Lured like an unsatisfied sailor by the siren song of alleged performance woes, I’ve been giving No Rest for the Wicked a cursory benchmarkin’, and yes! The isometric ARPG does suffer from all the early access wonkiness you’ve likely heard about already today.
You can currently pick up a Nintendo Switch for just £172.49 in the latest eBay sale. The RENEW25 sale is the latest in a string of eBay codes, with this current code focusing on refurbished tech items.
The standard model isn’t the only Switch included in the sale either. If you’d rather get your hands on the OLED model, you can pick it up for just £213 using the same code. Or, if you’re after something a bit less full-on, the lite edition is down to £123.74. Savings all around.
Refurbished tech still has a bit of a stigma behind it, but trust us when we say it’s the most affordable way to buy a video game console in 2024. Not only that but both these consoles are in ‘Very Good’ condition, which pretty much means you’ve got nothing to worry about.
Here’s what MusicMagpie has said about the refurbished consoles as well so you’re fully informed before making any purchases: “This product is in very good cosmetic condition, there will be signs of wear which may include light scratches and/or scuffs but nothing that will impair functionality. The item has been fully tested, restored to factory settings, and is in excellent working order.”
Switches aren’t the only console in the eBay deal. The PlayStation 5 digital edition is down to £310, while the disc version sits at £340. Is worth remembering that this isn’t the latest model of the PS5, that model is known as the Slim. But still, if you want to get your hands on any kind of PlayStation 5, you’ll do well to get it for less than £310.
Joe O’Neill-Parker is a freelance writer and audio producer. He is the owner of O’Neill Multimedia. He writes commerce, sports, and audio-related tech articles for IGN.
Capcom are working on another Dragon’s Dogma 2 patch, and this one take as its target the dreaded dragonsplague, which causes the game’s AI-controlled pawns to go nuts and murder everybody, including story-critical NPCs, if you allow it to go untreated for long enough. It’ll reduce the infection frequency of dragonsplague, which is spread when pawns mingle with other pawns online, and make the symptoms more obvious. Pawns already get glowing eyes when they’re dragonsplagued – I guess they’ll be all the glowier in future.
Fallout 4, the post-apocalyptic wasteland action RPG from 2015, is gaining popularity, with sales in Europe jumping by over 7,500% in the last week.
Spotted by GamesIndustry.biz, the outlet reported a massive spike in Fallout 4 series on the heels of the Prime Video release. Incredibly, the nearly 10-year-old game has jumped all the way to the top of the GSD charts, which tracks digital games across all of Europe and physical sales in the UK, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain. It now sits atop the weekly top ten, beating out Helldivers 2, EA Sports FC 24, and Grand Theft Auto 5.
You can probably guess why Fallout 4’s sales have spiked to the extent that they. First, it is seeing extremely deep discounts, with prices slashed by roughly 75 percent in some places. More importantly, the Fallout TV Series on Prime Video was released last week and has been met with praise from both critics and fans alike.
Beyond the discounts and popularity of the Fallout TV series, Bethesda Softworks announced last week that the long-awaited next-gen update for Fallout 4 will be released on April 25 for PS5 and Xbox Series X/S. A gigantic mod, Fallout London, is in development; it was supposed to launch on April 23, but the creators had to delay the release, fearing that the next-gen update for Fallout 4 might break it.
“An outstanding world, great crafting system, strong story and characters, and more earn Fallout 4 a glowing endorsement,” my colleague Dan Stapleton wrote in his review of Fallout 4.
Yet, Fallout 4 is one of many games in the series that see an increase in the number of players following the success of the TV show. Earlier this week, Steam data tracker SteamDB reported that multiple Fallout games, including New Vegas and Fallout 76, had seen a significant boost in players on Valve’s digital distribution platform, with Fallout 76, in particular, obtaining a new peak concurrent players Steam record of 39,455.
With the Fallout TV series’s success, it is no surprise to anyone that yesterday, Prime Video announced that the series was renewed for a second season. While we have to wait a bit until a new season arrives, check out our piece detailing 14 things we’d love to see in Fallout season 2.
Taylor is a Reporter at IGN. You can follow her on Twitter @TayNixster.
I don’t remember much about my grandfathers anymore, only that they were once there and they loved me, and now they are gone. So if I were a small child with quarreling parents and I stumbled across a hidden abandoned lab housing a horrifying shapeshifting psychic lifeform, perhaps I would also try to want this maybe-a-demon to be my grandpa. That’s the premise of Growing My Grandpa!, a delightful little indie horror game about feeding, teaching, and caring for “a grandpa-like entity”. It came out in 2022 and I kept forgetting to post about it, but it’s still great so I’m telling you now, okay.
Please sir, can I have Smorg?
Nintendo’s marketing campaign for Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door is well underway at this point (as you would hope, given its 23rd May release date) and that means we are getting to see a lot about what the remaster has in store.
A new short trailer shared on Twitter today contains some fresh footage of the game, giving us our first look at select locations, map reveal animations and, perhaps most importantly, the cloudy chapter boss Smorg — who’s looking just as intimidating as we would have hoped.
Read the full article on nintendolife.com
Welcome to Next Week on Xbox! This weekly feature highlights all the games arriving soon on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Windows, and Game Pass. Discover more about these forthcoming titles below and explore their profiles for additional information (note that release dates are subject to change). Let’s dive in!
505 Games
Eiyden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes – April 23
Game Pass
Available on day one with Game Pass! Gather your allies for Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes, the grand JRPG adventure. Assemble your 6-party team from a cast of over a hundred heroes and shape your destiny in this lush, hand-crafted 2.5D world brimming with war, intrigue, and magic. Manage your town of vibrant characters, play delightful mini-games, and prepare for an unforgettable narrative of boundless charm.
Maximum Entertainment
Hammerwatch II – April 23
Smart Delivery
Gather your heroes and journey beyond the dungeons of Castle Hammerwatch to explore a pixelated world like never before. Adventure alone or gather your party to aid King Roland’s resistance, all while helping villagers along the way. Battle beasts, finish off hordes of the undead, and face the forces of evil in this epic ode to classic ARPGs.
Atari
Lunar Lander Beyond – April 23
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery
As a newly appointed captain of the Pegasus corporation, you must guide a roster of colorful pilots, eclectic advisors, and state-of-the-art landers through a taxing series of missions. Deliver cargo, retrieve resources, and rescue stranded pilots as you navigate a mysterious universe of moons and planets.
: ZAU Standard EditionElectronic Arts
Tales of Kenzera: Zau – April 23
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S
Adventure into the beautiful and treacherous lands of Kenzera as Zau, a young shaman who bargains with the God of death to bring his Baba back from darkness. With your cosmic powers and untried courage, advance into unknown mythological lands in this metroidvania title. Will you embrace the dance of the shaman?
GameMill Entertainment
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Arcade: Wrath of the Mutants – April 23
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery / Xbox Play Anywhere
Re-experience the 2017 arcade classic with three additional stages and six additional boss battles! Take control of Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello, or Raphael in this classic beat ‘em up inspired by the cult favorite Turtles in Time. Play with your friends through local co-op and dominate the Foot Clan to foil the Shredder’s maniacal plan.
EpiXR Games
Aery – Cyber City – April 23
Xbox One X Enhanced
Play a little bird on its journey to find a home after losing its dear friend. You will discover unknown, giant, and beautiful environments and you will be able to enjoy the feeling of flying while exploring a whole world filled with beauty and little secrets.
PlayWay S.A.
Farm Tycoon – April 24
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery
Expand your farm business, produce cheap and sell your products at high prices. Control the land cultivation process, select the best employees, buy the most appropriate farm equipment, raise livestock, and process the harvested crops. Manage your own farm in the game Farm Tycoon!
Silesia Games Sp. z o.o.
Hidden Cats in New York – April 24
Come and visit the famous Big Apple for a brand new cat-spotting adventure! Relax and look around the city, and with enough patience, find over 700 feline friends! The city only gets more vibrant the more cats you find!
Daedalic Entertainment
Insurmountable – April 24
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery
An adventure roguelike with permadeath where you must overcome huge mountains. Thanks to the procedurally created environment, no two climbs are the same. Keep your climber alive by always making sure that your vital values don’t get into the critical range. This is made more difficult by a dynamic weather system, day/night changes, and a multitude of randomly generated events.
Ultimate Games
A distinctive game that recreates Moscow Metro and authentic train controls. 24 stations, various tunnels, and items within them. The game uses modern technologies to show the full experience of Russian capital’s subway — stations on this line will reflect the changes of their era.
Eastasiasoft Limited
Ratyrinth – April 24
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery
Take the role of a nimble rodent separated from his family and lost in a frightening forest filled with fearsome foes! Ratyrinth is a side-scrolling precision platformer with brainteasing level design and retro presentation. Run, jump, cling to walls, swim and climb through mazelike stages presented in minimalistic 2-tone style with fluid pixel art animation.
Aggro Crab
Another Crab’s Treasure – April 25
Game Pass / Xbox Play Anywhere
Available on day one with Game Pass! A soulslike adventure set in a crumbling underwater world. As Kril the hermit crab, you’ll need to wear the trash around you as shells to withstand attacks from enemies many times your size. Embark on an epic treasure hunt to buy back your repossessed shell and discover the dark secrets behind the polluted ocean.
CITY CONNECTION CO., LTD.
Assault Suit Leynos 2 S-Tribute – April 25
Developed by Masaya in 1997, this robot action game gained popularity at the time thanks to its customizable features, incredible robots, engaging storyline, and its position as the next installment in the Leynos series. The Saturn Tribute version includes new features like Rewind, Quick Save & Load, and Tips functions for smoother gameplay. You can also get power-ups with your Assault Suit.
Hooded Horse
Manor Lords (Game Preview) (PC) – April 26
Game Pass
Available on day one with Game Pass! Manor Lords is a medieval strategy game featuring in-depth city building, large-scale tactical battles and complex economic and social simulations. Rule your lands as a medieval lord — the seasons pass, the weather changes and cities rise and fall.
Bandai Namco Entertainment America Inc.
Sand Land – April 26
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S
In this action RPG, players will find a nostalgic and heartwarming world created by Akira Toriyama where you’ll meet the Fiend Prince Beelzebub, his chaperone Thief, and the fearless Sheriff Rao, and follow the team on an extraordinary adventure in search of the Legendary Spring hidden in the desert. The end is only the beginning, as beyond this arid ground lies a new realm to explore.
2K
TopSpin 2K25 – April 26
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S
Travel the world as an up-and-coming pro, go toe-to-toe with the biggest names in tennis, and take Centre Court at Wimbledon, Roland-Garros, the US Open, and the Australian Open as you strive to become a Grand Slam Champion in the MyCareer mode. Or choose from over 24 playable pros and unleash their explosive power and clever finesse against other players locally or online.
Ratalaika Games S.L.
Zombies, Aliens, and Guns – April 26
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery
Aliens have attacked the planet, and they’re turning innocent people into mindless zombies. It won’t be long before the invaders have destroyed the planet unless somebody with guns stands in their way. That’s where you come in! Lead a cadre of soldiers who are ready to take down every last enemy in their path.
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Now that’s what I call a big hunt! It took Helldivers 2 players less than 24 hours to complete its latest Major Order: to kill two billion Terminids.
On April 18, developer Arrowhead triggered the next step in Helldivers 2’s ongoing Galactic War after the PC and PlayStation 5 co-op shooter’s community successfully completed a Major Order to slow a significant Automaton invasion. Game Master Joel turned players’ attention to the Terminid front with the biggest kill order since the game’s explosive launch in February.
Helldivers 2 players were given six days to kill two billion Terminids, which sounded like an insurmountable task, but players made it clear they’d hit the kill count sooner rather than later. So fast was progress that some wondered if Helldivers 2’s Terminid kill tracker was bugged.
But today, April 19, the Major Order is complete and medals have been dished out to players as a reward. Cementing the achievement is an in-universe message from the official Helldivers 2 Twitter account:
2 billion bugs dead in less than a day.
Helldivers, Terminid planets run red with liberty thanks to this inspiring display of pre-emptive self-defence.
Your designated [loved one/relative/pet/neighbour] on Super Earth has been informed of your bravery.https://t.co/Lu4m5wHFZo
— HELLDIVERS™ 2 (@helldivers2) April 19, 2024
In the game itself, messages celebrating Super Earth’s victory make clear this bug clearout came as something of a surprise.
”In further proof of their elite training and irreplaceable value, the Helldivers reached the target set for Terminid biomass production far faster than anticipated,” the message reads. “While additional destruction of Liberty’s enemies is always beneficial, E-710 refinement pipelines are full at the present time. However, there will be ample opportunities for additional biomass production in the future.
“Super Earth High Command commends the Helldivers for their boundless enthusiasm to destroy the enemies of Freedom.”
The upshot of this is Helldivers 2 players head into the weekend without a Major Order to work towards, which means it’s weapons free time for the community. That’s no bad thing, really. Kill Automatons or Terminids or whatever you fancy!
As Arrowhead maintains the Galactic War and adds new content to the game, it’s also battling bugs of a different kind. This push and pull was a topic discussed by CEO Johan Pilestedt recently as part of a fascinating insight into Arrowhead’s live service philosophy. If you’re looking for more on Helldivers 2, check out IGN’s feature on the Let Me Solo Her of Helldivers 2, a player who has answered over 100 SOS Beacons as part of a mission to help others.
Helldivers 2 has become one of the surprise hits of 2024 since launching in February, topping the charts on Steam and reportedly selling around three million copies. According to at least one analyst, it’s still growing. Check out IGN’s Helldivers 2 review to find out why it’s going down so well.
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.
It’s starting to feel like ConcernedApe (aka Eric Barone) may in fact be a modern day Sisiphus, destined to work on Stardew Valley forever. Following on from the mega update of 1.6 a month ago, and 1.6.3 soon after that, the hardy perennial farming game has a new 1.6.4 mini update. The key addition this time is more new layouts that will appear after you reach the bottom of the mines, and more layouts for the volcano mines too. If you’ve not played Stardew Valley you might wonder why there are deep mines and volcanos, and to you I say “Pah! You should play Stardew Valley.”
1.6.4 also has a lot of bug fixes (including fixing disappearing pets, new pets being a key feature of 1.6) and some balance changes, as well as a host of fixes for modders and modded players. ConcernedApe said early on that 1.6 would be an update for modders, so it’s nice to see that being supported. You can read the full patch notes here.
We’ve suffered some body blows recently, but perhaps none will ever be as winding as the news I now deliver to you: Alice0 is leaving RPS. She recently celebrated 10 years here, so that should tell you something about how much of an influence she’s had over the tone of the site over it’s lifespan. Truly, the site won’t be the same without her – so let’s take the opportunity to celebrate here work here.
