2023-02

IGN's February update discussing IGN Fan Fest 2023, and Community Guideline updates....

Whether you preordered one or planning to pick one up the week of launch, here's every game launching alongside the PlayStation VR2 on February 22....

Marvel’s Midnight Suns gets its second story expansion next week in the form of the aptly titled “Redemption.” It stars Venom, looking to right the wrongs he’s committed, but he’s going to have to overcome the powerful demon Mephisto to do it.  The trailer shows Eddie Brock, having recovered from the events of the main campaign, making a deal with Mephisto to help rid himself of his darkness. Naturally, this goes about as well as you would expect, leading to Venom joining the Midnight Suns as a playable character to battle this formidable demonic threat.  Redemption will be available on February 23. It comes included with the game's season pass. Firaxis' role-playing strategy take on the Marvel universe has already received DLC in the form of a Deadpool character and mission pack. Despite the game receiving positive reviews (including cracking Game Informer’s Top 10...

Destiny 2’s next big chapter is just around the corner, with a planned expansion launch for Lightfall on February 28. The expansion represents the penultimate storytelling beat in the long-running Destiny story up to this point – what Bungie has come to call the Light and Darkness Saga. I got an early look at a new ViDoc, as well as some more detailed demos of the expansion’s planned systems, and it has me excited to see some notable changes coming to one of my most played hobby games. Lightfall’s biggest additions are on the planet Neptune, on a city called Neomuna that has been thriving out beyond the rest of humanity’s view for hundreds of years. The city is a departure from many prior Destiny locales, which have often been dominated by ruins from long ago. In contrast, Neomuna is vibrant and...

Those subscribed to PlayStation Plus’ Extra and Premium tiers have an impressive batch of new monthly games coming next week. That includes some of 2022’s strongest titles, such as Horizon Forbidden West and Supermassive Games’ summer camp slasher, The Quarry. Old-school RPG fans will be especially pleased to see the new PlayStation 1 classics joining the library.  Each title listed below becomes available on February 21. We've included links to our reviews for applicable titles for those seeking an idea of what to expect from each game.  Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown (PS4) Borderlands 3 (PS4/PS5) Earth Defense Force 5 (PS4) The Forgotten City (PS4/PS5) Horizon Forbidden West (PS4/PS5) I Am Setsuna (PS4) Lost Sphere (PS4) Oninaki (PS4) Outriders (PS4/PS5) The Quarry (PS4/PS5) Resident Evil 7: Biohazard (PS4) Scarlet Nexus (PS4/PS5) Tekken 7 (PS4) PlayStation Premium Classics Destroy All Humans!...

Riot Games released a promotional video this morning revealing its plans to release three League of Legends spin-off games this year. Two of these titles, Song of Nunu and Convergence, had been previously announced, while the third game, The Mageseeker, makes it debut.  The Mageseeker is set to arrive first sometime this spring. Developed by Digital Sun, the team behind Moonlighter, it’s described as a gritty 2D action RPG. It stars Sylas and takes place in Demacia. You can find The Mageseeker on PC and unspecified consoles.  Convergence launches this summer and was first revealed at The Game Awards in 2019. Starring Ekko, it’s a 2D action-platforming adventure by Double Stallion that features parkour and time-manipulation mechanics. Convergence launches for PlayStation and Xbox consoles, Switch, and PC via Steam and Epic.  Song of Nunu closes out the year. Releasing this...

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Illumination has taken its promotion of The Super Mario Bros. Movie to the next level by launching a website and commercial promoting the brothers’ New York City plumbing business, and it's actually pretty cool.  You can visit the website here, which features a commercial promoting the Mario Bros. business. Older fans will likely recognize the catchy jingle as the theme song of the 1989 Super Mario Brothers Super Show, which is a nice homage.  The website also features humorous testimonials, job opportunities, and even a working phone number. Calling this number (929-55-MARIO) plays a recorded message by the Charlie Day-voiced Luigi, which provides a nice sample of his performance as the green-glad sidekick. Texting the number returns a message, which, depending on when you sent it, may return a digital poster for the movie. GI editor Kyle Hilliard got this Toad...