2023-09

IGN and some of our friends across the entertainment industry have come together to decide the 100 best TV shows of all time....

Hideki Kamiya is leaving Platinum Games next month. Kamiya co-founded the Osaka, Japan-based studio in 2006 and later went on to direct games like Bayonetta and The Wonderful 101. His final day at Platinum will be October 12, according to both a statement released by the studio and Kamiya on his personal Twitter account.  As for why, neither Platinum's statement nor Kamiya's own tweets indicate a specific reason. Platinum thanks Kamiya for his work while stating it looks forward to seeing what he does next, while Kamiya notes that the decision to leave was not an easy one but he feels it's for the best.  Here's Platinum's statement:  "We regret to announce that Hideki Kamiya will be leaving PlatinumGames on October 12, 2023.  "We are truly grateful for his creative ideas, leadership, and contribution to the growth of PlatinumGames from...

The Making of Karateka is part game collection and part documentary; a playable history of an 80s game Karateka that tells a remarkable true story in the coolest way possible....

Make your voice heard on IGN by reviewing your favorite games with IGN user reviews. This week's theme is superheroes, so write a review and tell us what your favorite Marvel, DC, or other superhero games are....

Hispanic Heritage Month is here, and what better way to kick off the season than to look back at some of the most iconic Hispanic video game characters -- from Carlos Oliveira to Sombra to Miles Morales and beyond!...

Tales of the Shire is a cozy new game set in The Lord of the Rings universe and it's coming out sometime next year. Developed by Wētā Workshop, the New Zealand-based special effects and props company that worked on Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings movie trilogy, and published by Private Division, Tales of the Shire promises to let players live their best cozy Hobbit life.  Private Division revealed little about the game with its announcement yesterday, although it did release a teaser trailer that captures the vibes of living on The Shire. Check out the Tales of the Shire teaser trailer for yourself below:  "Your cosy Hobbit life awaits in Tales of the Shire, a heart-warming new Lord of the Rings game by Wētā Workshop and Private Division," the teaser's YouTube description reads. "Coming 2024."  And that's all we know about the game....

Last month, Microsoft submitted a new deal to the U.K.'s Competition and Markets Authority regulatory agency that proposes Ubisoft get the rights to Activision Blizzard game streaming for 15 years. Microsoft did this to get its acquisition of Activision Blizzard approved by the CMA after the regulator previously blocked it over cloud gaming concerns. One month later, the CMA has granted preliminary approval to Microsoft due to its new Ubisoft deal.  The CMA says it has "identified limited residual concerns with the new deal" but that Microsoft has put forward remedies (see: Ubisoft's role) that the CMA "has provisionally concluded should address these issues." The CMA is now consulting on those remedies before making a final official decision ahead of the October 18 deadline to do so.  "The CMA considers that the restructured deal makes important changes that substantially address the...

Cyberpunk 2077's 2.0 Update has introduced touching tributes to the characters of Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, which has led some to believe that a character from the anime is at large somewhere in Night City....

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We list every Venom comic book, TV show, and movie reference we spotted while playing the preview demo for Spider-Man 2 on PS5....