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E3 has revealed that a trio of games industry personalities will host this year's E3 2021 virtual event. The trio features two IGN veterans, Kinda Funny co-founder Greg Miller, and Emmy-nominated host Jacki Jing. They are joined by esports commentator Alex "Goldenboy" Mendez. All three will share hosting duties of E3 2021, which takes place over four days from June 12 to June 15. The hosts will provide in-depth commentary on […]

The team behind Assassin's Creed Valhalla has acknowledged that recent updates haven't met expectations, and committed to longer testing periods for updates going forward. In a blog post about the update pipeline for Assassin's Creed Valhalla, a spokesperson wrote: "Our community is at the heart of everything we do, and we always strive to provide you with great experiences. That said, we recognize that some of our recent title updates may […]

Xbox has detailed its plans to make online multiplayer in free-to-play games available to Xbox users who don't have an Xbox Live Gold subscription. A blog post on the Xbox website explains that, starting today, players will be able to access online multiplayer in over 50 free-to-play games with no Xbox Live Gold membership required. You can check out the full library of free-to-play games here. At present the list includes […]

Resident Evil Village has a cooking system where players will have to kill the animals in the village to make meals. As revealed by Game Informer, protagonist Ethan Winters can kill animals in the world take them to a kitchen to be cooked up into stat-enhancing meals. Creatures such as fish, pigs, goats and chickens can be dispatched in a less-than-humane fashion (AKA shooting them), and then the player can pick […]

Players are reporting that some PlayStation 3 games are not downloading essential patches ahead of the forthcoming store closure. A PSNProfiles thread is compiling all of the PS3 titles that are experiencing difficulties downloading patches, which are often essential in order for the user to play online and earn trophies. The list includes games like Journey, LittleBigPlanet (GOTY), Castlevania: Lords of Shadow, Battlefield 4, Gran Turismo 5, and LEGO Star Wars: […]

Neo: The World Ends With You will be released on July 27, and we've learned a whole host of gameplay details. A PlayStation Blog article provided the date, as well as a deep-dive into the story and gameplay. Neo: The World Ends With You is a sequel to Square Enix's 2007 Nintendo DS title The World Ends With You. Set in Shibuya ward in Tokyo, you play a character called […]

Borderlands writer and Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford has made clear that the Borderlands cinematic universe is different to the Borderlands video game universe, after fans expressed concerns about the recently revealed plot for the Borderlands movie. Pitchford revealed the news in a tweet after the synopsis for the forthcoming Borderlands film was released earlier this week. The plot summary revealed that the movie was diverging from the plot of the […]

Last week, Nintendo and Niantic revealed that they had partnered once again to release a Pikmin Augmented Reality game similar to Pokémon Go, with the goal being "to make walking more delightful." Niantic has begun testing its Nintendo-partnered Pikmin Augmented Reality app in Singapore and, via an anonymous source, IGN has seen the early version of the game, currently simply titled 'Pikmin App', and read through its help centre section for a […]

People Can Fly has announced that it will brand cheaters in Outriders by adding a permanent watermark to their HUD, among other punishments. In a post on the Outriders Steam blog, the developer outlined its cheating and hacking policy, and the repercussions players will suffer if they engage in foul play. People Can Fly identified around 200 cheaters during the game's demo period, including one who "gave themself 600 Legendary […]