Author: Garry Smith
The Legacy of Kain franchise is enjoying a major resurgence in 2024. Fresh off the reveal of Legacy of Kain Soul Reaver 1-2 Remastered at Sony’s latest State of Play, Dark Horse is debuting a pair of killer statues featuring series icons Kain and Raziel.Check out the slideshow gallery below for an exclusive first look at the Legacy of Kain: Kain and Raziel statues:These statues previously appeared in prototype form at SDCC 2024 (where they inadvertently leaked the existence of Legacy of Kain Soul Reaver 1-2 Remastered), but now they’re available to preorder exclusively on the Dark Horse Direct website.…
One of the most impressive mechanics in Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 is its Tyranid swarm technology. Built upon the tech used to power swarming zombies in developer Saber Interactive’s World War Z, it sees hundreds of the terrifying xenos swarm not only in the distance but close to you and your squad mates.It’s an incredible sight to behold: the Tyranid swarm crashing over the landscape in the distance and, closer to the player, clumping together to climb walls or emerge from higher-up platforms before assaulting the Space Marine squad’s position. It adds a sense of scale and impending doom…
Palworld’s long-awaited PlayStation 5 release shadow-dropped yesterday, September 24 after an announcement during Sony’s State of Play broadcast, but while gamers in 68 countries worldwide were downloading the survival and crafting game dubbed ‘Pokémon with guns’ on PlayStation, Japanese gamers were blocked from doing so.The official Japanese Palworld account tweeted that the game’s PS5 release in Japan “has not yet been decided” but failed to explain why. “We apologize to everyone in Japan who was looking forward to it, but all of our staff will do our best to deliver it to PS5 users as soon as possible, so we…
Konami has released a chunky PC patch for the Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 1 which brings it to version 2.0.0.The Metal Gear Solid website said the patch is currently only available on PC via Steam but coming to other platforms at a later date. It coincides with the release of Steam Trading Card and Badges support, though this isn’t unlocked via the patch itself.Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty is perhaps getting the most changes. These include expanded screen settings to include resolution options, the ability to switch cutscenes between their original version and a high resolution…
Sony’s latest PlayStation live stream has come to an end and we’ve gathered all of the news and trailers from the event today. The September Sony State of Play yesterday focused on updates about upcoming PS5 and PS VR2 games and we got a closer look at how the PlayStation 5 Pro is enhancing games.You can dive into all of the latest PlayStation news and trailers from the show below, and we will continue to cover any new developments about these games on IGN as we learn more.Ghost of Tsushima 2 Announced as Ghost of YoteiArguably the biggest announcement from…
Ubisoft has delayed Assassin’s Creed Shadows by three months.The open-world adventure game was due out November 12, 2024. It now launches February 14, 2025.In a statement, Ubisoft said it needs more time “to polish and refine the experience, pushing further some of our key features.”Meanwhile, Ubisoft confirmed that Assassin’s Creed Shadows will release on Steam, unlike the company’s previous major release, Star Wars Outlaws. Preorders will be refunded, and all future preorders will be granted the first expansion for free.Developing…Wesley is the UK News Editor for IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at wesley_yinpoole@ign.com or…
Somewhat famously, the fourth game in the Dragon Age series has gone through a lot of changes in the ten years since Dragon Age: Inquisition. What’s now known as Dragon Age: The Veilguard began development in 2015 and in that time, reports emerged of Dragon Age 4 going the live-service route, with a heavy multiplayer component.The eventual confirmation that EA would let BioWare go full single-player with Dragon Age 4, keeping with the series’ history, led to a major sigh of relief from many fans. And when I got my hands on the game last month for our IGN First…
The Metaphor: ReFantazio Prologue Demo is available today across Xbox, PlayStation, and PC, developer Atlus has announced.The demo is already available on Xbox Series X and comes to PlayStation 5 and PC very soon at 9am Pacific / 12noon Eastern / 5pm UK. It features a sizeable chunk of the incoming fantasy role-playing and progress will carry over to the main game upon its October 11 launch.”In the Prologue Demo, players can experience some of the early game narrative, explore social elements, and discover the city as they get a head start on their adventure ahead of the October 11…
Sony has big ambitions for Ghost of Yotei and indeed Sucker Punch’s Ghost franchise — it wants to expand the video game into movies, TV shows, and other spinoffs.In an interview with the New York Times, Hermen Hulst, the chief executive of Sony’s studio business group, said expanding PlayStation franchises into other entertainment formats drives fans back to the original games, something it had seen first-hand with HBO’s hugely successful The Last of Us series.“From a business perspective it makes a lot of sense,” Hulst said. “When a television series or movie comes out, people are inspired to play again…
The self-inflicted video game leaks are showing no signs of slowing down as Microsoft has now leaked a handful of Minecraft reveals from the September 28 Minecraft Live showcase.Reddit user ozzAR0th spotted an update to the Minecraft Live website that included a ‘Watch the Highlights’ section as if the showcase had already wrapped. “Get the latest and greatest news from this year’s show,” it said.These highlights will include “a first look at the pale garden and its hostile mob, the creaking,” though no further details were shared on what this possible biome and baddie will be. The showcase will also…