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Sony has doubled the price of PlayStation 4 game Horizon: Zero Dawn following the reveal of its PS5 remaster.

Eurogamer spotted the price rise in the UK (from £15.99 to £34.99) but the price also rose in the U.S., jumping from $19.99 to $39.99 on the PlayStation Store.

Horizon: Zero Dawn has been at the previous price point for years as part of the PlayStation Hits collection, and other entries such as God of War and The Last of Us Remastered have remained at the typical $19.99 price.

As we near the start of October – yes, time flies! – we’re quickly approaching the next wave of big sale events for the year. Mainly, October Prime Day is on the horizon and not long after that will be Black Friday in November. Until those sales officially kick off, though, Woot has been offering up some incredible video game deals for players to enjoy in the meantime, including this fantastic price drop on The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom to $45.

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom on Sale for $45 at Woot

A union has called for staff at Ubisoft’s French operation to strike over a return to office order and pay dispute.

Le Syndicat des Travailleurs et Travailleuses du Jeu Vidéo (STJV), the French Video Game Workers Union, said Ubisoft management had imposed a return to office order for three days a week for all employees “without any tangible justification or any consultation with the workers’ representatives.”

“After more than five years of working efficiently in the current remote-work context, many of our colleagues have built or rebuilt their lives (family life, housing, parenthood, etc.) and simply cannot return to the previous working conditions,” the STJV continued.

“Our employer knows this perfectly well. The consequence of its decision will be the loss of our colleagues’ jobs, the disorganization of many game projects, and the drastic increase in psychosocial risks for those who remain.”

The STJV said the return to work order was announced following the collapse of profit-sharing negotiations between Ubisoft France management and staff. “Exactly like previous salary negotiations, management’s proposals were unacceptable, the negotiations’ timetable was appalling, and management was deaf to the proposals of the various employee representatives,” the union said.

A first strike has been called for October 15 to 17. Ubisoft declined to comment when contacted by IGN.

The STJV has made a number of demands, including a formal agreement on remote work, the restoration of profit sharing at 60%, the end of an alleged gender pay gap, and a higher increase in low salaries.

“Until proven otherwise, games only exist thanks to the workers’ labor, and good games thanks to good working conditions,” the STJV added, before inviting all Ubisoft staff globally to “mobilize” as well.

This isn’t the first time the STJV has organised a strike at Ubisoft France. In February, almost 700 Ubisoft staff joined the picket line across the French cities of Paris, Montpellier, Annecy, Lyon, and Bordeaux to demand better wages.

The latest strike action comes amid a tough period for Ubisoft that has sparked an internal investigation overseen by the company’s board of directors. The recently released Star Wars Outlaws failed to sell as well as Ubisoft hoped, and it’s just delayed Assassin’s Creed Shadows into 2025. Meanwhile, Ubisoft has ditched Epic Games Store timed exclusivity for its PC games and gone back to day-one launches on Steam.

Earlier this month, a minority investor in Ubisoft called on the company to go private amid a share price slump sparked by the disappointing sales of Star Wars Outlaws.

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Wesley is the UK News Editor for IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at wesley_yinpoole@ign.com or confidentially at wyp100@proton.me.

A Cyberpunk 2077 mod turns the game into indie favorite Superhot, where time only moves when the player moves.

Nexus Mods user jackexe shared the Cyberpunk Super Hot Mode mod, which adds a new element to the beloved sci-fi first person role-playing game.

“When you move, time moves. How fast you move determines how fast time moves,” the description reads. “You can use the Cyberpunk engine tweaks to bind the controls to toggle this mode on and off.”

Longtime fans looking for a new way to play Cyberpunk 2077 — on the one year anniversary of its one and only expansion Phantom Liberty launching — could perhaps find some entertainment here. Toggling in and out of the mode for certain battles seems like it would add some new intensity to the game and allow players to perform some particularly dramatic takedowns.

In fact, the gameplay change somewhat recreates a piece of cyberware available to players in Cyberpunk 2077: the Sandevistan. Though this does exist in the game, it’s not available in quite the same flashy way it was shown off in anime Cyberpunk Edgerunners, where protagonist David Martinez would manipulate time to dodge through bullets and take down baddies.

This mod is based on Superhot, a puzzle game which debuted the mechanic of time stopping if the player stops. “Every level in Superhot is an exciting, self-contained, time-bending puzzle that turns typical fast-paced first-person shooter mechanics on their head,” IGN said in our review.

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StarCraft: Remastered and StarCraft 2: Campaign Collection hit Game Pass from November 5, Microsoft has announced.

Blizzard’s sci-fi real-time strategy games are the latest from the company following Microsoft’s $69 billion aquisition of Activision Blizzard last year.

While the entirety of the original StarCraft and StarCraft 2’s multiplayer components are free-to-play, StarCraft: Remastered and StarCraft 2: Campaign Collection will be available to anyone with a PC Game Pass or Game Pass Ultimate subscription from November 5.

Check out everything announced at Microsoft’s Tokyo Game Show 2024 broadcast for more.

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Wesley is the UK News Editor for IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at wesley_yinpoole@ign.com or confidentially at wyp100@proton.me.

Konami and Bloober Team will soon release their Silent Hill 2 remake for PlayStation 5 and Steam, but a PC almost didn’t happen at all.

News that Konami nearly left PC players behind comes from Bloober CEO Piotr Babieno, who spoke about the sequel remake ahead of its October launch (via Bankier.pl). Although the Silent Hill 2 reimagining is a project that fans have begged for years for, its release was nearly limited to only one platform. The only thing that saved it from sticking exclusively with PlayStation at launch was Bloober itself.

With Assassin’s Creed Shadows getting delayed into 2025, it is now in direct competition with Ghost of Yotei, the Ghost of Tsushima sequel announced during yesterday’s Sony State of Play.

The move begs comparison between the two, as they’re both games set in feudal Japan and feature classical images of ninjas, samurai, and ronin. But despite the similarities, Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot says there’s room enough for two big open-world action-adventure games set in Japan.

“There’s a lot of space for very high-quality games, and those two games can sell very well,” Guillemot said.

On what differentiates the two, Guillemot focused on Assassin’s Creed Shadows’ dual protagonists, which allows players to take control of either a ninja or a samurai.

“The focus is to really make sure that we deliver a fantastic experience with this dual protagonist approach and two different and complimentary gameplays…. a setting taking place in feudal Japan should be really enticing,” he said.

One way or another, Assassin’s Creed Shadows will be facing a lot of competition now that it’s been pushed into February 2025, as it will be pitted against Avowed, Civilization VII, Monster Hunter Wilds, and a host of other high-profile games. Indeed, 2025 is shaping up to be a very busy year in general thanks to the expected release of the Switch 2 and GTA VI.

To try and give Assassin’s Creed Shadows a boost, Ubisoft plans to release it Day 1 on Steam in a shift from its previous strategy. It also confirmed that Assassin’s Creed Shadows will include PS5 Pro enhancements.

Assassin’s Creed Shadows releases February 14 on PS5, Xbox, and PC, and you can read our hands-off preview right here. As for Ghost of Yotei, we don’t have a release date yet, but expect it to come out closer to the holidays. In the meantime, you can read about the best video games of 2024 right here.

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In a note to investors on Wednesday, Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot acknowledged that the company’s “second quarter fell short of expectations” and vowed to launch “a review aimed at further improving our execution.”

But Guillemot also addressed some of the cultural conversations happening around the company lately, which have intensified around Star Wars Outlaws and the upcoming Assassin’s Creed Shadows (which was delayed to February 2025 today) in particular.

“Finally, let me address some of the polarized comments around Ubisoft lately,” Guillemot said. “I want to reaffirm that we are an entertainment-first company, creating games for the broadest possible audience, and our goal is not to push any specific agenda. We remain committed to creating games for fans and players that everyone can enjoy.”

Otherwise, Guillemot stated an emphasis on “a player-centric, gameplay-first approach,” while focusing on “focusing on two key verticals – Open World Adventures and GaaS-native experiences.”

Read Guillemot’s full statement below.

Ubisoft last commented on some of the conversation surrounding Assassin’s Creed Shadows in July, issuing a controversial statement to its Japanese fans in which it apologized for promotional materials that “have caused concern” among its community.

Guillemot’s statement is one aspect of Ubisoft’s message to investors that’s been making headlines today. Elsewhere in the note, Ubisoft admitted that its most recent release, Star Wars Outlaws, had a “softer than expected launch,” and revealed that Assassin’s Creed Shadows will mark a return to the company’s releases hitting Steam on Day 1.

Alex Stedman is a Senior News Editor with IGN, overseeing entertainment reporting. When she’s not writing or editing, you can find her reading fantasy novels or playing Dungeons & Dragons.