Asmongold has defended Elon Musk for his controversial inauguration salute and believes he was just “being stupid.” He also expressed his thoughts that he is “99 percent” certain the Holocaust happened. Musk made headlines at Trump’s inauguration as the 47th President of the United States. He took the stage for a speech and then saluted the crowd with a pump of his chest and a straight arm in the air, which he did twice. View the full article
Mydei may get nerfed in Honkai: Star Rail 3.1, according to a new set of leaks highlighting an upcoming mechanic, but it may not actually be detrimental to the character and instead, a way of increasing the gameplay’s challenge factor. Version 3.1 is the next big patch for HoYoverse’s turn-based RPG and one that is confirmed to give continuity to the Amphoreus story arc introduced with Version 3.0. The developer has also confirmed that the new playable characters will be Mydei and Tribbie in Honkai: Star Rail, both of which have already been introduced as NPCs in the story missions. View the full article
Nearly a year after its initial release, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth has come to PC, and it is well worth the wait. While largely the same as its console counterparts, what changes have been made to Rebirth are mostly to its benefit. The game looks better than ever while still delivering on the gameplay that made it a hit in the first place. View the full article
This review contains some story spoilers for the original FF7 and subsequently some elements of Rebirth, but doesn't spoil how Rebirth ultimately reinterprets these elements. I argued with myself for several weeks in university about whether to go to a seminar discussing T.S. Eliot's The Love Song Of J. Alfred Prufrock. The poem meant enough to me that I didn't want to dissect it with a class. I wanted to keep for myself. I went in the end, and though I hesitated, I talked because I had things to say. It didn't kill the poem for me, but it does have a slightly awkward gait now, having never quite recovered from the incisions. I now have to etherise Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth. Cait Sith is splayed upon a table. It's all scalpels, forceps, and oversized novelty dice. It's a strange way to treat art you love. The feeling I remember most from Rebirth on release is how grateful I felt to be alive to play it. Acute, active awareness of my own mortality with thoughts like "it would be properly ***** if I died right now because I'd really like to see how this pans out". A personal 'never kill yourself' moment months before the meme gave voice, as the best often do, to an obscure and precious feeling. An RPG where your character sometimes knocks on doors before opening them? What a time to be alive. Read more View the full article
On release, Marvel Rivals had seven maps; now, with Season 1, there are three more on the way, with Midtown already playable. While having so much choice in the map pool this early on isn't a bad thing, some players are finding fault in the quality of the choice available... Read more.View the full article
If you’re on a painful losing streak in Marvel Rivals, but suddenly your Moon Knight shines in the next match and melts the opponents without mercy, let me be the ******’s advocate and tell you that you might have been playing against bots. Like any free-to-play multiplayer game, Marvel Rivals also has superhero bots that are not real players, making matchmaking faster. These bots usually have similar names to real players, but it’s usually harder to differentiate between a real player and a bot until you pay close attention to their gameplay. View the full article
Dungeons are a three-player endgame activity in Destiny 2 and are like small raids with dedicated mechanics and shiny loot. While dungeons are meant for three players, every one of them is designed to be possible to complete solo, and there are even associated triumphs and rewards for doing that. Some dungeons are much easier to solo than others, but regardless of the dungeon, you want to have a defined build that can keep you alive, above all. There’s no one to revive you, and death means wiping and starting the encounter from the beginning. View the full article
A prominent Marvel Rivals leaker recently shared footage of a new skin for Winter Soldier, who is one of the hero shooter's 35 playable characters. Marvel Rivals is currently in the middle of Season 1: Eternal Night Falls, which features The Fantastic Four leading the charge against Dracula's forces in an effort to save New York City. View the full article
Fortnite pop culture collaborations just keep coming, with the latest big rumor being that the retro ’90s cartoon King Of The Hill will appear in 2025. Reliable leaks online suggest that the characters from Arlen, Texas, will make an appearance, which is great news for fans of Hank, Peggy, Bobby, and the rest. FNBRIntel first announced the leak on X (formerly Twitter) and then reposted by a few other reputable Fortnite leak posters, including ShiinaBR. The news soon broke on the subreddit r/FortniteLeaks, where fans of the game and the show were excitedly discussing the possibility. View the full article
If you can't wait for Monster Hunter Wilds, you might be seeking something to fill the gap, but there aren't many things that quite match up to Capcom's best RPG series. One great alternative, however, is Granblue Fantasy Relink, an action-driven JRPG with plenty of bold boss fights and a gear-driven endgame that comes close enough to scratching that Monster Hunter itch. Boasting a very positive 89% Steam user rating from over 34,000 reviews, it's at its lowest price ever on the Valve store, making now a great time to try it. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Hit 2024 JRPG Granblue Fantasy Relink drops to its lowest price yet Surprise JRPG hit Granblue Fantasy Relink is now cheaper than ever Brilliant but overlooked JRPG surges on Steam after big new update View the full article
As the first spoilers for the upcoming Magic: The Gathering death race set Aetherdrift shoot off the starting line, one card in particular seems to be making some waves. It's Sab-Sunen, Luxa Embodied - a new Amonkhet god card that has folks feeling a certain way about a big frog. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: MTG Aetherdrift planeswalkers include biker Chandra and a busted Aetherspark MTG spoilers reveal zombie and energy Aetherdrift Commanders Magic: The Gathering release schedule 2025 View the full article
Mundfish, the developer of Atomic Heart, has finally revealed more details about the upcoming third DLC, including a new character named Nastya. The first-person shooter set in an alternate history post-apocalyptic Russia released in February 2023 to mixed reviews. But for those who enjoyed Atomic Heart, it’s been exciting as the four promised DLC slowly trickle out in the years following the game’s initial launch. View the full article
It's not long until the official Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 reviews will appear, but a new leaked 3DMark benchmark run of the card has already revealed some of the new GPU's performance. While this RTX 5090 benchmark leak doesn't tell the full story, it paints a surprisingly complete picture. Yes, we don't have long to wait for the RTX 5090 release date but with the performance of Nvidia's new best graphics card king in waiting officially under wraps for now, we're still relying on leaked data to get a hint of its upcoming prowess. And, while in many ways the performance on show here is mighty impressive, there's certainly going to be cause for some concern for some potential buyers. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Nvidia brings DLSS 4 to 75 games as it gears up for GeForce RTX 5000 launch Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 stock to be "very rare" at launch, 5080 gaming GPUs too Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 unboxing: Up close and personal with the new gaming GPU View the full article
As expected, Mortal Kombat 1 players have unearthed the secret Floyd fight mere hours after guest character Conan the Barbarian went live, but they’re still not sure exactly how to trigger a battle with the mysterious pink ninja. Floyd is the name of a once rumored, now real pink ninja currently available to fight in Mortal Kombat 1. NetherRealm development chief Ed Boon had teased fans over the years by referencing a pink ninja called Floyd, and, back in 2023, Mortal Kombat dataminer TheThiny unearthed text in the Mortal Kombat 1 files that referenced a character of the same name. Only now though, years later, is Floyd actually in Mortal Kombat 1, although the specifics are hazy. Warning! Spoilers for Mortal Kombat 1’s secret Floyd fight follow: TheThiny has revealed the secret Floyd fight, which is preceded by a cool cutscene in which ninjas of various colors appear in beams of light before settling on our pink friend. You then get the unique “YOU FOUND FLOYD” text flash on-screen. The idea, it appears, is that Floyd is all Mortal Kombat’s ninjas in one, a bit like Chameleon from Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3. But how do you actually trigger the fight? It’s unclear at the moment. TheThiny said the fight was discovered after a player completed “a bunch of Floyd challenges then he appears. This video was taken in the Towers.” How many challenges must be completed? We’re not sure, but it’s a lot. Could it be that each challenge completion increases the chance Floyd will turn up? We’re not sure, but maybe? Players are still working out Floyd’s moveset, which appears to combine attacks and abilities from various characters on the roster. Floyd isn’t officially playable, but that hasn’t stopped dataminers from getting hands-on with the character. What’s super cool is that beating Floyd in this secret fight unlocks a brand new stage, the beautiful Field, which players have already noticed is from the Mortal Kombat 1 announcement trailer. New Stage: Field#MK1 #MortalKombat1 [Hidden Content] — thethiny (@thethiny) January 21, 2025 So, Floyd is in Mortal Kombat 1, which means Ed Boon has finally made good on his desire to add the character. Sticking with Boon, he’s teased a T-1000 Fatality, confirmed Mortal Kombat 1 has sold over five million copies, and maybe suggested more DLC characters are on the way. Image credit: TheThiny. Wesley is the *** News Editor for IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at [email protected] or confidentially at *****@*****.tld. View the full article
***** has launched its own account system akin to the Nintendo Account or Ubisoft Connect that will "maximize" its online services and offer various benefits, kicking off with a free costume for Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii. The aptly named ***** Account was revealed on its new {LINK REMOVED}website and is described as "an online profile that gives you access to a host of benefits when playing ***** and Atlus titles and using their online services. "By creating a ***** Account, you'll receive the latest news about ***** and Atlus games, events, and promotions. Additionally, your ***** Account grants you access to exclusive bonuses and the ability to link accounts on various gaming platforms." The first of these benefits is the Kazuma Kiryu Special Outfit in Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii, which lets protagonist Goro Majima dress up as his friend, rival, and longtime Yakuza series lead. This is the same outfit ***** is giving away for signing up to email notifications, but it's unclear if that has now changed. Those with a ***** Account between January 22 and March 7 will receive the outfit, distributed via a code between February 17 and March 7. Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii itself arrives on February 21, brought forward from its original February 28 date to avoid a clash with Monster Hunter Wilds. ***** didn't announce what future benefits fans could expect, but it will presumably include its other flagship franchises such as Sonic the Hedgehog and Persona. It could also tie into a Game Pass style subscription service ***** is currently considering. As reported by the BBC, the company is currently "evaluating some opportunities" in the subscription service space and, just like PlayStation launched its Game Pass rival on the back of its established PlayStation Plus service, ***** could be setting the foundations for a similar move in the future. Fans are also speculating a connection with the impending ***** "Super Game," expected to release by the end of March 2026. While practically nothing is known about this project, ***** described it as a "large scale global title" that many fans are expecting to be an accumulation of various games akin to what Call of Duty has done with its titles or what Ubisoft is working on with Assassin's Creed Infinity: essentially a hub for myriad other games. Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He'll talk about The Witcher all day. View the full article
As the first spoilers for the upcoming Magic: The Gathering death race set Aetherdrift shoot off the starting line, one card in particular seems to be making some waves. It's Sab-Sunen, Luxa Embodied - a new Amonkhet god card that has folks feeling a certain way about a big frog. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: MTG Aetherdrift planeswalkers include biker Chandra and a busted Aetherspark MTG spoilers reveal zombie and energy Aetherdrift Commanders Magic: The Gathering release schedule 2025 View the full article
After literal years of speculation and leaks, it was nice to get an actual glimpse of the Switch 2 hardware (and its increased size) last week. But even with the console officially "revealed," there's still a wide range of important unknown Switch 2 details that Nintendo has yet to address. As we wait for the company to dribble out additional information in the coming weeks and months, we thought we'd take a quick look at the biggest outstanding questions and concerns we still have about Nintendo's next gaming platform, along with some analysis of what we know, what we can guess, and what we expect on each score. Launch date? The teaser trailer's promise of a "2025" Switch 2 release technically covers any launch date between "tomorrow" and December 31. But we can probably narrow that window down a bit. Read full article Comments View the full article
Netflix has some good news for you: it just hit 300 million subscribers! And, uh, yeah, it's also going to be charging you even more again. Read more View the full article
When it was first released back in 2023, Cities Skylines 2 had a lot of problems. There were performance issues and key parts of the simulation relating to the economy, traffic patterns, and taxation were imbalanced or frustratingly skewed. Now, more than a year later, Colossal Order's city-building sequel is in much better shape. With games like Manor Lords and the almighty Civilization 7 competing for strategy fans' attention, the new Cities Skylines 2 update, which addresses employment and the economy, is an excellent reason to keep playing or otherwise give the game another chance. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: The 20 best Cities Skylines 2 mods The best city building games 2025 Cities Skylines 2 update finally delivers the traffic tools it needs View the full article
No two Windblown runs are the same. With so many weapons and movement tools at your disposal, it delivers some of the most kinetic action I've ever experienced, and I've been eagerly waiting to see what developer Motion Twin is doing with it next. As with the studio's last game, Dead Cells, Windblown started in early access, and now we know what to expect while waiting for 1.0. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Dead Cells dev's Windblown finally updates an unfair mechanic and adds even more Windblown's first feature patch is almost here with a much-needed rework Windblown early access release date, trailers, and latest news View the full article
The arch-hag, a CR21 monster that will arrive in the new Monster Manual, may be the most tilting boss fight in all of DnD. Wizards of the Coast revealed some of the Arch-Hag's rules on Monday, and it's positively lousy with counterspells, curses, and other ways to punish the players for having the temerity to turn up at the table and start rolling dice. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: This overlooked bit of DM advice could make DnD's new monsters really sing AI dungeon master for DnD railroads players All DnD 5e languages explained View the full article
The Mantle of Mountain’s Fury is a new Unique for Barbarians added in Diablo 4’s Season of Witchcraft and is a must-have for anyone utilizing the Hammer of the Ancients. If you’re looking for this item to bolster your build, we’ve got the details you need. Mantle of Mountain’s Fury unique passive in Diablo 4 In Diablo 4, The Mantle of Mountain’s Fury provides a significant boost to the Hammer of the Ancients ability, forming a seismic line that deals damage and slows enemies hit for four seconds—while Earthquakes it passes through explode for their total damage and are consumed. View the full article
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Eternal Strands, the upcoming action-adventure game from former Dragon Age director Mike Laidlaw, has unveiled its minimum and recommended PC requirements. Eternal Strands is scheduled to launch on January 28, 2025, and players now have the necessary information to determine if their systems can run it. View the full article
Genshin Impact has officially revealed a couple of interesting changes that should go live with the upcoming Version 5.4. Genshin Impact has a tight update schedule, with a new version of the game arriving approximately every 45 days, which allows HoYoverse to make frequent adjustments. View the full article
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Asmongold has defended Elon Musk for his controversial inauguration salute and believes he was just “being stupid.” He also expressed his thoughts that he is “99 percent” certain the Holocaust happened. Musk made headlines at Trump’s inauguration as the 47th President of the United States. He took the stage for a speech and then saluted the crowd with a pump of his chest and a straight arm in the air, which he did twice. View the full article