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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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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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IGN UK Podcast #643: Doctor Strange in the Desperate Search for Seal Meat

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Cardy, Jesse, and Dale are here to deliver a podcast of madness to your ears as they talk about the new Doctor Strange film. They also report on their sneak peek of Avatar: The Way of Water, before diving into a bunch of games you may not have heard of but may well want to check out - Dread Hunger, Loot River, and Save Room. Want to get in touch to talk about digging graves? Or maybe about chocolate? Feel free to send us an email at ign_ukfeedback@ign.com. IGN UK Podcast #643: Doctor Strange in the Desperate Search for Seal Meat IGN UK Podcast #642: Overwatch 2 is a Playable Thing that Exists IGN UK Podcast #641: Grave Digger 4000 IGN UK Podcast #640: The 2013 Build-a-Game Workshop IGN UK Podcast #639: Three Bunged Up Boys IGN UK Podcast #638: The Steam Deck Is a Big Boi source https://www.ign.com/articles/ign-uk-podcast-643-doctor-strange-in-the-desperate-search-for-seal-meat
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Goldeneye 007 German Ban Removal Raises Some Interesting Questions About Its Future On Switch Online

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N64's Goldeneye 007, one of the most iconic multiplayer games to ever be released, has been unbanned in Germany, sparking speculation that this could be a sign it may be on its way to Nintendo Switch Online or another platform. Goldeneye 007 has been part of the German Federal Review Board for Media Harmful to Minors list for some time, but Schnittberichte.com has reported that it was recently removed, meaning it is now legal to advertise and sell in stores in Germany. This development is made even more interesting because there is usually an automatic review of any media on the list after 25 years, but Goldeneye 007 was released only 24 years ago in 1997. This could mean someone was lobbying for its removal from the list early. Schnittberichte.com also notes that Stadlbauer Marketing - a toymaker who also licenses Mario Kart for its Carrera slot car line - has the German rights to Goldeneye 007. This could be a big hint that someone wants to re-release it in some form, be ...
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Golf Club Wasteland Lets You Play Golf in the Ruins of a Climate Apocalypse

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Igor Simić has always maintained a penchant for dark commentary on the world around him. One of his earliest games, called Children's Play, asked the player to run a factory staffed by children and keep them from falling asleep on the assembly line while a mutated teddy bear spouted critiques of sweatshops. It was while he recorded music for Child’s Play that he met his future collaborator on Golf Club Wasteland, Shane Berry. In the studio break room Simić heard Berry's voice for the first time, and immediately cast him as the horrifying teddy bear. From there, the two began a working relationship that spanned several videos and short films, with Golf Club Wasteland ultimately their first commercial attempt at a game. They and their fellow collaborators all had day jobs at its onset, so they began brainstorming something they could easily make in the evenings after work. "I remember a couple of us were watching TV, and [Donald] Trump was becoming more likely a viable...
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Nintendo Confirms It's Closing Its Northern California And Toronto Offices

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Nintendo is shuttering its offices in Redwood City, California and Toronto, Ontario — a move that will reportedly affect more than 100 employees. The decision coincides with the reported resignation of Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing Nick Chavez, who will be leaving Nintendo to join Kentucky Fried Chicken. First reported by Kotaku , Nintendo of America confirmed that the offices would be closing in a statement to IGN. "Nintendo of America headquarters are in Redmond, WA, and Vancouver, BC. We are moving more of our employees and operations into those headquarters and will be closing small satellite offices in Toronto, ON, and Redwood City, CA, over time," the statement says. It continues, "Devon Pritchard, Executive Vice President, Business Affairs and Publisher Relations for Nintendo of America (NOA), will assume interim leadership of Sales, Marketing and Communications following the departure of Nick Chavez. Ms. Pritchard will oversee strategy and exe...
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New World Reportedly Has a Vulnerability That Makes It Possible To Crash Players Through the Text Box

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New World, Amazon Game Studio’s first MMORPG, had a successful launch but the honeymoon period may be coming to an end as players are discovering some ridiculous bugs. Including one where players can inject HTML code directly into the game’s general chat and crash the game for unsuspecting players. As reported by YouTuber Josh Strife Hayes and currently a hot topic on the New World subreddit is an apparent bug in New World with the text chat. Normally, a text chat is there so players can communicate with one another, but apparently, New World’s text chat has it so that it can accept HTML code outright. Now, this has led to some pretty funny instances. People have used HTML to begin linking oversized images into the global chat, making it so that anyone in the instance will see some random picture of sausages while playing. But, for trolls adept at HTML, they can also send injecting images coded to kick players out of the game if they hover over a specific word or picture. As ...
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Fracked Review

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Fracked just wants you to have fun, and so it throws a lot at you. You’ll engage in shootouts, climb rickety structures, solve puzzles, and zip-line from platform to platform. Maybe you've seen all the individual parts before in other VR games, but that’s not a big problem. As it funneled me from action scene to action scene, I had little time to dwell on which game did what first. The setting here is a mining operation run by an evil corporation. Your job is to kill all the workers (don't worry, they're purple interdimensional zombies) before confronting the maniacal CEO, a talkative fellow with a foul mouth and a southern drawl. This is a fine setup, but it’s hardly original. How many times have we stopped evil corporations from sapping a planet's resources? The voice acting is great, though, and the whole thing feels stylish in a way many PSVR games don’t. At the start, you find yourself skiing high up on a snowy mountain. You hardly have time to soak in the ap...
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Cyberpunk 2077 Delays All New Updates To 2022

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In an updated roadmap, CD Projekt has revealed that any further updates, including the free DLC and next-gen console updates, will not be coming until 2022. Effectively, there will be no more Cyberpunk 2077 updates for the remainder of the year. CD Projekt released an updated roadmap on October 28. Along with the previously announced next-gen update delay for Cyberpunk 2077 and The Witcher 3 , the new roadmap ends 2021 with Patch 1.31 which was released in September. The Cybperunk 2077 roadmap has undergone a couple of changes since it was first revealed, with plans for free DLC and the next-gen console update planned for the second half of 2022. But Cyberpunk 2077 faced numerous hurdles, particularly on consoles, and many agree console performance could not compare to the performance achieved on PC. It's difficult not to speculate as to the reason for the revamped roadmap, but it's clear that Cyberpunk 2077 is not at the level, at least on consoles, that players and ...
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Game Spook! 649: Real Mature, Video Games

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Welcome back to IGN Game Spook!, the ONLY Halloween video game podcast! This week your Omega Cops -- Daemon Hatfield, Tina Amini, Sam Claiborn, and Justin Davis -- are discussing new M-rated games, Guardians of the Galaxy, PS5 sales, N64 games on Nintendo Switch, and more. And, of course, they play Video Game 20 Questions. 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/gamescoop649
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Capcom Dubs Resident Evil 3 Remake a 'Hit' After Selling 3.9 Million Copies

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Capcom's pleased with how its 2020 remake of Resident Evil 3 turned out. The publisher called the game (along with Monster Hunter Rise) a "hit" in its annual report published today, and it has the numbers to back it up: the game has sold 3.9 million units. That's more than its original incarnation, 1999's Resident Evil 3, sold, as it only achieved 3.5 copies. Capcom attributes the remake's success to its digital sales strategy, and incidentally, the remake probably sold a few more than that, as that 3.9 million number comes from March 31 of this year. Understandable, given that we felt it was "another stellar remake of a classic survival horror from Capcom" in our review last year . In an industry that likes to hide sales numbers whenever possible, Capcom's annual report is always a nice change of pace. As usual, it included an update on sales numbers for several new games, such as Resident Evil Village reaching 4.5 million units sold, as we...
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Xbox Games With Gold for November 2021 Announced

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Microsoft has revealed the Games With Gold lineup for next month. The lineup includes Moving Out, Kingdom Two Crowns, Rocket Knight, and Lego Batman 2 DC Super Heroes. Moving Out is a wacky co-op game that takes cues from Overcooked. However, instead of cooking crazy dishes, you're moving furniture out of homes. In our Moving Out review , we said, "Provided you’ve got at least one friend in tow to share the load and the laughs, Moving Out is an absolute blast." Rocket Knight and Lego Batman 2 were both originally Xbox 360 titles that are available through backwards compatibility. In Rocket Knight, the hero from Sega's Sparkster series returns for a retro action game experience. In Lego Batman 2, the caped crusader is joined by classic Justice League allies like Superman and Wonder Woman. And, Kingdom Two Crowns is a sidescrolling strategy/resource management game with a pixel art aesthetic. Moving Out will be available the entire month, while Rocket Knight wi...
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Roblox's Servers Are Down And Fans Are Blaming Chipotle

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Roblox is experiencing major server issues, and some fans are blaming Chipotle for the outage. A Roblox Status Twitter account said that as of last night, over 3 million players were impacted by the outage. The official Roblox account addressed the outage this morning, saying they are working hard to get things back to normal. We know you’re having issues using Roblox right now. We’re sorry and working hard to get things back to normal. — Roblox (@Roblox) October 29, 2021 While fans are waiting to get back online, some are poking fun at a Chipotle promotion within Roblox, saying it's to blame for the outage. The promotion, called the Chipotle Boorito Maze , is an official crossover with the fast-casual food chain where Roblox players can dress up in a Chipotle-inspired costume, and visit a cashier for a free burrito that can be redeemed at a Chipotle restaurant in real life. The promotion kicked off on October 28 at 3:30 p.m., and just a few hours later, Roblox Status ...
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Disciples: Liberation Review

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A tactical RPG adventure, Disciples: Liberation is a fun outing in a fantasy world that puts you in the shoes of a classic RPG protagonist with special powers, a motley crew of companions, and a bone to pick with fate... then just keeps escalating the stakes further than you'd ever expect them to go. In fact, it punches above its weight class in the quality of its combat and content, but lets itself down with a disorganized mess of extra systems and some very prominent bugs. Blending a turn-based tactics game with a proper RPG, Disciples: Liberation has you wander through isometric environments as you play through a hefty 80-hour RPG story – I did more than a few sidequests and optional fights, ending up at 92 hours played. It's not an open world, but it's not linear either; each chapter is divided up into a few regions that can be tackled in any order. Within those regions you fight a lot of turn-based battles, and it's good that those are fun and (aside from being ...
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Defend Humanity Against Zombies & Mutant Locusts in Puzzles & Survival's Halloween Event

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Puzzles & Survival Drops Halloween Treats for All What would make a game that already features city and alliance building, survival elements, puzzles, and zombies, even better? Halloween! Puzzles & Survival, the multi-genre mashup that has found a growing audience, is celebrating Halloween with a special in-game Locust Plague event where swarms of mutant locusts are attacking sanctuaries. Players must rally their allies to take on this monstrous new menace, get to the root of this disaster, and save Earth. An ominous October onslaught Puzzles & Survival’s Halloween Locust Plague event presents players with a near-Biblical challenge—clouds of locusts are suddenly descending on the land and wreaking havoc upon survivors who have already had to endure a zombie-infested, apocalyptic wasteland. The swarm of mutant locusts is an existential threat, laying siege to your sanctuary and destroying your precious food supply. If humanity as we know it is to survive, you must sc...
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8 Games That Are Popping Off

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Pizza Pops are not only one of the best snacks for gamers, but also for anyone who needs the deliciousness of pizza in minutes. In celebration of a Canada’s #1 selling pizza snack and a new contest that could award you with free access to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, we thought we’d share with you the eight games that are popping off right now in the wide world of video games. From the Left 4 Dead spiritual successor Back 4 Blood to the return of Master Chief in Halo Infinite to the epic tale of Zagreus and his journey out of Hell in Hades, gamers around the world have no shortage of incredible experiences just waiting to be played. With Xbox Game Pass Ultimate you can play all of these amazing games plus over 100 more across PC, Xbox consoles, phones and tablets. By purchasing certain boxes of Pizza Pops, you can win 1 of 10,000 Xbox Game Pass Ultimate codes to start playing Sea of Thieves, Marvel’s Avengers, and over 100 other great games you can play today, as well as Halo Infinite ...
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Amy Hennig and Skydance's Unannounced Game Is a New Marvel Project

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Remember Amy Hennig's big AAA, story-driven project with Skydance Media announced back in 2019 ? Good news: it's a Marvel game. Skydance announced the collaboration with Marvel Entertainment today, though it's not ready to reveal further details about which Marvel characters might be involved in their endeavor. All we know is that it is being marketed as a "narrative-driven, blockbuster action-adventure game" and "a completely original story and take on the Marvel Universe." “I can’t imagine a better partner than Marvel for our first game,” said Hennig. “The Marvel Universe epitomizes all the action, mystery and thrills of the pulp adventure genre that I adore and lends itself perfectly to an interactive experience. It’s an honor to be able to tell an original story with all the humanity, complexity, and humor that makes Marvel characters so enduring and to enable our players to embody these heroes that they love.” Hennig's partnership with Sky...
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Halo Infinite’s Craig Meme Gave 343 ‘More Time’ To Perfect the Brutes

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The developers of Halo Infinite have discussed their “love-hate relationship” with the Brute that started the Craig meme. While the subject of ridicule, the character model ultimately granted the team at 343 Industries more time to bring Halo Infinite up to a better level of quality. “While it was fun to see the community gravitate towards Craig, he unfortunately represented some content and systems that were not ready for prime time in that demo,” said Steve Dyck, Character & Combat Director on Halo Infinite, in a new Halo Insider post . “The positive outcome of Craig was that he was one of the factors in gaining some more time to finish work and get Brutes to a place where the team is happy with them. This is one of the many positive examples of 343 working with and aligning with the Halo community around expectations. Players who look hard enough will still be able to find some evidence of Craig in Halo Infinite, his spirit lives on!” 'Craig' is the name given by th...
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IGN UK Podcast #616: Egging Salazar

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Surprise! Guardians of the Galaxy is actually a very good video game. Let Cardy, Matt and Jesse tell you why, as well as how much fun Resident 4 VR is. The announcement of the remastered GTA Trilogy has summoned a pang of nostalgia in the air as memories of GTA 3, Vice City and San Andreas flood back. There's also papable excitement for Toy Story spin-off, Lightyear. Want to submit your own Endless Search, food opinion, or a bit of other nonsense? Feel free to get in touch with the podcast at: ign_ukfeedback@ign.com. IGN UK Podcast #616: Egging Salazar IGN UK Podcast #615: Blackadder Starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson IGN UK Podcast #614: (Star) Lord, Help Us! IGN UK Podcast #613: Pokemon Dread IGN UK Podcast #612: Finally, Time to Die IGN UK Podcast #611: New Spicy Arrakis Flavour source https://www.ign.com/articles/ign-uk-podcast-616-egging-salazar
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Resident Evil Village Set To Receive Free DLC

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Capcom has said that Resident Evil Village is set to receive free DLC sometime in the future. News of the free DLC was published in the company's recent annual integrated report . As part of the lengthy document, which looks back on the studio's year as a whole and also outlines its plans for the future, Capcom's Director and Executive Officer, Yoichi Egawa, spoke briefly about the company's development strategy and how plans for Resident Evil Village would factor into that. "We will drive our customer management to understand the playing trends and preferences of users while also building a business model for online operations," said Egawa. "Taking into account the situation of our free additional DLC for titles such as Monster Hunter Rise and Resident Evil Village." Currently, it's unclear what this free DLC will be. During its E3 panel earlier this year, Capcom confirmed that due to "popular demand," the studio was working on ...
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Call of Duty Warzone's New Pacific Map Has a Release Date

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Call of Duty: Warzone's new Pacific map debuts on December 2, a little less than a month after Call of Duty: Vanguard launches on November 5. Activision released Call of Duty's new content roadmap on Thursday, laying out the important dates that will lay the groundwork for transitioning players from Verdansk to the sandy shores of Caldera. Several new images of Caldera were also revealed. It's all laid out in Call of Duty's colossal blog , but here are the highlights you need to know. October 28 (console) and November 2 (PC) : Call of Duty: Vanguard pre-loading begins. If you're worried that your hard drive will choke on yet another Call of Duty install, the good news is that Vanguard will be 30% to 50% smaller than previous games' install sizes . Still sounds like a good chunk of storage space, though. November 5 : Call of Duty: Vanguard launches on consoles and PC. That includes the campaign, multiplayer, and zombies modes. This is also when Call of D...
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Inscryption Review

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There’s a technique popular in classical music called variation : a composer will take a single melody or musical idea and explore it in many different ways, potentially twisting it into dozens of different styles and structures without the overall work ever getting repetitive or tiresome. While that’s not exactly a concept unique to music, it is a practice I couldn’t help but be reminded of while playing Inscryption – an undoubtedly odd connection to make, given that it presents itself as a horror-themed roguelite deck-building card game. But dig beneath that somewhat familiar shell and it reveals itself to be nothing short of a symphony of exciting twists, clever concepts, and consistently surprising iterations on the fundamentals that hooked me in its very first minutes. Inscryption holds much more than meets the eye, and a lot of what's so impressive about it are the unexpected places it ends up taking you. That means getting into many of the specific moments that make it so...
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Nintendo Online's N64 Emulation Leaves a Lot to Be Desired - NVC 584

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It's a packed episode this week on Nintendo Voice Chat! First up, the Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack is out, and there's some frustration over how the N64 games run on Switch. Join Seth Macy, Peer Schneider, Kat Bailey, and our old Ninfriendo Zach Ryan as they hash it all out. Plus, hear about IGN's Mario Party Superstars review, the new Pikmin AR game, and more. Stick around to hear some spoilery thoughts on Metroid Dread. Timecodes! 00:00:00 - N64 Expansion Pack chat 00:29:25 - Is Mario Party Superstars the best Mario Party? 00:33:32 - The new Pikmin AR game 00:37:51 - Top Nintendo Games #43: Metroid Prime 00:48:25 - Why Nintendo's history deserves better 00:55:10 - Metroid Dread SPOILERCAST Linktree! For an easy way to find NVC on your favorite platform, check out our new NVC Linktree ! You can also Download NVC 584 Directly Here You can listen to NVC on your preferred platform every Thursday at 3pm PT/6pm ET. Have a question for Question Block?...
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Ubisoft Has Quietly Delayed Tom Clancy's The Division Heartland

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You'd be forgiven if, glancing through Ubisoft's earnings announcements today, you didn't immediately catch onto yet another game delay stealthily snuck in: it's Tom Clancy's The Division Heartland. When free-to-play Heartland was first announced back in May of this year , it was given a broad release window of sometime either this year or next year. Just a few days later, Ubisoft clarified that a bit to fiscal 2021 - 2022, meaning the period from April 2021 running up to March 2022. Heartland skipped E3 earlier this year, and Ubisoft seemed quiet on it during its last quarterly earnings, leaving some wondering if it wasn't about time to start showing the game off a bit more if it was indeed coming this fiscal year. Turns out, it is not. Ubisoft's latest quarterly earnings report stated that Heartland would join Prince of Persia and Rocksmith+ in the following fiscal year running from April 2022 to March of 2023. Notably, both Prince of Persia and ...
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Mark Hamill Will Host a New Thunderful Streaming Event

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Star Wars actor Mark Hamill will host a new video game showcase event from Thunderful, publisher of the SteamWorld franchise, Aerial Knight's Never Yield, and many other indie games. Dubbed "Thunderful World," the digital event will take place on November 10 at 11 AM PT/2 PM ET. You can watch the stream on IGN , the IGN YouTube channel , the IGN Twitch channel , and the IGN Twitter . Hamill will be presenting new game reveals and announcements from Thunderful throughout the show. We can expect to see more of Planet of Lana , the hand-painted puzzle adventure game first revealed at Geoff Keighley's Summer Games Fest kickoff. We'll also see news about The Gunk (the SteamWorld team's next game), Firegirl, Cursed to Golf, Source of Madness, Tinkertown , and White Shadows. If you're wondering if Thunderful's lineup of games is in your wheelhouse, it's worth knowing they've also published the sci-fi shooter Industria , low-poly biking sim Lon...
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Apex Legends Season 11 - Escape: New Gameplay Details Including Ash Abilities, New Map, New Gun

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Apex Legends Season 11 Escape is right around the corner and we’re getting a lot of new content. From the biggest map, Respawn has released for Apex Legends yet, to a new weapon and Legend coming into the games. There is a lot to take in, but don’t worry, I’ve got you covered. Let’s go over everything you need to know about Ash’s abilities, the new Stormpoint map, and the new CAR SMG. A New Challenger - Ash Let’s start with Ash. If you want a full breakdown of Ash’s lore and backstory I have a recap video you can check out above. In terms of abilities, Ash heavily mirrors a Titan's abilities from Titanfall. Her tactical “Arc Snare” has her throwing out a projectile that shocks enemies and tethers them to the ground, reminiscent of the Northstar Titan’s ability. Ash’s tactical requires you to be extremely precise with how you deploy it. If you throw it on the ground next to your enemy, it needs to be close enough to the enemy to catch them in the tether. The best bet is to h...
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