Yer a swordsman, Henry. Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 had a weighty task to spar with: following up on one of the most in-depth, skill-based, historically-inspired melee combat systems to ever slice its way into the RPG world. But it's no secret that it was an uphill battle just to become competent with the first …
"It’s a mystery to nowhere." A former developer at Rockstar has expressed his delight at the many wild conspiracy theories surrounding Grand Theft Auto 6, insisting staff at the studio will be enjoying watching the community go off the deep end.Rockstar released GTA 6 Trailer 1 to record-breaking viewership in December 2023, but …
A no-compromise AirPods rival. Google’s Pixel earbuds have always felt like a work in progress. The first-gen Pixel Buds was too futuristic for its time, the 2020 edition wasn’t reliable or comfortable, and the 2022 Pixel Buds Pro compromised on the design for better audio. It could never earn the default
Outlaws. Ubisoft’s share price skyrocketed today amid intensifying rumors that Chinese megacorp Tencent is engaged in buyout talks.The company behind Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry, and Rainbow Six Siege has suffered a torrid year, with multiple studio closures, mass layoffs, and game shutdowns. The company’s next big game, Assassin’s Creed Shadows, was …
Amy Adams can go feral, but this spayed adaptation won't let her. Nightbitch, Rachel Yoder’s barbaric yawp of a bestseller from 2021, snaps back at the constraints of modern, middle-class motherhood, leaving blood and bones in its wake. So it’s a shame that its movie adaptation has all the bite of a played out thinkpiece. If you’re worried that Marielle Heller – …
What will Josef Fares say this time? The next game from It Takes Two developer Hazelight Studios has leaked online ahead of an announcement expected at The Game Awards next week.Reliable dealabs leaker billbil-kun reported that Hazelight Studios’ next game is called Split Fiction and is due out on March 6, …
Long live the pilot episode. The pilot episode is dead. Streaming Wars is a weekly opinion column by IGN’s Streaming Editor, Amelia Emberwing. Check out the last entry: Abbott Elementary Has Nailed the Evolution of Gregory Eddie.This week, Star Wars: Skeleton Crew — a title that will henceforth be shortened to Skeleton Crew — debuted on …
"We were working maybe 16 hours a day for several months." The boss of Stalker 2 developer GSC Game World has spoken about its troubled development and the brutal crunch it suffered as it tried desperately to get the game ready for launch amid Russian’s invasion of Ukraine.Stalker 2 finally launched on PC and Xbox Series X and …
Bottom's up. Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 publisher Focus Entertainment has confirmed a December 10 release date for the hotly anticipated Patch 5 and Dark Angels Chapter Pack, and released a new screenshot showing something players haven’t seen in the game yet.Focus has said Patch 5 makes the recently released …
"It was very lucky for us." Sony’s original PlayStation exclusivity deal for Grand Theft Auto 3 and the following two games in the series was in part a reaction to concern about Microsoft’s launch of the Xbox, a former executive has revealed.Speaking to GamesIndustry.biz, former PlayStation Europe boss Chris Deering (who was …