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The myth of a Forza Horizon 6 player known as bowie knife99 is sending shivers down the spines of other players. When Forza Horizon 6 launched for PC and Xbox Series X | S last week , fans noticed something: an AI driver named bowie knife99 was causing mayhem in their races. The Forza games have a feature known as Drivatars, which allows AI to replicate the behavior of real players. It's a fun feature that creates an added layer of competition by spawning an AI version of your friend, or a recognizable name in the community, instead of a generic bot. However, bowie knife99 goes beyond what fans would expect from the average Drivatar. The player's AI counterpart is known not only to drive aggressively but also to go out of its way to ram into cars, often driving off-course to nail its next target. Dozens of viral Forza Horizon 6 clips mentioning bowie knife99 have emerged in the last week, making the Drivatar a mythical force that players have yet to fully understand. Forza got...

Hands Over is a new multiplayer horror party game that takes some of your favorite childhood mini-games and gives them a deadly twist. It's in development for PC from Artdock. The team behind it describes it as such: "One round might ask you to press your luck with a mechanical jaw. Another puts your face in front of a device that could snap at any moment. Another gives you a few seconds to memorize a sequence before the machine checks your mistakes. The rules are simple enough to understand immediately, but the hard part is staying calm while everyone else is watching, waiting, and trying to make your next move worse. "Between turns, players can use influence cards to change the odds, mess with opponents, protect themselves, or set up traps. A safe-looking move can suddenly become a disaster, and every decision raises the same question: are you playing carefully, bluffing, or walking into someone else’s plan?" “Hands Over started with the feeling of taking something...

Karmine Corp, the French Esports team who’s reached the semifinals in the last two Rocket League World Championships, stood atop the podium as champions of the 2026 RLCS Paris Major after defeating Saudi Arabian team Twisted Minds. In front of an enthusiastic hometown crowd, the Karmine Corp roster consisting of Atow, Juicy, and Vatira emerged victorious 4 games to 2. They endured a tournament that began with 16 different teams vying for the trophy. “The whole game we dominated, and I think we could have scored earlier,” says Karmine Corp’s Juicy. “But, in the end, it was just a relief. We were meant to win.” Karmine Corp quickly went up 2-0 in the final before dropping a game to Twisted Minds. The decisive final game went into overtime before Atow scored the tournament-winning goal. Earlier in the day, the crowd packed into La Défense arena in Paris erupted when Rocket League was revealed to be coming to the newly-announced Unreal Engine 6 . A short teaser showed a glimpse at more det...

Have you noticed? You can’t spell ‘Edward Kenway’ without ‘wayward’. And the protagonist of Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag truly embodies the word. At the game’s beginning, he spins a story to his wife about riches in the New World and leaves Bristol by boat. “I want food that don’t make me sick,” he tells her. “I want walls that hold back the wind. I want a decent life.” He writes home once a year, and otherwise behaves like a man with no responsibilities, to his family or his fellow sailors. After a sea battle spits him out on the shore of Cape Bonavista, he winds up in an altercation with an Assassin named Duncan Walpole. Or “posh git”, as Kenway calls him. When Walpole tries to negotiate passage to Havana, Kenway attempts a robbery, and the fight escalates to the point of murder. “I’m onto you, Sneaksby,” Kenway cackles, chasing his quarry through the jungle with carefree abandon, as if playing a game of tag that incorporates sabers. Soon enough, Walpole lies dead in Cuba, his body h...

An online petition calling on Sony to greenlight the development of Destiny 3 has seen over 120,000 signatures, but it seems unlikely that the game will be made. Developer Bungie shocked the gaming world this week when it announced the last update for Destiny 2 was set for June , effectively bringing to an end the Destiny era that began with such fanfare back in 2014. There has been much hand wringing since, with some expressing concern for the future of Bungie itself amid impending layoffs and the failure of Marathon — Bungie’s recently released ultra hardcore extraction shooter — to break out. All the while, there is a growing call for Bungie to develop Destiny 3, with one online petition calling on Bungie parent company Sony to approve development of the game. With over 120,000 signatures and rising, the petition’s creator, Harley Casto, said “the desire for new adventures, fresh storylines, and innovative gameplay features is palpable among players everywhere.” “We believe in the ...

IGN is on the ground in Paris all weekend, capturing all of the breaking news at the Rocket League Championship Series Paris Major. Catch the Semifinals and Finals on IGN’s YouTube channel . When Rocket League first came out 11 years ago, it appeared on the surface to be a relatively simple proposition: players face off in a soccer-like arena and battle to get a giant ball into a net. But, more than a decade later, the game has amassed a huge following and a distinct spot in the world of competitive Esports. That growth culminates this weekend in the Rocket League Championship Series Paris Major - the game’s biggest-ever in-person tournament where 25 thousand fans are gathering to see which one of 16 teams takes home the biggest share of a $350 thousand prize pot. I spoke to the team behind Rocket League about how the game is still growing, why they consider it to have an “infinite” skill ceiling, and the massive tech behind next-generation broadcast. “The vast majority of everything y...

Ubisoft has confirmed Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced will still let Edward Kenway get drunk and stumble around the Animus load screen, despite concerns to the contrary. The publisher behind the stealth action franchise sent fans for a loop yesterday with a post showing gameplay of what it called a "AC Black Flag Resynced drunk loading screen." It's a bit strange, as the footage showed the remake's pirate protagonist walking through a digital world with a steady stride while the screen wobbled back and forth around him. Fans familiar with the original Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag will remember the 2013 title allowed Edward to put back a few bottles of rum and drunkenly trip through the Animus load screen during one portion of its story. Ubisoft's post had some concerned that, in Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced, this would be replaced by whatever the new gameplay showed. Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced pic.twitter.com/xaR2v4ihmy ...