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Everything Announced at the THQ Nordic Digital Showcase

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THQ Nordic presented a new digital showcase today full of new trailers and some surprise announcements. Alongside a new Alone in the Dark, THQ announced several new games across different genres including racing, RTS, and more. Check out everything announced during the THQ Nordic Digital Showcase below. New Alone in the Dark Announced A brand new Alone in the Dark survival horror game is on the way. Developed by Pieces Interactive and the writer of Amnesia: The Dark Descent and SOMA, Alone in the Dark is a love letter to the original Alone in the Dark, telling a brand-new story in this Southern Gothic horror. Tempest Rising Announced A new real-time strategy game utilizing next-gen graphics and RPG-elements. Take up arms in the war between the GDF and Tempest Royal Dynasty. Battle in campaigns set on highly-detailed planets and control your troops while making decisions that will affect the outcome of the war. Wreckreation Announced A new arcade racer from ex-developers of...
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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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Halo Infinite Players Frustrated With Fracture: Tenrai Event's Gated Progression

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Halo Infinite's first event - Fracture: Tenrai - is giving Spartans around the world the chance to earn free rewards like the samurai-inspired Yoroi Armor Core. Unfortunately, many have already run into issues with its gated progression and padded event pass. The Fracture: Tenrai Event Pass is free to all players and contains 30 tiers of rewards. Unlike Halo Infinite's premium Battle Pass that requires XP to level up, players can only progress through the event pass by completing specific event challenges. While there is nothing inherently wrong with that, some of the other factors surrounding it are causing frustration for certain players. For one, the event pass can not be completed in this first week that ends on Monday, November 30, according to Halo marketing lead Noah Benesch. Instead, Fracture: Tenrai will return five more times throughout this first season to give players "plenty of opportunities to complete all 30 reward tiers." That is great for those...
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Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League Playable Characters Announced

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During a panel at DC FanDome on Saturday, the main characters for Rocksteady's upcoming game, Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League were revealed, along with the announcement trailer . The four main characters are: Harley Quinn a.k.a. Dr. Harleen Quinzel, the "mistress of mayhem" King Shark a.k.a. Nanaue, the "demigod humanoid shark" Deadshot a.k.a. Floyd Lawton, the "most dangerous marksman alive" Captain Boomerang a.k.a. Digger Harkness, the "Aussie assassin extraordinaire" [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=suicide-squad-kill-the-justice-league-trailer-screenshots&captions=true"] Each member of the squad will have moves and abilities unique and specific to themselves, along with a slew of customizable weapons, all while trying to bring down the Justice League – including the all powerful, otherworldly Superman. Rocksteady also revealed the game will allow single player or groupin...
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Suicide Squad Game Is Set in Batman: Arkham Universe

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Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League may focus on Task Force X taking down the beloved superhero team, and the universe the game takes place in is actually one that will be familiar to fans of developer Rocksteady Studios. Speaking during DC FanDome, Rocksteady Studios' Sefton Hill confirmed Suicide Squad is a "continuation of the Arkhamverse" that began in Batman: Arkham Asylum and came to its seeming end in Batman: Arkham Knight. Hill explained that Suicide Squad is part of this world and will actually let players see the continuation of plot threads and characters first introduced in those Arkham games. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/suicide-squad-kill-the-justice-league-game-announcement-trailer-dc-fandome"] "This is a continuation of the Arkhamverse, so a lot of the threads and storylines you're going to see come to fruition in this game," Hill said. This also means that Suicide Squad will not be in the same universe as WB Games M...
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Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League First Trailer, 2022 Release

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Rocksteady Studios' Batman: Arkham series followup returns the developer to the world of DC Comics, and now we actually know about what Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League entails. Beyond the obvious, given its title and all. Suicide Squad has a 2022 release window. Revealed during the game's DC FanDome panel, the first trailer revealed the Suicide Squad roster which includes Harley Quinn, Captain Boomerang, Deadshot, and Kingshark. As the name implies and as revealed in the first trailer, Superman has become evil (or something) and the Suicide Squad is tasked with killing the Justice League. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/08/23/suicide-squad-kill-the-justice-league-game-announcement-trailer-dc-fandome"] The plot of Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League follows closely to the plot of the Suicide Squad comic books. The DC Universe's notorious villains are contracted by the government to form Task Force X and carry out clandestine missions in exc...
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Gotham Knights: WB Games Montreal Explains Why It Killed Batman

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WB Games Montreal says it chose to have Gotham Knights begin with a dead Batman in order to take away "any certainty, any feeling of safety" in its world. Speaking at DC FanDome during the Legacy of the Bat panel, creative director Patrick Redding explained that Gotham Knights' Batman has been fighting crime for around 15 years, before being killed in still-unexplained circumstances. "We wanted to take away any certainty, any feeling of safety," Redding explained. "So we could take a Gotham City where Bruce Wayne has been operating as Batman for, like, 15 years - with all that history, his whole network of allies - and then take him out of the picture. It really demands players figure out, 'How would I step up, and how would I protect Gotham City?'" That lack of certainty could perhaps signal a game that's more willing to see other major characters killed off during its runtime. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/08/22/bat...
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All The Biggest Announcements And Reveals From DC FanDome

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DC FanDome is jam-packed with announcements for every fan of the comic universe - and it’s only halfway through.  Check out the biggest announcements from the big event so far in our recap below. Cheetah’s Full Reveal in Wonder Woman 1984 The second trailer for Wonder Woman 1984 had plenty for fans to love, and it gave us our first look at Kristen Wiig’s Cheetah in her fully transformed state allowing her to travel at incredible speeds and scale walls. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=ww84-dc-fandome-trailer-gallery&captions=true"] Though most of the trailer focuses on Barbara Ann Minerva and her journey towards transformation, we see a fully-realized Cheetah near the end of the trailer, facing off against Wonder Woman donning her golden eagle armour. In the clip, we see her fight Diana to a standstill. Wonder Woman 1984 is currently slated for an October 2, 2020 release after multiple delays. Batman Gotham Knights Announc...
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Batman: Gotham Knights Online Co-Op Play Explained

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WB announced Gotham Knights, the new Batman game from Batman: Arkham Origins dev WB Games Montreal, and promised a new take on the Batman universe, as players  won't be playing as the dark knight himself. Gotham Knights allows for players to choose from four different Bat-family members, and even play together as they explore Gotham. According to the official details released so far for the game, which is set to be released in 2021 for PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X, Xbox One, and PC, Gotham Knights will allow for up to two players to play together online cooperatively, in addition to experiencing Gotham Knights as a single player game. There's no indication there will be local co-op, nor more than two players able to play cooperatively at this time. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/08/22/7-minutes-of-batman-gotham-knights-gameplay"] As for  who you'll play, Gotham Knights features four characters — Robin, Nightwing, Batgirl, and Red Hood — each with thei...
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Gotham Knights Gameplay Shows Co-Op, Supervillain Boss Battle

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At DC FanDome, WB Montreal showed off the first gameplay footage from its newly revealed Gotham Knights focusing on Batgirl taking on Mister Freeze. Here's a description of the footage below. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/08/22/7-minutes-of-batman-gotham-knights-gameplay"] The gameplay footage shows Batgirl riding a bat-cycle towards Mister Freeze's fortress. When she arrives, she's joined by Robin which shows co-op. During combat players can see the enemy's levels a la Assassin's Creed, suggesting some kind of RPG leveling system. While in combat, two players can seemingly take on a level at once. WB Games confirmed Gotham Knights will feature two-player online co-op, though the Gotham Knights can also be played solo. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=every-ign-batman-video-game-review&captions=true"] The gameplay demo ends with a boss fight against Mister Freeze with both players fi...
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WB Games Montreal's Batman Game Officially Revealed

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After  years of teases, rumors, and speculation, Batman: Arkham Origins studio WB Games Montreal has finally revealed its next game — and, unsurprisingly, the dark knight returns. WB Games Montreal's Batman game is officially announced, known as Gotham Knights, set for release in 2021 for PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, and PC. The game will feature two-player online co-op, five boroughs of Gotham City for players to explore, the ability to drive around via Batcycle, and an arsenal of combat and gear that will grow as the game progresses. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/gotham-knights-announcement-trailer"] The debut trailer opened with voiceover describing a disaster in Gotham City, with Bruce Wayne''s body seemingly found in the rubble. Among the characters shown are Batgirl, Robin, Nightwing, and the Red Hood. Here's the official description of each character in game, which teases some of the unique abilities each brings to the table. Batgirl...
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Cheetah Explained: Who Is the Wonder Woman 1984 Villain?

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Wonder Woman 1984 sees the return of Gal Gadot's super-heroine, and joining her is Kristen Wiig as Barbara Ann Minerva, aka Cheetah, one of Wonder Woman's oldest and most nefarious foes. As of now, it remains unclear exactly how Wiig's character will become Cheetah in the film, or even how much of a villain she'll be, given that  Pedro Pascal is also co-starring as DC Comics bad guy Maxwell Lord . But now that we've gotten a nice glimpse of Wiig in her full Cheetah look thanks to the DC FanDome Wonder Woman 1984 trailer , let's break down everything you need to know about Cheetah and the various women who have held that title in DC's comics. And be sure to also check out the full  DC FanDome Schedule . [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2018/06/18/cheetah-explained-who-is-the-wonder-woman-1984-villain"] Cheetah Explained: The Basics As a bridge between the world of men and the Greek gods, Wonder Woman has accumulated many enemies over the y...
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Mortal Shell Quenching Acid Locations

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You'll need Quenching Acid to upgrade weapons. Find out how to get it with this Mortal Shell guide. source https://www.ign.com/wikis/mortal-shell/Where_to_Find_Quenching_Acid
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13 Tips and Tricks for Samurai Jack: Battle Through Time

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Jump into Jack's new adventure with these tips. source https://www.ign.com/wikis/samurai-jack-battle-through-time/Tips_and_Tricks
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Iron Man VR Free Update Adds New Game Plus, New Weapons

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Iron Man VR has received a new update that adds New Game+, an "Ultimate" difficulty mode, new weapons, improved load times, new quality of life features, and much more. Blaine Higdon, gameplay designer at Iron Man VR's developer Camouflaj, took to the PlayStation Blog to explain what's included in the free update, beginning with new game modes. The New Game+ mode will allow players to re-experience Iron Man VR's story without giving up their Research Points, and it immediately unlocks the Impulse Armor. The "Ultimate" difficulty mode has also been added, and will give players who have already mastered the "Invincible" difficulty even more of a challenge. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/07/02/marvels-iron-man-vr-review"] The new update also brings with it new weapons, including the Continuous Beam Repulsor that allows Iron Man to sustain a beam for several seconds. There will also be an EM Charge Cannon that can penetra...
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Apple Counters Epic's 'Antitrust' Arguments, Says Epic Requested a Special Deal

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Apple has responded to Epic’s antitrust lawsuit in a legal filing made public today that says Epic did request a special deal from Apple, contrary to what Epic CEO Tim Sweeney has said publicly. As reported by CNBC , former Apple senior vice president Phil Schiller wrote that “On June 30, 2020, Epic’s CEO Tim Sweeney wrote my colleagues and me an email asking,” for a special deal that would “fundamentally change the way in which Epic offers apps on Apple’s iOS platform.” [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/08/13/fortnite-1984-apple-parody-video-short"] Specifically, Apple claims that Epic requested to offer an Epic Games Store app on the App Store that would let iOS users install apps directly from Epic and bypass Apple’s payment processing options. Apple goes on to say that Epic’s request for an injunction to stop Apple from removing Epic’s developer account isn’t valid as any harm happening to Epic is “self-inflicted.” “All of the injury Epic claims to itself, g...
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Halo Infinite's "Oversold" Expectations

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Welcome back to Game Scoop!, IGN's weekly video game podcast. This week we're discussing some possible reasons for Halo Infinite's delay, a cool new Xbox Series X feature, PS5 details, Battletoads, Ghost of Tsushima, and more. You'll notice this episode is audio-only. Apologies, our video team is all hard at work preparing our Gamescom live show for next week. This is only for this episode and video will be back next week. Hit the link below to your favorite podcast service. Listen on: Apple Podcasts YouTube Spotify Stitcher source https://www.ign.com/articles/game-scoop-592-halo-infinites-oversold-expectations
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Crush Every Challenge in Battletoads With This Complete Walkthrough

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Don't miss a leap in Battletoads with IGN's guide. source https://www.ign.com/wikis/battletoads-2020/Walkthrough
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Outriders World Tier Challenge - IGN First

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Outriders has an interesting approach to difficulty. Instead of choosing easy, medium, or hard, there’s a dynamic difficulty system called World Tiers. As you become more skilled and survive for longer, the game increases the world tier, which introduces tougher enemies and hands out better loot. There are 15 World Tiers, and unlocking the highest tiers demands skill and persistence. While you can always reduce the World Tier if things get too tough, or even decide to play the game on the one tier of your liking, reaching the World Tier 15 will likely become a target for many Outriders players. And so this gave us an idea for a challenge: can we survive Outriders’ most punishing World Tiers? And how far towards Tier 15 can we make it? [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/08/21/outriders-can-we-reach-world-tier-15-ign-first"] You can see how we got on in the video above. It is, of course, a goal that’s near enough impossible to achieve. It will take hours of gameplay...
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Fortnite vs. Apple: Epic Turns Its Legal Dispute Into an In-Game Event

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Epic Games has turned its feud with Apple into an in-game Fortnite event, the #FreeFortnite Cup. Epic Games released a blog post  detailing an in-game tournament meant to "celebrate the quest for one more Victory Royale with friends across all platforms." What it really is though, beyond a final chance for iOS users to play with others before the game is updated for Chapter 2 - Season 4 (an update iOS players will currently not be able to install), is another opportunity for Epic Games to highlight its ongoing feud with Apple. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/08/13/fortnite-1984-apple-parody-video-short"] This problems came to a head last week when Epic Games lowered the price of V-Bucks across all platforms, including a new "direct payment" option on mobile devices. This was done in an effort to call out companies like Apple on "exorbitant" payment fees in the process. Apple removed Fortnite from its App Store soon after as the di...
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Samurai Jack: Battle Through Time Review

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A definitive ending to an excellent story is a truly precious thing. That’s part of why Samurai Jack’s return for a final season in 2017 was so refreshing, as it capped off the legendary cartoon show with an appropriately epic and conclusive sendoff. Samurai Jack: Battle Through Time makes a risky choice, then, by attempting to squeeze one more thrilling adventure out of the series post-finale, but it handles that responsibility with care – and manages to be an enjoyable trip into the past of the action game genre in the process. For those who weren’t tuning into Cartoon Network in the early 2000s, Samurai Jack is about the titular warrior fighting to return to the past and slay the evil wizard Aku. Battle Through Time cleverly posits that Aku had one more trick up his sleeve: he interrupts Jack’s trip back through time and forces the samurai to relive his most exciting battles. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/samurai-jack-battle-through-time-18-minutes-of-mission-1-gam...
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Crysis Remastered Coming to Consoles and PC in September

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Crysis Remastered will now arrive on PC (via Epic Games Store), Xbox One and PS4 on September 18. Released digitally for £26.99 / $29.99 USD (Australian prices not available at time of writing), the release follows a delay due to mixed fan reaction to leaked footage of the game . Many have already reacted positively to the improved visuals, which you can see in the trailer below: [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/08/21/crysis-remastered-tech-trailer-preview"] A press release touts a number of visual additions, including: "high-quality textures up to 8K, HDR support, temporal anti-aliasing, Screen Space Directional Occlusion (SSDO), Global Illumination (SVOGI), state-of-the-art depth fields, new light settings, motion blur, parallax occlusion mapping, Screen Space Reflections and Shadows (SSR & SSS) as well as new and updated particle effects and more" On PCs with Nvidia RTX GPUs, as well as Xbox One X and PS4 Pro, the game will also feature ray trac...
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Fortnite Teases Marvel's Thor for Season 4

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Epic Games has teased that Thor may be coming to Fortnite as part of Season 4, while rumours swirl that the entire seaosn may be Marvel-themed. The Fortnite account tweeted out a short clip with the god of thunder overlaid on the game's logo, as well as a release date of August 27th, 2020. A massive Marvel branding sticker appears underneath the art, suggesting that this promotion extends beyond Thor, and may incorporate more superheroes into the game as the season progresses. pic.twitter.com/0U7fFnrTsW — Fortnite (@FortniteGame) August 21, 2020 Earlier this week, Fortnite news account HYPEX tweeted that they had heard from a trusted source that Season 4 may be Marvel-themed, suggesting that "Thor & his hammer are gonna be cosmetics." Now that the rumour has been made official, HYPEX has teased a number of details about Season 4 , claiming that it will feature a "Marvel/Thor Point of Interest," a Wolverine skin and comic book pages for players to collect...
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Here's Where to Sign Up for PS5 Preorder Notifications

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We're nearing the end of August and we still don't have any concrete news on the PS5 price, release date, or preorder information. We do have a new PS5 commercial showing off some of the coming features in the PlayStation 5, like haptic feedback and 3D sound. Sony also reiterated the PS5 is NOT being pushed into 2021 . We're still getting PS5 this year, which hardly narrows it down. This might be the most frustrating lead-up to next-generation console launches... ever? To be fair, 2020 has been kind of a wild ride. If you're just here for the console wars, you can check out our article on where to sign up for Xbox Series X preorders . Where to Sign Up for PS5 Preorder Information As we're now much closer to the end of 2020 than we are to the beginning, the PS5 release window remains simply "Holiday." Yes, with each passing day we grow closer to what's almost certainly the most anticipated gaming news of 2020, but as of right now we still know absolut...
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Black Myth: Wukong Developer Responds to Huge Popularity of First Trailer

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Before August 20, Game Science's Black Myth: Wukong was a practically unknown project. 24 hours later, it was IGN's biggest news story of the day , had garnered over 10 million views on Chinese video site BiliBili alone, and was earning praise from across the Internet. Game Science founder Feng Ji has now responded to the huge, sudden popularity of the game, said the team will now "hide" to continue development, and apologised for problems that made it into the pre-alpha gameplay. Writing on Weibo and translated by ResetEra member Nightengale  (and confirmed by IGN), the developer explained that the 13 minutes of gameplay used to introduce the game - which you can watch below - were released to be "honest" about the game, as well as help attract more potential employees to join his company. He adds that the team has been happy with the explosive popularity of the trailer, but makes clear that they won't let it get to their heads, and even asked viewers ...
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You Might Be the Best Fall Guys Player in the World, But Not Know About It

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The best Fall Guys player in the world is yet to reveal themselves after being stealthily granted a special outfit by the development team. The Fall Guys development team granted early access to an outfit due to be released publicly this weekend to an individual dubbed 'The Fallen One', the player who is statistically the best in the world according to Mediatonic's stats. As of writing, this venerated player is yet to reveal themselves, leading the Fall Guys Twitter account to urge players to check their inventories if they think they may be the game's best player. OKAY, I'VE GONE ROGUE AND DONE A MEME I've found the player who is STATISTICALLY the BEST I've just given them Saturday's costume early LOL Someone out there now has the costume! CHECK YOUR INVENTORY We actually don't even know who it is lol WHO IS #TheFallenOne ?!? — Fall Guys (@FallGuysGame) August 20, 2020 Close to the announcement of the #TheFallenOne competition, the Fall Guys Tw...
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PS5: Sony Reiterates, Again, That the Console Won't Be Delayed Into 2021

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It might not seem totally necessary for Sony to tell us PS5 will hit its intended launch date again, but we live in a timeline where Halo Infinite got delayed , so with that in mind – Sony has reiterated that PS5 will not be delayed into 2021. Speaking to GamesIndustry ,  Sony Interactive Entertainment's head of global marketing Eric Lempel made very clear to say, "We will launch this year – that will happen – and from my end we will absolutely make sure that we will bring all of the magic and all of the excitement of launches that we have had in the past." Lempel also made a point of noting that the launch will see a strong line-up of games to be played on the new machine, both announced and unannounced: "The content that will be in the launch window and beyond is incredibly exciting. I would say that this is the best line-up that we've ever seen in the history of PlayStation, between our Worldwide Studios groups and our partners from all the different publishe...
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How to Farm Glimpses in Mortal Shell

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Stock up on plenty of Glimpses for upgrades. source https://www.ign.com/wikis/mortal-shell/How_to_Farm_Glimpses
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The 25 Best Modern PC Games (Summer 2020 Update)

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The year 2020 is more than halfway through (thank goodness) so it’s time for us to refresh our list of the 25 best PC games to play right now. Times have changed, both in the PC gaming landscape and in the makeup of our PC gaming staff and contributors, and that means that outside of some real stalwarts we’ve got a substantially different list this time around. To be clear, this list does not attempt to pick out the “best” or “most influential” PC games ever made. It’s also not a list of the most popular games out there, or a list that seeks to represent the top games of every genre (sorry Total War: Three Kingdoms – you came close!). No, this is a list of games that we, the IGN editors and contributors, collectively recommend the most, based on our own tastes, and all from within the past 10 years. Think of it as our staff’s personal recommendations to you for games we think you should play if you haven’t. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/08/20/the-top-10-modern-p...
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