Mafia 3 developer Hangar 13 has hired a key member of the Horizon: Zero Dawn team for its next project.

Horizon: Zero Dawn's lead quest designer David Ford recently announced on Twitter he's joined Hangar 13 as a design director. Additionally, Guerrilla Games' senior producer Mark Norris also joined the studio earlier this year.

"Well now that I’m all settled in it’s announcement time: As of today I’m no longer at Guerrilla Games and am now working at Hangar 13 as a Design Director. I loved my time in Amsterdam but I’m excited for the new chapter ahead," Ford wrote.

Hangar 13 hired Deus Ex: Human Revolution lead programmer Simon Hamelin as a tech director and Raven Software's Jon Graham as a VFX lead to work on the mystery game as well.

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Though Massive Entertainment and Ubisoft’s Avatar game is a ways off from being released, the Ubisoft studio has been working with James Cameron and the team behind the film franchise to create a version of Pandora players can explore and discover.

Speaking to IGN about the studio’s history and future plans, Massive Managing Director David Polfeldt explained the project allows Massive to fulfill a dream Cameron had for the Avatar films.

“What Cameron said is that everyone who walks out of Avatar the movie, and it'll be this thing with the next

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Welcome back to Game Scoop!, IGN's weekly video game talk show. For the last episode of the year we're discussing some holiday gaming memories and picking the best games of the last 10 years. Watch the video above or download the podcast below.

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Full SPOILERS follow for Star Wars: The Last Jedi!

Vice Admiral Holdo (Laura Dern) proved that hyperspace can be a powerful weapon against the First Order in Star Wars: The Last Jedi.

While her daring tactics were admirable, it does make one wonder why this maneuver isn't used more often.

No matter how you look at it, hyperspace is a strange phenomenon within the Star War universe that we know very little about. Even seasoned space travelers, like Han Solo, said, "Traveling through Hyperspace ain't like dusting crops," or Captain Micha Evon who refers to it as "a mystery more profound than gods and demons."

Below are some examples of the various ways hyperspace has significantly impacted that galaxy far, far away.

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Welcome to Best. Game. Ever., our new video series where we ask entertainers, athletes, comedians, and creators to weigh in on their all-time favorite video games. From Mario to Master Chief, 8-bit to 4K, we're celebrating the best games ever, and in our debut episode, we're taking a look at the classics.

In Episode 1, we ask Michele Morrow, Nolan North, Jimmy Wong, and several other celebrities to share what their favorite classic games are, covering everything from Super Mario Bros. to The Legend of Zelda and Tetris. Watch the first episode in the player above, and find out if your favorite retro titles get a mention.

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More than 38 million people have played Rocket League across PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch, developer Psyonix announced today.

Rocket League hit 25 million registered players this past January, and surpassed 30 million in April. Partly buoyed by Rocket League's Nintendo Switch release, the vehicular sports game has gained eight million players in the past eight months.

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Cuphead has sold over two million copies across Xbox One and PC, Studio MDHR announced today.

"Even in our wildest dreams, we never thought our crazy little characters would be embraced by this many fans from around the world and we are continuously humbled by your support," wrote Studio MDHR co-founder Chad Moldenhauer in the announcement.

In October, just two weeks after Cuphead was released, the studio announced the hand-drawn, boss-focused action game had passed one million units sold. A patch for Cuphead was released earlier this month, featuring gameplay balance adjustments, bug fixes, and the removal of some exploits.

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Magic Leap has unveiled the "Creator Edition" of its new augmented reality goggles, dubbed Magic Leap One.

According to Magic Leap's official website, the "Lightwear" mixed-reality goggles, which will be released sometime in early 2018 for creators, come with a controller that has haptic feedback and force control, as well as a processing unit called the "Lightpack."

Magic Leap One (L-R: Lightpack processing unit, Lightwear goggles, Control unit) via Magic Leap

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Thaos co-creator Jim Starlin has announced he's "moving on" from Marvel Comics after a dispute with the company.

In a post on Facebook, Starlin explained that, despite lobbying to write the Thanos on-going, Marvel Comics wasn't interested in him working on "any of the tie-in series to the movies or regular series," and ended up approving a plot for the on-going that is very similar to the one for his planned graphic novel trilogy.

"What I objected to and what will be keep me from doing any further work for Marvel Editorial was

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A new Xbox One X patch for The Witcher 3 is now out and adds two new graphical modes to the game.

As detailed on a recent blog post by CD Projekt RED, patch 1.60 includes a number of graphical improvements and tweaks across 4K mode and performance mode. The 4K mode locks The Witcher 3 at a 4K resolution with a stable 30 fps. Meanwhile, performance mode targets 60 fps while scaling the game's resolution from 1080p up to 4K.

Both modes support HDR, and you change between the two settings via the game's Options menu, Display, and then the Advanced section. The patch also features various other improvements, such as enhanced shadows, higher resolution textures, ambient occlusion, and texture filtering.

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