Literally what the fuck? It’s been 2022 for less than a week and already the shit has begun. The mods for Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade started rolling in shortly after its troubled PC release last month, but I certainly did not expect someone to go full sicko and give Sephiroth the Ronald McDonald make-over.
Mihoyo announced Genshin Impact alternate outfits will give people new costumes for Amber, Jean, Mona, and Rosaria. Concept art appeared too.
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If your home arcade is lacking a classic fighting game cabinet, you're in luck. At-home arcade machine maker Arcade1Up has revealed its first full-sized arcade cabinet as part of its CES 2022 announcements, featuring Rare's classic fighting game, Killer Instinct.
The machines tout a larger 19-inch screen, as opposed to the 17-inch display in Arcade1Up's other offerings. The machine will launch this summer, and you can take a look for yourself below.
In addition to the larger screen, Arcade1Up's Pro Series machines also have upgraded buttons and joysticks, improved speakers and speaker grills, and cosmetic features like chrome trim and light-up coin slots. The company says Killer Instinct is just the first of its planned Pro Series line.
Killer Instinct is a 1-on-1 fighting game series developed by Rare, and originally released in arcades in 1994. The original also game to SNES and Gameboy in the 90s, and it most recently came to Xbox One in 2013 alongside Microsoft Studios' 2013 reboot of the series.
This cabinet comes with the arcade versions of Killer Instinct 1 and 2, as well as three versions of Battletoads: arcade, 8-bit, and 16-bit. Plus, the cabinet supports online multiplayer with built-in Wifi.
CES is the largest consumer tech trade show. With many companies across the industry attending to announce new products or concepts, new GPUs are among one of the most anticipated things people hope to see during the event.
With AMD and Nvidia both announcing the next iterations in its Radeon RX 6000 and GeForce RTX 30 series, respectively, and Intel soon to enter the GPU battle, here's a roundup of every graphics card announced at CES 2022.
The main attraction from AMD in terms of GPUs is its new entry-level GPU, the Radeon RX 6500 XT graphics card, which will release on January 19. AMD prices the GPU at $199, but with an ongoing chip shortage and a previous track record of third-party GPU makers such as MSI increasing the street price, these GPUs may be hard to find and more expensive than what its debut price is slated.
The Radeon RX 6500 XT, like others in the RX 6000 series, features RDNA 2 graphical architecture, and the lower-end GPU model aims to run the latest titles at 1080p on the highest settings.
Fortnite's shop updates every day at 4 p.m. CT with new skins, emotes, and gliders to acquire, but the game map often changes without warning. That happened again today in a small way. If you explore slightly to the northeast of Logjam Lumberyard, you'll find a new circular patch of dirt just beyond a hill. Investigating the scene reveals a large driller protected by IO guards at a landmark called Mole Team: Omega. That's right, the Imagined Order (better known as IO) is back and it appears they drilled through the island.
Odds are we'll see more IO troops on the island in the days and weeks ahead, likely culminating in a new story development. There's a chance it could tie into The Foundation unlockables countdown, which currently sits at 30 days.
If you want to check out the drilling site, make sure you bring a weapon, as IO will open fire the second they see you. Look for a tent and you'll find a large weapon cache. A launcher awaits on the far side of the dirt pile, so you should be able to make a quick getaway after getting the rare loot.
I've been covering sports games for more than a decade now, and I've been playing them for nearly three times that long. Whenever I talk to anyone about the latest middling entry in Madden NFL or NBA 2K, the first question I always receive is, "Should I buy this one if I already own last year's?" I used to have to think more about whether I'd recommend a sports gamer pick up the latest iteration, but over the last several years, the games have felt just that way: iterative. Now, my answer is always, "How important is [this year's tentpole feature] to you? How important is having the latest rosters?" If even one of those is wishy-washy, my answer is either "Wait for a sale" or "Just play last year's game." This song and dance has only become more noticeable as the years have continued.
The release of Ubisoft’s next big game, Rainbow Six Extraction, is only but a few weeks away. In anticipation of players looking to join the fight against the parasites known as the Archaeans, the system requirements for Rainbow Six Extraction is now out in the open. Thankfully, it appears that the barriers of entry are not that high after all.
Based on your graphical preferences, a relatively new setup should be more than enough for you to enjoy the game fully while admiring the visual work that has gone into it. For the finer details, here are the system requirements for Rainbow Six Extraction:
Low (1080p)
CPU: Intel i5-4460 / AMD Ryzen 3 1200
GPI: Nvidia GeForce GTX 960 4GB / AMD RX 560 4GB
RAM: 8GB (Dual-channel setup)
OS: Windows 10 64-bit
Storage: 85GB
High (1080p)
CPU: Intel i7-4790 / AMD Ryzen 5 1600
GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 6GB / AMD RX 580 8GB
RAM: 16GB (Dual-channel setup)
OS: Windows 10 64-bit
Storage: 85GB
High (1440p)
CPU: Intel i5-8400 / AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
GPU: Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 6GB / AMD RX 5600CT 6GB
RAM: 16GB (Dual-channel setup)
OS: Windows 10/11 64-bit
Storage: 85GB
Having been around for what has been like an eternity, EVE Online will finally get its first crossover event since the game’s launch later this month, and it will see BBC’s Doctor Who visiting the MMO. The event, known as ‘EVE Online x Doctor Who’ officially, will see the two universes collide as Capsuleers go head to head with the Daleks.
Starting from January 13 until February 1, players will be able to hunt down artifacts from Doctor Who’s Great Time War in an area of space themed after the Gallifrey. This will culminate in a showdown with the Daleks, with unique rewards up for grabs.
The Doctor Who crossover event in EVE Online will also have a separate login campaign going on at the same time, with even more themed items to be obtained even if you are not actively participating in the conflict with the Daleks.
“2022 will be off to an (inter)stellar start with EVE Online x Doctor Who,” EVE Online creative director Bergur Finnbogason shared in a statement. “We are always pushing the boundaries of what is possible in EVE Online. Collaborating with BBC Studios gives us the opportunity to pay homage to an iconic series that has inspired us at CCP.”
For players interested to find out more about this event, be sure to visit the game’s official website for more details. You can also catch the event trailer below:
Sony announced the PSVR 2 headset and controllers at CES 2022, as well as a Horizon VR spin-off called Horizon Call of the Mountain.
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During its CES 2022 press conference, Sony shared new details on its upcoming successor to the PSVR, confirming that the PSVR 2 is the official name of the next-gen head-mounted display.
During the press conference, Sony dropped a lot of new information on the highly anticipated headset. This includes the name of the controllers, officially called the Sense Controllers, which will offer things such as haptic feedback, a trademark feature available in the DualSense controller.
The latest PS Blog post notes that the PSVR 2 will feature an OLED display with a 2000 x 2040 per eye panel resolution. The headset will also support 90Hz and 120Hz, with a field of view of approximately 110 degrees.
Sony also notes that the PSVR 2 will include 4 cameras on the headset and a controller-tracking IR camera for per eye tracking. "Your movements and the direction you look at are reflected in-game without the need for an external camera," Sony notes in the blog post.
Happy New Year! Xbox Game Pass gets 2022 started in a big way - by dropping the entirety of Mass Effect: Legendary Edition onto Game Pass. We discuss the legendary RPG series, the importance of its presence on Game Pass, and more. Plus: what we played over the holiday break (hint: Halo Infinite multiplayer), Tencent's stealthy infiltration of the games industry, and more!
Subscribe on any of your favorite podcast feeds, to our new YouTube channel, or grab an MP3 download of this week's episode. For more awesome content, check out our latest IGN Unfiltered interview, where Joseph Staten – one of Halo's original creators and now the head of creative on Halo Infinite – discusses his fascinating career:
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Rothman defined the game by Sucker Punch “hugely successful” and revealed that it has sold over 8 million copies.
The previous update was at 6.5 million units as of March 2021, while we also heard that it’s the fastest-selling first-party original PS4 game of all time.
This is certainly not a small achievement for a brand new IP.
The original Ghost of Tsushima was released for PS4 in July 2020, with a Director’s Cut for both PS4 and PS5 that followed in August 2021.
If you’d like to know why it’s so successful, you can read our review of the original game and that of the new content added with the Director’s Cut.
The game has also received widespread appreciation in Japan, so much that its developers have been named official ambassadors of the island of Tsushima.
Sony is hosting its traditional press conference from CES 2022 in Las Vegas, and revealed some big news about PlayStation and more.
At the beginning of the conference, we heard about the Uncharted movie, with Tom Holland mentioning on stage that he’s a huge fan of the games, which he has discovered during the filming of Spiderman: Homecoming.
He also added that the goal of the team was to bring the character to life in new and refreshing ways without losing what the fans love. According to him, they succeeded in creating a film that has a lot of heart, pays respect to the games, and gives the fans something new and refreshing to enjoy.
An action clip was showcased, showing an iconic scene that fans of the games will certainly recognize.
Next, Naughty Dog’s Co-President Neil Druckmann appeared and mentioned that the game is just the start of the collaboration with Sony Pictures, with more coming. Naughty Dog itself also has multiple game projects in the works.
If you have been a keen player of Call of Duty: Warzone, then you know that issues and glitches are part of the package most of the time. Despite the intense competition between players, survival may not always be dependent on your skill, especially not when players can turn invisible and get the drop on you. The latest Call of Duty: Warzone bug comes in the form of the new Awoken operator skin for Francis, which turns players invisible in certain situations.
Just like other instances of disappearing players, the Awoken skin bug makes a player automatically disappear at a distance of about 35 meters as seen in various videos online. However, the glowing mask is still visible, which is small comfort considering the reduced target size for other players.
The problem has apparently been around since the Pacific update in December, but seeing that the Awoken skin is unlocked at the maximum level of the battle pass for Season 1, it is only in recent weeks that more players have gotten access.
Thankfully, developers Raven Software are aware of this bug in Call of Duty: Warzone, and are likely to deploy a fix in an upcoming patch. For now, players just have to hope that they do not meet any others with the Awoken skin, otherwise, the odds are surely stacked against them.
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Sony pulled back the curtain on its next-gen virtual reality headset tonight at CES 2022. It’s called PlayStation VR2 (woah, who would’ve guessed?) and it’ll feature a virtual reality spinoff of Horizon Zero Dawn (okay, no snark here, who would’ve guessed?).
At CES 2022, Sony announced that Ghost of Tsushima sales passed 8 million copies. The game is nearing its second anniversary.
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During Sony's CES 2022 press conference, the company announced new information from its PlayStation division. This includes new information on the PSVR 2 as well as a new Horizon VR game being developed exclusively for the next-gen headset.
Horizon Call of the Mountain is a new game co-developed by Guerrilla and Firesprite, a UK game developer primarily focused on VR games and recently acquired by Sony.
This will be an original game built specifically for the PSVR 2 and according to the PS Blog post will allow players "to go deeper in the world of Horizon."
While no release date was shared, the YouTube description did share some additional insight on the game, noting that Horizon Call of the Mountain will "embrace a new level of immersion in a unique experience, designed to push hardware technology, innovation, and gameplay."
At its CES 2022 conference this evening, Sony discussed its upcoming VR headset and announced a new Horizon game for the device.
PlayStation President Jim Ryan took the stage to provide details on the company's next-generation virtual-reality device. Following its tried and true naming scheme for gaming devices, the PSVR successor is officially called PlayStation VR2. Its controllers are no longer Move wands, but rather PlayStation VR2 Sense Controllers. Ryan spoke about the headset proving a greater sense of presence and increasing the visual fidelity from the previous model.
Technical specifications of PSVR2 have been posted on the PlayStation Blog which reveals all kinds of cool tidbit about the headset and controllers. PSVR2 will feature OLED 2000x2040 resolution screens per eye which run at 90hz or 120hz. The headset will also be outfitted with cameras on the outside to track your controllers (and hopefully room placement), and IR sensors inside to track your eye movement. Another feature not to be overlooked is the addition of vibration feedback on the headset itself, which is pretty exciting for a new level of immersion.
Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity is the second Musou-style game set in the Legend of Zelda universe, released for the Nintendo Switch just last year. We certainly liked it a lot better than the first Hyrule Warriors game, thanks to its larger focus on narrative and the return of the four champions, and it shows in the sales as well.
Koei Tecmo has just announced via Twitter that the game has sold over four million copies in shipments and digital sales.
What's coming out this year? All the games that didn't come out last year! Ha ha, let's laugh off those mince pies. But it's not far from the truth. We wouldn't have the new God of War or Horizon games this year were it not for their delays, and let's hope they're all the better for it. But will they be the biggest releases this year? The Zelda Breath of the Wild sequel would argue otherwise, Elden Ring would argue otherwise, and it's hard to see many games topping either, except maybe Starfield. After all, it's not often we get a new Bethesda Game Studios game that isn't a Skyrim re-release. Yowch!
But blockbusters are one thing, and a good year of gaming far from depends on them. Look a bit closer and you see a new Bayonetta in there, a new Splatoon, a new Plague Tale game - an underrated series if you ask me. There's a new Pokémon game, because there's always a new Pokémon game, there's Tango Softworks' new spooky-looking Ghostwire: Tokyo, and there's some eye-catching martial arts in Sifu. And don't get us started on Thirsty Suitors. There's even a new Advance Wars game. What more do you want? 2022 looks like a bumper year for all of us, so we asked a variety of our writers what they were excited for. And here's what they said.
Sony has announced an official name and an array of technical details for its upcoming, under-wraps PlayStation VR successor for PlayStation 5.
PlayStation VR2, as it's now officially known, will boast 4K HDR OLED panels, offering a 110-degree field of view. These panels will have a resolution of 2000x2040 per eye, and frame rates of 90/120Hz.
Cover Corp is also restocking past products in commemoration
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MMO EVE Online has players form roving bands of cartels and moon-rock mining operations. Corporations thrive and wars are waged. It's a space-opera filled with twists in many tales. Here's another twist for you. The game's getting a Doctor Who crossover and the Daleks are ready to roll in and yell "EXTERMINATE!" lots.
Following a PlayStation debut in September, Death Stranding Director's Cut is now confirmed to be headed to PC this spring. The expanded version of the Kojima Productions stumbling simulator whacks in new items, missions, and oddities, ranging from a robot you can ride to a racetrack. It'll also be one of the few games to support Intel's new XeSS upscaling fanciness.
Ghost of Tsushima has now sold over 8m copies.
Sony's open world samurai exclusive has proven exceptionally popular and, as we previously reported, it had sold 5m copies by November 2020.
Hello! We're going to start the year off with a handful of pieces looking forward to 2022. Sometimes we'll be looking at trends we've spotted or themes that will probably be continuing to define things in games for a while. Sometimes we'll just be thinking about things we've enjoyed and where they could lead. Have a lovely new year all!
I don't know if you've ever used one of those run tracking apps, but then left it going by accident for a really long time in your pocket and only discovered it days later after it's recorded hours and hours of your aimless wombling around? It can be quietly illuminating. A lot of us, I suspect, live daily lives that unfold in quite a limited space. Covid has only drawn things in closer, of course, but I know that I live a lot of my life these days in my house, and then in an outdoor space bounded by two parks, a local Tesco, and the sea.
Activision has filed a lawsuit against cheat site EngineOwning for selling cheats for Call of Duty: Warzone, as well as other online shooters.
The lawsuit, filed in the Central District of California, accuses EngineOwning of "trafficking for circumvention devices", "intentional interference with contractual relations", and "unfair competition".
Dead by Daylight developer Behaviour Interactive has removed unlockable masks for the Leatherface killer used by some players for racist harassment.
Known as The Cannibal in the game, Leatherface (from the Texas Chainsaw Massacre films) players can unlock masks to wear based on the game's playable survivors - just like the film character.
Sony has shown its first game for PlayStation VR2: a Horizon spin-off named Horizon Call of the Mountain.
This first-person experience sees you play a new character who meets franchise star Aloy and other familiar faces, and hangs about in Guerrilla's familiar robo-dino post-apocalypse.
Turkish police have detained 40 people in relation to a money laundering scam run on Twitch.
As reported last year, a group of Turkish streamers netted $10m through Bit donations from stolen credit cards.
We've all heard of polishing a video game - developers and publishers often mention the phrase in the same breath as a delay announcement. Now we've got nail polish inspired by video games.
The announcement comes from Microsoft itself - there's an Xbox-inspired spring 2022 collection from nail polish brand OPI, and it includes 12 colours based on various Xbox bits and bobs, with game-related names to go along with them.
Additionally, Ascended Joshua will appear.
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Kondo also teased the significance of showing Van and Elaine together in the initial reveal.
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Activision Blizzard is currently facing serious ongoing allegations of harassment and mistreatment of marginalized workers. To learn more, please visit our timeline as well as our in-depth report on the subject.
Activision has filed a lawsuit in the Central District of California against cheat distributor EngineOwning.
As spotted by The Verge, Activision filed its lawsuit against EngineOwning on January 4 as part of a wider push to limit and shut down software that allows players to cheat in Call of Duty: Warzone and other games released by the publisher.
In the lawsuit, EngineOwning is described as a "commercial online business enterprise consisting of a German business entity and numerous individuals" and is accused of engaging in the "development, sale, distribution, marketing, and exploitation of a portfolio of malicious cheats and hacks for popular online multiplayer games."
A new partnership between Xbox and nail polish brand OPI is set to launch that will allow you to unlock in-game skins for both Halo Infinite and Forza Horizon 5 that match your real-life cosmetics.
Announced on the Xbox Blog, the OPI x Xbox collection includes twelve different nail polish hues, and launches today at Ulta.com as well as in-store at Ulta, while launching on February 1 globally at various retailers. Buying the polishes from select (and as-yet-unannounced) retailers will also give you access to color-matched cosmetic items for both Halo Infinite and Forza Horizon 5, which will seemingly allow players to change their armor and car paint job to match the color of their nails.
As per Xbox, a complete list of the colors that will be available throughout the collaboration (and their quirky names) can be seen below:
On Tuesday, Turkish police in eleven different provinces took forty suspects into custody for an alleged money laundering scam perpetrated using the Twitch streaming platform.
Playground Games co-founder and studio director Gavin Raeburn has left the company after 12 years.
Microsoft shared the news in a brief statement today, first reported by Windows Central. It's unclear where Raeburn is headed next.
