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LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight Release Date Changes, But It’s Good News

Warner Bros. Games has announced a change to the launch date of LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight — but it’s not a delay. Instead, the game will now arrive a week sooner than previously confirmed, on PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S.

That means LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight will now debut on May 22, rather than its earlier May 29 date. A Nintendo Switch 2 version is also still set to follow down the line.

Warner Bros. Games made the announcement today via a fresh trailer for the game, below, which it captioned: “You signaled. He answered.”

Developer TT Games made its previous Legacy of the Dark Knight release date announcement at the end of last year at The Game Awards, where it revealed that its caped crusade was set to gracefully glide into the launch window previously taken up by Grand Theft Auto 6.

“We knew we wanted to come out in spring of this year,” TT Games Head of Production and Strategic Director Jonathan Smith told IGN in a recent interview, discussing the “space” now opened up by GTA 6’s delay to this holiday. “Look, I want to play that game [GTA 6], but we’re also really glad to have some space for people to play Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight. We’re giving you an open city and a fantastic experience for all players. Which I thoroughly recommend.”

LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight features a large open-world Gotham City to explore as either Batman or a core cast of other familiar characters, including Robin, Nightwing, Batgirl, Jim Gordon, Talia Al Ghul, and Catwoman. This will be the first blockbuster licensed LEGO game in some years, following TT Games’ 2022 title Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga.

Going hands-on with the game last year, IGN came away impressed, saying that “LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight was the Arkham Game you’ve been waiting for.” For much more, be sure to check out IGN’s full Fan Fest preview describing how Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight is balancing old and new to celebrate the best of the caped crusader’s many exploits — plus new footage of the game — and check out more detail on why the game has a smaller roster of just seven playable characters.

Tom Phillips is IGN’s News Editor. You can reach Tom at tom_phillips@ign.com or find him on Bluesky @tomphillipseg.bsky.social

“We don’t reuse enough”: Far Cry 4 director says developers need to stop doing “pointless work” and learn lessons from Elden Ring and Like A Dragon

No matter how many times you walk through the Like A Dragon series’ nearly ever-present stomping ground of Kamurocho, odds are you’ll never get sick of seeing its streets and alleyways. RGG Studio are among many studios – Elden Ring developers Fromsoftware included – who’ve seen their creative asset reuse widely praised in recent years. While they’re far from the first to master leaning on previous bits of design top help save time and resources, Far Cry 4 and Assassin’s Creed 3 director Alex Hutchinson reckons it’s more key than ever right now that other studios follow their lead.

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Morrowind remake mod Skywind still looks like it could help my Skyrim-addled brain properly fall in love with the weirdest Elder Scrolls in latest showcase

While not as close to release as its sibling-of-sorts Skyblivion, we’ve been getting regular looks at what Morrowind remake mod Skywind for a looooong time now. The latest of these peeks at its team’s efforts to reinvent The Elder Scrolls 3 in Skyrim‘s engine came as part of a charity modding streamathon, and featured a nice stroll around Vivec.

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Review: Shadow Tactics: Blades Of The Shogun (Switch 2) – A Stealthy Gem That’s Both Tough & Approachable

Hey. Nice sneakers.

Back in 2023, Mimimi Games, the Munich-based indie studio that almost single-handedly reinvigorated the real-time tactical genre over the previous decade, released its very best game to date. And then it shut down for good.

Of all the indie studio closures we’d had up to that point, this one felt like it got to me the most upon hearing the news. I was a huge fan, and it was a proper shock that a studio which had given us the sublime Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun and Desperados 3 (genuinely two of my all-time favourite tactics games) could be in trouble or struggling at all. Surely these folks were living the high life, hoovering up the rewards for delivering two absolute stunners unto the world?

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Fortnite Adding Ability to Create Your Own Star Wars Games This Week

Fortnite will finally allow creators to make their own officially-licensed Star Wars minigames, beginning this week.

The ability to create Star Wars-themed games within Fortnite has long been promised, following Disney’s $1.5 billion investment within the game back in 2024. Now, at last, Fortnite has confirmed that the tools necessary to make Star Wars content will go live on Thursday, March 19, alongside the highly-anticipated next season of the game’s main battle royale mode.

To be clear, this doesn’t mean you’ll be able to hop in on Thursday and start playing loads of ready-built Star Wars content. Or, if that is indeed the case, there’s been no suggestion of this as yet. Instead, Thursday will simply mark the release of Star Wars assets to developers — so don’t expect to be swinging your lightsaber around just yet. (There’s also no suggestion that Fortnite’s previous AI-powered Darth Vader will be back for creators to play around with — for now.)

All of that said, today’s announcement is still exciting for fans who have been limited to using Star Wars weapons within Fortnite’s regular but limited-time Star Wars crossover events. Presumably, the idea is that enough Star Wars minigames will be made over the next couple of months that the game has a healthy library by the time the franchise’s annual May 4 celebrations arrive — and it’s not just more reskins of the usual Red vs Blue or Bed Wars concepts. Prop Hunt on Hoth? Star the BrainWars?

Last week, Epic Games announced its biggest ever shakeup to how Fortnite’s lucrative in-game currency is doled out, and how much it will cost to buy. In short, you’ll now get fewer V-Bucks for your money, fewer V-Bucks in each battle pass, and fewer V-Bucks as part of the game’s Fortnite Crew monthly subscription. The changes have prompted a noisy and still-ongoing backlash within the game’s community, which Epic Games likely hopes the upcoming new battle royale season launch will help quell.

That new season looks set to reintroduce The Foundation, Fortnite’s key in-game character voiced by Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson, and bring together various other story threads as its long-dormant narrative continues to kick up a gear. Expect further teasers for all of that this week.

Tom Phillips is IGN’s News Editor. You can reach Tom at tom_phillips@ign.com or find him on Bluesky @tomphillipseg.bsky.social

Former Bethesda Game Tester Once Broke Fallout 4 So Completely The ‘Entire Zenimax Media Company’ Was Sent Email Blasts Saying ‘Somebody Found 4 Crashes In a Single Morning’

Former Bethesda game tester Colin McInerney once discovered so many crashes in Fallout 4 that the entire organization received emails saying, “somebody found four crashes in a single morning.”

McInerney, now at Am I Your Beast developer Strange Scaffold, worked at Bethesda as a games tester during college, and said that even then, his “approach shifted out of the publisher side and into the dev side.”

“I was working with the Bethesda developers and learning s*** from them directly and working on weirder stuff,” McInerney told GamesRadar+. “At one point, I just decided to play hot and cold with the RAM because we were on Xbox One. The Xbox One has 8GB of RAM, so if you get above that, the game’s going to crash. So I brought up a RAM readout and was just like, how can I break this? That thought occurring to me, no one else was doing that. That isn’t a standard testing practice of, how can I leak memory from the game?”

McInerney added that he ended up going into the console to give himself “a billion experience,” putting his character at level 247. “I walked around with the unique nuke launcher that launched two, and then gave it the add-on that made each nuke launch 10 nukes. So I was running around super-nuking the entire wasteland and found four crashes in a single morning,” he added.

“Back in those days, that would send out an email blast to the entire Zenimax Media company. So, like, [Bethesda co-founder] Robert Altman was getting emails that somebody found four crashes in a single morning.”

He then reflected on the advancement of AI right across gaming.

“I would love to see an AI do my job. I am professionally stupid in a way that a machine could not even dream of.”

If it’s been a while since you last popped in to play Fallout 4, here’s our round-up of everything major added to Fallout 4 since launch. Don’t forget that a selection of Bethesda games are officially making the jump to Nintendo Switch 2, including Fallout 4. Its physical Switch 2 Anniversary Edition is available to preorder right now from a variety of retailers for $59.99 (see it here at Amazon), and its release date lands on April 28.

Vikki Blake is a reporter for IGN, as well as a critic, columnist, and consultant with 15+ years experience working with some of the world’s biggest gaming sites and publications. She’s also a Guardian, Spartan, Silent Hillian, Legend, and perpetually High Chaos. Find her at BlueSky.

The Best Deals Today: Mario Kart World, Astro Bot, NZXT AIO, and More

A new weekend has arrived, and today, you can save big on LEGO Star Wars, Astro Bot, select Mario games for Nintendo Switch consoles, and more. Check out our top picks for Saturday, March 14, below.

Mario Kart World for $64.99

Mario Kart World is the best-selling game on Nintendo Switch 2, and this weekend, you can save $10 off a physical copy at Woot. This is the most expensive game on the Switch 2 thus far, and sales are extremely rare. If you have been waiting to pick up a copy of Mario Kart World, don’t miss your chance to save this weekend.

NZXT Kraken Core 360 RGB for $89.99

You can save $40 off this NZXT Kraken core 360 RGB AIO liquid cooler today at Amazon. If you’re looking for a reliable, stylish AIO that will get the job done and not break the bank, this is a great option. The 3,100 RPM pump ensures a cool CPU even in the heaviest of games or multitasking, and each fan can individually spin at up to 2400 RPM.

Luigi’s Mansion 3 for $39.99

Luigi’s Mansion 3 was a smash hit on Nintendo Switch, following Luigi and friends as they checked into a massive hotel that wasn’t as it seemed. This weekend, you can score a physical copy for $39.99! In our review, we wrote, “Luigi’s Mansion 3 is so fun, charming, and smartly designed that I hope we get more than three of these every 20 years.”

LEGO Star Wars: A New Hope Tantive IV Set for $48.99

The Tantive IV is one of the most iconic ships in Star Wars, acting as a key piece of the opening to Star Wars: A New Hope and the first-ever ship to appear in the franchise. If you’re a fan of LEGO Star Wars, this LEGO Star Wars 25th Anniversary set is a must-add to any collection. At $48.99, this is the lowest we’ve seen this set since a brief sale in December, and it’s by far the best price for any one-off sale yet.

Super Mario Party Jmaboree – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Jamboree TV for $59.99

Next up, you can also save $20 off Super Mario Party Jamboree – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Jamboree TV. This Switch 2 Edition packs in the Jamboree TV experience, which adds new minigames that utilized mouse controls among other things. In our review, we wrote, “Super Mario Party Jamboree itself is still fantastic, but the mixed new content of the Switch 2 Edition + Jamboree TV re-release adds frustrating limitations and strange design decisions to what was otherwise a polished, customizable experience.”

Astro Bot for $32.99

Astro Bot is still one of the best games on PS5. Team Asobi’s charming 3D platformer is a love letter to PlayStation’s history, bringing numerous references and nostalgiac characters back for the first time in a long while. You can score a copy for $32.99 at Amazon right now, and it’s hard to beat that for the fun this game offers.

Splatoon 3 for $39.88

Splatoon 3 is one of the best multiplayer games available on the Switch. This action-packed game has a variety of modes to explore, loads of weapons to unlock, and even enhanced performance on Nintendo Switch 2. You can score a copy today for $39.88 at Walmart.

Nioh 3: SteelBook Launch Edition for $64.99

Nioh 3 just recently released in early February, and you can save 7% off the SteelBook Launch Edition today at Amazon. In our 9/10 review, we wrote, “Nioh 3 delivers best-in-class combat that revitalizes the established formula with a fantastic split between Samurai and Ninja styles, as well as a triumphant move to an open-world structure.”

Donkey Kong Bananza Producer Can’t Discuss DK’s Future Just Yet, But Is Relieved After Fan Reception

Seeing people have fun with DK again shows the “potential”.

After an incredibly long wait, Donkey Kong made his grand return to the 3D platforming space in Donkey Kong Bananza.

Making this particular IP one of the main titles for the Switch 2’s launch window was arguably a risk for Nintendo but it’s paid off, with the title shifting more than 4 million units worldwide and becoming the second best-selling Switch 2 title to date. It’s also received a bunch of awards since then.

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