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Whether you enjoyed or hated the Star Wars sequels, you gotta admit Kylo Ren (Ben Solo) was a pretty great villain, in part thanks to Adam Driver's nuanced performance throughout the three movies. Many fans had been asking for more stories centered around him, and now Lucasfilm and Marvel Comics are answering with an ongoing series written by Charles Soule. Read more View the full article

World of Warcraft has been around since 2004—doesn’t time fly? The 20th Anniversary event for one of the most influential MMORPGs in history runs from Oct. 23 to Jan. 6, 2025, and it’s worth checking out, no matter your character’s level and gear. Here’s a breakdown of the main trio of events that are part of the 20th Anniversary celebrations in WoW, looking at how you can take part and some handy tips and tricks for winning. View the full article

Overcoming this issue was crucial for Nvidia, as it aims to maintain its dominant position in the AI chip market. As demand for high-performance AI computing solutions continues to surge, the successful launch of Blackwell will play a pivotal role in providing the necessary hardware. Read Entire Article View the full article

New Polish studio From Chaos consist of former members of Witcher developers CD Projekt Red, Frostpunk developers 11 bit studios and 4X household Paradox Interactive, led by erstwhile Gwent programmer Tomek Dietrich - so it's no huge surprise that their debut game, Liegecraft, is a big beardy historical strategy RPG. It's a hex and turn-based experience in which you play a dinky little despot running around a medieval world building castles, taking vassals, mustering armies, and going on quests that involve branching dialogue. It's got a pleasant upstairs-downstairs vibe. On the one hand, you get to paint toy towns on hexagons, as in a traditional 4X or Civ clone; on the other, you can smash-cut to a banqueting scene and watch a ******** dignitary throw a goblet at your master of horse. Here's the trailer. Read more View the full article

The developer of the Yooka-Laylee remaster has teased a release on the Switch 2, announcing today the game is set for launch on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and S, and “Nintendo platforms.” That’s a clear nod to Nintendo’s next console, which the company has yet to formally announce. But that hasn’t stopped a handful of developers from indicating they’re working on bringing their games to Switch 2. Last month, with Nintendo fan excitement for Switch 2 reaching fever pitch, Pathea Games, developer of the multi-million selling RPG/farming/life series My Time, announced My Time At Evershine by saying it was “committed” to launching on PC, Xbox Series X and S, PS5, and “future Nintendo platforms yet to be announced.” Now *** developer Playtonic has got in on the act, announcing that Yooka-Replaylee, the remake of its 2017 spiritual successor to Rare's Banjo-Kazooie, is headed to PS5, Xbox Series X and S, and “Nintendo platforms.” While there’s no release date yet, Yooka-Replaylee’s latest trailer includes the Nintendo logo, as opposed to the Switch logo, with the game’s trademark googly eyes resting on top of “Nintendo.” “Experience the definitive version of Yooka and Laylee's very first adventure on a platform of your choice when the game launches on... wait, too soon for that,” Playtonic teased. "Ssssstay tuned." Nintendo has also said it won’t release the Switch 2 before the end of its current financial year, which runs to March 31, 2025. When it does eventually release the console, Nintendo expects to have plenty of stock available, which in turn will hopefully combat scalping. So, what other games can fans expect to see on Switch 2? Last year, Ubisoft boss Yves Guillemot said he regretted releasing Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope on the Nintendo Switch, and wished the company had instead waited for the console's successor. Perhaps we will see a Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope Switch 2 port, then. For more on what may eventually become the Switch 2, you can read everything else we know about the company’s next console. 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

Logging into PUBG for the first time can feel daunting due to the various modes and playlists available. Casual Mode is one of the initial modes you might be tempted to play. While the developers originally created the mode to allow new players to get used to battle royale gameplay and the game before facing actual players, players have used it for varying reasons since it was introduced. View the full article

Call of Duty: ****** Ops 6 isn't even available globally at the time of writing, but a Twitch streamer has already become the first player in the world to unlock a gold ******* camo. While Call of Duty: ****** Ops 6 is set to launch globally on October 25, ********* fans and content creators are using the New Zealand trick on Xbox to play the game almost a full day before its worldwide release. View the full article

Denuvo has pushed back against some of the negativity surrounding its public image. The notorious anti-tamper software has been lambasted by PC gamers for years, and Denuvo is now on a mission to address the longstanding concerns against it. View the full article

Like almost every bit of news when it comes to Star Wars outside the official channels, take the following with a good dose of salt, but it's starting to sound like 2025 could mark Lucasfilm's big year when it comes to finally getting to ****** Star Wars movies that aren't a downsized season of television. Read more View the full article

Space can be a lonely place, and No Man's Sky typifies that. Its vast, expansive universe is often devoid of other humans, giving the game an authentic interstellar experience. View the full article

Jacques Treiner, a theoretical physicist at Université Paris Cité, has examined the effects of walking speed on the amount of rainwater a person encounters. His insights might just change your tactics. Read Entire Article View the full article

Another month, another Helldivers 2 Warbond for you to potentially consider grabbing, depending on what you think of its contents. This time, Arrowhead's gone for a Ministry of Truth theme, and the chance to look like you follow every order to the letter. Read more View the full article

We're just three days away from the official launch of the AMD Ryzen 9000X3D range, with the 9800X3D expected to be the flagship product of the new gaming CPU range. As we get ever closer to that launch, leaks of official images and performance data are arriving at a steady rate, with the latest ***** reportedly showing AMD's official figures for the expected performance of the new chip. With this processor firmly expected to be the new best gaming CPU option you can buy, hype has been huge in the lead-up to its launch, with rife speculation about its performance. We've already seen Intel admit its own upcoming Core Ultra 200 CPUs won't beat it, and seen several other AMD 9800X3D benchmark leaks, but today's ***** is reportedly of AMD's own official figures, and it also includes several other key details about the new chip. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D box art just leaked, and this new gaming CPU looks good If this leaked AMD Ryzen CPU is in the Steam Deck 2, then we're in for a treat New AMD Ryzen gaming CPUs are coming for your old motherboard, says ***** View the full article

The “What you can make dance by putting a little boogie in it, in an old joke” clue on today’s NYT Mini Crossword challenges you to find the right word related to this silly joke. It’s tougher than you might expect to solve this one. This is an easy clue to get stumped by, so here are some hints and the answer to help you solve the “What you can make dance by putting a little boogie in it, in an old joke” clue on the Oct. 24 NYT Mini Crossword puzzle. View the full article

Call of Duty: ****** Ops 6 is rolling out across the world (in New Zealand first, as is Call of Duty tradition), and fans are already getting stuck into the shooter’s annual camo grind. For one Call of Duty streamer the race is on for world firsts — with one in the bag already. Call of Duty Twitch streamer Reidboyy, who IGN has reported on in the past for unlocking Modern Warfare 3’s most coveted camo after a near 76-hour grind, took just over an hour to obtain the gold camo for the XM4, and took to X/Twitter to declare the world first. FIRST PERSON IN THE WORLD TO HAVE GOLD CAMO IN #BlackOps6 GOLD XM4 [Hidden Content] — Reidboyy (@Reidboy24) October 24, 2024 ****** Ops 6 has four Mastery Camos to be earned in each mode (Multiplayer, Zombies, and Warzone). The camo in question is the Gold Multiplayer Mastery Camo. This Tier 1 Mastery Camo is unlocked by earning all nine Military Camos and two Special Camos in the corresponding mode, and then completing the applicable Camo Challenge. It’s incredibly impressive that Reidboyy was able to achieve this in just an hour. Reidboyy has said his target is to unlock all of ****** Ops 6’s camos by the end of this weekend. If he hasn’t managed it by midnight Sunday, October 27, he’ll consider his grind an “L.” A "W," then, would mean getting all ****** Ops 6's coveted Dark Matter camos in Multiplayer. For the record, here’s everything involved in getting Dark Matter camo in ****** Ops 6, per Activision: Access by earning Mastery Camo Tier 2 for the designated number of Weapons across multiple ******* Classes in the corresponding mode, and then complete the applicable Camo Challenge. For example, a Multiplayer player must earn Dark Spine Camo on 33 Weapons (the number of launch Weapons in ****** Ops 6) before they gain access to the Dark Matter Camo Challenge on those Weapons. Just like Military Camos, Mastery Camos must be unlocked individually with each ******* and once unlocked can only be used with that *******. For example, if you’ve unlocked Gold Camo for the AMES 85, it can be equipped to the AMES 85 anywhere you use it, but not to any other ******* until you’ve separately unlocked Gold with that *******. As mentioned, ****** Ops 6 is rolling out now globally, although players across the world are using Call of Duty’s infamous New Zealand trick to access the game earlier than their timezone officially allows. Image credit: Reidboyy/Twitter. 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 found great success with its series of Sonic the Hedgehog movies – so much so that it has inspired the company to more actively pursue big- and small-screen adaptations of its treasure trove of game franchises. Next up is Like a Dragon: Yakuza, an Amazon Original series based on the first game in the beloved series, which launches on October 24 – and ***** has plans to do even more. During Gamescom Asia, IGN Japan sat down with Justin Scarpone, Global Head of Transmedia at *****, whose resume includes 17 years working with games and entertainment at Disney and who joined ***** in April 2024. From adaptations of Shinobi and Golden Axe to early forays into the theme park space, Scarpone gave us the lowdown on *****’s plans to reach new audiences away from the game console. “The Like a Dragon franchise is one of our core pillars,” Scarpone said when asked how the new series was conceived. “We released a live-action film years ago, but I think the new series came about originally through conversations between the Amazon Studios folks and our Like a Dragon studio, and it became a cross-Pacific project where you had talent in both the US and Japan working on the project. It’s obviously filmed in Japan, with ********* talent, but leveraging some of the creativity that an overseas perspective brings. So it's a unique project for us.” Streaming TV has been a great home for episodic dramas set in Japan, with Shogun breaking records in awards season and Tokyo Vice showing shocking sides of Japan’s (fictionalized) ********* underworld. Scarpone said the success of these shows has been encouraging as Amazon prepares to launch the new Like a Dragon series. “Like a Dragon is a very ********* story, but it's also very universal,” he said. “And one of the differences between the previous live-action film and this new drama being shown on Prime Video is that in the years since the film came out, the Like a Dragon series has become very much a global franchise. We have an international team who are considering from day one how to make a compelling story set in Japan with universal themes that resonate in different cultures.” He says that the dev team at Ryu ga Gotoku Studio have been supportive of the Prime Video show, which is partly based on the original game but will tell its own original story. “(Masayoshi) Yokoyama has been quite supportive of this series,” said Scarpone. “As a truly creative individual, he's seeing a very interesting interpretation of the IP he lives and breathes, and he's very happy with the quality and the output. I think he's excited to see somebody else's perspective on it.” We have an international team who are considering from day one how to make a compelling story set in Japan with universal themes. The Like a Dragon game series has a setting that balances heavy ****** suspsense drama with more humorous themes tied to gameplay. The Amazon show seems to be leaning more toward the former, but when condensing a game with a storyline that is dozens of hours long into a TV show, it must be difficult to choose which elements to embrace and which ones to leave out. “In the format of a series where you have about five hours of storytelling, how can you tell a compelling, exciting, dramatic and concise story?” Scarpone pondered. “Some of the games in the series you could play for over 80 hours, which gives you a lot more flexibility to weave in other aspects of the characters than you have in a condensed, linear format. So I think the director, the actors and the screenwriters of the Amazon show needed to make a judgment call on how to tell the best story within the confines of that time. “The game series evolved over time, so if this Amazon series were to have a sequel, I think we could also experiment. The series hopefully will be a good starting point in that format, and maybe there'll be more in the future.” *****'s Sonic renaissance ***** has had huge success with the live-action outings for its mascot, Sonic the Hedgehog. Since 2020, Paramount Pictures has released two hit movies and a TV spinoff, with a third movie landing in December and adding Keanu Reeves to its voice cast. “We have seemingly come to think of this ******* of the last decade or so as the renaissance of Sonic,” Scarpone told us. “There were a lot of stops and starts to try to bring Sonic to the silver screen – it didn't happen overnight. But once we were locked in and working on the first film, that was really *****’s entry point into transmedia, and thinking of Sonic as a franchise, and the way companies like Disney and Universal and Warner Brothers have always done it for decades. “We're offering new stories and new ways to experience the characters in different media. And so with Sonic, the film really expanded what Sonic could be in the eyes of the fans – and probably a lot of people inside of ***** as well.” Indeed, in an interview with IGN in 2022, Sonic Frontiers director Morio Kishimoto told us the success of the Sonic movies had inspired him and Sonic Team while making the games. ***** also has multiple other screen adaptations of its games in the pipeline, including versions of series that have been dormant for decades. One is Shinobi, which has both a game and a live-action adaptation in the works. The film is being produced together with Universal, which made the smash-hit Super Mario Bros. Movie, and directed by Sam Hargrave. Scarpone confirmed to us it is still in the “early stage” of development. As we reboot some of these franchises, it's important for us to really work on the story, to update it for younger generations. Classic series Golden Axe is also coming back, both as a game and as an animated series for Comedy Central. A Streets of Rage movie has also been announced, with a script by John Wick creator Derek Kolstad. Of these adaptations of older ***** franchises, Scarpone said, “Our core pillars are franchises like Sonic, Like a Dragon, Persona and ****** Birds, but our so-called Legacy Initiative is really exciting because, while these stories have a foundation, we have a lot more new storytelling to work on, which is really cool. As we reboot some of these franchises, it's important for us to really work on the story, work on the lore, to update it for younger generations who weren't even alive when the ***** Genesis was around.” Scarpone also confirmed that ***** has multiple other screen adaptations in the early stages of development, but would not share which games these unannounced projects are based on just yet. And it doesn’t stop at screen adaptations. In recent years, Nintendo has had great success with its theme parks at Univeral Studios, while other games such as Monster Hunter and Resident Evil have been reimagined as excellent theme park attractions in Japan. ***** is an old hand in this business, with its Joypolis and other entertainment centres. Scarpone said ***** is keen to expand on this, offering the example of its upcoming collaboration with the Kai Tak Sports Park mall currently under construction in Hong Kong. “Within that complex, we're going to have Sonic Stadium, which is a destination for families and children in particular, as a ticketed area where you can be immersed in the world of Green Hills and Sonic and friends. “What Nintendo has done with Universal Studios is the gold standard, and we have similar aspirations. Attractions are another format to tell our stories and delight our fans, and we really want to be in that space. We’re not launching our own standalone theme park, but we are looking into different partnerships.” Daniel Robson is Chief Editor of IGN Japan. Follow him on twitter here. View the full article

Image: Activision Activision’s Call of Duty: ****** Ops 6 is launching on Nvidia’s GeForce Now game streaming service on Friday, October 25th — the same day it launches on all other platforms. It’s the first time a Call of Duty game is launching day one on GeForce Now, which follows Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard in 2023 and a deal to launch its games on Nvidia’s service. New Call of Duty releases had exclusive content deals with PlayStation for many years, but Microsoft struck a deal with Sony as part of a promise it would bring parity for the franchise’s future launches when it acquired Activision Blizzard. Microsoft had to compromise in its buyout of Activision Blizzard to get past regulators, which included bringing games from the... Continue reading… View the full article For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

Every Thursday we share the weekly Famitsu sales charts, which tracks physical boxed game sales and hardware sales in Japan. ... Read more View the full article

Yooka-Replaylee will be coming to consoles as well as its previously confirmed PC version, developer Playtonic says. According to the studio, the game will be released on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S and “Nintendo platforms”, implying a version will be coming to both the Switch and its as-yet unannounced successor. Playtonic is not yet ready to announce the game’s release date, however, saying: “Experience the definitive version of Yooka and Laylee’s very first adventure on a platform of your choice when the game launches on… wait, too soon for that.” Read More... View the full article

Image: Minecraft Minecraft will officially stop supporting all virtual reality headsets after March 2025, according to an update posted to the Bedrock changelog. The update means Minecraft will no longer support devices like the Oculus Rift, Windows Mixed Reality headsets, or the Meta Quest (through Quest Link), as reported earlier by UploadVR. Last month, Minecraft developer Mojang also announced that the game would end support for PlayStation VR headsets next March. When Minecraft’s spring update rolls around, Mojang says you’ll still be able to “keep building in your worlds, and your Marketplace purchases (including Minecoins) will continue to be available on a non-VR/MR graphics device such as a computer monitor.” As pointed out by UploadVR, you’ll... Continue reading… View the full article

The Sims 4's Life & ****** expansion pack will be released later this month on Halloween itself, October 31. The expansion pack is the first to be released since EA's shock announcement that there is in fact no The Sims 5 in the works, and that The Sims 4 will remain the core game in the franchise. While many players expressed their disappointment at this decision after a decade of what many in the gaming community describe as a lackluster gaming experience compared to the rest of The Sims franchise, Life & ****** quickly piqued interest in The Sims 4 again. View the full article

More than 20 years after it first arrived, Romance of the Three Kingdoms 8 Remake brings the classic PS2-era strategy game back with a full-scale overhaul. The more tactical counterpart to developer Koei Tecmo's beloved Dynasty Warriors series, Romance of the Three Kingdoms 8 introduces a Crusader Kings 3 blend of tactics and drama to the legendary setting. Its original release only reached PC in Japan, however, with players in the west just given the PlayStation 2 version. Now, you can relive the iconic military tale once again, and the first major revamp in the long-running series is already proving popular on Steam. Read the rest of the story... View the full article

How does Theater Mode work in ****** Ops 6? A ****** Ops staple since day one, Theater Mode has historically allowed you to stitch together clips of you fragging out, and upload them to the web in the hopes you'll get picked up by the likes of LA Thieves or OpTic. No? Just us then. Theater Mode is back in ****** Ops 6, and we've got all the details on how it'll work in this iteration of the hit FPS game series. So, equip your favorite ****** Ops 6 camos and prepare to farm footage like you're farming ****** in the ****** Ops 6 modes as we guide you through Theater Mode. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: CoD ****** Ops 6 release time, trailers, and preload information CoD ****** Ops 6 system requirements confirmed, includes 4K ultra specs ****** Ops 6 Zombies Augments explained View the full article

When something has caught you off guard and caused you a bit of a scare, you may have “Recoiled (from)” it. Today’s NYT Mini Crossword challenges you to uncover another word for this reaction. There are many different words you might consider to convey this process which means narrowing it down to the right one for this puzzle can be tough. If you’re unsure what the solution is, here are some hints and the official answer for the “Recoiled (from)” clue on the Oct. 24 NYT Mini Crossword to help you solve it. View the full article

One of the best ways to spend your time in Call of Duty: ****** Ops 6 is by grinding for camos for each of your weapons, allowing you to flex your talents on enemies and your friends alike, and this year, it’s ******* than ever. ****** Ops 6 has four Mastery camos to earn in Zombies, with a further four earned in Multiplayer and Warzone, resulting in a never-ending grind. While multiplayer will require you to do what Thor didn’t—aiming right for the head—Critical ****** are the name of the game in Zombies. View the full article