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In anticipation for the launch of Sea of Thieves, Microsoft is holding a global digital treasure hunt called The Quest, where participants have a chance to win one of four real UK Hallmarked 18-carat golden bananas. As revealed during the debut episode of Microsoft's new monthly streaming show Inside Xbox , London goldsmith Smith & Harris has crafted four golden bananas, each valued at £20,000 and modeled after the health item in Sea of Thieves. The Quest will begin on Monday, March 19 at 12:00am PT/3:00am ET/7:00am UK/6:00pm AET with the release of a riddle. There are a total of 15 riddles to solve, and on Wednesday, March 21 at 1:00pm PT/4:00pm ET/8:00pm UK (Thursday, March 22 at 7:00am AET) participants will have seven hours to submit their answers to the riddles . Continue reading…

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Buy the new Samsung Galaxy S9 for £640, get Nintendo Switch with Mario Rabbids and Legend of Zelda for £320, save £134 off DJI Spark drone.

Gamepads are fine for some games, but to truly experience a fighting game you need a fight stick. Here are some of the best.

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We're back with another Monster Hunter World Boot Camp! If you've got questions, hop into the Twitch live chat, because we probably have answers. Casey DeFreitas, our Monster Hunter World wiki lead, started this weekly stream to answer any questions you might have about Monster Hunter. It's a huge game with a lot of depth, and with more than 25-0 hours played, there's still even more to uncover. Today is Casey's last Monster Hunter Q&A live stream, and we'll start by checking out this week's Event Quests, including A Simple Task and A Flash in a Pan, before moving on to questions asked in the chat. Continue reading…

Hello internet! We are excited to announce IGN’s annual Code Foo for 2018! Every year, IGN runs a six-week paid internship for software engineers (must be eligible to work in the US) to start getting professional experience in the world of web development. The 2018 application goes live on March 12th, 2018 at Code Foo 2018 . Our goal is to not only give you a hands-on, mentored experience, but to set you up for success by helping you grow as a developer and allowing you to find what you’re interested in. You’ll have the opportunity to work on and explore a variety of products, from general web development, to API and CMS systems, video players, comments, and mobile apps. Continue reading…

I had the opportunity to sit down with Sledgehammer Games co-founder and former general manager Glen Schofield to talk about his journey with Call of Duty: WWII. It’s difficult for me to imagine that the frequency and consistency of an annualized franchise like Call of Duty (which is already moving right along to Black Ops 4) would leave any room for passion or a personal connection on the part of the developer. But as Glen conveyed during the interview below, the drama, tragedy, and historical nature of World War II has a way of evoking an emotional response. Call of Duty: WWII represents a return to the mechanical “boots on the ground” roots of the franchise with health pickups, a reliance on squadmates, and a distinct lack of exosuits. But equally important to Glen was telling a historically grounded and emotional story without sacrificing the scope and spectacle for which the franchise’s grandiose campaigns are known. So now I’ll leave you with the following video: please enjo...

Yesterday’s meeting between President Donald Trump , game industry executives, and anti-game-violence crusaders was nothing more than theater. Trump couldn’t possibly have expected anything to come out of it, except the appearance that he and Congress are doing something about the ongoing epidemic of school shootings while actually doing nothing at all. But if it was theater, why wasn’t the meeting televised, as the gun control meeting held late last month was? It may have been out of fear of Trump overreaching again: had the President been seen calling for government censorship of Constitutionally protected speech a short time after he’d called for skipping due process and taking people’s guns, we’d have seen him advocating trampling the First and Fifth Amendments in consecutive meetings. That’s not a good look. Continue reading…

If you've ever attended one of the PAX events, you know the Indie MegaBooth is the purest and rawest form of distilled PAX-ness on the floor. The 2018 Indie MegaBooth is no exception, with over 100 games from 93 developers shown off from April 5-8. The MegaBooth takes up over 7,000 square feet of the Boston Convention Center, with video games and tabletop games getting their moment in the sun. There's also the Indie MiniBooth to check out. Like the tabletop booth, the MiniBooth line-up rotates depending on which day you check it out. The 2017 PAX East Indie Megabooth had over 80 games, so this year's event is substantially larger. Continue reading…

My car was abandoned in the middle of the road somewhere behind me. I couldn’t go back for it even though I desperately wished I could. I had to bail out of it – while it was moving, mind you – because it was the dead of night and I didn’t see the Bloater standing in my path until he exploded on the front bumper, filling the cabin with noxious gas. I was left to limp up and around a mountain, as a straight-line path back to my community’s base just wasn’t possible. My health was critical. My stamina was exhausted because I hadn’t slept in two days and simply couldn’t run more than a few paces anymore. I figured my odds of surviving – and thus not losing valuable geocacher/masseuse Fulgencio Arellano permanently – were barely north of zero. Between my body, my mind, and my situation, I really was in a state of decay. Continue reading…

Ubisoft has shared its plans for The Division over the coming year with the game's 2018 road map . While some of this was covered after  the announcement of The Division 2 , Ubisoft has now released a full schedule, outlining the upcoming content and patches planned between now and September. Two years and 20 million players later, a number of global events have been planned to celebrate and the road map has given us an idea of when we can expect them to roll out. we'll also see 4K support for the Xbox One with April's 1.8.1 update. Continue reading…

Welcome to IGN's Daily Deals, your source for the best deals on the stuff you actually want to buy. If you buy something through this post, IGN may get a share of the sale. For more, read our Terms of Use . Like me on Facebook and follow me on Twitter  to get the latest deals. LEGO Star Wars 7,500-Piece Millennium Falcon Set for $799.99 Continue reading…

Sea of Thieves' final open beta kicks off today on Xbox One and PC, and will be the biggest version of the game that's been available before launch. Alongside the regular exploration and Gold Hoarders faction missions available in previous test versions, players will now be able to try out Merchant Alliance voyages and Skeleton Fort attacks. Executive producer, Joe Neate, shared details of the last beta before release , which you can download from the Store on Xbox One and PC if you'd like to dive in, although you'll need an Xbox Live Gold subscription to join the fun on console. Continue reading…

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PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds is the third highest selling game in Steam's history, says Valve's Gabe Newell. Newell briefly touched on the title during a press presentation about the new DOTA 2 card game, Artifact , yesterday. Talking about the investment Valve has made in hardware and technology, Newell said that there was a "big hole" left in the market after the release of DOTA 2 that PUBG stepped in to fill. "You can have a relatively new game like PUBG, and they can capitalise on all the other multiplayer games, and all of the technology, Continue reading…

Check out what Event Quests are available now and what rewards you can expect.

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The White House has published its 'violent video game' reel that President Trump shared at today's meeting with members of the video game industry and critics of the medium. According to The Washington Post, Trump showed the reel at the beginning of the meeting, and asked the group: "this is violent, isn't it?" The sizzle reel, shared on The White House's YouTube channel, features clips from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (predictably, its 'No Russian sequence), Wolfenstein, Dead by Daylight, Sniper Elite, and Fallout 4. Continue reading…

Take a dash of Hearthstone, add in-game quests, a morality system and a much-loved Xbox franchise and you have Fable Fortune.

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The bandicoot is coming back to Nintendo, as Nintendo confirmed Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy for the Nintendo Switch, PC, and Xbox One on July 10. The trilogy, which originally debuted exclusively on the PS4 on June 30, 2017 and IGN gave an 8.5 in our review , is a remade collection of the first three Crash Bandicoot platformers, which have never before been on non-PlayStation systems. The collection even gave way to DLC of a previously unreleased Crash level . Continue reading…

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Welcome back to Game Scoop!, IGN's weekly video game talk show. This week we're discussing Far Cry 5 arcade, Monster Hunter World, sex dolls, and more. Watch the video above or download the podcast below. Download Game Scoop! Episode 474 Or subscribe in iTunes and never miss an episode. Subscribe to the Game Scoop! YouTube channel and never miss a video.

Another games joins the growing list of titles we'll see at E3 this year, with many more rumored to appear.

Activision has officially announced Call of Duty 2018 is Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, the next entry in Treyarch's Call of Duty series. Black Ops 4 will be released for the PS4, Xbox One, and PC worldwide on Friday, Oct. 12. Those interested in actually seeing what's in store from the fourth entry in the Black Ops franchise can look forward to a community reveal on May 17. Black Ops 4's official logo Continue reading…

If you buy something through this post, IGN may get a share of the sale. For more, read our  Terms of Use . Chances are you're sitting in a chair right now , but is your chair purposefully built for sitting in front of a computer? If it isn't, Amazon has a sale right now, today ONLY, for your choice of several different styles and colors of cool racing-style chairs, including the one I personally own and use. Will you work faster just because you have a racing-style chair? Hard to tell. But you'll definitely feel faster. Amazon also has a couple meshback office chairs on special, which I personally recommend. Continue reading…

DOWNLOAD UNLOCKED 336 (Audio version) Inside returns with a mystery $375 collector's edition that we can't make sense of. Plus: our impressions from playing State of Decay 2, Battlefield V and Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 appear to both be real things, and more! Oh, and Unlocked now has its own snazzy new homepage! Bookmark this:  go.ign.com/unlocked And we've got our own YouTube channel too! Subscribe here:  youtube.com/ignunlocked Continue reading…

Massive Entertainment and Ubisoft have announced Tom Clancy's The Division 2. No real details of the game have been revealed, but we know the sequel will run on an updated version of the Snowdrop engine that powered the original Division two years ago, as well as Mario + Rabbids. As ever, several Ubisoft studios will support the lead developer - in this case Ubisoft Annecy, Redstorm, Reflections, Ubisoft Bucharest and Ubisoft Shanghai. On an official  Division stream today, Massive said that there would be no further details until E3 2018. The Division 2's logo. Continue reading…

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"This should not be an Olympic sport because it is not a sport," declared Shelly Horton on Channel 9's Weekend Today earlier this week. In the news ticker the title of the discussion said "Revenge of the Nerds?" in all caps. Peter Stefanovic put up a robust defense of competitive gaming, but it was moot. Shelly had a catchy way to dismiss the concept of esports as a sport. "You need a little bit of huffy puffy," she said. "The only thing moving are thumbs, that is not a sport." Should video games be an Olympic sport? Professional video gaming or "E-Sports" is already a $1.5 billion industry but it's predicted to grow by 50% in two years. What are your thoughts? #9Today pic.twitter.com/078r9I8DcM Continue reading…

There are few things quite as satisfying as the feeling of popping a ratman’s head like a grape with a giant war hammer. Or cutting that head clean off with an ax, or possibly unloading a full revolver clip into it, or just burning the whole thing to a crisp. The truth is, just about every one of the multitude of ways Warhammer Vermintide 2 gives you and your co-op team to kill your enemies is punchy, powerful, and a whole lot of fun. I’ve been playing the pre-order beta of Vermintide 2 for the last week, as well as the closed beta before that, and I’m already enjoying it a lot - though I’m left wondering how long its randomized loot progression and relatively straightforward level design will keep me engaged. I’ve only had access to a total of six missions, so there’s still a whole lot I’ll be trying out in the full game for our final review, but here’s what I think of it so far. Continue reading…

New details have emerged on the possible attendees of tomorrow's meeting at the White House between President Trump and members of the video game industry. According to The Washington Post , Trump has invited CEO of ZeniMax (Bethesda's parent company) Robert Altman, Chief Executive of Take Two Interactive (Rockstar and 2K's parent company) Strauss Zelnick, and Michael Gallagher, the leader of the Entertainment Software Association. Trump's brother Robert Trump serves on the board of directors for Zenimax, and Kotaku recently reported that he too was expected to attend. Continue reading…

New details on 3DS and Switch games Nintendo will broadcast a new Nintendo Direct presentation on Thursday, March 8, at 2 p.m. PT/5 p.m. ET, the company announced today on Twitter. from Polygon http://ift.tt/2oOZUyj via IFTTT

More love for Thracia 776 Nintendo have revealed the next wave of heroes that will become available in mobile-RPG Fire Emblem Heroes , and they've dug deep into the series long history to showcase some of its lesser-known warriors. You are logged out. Login | Sign up from destructoid http://ift.tt/2G1G1vq via IFTTT

Amazon announced this morning it will offer a low-cost version of its Prime membership program to qualifying recipients of Medicaid. The program will bring the cost of Prime down from the usual $10.99 per month to about half that, at $5.99 per month, while still offering the full range of Prime perks, including free, two-day shipping on millions of products, Prime Video, Prime Music, Prime Photos, Prime Reading, Prime Now, Audible Channels, and more. The new program is an expansion on Amazon’s discounted Prime service for customers on government assistance, launched in June 2017 . For the same price of $5.99 per month, Amazon offers Prime memberships to any U.S. customer with a valid EBT card – the card that’s used to disburse funds for assistance programs like Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), and Women, Infants, and Children Nutrition Program (WIC). Now that same benefit is arriving for recipients of Medicai...

Atomwise , which uses deep learning to shorten the process of discovering new drugs, has raised a $45 million Series A. The round was led by Monsanto Growth Ventures, Data Collective (DCVC) and B Capital Group. Baidu Ventures, Tencent and Dolby Family Ventures, which are all new investors in Atomwise, also participated, as well as returning investors Y Combinator, Khosla Ventures and DFJ. Featured Image: Atomwise from TechCrunch http://ift.tt/2tnrNT4 via IFTTT

After bringing its pared-down Android app Messenger Lite to mature markets like the US and UK last autumn, Facebook is expanding its features to ramp up engagement. Today, the company announced that it is adding video chat into the mix. from TechCrunch http://ift.tt/2toUgYv via IFTTT

Highlights will include a reboot of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and a remake of preschool classic Blue's Clues , plus Keep it Spotless , a new competition series executive produced by WWE star Jon Cena which sees real kids competing in a variety of physical and paint-filled challenges while trying to stay as clean as possible. The network has also renewed Lip Sync Battle Shorties for a new 10-episode cycle, and has commissioned Los Casagrandes as a companion series to its current success story The Loud House , in a bid to bring more diversity to the network. from Joystiq http://ift.tt/2FlcBap via IFTTT

Nickelodeon has announced an explosion of content for the 2018-2019 season in a bid to keep easily-distracted kids watching the network. More than 800 brand new episodes of new and returning series will hit its screens -- a 20 percent increase compar... from Engadget RSS Feed http://ift.tt/2FlcBap via IFTTT

Facebook’s Messenger Lite app for Android is getting video chat , adding the final feature the slimmed-down app needed to become a truly viable replacement for the full-featured Messenger. from The Verge http://ift.tt/2FuoI8F via IFTTT

Where do savvy developers, hackers, tech builders and makers go to test their mettle and push the very limits of their creativity and endurance? To a Hackathon, where else? We’re psyched to announce that the next TechCrunch Hackathon takes place at VivaTech on May 25-26 at the Paris Expo Porte de Versailles. It’s a perfect match in the City of Love as thousands of founders, business leaders, investors, academics, students and media arrive to see what the future of technology has in store. from TechCrunch http://ift.tt/2oPRQO6 via IFTTT

Stunlock Studio’s “team arena brawler” has done Battlerite by me. I’ve been dipping back into it with the release of every new champion, and each time I say to myself “ah yeah, this is the update that’s going to get me properly get back into this”. You know what though? I think this is the update that’s going to get me properly back into this. from Rock, Paper, Shotgun http://ift.tt/2Fp7O8d via IFTTT

It seems that everyone agrees that meetings are a time suck. There have been many attempts to use technology to make it easier to organize and run them, but  Voicera , a Bay area startup, is attacking the problem from a different angle. It wants to make it simpler to record meetings and pull out action items automatically using artificial intelligence. Today, it announced a $20 million Series A from a mix of venture capital firms and big-time enterprise investors. Featured Image: Hero Images/Getty Images from TechCrunch http://ift.tt/2G3o67F via IFTTT

Microsoft isn't the only one making video chat more accessible in its messaging app. Facebook is rolling out an update to Messenger Lite for Android that brings video chats to those with lower-end phones or dodgy internet connections. You can have th... from Engadget RSS Feed http://ift.tt/2FjUjdU via IFTTT

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As with Microsoft's Skype optimization just days earlier, there's a clear reason for Facebook to make video chat as widely available as possible: maximizing its audience. Nearly half of Android users using Google Play are running wholly obsolete versions of Android (Android 5 and earlier), and thus older phones. If Facebook wants more users to try video chat, it needs to loosen the requirements so that more people can give the feature a try. from Joystiq http://ift.tt/2FjUjdU via IFTTT