The more I saw of Caravan SandWitch's trailer in today's Wholesome Direct showcase, the more I dug it. The "narrative-driven exploration adventure" has this uniquely desolate sci-fi look that reminds me of some of my recent favorites, while it also has a demo available to try right now on Steam... Read more.View the full article
Siding with any Fallout 4 faction has its consequences, and the Railroad is no exception. It's named for, styled after, and inspired by the real, historical Underground Railroad. Much as the Underground Railroad was a network of people, routes, and safe houses that helped people escape slavery, Fallout 4's Railroad employs similar methods to help Synths escape the Institute. The Railroad and its adherents are the biggest proponents of Synth humanity in the Commonwealth. They hold that the Institute denies Synths their due autonomy, and make it their life's work to help them escape. View the full article
Destiny 2's Final Shape expansion also marks a collaboration event with the IP for Dungeons & Dragons, the iconic table-top role-playing game, with several items you can unlock. Including three new armor ornaments and various cosmetics, you'll have to spend some valuable resources to get these new Exotics. Buying these D&D-inspired items in the right packages will give you everything you need for a low price. View the full article
A Baldur's Gate 3 player online has shared their heartbreaking ****** in Honour Mode, losing a playthrough to an in-game painting. Baldur's Gate 3 will reach its first anniversary in just a few months' time, but player stories from the game continue to enthrall gamers online. View the full article
The advertising bonanza formerly known as E3 continues into its second day with another set of streams. The Wholesome Direct was today's highlight, in my mind. The yearly collection of games that may or may not be cosy, but which definitely do not involve stabbing men in the neck, always contains some games worth keeping an eye on. This year was no different, and you'll find the archived stream below. Read more View the full article
First revealed in 2022, Starship Troopers: Extermination, the upcoming FPS based on the classic Starship Troopers movies, has been in early access for over a year. Now, it finally has a release date, and it's also coming to consoles with a new mode in store. Today during IGN Live, development team Offworld (along with Sony Pictures Consumer Products) announced that Starship Troopers: Extermination is officially headed to PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC on October 11. It's also receiving a singleplayer campaign starring actor Casper Van Dien, who played protagonist Johnny Rico in the original films. General John "Johnny Rico" will command players, along with their three NPC allies original to the game, in the campaign. The mode will have 25 missions, with a second chapter on its way after launch. Offworld also mentioned that crossplay will be enabled at launch. Additionally, the developer will soon share more information about the game's upcoming update, which is slated for release at the end of June. Starship Troopers: Extermination is a co-op PvE FPS game that lets up to 16 players recreate the action from the original movies and ****** off seemingly endless alien bugs in several different modes. We gave it a 6 in our early access review, saying that "with some time, Extermination could become the premier bug-stomping romp for big teams," and adding that it "captures the film's breakneck pace" in our preview. Starship Troopers: Extermination is also now being published by Knights Peak, a new ********* division of MY.GAMES that announced several more games today. Amelia Zollner is a freelance writer at IGN who loves all things indie and Nintendo. Outside of IGN, they've contributed to sites like Polygon and Rock Paper Shotgun, and they're currently developing a game called Garage *****. Find them on Twitter: @ameliazollner. View the full article
SNK has announced two characters for upcoming fighting game Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves as part of Summer Game Fest 2024. Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves is the first new entry in the Fatal Fury series in 26 years, and follows the 1999 release of the much-loved Garou: Mark of the Wolves. It’s due out early 2025 for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, PC via Steam and the Epic Games Store, and Xbox Series X/S. Nintendo Switch and Xbox One miss out. During Summer Game Fest 2024, SNK revealed newcomer Vox Reaper, described as a street ********* “on a mission," and confirmed the return of B. Jenet, a character from both Fatal Fury and The King of Fighters. Story-wise, Vox Reaper was hunting down Garou: Mark of the Wolves final boss Kain R. Heinlein when Kain’s bodyguard Grant takes him under his wing. B. Jenet, meanwhile, is a pirate captain who enters the upcoming KOF tournament because she sees it as "a chance to speak through action instead of words." Vox Reaper and B. Jenet join a roster of playable characters that already includes the likes of Andy Bogard, Terry Bogard (one of Street Fighter 6’s just-announced Year 2 DLC characters), and Rock Howard. IGN sat down to play Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves in March and came away impressed. "You can tell a lot about a fighting game by how good it feels to sit down and play, and let me tell you, dear friends, Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves already feels really good," we said. Check out everything announced at Summer Game Fest 2024 to find out what else the video game industry has in store during the rest of this year and beyond. 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
It’s been another rough year for the games industry, with seemingly constant layoffs taking place and studios being shuttered. However, a new publishing label announced today hopes to help curb this trend by uplifting developers. Today, ********* publisher MY.GAMES announced Knights Peak, its new publishing division "dedicated to supporting both emerging and established studios." Knights Peak also revealed its diverse initial roster of upcoming games and re-releases. Among Knights Peak's announcements was the world premiere of Nikoderiko, a colorful platformer in the style of Banjo-Kazooie that's in development at VEA Games. It's headed to PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC later this summer with music by Donkey Kong Country composer David Wise. The previously announced dark fantasy Soulslike side-scroller Mandragora is also headed to Knights Peak. During a new trailer for the game, developer Primal Game Studio showed off the game's massive skill trees and hinted at its story about lost humanity, with Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines writer Brian Mitsoda working as the game's narrative lead. Mandragora is slated for release in late 2024 on PC, PS5, and Xbox X|S. Knights Peak is also now publishing the long-awaited Starship Troopers: Extermination, which received an October release date and is now getting console ports as well as a lengthy singleplayer mode that features original movie actor Casper Van Dien. The publishing label also revealed its back catalog, with the previously released action-adventure game Blast Brigade vs. the Evil Legion of Dr. Cread heading to Amazon Prime this summer and the classic RPG Pathfinder: Kingmaker - Enhanced Plus Edition slated for a release on Amazon Luna this year. Amelia Zollner is a freelance writer at IGN who loves all things indie and Nintendo. Outside of IGN, they've contributed to sites like Polygon and Rock Paper Shotgun, and they're currently developing a game called Garage *****. Find them on Twitter: @ameliazollner. View the full article
In a flurry punch of announcements, rather good co-op bug-blaster Starship Troopers: Extermination has revealed that it's leaving behind early access and hitting its full 1.0 release on October 11, gaining a new singleplayer campaign mode in the transition, and that it's recruited Casper Van Dien—Mr "I'm from Buenos Aires and I say ***** 'em all" from the original movie—to feature in it. Oh, and that you'll soon be able to ***** enough bugs to literally change the terrain of the game's maps... Read more.View the full article
The business side of video games is pretty grim right now. The unprecedented levels of layoffs, studio closures, developer downsizing, and the lack of funding many teams currently have to contend with all paint a worrying picture of our favourite medium. But as we continue to highlight the brutal cuts across the industry, it’s also worth lifting up those who decide to take a gamble and enter the business at what might be the industry’s most uncertain time ever. In this case, that’s Knights Peak. Read more View the full article
Starship Troopers: Extermination is coming out of Steam Early Access, perhaps just in time for Helldivers 2 players to get a different taste of democracy-spreading action. Extermination is the co-op shooter using the official license, of course, having entered Early Access in May last year. In celebration of the big day, developer Offworld Interactive revealed a couple of exciting additions to the game that should convince anyone on the fence to jump in. Read more View the full article
Eternal Strands, the first game from former Dragon Age lead Mike Laidlaw's studio Yellow Brick Games, has unveiled a new gameplay trailer at the Future Games Show today. Seeing more of it in action, I'm getting hopeful that somebody is finally cribbing the right answers off Breath of the Wild's test, mashing up immersive sim systems with action RPG combat like **** intended... Read more.View the full article
The Legatus Golem, or the Statue of Marble and Brass, is a Field Boss found in Fontaine in Genshin Impact. This boss was released in the Genshin 4.6 update and is part of the "Shadow Over Petrichor" questline. Like any other Field Boss, it drops Wanderer's Troupe and Gladiator's Finale artifacts upon defeat, alongside a few 4-stars. You'll also be able to grab the Fragment of a Golden Melody, which you'll need to level up Arlecchino. View the full article
With Valheim launching its massive Ashlands update, it is one step closer to leaving early access and to beginning life as a full release. Although players are still waiting for the Deep North biome and potentially a reworking of oceans, Ashlands, much like Mistlands update before it, offers players plenty to do by being ******* and having more mechanics than all areas. With new enemies, weapons, building materials, and fortresses to conquer, the new biome does a lot of things right and feels like a fresh challenge for seasoned Vikings. View the full article
Upcoming soulslike action RPG ****** Myth: Wukong will not be available for Xbox Series X|S at launch, according to official information recently released about the game. While past releases from developer/publisher Game Science have indicated that ****** Myth: Wukong will be coming to Xbox, it looks like the game won't be available on that platform when it hits PlayStation 5 and PC on August 20. View the full article
Empires of the Undergrowth has a range of ants, each with their own abilities and some with subspecies for you to choose from. It’s important to choose the right ones for the success of your colony.Best abilities and subclasses for each ant species in Empires of the UndergrowthThere is a lot of choice in Empires of the Undergrowth when fashioning your ants in your formicarium. Although it’s important to choose correctly the first time around, as you can’t change the subspecies of your ants once they’re picked!I’ll be going over the best “build” for each ant in the game so you can fend off against those experiments with ease.Best Gene Thief Ant build in Empires of the UndergrowthScreenshot: PC InvasionThe Gene Thief Ants (formica ereptor) don’t have a subclass to spec into as they’re the ant species exclusive to the formicarium that you start with.Considering the nature of this fictional ant species, you w...View the full article
Bushiroad Games and Eighting have revealed a release window for the upcoming Hunter X Hunter: Nen X Impact tag fighting game, along with a brand-new character for the roster: Biscuit Kreuger, or Bisky. Hunter X Hunter: Nen X Impact was revealed at the start of the year, exciting fans with a new fighting game based on the long-running anime and manga series. The roster included in the reveal trailer of Nen X Impact featured the main characters, like Gon Freecs, Killua Zoldyck, and Kurapika, among other fan favorites. View the full article
Along with a host of raider content, Fallout 4's Nuka-World DLC lets the Sole Survivor explore the pre-war amusement park to look for Cappy hidden figures. While the raiders will want their new Overboss to clear areas for them to take over, there is also an ongoing scavenger hunt quest called "Cappy in a Haystack" that can be completed alongside. With 10 different hidden figures to find dotted all over the theme park, it can be very easy to miss crucial parts of this strange quest. View the full article
The Pokémon North America International Championship (NAIC) has been full of surprises so far, with off-meta picks thriving. Dot Esports spoke to 2023 EUIC champ Paul Chua to discuss the weirdest Pokémon he’s encountered at the event and why this is a good sign moving forward in the competitive scene. Dot Esports is at NAIC with travel provided by The Pokémon Company to speak with top VGC players like Paul Chua about all the oddball ‘mons in the current Regulation G format. We saw the EUIC champ make a stream appearance during his Swiss round 12 match against Shiliang *****. Chua might’ve lost the match, but he pointed out one bizarre Pokémon on his opponent’s team—Wo-Chien. View the full article
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The team behind the awesome Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind mod, Morrowind Rebirth, has released a brand-new 6.7 update, bringing a bunch of new items to Bethesda's classic RPG. Although Morrowind Rebirth was first released for The Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind back in 2011, it continues to receive a few updates per year as it continues development. View the full article
Bogdan's Cross is an action-adventure tale of a humble shepherd turned legendary Templar knight amidst the terrible time of the Crusades. "Traverse stunning landscapes, uncover hidden tales and mysteries, and confront shadows of doubt and despair," the Steam page says, before slipping in the load-bearing caveat: "While grounded in historical accuracy, the game takes creative liberties to weave a captivating fictional narrative.".. Read more.View the full article
Now that I think about it, dwarves are a perfect match for mechs. They mine the sturdiest metals, which you need if you're gonna build a mech. They're brilliant engineers, capable of building fantastic mechanical devices, so why not one they can ride around in? And they craft huge honkin' weapons like hammers and axes—exactly the kind of thing a giant ****** would excel at swinging around... Read more.View the full article
While I'm as excited as the next person for the imminent Elden Ring DLC Shadow of the Erdtree, I'm perhaps even more curious about the arrival of Dungeons of Hinterberg. Having spent ten hours in its magical alpine town, I've found myself completely enthralled by its charming characters and political strife. While there's still a little over a month to wait for the full launch, a new, expanded Steam Next Fest demo allows you to try out a good chunk of the game for yourself. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Dungeons of Hinterberg is a spectacular RPG with a seedy underside Dungeons of Hinterberg release date, demo, trailers, and latest news Gorgeous new dungeon RPG now has a launch date, playtest coming soon View the full article
Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel has released two brand-new Selection Packs for the month of June, both adding new cards to the game and bringing back reprints of powerful cards. Since the release of the popular online trading card game in early 2022, Konami has regularly added new cards to the game for players to acquire. Master Duel's Selection Packs typically serve as the main way Konami introduces its newest cards, while new Secret Packs allow players to more easily acquire different themes. Now, Konami is adding new cards and bringing back plenty of old cards. View the full article
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The more I saw of Caravan SandWitch's trailer in today's Wholesome Direct showcase, the more I dug it. The "narrative-driven exploration adventure" has this uniquely desolate sci-fi look that reminds me of some of my recent favorites, while it also has a demo available to try right now on Steam... Read more.View the full article