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whole decade is a solid run for an RPG ruleset, but the success of Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition, released in 2014, was such that replacing it would be an obviously terrible idea. Instead, Wizards of the Coast did something more akin to 4th edition's Essentials line—a refresh that's compatible with the previous rules, but makes changes to address criticisms that have emerged over the rules' lifespan... Read more.View the full article

Developer and publisher Funcom has launched Dune: Awakening worldwide via Steam with a console release to follow in 2026. View the full article

There are plenty of hidden secrets and routes in Deltarune's Chapters, including the elusive Egg key items found in each part of the story. With the release of Chapters 3 and 4 with the launch of the Nintendo Switch 2, you can get two more Eggs by exploring each new area. However, the Egg in Chapter 3 is particularly difficult to find, requiring you to complete specific actions. View the full article

Paralives doesn't have fishing on day one of Early Access, but it does have "aging and death"View the full article

Publisher Coffee Stain and developer Lavapotion have announced the Roots DLC for their turn-based strategy game, Songs Of Conquest. This new addition will introduce a "treefolk" faction in the game that will blur the line between life and decay. View the full article

Stellar Blade™ has peaked at 53,728 concurrent players on 11 June 2025 on release day. View charts and more statistics on our website.View the full article

Star Wars fans, don't miss out on this incredible video game deal. Walmart is currently offering Ubisoft's Star Wars Outlaws game for Xbox Series X for just $20. This game normally retails for $59.99 and the lowest price I've ever seen for it was $39.99 during last year's Cyber Monday *****. The game is a physical copy that's sold and shipped by Walmart itself, not a marketplace vendor. You'll need to get your order total to $35 in order to get free shipping, or choose free in-store pickup where available. Star Wars Outlaws (Xbox) for $20 Star Wars Outlaws Review by Tristan Ogilvie "It’s ironic that Kay’s ship is called the Trailblazer, since there’s actually not a whole lot of ideas in Star Wars Outlaws that haven’t been done before in other action and open-world adventures. Instead, it’s quite like the Millenium Falcon: a bucket of bolts held together with repurposed parts and prone to breaking down, but at its best it’s more than capable of jolting your pleasure centres into Star Wars fan hyperspace. A clever syndicate system brings real weight to almost every task you choose to undertake, some of which have creative quest designs that can often conjure up some genuinely stunning blindsides. Having a pal like Nix at your side the entire time not only adds an extra dimension to Kay’s fairly generic smuggler character, but also gives her an enhanced set of useful abilities. But even he can’t quite make its stealth and combat feel any less rigid and repetitive, and the odds of avoiding the many glaring technical issues present at launch are 3,720 to one. But you probably didn’t want me to tell you the odds." [/url] Star Wars Outlaws latest update - dubbed 1.6 - was rolled out earlier in May. The new update arrives alongside the new A Pirate's Fortune DLC and includes various quality of life improvements, bug fixes, and some freebies like a new Star Wars: Skeleton Crew cosmetic pack. New Xbox Gaming Handheld Unveiled In other Xbox news, Microsoft officially announced its plans to release two Xbox gaming handhelds during its Xbox Games Showcase 2025 on June 8. The two new handhelds - the Xbox Ally and Xbox Ally X - are part of a collaboration with Asus and based on the existing Asus ROG Ally platform. You'll be able to play Xbox games including Gears of War: Reloaded and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. Launch is expected to be sometime during holiday 2025. Why Should You Trust IGN's Deals Team? IGN's deals team has a combined 30+ years of experience finding the best discounts in gaming, tech, and just about every other category. We don't try to trick our readers into buying things they don't need at prices that aren't worth buying something at. Our ultimate goal is to surface the best possible deals from brands we trust and our editorial team has personal experience with. You can check out our deals standards here for more information on our process, or keep up with the latest deals we find on IGN's Deals account on Twitter. [/url] Eric Song is the IGN commerce manager in charge of finding the best gaming and tech deals every day. When Eric isn't hunting for deals for other people at work, he's hunting for deals for himself during his free time. View the full article For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

On top of its incredibly exciting gameplay mechanics,Sonic Racing: CrossWorldsis bringing with it the most ambitious roster in the series' history. Although CrossWorlds has plenty of your favorite Sonic characters to enjoy, from classic ones to more niche selections, the standout aspect is its crossover characters. Although some of Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds' characters will require paid DLC, ***** has already confirmed some of the company's most iconic protagonists are returning completely free of charge. View the full article

Digital Extremes will release the next major narrative chapter for Warframe later this month. View the full article

I've played a few dozen demos during Steam Next Fest over the past couple of days, and my results have varied. Some games didn't click with me at all, while others I knew I'd be wishlisting right away, but for all of them, I played them and then moved on to others. All of them but one. Say hello to BALL x PIT from Devolver Digital and solo developer Kenny Sun. Image via Devolver Digital This is my next big addiction whenever it launches, and I feel like it could be yours, too. BALL x PIT is, like many of the numerous demos I've been playing this week, an amalgamation of different games and genres. It made its debut over the weekend during all of the gaming showcases and its release date is TBA, but I'm hoping that it comes out ASAP. "Ballbylon has fallen," the Steam description says. "After a meteoric and completely unexpected event annihilated the great city, all that remains is an ominous, yawning pit. Treasure hunters from far and wide flock to the city’s tomb to seek their fortune, plumbing the depths in search of Ballbylon’s scattered riches. Few return." BALL x PIT is part brick-breaker, part base-builder, part roguelite, and all incredibly fun. You control one of a number of different unlockable characters as you enter the pit to launch ****** and defeat enemies, picking up power-ups and modifiers along the way on reach run as you fight bosses and pick up gold and resources for your community. Your base can be built and customized to add new allies, buildings, and resources to farm, such as wood, crops, and rock that must be farmed in the same brick-breaking fashion as the base gameplay. It sounds odd, and it kind of is, but it works so damn well. I can't stop playing it. It also reminds me a bit of Peglin as you collect and level up different ******, while also feeling reminiscent of Vampire Survivors and other games like it as you can enable the ability to auto-attack as you move your way through the pit, picking up XP and gold, and avoiding enemy fire. [Hidden Content] Do yourself a favor and check out BALL x PIT's demo on Steam Next Fest before it's gun, and add it to your wishlist ASAP to be ready to grab your ****** and go as soon as it launches. The post BALL x PIT is the first Steam Next Fest demo that’s kept me coming back for more and more appeared first on Destructoid. View the full article

fter an ugly launch that saw its Steam rating crater to "mostly negative," briefly climb to "mixed," and then biff it back to "mostly negative," MindsEye developer Build a Rocket Boy says it's working "around the clock" on performance improvements, and that the first in a series of planned patches is slated to arrive on PC at the end of this week... Read more.View the full article

Fallout, Wasteland, and Stalker are three of the most influential game series to come out in the medium's history. Each of them has spawned a number of successful sequels, from Fallout 76 to Wasteland 3 and Stalker 2, while also inspiring a variety of post-apocalyptic games, like Rage 2, Surviving the Aftermath, and Chernobylite 2: Exclusion Zone. One of the most intriguing of the games set to continue this trend is Scavland, a 2D pixel art project that you can now try out for yourself thanks to the launch of its new demo on Steam. Read the rest of the story... View the full article

Saber Interactive has made some great games out of concepts that might seem, at first glance, like they'd be pretty dull. Mudrunner, Expeditions: A Mudrunner Game, Snowrunner, and, most recently, Roadcraft, are all essentially about getting a vehicle or its cargo from one place to another. What makes them compelling is trying to overcome the problems complicating these goals, all highly detailed due to the studio's attention to detail. Now, Military Logistics Simulator, a new game that mixes Roadcraft's emphasis on vehicle transport with Arma 3's focus on realistic military equipment, has arrived to offer a new take on this style of design. And you can try it right now with a new demo available during Steam Next Fest. Read the rest of the story... View the full article

Torn Banner Studios has been busy working on the massive zombie survival game No More Room in Hell 2 lately, but, before it shifted attention to that project, the team put out Chivalry 2. The sequel to a 2012 game that brings the intense medieval battles of RTS games like Crusader Kings 3, Total War: Medieval 2, or Mount and Blade 2: Bannerlords into a more intimate, action-heavy focus, it serves as one of the most unique multiplayer projects to date. It's now cheaper than ever to dig into the game for yourself, as Chivalry 2 is currently available at a steep discount on Steam. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Beloved medieval MMO Chivalry 2 is finished for good, no more updates Suicide Squad is about to be given away for free on Prime Gaming Brutal medieval game, beloved on Steam, is now completely free View the full article

A hands-off gameplay demo of the brand-new Onimusha mainline game captures the essence of why this was once the definitive samurai action series on the PS2. View the full article

Nearly 5 years after its reveal, Pragmata is finally playable - and while we aren't quite sure if it's an RPG yet, we're excited to see more. View the full article

Space is the final frontier, and for Supermassive Games, it's also a new one. With Directive 8020, the latest entry in The Dark Pictures anthology, the studio finally takes to the stars. But even as it grapples with a shape-shifting alien and the constant, imposing doom posed by the void of space, Supermassive is finding ways to iterate on how it does horror... Read more.View the full article

Summer Preview 2025 | Pragmata is set to release in 2026View the full article

Squeezed in between his controversial appearance at the Summer Game Fest wearing a MAGA-style "Make FPS Great Again" hat and his subsequent apology for it, Splitgate 2 boss Ian Proulx couldn't help himself from slipping a quick knock against a former Call of Duty developer—and former Splitgate 2 developer—in a video on X... Read more.View the full article

Open-world action RPG The Seven Deadly Sins: Origin recently dropped new trailers at Summer Game Fest and the Future Games Show, showcasing the world and characters developer Netmarble has been cooking up. They also announced that pre-registration has opened for all regions as momentum builds to its release window later this year. The Seven Deadly Sins: Origin is being made by the same team that created 2019’s The Seven Deadly Sins: Grand Cross and tells an original story set in Brittania, the same world as The Seven Deadly Sins anime and manga series. That series has sold 55 million copies and Grand Cross reached 70 million downloads globally, so it’s fair to say there’s a huge fanbase that’s been anticipating the latest installment. It stars Tristan, son of series main characters Meliodas and Elizabeth, in a multiverse narrative that dives into parallel timelines and alternate character arcs. It all begins with the Book of Stars, a pendant that lay dormant in a cave beneath a lake. It has the power to record and connect timelines, and it chooses Tristan to be its next guardian. That moment sets Tristan on his course to explore the world and save it from turmoil and chaos. The new trailers provide a glimpse into the game’s central narrative, a deeper look at its expansive world, and show off the eye-catching art style that emulates the anime, powered by Unreal Engine. The first trailer, revealed on Friday during Summer Game Fest, begins with Tristan’s discovery of the Book of Stars. It seemingly sets off an explosion of power before settling into a celestial orb in the middle of the pendant. We then see some of the game’s large and varied environments, including open fields, canyons, lakeside docks, a desert oasis, and an underwater area. You can fly or go diving to fully explore some of these regions, and you can take part in other activities as you explore, like fishing and cooking. We get a look at the flashy and fast-paced real-time combat system, showing several different characters and their abilities. At one point, two characters attack at the same time, hinting at the ability to strategically combine characters’ unique skills and weapons to create combos. There are a variety of enemies featured, including spiders, golems, aggressive plants, and a horned monster that falls out of a flaming hole in the sky. And that’s on top of two hulking monstrosities that tower above the trees. The second trailer, shown during the Future Games Show on Saturday, expands on the showdown with one of those monstrosities. We see that it’s not just a cutscene, it’s an actual boss fight where the controllable character has to dodge fireballs before climbing up the body of the massive creature. That trailer also expanded on the environments, showing a deep forest, a cavern beneath the sand, the inside of a town, and a rain-drenched grassland. You can also see Tristan magically moving blocks into empty holes in a door or wall, possibly indicating that there will be environmental puzzles you need to solve. The two trailers combined to give us our deepest dive into The Seven Deadly Sins: Origin yet, and they clearly have fans excited, since they gathered more than a million views on YouTube in just two days. Origin will be available on PlayStation 5, PC, and mobile, with crossplay available across all platforms. You can wishlist it now on PS5 and Steam. If you’re interested in learning more about the game’s world and characters, you can check out the official website, where you can access the game’s official Discord, Twitter, and YouTube channels. You can also pre-register on that site, which will keep you up to date with the latest news and info. Pre-registered players will be able to sign up for the upcoming closed beta test and will get exclusive in-game rewards when the game launches. View the full article

Hasbro has revealed its exclusive Marvel Legends set for San Diego Comic-**** 2025, and '90s X-Men fans will be pleased. The Marvel Legends Series: Gamerverse Marvel Snap Savage Land 3-Pack features brand new figures of iconic heroines Rogue and Shanna the She-******, as well as the fearsome mutant villain Sauron. Check out the slideshow gallery below for a closer look at this stunning new set: This set gets the Gamerverse branding because it's technically based on a series of unlockable cards in the mobile game Marvel Snap. But it also has plenty of nostalgia factor, hearkening back to artist Jim Lee's run on Uncanny X-Men in the late '80s and early '90s. The Savage Land 3-Pack includes 15 different accessories, such as spears, alternate heads and hands, and even a hypnosis effect for Sauron. All three figures are designed in the usual 6-inch Marvel Legends scale. The Marvel Legends Series: Gamerverse Marvel Snap Savage Land 3-Pack is priced at $89.99 and will initially be sold only in person at Hasbro's SDCC booth (#3213). Limited quantities will then be made available on the Hasbro Pulse website after SDCC ends. Will you be adding this Marvel Legends set to your collection? Let us know in the comments below. And stay tuned for plenty more collectibles coverage as the build-up to Comic-**** continues. In other Marvel Legends news, Hasbro recently teased a new line of figures inspired by the Marvel vs. Capcom games. You can also check out the many Marvel collectibles available on the IGN Store. Jesse is a mild-mannered staff writer for IGN. Allow him to lend a machete to your intellectual thicket by following @jschedeen on BlueSky. View the full article

Elden Ring ran extremely well on the Asus ROG Ally X, but with the release of Nightreign, handheld gaming PC nerds (like me) are desperate to know if it continues the trend. After all, Shadow of the Erdtree was more demanding than the original, and that was an expansion built into it. Considering Nightreign is a standalone title, it has the potential to take things up a notch. But I have great news: It runs even better than Elden Ring. That seems surprising, but it shouldn’t be: Elden Ring Nightreign is limited to a small map called Limveld, meaning there’s far less on the screen at any time. It helps that the environment is based on Limgrave rather than anything from Shadow of the Erdtree, which came out two years later and had more complex visual effects that gave my Ally a run for its money. A Note on the Hardware Plenty of handheld gaming PCs are out in the market, yet the Asus ROG Ally X is the best of the bunch. It utilizes a AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme akin to competitors like the Lenovo Legion Go, but the upgrade to 24GB of RAM at 7,500MHz clock speed allows for 16GB allocated to the GPU (rather than the 8GB of the original Ally). This makes the Asus ROG Ally X the perfect choice for testing modern releases like Elden Ring Nightreign, at least until we see the AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme implemented later this year in the heavily leaked Xbox-branded Ally. While the ROG Ally X is more powerful on paper, the Steam Deck could give it a run for its money, as Valve’s per-game optimization has the potential to yield greater performance. Valve even went so far as to optimize Elden Ring for Steam Deck years ago, and we could see the same happen for Nightreign. [/url] Can The Asus ROG Ally X Handle Elden Ring Nightreign? I tested the game primarily in the castle at the center of Limveld. It's the largest set piece on the unaltered base map, where giants can throw enormous pots of magic at the player. This is where my framerate consistently dips to its lowest points, so I’m using it as a baseline for performance. I also started a new match between each graphics preset (as recommended by the game). I set my ROG Ally X’s Operating Mode to Turbo (30W) and plugged it into an outlet, allowing it to output the maximum amount of watts into performance. I also allocated 16GB of RAM to the GPU to get the most of its hardware, which is a unique advantage of the Ally X, as it’s built with 24GB of RAM. Most other handheld gaming PCs feature 16GB of RAM and can only allocate 8GB to the GPU. These settings allow the Asus ROG Ally X to run at its best. The game runs well on the handheld, but Elden Ring Nightreign can struggle when there are a lot of enemies and visual effects at the same time, especially in more open areas. So, if you’re being ganked by several blood-infused enemies set to self-destruct on your position, all while overlooking Limveld from the top of ruins, the frame rate will take a massive hit. However, in enclosed spaces, like a dense forest, the game fares much better, particularly if you strategically point the camera towards the ground. My ROG Ally X maintained an average of 30 fps at 1080p on the Maximum preset, with occasional drops down to 27 fps (usually after being bombarded by magic pots). The only other preset that dipped below 30 fps was 1080p on High. It hit an average of 35 fps, but dropped to 28 fps a few times when battling atop the castle. Otherwise, no other graphics preset dipped below 30 fps once. 1080p at Medium settings came in at an average of 39 fps. Low averaged at 43 fps, with a low of 39 fps. The game runs much better at 720p, even reaching 60 fps occasionally. Maximum at 720p averaged 41 fps, with a 1% low of 38 fps. High came in with an average of 44 fps, with 40 fps at the worst. Medium and low look crunchy, but yield excellent performance. Elden Ring Nightreign is perfect on the Asus ROG Ally X Nightreign looks great at 1080p with Maximum settings, and plays decently enough. I enjoyed sessions from start to finish on this preset, and while occasional stutters were bothersome, it’s pretty smooth otherwise and often hovered over 30 fps. 30 fps isn’t enough for everyone though, and those willing to take a hit to resolution will likely find a better balance playing at Maximum graphics and 720p, which hovers around 41 fps, hitting a midpoint between smoothness and quality. Players clamoring for 60 fps on their Asus ROG Ally X will have the best luck at 720p, but you’ll have to reduce the graphics presets to Medium or Low. Even then, the machine cannot maintain an average of 60 fps, and only reaches that high during less demanding encounters, like in enclosed spaces. It doesn’t look great, though, as Limveld appears flat on Low especially. The island loses its complex shadows, and each structure is low-poly. Claire finds joy in impassioned ramblings about her closeness to video games. She has a bachelor’s degree in Journalism & Media Studies from Brooklyn College and seven years of experience in entertainment journalism. Claire is a stalwart defender of games as an artform and spends most days overwhelmed with excitement for its past, present and future. When she isn't writing or playing Dark Souls, she can be found eating chicken fettuccine alfredo and gushing about handheld gaming PCs. View the full article

PQube will release Class of Heroes 3 Remaster digitally and physically in the West this September. View the full article

The biggest names in the multiplayer FPS space are set to launch new series entries in the form of Call of Duty: ****** Ops 7 and the yet-to-be-unveiled Battlefield 6 very soon. But there are plenty of other free options within the genre to check out in the meantime. Just yesterday, for instance, Rainbow Six Siege X came out and, going by its recent resurgence on Steam, the Delta Force revival put out late last year is doing better than ever before. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: New Delta Force update adds strategic mode from Battlefield and Hell Let Loose All Delta Force operators Best Delta Force loadouts and builds View the full article

With Madden NFL 26 releasing soon, there are plenty of new features to this title that make it stand out from previous iterations of the football simulation series. Some of the coolest new mechanics in Madden 26 are realistic weather and exhaustion systems that introduce wear and tear to different games. While this does create an authentic atmosphere of the sport from real life, these features could hinder player experiences. View the full article