PlayStation Plus Free Games for November 2018 Announced

Sony has revealed the free games PlayStation Plus subscribers will receive in November 2018, with Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition and Yakuza Kiwami leading the charge as the free PlayStation 4 games for the month..

Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition is a remastered version of the over-the-top first-person shooter from People Can Fly and Epic Games, with 4K support on PS4 Pro. All previous pieces of DLC are included in the Full Clip Edition, as well. In our Bulletstorm: Full Clip review, we appreciated the visual boost but found the additional content to be underwhelming.

Yakuza Kiwami, meanwhile, is a remake of the original Yakuza, built from the ground-up using a more recent engine. IGN's Yakuza Kiwami review saw it as a great way to experience the first story in the series, though it couldn't match the most recent mainline Yakuza games. Sega has given fans no shortage of choice as of late, with Yakuza 6, Yakuza 0, and Yakuza Kiwami 2 all coming to the West within the last few years.

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Undertale Creator Announces and Releases Mysterious New Project

Following a tease yesterday, Undertale creator Toby Fox has unveiled Delta Rune, a free follow-up to 2015's Undertale.

As various Undertale fans have pointed out online, Delta Rune is an anagram for Undertale and refers to the symbol on Undertale NPC Toriel's tunic.

Delta Rune's website contains several warnings in English and Japanese about things like overriding security protocols and refraining from discussing "the program" for 24 hours in the interest of public safety.

The site says these warnings are the final ones players will receive before encouraging them to take things into their hands and allowing them to download Delta Rune for PC or Mac.

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Updated: Every RDR2 Cheat Discovered So Far

24 cheats and counting!

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RDR2 Gold Bar Exploit: Infinite Money Cheat

It's a gold rush! Here's how to duplicate gold bars to earn infinite money in Red Dead Redemption 2.

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Red Dead Redemption 2 Players Reporting HDR Issues

It appears that the High Dynamic Range (HDR) implementation in Red Dead Redemption 2 may not be true HDR.

According to Eurogamer, the video output of all versions of the game is derived from a Standard Dynamic Range (SDR) image, and therefore is not rendered in high dynamic range. Generally speaking, an SDR image doesn’t offer nearly as much contrast, color range or luminance as an HDR image, and Eurogamer claims that all of the limitations present in SDR are simply packaged in what the game is presenting as HDR.

Ultimately, Eurogamer says using HDR at recommended settings produces an image similar to what you get with HDR turned off, or it can even make the game look incredibly dim or overly bright if settings are tweaked in either direction.

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How the Director of the Metal Gear Movie Would Make a Zelda Movie

Note: This article was originally published on July 21, 2018 during San Diego Comic-Con, but in light of recent news that Castlevania producer Adi Shankar may be making a Legend of Zelda TV series, we've repromoted it to highlight another filmmaker's take on the idea.

Speaking on IGN’s Comic-Con live show about his upcoming Metal Gear Solid movie, we asked director Jordan Vogt-Roberts for his take on how he would make a Zelda movie if he had the opportunity.

“The thing about Zelda is Zelda is not Lord of the Rings, right? You cannot forget how quirky and bizarre Zelda is,” Vogt-Roberts said. “I think you need to find a way to actually fuse the traditional Zelda and the very new Zelda,”

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Breach Blends All Your Favorite Game Genres with Mythology

Breach is a potent mixture of the last decade of game design. Like something engineered in an off-the-grid laboratory, its a multi-headed creation spliced together with DNA from hack-and-slash action games, hero shooters, MOBAs, and MMOs. It’s currently growing and coming into its own, boiling down that blend into a jump-in-and-play experience of quick 15-minute solo, cooperative, or competitive matches.

After getting hands-on with a healthy section of the technical alpha, what surprises me most about Breach is how well that insane-sounding concoction works. You pick a class – complete with its own basic attacks, skill shots, and abilities – and fight through a series of maps that are broken into six sectors. Each sector has an objective, so you and up to three other players fight to complete the objective in the allotted time while the enemy team of monsters, minions, mythological nightmares, and in some modes player-controlled demons tries to delay or stop you.

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Undertale's Creator Is Teasing... Something

Undertale’s creator Toby Fox is mysteriously teasing something, and whatever it is may be revealed tomorrow.

Toby Fox tweeted out, saying it’s “really important” for those who completed Undertale to check the official Undertale Twitter account in 24 hours from when he posted the tweet early this morning. He says he wants to make something new using fan feedback, and a Windows PC or MacOSX PC is needed for whatever he has planned.

For those who completed UNDERTALE it's really important that you check @UNDERTALE 24 hours from now.

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PS4 Surpasses 85 Million Units Sold

Sony has revealed that the PlayStation 4 and PS4 Pro have, combined, sold 86.1 million units as of the end of the company's last fiscal quarter.

In Sony's earnings report for Q2 of fiscal year 2018 (which ended on Sept. 30), the company reported 3.9 million PS4 units sold, which, tacked onto the 82.2 million total units reported in Sony's last fiscal report, brings the PS4 up to 86.1 million lifetime sales. This new figure is down from the same period last year, however, in which Sony reported 4.2 million units sold.

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Assassin's Creed Odyssey: Live Event Canceled for the Second Time

The first planned in-game live event for Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, an Epic Mercenary encounter, has been canceled once again seemingly due to technical issues.

The official Assassin’s Creed Twitter account made the announcement, saying there’s been trouble in tracking down the mercenary in question, Damais the Indifferent.

The Korinthians, inventors of the trireme, will soon send a ship called "The Tyrant" on its maiden voyage. Rumor has it, this ship will redefine naval warfare for Sparta.

Someone should test that theory when the Epic Ship Live Event returns next week.

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Xbox Free Games With Gold for November Announced

Microsoft has announced the Xbox Free Games With Gold titles for November 2018.

The games coming to the service include Battlefield 1, Assassin’s Creed, Race the Sun and Dante’s Inferno. Battlefield 1 and Race the Sun are Xbox One titles while Assassin’s Creed and Dante’s Inferno are both Xbox 360 games that can be played on the Xbox One through backward compatibility.

Here’s when each title will be available for Xbox Live Gold members next month:

• Battlefield 1: November 1 - 30 (Xbox One)

• Race the Sun: November 16 - December 15 (Xbox One)

• Assassin’s Creed: November 1 - 15 (Xbox 360/Xbox One)

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Diablo 3 for Nintendo Switch Review

Not every six-year-old game can feel fresh and modern on a new platform, especially after you take off the 'Ohmigosh it’s on Switch so I can take it anywhere!' goggles. This is my third trip through Diablo 3 since its original release on PC in 2012 and expansion pack-fueled debut on Xbox One in 2014, and I have to say: it still plays wonderfully. That’s not a huge surprise. What is an unexpected delight is how good Diablo 3 looks on Nintendo’s portable console.

The Diablo 3 Eternal Collection doesn’t really offer anything new apart from a Ganondorf armor set, but it does offer everything: the Reaper of Souls expansion that makes you forget about the weak fourth Act, a seventh playable character in the form of the sadistic Necromancer, and every single update and tweak that’s helped Diablo 3 realize its full, enormous potential. It is Diablo 3 in its final form, and it’s simply a blast. Often literally, thanks to the explosive deaths that monsters suffer at your mighty hands. And it looks better than I expected it to, with image quality that suits the Switch’s built-in 720p screen perfectly. When you’re on a 65-inch 4K TV (running in Diablo’s maximum 960p resolution), only the character detail suffers a bit. The environments still look great!

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Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Nintendo Direct Announced

Nintendo has announced that there will be a Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Direct and a Nintendo Treehouse: Live Presentation on Thursday, November 1 at 7am PT/10am ET/2pm BST.

Revealed on Nintendo's Twitter, the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Nintendo Direct will contain "roughly 40 minutes of new information" and will be the final Direct before the launch of the latest Smash Bros. on December 7, 2018.

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Battlefield V Won't Include Microtransactions at Launch

Battlefield V won't include microtransactions at launch, EA DICE has announced. Microtransactions will be added post-launch using a paid in-game currency called Battlefield Currency, but DICE promises they will only be used for cosmetic items.

"We want players to get hands-on experience with their Company

, the progression system, and earning Company Coin before introducing premium currency," DICE said. "Balanced rock-paper-scissors gameplay has always been the foundation of the Battlefield series, and our belief is that real-world money should not enable pay-to-win or pay-for-power."

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Switch Sales Pass 22 Million, Zelda: Breath of the Wild Hits 10 Million Copies Sold

The Nintendo Switch continues to be a sales success, with Nintendo's latest financial report placing the console at nearly 23 million units sold since its launch last year.

In a new earnings report, Nintendo revealed that over the last six months the Switch has managed to sell more than 5 million units, with a slight increase in sales compared to this time last year.

The new numbers now mean the Switch has almost doubled sales of the Wii U, and has overtaken GameCube's total figure.

During this time, Mario Tennis Aces managed to sell more than 2 million copies, while Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze sold more than 1.5 million.

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Red Dead Redemption 2 Sells Through $725 Million In Its First Weekend

Red Dead Redemption 2 had the largest opening weekend for any entertainment product in history, managing to sell through $725 million in copies over just three days.

It's actually the second-highest grossing entertainment launch, although Rockstar won't be too unhappy with that, given that the record-holder is Grand Theft Auto V.

The discrepancy between biggest opening weekend and biggest overall launch comes down to the fact that the last GTA was released on a Tuesday.

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Nintendo President Wants More DLC For Existing 'Big Titles'

For those  wishing for more Super Mario Odyssey kingdoms, or Zelda story content, there might be a glimmer of hope, as Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa has said he wants to see more DLC for existing major titles on Nintendo consoles.

At Nintendo's latest earnings meeting (as reported by Bloomberg's Yuji Nakamura), Furukawa said:

"We need continuous growth. We must keep releasing new software. That includes DLCs and other contents for big titles that are already out."

Many had wondered if the likes of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Super Mario Odyssey would see further updates. Despite announcing and releasing two paid content packs for Zelda, Nintendo has never formally said that it had finished working on the game. The same goes for Super Mario Odyssey, which has had a drip-feed of free content (including the Luigi's Balloon World update), but no paid expansions.

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THQ Nordic Bought My Teenage Years – So What Are They Going to Do With Them?

In 2002, I was 13, and I spent as much of my time as possible playing TimeSplitters 2. Six years later, I spent a sizeable portion of my 19th year in the extremely purple company of Saints Row 2.

Between those two fairly formative experiences, I invented my own game modes with my brother in Red Faction 2. I had my mind blown by blowing up minds in Second Sight. Adult pangs of nostalgia already setting in, I rented Stuntman: Ignition to recall its PS2 predecessor. Friends introduced me to Destroy All Humans, and Painkiller. I’m also fairly sure I played doomed racing sim Juiced but, looking at it now, god knows why I would have chosen to.

Aside from the fact that I played them at some point, there’s little to connect these games. That list represents different genres, developers, publishers, levels of quality. Some games I can remember as well as the alphabet, others I’d forgotten about until looking them up for this piece. Now, 16 years after I lost myself to TimeSplitters 2, they’re all connected – because THQ Nordic bought them.

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Out This Week: Kingdom Hearts: The Story So Far

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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No Man's Sky: The Abyss Update Adds Aquatic Narrative, Submarine Vehicle and More

No Man's Sky's continuous stream of improvements continue today with the launch of The Abyss, a free update that focuses on underwater exploration and even adds a new story, The Dreams of the Deep.

Available now on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC, The Abyss is the first major update since No Man's Sky's NEXT which introduced full multiplayer, a third-person viewpoint, and much more.

The Abyss introduces players to "aquatic environments with over five times more variety, new submersible vehicles, improved underwater visuals and much more."

The Abyss' new story, The Dreams of the Deep, has players exploring the deepest depths of oceans by discovering the fate of a crew that was stranded from a freighter crash by the rising tides or exploring underwater ruins to "uncover the tale of a lost soul trapped beneath the waves."

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Tetris Effect Hands-On: It’s Like a Bacon-Wrapped Hot Dog

Tetris Effect is the video game equivalent of a bacon-wrapped hot dog. It is two great things joining forces to create something even better. The hot dog: Tetris, a timeless, proven puzzle game that needs no introduction. And the bacon is Tetsuya Mizuguchi, whose puzzle chops – not to mention audio-visual prowess – are Hall of Fame-worthy. I won’t go so far as to say that Tetris Effect (out November 9) is the best-ever version of the legendary block-dropping game from the hour or so I played recently, but I will confidently say that Tetris has never looked or sounded better. That should come as no surprise to anyone who’s played Rez, Lumines, or any of Mizuguchi-san’s other classics.

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Red Dead Redemption 2 Companion App Hints at PC Port and VR Functionality

Red Dead Redemption 2 is currently only available on Xbox One and PlayStation 4, but if files in the game's official companion app are any indication, that could be changing in the future.

Spotted by Rockstar Intel over the weekend, the Red Dead Redemption 2 companion app includes file names that appear to confirm -- or at least suggest -- a PC version in the works. The file names "PARAM_companionAutoConnectIpPC" and "CommandIsPcVersion(void)    000000000166A12C" directly mention the PC, and another mentions a feature available in Grand Theft Auto V on PC.

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It's Not Too Late to Preorder PlayStation Classic

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Sony revealed the full line-up of game coming to PlayStation Classic this morning. The mini console costs $99, has 20 games, 2 controllers, and includes an HDMI cable and USB cable, as well as an instruction manual that's almost a work of art in its industrial simplicity.

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Metal Gear Solid and More Announced With PlayStation Classic Full Line-Up

Sony has announced the full line-up of games for the upcoming PlayStation Classic mini-console.

The console's full 20-game list lives up to the "classic" billing, with seminal games from the Metal Gear Solid, Tekken, Final Fantasy, Grand Theft Auto, Resident Evil and Persona series included. Check them out in full below.

• Battle Arena Toshinden
• Cool Boarders 2
• Destruction Derby
• Final Fantasy VII
• Grand Theft Auto
• Intelligent Qube
• Jumping Flash
• Metal Gear Solid
• Mr Driller
• Oddworld: Abe’s Oddysee
• Rayman

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Fallout 76 on Switch 'Wasn't Doable', Says Bethesda

Bethesda has explained that Fallout 76 couldn't come to Nintendo Switch because, after consideration, "it just wasn't doable".

Speaking at PAX Aus (as reported by GameSpot), Bethesda's Pete Hines explained:

"The Switch is something I can say with certainty that... it's a part of every conversation with every dev we have now about what we're doing going forward, because we consider it to be a viable platform. If the game will work on it, we want it to be on every platform possible. Fallout 76 is not because it just wasn't doable."

No detail was given as to exactly what wasn't doable about a Switch version, but the always-online nature of the game and absolutely gigantic world probably had something to do with it.

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Red Dead 2 Is Not for Short Attention Spans

Welcome back to Game Scoop!, IGN's weekly video game talk show. On a special Halloween episode we're discussing Red Dead Redemption 2, horror games, Assassin's Creed Odyssey, and more. Watch the video above or download the podcast below.

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Red Dead 2 Walkthrough (with Gold Ranking Requirements)

See the Gold Medal requirements and get helpful hints while playing Red Dead Redemption 2.

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Every Red Dead Redemption 2 Cheat Code (So Far)

From infinite ammo to spawning a circus wagon, here's all the Red Dead 2 cheats we've discovered so far.

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Nier: Automata's 2B Joins Soulcalibur 6 Roster

Nier: Automata’s YoRHa No. 2 Type B (or simply 2B for short) is making her way to Soulcalibur 6.

Announced on the official Soulcalibur Twitter account, no firm date for 2B’s release was given, only that she was “coming soon.”

Mission: eliminate hostile entity known as Soul Edge.

2B from @NieRGame joins the battle of souls and swords in #SOULCALIBUR VI! Wielding her signature swords, the combat android will keep on fighting until her task is completed. Coming soon! pic.twitter.com/mpEjhaEbBc

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Red Dead 2: How to Hunt the Legendary Bear

He's smarter than the average bear - and a lot tougher too. Here's where to find and how to hunt the Legendary Bear in Red Dead 2.

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Red Dead 2 Trapper Locations

Here's where to find this specialty merchant in the wilderness of Red Dead Redemption 2.

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Red Dead Redemption 2: Treasure Map Solutions / Locations

There's gold in them thar hills, pardner - and here's how to find it!

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Red Dead 2: How to Save Your Game (Yes, It's Confusing)

Here's how to save your game in one of 20 save slots.

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How to Fast Travel in Red Dead Redemption 2

Getting around fast in RDR2 is not as easy as other games. Here's how to move faster.

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Twitch Adds New Built-In Karaoke Game for Streamers

Twitch streamers who love to sing along to songs with their viewers soon have a more robust option for doing so, and interested streamers can register to try it out right now.

Created in partnership with Rock Band studio Harmonix, Twitch Sings is a dedicated app that lets streamers play a karaoke game with their viewers. While streamers sing songs, their viewers can use special chat options to start "light shows" on their virtual stage as well as propose different challenges.

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Red Dead Redemption 2 Reviews Roundup

Red Dead Redemption 2 is finally available on PS4 and Xbox One, offering a long-awaited return to the world of Rockstar Games' Western franchise. And while you can judge the experience for yourself, we've decided to take a look at the larger critical reception RDR2 has received so far.

IGN's own 10-score Red Dead 2 review calls the sequel "a gorgeous depiction of an ugly period that’s patient, polished, and a huge amount of fun to play, and it’s combined with Rockstar’s best storytelling to date. " To find out more from our review, and what others have said about the game, read on.

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Top 25 Nintendo Switch Games

The Nintendo Switch has been out for a year and a half and in that short time, dozens of awesome games have hit Nintendo’s hybrid console.

We did the homework and put together a list of our 25 favorites.

Let’s go!

25. Blossom Tales

Blossom Tales feels right at home on the Nintendo Switch. The game has no shame in how much it actually borrows from The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, and that’s in no way bad thing. It may be a short game, but the moment to moment gameplay brings a ton of nostalgia and satisfies the craving to play something so familiar yet adds new challenges along the way.

– Brian Malkiewicz

24. Kirby Star Allies

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Is Spider-Man PS4's First DLC a Worthy Followup?

BEYOND!

As part of this week's episode of our weekly PlayStation show, Beyond!, host Jonathon Dornbush is joined by Kinda Funny's Greg Miller, returning Beyond! alum, to discuss their impressions of Marvel's Spider-Man's first DLC pack, The Heist. If you want to hear more, be sure to read Jonathon's review of Spider-Man's The Heist DLC.

If you enjoyed this conversation, be sure to check out the full episode of Beyond!, and all episodes of our PlayStation show, at beyond.ign.com. And if you'd like to take a trip through Spider-Man's campaign, check out the gallery below for a look at every story mission as a comic book cover (obviously, some spoilers ahead).

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Fortnite Developer Just Raised Another Billion Dollars

Epic Games announced Friday that they received an investment of approximately $1.25 billion from KKR, ICONIQ Capital, Smash Ventures, aXiomatic, Vulcan Capital, Kleiner Perkins, and Lightspeed Venture Partners, according to AP.

The funds are meant to create further partnerships in technology, entertainment, esports, and other live events. The investors have now joined Disney, Tencent, and Endeavor as minority shareholders in Epic.

Epic Games continues to be controlled by founder and CEO, Tim Sweeney.

“We’re excited to partner with the finest minds in the financial, sports, and entertainment communities," Sweeney said in a statement. "This reinforces Epic’s position of leadership in real-time 3D technology, and accelerates our ability to improve the way people play, work, and interact with the world."

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Every IGN Rockstar Game Review

In the last two decades, IGN has published over 90 different reviews for games developed and published by Rockstar Games.

That includes everything from Red Dead Redemption 2 to the very first Grand Theft Auto, but also Max Payne, Manhunt, Bully, and a few you might have forgotten. Check out the gallery below for a breakdown of every Rockstar game IGN has ever reviewed.

For more Rockstar, check out our review of Red Dead Redemption 2, which we gave a 10/10, watch the first 20 minutes of Red Dead Redemption 2 in 4K, and check out our Red Dead Redemption 2 guide for tons of secrets, tips, and cheats.

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Vampyr Coming to Nintendo Switch

Vampyr, the gothic action role-playing game released for the PC, PS4 and Xbox One earlier this year, is officially coming to the Nintendo Switch.

Revealed through a Focus Home Interactive earnings report, it looks like the success of Vampyr on its current platforms has given the publisher reason to bring Dontnod’s title to Nintendo’s handheld/console hybrid.

"In Q3, the Group will continue to maximize the potential of the Vampyr license,” the report notes. "After the game's impressive success on PC, Xbox One and PS4, it will be Nintendo Switch's turn to welcome the DontNod title to reach an even wider audience.” The report doesn’t clarify if Q3 is in regards to 2018 or 2019, though a fiscal third quarter typically ends in September, so 2019 is a likely bet.

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Resident Evil 4, Resident Evil, and Resident Evil 0 Announced for Nintendo Switch

Resident Evil, and Resident Evil 0, and Resident Evil 4 will all be headed to the Nintendo Switch in 2019.

Announced on Twitter, Capcom revealed that they are "bringing multiple fan favorites to Nintendo Switch," and that more info will be revealed for these versions "soon."

These Resident Evil titles will join the Switch versions of Resident Evil Revelations 1 and 2 that were released last year and the cloud version of Resident Evil 7 Biohazard in Japan.

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MediEvil PS4 Is a Remake, Not a Remaster

Sony Worldwide Studios chairman Shawn Layden has described the PS4 version of MediEvil as a remake, not a remaster - despite the game being originally advertised using the latter term.

Appearing on PlayStation Blogcast, Layden explained the approach for this new version of the fondly-remembered PS1 game:

“I think there have been some words that might sound alike but mean different things – like remake and remaster. This is a remake. We’ve taken the original game design and we’ve taken a lot of the key art, some of the other attributes of the game design and ethos, if you will. And we’re working with a developer called Other Ocean Interactive, and they are remaking MediEvil in that design – the original MediEvil from PS1. The one that I worked on when I was in Tokyo."

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Updated: Red Dead Redemption 2 Cheat Code List

We've found cheats for Inifinte Ammo, spawning horses, and more! Help us find the rest...

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SPOILERS: A Massive Red Dead Redemption 2 Map to Get Lost In

Here's a massive version of the in-game map. We're adding helpful points as fast as we can!

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Let's Talk About That Supposed Smash Leak, and Our Top 25 Switch Games!

Weeeeeelllllllcome to episode 430! Yes, we even double checked to make sure the number was correct this time. Potentially big news this week over the supposed Smash Bros. roster leak. We're still working to track down whether or not this is actually true, but in the meantime, we're picking apart all the rumors and digging through the details! Plus, don't forget, Andrew "Pokémon" Goldfarb is on to rant about Pokémon Go for a bit, and we'll talk about IGN's Top 25 Switch Games, which you can see below:

Remember, you can watch NVC here on IGN on Thursdays at 3pm PT. Catch the video and audio 24 hours later on our YouTube channel or listen to it on your commute in audio format. If you enjoy the show, share it with other Nintendo fans, leave us a comment, and give us a thumbs up or leave us a review! If you prefer audio over video, please subscribe to NVC on iTunes or your podcast service of choice.

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54 Things Red Dead Redemption 2 Doesn't Tell You

Red Dead Redemption 2 is brimming with untold secrets and details you may not notice, prepare for your adventure with these tips.

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First Wave of Fortnite Figures from McFarlane Toys Revealed

McFarlane toys has revealed the first lineup of Fortnite action figures it has in the works, and they're available for pre-order right now.

Five different figures are included in the first wave. Four are of different battle royale skins -- the Skull Trooper, Cuddle Team Leader, Black Knight, and Raptor -- while the fifth is of the Rainbow Smash Harvesting Tool. A smaller Rainbow Smash Harvesting Tool is also included in the Cuddle Team Leader package, while the other three characters come with unique pickaxes in its place.

The characters in the first wave also include a weapon and piece of Back Bling, and each features at least 18 different points of articulation. McFarlane is no stranger to video game figures, having previous released toys based on Halo, Destiny, and Borderlands, to name a few.

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Alan Wake Finally Available Again on Steam, Soon Returning to Xbox Store

After being pulled from Steam and the Xbox Marketplace for music licensing issues, Alan Wake is once again available on Steam, Humble and GOG and will soon be back on the Xbox Marketplace.

Developer Remedy tweeted the good news, saying the game’s publisher Microsoft was able to renegotiate the rights to the licensed music in Alan Wake, allowing the title to be sold on Steam once more. Remedy also let fans know it would be coming back to Xbox “Very soon!” Though some were concerned the music in question would be removed from the game, the developer confirmed Alan Wake's music is still intact.

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Complete Guide to Red Dead Redemption 2 Preorder Bonuses

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Red Dead Redemption 2 is only a few days away, and if you preordered it digitally, you may already be able to preload the game on your console of choice. This means you can start playing your digital version the moment it goes live.

All preorders of Red Dead Redemption 2 will include a War Horse and The Outlaw Survival Kit. The War Horse, previously seen in the first game, is a valiant steed with greater stamina and speed than your average horse. The Outlaw Survival Kit contains a collection of useful supplies including Dead Eye and items to replenish health.

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Will GTA 5 Fans Like Red Dead 2?

BEYOND!

As part of this week's episode of IGN's weekly PlayStation show, Beyond!, host Jonathon Dornbush is joined by Kinda Funny's Greg Miller to discuss Red Dead Redemption 2, and whether fans of GTA V and GTA Online will take to it.

Note: this conversation was recorded and originally posted before the embargo for Red Dead Redemption 2 reviews, and so both Jonathon and Greg are speaking about Red Dead 2 solely from the experience of trailers and previews released. The two discuss whether Red Dead 2's possibly slower pace and more expansive, wider world — one less densely packed than that of GTA V — will appeal to what players have been enjoying about GTA V and Online since its debut.

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Jump Force Release Date Announced

Jump Force, the Bandai Namco fighting game that brings together characters from various Shonen Jump manga and anime, will be coming February 15, 2019.

Bandai Namco made the announcement on Twitter, alongside a new Paris Games Week 2018 trailer for the game. The trailer features pre-order bonuses for the game, including Frieza’s hover pod as a lobby vehicle and three costumes.

While you’re waiting for February 15, watch these gameplay videos of Jump Force’s beta in action, including Yusuke, Gon and Hisoka gameplay, Blackbeard vs. Toguro gameplay, and Rukia and Ichigo from Bleach gameplay.

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Ni No Kuni 2 DLC Detailed

Ni No Kuni 2: Revenant Kingdom will be receiving its second chunk of DLC this winter in The Lair of the Lost Lord.

Announced by Bandai Namco, The Lair of the Lost Lord will be available as part of the game’s season pass, and can also be purchased separately when it comes out later this year. The DLC includes new story content, combat methods, quests and equipment.

The story revolves around a mysterious gate that appears in the Rubbly Ruins. This gate leads players to a labyrinth ruled by the Prince of Wraiths, who is scheming to use his corruption to destroy Evermore Kingdom. Players will naturally need to enter the labyrinth to face the terrors lurking below to stop this darkness and return peace to the kingdom.

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Team Sonic Racing Delayed to Mid-2019

SEGA has delayed Team Sonic Racing to May 21, 2019.

In a statement provided to IGN by a SEGA representative, SEGA says the decision was made “to deliver the highest quality experience to fans” and that the extra time “will ensure delivering an unforgettable experience that fans can enjoy for years to come.”

You can find SEGA’s full statement below:

"Team Sonic Racing is the ultimate blend of arcade and fast-paced competitive style racing, featuring your favorite characters and environments from across the Sonic Universe. To deliver the highest quality experience to fans, SEGA has decided to delay the launch of the title.

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Uncharted, Batman, and More Come to PlayStation Hits Program

Sony's PlayStation Hits discount program is expanding with several more big-name games, including both first-party and third-party titles.

Beginning November 2, the PlayStation Hits line will drop the price of Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection, Until Dawn, Batman: Arkham Knight, Mortal Kombat X, UFC 2, Need for Speed, and Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor to $20.

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Battlefield Dev Seemingly Banned from Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 for Being Too Good

Battlefield V core gameplay designer Florian Le Bihan also happens to be ridiculously good at Call of Duty: Black Ops 4. How good? Well, it seems Le Bihan received a ban because of his skills.

Le Bihan posted a picture of his ban message on Twitter on October 23. Shortly after posting about his ban, Le Bihan uploaded a gameplay clip to YouTube (link in Tweet below).

Dear @Treyarch (also @TreyarchPC),

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Fortnite's First Real-Life Nerf Blaster Announced

Next spring, Hasbro and Epic Games will be releasing their first Fortnite Nerf Blaster which will allow kids and adults around the world to live out their favorite Fortnite moments.

The Nerf Fortnite AR-L Blaster will be available on June 1, 2019, will cost $49.99 USD and features rapid-fire motorized blasting and flip-up sights that "allow players to focus their aim as they eliminate opponents and attempt to survive the "Storm.""

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Fortnite Week 5 Challenges - Radar Signs Map and Flaming Hoop Locations

Check our locations list and maps for all of the Week 5 Challenges of Season 6, including those for the fire rings and radar signs challenges.

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Red Dead Redemption 2: Everything We Know Ahead of Its Launch

Red Dead Redemption 2 is an upcoming open-world action-adventure game for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. It's developed by Rockstar Studios and published by Rockstar Games.

In the lead-up to launch, we've compiled all the news, trailers, gameplay, and story details about Red Dead Redemption 2, from initial rumors to its official announcement and beyond, plus all our preview coverage to date.

Red Dead Redemption 2: The Basics

• Release date: October 26, 2018
• Platform(s): PlayStation 4, Xbox One
• Developer: Rockstar Studios

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Eternal Darkness, Legacy of Kain Creator Announces Deadhaus Sonata

Denis Dyack – creator of Legacy of Kain, Eternal Darkness, and Too Human – has announced a new game, called Deadhaus Sonata, from his new development studio, Apocalypse. It’ll be a free-to-play action-RPG for PC and “targeting all platforms.” And according to Dyack, it will blend the best of what he’s done before.

“We are combining elements of many of my past games into Deadhaus Sonata,” Dyack told IGN. “Deadhaus Sonata is a cooperative multiplayer, free-to-play RPG where you are an unstoppable force of the dead. There are Lovecraftian overtones from Eternal Darkness: Sanity’s Requiem, the gothic role-playing elements of Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain, where you are undead, and finally, some the action RPG elements of Too Human.” Apocalypse described Deadhaus as “a combination of fast action, loot collection, and deep gothic lore

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Battlefield 5's Battle Royale Mode Not Coming Until Spring 2019

Electronic Arts and EA DICE announced Wednesday that Battlefield 5's battle royale mode, Firestorm, will not launch until March 2019.

In a detailed timeline of post-release content for Battlefield 5 by DICE's Jonas Elfving, Firestorm is in chapter 3 called Trial by Fire, which is set to start in March. Trial by Fire also includes a new Greece map that focuses on, "massive aerial invasion along the Cretan coast."

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Melmetal Is the Evolution of Meltan, The Mythical Pokemon First Revealed in Pokemon GO

Melmetal, the evolution of the Mythical Pokémon Meltan who first appeared in Pokémon GO, has been revealed.

Revealed on Pokémon's website, Melmetal is also a Steel Hex Nut Pokémon who is much bigger than Meltan, weighing in at 1,763.7 lbs. and standing 8'02" tall.

Melmetal, who hasn't been seen in 3,000 years and used to be worshiped for its power to create metal, possesses a "unique Steel-type physical move called Double Iron Bash." Using the hex nut in its chest "like an axle to spin its power arms around," it deals a double strike to its unfortunate opponent.

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My Hero One's Justice Review

My Hero Academia is one of the best shonen anime currently airing, and it deserves a great video game that lives up to its reputation. While My Hero One’s Justice unfortunately doesn’t hit that high bar, it does a good job of adapting the action and spectacle of the anime into fighting game form. The gorgeous visuals and a flashy one-on-one combat system make it seem like a fan’s dream fighting game, but the shiny exterior hides a fairly simplistic foundation, and once the spectacle of the action wears off, My Hero One’s Justice feels less like All Might, and more like “just alright.”

My Hero One’s Justice is a 3D arena fighter with a combat system that could be best explained as an appropriately quirky version of Rock, Paper, Scissors. You have three main options when it comes to attacking up close: normal attacks, counter attacks, and unblockable attacks. Normals are fast enough to interrupt and beat unblockables, counters absorb normal attacks before delivering their own powerful strike, and unblockables crush through counters. There are some extra nuances of course, like just guards, dashes, and dash cancels, but that’s the general overview of combat.

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Red Dead Redemption 2: When IGN's Review Is Coming

In just two days, we'll finally be able to leap back into Rockstar's sprawling vision of the wild west 8 years after our adventures in Red Dead Redemption took us across the sand-swept deserts of a 1900s US and Mexico. And it can't come a moment sooner. But what does come a moment sooner is our review of Red Dead Redemption 2.

Our own Luke Reilly over in Australia has spent at least 60 hours with the game in preparation for our review, which will hit October 25, 4am PST. Though it'll be an early morning for us, we're excited to finally share our thoughts.

We were able to bring you our experiences of the first four hours with the game, where we came away impressed with the extensive level of detail in Rockstar's world. We hunted deer and stumbled on a broken-hearted boy that we decided to antagonize for some reason, but ultimately we could tell that we just scratched at the surface of the potential of this world in allowing us to interact with it in imaginative ways that in turn responded to us accordingly. We were at times devious and at times helpful. We pursued the main storyline, and yet took time to pursue one of the world's many distractions, too. And though the world in Red Dead Redemption 2 felt like a living organism in its own right, it also felt lonely and cruel at times. And even surprised us in many ways.

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Dan Houser 'Thankful' Not to Be Releasing Grand Theft Auto 6 Right Now

Dan Houser has said he’s "thankful" to be releasing Red Dead Redemption 2 and not GTA 6 this week, because the latter would be "out of date within two minutes".

In an extensive interview with GQ, the Rockstar co-founder discussed how his flagship franchise's tone doesn't quite mesh with the current cultural climate:

"It’s really unclear what we would even do with

, let alone how upset people would get with whatever we did. Both intense liberal progression and intense conservatism are both very militant, and very angry. It is scary but it’s also strange, and yet both of them seem occasionally to veer towards the absurd.

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Red Dead Redemption 2 Official Companion App Revealed

Rockstar has revealed that Red Dead Redemption 2 will be receiving an official companion app that will be launching alongside the game on iOS and Android on October 26, 2018.

Announced via Rockstar's website, the Red Dead Redemption 2 Companion App will connect to your PlayStation 4 or Xbox One and will deliver "real-time interactive information to your smart device."

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Fortnitemares Event Begins, Crossbow Returns, and Glider Changes in Latest Fortnite Patch

A brand new Fortnite patch released today is kicking off Fortnitemares, a limited time event where monsters spawn and wreak havoc in the battle royale mode.

The cube has made quite the journey since it first appeared last season and its latest move is releasing Cube Fragments onto the map. Cube Monsters will emerge from these fragments and killing them provides a chance at finding extra shield and loot. The small Cube fragments will spawn randomly on the map while the larger fragments can be found at corrupted zones.

To fight off the hoard of monsters are two new weapons. One is the modified return of the crossbow, now known as the Hunter Crossbow with 40 base damage and unlimited ammo. The Six Shooter allows for increased fire rate when shooting from the hip while aiming down the sight allows for more precision. The Hand Cannon got a few nerfs and the Rocket Launcher has a temporary visual upgrade with the Pumpkin Rocket Launcher.

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Bethesda Details Fallout 76's PVP

Bethesda has detailed Fallout 76's player versus player (PvP) combat and how it works in the wasteland of West Virginia.

In a blogpost, Bethesda outlined the rules of engagement that come into play when you run into another human player in Fallout 76 and revealed that PvP may begin as early as level five.

However, when you attack another player the damage dealt will be "greatly reduced until they agree to start a PvP duel with you by returning fire."

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Pokemon Go Halloween Event Announced with New Ghosts

Niantic has announced a new Pokemon Go Halloween event focusing on Dark and Ghost-type Pokemon.

Starting today at 1:00PM Pacific Time and running until November 1, the event will increase spawns of Ghost and Dark-type Pokemon including new Generation 4 introductions like Drifloon and Stunky (including the possibility of a shiny Drifloon).

New Special Research will introduce Sinnoh Pokemon Spiritomb, and Legendary Pokemon Giratina will be available to battle and capture in Legendary raids starting today and remaining until November 20.

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Santa Monica Studio Shares Entertaining Bugs From God of War's Development

SIE Santa Monica Studio, the developer behind this year's critically acclaimed God of War, has shared some bizarre and entertaining bugs from the development of its most recent game.

Revealed through the PlayStation Blog, the post is an homage to the quality assurance team that worked on God of War, which consisted of "roughly 40 extraordinary people who embodied the fundamentals of what was important to us as a studio."

The bugs that were shared range from entertaining to creepy to downright hilarious, with many showing us that even the most polished games have had their fair share of game-breaking issues along the way. Some bugs, like Atreus’ face getting bizarrely distorted, were mostly visual, while some showed off audio issues the game once had, like Atreus repeating lines about draugr uncontrollably.

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Nike Signs Its First eSports Star

Nike endorsement deals are no longer just for traditional athletes. The sporting gear and shoe company has signed Chinese League of Legends player Jian Zihao, and he's teaming up with LeBron James for a clever new shirt design.

According to SportsPro, Zihao -- better known as "Uzi" -- will work with James on the "Dribble &" campaign, which will include the phrase "Dribble & Carry" on shirts. The campaign originally began in response to Fox News host Laura Ingraham's "shut up and dribble" comments after James had criticized President Donald Trump.

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Nintendo Announces Nintendo Labo Classroom Program

Nintendo has announced that it has partnered with the Institute of Play to bring a new Nintendo Labo-themed program to around 100 classrooms for 2nd, 3rd, and 4th graders across the United States.

Nintendo revealed the news on its website and plans to bring Nintendo Labo to classrooms during the 2018/2019 school year and it is being "designed with students ages 8-11 in mind and is well suited to schools with a focus on STEAM learning."

The Institute of Play was chosen as the partner as it's a nonprofit organization that is "committed to transforming education through play-based learning experiences."

Nintendo and the Institute of Play will assist teachers in integrating Nintendo Labo into their existing curriculum and "students will work in small groups to complete a series of projects that introduce principles of design and technology."

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source http://www.ign.com/articles/2018/10/23/nintendo-announces-nintendo-labo-classroom-program

Hunt: Showdown's New Map Is an Eerie Afternoon Hellscape

Hunt: Showdown is still in early access but that hasn’t stopped developer Crytek from teasing an upcoming new map for its Southern Gothic multiplayer shooter.

Coming very soon, a brand-new map called Lawson Delta will be available for hunters to skulk, shoot, and slay through, this time in the harsh afternoon sun. Set in Louisiana following the Civil War, Lawson Delta is a stark contrast to the inky darkness of the currently playable Stillwater Bayou map. You can check out an exclusive fly-through of the new map in the video above.

Click the slideshow above to see some of the major landmarks in Lawson Delta.

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Oculus Disputes Reports that Rift 2 Has Been Canceled

Along with the departure of Brendan Iribe from Facebook, there had been reports that the Oculus Rift 2, which Iribe was leading development on, would also be cancelled. Facebook has since spoken up and now the future of the Rift 2 isn't quite as clear.

As reported by TechCrunch, Iribe, who had been the co-founder and former CEO of Oculus, and the Facebook executive team had "fundamentally different views on the future of Oculus that grew deeper over time." It was also mentioned the Brendan wasn't "interested in a race to the bottom in terms of performance."

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6 New Overwatch Lego Sets Seemingly Leak

Sets of Overwatch Lego, including characters, maps and payloads have now leaked.

Following the official reveal of an Omnic Crisis Bastion set, six more sets seemingly appeared on Target's website, and on YouTuber Ninja Whip's channel (although both sources have since been deleted), with images now posted on Imgur.

The sets include a Reinhardt and D.Va dual pack, a much larger Bastion (which can be transformed into turret form), a section of the Hanamura map with Genji and Hanzo (based on the Dragons animated short), a section of the Gibraltar map featuring Mercy, Pharah and Winston, the Dorado map payload alongside McCree, Soldier: 76 and Reaper, and the Gibraltar map payload featuring Tracer and Widowmaker.

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Top 25 Xbox One Games

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If you're just now getting yourself an Xbox One, we have good news: you've got a lot of fantastic games to play. These are the best 25 games you can play on your Xbox One, as ranked by a humble crew of IGN's biggest and most knowledgeable Xbox One fans. Review scores mattered, but we also factored in things like ways each game took advantage of the Xbox One, design risks taken that you should see, curiosities, etc. Enjoy!

Minecraft is excellent for many reasons, but the most important is that it both encourages and encourages a sense of wonder. That mountain in the distance? You can burrow into it. You can make your home inside it and cover it with lava so it’s spooky and cool. And then you can dig deep into the ground to find treasure and fight monsters. Minecraft can be played as a do-what-you-want sandbox, but there are enough game systems and rules to structure your time into a “campaign,” if that’s what you’re after. Few games have set the world on fire like Minecraft, and it’s likely few ever will in the same way again.

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Return of the Obra Dinn Review

Almost nothing moves on the Obra Dinn, but it’s still one of the most lively video game boats I’ve been on. Its crew may be long gone, but that doesn’t stop them from having interesting voices and complex stories to tell -- most of which involve horrific deaths. I’ve never played a game quite like Return of the Obra Dinn, but now that I have, all I want is more.

This investigative story skillfully straddles the line between an adventure game, a puzzle game, and a gruesome, supernatural, Moby Dick-themed version of Guess Who. At its core, it's a detective game, but you’re not out on a mission for justice or vengeance. You’re just an insurance evaluator whose job it is to assess the long-since-done damage of a merchant ship called the Obra Dinn, which has mysteriously reappeared after four years lost at sea.

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Bethesda Knows Fallout 76 Beta Will Have Bugs and Wants Your Help

Fallout 76 developer Bethesda Game Studios knows its upcoming beta is bound to have some bugs, and wants players to help find and give advice on issues they encounter while playing.

In a note to its fans, Bethesda was candid about Fallout 76 being a new endeavor for the company, being a “Fallout-Online-Survival-Game” with functionality Bethesda wasn’t used to implementing into its previous open-world games. With the Fallout 76 beta starting tomorrow on the Xbox One, the game’s journey from concept to completion still has some hurdles to cross.

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Out This Week: Red Dead Redemption 2, Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales, PAW Patrol: On a Roll

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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Black Ops 4 Tops Survey of Most Anticipated 2018 Games for This Holiday Season

The recently released Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 has topped a survey of 2018’s most anticipated games for this holiday season.

The UBS survey reported on by Business Insider (via Statista) is based on the responses of 5,000+ consumers aged 18-44 in the US, UK, Germany, Japan and China. The survey’s results show a highly promising holiday season for the gaming industry.

Of those surveyed, 6% of respondents said they had already purchased or preordered Black Ops 4, with 34% saying they were likely to buy the game. Assassin’s Creed Odyssey reached second, with 4% purchased or preordered and 33% likely to buy, and Red Dead Redemption 2 snagging third with 5% preordered and 31% likely to buy.

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source http://www.ign.com/articles/2018/10/22/black-ops-4-tops-survey-of-most-anticipated-2018-games-for-this-holiday-season

16-Year-Old Becomes New Tetris World Champion

Seven-time winner of the Classic Tetris World Championship in Portland, OR, Jonas Neubauer took second-place at the competition this past weekend.

As reported by Kotaku, Neubauer was bested by 16-year-old Joseph Saelee, who won in three-game streak during a best-of-five series.

“The kid played with pure heart, the most clutch Tetris that we’ve seen from anyone,” Neubauer said. “He just really had the ability, had the natural ability, and let it shine as bright as he could in his first tournament.

truly an honor to pass the torch to the new generation of Tetris players."

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source http://www.ign.com/articles/2018/10/22/16-year-old-becomes-new-tetris-world-champion

Here Are All the Nintendo Switch Bundles Coming Out This Year

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Nintendo Switch is kind of a big deal. We've had some great bundles in the past, like the Splatoon 2 bundle and the Mario Odyssey bundle with the red Joy-cons. Those are no longer being offered by Nintendo, but you can still pick them up from third-party sellers for a bit of a premium.

If you want your Nintendo Switch to stand out from the crowd, be it an exclusive dock and Joy-con color scheme, or just a bundle with extra goodies, Nintendo has been steadily dropping new bundles since its last Direct. Here are the upcoming Nintendo Switch bundles, some of which you can preorder and some which are available right now.

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God of War Director to Deliver PAX South 2019 Keynote

God of War Director, Cory Barlog, will deliver the opening "Storytime" keynote at PAX South 2019 in San Antonio, TX.

Barlog served as the lead animator on the original God of War after joining Sony in 2003. He wrote and directed God of War 2, and took home a BAFTA award for his writing. Barlog continued to contribute on the franchise installments, including God of War: Chains of Olympus and God of War: Ghost of Sparta. He later left Sony in 2009 for LucasArts, Crystal Dynamics, among others.

In 2013, Barlog returned to Sony to direct the newest installment of God of War, which received high praise across the board.

“Doing a sequel to a beloved game is a unique challenge, and so is rebooting a franchise for a modern audience - Cory Barlog has done both,” Co-founder of Penny Arcade, Jerry Holkins said. “We're overjoyed to have him join us at PAX South. If I get the chance, I'm gonna tell him about this place I know in San Antonio where they make the guacamole with Orange Juice instead of Lime. It sounds crazy, but it works.”

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source http://www.ign.com/articles/2018/10/22/god-of-war-director-to-deliver-pax-south-2019-keynote

24-Second Red Dead 2 Gameplay Leak Has Everyone Excited

Red Dead Redemption 2 is only a few days away, but it has just experienced one of its first major leaks -- and it has fans very excited.

The leak, which first appeared on a Resetera thread, is a 24-second video showing protagonist Arthur Morgan getting off his horse seemingly during an interrogation, only to quickly shoot down the interrogators. Though some get away, the last one Arthur shoots gets a special focus in a kill cam, slow-motion look at his death.

Fans all over the Internet are reacting to the footage, some noting how great it looks, others discussing its UI, the impressive gunshot audio, and some warning others of the likelihood of more, spoiler-heavy leaks potentially coming.

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source http://www.ign.com/articles/2018/10/22/24-second-red-dead-2-gameplay-leak-has-everyone-excited

Jade Raymond Leaves EA Motive

Motive Studios founder, Jade Raymond, has left the company, according to Electronic Arts.

Samantha Ryan, who currently runs EA's mobile, Maxis and Bioware, will now oversee Motive Studios as well.

A representative for EA told IGN in a statement:

“EA Studios is focused on bringing more creative new games and content to players. Laura Miele and her team have taken several steps internally to better support our game makers in this pursuit, such as expanding Samantha Ryan’s portfolio to lead additional studios, including Motive. Samantha is known for driving creative design and supporting game teams so they can bring their visions to life. She is a deeply experienced game-maker with a gameography that spans from The Sims to Batman: Arkham City to No One Lives Forever to the highly-anticipated Anthem. With this change, Jade Raymond has decided to leave Electronic Arts. In her time with us, Jade helped to build great teams, and our projects underway at Motive and other studios continue unchanged. We’re appreciative of all of her efforts, and we wish Jade all the best as she moves on to her next adventure. We are driving greater creativity into everything we do across EA Studios, and we’ll look forward to sharing more in the months to come.”

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source http://www.ign.com/articles/2018/10/22/jade-raymond-leaves-eas-motive-studios

Fortnite: Save the World Free-to-Play Delayed Out of 2018

Fortnite: Battle Royale is so popular that it's easy to forget that Fortnite: Save the World, Epic Games' original vision for the game.The PvE mode was supposed to get some new life by joining in Battle Royale as a free-to-play mode this year, but that move has now been pushed into 2019.

"We decided to move the free-to-play launch of Save the World out of this year," explained Epic in a news post. "We’re working on a broad set of features, reworks, and backend system scaling we believe are needed to go free-to-play. Save the World has grown consistently since our launch in July 2017, and Fortnite overall has experienced unprecedented growth.

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source http://www.ign.com/articles/2018/10/22/fortnite-save-the-world-free-to-play-delayed-out-of-2018

Black Ops 4 Will Receive 'Several' Updates to Improve Network Performance

Since Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 launched last week, some players have experienced issues with network latency that have kept them from fully enjoying its online multiplayer modes. However, developer Treyarch plans on this being a temporary problem, as the studio is currently working on a fix.

"For a game launch with as massive a population as ours hitting so many global servers at once, we configure our infrastructure to ensure game stability as the highest priority over all other factors," Treyarch said on Reddit. "Now that we're past the initial launch of the game, we are focusing on fine-tuning network performance across the globe, using the real-world data we have collected.

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source http://www.ign.com/articles/2018/10/22/black-ops-4-will-receive-several-updates-to-improve-network-performance

Fallout 76 Factions Revealed, Including The Enclave

When you emerge from your vault in Fallout 76 you will be given many choices on how to survive and thrive in the wasteland. One of these choices will be your decision to side with or against various factions that will inhabit the world with you.

Announced via Fallout's Twitter, five factions have been revealed and while some are familiar - Brotherhood of Steel, Enclave, and Raiders - two new factions will also vie for your attention - the Free States and the Responders.

The Brotherhood of Steel, formed by Captain Roger Maxson in November 2077 in a "Californian bunker of Lost Hills," used a satellite to help spread their reach, and that influence and message made its way all the way to West Virginia.

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source http://www.ign.com/articles/2018/10/22/fallout-76-factions-revealed-including-the-enclave

Devil May Cry 5's Ultra Limited Edition Costs $8,000

Cosplay isn't cheap, and Capcom Japan is taking that to the next level with the Devil May Cry 5 Ultra Limited Edition.

Created for the most dedicated Devil May Cry fans, the Ultra Limited Edition comes in three varieties and will set you back as much as $8,000 USD (£6,100 / $11,100 AUD).

As first reported by Eurogamer, the three versions of the Devil May Cry 5 Ultra Limited Edition - currently sold only by Capcom Japan - each include a jacket worn by one of the game's three playable heroes, Nero, Dante, and V.

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source http://www.ign.com/articles/2018/10/22/devil-may-cry-5s-ultra-limited-edition-costs-8000