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Deadly Premonition 2: A Blessing in Disguise, which launched as a Switch exclusive in 2020, is now out on PC via Steam.

Announced during the Future Games Show, Deadly Premonition is a sequel to the 2010 cult-classic survival horror original and this new entry follows FBI Agent Aaliyah Davis as she investigates a string of murders.

The game serves as a prequel and a sequel to the original, and the prequel part will see players taking on the role of a younger Special Agent York from the first game as they investigate another crime in the fictional town of Le Carre, Louisana.

In our Deadly Premonition 2: A Blessing in Disguise review, we said that it "isn’t good, nor is it so bad that it’s good (like it’s predecessor). It’s something much, much worse: it’s mediocre. And that’s too bad."

The arrival of Deadly Premonition 2 on PC is just one of many announcements that have been part of the many events that are included in IGN's Summer of Gaming.

Naughty Dog has confirmed that, as of Spring 2022, The Last of Us Part 2 has sold over 10 million copies.

The milestone was shared in the "The Growing Future of The Last of Us" article on PlayStation.Blog, the same one that gave further details on The Last of Us Part 1 remake, the standalone multiplayer game set in its universe, and HBO's The Last of Us series.

The Last of Us Part 2 was released on June 19, 2020, and quickly became the fastest-selling PS4 exclusive at the time by selling over four million copies in its first three days.

Since then, The Last of Us Part 2 has received a PS5 exclusive performance update that pushed the already-impressive game to 60 frames per second.

On September 2, fans will get to experience the original The Last of Us in a way that much more resembles the sequel thanks to the upcoming remake that promises new enemy AI based on The Last of Us Part 2, 60FPS performance, and new combat options.

While Street Fighter 6 may not arrive until 2023, we are beginning to learn a lot about the game, including that rollback netcode will return and that it will reportedly have cross-play.

Speaking to IGN's Mitchell Saltzman, Street Fighter 6 director Takayuki Nakayama confirmed that rollback netcode will indeed be part of the upcoming fighter, but it will not be the same as what was seen in Street Fighter 5.

"As you know, Street Fighter 5 also had rollback netcode," Nakayama said. "But in terms of SF6, it will have Rollback netcode, but it will not be the same as what we had in SF5, and this is something that we're building from scratch.

"There's a lot of effort being put into the development of the netcode. And it's not something that only the netcode engineers are involved in. We're involving the battle team to participate in that development to ensure that the experience is seamless and that it actually feels good. We're working very hard towards it right now. "

As for crossplay, popular streamer and YouTuber Maximilian Dood spoke to the devs behind Street Fighter 6 and he wrote on Twitter that the game will have cross-play.

Confirmed from the devs directly. Street Fighter VI will have cross play.

— Maximilian Dood (@maximilian_) June 10, 2022

IGN spoke to Street Fighter 6 producer Shuhei Matsumoto about cross-play and, while he didn't confirm nor deny the feature, he did say it is something the team does "want to aim for."

The Future of Play Direct has returned for its third year to showcase more than 30 indie games from just as many developers. Taking place earlier today (June 11), the show kicked off with video game music covers from orchestral composer Alex Moukala before delving into updates on games including Boyfriend Dungeon, Onde, and Psychodrama.

Boyfriend Dungeon - Secret Weapons DLC Trailer

Kitfox Games revealed a first look at its upcoming DLC for roguelite weapon-dating simulator Boyfriend Dungeon. The trailer showed off a new dungeon and three new playable characters including one designed by Ikumi Nakamura (who's previously worked on Ghostwire: Tokyo and The Evil Within).

Psychroma - Announcement Trailer

Rocket Adrift Games, creator of Raptor Boyfriend: A High School Romance, have announced Psychroma, a narrative-driven side-scroller where you play as a digital medium. This game looks as crazy as it sounds, as the player must explore a cybernetic house and confront all sorts of spooks as they attempt to uncover a mystery in their past.

The Wholesome Games Direct just concluded, after showing off over 90 (!) games focused on cozy, welcoming, and generally, well, wholesome aesthetics. We got a handful of new game reveals, several announcements of release dates or windows, some free demos, and a whole heck-ton of new trailers. Everything was pretty rapidfire, but here's the basic rundown of what we just saw:

New Game Reveals

Three brand new games were revealed for the first time at the Wholesome Direct:

Bubblegum Galaxy

From the same studio as Wholesome Game alum Teacup, Bubblegum Galaxy is a city-builder of sorts…except you’re building galaxies and planets instead. It’s planned for release sometime in 2023 for PC and consoles.

Little Bear Chef

Little Bear Chef is a game about a very, very small bear working in a very large kitchen, trying to start a successful restaurant. In the first trailer, we get a look at the bear (really a sentient, bear-shaped honey container) trying to cook in a human sized kitchen. The game is being developed by BananaBox, and is coming to PC and consoles in 2023.

Melodyssey

Developed by Nel Pastel, Melodyssey follows the story of a child journeying through a musical landscape, looking for inspiration. Its gameplay uses block moving puzzles to progress, and is set to relaxing, ASMR music and sounds. It’s intended as a stress-free, exploration adventure game, and is headed to PC next year. A free demo is out now on Steam.

Guerrilla Collective is back again this year, and the latest new showcase highlighted games from across the industry - and it brought a truckload.

Check below for over 40 new trailers and game announcements from the Guerrilla Collective:

Ugly - New Game Reveal

Ugly is a game that looks to mix something of Braid, Celeste and psychological horror to create a dark puzzle-platformer. It will arrive in 2023.

Rain World: Downpour - DLC Details Revealed

Rain World: Downpour, is a new DLC expansion for the challening 2017 action-platformer Rain World. Five new playable characters were introduced – the Rivulet (better able to explore, but with penalties for its food consumption), the Spearmaster (a slugcat that can summon spears), the Saint (a pacifist character with a tongue grappling hook), the Gourmand and the Artificer.

Industria - Surprise Console Launch

This surreal first-person shooter begins in East Berlin before taking you to an alternate universe, set in the dark of the Cold War, with added aggressive robots. It's unexpectedly out now on Xbox Series X/S and PS5 after a PC release last year.

Symphony of War - Out Now

This Fire Emblem-like tactics game sees you play as a new graduate who must lead an army against a dangerous enemy in a war-torn land. It's just been released on PC.

The world of One Piece is coming to Netflix as a live-action adaptation of the much-beloved manga. We recently got our first look at some of the extended cast of the series, along with concept art and sets from the show. From Monkey D. Luffy to Red Hair to Alvida and beyond, the cast of the show looks to be massive.

So whether you’re an established fan or discovering One Piece for the first time, here’s everything you need to know about the cast and characters of the Netflix show.

Netflix’s One Piece Cast

Inaki Godoy stars as Monkey D. Luffy, showing a great range of enthusiasm and energy in the behind-the-scenes footage Netflix has released. For those new to the series, Luffy’s journey begins after being accidentally turned into a rubber man by eating a magical Devil Fruit, granting him the power to stretch his body but cursing him with the inability to swim (a situation we’ve all found ourselves in, I’m sure). He’s a powerful fighter with an insatiable appetite for meat and a dream of one day becoming King of the Pirates.

Luffy’s friend and mentor, Red-Haired Shanks, is played by Peter Gadiot of Showtime’s Yellowjackets. We were treated to a brief glimpse of his ship the Red Force during the behind-the-scenes footage. Shanks is a legendary pirate captain, but known as simply Red Hair to his friends.

Today, Capcom's Twitter released the new theme for Chun-Li that will be featured in the upcoming fighting game Street Fighter 6.

The theme, titled “Not A Little Girl,” “reflects her new philosophical approach to life” and is new for the iconic character and is a bit more upbeat and dancey than her past themes.

Time for the finale! 🎵

Listen to Chun-Li's Theme in #StreetFighter6 that reflects her new philosophical approach to life. pic.twitter.com/LnEUKcDsgT

— Street Fighter (@StreetFighter) June 10, 2022

The theme reveal video doesn’t give us a glimpse at any new gameplay, but the track does give us a taste of the vibe we will be seeing and hearing in the new game. The Street Fighter Twitter account has been generous to fans of the series, though, with glimpses at features like character-specific taunts and in-game emotes.

Beyond simply being one of the best gaming controllers, the Sony DualSense is also one of the best PC controllers. It has the ergonomics and grip to let you go ham for hours on end, and it’s crammed with some of the most meaningful innovations in gamepads since the contentious Steam Controller. But, getting the DualSense working on a gaming PC may seem like a fool’s errand — it’s made for the PlayStation 5 after all, right? Fortunately, PC support for the DualSense is a lot more robust than it was for the DualShock 4 controller just a generation prior. It can be as simple as plug-and-play or just a quick Bluetooth pairing to get started.

The 2004 hit RPG Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance II is getting an updated re-release this summer. The game, from Publisher Interplay Entertainment and developer Black Isle Studios, will be released on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC.

The game will not be a remake, but it will feature enhanced graphics and up to 4K resolution on supported platforms. If you want to play with friends, you’ll be able to play co-op locally across all versions.

On the Steam version, you’ll also be able to use Remote Play for a long-distance cooperative experience. And yes, it’s fully verified on the Steam Deck for an on-the-go, handheld RPG experience.

The original game was released in 2004 on PS2 and Xbox, three years after the first. In our review we gave it an 8.4 out of 10. We said “this game is easy to pick up, easy to play, and a great excuse for wading through legions of monsters by yourself or with a friend.”

This updated version, like the original, will include five playable characters and classes to play across 80 levels. Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance II also features a fully voice acted cast and four difficulty levels.

By taking inspiration from its developers' lived experiences, Thirsty Suitors is one of the more unique games I’ve come across. Promising a story-driven adventure, this is less about dating and more about reconciling your messy love life, balancing family expectations, and performing cool skateboarding tricks. It’s a rare game that meaningfully explores South Asian culture and there’s an intriguing premise within. Showcasing the opening 30 mins, Outerloop Games provided a new look with a hands-off demo, while a Q&A session with the creative director, Chandana Ekanayake, filled in the blanks.

Coming back to her hometown after three years following a breakup, this story focuses on Jala, our seemingly bisexual Indian protagonist. Starting with an online dating quiz called “Thirstsona,” that takes us into a surreal daydream narrated by your own psyche. Skateboarding from question to question, this demo didn’t show much beyond grinding and jumping between platforms, but considering this is the opening segment, there’s a good chance it’ll open up later on. Either way, Jala certainly looked stylish, helped by a vibrant art style and high-energy soundtrack.

The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria is a brand-new game set to be released in spring 2023 that is billed as "the only survival crafting game set in the Fourth Age of Middle-earth."

This new game based on J.R.R. Tolkien's work was revealed during the Epic Games Summer Showcase and comes from independent developer Free Range Games and publisher North Beach Games.

Return to Moria will follows the Dwarves of Middle-earth as they "embark on an original adventure to reclaim and restore their Dwarven homeland of Moria." At launch, The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria will be available exclusively on PC via the Epic Games Store.

"The story of The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria takes players beyond the books and into the Fourth Age of Middle-earth, the fantastical world created by J.R.R. Tolkien," the official description reads. "Summoned to the Misty Mountains by Lord Gimli Lockbearer, players take control of a company of Dwarves tasked to reclaim the lost spoils from the Dwarven homeland of Moria—known as Khazad-dûm or Dwarrowdelf—in the depths below their very feet.

"Their quest will require fortitude, delving deep into the Mines of Moria to recover its treasures. Players will join forces to survive, craft, build and explore the iconic, sprawling mines. Courageous expeditioners will need to be vigilant as mysterious dangers await."

The game will be procedurally generated, meaning every adventure players embark on either by themselves or with friends will be new and unknown. Throughout each playthrough, players will need to mine while being conscious of the amount of noise they are making alongside monitoring hunger, sleep, temperature, resources, and more.

The pile of worms wearing a bathrobe, Xûr, is now live in Destiny 2 for the weekend until next week's reset. If you're looking to get your some shiny new Exotic armor or weapons for your Guardian, look no further.

Each week, Xûr has a random assortment of Exotic armor, one for each Guardian class, as well as a random Exotic Weapon and an Exotic Engram available for purchase. In addition to his Exotic wares, he's got a random collection of Legendary weapons and armor to deck out your Guardians.

We've rounded up all the info on Xûr for the week including where to find Xûr, which Exotic weapons and armor are available, as well as which Legendary weapons you should pick up, either for PvE or PvP.

Where Is Xûr Today?

Xûr's location can be found at The Tower on June 10 through June 14. To reach him, travel to the landing point at The Courtyard and make your way to the Hangar. You'll find ol' snake-face chilling near the stairs at the back of the Hangar area.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge is out in digital form June 16. But a physical version, published by Limited Run Games is coming out in numerous editions later this year for Nintendo Switch, PS4, Xbox One, and PC (see it on Amazon). Below, you’ll find all the info you need about what comes in each edition, where it’s available, and how much it costs.

Note: all of the special editions are exclusive to the Limited Run Games Store, and preorders from there close on July 24.

TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge Standard Edition

Nintendo Switch

• Get it at Amazon - $34.99
• Get it at Best Buy - $34.99
• Get it at Limited Run Games - $34.99
• Get it at Target - $34.99

PS4

• Get it at Amazon - $34.99
• Get it at Best Buy - $34.99
• Get it at Limited Run Games - $34.99
• Get it at Target - $34.99

Xbox One

• Get it at Best Buy - $34.99
• Get it at Limited Run Games - $34.99
• Get it at Target - $34.99

The standard edition comes with the following extras:

Fans will now have to wait until the first half of 2023 to get their hands on Homeworld 3, the upcoming revival of the cosmic real-time strategy series.

Gearbox Publishing and Blackbird Interactive announced that they would be delaying the game “to make good on our commitment to quality in a healthy and sustainable way for all those involved” via a Tweet today.

News about the upcoming title isn’t far out, however, and the studio reassured players that they’ll get a closer look at the game during Gamescom 2022.

“Blackbird Interactive is building the Homeworld game that players have always dreamed of and we are excited to share the deepest look yet at Homeworld 3 during gamescom later this summer,” the Tweet reads.

Homeworld 3 was originally announced in 2019, though rumors about the game have been around since the 2000s.

Many of us at IGN have a fond appreciation for Sonic, even with some arguable missteps over the years, which is why it's so exciting to get some more insight into its next chapter with Sonic Frontiers. The Sonic Central Stream part of Summer of Gaming gave us another glimpse into the upcoming Sonic Frontiers alongside an announcement of a prologue story featuring Knuckles. We also got another look at Sonic Origins, new Sonic merchandise, news that a live Sonic Symphony will be touring soon, and more. Be sure to check out our Sonic Central 2022 coverage for everything that was announced. There will be more Sonic content as the month progresses but in the meantime -- my question for the IGN community is: what is your favorite thing about being a Sonic fan?

Amazon currently has all physical versions of the base LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga on sale for 25% off its regular price. Previously, only the PS4 and Switch were discounted, but now you can save on LEGO Star Wars for Xbox Series X and PS5, too.

LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga Deal

In our LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga review, we gave it an 8, saying "provides some rollicking reimaginings of Star Wars’ most iconic moments and seats them inside a series of interplanetary playgrounds that are dense with discovery and entertaining diversions."

It's just a fun game, is all. One of the greats in an already great line of LEGO games. Has there ever been a "bad" LEGO game? Please don't answer that. I can't think of one off the top of my head and don't want to be disappointed. Not today. Not on a Friday afternoon.

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Reigns: Three Kingdoms is the fifth entry in Nerial & Devolver's Tinder-inspired royalty management games – and it's one of three Devolver games coming free for Netflix subscribers.

Announced during Netflix Geeked Week, Reigns: Three Kingdoms will bring the card-based binary choices of the series into a medieval Chinese setting, setting its latest adventures in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms period (familiar to Dynasty Warriors players, among many other games).

"Reigns: Three Kingdoms thrusts players into the turbulent final years of the Han dynasty," reads a press release. "There, they will encounter the many factions, wars, and heroes of the saga as they swipe their way through negotiations, marry to strengthen alliances, and convert to gain more power. Discover new ways to enjoy Reigns’ unique swiping mechanic as you uncover the many secrets of a vast storyline and a host of unexpected mini-games."

Devolver also announced that it will bring climate-crisis strategy game Terra Nil, and Poinpy – a new game from Downwell creator Moppin – to Netflix as well. Where Downwell had you guiding a pixel-art hero down dangerous vertical levels, Poinpy takes an oppposite (and much cuter) approach – you guide the bird-like Poinpy up levels, collecting food for a giant blue monster chasing you. Poinpy is out now for subscribers.

IGN Expo 2022 is over, and included new announcements, game reveals, fresh trailers and more. If you missed the show, we've got a rundown of everything included below.

Aliens: Fireteam Elite - Exclusive DLC Reveal

IGN Expo has seen the exclusive reveal of Aliens: Fireteam Elite - Pathogen, the first major DLC pack for the co-op shooter, which will be released on August 30.

Pathogen will see Aliens: Fireteam Elite expanded with a brand new campaign containing three missions and new enemy types. The storyline sees the Endeavor's crew visit LV-895 where they find that the planet's xenomorphs have been infected and mutated into fearsome new forms. The trailer shows off several of these new aliens, which draw upon the grotesque white Neomorph designs from Alien Covenant.

Starkeepers - New Game Reveal

Starkeepers is a new MMORPG coming to Steam Early Access in 2023. A sci-fi game at heart, Starkeepers' central race is a group of anthropomorphic Viking animal-people, including wolves and seals. These unusual heroes are the titular Starkeepers, god-chosen warriors sent to ward off eldritch cosmic threats.

A gameplay teaser showed off the game's low-poly looks, its mixture of action combat and town building, not to mention trap-filled dungeons. The developer promises a vast open world, filled with multiple factions, and the opportunity to fight both beasts and gods along the way.

Ambitious interactive experience The Walking Dead: Last Mile will begin on July 11.

The Walking Dead: Last Mile is a near-unique new storytelling experiment, in which the people and events of an Alaskan community in the Walking Dead universe will be broadcast 24/7 in a series of livestreams. It will air exclusively (and for free) on Facebook Gaming and Facebook Watch, and viewers will get to become decision makers along the way.

In a new trailer during IGN Expo, we saw a situation in which a scavenger dispatches a frozen walker, then gets ambushed by another human. In the ensuing fight, the ambusher is shot, but the scavenger opts to take them back to their community for treatment. It's a taste of the kinds of moral dilemmas Last Mile seemingly hopes to offer.

Viewers of Last Mile will become players through a couple of means. During the live event, mini-games will be available, and succcess in those games earns viewers Influence Points. Those points can then be spent on decisions that can affect the coiurse of the narrative, both small and large.

We're not sure on exactly how long the event will last, but it's looking to be a fascinating new type of game storytelling. This was just one of dozens of announcements and trailers revealed during IGN Expo 2022 - make sure to check them all out.

VICE NDRCVR is a new game about taking down '80s drug cartels by using their computer systems against them.

Revealed for the first time during IGN Expo, VICE NDRCVR evokes the likes of Hypnospace Outlaw and Her Story by having you search through a fictional computer operating systems for evidence to use in busting – or aiding – Miami's biggest drug smuggling gangs.

You play an undercover agent attempting to maintain their cover as a part of the cartel, and seemingly making key choices that could see you crossing the line into a full-blown criminal yourself. You'll be hacking databases, poring over satellite imagery, transferring illicit funds and making major narrative choices. Naturally, you can also turn on a media player that comes with some '80s inflected music.

The game seemingly mixes computer UI, animated sequences and real-life video footage along the way, building its own vision of the '80s while doing so. VICE NDRCVR is headed to Steam, but no release date has been announced.

This was just one of dozens of announcements and trailers revealed during IGN Expo 2022 - make sure to check them all out.

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Cuphead has just about transcended games at this point. Since debuting in 2017, mischievous protagonists Cuphead and Mugman have been the subject of novels, comic books, tabletop games, and even an (excellent) animated show on Netflix. It’s frankly remarkable that we’re even talking about it as a humble video game in 2022, but Studio MDHR plans to make good on the promise of new content for the full service meal that was in the smash hit boss rush shooter. A Delicious Last Course, if you will.

We got to ride shotgun on a hands-off guided tour of some of the new features, and it's easy to report that Cuphead fans will have plenty to fall in love with here. Returning players will find new abilities, new bosses, and a whole new adventure all from the perspective of a brand new character that MDHR promises will bring a new layer of depth and difficulty to the already dense and challenging main game that is surely to be your new cup of tea.

Cuphead and Mugman, a duo who’ve never met a trap they wouldn’t willingingly walk into, are told that the legendary Chalice needs their help and has arranged travel for them to meet up. Learning nothing from their duels with King Dice and The Devil Himself, Mugman is easily lured into eating a magical cookie that sends him into the astral plane, and gives Miss Chalice flesh and blood. Luckily the ruse was just a harmless test, and Chalice introduces her friend Saltbaker and their grand scheme – to collect rare ingredients and make the ultimate magical dish that will bring Chalice back to life permanently.

Superfuse – a superhero dungeon crawler with hyper-customizable powers – will hit Steam Early Access this fall.

Announced in a new trailer at IGN Expo, we saw a hint of the story told through classic comic book panels, followed by some very gory gameplay. Players will create an Enforcer – superpowered humans given the job of eliminating corrupted beasts across the solar system – and take down enemies using a mixture of classic Diablo-style loot and deeply customizable powers split between 5 main classes.

The game offers both solo and up to 4-player co-op play across procedurally generated dungeons teeming with beasts – and a conspiracy-laden story to discover as you go. We previously played an early version, saying "The plethora of combat options feature dozens of combinations of abilities, modifiers, and status effects that pile on submenus within submenus to create one of the most disgustingly customizable hero-builders I’ve ever seen. It’s a stat-consumed nerd’s dream, and if Stitch Heads can pull it off I could easily see it becoming my next obsession."

This was just one of dozens of announcements and trailers revealed during IGN Expo 2022 - make sure to check them all out.

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Dinkum will be released into Steam Early Access on July 14.

Revealed during IGN Expo, we got a new look at the life sim, which draws heavy inspiration from Animal Crossing, but adds town building, multiplayer activities, and lots of charming Australian touches.

The trailer gives us a look at (deep breath) exploring its modular Outback settings, wildlife, fishing, resource collecting, crafting, farming, bug catching, NPCs, hang gliding, spelunking, combat, and jetskiing. And this is just the early access version.

This was just one of dozens of announcements and trailers revealed during IGN Expo 2022 - make sure to check them all out.

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Roots of Pacha, a life-sim about guiding a Stone Age tribe to success, has released a Steam demo today.

Shown during IGN Expo, a new trailer showed off the tribe learning to use seeds to grow crops, build settlements, irrigate fields, and even play music in rhythm action sections. The demo is available on Steam now, and using the code "SMILEY" will unlock a special hat for your character (which is just a cat balancing on your head).

Roots of Pacha was Kickstarted last year, and offers full co-op play alongside the more standard solo life sim experience. Planned for both conoles and PC, no specific release date has been announced as yet.

This was just one of dozens of announcements and trailers revealed during IGN Expo 2022 - make sure to check them all out.

Joe Skrebels is IGN's Executive Editor of News. Follow him on Twitter. Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com.

IGN Expo has brought the exclusive reveal of Starkeepers, a new MMORPG coming to Steam Early Access in 2023.

A cosmic sci-fi game at heart, Starkeepers' central race is a group of anthropomorphic Viking animal-people, including wolves and seals. These unusual heroes are the titular Starkeepers, god-chosen warriors sent to ward off eldritch cosmic threats.

A gameplay teaser showed off the game's low-poly looks, its mixture of action combat and town building, not to mention trap-filled dungeons. The developer promises a vast open world, filled with multiple factions, and the opportunity to fight both beasts and gods along the way.

PvP will revolve around cooperative base building, in which you create 'Starkeeps' filled with traps and turrets – and attempt to take down rivals' creations. Players will be able to form councils to declare war on rivals – or become part of the world's governments, managing clans and banding players together.

Developer Wolfpack Games are a multinational team based in Beijing, Sydney, and Rotterdam, built with a focus on MMOs in mind – and with experience on everything from the Lord of the Rings MMO to Warframe. The studio aims to fix issues in existing MMOs, and wants to create projects "free from unimaginative questing, free from mindless theatrics passing for 'combat', free from game economy in uncontrolled spirals, and definitely free from disruptive over-commercialization."

Block N Load 2 got a re-reveal at today's IGN Expo, and we learned a Steam closed beta is on the way soon.

The destructive FPS, which mixes Team Fortress-like team-based battling with Minecraft voxels, is a return to the ideas of the 2015 original - albeit with better looks, more complex building mechanics and more varied combat. The sequel was first announced last year, but this is the first meaningful gameplay we've seen for some time.

The new version is coming to both PC and consoles, and offers multiple hero types, 40 different types of block, which react to your play and can change the shape of the match (literally), and a full create-a-map mode that allows sharing with other players. With a beta coming up, you can sign up to play early on Steam right now.

This was just one of dozens of announcements and trailers revealed during IGN Expo 2022 - make sure to check them all out.

Joe Skrebels is IGN's Executive Editor of News. Follow him on Twitter. Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com.

IGN is pleased to reveal that Voidtrain, the interdimensional survival game in which you pilot a train through the terrifying void, is finally coming to Steam this October.

Voidtrain has been available in Early Access on the Epic Games Store since August 2021, but developer HypeTrain Digital has now announced that the game's next stop is Steam, and it will pull into Valve's station in just a few months.

Not familiar with Voidtrain? As the new trailer above explains, it's a co-op first-person survival game in which you build an interdimensional train and pilot it through the void. That void just so happens to be filled with treasures and deadly creatures, so you and your crew must strap on your best weapons and head out into the world to find puzzles, secrets, and challenges, as well as resources for improving your gear and train.

As you build up your train, it will expand from a small trolley to a huge interdimensional express line. It can be fully customised, with engines inspired by various eras.

Right now Voidtrain is available discounted on Epic Games Store until June 16. It recieves regular updates, which will all be available in the Steam version when it launches in October. The recent Stolen Treasure update added imporved enemy AI, a new weapon system, more puzzles, and new void creatures.

The Unliving will bring its unholy combination of action RPG and real-time strategy to Steam Early Access on Halloween this year.

Announced during IGN Expo, the October 31 release date will introudce players to a handsome pixel-art game that sees you taking control of a necromancer who build an army of undead warriors, uses them to destroy their human enemies - and then reincarnates those enemies as more soldiers. Sacrificing portions of your army even lets you cast new, more powerful spells.

A procedurally generated roguelike, The Unliving is designed to be replayed, with each run offering more and more evil resources for you to take over the land of the living – and more story about exactly what's going on in this world.

This was just one of dozens of announcements and trailers revealed during IGN Expo 2022 - make sure to check them all out.

Joe Skrebels is IGN's Executive Editor of News. Follow him on Twitter. Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com.

VergeWorld is a new combat racing game with a beautiful, PS1-inspired look - and it's coming to PC this fall.

Revealed at IGN Expo, the game has a roguelike structure, sending you dogfighting, racing and violently exploding through procedurally generated courses. Between runs, you'll be able to use collected resources to upgrade your post-apocalyptic flying machine.

Aiming to mix the speed and precision of WipeOut with bullet hell combat, the game initially started as a fan project aiming to recreate Amiga and Sega Genesis style games, but blossomed into a full project for developer Bad Bones. Furthering the retro homage, the game features a 16-bit synthwave soundtrack, and pixel art story sections.

You'll be able to play a demo on Steam from June 13. This was just one of dozens of announcements and trailers revealed during IGN Expo 2022 - make sure to check them all out.

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Buckshot Software and Retrovibe has announced that '90s-style FPS Project Warlock 2 is available now on PC in Early Access via Steam and GOG.

Revealed at IGN Expo, a new trailer showed a rapid-pace glimpse of the content available during Project Warlock 2's Early Access version. This smaller slice of the full game contains six levels that Buckshot Software describes as being up to 10 times bigger than any level in the original Project Warlock. Each level is a multi-floor structure with platforms and buildings that add a new layer of verticality to the run-and-gun gameplay.

Project Warlock 2 is inspired by the likes of Quake and Doom 64, and features an arsenal of upgradable weapons including swords, guns, magic staffs, cannons, and a range of special skills. The Early Access version will begin with playable warlock Palmer, but he's just the first of three characters. In the coming months, chapters featuring warlocks Urd and Kirsten will be added.

Buckshot Software expects Project Warlock 2 to be in Early Access for about a year, with player feedback from this first chapter being used to refine the gameplay and help develop the remaining two chapters.

For more, check out the first 10 minutes of Project Warlock 2. If it looks like your kind of thing, there's currently a 10% discount on both Steam and GOG to celebrate the launch. And if it's more announcements you're searching for, check out our Summer of Gaming 2022 schedule, which is your complete guide to all the big events happening this month.

IGN Expo is pleased to announce that No Place for Bravery, a 2D pixel art game with Sekiro-inspired combat, will launch this September.

A new trailer reveals that No Place for Bravery will be available on PC (via Steam, Epic Games Store, and GOG) and Nintendo Switch from September 22.

The 2D soulslike features fast combat that places a strong emphasis on parries, much like FromSoftware's Sekiro. As Thorn, you'll explore a wretched, grim world where death lurks behind every corner. Your journey to investigate your daughter's disappearance will see you accompanied by your disabled foster son, Phid. The concept promises themes of compassion and parental responsibility amidst the encrounching darkness, so perhaps we'll see parallels to God of War as well as Sekiro and Dark Souls.

No Place for Bravery was shown as part of the Guerrilla Collective back in 2020, and here on IGN developer Pedro Machado also walked us through how the game works.

For more from this months biggest shows, be sure to check out our Summer of Gaming 2022 schedule, which is our complete guide to every live stream and announcement show of the season.

Matt Purslow is IGN's UK News and Features Editor.

Cardy, Matt, and Jesse are here to pick out their highlights from this week’s Summer Games Fest, as well as PlayStation’s recent State of Play. Along with that, we have impressions of The Quarry - the spiritual successor to Until Dawn - and ask the big questions like is everything better if put in a cookie? The short answer is yes.

Want to get in touch to talk about digging graves? Or maybe Elden Ring? Feel free to send us an email at ign_ukfeedback@ign.com.

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Core Keeper, the mining sandbox adventure game from Pugstorm and Fireshine, has revealed its first major update, The Sunken Sea – and has added dedicated server support today.

Shown off at IGN Expo, The Sunken Sea update has players navigating a brand new water-based biome, filled with aquatic threats and treasure-filled islands. The update adds boats for the first time, as well as new enemies, weapons, valuables, ores, base building items, and more.

An exclusive teaser trailer gives us a hint at what's to come, including a gigantic three-eyed turtle... thing, which fires whirlwinds. No date has been given for the update, other than that it's coming soon.

Today also sees the addition of dedicated server support for the up-to 8-player game. Players will now be able to host their own multiplayer worlds and have friends join at any time.

"Dedicated servers have been requested since the start of the game's launch into Steam Early Access," said Pugstorm CEO Sven Thole, "and we'd like to say a huge thank you to the members of our incredible community who have helped test this feature ahead of its official launch today."

IGN helped announce Core Keeper at last year's Expo. The procedural mining adventure has since garnered almost a million players, and looks set to grow further. This was just one of dozens of announcements and trailers revealed during IGN Expo 2022 - make sure to check them all out.

There Is No Light - a brutal, pixel art hack 'n' slash - will be released in September.

The news was revealed in a brand new animated trailer shown during IGN Expo, showing the game's haunted hero dispatching enemies - and revealing a healthy slice of gameplay too.

Set in a grimdark underworld, There Is No Light has you exploring a world left shattered after the Church of the Great Hand massacres humanity. You'll help survivors and get into punishing, high-speed fights against the Church's enforcers. The game looks to mix the rewarding challenge of the Souls games with the speed of classic action games.

This was just one of dozens of announcements and trailers revealed during IGN Expo 2022 - make sure to check them all out.

Joe Skrebels is IGN's Executive Editor of News. Follow him on Twitter. Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com.

IGN Expo saw the reveal of Ground Divers, a brand new game in the style of classic arcade game Dig Dug – but filled to the brim with systems more familiar from an RPG. It arrives for Nintendo Switch on June 30.

Described as a "slapstick discovery game", Ground Divers sees you guide the rabbit-like mining robot Tsuruhashi into increasingly complex mine shafts of your own creation. The game sees you not just digging for "rare matter", but fighting off underground enemies, building Pit Relay Systems to help offer upgrades and supporting units along the way, and more.

Both Tsuruhashi and your home base can be upgraded over time, lending it something of the feel of XCOM. There are even special moves built in for cheering on Tsuruhashi enough. It looks truly unusual, and markedly different from anything out there right now.

This was just one of dozens of announcements and trailers revealed during IGN Expo 2022 - make sure to check them all out.

Joe Skrebels is IGN's Executive Editor of News. Follow him on Twitter. Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com.

IGN Expo has seen the exclusive reveal of Aliens: Fireteam Elite - Pathogen, the first major DLC pack for the co-op shooter, which will be released on August 30.

Pathogen will see Aliens: Fireteam Elite expanded with a brand new campaign containing three missions and new enemy types. The storyline sees the Endeavor's crew visit LV-895 where they find that the planet's xenomorphs have been infected and mutated into fearsome new forms. The trailer shows off several of these new aliens, which draw upon the grotesque white Neomorph designs from Alien Covenant.

To combat those new threats, Pathogen provides eight new weapons, 26 new weapon attachments, and a new perk for each class that modifies its main ability. You can also expect two new outfits for all seven class kits, six new head accessories, 21 new weapon colours, nine gun decals, and 10 new emotes.

Aliens: Fireteam Elite - Pathogen will launch as a paid-for expansion on August 30. Coming alongside the expansion will be a free update that adds a hardcore mode that provides an "extreme survival challenge".

The Sonic series is no stranger to large departures from established formulas, and Sonic Frontiers is shaping up to be one of the biggest departures the blue hedgehog has seen yet. It takes the one-of-a-kind high speed 3D action and adapts it to fit a non-linear open world, or as Sonic Team themselves refer to it: an Open Zone. To break down the origin of this decision to break new ground with the 3D Sonic series, I talked with Sonic Team Creative Officer Takashi Iizuka, who not only explained the origin of the Open Zone design, but also spoke about the decision to merge old and new styles of Sonic gameplay in Sonic Frontiers.

IGN: When did you first get the idea to make an open zone focused Sonic game? Was this something that you brainstormed as an idea before the development of Sonic Frontiers?

Iizuka-san: After completing Sonic Forces, we were brainstorming on what to do next. We realized there's little room for evolution with a traditional 3D Sonic game. We'd only be able to make something that fans have seen before. That's why at the very start, we discussed as a team how to change this linear style of gameplay.

IGN: Did you look to any other Open World games as inspiriation when it came to designing Sonic Frontiers' Open Zone gameplay?

Iizuka-san: As I just mentioned, this game began with us asking how to give more freedom to linear Sonic games. Its origin is in a different place from open-world action-adventure games. This new "open zone" game system is our way of giving as much freedom as possible to a Sonic 3D action game.

Street Fighter 6 is seemingly trying to expand the franchise on all fronts, including ways to make fun of your opponent.

The game's official Twitter account has been revealing more and more of Street Fighter 6 since its first gameplay was shown off at PlayStation's State of Play last week, most recently highlighting the different taunts available.

Street Fighter 6 will have character-specific taunts, with some of them being direct mockery towards the opposing character. In the clip shared on Twitter (below), Luke can be seen pretending to throw a weedy Hadouken in the face of Ryu.

And now, we proudly present Luke and Ryu taunting in #StreetFighter6! Will Ryu stand for this mockery or be a Chad and do something about it?! Or does he have more ways to respond... 😲 pic.twitter.com/tHR2GJKa9x

— Street Fighter (@StreetFighter) June 10, 2022

"Will Ryu stand for this mockery or be a Chad and do something about?" the post jokes, before hinting that Ryu will have a plethora of different taunts himself. "Or does he have more ways to respond..." it adds.

God of War: Ragnarok is seemingly planned for a November release, after rumors of a delay to 2023.

Bloomberg reports that the long-awaited sequel will see a formal release date announcement this month, with a planned November date. IGN has also heard about a planned November release from sources with inside knowledge.

The Bloomberg report also says that the game was originally planned for release in September but subsequently pushed to November – and IGN has also heard this information. That original September slot is seemingly now filled by the Last of Us Part 1 remake announced yesterday.

After being announced for a 2021 release, the return of Kratos and Atreus was eventually delayed into 2022 (apparently because of surgery undergone by lead voice actor Christopher Judge). However, a long period of silence around the game led to rumors that it had been delayed once more – despite the game receiving a South Korean rating, which often signals a game due for release soon.