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Face-Off: Who Is the Best AI Character?

It’s AI Week at IGN, and we’ve spent the last few days looking at everything from if AI will spell doom for animation, why ChatGPT is everywhere, and even how AI can change games forever. To end the festivities, we thought it’d be fun to look back at some of ...
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UK Insurance Company Offers Dead Island 2 Themed Life Insurance Package

A UK insurance company is now offering a Dead Island 2 life insurance policy that will pay for bereaved friends to travel to Los Angeles for a zombie-themed wake.As reported by VGC, the Dead Happy life insurance company, which offers a variety of different life insurance packages (with some quirkier ...
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Victoria 3’s new DLC brings revolutionaries, reformers, and rebels next month

Paradox’s grand strategy Victoria 3 is getting its first DLC next month, bringing along some of history’s great political agitators who worked to change social and economic systems with their new ideas. The pack’s called Voice of The People and it’s coming on May 22nd. Read more ...
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Review: Tin Hearts – An Engaging Little Puzzler That Tugs On Your Heartstrings

Heigh ho, heigh ho.Remember when Lemmings was all the rage? It’s hard to imagine that the studio that would go on to develop the monumentally successful Grand Theft Auto franchise made such a quaint little puzzler. Lemmings was a darn good game, spawning multiple add-ons and sequels over the years ...
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Dead Island 2: How Dambuster Studios Gave an Undead Series New Life

Deep Silver Dambuster Studios has been working on Dead Island 2 since 2018. When we were first asked by our publisher, Deep Silver, to take on the project, we jumped at the opportunity to be a part of a franchise we already loved and respected so much. With so many ...
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IGN UK Podcast 693: Ranking the Best Orlando Theme Park Toilets

The old guard is in town as Cardy, Dale, and Alex talk about some hot new video games that you can play with your fingers. Dead Island 2 is finally out after a decade of development. Was it worth the wait, though? Maybe you'll find out if you listen. The ...
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The Division Heartland’s free-to-play survival shooting goes rural, while The Division 2 goes back to New York

Ubisoft held a livestream last night to lay out the future of their MMO shooter franchise. The stream covered a roadmap for The Division 2’s fifth year of support and a deep dive into the upcoming The Division Heartland, a free-to-play spin-off that’s more focused on the series’ survival aspects ...
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Dead Island 2 PC performance and the best settings to use

Can you imagine if Dead Island 2 didn’t arrive with actually-quite-good PC performance? All those years, all those developers, and it turned out rubbish? Perish the thought. But nah, Dambuster Studios have ensured it finally hits shelves in a solid technical state; a welcome return to standards for the big-name ...
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Some Advance Wars Physical Owners Are Having Trouble Redeeming Gold Points

Was it delayed too long..?Back in 2022, with a little more than a month to go until the planned release of Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp on Switch, Nintendo delayed the game indefinitely in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.Skip ahead to April 2023 and the game is finally ...
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You can try Street Fighter 6’s open world mode in next week’s demo

Good news road brawlers! Capcom held a livestream for the upcoming Street Fighter 6 last night - hosted by lifelong fan Lil’ Wayne - and it delved deep into the game’s customisable avatars, post-launch support, and open-world World Tour mode. Oh, there’s also a demo available next week that’s more ...
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