2023-04

Just a few days away from the launch of Horizon Forbidden West's Burning Shores DLC last week, Guerrilla Games has teased more adventures with Aloy.  This news comes from a statement released by the studio to announce that studio director and executive producer Angie Smets is leaving Guerrilla to serve as the head of development strategy for PlayStation Studios. It's a move similar to the one the team's former managing director, Hermen Hulst, made in 2019, transitioning from that director position to head of Sony Interactive Entertainment Worldwide Studios.  Within that statement, Guerrilla teases what could be Horizon 3 or at least, a third game in Aloy's world, as reported by PlayStation Lifestyle.  "We have full confidence in our new leadership as they steer Guerrilla towards a bright future, expanding the world of Horizon with Aloy's next adventure and our exciting online...

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Join hosts Wesley LeBlanc and Kyle Hilliard as the two take a quick look at Afterimage, a new 2D action-adventure Metroidvania from Aurogon Shanghai. Featuring gorgeous hand-drawn art, Afterimage is sure to be a pretty game to play through soon. And fortunately, you don't have to wait long because it hits PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, and PC next week on April 25. If you're wondering whether it's a game you should pick up, check out roughly 15 minutes of new Afterimage footage in the latest New Gameplay Today:  For more previews and discussions of some of the biggest games of 2023 and beyond, be sure to head over to our YouTube page for NGTs about Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster Collection, XDefiant, Sea of Stars, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, Exoprimal, Fatal Frame: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse, Dead Cells: Return to Castlevania, Final Fantasy XVI, and more. Does Afterimage look like something...

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To wrap up IGN's AI week, we thought we'd ask you what AI character from the movies, TV, and video games is the best of the best. HAL 9000 or R2-D2? GLaDOS or Skynet? The choice is yours....

PlayStation has acquired Firewalk Studios. The company announced this on a new PlayStation Blog, noting that it's been in a publishing partnership with Firewalk Studios and ProbablyMonsters since 2021 and that it's now happy to expand that relationship by bringing the studio under the PlayStation umbrella. The studio has been working on its "first original AAA multiplayer game" for PlayStation and it sounds like development on that will continue.  "Since announcing our publishing partnership with ProbablyMonsters and Firewalk in 2021, we continue to be impressed by the team's ambitions to build a modern multiplayer game that connects players in new and innovative ways," Head of PlayStation Hermen Hulst writes in the blog. "The studio shares our passion for creating inspiring worlds grounded in exceptional gameplay, and we want to continue to invest in their mission. We're excited to bring their...

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One of the most exciting and mysterious elements of Street Fighter 6 has been a World Tour, a single-player open-world exploration mode Capcom had previously only shown glimpses of. Thankfully, today’s Street Fighter 6 Showcase finally pulled the curtain back on what World Tour entails and it looks delightfully bonkers. World Tour begins with players creation a custom fighter that serves as the mode’s protagonist. Upon creating your avatar (which can be used outside of World Tour in the online Battle Hub), you’re dropped into Metro City from the Final Fight series, one of the World Tour’s many explorable city hubs. Other destinations include the developing Asian city, Nayshall.  As a fledgling fighter, you’ll embark on a quest to become a world warrior. You’ll accomplish this completing quests while running around and picking fights with citizens, who all happen to martial artists....

Much like its predecessor, Street Fighter 6 will have an ambitious post-release content plan. While we knew there would be downloadable content, we now have a much better idea about the cadence with which the new characters will arrive. "A big part of Street Fighter's charm is the cast of characters from around the world that appear in each game," executive producer Shuhei Matsumoto said during today's Street Fighter 6 Showcase livestream. "We believe that Street Fighter is where players can take control of unique characters with their own awesome fighting styles. For the players – and for us as well – the appeal of the characters themselves is the most important element of the series. With Street Fighter 6, we're continuing development to deliver new characters to you every year." During Year 1, which kicks off when the game...

Today’s Street Fighter 6 Showcase revealed a lot about the game’s single-player World Tour mode, DLC characters, and other features. Instead of waiting until June to dig into everything, a free demo is on the way. Unless you're on PlayStation, in which you can play it right now.  The demo goes live today for PlayStation 4 and 5. It becomes available on Xbox Series X/S and PC on April 26. This slice of the game includes let's players play a portion of World Tour and various modes in Fighting Ground. You can create a custom avatar that can be transferred into the main game once it launches.  Street Fighter 6 launches on June 2. You can learn more about how the game came to be by visiting our exclusive cover story hub. ...