IGN

MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries' 'Heroes of the Inner Sphere' DLC has been delayed until Spring 2021 to coincide with the launch of the game on Xbox One, Xbox Series X and S, Steam and GoG. Piranha Games revealed the news as part of a blog post on the MechWarrior 5 website, noting that Cyberpunk 2077's release date shifting to December 10th influenced their decision to move the release date, as this was when the DLC was originally slated to launch. "Any developer wants their titles to get as much attention as possible, and obviously sharing a release date with Cyberpunk was less than optimal. Day one sales and marketing are so important to a successful product launch, and we believe that rescheduling our release date will allow MechWarrior 5 Mercenaries to have the opportunity and attention it deserves," the blog post reads. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2019/12/11/mechwarrior-5-mercenaries-review"] The good news is that this will allow for a simultaneous launch for MechWarrior 5 across multiple platforms in Spring 2021. It'll be the first time a MechWarrior game has been on a console since 2004, when MechAssault 2 landed on the original Xbox. According to Piranha Games, Mechwarrior 5 on Xbox is "the first true MechWarrior experience ever on a console." Mechwarrior 5: Mercenaries launched on PC in December 2019 exclusively on the Epic Games Store. We reviewed the game at launch, scoring it an 8.1 and calling it a "modern revival of the series." [poilib element="accentDivider"] Jordan Oloman is a freelance writer for IGN. Follow him on Twitter.

Get a look at every spider suit costume and what powers they unlock in Spider-Man: Miles Morales.

Use this checklist for ACNH Maple Leaf recipes.

Each of Demon's Souls' worlds is full of deadly bosses just waiting to make your life miserable - even the odds with our guides for each boss battle.

Studio MDHR has announced that the Delicious Last Course DLC for Cuphead has been delayed until sometime next year. In a statement published on Studio MDHR’s Twitter account,t hed developer shared that they aren’t “content for this final chapter to be anything less than our best work.” As such, the studio has made the difficult decision to delay the content.

In the wake of the ongoing global pandemic affecting so many, we have made the difficult decision to push back the release of The Delicious Last Course. For our wonderful Cuphead community, we've prepared a letter from Studio MDHR founders Chad & Jared Moldenhauer to share more. pic.twitter.com/XiU57Wcn1y

— Studio MDHR (@StudioMDHR) November 25, 2020

The studio cites the global pandemic as having an impact on the development of the final Cuphead DLC. “Rather than compromise on our vision in response to COVID,” the team ultimately decided on pushing it back. The Delicious Last Course is slated to be a conclusion to the story that began with Cuphead. The DLC was announced in 2018 and was originally scheduled for a 2019 release before getting delayed into 2020. Now it has been delayed once more, though the external factor of the pandemic played a part in the most recent delay. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2019/07/02/cuphead-the-delicious-last-course-new-gameplay-trailer"] There’s no release date for the Delicious Last Course, though the studio says it’s aiming for 2021. In the meantime, check out IGN’s Cuphead review. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Matt T.M. Kim is a reporter for IGN.

GameStop's Black Friday deals on Xbox have already begun, with plenty more to come. GameStop is offering one of the best deals of all on Xbox Game Pass, although it's ONLY for 1 day. There are tons of chances to save on games, as well as accessories like headsets, controllers, external game drives, speakers, and much more. In fact, a lot of GameStop's Black Friday Xbox deals have already gone live, with lots more to come. You can read through this article, our Best Black Friday GameStop Deals post, and our Black Friday Mega Post to stay up-to-date on all the best Black Friday deals available.

GameStop Xbox Game Deals

[poilib element="commerceDeal" parameters="slug=gamestop-xbox-games-deals&type=list"]

GameStop Xbox Accessories Best Deals

[poilib element="commerceDeal" parameters="slug=gamestop-xbox-accessories-best-deals"]

GameStop Xbox Game Pass Subscription Deals

[poilib element="commerceDeal" parameters="slug=gamestop-game-pass-subscription-deals"]

GameStop Black Friday Official Start Date

GameStop Black Friday begins online today, November 25, 2020, at 6PM PT/9PM ET, and in-stores on November 27 at 7AM in your local time zone.

Will GameStop Have Any Xbox Series X or Xbox Series S Consoles on Black Friday?

GameStop will have limited stock of both PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X available in-store on Black Friday. However, GameStop has been offering bundled deals online for both PS5 and Xbox Series X over the last few days, so follow IGN Deals on Twitter for more accurate updates. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN.

Discover a unique in-game filter and a retro Synth Wave soundtrack with our complete Nuketown '84 Easter Egg walkthrough in Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War.

Ubisoft has announced that Watch Dogs: Legion's Online mode has been delayed to early 2021 to allow the team to focus on fixing the technical issues players have been experiencing since launch. Ubisoft shared the news in a patch update for Watch Dogs: Legion, and promised that "the dev team is committed to fixing these issues and will not stop until everyone can experience the game as intended." [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/10/28/watch-dogs-legion-review"] Later this week, Ubisoft will be releasing Update 2.20 to PC, PlayStation, Xbox, and Stadia, and it will bring a manual Save Game button to PC, as well as "further stability improvements for Xbox One, Xbox Series X | S, and PlayStation 4." You can read the full patch notes here. As for the delay on Watch Dogs: Legion's Online mode, this decision was made to ensure the team's top priority was fixing the issues in single player, while also giving them more time to "test the Online experience to help ensure a smooth launch of the mode." Ubisoft also has many more improvements and quality of life features planned for Watch Dogs: Legion in the future, including "more stability improvements and further graphics optimizations for PC to reach our goal of consistent 60FPS for higher end GPUs." [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/10/26/watch-dogs-legion-12-things-to-do-first"] Even though the PC version is getting the manual saving button in this new update, we are still waiting to hear when in December the Xbox Series X/S will get it, as a widespread issue has caused autosaving to simply stop, causi

Sony has revealed that the PlayStation Plus games for December 2020 are Worms Rumble, Just Cause 4, and Rocket Arena. Announced by PlayStation.Blog, all of these games will be part of PlayStation Plus from December 1 through January 4, and are playable on both PS4 and PS5. Worms Rumble is the latest entry in the long running series that offers "intense, real-time, arena-based 32 player cross-platform combat." Featuring both Deathmatch and Battle Royale game modes, seasonal events, daily challenges, and community collaborations, there is something for everyone here. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/11/06/worms-rumble-battle-royale-and-new-arena-reveal-trailer"] Just Cause 4 puts you in the shoes of Rico Rodriguez in South America. 1,024 square kilometers of an exotic playground are just waiting to be explored with a wingsuit, grappling hook, and more. In our review of Just Cause 4, we said it "has everything you expect from a Just Cause game, almost to a fault. Relative to Just Cause 3 the improvements are widespread across its beautiful open world, but generally minor. So while blowing up yet another dictator’s army is the same kind of mindless explosive fun and physics-based comedy the series is built on, it doesn’t do much to incorporate the new weather systems or grapple mods into combat." [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2018/12/04/just-cause-4-review"] Rocket Arena is an explosive online 3v3 shooter filled with fantastic heroes and distinctive rockets.

Kuklam Studios and Games Operators have announced CryoSpace, an isometric-view, single-player survival-horror game for PC that is heavily inspired by Alien and Philip K. Dick novels. Check out the announcement trailer above. In CryoSpace, your ship's colonization mission has gone wrong, and you've been woken up first. You're not alone, however. You'll need to wake up your fellow passengers, manage your oxygen, and just survive in the face of...well, you know. Aliens. And yes, the mean kind. Different crew members you bring up from cryosleep have different skills, and you'll need to manage the resources you have, such as food and weapons, as you attempt to stay alive on board the shipwreck. You'll also need to solve puzzles, set or avoid traps, and just survive. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=cryospace-first-screenshots&captions=true"] Check out the trailer at the top of this page and the screenshots above. You can add CryoSpace to your Steam Wishlist here. We'll have much more on this game as its development progresses. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Ryan McCaffrey is IGN’s Executive Editor of Previews and Xbox Guru-in-Chief. Follow him on Twitter at @DMC_Ryan, catch him on Unlocked, and drop-ship him Taylor Ham sandwiches from New Jersey whenever possible.

There’s clearly a lot to explore throughout Cyberpunk 2077’s vision of the dystopian Night City, but much like its shiny towers and skyscrapers, CD Projekt Red’s new sci-fi adventure has some deep foundations.

With more than 30 years of lore behind it, there’s a lot to catch up on -whether you’re a total newcomer to the Cyberpunk Universe or a tabletop veteran looking for a refresh. Here’s a (relatively) brief history of the Cyberpunk world before 2077. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/11/25/cyberpunk-2077-the-story-so-far"]

During the Reconciled Stars event, you're able to nab a total of 540 Primogems and a decent amount of Mora just for plucking tiny meteorite fragments up from around Teyvat.

Sony says the PS5 has had the biggest ever launch for a PlayStation, and confirmed that more units will be released before the end of the year. In a tweet thanking fans, the PlayStation account explained that the PS5 was "our biggest console launch ever". Sony doesn't frequently give actual sales figures, so we're yet to learn what number of units have been sold.

We want to thank gamers everywhere for making the PS5 launch our biggest console launch ever. Demand for PS5 is unprecedented, so we wanted to confirm that more PS5 inventory will be coming to retailers before the end of the year - please stay in touch with your local retailers.

A new Magic the Gathering card Secret Lair set will feature artwork painted by the legendary Bob Ross. The new 'Happy Little Gathering' set is part of the limited edition Secret Lair series, which offers one-of-a-kind collectable sets from unique artists that reimagine famous Magic the Gathering cards. As reported by Vice, Wizards of the Coast has partnered with the Bob Ross estate to create a set of Land cards featuring environmental artwork from the soothing painter, who passed in 1995. Magic players will also be able to use these collectible cards in-game, and a recent leak suggests they may be brought to Magic the Gathering: Arena in the near future.

“You can do anything here — the only prerequisite is that it makes you happy.”

Marvel's Avengers sales have been lower than expected, and the game hasn't yet recouped its development costs, leading to an estimated ¥7 billion (approximately $67 million USD) operating loss in Square Enix's HD Games segment during the last financial quarter. Company president Yosuke Matsude explained in a newly translated results briefing, "Sales of Marvel’s Avengers were lower than we had expected and unable to completely offset the amortization of the game’s development costs." Game analyst David Gibson previously explained that the company sold 60% of its planned units, and that the numbers implied the game cost around $100 million to make. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/09/10/marvels-avengers-review"] Responding to an investor's question on the subject, Matsuda clarified that - had Avengers not been released in that quarter - the company would have made a profit. That comes down to both development and marketing costs: "In addition to the amortization of that game’s development costs," explained Matsuda, "another significant factor associated with the title was the fact that we undertook a major advertising campaign at the time of its launch to make up for delays in our marketing efforts resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Bethesda has launched the Fallout 76 Steel Dawn update early, after a glitch allowed Xbox players to download the update ahead of schedule. In a post on the Fallout blog. Bethesda explained that the Steel Dawn update was originally scheduled to go live on December 1 across all platforms, but the Brotherhood of Steel-themed expansion is available now for all platforms following the mistake. Essentially, players on Xbox platforms could download Steel Dawn, but it meant that this prevented them from playing the rest of the game. Bethesda was actively investigating the issue before making the decision. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2018/11/20/final-fallout-76-review"] According to the blog post, "the entire BGS team felt confident that Steel Dawn is ready to go," so instead of fixing the early access Xbox issue, they have now launched the update for everyone, a week ahead of schedule. The new update brings with it a questline that introduces The Brotherhood of Steel to Appalachia, as well as C.A.M.P Shelters, which are customizable underground bases. You can check the full update notes for more details, and see the file size required for the platform you plan to download Steel Dawn on. If you're just getting into the game, check out our article explaining everything you need to know about the factions system in Fallout 76. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Jordan Oloman is a freelance writer for IGN. Follow him on Twitter.

For the second week running, Sony has dropped a PS5 system update designed to improve system performance - but it's still unclear what the patch specifically changes. The 20.02-02.26.00 system update weighs in at 886MB and, like last week's update, its details read simply: "This system software update improves system performance." If you want to download the update manually, head to: Settings > System > System Software > System Software Update and Settings > Update System Software. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/11/20/sony-shares-solution-for-ps5-downloading-queue-bug-ign-news"] Sony traditionally doesn't comment on the contents of its system updates, and hasn't responded to requests for comment on the recent patches either. Last week's patch did appear to help solve the download queue bug that had affected PS5 players since launch. It may be that we now see new fixes for the other PS5 issues that have been reported in recent weeks, although nothing has been confirmed at time of writing. If you're in the market for a PS5, or games and accessories for your new console, Black Friday could be the right time to find them.

Monster Hunter World: Iceborne is getting a crossover with the Monster Hunter movie. From December 4, you'll be able to play as Milla Jovovich's Lieutenant Artemis in a two-part Event Quest inspired by the upcoming Paul W.S. Anderson film. Announced today, Jovovich lends her voice to the in-game Artemis, with the quests setting players against a Black Diablos and a Greater Rathalos in turn. Completing the quests will earn you layered armour, new titles, Guild card background and pose, and "special gear" – but you'll only be able to take on the quests if you've reached Master Rank. Before the event, players will be able to claim a free item pack as a log-on bonus to celebrate the film, starting from November 27. Take a look at an exclusive behind-the-scenes sizzle reel with Milla Jovovich below: [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/11/25/monster-hunter-behind-the-scenes-with-artemis-milla-jovovich"] The Monster Hunter movie – out on December 4 in the UK, December 25 in the US, and January 1 in Australia – aims to bring communicate the feeling of Monster Hunter World in movie form. It tells the story of Artemis, a US soldier mysteriously transported to the world of Monster Hunter, where she meets Tony Jaa's unnamed Hunter. After some slightly un-Monster Hunter-y trailers, a recent Chinese trailer was praised for showing a much more familiar-looking movie, right down to its inclusion of Palicoes.

The developer of Hitman has a new James Bond game in the works. We discuss why it could be the best Bond ever. Plus: Phil Spencer says an Xbox smart TV app is closer than we think, some of us would totally play the leaked retail Cyberpunk 2077 disc that hasn't been patched yet if we could, a bunch of big games get delayed, and more! Subscribe on any of your favorite podcast feeds, or grab an MP3 download of this week's episode. For more awesome content, check out the latest episode of IGN Unfiltered, featuring an interview with Brian Raffel, the cofounder of Raven Software – the studio behind Star Wars Jedi Knight II Jedi Outcast, Soldier of Fortune, Heretic, Hexen, Star Trek Voyager Elite Force, Marvel Ultimate Alliance, X-Men Origins Wolverine, and this year's Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War, among many others: [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/10/27/working-on-call-of-duty-star-wars-star-trek-and-more-stories-from-raven-softwares-cofounder-ign-unfiltered-54"] It's already been an incredibly fun year of Xbox coverage, and the best is yet to come. Join us! Oh, and feel free to leave us a video Loot Box question below using Yappa and you might be featured on an upcoming episode! For more next-gen coverage, make sure to check out our Xbox Series X review, our Xbox Series S review, and our PS5 review. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Ryan McCaffrey is IGN’s Executive Editor of Previews. Follow him on Twitter at @DMC_Ryan, catch him on Unlocked, and drop-ship him Taylor Ham sandwiches from New Jersey whenever possible.

Were it not for Bungie’s split with Activision last year, it feels like Destiny 2’s latest expansion, Beyond Light, might have just been called Destiny 3 instead. As the first installment in a trio of announced expansions, Beyond Light takes some bold steps in a new direction for the series – whether it’s the story’s darker, morally grey tone, the removal of legacy content from Destiny 2’s sandbox, or our formerly-exemplar Guardians giving in and using the corrosive power of The Darkness. In many ways, this is not the same Destiny 2 we’ve been playing for the past three years.

But where Beyond Light deviates from its legacy in some important ways, it also finds itself making some of the same mistakes all over again. With a campaign that’s too short, an endgame that has you grinding the same activities ad nauseum, and a sandbox that seems perpetually imbalanced, my Guardian’s adventures on the snow-covered moon of Europa sometimes had me feeling left out in the cold in a very familiar way.

IGN Prime has partnered with developer Mega Cat Studios to offer all IGN Prime members a free steam key for Bite the Bullet!

Run, Gun and Eat your way through this roguelite RPG shooter. In a world where every enemy is edible, what you eat and how much you eat drives everything from your waistline to branching skill trees to weapon crafting. Shoot fast. Eat big. Satisfy your appetite for destruction.

Satisfy your appetite for destruction in this roguelite RPG shooter where you must eat to power up your character, weapons, and abilities. Consume strange species to add new entries to DarwinCorp’s mysterious Compendium. Explore four branching skill trees based on your diet - remember, you are what you eat!

The adorable Astro’s Playroom may have stolen people’s hearts at the launch of the PlayStation 5 (no doubt in part thanks to it coming along for free), but any 3D platformer fan would do well to not leave Sackboy: A Big Adventure locked in the toybox. This spin-off (which is available on PS4 as well) is relentlessly charming, bringing creative level ideas to a familiar format with a focus on co-op play, even if it lacks the same precision and depth of the most-loved games in the genre.

While Sackboy may have been cut from the cloth of the LittleBigPlanet games before it, A Big Adventure feels far closer to the likes of Super Mario 3D World, both in structure and design. Levels are generally wide-pathed, isometric dioramas for you and up to three friends to run all over, grabbing point bubbles, beating up baddies, and hunting for collectibles as you do. It also drops the level editor or community sharing that have been iconic to the LittleBigPlanet series, instead focusing on telling a simple story about Sackboy trying to save Craftworld from the evil Vex.

[ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/the-first-10-minutes-of-sackboy-a-big-adventure-on-ps5-4k"]

Get the mighty armor of Thor and assassination robes by finding these armor sets in Assassin's Creed Valhalla.

In a new interview, Xbox boss Phil Spencer shared how toxicity can harm the video game industry, calling console tribalism “one of the worst things about” the video game industry. Speaking with The Verge, Spencer spoke out against what he calls “tribalism in the industry,” though more popularly referred to as the “console wars.” Spencer, who heads up Microsoft’s Xbox operation, goes as far as to say that tribalism may be the only thing that could force him out of the games industry. “The tribalism in the industry, if there was anything that would ever drive me out of the industry, it’s actually that,” Spencer says on The Verge’s Decoder podcast. When he talks about the vocal core “that just really hates the other consumer product,” Spencer says “that’s just so off-putting to me… To me, it’s one of the worst things about our industry.” [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=confirmed-xbox-series-x-games&captions=true"] And even beyond that, Spencer says Microsoft’s competition isn’t actually Sony or Nintendo. “We’re in the entertainment business. The biggest competitor we have s apathy over the products and services, games that we build.” This isn’t the first time Spencer has spoken out against toxicity in the games industry.

“All major retailers and Sony, [they] had so many bugs and issues where the PS5 would get taken out of my cart,” Ace, a Twitter user who shared their experience buying a PlayStation 5 with IGN. So, after failing to secure a PS5 through the usual digital stores and even directly from Sony, Ace did what anyone does after missing a sale, and started shopping the gray market. Ace ended up paying $900 for a PS5 on Craigslist – and they weren't the only ones going to such extreme measures. The PS5 and Xbox Series X are this season’s hottest items, and their popularity is wildly driving up prices among unofficial retailers. It’s a trend we’ve seen in another industry, on a far more regular basis — the second-hand market reacts similarly when there’s a limited sneaker release from brands like Nike or Air Jordan. It’s an apt comparison, says Dr. Jemayne Lavar King, an Assistant Professor of English at Johnson C. Smith University and author of Sole Food: Digestible Sneaker Culture. Dr.

This week, a new standalone version of Red Dead Online was announced, alongside a Bounty Hunter expansion, and double rewards for A Land of Opportunities missions.

CD Projekt Red has shared a new gameplay video of Cyberpunk 2077 running on both PS5 (via backwards compatibility) and PS4 Pro ahead of its launch on December 10, 2020. This PS5 and PS4 footage follows the Xbox Series X and Xbox One X gameplay from last week's Night City Wire Special, and this time reveals gameplay from the beginning of Cyberpunk 2077. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/11/24/cyberpunk-2077-playstation-gameplay-video"] The gameplay switches back and forth from PS5 to PS4 Pro, giving PlayStation fans an idea of how Cyberpunk 2077 will look when it's released next month. If that wasn't enough for you, you can check out our Cyberpunk 2077 preview after playing the much-anticipated game for 16 hours. We came away hungry for more, saying, "It’s rad as hell, a gorgeous world that you could get absolutely lost inside of in precisely the manner you choose to do so.

Head of Xbox Phil Spencer has explained that more Xbox Series X units were built for launch than Xbox Series S, but that the ratio of units made of each console will likely be more even by next holiday season. In an interview with The Verge's Decoder podcast, Spencer explained the logic, saying that the company expected to see more demand for Series X at launch, something he says has proven to be true. "We figured that our first holiday, and probably our second holiday, you would see more of the higher end SKU, the Series X sold. We built more Series Xs than we did Series Ss." [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/fixing-ps5-xbox-series-x-launch-issues-next-gen-console-watch"] It seemingly won't be too long until those numbers balance out a little more: "I think when we go into spring and summer, we’ll probably moderate that a bit." Spencer continued. "Over the long run, in most cases, price wins out.

Rainbow Six Siege’s next-generation update will arrive on December 1, and brings with it a variety of improvements and quality of life features that should help Siege feel at home on PS5 and Xbox Series X.

Chief among the upgrades, Siege on next-gen will support resolutions of up to 4K and frame rates of up to 120FPS. The update will, akin to many games, provide two modes for this. Talking to IGN, Mazen Elbawab, Software Project Lead on Rainbow Six Siege, said: “You can either favour the resolution of the game or the frame rate. If you favour frame rate we guarantee you playing at 120FPS at the highest resolution possible, versus if you favour resolution then the game renders at 4K with the highest frame rate possible.”

Elbawab noted that these options will be added to the menus if the game recognises that you have a 4K TV capable of 120Hz. If your TV is not capable of high refresh rates, then the console defaults to 4K 60FPS.

While the higher resolution and frame rate will make Siege look crisper and smoother, the game won’t technically look ‘better’. “There is a certain increase to some of the textures but I wouldn’t qualify it as highly noticeable,” said Elbawab. “The focus was really on the performance side.”

[ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/11/24/rainbow-six-siege-ps5-and-xbox-series-x-official-trailer"]

That means no high-resolution texture pack, and definitely no ray tracing. “The idea was to get as close as possible to the competitiveness of PC hardware, which is why we focused on getting up to 120FPS,” Elbawab explained. “There’s a balance to strike, and we thought for now using ray tracing would not benefit that competitiveness, which is why we focused on 120FPS.”

Rockstar Games has revealed a standalone version of Red Dead Online which can be purchased separately from the game's campaign. As of December 1, players will be able to purchase Red Dead Online on the PlayStation Store, Microsoft Store, Rockstar Games Launcher, Epic Games Store and Steam. The game will cost $4.99 at launch as part of an introductory offer, which is 75% of the game's RRP. This offer will last until February 15, 2021. Of course, you'll need PlayStation Plus or Xbox Live Gold to engage with the game's multiplayer features. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/07/28/red-dead-online-the-naturalist-trailer"] As well as the last-gen consoles Red Dead Redemption 2 is already available on, Red Dead Online will be playable on next-gen consoles via backwards compatibility and take up 123 GB of hard drive space. The standalone package will also give players the option to upgrade and purchase Red Dead Redemption 2's story mode at an additional cost. To coincide with the standalone launch of Red Dead Online, the Bounty Hunter role is being expanded, with an extra 10 ranks added to the role as well as new Legendary Bounties. Here's our review of Red Dead Redemption 2 from 2018. We scored the game a 10, touting its "meticulously polished open-world." [poilib element="accentDivider"] Jordan Oloman is a freelance writer for IGN. Follow him on Twitter.

Microsoft has revealed that the Xbox Games With Gold for December 2020 are The Raven Remastered, Bleed 2, Saints Row: Gat Out of Hell, and Stacking. Announced on Xbox Wire, The Raven Remastered and the Xbox 360 Backward Compatibility game Saints Row: Gat Out of Hell will be available to Xbox Live Gold members on December 1, while Bleed 2 and the Xbox 360 Backward Compatibility game Stacking will arrive on December 16. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/11/24/xbox-december-2020-games-with-gold-trailer"] Saints Row: Gat Out of Hell will leave Games With Gold on December 15, followed by The Raven Remastered and Stacking on December 31, and Bleed 2 on January 15. The Raven Remastered puts players in the shoes of Constable Anton Jakob Zellner in 1964 London as he hunts for a legendary master thief known as The Raven.

IO Interactive has revealed a new Chongqing location for Hitman 3, and released more details about how the game will run on PC and next-generation consoles. The new location takes Agent 47 to the neon-lit streets of Chongqing in China. A short video published by IO today shows off the new environment and digs into the power of the Glacier Engine. Hitman 3 will include more than 300 active NPCs at once, and on next-gen consoles and PC, the game will run at 4K resolution, and 60 FPS, with HDR. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/11/24/hitman-3-under-the-hood-chongqing-location-reveal-trailer"] The video mentions that the rendering, animation and AI upgrades coming to Hitman 3 will also be available retroactively in the missions of Hitman 1 + 2, as the entire trilogy of missions will be available to players who purchase the third game. In a separate blog post detailing IO Interactive's partnership with Intel, it was revealed that PC players will receive special enhancements at launch and Ray Tracing as a post-launch update, "later in 2021."

Welcome to Chongqing, a brand new location coming to HITMAN 3. Plus, get a closer look at our Glacier engine, the technology that powers HITMAN 3.

Head of Xbox Phil Spencer says he thinks Xbox will release a smart TV app used to play games, with no console required, "in the next 12 months". In an interview with The Verge's Decoder podcast, Spencer was asked what was stopping Microsoft from releasing Xbox as an app for smart TVs that meet a minimum hardware specification. The answer, it seems, is nothing: "I think you’re going to see that in the next 12 months," replied Spencer, "I don’t think anything is going to stop us from doing that." [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/fixing-ps5-xbox-series-x-launch-issues-next-gen-console-watch"] Spencer doesn't go into any specifics on the mooted app, but we've previous heard the Xbox exec discuss the idea of Xbox 'Streaming Sticks' that could be used to stream games through xCloud after being plugged into the TV.

On December 4th, FIFA 21 makes its way to the new generation of consoles with its release on both PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S. Players who already own the game will be getting a free upgrade from PS4 to PS5 and Xbox One to Series X/S respectively, but what’s actually different about these new versions? Here are the headline features of what to expect when FIFA 21 hits next-gen:

1 . Enhanced Matchday Atmosphere

Before you even step onto the pitch a new sense of occasion is created as the team buses pull up, players walk through into the changing rooms and fans are seen and heard as they enter the stadium. While not occurring for every match, it looks set to really build up the atmosphere ahead of big knockout ties or derby encounters. Once the game kicks off the action takes over and has never looked more realistic due to brand new lighting systems in place. Extra details can clearly be seen from the texture of the grass to the sunlight cannoning off the metal structures shadowing the pitch. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=fifa-21-ps5-and-xbox-series-xs-screenshots&captions=true"]

2. New Camera Angle

In order to showcase the more realistic action EA have introduced a new camera angle called GameCam. Heavily influenced by real-life broadcasts it aims to both show off the new and improved atmospheres created in the stadiums, but also help you build better passages of play and spot danger quickly due to its wide angle nature.

3. Updated Player Visuals

When the camera is tight in on a player though you’ll be able to see just how much more detailed their models are on PS5 and Series X/S. Detail is the watchword as well as sweat drips from brows, individual stitches on shirts can be seen and leg muscles flex and contract when making contact with the ball. Newly implemented hair strand technology also allows for all manner of hairstyle to flop and flow as players dart around the pitch.

Fortnite is starting up a monthly subscription service with the arrival of Chapter 2 - Season 5. Dubbed Fortnite Crew, players can sign up for $11.99 a month to gain unique perks and benefits beyond just purchasing a new Battle Pass every season. Fortnite Crew will launch on December 2, the same day as Season 5. As a monthly subscription, the $11.99 cost will be recurring, but each month players will get a series of bonuses, including exclusives. Subscription members will get:

• Battle Pass for the full season - Members will have access to the current season’s Battle Pass.
• 1,000 V-Bucks each month.
• A monthly Crew Pack - Subscribers will get an exclusive Fortnite Crew Pack each month with an always-new Outfit Bundle.

  The first Outfit Bundle is the Galaxia Outfit and Style with a Cosmic Llamacorn Pickaxe and Fractured World Back Bling. Epic says a Crew Pack will contain a new Outfit and at least one accessory, and these items are exclusive to Fortnite Crew subscribers. Players can purchase a subscription directly from the Item Shop or Battle Pass purchase screen. If players already purchased a Battle Pass when subscribing, they’ll be refunded 950 V-Bucks. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/11/24/fortnite-fortnite-crew-announce-trailer"] Fortnite is currently in the midst of its Marvel-themed Nexus War, and it seems that Galactus will be arriving just in time for the Finale.

As popular as battle royale games have proven to be over the last five years, their biggest and most glaring flaws as a genre in general are usually a poor narrative with bad world building or overly static and bland content. The gameplay is always solid and the unique competitive “last man standing” premise elevates the concept, but on paper they’re typically pretty bare bones from a storytelling perspective. It’s not enough to just make an amazing map with great weapons and characters these days. That’s been done a thousand times. Nowadays, it’s all about differentiation. Spellbreak aimed to set the market on fire when it blasted onto the scene earlier this year with its unique blend of magical fireballs and enchanted arrows and it did make a splash, but it still had plenty left up its sleeve. Focusing on elemental-based spells instead of modern firearms is already a major departure from the norm, but the big new change coming with the debut of Chapter 1 on December 15th is something every developer in the battle royale space should pay attention to: quests. Plus it’s launching on Steam the same time that Chapters release with full crossplay between PC via Steam, PC via Epic Games Store, and all consoles with cross-progression too. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=spellbreak-7-screenshots&captions=true"] With Chapters, developer Proletariat is aiming to offer something that’s fresh and new on a recurring basis other than simply expanding the number of existing challenges or dailies. New chapters will debut every 12 weeks and they’ll offer three free quests per chapter and three paid quests within the paid Chapter Pass content.

Mortal Kombat creator Ed Boon has teased a series of skins based on actors from the 1995 Mortal Kombat movie for Mortal Kombat 11. You can see three polaroids in the embedded tweet from Boon below, showing off alternate costumes for Raiden, Johnny Cage and Sonya Blade. If you've seen the 1995 movie, you'll recognize these skins as they're using the likeness of Christopher Lambert's Raiden, Linden Ashby's Johnny Cage, and Bridgette Wilson's Sonya Blade.

MK Movie skins !pic.twitter.com/LSf4HkLfqO

Assassin's Creed Valhalla's ancient Viking dice game Orlog will receive a physical release in 2021. Board game website Dicebreaker has learned that a physical version of the popular dice-based minigame is in production: "Ubisoft will be working with pop culture collectibles producer PureArts to publish a physical version of Orlog in 2021. Ubisoft did not provide any further details or dates at this time," the article reads. This is great news if you're already playing a lot of the fun dice-based board game within Valhalla. If you're yet to play Orlog, you can find opponents in many of Valhalla's bustling towns, where you can sit down, chuck dice and win special God Favours to help you become the ultimate Orlog master.

World of Warcraft: Shadowlands is officially live. Players queuing up for server access early should hopefully be in already and playing. The newest WoW expansion will take place in, where else, the Shadowlands with five new zones. The biggest quality of life change is a level squish that brings the max level back down to 60. Another big gameplay addition are the four “covenants” players can join in the afterlife. Each Covenant, whether it’s the Kyrian, Venthyr, Necrolord, or Night Fae, are associated with a different zone. Players will choose which one to join after hitting max level, and each of them comes with unique rewards and a Covenant-specific ability, transmogs, and more. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/10/29/world-of-warcraft-shadowlands-story-trailer"] WoW: Shadowlands was originally set to be released on October 27, but following feedback from players, Blizzard announced it would delay the expansion until today for additional polish. Players will have two weeks to familiarize themselves with the new content as the first Shadowlands raid, Castle Nathria, will be released on December 8. The 10 bosses comprising the raid will take “players into the heart of Sire Denathrius’ lair in Revendreth — along with the start of Shadowlands Season 1.” [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=world-of-warcraft-shadowlands-gameplay-reveal-images&captions=true"] As players explore the Shadowlands and spend time with all the new features and additions, expect more news at a free, fully digital BlizzCon slated for early next year. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Matt T.M.

Here's how to catch bunger in Busnax.