Category: Video Games

Random: Zeldathon Runner Beats Ocarina Of Time Ganon By Throwing Ruto At Him

Fin-ish him.

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is probably one of the most popular games for speedrunning. One of the many well-known tricks in the game is that Ruto, the Zora princess you need to rescue from inside Lord Jabu-Jabu’s belly, has a hitbox if you throw her. As you can imagine, this can be used for many different things all the time you have her. But you don’t have her for very long — unless, of course, you hack her in.

That’s exactly what Vidya James, a member of Zeldathon, Randomizer runner, and occasional speedrunner, has done. James wanted to know if you could use the Zora princess to defeat Ganon at the end of the game just by throwing her at him. So he hacked her into the practice ROM of the game. The results, as you might expect, are pretty hilarious. You can watch the results above. Who needs the Master Sword when you can just, y’know, chuck a Zora at someone?

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New Nvidia GeForce driver preps for Forspoken, Dead Space remake, and DLSS 3 upgrades

RTX 40 series GPUs.

The 528.24 WHQL driver is mainly aimed at tuning up GeForce graphics cards for imminent PC releases Forspoken, the Dead Space remake, and Deliver Us Mars. All three will include DLSS support, which might come in handy for Forspoken in particular, given its slightly bananas system requirements. But 528.24 will also get Hitman 3 and Marvel’s Midnight Suns ready for DLSS 3 upgrades, with both games set to gain support for the overhauled upscaler in forthcoming patches.

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The Lord of the Rings Returns to Netflix Next Month

Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy is finally coming back to Netflix in the U.S. on February 1.

As reported by GameSpot, Netflix announced the return of all three films on Twitter (below), meaning The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King will once again be available to watch.

Somewhat oddly, this will also be the first time all three films have appeared on the streaming service at the same time. The Fellowship of the Ring was available for two brief stints in 2018 before being removed in January 2019, and its sequels appeared from September 2019 to March 2020, but none of the films have been available since.

Though what’s considered by many to be the best fantasy film trilogy of all time doesn’t need much help, The Lord of the Rings was making headlines again last year thanks to Amazon’s The Rings of Power series.

The Rings of Power takes place during The Second Age of Middle Earth’s history, a time only briefly touched on in the Lord of the Rings trilogy. This is the era when the Rings of Power were created and Sauron was defeated by the formation of the Last Alliance.

Amongst its many characters are Galadriel, played by Cate Blanchett in the trilogy, and Isildur, the ancestor of Aragorn and king who cut Sauron’s finger off and claimed the One Ring.

Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelancer and acting UK news editor. He’ll talk about The Witcher all day.

Psst hey, delightful puzzle game Windosill is now on Android too

Windosill. It’s still a joy to poke and prod at the wee indie puzzle game, tugging on orbs, spinning carousels, and jabbing at the many beaks and eyeballs and mouths and noises emerging from an ever-shifting box. It’s such a reward for curiosity. And it still looks great too, with that unaging smooth vector art from developer Vectorpark. Now it’s out on Android phones and tablets too. I bought it, and really enjoy how much a touchscreen adds to the tactile experience.

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Random: Pocket Card Jockey Director Is ‘Sad’ About The 3DS eShop Closure

Aren’t we all..?

As we all know by now (we hope), the 3DS and Wii U eShops will unfortunately be shutting down on March 27th, 2023.

This of course means that in just a couple of months time, you’ll no longer be able to purchase or download new games onto your 3DS or Wii U. Until that time, if your Nintendo Account is shared across your Switch, 3DS, and Wii U, you can still add funds up until the closure date, so be sure to mop up any remaining purchases while you still have time.

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Dead Space’s USG Ishimura is believable because it sucks

Dead Space takes place isn’t exactly a floating Hilton once its crew have been turned inside out by a bunch of drooling flesh moths, but there is ample evidence that the Ishimura was a miserable place to live and work long before that happened. This is why the planet cracker class vessel is still remembered as fondly as other iconic spaces such as City 17, Rapture and the Spencer Mansion. Despite its fantastical contexts, the Ishimura is a believable location, one where the work itself is deemed more important than the workers who do it.

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Persona 3 Portable Audio Patch Supposedly In The Works For Switch

Quick fix.

Atlus last week released a remaster of Persona 3 Portable on multiple platforms including the Nintendo Switch. If you’ve noticed any sound issues, it seems you’re not alone.

Shin Megami Tensei and Persona fansite SMT Network has reportedly reached out to Atus about the sound issues and has been informed patches for “all” versions of the game are currently in the works:

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New Fire Emblem Engage Reward Coming Soon To My Nintendo Store

A 16 button pin set.

As part of the launch of Fire Emblem Engage last week on the Switch, My Nintendo is offering a new reward in certain parts of the world. This latest one is a pin set featuring many heroes from the past Fire Emblem series.

The same heroes return in Fire Emblem Engage to assist the new the cast of characters. Here’s the official description of this pin set. You’ll want to set around 1,000 Platinum Points, and delivery is 1-2 weeks.

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GTA 5 Exploit is Soft Locking Player Accounts, Rockstar Promises Fix

Rockstar says it’s preparing a title update for Grand Theft Auto Online in response to an exploit that is effectively locking some players out of the popular multiplayer game.

First spotted late last week, the remote code execution exploit [RCE] allows cheaters to effectively corrupt accounts from afar. Players affected by the exploit will finding themselves permanently trapped in Grand Theft Auto’s loading screen.

RCEs have been an ongoing concern in several multiplayer games, most notably Dark Souls, which saw its PvP servers shut down for months due to the issue. While a firewall rule can help, fans are currently being encouraged to take a break since RCE expoits can be quite dangerous, allowing hackers to do significant damage to a player’s PC from afar.

In a tweet earlier this afternoon, Rockstar said that it’s aware of the exploit and that it’s preparing a security-related title update. It encouraged players to reach out to the studio’s support page if they run into additional problems.

While Rockstar didn’t reveal when the promised title update would be released, fans can likely expect it soon due to the severity of the exploit.

Kat Bailey is a Senior News Editor at IGN as well as co-host of Nintendo Voice Chat. Have a tip? Send her a DM at @the_katbot.