Category: Video Games

ID@Xbox Showcase to Kick Off IGN Fan Fest 2025

ID@Xbox is kicking off IGN Fan Fest this year with an exciting new showcase on February 24. Get ready to see trailers, gameplay, and reveals from indie studios including Raw Fury, Team 17, Akapura, 11 Bit, and many others. Highlights include the next big collaboration for Balatro, and much, much more.

The ID@Xbox Showcase will stream on Monday, February 24, 2025 at 10am PT / 1pm ET / 6pm BST across IGN platforms. Along with all the new reveals, IGN’s Podcast Unlocked will be breaking down the biggest moments from the showcase in a special IGN post-show, which will immediately follow the main show.

Check out the some of the studios who will be a part of the ID@Xbox showcase, below:

  • 11 Bit
  • BigFan
  • Critical Reflex
  • Daedalic
  • Game Source Entertainment
  • No More Robots
  • Panic
  • Playstack
  • Raw Fury
  • Thunderlotus
  • Cult Games
  • Team17
  • Curve
  • Akapura
  • Don’t Nod

While we wait for all things Xbox, make sure to check out the biggest reveals from 2024’s ID@Xbox partnership with IGN, where it shared exclusives from games including Dungeons of Hinterberg, 33 Immortals, Astor: Blade of the Monolith, Vampire Survivors, and many more.

And throughout February, stay tuned to IGN for more information about the exclusive reveals, interviews, gameplay, and trailers that will be showcased during IGN Fan Fest the week of February 24 – 28. From games like Monster Hunter Wilds, WWE 2K25, and Alien Rogue Incursion, to shows including Daredevil: Born Again, Mythic Quest, and it’s new spin off Side Quest, to comics such as TMNT, Sonic the Hedgehog, and Godzilla, IGN Fan Fest will be a week full of exciting reveals you won’t want to miss!

Anime Royale Update 5 Adds New One Punch Man Units, Raid, and Cosmetics

One Punch Man has arrived in Anime Royale as part of update 5, and he’s brought new units, cosmetics, quality-of-life changes, and codes with him.

The anime-themed Roblox tower defense experience’s latest update takes players into Saitama’s superhero world with a fresh batch of additions to enjoy. Patch notes reveal everything players can look forward to when they log in, including a selection of units inspired by characters from the One Punch Man anime, such as Tatsumaki, Sonic, Metal Bat, Boros, and, of course, Saitama himself. It breaks down to two Secret units, seven Mythical units, two Legendary units, and one Epic unit, but Anime Royale update 5’s changes don’t stop there.

A new Raid, Story, and Raid Shop, as well as new cosmetics, are also accessible to those who hop into the Roblox experience. The quality-of-life changes mostly focus on tweaking Meruem but also saved some room to deliver balance adjustments to Muzan and Aizen. Additionally, players will notice that the Killua blessing bug has been fixed, too.

Anime Royale update 5 follows the release of update 4.5 last week. That patch introduced Hunter x Hunter content for tower defense fans, including even more Mythical, Legendary, and Secret units. There is currently no release date for the next update, but at this rate, Roblox players likely won’t need to wait too long to learn more.

For more, you can check out IGN’s full list of all active Anime Royale codes here. To see every new code added with update 5, you can see the full patch notes below.

Anime Royale Update 5 Patch Notes

Update 5 One Punch Man

What’s new?

Added:

New 2 Secret Unit

– Evolution

– Drop from Strongest’s City last act

New 7 Units:

Mythical:

– Saitama

– Tatsumaki

– Atomic Samurai

– Metal Bat

– Bang

Legendary:

– Sonic

– Boros

Epic:

– Mosquito Girl

NEW Double Evo:

– Boros -> Boros Released -> Boros True Form

New Evo:

– Saitama

NEW Raid

NEW Story

NEW Raid Shop

New Cosmetics

All Units from update that are Mythic+

New Passives

Balance Changes:

– Meruem can no longer eat other Meruems

– Meruem can no longer eat buffed damage, instead only taking base damage of unit he eats

– Meruem can no longer eat Farm Units in range to prevent accidentally losing farms to it

– Muzan can no longer give Farm Units Demon Passives (Except for Pot)

– Aizen Passive now buffs 20% damage for all tower in his range (Cid and Netero excluded) like Warlord instead of enemies coming closer to him, it can stack with Warlord

QoL Updates:

  • The search doesn’t get reset when interacting with unit in units frame anymore

Fixes:

  • Killua blessing anchoring the player

Codes:

  • Strongest
  • Bald
  • 50KFavsTysm

Michael Cripe is a freelance contributor with IGN. He’s best known for his work at sites like The Pitch, The Escapist, and OnlySP. Be sure to give him a follow on Bluesky (@mikecripe.bsky.social) and Twitter (@MikeCripe).

Battlefield 6’s crumbling warzones are teased in a promo vid calling for playtesters

Watch out for that falling breezeblock! It’s about to– ah, too late, you’ve been donked. A clip of loud wreckage, gunfire, and bazooka’d buildings has fallen dustily into our lap via a promotional video for Battlefield 6 (or whatever the developers plan to call the next of these large-scale first-person shooters). Mostly, it’s a lot of producers talking a big game about “levelling up” the “core experience”, which seems to remain blasting a building you don’t like with a rocket-propelled grenade. We can tell from the final 10 seconds of the video, which show some of the game’s actual running and/or gunning.

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Feature: 12 Things Switch 2’s Mysterious Not-C-Button Might Do, Maybe

Probably. Possibly.

We’re all here, playing the waiting game as Nintendo assembles its April Direct and reveals more juicy details about Switch 2. Well, we hope; it feels like we’ve been in the realms of rumour and speculation for a good half-decade and after the first trailer we’ve got our fingers crossed for a real mother of a blow-out come 2nd April.

Until then, though? Thoughts, feelings, ideas, dreams (and possibly some more leaks) — that’s what we’ve got. That new button previously rumoured for the right Joy-Con is one of few things we can confirm from the reveal, and it’s not even a ‘C’ button anymore – at least it doesn’t have the letter imprinted on the top.

Read the full article on nintendolife.com

Players’ Choice: Vote for January 2025’s best new game

The new year is in full swing, and January is done. What did you enjoy most about last month’s title lineup? 

How does it work? At the end of every month, PlayStation Blog will open a poll where you can vote for the best new game released that month. After the polls close we will tally your votes, and announce the winner on our social channels and PlayStation.Blog. 

What is the voting criteria? That’s up to you! If you were only able to recommend one new release to a friend that month, which would it be? Note: re-released games don’t qualify, but remakes do. We define remakes as ambitious, larger-scale rebuilds such as Resident Evil 4 (2023) and Final Fantasy VII Remake.

How are nominees decided? The PlayStation Blog editorial team will gather a list of that month’s most noteworthy releases and use it to seed the poll. 

    IGN Fan Fest Is Back With Monster Hunter Wilds, Daredevil: Born Again, ID@Xbox and More

    IGN Fan Fest is back and bigger than ever with an expanded lineup of games, movies, series, comics, collectibles, and more.

    Tune in February 24 – 28, 2025 for a live showcase every day highlighting huge reveals, tons of trailers, gameplay, never-before-seen clips, and exclusive conversations with your favorite movie and TV stars.

    For IGN Fan Fest’s epic 5th anniversary, the fun kicks off with a brand-new ID@Xbox showcase on Monday February 24 and continues throughout the week with special streams dedicated to games, anime, horror, superheroes and more!

    Don’t miss exciting reveals from huge games including Monster Hunter Wilds, WWE 2K25, and Alien: Rogue Incursion just to name a few.

    Plus catch new looks at TV and streaming series like Daredevil: Born Again, Mythic Quest, its new spinoff Side Quest, Survivor, Devil May Cry, The Walking Dead: Dead City, and Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches.

    Novocaine, The Monkey, The Surfer, and Fear Street: Prom Queen, are just a few of the hotly-anticipated movies coming to IGN Fan Fest. And don’t miss a ton of new content from your favorite anime including I Parry Everything, The Apothecary Diaries Season 2, Fire Force Season 3, and The Beginning After The End.

    We’ll also be revealing new details from popular comics series including Godzilla, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Sonic the Hedgehog, Blade Runner: Tokyo Nexus, and Doctor Who: The Fifteenth Doctor.

    Rounding out the event will be exciting previews of cool products and collectibles from Stern Pinball, McFarlane Toys, and more.

    Last year’s IGN Fan Fest featured conversations with the casts of Dune: Part 2, Fallout, and The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live, reveals from games like Powerwash Simulator, Kingmakers, and Dave the Diver, plus exclusive looks at series like Invincible, Abbott Elementary, and Avatar: The Last Airbender.

    IGN Fan Fest 2025 is just a few weeks away so stay tuned throughout February for the full schedule, more announcements, surprises, and inside looks at what promises to be the biggest Fan Fest yet.

    EA Puts Criterion’s Need for Speed Team on Battlefield, Confirms No More Content Coming to NFS Unbound

    EA has confirmed the end of support for Need for Speed Unbound just over two years after the game came out as its developer goes all in on the next Battlefield.

    UK studio Criterion Games, best-known for the much-loved Burnout series, developed Need for Speed Unbound for launch in December 2022 and recently rounded out its second year of updates. IGN has confirmed with EA that this marks the end of new content for Need for Speed Unbound, and the Need for Speed team within Criterion is now, alongside the rest of the studio, working on Battlefield. The game will remain on-sale so players can continue to play the base game and all nine content drops.

    “The Need for Speed team at Criterion are joining their colleagues working on Battlefield,” a statement from Vince Zampella, Head of Respawn & Group GM for EA Studios Organization, sent to IGN reads.

    “As a company, it was important to us to take the last year to listen to our Need for Speed community and use their feedback to create content for Unbound. With an increased understanding of what our players want in a Need for Speed experience, we plan to bring the franchise back in new and interesting ways.”

    That’s a rather vague hint that Need for Speed will return at some point, but it’s unclear when and in what form.

    It’s a different situation for Dead Space remake and Star Wars: Squadrons developer Motive, which EA told IGN is still working on both the future of Battlefield as well as an Iron Man game. DICE and Ripple Effect, the other two studios that form part of what EA calls Battlefield Studios, are only working on Battlefield.

    The Need for Speed news comes as EA starts to reveal more about the new Battlefield, including a first official look at pre-alpha gameplay and the establishment of Battlefield Labs, where players can test the game ahead of launch. There’s no word yet on when the game will be released.

    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.

    Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 review: a bastard for all seasons

    After several hours of battles, sieges, imprisonment and torture in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, a groggy Henry of Skalitz is woken by a servant girl in a castle outside Kuttenberg. She greets him like a nobleman. I have Henry push back. He’s a blacksmith’s son. He might have some blue blood care of his biological father, but he grew up in the soot and clamour of the forge. The girl nervously insists, however: Henry must be from the upper crust, or he wouldn’t have been welcomed and feasted by the lord of the estate. He wouldn’t be lying in his very own chamber with its very own hole for shitting in – and in any case, it’s more than her job’s worth to treat him otherwise. In a timid, not quite spiteful show of reverse class policing, she refuses to end the dialogue until she’s dismissed in a manner befitting her station.

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