Author: Game Infliction

Players of wacky co-op horror game Content Warning are being asked by publisher Landfall if their wildest recordings can be used for a lost footage project which would see it hidden in-game for other players to find.

Content Warning doesn’t revolve around looting or fighting your way through a shadowy and monster-infested world but instead your objective is to use the 90 seconds of film on your video camera to capture your crew’s spine-chilling and/or hilarious misadventures, then survive long enough to extract the footage, upload it to ‘SpookTube’, and rake in the views. The resulting reel, including your screams, exclamations, and deadpan narration of someone being eaten by a hole in the ceiling, is then available for you to download to your PC as a memento.

Being picked up and hurled into the air by a horrifying knobbly slug monster is therefore an ideal turn of events (as long as your cameraman catches it on film), and it’s this kind of footage Landfall is looking for.

Come join our lost footage project for the chance to get your crew’s footage found by other players in Content Warning! 📹

Link to the application below! pic.twitter.com/UIaQka16uc

— Landfall (@LandfallGames) April 11, 2024

It’s asking for players’ exported camera footage for the lost footage project, with the idea that, when other players are exploring the ridiculous and terrifying world of Content Warning, they’ll come across an equally ridiculous and terrifying recording and perhaps gain an idea of what lurks nearby — or at least have a good laugh.

Footage must be unedited to be eligible for inclusion, and you’ll need to sign a waiver and post the video on social media first. Applications are currently open, so give it a shot if you think your expert camerawork deserves a larger audience.

If you’re looking for your saved footage, here’s where to find your video recordings in Content Warning. Or if you’re heading back down for a reshoot, take a look at IGN’s Guides for all the info we’ve gathered so far on the monsters, useful items available to purchase, and our tips and tricks for maximum views.

Jen Rothery is a Deputy Editor on the IGN Guides team. She can be found on Twitter and Twitch at @sylfGG. If she invites you to play Dota 2, you may safely decline.

Getting around in Dragon’s Dogma 2 is perilous at the best of times. Hordes of goblins and lizard-like saurians dog the player’s steps at every turn, and then there’s the deadly cast of enormous mythological creatures that want nothing more than to grab the player character — known as the Arisen — and bring their noble quest to an unceremonious end.

On top of that, the undead come out at night, and swimming is an absolute no-go thanks to an omnipresent insta-killing enemy known only as the brine, which is particularly troubling in light of the fact that many bridges can easily be destroyed by accident in the heat of battle.

These challenges are compounded by the fact that, unlike many other open-world games, Dragon’s Dogma 2 has a restricted fast travel system. Players have the option of buying passage aboard an oxcart travelling along a predetermined route, or using a rare consumable item called a ferrystone to teleport directly to a location marked by a larger crystaline rock known as a portcrystal.

However, many of the settlements and locations studded throughout Dragon’s Dogma 2’s content-packed map don’t feature a portcrystal of their own, and so aren’t easily accessible until later in the game, when the player gains the ability to place their own custom teleportation points.

Well, players struggling to traverse the high fantasy world of Dragon’s Dogma 2 can breathe a sigh of relief, thanks to a new mod from NexusMods creator rthomasv3. It lets players fast travel anywhere they desire without the need to rely on either a ferrystone or portcrystal.

Once installed, the aptly named ‘teleportation’ mod allows players to open up an overlay to browse a range of preset fast travel locations and settlements, including the Excavation Site, Melve, and the elven village of Sacred Arbor. Players can also travel to any location on the map, and add it to the list of quick access points.

The mod can also transport the player directly to some of the more soughtafter monsters in the game, including the legendary sphinx, and even contains the locations for the elusive seeker token collectibles that are hidden throughout the world. Of course, the teleportation mod isn’t the only unofficial download giving players the tools needed to tailor Dragon’s Dogma 2 to their liking. For example earlier this week NexusMods user ’emoose’ created a mod that grants Arisen the ability to silence their ever talkative pawns by preventing them from pointing out every chest and ladder that they come accross.

Be sure to check out IGN’s Dragon’s Dogma 2 wiki for tips, tricks, walkthroughs, and boss guides to help you take out some of the trickier monsters lurking in Capcom’s epic open world RPG.

Anthony is a freelance contributor covering science and video gaming news for IGN. He has over eight years experience of covering breaking developments in multiple scientific fields and absolutely no time for your shenanigans. Follow him on Twitter @BeardConGamer

Square Enix has released a patch for Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth which finally fixes its bugged Platinum Trophy alongside a handful of other issues.

As reported by GamesRadar, the patch notes for version 1.030 have so far only been released in Japanese but make clear Square Enix has addressed the trophy issue, which arrived via a bugged side quest called Can’t Stop Won’t Stop.

The publisher had already announced a fix for the bug was coming in the next patch after fans reported the issue upon the release of update 1.02. The quest requires players beat a high score in the G-Bike minigame, but wouldn’t trigger the quest progressing cutscene upon doing so, leaving the “complete all quests and side quests” trophy, and thus the coveted Platinum, unobtainable.

Players will need to beat the high score again to progress the quest following the installation of patch 1.030, but once they do so the quest will progress as intended. The full patch notes are available below.

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Update 1.030 Patch Notes

• Fixed a bug in the side quest Can’t Stop Won’t Stop” that occurs in Chapter 12 that may prevent the quest from progressing even if the G-bike clearing conditions are met.
  • In order to progress through the quest, you will need to meet the conditions for clearing the G bike again after the update. Thank you for your understanding.
  • If you have already completed the quest, your progress will not be reset.
• Fixed a bug that occurred when proceeding with certain procedures in some research reports.
• Fixed a bug in “Battle Simulator” that in rare cases, new courses were not released.
• Fixed a bug that if certain conditions were met, the favorability would not increase even if you selected an option that would increase your favorability.
• If there was a bug that prevented you from obtaining the trophy “Cactuar Crusher” even if the conditions were met, it was fixed so that you could get it.
• Fixed some problems when loading save data that occurred under certain conditions, as well as the phenomenon of forced termination and inability to progress during play.
• When the previous save data is read repeatedly, the status of the last saved data of the previous game that was read is reflected.
• Fixed some display bugs.

Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He’ll talk about The Witcher all day.

Disney Speedstorm players have grown upset at developer Gameloft after it announced the premium track of its battle pass can only be purchased with real money going forward.

Players could previously spend tokens earned through gameplay on the battle pass, called the Golden Pass in the Mario Kart-esque racer, but as Gameloft announced in a community update, this would no longer be the case as of Season 7, which is expected to begin sometime in April 2024.

Disney Speedstorm is a free-to-play game, but players looking to earn the premium battle pass rewards must now spend $9.99 of real money to do so. Akin to most battle passes available today, a free track which requires no additional spending is also available.

Much frustration comes from players who’ve been around since the beginning of Disney Speedstorm and bought Founder’s Packs to gain early access to the game alongside various other benefits like a hoard of tokens. IGN has asked Gameloft for comment.

“I bought two Founder’s Packs, one on Steam and the other on the Microsoft Store,” said BellMellor on Reddit. “My idea was to have enough tokens to buy season passes for at least one year and a half. Now they’ve breach what they promised, saying we would be able to buy season pass with those tokens, and since they are breaking their agreement, shouldn’t we be able to ask for a refund? I mean, what I bought is not what they sold me anymore.”

Gameloft did make clear across several instances of its own content, like its support page and its early access FAQ, that tokens could be used to purchase the battle pass premium track and even the more expensive tier, which lets players skip several levels. This information is still live on both Gameloft’s website and the PlayStation Store and Microsoft Store where tokens can be purchased.

“Tokens are an in-game currency that can be earned for free by achieving goals in the game or by being purchased using real-world money,” the description across multiple sites reads. “They are not season-based and can be accumulated. They can also be used to obtain items in the shop, buy the Golden Pass, skip Golden Pass tiers, and much more.”

It’s worth noting this information is still correct until Season 7 arrives later in April, though none of the mentioned sources indicate any change is coming.

“I’ve been a player since the free to play launch,” wrote ArfenZard on Reddit. “I’ve hung on for dear life through all the bad decisions since then because at its core this game is great. The latest news though… Unless something gives at some point before or during the next season I think it will be my last.”

They continued: “I’m never gonna fork out actual cash for something that has been directly taken away from me and anyone who does is actively paying to help the demise of the game.”

Myriad similar complaints have appeared all over the internet, and Disney Speedstorm’s Steam reviews have taken a hit too. “The gameplay isn’t too bad, not perfect but a solid 7/10,” wrote one user. “Everything else is god awful. I have never known of a game to be so predatory with it’s micro-transactions.”

Another added: “Incredibly greedy company. Monetization gets worse and worse. They have no respect for their players and don’t care about making a great game or experience. As someone who has always been a big Disney fan, this game makes me less likely to purchase Disney products going forward.”

Monetization has been long considered an issue in Disney Speedstorm, even appearing as a major factor in IGN’s 5/10 early access review of the game in April 2023. “Disney Speedstorm is a fundamentally good kart racer currently buried beneath so much gacha garbage and so many currencies that it almost seems like a parody of the entire free-to-play genre,” we said.

Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He’ll talk about The Witcher all day.