Ubisoft has seemingly leaked the first expansion for Japan-set Assassin's Creed Shadows following its announcement of another delay. As reported by Insider Gaming, the game's Steam page was momentarily updated to include information on a 10-hour piece of downloadable content called Claws of Awaji, which will add a whole new map to the open-world game. "Pre-purchase now to get a bonus mission and the upcoming Claws of Awaji expansion," the Steam page read. "Travel to a new region, get over 10 hours of additional content, and unlock a new weapon type, new skills, gear, and abilities." Travel to a new region, get over 10 hours of additional content, and unlock a new weapon type, new skills, gear, and abilities. The phrasing is a little confusing, as it makes it sound as though Claws of Awaji will only be available to those who pre-purchase the game, similar to the previously announced "bonus mission" Thrown to the Dogs. This would be unusual, however, as major expansions such as this are usually reserved for Season Passes. That being said, Ubisoft is ditching the Season Pass model for Assassin's Creed Shadows following major practice shake-ups in the wake of Star Wars Outlaws underperforming. Alongside scrapping the Season Pass, which would typically let players access two larger expansions for an additional $30 or so, Ubisoft is cancelling plans to charge players more to play on launch day. It is therefore assumed DLC expansions such as Claws of Awaji will be made free for all players. Though details are restricted to the brief paragraph published to Steam, the name Claws of Awaji does shed some light on what players will find in the DLC. Ubisoft quietly revealed Assassin's Creed Shadows' world map in the Collector's Edition trailer, which showed nine detailed regions plus one small island left blank. This island is the Awaji the Claws of Awaji title presumably references, meaning this currently blank area of the map should one day be filled in through DLC. Awaji Island is perhaps most famous for its prominence in the Japanese religion of Shinto, where it is said to be the first island created in the world through the legend of Izanagi and Izanami. As Assassin's Creed has delved further and further into mythology and not just history with recent releases, especially in the role-playing game series which Shadows belongs to, fans will perhaps get to delve into Japanese legends with the addition of the Claws of Awaji. It will be longer than expected before this is possible, of course, as Ubisoft has delayed Assassin's Creed Shadows once again, this time to March 20. It was first pushed to February 14 from its November 12 release date. A lot rests on the shoulders of Assassin's Creed Shadows as not only the long-awaited Japan-set entry and the first full Assassin's Creed since 2020, but a struggling Ubisoft needs it to perform well following recent flops and investor frustration. It's not enjoyed a particularly positive promotional ******* so far, however, with the development team having to apologize on separate occasions for inaccuracies in Assassin's Creed Shadows' depictions of Japan and using a historical recreation group's flag without permission. Yet another controversy came as collectible figure maker PureArts removed an Assassin's Creed Shadows statue from ***** over its "insensitive" design, and combined with the two delays, fans are growing increasingly impatient as a result. Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He'll talk about The Witcher all day. View the full article
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League of Legends season 15 is here, and with it plenty of in-game changes that drastically alter the way the good ol' fashioned push and pull of Summoner's Rift goes down. However, alongside a fresh coat of paint, a new champion, and some significant changes to the map courtesy of feats of strength and a new map boss, there are a few bugs that are rubbing folks the wrong way. Read more View the full article
It feels like there's been an ARPG renaissance over the past couple of years. 2023 marked the return of the OG dungeon crawler with Diablo 4, then 2024 saw the triumphant arrival of Path of Exile 2. Last Epoch, however, was primed to take its place at the top, with over 264,000 players diving in when it launched back in February of last year. Now, that number is barely breaking 2,500, with its last big event taking place in October and Season 2 set for April. As a result, some claim that the game is "dead," but game director Judd 'Moxjet200' Cobbler assures us otherwise. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: New Last Epoch updates make it a serious contender to Path of Exile 2 in 2025 Last Epoch dev has solutions for some of the Diablo rival's biggest frustrations Last Epoch Imperial Uprising adds an essential new feature to the ARPG View the full article
Another handheld! Although not a gaming handheld like you may have been thinking. The Mecha Comet is a small handheld modular Linux computer around the size of a phone. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article
Teamwork makes the dream work, whether in life, esports, or in the wonderful comic book world of Marvel. Marvel Rivals has plenty of powerful Team-Up abilities you can use to dominate the battlefield. but you need to know what they are before you can start using them. Every character you can play has their own unique abilities unlike any other. But there are also special Team-Up abilities that might inspire you to strategically craft your teams, like Rocket and Groot or Iron Man and Hulk, to create powerful combos. Here are all of the available Team-Ups in Marvel Rivals and what each one does. View the full article
Marvel Rivals season one dropped on Jan. 10, introducing new maps and characters, including Mr. Fantastic and the Invisible Woman. Both heroes have skins, but you can get one for Sue Storm for free called Blood Shield. While a blood and vampire-related skin may not be the most accurate, comic book-wise, it makes sense in season one of Marvel Rivals. That’s because the season centers around Dracula taking over an alternate reality of New York. With that in mind, the Blood Shield skin perfectly plays alongside this theme, and it’s available for free if you’ve got time to grind it. View the full article
Ahead of its original release date, several editions of Assassin’s Creed Shadows were announced, each including different content at different price points. This is a pretty common release model for AAA games at this point, though the quality of these different editions can range wildly. For instance, the Deluxe Edition of Madden 25 was basically just the base game with some in-game currency bundled in at a slight discount. Fortunately, it looks like Assassin’s Creed Shadows may have a more generous plan for its different editions, at least if nothing changes from its initial price points. View the full article
I'm not a League of Legends player but I am enjoying Arcane. That's only partially the reason why this gaming PC over at Hyte's CES 2025 booth wins my gaming PC of the show award (a prize I just made up)... Read more.View the full article
Broadly speaking, there are two types of zombie games. In column A, we have Resident Evil and The Last of Us, highly choreographed, self-serious affairs that prioritize careful item management, rich atmosphere, and scripted scares. And in column B, it's State of Decay, Dying Light, and, to a lesser extent, Project Zomboid. Here, it's more about freedom and fun. Rather than caution, you play with style. The gore is plentiful and the undead come in hordes. Originally released all the way back in 1998, the same year that Half-Life gifted us the iconic headcrab monsters, one zombie classic feels like it falls somewhere in the middle, and now it's getting a huge new remake. Welcome back to The House of the Dead 2. Read the rest of the story... View the full article
My Curse of Strahd D&D players have taken a lot of punishment lately. It didn't surprise me, then, that they were reluctant to leap into another battle in our first session of the year. Spell slots were in short supply after a brutal crawl through Castle Ravenloft, and long rests looked unlikely. What did surprise me was the way they chose to cheese their way around combat - fishing zombies out of a room full of water, then blowing them up. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: DnD's new Monster Manual makes dragons scary again, with gnarly signature moves DnD sizes explained All DnD classes explained View the full article
The Marvel Rivals Season 1 update appears to have done more than add the Fantastic Four — players say it's also cracked down on mods. Ever since Marvel Rivals’ hugely successful December launch players have used mods to create custom skins despite concern over account bans. Popular mods include turning Iron Man into Vegeta from Dragon Ball and Mantis into a goth. There’s even a mod that turns Jeff the Land Shark into Pochita from Chainsaw Man. Using mods violates Marvel Rivals’ terms of use, and developer NetEase itself has warned players against modifying game files. Despite the risk of getting banned, Marvel Rivals mods remain hugely popular. Until now. Players are reporting the Season 1 update has added asset hash checking, which in turn has disabled mods. The official Marvel Rivals Discord is starting to fill up with questions from bemused players who are asking why their mods aren’t working, and social media is now bubbling up the explanation. IGN has asked NetEase for comment. Some have suggested mod makers may be able to issue workarounds for their creations, but as it stands Marvel Rivals is a mod-free game. And the crackdown perhaps comes as little surprise. NetEase generates revenue from the free-to-play hero shooter through the ***** of premium skins. If modding threatens that revenue in any way, NetEase will have taken a dim view. We’ve seen a similar crackdown from other developers who sell premium skins for their games. Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 developer Saber Interactive and publisher Focus Entertainment at one point disabled mods for the game, although later reversed its decision. Will NetEase for Marvel Rivals? In the meantime, check out the Marvel Rivals Season 1 patch notes, and official stats that reveal Marvel Rivals' pick and win rates in Quickplay and Competitive modes for Season 0. And keep an eye on the latest Marvel Rivals codes for free skins, and vote on the strongest Marvel Rivals characters in our community tier list. Image credit: Vegeta as Iron Man mod on Nexus Mods. 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
The Magic: The Gathering card Collector's Cage has spiked in price, going from $3.40 on January 4, 2025 to $10 at time of writing. That's a pretty speedy rise of 194% in just six days, and though it seems to have leveled out for now, more expensive variants of the card continue to gain value. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: MTG gives classic card its first real reprint in 27 years Uncommon MTG bounce spell suddenly spikes in value by 900% The best MTG cards of all time View the full article
Since JoyToy released its first licensed Warhammer 40,000 action figures back in 2021, fans have been united behind a single dream - if you somehow had two armies of these massive figures, could you play a giant game of Warhammer with them? Warhammer fan Chris Tilley and his friends brought that dream to life at Illinois game store Fantasy Books and Games earlier this year, in a titanic showdown between the Ultramarines and Sons of Horus. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Why everyone loves Tyberos the Red Wake, Warhammer 40k's biggest Space Marine Free Warhammer 40k fan game lets you model Drukhari lingerie Warhammer 40k is cool, but this fan-made Gundam wargame uses actual airguns View the full article
Updated January 10, 2025: New codes added! Welcome to Zenless Zone Zero, a post-apocalyptic RPG made by the creative minds behind the ever-popular Genshin Impact. Explore the futuristic haven known as New Eridu and face the menacing Entities that threaten to wipe out humanity. When the situation gets dire, redeem Zenless Zone Zero codes. All Zenless Zone Zero codes list Active Zenless Zone Zero codes ASTRANOMICAL — 300 Polychromes, 30k Dennies, 2 Senior Investigator Log, and 3 W-Engine Module (New) ZZZFM — 3 Senior Investigator Log, 3 W-Engine Module, 3 Ether Planting Agent, Ether Battery, and 40k Dennies (New) ZZZASSEMBLE — 50 Polychromes MIYABIRELEASE — 60 Polychromes HARUMASAFREE — 50 Polychromes VOIDHUNTER — 300 Polychromes, 30k Dennies, 2 Senior Investigator Logs, and 3 W-Engine Modules VIRTUALREVENGE — 300 Polychromes, 30k Dennies, 2 Senior Investigator Logs, and 3 W-Engine Modules HSAHLWFEFE — 60 Polychromes an...View the full article
Call of Duty: ****** Ops 6 developer Treyarch Studios has confirmed that the game's second season will be released on Tuesday, January 28, which will also bring a plethora of new content to the free-to-play Battle Royale title, Call of Duty: Warzone. Season 1 of Call of Duty: ****** Ops 6 and Warzone kicked off on November 14 and will have lasted for a total of 75 days by the time Season 2 rolls around, making it one of the longest seasons in Call of Duty history. View the full article
Marvel Rivals has surprised fans by giving them a chance to earn a free skin for Thor during Season 1's event, Midnight Features. When Dracula traps Doctor Strange and launches an attack on New York City, The Fantastic Four spring into action to protect their world. This is the plot of Marvel Rivals' new season. Gamers have been able to jump into the action since January 10, and the season will end on April 11. View the full article
Hardware vendor System76 continue building up their new Linux desktop environment, COSMIC, with a fifth alpha now available for testing. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article
Dang it. Sleeping Dogs - a very good game about an undercover cop infitrating Hong Kong's triads by lying and backing that lying up by kicking half the population of the special administrative region right in the face - is no longer set to be getting a film adaptation starring Donnie Yen. Read more View the full article
Want to build a robot? They have software for that. Design a factory? Check. Autonomous cars, drug discovery, video games – they have that too. And it is not just a basic application on offer; it has multiple layers – for designing a robot, modeling out its physical world interactions,... Read Entire Article View the full article
As a few of you might know, each Sunday at 4pm GMT I run Booked For The Week - a regular chat with a selection of cool industry folks about what they're reading, what they're hoping to read next, and what books they recommend. The very secret goal of the column is for the guests to name every book ever written. It's a task every single one has failed miserably at with two notable exceptions. One was Dan Griliopoulos, who listed 400 books in a document before he got bored and gave up - a heroic, if ultimately futile effort. The other was Warren Spector back in November, who not only gave me the longest and most detailed reply I'd had before or since, but also followed up several times to add more books to the list. Read more View the full article
Marvel Rivals’ player count is looking better than ever. The game launched in December 2024 and has boasted admirable player numbers ever since. NetEase constantly adds new content to Marvel Rivals to keep it balanced and fun. On Jan. 10, season one dropped, introducing a handful of changes, including two Fantastic Four members—Mr. Fantastic and Invisible Woman. These additions are bound to attract even more players to play the game, but what does their number look like right now? View the full article
"Oh, and one last thing..." teased the narration for yesterday's Like A Dragon Direct showcase on Like A Dragon: Pirate Yakuza In Hawaii, before announcing that the RPG will be getting New Game+ mode as part of a free post-launch update. It then cut to Majima and his crew making celebratory noises on deck. This follows last year's Infinite Wealth catching some backlash for the decision to lock the mode behind a £15/€15/$15 edition upgrade. Unrelated, but I've decided to stop putting angry spiders through your letterbox every morning. I know, I know. Come on now. Hero is such a strong word. Read more View the full article
Jan. 10’s LoLdle quote had a pretty helpful hint right out of the gate. But even then, it took me double-digit attempts to correctly guess which League of Legends champ said this voice line. The only way you’d have a real shot at getting this voice line figured out in one turn is by having played the champion before, as the quote is relatively vague and could apply to multiple choices. Even if you have played this character, the champion that says this line doesn’t have the most stand-out voice, so you might be guessing for a while. View the full article
The helmet in My Summer Car is a great item available on the desk in the bedroom at home upon starting a new game. That reduces the chance of death from a vehicle during a ******, but for some players, the danger is more exciting than the safety it provides. While you are required to wear the helmet during certain parts of the game, such as police checkpoints and the Rally Spring Race, players have a hard time removing it after putting it on, no matter how many times they smash the F key. View the full article
Every game engine has its defining, instantly recognizable quirk. When you think of Rockstar's RAGE, you picture the flailing, floppy hit reactions from GTA 4 and Red Dead Redemption 2. With Bethesda's Creation Engine, it's the eerily blank faces of Skyrim and Fallout. The CryEngine set your PC on fire. And then there's Source and its 2015 successor Source 2. For me, Valve's engine will always be synonymous with the same thing: extremely dramatic, slapstick ragdolls. Shoot a Combine trooper with Half-Life 2's crossbow and they'll fly through the air like a giant, fleshy balloon - they look like those inflatable stick guys outside used car lots. Built with Source 2, Counter-Strike 2 has recently inherited the same, trademark body physics, but alongside tweaking Train, Valve has just toned them right down. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Best CS2 crosshair codes list used by pros The best Counter-Strike 2 console commands and cheats New Counter-Strike 2 map Train hides a mysterious reference to Portal View the full article
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Ubisoft has seemingly leaked the first expansion for Japan-set Assassin's Creed Shadows following its announcement of another delay. As reported by Insider Gaming, the game's Steam page was momentarily updated to include information on a 10-hour piece of downloadable content called Claws of Awaji, which will add a whole new map to the open-world game. "Pre-purchase now to get a bonus mission and the upcoming Claws of Awaji expansion," the Steam page read. "Travel to a new region, get over 10 hours of additional content, and unlock a new weapon type, new skills, gear, and abilities." Travel to a new region, get over 10 hours of additional content, and unlock a new weapon type, new skills, gear, and abilities. The phrasing is a little confusing, as it makes it sound as though Claws of Awaji will only be available to those who pre-purchase the game, similar to the previously announced "bonus mission" Thrown to the Dogs. This would be unusual, however, as major expansions such as this are usually reserved for Season Passes. That being said, Ubisoft is ditching the Season Pass model for Assassin's Creed Shadows following major practice shake-ups in the wake of Star Wars Outlaws underperforming. Alongside scrapping the Season Pass, which would typically let players access two larger expansions for an additional $30 or so, Ubisoft is cancelling plans to charge players more to play on launch day. It is therefore assumed DLC expansions such as Claws of Awaji will be made free for all players. Though details are restricted to the brief paragraph published to Steam, the name Claws of Awaji does shed some light on what players will find in the DLC. Ubisoft quietly revealed Assassin's Creed Shadows' world map in the Collector's Edition trailer, which showed nine detailed regions plus one small island left blank. This island is the Awaji the Claws of Awaji title presumably references, meaning this currently blank area of the map should one day be filled in through DLC. Awaji Island is perhaps most famous for its prominence in the Japanese religion of Shinto, where it is said to be the first island created in the world through the legend of Izanagi and Izanami. As Assassin's Creed has delved further and further into mythology and not just history with recent releases, especially in the role-playing game series which Shadows belongs to, fans will perhaps get to delve into Japanese legends with the addition of the Claws of Awaji. It will be longer than expected before this is possible, of course, as Ubisoft has delayed Assassin's Creed Shadows once again, this time to March 20. It was first pushed to February 14 from its November 12 release date. A lot rests on the shoulders of Assassin's Creed Shadows as not only the long-awaited Japan-set entry and the first full Assassin's Creed since 2020, but a struggling Ubisoft needs it to perform well following recent flops and investor frustration. It's not enjoyed a particularly positive promotional ******* so far, however, with the development team having to apologize on separate occasions for inaccuracies in Assassin's Creed Shadows' depictions of Japan and using a historical recreation group's flag without permission. Yet another controversy came as collectible figure maker PureArts removed an Assassin's Creed Shadows statue from ***** over its "insensitive" design, and combined with the two delays, fans are growing increasingly impatient as a result. Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He'll talk about The Witcher all day. View the full article For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]