Fourteen-year Bethesda veteran Nate Purkeypile, who worked on Skyrim, Fallout 3, Fallout 4, and was the lead artist on Fallout 76, has announced his own new game called The Axis Unseen. It is a first-person dark-fantasy open-world hunting game, which is probably not a series of words that has ever been strung together to describe any game.

But The Axis Unseen is no joke. As you can see in the reveal trailer above as well as the screenshots below, it's gorgeous. Purkeypile is using Unreal Engine 5 to power The Axis Unseen, and the results are already impressive, visually speaking, even at this early stage of development.

"The Axis Unseen is a heavy metal open-world horror hunting game," Purkeypile told IGN. "Hunt and track monsters in a world trapped outside of time. Upgrade your bow and your senses. Reach shelter before nightfall. [And] don't forget that you are being hunted as well."

The music, Purkeypile told us, is by Clifford Meyer, a veteran of legendary post-metal bands ISIS and Red Sparowes.

Stay tuned for more on Just Purkey Games's The Axis Unseen in the coming year. In the meantime, you can wishlist it on Steam or check it out on the Epic Games Store.

Ryan McCaffrey is IGN's executive editor of previews and host of both IGN's weekly Xbox show, Podcast Unlocked, as well as our monthly(-ish) interview show, IGN Unfiltered. He's a North Jersey guy, so it's "Taylor ham," not "pork roll." Debate it with him on Twitter at @DMC_Ryan.

Fourteen-year Bethesda veteran Nate Purkeypile, who worked on Skyrim, Fallout 3, Fallout 4, and was the lead artist on Fallout 76, has announced his own new game called The Axis Unseen. It is a first-person dark-fantasy open-world hunting game, which is probably not a series of words that has ever been strung together to describe any game.

But The Axis Unseen is no joke. As you can see in the reveal trailer above as well as the screenshots below, it's gorgeous. Purkeypile is using Unreal Engine 5 to power The Axis Unseen, and the results are already impressive, visually speaking, even at this early stage of development.

"The Axis Unseen is a heavy metal open-world horror hunting game," Purkeypile told IGN. "Hunt and track monsters in a world trapped outside of time. Upgrade your bow and your senses. Reach shelter before nightfall. [And] don't forget that you are being hunted as well."

The music, Purkeypile told us, is by Clifford Meyer, a veteran of legendary post-metal bands ISIS and Red Sparowes.

Stay tuned for more on Just Purkey Games's The Axis Unseen in the coming year. In the meantime, you can wishlist it on Steam or check it out on the Epic Games Store.

Ryan McCaffrey is IGN's executive editor of previews and host of both IGN's weekly Xbox show, Podcast Unlocked, as well as our monthly(-ish) interview show, IGN Unfiltered. He's a North Jersey guy, so it's "Taylor ham," not "pork roll." Debate it with him on Twitter at @DMC_Ryan.

Cobie Smulders is set to return to reprise her role as Maria Hill and reunite with Samuel L. Jackson's Nick Fury in Marvel's upcoming Disney+ series, Secret Invasion.

As reported by Deadline, Smulders is set to return to the MCU as the former Deputy Director of S.H.I.E.L.D when Secret Invasion airs in 2022. Smulders will return alongside Samuel L. Jackson's Nick Fury, who will star in the show.

Smulders has played Hill across a number of different MCU projects to date. Having initially made her debut in The Avengers, the actress has also reprised the role in other films such as Spider-Man: Far From Home, Avengers: Age of Ultron, and more.

Alongside Jackson and Smulders a number of other high-profile actors and actresses are reported to have joined the show's ranks. Ben Mendelsohn will be returning as the Skrull leader, Talos whose previous appearances include outings in Captain Marvel and Spider-Man: Far From Home. Meanwhile, Kingsley Ben-Adir is thought to be playing one of the main villains on the show.

The cast is also set to include Game of Thrones' Emilia Clarke and The Crown's Olivia Colman. Reports from the Hollywood Reporter earlier this year also detailed that directors Thomas Bezucha and Ali Selim were on board to bring the project to life ahead of its 2022 release. While little has been shared about the project's production schedule, Jackson posted to Instagram back in October to notify fans that the show had begun filming.

Secret Invasion will see Fury and Talos investigating a sect of Skrulls who’ve infiltrated the highest levels of authority in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. For more on the show, make sure to check out this article offering a first glimpse at an eye-patch-less Nick Fury from the series.

Jared Moore is a freelance writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter.

Cobie Smulders is set to return to reprise her role as Maria Hill and reunite with Samuel L. Jackson's Nick Fury in Marvel's upcoming Disney+ series, Secret Invasion.

As reported by Deadline, Smulders is set to return to the MCU as the former Deputy Director of S.H.I.E.L.D when Secret Invasion airs in 2022. Smulders will return alongside Samuel L. Jackson's Nick Fury, who will star in the show.

Smulders has played Hill across a number of different MCU projects to date. Having initially made her debut in The Avengers, the actress has also reprised the role in other films such as Spider-Man: Far From Home, Avengers: Age of Ultron, and more.

Alongside Jackson and Smulders a number of other high-profile actors and actresses are reported to have joined the show's ranks. Ben Mendelsohn will be returning as the Skrull leader, Talos whose previous appearances include outings in Captain Marvel and Spider-Man: Far From Home. Meanwhile, Kingsley Ben-Adir is thought to be playing one of the main villains on the show.

The cast is also set to include Game of Thrones' Emilia Clarke and The Crown's Olivia Colman. Reports from the Hollywood Reporter earlier this year also detailed that directors Thomas Bezucha and Ali Selim were on board to bring the project to life ahead of its 2022 release. While little has been shared about the project's production schedule, Jackson posted to Instagram back in October to notify fans that the show had begun filming.

Secret Invasion will see Fury and Talos investigating a sect of Skrulls who’ve infiltrated the highest levels of authority in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. For more on the show, make sure to check out this article offering a first glimpse at an eye-patch-less Nick Fury from the series.

Jared Moore is a freelance writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter.

IGN is exclusively streaming a Q&A with Henry Cavill about The Witcher Season 2, including a Q&A and first-look clip that you can watch on IGN.com, Youtube, Twitter, Facebook, and Twitch.

The event will take place on Tuesday, December 14, with Henry Cavill appearing at a virtual Q&A to talk about Season 2 of the Netflix series. We'll also be showing off a never-before-seen snippet from the show.

IGN will be the exclusive hosts of the Witcher Season 2 livestream, kicking off the broadcast at 5:30pm Pacific / 8.30pm Eastern (that's December 15 at 1.30am UK / 12.30pm AEDT).

The Witcher Season 2 kicks off on December 17, and we've gotten a glimpse of war, monsters and magic in the latest trailer. Alongside Cavill's Geralt, we'll also see Kim Bodnia (Killing Eve) as his mentor, Vesemir. It's far from the last bit of Witcher TV we'll be getting.

Netflix has already announced Season 3, as well as a new anime film and a kids series. You can read our spoiler-less review of The Witcher Season 2 Episodes 1 through 6 right here.

Joe Skrebels is IGN's Executive Editor of News. Follow him on Twitter. Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com.

IGN is exclusively streaming a Q&A with Henry Cavill about The Witcher Season 2, including a Q&A and first-look clip that you can watch on IGN.com, Youtube, Twitter, Facebook, and Twitch.

The event will take place on Tuesday, December 14, with Henry Cavill appearing at a virtual Q&A to talk about Season 2 of the Netflix series. We'll also be showing off a never-before-seen snippet from the show.

IGN will be the exclusive hosts of the Witcher Season 2 livestream, kicking off the broadcast at 5:30pm Pacific / 8.30pm Eastern (that's December 15 at 1.30am UK / 12.30pm AEDT).

The Witcher Season 2 kicks off on December 17, and we've gotten a glimpse of war, monsters and magic in the latest trailer. Alongside Cavill's Geralt, we'll also see Kim Bodnia (Killing Eve) as his mentor, Vesemir. It's far from the last bit of Witcher TV we'll be getting.

Netflix has already announced Season 3, as well as a new anime film and a kids series. You can read our spoiler-less review of The Witcher Season 2 Episodes 1 through 6 right here.

Joe Skrebels is IGN's Executive Editor of News. Follow him on Twitter. Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate just received its last ever combat balance update, which sees a number of changes for a range of characters in the game – and marks the final major changes to the Switch blockbuster.

As reported by VGC, update 13.0.1 for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate will be the last to offer balance updates and tweaks for the game. News of the update was confirmed by the Japanese Twitter account for Ultimate. “This is the last update related to the balance adjustment of the game, except for dealing with problems,” reads a translated statement from the team.

Essentially, after over three years, you can consider Smash Bros. Ultimate totally complete.

【お知らせ】
更新データ（Ver. 13.0.1）を配信しました。修正や調整が入ったファイターなどはこちらをご覧ください。
不具合への対応などを除き、ゲームのバランス調整にかかわる更新は今回が最後となります。#スマブラSP

— 大乱闘スマッシュブラザーズ【スマブラ公式】 (@SmashBrosJP) December 2, 2021

While Super Smash Bros. Ultimate was originally launched in 2018, its final character, Kingdom Hearts' Sora, wasn't added to the roster until October of this year. As the game has added 11 different characters to its selection over the years, it's been necessary to make a number of balance updates and character tweaks to the game during that time to account for the resulting changes.

In total, 24 of the different in-game characters have seen adjustments during the final update. While changes have been made to the game's newest arrival, notable changes have taken place for the likes of Street Fighter's Ryu (who has benefitted from some pretty substantial buffs) as well as Link, Mega Man, and more.

Although a number of characters will have benefitted from the update, one character who certainly hasn't is Min Min from Arms. The character has seen a number of nerfs including reduced power against shields when punching, increased vulnerability when landing, and a reduction in the duration of Dragon's Beam. For a full list of the changes being made in the update, make sure to check out Nintendo's support page for the game.

For more on Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, make sure to check out this article where Masahiro Sakurai reveals how Sora finally made it into the game.

Jared Moore is a freelance writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate just received its last ever combat balance update, which sees a number of changes for a range of characters in the game – and marks the final major changes to the Switch blockbuster.

As reported by VGC, update 13.0.1 for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate will be the last to offer balance updates and tweaks for the game. News of the update was confirmed by the Japanese Twitter account for Ultimate. “This is the last update related to the balance adjustment of the game, except for dealing with problems,” reads a translated statement from the team.

Essentially, after over three years, you can consider Smash Bros. Ultimate totally complete.

【お知らせ】
更新データ（Ver. 13.0.1）を配信しました。修正や調整が入ったファイターなどはこちらをご覧ください。
不具合への対応などを除き、ゲームのバランス調整にかかわる更新は今回が最後となります。#スマブラSP

— 大乱闘スマッシュブラザーズ【スマブラ公式】 (@SmashBrosJP) December 2, 2021

While Super Smash Bros. Ultimate was originally launched in 2018, its final character, Kingdom Hearts' Sora, wasn't added to the roster until October of this year. As the game has added 11 different characters to its selection over the years, it's been necessary to make a number of balance updates and character tweaks to the game during that time to account for the resulting changes.

In total, 24 of the different in-game characters have seen adjustments during the final update. While changes have been made to the game's newest arrival, notable changes have taken place for the likes of Street Fighter's Ryu (who has benefitted from some pretty substantial buffs) as well as Link, Mega Man, and more.

Although a number of characters will have benefitted from the update, one character who certainly hasn't is Min Min from Arms. The character has seen a number of nerfs including reduced power against shields when punching, increased vulnerability when landing, and a reduction in the duration of Dragon's Beam. For a full list of the changes being made in the update, make sure to check out Nintendo's support page for the game.

For more on Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, make sure to check out this article where Masahiro Sakurai reveals how Sora finally made it into the game.

Jared Moore is a freelance writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter.

Halo Infinite players are learning how to put aside their differences and communicate in one of the world's most sacred languages - teabag dancing.

In a clip posted by Reddit user Local_Floridian (as spotted on Twitter by Washington Post games reporter Gene Park), the player can be seen trading weapons with an enemy player during a match. While normally we would advise a more cautious approach when fraternizing with the enemy, it seems that this foolhardy soldier was able to communicate through the power of teabag dancing in order to successfully facilitate a weapons trade-off with an opposing Spartan.

After a tense period of repetitive crouching, which somewhat resembled an animal mating ritual you might find in a nature documentary, both players were happy to lay down and exchange their weapons in a short ceasefire period. Though Local_Floridian parted ways with a trusty Battle Rifle, they walked away with a gravity hammer and all parties seemed satisfied.

While non-verbal communication with enemy players in the form of teabag dancing will more often than not cause quite a stir (I'll show myself out), we applaud anyone with the guts to enter into negotiations.

Although teabag trading perhaps isn't the most serious news to come from the game of late, it offers a welcome sight when compared with reports surfacing from players detailing cheaters entering the multiplayer mode. While players have vented their frustrations over cheating in the game, 343 community manager John Junyszek explained that the developer had 'anticipated' the problem and that it was taking a "game-wide approach to anti-cheat" in order to minimize the number of offenders flocking into Infinite.

Jared Moore is a freelance writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter.

Halo Infinite players are learning how to put aside their differences and communicate in one of the world's most sacred languages - teabag dancing.

In a clip posted by Reddit user Local_Floridian (as spotted on Twitter by Washington Post games reporter Gene Park), the player can be seen trading weapons with an enemy player during a match. While normally we would advise a more cautious approach when fraternizing with the enemy, it seems that this foolhardy soldier was able to communicate through the power of teabag dancing in order to successfully facilitate a weapons trade-off with an opposing Spartan.

After a tense period of repetitive crouching, which somewhat resembled an animal mating ritual you might find in a nature documentary, both players were happy to lay down and exchange their weapons in a short ceasefire period. Though Local_Floridian parted ways with a trusty Battle Rifle, they walked away with a gravity hammer and all parties seemed satisfied.

While non-verbal communication with enemy players in the form of teabag dancing will more often than not cause quite a stir (I'll show myself out), we applaud anyone with the guts to enter into negotiations.

Although teabag trading perhaps isn't the most serious news to come from the game of late, it offers a welcome sight when compared with reports surfacing from players detailing cheaters entering the multiplayer mode. While players have vented their frustrations over cheating in the game, 343 community manager John Junyszek explained that the developer had 'anticipated' the problem and that it was taking a "game-wide approach to anti-cheat" in order to minimize the number of offenders flocking into Infinite.

Jared Moore is a freelance writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter.