Category: IGN

The September 2018 NPD results are in, and Marvel’s Spider-Man for the PlayStation 4 was the month’s best-selling game in the United States.

Though topping the month is impressive enough, NPD notes that it has quickly become the third best-selling game year-to-date across all platforms, behind fellow PS4 exclusive God of War at number two and Far Cry 5 at number one.

Spider-Man also netted the biggest launch month in dollar sales for any Playstation exclusive in history, and generated the highest dollar sales during its launch compared to any game this year, achieving launch sales that are 37 percent higher than the combined launch month sales of every other Spider-Man game released since the NPD began tracking game sales in 1995.

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When something comes along that as thoroughly exceeds my expectations in so many areas as Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales, it reminds me why I got into video games in the first place. Far, far from a mere single player afterthought slapped onto a multiplayer collectible card game, CD Projekt Red has given us a sweeping, complex, emotional story with memorable characters, excellent voice acting, and varied, exciting card battles all along the way.

I was most blown away by the writing. Set just before the Witcher RPG trilogy during the Second Nilfgaard War, you take on the role of the dauntless, dynamic, many-layered Queen Meve of Lyria and Rivia. Every step of her journey is complicated by an overwhelming enemy, abundant political intrigue, and the kind of gut-twisting, no-right-answer moral choices the Witcher series has become known for. Are you willing to sacrifice your personal honor to preserve your basic, human decency? Are you willing to do what’s best for your soldiers at the expense of a possibly instrumental alliance? This tale recognizes no distinction between good and evil – only tough, emotional, imperfect compromises that stuck with me hours after I’d made them.

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The first date and time for the Fallout 76 Beta is here – see how you can join the fun.

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When we look back at the last 10 years, we see continuing proof that the PC is the most diverse gaming platform ever created. Picking our top 25 best and most memorable experiences from that time was a huge challenge, but IGN’s panel of experts — including James Duggan, Chloi Rad, Miranda Sanchez, Tom Marks, and Dan Stapleton, and Brandin Tyrrel — have compiled a list that represents our collective thoughts on the decade’s highlights.

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Fallout 76 is just around the corner with a beta going live for a today, so we decided to take a look back at every review IGN has ever made for a Fallout game, all the way back to the very beginning.

Flip through the slideshow below (and you can use your arrow keys on desktop for faster browsing) to see all the post-apocalyptic scores we’ve given the series over the years:

For more Fallout, take a look out our complete interactive Fallout 76 map to get familiar with Appalachia ahead of launch. You can also find info on the timing of the beta here, and read Bethesda’s statement on how it knows there will be plenty of bugs that need to be squashed. You can also watch Gav’s unofficial preview below:

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Fallout 76 developer Bethesda Game Studios knows its upcoming beta is bound to have some bugs, and wants players to help find and give advice on issues they encounter while playing.

In a note to its fans, Bethesda was candid about Fallout 76 being a new endeavor for the company, being a “Fallout-Online-Survival-Game” with functionality Bethesda wasn’t used to implementing into its open-world games. With the Fallout 76 beta starting tomorrow on the Xbox One, the game’s journey from concept to completion still has some hurdles to cross.

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The recently released Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 has topped a survey of 2018’s most anticipated games for this holiday season.

The UBS survey reported on by Business Insider (via Statista) is based on the responses of 5,000+ consumers aged 18-44 in the US, UK, Germany, Japan and China. The survey’s results show a highly promising holiday season for the gaming industry.

Of those surveyed, 6% of respondents said they had already purchased or preordered Black Ops 4, with 34% saying they were likely to buy the game. Assassin’s Creed Odyssey reached second, with 4% purchased or preordered and 33% likely to buy, and Red Dead Redemption 2 snagging third with 5% preordered and 31% likely to buy.

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Nintendo Switch is kind of a big deal. We’ve had some great bundles in the past, like the Splatoon 2 bundle and the Mario Odyssey bundle with the red Joy-cons. Those are no longer being offered by Nintendo, but you can still pick them up from third-party sellers for a bit of a premium.

If you want your Nintendo Switch to stand out from the crowd, be it an exclusive dock and Joy-con color scheme, or just a bundle with extra goodies, Nintendo has been steadily dropping new bundles since its last Direct. Here are the upcoming Nintendo Switch bundles, some of which you can preorder and some which are available right now.

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