Activision Blizzard claims that its violation of a California law that requires the company to have at least three women on its board of directors by the end of 2021 is due to complications with its upcoming acquisition by Microsoft, despite having three years to comply with the law. First noticed by Axios, Activision Blizzard’s annual report for 2021 includes […]

It’s been a while since we checked in with the inventive sci-fi world of Magalan and its standard-issue bald video game protagonist Jax in 2017, and while the landscape has changed, a lot has stayed the same. I wish more had changed, to be honest, because the hold-overs from the original Elex are most of what makes Elex 2 a […]

Elden Ring has launched across PC and both current and last generation consoles, and it’s already made big waves. Suffice to say, it remains true to what people know and love about FromSoftware’s games – our full Elden Ring review gave it a solid 10. That said, it also makes some big changes to the usual formula that impact both […]

Elden Ring is the UK’s biggest game launch outside of FIFA and Call of Duty since 2018. Its first week on the market outperformed the launches of Cyberpunk 2077, Halo Infinite, Assassin’s Creed Valhalla and Horizon Forbidden West according to physical and digital sales data from GSD, as reported by gamesindustry.biz. In fact, it’s the biggest non-FIFA or Call of […]

Editor’s Note: The war in Ukraine is an ongoing, painful and emotive topic. IGN urges community members to be respectful when engaging in conversation around this subject and does not endorse harassment of any kind. Co-founder of id Software John Romero has released a new Doom II level, almost 30 years after the game launched, to raise funds for Ukraine. […]

Battlefield 2042 developer DICE is fixing issues in its “walking simulator” style maps but not until summer 2022 at the earliest. In a developer blog post DICE addressed a number of problems with its map design. It said that overly long travel time between points of interest, an issue frequently identified by players, is a result of its 128 player […]

The nominees for the BAFTA Games Awards 2022 have been announced, with co-op platformer It Takes Two leading the pack with nine nominations. It Takes Two has stormed the categories, having been nominated across eight categories including Best Game, Animation, Artistic Achievement, Narrative, and more, as well as the publicly decided EE Game of the Year. Other leading games include […]

Editor’s Note: The war in Ukraine is an ongoing, painful and emotive topic. IGN urges community members to be respectful when engaging in conversation around this subject and does not endorse harassment of any kind. Cyberpunk and The Witcher developer CD Projekt Red has announced it will stop selling games in Russia and Belarus following the invasion of Ukraine. Announced […]