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Baldur's Gate 3 Interactive Map and Locations for Acts 1, 2, and 3

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Baldur's Gate 3 is a game full of intricate detail. With so many dialogue options, characters, classes, and quests, everyone's experience is a little bit different. Discoveries are around every corner, and the only thing seemingly separating you from success or tragedy is a dice roll. That being said, it's a lot easier to somewhat plot your destiny when you know where you're going. IGN's Baldur's Gate 3 interactive map can help guide you on your quest through Act 1, 2 and 3. See the full Baldur's Gate 3 Map for all locations We have the most updated Baldur's Gate 3 map with the location of every item, chest, enemies, NPC, and more throughout the prologue, Act 1, Act 2, and Act 3. You can also check out our Baldur's Gate 3 walktrough for quests guides and details. Baldur's Gate 3 Interactive Map Currently, our Baldur's Gate 3 map features locations for the Prologue, Act 1, Act 2, and Act 3. This include a Nautiloid map, a map of t...
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The 10 Best Sonic Games

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Few video game characters are as iconic as Sonic the Hedgehog. The speedy little blue blur has been around for over three decades, touching every corner of pop culture along the way, from games, to comics, to TV, to blockbuster movies. But we’re here specifically to celebrate the mainline Sonic game series and pick the best of them. Before we start, let’s quickly touch upon our criteria. We tried to rank these games based on a combination of historical significance, innovation, and how well these games stand the test of time. Some games, like Sonic Adventure 1 and the original Sonic the Hedgehog, for instance, are obviously super important to the Sonic series and set the foundation for both 2D and 3D Sonic games to follow, but we felt like they both didn’t quite hold up as well as their sequels when judged by a modern standard, which was why they just missed this list. The 10 games on this list are the ones we feel are the best examples of both classic and modern Sonic style. So w...
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The Last of Us Part 2 Was Once More Open World in Development

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The Last of Us Part 2 takes a lot of design cues and lessons from developer Naughty Dog’s recent games, including its direct predecessor and the Uncharted series. The final result is a linearly focused adventure, but one that often opens up into the studio’s biggest environments and levels. And at one point, it could have been an even greater departure from past games. Speaking to IGN ahead of The Last of Us Part 2’s release, director Neil Druckmann discussed how early ideas of the game had taken on an open-world design. Warning: Major spoilers for The Last of Us Part 2 follow. Turn back if you haven’t finished! [ignvideo url=" https://www.ign.com/videos/the-last-of-us-part-2-ps4-pro-limited-edition-unboxing "] [poilib element="accentDivider"] “The game initially was this open world thing. And you spent all this time in Jackson,” Druckmann, who also spoke to us about The Last of Us Part 2's ambitious story , explained. Jackson, Wyoming is the first major locati...
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Tunic: A Long-Awaited Update from the Developer of Xbox's Adorable Zelda-like

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Tunic has captivated the IGN team since its reveal back at E3 2017. The adorable Zelda-like not only has a gorgeous art style, but it played really well too. The almost-one-developer project led by Andrew Shouldice has largely been quiet for the past couple of years, however. At least until now. Granted, this isn't the meatiest of updates. IGN spoke with Shouldice, who kindly sent over one new screenshot (see that just below), and answered a few of our questions about the status of Tunic. [caption id="attachment_2447903" align="aligncenter" width="720"]New screenshot of Tunic (taken December 2020). New screenshot of Tunic (taken December 2020).[/caption]

IGN: It's December and I believe this is the first update of any kind we've had on Tunic this year. That silence has only deepened my interest in Tunic. How is the game coming along?

ANDREW SHOULDICE, LEAD DEVELOPER ON TUNIC: Really really well. TUNIC has evolved a lot since I first started on it, but in the past couple years things have really hit their stride. The game started as a look and a feel, but the larger overarching structure was kind of nebulous. Now that the game "knows what it is," making new content and adding polish mostly just sort of clicks into place. New audio from Kevin (Regamey); new music from Terence (Lifeformed) — it's really satisfying to see this thing come together. [poilib element="quoteBox" parameters="excerpt=It's%20like%20picking%20up%20a%20rental%20cartridge%20and%20jumping%20into%20a%20new%20world%20you%20know%20nearly%20nothing%20about.%20I%20hope%20people%20will%20get%20that%20experience%20playing%20TUNIC."] A while ago I (temporarily) swore off level decoration — not because it was bad, but because I love it too much. I can easily get lost in a space, adding detail, placing blades of grass, that sort of thing. While I was still greyboxing a lot of the game, detailing like that wasn't really the best place to spend my time. So: earlier this year we also brought Eric Billingsley (@SparseGameDev: Spring Falls, Cuphead) to help out with level building and decoration. Now I still get to build cool looking spaces, and with Eric's help things have really picked up steam. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2018/06/10/tunic-trailer-e3-2018"] The silence is a tricky one. On the one hand, I love talking shop about design and art, but I also want to preserve some of the mystery. I don't want to be overly precious about keeping particular things under wraps — it's more about the feeling of going in fresh. It's like picking up a rental cartridge and jumping into a new world you know nearly nothing about. I hope people will get that experience playing TUNIC.

IGN: COVID-19 has affected all of us in various ways, and that definitely includes development teams. But you are (basically) a one-developer operation, so has COVID slowed you down at all?

ANDREW: In a few ways, yes, but the fact that we're a small, already-distributed team has largely mitigated things. I did have to move house in the past month, which is, as you can expect, not super fun during a global pandemic. There is, of course, the ever-present low-hum of anxiety, but, well... [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2018/06/11/10-minutes-of-tunic-xbox-one-x-gameplay-e3-2018"]

IGN: Has the scale or scope of Tunic changed since we last saw it a couple of years ago?

ANDREW: Production has evolved from the metaphorical whiteboard-with-a-bunch-of-question-marks-on-it into more of a real, concrete to-do list. Now we’re mostly just moving through it. As far as scale/scope goes, I honestly have a hard time judging that! Any time we put together a playable chunk for testing, people always spend way more time than I expect: exploring, searching for secrets, replaying builds, etc. It's a good thing, but it means "how big is it" is a hard question to answer. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2017/06/12/tunic-official-announcement-trailer-e3-2017"]

IGN: Is the finish line of the game in sight now? Can you confidently say that 2021 is going to be the year that we all finally get to play it?

ANDREW: No official-official date yet, but I am super excited about finishing TUNIC. More work has been done on this game in the past year than any year before, which feels really good. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Ryan McCaffrey is IGN’s Executive Editor of Previews. Follow him on Twitter at @DMC_Ryan, catch him on Unlocked, and drop-ship him Taylor Ham sandwiches from New Jersey whenever possible.

source https://www.ign.com/articles/tunic-a-long-awaited-update-on-xboxs-adorable-zelda-like

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