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Weird West Review
In this alternate universe, the West was won by trying a bunch of ideas so crazy they just might work… and if they don’t, hitting the quick-load button to revert to an earlier save and trying something even crazier until you pull it off. Thanks to that freedom to experiment with its world as you explore, Weird West is one of those games that feels like a stealth and combat playground even as it tells five mostly serious, well-written stories with interesting decisions throughout and a thoughtful conclusion. And with so much ground to cover and replayability to investigate, it’s well worth putting up with some quirks and underwhelming loot. What ties Weird West’s plot together is a group of shadowy figures using a magical brand to force your character’s consciousness into the bodies of various unsuspecting people. It’s a clever play on the way so many games have us take control of a character who already exists in that world but still need to bring us up to speed on their identity: h...
Warhammer 40K: Rogue Trader – How Did it Take This Long to Get a Warhammer CRPG?
It’s truly bizarre that across the nearly 30 years of Warhammer video games, we haven’t had a single one that attempted to channel the tabletop Warhammer experience by utilizing the genre that feels best suited to do so: CRPGs. But that’s all about to change, as Pathfinder developer Owlcats has been cooking up something to fill this void. During an extensive hands-off demo of Warhammer 40K: Rogue Trader, I checked out its extremely chunky turn-based combat system, drowned in its plethora of dialogue options and social skill checks, and nodded approvingly at its lovingly faithful depiction of Warhammer’s morbid universe. While it’s still very early, so far this CRPG is shaping up to be everything I’ve wanted from a Warhammer video game. If you’ve ever played (or even glanced at) a game of Warhammer 40K, then you probably know it’s designed for a hyper-specific kind of nerd who loves calculations, large-scale drama, and an incredibly detailed world one could easily get lost in. Warham...
Returnal Endings Explained: What You Need to Know About the Main Ending and True Secret Ending
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LenTalk Requests Guide: How to Complete One-Hand Freeze and More in Pokemon Snap
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Whether you're looking to complete Meganium's Pal or Hide-and-Seek in the Flowers, IGN has you covered in our step-by-step guide to completing all LenTalk Requests in New Pokemon Snap. source https://www.ign.com/wikis/new-pokemon-snap/LenTalk_Requests_Guide_-_How_to_Complete_Every_Request_and_All_Rewards
Resident Evil Village: How to Find and Complete the Necklace With Two Holes
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The Witcher 3's PS5 and Xbox Series X Upgrade May Feature Fan-Made Mods
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The Witcher 3's PS5 and Xbox Series X/S next-gen upgrade may be implementing fan-made mods like The Witcher 3 HD Reworked Project when it launches later this year. As reported by Kotaku, The Witcher 3 HD Reworked Project's creator Halk Hogan announced that he has been in talks with CD Projekt Red about including his mod in the upcoming release. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2021/04/02/the-future-of-cyberpunk-2077-the-witcher-on-ps5-xbox-series-x-next-gen-console-watch"] "Hello my dear friends! It’s been a long time since the last video," Hogan wrote. "I know I announced a new HDRP preview in early March but I was silent the whole time. Sorry for that. But in return, I have some good news, and the reasons why I was quiet and why I don’t have too much to show. "I think the most important news is that I got an official message from CDPR about cooperation. While it’s not certain yet, it’s very likely that HDRP will be included in the offic...
The Untold Drama and History Behind Final Fantasy 5's Fan Translation
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Most notable RPGs from Japan and other countries in modern gaming get official translations for other territories at or soon after launch, but that wasn't always the case. There's a long lineage of RPGs whose well-known English translations stem from fans, not developers. From the proto-Persona Shin Megami Tensei: if… to the beloved tactical RPG Bahamut Lagoon, many of the most obscure, yet beloved, foreign-language RPGs of the '80s and '90s have been painstakingly translated into English by hard-working amateurs. The proliferation of this phenomena can be traced back to a handful of teenagers whose disagreements and messy ambition ultimately paved the way for one of the most notable fan-works of the 1990's: a working English hack of Final Fantasy V. Of the members of RPGe, the group credited with producing the hack, none of them better reflect the heady days of early fan translation than Derrick "Shadow" Sobodash, a lonely high-school student who didn...
Resident Evil Village: All Goats of Warding Locations
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Resident Evil Village: Don't Miss The Secrets of Castle Dimitrescu
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Resident Evil Village is Breaking Series Records on Steam
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Resident Evil Village is setting new records for the series on PC. According to Steam Database , it's currently sitting at 101,376 concurrent players, which is a new high-water mark for Resident Evil on Steam. It's enough to beat the Resident Evil 2, the previous record, by about 25,000 concurrent users. Resident Evil 2 topped out at 74,227 concurrent players , while Resident Evil 3 was able to attract just over 60,000 players . It's a far cry from 2017, when Resident Evil was considered to be a struggling series in some quarters, along with the rest of Capcom. It was in 2017 that Capcom released Resident Evil 7, and while it ultimately peaked at only about 20,000 users , it nevertheless set the stage for its comeback after the troubled release of Resident Evil 6 . [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2021/05/05/resident-evil-village-review"] Fast-forward to 2021, and Resident Evil Village is a major next-gen release that is enjoying strong reviews. We gave i...
Resident Evil Village and Parity Clauses, Explained
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A few weeks ago, when a portion of Capcom's contract with Sony for Resident Evil Village circulated on social media thanks to ongoing digging into the Capcom data leak, a lot of folks got rather upset. To many who don't stare at legal documents for a living, a portion of these papers seemed to suggest Sony paid Capcom to make the game effectively worse on other consoles, holding back features so that the PS5 version would look good. Another tweet suggested that Sony paid to have the PC version of Monster Hunter World delayed. It didn't take long for lawyers and other games industry experts to step in and reassure everyone that this was utter nonsense. These accusations revolved around something called "parity clauses," a standard inclusion in many games industry contracts between platform holders like Sony, Xbox, Nintendo, and some of the PC game stores. Parity clauses are so boring that of the three legal experts and two publishers I asked for comment for thi...
How RGG Studio is Charting a New Future With Lost Judgment and Yakuza: Like a Dragon
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For over a decade the Yakuza series has quietly thrived. But while it's been incredibly popular in its native Japan, it's been something of a niche series in North America. Yakuza's fanbase continued to grow, though, and in the past four years — starting with the critically-acclaimed Yakuza 0 — Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio [RGG Studio] has hit something of a breakthrough. Not only was Yakuza 0 mentioned in many Game of the Year conversations, RGG Studio released two updated remasters (Yakuza Kiwami 1 and 2), all the mainline Yakuza games on PC , and a new series called Judgment set in the same shared universe as Yakuza. In 2020 saw RGG Studio take the Yakuza series in a bold new direction. Yakuza: Like a Dragon introduced a new hero in Ichiban Kasuga as well as a new turn-based RPG gameplay format. The latter will be the norm for the series going forward , series creator Toshihiro Nagoshi says. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2021/05/07/lost-judgment-release-da...
Genesis Noir, Spiritfarer, and Paradise Killer Lead IGF Award Nominations
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The nominees for the 23rd annual Independent Games Festival Awards have been announced , with Genesis Noir, Spiritfarer, and Umurangi Generation leading the pack. Nominees for the Seamus McNally Grand Prize include Genesis Noir, Spiritfarer, Umurangi Generation, Paradise Killer, Teardown, and Chicory: A Colorful Tale. Genesis Noir, a noir adventure game set just before the Big Bang, touts the most nominations of all, including Excellence in Audio, Narrative, and Visual Art. Umurangi Generation, the photography game set in a world inspired by real-life (and sci-fi) natural disasters, follows up with three nominations, including the Nuovo Award, which is focused on pushing the video game medium forward. Blaseball, the absurdist sports game featuring a sentient peanut god , also gets some love in the Nuovo Award category and a few honorable mentions in others. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/05/04/umurangi-generation-release-date-trailer"] The IGF Awards are t...
Every Game Delay Announced in 2021 (So Far)
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Game delays have become even more prevalent in 2021 as the pandemic has progressed, with productivity continuing to be affected by the logistical challenges and limitations of working from home. And with the pandemic still affecting how studios operate for the foreseeable future, that trend will likely continue throughout the year. To track the pandemic’s continued impact on game development, we’ve compiled a list of every game and notable DLC delay announced this year (so far). This article will be updated as more release dates and windows are inevitably pushed, but for now, here are all 25 delays announced in 2021. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=every-game-delay-announced-in-2021&captions=true"] Outriders Delayed from February 2 to April 1, 2021 Developer People Can Fly announced the delay in early January, saying, “We have decided to move the release date of Outriders to April 1st 2021 (no joke!). We will spend this ext...
Podcast Beyond! Episode 700 Live Show Details
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BEYOND! IGN's weekly PlayStation show, Podcast Beyond! turns 700 next week, and we'd like to celebrate with the Beyond! listeners and viewers with a day of livestreamed festivities. So join us on Wednesday, May 12 at 10:30 am PT for a live Podcast Beyond! Episode 700. Join Jonathon Dornbush, Brian Altano, Lucy O'Brien, and Max Scoville for a rundown of the latest PlayStation news and impressions, a chance to send in questions the cast will answer live, and, probably, a Bloodborne reference. How to Watch Podcast Beyond! Episode 700 You'll be able to watch the episode right here on IGN.com, as well as on two of our YouTube channels: IGN's main YouTube page , as well as the IGN Games page. And speaking of Bloodborne, the show doesn't stop when the episode ends. Stick around after episode 700 because at about 11:25 am PT the Beyond! crew will be filming episode 2 of their Bloodborne let's play series live! Jonathon hasn't played Bloodborne for over a yea...
Titanfall 2 Speedrunning Champ Reclaims Their Record One Week After Losing It
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A Titanfall 2 speedrunner has reclaimed their throne after having their previous record beaten last week. Cash Mayo managed to speedrun Titanfall 2’s tutorial level, an infamously intricate bit of wallrunning and speed-boosting, in 11.1 seconds, beating Whatevershoe’s record of 11.2 seconds. Reported first by PC Gamer, Cash Mayo managed the new record this past weekend, narrowly beating Whatevershoe’s recent record. Whatevershoe was originally aiming to beat Cash Mayo’s previous record of 11.7 seconds from 2019, so the room for error has gotten exponentially smaller and smaller as the record was revised. It's nuts that, 5 years after the release of Titanfall 2, a player just broke the world record speedrun time for The Gauntlet during our recent Free Weekend. Here's the clip. Yes, they're blowing up their own legs with grenades to gain speed. Source: https://t.co/1kio1ZrXbr pic.twitter.com/D8XTdg9LJX — Ryan K. Rigney (@RKRigney) May 7, 2021 Titanfall 2’s tutorial le...
Xbox Reviews The Last of Us Part 2
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Welcome back to IGN Game Scoop!, IGN's weekly video game podcast! This week your Omega Cops -- Daemon Hatfield, Tina Amini, Sam Claiborn, and Justin Davis -- are discussing topics like Returnal, Xbox's thoughts on The Last of Us Part 2 and Breath of the Wild 2, the best-selling Star Wars games, Flashback, and more. And, of course, they play Video Game 20 Questions. The music in this episode is from Flashback on Sega Genesis. Watch the video above or hit the link below to your favorite podcast service. Listen on: Apple Podcasts YouTube Spotify Stitcher Find previous episodes here! source https://www.ign.com/articles/game-scoop-624-xbox-reviews-the-last-of-us-part-2
How to Hide From Lady Dimitrescu in Resident Evil Village
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Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade: Here's What Comes in Each Edition
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Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade is coming to PS5 on June 10. It includes an upgraded version of the original game, plus a new episode featuring Yuffie. The PlayStation 5 game is now available for preorder ( see it on Amazon ), but the rollout is bit complicated. It comes in a few different editions, and owners of the PS4 version get some stuff for free. Let's dig into the details. Preorder Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade Get it at Amazon - $69.99 Get it at Best Buy - $69.99 Get it at GameStop - $69.99 Get it at Newegg - $69.99 Get it at Walmart - $69.99 Get it at PS Store (digital) - $69.99 If you want to preorder the full PS5 game, it's now available at all the usual retailers. And yes, it's priced it like a standard PS5 game. This comes with the base game, PS5 upgrade, and the Yuffie episode all in one package. Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade Deluxe Edition Get it at PS Store (digital) - $89.99 The game is also available in a digital-onl...
Final Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade Exclusive to PS5 for Six Months Minimum
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In a new trailer released today, Square Enix has confirmed that Final Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade will be exclusive to PlayStation 5 for at least six months. A graphic at the end of the “Final Trailer” for Final Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade reveals that the game will remain exclusive to Sony’s console for at least the first six months after it releases. The trailer also showcases more of the new expanded story of the game, focusing particularly on the new Yuffie chapter and revealing some new boss fights, such as a new encounters against Scarlett in a combat-ready new Shinra mech suit. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2021/05/07/final-fantasy-7-remake-intergrade-final-trailer"] The exclusivity window is not entirely surprising given that the original release of Final Fantasy 7 Remake was exclusive to PS4, and also had a timed exclusivity deal in place. This approach seems to follow the trend of Sony striking exclusivity deals for Square Enix’s big titles, with Final...
IGN UK Podcast #591: Resident Evil Village Is Here!
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Resident Evil Village is finally out and our two local evil residents, Dale and Jesse have played and finished the game a collective 7 times, so they've got a lot to say! Boss man Alex Simmons also makes a triumphant return to the pod to talk about all the - somewhat disappointing - Star Wars announcements coming out of May 4th. We also discuss The Bad Batch, Sound of Metal and how much we'd pay for one of those new realistic looking lightsabers. Plus, the return of a Resident Evil themed Go On Name Them and of course, your feedback. Remember, if you want to get in touch with the podcast, please do: ign_ukfeedback@ign.com. IGN UK Podcast #591: Resident Evil Village Is Here! [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=ign-uk-podcast-episode-500-photos&captions=true"] IGN UK Podcast #590: The Big Boy Flapjack Squad IGN UK Podcast #589: Returnal, Warzone and Cherry Pie IGN UK Podcast #588: Resident Evil Season is Here IGN UK Podcas...