Dragon Age: Dreadwolf is no more. No, EA haven’t once again taken Dragon Age 4 back to the drawing board; instead, they’ve just changed its name. The next entry in their trad-fantasy RPG series is now called Dragon Age: The Veilguard, and we’ll get a “first look at gameplay” next week.
And it looks lovely.
As part of this year’s Guerrilla Collective showcase, it’s been confirmed that the former Xbox console exclusive Echo Generation will be heading to the Nintendo Switch later this month on 19th June 2024.
Dubbed Echo Generation: Midnight Edition, the game features the same stunning visuals and turn-based battles of the original release but enhances the experience with fast travel, a quest log, new camera controls, support for multiple languages, and more.
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Developer Player First Games has released a new patch for its free-to-play fighting game MultiVersus. The patch includes various fixes and improvements, along with details about how the Iron Giant will be nerfed when he returns.
As noted in a new blog post, the MultiVersus 1.01 patch notes first mention that Iron Gaint is still unplayable after the developer previously pulled the character from the roster. They also note that a status update will be shared sometime next week.
The Iron Giant was removed from the MultiVersus character roster after complaints that he was overpowered and was causing an unfair advantage. The patch notes mention that this next update should add changes that will “prevent Iron Giant from chaining certain sets of attack infinitely.” Two things getting nerfed in Iron Giant’s move set are the Ground Side Attack, which will get a “slightly smaller” hitbox, and his Rage Mode Up Special, which will decrease the final hit damage from 5 to 6.
Another noteworthy change coming to Patch 1.01 includes fixing an issue that was causing performance problems for the Xbox Series X/S version and addressing an issue where specific keyboard configurations caused phantom inputs during a match.
MultiVersus was fully released last May, after an early access and beta versions of the game were held from July 2022 until June 2023. Upon its full release, MultiVersus received a ton of compliments, with one player saying the full release felt “more like a beta than the beta.”
Below is the full list of patch notes for MultiVersus patch 1.01.
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Clank! is a deck-building adventure that’s very much worth your consideration. The game is for 2-4 players, and while the recommendations say that it takes 30-60 minutes to complete, matches go about double that or more, especially with more players. So sit down and get ready, because it’s time to deck-build your way out of a dungeon before the monsters get you.
Clank!, made by Dire Wolf Digital and Renegade Game Studios, is a competitive game that integrates a base board game with cards and tokens. Movement is pushed forward with cards gained in the deck-building portion of the game. As with any deck-building game, you’ll start with a small collection of cards to start, but advancement will require more cards to be added through your turns.
You’ll take turns moving and exploring dungeon depths, collecting cards and artifacts, gaining mastery, and evading a boss, which in your starter game is, of course, everyone’s favorite medieval adversary: the dragon. Go through the dungeon’s depths with rewards and you will score well. But wait, it’s not so simple.
When all players are knocked out of the dungeon (unless playing in a two-player game, where the first player to do this will make the game end), successfully exits on their own or with the help of townspeople (a few spaces on the game board above the depths of the dungeon), they will add up their accumulated scores. Scores are added on acquired treasures (artifacts and other tokens gained along your journey through the dungeon), the value of gold tokens, and cards with a green amount visible in the top right-hand corner. The amount on the cards includes everything you’ve had in your collected journey- not just the ones in your hand.
The game also has an optional companion app (available for both Android and Apple users) that can be integrated into play. With the app, you’ll add a further dimension to the experience. You can also play it as a solo board game if you want to go deep alone.
Contents: Two-sided game board, 180+ cards, 80+ tokens, 30 cubes, 4 player meeples in different colors, 24 dragon cubes, cloth dragon bag, dragon monster meeple
MSRP: $65.00 USD2
The original base game of assorted dungeon hijinx is needed to start your adventure through what may be a series of dungeon exploits. It will guide your adventure through a simple dungeon with obstacles, even at the base game. Future expansions and packs can be added to the game to enhance the difficulty and boss monsters that seek to end your trek to defeat.
Clank! has two types of expansions. The original expansions follow a similar medieval approach to the base game. They add obstacles and other medieval and fantasy-type bosses. The other expansion type goes a different route, which is more geared toward players with a deeper understanding of the game. Those expansions are broken up into space-themed dungeons and legacy playing. Space-themed editions have an expanded board and have space as their fantasy direction. Legacy editions of games are intensive versions which incorporate multiple versions of the game. They will involve numerous playthroughs to complete. As a standard, you won’t finish a legacy game version of really any game on one game night, regardless of which game it is. That’s no different with Clank!’s versions. You’ll have to sit through multiple nights of dungeon-crawling gaming for those.
Contents: Two new maps, a marketplace board, more dungeon cards, Treasure rooms added to the board, room challenges from environments, and card effects brought on by discarding cards. Two-sided game board, 36 cards, market board, 5 tokens
(Base Game Required)
MSRP: $35.00 USD
This first expansion adds new sunken depths to your dungeon experience. The addition of water and environmental elements can force players to incorporate new strategies involving timing and skill. Will you sink to the bottom in defeat or will you tread water and escape to the surface unscathed?
Contents: Mummy monster in addition to the dragon, a mummy curse die, additional cards and rewards tokens, artifact changes. Two-sided game board, 41 cards, 31 tokens, market board, dragon meeple, mummy meeple, pyramid die
(Base Game Required)
MSRP: $35.00 USD
Think a dragon was a tough enough adversary for your dungeon crawl? The addition of the mummy monster will add further challenges to the dungeon. It works with curses that change the dynamic, causing havoc and frustrating the dragon. As mentioned in the contents portion, the Mummy’s Curse also changes the route to acquiring artifacts in the game. The artifact changes made in this second edition of the game where a player can use an action to gain an artifact in the room (the first two editions didn’t allow for that), become a mainstay approach for all subsequent game versions.
Contents: Double-sided game board, 8-point artifact, 3 mining bonus tokens, market board, 4 player meeples, 12 web tokens, 3 mining bonus tokens, spider meeple character monster
MSRP: $25.00 USD
Two additional boards with a gold mine are key to this treacherous Gold & Silk expansion dungeon. A spider opponent adds danger as you explore gold mines filled with gold veins and treasures. Webbed rooms create further danger. Successfully navigating the mine may result in additional treasures hidden in a section the spider has placed in its secret lair. Will you get through the spun silk before the spider gets you?
Contents: 1 two-sided game board, 1 Ape boss meeple, 4 player meeples
MSRP: $25.00 USD
This version of the game adds several elements which may make players go bananas. It integrates apes into the dungeon, bringing a barrel full of assorted shenanigans. Movement on the board can be rotated in some spaces. This version also allows for a mini-campaign mode for playing two different versions of the game- each on their side
Contents: side board used for 5-6 players, 30 cubes in 2 additional colors, 6 player meeples, 6 character boards, 127 cards (including 6 starter decks each with 10 cards), 90+ tokens, Hexavultus boss meeple, rules
(The base game is required, but this expansion is also compatible with Clank! Legacy.)
MSRP: $35.00 USD
In Clank! Adventuring Party, you’ll gain six new adventures to choose from to guide you through the dungeon. Each adventurer in this edition will wield its own connected powers. Most are typical magic and fantasy types characters such as the dwarf, orc, elf, and mage. However, there are also a couple of animals too. You can play as a robot monkey or a cute kitten with some bite to it. This version also adds a new villain: Hexavultus. Which party will you choose to go into the depths this time? Choose wisely.
There are multiple versions of space-type expansions in the series. The game operates a bit differently with a changeable spaceship-type board. There are three space versions of the game available. Clank in Space is the first in the series. Others in the space edition of expansions are Clank in Space: Apocalypse and Clank in Space: Cyber Station 11.
A legacy version of the game based on a comic and podcast was created. That version is called Clank! Legacy Acquisitions Incorporated.
There are also character Packs (to be used in the legacy after they’ve completed the legacy version of the game: the Upper Management Pack and The C Team Pack.
Several promo cards can be added to the game.
Bottom Line
With a 7.8 rating on Board Game Geek and multiple dungeons to unlock, Clank! is a solid choice for your gaming adventures. The base game is tons of fun to play on its own accord, but each expansion adds an assortment of new adventures. My main complaint is that, sadly, despite the irony of the game being made by a company with “digital” in their name, Clank! isn’t available to play digitally. Their side companion app is a great addition to things, but I wish there were more ways to play. Clank! And its expansions are massive games with tons of pieces. Older kids will love this, but families, especially those with younger kids in the house, will dread when pieces go missing. Moving past those two items, the game is a highly enjoyable adventure in fantasy dungeons with enough challenges to keep folks entertained for a long time.
Microsoft is reportedly working on a remaster of Halo: Combat Evolved, and there are suggestions that it may also come to PS5 in addition to Xbox.
In a new report by The Verge, Tom Warren writes in his Notepad newsletter that Halo is “one game” being considered for release on Sony’s console. Warren notes that it is in “early days” of development, so it is very unlikely that Microsoft will announce this project during this Sunday’s Xbox Games Showcase.
Halo: Combat Evolved was developed by Bungie and initially released in 2001 as a launch game for the original Xbox gaming system. The project was the first in what would become one of Microsoft’s flagship first-party IPs that has seen at least one game released on an Xbox platform since the console’s release over 20 years ago.
In 2011, Microsoft published Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary, a remake that kept the plot unchanged but introduced achievements, Terminals, and Skulls. It was the first to offer a mix of two game engines, allowing players to toggle between the original and improved graphics at the press of a button. Combat Evolved Anniversary is often regarded as the definitive version of the original Halo due to its updated visuals and achievement support, and it is the version included in the 2014 compilation Halo: The Master Chief Collection.
In our review of the original Halo: Combat Evolved, IGN wrote: “Is playing Halo worth the $350 it will cost for an Xbox and a game? If you can appreciate video games and have been waiting for the next step, then the answer is absolutely.”
The report is part of the larger discussion of Xbox’s gaming strategy after the publisher announced that some of its first-party games would see a release beyond the Xbox hardware ecosystem. Some of the first previously Xbox console-exclusive games to receive multiplatform release include Grounded, Pentiment, Sea of Thieves, and Hi-Fi Rush. That list will likely grow as Microsoft continues to evolve and shift its strategy on what it wants to make accessible regardless of platform and what it will retain exclusively for its platform.
For more, check out what to expect from Sunday’s Xbox showcase as this week’s events get underway.
Taylor is a Reporter at IGN. You can follow her on Twitter @TayNixster.
Everything you need to know about Star Wars: Hunters on Switch.
Welcome to our Star Wars: Hunters guide hub.
Here we’ll take you through everything you need to know about the free-to-play team-based arena combat game that came to Switch on 4th June 2024.
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The free Hogwarts Legacy Summer 2024 Update will give you new ways to capture the magic and immersive yourself in life at the famed school of witchcraft and wizardry in the late 1800s wizarding world. Let’s dive into what’s coming today in a totally free update:
Ever wanted to own your own shop in the wizarding world? In Hogwarts Legacy, Hogsmeade is home to a boarded-up storefront which has, until now, been inaccessible. After downloading the Summer Update, players will find Penny the house elf sweeping outside this building shortly after the start of the winter season in game. Speaking with her will begin a new quest full of mystery, intrigue, and spooky moments. It also comes with a nice suite of rewards—including the shop itself and a dapper shopkeeper’s outfit—for players who brave the depths of the curious storefront. We don’t want to ruin any of the surprises here but watch out for tricks and traps after going through the trapdoor. All is not as it seems with Madam Mason’s shop.
Photo Mode has been one of the most highly requested features from Hogwarts Legacy fans, and we’re thrilled to finally bring it to the game! Students at Hogwarts can now unleash their creative spirit while roaming the school or out on adventures in the Scottish Highlands. The Hogwarts Legacy Photo Mode is easily accessible by pausing the game and tapping the X button, where you’ll gain control of a host of camera features, filters and effects, frames, and other options to help capture that perfect shot.
With the ability to hide NPCs and your own character, select a different pose for your avatar (including sitting!), adjust the time of day and season, and add a variety of visual filters, you’ll be able to instantly snap all of your memoires in the wizarding world, whether it’s a fraught duel with a dark wizard, a moment with Peeves caught in the hallways between class, or a peaceful landscape view as the sun sets over the Black Lake.
Another highly requested feature was the ability to reset your talent points to try different builds and playstyles, or simply undo talents that aren’t useful to you. For 200 gold per talent point, you can now reset your talents either individually or altogether to try out different talent combinations and undertake your adventure in the wizarding world in a new way. To reset your talent points, pause the game and jump into the Talents section of the Field Guide, where you’ll find this new feature.
We couldn’t just give you a mission, Photo Mode, and new feature without also bringing a few new cosmetics into the update! The brand-new Azkaban Coat and Azkaban Prisoner’s Outfit will give you a decidedly dark look, mimicking the ragged style of a famed prisoner that will end up escaping Azkaban 100 years after your own adventures in Hogwarts Legacy.
Our Hogwarts Legacy Easter Egg video showed off The Glasses That Lived last year; however, they were not available in-game at the time. After numerous questions from fans about how they could obtain these circular, taped-up spectacles that resemble those of The Boy Who Lived, we’ve finally made them fully available to everyone. You’ll also get the Onyx Hippogriff mount, the Felix Felicis Potion Recipe, and the brand-new Lavender Borealis broom, with a new dark apparition trail effect. Of course, this update also comes with several bug fixes and optimizations to Hogwarts Legacy.
The free Hogwarts Legacy Summer 2024 Update is available to download now on Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One. Share your favorite Photo Mode captures with us using the hashtag #CaptureTheUnwritten, and let us know if you were brave enough to take on the mysteries under Madam Mason’s shop.
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Since the launch of Hogwarts Legacy last year, we’ve been overwhelmed by the amount of support and love from players and fans. There are millions of new students now attending Hogwarts themselves, and we wanted to give a small thank you to everyone with a free update bringing a highly requested feature to the game: Photo Mode!
Photo Mode image of Hippogriff over the Black Lake at sunrise.
Hogwarts Legacy’s Photo Mode lets you harness your inner photographer to compose and capture screenshots of your favorite characters, moments, and locations throughout the game. Whether inside the halls of the eponymous castle or out in the rolling hills of the surrounding Scottish Highlands, players can now use a variety of camera tools to get the perfect shot and remember their experiences in the wizarding world.
Photo Mode image of Hippogriff flying past Hogwarts.
To enter photo mode, simply pause the game and tap the Square button. Once you are ready to take the screenshot, hide the Photo Mode UI with the Square button and tap the Create button on your DualSense wireless controller or Share button on your DualShock 4 controller.
Check out the full list of features at the bottom of this article.
Photo Mode image of Hippogriff over the Black Lake during daytime.
Additional update features
Along with the Photo Mode, we have a few other small additions and features included in this update.
Talent point reset
Players can now reset their talent points from the Field Guide menu to try out different playstyles. You can either fully reset your allocated talent points, or individually undo specific talent points. Each talent point you reset will cost 200 gold.
New cosmetics
We’ve brought a few new cosmetic items to Hogwarts Legacy to add a fresh look to your next playthrough. Our artists were inspired by one of the wizarding world’s most famous Azkaban escapees to make the Azkaban Coat and Azkaban Prisoner’s Outfit.
Last year, we showed off The Glasses That Lived in our Hogwarts Legacy Easter Egg video. Many players asked us how they could get their hands on them, and we’ve finally rescued these circular taped spectacles from the cupboard under the stairs so you can wear them for yourself. You’ll also get the Onyx Hippogriff mount, as well as the new Lavender Borealis broom.
In addition, we’ve made several bug fixes and optimizations for players.
Thank you for all your support for Hogwarts Legacy! The Hogwarts Legacy Summer 2024 update is available to download now on PS5 and PS4, free for all players! Share your favorite captures from the Photo Mode with us using the hashtag #CaptureTheUnwritten, and we’ll see you at Hogwarts.
Cyberpunk 2077 never received a New Game Plus mode like CD Projekt’s predecessor The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt because it would “break the way the game is constructed.”
Speaking to DualShockers, Cyberpunk 2077 quest director and its sequel’s associate game director Paweł Sasko gave a somewhat vague explanation for why the now beloved role-playing game didn’t receive New Game Plus in its more than three years of updates.
“For us, it’s really important that when you have components in a game, they all work together and they all work well and they all make sense,” Sasko said. “The thing is, Cyberpunk is very specific when it comes to its construction.
“It’s incredibly difficult to figure out a way where New Game Plus could be done in a way that doesn’t completely break the way the game is constructed.”
Sasko referenced Bethesda’s latest RPG Starfield and its New Game Plus system, which actually ties into the overall story and has a logical explanation for how and why the entire world is resetting, and seemed to suggest this was the only option for incorporating the New Game Plus mechanic.
He didn’t address why Cyberpunk 2077 couldn’t have a more traditional means of New Game Plus, however, that simply sees the player restart the story while keeping abilities or experience. This is how The Witcher 3’s version of the system worked, as it had no story connection or explanation for the reset whatsoever and just allowed players to experience the game again with a few extras.
Sasko even admitted Cyberpunk 2077 was designed to be replayed, which would suggest this style of New Game Plus would work well.
“It’s to be replayed. It’s to try different life paths, try different romances, try different builds,” he said. “There’s so many things that you can at least, twice or three times, have a very varied experience in 2077. So this is another answer, the game was built to be replayed that way.”
Fans still holding out hope for a New Game Plus mode shouldn’t hold their breath, as CD Projekt announced there is no longer a dedicated Cyberpunk 2077 team working at the studio as employees instead turned their attention to its sequel and, predominantly, the next Witcher game.
That’s not to say it won’t receive any support in the future, however, as CD Projekt confirmed to IGN that Cyberpunk 2077 will still get the long promised FidelityFX Super Resolution 3 (FSR3) support at some point.
Development was wound down after the release of its first and only expansion, Phantom Liberty, in September 2023. It came after the game-changing Update 2.0, which completely revamped Cyberpunk 2077 with features such as a new perk system and improved AI, and was followed by another big update in 2.1 but only minor changes afterwards.
In our 9/10 review, IGN said: “Cyberpunk 2077 throws you into a beautiful, dense cityscape and offers a staggering amount of flexibility in how you choose to take it from there.”
Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He’ll talk about The Witcher all day.
I’ve been scouring Steam Next Fest demos specifically for something laid back, and Spilled! – despite sounding like the title of a musical about upturned milk – has delivered nicely. It’s a light and breezy ocean cleanup game that has you sailing a cute lil’ boat around polluted seas, cleansing oil patches and scooping up plastic bottles. Even if it doesn’t have the every-last-speck detailing of PowerWash Simulator or Viscera Cleanup Detail, it satisfies in very similar ways, and I would very much like to get back out on the water whenever the full game is complete.
