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Stranger Than Heaven's Combat Will Challenge You Like A Souls Game | IGN Preview
The Yakuza / Like a Dragon series has largely found its footing as an action-brawler, extending to the Judgment games and perhaps informing parts of the turn-based combat systems in its RPGs. Stranger Than Heaven, which has a direct lineage with the rest of those games, takes a much different turn...
Stranger Than Heaven's Combat Will Challenge You Like A Souls Game | IGN Preview
After playing Stranger Than Heaven, its clearly going for a slower, more calculated combat system that diverges from the Yakuza games. It's a bit rough, but has a lot of potential.
Bad Magpie Is a Creative and Chaotic Puzzle Adventure | IGN Preview
In about 16 minutes of hands-on time with Bad Magpie, I torched flowers, added even more chaos to the mess humans left behind with a sonic bird call, and thoroughly disgruntled some innocent mice. Bad Magpie is instantly charming, and from what I played, has great puzzles to go with its chaos.
IGN previews Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis
IGN has had the chance to go hands on with the reimagined Tomb Raider game, Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis, which was recently announced for the Nintendo Switch 2. The game admittedly looks gorgeous and features some impressive animation when Lara utilises her well-worn platforming and shooting...
Fable Let Me Choose Whether a Talking Pig Should Live or Become Lunch | IGN Preview
After a 30-minute demo of Fable's life-sim elements specifically, I'm pretty sold on its "game within a game," which was an important part of what made the original trilogy unique and special and is, thus, important for this Fable to get right.
Turok: Origins Aims to Prove That a Once-Beloved IP Can Never Go Extinct | IGN Preview
Look, dinosaurs are objectively cool. I don’t make the rules. When four-year-old me got a dinosaur cast, everyone was jealous. Why couldn’t they have a cool dinosaur-patterned arm, like me, the brave little girl who courageously tripped over playground equipment so ferociously my arm snapped in two...
Turok: Origins Aims to Prove That a Once-Beloved IP Can Never Go Extinct | IGN Preview
Turok: Origins introduces third-person and much more to this dinosaur shooter, but you'll still find the Cerebral Bore and classic first-person perspective.
Medieval: Chronicles Looks to Offer Deep Strategic Gameplay Along With Gruesome Up-Close Action Combat | IGN Preview
The original Chronicles: Medieval announcement trailer featured the voice work of actor Tom Hardy narrating the dramatic trailer, but that isn’t all the star power that developer Raw Power is looking to bring to bear. Grand Admiral Thrawn himself, Lars Mikkelsen, will be adding his voice to the...
Ace Combat 8 Is a Very Grounded Game Set in the Skies | IGN Preview
It starts with a helicopter fishing me out of the water with another survivor. The year is 2029: The Federation of Central Usea has been shattered by the Republic of Sotoa. My savior is the Endurance, a relic of an aircraft carrier still fighting the good fight even if victory no longer seems...
Ace Combat 8 Is a Very Grounded Game Set in the Skies | IGN Preview
We played Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve and found it to be visually stunning with appreciated gameplay improvements and a deep story we couldn't get enough of in our limited hands-on time so far.
The Mound: Omen of Cthulhu Brings Insanity Effects to its Lovecraftian Multiplayer Horror | IGN Preview
More and more folks seem to enjoy pitting themselves against the elder gods and other eldritch horrors these days, with releases like Saros and The Sinking City series all bringing some Lovecraftian mythos to your TV. Even the tabletop isn’t safe with the likes of the Arkham Horror card game...
The Mound: Omen of Cthulhu Brings Insanity Effects to its Lovecraftian Multiplayer Horror | IGN Preview
The Mound: Omen of Cthulhu is a cooperative pirate-era trek where keeping a hold of your sanity is only the start of your struggle. And after traipsing through the jungle and second-guessing reality a couple of times, I’m eager to get back in and discover what secrets there are to discover, even if...
Theos: Cities of Myth Is a Promising Ancient Greek City-Builder | IGN Preview
Theos: Cities of Myth is a charming indie city builder that had me laying out roads, providing housing, taking advantage of godly boons, and managing resources as concrete as food and as abstract as philosophy. I wasn't able to build a polis to rival the height of Athens just yet due to demo...
Warhammer 40,000 Boltgun 2 Takes the Ultraviolent ‘90s FPS to the Great Outdoors | IGN Preview
Warhammer 40K was always such a natural pairing with what has come to be called the "boomer shooter" – these crunchy, nostalgic celebrations of ‘90s mayhem that take notes from the likes of old-school Doom, Quake, and Rise of the Triad. The original Boltgun was one of those team-ups that seems so...
Warhammer 40,000 Boltgun 2 Takes the Ultraviolent ‘90s FPS to the Great Outdoors | IGN Preview
I've only played a couple hours of Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun 2, blasting through the 45-minute demo as both playable characters, but I've had a rousing time with it. Both characters feel different and exciting with punchy and satisfying weapons. The new level designs – particularly the icy one –...
Romestead Lets You Play the Supernatural Fall and Rise of Rome | IGN Preview
The fall of Ancient Rome has long been a fascinating period of human history to examine. But consider, for a moment, that instead of political infighting, the looming threat of invaders, and the slow decline of the population, what if a supernatural event befell the empire, resulting in zombies and...
Romestead Lets You Play the Supernatural Fall and Rise of Rome | IGN Preview
With Romestead, developer Beartwig's wild blend of Ancient Rome with souls-style exploration and cozy community builder has the makings of one of the most original genre mash-ups in some time.
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