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For today’s IGN First, we bring you exclusive gameplay from two of Final Fantasy XVI’s dungeons. Protagonist Clive fights his way through with the help of Cid, Jill and everyone’s favorite wolf, Torgal. Clive and his friends face a wide array of enemies in these dungeons. The Ironblood Fanatic is a large-sized enemy that wields a giant axe. The Akashic Champion is similar in size, but can shoot beams from its hammer. And the particularly impressive demonic enemy Lich can launch cleaving attacks with its scythe-like weapon, before quickly disappearing as it teleports to different positions to shoot beams from afar. In our gameplay video, which you can watch at the top of this page, Clive tackles these enemies by borrowing the power of three Eikons: the Phoenix, Gauda and Ramuh. The gameplay video also contains light exploration elements, such as Clive and Cid kicking through a door together. If you wonder how Final Fantasy XVI’s dungeons play out, be sure to check it out. Final ...

IGN's Summer of Gaming is officially on, and the events keep rolling with Summer Game Fest 2023 on Thursday, June 8. With E3 being cancelled , Summer Game Fest promises to be one of the biggest events of the season. Jeff Keighley's show debuted some heavy hitters last year, like The Last of Us Part 1 and Marvel's Midnight Suns , so there's definitely potential for juicy surprises this time around, especially since it's a live in-person event this year. If you want to tune into Summer Game Fest we'll point you to where you can watch the livsetream and let you know when it starts. We'll even do a bit of speculation about what to expect! Summer Game Fest 2023 Start Time Summer Game Fest kicks off on June 8, 2023 at 12pm PT/ 3PM ET/8PM BST, and if you're watching from Australia, that means the show will be premiering Friday, June 9 at 5am AEST. We don't know which games will be at Summer Game Fest, but we do know the show will be around two hours...

A Pokémon Scarlet and Violet tournament in South Korea was canceled after its finalists planned to stage a unique protest. All four players had agreed to field teams made up entirely of pokémon that only know Metronome – a unique and unpredictable move that fires off a completely random move when used. “Pokemon Korea saw our teams, didn't like it, and therefore disqualified all four of us for playing Metronome,” said Nash, one of the disqualified finalists, in a Twitter post . How we got disqualified for playing Metronome. pic.twitter.com/AR6ukdApMU — Nash (@NashVGC) June 3, 2023 The result would have been a tournament final that was decided by pure chance, but The Pokémon Trainers Cup was completely canceled before this could go ahead. This also meant that the four competing trainers lost their Day 2 pass to the World Championships later this year. “[We] decided to go on Metronome battle to protest against all these issues within our community,” added Nash. Pokémon p...

Respawn Entertainment's Star Wars Jedi franchise has never been shy about pulling from FromSoftware's Dark Souls games but director Stig Asmussen has revealed The Legend of Zelda to be another inspiration. Speaking to IGN for Podcast Beyond, Asmussen revealed that sequel Jedi: Survivor's developers drew inspiration from Zelda games to create the myriad of puzzles for Cal Kestis and the player to overcome. We had a lot of puzzles in the game and I would be lying if I didn't say that we definitely drew inspiration from Zelda "We had a lot of puzzles in the game and I would be lying if I didn't say that we definitely drew inspiration from Zelda," he said. Asmussen explained that his team of level designers essentially had a toy box of different Force abilities and other mechanics to play with and create these puzzles from, keeping Zelda in mind as they did so. "It's all about creating these challenges for those who want to take part in [them],...

After a leak a few months ago, Western Digital and Microsoft have teamed up to create storage expansion cards for Xbox Series X / S . The Western Digital WD_Black C50 storage expansion cards will be available in two storage configurations: 500GB, which costs $79.99 , and 1TB, which will retail for $149.99 (the same price as Seagate's 1TB storage expansion card). Both configurations are currently available to order on Western Digital's website, Best Buy also has a listing, but only for the 1TB model . This marks the first time Xbox has announced a new expandable storage card option not made by Seagate since the Xbox Series X|S launched nearly three years ago. Unlike Sony's PS5, which uses M.2 SSDs, Microsoft uses proprietary storage for its fourth generation of home gaming consoles. While Xbox Series X|S's storage option is easier to use as you plug it into the rear of either console, as opposed to opening up your PS5 , the big drawback was that Xbox owners could...

Pikmin 4 is set to release exclusively for Nintendo Switch on July 21, 2023. The latest entry in this series about tiny plant-like aliens exploring a strange planet introduces several new elements, including Ice Pikmin and a roly-poly dog named Oatchi. Pikmin 4 is now available for preorder ( see it at Amazon ). Preorder Pikmin 4 Get it at Amazon - $59.99 Get it at Best Buy - $59.99 Get it at GameStop - $59.99 Get it at the eShop (digital) - $59.99 No special, deluxe, or collectors editions have been announced for Pikmin 4, so the standard edition is your only option. Pikmin 4 Trailer What is Pikmin 4? Pikmin is a series of real-time strategy games that date back to 2001, when the original title appeared on the Nintendo GameCube. This fourth entry has been a long time coming, with Shigeru Miyamoto saying back in 2015 that it was “very close to completion.” Seven years later, it’s finally set to release in July. This installment introduces a new Ice Pikmin that can ...

Diablo 4 is experiencing further log-in issues as new players flood the servers. Diablo 4: Ultimate Edition owners enjoyed four days of relatively smooth-sailing early access. Now Diablo 4 is available to all and launch players are flooding Blizzard's servers, further log-in issues are beginning to emerge. “Game servers are down again,” said one Reddit user . "I was teleporting and got stuck on a loading screen. Now I can't load into the game, getting error 30000. Oh well." Unfortunately, some were hit harder than others. When Hardcore mode characters die, they're gone forever, which makes disconnections even more stressful. “I literally just lost my [Hardcore] character 95% through the campaign cause the game [disconnected] me during one of the final boss fights,” said a Reddit user . "Bro when it went down earlier, I was just creating my character," said another Reddit user . "I said whatever, I’ll go play something else. I LITERALLY just...