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Star Wars Outlaws is a fresh foray into the decades-long universe fans everywhere have come to love, and if you’ve already thrown on a Han Solo-esque coat and picked up a blaster, you can also find out how to preload Outlaws. EA’s Star Wars Jedi franchise has proven incredibly popular and lifted the Star Wars brand from the doldrums following the backlash to 2017’s maligned Battlefront 2. Now, it’s Ubisoft’s turn with Outlaws to bring a new perspective to the series. View the full article

AMD has agreed to acquire ZT Systems, an AI infrastructure company, for $4.9 billion in a cash and stock transaction. This acquisition is a strategic move by AMD to bolster its capabilities in the AI sector and directly compete with Nvidia. Read Entire Article View the full article

If you want to add Tiana’s restaurant to your valley, you have to complete the Back from the Bayou quest in Disney Dreamlight Valley. This is Tiana’s level two friendship quest and it’s a big one. Remy has been the only chef in the valley for years, but completing this quest means there’s finally another talented chef and restaurant in the valley for everyone to enjoy. Here’s how to complete Back from the Bayou in Disney Dreamlight Valley. View the full article

The Palworld team wants to celebrate the game’s community and provide a variety of unique skins that players can unlock for a limited time. One of these skins is a Golden Relaxasaurus, but there’s a specific way you have to unlock it. It all comes down to watching Twitch streamers and earning it as a Twitch drop. Anyone who has yet to set up a Twitch account or has not connected their Palworld account to theirs will want to do so for the Golden Relaxasaurs skin. You’ll need to follow a few steps to go through this process, and we want to ensure you know how to redeem the Golden Relaxasaurus skin to bring it into Palworld. View the full article

When is the Borderlands 4 release date? The Borderlands series dates back to 2009, when the first game was released to PC and consoles. Over the last 15 years, the series has become so popular that it was turned into a blockbuster movie in 2024 and, while that might have been met with a rather underwhelming reception, the franchise is set to continue with another videogame entry. Confirmed during Gamescom Opening Night Live in August 2024, Borderlands 4 is still relatively mysterious, as a one-minute cinematic reveal trailer for the action-adventure game is all we've got to go on so far. However, we can start to look forward to when the Borderlands 4 release date might be, and what it could entail. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Borderlands 4 is real, and it's going to drop in 2025 View the full article

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is now confirmed to be arriving on PS5 in spring 2025, not long after it initially releases later this year as a timed exclusive. That was set in stone - following plenty of reports and rumours - during yesterday's Gamescom Opening Night Live, and now Xbox boss Phil Spencer's said some thing about what went into the decision to bring the game to Sony's consoles. Obviously, this is all a part of Xbox's ongoing plans to do more multiplatform things, as outlined in that podcast earlier this year, with Grounded, Sea of Thieves, Hi-Fi Rush, and Pentiment, having all been brought to fresh platforms so far. During one of Microsoft's Gamescom 2024 livestreams, Spencer was asked about the whole Jones on PS5 thing. Acknowledging that those four games outlined above made the jump as part of Xbox doing some "learning", the exec said he's seen Xbox's "franchises are getting stronger" and "Xbox console player [numbers] are as high this year as they’ve ever been.” Read more View the full article

Gamescom is exploding all around us, but there is still time to lower a pincer into the pile of Steam indie game announcements and reel up the occasional treasure. In this case, it's the demo for Cupiclaw, which is possibly the first ever "roguelike deckbuilding claw machine game". You know how Balatro made you feel about Joker cards? Well, this game wants to make you feel the same about claw machines. It's a terrible turn of events, frankly. I'm sorry for inflicting yet another potential bingeplay upon you. Here's a trailer. Read more View the full article

The survival adventure game The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria will soon make its way to new platforms. However, those who’ve purchased the game at its original Sony and Epic Games stores might wonder if it will have crossplay. Here’s all you need to know. Does The Lord of the Rings Return to Moria have crossplay? Return to Moria is a true survival crafting experience. Image via North Beach Games At the moment, no, but it will become a crossplay title once it launches on Steam and the Xbox Series X and S. This was confirmed by the developers in an Aug. 7 blog post, where they said the game’s port to Valve and Mircosoft’s storefronts will be followed by The Golden Update that aims to enable “crossplay between all platforms.” The update won’t solely focus on that and will introduce a “Sandbox Mode,” alongside a “treasure trove of other content, updates, and improvements that have been implemented since the game’s release.” View the full article

Xbox has unveiled several new types of accessibility hardware at Gamescom, headlined by the new Xbox Adaptive Joystick. Microsoft has long pushed accessibility in gaming, first launching the Adaptive Controller six years ago, but that comes with a hefty price tag. The Adaptive Joystick, on the other hand, lands at a much more affordable price. In a post on the Xbox Wire following the Aug. 21 announcement, a $29.99 price tag was announced for the Adaptive Joystick, which releases in 2025. While it can be used alongside the Adaptive Controller, it is not a necessity and can be used individually. View the full article

The ROG Rapture GT-BE19000 is an ’80s retro-future headcrab. | Image: Asus Asus announced three new Wi-Fi 7 products today, including a tri-band ROG Rapture GT gaming router, a dual-band router, and a new Wi-Fi 7 USB adapter. The ROG Rapture GT-BE19000 has a familiar ’80s retro-future look shared by predecessors like the quad-band GT-BE98, along with most of the same specs, including two 10Gbps and five 2.5Gbps ethernet ports. It also supports 320MHz channel bandwidth on the 6GHz band, which unlocks much higher throughput (although you’ll need a 2Gbps or higher connection to your ISP for that to shine). Image: Asus The ROG Rapture GT-BE19000 has seven ethernet ports. Since the GT-BE19000 uses Wi-Fi 7’s multilink operation feature, you can connect a supported device to the 6GHz and... Continue reading… View the full article

Raccoon Logic’s debut is a game built on Revenge. Revealed at Gamescom’s Opening Night Live, the surprise sequel to 2020’s Journey to the Savage Planet sees players returning to a colourful, alien-ridden metroidvania. Yet make no mistakes – Revenge of the Savage Planet isn’t just a careless moniker, it’s a statement of intent. Sitting in a downtown Montreal boardroom, the team proudly shows me a hands-off demo of their shiny new sequel. Yet, in a wonderful piece of environmental storytelling, old post-it notes stuck to a side wall and half-erased whiteboards hint at the events that led them here. Originally named Typhoon Studios, their pandemic release was a hit, amassing millions of players. Sensing the pre-release buzz around the studio, the Savage Planet creators were swiftly bought by Google in 2019. Ready to reap the rewards of corporate ownership, the team found themselves excited to be a first-party studio working on Google’s ambitious Stadia project. Yet the day Journey to the Savage Planet eventally hit Stadia, Typhoon Studios was unceremoniously shuttered. Read More... View the full article

The process for recruiting new villagers in Disney Dreamlight Valley looks different for every character. Tiana is one of the trickier characters to unlock since her quest is hidden until you find a certain item. The beloved Disney princess adds quite a lot to the valley, including her very own restaurant, Tiana’s Palace. She also comes with an array of friendship quests and rewards you can claim as you get to know her better. She’s a great villager to befriend, so here’s how to unlock Tiana in Disney Dreamlight Valley. View the full article

Despite the review score for Hunt: Showdown 1896 recently plummeting on Steam, the extraction shooter has managed to break its concurrent player count record by a wide margin. Hunt: Showdown 1896 received immense backlash on August 15 following the release of a new engine upgrade and UI overhaul, but Crytek promptly acknowledged the issues and promised a revamp. View the full article

This past year, the handegg team I follow – the Seattle Seahawks – missed the playoffs. They weren’t terrible by any stretch of the imagination. In fact, there were some genuinely fun moments peppered throughout their stumble to a 9-8 record. Here’s to you, Jake Bobo, and to you, Geno Smith, for being a nice guy to Drew Lock. They weren’t that good either though, hence the whole ‘******* a head coach that defined an entire era for the franchise’ thing. They were right in the NFL’s mushy middle, with enough ups and downs to have you pulling your hair out just as often as you were cheering. Madden NFL 25’s - no, not that one - is a bit like that too. As ever, there’s a whole lot in the game that you’ll recognise instantly if you’ve played a Madden within about the past five years. It’s down to the nuances to make this year’s entry stand out from what came before, and to be fair, in a year that’s seen a fair amount of its attention and marketing push go towards comeback **** EA Sports College Football 25, there are a fair few changes for the better. Read more View the full article

EA Sports College Football 25 has overtaken Helldivers 2 as the best-selling game of 2024 year-to-date in the US. The game enjoyed a blockbuster release that drove double-digit growth in July US video game spending, according to research firm Circana, which published its monthly industry sales report on Wednesday. Mat Piscatella, executive director, video games at Circana, said the game “significantly exceeded” his expectations, “and they were high”, adding that it boosted hardware, software and accessories sales last month, despite a significant decline in Nintendo Switch adoption. Read More... View the full article

Image: Microsoft Microsoft is launching a new $29.99 Xbox Adaptive Joystick early next year that’s designed for players with limited mobility. It’s a wired companion for existing Xbox controllers and includes four buttons, an Xbox thumbstick, and two additional buttons for bumper and trigger controls. The Xbox Adaptive Joystick allows you to operate a controller without having to use both hands, making it ideal for any players who might have difficulty using the thumbsticks on existing controllers. All the buttons are fully customizable, and there are a variety of 3D printable thumbstick toppers to customize the sizes, heights, and width of thumbsticks. “From very early on with the adaptive joystick, we had disability community be hands-on with early... Continue reading… View the full article For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

Geforce Now is great. It's a game streaming service that actually works. Amazing. Game Pass is great. It's a game subscription service that offers an awful lot of choice, including many day one-release games, and a lot of those games are playable on Nvidia's streaming platform. What could make this union better, you ask? It's all about how you log in. While the two services combine brilliantly to let you play Game Pass games almost anywhere you have a good internet connection, there has been a problem: you have to log into your Microsoft account to play the games. "Big deal," I am sure many of you are huffing to yourselves. "This guy doesn't even know he's born," etc. Well, I do (sadly it was over 40 years ago now), and also, playing Game Pass games on a device that doesn't have a keyboard attached is annoying. Ask anyone who tries to enter an email address and password using their TV's remote control. Geforce Now users who mainly used the games in their Steam libraries didn't have this issue as the service lets you automatically sign in. Set it up once in the Geforce Now settings and you have a pretty seamless experience, even on a TV. Now this functionality is coming to Xbox accounts. Read more View the full article For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

Gamescom Opening Night Live was yesterday, and there was a bunch of news for those who've got an Xbox Game Pass subsciption they use to hop into the still decent array of titles the service boasts. So, here's a quick roundup of all the Game Pass titles shown, as well as the fresh additions coming in August that Xbox announced not long before ONL kicked off. Starting with the ones you almost defintely heard about, Call of Duty: ****** Ops 6 offered a big look at gameplay from its campaign and an open beta date, Starfield's Shattered Space DLC got a release date alongside the free arrival of a moon buggy, and Indiana Jones had its release date and planned arrival on PlayStation revealed. Then, there were the games that got announced at the show which you'll be able to play on Game Pass day one. ******* Elite: Resistance was revealed during the pre-show, and will "[turn] the attention of the award-winning series towards a hidden war, far from the front lines, deep within the heart of occupied France" when it arrives in 2025. Here's the reveal trailer. Read more View the full article

The unique PvPvE extraction shooter Hunt Showdown recently received a massive overhaul and adopted a new name: Hunt Showdown 1896. With a new map, a new game ending, new gear, significant UI changes, and much more, it's a big shake-up to the experience. However, it wasn't without issues, with the new UI in particular making Hunt the target of Steam review ********. Despite that, the update has pushed Hunt to a new all-time concurrent player record, five years after launch. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Hunt Showdown 1896 dev delivers emergency response to review ***** Hunt Showdown 1896 is being review bombed on Steam already Hunt Showdown 1896 is out now and free on Steam, if you're fast View the full article

Xbox showcased new Xbox Series X|S console editions earlier this year. These new consoles come right in time for new games in late 2024, and you can already pre-order them if you need an upgrade. Here’s everything you need to know about new Xbox Series X|S consoles, including editions, prices, storage size, and how to pre-order them. View the full article

Overwatch 2 and the franchise as a whole are well-known for their incredible character designs. Reinhardt, Ana, Tracer, Winston, and the 40-odd other characters are easily recognizable, even with the many outlandish skins they all have by now - well, most of them at least. When Venture was released back in April 2024, there was uproar over their lack of skins - which is still yet to be resolved. Somehow, the latest hero Juno has repeated this mistake, despite the developer promising improvements. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Overwatch 2 and WoW are finally together in our dream collaboration Overwatch 2 tier list August 2024 Blizzard worries its Overwatch 2 6v6 blog will start a ***** View the full article

***** Rising fans rejoiced a few months back when Capcom announced that it was remastering the first game in the series. But many were surprised that Capcom had recast the voice of beloved protagonist Frank West. After weeks of speculation, Capcom has finally announced the new West: Jas Patrick. Speaking to IGN in a recent interview, the development team behind ***** Rising Deluxe Remaster confirmed that Patrick would voice Frank West. Patrick is best known for his work on Octopath Traveler 2, where he voiced Partitio. Additionally, Patrick has lent his voice to other projects, such as Genshin Impact, Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, and the 2023 version of the Rurouni Kenshin anime, to name a few, as shown on his YouTube account and listed on his IMDb page. "Jas Patrick is the new voice of Frank West for ***** Rising Deluxe Remaster. We're very pleased with the work he's done for this project," the ***** Rising Deluxe Remaster Development Team confirmed to IGN in the interview. ***** Rising Deluxe Remaster was announced in late June. The first teaser trailer revealed that T.J. Rotolo, the original voice actor for Frank West, was not voicing the character. Following the trailer's release, Rotolo revealed to a fan on Instagram that he was not reprising his role in Deluxe Remaster because Capcom did not contact him, and "the reasons are the producers' own." When we asked them about this, the development team said they regret that "[they] were unable to have TJ Rotolo reprise his role in ***** Rising Deluxe Remaster." However, Capcom added that the studio "sincerely" appreciates all of the work Rotolo did for the ***** Rising series. Frank West is just one of many characters who received a new voice actor in Deluxe Remaster. Nevertheless, as I mentioned briefly in an episode of Unlocked, Frank West's new voice grew on me. ***** Rising Dexlue Remaster is the second remastering of the 2006 original. Powered by the RE Engine, Deluxe Remaster improves the lighting, in-game backgrounds, and environments. More importantly, a ton of quality-of-life changes have been introduced, such as the ability to move while aiming and improved survivor AI. Some things have also been removed, such as the "Erotica' genre in the photography mini-game. ***** Rising Deluxe Remaster will be released on September 19 for digital storefronts, while the physical version will be released on November 8. For more, check out our hands-on preview and a video comparing ***** Rising (2006) to Deluxe Remaster. Taylor is a Reporter at IGN. You can follow her on Twitter @TayNixster. View the full article For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

Less than a month from now, ***** Rising returns. ***** Rising Deluxe Remaster provides a quality-of-life update to a beloved zombie game that seeks to revive this dormant series and appeal to a wider audience. I was fortunate enough to ask the development team behind the remaster a few questions I was curious about following my hands-on preview. In the interview, we discussed an array of changes in ***** Rising Deluxe Remaster. This includes what other changes fans can expect in the full release, what changes were made to Infinity Mode, what the future holds for the series, and who exactly is voicing Frank West. Check out the full interview below, and if you want to know my impressions from an early build, check out my hands-on preview. IGN: What inspirations did ***** Rising Deluxe Remaster carry over most from the previous ***** Rising games, like ***** Rising 2, and what might be the most surprising changes to veterans of the series beyond what was already previously announced? ***** Rising Deluxe Remaster Development Team: Playing through ***** Rising 2, 3, and 4 and listening to fans’ feedback helped us reaffirm what elements needed to be included in ***** Rising 1. In particular, we’ve put a lot of thought and care into Frank’s characterization. One major change from the original game is the addition of several new skill books, which players can pair with in-game items for a new gameplay experience. We’ve also made adjustments so that all items players encounter have their own special uses. We encourage you to try things out for yourself without getting too hung up on your impressions from the original game. Speaking of changes, I noticed several, if not all, of the previously voiced characters, like Brad and Jessie, received new voice actors, most notably Frank West. Was there any specific reason for some characters not having their original voice actors reprise their roles? DRDR Dev Team: Based on fans’ wishes and our own developmental wishes, we wanted to use the English voiceover from the original game without making any changes. Unfortunately, we weren’t able to move forward with this plan because the contract for the 18-year-old game was outdated. Another one of our goals for ***** Rising Deluxe Remaster was to make the game fully voiced, so we made some changes to the cast of voice actors. We’ve all been very pleased with the new actors’ performances. Based on fans’ wishes and our own developmental wishes, we wanted to use the English voiceover from the original game without making any changes Speaking of Frank West, many in the ***** Rising community, including myself, have been trying to figure out who is voicing Frank West. Who is the talent voicing Frank West in Deluxe Remaster? DRDR Dev Team: Jas Patrick is the new voice of Frank West for ***** Rising Deluxe Remaster. We’re very pleased with the work he’s done for this project. I know Frank West’s original voice actor, TJ Rotolo, revealed he was not contacted by Capcom about reprising his role. Is there any reason why you decided not to contact Rotolo to return and voice Frank West? DRDR Dev Team: We regret that we were unable to have TJ Rotolo reprise his role in ***** Rising Deluxe Remaster and accommodate the requests of our dedicated fans. We have selected a new voice actor for Frank West, but we sincerely appreciate all that TJ Rotolo has done for the ***** Rising series and wish him the best in his future endeavors. We received a ton of information on 72-Hour Mode but little to nothing on the other modes. Regarding Infinity Mode specifically, can you describe some of the biggest changes introduced that make it a little less challenging to play while still maintaining the challenge of obtaining achievements like 5- or 7-day survivor? DRDR Dev Team: Regarding Infinity Mode, players are now able to save mid-game and exit without losing their progress. Along with the ability to fast forward time, we made some adjustments that we think will allow players to enjoy the mode more casually than in the original game. Since zombies now drop items at a low rate, a more aggressive playstyle has become a viable option for this mode as well. Before Deluxe Remaster, the series remained dormant since ***** Rising 4’s release in 2016. Should fans take Deluxe Remaster as a sign of things to come? Is there a chance Capcom will go back and remaster other ***** Rising games or perhaps consider developing a new entry altogether? DRDR Dev Team: Capcom would like to continue to bring back many of its IPs. In hopes of expanding upon the ***** Rising series in the future, we’d first like to put effort into promoting ***** Rising Deluxe Remaster and share its appeal with fans around the world. Taylor is a Reporter at IGN. You can follow her on Twitter @TayNixster. View the full article

***** Rising Deluxe Remaster is finally released, and alongside the previously-announced quality-of-life changes to the core gameplay loops, veterans of the series will be happy to know that even Infinity Mode has received a tweak that makes playing the mode a lot less of a headache to endure. In an interview with IGN, Capcom confirmed that Infinity Mode also received some quality-of-life changes that make the experience much more enjoyable for a wider variety of players. Specifically, Capcom confirmed to IGN that Infinity Mode in Deluxe Remaster includes an option to "save" your progress, allowing you to hop in and out at your leisure. Infinity Mode also includes some "adjustments," including the ability to fast-forward time and confirmation that zombies will now drop items, albeit at a low rate. "Regarding Infinity Mode, players are now able to save mid-game and exit without losing their progress," the developer confirmed to IGN during the interview. "Along with the ability to fast-forward time, we made some adjustments that we think will allow players to enjoy the mode more casually than in the original game. Since zombies now drop items at a low rate, a more aggressive playstyle has become a viable option for this mode as well." For those unfamiliar with ***** Rising, Infinity Mode is an unlockable survival mode where players try to keep Frank alive in the mall for as long as possible. It is unlocked after the players beat both 72-hour and Overtime modes. Unlike the other two game modes, Frank's health will slowly deplete (even if he is not attacked), which makes forging for healing items and trying to avoid taking damage from enemies an additional challenge. The game mode that ***** Rising fans loathed In the original ***** Rising, Overtime Mode was loathed by those who dared to play it, as in both the 2006 original and its 2016 HD re-release it did not provide players with the ability to save. Additionally, food items did not respawn in the mall and the supermarket was locked out, so that people could not simply camp inside the store. Additional weapons and health pickups were obtained by defeating humans, as both psychopaths and survivors were hostile toward Frank. Defeating those enemies would provide a box of randomized items, which could include healing items. While this mode is not required to obtain ***** Rising's true ending, players would often endure the brutal gauntlet of Infinity Mode to obtain achievements and trophies. Additionally, staying alive for five days would unlock the real Laser Sword, one of the most powerful melee weapons available in the game. Of course, due to the fact you previously could not save, players had to play ***** Rising nonstop to get one or both of those achievements, with the achievement for surviving five days taking upwards of 12 hours to achieve, while surviving seven takes 14 hours to achieve. With the changes made to Infinity Mode, including the option to "save" the game and zombies having a (low rate) of dropping items, it appears Capcom was fully serious about remasting ***** Rising to make it not only more enjoyable for veterans but also more appealing to a wider audience. ***** Rising Deluxe Remaster will be released on September 19 for digital storefronts, while the physical version will be released on November 8. For more, check out our hands-on preview and a video comparing ***** Rising (2006) to Deluxe Remaster. Taylor is a Reporter at IGN. You can follow her on Twitter @TayNixster. View the full article

Is the Slay the Spire board game a faithful adaptation? 100%—I'm not sure you could make a more accurate translation of the mechanics, look, and feel of the videogame to the tabletop. The more difficult question to answer is: Is that a good thing?.. Read more.View the full article