Sony has confirmed that the upcoming God of War PC port will be handled by Canadian studio Jetpack Interactive. The company previously provided engineer support for Dark Souls' PC version.

In a statement provided to ArsTechnica, Sony said that original God of War developer Sony Santa Monica is overseeing the PC version's development, which is being handled by Jetpack Interactive. The studio, based in Vancouver, is a port-focused developer who has previously worked with EA on Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare 2, and NBA Live 15 and 14. It also completed the PS4 port duties on Orcs Must Die! Unchained for Robot Entertainment.

The choice of Jetpack Interactive may come as a surprise, since Sony acquired PC port specialist Nixxes earlier this year. The deal was only announced in July, though, so if the God of War PC version has been in development for a while, that may be the reason Jetpack and not Nixxes are handling the port. We expect Nixxes to be involved in further projects, though, since Sony has made a commitment to bring PlayStation games to PC.

The God of War PC version was announced this month, and will bring PS4's smash hit to computers via Steam and the Epic Games Store. It'll no doubt prove popular on PC, as we gave it a full 10/10 review and later made it our 2018 game of the year. Recently, voters in a series of IGN polls named it the best video game of all time.

Matt Purslow is IGN's UK News and Entertainment Writer.

Sony has confirmed that the upcoming God of War PC port will be handled by Canadian studio Jetpack Interactive. The company previously provided engineer support for Dark Souls' PC version.

In a statement provided to ArsTechnica, Sony said that original God of War developer Sony Santa Monica is overseeing the PC version's development, which is being handled by Jetpack Interactive. The studio, based in Vancouver, is a port-focused developer who has previously worked with EA on Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare 2, and NBA Live 15 and 14. It also completed the PS4 port duties on Orcs Must Die! Unchained for Robot Entertainment.

The choice of Jetpack Interactive may come as a surprise, since Sony acquired PC port specialist Nixxes earlier this year. The deal was only announced in July, though, so if the God of War PC version has been in development for a while, that may be the reason Jetpack and not Nixxes are handling the port. We expect Nixxes to be involved in further projects, though, since Sony has made a commitment to bring PlayStation games to PC.

The God of War PC version was announced this month, and will bring PS4's smash hit to computers via Steam and the Epic Games Store. It'll no doubt prove popular on PC, as we gave it a full 10/10 review and later made it our 2018 game of the year. Recently, voters in a series of IGN polls named it the best video game of all time.

Matt Purslow is IGN's UK News and Entertainment Writer.

A new video detailing the Halo Infinite campaign has revealed brand new footage of the Master Chief's next mission, as well as an introduction to his new AI and some of the activities that can be completed.

Halo Infinite's campaign - which 343 Industries claims is the biggest Halo campaign to date - is set on the Zeta Halo, an open world Halo ring where the Banished, a splinter faction from the Covenant, led by the Brutes, have settled. They've been building outposts, which can be found on your travels and taken out, akin to similar outposts in open world games like Far Cry. In the video, we can see Chief finding an outpost - named Ransom Keep - and scanning it for weak points. He then uses a rocket launcher to detonate a large silo, suggesting each outpost may have different ways of shutting them down. This is part of 343's intention to offer "more freedom to take down the Banished".

This chapter of the Halo saga will see Master Chief working with a new AI companion, known as The Weapon. Following the events of Halo 5 and Cortana's defection, The Weapon has been created to answer the question of what happened to Chief's previous AI, and to lock her down. It seems like once again the relationship between Cortana and Chief will be in the spotlight for Halo Infinite.

Also seen in the trailer is a glimpse at the upgrades tree, which includes enhancements for Chief's new Grappleshot, as well as his Thrusters, Shield Core, Threat Sensor radar, and a Drop Wall shield. Those thursters can be used to quickly dodge out of the way of incoming attacks, while the Drop Wall shield functions akin to the Titan's shield wall from Destiny. An amusing moment shows off the Grappleshot, in which Chief grapples onto a Banshee midair to hijack it. It all looks very dynamic and wild.

We see a few new enemies, including the flying Skimmers, a new named villain called Jega 'Rdomnai who's said to be a sadistic Spartan killer, and something that calls itself the "Harbinger of Truth" and claims that the Forerunners were liars.

We also see a new Chief using a Wasp, the VTOL aircraft first introduced in Halo 5. The Wasp is summon from a vehicle station, and we see Chief also had the option of other classic vehicles such as the Mongoose.

This is our first look at Halo Infinite's campaign since we saw it at the Xbox Games Showcase in July 2020 ahead of the launch of Xbox Series X/S. Master Chief's latest adventure was set to be a launch title for Microsoft's next-gen consoles, but the game was delayed following blowback about Halo Infinite's graphics and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on its development timeline.

For more, see our multiplayer review in progress, check out the Halo Infinite Xbox Series X console and Elite controller, the game's accessibility features, and our look at how Halo Infinite's delay was the right one, even if it was painful.

Halo Infinite will launch December 8 on Xbox consoles and PC.

Matt Purslow is IGN's UK News and Entertainment Writer.

A new video detailing the Halo Infinite campaign has revealed brand new footage of the Master Chief's next mission, as well as an introduction to his new AI and some of the activities that can be completed.

Halo Infinite's campaign - which 343 Industries claims is the biggest Halo campaign to date - is set on the Zeta Halo, an open world Halo ring where the Banished, a splinter faction from the Covenant, led by the Brutes, have settled. They've been building outposts, which can be found on your travels and taken out, akin to similar outposts in open world games like Far Cry. In the video, we can see Chief finding an outpost - named Ransom Keep - and scanning it for weak points. He then uses a rocket launcher to detonate a large silo, suggesting each outpost may have different ways of shutting them down. This is part of 343's intention to offer "more freedom to take down the Banished".

This chapter of the Halo saga will see Master Chief working with a new AI companion, known as The Weapon. Following the events of Halo 5 and Cortana's defection, The Weapon has been created to answer the question of what happened to Chief's previous AI, and to lock her down. It seems like once again the relationship between Cortana and Chief will be in the spotlight for Halo Infinite.

Also seen in the trailer is a glimpse at the upgrades tree, which includes enhancements for Chief's new Grappleshot, as well as his Thrusters, Shield Core, Threat Sensor radar, and a Drop Wall shield. Those thursters can be used to quickly dodge out of the way of incoming attacks, while the Drop Wall shield functions akin to the Titan's shield wall from Destiny. An amusing moment shows off the Grappleshot, in which Chief grapples onto a Banshee midair to hijack it. It all looks very dynamic and wild.

We see a few new enemies, including the flying Skimmers, a new named villain called Jega 'Rdomnai who's said to be a sadistic Spartan killer, and something that calls itself the "Harbinger of Truth" and claims that the Forerunners were liars.

We also see a new Chief using a Wasp, the VTOL aircraft first introduced in Halo 5. The Wasp is summon from a vehicle station, and we see Chief also had the option of other classic vehicles such as the Mongoose.

This is our first look at Halo Infinite's campaign since we saw it at the Xbox Games Showcase in July 2020 ahead of the launch of Xbox Series X/S. Master Chief's latest adventure was set to be a launch title for Microsoft's next-gen consoles, but the game was delayed following blowback about Halo Infinite's graphics and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on its development timeline.

For more, see our multiplayer review in progress, check out the Halo Infinite Xbox Series X console and Elite controller, the game's accessibility features, and our look at how Halo Infinite's delay was the right one, even if it was painful.

Halo Infinite will launch December 8 on Xbox consoles and PC.

Matt Purslow is IGN's UK News and Entertainment Writer.

A new Marvel Studios book chronicles the storied meeting that MCU boss Kevin Feige held with Sony chairperson Amy Pascal about Spider-Man's cinematic future.

The new book, The Story of Marvel Studios: The Making of the Marvel Cinematic Universe by Tara Bennett and Paul Terry, offers fans an all-access history to the creation of the MCU, covering everything from 2008's Iron Man through to 2019's Spider-Man: Far From Home and how Marvel collaborated with Sony to forge a new creative direction for the web-slinger.

One section of the 512-page story, transcribed by The Direct, details a conversation between Marvel boss Kevin Feige and Sony Motion Picture Group chairperson Amy Pascal in which Feige proposed the idea of Spider-Man joining the MCU, as Marvel had already established "a good sense of how they would like to handle the character" if given the opportunity.

"Pascal wasted no time in expressing her strong desire to have Feige be more directly involved, creatively, in the making of Sony Pictures' The Amazing Spider-Man 3. Excited about the ideas her team currently had, Pascal said she would send Feige the latest draft." an excerpt from the book reads, revealing Sony's own stance on Spider-Man's future.

Feige, however, came straight out and told Pascal that Sony's plans for The Amazing Spider-Man 3 were not going to work. He instead offered a counter-proposal and suggested that Marvel handle the next Spider-Man movie. Initially, the idea of the crossover deal evoked an emotional reaction from Pascal who appeared reluctant to hand the responsibility over.

"The only way I know how to do anything is to just do it entirely," Feige is believed to have said in his pitch, which seemingly caught Pascal off-guard. "So why don't you let us do it? Don't think of it as two studios. And don't think of it as giving another studio back the rights. No change of hands of rights. No change of hands of money. Just engage us to produce it."

"At first, I was super resentful," Pascal admits in the book. "I think I started crying and threw him out of my office, or threw a sandwich at him - I'm not sure which... By the fifth movie, we weren't giving them anything new. And I have to be honest about it, we were trying so hard to be different, we even went into places to be different that we shouldn't have."

Pascal's change of heart came when she realized that Sony's plans for Spider-Man were not fresh anymore. She noted that Feige had always shared a mutual love for the character and that he had presented some really smart ideas on what to do with Spider-Man in the MCU, having found a new direction to set up the next stage for Spider-Man's journey.

"Pascal called Feige back the next day after their lunch. The concept of a collaboration between Sony and Marvel Studios had not left her mind," the book recounts. "[Pascal] admits, 'The idea of putting him up against a world where everybody had everything and he had nothing was a whole new way of telling his story. I thought, 'Goddamn, that guy's smart.'"

As a result of that conversation, Tom Holland went on to make his Spider-Man debut in 2016's Captain America: Civil War before swinging into his first solo outing as a young Peter Parker/Spider-Man in 2017's Spider-Man: Homecoming. He will be wall-crawling across our screens again in Spider-Man: No Way Home when that Phase 4 movie hits theaters this December.

No Way Home is expected to include some multiverse elements and may even converge the various Spider-Man universes together in such a way that it potentially allows Holland to make future appearances in both the MCU and the SPUMC (aka Sony Pictures' Universe of Marvel Characters) — depending on what the future has in store for the franchise.

Adele Ankers is a freelance writer for IGN. Follow her on Twitter.

A new Marvel Studios book chronicles the storied meeting that MCU boss Kevin Feige held with Sony chairperson Amy Pascal about Spider-Man's cinematic future.

The new book, The Story of Marvel Studios: The Making of the Marvel Cinematic Universe by Tara Bennett and Paul Terry, offers fans an all-access history to the creation of the MCU, covering everything from 2008's Iron Man through to 2019's Spider-Man: Far From Home and how Marvel collaborated with Sony to forge a new creative direction for the web-slinger.

One section of the 512-page story, transcribed by The Direct, details a conversation between Marvel boss Kevin Feige and Sony Motion Picture Group chairperson Amy Pascal in which Feige proposed the idea of Spider-Man joining the MCU, as Marvel had already established "a good sense of how they would like to handle the character" if given the opportunity.

"Pascal wasted no time in expressing her strong desire to have Feige be more directly involved, creatively, in the making of Sony Pictures' The Amazing Spider-Man 3. Excited about the ideas her team currently had, Pascal said she would send Feige the latest draft." an excerpt from the book reads, revealing Sony's own stance on Spider-Man's future.

Feige, however, came straight out and told Pascal that Sony's plans for The Amazing Spider-Man 3 were not going to work. He instead offered a counter-proposal and suggested that Marvel handle the next Spider-Man movie. Initially, the idea of the crossover deal evoked an emotional reaction from Pascal who appeared reluctant to hand the responsibility over.

"The only way I know how to do anything is to just do it entirely," Feige is believed to have said in his pitch, which seemingly caught Pascal off-guard. "So why don't you let us do it? Don't think of it as two studios. And don't think of it as giving another studio back the rights. No change of hands of rights. No change of hands of money. Just engage us to produce it."

"At first, I was super resentful," Pascal admits in the book. "I think I started crying and threw him out of my office, or threw a sandwich at him - I'm not sure which... By the fifth movie, we weren't giving them anything new. And I have to be honest about it, we were trying so hard to be different, we even went into places to be different that we shouldn't have."

Pascal's change of heart came when she realized that Sony's plans for Spider-Man were not fresh anymore. She noted that Feige had always shared a mutual love for the character and that he had presented some really smart ideas on what to do with Spider-Man in the MCU, having found a new direction to set up the next stage for Spider-Man's journey.

"Pascal called Feige back the next day after their lunch. The concept of a collaboration between Sony and Marvel Studios had not left her mind," the book recounts. "[Pascal] admits, 'The idea of putting him up against a world where everybody had everything and he had nothing was a whole new way of telling his story. I thought, 'Goddamn, that guy's smart.'"

As a result of that conversation, Tom Holland went on to make his Spider-Man debut in 2016's Captain America: Civil War before swinging into his first solo outing as a young Peter Parker/Spider-Man in 2017's Spider-Man: Homecoming. He will be wall-crawling across our screens again in Spider-Man: No Way Home when that Phase 4 movie hits theaters this December.

No Way Home is expected to include some multiverse elements and may even converge the various Spider-Man universes together in such a way that it potentially allows Holland to make future appearances in both the MCU and the SPUMC (aka Sony Pictures' Universe of Marvel Characters) — depending on what the future has in store for the franchise.

Adele Ankers is a freelance writer for IGN. Follow her on Twitter.

A video that plays at the end of the recently launched The Dark Pictures: House of Ashes has revealed The Devil in Me, the "season one finale" of Supermassive Games ' The Dark Pictures Anthology. This reveals not only what the next game in the anthology will be, but that the series will be split into seasons.

The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil in Me pic.twitter.com/o0vLCdnRSn

— TheHunters (@TheHuntersV) October 22, 2021

The trailer, which can be seen in the Tweet from TheHunters above, reveals a grotesque tease of The Devil in Me, which appears to involve a killer creating a mechanised automaton from human body parts. This suggests that the next game in The Dark Pictures Anthology may be less supernatural than its three predecessors, which have all feature ghost/monster-type foes and themes. What we may be facing in this next game is something more in the realm of Saw, with a focus on a twisted human killer.

The trailer also states that The Devil in Me is the "season one finale". We already knew that The Dark Pictures would be made up of eight games, but it looks as if those eight will be split into at least two seasons. What this means for the next four episodes remains unclear, but it may be that the series has a longer break between the release of The Devil in Me, presumably in 2022, and the unknown fifth game.

In our review of House of Ashes, we said that it is Supermassive's best horror game since Until Dawn, the game that cemented its reputation as a great horror developer. For more, see every single choice and outcome you can get in a single scene of House of Ashes, and how star Ashley Tisdale would react to the events of the game if they were real.

Matt Purslow is IGN's UK News and Entertainment Writer.

A video that plays at the end of the recently launched The Dark Pictures: House of Ashes has revealed The Devil in Me, the "season one finale" of Supermassive Games ' The Dark Pictures Anthology. This reveals not only what the next game in the anthology will be, but that the series will be split into seasons.

The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil in Me pic.twitter.com/o0vLCdnRSn

— TheHunters (@TheHuntersV) October 22, 2021

The trailer, which can be seen in the Tweet from TheHunters above, reveals a grotesque tease of The Devil in Me, which appears to involve a killer creating a mechanised automaton from human body parts. This suggests that the next game in The Dark Pictures Anthology may be less supernatural than its three predecessors, which have all feature ghost/monster-type foes and themes. What we may be facing in this next game is something more in the realm of Saw, with a focus on a twisted human killer.

The trailer also states that The Devil in Me is the "season one finale". We already knew that The Dark Pictures would be made up of eight games, but it looks as if those eight will be split into at least two seasons. What this means for the next four episodes remains unclear, but it may be that the series has a longer break between the release of The Devil in Me, presumably in 2022, and the unknown fifth game.

In our review of House of Ashes, we said that it is Supermassive's best horror game since Until Dawn, the game that cemented its reputation as a great horror developer. For more, see every single choice and outcome you can get in a single scene of House of Ashes, and how star Ashley Tisdale would react to the events of the game if they were real.

Matt Purslow is IGN's UK News and Entertainment Writer.

While Netflix's The Last Kingdom will get its fifth and final season in 2022, it was just announced that the show will get a feature film called Seven Kings Must Die as, according to producer Nigel Marchant, "there was always one more story we wanted to tell."

As reported by Deadline, the announcement was shared at this year's London MCM Comic Con by Alexander Dreymon - the actor behind The Last Kingdom's protagonist Uhtred - and the show's executive producers.

Filming on Seven Kings Must Die will begin in early 2022 in Budapest, shortly before The Last Kingdom's 10-episode season arrives on Netflix. Dreymon will be part of the film, as will "many of the series cast, along with some new faces."

Producer Nigel Marchant added that, while season five "fully concludes the series, there was always one more story that we wanted to tell."

Dreymon also shared his excitement and thanked the fans for being so supportive of the show.

"It’s been such a privilege to tell Uhtred’s story for five seasons. I’m so grateful to our fans. They have been immensely loyal to The Last Kingdom and thanks to their support, the team is getting together for another round.”

The Last Kingdom is based on Bernard Cornwell's Saxon Stories and was originally commissioned by BBC2 and aired in 2015. Netflix became a co-producer for the show's second season and took full rights in most territories beginning in season three.

The show covers a roughly 45-year period of history from "866 following the Great Heathen Army’s arrival in Britain, focusing on the resistance of the Kingdom of Wessex to ongoing Viking incursions to Southern England."

NBCUniversal International Studios' Carnival Films will be producing Seven Kings Must Die, with Dreymon serving as executive producer alongside writer Martha Hillier. Ed Bazalgette will be the film's director, and its other producers include Marchant, Gareth Neame, and Mat Chaplin.

Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com.

Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on Twitch.

While Netflix's The Last Kingdom will get its fifth and final season in 2022, it was just announced that the show will get a feature film called Seven Kings Must Die as, according to producer Nigel Marchant, "there was always one more story we wanted to tell."

As reported by Deadline, the announcement was shared at this year's London MCM Comic Con by Alexander Dreymon - the actor behind The Last Kingdom's protagonist Uhtred - and the show's executive producers.

Filming on Seven Kings Must Die will begin in early 2022 in Budapest, shortly before The Last Kingdom's 10-episode season arrives on Netflix. Dreymon will be part of the film, as will "many of the series cast, along with some new faces."

Producer Nigel Marchant added that, while season five "fully concludes the series, there was always one more story that we wanted to tell."

Dreymon also shared his excitement and thanked the fans for being so supportive of the show.

"It’s been such a privilege to tell Uhtred’s story for five seasons. I’m so grateful to our fans. They have been immensely loyal to The Last Kingdom and thanks to their support, the team is getting together for another round.”

The Last Kingdom is based on Bernard Cornwell's Saxon Stories and was originally commissioned by BBC2 and aired in 2015. Netflix became a co-producer for the show's second season and took full rights in most territories beginning in season three.

The show covers a roughly 45-year period of history from "866 following the Great Heathen Army’s arrival in Britain, focusing on the resistance of the Kingdom of Wessex to ongoing Viking incursions to Southern England."

NBCUniversal International Studios' Carnival Films will be producing Seven Kings Must Die, with Dreymon serving as executive producer alongside writer Martha Hillier. Ed Bazalgette will be the film's director, and its other producers include Marchant, Gareth Neame, and Mat Chaplin.

Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com.

Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on Twitch.