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Scopely has brought back a double Bank Heist point Monopoly GO Leaderboard event through Genius Fair, a 35-milestone tournament that will run from Aug. 21 to 23. The space between main events continues as the two-day Genius Fair Monopoly GO event drops in alongside Tycoon Academy. Based on early rewards, it was suspected a new Tycoon Racing event was dropping. That may still happen, but not until at least Aug. 23. Instead, Scopely is giving players a chance to restock resources, and what better way to accomplish that than with a double Bank Heist point reward event like Genius Fair. All data-mined early rewards for the Monopoly GO event are subject to change at launch. View the full article

After months of anticipation, Shift Up has finally confirmed that Stellar Blade will be getting a PC version. In a recent shareholder meeting, the developer confirmed that the PC adaptation of Stellar Blade is set to debut in the near future, and that it has high hopes for the title's release. View the full article

Disney Dreamlight Valley developer Gameloft has recently acknowledged that some players are unable to access the game due to running into Initialization Error 6. The glitch appears to be connected to Disney Dreamlight Valleys Dapper Delights update, which has recently been released. View the full article

If there are two things Americans are stereotypically known for, it’s football and freedom. And among the most popular video games of the year, these two aspects are reflected perfectly with College Football 25 surpassing Helldivers 2 to become America’s best-selling game of 2024. According to Circana’s Mat Piscatella, College Football 25 blew past Helldivers 2 this month, along with other popular titles like Modern Warfare 3 and Dragon’s Dogma 2, to become the biggest release the U.S. has seen so far this year. Piscatella even said the football title had “exceeded expectations,” which were already set at a high mark. View the full article

The new voice actor for Frank West in ***** Rising Deluxe Remaster has been revealed as Jas Patrick. Just like the original, ***** Rising Deluxe Remaster puts players in the role of Frank, an investigative journalist who finds himself trapped in a massive mall filled with zombies and other humans that either need to be saved from the undead hordes or stopped from making the dangerous situation worse. Capcoms updated version of the 2006 classic is making many changes, including improved controls, an auto-save system, and enhanced graphics. View the full article

Following a successful Kickstarter back in late 2018, developer Straitjacket has launched ****'S GIFT, a puzzle-platformer inspired by classic Lemmings and Pikmin. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article

If you've been looking to expand your Steam Deck's capabilities, you'll want to take advantage of this Ugreen Steam Deck Dock deal currently on Amazon. Ugreen's popular 9-in-1 Docking Station is now available with 25% off, saving you $15 and letting you connect your handheld to more peripherals than ever before. The Steam Deck is arguably the best handheld gaming PC, with portability being a major draw. But the best Steam Deck docks can open up gameplay on the big screen by connecting your device to a TV or monitor. They won't make the best Steam Deck games run faster or smoother on their own, but they give you extra connectivity options and remain one of the best Steam Deck accessories for this reason. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Best internet providers for gaming 2024 How to set up Nvidia GeForce Now on Steam Deck Grab eight fantastic Steam Deck games for just $12, saving over $190 View the full article For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

Inzoi, The Sims competitor from PUBG developer Krafton, is drawing in a lot of new fans through its character creator demo, which shows off its ultra realistic graphics. Krafton has deployed the same strategy as the likes of Dragon's Dogma 2 and others by releasing the character creator portion of its game early. The Inzoi: Character Studio currently available on Steam will only be there for a few days, however, until August 25 at 9pm Pacific. The full version of Inzoi is expected in late 2024 and is described as "a life simulation game where players become gods within the game, allowing them to change everything as they wish and experience endless new stories in various forms of life." This already had fans of The Sims turning their heads, but the character creator demo seems to have pulled their attention altogether. The Sims 4 is almost a decade old itself, but beyond that has been criticized for only including basic features and charging users for myriad expansion packs. "I'm not looking back," said slickkpanther on Reddit. "All I've ever wanted in a life-sim was to walk around in a nice city, look pretty, maybe grab a coffee, read a book and plant some flowers. "It sounds like a lot, but it's really not. I'm not asking for every building to be enterable. I'm not asking for hundreds of unique NPCs on screen. I'm not even asking for a realistic weather system. What I want only sounds like a lot, because the bar has been set so low by The Sims 4." Myriad others agreed. "All life sim fans should feel the way you do," said one user in the comments. "Because, at a minimum, if Inzoi were to be successful, this would likely put pressure on EA to do better. Lack of competition has allowed EA to underdeliver with The Sims 4 and monetize the ***** out of everything. It's easy for them to exploit fans, when the fans have no better options to turn to." These comments come despite Inzoi being in its infancy, and Krafton certainly appears to have big plans for the game. "Our goal with Inzoi is to create a world where creativity knows no bounds, and where every choice leads to new and unexpected experiences," said director and producer Hyungjun Kim. "We want players to enjoy not only the joy of crafting their ideal lives but also the thrill of navigating a dynamic, evolving world." It's saying a lot of right things for life simulator fans too, including that mod support will be available on day one and Inzoi will be supported after launch too. Many still have reservations, of course, seemingly because the genre hasn't had much care and attention in recent years, but even those with doubts appear quietly optimistic. "I'm excited for this game but I have my worries," said Old-Cobbler402. "First of all, I think that the game looks beautiful but some visual aspects regarding the Zois are worrying me. Some may be due to the game not being finished yet." They pointed out a difference in visuals between the character creator and the live mode, which essentially emulates what actual gameplay will look like. Some other visual bugs exist too, but fans are hoping these get ironed out ahead of Inzoi's launch. Only time will tell how this will look though. Krafton only announced Inzoi in November 2023 and the release of the character creator indicates development is progressing smoothly, but late 2024 is getting closer and closer so a release date announcement should be due soon. 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]

The original Dying Light’s story ended with protagonist Kyle Crane suffering a ********** fate; either blasted to atoms by a nuclear ***** or twisted into an infected. But that, it turns out, wasn’t the end of his story. Techland’s new entry in the series, Dying Light: The ******, appears to lock in the latter of those endings as canon, revealing Crane was held captive for 13 years, subjected to experiments by a villain known only as The Baron. Now free, Crane seeks revenge for the trials and tortures that have turned him into the titular ******. But, if what I’ve seen of this new Dying Light is representative of the entire game, it’s not the ****** powers that change the game – it’s the guns. Dying Light: The ****** began life as DLC for Dying Light 2, but developer Techland changed course after some of its work was leaked. The project bloomed into a full, standalone game (although if you did buy Dying Light 2’s ultimate edition you get The ****** for free - Techland promised DLC and intends to fulfil that promise). Perhaps because of this origin, The ****** feels very familiar. Much of what I saw in the 45-minute hands-off demo was very much a continuation of the 2022 zombie smasher, from the robust parkour, to the world design, to the ‘follow the yellow cable’ puzzles that activate UV-protected safe houses. This certainly doesn’t seem like a ‘full’ sequel, but there does appear to be enough fresh ideas to justify its transition to a standalone game. The new map is more rural, with something of a ‘village’ feel. Yes, there are still buildings and rooftops to leap and vault across, but these are surrounded by dense woodland. The demo showed Kyle creeping through tall grass in an effort to avoid nighttime horrors (which, once again, are much stronger than the zombies that appear during the day). Kyle notably doesn’t seem to suffer from the same infection Adien did in DL2 - there’s no immunity gauge ticking down on the HUD – so he can seemingly stay out in the dark as long as he wants. His own mutations mean he can see the illuminated skeletons of approaching foes, Batman: Arkham detective vision-style, which should aid with stealth encounters. In ****** mode Kyle can perform a ground pound that sends damaging ripples through the concrete. The most significant new idea, though, is a more prominent use of guns. If you’ve played Dying Light 2 with its recent Firearms update then you already know a little of what to expect – the *******, shotgun, and ******** rifle featured in this demo were all the same as those added to DL2 earlier this year. But they seem key to the experience here, not just a powerful accessory. The Baron’s henchmen are all paramilitary types with body armour and rifles of their own. That means combat encounters with them are very, very different from the melee scraps with zombies and raiders that Dying Light has previously almost exclusively survived on. The Techland employee playing the demo for us used grenades to flush out entrenched gunmen and flanking tactics to snipe others. These encounters were lengthy, too; Kyle seems able to carry more than enough ammunition to chew through multiple squadrons. Techland’s franchise director, Tymon Smektala, emphasised that Dying Light hasn’t been turned into a shooter. But I’d estimate nearly half the demo was played as an FPS. I don’t think that’s a bad thing, though, provided the combat encounters, associated level design, and ******* feedback all prove successful. It’s a smart way to provide a new spin on Dying Light’s otherwise largely unchanged formula. Not being able to play myself means I can’t say how good all this actually is, but it at least looked like a competent shooter – hardly Call of Duty, but solid enough. The search for The Baron led Kyle into an underground lab where some kind of huge creature had torn its way out of a cage. A scientist there revealed it could be lured by a special gas, and so a cylinder of it was loaded onto a flatbed truck and driven to a junkyard. Yes, driving returns from Dying Light: The Following, although the truck doesn’t look quite as fun as the expansion’s buggy. Still, being able to hit and run zombies looks as enjoyable as ever, as their undead bodies burst and splatter against the ***********. Releasing the gas in the junkyard summoned the Behemoth, a hulk-like freak with an inflated health bar and the strength to hurl cars. Firearms were effective at whittling that HP down, but when ammunition ran dry it quickly became clear that melee weapons wouldn’t cut it. And so, with just a few minutes of the demo left, Kyle let the titular ****** out of its cage. In ****** mode Kyle becomes stronger and faster. He can pick up stone blocks and hurl them at enemies, as well as perform a ground pound that sends damaging ripples through the concrete, Hulk style. Easily tearing through the Behemoth’s remaining health, the battle concluded with Kyle ripping the monster’s head from its shoulders in a gory victory move. Safe to say ****** mode looks very powerful, but also quite similar to the infected powers Aiden had in Dying Light 2. Unlike Aiden, though, it seems like Kyle can transform into the ****** freely rather than only at specific story moments. I’m surprised that Techland left the titular power to the very end of the demo. It meant there was little room to properly explore why the ****** is so central to the game, so much so that I do wonder if it actually is as important as the title suggests. Instead, I left more interested in how guns and soldier enemies will change the overall rhythm of Dying Light. Hopefully they’ve been smartly woven into the campaign and feel fully integrated rather than awkwardly tacked on. If so, The ****** could well prove a worthy standalone game rather than just a respectable DLC sold separately. Matt Purslow is IGN's Senior Features Editor. View the full article

NVIDIA today released driver 560.35.03 as the latest stable version for Linux users, so here's all that's changed. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article

PvPvE survival extraction shooter ARC Raiders is coming to PC and consoles in 2025. One of the most anticipated games from The Game Awards Show in 2021, ARC Raiders fell out of the spotlight due to a lack of updates on its progress. View the full article

Hangar 13's newly unveiled ******: The Old Country won't have Italian language audio when it releases in 2025. ******: The Old Country was Geoff Keighley's "one more thing" at Gamescom Opening Night Live, a show that also hosted the reveal of Borderlands 4, Tarsier Studios' Reanimal, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle's December 9 release date, and much more. View the full article

The Dapper Delights Star Path is a massive 1920s-focused event that allows you to earn many exclusive rewards in Disney Dreamlight Valley. It’s only available to complete from Aug. 21 to Oct. 1, which means you need to get to work completing all duties to claim all rewards. Here are all of the duties and rewards for the Dapper Delights Star Path in Disney Dreamlight Valley. View the full article

I've never really understood the charm of ultrawide monitors. I dare boldly to maintain that there is such a thing as Too Wide, a point beyond which the extra visual estate becomes a waste of electricity, unless you watch the screen in pairs. I can only assume people who use ultrawide monitors live in constant ******* of flanking manoeuvres and demand the maximum amount of peripheral vision. Mind you, I tend to play games with my nose about 10 centimetres from the screen. Forget being flanked - it's the prospect of snipers up ahead I'm worried about. If you're among the people who fret excessively about flankers, I've got great news from Uncle BioWare. Forthcoming RPG Dragon Age: The Veilguard will support 21:9 ultrawide monitors. The ultrawide functionality extends to cinematics - you can disable "cinematic aspect ratios" to switch off the ****** bars that otherwise hem in the view. It's one of several PC-specific flourishes they've just blogged about. Have a look. Read more View the full article

Activision has released the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone Season 5 Reloaded patch notes. The mid-season update, which is now live across all platforms, features a variety of new multiplayer, Zombies and battle royale content. On the multiplayer front there’s new 6v6 map Ink House, which is a cel-shaded variant of Stash House, while new and returning modes include Cyber *******, Fishfection, Paintball and Defuse or ********. Read More... View the full article

Patch 14.17 is the second official Teamfight Tactics update since the launch of Magic n’ Mayhem, featuring nerfs and buffs from the balance team as the devs try to decrease the gap between Reroll and four-cost carry comps. Heading into the first Magic n’ Mayhem Tactician Cup tournament, the TFT balance team dropped the 14.16 B-patch in an attempt to tone down overpowered traits and champions without balance thrashing the meta. But the B-patch was only the beginning, with Patch 14.17 expected to have a major impact on the TFT Set 12 meta. View the full article

With a price hike for existing Xbox Game Pass users coming on September 12, there's no better time than now to stock up on cheap codes to save some cash. If you're wondering where to find deals like this, don't worry, we're here to help you track down the best offers available on Game Pass right now, like this deal on 3 months of Game Pass Ultimate at Woot that's still holding strong at just $33.49 (with code VIDEOGAMES). You can learn more about that deal and other discounts available on Game Pass below. Navigate to:Best Xbox Game Pass DealsWhat's Coming Soon to Xbox Game Pass?What Games Are Leaving Xbox Game Pass?Biggest Games Releasing on Xbox Game PassBest Xbox Game Pass Deals At the moment, our favorite deal on Game Pass is over at Woot (an Amazon company). They still have an incredible offer available where you can score 3 months of Game Pass Ultimate for just $36.49. This is a great deal on its own, but then you can get an additional $3 knocked off that price by using the code 'VIDEOGAMES' at checkout, bringing it down to $33.49! This price definitely won't stick around for long, so act fast to secure these codes before they're gone for good. Considering the new price of Game Pass Ultimate is $19.99/month, you're saving $26.48 with this 3-month deal. This is the best way to avoid the upcoming Xbox Game Pass price hike in September. By stacking these codes, you can set yourself up to play all of the upcoming Game Pass releases at a lower price. You can prepay for up to 36 months for Game Pass Ultimate, so there's no better time to stock up. What's Coming Soon to Xbox Game Pass? Game Pass has a nice rotation of new titles to play every month. If you're curious about what's in store for the latter half of August and start of September, we've got you covered there as well. The Xbox Game Pass August wave 2 lineup is: Atlas Fallen (Cloud, Console, and PC) - August 22Core Keeper (Cloud, Console, and PC) - August 27Star Trucker (Cloud, Console, and PC) - September 3 Another massive piece of Game Pass news is that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is officially available to play on Game Pass right now for console, PC Game Pass, and Game Pass Ultimate users. This features the full package for CoD fans: the campaign, multiplayer, and Zombies. Subscribers can also expect to see Call of Duty: ****** Ops 6 day-one on Game Pass when it releases on October 25. However, for those subscribing to the new Standard tier (available for $14.99/month), this does not give Game Pass users access to day one releases, meaning ****** Ops 6 will likely not be available to those on that tier. What Games Are Leaving Xbox Game Pass? Unfortunately, with new games joining the catalog, it means a few must take their leave. Below, we've listed the games that'll be leaving Xbox Game Pass on August 31. Atomic Heart (Cloud, Console, and PC)Guilty Gear Strive (Cloud, Console, and PC)NBA 2K24 (Cloud and Console)Biggest Games Releasing on Xbox Game Pass Xbox's Summer Showcase back in June was a massive success, showcasing an incredible amount of new titles coming to the platform. Alongside the aforementioned ****** Ops 6, their showcase also included *****: The Dark Ages, Perfect Dark, Fable, Gears of War: E-Day, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, and so many more. But which of these titles will appear as day-one releases on Game Pass? Thankfully, quite a few! Including all of the previously mentioned titles. While most of the games listed above have release dates in 2025, or no release dates at all at the moment, the one to keep an eye on for now alongside ****** Ops 6 is Indiana Jones and the Great Circle. Gamescom's Opening Night Live revealed that Indy's latest adventure will be available to play on December 9 for Xbox users, so there's truly no better time to hop on the Game Pass bandwagon to add this one to your library in the future. If you're looking for even more savings on all things Xbox, have a look at our roundup of the best Xbox deals. There, we've highlighted all of the latest and greatest discounts on the platform, from incredible game deals to fantastic offers on high-quality headphones. Or, if you'd rather see what's going on with other platforms, check out our roundups of the best PlayStation deals, the best Nintendo Switch deals, and our overall roundup of the best video game deals. Hannah Hoolihan is a freelance writer who works with the Guides and Commerce teams here at IGN. View the full article For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

The first Overwatch Championship Series World Finals is heading overseas to Europe to take place at DreamHack Stockholm later this year, Blizzard announced today. The OWCS at DreamHack marks the hero shooter sequel’s first major in-person tournament in Europe since 2018. At the time, Paris hosted the Overwatch World Cup qualifiers, so a return to the continent is long overdue. View the full article

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