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When you look at the current landscape of games today, we have new horror franchises popping up and expanding the genre in terrifying new ways. Meanwhile, classic franchises like Resident Evil, Silent Hill, and Dead Space continue to build on their horrific legacy with new entries of their own. As horror in other forms of entertainment have evolved beyond traditonal zombies and ghouls, games in the genre have expanded with their own grotesque and haunting creatures. With Halloween around the corner, we are compiling a list of our favorite horror games for an IGN Face-Off, and we want to include your suggestions. We've held several IGN Face-Offs covering categories like best Final Fantasy party member , best Star Wars Video game , and even the most iconic Nicolas Cage Performance. So which horror game is your favorite? Do you prefer Resident Evil 2 or Silent Hill 2? Fatal Frame? Amnesia: Dark Descent? Before the Face-off goes live next week, send us the horror games you want ...

The Internet Mourns the Dog in Resident Evil 4 Remake

Capcom recently showed off a hefty chunk of gameplay from the upcoming Resident Evil 4 remake , and fans noticed one key, heartbreaking difference. In the original Resident Evil 4, there's an adorable pup stuck in a bear trap that Leon stumbles upon. The player can help free the dog from the trap, and the dog will return to help you out in a boss battle a bit later on. In Resident Evil 4's upcoming remake, it seems that's no longer the case. As you can see in the video below, by the time Leon reaches the trap in RE4's remake, the dog is already dead, leaving you to face the upcoming fight all on your own. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO 😭 #ResidentEvil4Remake pic.twitter.com/7W8bKEU3ql — IGN (@IGN) October 20, 2022 RE fans on the internet are mourning the loss of the iconic canine. Even the well-known "Can You Pet the Dog?" Twitter account chimed in, voicing some strongly worded anger over the pup's early demise. What the fuck https://t.co/9HILadjL1h — Can...

Pokemon Scarlet and Violet Hands-On Preview - Everything We Know

Pokemon Scarlet and Pokemon Violet are less than a month away, and I was lucky enough to go hands-on with a special demo build, specifically of Pokemon Scarlet. I could explore a large area and tackle three main story tasks in any order, and I opted to get a taste of as many things as I could in the hour I had, including the Let’s Go! feature, picnics, a Starfall Street challenge, a Gym Test and battle, plus, character customization. Here are my hands-on impressions of Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, with summaries of everything we know about the games so far. Paldea, the First Open-World Pokemon Region Pokemon Scarlet and Violet both take place in the region of Paldea , widely believed to be inspired by Spain, and perhaps the entirety of the Iberian Peninsula. It’s the first truly open-world-style Pokemon game, which should let you go where you want when you want to with three different storylines, all part of your school's "Treasure Hunt" assignment, to follow at your d...

Pilotwings 64's New Frame Rate Is Breaking the Game

An improved frame rate on Pilotwings 64 is causing problems on Nintendo Switch. The classic flight sim came to Nintendo Switch Online via the Expansion Pak earlier this month, boasting an improved frame rate compared to its original N64 release. Unfortunately, it’s making certain parts of the game unplayable. “I thought I was doing something wrong or the buttons were mapped weirdly,” said IGN’s Peer Schneider who has been playing Pilotwings 64. “They have to patch it. It's just not fun this way.” Although most of the game is unaffected, problems arise during the Birdman bonus stage. Usually a relaxing tour of the island, allowing players to take pictures and soak up the atmosphere, the Birdman stage is renowned for its calm, laid-back gameplay. The player suits up with a large set of wings, hitting the A button occasionally to keep the Birdman in the air. Unfortunately, the timing of these flaps was originally tied to the game’s framerate, so you can see where this is going...

The Silent Hill: Townfall Trailer Audio Is Hiding a Secret Message

There's more than meets the eye (and ear) to the already ominous Silent Hill: Townfall trailer, as NoCode and Annapurna have hidden a secret message within its audio. Following a tease from co-producer NoCode's creative director Jon McKellan that the trailer includes some secrets, Reddit user MilkmanEX extracted its audio and converted it to an MP3. When viewing the audio's spectrogram, at around 52 seconds in, the secret message appears. IGN has verified its existence ourselves, and the message reads: "Whatever heart this town had has now stopped". While we still know practically nothing about Townfall, and aren't expecting any new information until 2023, the message likely alludes to the game's premise. The Reddit post's comment section has already exploded with theories, with fans generally thinking that the player will be called to this town to save whatever may be left, or at least figure out what went wrong. The tone of the secret mess...

'Multiple' New Digimon Games Are in the Works

Digimon is coming back in a big way, with multiple new games. A new announcement via Twitter from Digimon producers Kazumasa Habu and Takahiro Yokota confirms that there are “multiple” Digimon games in the works. “Today, I would like to announce that we have decided to release Digimon World: Next Order on Nintendo Switch and steam,” said Habu. “Currently we have multiple Digimon game products in the pipeline.” Digimon games producers Kazumasa Habu and Takahiro Yokota have a message to all Digimon fans excited for Digimon World: Next Order! pic.twitter.com/7opImklFgG — Digimon Games (@digimon_games) October 20, 2022 Digimon World: Next Order tasks the player with saving the Digital World from utter chaos after the Machinedramon has taken over. Digimon World: Next Order will launch on Nintendo Switch and PC via Steam on February 22, 2023. “[Digimon World: Next Order] is a Monster raising/training JRPG,” said Yokota. “You can raise and train two partner Digimon at the same tim...

New Genshin Impact Anime Trailer Isn't a Tease of Ufotable's Project

HoYoverse, the company behind Genshin Impact, Tears of Themis, and others, has released a new animated Genshin Impact trailer called "Scenery and Sentiment: Mondstadt Edition" that showcases Genshin Impact's first region. In it, notable NPCs from Mondstadt are shown briefly throughout, living their lives in and around the windswept town. HoYoverse shared that this trailer was produced by Danish animation studio, Sun Creature Studio, clearly noting it's different from their animated series project with Ufotable. It's unclear whether this trailer is meant to be a scenic advertisement for Genshin Impact, a continued piece to celebrate the game's second anniversary, or something more. At the very least, it's possible to imagine HoYoverse will release more of these to feature the other three major regions in Genshin Impact based on the trailer's name. Sun Creature Studio has experience with short licensed projects. It's done several animation proj...

Resident Evil Village Third-Person Mode Demo Available Today

Capcom has announced that a demo for Resident Evil Village's upcoming third-person mode will be available tonight, October 20, and will include 60 minutes of gameplay to try out in the new mode or in first-person for comparison. Announced during the latest Resident Evil Showcase, this demo will be released at 4pm PT/7pm ET. If you live in the BST or AEST timezone, that translates to October 21 at 12am BST/9am AEST. Included will be a small glimpse of what owners of the Resident Evil Village's Gold Edition or Winters' Expansion DLC can look forward to when both are released on October 28, 2022. And yes, the entire game will be playable in third-person. For those worried about a simple rework, Capcom had previously stated that creating this new perspective for Resident Evil: Village took "about as much effort as creating a new game." Those who choose to purchase the Gold Edition or Winters' Expansion will get access to the third-person mode alongside The M...

Darth Vader to Glimpse the Future of the Star Wars Universe in Star Wars: Revelations #1

2023 is going to be a huge year for the Star Wars franchise, between the return of The Mandalorian, the debut of Star Wars: Ahsoka and the 40th anniversary of Return of the Jedi. Marvel Comics is cooking up some big plans for next year, and readers will get their first taste of what's to come in Star Wars: Revelations #1. Revelations is a new standalone special written by Arrow's Marc Guggenheim and illustrated by Salvador Larroca, Pere Pérez, Emma Kubert, Justin Mason and Paul Fry. This issue aims to reveal future storylines for every ongoing Star Wars comic set in the post-Empire Strikes Back era, including Star Wars, Star Wars: Darth Vader, Star Wars: Bounty Hunters and Star Wars: Doctor Aphra. This issue will also help set the stage for the Hidden Empire crossover, which serves as the final part of the trilogy that began with 2021's War of the Bounty Hunters and the reveal that Han Solo's ex-girlfriend Qi'ra is now the leader of the Crimson Dawn crime syndic...

The Most Mysterious New Silent Hill Game Gets More Details

Silent Hill: Ascension's announcement left a lot of unanswered questions, but one of its creators has shed some light on what fans can actually expect - including the fact that the interactive streaming event will only ever run once. Speaking to a well-known Silent Hill leaker known as Dusk Golem on Twitter (below), CEO of Genvid (a streaming software tools company working on the game) Jacob Navok revealed that Ascension is a narrative-based, branching choice cloud streaming experiment. Konami is essentially going to stream, only once, a choose your own adventure-style Silent Hill mini-series where the stream's chat will collectively decide what happens, essentially letting the fanbase create its own Silent Hill canon. Crucially, it will only ever be aired once, according to Navok. (1/9) So I interviewed @JNavok , one of the people behind the upcoming Silent Hill: Ascension, to clarify a bit more on what the project actually is. In basic; a narrative branching-choice c...

Silent Hill 2 Remake Has 'Seamless' Gameplay With No Loading Screens

Konami's Silent Hill 2 Remake from Bloober Team won't feature loading screens and instead has seamless gameplay when transitioning to new areas, coming out of cutscenes, and so on. Announced in a PlayStation Blog post, Bloober Team's creative director and lead designer Mateusz Lenart discussed how Silent Hill 2 Remake's PlayStation 5 console exclusivity allowed for some additional features. One of these is the seamless gameplay made possible by the console's SSD storage system. "One last great improvement I want to mention is the SSD storage technology," Lenart said. "The superfast data streaming means players won’t see any loading screens as they seamlessly explore the entirety of the Silent Hill town." He also explained how the PS5's 3D Audio and DualSense controller allow for greater levels of immersion, allowing Bloomer Team "to make Silent Hill 2 an even more harrowing and unforgettable experience for fans old and new. ...

Xbox & PlayStation’s Activision-Blizzard Battle Gets Weird(er) – Unlocked 566

The Microsoft-vs.-Sony drama over Xbox's proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard took another turn for the weird this week. We examine each company's latest effort to hilariously downplay themselves and talk up the other guy. Plus: our quick impressions of the just-released Xbox exclusive Scorn and the next-gen only, Game-Pass-day-one stealth adventure A Plague Tale: Requiem; Obsidian's future with Fallout, and more! Subscribe on any of your favorite podcast feeds, to our YouTube channel , or grab an MP3 of this week's episode . For more awesome content, check out our recent interview with Todd Howard, who answered all of our Starfield questions after the big reveal at the Xbox Showcase: For more next-gen coverage, make sure to check out our Xbox Series X review , our Xbox Series S review , and our PS5 review . Ryan McCaffrey is IGN's executive editor of previews and host of both IGN's weekly Xbox show, Podcast Unlocked , as well as our monthly(-ish)...

Drop-in Shooter World Boss Launches Into Early Access

After confirming its imminent arrival earlier this month at PAX Aus 2022, new free-to-play, first-person shooter World Boss has arrived today in Early Access on Steam. Developed by PlaySide Studios, World Boss had been previously available to try during its open beta playtest. World Boss is described as a casual, drop-in shooter with roguelite elements. According to PlaySide World Boss is also inspired by IO games, which is a genre of typically browser-based, free-to-play games loosely defined by their simple graphics and general accessibility. “With World Boss, we took the quick drop-in and drop-out nature of IO games, the customisation of roguelites, and the strategy and mechanical finesse of a first person shooter, to create a familiar-yet-unique FPS for everyone,’ said PlaySide CEO Gerry Sakkas in a statement released alongside the launch. “One of our goals with World Boss has been to bring our community closer to the development process. Throughout the beta period, we’ve bee...

Silent Hill f Revealed as a New Game Set in 1960s Japan

As part of today's Silent Hill festivities, Konami announced Silent Hill f, a new story set in 1960s Japan. Described as juxtaposing a world view of “beautiful, therefore horrifying,” Silent Hill f is being written by Ryukishi07, the acclaimed Japanese visual novel writer behind the Higurashi and Umineko series. The atmospheric trailer shows a scenic, but sinister, Japanese town that's becoming engulfed in some kind of fungus. The ending of the trailer, however, is genuinely terrifying with a woman covered in fungus. Having worked with stories that deal heavily with psychological and supernatural horror, Ryukishi07 is a great choice for writer on a new Silent Hill game. The setting is also unique for the series given that Silent Hill is a town in the United States. But the spinoff will likely expand upon the lore of the series. The game is also being developed by Neobard, a studio in China that has helped develop Capcom's most recent games like Resident Evil Re:Verse...

Silent Hill: Ascension Is a Live Silent Hill Event Coming Next Year

Today's Silent Hill announcements were not confined to just the games world. We also learned during the Silent Hill Transmission livestream that something called Silent Hill Ascension is in the works, and it appears to be some kind of live and possibly interactive experience in the Silent Hill universe. The trailer showed images of chat bubbles from users discussing whether or not they could save "her," and the segment ended with "Live 2023". We also learned that it's being made through a partnership with streaming software tools company Genvid, J.J. Abrams' film and TV production company gaming arm Bad Robot Games, Dead by Daylight studio Behaviour Interactive, and video-game-to-TV specialist production company dj2 Entertainment. With those names on board, we can probably guess that this will be some sort of hybrid video game/livestreamed experience with an interactive component, but we'll have to wait for more details to be sure. In the foll...

NEO: The World Ends With You Gets a Surprise Release on Steam Today

Square Enix has dropped a surprise release for NEO: The World Ends with You on Steam today . The game first launched on July 27, 2021, for PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch, then came to PC via the Epic Games Store on September 28, 2021. The Steam version includes some in-game bonuses, including the Legendary Thread Set and Reapers’ Game Survival Set. Legendary Threads Set: Legendary Headphones (Greatly increases the item drop rate) Legendary Tank Top (Greatly increases Attack) Legendary Shorts (Shortens the duration the wearer is knocked down) Legendary Sneakers (Increases movement speed during combat) Legendary Music Player (Enormously increases HP) Reapers' Game Survival Set: Pin: UFO Rescue (Hold the button to slowly restore your team's HP) Threads: Virupaksa Hoodie (Greatly increases HP) CD: Twister (NEO Mix) (Adds this song as a main menu music option) To celebrate the launch, NEO: The World Ends with You can be purchased at a 25% discount on Steam unti...

God of War Ragnarok Had to 'Get Creative' to Deal With Atreus Actor's Changing Voice

Atreus may have matured by God of War Ragnarok, but so did his voice actor. During a new behind-the-scenes video , supervising dialogue designer Jodie Kupsco explained how puberty caused trouble for the God of War sequel. “Our actor for Atreus, Sunny [Suljic], is a teenage boy, and his voice changed dramatically throughout several years on this title,” she explained. “We had to go in and even-out that performance so it sounds like it took place over a short period of time. That was a unique challenge on this one.” An extended production period due to the pandemic meant that the God of War Ragnarok team not only had to think creatively to get around Suljic’s rapidly changing voice, but also how to film cinematics on a motion capture soundstage that was limited by pandemic rules. “We avoided compromising the story we were trying to tell as a result of the pandemic and these limitations we had to deal with,” said senior producer, Ariel Angelotti. “There were no cinematics that we ...

Callisto Protocol Confirms It's Not Delayed, Promises 60fps Performance Mode

Don’t panic – The Callisto Protocol isn’t delayed. And it will be getting a 60fps mode, too. Developers announced via Twitter that the upcoming game from Dead Space creator Glen Schofield is still on its way on December 2, 2022, despite a post from the Epic Games Store listing a release date of February 12, 2023 (as reported by TheGamer) . “We would love to inform you all that we will be shipping globally on December 2nd,” they confirmed. “And yes, we'll have a 60 FPS performance mode.” We would love to inform you all that we will be shipping globally on December 2nd. And yes, we'll have a 60 FPS performance mode. — The Callisto Protocol (@CallistoTheGame) October 18, 2022 Following confirmation that The Callisto Protocol is still launching in December, it’s likely that the Epic Games release date change was down to a simple error. Still, it’s great to see the game’s developer put minds at ease so quickly, as well as confirming that the game will be getting a 60fps...

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