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Civilization 7 is just around the corner, with fans gearing up to dive into the next installation of the franchise. It has a new style, and if you’re hoping to play it on PC, it’s worth ensuring you’ve got everything you need to run it on the best settings possible. Below, we’ve listed the minimum and recommended PC specs for Civ 7 so you can hit the ground running and craft your legacy without any any technical issues. View the full article

1.4 million of that was sold-through to consumers. View the full article

There’s a strange mystery involving time travel and missing objects in The Sims 4 Blast from the Past event. To get to the bottom of what’s going on, you need help from an expert, which means you need to find Emit Relevart. He’s essentially your guide throughout the event, so you can’t get much done until you find him. He can be tricky to locate, so here’s where to find Emit Relevart in The Sims 4. View the full article For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

For those who have been hoping to pick up Ubisoft's latest release set in a galaxy far, far away, Star Wars Outlaws for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X has dropped to $40 at Amazon. This deal marks a discount of over 40% from its list price of $69.99, making it well worth jumping on before the price goes back up. And this deal may not stick around for long, either, as Amazon has the Xbox Series X version listed as a limited time deal at the moment, so you'll want to act fast to secure it at this price. Star Wars Outlaws Is Discounted to $40 at Amazon We found a lot to love in Star Wars Outlaws upon release. In our review, IGN's Tristan Ogilvie said, "As far as Star Wars video games go, we’ve taken countless turns at twirling lightsabers and unleashing flashy Force powers, but Star Wars Outlaws swaggers into the cantina, slinks down into a booth with its holster clip unbuttoned, and argues that those are no match for a good blaster at your side." If you're looking for even more video game deals, it's worth having a look at our roundups of the best Xbox deals, the best PlayStation deals, and the best Nintendo Switch deals. In each of these we've highlighted game deals for each platform that have stood out to us recently, alongside discounts on hardware and accessories. If you'd prefer to have an overall look at the best deals available for each console, alongside some of the best PC gaming deals at the moment, check out our breakdown of the best video game deals. Our Daily Deals roundup is another great place to look for the best video game deals available at the moment across each platform. Hannah Hoolihan is a freelancer who writes with the guides and commerce teams here at IGN. View the full article For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

Developer Aarimous is getting closer to releasing Hexagod, a minimalist roguelike village builder where you place hexagon tiles, manage resources, find relics, and command your villagers. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article

Marvel Rivalshas taken the world by storm, but it's missing one key ingredient that could impact its staying power in the long term. A (literally) hero-based shooter featuring characters and settings from across the Marvel universe, Rivals has charmed players the world over with its chaotic-yet-satisfying gameplay, and its well-paced updates, offering an excellent alternative to the stagnating Overwatch. With a promise to add new characters roughly every 45 days, and a constantly shifting seasonal structure of new content releases, Marvel Rivals is going strong. View the full article

A former Rockstar Games employee has claimed that Grand Theft Auto 6 is "probably playable now," and the development team is focusing on bug fixes and other technical adjustments. Mike York, a former animator who worked on other Rockstar titles such as Grand Theft Auto 5 and Red Dead Redemption 2, believes that the developers are performing rigorous testing and playing the game extensively to ensure a polished final product, based on his prior experiences with the company. View the full article

After the Nintendo Switch 2 was finally revealed last month, the console maker left us all waiting for more info about a mysterious April Direct it announced after showing us some sexy joy-cons. Read more View the full article

While everyone is enjoying the latest Destiny 2 Episode, Heresy, there have been several leaks regarding upcoming Destiny content—one of them is related to Bungie’s other project, Marathon. On Feb. 4, the Bungie_Leaks account on X (formerly Twitter) shared a data-mined Marathon-themed sparrow for Destiny 2, hinting that more news regarding Marathon may be coming soon. The sparrow looks blocky with the UESC letters on it. The Game Post suggested this sparrow might be a Marathon pre-order bonus for Destiny 2, which means the pre-orders for the game may go live during Episode Heresy. View the full article

A new Monster Hunter Wilds Showcase trailer reveals the return of Gore Magala and Nerscylla with a PC benchmark tool now available on Steam. Monster Hunter Wilds pre-loading begins 48 hours prior to launch. View the full article

Despite Warhorse Studio sticking to its guns and keeping its old save system, modders have already broken it and enabled unlimited autosaves in Kingdom Come Deliverance 2. The Unlimited Saving II mod is a true successor to the previous Unlimited Saving mod, which was a huge lifesaver for many players of the original. Within its first few hours, the mod has already garnered over 10,000 downloads, and it will likely be one of the most popular mods for Kingdom Come Deliverance 2. View the full article

When the new DnD Player's Handbook released in September, some players were concerned that the game was going to be far too easy, thanks to powerful new spells, more free actions and bonus actions, weapon mastery traits, and more. Reassuringly, the new Monster Manual shows that the player characters won't have it all their own way: initiative scores for the most imposing monsters are way up, and players will find themselves starting combat on the back foot more often than ever before. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Why is Dungeons and Dragons' new Bard so dull? The Legend of Vox Machina Season 4 release date estimate and news Five utterly stupid joke magic items to remind your DnD players to be silly View the full article

The Blast from the Past event in The Sims 4 features a puzzling mystery involving various missing items from around town and some strange time-traveling shenanigans. To help Emit Relevart figure out what’s going on, you need to recover the special Time Capsule. You’re not given much guidance for finding this item, so tracking it down can be pretty tricky. Locating this object is key for progressing through the event, so here’s how to find the special Time Capsule in The Sims 4. View the full article For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics was shadow-dropped on Xbox One on February 4, 2025, with the official announcement coming on the same day. Originally released for PS4, PC, and Switch, Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classicsfirst hit the digital store shelves on September 12, 2024. View the full article

We continue our journey as Henry in Kingdom Come Deliverance 2, but the latest entry in the series includes a few features not seen in the original, including Twitch drops. Twitch drops are a common sight for players in modern games. In Kingdom Come Deliverance 2, dozens of items are free to claim if you can access a Twitch account. Here’s everything you need to know. View the full article

The latest from Alawar is a spin-off from the previous Beholder games. The first had you be a landlord in a totalitarian country, the second had you work in their central ministry and now this third game has you work as a train conductor. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article

Grand Theft Auto 5 actor Steven Ogg has briefly discussed his role as Trevor in a new interview, while also touching on years of speculation from fans as to whether or not he hates being associated with the character. Steven Ogg played one of Grand Theft Auto 5's three main protagonists over a decade ago, but despite having a hugely successful career in film and TV, appearing in the likes of The Walking Dead and Better Call Saul, the actor is incredibly well-known for his portrayal of Trevor. View the full article

Become a sentient AI in Heart of the Machine, the latest deep strategy game from Arcen Games (AI War 1/2, The Last Federation, Bionic Dues) and it's now in Early Access. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article

Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 released yesterday, and it's landed on Steam with a massive blast, soaring to the peak of the Top Sellers list in its first day. In terms of peak concurrent players, KCD2 reached a peak of 159,351. That's pretty darn good for a historical RPG! Read more View the full article

MultiVersus will shut down when Season 5 ends in May, but the sweeping changes to combat speed that were introduced in a new update have fans enjoying its gameplay now more than ever — and even sparked a #SaveMultiVersus trend on social media. The community for the Warner Bros. platform fighting game woke up ready to dive into its fifth and final season when it launched yesterday, February 4, at 9am PT. Developer Player First Games had spelled out plans to shutter the project last week, teasing that the update would include DC’s Aquaman and Looney Toons’ Lola Bunny as its last playable characters. What was poised to be a somber sendoff for MultiVersus actually brought on extensive movement changes across the board, resulting in a much faster-paced experience overall. It’s a fundamental adjustment that players have begged Player First to implement for years, and it arrives just as things are coming to an end. “#SaveMultiversus” [Hidden Content] [Hidden Content] — Mlick (@Mlickles) February 5, 2025 Players first took notice that combat in Multiversus had been sped up after Player First published a Season 5 Combat Changes Preview video on X/Twitter. For those who have played the free-to-play Warner Bros. fighting game in the past, the differences are impossible to ignore, as characters can be seen chaining together combos and moving across the screen faster than ever before. It’s a substantial shift away from the floaty gameplay fans criticized during the MultiVersus beta test in 2022, and it’s even faster than what was seen when it relaunched in May of last year. Season 5 update patch notes reveal that the increase in combat speed comes as a result of a reduction to hitpause “across most attacks in the game.” It means stringing together combos will be faster than you remember regardless of who your main is, with a handful of specific characters receiving additional adjustments to their speed, too. Morty, LeBron, Iron Giant, Bugs Bunny, ****** Adam, and many more feel especially quick thanks to changes that allow them to fast fall when using certain aerial attacks. Garnet, meanwhile, now has stronger ringout potential on the ground and weaker ringout potential in the air to help level out her impact as an already fast character. >game dies >they finally start doing clever marketing >they actually improve the gameplay Yeah sounds about right [Hidden Content] — Bring Back Banjo (@BringBackBanjoK) February 3, 2025 MultiVersus Season 5 turns the nearly one-year-old fighting game into something almost completely different, and those diving in already are finding far more to enjoy than just two new characters. The problem is that this... is it. Just as Player First finds its footing with an update that delivers long-awaited gameplay changes, MultiVersus will completely shut down come May 30. Its demise will bring the end of seasonal content drops as well as its removal from digital storefronts as Warner Bros. Games guts online play from the experience entirely, leaving only offline modes for fans to experiment with. Now, fans are left feeling shocked and powerless as MultiVersus becomes the experience they’ve always dreamed of just in time for it to completely shut down. X user @PJiggles_ commented on the changes, calling MultiVersus “the most interesting bad game in existence,” referring to its beta rollout, 2024 relaunch, and sudden combat speed increase. Professional Super Smash Bros. player and content creator Jason Zimmerman (a.k.a. Mew2King) replied to a Player First post to ask why movement speed was increased now and not earlier. …but man, if this was how the relaunch started off we could’ve really had something. “I know everybody's been playing the blame game when there likely isn't a single individual or even group who deserves the entirety of the blame,” one Reddit user said, “but man, if this was how the relaunch started off we could’ve really had something. (Apex Legends) is probably one of the worst monetization schemes out there but it lasted so long because it nailed the fundamentals at the start.” It’s painful, especially as players gather not only to mourn the game’s demise but to celebrate such a drastic leap in quality. Reddit user Desperate_Method4032 said the Season 5 update fixed “every issue I had with the game,” explaining that things like touched-up shield animations helped turn MultiVersus into an experience that looks and feels far more polished. Although the gameplay shakeup follows confirmation of shutdown plans, they said the “potential” has them hoping Warner Bros. could reverse course. “I'm not naïve,” Desperate_Method4032 said. “Just a fan with tons of love for the characters showcased in this game. But is it so wrong to have just LITTLE bit of hope that the game will make a comeback? There's just far too much potential to let things end like this. Not when the game finally feels like it found its footing.” Sooooo You announced the game was shutting down but then fixed the thing that made players quit What [Hidden Content] — Colin (@IntroSpecktive) February 4, 2025 Unfortunately, while some are expecting the worst and hoping for the best, Player First and Warner Bros. show no sign of backing down from their plan to cease service this summer. MultiVersus game director Tony Huynh took to X earlier this week to share a few closing thoughts while addressing long-unanswered player questions and concerns. Warner Bros. also disabled real-money transactions as of January 31, leaving players unable to purchase content without using previously earned in-game currency. The Season 5 premium battle pass has been made free for all players as one final gift. MultiVersus will go dark, for good this time, at 9 am PT on May 30. While Warner Bros. has already initiated its shutdown plans, players are finding some joy by creating and sharing memes. It’s a bittersweet moment for the fighting game community as they relish a game that finally lives up to their expectations just before it meets its end. This is what it feels like seeing everyone playing S5 #MultiVersus #SaveMultiVersus [Hidden Content] — Spider-Man For MultiVersus #SaveMultiVersus (@SpiderManForMVS) February 4, 2025 Comment byu/Nate_923 from discussionhttps://www.reddit.com/r/MultiVersus/comments/1ihn3vr/official_season_5_gameplay_changes_showcase/ inMultiVersus .reddit-embed-wrapper iframe { margin-left: 0 !important; } genuinely cant rn byu/TheSmashKidYT inMultiVersus .reddit-embed-wrapper iframe { margin-left: 0 !important; } Multiversus dropping good gameplay while on its death bed [Hidden Content] [Hidden Content] — Sho (@Shoyoumomo_) February 4, 2025 Michael Cripe is a freelance contributor with IGN. He's best known for his work at sites like The Pitch, The Escapist, and OnlySP. Be sure to give him a follow on Bluesky (@mikecripe.bsky.social) and Twitter (@MikeCripe). View the full article

2024 was an incredible year for survival games, and Abiotic Factor was one of them. With a 96% positive rating from nearly 20,000 reviews on Steam, the Half-Life adjacent experience sits alongside Enshrouded, Palworld, and Once Human as one you don't want to miss. Now's the perfect time to give it a try with friends too, because there's a jam-packed new update and ***** available for all players. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Scientific survival game Abiotic Factor teases explosive, Lovecraftian update Half-Life inspired survival game Abiotic Factor just got a new world Abiotic Factor gets wet and wild in new soggy update out now View the full article

A leak about a new 4-star character in Honkai: Star Rail 3.2 has emerged, hinting at the first new playable unit of this category in months. Version 3.2 is still a few months away as the turn-based RPG by HoYoverse is just entering the second half of Version 3.0 and has yet to go through the entirety of Version 3.1. However, there has already been an influx of leaks about the subsequent patch, including rumors of the new playable characters. There have been a lot of mentions of Anaxa's leaked gameplay kit in Honkai: Star Rail 3.2, for example. View the full article

It's been quite a while since we've seen Oscar Isaac in the world of Star Wars, but the actor is set to make an appearance at this year's Star Wars Celebration. Read more View the full article

The Pokémon TCG has been on a long journey since it hit the West in 1999, and veteran voice actor Tara Sands - who voiced classic 'mon Bulbasaur and several others in the anime - has been along for most of that ride, speaking to fans of the series, videogames, and trading cards alike. "It's been interesting to see the ebb and flow of the cards' popularity," she tells Wargamer in an interview, and "it feels like it's ******* than ever right now" - but even Poké-celebs can't miss the scourge of scalpers in the community, grinding up prices for regular fans. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: The best Pokémon cards 2025 Pokémon Prismatic Evolutions Premium Collection packs Espeon and Umbreon ex Sadly, you'll never get your hands on this adorable Pokémon 151 Mew card View the full article

Vendrán Las Aves - "The Birds Will Come" - is a brief, quiet, hopeful game about burnout recovery. Summarised as a "slice of life tamagotchi" and available in Spanish and English, it's a gamejam production from Francisco Riolobos, Chuso Montero and Deconstructeam, the Valencia-based developers behind The Red String Club and The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood. It's [Hidden Content], and takes the form of a snowglobe perspective of somebody's one-room apartment. The person in question has just left their job after a rough spell, and has impulsively bought a guitar. They are also, however, totally exhausted, with barely the willpower to do anything beyond getting out of bed, let alone make music. Your task is to help them through each day and rebuild their morale till they feel able to pluck a few chords. Read more View the full article