J. R. R. Tolkien's famous fantasy creation is one filled with vast dichotomies, much like the ******* of history he lived through. You have the bucolic existence of the Hobbits contrasting with Sauron and Saruman's industrial evils, being weaved together throughout the story before culminating in the Scouring of the Shire. That sense of wild contrast is fully alive in The Lord of the Rings Online, which has just unleashed some new horrors on players while also giving them the most relaxing hobby ever to enjoy. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Free MMORPG celebrates 17th anniversary with massive annual event I'm a big Tolkien fan, and I need this new Rohan gaming keyboard The new Lord of the Rings MMO wants to be around for a decade View the full article
I don't know about you but I've never associated the Metal Slug series with strategy. The legendary run and **** games have always had more in common with Contra, Shootas, Blood & Teef, and Broforce rather than slower, more cerebral offerings like Final Fantasy Tactics, Triangle Strategy, or ***** Emblem. That's all changed now, as Metal Slug Tactics is here to serve up a side order of strategy along with the series' trademark explosive action. Read the rest of the story... View the full article
The Borderlands Movie hit box offices back in August to poor results, to say the least. But Take-Two Interactive CEO Strauss Zelnick doesn't think the film hurt the Borderlands video game franchise at all. In fact, if anything, he thinks the movie was good for the games. Speaking to IGN ahead of the company's Q2 earnings call today, Zelnick admitted that Borderlands hadn't performed as well as he'd hoped, but that he doesn't feel too torn up about it: "Obviously that movie was disappointing," he said. "That said, it actually sold more catalog. So, I don't think it hurt at all, if anything I think it may have helped a little bit. It does highlight something that I've spoken about many times which is the difficulty of bringing our intellectual property to another medium." What Zelnick is referring to here are his previous comments on video game film adaptations. When we spoke to him back in August, he told us that the economic impact of licensing a game IP to a movie is small, and in previous interviews (like this one with Inverse) he's talked about how risky it is to adapt vidoe game licenses to other mediums. While it didn't seem to hurt Borderlands in this instance, it's clear that the performance of the film has confirmed at least some of Zelnick's predictions about such an endeavor. We gave the Borderlands film a 3/10 at IGN, calling it "a catastrophic disappointment that plays like hacked-to-pieces studio slop, betraying everything fans adore about Gearbox Software’s franchise in derivative, regrettable fashion." Meanwhile, Take-Two confirmed in its earnings that Borderlands 4 is still planned for release in fiscal 2026 (which runs from April 2025 through March 2026), as is ******: The Old Country. Grand Theft Auto 6 is still planned for fall of 2025, with Zelnick saying he still feels confident in that date. Ken Levine's Judas is still TBA, with Zelnick telling IGN that he feels "really, really good about it and I think Ken Levine's team is totally focused on innovation." Take-Two says it has approximately 37 games expected to release through its fiscal 2027. The company reported today net bookings of $1.47 billion driven by GTA and Borderlands, with digitally delivered net bookings accounting for 96% of the total. 82% of Take-Two's console game sales were digital for the quarter, up from 75% at this time last year. Grand Theft Auto 5 has sold over 205 million units globally, Red ***** Redemption 2 has sold over 67 million units, and NBA 2K25, which launched September 3, has reached nearly 4.5 million copies sold. Take-Two is expecting full year net bookings of between $5.55 billion and $5.65 billion. The company also just announced it sold its indie Private Division label to an unknown buyer, after the label suffered a slow demise including layoffs and studio closures. Rebekah Valentine is a senior reporter for IGN. You can find her posting on BlueSky @duckvalentine.bsky.social. Got a story tip? Send it to [email protected]. View the full article
Changing up Rooks look is now easier for players to do than ever before in Dragon Age. Dragon Age: The Veilguard is the newest entry in a series that has been dormant for ten years, but that long hibernation has brought plenty of great changes. Like past games, and other fantasy RPGs, players can create their own custom character to play as. However, unlike past games, The Veilguard allows players to change their appearance after theyve already started the game. View the full article
Take-Two Interactive has announced they’ve sold off publishing label Private Division for an undisclosed number to an undisclosed buyer. Company CEO Strauss Zelnick confirmed the news to GamesIndustry.biz and said they will reveal the buyer of Private Division “relatively soon.” The new buyer has acquired the Private Division publishing label but also all its live […] Source View the full article
The strength of a Pokémon that you can catch in Pokémon Go is determined by their combat power (CP), which you can see directly underneath them when you catch and level them up. Every Pokémon has a maximum CP limit they can reach, and some are significantly stronger than others. A Pokémon’s CP is a combination of their *******, defense, and stamina stats, which determines how hard they hit with attacks, how much they can endure from an ****** *******, and how much health they have. The higher CP for a Pokémon means these stats are larger, and if you’re looking for a Pokémon with the largest amount of CP, there is a certifiable winner. Here’s what you need to know about the Pokémon with the highest CP in Pokémon Go, and how you can get it. View the full article
World of Warcraft is doing away with the old Renown system for Plunderstorm, instead replacing it with the Plunderstore a marketplace where players buy the items they want. This rewards system, along with new cosmetics to earn, will be introduced during the second run of Plunderstorm in World of Warcraft. View the full article
Take-Two has sold its indie publishing label Private Division. It announced the move alongside its second quarter earnings results on Wednesday, but it didn’t disclose who the studio was sold to or for how much. “We recently made the strategic decision to sell our Private Division label so we could focus our resources on growing our core businesses for the long term,” Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick told Variety. “So as part of that transaction, the buyer purchased substantially all of Private Division’s existing and unreleased titles. Read More... View the full article
Take-Two has sold indie publisher Private Division to an unknown buyer in the wake of shuttering Roll7 and Intercept Games, saying that it wants to focus on its core and mobile businesses going forward. While virtually all of Private Division's live and unreleased games will go to the new buyer, Take-Two says it will continue to support No Rest for the Wicked, the recently-released action RPG from Moon Studios that's currently in early access. Take-Two announced the move during Wednesday's earnings results, saying in a statement, "We are grateful for the contributions that the Private Division team has made to our company and are confident that they will continue to achieve success in their new home." The Private Division ***** follows Take-Two's decision to wind down indie studios Roll7 and Intercept Games, both of which operated under the label's umbrella. An IGN report at the time revealed Take-Two's plans to offload the label and that it had found interest from a private equity firm, with discussions faciliated by individuals with connnections to Moon Studios leadership. It's unclear whether that firm ultimately followed through on its interest. Private Division was founded in 2017 with the goal of provide funding and support to "triple-I" game such as The Outer Worlds. Its upcoming releases include Tales of the Shire, the cozy Lords of the Rings game that was recently delayed into 2025, and an untitled action-adventure game from Game Freak codenamed Project Bloom. Take-Two has spent much of 2024 trying to sell Private Division, telling employees in April that it would no longer support the label and laying off many of its employees. A small group has remained to continue support No Rest for the Wicked as well as Private Division's other upcoming games. Take-Two, for its part, is turning even more of its focus toward Grand Theft Auto VI, which it still expects to release in fall 2025. Kat Bailey is IGN's News Director as well as co-host of Nintendo Voice Chat. Have a tip? Send her a DM at @the_katbot. View the full article
I’ve been transported back to a childhood spent doodling plans in notebooks, with thoughts about what Deadlock duo lane I can craft next swirling in my head. My youthful days spent coming up with my very own made-up superhero teams has prepared me for this new obsession with Deadlock’s cast of hard-boiled heroic weirdos. If you’re anything like me, you too have been caught with thirty browser tabs open on Deadlock items and abilities and a wild look in your eyes. Friends, we need to band together and cook up the perfect lanes, let our weirdest and best ideas off the page and into the wilds to trouble our enemies... Read more.View the full article
Gnomes are hidden collectibles in Fortnite's Battle Royale Remix in different locations around the Chapter 2 map for this mode. Gathering these decorations will help you complete secret quests, earning you a lot of XP for this season. Since you don't know where a gnome can be found, you'll have to search far and wide to collect them all. View the full article
We'll have a review of Planet Coaster 2 soon, but I keep making Brendy do other tasks so he's not had enough time yet to ride the rails. That means it falls to me to at least let you know that Frontier's theme park builder is out now. Read more View the full article
There are plenty of unique locations you can visit around the island in Fortnite Remix, but not all of them are easy to find. You need to track down certain spots to finish some daily quests, as is the case with the search containers at base camps task. Finding and visiting locations you’re not familiar with can be tough, but it’s always worth doing if you want to claim as much XP as possible. If you need help navigating through this daily quest, here’s how to search containers at base camps in Fortnite Remix. View the full article
The latest developer blog post for Genshin Impact highlights the new quality-of-life features for Artifacts and announces major changes coming to Elemental Reactions in Version 5.2. While Genshin Impact has never shied away from expanding its gameplay, it wasn't until the Fontaine era that HoYoverse made a pivot towards adding meaningful quality-of-life features on a regular basis. This trend continued in Natlan, as Version 5.0 made several changes to Genshin Impact's gacha system and Battle Pass. View the full article
One of the true godfathers of the RTS genre, StarCraft's gripping, strategic multiplayer action has likely sapped up hundreds or thousands of hours of your time over the years. While multiplayer is already free to play in both the original and its successor, PC Game Pass subscribers can now ***** into StarCraft Remastered and all of the expansion content from StarCraft 2 as part of their subscription. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Sweeping StarCraft 2 patch balances the game ahead of impending Game Pass launch StarCraft 2 and Remastered are coming to PC Game Pass Diablo 4 and Call of Duty deals lead big Blizzard holiday ***** View the full article
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Disney Dreamlight Valley is a video game that offers customization and decoration mechanics like no other. With a ton of creative freedom for players to explore as well as a never-ending amount of cosmetic and decorative items to collect, Disney Dreamlight Valley is currently at the forefront of the simulator gaming scene. However, one of the gameplay features that makes the game a roaring success is the fact that it is ultimately a farming sim. Appealing to fans of farming sim mechanics as well as the cozy gaming community, the game's farming features are both repetitive and relaxing in a way that encourages players to return to the game regularly. View the full article
World of Warcraft is adding four new glyphs in Patch 11.0.7 that let Outlaw Rogues customize the appearance of their ******* Shot ability. While the exact visuals used by these glyphs are currently unknown, World of Warcraft players with the Inscription profession will likely be able to create these cosmetics once the next content update releases. View the full article
I would never have predicted there'd be an isometric tactics game based on run-and-**** series Metal Slug, yet here Metal Slug Tactics is, and I am here for it. We've been following its development for a while but it's out now on Steam, and seemingly as strong as its demo suggested. Read more View the full article
A new update for the 2024 remake of Until Dawn gives players on PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 5 Pro the ability to prioritize graphics or frame rate. Until Dawn Patch 1.06 lets players on either version of the PS5 switch between Performance and Fidelity modes, as well as giving PC players monitor switching support. View the full article
The recent Silent Hill 2 remake will be enhanced for PS5 Pro. Released for PS5 and PC in October, Silent Hill 2 sold over a million copies in its first three days, instantly becoming a huge hit. Soon, PS5 Pro owners will be able to play an even better version of this modern classic. View the full article
The Obelisk in Brighter Shores is a crucial quest that you need to complete to use the Obelisk, which is required to tune your weapons and armor. Here is everything you need to know about completing the Obelisk quest in Brighter Shores. View the full article
Steam’s new game recording feature is now out of beta and available for everyone. A built-in system for creating and sharing gameplay footage, it works with any game that supports the Steam overlay, including non-Steam titles. It features a background recording mode which continuously saves gameplay as well as an on demand mode with manual start and stop. Read More... View the full article
Stardew Valley's major 1.6 update is now live on all platforms and, as so often happens with these things, there are a few problems cropping up. None of them seem too major, which is good news, but there does appear to be some performance issues cropping up for some players. Luckily, there is a workaround, and it may be the purest, most Stardew-like fix of all time... Read more.View the full article
new Variety report says Arcane, Riot's League of Legends-based animated series, cost a whopping $250 million for just two seasons, an astounding pile of money that makes it "far and away" the most expensive animated series ever produced for television or streaming platforms... Read more.View the full article
The idea of a world where everything is made by players is a compelling one, and it's something Pax Dei is attempting to make manifest. Similar to other social survival titles like Conan Exiles, Rust, or Valheim, Pax Dei contains a huge open world filled with monsters to slay, humans to *****, resources to gather, and plots you can build upon. Released back in June, its first content update has now arrived, and almost every aspect of the game has been altered, but be warned - there's a downside too. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Pax Dei is an ambitious, gorgeous MMO that isn't worth playing yet MMO Pax Dei criticized for $100 launch edition and early access woes Huge new MMORPG Pax Dei finally launches in Steam Early Access View the full article
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J. R. R. Tolkien's famous fantasy creation is one filled with vast dichotomies, much like the ******* of history he lived through. You have the bucolic existence of the Hobbits contrasting with Sauron and Saruman's industrial evils, being weaved together throughout the story before culminating in the Scouring of the Shire. That sense of wild contrast is fully alive in The Lord of the Rings Online, which has just unleashed some new horrors on players while also giving them the most relaxing hobby ever to enjoy. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Free MMORPG celebrates 17th anniversary with massive annual event I'm a big Tolkien fan, and I need this new Rohan gaming keyboard The new Lord of the Rings MMO wants to be around for a decade View the full article