Platinum Games' Transformers: Devastation. IGN gave the latest update to Resident Evil an 8.0 when it released last year, saying that despite the game showing its age, "the scares, puzzles, and atmosphere of the creepy corridors of Spencer Mansion are as potent as ever."
IGN also gave Devastation a 7.7, noting that the latest take on the robots in disguise didn't rest solely on nostalgia as it delivered "a fun and energetic action game."
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Naomi Plays World of Warcraft: Legion...Again
I continue my questing in the world of Azeroth. Join myself and Mitchell I we attempt to level up to 103 in World of Warcraft: Legion. Wish me luck!
Just so you know, we're going to be livestreaming every Tuesday and Wednesday from 1PM - 3PM PT. We'll focus on new releases and DLC drops, but let us know in the comments what games you'd like to see!
We'll be answering questions live during the stream, so tweet @ign with #ignplayslive
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Wasteland 3 Announced
Wasteland 2 developer InXile Games has announced a sequel to the 2014 RPG, Wasteland 3, and the developer is using Fig to raise funds for the game.
The campaign will launch on Fig on October 5 with a total goal of $2.75 million and a planned release on Windows, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. Check out some first-look screenshots of the game below:
Wasteland 3 will take place in the frozen tundra of Colorado, where players take on the role of the only survivor of the Ranger squad Team November. The player's choices can save the land or seal its fate, with decisions involving warring factions, whether to save or decimate certain locales, and other choices that will play out long term.
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No Man's Sky Marketing Being Investigated By UK Advertising Authority
The UK's Advertising Standards Authority has begun an investigation into whether marketing for No Man's Sky has misled consumers.
Confirming the news to Eurogamer, the watchdog said it had received "several complaints", centering on the game's Steam listing and its use of screenshots that complainants say misrepresent the final game.
Both screenshots and videos allegedly show creature and ship behaviour, user interfaces, structures, combat and more that does not appear in the game being sold. A Reddit thread has listed the full details of one complaint.
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Overwatch's Zarya Joins Heroes of the Storm
Aleksandra Zaryanova, better known as Zarya from Overwatch, has made her way into the roster of Heroes of the Storm.
Blizzard's MOBA, which contains a variety of characters from all of its franchises, has a new patch, which brings in Zarya as well as a new map called Warhead Junction.
Zarya's basic abilities include launching a particle grenade, gaining a personal shield, and granting an ally a brief shield, much like in Overwatch.
Her heroic abilities are similar too, with one launching a bomb which draws enemies towards the center for 2.5 seconds. However her other heroic ability is an expulsion zone bomb, which knocks back enemies and slows their movement speed.
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Future Gears of War Games Won't Necessarily Be Shooters
Head of Xbox, Phil Spencer and creative director of The Coalition, Chuck Osieja have teased that a future Gears of War game could be a different genre from the existing ones.
According to Gamespot, the two attended Xbox Fanfest and were asked the question: "If Gears of War could expand into any other gaming genre, what would it be?"
Phil Spencer told Osieja to be careful about his reply (which some suggest could mean we may be seeing something other than a third person shooter in the future). Osieja gave the corporate answer: "At Microsoft, we evaluate all opportunities for our franchises. So, if the right opportunity presents itself, we'll explore that as something we can offer our fans."
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Sunset Overdrive Dev Says PC Release is Up to Microsoft
Insomniac Games has confirmed that while it would like to bring Sunset Overdrive to PC, the decision to do so lies with Microsoft.
Responding to fan queries yesterday, a studio representative on the official Insomniac Games twitter account said: "we'd love for it to come to PC, though it's up to Xbox on that one".
@Heldengeist @MegapiemanPHD @Xbox @XboxP3 we'd love for it to come to PC, though it's up to Xbox on that one.
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Battlefield 1 Story Won't Be One Singular Campaign
Battlefield 1's newly-revealed single player mode will take the form of an anthology of short stories, rather than the expected single character arc.
Announced on the Battlefield blog, DICE explained that the game will feature multiple "War Stories: personal stories focusing on different protagonists with unique backgrounds and skills."
We've seen many, or even all of those protagonists in yesterday's single-player trailer (above), including the young soldier, Danny Edwards assigned to a British tank crew in a section titled 'Through Mud and Blood'.
"Our protagonist has no experience of these modern war vehicles and needs to learn – and learn fast," reads the blog. "Our hero is also struggling with earning the trust of his fellow crew members, so there's a social dynamic in the story, making the whole thing something personal.
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Tuesday, September 27, 2016
Pick Your Most Memorable Gears of War Moments
Gears of War 4 hits stores on October 11 and continues the epic saga of humanity's fight for survival against overwhelming odds. Before we find out what's in store for JD Fenix and his friends however, we thought it might be fun to celebrate some of the most memorable moments from the series so far. And not just that - we want you guys to vote to decide the top 5. Simply choose at least three of your favourite moments on the voting form at the bottom of the page, and we'll tally the votes and cut together a video announcing the top 5.
Need to refresh your memory? Footage of every single nominee is embedded below, so you can relive some of the coolest moments before voting.
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Destiny: Rise of Iron Review
In a lot of ways, Destiny: Rise of Iron is more of the same. When it does the Destiny formula well, it's polished with challenging combat and plenty for a veteran Guardian to do. A lot of the time, though, it falls into the same trap Destiny's always been susceptible to and turns into a seemingly endless, repetitive grind. It often feels empty, even with a challenging and satisfying raid dangling as a big incentive.
The new two-or-so-hour campaign is emblematic of how Rise of Iron as a whole stacks up. It definitely brings more of what I already like about Destiny, like taking on waves of spongy enemies in a series of fights that are all about your positioning in the area, but it does little to improve upon Destiny's strengths or fix its problems. The difficulty mostly comes from a mysterious, virus-like nanotechnology called SIVA enhancing the power of the Fallen, which obviously makes them harder to kill. The campaign relies heavily on the buffed Fallen to be challenging rather than doing anything we haven't seen from Destiny before.
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Rumor: Destiny 2 Also Releasing for PC
Bungie's sequel to Destiny, which is slated to release in 2017, is also reportedly coming to PC.
NeoGAF user benny_a, who allegedly has a source at Activision, said the news about a PC version was revealed during an internal presentation at the publisher today, and went on to note that Vicarious Visions is also helping out with Destiny 2.
This lines up with what Kotaku has reportedly heard from its sources. In addition to a PC version and the added help of Vicarious Visions, the outlet has heard that High Moon and others are helping out on the upcoming sequel, which is aiming to feel like an entirely new game.
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Deus Ex Mankind Divided: System Rift Review
System Rift takes characters and places from different parts of the Deus Ex universe and connects them in a neat, interesting way. It even hints at some potentially ambitious new directions for the series to explore. But while it's substantially larger in size than the first episodic add-on, Desperate Measures, it doesn't provide enough space for the new connections it makes to truly breathe and develope.
System Rift starts in a new hub area within Prague, and continues on into a super-high-security satellite installation of the Palisade Bank known as Blade 1. You could blaze through it all in just under two hours if you really wanted to, but like the rest of Mankind Divided, you'd be missing out.
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PSX 2016 Date, Location Outed by Official Site
PlayStation Experience 2016 is reportedly set to take place on December 3 and 4 in Anaheim, California, the official website for the event has revealed.
Originally spotted by users on NeoGAF, PSX 2016 details have not officially been announced by PlayStation. IGN has reached out to Sony to confirm the accuracy of the website's details and for further information about this year's event.
As of posting, the official site is online, however attempts to register with or without a PSN ID do not work.
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Zelda: Twilight Princess Figurines Available for Pre-Order
Starting today, you can pre-order these amazing The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess figurines from Good Smile Shop.
The Figma sculpts are made of highly articulate PVC, meaning you can set up your very own Master Sword battle on your bookshelf. There are three figurines in the set, including Link, Zelda, and a DX version of Link with extra accessories.
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Survive Darkest Dungeon With These Optimal Tips
Learn the best class combinations to bring and what to bring with you to brave Darkest Dungeon.
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GTA Online Bikers DLC Release Date Revealed
Grand Theft Auto Online's new Bikers expansion will be available for free download on October 4 for PC, PS4, and Xbox One. The motorcycle-themed update promises new features including on-bike melee combat, new weapons, modes, vehicles, a ranking system where Prospects gain organizational prestige in the new biker clubs, and more.
Bikers is the latest in a long line of events, updates, and expansions for Grand Theft Auto Online. Keep your eyes open for much more on Bikers from IGN.
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Yakuza 0 Special Edition Includes Custom Business Cards
Sega has just announced a limited-run special edition of the upcoming Yakuza 0, including some interesting collectibles to make you feel like you're part of the shadowy gangster organization.
The Business Edition features a stainless steel business card holder adorned with the tattoos of two of the game's main characters, Kazuma Kiryu and Goro Majima. And yes, you'll also get their business cards tucked inside, in addition to a collectible card featuring a set of the series' ever-present Hostesses.
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How FIFA 17's Rankings Are Calculated
Michael Mueller-Moehring, the man behind calculating the ratings of every player in EA's FIFA 17, has explained how it's done.
In an interview with ESPN FC, Mueller-Moehring goes into detail over how the 18,000 players in the game stack up against each other.
"We guess a little bit... until our people have seen the player in action," Mueller-Moehring said. This team is comprised of 9,000 members, including professional scouts as well as season-ticket holders of clubs around the world.
These people then submit the feedback on players to EA. "We have many leagues in the game; no stats provider could offer us data for all these leagues, teams and players," Mueller-Moehring said. "This is also the reason why we use this online database, because it's not possible to buy this data some way -- it just doesn't exist."
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Sonic Boom: Fire and Ice Review
Sonic games have often struggled with providing the speed and excitement implied by the series' namesake hedgehog while also accommodating meaningful and rewarding exploration, but Sonic Boom: Fire and Ice admirably accomplishes both goals in old-school 2D-platformer fashion. You can blaze through, but at almost any moment you're free to veer off and indulge your curiosity by discovering hidden challenges and collectibles.
You never know when a quick reaction will be necessary. You may be called upon to target a foe, swing over an expanse, or use your fire and ice powers to clear a barrier at a second's notice. Occasionally that speed works against you when unseen dangers come barreling in from offscreen a little too quickly to have a hope of avoiding them without knowing what's coming, but this is rare, and Fire and Ice helps compensate with generous checkpoints. Sonic's life-preserving ring system also works in your favor in these moments, instantaneously repositioning you at a point just before the trouble spot that caused a hit.
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Hello, Here's a 50 Billion Pixel Screenshot of The Witness
It would take over 6,000 4K screens to display a single screenshot of The Witness taken by the fine people at Gigapixel Gaming. Why would anyone do this? I don't know. Am I glad they did? Most definitely.
Using Nvidia tool Ansel - which can capture screenshots in gigapixel chunks - they've created a 367200×130560 image of Jonathan Blow and Co's vibrant island landscape.
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Michel Ancel Seemingly Teasing Beyond Good & Evil 2
Since a certain 2008 teaser trailer, talk of Ubisoft's in-development projects has continuously circled around whether Beyond Good & Evil 2 - a sequel to the critically acclaimed but commercially shunned 2003 adventure - would ever see the light of day.
The first game's creator, Michel Ancel is currently working on his own indie project, Wild, as well as a game for Ubisoft, with CEO Yves Guillemot confirming that the project was indeed a Beyond Good and Evil sequel.
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Monday, September 26, 2016
Forza Horizon 3: Every Barn Find Location
This guide will help you unlock 15 unique cars during your adventure in Forza Horizon 3.
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47 Nintendo NX Concept Images Created by Fans
Rumors are swirling around Nintendo's upcoming NX console, but so far nobody's gotten a good look at it. We asked IGN's community for their best and brightest concepts for what they think NX will or should be based on leaks, rumors, or their own imaginations. Take a look at what they came up with.
Looking for more than rumors? Take a look at the list of confirmed games we already know are on the way.
Jared Petty is a Senior Editor at IGN. Chat with him on Twitter @pettycommajared
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World War Z Author Max Brooks Is Writing a Minecraft Novel
According to a post on the Mojang blog, Minecraft fans can expect a new type of entry in the series in the form of a novel penned by post-apocalyptic aficionado Max Brooks.
Best known as the author behind The Zombie Survival Guide, and later, the incredibly popular World War Z, Brooks will be the first author to tackle Minecraft in novel form. According to Mojang brand director Lydia Winters, Brooks was a solid choice to helm the first entry in a potential series of books.
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BioShock Fan-Designed Vigor Bottle Becomes Real Thing
The fictional Fink Manufacturing, as seen in BioShock Infinite, recently put out a call for fans to submit their very own designs for the games' power-up-inducing Vigor bottles. As seen on the 2K Games Blog, one submission from BioShock fan Ernesto Moreno was so great, 2K decided to go ahead and actually make it into a real-world bottle.
Moreno tweeted his design for "Parasite"--featuring a pitch-perfect take on a spider sinking its fangs into a blood-red bottle--back in August.
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IGN Prime Members: Get your 3-on-3 Freestyle Beta Code!
IGN has partnered with Joycity to give away thousands of codes for the beta test of their upcoming arcade-y street basketball game for PS4, 3-on-3 Freestyle. If you've been missing NBA Street all these years, you might want to give 3-on-3 Freestyle a try and see if it scratches that same over-the-top hoops itch.
The giveaway is for our IGN Prime members (learn more about IGN Prime). Visit the giveaway page to get your code now, and have fun!
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Firewatch Movie Announced
Firewatch developer Campo Santo is partnering with Good Universe to create both video games and feature films.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the first project to come out of this deal is a movie adaptation of Firewatch, the studio's story-driven adventure game that released earlier this year for PS4 and PC, and launched in some territories last week for Xbox One.
"When we met Good Universe we were floored by how they recognize, cultivate and produce incredible stories," Campo Santo founder Sean Vanaman said. "It's rare you meet another group that shares so many of your values and makes the process of creating things even more exciting."
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New Pokemon Go Update Re-Adds Locations of Pokemon Caught and More
Finally, Pokemon Go users will be able to once again tell where they caught their favorite pokemon with a new update.
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You Can Play Battlefield 1 As Early As October 13
EA and developer DICE have detailed the Play First Trial for Battlefield 1, an early access program that lets EA Access and Origin Access members play up to ten in-game hours of the WWI shooter starting on October 13.
The Play First Trial will give members access to five maps, St. Quentin Scar, Amiens, Sinai Desert, Fao Fortress and Suez, which will all be playable in the Conquest, Rush, Operations, and Domination game modes. The remaining maps will open up on October 18 alongside the release of the Early Enlister Deluxe Edition and are playable unless the allotted 10 hours have already been used.
Players will also get to try the single-player missions Storm of Steel and Through Mud and Blood. Additionally, all player progress from the trial carries over to the full game.
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Jotun Developers Announce New Game, Sundered
Thunder Lotus Games, the studio behind Jotun, revealed Sundered, its newest game.
Similar to its predecessor, Sundered has a focus on boss battles and retains the eye-catching, hand-drawn art style that helped make Jotun stand out in a crowded field of indies.
Using what it learned from Jotun, Thunder Lotus has built a game it says has "infinite replayability" and the non-linear gameplay "of the Metroidvania genre."
"Sundered is a horrifying fight for survival and sanity," according to Thunder Lotus Games' description. In it, you play as Eshe, a "wanderer in a ruined world," of "everchanging caverns."
The game has multiple endings, "massive boss fights," and a procedurally generated world, according to Thunder Lotus. It also has "corruptible abilities," meaning there's a tradeoff in using them.
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Out This Week: Forza Horizon 3, FIFA 17, Yo-kai Watch 2
With so many new games and movies coming out, it can be hard to keep up. Lucky for you, IGN is here to help with a weekly round-up of the biggest releases each and every week. Check out the latest releases for this week, and be sure to come back next Monday for a new update.
Note: The prices and deals compiled below are accurate at the time we published this story, but all are subject to change.
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This Beautiful The Witness Print Glows in the Dark
Black Dragon Press is working with The Witness lead creator Jonathan Blow to make a print of one of the mysterious statues from the game.
Below you can see the print with and without the glow in the dark paint on the puzzle cables.
The 6 color screen print, which measures 18x24 inches, was illustrated by UK artist George Bletsis and approved by Jonathan Blow. The prints will be available for pre-order for 72 hours at £30 (approximately $39 USD) tomorrow on Black Dragon Press' website. The price of the print will go up to £40 (approximately $52 USD) at its standard release and will be available in limited quantities. Each print will be hand-numbered and the number of prints will depend on how many orders are received in the initial order window, plus "a small handful" of extras.
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Watch Us Play Hitman Episode 5 Live
The fifth instalment in Hitman's murderous rampage launches on September 27, and we'll soon be livestreaming all the ways you can turn NPCs into non-playable corpses.
Rory Powers and Gav Murphy are back, and this time they're taking Agent 47 to Colarado - where the springs will soon run red with blood.
Actually, that sounded more macabre than intended. But then seeing as these are the guys who dropped a man in a leaf shredder, it's probably a fair prediction.
Bookmark this page and check back at 12PM BST / 4AM PST / 9PM AEST on Wednesday September 28 to see the game in action.
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If the Last of Us Were Real, We'd All Be Doomed
THIS ARTICLE CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR THE LAST OF US! ALSO FOR THE POTENTIAL REAL-LIFE END OF THE WORLD!
If you woke up tomorrow and found yourself in a Cordyceps-infected world, your chances of survival are slim to none. Sorry!
In a video for the Wellcome Trust, Benjamin Thompson of The Microbiology Society hosts a discussion between a panel of experts to debate how The Last of Us' infection would pan out in reality, how the UK government would respond, and whether it's safer to go outside and start caving in skulls or wait it out in hopes of a cure.
The whole video is below - if you've got a spare 15 minutes, it's well worth a watch, just for how doomed it will make you feel:
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Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare - Full Beta Details Revealed
We already knew the PS4 date, and now Activision has announced the full details of the upcoming Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare beta.
For PS4 only, the beta will kick off its first week at 10am PT / 1pm ET / 6pm UK on October 14. It's expected to close again on October 17, although Activision hasn't yet been clear on that point.
The beta will open to both PS4 and Xbox One users on October 21 and running until October 24 (again, same timings as above).
Access will only be granted to those who have pre-ordered the game on either console platform - if that's you, you can redeem your beta code now to get access on the opening day. The beta will not be available on PC.
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The Division's Public Test Server Is Live Now
The Division's public test server went live today at 2pm CEST / 8am EST / 5am PST for PC players.
This is following a delay which Ubisoft said was to have "more time to include key elements."
The PTS allows players to test the current built of Update 1.4, which is due for release in October. Ubisoft says the "first days of testing will be focused on progression between World Tiers," so you'll be creating a new level 30 character with purple items rather than transferring your own one across.
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Sunday, September 25, 2016
Keeping Hearthstone Vital More Than Two Years On
There's been a lot going on in the world of Hearthstone lately. On Blizzard's side we've seen the release of a new set – One Night in Karazhan, as well as an important step towards addressing Arena balance issues. In terms of the community, there's been a lot of chatter about RNG in the game, specifically in relation to Yogg-Saron, which has proven to be far stronger than anyone really expected, as well as a general sentiment that Call of the Wild needs to be changed.
I caught up with senior game designer Mike Donais and associate designer Dean Ayala to chat about all of the above and more.
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Destiny: Rise of Iron SIVA Cluster Locations
This is where to find the Clovis Bray, Iron Lords and Fallen dormant SIVA fragments in the Rise of Iron expansion in Destiny.
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Recore: Don't Miss These Blueprints Hiding in Supply Caches
Deck out your Corebots with the best parts by finding these hidden blueprints.
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Shovel Knight Guest Starring in Yooka-Laylee
Yooka-Laylee will feature a very special guest character, as developer Playtonic Games has announced that Shovel Knight will make an appearance in its upcoming 3D platformer.
The studio shared the news in a post on Twitter, as well as a brand-new trailer that showcases the games' expansive cast of colorful characters.
Following a delay earlier this year, Yooka-Laylee is now slated to release sometime during the first quarter of 2017.
While you patiently wait for the release of Playtonic's crowdfunded spiritual successor to Rare's classic 3D platformers, be sure to check out these 9 fun little details about Yooka-Laylee. While you're at it, don't miss this sneak peek at the game's soundtrack, created by beloved composer Grant Kirkhope.
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Rise of Iron: How to Get the Year 3 Gjallarhorn
Follow these steps to acquire the legendary Year 3 version of the Gjallarhorn exotic rocket launcher in the Rise of Iron update for Destiny.
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Saturday, September 24, 2016
Destiny: Wrath of the Machine Raid Guide
From boss strategies to hunting down secret treasures, here's how to navigate the perils of Rise of Iron's Wrath of the Machine raid in Destiny.
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Minecraft Chinese Mythology Pack Coming Soon
Minecraft: Console Edition is receiving a ton of new content on October 4, with the Chinese Mythology Mash-Up Pack and a general game update that brings with it new mobs, items, terrain generation, blocks, banners, and more.
The Chinese Mythology pack will cost $4.99 and includes of a pre-made world featuring mountain ranges occupied by dragons, a monastery, and a new map specially made for the Battle mini game. It also adds 41 new skins and 13 new music tracks to the game.
A free content update also going live on October 4 will add new mobs like polar bears, new items like harvestable beetroots, special terrain features like igloos, fossils, and new village materials, new blocks like grass paths, magma, frosted ice, and bone blocks, and finally, new decorative banners.
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You Can Only Get These Pokemon in Sun or Moon
Certain Pokemon will only appear in versions Sun or Moon - find out which version is right for you.
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Minecraft's Boss Update Coming to Mobile, VR
Boss battles are coming to Minecraft: Windows 10 Edition beta, Minecraft: Pocket Edition, and Minecraft: Gear VR Edition for the first time in an update scheduled for launch on October 18.
With the Boss Update comes a battle with the Wither, the Elder Guardian, and explorable Ocean Monuments. The addition of Add-Ons will also allow players to tweak the Minecraft experience by editing text files.
According to the Minecraft team, you can use Add-Ons to adjust AI or customize mobs and other elements. These custom-made Minecraft worlds can then be uploaded online for others to download and play.
Several examples will be available for a free download off Minecraft's official website on October 18 when the update goes live, including the Alien Invasion and Castle Siege Add-Ons shown off at E3 2016.
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Forza Horizon Reaching 'End of Life' Status Next Month
The original Forza Horizon for Xbox 360 will soon no longer be available for purchase, as Turn 10 Studios and Playground Games' 2012 racing game will reach "End of Life" status on October 20.
In a post on the official Forza Motorsport website, community manager Brian Ekberg announced that Forza Horizon and all of its related downloadable content will be unavailable for purchase from that date onward. However, anyone who buys the game before October 20 will still be able to download the title and all its DLC as they normally would.
Earlier this month, the original Forza Horizon was available as a free download for Xbox Live Gold subscribers, and is one of the many backwards compatible Xbox 360 games now playable on Xbox One.
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Friday, September 23, 2016
Find Every Prismatic Core in Recore's Overworld
Find important collectibles to unlock new Dungeons and Bosses in ReCore.
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How to Raise Your Light Level in Destiny
Earn better gear and boost your Light rating to unlock the toughest missions in the Rise of Iron expansion for Destiny.
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Watch Dogs 2: Check Out 45 Minutes of New Gameplay
Watch Dogs 2 is right around the corner and we've got nearly 45 minutes of brand-spankin'-new footage showing off the game and what you can expect to get your hands on come November 15. See below for your Watch Dogs 2 fix.
Oh, you like hacking, and drones, and RC cars? Well, here you go!
Wait, you don't like hacking? You want to whip out that shotgun and go guns blazing? Got you covered.
You want to race drones? You like motorcycles? Of course you do.
What's worse than driving through San Francisco traffic? Driving through San Francisco traffic, chased by the cops. Exactly.
Hey! Ever wanted to drive other people around for fun and profit? Well, Watch Dogs 2 is embracing the "app culture" by letting you drive normies around and also go over some sweet jumps for, you know, whatever. Enjoy!
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What Ico Did That No Game Has Done Since
In the 15 years since Ico was released on the PlayStation 2, video games have evolved in remarkable ways. The HD-era has ushered in photo-realistic visuals, ubiquitous online play has connected people worldwide from all walks of life and the rise of indies has given a voice and a platform to even the smallest of teams. But in the countless games that have come out in the past decade and a half, somehow none have managed to replicate the simple power of one of Ico's basic mechanics -- the act of holding on to someone else's hand.
There's so much about Ico that's stuck with me since I first played the game in 2001 -- its gorgeous aesthetic, subtle and silent storytelling, and its melancholy ending. But if I'm being perfectly honest, the first thing that comes to mind when I think of Fumito Ueda's classic is the subtle intimacy between Ico and Yorda that comes across via holding on to the princess' hand during quiet moments, and the darkest of situations, which is something that I can safely say all of us have experienced at some point throughout our lives.
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Street Fighter V Patch Adds Potentially Dangerous Files for PC Players
The September update that rolled out today for Street Fighter V had some unexpected surprises for PC players.
Reddit users discovered the patch planted a "Capcom.sys" file in the System32 folder. A kernel-level implant like this opens up backdoors within your machine, which could potentially allow any outside user to access and remotely control your machine.
Those who updated to the new patch were reporting the application acquiring elevated privileges, and even a few blue screens of death. The September update was anticipated, adding returning fighter Urien and several long-awaited features to the popular fighting game.
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Insomniac, Polytron, Other Indies Pull Oculus Support
In light of recent revelations around Oculus founder Palmer Luckey's funding of a 501(c)4 non-profit dedicated to supporting US presidential candidate Donald Trump, several indie developers have publicly announced they will no longer support Oculus Rift.
Insomniac Games, currently working on three games for the Oculus Rift, gave us the following statement:
"Insomniac Games condemns all forms of hate speech. While everyone has a right to express his or her political opinion, the behavior and sentiments reported do not reflect the values of our company. We are also confident that this behavior and sentiment does not reflect the values of the many Oculus employees we work with on a daily basis."
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New No Man’s Sky Patch Released
Hello Games has released patch 1.09 for No Man's Sky on PS4 and PC.
As revealed on the developer's official site, the patch includes more than 30 bug fixes addressing menu improvements, galaxy generation changes, recovering corrupted save files, and much more.
You can find the full list of patch notes for version 1.09 in our No Man's Sky wiki.
This follows a series of patches Hello has been working on since the launch of No Man's Sky. In a development update posted earlier this month, the developer said it's been "inundated with feedback and discussion" since launch, and has brought on a community/support management team specifically to address issues in order of priority.
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'Exclusive' Titanfall 2 Multiplayer Mode Part of New Promotion
US restaurant chain Buffalo Wild Wings has teamed up with EA for a Titanfall 2 promotion.
Participants who eat at one of the 1175 US locations between October 28 and the end of November 2016, will receive access to an "exclusive" Titanfall 2 multiplayer mode and Titan insignia.
The mode will apparently offer a space "where players have the chance to earn huge rewards – more than anywhere else in the game".
"We're excited to partner with EA and offer our guests unique and exclusive opportunities to immerse themselves in one of the most anticipated releases of the year," Wild Wings' VP Todd Kronebusch told Business Wire (via Eurogamer). "From exclusive game content to our partnership with ELEAGUE that brings e-sports directly to our restaurants, we're listening to our Guests and embracing their passion for gaming and competition."
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IGN UK Podcast #350: Fear the FIFA and Forza
When planning what we'd talk about in this week's podcast, there was only one thing written at the top of the Google Doc.
"MUST ONLY TALK ABOUT THINGS BEGINNING WITH F."
It's unclear whether this is a new fricative fixation from Alex, or whether he just noticed that a lot of things beginning with "F" have been happening lately. Either way, for your latest FIFA 16. Forza Horizon 3 and Fear the Walking Dead fixes, Alex, Rory and Alysia are on hand.
And Rory also talks about his new Pokémon Go Plus - because he's a rebellious, plosive maverick.
IGN UK Podcast #350: Fear the FIFA and Forza
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Star Wars Uprising to Close
Mobile ARPG title Star Wars Uprising will permanently cease operations on November 17.
Kabam announced the shutdown plans over on its website. In-game purchases will be closing down ahead of the closure on September 22.
"Despite the best efforts of our team here at Kabam, unfortunately, Star Wars: Uprising will soon be decommissioned," reads the notice. On November 17th, 2016, all Star Wars: Uprising servers will be shutting down permanently. As part of this shutdown, we will be shutting down payments today, September 22nd, 2016, to prevent additional payments from occurring."
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Someone Made No Man's Sky Inside Classic Doom
No Man's Sky took years to be finished, but it subsequently inspired No Guy's Sky - a Doom mod that took just three weeks to make.
Modder Robert Prest worked on the project by himself, taking plenty of code from DoomZ, another mod he is making based on DayZ.
Everything in No Guy's Sky is randomly generated, including "scenery, sky, floor, plans and aliens," says Prest on his website (where those who want to give it a try can find installation instructions).
As you can see from the video, you have a jetpack, a mining tool, and you can go from planet to planet on your spaceship.
The aliens are generated in a "flipbook style" with different legs, heads, and so on. He even says you can mod it to put your own face in, and that quickly becomes apparent when he comes across an alien which has the face of Hello Games' Sean Murray.
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Batman VR Complete - Rocksteady Now Looking to Make Its 'Dream Game'
Rocksteady Games says Batman: Arkham VR is completed and has gone gold, while also shedding some light on what comes next for the creators of the Arkhamverse.
In an interview with Eurogamer, producer Dax Ginn said the following:
"We submitted
last week which was an awesome experience. One of the developers celebrated the game 'going gold' by dressing up in a gold spandex suit and bringing in a golden boom box."
As for what comes next, that's still being decided. Ginn explains Rocksteady is currently in an "enviable" position, where Warner Bros. is supportive of the team taking a break to think about what their next "dream game" is.
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Listen to Final Fantasy VIII's Score Played by a Live Orchestra
Fan of Final Fantasy? Fan of video game music?
Watch the video above to see and hear the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra play a rendition of the Nobuo Uematsu's Mono No Aware (from Final Fantasy VIII).
And if that's whetted the appetite, the London Symphony Orchestra will be playing more iconic themes from beloved Square Enix franchises at Symphonic Fantasies, a special concert being held in London on October 6th. The acclaimed orchestra will be playing music taken from Final Fantasy, Kingdom Hearts, Secret of Mana, and Chrono Trigger. You can buy tickets here.
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Thursday, September 22, 2016
Virginia Review
The first thing we see in Virginia's opening shot is a woman sliding a key into a locked box. The camera cuts away before we get to see what's inside, gracefully setting the tone for the haunting, enigmatic tale to follow.
What's most impressive about the interactive story that unfolds across Virginia's emotionally compelling two hours is the depth of character and absorbing mystery it builds without a single line of dialogue. While there were times I wished I could break away from my limited role in its story, Virginia's soaring symphonic score and brisk cinematic pace are so dense with drama that I was usually happy to play my part just to get the next piece of this beautifully crafted narrative puzzle.
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Destiny: Get Ready for The Raid Tomorrow
The release of Destiny's newest Raid is always a special moment for fans of the franchise. Players grind to have their characters ready of the encounter, days of work are missed, and it's all to be among the first to complete this challenging event that's regarded as the best part of Destiny. The Raid launches at 10am Pacific, but we'll be live at 9am getting ready to go.
This year IGN will be joining in on the fun for Wrath of the Machine yet again. We're proud to announce that IGN's Destin Legarie will be playing alongside Planet Destiny's Holtzman, 2 of his friends from clan Solarity, and also broadcasters TeftyTeft, and Briar Rabbit. This group has been hard at work the last few days getting their characters all above 370 light so that they have the best opportunity possible to become Worlds First to complete the encounter. You can follow along with our progress right here on IGN.
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See Tippett Studio's Original Models From Star Wars, Jurassic Park, RoboCop, and More
Phil Tippett's creations, and those of his Tippett Studio, have brought to life some of the most memorable creatures and moments from film over the last few decades. And as some of Tippett's unused creature designs get a second chance at life in the upcoming AR game HoloGrid, IGN took a tour of the studio.
Ahead of HoloGrid: Monster Battle's mobile release, IGN took a look at props, models, and more from Tippett Studio's various award-winning work, from contributions to Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope through films like RoboCop, Jumanji, Hellboy, and Cloverfield. Take a look at the gallery below to see a host of models from those films and more:
"It was at a period of time when a lot of new stuff was happening, and it was all experimental and fun. So you were just making stuff up out of nothing," Tippett said of designing creatures for films back in the days of the original Star Wars.
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Game Scoop!: The Ultimate Xbox Problem
Welcome back to Game Scoop!, IGN's weekly video game talk show. This week we're discussing Gears of War 4, games that mix genres, and more. Watch the video above or download the podcast below.
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WWE 2K17 Season Pass Details, All DLC Revealed
2K Games has announced all of the DLC coming to WWE 2K17, including what will be available in the game's season pass and digital deluxe editions.
WWE 2K17's season pass will cost $29.99 and include the Accelerator, Future Stars Pack, Hall of Fame Showcase, Legends Pack, and New Moves Pack DLC expansions, all of which will also be available separately.
The Accelerator offers players access to all unlockable content in the game's VC Purchasable section that is available at launch while also allowing them to decide the rankings and attribute levels for all playable characters. It will individually cost $4.99.
The Future Stars DLC includes Austin Aries, Karl Anderson, Luke Gallows, Mojo Rawley, and Tye Dillinger as playable characters and will cost $8.99 on its own. The Legends Pack, also available individually for $8.99, will include Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake, Eddie Guerrero, Greg "The Hammer" Valentine, Sycho Sid, and Tatanka.
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Mount & Blade: Warband Review
Graphics aren't everything - but they're something. The sandbox-style RPG Mount & Blade: Warband is perhaps best compared to a work like the Bayeux Tapestry, a 230-foot long strip of cloth in northern France detailing one of the landmark events of the European Middle Ages. Background details barely show up at all, the people look two generations removed from Gumby, and the weavers couldn't even keep the lines on the border straight. Yet it's stunning to behold. Some parts look like kindergartners made it, but it has soul and heart, and its images remain better embedded in my memory than some of the busy masterworks of the renaissance.
Mount & Blade: Warband, which is likewise focused on a medieval setting, feels a little like that. It already looked a decade old when it first came out on PC in 2010 (and recieved a review score of 8.1), and some minor updates to its Xbox One and PlayStation 4 release do little to make it look remotely modern. Slight variations on the same eight or so ugly faces populate its six kingdoms. Knights and peasants alike jank about like robots. Details like grass often vanish when you're just a few yards away, and tricky gamepad controls sometimes become annoying. And yet for all that, this remains a roleplaying game that does a better job of conveying the rags-to-riches journey than a game like Skyrim.
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'Fantastic' Nintendo NX Will Offer 'Different Experience' to Other Consoles - Ubisoft CEO
Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot has furthered claims that Nintendo's next console, codenamed NX, will stand apart from Microsoft and Sony's home consoles.
Speaking to IGN at an Ubisoft event yesterday, Guillemot - who has previously expressed his admiration for the upcoming console - explained specifically why he was excited for NX:
"I think, once again, the interface is very attractive," he said. "It's a machine that will be easy to use for all gamers. They have built in something that will give us chance to really have a different experience from what exists today. That's what I like - that they come with something new that is adapted to what we actually want now."
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Destiny: Rise of Iron Review in Progress
After a few months away from Destiny, I spent my first day with Rise of Iron as if I were joining anew. I was curious; how would a new player jumping into Rise of Iron via the Destiny Collection fare? It might take a bit to learn the difference between character level and Light level, sure, but I was immediately impressed by how quickly it brought me up to speed without sacrificing a challenge for the veteran Guardian. That aside, the new two-or-so-hour campaign feels short compared to its actual plot and doesn't really introduce new mechanics to Destiny — it's plenty of fun and has more of everything I already like about Destiny's story missions, but it also does little to improve upon its strengths or fix its problems.
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How Dark Souls Made It Fun to Fail
Dark Souls is five years old today, and even in this short time its legacy and influence has been great enough to leave a lasting impression on gaming that will live on for decades. Building on a formula first presented in From Software's Demon's Souls, Dark Souls is a game known for challenging players in ways few other games do.
From this notorious difficulty, it's given life to entire communities dedicated to helping one another or making it harder for one another. It's fueled debates about difficulty vs. accessibility, dared the internet to complete it together via chat commands, spawned countless "Souls-like" indie games that aim to capture some of that legendary challenge for themselves, and is one of my personal favorite games of all time.
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Rocket League Heads Underwater With Next Update
Rocket League's next free update, Aquadome, is coming in October.
The underwater update includes a free water-themed arena, and will release alongside two premium DLC Battle-cars, Proteus and Triton, both of which cost $1.99 a pop.
In the meantime, September's Rocket League DLC takes the form of Rumble – a new mode that adds extravagant power-ups into the mix, such as being able to kick an opponent's car, forcing your opposition to lose control, a grappling hook, a ball puncher (not what you're thinking), and many more.
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Iceland Not in FIFA 17 Due to Low Offer by EA
Iceland won't be in this year's version of FIFA, because EA didn't offer its football association enough money.
According to the BBC, Iceland's FA (KSI) said EA's offer of $15,000 was "below their expectations."
Iceland's exclusion will come as a surprise to many, especially following their strong run at this year's Euro 2016 tournament in which they knocked out England. Iceland has never appeared in the game before.
"They are the ones buying these rights and they almost want it for free," said KSI president Geir Thorsteinsson to the BBC. "The performance at the Euros show that we are quite a good team and many would like to play with our team. It's sad for the players - but the criticism should be towards EA Sports."
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The IGN UK Podcast x Inklecast Sorcery! Mash-Up
Inkle's magnificent series of adventure games, Sorcery! comes to an end today with the release of Sorcery! 4: The Crown of Kings - last week, we helped give it a nice birth/send-off by joining studio co-founder Jon Ingold to perform a live mash-up podcast in London.
For one glorious and mishap-filled evening, the IGN UK Podcast and the inklecast joined forces to play through the opening hour or so of the new game. The twist? The audience made our decisions for us. Expect goat lady burials, snake-ropes and lots and lots of deaths.
IGN UK Podcast: Sorcery! 4 Live Podcast Special
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Firewatch on Xbox One Delayed in Europe, Australia, NZ
Firewatch is out now on Xbox One in a lot of places, however it has been delayed in Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.
According to the Campo Santo blog, "some ratings issues delayed our Xbox One launch" in these three territories. Europe will be getting the game on September 30th, and New Zealand and Australia will be getting it a week after that.
The Xbox One version of Firewatch is currently out in the U.S., Mexico, Canada, Russia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Argentina.
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Support Ceases for Pokemon Fan Project Pokémon Uranium
Support for a Pokémon fan project, Pokémon Uranium, has ceased.
After nine years in development, the fan-made RPG has more than 100 original Pokémon, complete with a new region and a new Uranium type.
While download links were removed from the website following takedown notices filed against the team's website host shortly after launch, online support for those who'd managed to download the game continued by way of updates and patches.
According to an update today, however, all support has now stopped.
We will no longer be providing updates or support for Pokémon Uranium.
Thank you all for playing. http://pic.twitter.com/tumjOEMVDe
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DC Universe Online Going Through a Rebirth of Its Own
Daybreak Games has laid out some major changes coming to DC Universe Online's combat.
The core changes, as revealed on the DCUO forums, are as follows:
- Removing combat rating differential
- Smoothing out how you gain stats over the course of your character's life
- Redistributing where stats come from
- Revamping stat-related skill points
The removal of Combat Rating Differential is sure to be a welcome change. While the idea of having enemies scale up and down around your level is sound in principle, in practice many players were left feeling underpowered when starting new tiers of content.
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Wednesday, September 21, 2016
FIFA 17 Review
FIFA 17's headline feature is The Journey, a story about a prodigious young talent attempting to make a name for himself in the Premier League. It's a microcosm of everything that's good and bad about FIFA – peerless presentation surrounding a match engine that's an improvement on last year, but still needs work – and yet it's the most fun I've had with the series for a good few seasons. Perhaps more importantly, it's a welcome reminder of the personal stories at the heart of a sport (and a series) that, in recent times, has felt more concerned with its corporate identity. It's not easy to find ways to surprise people in an annualised game, but this is a very pleasant one.
The story of likeable 17-year-old Alex Hunter and his rise from unvarnished academy product to bright young starlet follows a conventional path – not quite rags to riches, but close – though it's affectingly told, even if FIFA 17's PEGI rating ensures that it's a rather airbrushed take on the modern game. Still, the setbacks and insults sting – on his debut as a substitute the opposition fans taunt him with a chant of "who are ya?" while you'll attract social media criticism from supporters and fellow professionals (at one stage, an embittered ex-teammate hashtags you as a #benchwarmer). Naturally, this only made me all the more determined to succeed.
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Unlocked: Firewatch Creators Join Us
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On this week's Xbox show, Firewatch releases on Xbox One, so we talk to creators Sean Vanaman and Jake Rodkin for an hour or so. Learn what it takes to make a game, plus a few interesting Telltale Walking Dead Season 1 anecdotes too (both Sean and Jake were instrumental in that game prior to making Firewatch).
Oh, and Unlocked now has its own snazzy new homepage! Bookmark this: go.ign.com/unlocked
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ReCore Patch Will Improve Load Times on Xbox One
A patch dedicated to reducing ReCore's load times on Xbox One will be released this week.
As noted on the game's official website, load times for larger areas, however, "may continue to take more time than expected," even after the patch is deployed.
"We want you to know that we've been listening closely, and the number one thing you've mentioned you'd like to see improvements on is load times," the post says. "We heard you, we appreciate your patience."
Upon its release last week, ReCore's lengthy load times were criticized, as noted in IGN's review, which said the load times often broke up the game's pace.
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Blizzard Dropping Battle.net Name, Focusing on Brand
Blizzard Entertainment's online gaming service, long known as battle.net, will now be known simply as Blizzard tech.
According to an update on the World of Warcraft website, the change is in name, and name alone. The core technology behind Battle.net will "continue to serve as the central nervous system for Blizzard games," Blizzard said.
Battle.net has been around for a long time. The original version of the service launched nearly 20 years ago, on November 30, 1996. Over the years, Blizzard said, the name has caused "confusion and inefficiencies," since it doesn't easily convey itself as Blizzard's online service.
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Pokemon Sun and Moon: Every Known Version Difference
See which Pokemon you'll likely encounter and more in each version of Pokemon Sun and Moon.
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Dishonored 2 Community Events Announced for NYC, SF, LA
Bethesda has announced that it will be holding three separate community events in the United States to provide fans the opportunity to play Dishonored 2 before its release in November.
The first event will be held next week in San Francisco on Wednesday, September 28. The remaining two will take place in Los Angeles and New York City on October 3 and October 10, respectively.
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Beyond: What Are Your 3 Most Anticipated Games This Fall?
This week, Max "True Lies" Scoville, Brian "Raw Deal" Altano, Marty "Junior" Sliva and Alanah "Kindergarten Cop" Pearce break down the three games each of them are looking forward to most about this fall's lineup of big game releases. Plus, Max played Last Guardian (along with Zach, who wrote a great preview) and Hideo Kojima threw some shade in the direction of Metal Gear Survive.
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Gwent Is Getting A Stress Test This Week
CD Projekt RED has announced a server stress test for Gwent: The Witcher Card Game that will take place this Friday, September 23, from 11am ET / 8am PT to 3pm ET / 12pm PT, and Tuesday, September 27, from 2pm ET / 11am PT to 6 pm ET / 3 pm PT.
Called Kill The Servers, the stress test will only be available on PC and won't have deck building functionality. If you're looking to participate, you need to be signed up for the game's closed beta that's launching in late October. The number of access keys for the stress test is limited and will be granted on a first come, first served basis. CD Projekt will let players know when it'll be distributing the key codes via Twitter and Facebook.
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Naomi Plays World of Warcraft: Legion
I was starting high-school when Warcraft came out and well, now is as a good a time as any. With Mark back on the show to play along, join us as we level up and quest through Azeroth in World of Warcraft: Legion. Wish us luck!
Just so you know, we're going to be livestreaming every Tuesday and Wednesday from 1PM - 3PM PT. We'll focus on new releases and DLC drops, but let us know in the comments what games you'd like to see!
We'll be answering questions live during the stream, so tweet @ign with #ignplayslive
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50 New Dishonored 2 Achievements Revealed
(Spoilers) If you want to unlock every achievement in Dishonored 2, you'll need to pull off some pretty fancy moves and more.
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Microsoft Exec: PS4 Pro Not Powerful Enough to Run True 4K
Microsoft's Albert Penello claims the PS4 Pro's 4.2 teraflops of power isn't enough to render 'true 4K' natively.
In an interview with Eurogamer, he said "I think there are a lot of caveats they're giving customers right now around 4K. They're talking about checkerboard rendering and up-scaling and things like that. There are just a lot of asterisks in their marketing around 4K, which is interesting because when we thought about what spec we wanted for Scorpio, we were very clear we wanted developers to take their Xbox One engines and render them in native, true 4K.
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Xbox Live Games With Gold for October Announced
Microsoft has announced its lineup of free games that will be available to Xbox Live Gold subscribers next month through its Games With Gold program.
According to a post on Xbox Wire, Super Mega Baseball: Extra Innings will be available as a free download throughout the month of October for Xbox One owners. Additionally, The Escapists will be free of charge on the platform from October 16 to November 15. For our thoughts on Team 17's prison escape game, read IGN's The Escapists review.
The remaining games that will be free for subscribers next month are two Xbox 360 titles. MX vs. ATV Reflex will be available for free form October 1 to October 15, at which point it will be replaced on October 16 by I Am Alive, which will remain free of charge until the end of the month.
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Destiny: How to Solve the Iron Temple Easter Egg
Play the bells in Felwinter Peak to unlock the Sing the Iron Song achievement in the Rise of Iron expansion for Destiny.
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Dragon Ball Fusions Coming to the West
Dragon Ball Fusions will release for Nintendo 3DS in the west on December 13, 2016, Bandai Namco has announced.
The upcoming handheld action-RPG features a battle system that has both strategy and real-time action elements, combining fighting with customization for a new type of experience unique to the Dragon Ball franchise.
In Dragon Ball Fusions, players will be able to traverse the world and find various items to collect, as well as fighters to ally with and fuse together to create more powerful characters. Additionally, players will be able to customize their own avatar and, using "Photo Fusions," take pictures with their friends and fuse them together to create a Dragon Ball character.
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New Zelda: Breath of the Wild Video Shows Link Cooking
Nintendo released a new video for The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild yesterday.
The video was posted to the official Zelda Facebook page, with the caption "What's for dinner tonight, Link?"
Link approaches a campfire to light a torch, which he then uses to light a fire under a cooking pot. He then selects which items to make into food, they're thrown into the pot, and a few seconds later, a tasty meal appears.
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Miyazaki Not Ruling Out Working on "Dark Souls-Like" Games
Dark Souls creator Hidetaka Miyazaki has previously said that, for him, "Dark Souls is over", but has said that another From Software developer could convince him that they deserve to make another. That doesn't seem quite like the end of the story, however.
In an interview with IGN at Tokyo Game Show, Miyazaki explained that while he doesn't feel like making another Dark Souls game right now, that doesn't rule out the idea of using the iconoclastic series' ideas elsewhere:
"It doesn't necessarily mean he's not going to work on a Dark Souls-like game," explained a translator, "so he would definitely bring some of the good things - that could be some in-game elements, some of the product development experience - he would definitely bring those to a new Dark Souls-like game or Dark Souls-like franchise in the future."
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