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The beloved co-op adventure game, Peak , has been leaked for PS5 by the ESRB. Last year, an adorable, cheap co-op game known as Peak blew up on Steam . In the game, players unite with their friends to pass through a wide variety of deadly obstacles in order to climb absurdly tall mountains. They must use the power of friendship and a handful of tools to overcome the odds, often resulting in hilarious deaths, injuries, and hijinks. As of August 2025, Peak has sold over 10 million copies , partially thanks to the fact it only costs $8 and is an easy sell to a group of friends. It seems like the game will likely only continue to grow its audience, as the ESRB has rated Peak for PS5. Historically, ESRB leaks are incredibly accurate, so it seems like only a matter of time before an official announcement is made. As of right now, it's unclear if Peak will also come to Xbox and Nintendo Switch 2, but it would be surprising if this remained console exclusive to PS5. Unfortunately for new ...

We are just a little over 30 days away from the release of GTA 6 , which begs the question: Will you be taking time off of work or school to play it? GTA 6 is one of the biggest pop culture events of the decade, if not in all of history, and as a result, it's expected to cause some disruption. In addition to fears that the game's highly-anticipated launch may create instability for ISPs and platform servers, many companies are also expected to have an irregular amount of employees calling out for the day. For months, fans on social media have been claiming they're putting in PTO requests well in advance of November to ensure they can have the game's release weekend available. So, will you be taking November 19 off? Let us know in the poll below, dear reader. Economists have estimated that there will be a $1 billion loss in productivity during launch week due to people being absent from their jobs. A car tuning company known as Burger Motorsports has even announced that...

Nearly two decades after the last mainline 2D Castlevania game,the team behind 2023’s Dead Cell’s Return to Castlevania DLC has been given the keys to Dracula’s Castle for real. Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse aims to breathe fresh life into this 40-year-old series with a creative blend of old and new ideas. With a brand new Belmont wielding the family whip, familiar foes in your way, and modern conveniences that have become expected in the genre, developer Evil Empire has largely hit their mark – but if you are a longtime fan expecting Belmont’s Curse to be a completely faithful revival of the series we played back in the early 2000s, then you will want to think again. This is a different breed of monster you're hunting, both for good and for ill. Belmont’s Curse picks up in Paris about 23 years after the events of the NES/Famicom classic Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse (the game Netflix’s original Castlevania series was based on). This time, the Belmont in charge of dishing out pa...

Award-winning composer and skull-shattering guitar shredder Mick Gordon has given an update on the scheduled live performances of his Doom and Doom Eternal soundtracks, explaining in an interview with IGN at PAX Australia this past weekend that his appearance as headliner at the UK’s RADAR festival in 2027 isn’t merely intended as a one-off. “The two that we’ve announced are this headline show for RADAR, which is going to be on August 1, 2027,” said Gordon. “That’s going to be me with a band and a live orchestra playing music from Doom and Doom Eternal and some other stuff. Then a few days later I’m going to be in the Czech Republic playing the Brutal Assault Festival, which is in a medieval castle, which is so metal. That’s with bands like Children of Bodom, Knocked Loose, and Humanity's Last Breath. It's like a really, really incredible 25,000-people metal festival.” That all sounds great, but what if you happen to be one of the millions of Doom fans that can’t make it to the...

Automation and factory-building games have become pretty popular over the past few years, with Coffee Stain Studios' Satisfactory being one of the stars of the genre. I have always admired the sprawling conveyor belts and mega structures of the factory-building powerhouse from a comfortable distance, dipping my toe into the waters with messy (but kind of functional) factories of my own. Soon, factory builders will have a whole new way to build out their process, as Mood Publishing, the same publisher behind Hitman: The Board Game , is looking to bring the beloved factory sim to your tabletop with Satisfactory: The Board Game and the launch of their latest crowdfunding campaign over on Gamefound . We were sent an early prototype copy to check out, in addition to playing a demo with the game’s designer, David Thor Fjalarsson, to see if a tabletop game can capture and refine the Satisfactory experience down to the size of a kitchen table-sized factory. In Satisfactory: The Board Game...

As part of IGN Fan Fest 2026: Fall Edition, we are proud to reveal five brand-new screenshots of For the Stars, Snail Games USA's upcoming space sandbox survival game that will have you exploring and settling planets, uncovering the secrets of alien civilizations, and much more. The images, which you can see below, show off some of For The Stars' different biomes, weapons, flora and fauna, vehicles, spaceships, and more. They also offer a glimpse into the multiplayer experience that allows friends to explore this universe together. Players will be traveling from planet to planet and establishing outposts to upgrade their tech, studying alien artifacts and natural phenomena, and surviving any challenges that come their way in an effort to get more powerful and "explore further into the unknown." Speaking of outposts, players will need to balance the needs of each area with proper laboratories, factories, and living quarters. Spacecraft will also need to be upgraded, an...