Second Trailer for Red Dead Redemption 2 Has Release Date

Rockstar Games posted a teaser on their social media channels Sunday that a new trailer for Red Dead Redemption 2 will release on Monday morning, Oct. 1.

The post reads, "Gameplay Video Part 2 coming tomorrow 9am Eastern".

Fans have been waiting for the second trailer for Red Dead Redemption 2 to release, with the full game launch coming up quickly on Oct. 26 for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.

Red Dead Redemption 2 will be playable in first-person during its immediate release, and IGN recently spent two hours with the newest installment and thought the, "systems are polished to a level that feels frankly unmatchable by most of Rockstar’s peers."

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FIFA 19 Wonderkids You Need to Sign

Make sure you get these players on your team in FIFA 19.

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Fortnite: Secret Battle Star Location and Map for Season 6, Week 1

There's a secret battle star hidden on the Fortnite map. Complete all your Week 1 challenges and use our map to find it!

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Take a Look at Asassin's Creed Odyssey's Skill Trees

Check out all of the abilities you'll be able to use in Assassin's Creed Odyssey.

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Minecraft: Dungeons Announced for PC

Minecraft: Dungeons, a brand new game set in the world of Minecraft, is coming to PC in 2019, Mojang announced today during Minecon Earth 2018.

Being developed internally by a "small and dedicated team" within Mojang, the developer describes Minecraft: Dungeons as an "action-adventure game inspired by classic dungeon crawlers." It'll support up to four players and feature various new weapons, items, and mobs, as well as a variety of environments to explore and an overarching quest that'll see players face off against an enemy called the Arch-Illager.

"When I think of Minecraft I think about it as a multiverse," Jens Bergensten, lead developer at Mojang told IGN. "Dungeons is essentially one Minecraft world with specific areas to go to, specific quests, and specific monsters. That said there are of course procedural elements to the game.”

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Minecraft Village and Pillage Update Announced

Minecraft's next big update, which will add Pillagers and over 10 new Villagers, is coming in 2019, Mojang announced today during Minecon Earth 2018.

Appropriately titled Village and Pillage, the update introduces Pillagers, an unfriendly group of characters equipped with dangerous Beasts. Players will have the ability to defend villages from Pillager attacks.

The update will also bring eleven new Villagers to the world of Minecraft, including the Librarian, Butcher, Cleric Cartographer, Leatherworker, Fletcher, Shepherd, Farmer, Fisher, Armorer, Toolsmith, and Weaponsmith. Each new Villager will have unique design variations depending on which biome they're found in.

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Is PlayStation Taking Notes from Xbox Game Pass?

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With the recent announcement that PlayStation Now will allow for players to download and play PS4 and PS2 games offline from Sony's subscription streaming service, the crew of IGN's weekly PlayStation show Beyond dug into the topic.

Watch the video above to see Jonathon Dornbush, Brian Altano, and Max Scoville discuss whether PlayStation Now's new capabilities are taking a note out of Xbox's Game Pass system, and whether we could see the service be combined with PlayStation Plus in the future.

In its original announcement, Sony did note that users will need to connect their PS4’s to the internet every few days to verify their PS Now subscription to play downloaded titles, but an always-on, super-fast internet connection won’t be necessary for this verification.

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Every Amiibo Figure Ever

Amiibo may not be the wild craze they were when they first released, but they are still some of the best official Nintendo figurines you can find. As of publish, 175 official Amiibo have been made or announced, though that number comes with some caveats.

Here's gallery of every single Amiibo figurine released or announced, sorted by game series. There are a whole lot in there, so be sure to use the arrow keys for quicker browsing if you are viewing on the desktop site:

Now, let's get a few things straight: We aren't counting the Animal Crossing Amiibo cards. There are A LOT of those, but 2D cards don't really feel like they qualify as full-on Amiibo. (Though we did include the cereal box Amiibo, that's 3D, right?) Additionally, there are four figurines from the Skylanders games, but they actually do double as official Amiibo. Additionally, the Mr. Game & Watch Amiibo has four interchangeable poses sold in a bundle with only one base, technically making it a single Amiibo.

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Why the PS4 Spider-Man Deserves His Own Comic

Marvel Comics released Spider-Geddon #0 this week. While that comic serves as a direct lead-in to the upcoming Spider-Geddon crossover, that's by no means the only selling point. Spider-Geddon #0 is notable for serving as the comic book debut of the Peter Parker of Marvel's Spider-Man video game on PS4. And if this issue accomplished anything, it's showing how much potential this version of Spidey has for his own ongoing comic book series.

Warning: spoilers for Marvel's Spider-Man on PS4 ahead!

It's easy to dismiss the need for a Spider-Man comic set in this game's version of the Marvel universe. Marvel has an overabundance of Spider-Man comics as it is, with books spotlighting the classic Peter Parker as well as offshoot characters like Spider-Gwen, Scarlet Spider and Venom. There's even an alternate universe version of Spidey in Amazing Spider-Man: Renew Your Vows. Is Insomniac's take on Spider-Man truly different enough to stand out when you cut the gameplay out of the equation and focus solely on story?

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SCUF Vantage Wireless PS4 Controller Review

SCUF’s Vantage Wireless PS4 Controller is possibly the closest thing the PlayStation has to the Xbox One’s Elite Controller. It’s a well-made, comfortable controller that delivers some handy customization options you don’t get from the standard DualShock 4. It has mad e me at least feel like I’m performing a little better. But as much as it does right, it misses the mark just as often, and at $200 it’s too expensive for that, especially for more casual players.

The Vantage is roughly as comfortable to hold as a standard DualShock 4, though definitely a little larger, thanks to the sturdier, textured grip. and feels familiar aside from the very obvious change of the offset analog sticks that resemble the Xbox One’s configuration. Obviously symmetrical versus offset can be quite the personal preference — I’ve grown fond of the DualShock setup having used it so frequently over the years. But playing offset on a PS4 feels good in my hands, especially when combined with analog stick height and contour customization options that let you tune it to your liking for fast-paced genres like first-person shooters.

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PSX 2018 Isn't Happening, But Maybe That's a Good Thing for PlayStation

For the last several years, PlayStation has found a way to continue the conference hype of E3, Paris Games Week, and TGS months after the fact, with PlayStation Experience serving as another home for big reveals. And while the confirmation that there will be no PSX 2018 is a bummer for PlayStation fans, myself included, Sony’s behavior over the last year is indicative of the fact that they don’t need PSX to deliver important news or celebrate big releases.

While PSX allows fans to come together and demo tons of upcoming and recently released PlayStation games, its place as a centerpiece for the entire PlayStation community is waning given Sony’s recent strategy and last year’s underwhelming show.

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Dragalia Lost: How to Save Battery Life and More Beginner Tips

Use these tips to get a good start in Nintendo's new mobile game.

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New Red Dead Redemption 2 Wildlife Photos Released

Update 9/28: Rockstar Games has released more wildlife screenshots from Red Dead Redemption 2, including images of American bison, a banded gila monster, a red fox, vultures and more. The screenshots can be seen in the gallery below.

The hunting, fishing and wildlife systems in Red Dead Redemption 2 are incredibly deep and realistic, if Rockstar’s own descriptions of these systems are anything to go by.

Revealed through the official Rockstar Games website, Red Dead Redemption 2 will be home to approximately 200 species of animals, including various mammals, birds, fish and more. All reportedly behave and react to the game’s environment in unique, logical ways.

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PlayStation Confirms There Will Be No PSX 2018

PlayStation's Worldwide Studios Chairman Shawn Layden has confirmed Sony will not be holding a PlayStation Experience event in 2018.

Layden made the announcement on the PlayStation Blogcast, saying "For 2018, I know this is going to be a disappointment to some people, but we decided to not hold PlayStation Experience this year."

"We won't have it in the States this year," he continued. "The reasons behind that really are we don't have...we have a lot of progress that we're making on our games...Now that we have Spider-Man out the door, we're looking down into 2019 games like Dreams and Days Gone.

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Concept Art Shows Bowsette Was Nearly Canon

Well what do you know: Nintendo had thought of Bowsette before the internet did, and the character was nearly in Super Mario Odyssey.

Though Bowsette is a character that took the internet by storm, it isn’t a real Nintendo creation, rather fan art that was spawned from the odd introduction of Peachette during this month’s jam packed Nintendo Direct. Or, at least we thought this idea of a  Bowser and Princess Peach combination was entirely made up by fans, until today’s release of The Art of Super Mario Odyssey in Japan.

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Post Scriptum Early Access Review

In most squad-based games, communication is king. In the current early access iteration of Post Scriptum, that’s taken to new heights: the need for constant coordination with your team is not only necessary for success, but easily the most enjoyable aspect of this World War 2 military simulation. This formula of squad-based team cohesion on steroids would make for a worthwhile shooter were it not for the frustrating maps, overly simplistic game mode, and a few baffling design decisions that get in the way of experiencing what Post Scriptum does well.

Post Scriptum is an unforgiving game where some players are inherently more powerful than others, and a single whizzing bullet can unceremoniously end an otherwise uneventful five-minute trek through its WW2-era Netherlands maps. This may sound difficult for difficulty’s sake but this opaque environment is ultimately what drives people to work together: there’s safety in numbers. If you’re gunned down while alone you have absolutely no recourse, but with a section of soldiers (a group of anywhere from four to nine) at your back you can be avenged and revived. And while this incentive also exists in Battlefield 1, the sheer amount of waiting and running required to get back into the action of Post Scriptum makes sticking with your squad feel even more essential. As someone who loves team play, this element was immediately gratifying, but as time pressed on getting back to this baseline of cooperation proved arduous.

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Fortnite's Shadow Stones Disabled Because Ghosts Are Killing Players

Shadow Stones, one of Fortnite's new Season 6 additions, are being temporarily removed after players encountered a rash of problems with them, reports Kotaku.

Specifically, the items are making players permanently invisible, letting them use all their items and abilities while invisible, making them permanently move faster and jump higher, permanently granting them the dash ability, and allowing them to glitch inside trucks.

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Dying Light: Bad Blood's Steam Debut Sees Fewer Than 500 Players at Its Peak

Dying Light's battle royale standalone failed to impress during its debut week on Steam.

Techland's attempt at hopping on the battle royale bandwagon hasn't panned out very well so far, with Bad Blood peaking at 455 concurrent players during its first week on Steam, according to GitHyp.

The figure has continued to fall since then, with the concurrent player count falling to below 100 this week.

Dying Light: Bad Blood launched as a $20/ £16 standalone on September 13, and has mixed reviews on Steam, compared to Dying Light's very positive reviews, and while it's still in Early Access, it doesn't seem to have generated much interest in the community, judging by the player count.

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Epic Removing Fortnite's 'Embarrassing' Boob Physics

Along with all of its planned new content, Fortnite's sixth season has also brought with it an accidental new inclusion that Epic Games is working to fix.

As first spotted by Twitter user @Agony, Fornite's new Calamity skin showcases exaggerated boob physics, which Epic Games says will be removed.

"This is unintended, embarrassing, and it was careless for us to let this ship," an Epic representative spokesperson told IGN. "We are working now to fix this as soon as possible.”

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Red Dead Redemption 2's Black Cowboys Are Important

Red Dead Redemption, released in 2010, instantly became a classic. But while trying to evoke the best parts of an age old genre, the open world Western failed to address some of video games’ worst habits. Rockstar’s sequel, however, looks like it’s already set up to make a positive difference.

Rockstar has always pushed the limits of gaming with absurdity, bravado, and parodic social commentary. They inflate real world social issues to a point that’s comical, and then bury them with snappy dialogue and hyper violence. The first Red Dead Redemption strayed away from that standard and took a more serious perspective – and it worked. It was a gritty, gunslinging, genre-defining game that aced the feel of being a gruff, white cowboy at the end of the chaotic Wild West. The time-altering Dead Eye mechanic and powerful plot combined to create an unforgettable world of dusty desperados – a world that felt like a genuine video game realization of classic Hollywood Westerns.

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Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales Inherits All the Best Parts of The Witcher 3

Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales began life as little more than the single-player mode for Gwent, CD Projekt Red’s standalone PvP spin-off of the card game from The Witcher 3. But it's grown far past those roots, and you wouldn’t know it’s a spin-off of a spin-off while playing it. I went hands-on the first two and a half hours this week, and it feels like nothing short of a full-fledged Witcher RPG.

Watch the video at the top of the page to see Thronebreaker in action!

The major difference is that instead of having action-RPG combat where you fight monsters in real-time, you’re playing a card game. I’m sure a lot of people have stopped reading right there, but Thronebreaker’s captivating story and fantastic writing and voice-overs make it a game every Witcher fan should be excited for. Simply put, this is way more than just a card game.

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Fortnite Season 6 Patch Notes Reveal 'Darkness Rises' Theme, Invisibility, and Pets

Season 5 has come to an end and Epic has revealed what's new with the Fortnite Season 6 patch notes.

"Darkness Rises" is the theme for Season 6 and follows the events of the purple cube and its subsequent dissolving into Loot Lake. The theme brings a number of map changes including a floating island where Loot Lake was originally located, a haunted castle, and new corrupted areas where the runes were placed.

Shadow Stones grant players a special shadow form for 45 seconds when consumed.  Your ability to use weapons is removed but you can go invisible when standing still. Phase is a new ability that propels you forward and lets you pass through objects. You also receive increased movement speed and you're free of any fall damage. These new items are typically found near corrupted zones.

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Hearthstone: Team 5 on Designing The Boomsday Project’s Legendaries

Hearthstone’s newest expansion – The Boomsday Project – is absolutely brimming with memorable legendary cards. From the introduction of legendary spells like Luna's Pocket Galaxy, Floop's Glorious Gloop and Myra’s Unstable Element, through to wild designs like Mecha’thun, Dr. Boom, Mad Genius and Whizbang the Wonderful, this set has been a lot of fun to experiment with.

To find out about the design process behind the cards, I caught up with Team 5's Lead Initial Designer Peter Whalen and Lead Final Designer Dean Ayala for a chat. (The first part was published a couple of weeks ago.) They even gave IGN some exclusive work-in-progress (WIP) card art to illustrate earlier designs that didn’t make the cut. Enjoy!

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The Bard's Tale 4: Barrows Deep Review

If you entice me with deep, turn-based RPG combat, clever puzzles, and jaunty, Gaelic folk ballads, you can pretty easily have me eating out of the palm of your hand. The Bard’s Tale IV certainly did for the majority of the 50-ish hours I spent delving its dungeons and enjoying its quirky lore and charming voice acting. The fact that so much of it is so great made it all the more disappointing that it’s hobbled by technical problems too frequently to disregard them.

Set in a picturesque, storybook land that resembles a romanticized medieval Scotland - but with elves and goblins running around - the straightforward but rousing main quest tells a decent tale of ancient sorcerers, kingly bloodlines, and wicked gods. It can get a little hard to follow at times as it seems preoccupied with calling back to as many characters and events as possible of the first three Bard’s Tales, which came out in the ‘80s. But the small lore snippets discovered in books, notes, and NPC conversations help the setting come alive even if you have no idea who Tarjan the Mad God is.

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Your Lingering PlayStation Classic Questions Answered

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On this week's episode of IGN's weekly PlayStation show, Beyond, host Jonathon Dornbush, Brian Altano, and Max Scoville address some of your lingering PlayStation Classic questions, including the lack of an AC adaptor, whether there will be post-launch support and if the PlayStation Classic has online functionality.

Additionally, they dive into the unfortunate mass layoffs at Telltale Games, as well as Death Stranding's new TGS trailer, and Jonathon dives in for one more minute of Kingdom Hearts 3 talk.

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Red Dead Redemption 2 Requires 105 GB Install

Red Dead Redemption 2 will require a massive 105 GB of hard drive space to install on PlayStaton 4.

First spotted by Rockstar Intel, U.S. retailer Target revealed the figure through the image of the PlayStation 4 Pro Red Dead Redemption 2 bundle seen below. While file sizes can vary across platforms, Xbox One owners should expect to clear a similar amount of hard drive space.

PS4 Pro Red Dead Redemption 2 bundle. Image via Target

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Every IGN Assassin's Creed Review

Sit down in this comfy sci-fi chair, won't you, and plug in as we delve into our ancestral memories of IGN's Assassin's Creed reviews. From the 2007 original in which Altair first implausibly lept off a tall building into a tiny pile of hay to last year's massive Origins, Assassin's Creed has had a pretty impressive run – including several spin-offs that didn't go quite as well. Do you think Odyssey will land on top of the heap, get lost somewhere in the middle, or end up near the bottom?

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Developers Weigh in on PlayStation 4 Cross-Play

After this morning’s announcement that the PlayStation 4 would begin supporting cross-platform play, beginning with Fortnite, other developers have begun weighing in on this recent development.

The social channels for Xbox have already gotten in on the fun, as soon after the announcement, Microsoft showed its support of Sony’s policy reversal in allowing cross-platform play.

— Xbox (@Xbox) September 26, 2018

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Fortnite Season 6 Downtime and Patch Information Detailed

Epic has detailed the release date and time of the launch of Season 6 set for tomorrow.

Season 5 will conclude at 1am PST on September 27 and downtime for the 6.00 patch will begin immediately after. As soon as downtime begins, Epic will release patch notes detailing new additions and any other changes coming to Fortnite.

In previous seasons, downtime between updates typically lasted an hour, but updates between seasons are typically longer.

Any replays saved before the update will rendered useless after downtime concludes. Outfits with unlockable styles from the Season 5 battle pass can still be unlocked in Sesaon 6 as long as the skins were unlocked prior to the new season.

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Fortnite: Epic Confirms Merging in Wake of Sony Cross-Play

Epic Games has announced it's working on an account-merging solution for those who've created multiple accounts to play Fortnite on different platforms.

In a post on the official Fortnite Twitter account, Epic announced it is working on "an account-merging feature to combine Battle Royale purchases," as well as "enabling unlinking a console from one Fortnite account, and relinking to another Fortnite account."

The ability to unlink a console and relink to a different account will arrive within "a few days," while account merging is set to arrive sometime in November.

This news from Epic comes hot off the heels of Sony's announcement that PS4 will now support cross-platform play for Fortnite, starting with an open beta that begins today.

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Experience a New Canon Star Wars Story in Vader Immortal

At Oculus Connect 5, Vader Immortal: A Star Wars VR Series was announced for the Oculus Quest and will be a three-part series that will debut in 2019.

A short teaser was revealed that you can see below and begins by a woman saying "there is something wrong captain. I need you in the cockpit now."

The crew was pulled out of hyperspace over Mustafar and the video cuts to Darth Vader's Castle and his iconic breathing shortly follows.

Darth Vader then asks, "You may wonder why I have brought you here?"

The teaser ends with what appears to be a first-person lightsaber battle against a robotic enemy, hinting at what players can expect when they see this tale unfold themselves.

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Fortnite Is so Big It Can Bully Sony and Nintendo

Fortnite is undeniably one of the biggest games in the world, but today we saw an example of just how big it is. Sony’s long-standing (and, frankly, embarrassing) stance against cross-play with other consoles is finally coming to an end, and Fortnite is pretty much leading the charge.

Developer Epic Games has been vocal in the past about wanting Sony to embrace cross-play (alongside developers like Psyonix and Bethesda), and actually accidentally enabled the feature briefly last year. Sony even caused a big headache for Epic during Fortnite’s launch on Switch as players who had previously played on PS4 discovered their accounts couldn’t carry over – an issue Sony didn’t have much to say about at the time.

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Original Shenmue Developer Complains About Re-Release Bugs

“As a developer on the original games, the last thing I wanted for the re-release

is for them to be worse than the originals,” Sega’s Eigo Kasahara said during IGN Japan’s Tokyo Game Show 2018 live stream.

Sadly, that is pretty much what happened with the Western release of Shenmue I & II. The game released for PS4/Xbox One/PC (Steam) on August 21 in North America and Europe, and while it received generally favorable reviews and positive fan feedback, the port was far from perfect. Sega released a day-one-patch, but Shenmue I & II still suffered from numerous bugs, including sound and graphics glitches, cutscenes not playing correctly, swapped button issues, training progress not being saved and much more.

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The Last of Us Part II Poster May Give Us Our Best Look Yet at Joel in Sequel

A new official The Last of Us poster featuring Joel has been released for Outbreak Day 2018, and it may just give us our best look yet at Joel in the upcoming The Last of Us Part II.

Available on the official The Last of Us website, the poster shows Joel sitting down in what appears to be a wooded area playing an acoustic guitar next to a wolf. Enemies in the most recent gameplay demonstration of The Last of Us Part II called Ellie “The Wolf,” suggesting that this beast represents the sequel’s protagonist.

Though his eyes are obscured, sporting what looks to be a new haircut, Joel appears to be about the same age as in the first game, though the sequel takes place years later. Ellie’s arm tattoo in the sequel features a moth, a few of which can be seen flying around in the poster (though these may just be butterflies). Take a look at the poster below. We’ve reached out to Sony to confirm if this is indeed Joel’s new look in The Last of Us Part II.

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Oculus Quest Standalone VR Unit Announced

During today’s Oculus Connect 5 conference, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg came onstage to announce Oculus Quest, a standalone VR unit.

It is completely wireless, portable, supports six degrees of freedom and allows for users to move in a virtual space. It will ship in Spring 2019 at $400 US.

Introducing #OculusQuest, Our First 6DOF All-in-One VR System, Launching Spring 2019 // https://t.co/wi4XF7TJ59 pic.twitter.com/cuun3sFD0i

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The Walking Dead: The Final Season Pulled From Sale at Telltale's Request

Only two of the four planned episodes of The Walking Dead: The Final Season were released when developer Telltale requested that the game be pulled from sale from various online storefronts.

As reported by The Verge, the GoG page for the The Final Season has removed the option to buy the season or its released episodes, including the note: "Telltale has requested a temporary pause of sales of The Walking Dead - Final Season. For all up to date Telltale news, please refer to their official Twitter page.” Episode 3 was scheduled to be released on November 6, and Episode 4 would have concluded the series on December 18.

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Dragon Ball FighterZ Getting Free Update With 1V1, 2V2, a New Stage, and Holiday-Themed Customization Options

Dragon Ball FighterZ is getting a hefty update just ahead of the release of Cooler and Android 17.

The new update adds a new stage, new 1v1 and 2v2 play options, and Halloween themed customization options, including new lobby avatars and costume colors.

The free content update is currently available for PC, PS4, and Xbox One. Nintendo Switch will also receive most of the update when FighterZ launches, with the new stage following soon after.

The update is detailed in a new trailer, so be sure to check it out below:

The new 1v1 and 2v2 gameplay options will allow players to select one or two characters to comprise their team, instead of the standard 3v3 matches. The update also adds new levels to Ranked Match play, as well as the new Galactic Arena stage.

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PlayStation Plus Free Games for October 2018 Announced

Sony has announced through the PlayStation Blog the free games coming to PlayStation Plus in October 2018, with Friday the 13th: The Game and Laser League leading the charge.

Originally released last year, Friday the 13th: The Game is a asymmetrical multiplayer game where players could take on the role of Jason Voorhees or one of the camp counselors attempting to survive his murderous onslaught. In our review of Friday the 13th: The Game, we called it “Okay” saying,"Despite that lopsided gameplay and some pretty heinous glitches, there is some dumb fun to be had here – which is all the movies ever really offered, anyway."

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We're Streaming Assassin's Creed Odyssey Today

We're taking an early look at ancient Greece in Assassin's Creed Odyssey on today's IGN Plays Live, so come join us as we stream an hour of exploration, conquest battles, and more.

Catch the action today from 1-2pm PT/4-5pm ET/9-10pm UK (Thursday, September 27 from 6-7am AET).

As always, you can watch right here on the front page of IGN.com, or you can find us on YouTube, Twitch, and Mixer.

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Third and Likely Final Fortnite Season 6 Teaser Unveiled

A third and what's likely the final Fortnite Season 6 teaser image has been revealed with less than one day before the new season kicks off.

Coming directly from the official Fortnite Twitter account, the third image features some kind of feral wolf character. If previous season teasers are to be followed, this wolf could very well be a new skin in the upcoming battle pass and could even be the Tier 100 reward.

Season 6… tomorrow.

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Life is Strange 2 - Episode 1 Review

Life is Strange 2 features none of the characters or settings of its predecessor. Its new hero, a 17-year-old Mexican-American boy named Sean Diaz, does not have a decision-reversing time-travel ability like Max Caulfield. But the moment an acoustic guitar begins delicately strumming over the sun-kissed title screen, it is unmistakable what you are playing. This may be an unfamiliar story among fresh faces and unknown locales, but in every other way this is Life is Strange.

This four-hour episode — the first of five — introduces us to a bigger, more complex story than was told by either the original Life is Strange or its prequel Before the Storm. That coming-of-age story concerns the fraught relationship of a pair of high school girls against a backdrop of an impending natural disaster — but its action is confined to the classrooms and bedrooms of small-town Arcadia Bay, Oregon. Life is Strange 2 is in every way a more elaborate affair: its action sprawls out from Seattle to the woods of Oregon and still farther afield, giving it the feel of a road movie in game form. It aspires to realize nothing less than an unsparingly critical portrait of the United States in the era of Donald Trump.

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Fortnite Cross-Platform Play Arrives On PlayStation 4 Today in Beta Form

After months of Backlash, Sony is finally allowing PlayStation 4 Fortnite players to play online with other platforms.

Announced on the PlayStation Blog, John Kodera, President and Global CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment, said that "following a comprehensive evaluation process, SIE has identified a path toward supporting cross-platform features for select third party content."

"The first step," Kodera continues. "will be an open beta beginning today for Fortnite that will allow for cross-platform gameplay, progression and commerce across PlayStation 4, Android, iOS, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows, and Mac operating systems."

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Dirt Rally 2.0 Announced

Codemasters has announced Dirt Rally 2.0 for PC and consoles, launching Feb. 26, 2019.

The sequel to 2015's Dirt Rally – Dirt Rally 2.0 launches next year on PC, PS4, and Xbox One, simultaneously, unlike the original, which saw console owners wait four months for the game to reach their platforms.

Players can look forward to six rally locations spread across the globe, including New Zealand, Argentina, Spain, Poland, Australia, and the USA. As the official game of the FIA World Rallycross Championship, it will include eight of the official WorldRX circuits at launch, as well as cars from the 2018 season.

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Sora Voice Actor for Kingdom Hearts 3 Confirmed

Square Enix has finally confirmed some of the Kingdom Hearts III voice cast, primarily that a host of familiar voices from Disney movies are reprising their roles in KH3.

In addition to Disney characters, Square Enix has confirmed that Haley Joel Osment, who originated the role of Sora in the Kingdom Hearts franchise, will return to voice the franchise protagonist in KH3.

Square Enix had no comment when reached by IGN regarding who will be voicing other characters original to the series, including who will be voicing Riku, Kairi, Aqua, and more.

As for Disney characters, Square has confirmed the main cast for Frozen — Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel, Jonathan Groff, and Josh Gad — will be returning to voice Anna, Elsa, Kristoff, and Olaf, respectively. Zachary Levi is returning from Tangled to voice Flynn Rider, and Tate Donovan is back to voice Hercules.

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Castlevania Requiem Release Date Announced

Konami has officially announced Castlevania Requiem: Symphony of the Night & Rondo of Blood exclusively for PlayStation 4, launching this October.

Castlevania Requiem: Symphony of the Night & Rondo of Blood has been announced for PS4 with an October 26 release date. We first got wind of the game last week, when an ESRB listing was spotted for the title in Korea.

Just a few days ago, it was rated for the west, but we still hadn't had official confirmation from Konami. The trailer has since dropped on YouTube and the company's Twitter account.

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Mark of the Ninja: Remastered Gets Switch Release Date

Klei Entertainment will release Mark of the Ninja: Remastered for Switch on Oct. 9, the studio announced Tuesday.

The remastered version features upgraded visuals, audio, cutscenes and effects over the original 2012 release. Klei's also added an entirely new story level, a new character, additional items and developer commentary to the remaster.

Mark of the Ninja: Remastered was originally announced at Game Developers Conference in March and was initially given an autumn 2018 release window. Klei also plans to release it on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC but has yet to reveal release dates for those consoles.

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Telltale's Sudden Closure Was Reportedly the Result of a Failed Round of Financing

Following the news last Friday that Telltale Games is shutting down, fans have been wondering how and why this happened so suddenly. According to a report yesterday, the culprit is a failed round of funding that Telltale's board was counting on to keep it above water.

“The company was working diligently to close a round of financing,” Telltale co-founder Dan Connors told Variety. “Unfortunately, when the last potential financial backer abruptly pulled out, we were left in a position where we had no choice but to stop production. Sadly, everyone was so focused on doing what was required to keep the company going that when the last potential partner backed out, there were no other options.”

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Fan-Made Spyro Game Halted by Activision

Activision has sent a cease and desist to the creator of the fan-made Spyro: Myths Awaken.

Sebastian Chapman received the letter from Activision's lawyers, and has confirmed that "Spyro: Myths Awaken is dead," reports Eurogamer. All of that work wasn't for nothing though, as Chapman has said the game "as its own thing, with the story, levels, characters, gameplay" is" very much alive."

Over on Reddit, Chapman warned other devs of fan-made Spyro projects to be cautious.

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Total War Rome 2 Is Being Review Bombed on Steam over Imagined Controversy of Female Spawn Rates

Total War: Rome 2 has had a surge of negative reviews on Steam because players are under the impression that female generals are spawning more often.

The claim is that half of the generals are now women. According to PCGamesN, Steam user erick posted a screenshot from a negative review that made the claim that "over 50% of...generals

women."

The criticisms that have ensued revolve around the historical accuracy of the spawn rate of female generals versus the actual number of female leaders historically, although none of the players have posted any evidence of subsequent patches or updates to confirm the likelihood of female generals appearing has increased since their initial introduction six months ago.

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Pokemon GO's Mystery Pokemon Revealed as New Mythical Species

Pokémon GO’s mystery Pokémon that has been appearing in the past week, and once caught turns into a Ditto, has been revealed as a brand new mythical Pokémon named Meltan.

Revealed this morning, Meltan is a Steel-Type Hex Nut Pokémon that weighs 17.6 pounds and is 0'08" tall.

A further description of Meltan was also given on the Pokémon Let's Go page.

"Most of Meltan’s body is made from liquid metal, and its shape is very fluid. It can use its liquid arms and legs to corrode metal and absorb it into its own body. Meltan generates electricity using the metal it absorbs from outside sources. It uses this electricity as an energy source and also as an attack that can be fired from its eye. Clearly a curious Pokémon, Meltan is very expressive and shows an interest in all kinds of things."

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FIFA 19 Switch Review

While the FIFA series has done impressive things on PlayStation, Xbox, and PC, the Switch version is still lagging behind. Despite notable upgrades from the very disappointing FIFA 18, including a glossy, Champions League makeover, inclusion of the enjoyable new House Rules modes, and the ability to now play online with friends, FIFA 19 on Switch is still a frustrating and unrewarding experience, especially on the pitch.

FIFA 19’s moment-to-moment gameplay remains, disappointingly, largely unchanged from last year’s under-par outing. Still running on EA’s Ignite engine (last used on the PS4/Xbox/PC version for FIFA 16), it simply can’t compete with the fluidity of movement and authentically animated players the Frostbite-powered versions display. Additionally, the tempo of play is all over the place, with some players boasting ludicrous speed that makes them almost impossible to track as a defender, to others who give the feeling they’re wading through tar as they attempt to turn with the ball.

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Marvel Exec Says Spider-Man 'Kicks off a New Era for Marvel Console Games'

Bill Roseman, Marvel Games' executive director of Spider-Man, tweeted that the success of the PS4 exclusive "kicks off a new era for Marvel console games."

Referencing a GameSpot video that features a Kinda Funny Games interview with with Insomniac Games' creative director, Bryan Intihar, Roseman tweeted, "One of my fave parts of this video is when

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Forza Horizon 4 Review

Forza Horizon 4 retains almost everything that made Forza Horizon 3 the best racer in its class and bakes it into a game that doesn’t ever want you to stop playing. The stunning visual quality and sound design, the massive array of automobiles, and the extensive and completely customisable career mode that have become hallmarks of the Horizon series are all here. What’s new is just how much more effectively Forza Horizon 4 encourages us to return thanks to its shifting seasons, regularly refreshed challenges, and steady stream of rewards.

Every real-time week the in-game season will change and bring a whole new look to the world, alongside a bunch of season-specific challenges. Every day there are still more new Forzathon challenges to complete, and every hour there is a live, online event to participate in alongside up to 11 other drivers who we work with cooperatively in order to chip away at a shared goal.

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Nintendo's Dragalia Lost Adds the Best Mobile Elements to a Deep ARPG

Considering all of Nintendo's last mobile efforts featured pre-existing properties, like Mario and Fire Emblem, I never imagined their next wireless foray would feature a brand new IP. Dragalia Lost, co-developed by mobile-games-veteran Cygames, seems to borrow some of the commonly best elements of popular mobile games and ties them into an action RPG with seemingly deep systems.

I played through some of Dragalia Lost’s early chapters, and for my first task, I turned in my free summon – which is guaranteed to grant a new character. Yes, much like Fire Emblem Heroes and Puzzle and Dragons, Dragalia Lost mainly relies on a gacha-style summoning system to bolster your character roster.

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Dragon Quest XI Will Have to Sell Well in the West for Future Installments to be Localized

In Japan, Dragon Quest is a franchise like no other. When a new main entry in the series is released, it is a guarantee that millions of copies sell on the first day, as even people who don’t play video games play Dragon Quest. The phenomenon of Dragon Quest in Japan is a legend that even many Western gamers are familiar with, and that legend continues to live on to this day with last year’s Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age.

Dragon Quest XI finally saw a release on PS4 and Steam in North America and Europe this month. But if Western fans want to enjoy future iterations as well, the game needs to sell.

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Telltale 'Actively Working' to Find a Way to Finish The Walking Dead's Final Season

The soon-to-be-shuttered Telltale Games has shared an update on the fate of The Walking Dead's final season, promising that it is 'actively working' to find a way to finish the story.

In a tweet, Telltale said that there are "multiple potential partners" expressing interest in seeing The Final Season through to completion, "in some form." The studio said it hoped to have answers for other questions soon.

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Death Stranding: Kojima Brings Down the House at TGS 2018

A special guest on Sony’s stage brought a fitting climax to Tokyo Game Show 2018. Toward the end of the last day of the show, Hideo Kojima appeared on the PlayStation stage to talk about his highly anticipated game Death Stranding.

If anything, the stage event was a reminder that Kojima is just as much of a phenomenon in his home country as in the West. Literally thousands of fans gathered in front of the PlayStation stage, stretching all the way to the back of the cavernous venue, and roared with delight at every new announcement and a new minute-long trailer.

This was by far and away the largest gathering of the four-day event. Appropriately, the first comment Kojima made when appearing on stage was “I can’t believe how many people came!”

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No Yakuza Characters Will Appear in Project Judge, Yakuza Studio Head Confirms

News from IGN Japan’s Tokyo Game Show livestream further complicates the questions of whether Project Judge is a Yakuza game or not: While both titles are set within a shared universe, the new game will not feature any characters from Yakuza.

The newest game by SEGA’s Yakuza team was announced earlier this month as a “completely different” experience, yet is based partly on the Yakuza engine. And while it is set in Kamurocho, the fictional Tokyo district from the Yakuza games, studio head and project lead Toshihiro Nagoshi told us that we will not be encountering any familiar faces as we explore the neon-lit streets as new protagonist Takayuki Yagami.

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The Walking Dead's Clementine Actress Comments on Telltale Closure

Melissa Hutchison, the voice of Clementine in Telltale Games' The Walking Dead, shared an emotional letter over the weekend in response to Telltale's "majority studio closure." In the letter, she addressed reports that The Walking Dead: The Final Season will end prematurely, saying, to the best of her knowledge, the series will, in fact, conclude after Episode 2.

Hutchison prefaced the letter on Twitter by saying her heart was "too broken for words" upon hearing Telltale laid off the majority of its staff last Friday. She then expressed her appreciation for the online support she's been receiving, before addressing the closure:

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Destiny 2 Players Think They've Found Part of the Malfeasance Quest

The Malfeasance hand cannon has eluded Destiny 2 players since the beginning of Forsaken, but it looks like a portion of the quest that involves it has been discovered by some fans.

Reported by Forbes, this exotic weapon has been a mystery for some time, as players can currently obtain ornaments for it, and it was even advertised before the expansion came out. Well, some players might have found part of the quest that eventually leads to the weapon, though nobody has found the weapon or properly started the quest yet.

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Red Dead Redemption 2 Hunting, Finishing, and Wildlife Detailed

The hunting, fishing and wildlife systems in Red Dead Redemption 2 are incredibly deep and realistic, if Rockstar’s own descriptions of these systems are anything to go by.

Revealed through the official Rockstar Games website, Red Dead Redemption 2 will be home to approximately 200 species of animals, including various mammals, birds, fish and more. All reportedly behave and react to the game’s environment in unique, logical ways.

For example, as in real life, deer, bison and pronghorn all travel in large herds, sockeye salmon swim upstream, possums play dead in order to be ignored by hunters (which may include the player), birds of prey soar on thermal updrafts, scavengers quickly seek out dead animals to feast upon, and more. It’s all an attempt to create a complex and realistic ecosystem where all members of the food chain must fight for their place.

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First Fortnite Season 6 Teaser Features DJ Llama

Epic Games revealed the first of what should be several teasers leading up to the start of Fortnite Season 6 later this week.

On the official Fortnite Twitter account, Epic tweeted a single image featuring what appears to be some kind of llama skin. The llama seems very comfortable with a cool DJ headset sitting on its head, matching the "all great parties need a DJ" caption that went along with the image.

"All great parties need a DJ. 3 days to Season 6."

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Out This Week: Valkyria Chronicles 4, Life is Strange 2, FIFA 19

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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Hands-On With Super Mario Party's Dual Switch Mode

One of the best parts of being a Nintendo Switch owner is how often you find yourself saying “Whoa! I didn’t know my Switch could do that!” This was certainly the most predominant exclamation in our war room after the reveal of Super Mario Party at E3 2018. Now, having seen the dual-screen mode, dubbed Toad’s Rec Room, in action, it’s safe to say our shouting was justified.

Toad’s Rec Room a set of four fun little diversions from the Mario Party we’ve all come to know and (mostly) love. This mode lets players pop off their joy-con and utilize the Switch’s hidden screen sharing ability. This isn’t screen sharing in a “traditional” sense, this function basically turns your Switch into a giant Nintendo DS, creating one larger image across both screens and spreading the touch-screen functionality seamlessly across the larger play area. Rec Room challenges include matching sets of bananas, pummeling each other while piloting tiny tanks, playing three innings of baseball, and fourth mini-game that has yet to be shown off.

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The Walking Dead: The Final Season Episode 2 Review

Halfway through the second episode of The Walking Dead’s final season, I found myself frustrated. I had been playing for about an hour but still struggled to care about any character other than Clementine or AJ, any actions I took, or any dialogue choice I was presented with. It all felt hollow and lifeless, a formulaic Mad Libs-esque construction in which story elements were strung together in a repetitive, predictable sequence. If anything can be said for Episode Two, it’s this: the seams of this series are showing, and they’re beginning to wear thin.

As in previous episodes and seasons of The Walking Dead, Clementine and her relationship with AJ continues to be the strongest and most compelling part of the story. After dealing with a particularly traumatic incident at the end of the previous episode, Clementine is left to put the pieces back together and teach AJ more difficult lessons about the subtleties and nuances of life from a time when manners and niceties were socially relevant.

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ESRB Rates Symphony of the Night and Rondo of Blood for PS4

An ESRB rating seems to confirm that Castlevania: Symphony of the Night and Rondo of Blood are indeed coming to PS4 in the West.

Last week we reported that Castlevania Requiem: Symphony Of The Night and Rondo Of Blood had been rated for PS4 in Korea and now, thanks to the ESRB, it appears Westerners will be getting the classic games bundle too.

Many thought Symphony of the Night, a game we utterly adore, would be the perfect game for the recently announced PlayStation Classic. With the announcement of this and the recent remaster of the Crash Bandicoot Trilogy, many people are wondering what games will end up on Sony’s first foray into mini retro consoles.

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Red Dead Redemption 2 PS4 Bundles Announced

Red Dead Redemption 2 PS4 Pro Bundles have been announced for Europe and North America, with those in Europe also getting a pair of standard PS4 options.

First up is the PS4 Pro bundle that’s coming to both the EU and the UK complete with a Jet Black 1TB PS4 Pro, a Dual Shock 4 Wireless Controller and a physical copy of Red Dead Redemption 2. Pre-orders start today for $399.99 / $499.99 CAD. There is no official EU/UK price at the time of writing.

Also available exclusively in the EU are bundles with either a 500GB or 1TB Jet Black PS4 Slim, a Dual Shock 4 Wireless Controller and a physical copy of Red Dead Redemption 2. Again, at the time of writing there is no official EU or UK price.

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Devil May Cry 5 Has Multiplayer and Microtransactions

A TGS demo and PlayStation Store listing have revealed Devil May Cry 5 will have both microtransactions and some form of online multiplayer.

Fans have been able to play DMC 5 at TGS 2018 this week, which led Gamespot to notice that players can pay real world money to purchase the series' in-game currency, red orbs.

The orbs, which traditionally are never abundant enough to unlock absolutely everything, are used to purchase upgrades to weapons, new moves and one-off consumables.

When asked why these were being included, series director Hideaki Itsuno said it was all about player choice. “With giving people the ability to purchase Red Orbs, it’s something we want to give people as an option. If they want to save time and just want to get all the stuff at once, those people can do that.”

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Devil May Cry 5: How a Motorbike Chainsaw Sword Holds the Key to Tradition

Here’s Devil May Cry 5’s in-game description of the Cavaliere, an actual weapon Dante is able to wield.

(I haven’t made this up.)

“Cavaliere – a motorcycle fused with a demon that splits in two to be wielded as twin swords.”

When equipped, Dante dons two motorbike chassis as if they were chrome boxing gloves. While the description above may say sword, chainsaw is far more accurate. As a combo escalates, the two halves fuse together to form a rideable bike, allowing Dante to power-slide his way through demons. It’s gloriously absurd, as you’d imagine, and stupidly fun to use.

But there’s more to the Cavaliere than you might think. Behind its ostentatious design lies the essence of how Capcom is navigating its return to the series (the last instalment was produced in 2013 by British studio Ninja Theory) and particularly the character of Dante.

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Diablo Animated Series Reportedly in Development at Netflix

According to a new report, a Diablo animated series could be heading to Netflix.

This comes from a since-deleted tweet from comic book publishing company Boom! Studios founder Andrew "Andy" Cosby (reported by Variety), who said that he was in "final talks" to helm the show for Activision Blizzard and Netflix. “It’s very exciting and I hope to the High Heavens it all works out," he reportedly said.

If the rumor is true, Cosby would be juggling the series alongside his work on the Hellboy: Rise of the Blood Queen script, that he is co-writing with Christopher Golden and Mike Mignola.

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Fortnite: Last Week to Collect Secret Banners and Hidden Battle Stars

Season 5 is coming to an end and our guide shows you how to find every secret banner and hidden battle star before they're gone.

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See FIFA 19's Top 100 Player and Team Rating

Make sure playing with the best teams and players in FIFA 19 with this wiki.

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Destiny 2: Don't Miss This Week's Ascendant Challenges

Unlock new powerful gear by completing this weekly challenge.

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Fortnite: Every Save the World Hero and Their Rarity

Check out even the rarest heroes in Fortnite's Save the World mode.

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Destiny 2: 7 Tips to Get You Through the Last Wish Raid

These hints will help you prepare and fight through the Last Wish Raid.

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Catherine: Full Body Is More Than Just a Remaster

Catherine: Full Body is much more than just a remaster of 2011’s puzzle adventure with some tweaks and additional scenario pieces here and there. With the addition of a third heroine character, producer Katsura Hashino and his team at Studio Zero did not just add her part, but fleshed out the original story to make her fit in more naturally. That means that fans of the original have a lot of new content to look forward to. “The new edition has 1.5 the content of the original game,” Hashino tells me.

Protagonist Vincent is a 32-year-old systems engineer salaryman, and is facing what is best described as a midlife crisis. His girlfriend Katherine’s period is late, and she wants Vincent to be more serious about their relationship. Vincent himself is not exactly a family man, and he is not sure how to cope with his girlfriend’s news. After work, he goes drinking at Stray Sheep, his favorite bar, and the next morning he wakes up with a gorgeous blonde bombshell beside him by the name of Catherine. She becomes Vincent’s secret lover, but Catherine doesn’t know that Vincent already has a steady girlfriend. That means that he not only has to keep Catherine a secret to Katherine, but also the other way around. Eventually, Vincent (and therefore the player) has to choose which of the two is his true love.

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FIFA 19 Wonderkids You Need to Sign

Make sure you get these players on your team in FIFA 19.

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Jump Force: Every Character Revealed So Far

New characters from Yu Yu Hakusho and Hunter X Hunter join the ever expanding Jump Force roster.

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Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy Coming to Consoles and Steam

The original three Ace Attorney games are coming to the Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Steam as a compilation package.

The trilogy of Ace Attorney games was announced during the Ace Attorney panel during the Tokyo Game Show and will include updated HD visuals. The trilogy was originally released on 3DS back in 2014.

The compilation includes the original game, Justice for All, and Trials and Tribulations. No word on a release date in Japan or overseas.

Capcom also previewed the second season of the Ace Attorney anime with stories focusing on cases from the third game. The Ace Attorney Orchestra was also confirmed to return in 2019.

Ace Attorney: Spirit of Justice was released back in 2016 and in our review we though it was a "less than essential entry in the Phoenix Wright saga."

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Completely New, Un-Catchable Pokemon Begins to Appear in Pokemon Go

A brand new, never-before-seen Pokemon has started to appear in Pokemon Go but can't actually be registered to the Pokedex.

The mysterious new Pokemon, which was found by a dataminer yesterday, began to appear in the Asia Pacific region following the conclusion of Chikorita Community Day, a three-hour event that saw increased spawns of second generation Pokemon Chikorita.

After Chikorita spawns concluded, all players saw the mysterious new Pokemon appear on the “nearby” radar, but after encountering the Pokemon and attempting to catch it, it immediately transformed into Ditto or Chikorita and did not actually register to the Pokedex as seen or caught.

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Spider-Man PS4: How to Defeat the Toughest Side Villain

Here's how to defeat one of the toughest mystery villains in Marvel's Spider-Man on PS4.

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Halo Infinite Won't Sell Loot Boxes for Cash

Despite recent indications to the contrary, 343 Industries and Microsoft will not sell Halo Infinite loot boxes for real-world money.

Posting on Twitter yesterday, a Halo YouTuber wrote that he had "a lot of faith" in 343's ability to deliver a quality experience with Halo Infinite but was "extremely disappointed" to hear Infinite would have microtransactions. Studio Head Chris Lee responded, telling him not to worry.

"Keep the faith, it's appreciated!" tweeted Lee. "We’re still working through final plans and will share more when we are ready, but I can definitely say that Halo Infinite will not include real-money loot boxes."

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15 Games We Want on the PlayStation Classic

Distilling the entire library of the original PlayStation is no easy task, but someone has to do it. And while we wait to find out what the official full lineup for Sony's recently announced PlayStation Classic mini console is, IGN has a few suggestions for what should be included.

Sony has already revealed five of the 20 total games expected to launch with the PlayStation Classic — Final Fantasy VII, Tekken 3, Wild Arms, Jumping Flash, and Ridge Racer Type 4. That leaves 15 available slots for classic PlayStation experiences.

Below you'll find IGN's picks for what those 15 games should be, based on the nostalgic memories of various IGN staff members. First, some caveats:

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Fortnite Had Biggest Month Ever in August With 78.3 Million Players

Fortnite’s popularity just keeps growing, as it had its biggest month ever in August with 78.3 million players, according to Epic Games.

Announced through the official Epic Games website, while giving some new Fall Skirmish details, Epic said it has hardened and scaled Fortnite’s systems and infrastructure to account for rising player numbers that occurred during the Summer Skirmish.

Epic said, "August was Fortnite’s biggest month yet, with 78.3 million of you showing up to play. This exposed weak points and allowed us to make targeted improvements to critical systems, such as stats and servers. The Summer Skirmish also, as you all probably noticed, highlighted problems with performance and spectating, which we’ve been working on ever since."

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Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 DLC Coming First to PS4, Initial Post-Launch Details Revealed

Activision has teased what players can expect from Call of Duty: Black Ops 4's post-launch content, and announced it will come to PS4 first.

In a post on the PlayStation Blog, Activision confirmed all free post-release content updates will be available first for PlayStation players, but no details on the period of exclusivity were announced.

Activision also gave some detail on Black Ops 4's free post-launch support, which will include the addition of a revamped version of the fan-favorite map, Nuketown, in November, and December will see the inclusion of several new Specialists.

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PlayStation Now Will Let You Download PS4 and PS2 Games to Play Offline

PlayStation Now just got a whole lot more feasible for players without super-fast internet, as Sony is now letting users download full PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 2 games to their consoles to play offline through the service starting today.

Announced through the PlayStation Blog, almost all of the PS4 games available through the service will be available for download to play offline, as well as the PS Now lineup of classic PS2 games remastered for PS4. If you are a PS Now subscriber and don’t see the feature right away, don’t fret: it's being gradually rolled out over the next couple of days for all users.

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Jump Force Collector's Edition, Season Pass, Closed Beta Announced

Bandai Namco has announced a Collector's Edition and Season Pass for Jump Force, as well as preorder bonuses and dates for the closed beta.

Jump Force is coming to PS4, Xbox One, and PC via Steam in February, and it will receive a Season Pass to add nine new characters. The characters included, as well as the cost, have yet to be announced.

Players who preorder Jump Force will receive three exclusive costumes, as well as Frieza's Hover Pod, which can be used as a lobby vehicle.

A $260 console Collector's Edition will include a 30cm tall diorama statue featuring Goku, Luffy, and Naruto. It will also include a physical copy of Jump Force, three art boards, a SteelBook case, and several other exclusive items Bandai Namco did not reveal.

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Star Control: Origins Review

By introducing an entirely new and mysterious universe full of colorful, hilarious aliens and bringing back the intense arcadey space battles, Star Control: Origins gets about two thirds of the way toward recapturing the magic of Star Control 2, the revered 1992 adventure about forming an interstellar alliance against a greater threat. If it weren’t for the tedious chore of gathering resources from planets’ surfaces, it’d be a revival to celebrate.

As humanity takes its first step into the stars we find we’re not alone, and that many of our neighbors are delightfully stupid. There’s the pathetically needy Tywom banana slugs, the obsessively bureaucratic Measured, a sleazy race of con artists who’re basically Watto from Star Wars: The Phantom Menace with longer necks, and plenty more – each stranger and more surprising than the last. All the major aliens have a distinct style and personality that’s brought to life by diverse character models and fun voice acting.

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Rocket League Surpasses 50 Million Players

More than three years after its initial release, Rocket League continues to pick up steam. Developer Psyonix revealed yesterday that Rocket League has now surpassed 50 million total players.

"Rocket League now has more than 50 MILLION players worldwide!" tweeted Psyonix. "Thank you to our ever-growing global community for helping us reach this incredible milestone."

The top fan reply to the tweet is a request for cross-platform party functionality. It's a feature Psyonix originally promised would be available this month, but last week delayed indefinitely to ensure it operates "flawlessly on all platforms before its release."

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Marvel's Spider-Man Is the Fastest-Selling PlayStation Exclusive of All Time

With 3.3 million copies sold within the first three days of its release, Insomniac Games' Spider-Man for PS4 is the fastest-selling first-party PlayStation game of all time.

USA Today reported the sales milestone for Marvel's Spider-Man, indicating that, assuming all copies were sold at the standard MSRP of $59.99, USA Today worked those 3.3 million copies sold out to be about $198 million. Though of course the collector's edition of the game would factor into those sales.

Not included in either of those figures are copies that were sold as part of the $399.99 PlayStation 4 Pro bundle that comes with a copy of Spider-Man packed in.

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Ghostbusters World Fixes Some of Pokemon Go’s Problems But Lacks Its Heart

A huge wave of nostalgia hits me when I think of Ghostbusters. Hearing the theme song or seeing the Ecto-1 immediately evokes memories of watching the original films and playing with Ghostbusters toys as a kid. But despite years of loving the franchise and many occasions of pretending to be a Ghostbuster on the playground, my fantasies never involved collecting teams of ghosts to battle against other Ghostbusters or walking through the city searching for spirits.

This is where Ghostbusters World, the upcoming free-to-play mobile game from publisher FourThirtyThree, finds itself in a precarious spot. Ghostbusters is absolutely a beloved franchise that’s ripe for a great game adaptation, but not one that necessarily lends itself to the gotta-catch-‘em-all mentality as easily as Pokemon.

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Red Dead Redemption 2: 24 New Screenshots Released

Rockstar has released 24 new screenshots of Red Dead Redemption 2.

Primarily showing protagonist Arthur Morgan and Dutch's gang, the images also show a variety of locations from the game, and a really wrinkly horse:

Several of the screenshots show situations or locations from our hands-on with the game, including the prairies of New Hanover, and moments from missions we've played.

We've got a whole heap of new Red Dead 2 information for you today. Aside from the hands-on, there's news of the game's first-person mode, why the new dialogue system is fantastic, and all the tiny little details we spotted as we played.

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We Played 2 Hours of Red Dead Redemption 2 - Here’s What Happened

As I trotted across the prairieland of New Hanover on my well-groomed steed, Mahogany Boy (named due to a tragic misread of his breed, the Mahogany Bay), I heard the dull rattle of a freight train. I yanked the reins, hit X a few times to shift gears into a gallop, and streaked toward the tracks, just as the steam locomotive rounded a corner into view. I had an idea.

As I took up a trajectory with the train, I heard a shout over the growing noise - bounty hunters sent to collect me, dead not alive. It was a fair cop: I’d recently threatened a passing wagoner, stolen his cart and rode it off a cliff to see what happens (you die). As the engine streaked past and I swung the camera to get a look at my pursuers, a button prompt appeared in the bottom-right corner of the screen: “Jump on train”.

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79 Amazing Little Details in Red Dead Redemption 2

Red Dead Redemption 2 promises an unparalleled level of depth, from its vast, sprawling world, to the people and animals within it, and how it all fits together in a way that is quite unlike any open-world game before it. You're never quite know how each encounter with another character will pan out because each person is different. Similarly, it's filled with moments where you'll ask yourself, "I wonder if I can do that?", and chances are you probably can, no matter how outrageous it is.

Below is a list of the cool, quirky and downright awesome little touches we've noticed so far with our time in Red Dead Redemption 2. If you want to know more, check out our impressions of Red Dead 2 after playing it for two hours, or how the new dialogue systems turn the game into a comedy.

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Red Dead Redemption 2 Will Feature a Full First-Person Mode at Launch

Rockstar has revealed that Red Dead Redemption 2 will follow in GTA V’s footsteps by allowing you to play the entire game from a first-person perspective.

Shown off in our hands-on with the game, first-person mode can be turned on and off at any time (on the PS4, this is done by clicking the trackpad to cycle through the camera modes until you get to first-person), and applies to the entire game, barring cutscenes. The feature will be available at launch.

It’s something of a surprise - GTA V only added a first-person mode upon its release for Xbox One and PS4, well over a year after the game was launched on last-gen consoles.

We’ve gone hands-on with two hours of the game, and you can read everything that happened to us in that time. We also made a list of the game’s coolest little details, and a rundown of why the new Dialogue system occasionally turns Red Dead 2 into a comedy game.

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