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I don’t think anyone would argue the idea that a Jedi makes for a pretty badass playable video game protagonist. They’ve got a lightsaber, force powers, they’re quick, and can jump really high. All great innate attributes for an action game set in the Star Wars universe. But one challenge about having a Jedi main character is that they’re only really known to use lightsabers. That presents a bit of an issue, as most good action game heroes have multiple weapons to help keep combat fresh over the course of the game. Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order found a solution to this problem by giving Cal two different lightsaber stances, each with their own combat focus and moveset, and with the sequel, Jedi: Survivor, Respawn is looking to up the ante with a total of five different stances that Cal can use over the course of his journey. To find out more about each of these stances, I talked with Senior Design Director Jason de Heras and Director Stig Asmussen, who walked me through the design ph...

Now in its tenth year on the market, PS4 — the second- best-selling home console of all time — has amassed an all-time great catalog of games. With a PS5 price bump outside of the U.S. and many publishers still releasing games on its last-gen console, it's still a great time to play on PS4, and so we've created this list to highlight the best games the console has to offer. The games below weren't chosen lightly; this list was compiled by the entire IGN content team and — after plenty of internal debate — represents what we believe to be the best that the PS4 has to offer. Without further ado, these are our picks for the 25 best PS4 games. More on the Best of PlayStation: Where to buy a PS5 Best PS5 Games Best PSVR Games 25. Nier: Automata Nier: Automata delivers a ridiculously entertaining journey full of awesome ideas that is equal parts strange and beautiful. There are few games like Automata, which bounces between game genres and styles with aplomb. Taki...

It’s a thrill when we get to say this about a new piece of gaming hardware: The PlayStation VR 2 is a true generational leap that makes the old one look like a piece of junk. It’s not exactly cheap, but for $549.99 you get a high-end headset with a 4K, HDR-enabled OLED screen, a 110-degree field of view, built-in tracking cameras, and eye tracking, plus two of its slick Sense controllers with the excellent adaptive triggers and haptic feedback Sony introduced with the PlayStation 5 ’s DualSense controller . The catch is that it requires you to be connected to a PS5 by a single USB-C cable, but that means it’s much, much more powerful when it comes to delivering fantastic graphics than a self-contained headset like the Meta Quest 2 . With all of that, including a few features you don’t see on even more expensive PC VR headsets like Valve’s Index and HP’s Reverb G2 , the PlayStation VR2 has vaulted console VR into the lead in just about every category… except available games. PlaySta...

Horizon: Forbidden West is coming to the PlayStation Plus Games Catalogue this month and will therefore be available at no extra cost to those with an Extra or Premium membership. As revealed on the PlayStation Blog , Forbidden West will finally arrive on the service on February 21, almost one year to the date after it was released. A lot of speculation has surrounded the status of PlayStation's first party titles on the Games Catalogue since the service was first announced. As it was seen by many as a competitor to Xbox's Game Pass — where first party games like Halo and Forza arrive on their launch date — there was an expectation that Sony's service would offer something similar. That wasn't the case, however, as PlayStation boss Jim Ryan said releasing its games as part of the service immediately wouldn't make financial sense for the company . But with Forbidden West coming to the Games Catalogue one year after launch, this could set a new precedent for...

Microsoft admits in a court filing as part of the proposed Activision-Blizzard acquisition that game sales suffer when games get added to Xbox Game Pass. We discuss why it doesn't really matter, why Game Pass matters for games both big and small, and more! Plus: why Kotick has to go if the acquisition is approved, Dead Island 2's release date changes AGAIN (but for the better this time!), and plenty 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 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) interview show, IGN Unfil...

MultiVersus had a strong debut in the summer of 2022, quickly climbing up the most-played charts on Steam and consoles. However, with content drops and seasonal updates sporadic, it's become apparent that interest in MultiVersus has subsided considerably. Per a report from Video Games Chronicle , player activity in the PC release of MultiVersus has dropped close to 99% from its strong debut. This current activity is a far cry from the game's impressive start in July 2022, which saw player activity peaking at 153,000 online users during its launch week. These numbers come from the SteamDB online database, which tracks Steam games' activity and how many active users are engaged. Currently, MultiVersus on PC is charting at less than 1000 players as of this time, and there hasn't been much news about the game since last early January. At launch, MultiVersus quickly became a popular game due to its Smash Bros.-style take on various Warner Bros. and WB adjacent IPs -- mai...

Cuphead's iconic art style takes inspiration from the golden age of cartoons. But thanks to legendary Final Fantasy artist Yoshitaka Amano, we're now getting a look at a very different take on the Cuphead characters, and it's pretty awesome. Revealed on Cuphead developer Studio MDHR's Twitter , the studio collaborated with Amano to create art for the upcoming Cuphead physical release. Amano created an amazing collage of Cuphead characters in a Final Fantasy-esque style for Cuphead's Japanese physical edition. Check out the awesome art for yourself below. We're elated to reveal our collaboration with the legendary Yoshitaka Amano! Paying homage to classic fantasy RPGs, Amano-san's art will adorn the DLC soundtrack included in 1st Run copies of Cuphead's Japanese Physical Edition. Global pre-orders here: https://t.co/wMuBoimLeX pic.twitter.com/mz1YolDaq5 — Studio MDHR (@StudioMDHR) February 15, 2023 The art gives a more human-like appearance ...