Larian Studios has revealed that Baldur’s Gate 3 will officially leave early access and be released in 2023.
Larian shared the news during 2022’s D&D Direct in a dev diary that was focused on “the journey so far.” While it features some glimpses of the game, a tiefling cosplay, and a doctor who may or may not be a doctor, the big news from the video was the confirmation that Baldur’s Gate 3 will not make it out of early access in 2022 and will instead officially be released in 2023.
“By the Nine Hells, we’ve added a lot of great stuff already, and there’s more where that came from,” Larian said. “So, join us in early access on our journey to Baldur’s Gate 3, or come along in 2023 when the game releases.”
The Early Access version of Baldur’s Gate 3 was released in October 2020 and featured a wealth of content. In our Baldur’s Gate 3 Early Access review, we said that it “already has exciting turn-based combat and some genuine storytelling greatness, but it might be worth waiting to enjoy the full thing with fresh eyes.”
343 Industries has revealed its planned 2022 roadmap for Halo Infinite, and it includes a late August release window for the long-awaited campaign network co-op.
All the details were revealed by Halo Infinite’s head of creative Joseph Staten on Halo Waypoint, and while they are subject to change, they give a good picture as to what Halo Infinite fans can expect for the rest of the year. 343 also notes that the timeframe will “expand as we announce longer-term initiatives” and that the “roadmap is an evolving document.”
The roadmap begins by focusing on Season 2 “Lone Wolves”, which will run from May 3 to November 7. We already knew that Season 2 would launch with a new 100 tier Battle Pass, two new maps in Catalyst (Arena) and Breaker (BTB) and three new game modes in King of the Hill, Land Grab, and Last Spartan Standing.
What was made a bit clearer were some of the events and new features that will take arrive during the course of Lone Wolves. These include campaign network co-op in late August and the Forge Open Beta in September. These release windows are targets and may change, but it does put the progress of their development into clearer view.
As for Forge, 343 decided to forgo a “large scale formal flighting program and go right into open beta.” Once it is launched, it will not go away and will continue to evolve and grow over time.
Season 2 will also feature a new Fracture mode in Entrenched – with its first week starting on May 24 – and two narrative events in Interference from May 3 – May 16 and Alpha Pack from July 19 – August 1. These “multiplayer narrative events” will “place your Spartan in the center of an evolving Seasonal storyline.”
343 also gave a brief look at what fans can expect from the currently untitled Season 3 that will begin on November 8. It will bring with it a new Battle Pass, maps, modes, sandbox items, narrative events, fracture event, and campaign splitscreen co-op.
The lack of consistent content was also addressed, with 343 saying it is very aware it needs to do more, but it won’t do so at the cost of its team’s health.
“We know we need to deliver more content and more features more quickly,” 343 wrote. “Staying true to [a] priority zero [of team health] means that sometimes we need to slow down in order to stay healthy and move faster later. But we’re also aggressively looking at ways to accelerate.”
In closing, 343 shared it would be releasing “Drop Pods” of quality of life fixes as they are ready – most likely once per month – and that it will be doing a deep dive into more about Season 2 and the roadmap on April 27 at 1pm PT/4pm ET/9pm BST.
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Sony’s new-look PlayStation Plus hasn’t yet launched, but PlayStation fans may be getting a beloved cult classic as part of the membership.
Spotted by Gematsu, the Game Rating and Administration Committee of Korea issued ratings to four Syphon Filter games for both the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5. The games include the original Syphon Filter, Syphon Filter 2, Syphon Filter: Dark Mirror, and Syphon Filter: Logan’s Shadow.
This will likely be great news for fans of the third-person shooter that’s become synonymous with the PlayStation brand. Unfortunately, not all the Syphon Filter games were rated by the committee. Syphon Filter 3 and Syphon Filter: The Omega Strain were not included, so it’s unknown if they will be listed in PlayStation Plus as well.
Sony recently revealed its update to PlayStation Plus which puts it closer to Xbox Game Pass. If the Syphon Filter series is indeed on this new PS Plus – as these ratings are no guarantee – it will likely be under the “Premium” tier which adds PS1, PS2, and PS3 (via streaming), and PSP games to the offerings. It looks like nostalgia is going to cost you.
The upside to this is that you’ll likely be able to download Syphon Filter games to your PS4/PS5. Siphon Filter was never released on the PS3 and thus doesn’t suffer the technical issues that prevent Sony from emulating PS3 games on the PS4/PS5.
Sony finally revealed the release dates for its all-new PlayStation Plus earlier today, April 22. The rollout begins with the Asian markets (sans Japan) on May 23, Japan on June 1, the Americas on June 13, and finally Europe on June 22. Existing PlayStation Plus subscribers will be grandfathered in at the “Essential” tier while those who want the top Premium tier will need to shell out $17.99/month.
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Though football may not be at the forefront of the minds of sports gamers just yet, Madden season comes up quickly. For some players, it never even ends, as league players and MUT diehards team-build all year long. But for many players, Madden season officially kicks off when the annual cover star has been revealed.
We can expect Electronic arts to announce the Madden 23 cover star in June if past timelines are any indication. But that means, until then, we get to speculate. Every year, the athlete earning the distinction of being the Madden cover star invites debate, superstition, and excitement from different pockets of fans. With that in mind, we’ve put together a list of who we think may grace the cover of Madden NFL 23. Who do you think will be on the cover this year?
Welcome back to IGN Game Scoop!, the ONLY video game podcast! This week your Omega Cops — Daemon Hatfield, Sam Claiborn, Justin Davis, and Colin Stevens — are discussing Elden Ring, Unpacking, a Sega Genesis FPS, Sonic Origins, and more. And, of course, they play Video Game 20 Questions.
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Techland has announced that Dying Light 2 officially sold over 5 million units in its first month. Furthermore, it was also revealed that the original Dying Light has crossed 20 million units since it was released in 2016.
The news was shared in a press release and Techland also confirmed that the sales of Dying Light 2 are “significantly growing each month,” although it gave no other details as to how much. It did tease, however, that it will be debuting new content for Dying Light 2 alongside some “highly requested features” next week.
“The success of the Dying Light franchise is a great example of the unforgettable experiences we create for our players,” Techland’s CEO Paweł Marchewka said.
In our Dying Light 2 review, we said that it is “is an ambitious zombie action-adventure that’s packed with top-notch parkour, an awesome open world, and every painful bug in the book.”
If you are one of the 5 million who have already picked up Dying Light 2 or plan on doing so in the near future, be sure to check out our Dying Light 2 Wiki to help you survive this particular zombie apocalypse.
The dreaded Joy-Con drift issue has plagued Nintendo Switch since its release back in 2017. However, it looks like the situation’s effects go beyond the gamer. The repair center that handled Joy-Con fixes was reportedly constantly overwhelmed and was prone to making mistakes.
According to Kotaku, Joy-Con repairs were reportedly not handled by Nintendo themselves, but rather by another company called United Radio. A former supervisor says that the volume of Joy-Cons coming into the shop reached up to thousands every week and was a very stressful experience, which ultimately lead to high turnover and lots of repair mistakes.
“We ended up having to set up an entire new workspace just for Joy-Con repair,” the former supervisor told Kotaku.
While Nintendo sent brand new Joy-Cons as new replacements for customers at first from 2017 to 2018, eventually the employees at United Radio had to repair every set of Joy-Cons. Reportedly, the shop’s metrics required it to repair 90% of incoming Joy-Cons within four days, whether or not new workers were coming.
As a result of the high turnover rate, there was a lack of senior expertise at United Radio which caused frequent mistakes in Nintendo Switch repairs. In one instance, a Nintendo customer received a repaired Switch, but it had a completely different person’s account and save data.
Nintendo has faced legal troubles surrounding Joy-Con drift. This Joy-Con situation also isn’t the only controversy Nintendo is going through right now either. Recently, a former employee has accused the company of firing them for unionization activities.
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The Agent of the Nine himself, Xûr, is now live in Destiny 2 for the weekend until next week’s reset. If you’re looking to get your some shiny new Exotic armor or weapons for your Guardian, look no further.
Each week, Xûr has a random assortment of Exotic armor, one for each Guardian class, as well as a random Exotic Weapon and an Exotic Engram available for purchase. In addition to his Exotic wares, he’s got a random collection of Legendary weapons and armor to deck out your Guardians.
We’ve rounded up all the info on Xûr for the week including where to find Xûr, which Exotic weapons and armor are available, as well as which Legendary weapons you should pick up, either for PvE or PvP.
Where Is Xûr Today?
Xûr’s location can be found at Winding Cove in the EDZ on April 22 through April 26. To reach him, travel to the landing point at Winding Cove. When you arrive, make for the rock cliffs at the far end of the cove and look for a cave winding up to a platform next to some Fallen. There you’ll find the freakish salesman we all adore.
What Is Xûr Selling Today?
Let’s dive right in!
Xûr’s Exotic Offerings this weekend.
Exotic Engram
Prometheus Lens – Exotic Trace Rifle
The Bombardiers – Exotic Hunter Leg Armor
10 Mobility
2 Resilience
16 Recovery
2 Discipline
19 Intellect
9 Strength
Total: 58
Armamentarium – Exotic Titan Gauntlets
8 Mobility
8 Resilience
17 Recovery
15 Discipline
10 Intellect
7 Strength
Total: 65
Getaway Artist – Exotic Warlock Gauntlets
7 Mobility
20 Resilience
7 Recovery
11 Discipline
10 Intellect
9 Strength
Total: 64
The highlight here is the Armamentarium roll, which has the highest has some great stats for Recovery and Discipline, and more importantly, low stats for the stuff Titans usually don’t care too much about. The Getaway Artist roll for Warlocks is also hard to complain about.
Exotic Weapons
Each week Xûr sells Hawkmoon & Dead Man’s Tale.
Hawkmoon – Exotic Hand Cannon
Paracausal Shot
Chambered Compensator
Alloy Magazine
Quickdraw
Textured Grip
Dead Man’s Tale – Exotic Scout Rifle
Cranial Spike
Fluted Barrel
Flared Magwell
Fourth Time’s The Charm
Fitted Stock
Hawkmoon and Dead Man’s Tale are both great weapons, but his rolls this week are pretty meh.
Legendary Weapons
Xûr’s Legendary Weapon offerings this weekend.
Seventh Seraph SI-2 – Sidearm
Corkscrew Rifling/Hammer-Forged Rifling
Accurized Rounds/Flared Magwell
Full Auto Trigger System
Zen Moment
Range Masterwork
Temptation’s Hook – Sword
Hungry Edge/Jagged Edge/Tempered Edge
Balanced Guard/Heavy Guard
Relentless Strikes
Vorpal Weapon
Impact Masterwork
Ikelos_SMG_V1.0.2 – Submachine Gun
Chambered Compensator/Polygonal Rifling
Tactical Mag/Alloy Magazine
Dynamic Sway Reduction
Tap The Trigger
Handling Masterwork
Deafening Whisper – Grenade Launcher
Confined Launch/Quick Launch
High-Velocity Rounds/Implosion Rounds
Underdog
Auto-Loading Holster
Blast Radius Masterwork
Frozen Orbit – Sniper Rifle
Extended Barrel/Fluted Barrel
Accurized Rounds/Tactical Mag
Genesis
Vorpal Weapon
Range Masterwork
Iota Draconis – Fusion Rifle
Arrowhead Brake/Hammer-Forged Rifling
Ionized Battery/Projection Fuse
Under Pressure
High-Impact Reserves
Charge Time Masterwork
Wolftone Draw – Combat Bow
Tactical String/Natural String
Carbon Arrow Shaft/Fiberglass Arrow Shaft
Threat Detector
Harmony
Charge Time/Draw Time Masterwork
Honestly…Xur doesn’t have any rolls I’m in love with this week! The Wolftone Draw is a great bow and Iota Draconis is a pretty uncommon item for him to offer, but mostly the rolls this week don’t have anything amazing. Unless you need one of these for your collection, I’d say skip weapons this week. My buddy Ebontis says the SMG could be good, but I don’t believe him.
Warlock Legendary Armor
For Warlocks, Xûr is selling the Lightkin set which includes:
Xûr’s Legendary Armor for Warlocks this week.
Lightkin Gauntlets
2 Mobility
14 Resilience
14 Recovery
14 Discipline
8 Intellect
6 Strength
Total: 58
Lightkin Chest Armor
20 Mobility
2 Resilience
6 Recovery
11 Discipline
14 Intellect
2 Strength
Total: 55
Lightkin Helmet
2 Mobility
7 Resilience
19 Recovery
2 Discipline
21 Intellect
6 Strength
Total: 57
Lightkin Leg Armor
6 Mobility
20 Resilience
6 Recovery
11 Discipline
2 Intellect
17 Strength
Total: 62
Lightkin Bond
Boo, Xur. Booooo! Warlocks didn’t get much this week. The boots are the only sem-desirable item and even then they’re nothing to write home about.
Titan Legendary Armor
For Titans, Xûr is selling the Lightkin set which includes:
Xûr’s Legendary Armor for Titans this week.
Lightkin Gauntlets
13 Mobility
12 Resilience
2 Recovery
2 Discipline
7 Intellect
20 Strength
Total: 56
Lightkin Chest Armor
19 Mobility
6 Resilience
2 Recovery
2 Discipline
14 Intellect
12 Strength
Total: 55
Lightkin Helmet
12 Mobility
16 Resilience
6 Recovery
11 Discipline
2 Intellect
15 Strength
Total: 62
Lightkin Leg Armor
6 Mobility
24 Resilience
2 Recovery
12 Discipline
17 Intellect
2 Strength
Total: 63
Lightkin Mark
Similar to Warlocks, there isn’t a lot to love with Titans this week. The boots are definitely the most viable. The helmet is high stat (though I’d say in the wrong areas, unfortunately). Grab the boots if you need them and leave the rest to the wolves.
Hunter Legendary Armor
For Hunters, Xûr is selling the Lightkin set which includes:
Xûr’s Legendary Armor for Hunters this week.
Lightkin Gauntlets
11 Mobility
9 Resilience
10 Recovery
12 Discipline
13 Intellect
6 Strength
Total: 61
Lightkin Chest Armor
11 Mobility
2 Resilience
18 Recovery
6 Discipline
7 Intellect
14 Strength
Total: 58
Lightkin Helmet
2 Mobility
22 Resilience
6 Recovery
2 Discipline
13 Intellect
13 Strength
Total: 58
Lightkin Leg Armor
14 Mobility
7 Resilience
9 Recovery
7 Discipline
12 Intellect
7 Strength
Total: 56
Lightkin Cloak
Aaaaand, Hunters got totally skunked this week (womp womp). Stay far away from this low-stat armor, folks!
That’s a wrap on Xûr for this week, Guardians! Hope you’re all enjoying your adventures in the Witch Queen‘s throne world. How about that absolutely enormous TWAB yesterday? Any thoughts? Let me know in the comments.
Sony has revealed the targeted release dates for its all-new version of PlayStation Plus, and those in the Americas are set to be able to start using the new service on June 13, 2022.
As detailed on PlayStation.Blog, Asia markets (excluding Japan) will be the first to get the new service as it is currently targeting May 23, 2022. Japan will be next on June 1, followed by the Americas on June 13, and then finally Europe on June 22.
Sony Interactive Entertainment president and CEO also revealed that PlayStation would be expanding its cloud streaming access to Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Republic of Cyprus, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia. These markets will also offer the Premium tier of PlayStation Plus at launch.
This all-new version of PlayStation Plus will bring together both PS Plus and PS Now into a three-tier subscription service and it will include up to 700 games and access to retro games at its highest Premium tier.
The first tier is PlayStation Plus Essential and it provides all the same benefits that the current iteration of PlayStation Plus offers at the same price of $9.99/month. PlayStation Plus Extra is the next step up at $14.99/month and that adds a catalog of up to 400 of “the most enjoyable PS4 and PS5 games.”
New PlayStation Plus: Confirmed Games So Far
The PlayStation Plus Premium tier is the highest option and will cost $17.99/month. In addition to all the previous benefits, it will also add up to 340 games from PS1, PS2, PS3 (via cloud streaming), and PSP. This tier will also offer time-limited game trials.
The Gayming Awards are back for the second time in 2022 to celebrate LGBTQ+ video gaming and queer geek culture and honor the video games, tabletop games, comic books, and esports players that best championed diversity and inclusivity globally in 2022.
IGN will be hosting the Gayming Awards 2022 livestream, and this watch guide will provide you with everything you need to watch the show, including when it starts, where you can watch it with us, and what you can expect to see from the award show.
Gayming Awards 2022 Date and Start Time
The Gayming Awards 2022 will stream live from the Troxy Theater in London on Monday, April 25, 2022, at 11:45am PT/2:45pm ET/7:45pm BST. If you live in Australia, that translates to Tuesday, April 25, at 4:45am AEST. The show will last roughly 90 minutes.
There will also be a pre-show performance of “nerdy drag from the famous Cybil’s House, featuring Cybil War, Aubrey Wodonga, RhyssPieces, Lolo Brow and Shardeazy Afrodesiak” that will begin at 11am PT/2pm ET/7pm BST. In AEST, that’s 4am.
How to Watch the Gayming Awards 2022
IGN plans to carry the Gayming Awards 2022 stream, which means we’ll have it available on a variety of platforms. Here’s the full list of places you can watch the event with us;
What to Expect at the Gayming Awards 2022
The Gayming Awards 2022 has a mission to “celebrate diversity and inclusivity globally within games and interactive media,” and it looks to do so by honoring video games, tabletop games, comic books, and esports players through 11 categories, two of which – Streamer of the Year and Gayming Magazine Readers’ Award – can be voted on by the public.
There will also be an exclusive pre-show performance of “nerdy drag from the famous Cybil’s House, featuring Cybil War, Aubrey Wodonga, RhyssPieces, Lolo Brow and Shardeazy Afrodesiak.”
If you happen to live in London or can be there on April 25, tickets are still available to attend the show. Doors open at 6pm BST and the pre-show starts at 7pm BST before the main event kicks off at 7:45pm BST. 20% of all tickets sales will go to the It Gets Better Project to suport its mission to uplit, empower, and connect LGBTQ+ youth around the globe.
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