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Ubisoft is keeping Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 updates coming with the announcement of a new survival extraction experience called Survivors. The team behind the long-running third-person shooter talked about how it plans to keep the sequel chugging along for at least another year during a gamescom 2025 panel livestream and in a blog post published on its website. It comes with a roadmap for the next few months of content, including a promise to keep players in the loop as development continues. The Division 2: Survivors is the real headline here, though. Ubisoft calls the new content “an updated take on the survival extraction experience” that is currently “in the early stages” of development. Aiding as creative director for Survivors is Magnus Jansén, who previously served as creative director on the original The Division . During today’s gamescom panel, he confirmed that, after a few years away from the franchise, he’s “back” and “working on something very, very exciting.”...

Bungie CEO Pete Parsons is departing the company after 23 years and nearly 10 as CEO. He is succeeded by Justin Truman, currently chief development officer and fellow Bungie veteran. In a blog post on the official Bungie website , Parsons wrote: When I was asked to lead Bungie in 2015, my goal was to grow us into a studio capable of creating and sustaining iconic, generation-spanning entertainment. We’ve been through so much together: we launched a bold new chapter for Destiny, built an enviable, independent live ops organization capable of creating and publishing its own games, and joined the incredible family at Sony Interactive Entertainment. Today marks the right time for a new beginning. The future of Bungie will be in the hands of a new generation of leaders, and I am thrilled to announce that Justin Truman will be stepping into leadership as Bungie's new Studio Head. Parsons has overseen Bungie during many turbulent years, first taking over as CEO in 2016 from Harold R...

DC Studios co-CEO and Superman Director James Gunn says big things are in store for Warner Bros. Games, but it’s going to take a while to see them come to fruition. The comic book bigwig spoke about his plans to expand the DC universe during an interview with GamesRadar+ . As Gunn, co-CEO Peter Safran, and the rest of the DC Studios crew plot a new course for DCU shows and movies, the Superman moviemaker says he has no plans to leave gaming out of the equation. “There's been some slight movement on different things," Gunn teased. "We have a couple of little DC games coming out. But we also have talked about – and in early stages of planning – some bigger things. One thing in particular I'm excited about, but it does take time. There's been some changes in Warner Bros. Games , and so we're dealing with new people.” Those changes he’s referring to have unraveled throughout the last year or so and have seen WB Games shifting its focus to four key franchis...

gamescom 2025 is fully underway and there have already been a ton of huge reveals that have given a glimpse at the future of video games. We've already had Opening Night Live and a full day of previews and interviews and news, and we've decided to gather all the biggest moments right here to ensure you don't miss a thing. So, check out everything below and continue to check back throughout gamescom to see what other surprises have been revealed. Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 New Trailer Reveals Campaign, Multiplayer, and Zombies Details, Release Date, and Much More Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 had a big night at gamescom's Opening Night Live, as we got a first-look at its campaign, learned new details on multiplayer and zombies, got a release date of November 14, learned about its Open Beta, and much more. The story of Black Ops 7 takes place in 2035 and is a follow-up to both Black Ops 2 and Black Ops 6. The campaign supports solo play of up to four-player co-op, wit...

There's been lots of excitement over the presence of a Hollow Knight: Silksong game demo on the show floor at Gamescom this year, in both the Xbox and Nintendo booths. And by all accounts, the demo seems pretty great. Our own previewer said it's "a piece of playable art that is as fun to wield as it is to watch." But some Silksong superfans hoping for new story, new bosses, or new content to reveal themselves in this demo might be a little disappointed, because the Gamescom demo is the same demo from six years ago at E3 2019. But shinier. We first noticed this when reading through our previews of the demo from today alongside our preview from 2019. It's more discernable when looking at 2019's video footage , but both demos cover the same two areas - the early game Moss Grotto, and the later Deep Docks. They cover the same encounters and bosses as well. We've been able to comb over some other footage posted by other individuals from Gamescom and yup, l...

My first hands-on with Anno 117: Pax Romana left me excited for Ubisoft Mainz' latest take on the city-builder, which tasks players with founding a thriving metropolis within the Roman Empire. But I wouldn't necessarily say I was intrigued by it. The studio made significant strides in its game design with 2018's industrial revolution-focussed Anno 1800, and 117 felt wary of rocking the boat in the wake of 1800’s success. While Pax Romana demonstrated some interesting ideas, like enabling production buildings to affect the mood and prosperity of nearby structures, forcing you to think more carefully about your city's layout, it otherwise felt a little safe, a little familiar. That isn't necessarily a huge problem—getting to build Roman cities with 1800’s core systems was enough of a hook, and I would merrily play that game. But I was nonetheless left wondering whether stepping deeper into the past would inhibit Ubisoft Mainz from carrying the city-builder forward....

More than two decades after the original Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines, tonight's Gamescom Opening Night Live broadcast has finally given us a release date for its much-delayed sequel . Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 will launch on October 21, 2025 for PC via Steam, GOG and the Epic Games Store, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S, priced $59.99. Pre-orders are now live, and will unlock a Bloodlines Nostalgia Jukebox decor item for your Haven base upon release, allowing you to listen to themes from the original Bloodlines game. The nostalgia continues with the Santa Monica Memories cosmetic pack, included with the pricier Deluxe Edition version of the game (priced $69.99), with further items inspired by the original game. Feeling flusher still? A $89.99 Premium verison of the game includes both Santa Monica Memories plus Shadows & Silk, an add-on that provides two additional clans with "unique abilities, playstyles and distinct outfits" for your ch...

Today, Masahiro Sakurai hosted a 45-minute Nintendo Direct solely dedicated to his latest project, Kirby Air Riders. And it was a somewhat unusual Direct! Delivered in Sakurai's iconic style that he's developed from giving Super Smash Bros. presentations over the years, the whole thing felt very Smash Bros. in general. But Sakurai also opened the presentation by invoking another game, admitting that Kirby Air Riders is "basically Mario Kart". He said this to get ahead of criticisms or comments from the audience that it is, admittedly, a bit odd for Nintendo to have asked him to make a new Kirby Air Ride game coming out right on the heels of Mario Kart World. Both are racing games that feature a diverse roster of racers with different abilities, unique karts and courses, and similar functions such as boosting, drifting, and drafting. Sakurai says he was asked by Shinya Takahashi and Satoshi Mitsuhara to make Kirby Air Riders while he was working on DLC for Super S...

UPDATE: Kirby Air Ride pre-orders have just gone live on the Nintendo eShop , confirming the game will cost $70. (That's $10 cheaper than fellow Switch 2 racer Mario Kart World.) ORIGINAL STORY: Nintendo's upcoming Switch 2 exclusive Kirby Air Riders will launch on November 20, 2025, the company has announced during its latest Direct presentation. Today's 45-minute look offered a deep dive at Kirby's new racer and its various modes, including circuit-based tracks and a sandbox offering. And, right at the end, we learned when Kirby Air Riders would arrive, as Nintendo's second exclusive racing game for its new console in just five months. There was no word today on Kirby Air Riders' price, which will be of interest to Nintendo fans after comments from the company on Switch 2 games launching with more of a "variable pricing" model than Nintendo has used previously. Mario Kart World arrived priced $80 , while the console's upcoming Drag x Dri...

We’ve heard surprisingly little about director Masahiro Sakurai’s highly anticipated Nintendo Switch 2 sequel, Kirby Air Riders – but that all changes with today’s dedicated Nintendo Direct . In a few short moments, Nintendo will launch into a broadcast that will finally share more information – and hopefully a release date – for the long-awaited sequel to an often-forgotten Nintendo GameCube classic. With its expected 2025 release window growing smaller every day, we’re also hoping to see a deep dive into Kirby Air Riders gameplay as Sakurai delivers a whopping 45 minutes of content. As promised , the Kirby Air Riders Nintendo Direct will no doubt contain a feast of information for fans to gobble up across its lengthy runtime. There’s no reason to fear, though, because we here at IGN will be collecting all of the biggest reveals and announcements for eager Nintendo Switch 2 players to comb through. You can keep up with everything announced at the new Nintendo Direct below. Kirb...

The Magic: The Gathering train rumbles on, with preorders going live last week for Avatar: The Last Airbender, and hype building for Spider-Man next month, but Edge of Eternities is already seeing some big changes in value . That’s not all, though. A Foundations staple and a card two decades old are getting some love, while Final Fantasy’s Vivi Ornitier is going nowhere, it seems. Here are this week’s crashers and climbers, thanks to data from TCGPlayer . New Foundation Let’s kick things off with a card that’s pretty easy to find. Soulstone Sanctuary , printed in last year’s Foundations set, has essentially doubled in value. It’s a land that can become a 3/3 creature, but that creature is all types. That means that if your opponent goes for the Shoot the Sheriff (a low-cost removal spell), it won’t be able to remove Soulstone Sanctuary since it’s essentially an Assassin, Mercenary, Pirate, Rogue, and Warlock all in one. Next? Masako the Humorless was printed way back i...

The 2025 Pokémon World Championships just concluded, and as is tradition, the closing ceremonies featured new announcements fun for Pokémon fans of all kinds, presented by Tzunekazu Ishihara, President and CEO of The Pokémon Company. Here’s a round-up of all the important Pokémon announcements revealed at the World Championships you don’t want to miss, including the introduction of a new fan event called PokémonXP, and much more. Pokémon Champions Coming to the 2026 Pokémon World Championships The yet-to-be-released Pokémon Champions, coming to mobile and Nintendo Switch in 2026, will be the game used in the official Championship Series video game format in 2026 and beyond. Read more about how Pokémon Champions will be replacing Pokémon Scarlet and Violet in the official format here. Empoleon, Dhelmise, and Vaporeon Joining the Pokémon Unite Roster Empoleon will be coming to Pokémon Unite as a playable character on September 19, while Dhelmise and Vaporeon are “coming soon.” No...