2023’s Modern Warfare 3 includes perhaps the most poorly received campaign in Call of Duty history. It has a metascore of 56 on Metacritic and a 'mostly negative' user review rating on Steam. IGN’s own Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 single-player campaign review returned a 4/10. We said: “Underbaked, rehashed, and cobbled together from multiplayer parts, Modern Warfare 3’s single-player campaign is everything a Call of Duty story mode shouldn’t be.” Eurogamer added: “Clearly rushed to market, Modern Warfare 3's campaign tapes together ill-conceived open areas, underwhelming linear missions, and a meaningless story.” In short, it was all a bit of a disaster.

A year later and Call of Duty fans are yet again faced with another campaign from the first-person shooter behemoth, this time the Raven Software-developed Black Ops 6 campaign. IGN has just reported on how Black Ops 6 is set to offer the most varied Call of Duty campaign ever, but did Raven tweak anything in response to the reaction to Modern Warfare 3, or perhaps learn any lessons from Modern Warfare 3’s campaign?

Not so, Jon Zuk, associate creative director at Raven Software, told IGN in an interview.

“The campaign… all game development is very fluid and we react to a lot of different things, but in the case of the previous game’s reception, we were already pretty locked in on the story we were telling and the missions we were creating,” Zuk said. “So we didn't react to how that was received.”

One key point of difference between the developments of Modern Warfare 3, led by Sledgehammer Games, and Black Ops 6, led by Treyarch, is time. Modern Warfare 3, originally conceived as an expansion pack for 2022’s Modern Warfare 2, reportedly imposed crunch on its developers as they battled to create a fully-fledged sequel in just 16 months. Sledgehammer studio head Aaron Halon has insisted Modern Warfare 3 was “years in the making.”

Black Ops 6, however, has enjoyed a longer development time than any other mainline Call of Duty game. Treyarch has worked on it for four years, ever since Black Ops Cold War came out in 2020. And for the campaign, Raven too has benefited from this extra time.

“The extra development time certainly gives us time to do a little bit more prototyping and a little bit more trying something out, finding out if it's fun and if it works and throwing some things away,” Zuk explained.

“When you have the shorter development cycle, sometimes you're stuck with things just for the time crunch that maybe you aren't as happy with as you could be. So I do feel like we had good opportunities to keep crafting and recrafting the missions until we were happy with them.”

Players can also expect Black Ops 6’s campaign to be longer than Cold War’s, Zuk confirmed, although your mileage may vary depending on how much time you spend back at your safehouse hub.

“You can go back, you can talk to your team, you can upgrade your weapon and your equipment and things like that,” Zuk said. “And you can do a little bit of searching around the safehouse , but there's players who are going to do all of that, and there's players who are going to do none of that and are just, I want to get to the next mission as quickly as possible.

“So I think that the game length is going to be variable from player to player, but even if you do try to do the speed run version of it, it is going to be longer than Cold War.”

Black Ops 6 is of course the first Call of Duty game to launch straight into Game Pass, Microsoft’s subscription service. It comes after Microsoft bought Activision Blizzard for an eye-watering $69 billion, and has sparked a debate about whether the move will cannibalize sales of the game.

But will launching straight into Game Pass have a meaningful impact on the number of people who play Black Ops 6’s campaign? Unlike with previous Call of Duty games, Activision is not releasing an early access campaign for Black Ops 6, which means everyone jumps in at the same time from October 25.

Zuk said that from Raven’s perspective, it’s trusting owner and publisher Activision to do what’s best for the game. “I have no input in the business side of that at all,” Zuk replied. “The decision was made to not do early access this year, and I trust that Activision has thought out every bit of this and is very confident in the success of the title.”

We've also got confirmation of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6's launch Multiplayer maps, modes, and Operators, and Call of Duty: Black Ops 6's preload and global launch times.

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.

Call of Duty’s greatest campaigns have offered one thing over all else: variety. Whether it’s the original Modern Warfare’s memorable behind-enemy-lines sniping of All Ghillied Up or Cold War’s KGB infiltration and hallucinogenic episodes, it’s those missions that take you out of the standard first-person shooter cadence that foremost stick in the memory. While we’re yet to play it, it’s therefore encouraging that Black Ops 6 is aiming to pack its campaign full of these moments, so much so Jon Zuk, associate creative director at Raven Software, tells me it's treating each of the levels as “its own mini blockbuster”.

Indeed, Call of Duty is at its best when presented as playable cinema. Tense, tight corridor shootouts open up into large-scale explosive set pieces and one-off experiments – not dissimilar to how Mario platformers introduce ideas for individual levels but with AC-130 gunships instead of animal costumes. Set against the backdrop of the Gulf War in 1991, Black Ops 6 is playing in the shadowy political grey areas that lend themselves to spycraft and subterfuge. So while the campaign will undoubtedly have its louder moments, it's given Raven more scope to experiment with different styles of gameplay.

“We wanted to make sure that each one was memorable and could stand alone,” says lead narrative producer Natalie Pohorski, talking about missions in Black Ops 6. “Each one has unique gameplay opportunities, unique objectives, and how you tackle those.” It’s a sentiment Jon Zuk agrees with, adding, “We didn't want to just create three or four levels that are fun to play, but all kind of feel the same. We wanted to make sure each mission had its thing, its own special, unique sauce to it, as it were. So variety was number one throughout the entire process for us.”

Variety has always been a priority for Raven when it comes to designing COD campaigns. There have always been interesting ideas hidden away, even in the games that are less fondly remembered. It’s something that Zuk, who has been at the studio since 1996, recalls as being a key aspect of their gameplay design:

“That's always been something that we've really been interested in doing. Federation Day back on Ghosts really had the variety. The ‘looking at your target from afar, then zip lining, then repelling on the side of the building and then doing some sneaking or combat and then full-on combat and then a big epic moment to end the level’.”

Zuk also cites a chapter near the end of the original Black Ops as one of his favourite Call of Duty missions. Rebirth tells its tale from two separate perspectives as the player takes control of Woods and Hudson at different points in time during the same event. “It really intrigued me because it's like telling a story from two different perspectives and kind of seeing that your version of the truth is not always the truth or that the truth is malleable.”

The truth and deciphering just who to believe is at the crux of Black Ops 6’s story, but this isn’t the only aspect borrowed from this particular 14-year-old mission. High Rollers looks set to be one of 6’s tentpole levels - a high-risk heist with a casino vault as its target. Players take control of multiple members of the team as they switch perspectives over its course, creating distraction opportunities and executing security breaches in tandem. While not offering the malleable nature that something like GTA V did with its multiple-protagonist heists, it does open up the playbook for fun storytelling possibilities for Raven.

“Ahead of time they have the mission briefing where they're each like, okay, I'm going to do this, you’re going to do this, you’re going to do this,” explains Pohorski. “They're all undercover, and it's sort of like a passing of the baton is really how it plays out.”

“What we wanted to tell there was kind of the perfect heist mission where everybody's doing their part and so there's a very particular plan that's taking place and you've got all of the characters taking place or taking part in this and it's got to work in a certain clockwork type fashion for them to pull off this event”, Zuk confirms.

That briefing takes place in the expanded mansion hideout you’ll get to explore in Black Ops 6, an evolution of Cold War’s safehouse location that lets you talk to other characters, uncover secrets by exploring, and interact with the all-important evidence board.

Another distinctive element of Cold War was its willingness to let you holster your weapon for an extended amount of time – a virtually alien idea compared to the majority of what Call of Duty stands for. A prime example of this was the memorable mission Desperate Measures, which had you infiltrate a high-security KGB building, talking your way through checkpoints and wearing disguises as Raven fully embraced the espionage lifestyle. It was more Hitman than Call of Duty and we’re set for similar antics in Black Ops 6.

“Most Wanted, which you've seen in the trailers, that one we do have more of a pick your way of how you want to accomplish this part of the mission”, states Zuk about a mission taking place at a political gala. “There's two distinct parts of the mission where you can choose how you want to play it. And for the replayability factor, certainly more so in the first part, there are multiple ways to accomplish a goal. So we think that players are really going to do one and they're going to talk to their friend and say, ‘I talked to the senator's wife and did A, B and C’, and he's going to be like, ‘Oh, I didn't do that at all. I was trailing this shady character and ended up meeting, accomplishing my goal this other way’. And then that crosstalk gets people interested, well, what did I miss? I should go back and check that out and see what the other path is.”

“Some of the missions have those options of like, okay, these are the objectives, and then you can kind of get the lay of the land and choose which one you want to tackle first,” Pohorsky confirms. “If you want to go in hot or stealthy, there's options for that too. So it kind of depends on the mission, but I think that's where some of the replayability comes in with the political gala. This time you want to blackmail the senator, or this time you want to hack into a silent auction.”

While variety is at the forefront of Black Ops 6’s campaign, so is flexibility and that desire to approach objectives the way you want to. The game may lead you in a certain direction or politely suggest a wise method, but that doesn’t mean you’ll need to listen. Crucially, apart from a couple of occasions, you won’t be punished for doing something ‘the wrong way’. Auto-fail stealth, for example, will be a highly rare occurrence, says Zuk.

“There are moments where we are very much wanting the player to play stealthily and be careful and quiet, but where possible we try to allow you to play it how you want,” he explains. “And I would say more times than not, you can go loud if that's the way you want to play it. And I can only think of a couple of instances where we sort of don't allow that because it didn't fit with the story. But yeah, I would say in the majority of cases where we have those stealth moments where we're kind of recommending guns down and being more of a spy, certainly we know that people like being action heroes too, so we let that happen.”

“You're still getting all of those blockbuster combat moments for sure”, confirms Pohorski. “I mean that's the bread and butter, but in addition to that, we're layering in these other elements. So yeah, I think I love the more stealthy side. I like going in undercover, so it's been a lot of fun for me to play.”

That variety is promised across the board and while only a couple of examples have been name-checked here, the plan is that no one mission stands out as being Black Ops 6’s ace in the pack. Instead, Raven has endeavoured to keep the campaign’s chapters consistently engaging and surprising in their setup.

“We're not banking on any particular mission doing that [stealing the show]”, says Pohorski. “I think what's so great about the variety is that depending on what kind of player you are, there's different missions that you like. And I mean I have personal story elements that I like in certain missions, but then the way that I get to play in another one might be different.”

The Black Ops series is known for its twisting stories, full of memorable characters and globetrotting locations. With an added emphasis on gameplay variety, Black Ops 6 is shaping up to be an exciting possibility. Throw in the different ways to approach these missions and the expectation is that you’ll want to replay certain parts too.

These gameplay options won’t necessarily have an impact on the story as a whole, though, as the plot itself is locked-in this time around with no multiple or hidden endings to go in search of. “Black Ops 6 is a linear story, so there is not a branching ending for this one”, Zuk states. He also promises a slightly longer campaign than Cold War’s, of which its short length was a main criticism held against it. We’ll find out just how much of Black Ops 6’s campaign lives up to the promise when it arrives on October 25th.

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The publisher of smash hit action game Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 has said it has no issue with modding in the game’s co-op PvE mode, but it has admitted to secretly clamping down on modding in PvP with the release of its latest patch.

Publisher Focus Entertainment and developer Saber Interactive this week released Update 4.0 for the massive-selling third-person action game set within Games Workshop’s grimdark science fiction universe. Officially, it adds a new PvE map, a new Tyranid enemy type, and a new Lethal difficulty mode. But there’s one thing Focus failed to mention: an update to the encryption Space Marine 2 uses on its game files designed to block modding in the game’s PvP mode, dubbed Eternal War.

Eternal War has had a cheating problem ever since Space Marine 2’s explosive launch in September. Normally, Space Marine classes are restricted to using certain weapons in the PvP. The Heavy, for example, is under normal circumstances restricted to the Heavy Bolter and Heavy Plasma Incinerator weapons. But cheaters have changed the game so that they have access to weapons and abilities their class shouldn’t have, ruining the balance of PvP.

While Space Marine 2’s Update 4.0 patch notes failed to mention any attempt to combat PvP modding, IGN has confirmed with the game’s modding community and with Focus Entertainment itself that the patch has changed the game under the hood to do so.

Tom, aka ‘Warhammer Workshop,’ is perhaps the community’s leading Space Marine 2 mod maker. Tom operates a Space Marine 2 modding Discord home to over 2,000 members, and has an extensive profile on Nexus Mods. According to Tom, with Update 4.0 Saber updated the encryption used on the game files to make it much harder for modders to break through.

Speaking to IGN, Sylvain Le Roux, senior brand manager at Focus Entertainment, confirmed Update 4.0 had made this change.

“Modding was possible in PvP for those really looking to do it, but has never been a major issue,” Le Roux insisted, stressing it was limited to PvP on PC where it did occur. “So far, we’ve received very, very few reports of it in relation to the huge number of games played, which is not to say that it wasn’t annoying of course.

“That being said, we’ve removed this possibility with today’s Patch 4. Modding in PvP is no longer possible. For players who may have encountered other cheating this way, our recommendation is to use the report and block features built in the game to avoid playing against them in future games.”

Cheating in Space Marine 2’s PvP mode seems particularly pointless when you consider it does not have ranked play, nor a competitive scene, nor a rewards system attached to PvP only. It is a relatively bare-bones offering that pits loyalist marines against traitor marines in quickfire matches for little more than bragging rights. Call of Duty Ranked Multiplayer it is not.

“Besides winning a few matches and likely getting reported by the whole lobby or even banned, there is no actual benefit to modding to gain an unfair advantage,” Le Roux stressed, “no monetary benefit, no exclusive in-game items, no special status, no invitation to tournaments.”

Unfortunately, it seems that while Update 4.0 may have made it harder for people to use mods to cheat in PvP, it has had the knock-on effect of making it harder to mod Space Marine 2’s PvE mode, Operations.

Operations mode sees a squad of three players battle through carefully designed maps as they face off against the Tyranid horde or the Thousand Sons Chaos Marines, usually with a spectacular boss fight or raid-like mechanic thrown in at the end. Controversially, Saber has deliberately tuned Operations to prevent two of the same class of Space Marine 2 being used. IGN has reported on the upshot of this design decision: awkward pre-mission standoffs as players wait for the other to switch class first.

Space Marine 2’s modding community has already released some quality of life mods like Instant Armour Unlocker, Operations Arsenal Unlocker, and Holstered Weapons. Tom’s most popular mod by far is the Unlock All Armours mod, which saves people from having to grind Operations just to unlock new helmets or armor sets.

“While the grind can be enjoyable, I completely understand that people with busy lives — jobs, families, and limited free time — might appreciate that shortcut,” Tom said. “The great thing is, it’s not permanent. Once you remove the mod, everything locks up again, so there’s still that long-term goal if you want it.

“Ultimately, people just want to bring their tabletop fantasy to life by customizing their character, whether that’s perfecting their appearance or creating more lore-accurate loadouts.”

Modders are also diving into the more exciting things, like Operations and Campaign replacers, where you can play as Deathwatch or Chaos Marines. Indeed, right now Tom is working on a mod that replaces the Thousand Sons enemies with Tyranids (“because honestly, chainsawing a Termagant in half is far more satisfying than taking down a walking dust-bucket!”). Other ambitious ideas in the works include playable Dreadnoughts and the Imperial Guard, but those are still a bit down the road.

Remarkably, the changes Space Marine 2 mods make to the Space Marines themselves, whether it’s a purely aesthetic customization not normally possible or certain classes using weapons and equipment they’re not supposed to, can be seen online by other players in public PvE sessions. While Space Marine 2 uses dedicated servers, a lot of the game elements are client-side controlled. So if you’re playing with random players, there’s a chance you might see things like Bulwarks wielding Thunder Hammers.

"As for Operations, it’s a bit of a grey area," Tom said. "From my perspective as a game designer, all weapons have their roles — none are strictly stronger than the others, just better suited to different tasks, whether that’s taking down hordes or priority targets. The only time things get a bit overpowered is with heavy weapons on non-default classes, which is why those are locked to the Heavy.

"Other weapons might seem strong, but they’re balanced by the fact that other classes don’t get the same perks. For example, a sniper’s perks really benefit the las-fusil, but the tactical class won’t see as much of an advantage. So sure, you could equip it on the tactical, but you wouldn’t get the full benefits of your class perks."

Le Roux downplayed the pervasiveness of modding in Space Marine 2 relative to its huge playerbase (4.5 million players and counting), but confirmed Focus Entertainment’s stance on PvE modding specifically, saying it has no problem with it at all.

“Modding in PvE missions does not represent an issue to us,” Le Roux clarified. “This is a cooperative, unranked game mode. If players wish to go through the trouble of modding the game and re-doing it every couple of weeks when our patches break their mods, just to have a Thunder Hammer on a Bulwark for a PvE mission with their friends, that is their choice.

“It is true that balance may be affected but this is a non-competitive environment where balance doesn’t carry the same importance. Sure, this may make the game easier for them, but the cosmetics unlocks are tied to completing missions regardless of difficulty. They could achieve the same results by playing on very easy with maxed out characters and weapons.”

Tom initially thought this PvP crackdown had inadvertently killed online mods for PvE for good, but has told IGN the community has managed to get them up and running again. “We'll have to wait and see for how long though,” Tom added.

“The sad thing is that this will likely do little to actually stop people from hacking the PvP, but it buys Saber a little time against the most egregious hackers, while the majority of their PvP player base is active,” Tom continued.

“I hold zero ill will towards Saber — as a fellow game developer, I completely understand the reasoning and rationale behind what they've done.”

You can see why Space Marine 2 modding would be popular; the tabletop game upon which it is based revolves around player customization of the models, with Games Workshop encouraging the community to experiment and even make up their own chapters while sticking to the overall rules. Fans really love to play dress up with their Space Marines, and if a mod can make that quicker and easier and even more extensive that Space Marine 2 currently provides, it will prove popular.

“For me, modding is a lot like converting miniatures,” Tom said. “I’ve got far too many plastic armies (as any Warhammer fan does), but what I enjoy most is making each model unique — a true labor of love. Modding games feels the same. It’s about tweaking things, pushing boundaries, and adding that personal touch. And like Warhammer, it’s all done out of a love for the game and its universe.”

Then there’s the issue of satisfying the relentless hunger from the Space Marine 2 player base for new content. Players want new classes, new maps, new weapons, new armor pieces, new equipment, new enemy types, and, generally, a lot more stuff, and they want it now. They want their favorite chapter in the game, story DLC, new enemy factions, and more to do on the Battle Barge. Saber will be aware of all this, of course, but the reality of video game development means it will, like the Space Marines themselves, need to pick their battles carefully.

We’ve seen other studios struggle to cope with satisfying this sort of demand before, especially in the face of unexpected success. Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead, for example, has had trouble keeping its massive playerbase going after 12 million sales in 12 weeks. After 4.5 million sales in just over a month, Saber may run into the same problem. It might already be there.

Mods, then, may fill the gap. “For whatever reason, Warhammer games tend to get far more modding attention than most,” Tom said. “If I had to guess, it's because of the sheer depth of lore and history behind everything, so there's so much more that people want to see than any single studio can reasonably produce.

“And modeling is very much about taking something and making it your own (at least to a lot of people).”

Sega has brought forward the release date of Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii to February 21, 2025 to avoid a clash with Monster Hunter Wilds.

In a video shared by Like a Dragon developer Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio, below, studio head Masayoshi Yokoyama said the release date is shifting up one week from the originally announced February 28. Capcom announced the same release date for Monster Hunter Wilds just five days after RGG Studio revealed Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii's.

While Yokoyama didn't mention Monster Hunter WIlds explicitly, he did say RGG Studio wanted fans "to play the game that comes out after with peace of mind" and "enjoy hunting at [their] own pace."

The Monster Hunter and Like a Dragon franchises are both developed in Japan and, while the monster hunting role-playing game and pirate action adventure don't share genres, it makes sense that Sega and Capcom wouldn't want two of their headlining franchises going head-to-head on the same day.

"We have decided to bring forward the release date by a week to February 21, 2025," Yokoyama said. "This is partly because development is progressing more smoothly than expected, but we also want to deliver the game to players around the world as soon as possible. We wanted you to be able to play the game that comes after it with peace of mind."

He added later: "If you are interested in pirates, but aren't familiar with the series overall, please have a go. And after that, I hope you'll also enjoy hunting at your own pace."

Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii is a spin-off sequel to Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, the eighth mainline entry in the Yakuza / Like a Dragon series (or ninth including Yakuza 0). It follows fan favorite character Goro Majima as he wakes up with amnesia and becomes a pirate.

A trailer released at the October Xbox Partner Showcase revealed a proper first look at ship combat akin to Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag and the return of the beloved character Taiga Saejima, perhaps teasing more ties to the main series than previously thought.

Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He'll talk about The Witcher all day.

Lenovo is offering a great deal on Xbox controllers, now priced at just $39.99 with the promo code FALLXBOX at checkout. This discount applies to the Astral Purple, Electric Volt, and standard Carbon Black models, bringing the price down from $64.99. It's one of the best Xbox deals currently available, making it a strong option to consider ahead of the upcoming Black Friday sales.

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The latest Xbox showcase also recently wrapped up, and we saw a mix of new trailers and gameplay for upcoming games arriving on the console and PC. We got some big announcements from partners like Remedy Entertainment, Sega, 505 Games, and more. The event only lasted about 25 minutes, so there was a lot be packed into that timeframe. If you missed the event, you can watch the recording yourself, or you can check out our video above for the recap.

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Robert Anderson is a deals expert and Commerce Editor for IGN. You can follow him @robertliam21 on Twitter.

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That being said, there are sometimes some unique bundles and promotions during Black Friday that you won’t find any other time of the year. They usually includes additional games (like the infamous Mario Kart 8 bundle) or Switch accessories for free, but quantities tend to be limited. As always, do your research into the seller before you make a purchase and keep in mind that the Nintendo Switch 2 is coming out next year.

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With how expensive gaming is getting in 2024, we're trying to save you as much money as possible on the games and other tech you actually want to buy. We've got great deal roundups available for all major platforms such as PlayStation and Xbox, and keep these updated daily with brand-new offers. If you're trying to keep costs down while maintaining your favorite hobby, stay tuned for more incredible discounts.

Robert Anderson is a deals expert and Commerce Editor for IGN. You can follow him @robertliam21 on Twitter.

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One of our favorite Xbox Game Pass Ultimate deals has returned at Woot, providing another opportunity for users to stack their membership at a discounted rate. You can get three months of the service for just $36.49. This price won't stick around for long, so act fast to secure your membership.

Considering the new price of Game Pass Ultimate is $19.99/month, you're saving $23.48 with this 3-month deal. This is the best way to avoid the Xbox Game Pass price hike. By stacking these codes you can set yourself up for success to play all of their upcoming releases at a lower price.

What's Coming Soon to Xbox Game Pass

The headline here is of course the October 25 release of Black Ops 6, the first Call of Duty game to launch day-one on Game Pass. It comes a year after Microsoft’s $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard, which has also seen the likes of Diablo 4 and Modern Warfare 3 arrive on Game Pass, and will, in November, see StarCraft: Remastered and StarCraft 2: Campaign Collection hit the subscription service.

Black Ops 6’s launch straight into Game Pass is a big gamble for Microsoft. It hopes the power of Call of Duty will boost subscriber numbers and revenue (itself bolstered by the recent Game Pass price rise and restructure), but it comes with the risk of losing sales of the full-price game. While Xbox executives have insisted sales can be boosted by a game’s presence on Game Pass, some publishers remain unconvinced.

• South Park: The Fractured but Whole (Cloud, Console, and PC) – October 16
  Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass, Game Pass Standard
• Donut County (Cloud, Console, and PC) – October 17
  Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass, Game Pass Standard
• MechWarrior 5: Clans (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S) – October 17
  Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass
• Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 (Cloud, Console, and PC) – October 25
  Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III (Cloud) – October 25
  Game Pass Ultimate
• Call of Duty: Warzone (Cloud) – October 25
  Game Pass Ultimate
• Ashen (Cloud, Console, and PC) – October 29
  Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass, Game Pass Standard
• Dead Island 2 (PC) – October 31
  Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass
• StarCraft: Remastered (PC) – November 5
  Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass
• StarCraft II: Campaign Collection (PC) – November 5
  Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass

Best Xbox Accessory Deals

Does your family complain when you stay up playing loud shooters late into the night? They'll stop complaining if you pick up an Xbox headset that lets no one but you hear the delightful explosions you cause on the screen.

Right now, you can get 13% off the Turtle Beach Stealth 700 Gen 2 MAX wireless headset and 36% off the Razer Kaira Pro wireless headset at Amazon. To see even more gaming headsets on sale, visit our roundup of the best gaming headset deals.

What is Xbox's Recent Controversy?

The recent discomfored surrounding Xbox can be isolated to a recent round of brutal layoffs. Microsoft is closing a number of Bethesda studios, including Redfall maker Arkane Austin, Hi-Fi Rush and The Evil Within developer Tango Gameworks, and more in devastating cuts at Bethesda. Alpha Dog Games, maker of mobile game Mighty Doom, will also close. Roundhouse Studios will be absorbed by The Elder Scrolls Online developer ZeniMax Online Studios. Microsoft, currently valued at over $3 trillion, did not say how many staff will lose their jobs, but significant layoffs are inevitable.

Microsoft's announcement of the cuts at Bethesda come over three months after the company announced plans to cut 1,900 staff from its video game workforce, and amid a boom time for Bethesda's Fallout series following the breakout hit Prime Video TV show.

Is Call of Duty Black Ops 6 Coming to Xbox Game Pass?

Microsoft has confirmed the arrival of Call of Duty Black Ops 6 day-one on Xbox Game Pass. Microsoft made the announcement alongside the release of a live-action reveal trailer called 'The Truth Lies'. In it we see world leaders including Bill Clinton, Margaret Thatcher, George H. W. Bush, Colin Powell, and Saddam Hussein, delivering cryptic speeches. Black Ops 6 will be set during the events of the Gulf War during the early '90s.

When Should I Buy an Xbox?

In general, it is advisable to keep an eye out for sales and restocks throughout the year, as availability has improved since the initial launch of the console. Unlike the Nintendo Switch, there is no specific recommendation to wait for a sale regardless of the time of year. Instead, it's a good idea to monitor various retailers and online platforms for restock announcements and promotional offers.

However, certain events like Black Friday or other holiday seasons may bring about unique bundles, discounts, or promotional deals specifically for the Xbox Series X. These bundles may include additional games, accessories, or exclusive limited editions. While quantities for such promotions might be limited, they can provide an opportunity to get more value for your purchase. See our guide to Xbox Series X prices for more info.

Xbox Series X or Xbox Series S?

Choosing between the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S ultimately depends on your gaming preferences, budget, and specific requirements. Let's compare the two consoles to help you make an informed decision:

1. Performance: The Xbox Series X is the more powerful option, offering native 4K gaming, higher graphical fidelity, and faster loading times. It has more advanced hardware, including a larger storage capacity. On the other hand, the Xbox Series S targets a lower price point and offers a less powerful performance, targeting 1440p resolution gaming and upscaling to 4K.

2. Price: The Xbox Series S is more affordable compared to the Xbox Series X. If budget is a significant factor for you, the Xbox Series S provides a cost-effective option while still delivering a next-generation gaming experience. For example, the Series S can play Starfield at 1440p 30fps (vs 4K 30fps on Series X).

3. Storage: The Xbox Series X comes with a larger internal storage capacity, allowing you to store more games directly on the console. The Xbox Series S, however, has a smaller storage capacity, which means you may need to manage your game library more actively or rely on external storage solutions.

4. Disc Drive: The Xbox Series X includes a disc drive, enabling you to play physical game discs and enjoy a wider range of media options, including Blu-ray and DVD playback. The Xbox Series S, in contrast, is a digital-only console, meaning you can only play games downloaded from the digital store.

5. Graphics and Performance: While both consoles support ray tracing, the Xbox Series X provides a more immersive and visually impressive experience due to its superior hardware capabilities. If you prioritize cutting-edge graphics and want the best performance available, the Xbox Series X is the preferable choice.

Consider your gaming preferences, budget, and whether you prioritize top-of-the-line performance or cost-effectiveness. If you have a 4K TV, want the most powerful console, and are willing to invest more, the Xbox Series X is the recommended option. If you have a lower budget, a 1080p or 1440p TV, and don't mind sacrificing some performance, the Xbox Series S offers excellent value for money.

With how expensive gaming is getting in 2024, we're trying to save you as much money as possible on the games and other tech you actually want to buy. We've got great deal roundups available for all major platforms such as Switch and Xbox, and keep these updated daily with brand new offers. If you're trying to keep costs down while maintaining your favorite hobby, stay tuned for more incredible discounts.

Robert Anderson is a deals expert and Commerce Editor for IGN. You can follow him @robertliam21 on Twitter.

Banjo-Tooie launches on Switch on October 25, Nintendo has announced.

The N64 sequel to Rare’s popular platformer Banjo-Kazooie launched in 2000 to critical and commercial acclaim, with visuals considered among the best the console had to offer. It hits Switch via the Nintendo 64 - Nintendo Switch Online collection of games. (Banjo-Kazooie hit Switch in 2022.)

Here’s the official blurb:

It's the bear-bird duo Banjo and Kazooie to the rescue! Magical minigames, perplexing puzzles, and freaky foes await them in the stages ahead — through ancient ruins, underwater realms, and even an amusement park of sorts.

In 2009, following Microsoft’s acquisition of Rare, Banjo-Tooie launched on Xbox 360 via Xbox Live Arcade with a smoother frame-rate and HD graphics. Then, in 2015, Banjo-Tooie was re-released as part of the Rare Replay compilation. In 2019, Banjo-Tooie was enhanced to run at a native 4K resolution on Xbox One.

The last brand new Banjo-Kazooie game to come out, Nuts & Bolts, launched on Xbox 360 in 2008. Fans have called for Microsoft to release a sequel ever since, but so far not a peep. Banjo and Kazooie are playable characters in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, though.

Banjo-Tooie joins a growing list of Rare-developed games on Switch, which includes the aforementioned Banjo-Kazooie, the seminal shooter GoldenEye, Blast Corps, and Jet Force Gemini.

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.

Halloween is fast approaching so that means it's the time of year again when Cardy, Mat, and Jesse share their favourite "under the radar" horror movies, shows, games, books, and more. Before that, though, there's time to discuss two of the month's standout new horror films The Substance and Terrifier 3. Plus, we've even got a great Endless Search to play. What a day.

Remember to send us your thoughts about all the new games, TV shows, and films you're enjoying or looking forward to: ign_ukfeedback@ign.com.

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New York Comic Con 2024 has officially begun and promises another weekend of big announcements in the world of movies, TV, video games, comics, and so much more. There's a lot to look forward to and this roundup will ensure you don't miss a thing.

While the show has just begun, there have already been some exciting reveals, including a trailer and release date for Dune: Prophecy, a new look at some upcoming MCU projects, a glimpse at the future of current Dragon Ball games, a new comic series where Doctor Doom is emperor of the Marvel Universe, and much more.

You can check out all the news below, and be sure to keep checking back as we will be updating this page with all the biggest moments from NYCC!

HBO Prequel Series Dune: Prophecy Gets a Trailer and Release Date

HBO not only brought a new trailer for Dune: Prophecy to NYCC, but it also shared the prequel series will premiere on November 17, 2024.

“From the expansive universe of ‘Dune,’ created by acclaimed author Frank Herbert, and 10,000 years before the ascension of Paul Atreides, ‘Dune: Prophecy’ follows two Harkonnen sisters as they combat forces that threaten the future of humankind, and establish the fabled sect that will become known as the Bene Gesserit," the official logline reads. "‘Dune: Prophecy’ is inspired by the novel ‘Sisterhood of Dune,’ written by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson."

The prophecy begins.

The new HBO Original Series #DuneProphecy premieres November 17 on Max. pic.twitter.com/YmuXE332KS

— Max (@StreamOnMax) October 17, 2024

The Fantastic Four: First Steps' Little Robot H.E.R.B.I.E. Revealed at NYCC Along With Fresh Looks at Red Hulk and Daredevil

Marvel has given fans a sneak peek at such upcoming MCU projects like The Fantastic Four: First Steps, Daredevil: Born Again, and Captain America: Brave New World at NYCC.

At the show, a piece of artwork in the form of a Marvel Logo included a tease of the future, including the first live-action look at The Fantastic Four's Humanoid Experimental Robot B-Type Integrated Electronics a.k.a. H.E.R.B.I.E. and Harrison Ford's Hulk.

Elsewhere, we were treated to a new looks at some Daredevil: Born Again costumes.

Doctor Doom Becomes Emperor of the Marvel Universe in 2025

While we still have some time until we see Robert Downey, Jr. as Doctor Doom in the MCU, Marvel Comics is helping with the wait as it is making Doom the star of a new crossover event called The Rise of Emperor Doom.

This five-issue limited series will begin in February 2025 and is set six months after Doom becomes the Marvel Universe's new Sorcerer Supreme. He emerges from hiding and declares himself emperor of the world. The other world powers don't seem to opposed to this idea, and even the Avengers - who are the only ones who can stand in his way - start to question whether the world is better off under Doom's rule.

The Rise of Emperor Doom is written by Ryan North (Fantastic Four) with art by RB Silva (Powers of X) and cover art by Ben Harvey.

Funko Reveals Exclusive Deadpool, Wolverine, & Secret Wars Collectibles for NYCC

NYCC is an incredible place to find merch of your favorite properties, and this year is no different. For Marvel fans, this show has some pretty big exclusive Funko and Mondo goodies of Deadpool, Wolverine, and Secret Wars.

DSTLRY Teases 11 Star-Studded New Comics for 2025

DSTLRY has teased 11 star-studded new comics for 2025 at NYCC from some big name creators like John Constantine: Hellblazer's Is Spurrier and Youth's Curt Pires.

The full lineup of creators in these teasers includes:

• Chris Burnham & Dennis Culver
• HamletMachine
• Si Spurrier & Matías Bergara
• Ethan S. Parker, Griffin Sheridan & Bob Quinn
• Miles Gunter & Patrick Mulholand
• Curt Pires, Rockwell White, Mike Vendrell & Ryan Quackenbush
• Curt Pires & Amilcar Pinna
• Cavan Scott & Nick Brokenshire
• Chuck Austen & Patrick Olliffe
• B. Clay Moore & Mack Chater
• Chip Mosher & Peter Krause

DSTLRY plans on revealing more about its future in two panels this weekend - DSTLRY Presents: Surviving the Most Sinister Sci-Fi Dystopias and The Future of Horror Comics with DSTLRY.

Special Naruto and BLEACH-Themed Pop-Up Hits New York This Weekend

Shonen Jump and Shopify are treating fans to a special pop-up event this weekend at NYCC that will feature exclusive merch, interactive photo ops, life-sized character stands, and more from the worlds of Naruto and BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War.

The event kicks off today at Shopify New York (131 Greene St, Soho) and also runs Friday and Sunday:

• 10/17-10/18 - 12 - 8pm
• 10/20 - 10am - 6pm

The special event will include something for everyone including:

• BLEACH Thousand-Year Blood War and Naruto photo installations, where visitors can snap a picture with life-size character stands of their favorite heroes.
• Limited-edition collections for Naruto, BLEACH, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Kaiju No. 8, Sakamoto Days, and other merch straight from from the iconic "Jump Shop" in Japan.
• An interactive Naruto photo op.
• Interactive QR codes highlighting the history of both BLEACH and Naruto
• A special manga gallery celebrating Naruto's legacy.

NYCC Offers a Glimpse of the Future of Current Dragon Ball Video Games

NYCC has given Dragon Ball fans a glimpse of the future of some of their favorite, more recent titles, including Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2, Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot, and Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero.

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Thank your own personal deity—possibly Malvirta Drako Eht—it's Friday! We're going to round this week out with a bunch of bargains on Mario-centric titles that usually aren't this cheap, some discounted keyboards, and a marvellous Spidey saving (or two). Stay safe, save often, and see you Monday!

In retro news, I'm throwing a 33rd birthday lunch for Streets of Rage. The main course: bin-sourced chickens. Some of my fondest gaming memories are of toe-tapping to Yuzo Koshiro's sick beats as I co-oped through Sega's worthy Final Fight competitor. After the initial argument over who got to be Axel, you almost always had a jagged alliance with sneaky kidney hits and outright in-fights to the death if your bud taxed too many baseball bats / apples / money sacks. Personally, I saved my aggression for the 'bad ending' choice where one may betray their fellow vigilante cop for the crime boss throne instead.

This Day in Gaming 🎂

Aussie birthdays for notable games and hardware

- Streets of Rage (MD) 1991. Redux

- Street Fighter Alpha 2 (PS) 1996. Redux

- Tony Hawk's Skateboarding (PS) 1999. Redux

- No One Lives Forever 2 (PC) 2002. eBay

- Folklore (PS3) 2007. eBay

- Left 4 Dead (PC,X360) 2008. Get

- Doom 3: BFG Ed. (PC,PS3,X360) 2012. Redux

- Dance Central 3 (X360) 2012. eBay

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• Nintendo Switch
• PC
• Xbox
• PlayStation
• LEGO

Nice Savings for Nintendo Switch

• NBA 2K25 (-40%) - A$49
• Mario vs. Donkey Kong (-21%) - A$55
• Luigi's Mansion 2 HD (-19%) - A$64
• Mario Party Superstars (-19%) - A$65
• Trine: Ultimate Col. (-78%) - A$19.79

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• Paper Mario: Thousand-Year Door (-23%) - A$61.50
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Purchase Cheap for PC

• Logitech X 60 Lightspeed keyboard (-22%) - A$233
• HyperX Alloy Origins keyboard (-14%) - A$154
• Armored Core VI (-40%) - A$53.75
• Assassin's Creed Mirage (-50%) - A$39.97
• Spirit of the North (-90%) - A$2.89
• Civ VI (-90%) - A$8.99

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• Ready or Not (-30%) - A$52.50
• Dead Island 2 Del. (-55%) - A$44.07
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• Red Dead 2 (-66%) - A$30.94
• Metaphor: ReFantazio (-10%) - A$94.95

Or just get a Steam Wallet Card.

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Exciting Bargains for Xbox

• NBA 2K25 (-37%) - A$69
• Lords of the Fallen (-65%) - A$38
• Velocity Green controller (-38%) - A$59
• Persona 3 Reload (-34%) - A$73
• Sniper Elite 5 (-42%) - A$52.60

Expiring Deals

• WD_BLACK C50 1TB card (-33%) - A$200
• AC Creed Mirage (-51%) - A$39
• Turtle Beach Recon Cont. (-38%) - A$62.35
• Red Dead II (-40%) - A$29.95
• Immortals of Aveum (-67%) - A$37
• Battlefield 1 Revolution (-85%) - A$7.49

Or just invest in an Xbox Card.

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Pure Scores for PlayStation

• Astro Bot (-19%) - A$89 Speed Run update!
• Lords of the Fallen (-82%) - A$19
• Spider-Man Miles Morales (-59%) - A$39
• Spider-Man 2 (-17%) - A$104
• Need for Speed Unbound (-74%) - A$29
• God of War: Ragnarok (-15%) - A$106
• Returnal (-38%) - A$77.55

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• Doom [2016] (-80%) - A$4.99
• Epic Mickey: Rebrushed (-21%) - A$79
• Camo DualSense (-17%) - A$99
• Sonic X Shadow Gen (-14%) - A$69
• Dragon Age: The Veilguard (-19%) - A$89

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• Frozen: Elsa’s Ice Palace (-42%) - A$99
• Batman: Bat-pod (-42%) - A$69
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• The Mighty Bowser (-32%) - A$272

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• Sonic: Knuckles Shrine (-39%) - A$36.51

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Let's make this simple: You want to know if there are any post- or mid-credits scenes in Smile 2. The answer is no. Like the original, we cut to the credits on a big moment and writer/director Parker Finn lets that moment speak (and smile) for itself.

Writer-director Parker Finn's horror sequel Smile 2 sees the return of the shape-shifting demon from the 2022 film, back to haunt a whole new cast of characters. In our Smile 2 review, our critic gave the film a 7 out of 10. He called the film "a solid sequel that sicks the suicide-hex phantom on a pop star played – in a highly volatile, committed performance — by Aladdin’s Naomi Scott. Smile 2 doesn’t quite match its sadistically effective predecessor in the scare department, because once you’ve seen one phantom doppelganger grinning like the Cheshire Cat, you’ve seen them all. But the movie works as a nasty portrait of the downside of music-biz fame, and it builds to an ending deserving of every crooked smile it earns."

Starting on Friday, we'll have a full spoiler breakdown of the film's ending and more. So be sure to check back then!

Does Smile 2 Have a Post-Credits Scene?

As noted, there are no post-credits or mid-credits scenes in the film. Though the closing credits do find Cristobal Tapia de Veer’s terrific score going into a surreal, experimental place, overlaying music with sounds of screaming and agony, invoking the feeling that the movie’s events are bleeding into the music.

Are you excited for Smile 2? Vote in our poll and let’s discuss in the comments!

It seems Tom Holland is feeling pretty optimistic about Spider-Man 4 after reading a draft of the script, which he says still needs work but is otherwise "excellent" in a interview with the Rich Roll podcast.

“We have a creative and we have a pitch and a draft, which is excellent. It needs work, but the writers are doing a great job. I read it three weeks ago and it really lit a fire in me," Holland said. "Zendaya and I sat down and read it together and we at times were bouncing around the living room like this is a real movie worthy of the fans’ respect.”

Not everyone is the DIY type. If you're in the market for a prebuilt gaming PC, Dell is one of best brands we'd recommend. Alienware desktops and laptops feature solid build quality, top-of-the-line gaming performance, excellent cooling (further improved on the newer models), aggressive styling, and pricing that is very competitive with other pre-built options. Best of all, there are plenty of sales that happen throughout the year, so it's not difficult to grab one of these computers at considerably less than their retail price. This page includes all of the best deals that are currently available.

Dell and Alienware Coupons

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You can quickly browse through all of the listed products on sale above. See below for our favorite picks.

Alienware Aurora R16 RTX 4070 Super Gaming PC

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Good for 4K gaming

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Good for 1080p and 1440p gaming

Alienware m16 R2 16" Gaming Laptop

Dell is offering an Alienware m16 R2 16" RTX 4060 gaming laptop for only $1,299.99 after a $300 instant discount. The GeForce RTX 4060 is a very capable GPU, but if you're looking for something even more powerful, you can upgrade to an RTX 4070 for an extra $300. The "R2" is a second generation model that was released earlier this year; it's lighter and more compact than its predecessor without compromising on performance.

Alienware m18 R2 18" Gaming Laptop

The Alienware m18 is the biggest Alienware laptop you can buy with an imposing 18" 2560x1600 display and top-of-the-line components like an Intel Core i9-14900HX CPU and RTX 4090 GPU. The RTX 4090 is still the most powerful mobile GPU on the market, and by a very substantial margin. It's roughly equivalent to a desktop RTX 3090 GPU.

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32" Alienware AW3225QF 4K OLED Monitor

Dell is taking $200 off the new-for-2024 Alienware AW3225QF 32" 4K QD OLED gaming monitor, dropping the price to $999.99. This is one of the very few 4K OLED gaming monitors under 42" on the market, and at this price it's also the least expensive. If you're looking for the best gaming monitor for 2024, this should definitely be on your short list.

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Eric Song is the IGN commerce manager in charge of finding the best gaming and tech deals every day. When Eric isn't hunting for deals for other people at work, he's hunting for deals for himself during his free time.

Horizon: Zero Dawn was developed by Guerrilla Games, and its remaster is being worked on by them as well. But today, the remaster's co-developer Nixxes stepped into the spotlight on the PlayStation blog to highlight a number of improvements we'll see in the remaster, including the addition of lots of new NPCs.

The post breaks down a number of updates to the game, perhaps the most notable of which is that Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered will "significantly boost the number of non-player characters." This doesn't mean more quests or story, but it does mean that villages and camps will have more folks just wandering around, attending to their business. Brian van Nunen, senior technical game designer at Nixxes, offered more details and what I find to be a delightful example of this:

Building the game for PS5 allowed us to leverage the increased amount of memory available, enabling us to significantly boost the number of non-player characters," he said. "We added many more places for NPCs to stand, sit, work and fulfil their needs. We gave them more varied schedules to increase movement and liveliness in different areas. We also tried to make creative use of existing animations. For example, there is now a woman feeding geese at the well in Meridian, reusing an existing sowing animation. Additionally, on the bridge to Meridian, we’ve made significant strides in improving the atmosphere and sense of activity.

Let's hear it for feeding the geese!

More NPCs isn't the only change players will see. The blog also goes into detail about how foliage is being overhauled to be more dense, realistic, and closer to the original concept art. Terrain, too, is being updated, including snow and sand that actually moves as it's disturbed. This was a feature in the Frozen Wilds expansion, but in the remaster we'll see it elsewhere.

In addition to these improvements, Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered benefits from 10 additional hours of motion capture data for various characters, which Nixxes says will make conversations seem livelier and closer to those in Forbidden West. Mark Bazelmans, senior technical artist, has a really fascinating explanation for how all this data was incorporated into the massive game:

Horizon Zero Dawn has almost 300 conversations and well over 3100 dialog options, so we needed to find a way to easily integrate this huge number of updated animations into the conversations," he said. "We created a tool with Python to process the almost 2500 mocap files that Guerrilla provided to replace the original animation in the conversations, removing deprecated events and replacing those with the mocap and setup.

We then focused on creating a pipeline in Maya for our animators to easily load, edit and re-export the individual mocap files for any other edits that were needed, such as finger animation, art direction feedback and fixes. Animators could select the conversation and subsequent dialog option from a list which created the scene from scratch, or simply opened it if it already existed. Our tool referenced the characters and imported the dialogue audio, so the animators could time the movement better and create the camera cuts and layout. Later, we extended this pipeline to also include existing animations for both conversations and cinematics, as some of these also required edits. Our animators could then go into Guerrilla’s DECIMA engine and edit or change the updated conversation.

And there's more. The blog post goes over details to how lighting was improved, both world and cinematic, and how character models were updated to have more detail to hair, skin, and oufits. Aloy has peach fuzz, and apparently you can see it. And while before only Aloy would react to the environment and weather, now both her and her companions will react when it's too hot or cold.

If you're a sicko for fascinating, in-depth explanation of how game dev works, this blog goes into incredible detail about how some of this stuff works with quotes from a number of Nixxes developers. Here's the link again to read the whole thing.

Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered it out on October 31 for PS5 and PC.

Rebekah Valentine is a senior reporter for IGN. You can find her posting on BlueSky @duckvalentine.bsky.social. Got a story tip? Send it to rvalentine@ign.com.

The iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max are now available, and with the holiday season approaching, lots of people will be unboxing a new iPhone soon, if they haven't already. One of the most essential iPhone accessories, in our opinion, is a screen protector. Even though Apple devotes plenty of time into research to improve the quality and durability of its display glass a little more every generation, its touch screen isn’t bulletproof. It’s still incredibly easy to damage your iPhone by accident, but a screen protector can prevent any unwanted scratches, cracks, or damage to your display, keeping your iPhone in pristine condition. After years of crooked screen protectors, we are finally in an era with seamless screen protectors, as companies have adopted new installation methods. Below, we’ve outlined the best screen protectors for the iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max. Order a screen protector to keep your display safe before it’s too late.

Best Screen Protectors for iPhone 16 Pro and 16 Pro Max

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Best Overall

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Netflix has quietly acknowledged that last year's entertainment writer and actor strikes made an impact on the number of shows and films it was able to put out last year. But it's also promising that the slump in releases is almost over.

In today's Q3 earnings release, the shareholder letter from the company included the line, "Our 2024 programming has been patchier than normal due to last year’s strikes. But our volume has picked up again and we’re excited for what’s ahead."

Marvel is kicking off New York Comic Con (NYCC) 2024 with sneak peeks at upcoming Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) projects like The Fantastic Four: First Steps, Daredevil: Born Again, and Captain America: Brave New World.

Attendees at the New York-based convention have been greeted with artwork that features a number of important faces from the MCU. Some faces included in the image are Agatha Harkness, who is currently in the middle of gracing Disney+ audiences with her show, Agatha All Along, and a fiery Johnny Storm. However, it’s the keen-eyed fans who have noticed that the art comes with a first live-action look at The Fantastic Four’s Humanoid Experimental Robot B-Type Integrated Electronics a.k.a. H.E.R.B.I.E. and Harrison Ford’s Red Hulk. You can see all of this and more in the image below.

What makes a great gaming headset? It has to have immersive positional audio, have a quality microphone, be comfortable to wear, and generally sound good no matter what you’re listening to. The best gaming headsets deliver on these qualities, but they tend to split their focus across sound quality, fancy features, and the mic. Gaming headset designers generally don’t get the luxury of focusing on just one element, they have to do it all, and that’s where the Apos x Audio-Technica and ModMic bundle comes in.

What this bundle aims to deliver is a great pair of audiophile-tier headphones, a broadcast-worthy microphone, and the means to combine them into the Optimus Prime of gaming headsets. Picking these up as a bundle saves you some cash, but it doesn’t come cheap – the end result, however, is one of the best-sounding and most comfortable gaming headsets I’ve ever worn.

Apos x Audio-Technica R70X Refine + ModMic 2 – Design and Features

This is a different kind of review for us at IGN since we’re actually looking at several different products packaged as a bundle. At the core is the Apos x Audio-Technica R70X Refine, a customized version of the Audio-Technica R70X that features new grilles, ear cushions, a shorter cable, and a refreshed sound profile that fills out the bass. It’s worth noting that the original R70X is still a popular choice among audiophiles for its balanced but spacious sound and truly exceptional comfort.

The other half of the equation is the recently released ModMic x 2 series. You can choose to bundle the ModMic Uni 2 (which uses a 3.5mm connection), the ModMic USB 2, or the original ModMic Wireless (we expect a new version of this at some point, but this is still the “classic” ModMic Wireless). If you’re new to the ModMic, it’s essentially a standalone microphone that can attach to any pair of headphones with a clever magnetic clasp. With it, you can turn your favorite headphones into a full-fledged gaming headset and enjoy microphone quality well in excess of anything gaming headsets have been able to deliver. Or, if you have a headset you love and want to make better or repair, that’s a fitting use case too.

That was true at the time of the original ModMic’s release back in 2012. In the years since, the company has released several revisions to stay ahead of the curve. The ModMic Uni 2 and USB 2 are its latest releases and feature redesigned and improved microphones that offer noise canceling and a full-bodied sound that you would typically expect from a full-fledged, more expensive desktop mic.

The original Audio-Technica R70X was released in 2015 and was the company’s first-ever pair of open-back reference headphones. They were designed to deliver a neutral, highly detailed sound that mixing engineers could rely on. Its earcups are big and circular with wide-open grilles that allow sound to travel in and out. Sound bleed is an expected side-effect of this design, and you shouldn’t count on isolating yourself from any sound around you (or keeping anyone from hearing what you’re listening to), but they have the benefit of sounding wider and deeper than just about any gaming headset on the market.

I say “just about” because it would be impossible to test every gaming headset, but I’ve been reviewing them professionally since 2015 and can say that they’re better than any gaming headset I’ve ever heard. There may be a unicorn out there, but I doubt it because there’s no other gaming headset that shares the R70X’s design.

The Refine carries through everything I’ve described but the flat sound signature. While they’re not bass cannons, they’re designed to be more enjoyable for everyday listening. This set isn’t designed for the audio engineer grinding out their hours in the studio. It’s made for audio enthusiasts, gamers, and normal listeners who appreciate high quality audio. Apos didn’t skimp on specs, though. It still uses the same 45mm dynamic drivers and has the same extra-wide frequency response range of 5Hz to 40,000Hz.

Apos has made some other changes in addition to refining the R70X’s sound. The wide-back grilles now have a gold finish instead of black. The cable has been trimmed down to a more manageable six feet instead of nine like the original. And the ear cushions have also been reworked by Audio-Technica itself, and are now thicker to enhance their comfort over time, while still being wrapped in oh-so-comfy velour.

If sound quality is the leading feature of the R70X, comfort is a close second. Weighing in at only 210 grams, they’re surprisingly lightweight. The cushions are thickly padded but aren’t bulky and feel very nice on the skin; literally like pillows. The headband is milled out to reduce weight but isn’t adjustable like you might expect. Instead, it uses two cushioned “wings” that rest on either side of your head and adapt to its shape. Even over 3+ hour gaming sessions, there was no hotspotting or soreness whatsoever. The clamp force is just about perfect: the headphones stay in place well but don’t squeeze tightly enough to cause discomfort.

There’s a good amount of plastic in the frame to accomplish its airy design but the grilles and headband are metal and the yokes are reinforced to promote durability. Even still, I would take care not to drop them. They don’t feel fragile, but with its light mass, you can’t expect a lot of resilience if you’re careless.

The ModMic Uni 2 and USB 2 are very similar in their design and how they attach to the headphones. Both mics come as kits with their own branded carrying cases. Each uses a steel boom arm that’s meant to be bent to properly position next to your mouth. At the base of the arm, before it bends to a 90-degree angle and transitions to its six-foot cable, is a two-part magnetic clasp. One half attaches to the headphones. The other stays attached to the microphone. The magnets are strong, so when they’re next to each other they pull together and lock in place with interlocking teeth.

It’s cleverly designed – you can rotate the mic up and down by lightly pulling up from the base to move it out of the way. Since it’s just moving it on the base, there’s no flip-to-mute but both versions have an in-line mute button that you can easily access. You can also remove it entirely, leaving only the receiving half of the base attached to the side. A small baggie in the carrying case includes a second base so you can swap to another pair of headphones, as well as a replacement adhesive pad.

The microphones are unidirectional, which is a shift from last generation. The original Uni was also unidirectional but used a different capsule and the USB gave you the option between uni- and omnidirectional modes. Traditionally, omnidirectional microphones provide the best sound quality but carry the downside of capturing everything in a spherical radius around the mic. Unidirectional mics sound a bit more compressed but cancel out some of that external noise. With the Uni 2 and USB 2, Antlion claims to have cracked the code and has delivered the best of both worlds with microphone capsules that sound better than ever and block out more external noise than last generation.

If you’re thinking that this sounds like a mess of cables, you would be right. Instead of a single, unified cable like a normal gaming headset, you’ll have two. To help with this, Antlion provides a set of clips to hold them together as one. It’s not perfect but it does work. My secret hope is that Antlion releases some kind of thin sleeve to really bind them together and hide the slack between the clasps. Until then, slim general use sleeves like this one seem able to do the job, though I expect something official would both look and feel nicer to use.

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Apos x Audio-Technica R70X Refine + ModMic 2 – Performance

The R70X Refine, ModMic Uni 2, and ModMic USB 2, are all excellent in their own ways. The headphones are ridiculously comfortable. Genuinely, this is the most comfortable headset or pair of headphones I’ve tested and that’s saying something. I collect and enjoy headphones as a hobby and have sets that range from $300 to over $2,000. Not a single one is as comfortable as the R70X Refine.

Its light weight is only part of it. The suspension wing system looks strange at first but, unlike a normal headband that balances the entire weight of the headphones on the top of your head, this balances it on the sides. The springs allow it to find a balance with the grip force so they can rest with perfect distribution. The cushions are also so, so comfortable and are very breathable. They don’t isolate sound, but with such open-back earcups, isolation isn’t something these headphones are designed to offer anyway.

The soundstage and tuning make the Refine an ideal choice for gaming. It isn’t a pair of headphones that will blow you away by sounding artificially large. Instead, the soundstage offered is all about giving a natural sense of space to everything you’re listening to. Playing through Battlefield 2042, nothing sounded unrealistically close-in, even when shooting it out in tight hallways. Enemies around the corner sounded like they were actually around the corner out of sight. The reverberation of footsteps and call-outs sounded true to life as well.

In outdoor settings, there’s a realistic sense of air to the sound. Gunshots echoing in the distance are accurately distant and directional. Compared to a gaming headset like the Corsair Virtuoso Pro, which is also open back and delivers wide staging of its own, the R70X’s larger earcups make an immediately noticeable difference. Putting spaciousness into words is difficult, but if you imagine the sound of someone clapping in a living room and then someone clapping in a field, you’ll be on the right track. In the living room, you hear the walls. In the field, you hear the distance.

The tuning and clarity play a major role in the R70X Refine’s positional accuracy for competitive games. While there’s enough bass to give tanks and grenades a sense of impact and tactility, the fine-tuned middle and higher frequencies ensure that important audio cues, like enemy footsteps or a window breaking as someone makes their entrance, come through nicely and signal where they’re coming from.

For music, they’re fantastic. You can hear every little detail, from fingers on fretboards to the small breaths vocalists take between lines. Percussion is especially nice, as hi-hats sprinkle through the mix, and make sure it sounds lively. The soundstage is immersive, the details are rich, and the sound is crisp and exciting but full.

Genuinely, this is the most comfortable headset or pair of headphones I’ve tested and that’s saying something.

The ModMics are Antlion Audio’s best yet. Getting them installed was easy sinceyou only have to peel the adhesive and press the base onto the earcup. The cable clips are simple, which is good, because they’re necessary. I tried to go without and draping two long cables from your ears is a pain without them.

Both the ModMic Uni 2 and USB 2 offer impressively rich, full-bodied capture. The work Antlion Audio has done to improve the capsules is admirable. While the built-in mics on gaming headsets always seem to be improving, both ModMics lead the pack in their quality. They’re the closest you’ll find to a desktop mic in headset form you can find today.

They’re an especially good choice for streamers. Their full-bodied sound and clarity make them a viable alternative to standalone microphone setups. Professionals with full XLR setups probably won’t be tempted to switch, but if your desk is cluttered and you want to regain some space, you can simplify things back to a single headset without sacrificing too much on mic quality.

The new unidirectional capsule delivers the best of both worlds in terms of sound isolation and vocal quality. While omnidirectional still has a slight edge in naturalness to my ear, it’s small and the ModMic’s ability to minimize outside noise is definitely preferable. I would take the new capsule over the old omnidirectional mic any day of the week.

Between the two, the ModMic USB 2 offers the best quality. While they both sound great, the USB 2 benefits from having an onboard sound card and amplifier. You don’t need as much gain to achieve the same volume levels, which makes for a cleaner signal. Its built-in processor also removes your motherboard from the mix, so any interference or sub-par components won’t have a negative impact on the quality you can achieve. The Uni 2 may be fine if you have a nice gaming motherboard but the USB 2 will be good with just about anything.

The much-hyped streaming bundle that puts Disney+, Hulu, and Max all on one tab is now available. Now that Disney+ and Hulu have increased their prices, this is potentially the best streaming bundle deal on the market. At $16.99 a month for a subscription with ads (and $29.99 to go ad-free), this bundled trio saves up to 45% off the price of individually subscribing to each platform. Not that bad a deal for three of the best streaming services around.

We figured out how to sign up or switch over from existing subscriptions below. Note that you'll only be able to register or update your plan from a web browser, not in-app, and only directly through Disney+, Max, or Hulu, not a third-party like Roku or Apple or TV/internet provider.

For all of you Honkai Star Rail gamers, there's a custom PC case made just for you. Hyte has started shipping its custom themed Honkai Star Rail Silver Wolf Y70 Computer Case. The Early Bird bundle, which also includes matching fan guards and a cute little keychain, is currently available for $299.99. The vanilla Y70 normally runs for $220, so there's a $70 surcharge on this themed case, but that's a small price to pay if you're a Mihyo or Honkai Star Rail superfan.

Now Available: Hyte Y70 Honkai Star Rail Themed Case

Hyte is well-known and well-reviewed among PC case brands. In fact, the smaller Y60 model is actually one of our favorite cases of 2024. Its lineup of Y-series cases have absolutely blown up the PC modding scene, which helped kickstart the panoramic glass panel "fish tank" chassis that's currently in vogue.

Fortunately, the flashy design doesn't mean performance is compromised; the Y70 is Hyte's biggest case, and all that extra space allows for ample cooling potential. Because the case is so spacious, it can fit a total of 10 120mm or eight 140mm case fans (note that no fans are included). It's also both liquid-cooling and air-cooling friendly. For air cooled setups, the 180mm CPU height clearance fits pretty much every tower heatsink on the market, including oversized options like the Noctua D15, which we picked as the best CPU cooler. For water-cooled setups, there are mounting points to accommodate up to two 360mm radiators, as well as pump and reservoir mounts if you want to DIY an open-loop setup.

The Y70 employs a forced vertical mount for your graphics card (a PCI-e 4.0 riser is included). Fortunately, the case is big enough that video cards up to 142mm in length and as thick as four slots are compatible, which means even the Asus ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4090 GPU will fit in this case without any hassle.

Of course, what's really special about this case is the custom themed artwork. Honkai Star Rail's 5-star character Silver Wolf is professionally UV printed onto all three glass panels. These don't peel off like vinyl stickers and they're applied on the interior side of the panels, so they're less prone to scratching off. Matching purple and blue graphics adorn the top and side metal panels as well, and the ventilation slits are tastefully done. Even the case feet and PCI slot covers have been painted a matching purple. It all looks very premium and will be surefire hit for anime fans.

For even more of a "wow" factor, the Y70 also has an option to install a 14.5" 2.5K multi-touch display in lieu of the smallest tempered glass panel. Not surprisingly, it isn't included with this limited edition case, but at least you do have the option to retrofit it in at a not-so-inexpensive price of $199.

Check out all of our Honkai Star Rail content, from wikis and guides to banners and updates. If you've never played the game, maybe you should give it a try, so long as you're capable of playing gacha games responsibly. In our 9/10 "Amazing" Honkai Star Rail review, Jess Reyes writes "Honkai: Star Rail is the best free-to-play game of the year so far. Its stellar storytelling and satisfying progression systems offer dozens of hours of content that a HoYo newcomer can enjoy, even without paying for gacha items or having played Honkai Impact 3rd or Genshin Impact. Combat boasts layers of strategy for those willing to dig into details without barring more casual players from enjoying it. Its worldbuilding also expands outside of the main story into the side missions and interactable objects, making an already captivating world even more lively. It surpasses even Genshin in my mind, and I can see myself playing even months from now."

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We may take it for granted today, but imagine telling a younger version of yourself that one day there will be a magical app that will gather everything Disney, Pixar, Star Wars, Marvel, and National Geographic in one place you can watch whenever and wherever you want for a relatively low monthly price.

That is what Disney+ is thanks to all of the companies Disney owns, and it’s obviously one of the leading streaming platforms as it offers a wide collection of classics and original programming featuring some of the most beloved characters and stories ever told. However, there are so many streaming services out there and it can be tough to keep them all, no matter how much they claim to offer.

That being said, if you are considering signing up for Disney+ for the first time or feel the time is right to jump back into the vault as Scrooge McDuck would dive into his money bin, this guide will provide you with everything you need to know about the current Disney+ subscription plans, bundles, and more.

As of October 2024, Disney+ offers two main plans - Disney+ Basic and Disney+ Premium - and the main differences between the two are whether you get ads, if you are able to download content to watch on the go, and if you get Dolby Atmos. One thing you may not know, however, is that there are various Disney bundles that can get you multiple streaming services for a much lower price than you’d be able to get each individually. The newest streaming bundle includes Disney+, Max, and Hulu, but you can also bundle Disney+ with ESPN. You’ll be able to see all the options below, and we hope it helps make the decision of joining or not an even easier one!

Disney+ Plans and Prices (As of October 2024)

All Disney+ plans increased in price on October 17, 2024. The following information has been updated to reflect these changes.

Disney+ Basic - $9.99/month

• Steam Disney+ with ads
• No downloads
• Watch on four screens at once at no extra cost
• Over 300 titles in 4K UHD and HDR

This is the cheapest Disney+ option and is excellent for those who don’t mind watching a few ads and don’t feel the need to have movies and shows ready for those times when no Wi-Fi or cellular service is available. If you travel a ton or have kids and want to load up some episodes of Bluey or Spidey and His Amazing Friends on a tablet for a vacation, you may want to consider an upgrade to the premium plan.

It’s also important to note that, while Disney+ Basic does offer over 300 titles in 4K UHD and HDR, it does not offer Dolby Atmos like Disney+ Premium does.

Disney+ Premium - $15.99/month or $159.99/year

• Stream Disney+ with no ads
• Unlimited downloads on up to 10 devices
• Watch on four screens at once at no extra cost
• Over 300 titles in 4K UHD and HDR
• Dolby Atmos

There are only two tiers of Disney+ and this is the top one. With the increase in price, you get everything Disney+ Basic offers, but you also don’t have to sit through ads and can download as much as you want on up to 10 devices.

Another big benefit you get from upgrading to Disney+ Premium is the addition of Dolby Atmos, which is one of the leading surround sound technologies on the market. In addition to having sound enveloping your room, Dolby Atmos features spatial audio that allows creators to place sounds in specific places and fully immerse you in your favorite stories.

Disney+ Bundle Pricing

Disney Bundle Duo Basic - $10.99/month

• Disney+ with ads
• Hulu with ads
• No downloads
• Watch on four screens at once at no extra cost
• Over 300 titles in 4K UHD and HDR

This bundle is for those who want to watch everything Disney+ and Hulu have to offer, but don’t mind watching ads and don’t need to download content to their devices.

Disney Bundle Duo Premium - $19.99/month

• Disney+ with no ads
• Hulu with no ads
• Unlimited downloads on up to 10 devices
• Watch on four screens at once at no extra cost
• Over 300 titles in 4K UHD and HDR
• Dolby Atmos

This bundle is for those who want all the benefits of Disney+ Premium, including unlimited downloads on up to 10 devices, Dolby Atmos, and no ads, in addition to the full ad-free Hulu library.

Disney Bundle Trio Basic - $16.99/month

• Disney+ with ads
• Hulu with ads
• ESPN+ with ads
• No downloads

If ESPN+ is something you’d like to add to Hulu and Disney+, this bundle or the one below it are for you. For those unfamiliar, ESPN+ allows you to stream live sports from across the world, purchase UFC PPV events, and enjoy a ton of on-demand content including the entire 30 for 30 library, select ESPN films, game replays, and more. You also unlock exclusive fantasy sports tools and premium articles on ESPN.

Both of these Trio bundles get you the same content on ESPN, you just have to decide if you want ads on Disney+ and Hulu, if you want to download content, and if Dolby Atmos is worth it to you!

Disney Bundle Trio Premium - $26.99/month

• Disney+ with no ads
• Hulu with no ads
• ESPN+ with ads
• Unlimited downloads on up to 10 devices
• Watch on four screens at once at no extra cost
• Over 300 titles in 4K UHD and HDR
• Dolby Atmos

Legacy Disney Bundle - $21.99/month

• Disney+ with no ads
• Hulu with ads
• ESPN+ with ads
• No downloads
• This plan is no longer available for purchase but existing subscribers can keep it as long as they don’t cancel or change it

This plan is a legacy one that is only available to those who are already subscribed to it, meaning no new account can take advantage of it. If you are a member of this bundle, just know you can keep it as long as you want if you don’t cancel or change it!

Disney +, Hulu, and Max Bundle Pricing