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Team Asobi is finally taking a swing at a full-fledged Astro Bot title, and it says it’s “the biggest game we’ve ever made.” Studio head Nicolas Doucet spoke on the team’s ambitions during an interview with Entertainment Weekly . He says they set out to make the game, simply titled Astro Bot, to be big, adding that it represents more than just the start of Asobi’s new future with PlayStation. "This is really about going up one notch — really several notches — and having Astro's big story." "We wanted to make a big game," Doucet said. "This is really about going up one notch — really several notches — and having Astro's big story. We call it Astro Bot because we treat this as a new beginning. That's a really, really big game. I think for us, that's the biggest game we've ever made." PlayStation’s Astro Bot mascot has largely stayed out of the spotlight for the last few years. Some players may recognize the adorable little blue-and-...

TICKETS FOR IGN LIVE ARE AVAILABLE NOW! IGN Live is coming to Los Angeles June 7-9. The event promises to be an epic, action-packed weekend full of huge exclusives, playable games, giveaways , demos, and more from your favorite properties across games and entertainment. Scroll down to find out who will be there on what days! Jump to: Friday, June 7 Saturday, June 8 Sunday, June 9 What to Expect It all takes place at Magic Box @ The Reef from 10am-6pm PT each day. Select highlights from the show will be broadcast across IGN platforms each afternoon. Tickets are still on sale , so don’t miss out on your chance to see the one-of-a-kind show live and in person. In addition to the exclusive programming below, IGN Live will feature more than 30 playable games on over 100 gaming stations, more than 9,000 giveaways and prizes, activations, photo opportunities, a TikTok Creators Studio , booths, signings, and more! Stay tuned between now - June 7 for new announcements, additions,...

PlayStation has announced it is bringing its 2022 hit PlayStation-exclusive game, God of War Ragnarök , to PC. It revealed this during today's State of Play with a new trailer alongside a September 19 release date.  This follows PlayStation's recent trend of bringing its single-player, narrative-driven games over to PC years after they first launch on PlayStation. Just this month, it brought Ghost of Tsushima Director's Cut to PC , and today, PlayStation CEO Hermen Hulst revealed all live-service games will launch day-and-date on PS5 and PC while "tentpole" single-player games will launch at later dates on PC.  As you might expect, the PC version of God of War Ragnarök will feature unlocked frame rates, Nvidia DLSS 3.7. (and AMD FSR 3.1 and Intel XESS 1.3), super ultrawide support, and other PC features. This version of Ragnarök will feature the free Valhalla DLC from last year, too, and pre-purchasing the game gets you in-game rewards like the Kratos Risen...

Since its release almost 10 years ago, The Sims 4 has been essentially free of timed content, with expansion packs and free additions being obtainable at any point after release. However, that's changing in a new update that brings a battle pass-style feature to the game's main menu, and fans aren't happy. Today, EA revealed its plan for Events in a blog post , describing each event as a "limited time experience, centered around a fun theme, with free rewards or gameplay that adds new opportunities to your game." Come for the vending machine, leave with a brand-new trait! 🤩 Events are here in The Sims 4 as limited time experiences with free rewards that adds new opportunities to your game. ✨ Discover more: https://t.co/RepxRYq9xn pic.twitter.com/fZZqynBeIm — The Sims (@TheSims) May 30, 2024 Each Event is free and offers 8 rewards over the course of 4 weeks, with new rewards being made available each week. This format requires players to launch the ga...

Redfall's final update, which was announced following Microsoft's closure of developer Arkane Austin, is here, adding a myriad of quality-of-life overhauls to the game, such as an offline mode, DLSS3, and single-player pausing. The details of Redfall Game Update 4 were unveiled in a Bethesda blog post today, including a ranking system called Community Standing, which is among the new features in the game’s Neighborhood system. Community Standing, as the blog post describes, is a rank-based reputation that rewards players with unique permanent buffs upon completing a Safehouse mission, rescuing civilians, and defeating an Underboss. Offline mode, meanwhile, has long been one of the most-requested Redfall features , with it finally arriving in its final update. "You will also be able to continue playing if you’re disconnected from the Internet in the middle of a solo session. When playing in co-op, the host will be dropped into a solo offline session," the blog ...

The protagonist of Dungeons of Hinterberg is at a crossroads in her life. Feeling burnt out by her big city job, Luisa travels to the easygoing town of Hinterberg, Austria, to check out the sights, cut loose in the social scene, and try her hand at monster slaying to score some sweet loot. Dungeons of Hinterberg is what you get when you combine the cozy vibes of a Persona-style social-sim RPG with the sprawling adventure of The Legend of Zelda – and all wrapped in a charming package that strikes a chord for those longing for a break. In my extended preview of developer Microbird Games' action- RPG, I got to play the early hours of this oddball yet delightfully charming dungeon crawler that tasks you with making the most of your monster-filled vacation in the Austrian Alps. When a mysterious magical force has turned the town of Hinterberg and the surrounding mountains into an actual high-fantasy realm filled with mythical monsters and dungeons, the small community becomes a tou...

Newly appointed PlayStation CEOs Hideaki Nishino and Hermen Hulst have discussed the company's perspective on live service games, PC releases, lay offs, and much more in their first presentation as co-leaders. Nishino and Hulst opened Sony's Game and Network Services Business Segment presentation by boasting "each PlayStation 5 sold generates over $700 U.S. of additional spend, which is significantly higher than the previous generation." Controlling Scope and Scale Without 'Compromising on Quality' To keep up a high level of game development Hulst said PlayStation is "increasing [its] use of external development teams, outsourcing partners, and co-development agreements with teams in lower-cost regions". He then insisted this allows PlayStation to control the "scope and scale" of its games "without compromising on quality". AI is seemingly another way PlayStation is looking to achieve this. "We also see opportunities ...

In this week's episode of  The Game Informer Show , we played the "build your own Zelda" dungeon maker Quest Master, dived into Fortnite's new season of content (including Fallout), and revisited this year's remake of Mario vs. Donkey Kong. We also chatted about our love of Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga and reminisced about the 2015 Mad Max game, kicking off a discussion about the future of movie tie-in titles. Watch The Video Version Follow us on social media: Marcus Stewart ( @MarcusStewart7 ), Kyle Hilliard ( @KyleMHilliard ), Charles Harte ( @chuckduck365 ) The Game Informer Show  is a weekly gaming podcast covering the latest video game news, industry topics, exclusive reveals, and reviews. Join host  Alex Van Aken  every Thursday to chat about your favorite games – past and present – with  Game Informer  staff, developers, and special guests from around the industry. Listen on  Apple Podcasts ,  Spotify , or your favorite podcast...

The PlayStation 5 generation is officially the most profitable Sony console generation to date, according to new data shared by the company. This comes from the company's Game & Network Services Business Segment meeting slides and presentation , which were shared today following the company's earnings report two weeks ago . In the presentation, Sony revealed that the PS5 generation has brought in $106 billion in sales since launch, outpacing every past console at the same point in its generation. Let's stick some asterisks on that figure really quick, though. First off, Sony reports that the PS4 generation brought in a total of $107 billion in sales, which is obviously more than $106 billion. But the PS4 generation is taken as whole, from fiscal 2013 through fiscal 2019, and includes three more years than the PS5 generation (which spans from fiscal 2020 to fiscal 2023). Four years into the PS4's lifecycle, it was still well behind where the PS5 is now, and the...

In the aftermath of the release of Call of Duty Black Ops 6’s live-action reveal trailer , fans have unearthed a number of secrets, Easter eggs, and hidden details — and perhaps even a pointer to the game’s first Zombies map. Activision’s marketing so far has revolved around teasing fans with cryptic nods to the Gulf War of the early ‘90s, and the trailer, below, continues the conspiracy theories with a few words of wisdom from world leaders central to the military action that took place in Iraq during the decade. Former U.S. presidents Bill Clinton and George H. W. Bush, as well as ex-UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and Iraq leader Saddam Hussein, combine to utter words from the shadows that allude to some grand conspiracy the player will presumably unravel over the course of Black Ops 6’s campaign. To accompany the release of the trailer, Activision released a single piece of key art for Black Ops 6. On the face of it, this image, below, rekindles memories of Black Ops 1’s i...

A high-profile video game cheat maker has been ordered to pay Activision over $14 million in damages and hand over its domain name. The United States District Court of the Central District of California granted Activision’s motion for default judgement in the civil case against EngineOwning, which sells cheats for a number of Call of Duty games as well as Counter-Strike, Battlefield, and Titanfall. Activision is awarded $14,465,600 in statutory damages and $292,912 in attorneys’ fees, and the court issued a permanent injunction to enjoin EngineOwning’s “unlawful conduct” and to transfer its domain name, www.EngineOwning.to, to Activision. Activision successfully argued that EngineOwning continued to circumvent its security systems and sell the cheating software in violation of the The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). It called for the minimum statutory damages of $200 under the DMCA multiplied by the general approximation of the number of downloads of the cheating software ...

Quest Master answers the prayers of a certain segment of the Zelda fanbase by letting them create their own dungeons. With an art direction and gameplay heavily inspired by A Link to the Past, this fun homage is now available in Steam Early Access and gives players the tools to craft dungeons as clever or devious as they desire. Best of all, you can upload creations for other players to enjoy and experience the works of the community. Editors Marcus Stewart and Kyle Hilliard do just that, exploring Marcus' custom dungeon to show off some of the game's toolset before playing a (far superior) community creation.  Head over to  Game Informer's  YouTube channel  for more previews, reviews, and discussions of new and upcoming games. Watch other episodes of  New Gameplay Today   right here. from Game Informer https://ift.tt/GiT6rRC via IFTTT

League of Legends fans are having a hard time wrapping their heads around a new bundle that costs roughly $450. The content is themed after prolific League of Legends player Lee ‘Faker’ Sang-hyeok and arrives alongside news that he has been inducted into Riot’s hall of fame, the Hall of Legends. In a post on its website , the studio explains that it worked with the eSports legend to create an event pass celebrating his legacy. Festivities include three new Ahri Collections with prices that are turning heads. Each bundle is more expensive than the last, beginning with the Risen Legend Collection at 5430 RP or around $40. It includes the Hall of Legends Pass, a Takedown Counter Taunt, an icon, an emote, a banner, and Ahri with a unique, orange and white skin. Next up is the substantially more expensive Immortalized Legend Collection, which costs 32430 RP or around $250, and packs in the Risen Collection along with a selection of exclusive skin transformations, finishers, the Immortal...

Board gaming is great in part because of the variety of new options available nowadays. You'll find plenty to choose from, whether you're interested in family board games , strategy board games , or just about any other genre. But just because modern games are the best they've ever been doesn't mean older games are bad. There's a good reason why the best board games have been popular choices for both beginners and veteran players for such a long time. Modern games are mostly the product of a design trend that dates back to the mid-nineties. So it's of particular interest to go digging for gold in the years prior to that explosion. Here, presented in reverse chronological order, are some of the best classic board games that stand the test of time. Some of these will likely also be on sale during Black Friday 2024 . TL;DR: The Best Classic Board Games Azul Pandemic Ticket to Ride Settlers of Catan Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective Can't Stop ...

Konami has announced that a Silent Hill Transmission will take place on Thursday, May 30, at 4pm PT/7pm ET that will reveal game updates, a "deeper look at the film," and new merch. This second Silent Hill Transmission was announced on X/Twitter with no further hints as to what we'll see, but thankfully our wait for answers isn't too long. "Consider this your invitation letter to Silent Hill," the official Silent Hill X/Twitter account wrote. "Tune in May 30 at 4 p.m. PDT to our SILENT HILL YouTube channel for the second installment of the #SILENTHILL Transmission where we'll share game updates, a deeper look at the film, and new merch. #SILENTHILL" The first Silent Hill Transmission took place on October 19, 2022, and included such big reveals as the Silent Hill 2 Remake, the spinoff from No Code Studios called Silent Hill: Townfall, a narrative driven spinoff set in 1960s Japan called Silent Hill f, the immersive project called Sile...