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Watch Dogs and Splinter Cell development veteran Clint Hocking has described the experience of leading a large team within Ubisoft as like working while “flaming barrels [are] falling down from a construction site,” akin to a scene from the arcade game Donkey Kong. Hocking made the comment as part of […]

You can tell a single-player campaign is truly great when revisiting it sparks a similar joy as your very first run, even when you remember how it all plays out beat-by-beat. Pistol shots on scrambling Grunts, sticking Elites with plasma grenades, popping Flood like bubble wrap with an Assault Rifle; […]

Hasbro is really on a tear at this year’s Comic-Con. Not only did they just show off their first wave of The Legend of Zelda figures, now they’re unveiling a new line of Street Fighter figures based on the 2026 reboot movie. IGN can exclusively debut the first images of […]

Very few fighting games are as historically important as Virtua Fighter. Street Fighter, of course, is the genre’s proud papa. But Virtua fighter was the first 3D fighting game. It pushed tech forward in incredible ways, and it’s been a pillar of the genre since. It also doesn’t hurt that […]

Nintendo legend Shigeru Miyamoto has defended the company’s remakes, and said that newer versions of classic titles can lead to “future developments” — something that fans are keen to see for Star Fox and Zelda. While Nintendo remaking and re-releasing its classic games is absolutely nothing new, it’s fair to […]

Nintendo legend Shigeru Miyamoto has defended the company’s remakes, and said that newer versions of classic titles can lead to “future developments” — something that fans are keen to see for Star Fox and Zelda. While Nintendo remaking and re-releasing its classic games is absolutely nothing new, it’s fair to […]

While we’re all still reeling over the mismanagement of the recent Pokémon 30th Anniversary Celebration set preorders and 151 shambolic drops at The Pokémon Center, let us perhaps return some attention to the recent restocks that are happening at Amazon right now. Everything is still listed above MSRP, but the […]

While we’re all still reeling over the mismanagement of the recent Pokémon 30th Anniversary Celebration set preorders and 151 shambolic drops at The Pokémon Center, let us perhaps return some attention to the recent restocks that are happening at Amazon right now. Everything is still listed above MSRP, but the […]

Sony knew its decision to kill PlayStation 5 discs would spark outrage, and reportedly issued staff with the “strictest” social media guidelines to stop them from publicly commenting on the controversy. That’s according to God of War Laufey writer Alanah Pearce, who alleged in a new YouTube video that the […]