Sackboy: A Big Adventure Coming to PC Next Month

A leak has confirmed PlayStation exclusive Sackboy: A Big Adventure is coming to PC on October 27, 2023.

According to an official trailer (which seems to have been published early by Sony’s Latin America YouTube account), the recent Sackboy game will be heading to PC next month after previously only being available on PS4 and PS5.

The trailer also confirms that the PC version of Sackboy: A Big Adventure will support 4K, 120FPS, 21:9 ultrawide monitors, Nvidia DLSS, and VRR. An official announcement is likely to be on its way soon.

Sackboy: A Big Adventure was originally released in 2020. Starring Sackboy from the LittleBigPlanet franchise, the game follows in its footsteps, instead offering 3D platforming which differs from the side-scrolling action of the main series.

IGN’s Sackboy: A Big Adventure review gave it 8/10 and said: “A Big Adventure is a lovely spin-off of LittleBigPlanet that’s filled with charming sights and sounds alike. Its level designs are adorable and creative, really shining in co-op but still entertaining when played alone. Its platforming can occasionally frustrate, falling short of the precision and nuance needed to really make it stand out from other games like it, but the feel-good vibe that permeates every corner of its crafted world still makes it a joy to play.”

This isn’t the only PlayStation exclusive to make its way to PCs this year. A PC version of Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection is heading to PC on October 19, with a PC version of Spider-Man: Miles Morales on its way, too.

A recent leak also suggests that Returnal is heading to PC, too, with several improvements over the original PS5 version.

Want to read more about Sackboy: A Big Adventure? Check out our Sackboy: A Big Adventure walkthrough for a full guide or get some hints and tips if you just need a helping hand.

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Scorn Release Date Moved Forward

Scorn, the upcoming H.R. Giger-inspired puzzle adventure, is coming out earlier than expected. The game will now be released on October 14 instead of October 21.

Coming to Xbox Series X/S and PC, no reason has been given for the move in date – but given how many delays we've had this year, it's a welcome bit of news.

Scorn promises to take players "into an isolated, strange, dream-like world. Left unguided to fend for themselves, players must explore Scorn’s interconnected bio-labyrinth, learning its rules and mastering grotesque puzzles along the way as they come to understand their own predicament."

We went hands-on with the first hour of the game recently, saying, "At its best, Scorn already feels like a deeply odd, deeply thoughtful approach to more open puzzling, perhaps most easily comparable to The Witness. Personally, that’s what I hope to see more of – but if you’re looking for a dose of real unpleasantness, it seems to have you covered there too."

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PlayStation Stars Loyalty Program Currently Offers Better Customer Service as a Reward

Sony's PlayStation Stars loyalty programme is offering better customer support to those at a higher reward tier.

As reported by VGC, those using the service after its launch in Japan today, September 29, have complained that those on the service's fourth tier get improved customer support. Users can move up tiers by buying games from the PlayStation store and earning trophies, effectively meaning that those with more money will receive better support from Sony.

"When contacting PlayStation Customer Support, you will be given priority in the chat order," the reward list reads, and getting there requires users to first buy four games from the PlayStation Store and earn 128 rare trophies.

Those who've done so will therefore be able to speak with PlayStation's customer support ahead of those who've spent less money, something that has some users upset.

It's not guaranteed that this PlayStation Stars reward will arrive with the North American, European, and other versions of the service, but Sony hasn't indicated that anything will be different between regions.

The reward programme will also give players the likes of PlayStation Store wallet funds and select PlayStation Store products, alongside a series of virtual collectibles (that are definitely not NFTs).

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Elizabeth Olsen Wants Scarlet Witch to Team Up With the MCU X-Men Now That Wolverine’s Involved

This story contains spoilers for Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.

Marvel’s Scarlet Witch star Elizabeth Olsen wants to team up with the X-Men in the MCU after Hugh Jackman announced his return as Wolverine.

During an interview with Variety, the Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness star explained that she’d love to team up with the X-Men now that Logan is in the mix.

“I guess Wolverine is X-Men,” said Olsen, when asked about which characters she hopes to team up with in the future. “It would be cool to work with a lot of those people from the X-Men franchise. I guess [Magneto actor Michael Fassbender] is my dad in some world?”

In the comic books, both Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver are mutants – the children of villain, Magneto. Magneto has been played by both Michael Fassbender and Ian McKellan in the X-Men film series. However, it’s a very different story in the MCU.

Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver (played in the MCU by Aaron Taylor-Johnson) made their MCU debut in Avengers: Age of Ultron back in 2015, long before Disney’s high-profile purchase of 20th Century Fox. Since Marvel didn't have the rights to the X-Men, it was forced to come up with a different backstory for Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver that veered away from their comic book origins. In the films, they were experimented upon by Baron von Strucker (Thomas Kretschmann) and obtained their powers from Loki’s scepter during these frightful tests.

Obviously, Olsen is keen to play the Scarlet Witch again… but can she return? Despite the character seemingly dying off-screen in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, it looks as though she could be back at some point.

“There really is so much more to explore,” Marvel boss Kevin Feige told Variety. “We still haven’t touched on many of her core storylines from the comics. I’d work with Lizzie for another 100 years if we could. Anything’s possible in the multiverse! We’ll have to see.”

Hugh Jackman’s entry into the MCU comes via the upcoming Deadpool 3, which was recently unveiled by Ryan Reynolds. Whether or not he’ll cross paths with the Scarlet Witch remains to be seen.

Want to read more about Marvel’s upcoming plans? Check out Marvel’s Phase 5 line-up as well as everything we know about Marvel’s Phase 6 so far.

Ryan Leston is an entertainment journalist and film critic for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter.

Rap Icon Coolio Dead at 59

US rapper, actor, and record producer Coolio has died today in Los Angeles, according to TMZ. He was 59.

Coolio reportedly passed away suddenly while visiting a friend. An official cause of death is yet to be confirmed.

Artis Leon Ivey, Jr., known professionally as Coolio, began his music career in the late 1980s but shot to international stardom in 1995 when he released “Gangsta’s Paradise”, one of the most-acclaimed hip hop tracks of all-time. The song was recorded for the 1995 Michelle Pfeiffer high school drama Dangerous Minds and subsequently appeared on Coolio second studio album of the same name.

The Grammy award-winning rapper was also an actor with a long list of film and TV appearances and cameos.

Coolio had been performing across the US as part of the I Love the '90s Tour alongside Vanilla Ice, Color Me Badd, Young M.C. and more.

Returnal for PC Seemingly Leaks, Includes DLSS and Ray-Traced Shadows

Footage of Returnal on PC appeared to leak earlier today, seemingly confirming that Housemarque's roguelite will be joining Sony's other first-party releases on the platform.

The leaked footage first appeared on Icon-Era after being uploaded to Youtube, showing off the options and customization of the PC version including ray-traced shadows, reflections, DLSS, and FSR. The footage was pulled by Sony not long after.

Assuming the footage is real, it shows that Returnal will receive significant enhancements over the PS5 release, which favored frame-rate over pure visual fidelity.

First released in 2021, Returnal was lauded for its originality and its actions. In our review we wrote that "the moment-to-moment gameplay of Returnal is sublime," and that it never drops the ball on the story, but that runs have a tendency to last too long. Housemarque has since released a number of improvements, including multiplayer co-op and the ability to save in the middle of runs.

Sony has yet to officially announce a PC version of Returnal, but it seems very likely given the recent pipeline that includes Spider-Man, God of War, and Horizon: Zero Dawn. It would be another showcase release for the Steam Deck, which we recently covered in a wide-ranging interview with Valve.

For now, Returnal's PC release date remains unknown, but if the footage is real, an announcement appears imminent.

Major Disney Dreamlight Valley Patch Featuring Scar Gets a Timing Update

Disney Dreamlight Valley’s upcoming patch is coming in about three weeks.

The update, which also adds The Lion King character, Scar, will be coming this fall, but Disney is yet to pin down an actual release date.

“The next bug fixes will be released as part of the first content update featuring Scar, this fall,” they confirmed via Twitter. “While we can't share exact timing yet, we are targeting a release in around 3 weeks.”

Although the developers didn’t give a definite date, they did confirm that this will be separate from the current Star Path end date. They also gave an update on what they consider to be priority issues in the game:

“Expect updates on the following in the coming weeks as we get closer to locking fixes: Preventing progress loss, Missing Founder's Pack rewards, Console crashes.”

As well as these priority issues, the patch will also include over 40 bug foxes, such as PS4 optimizations, Lightning VFX, two quest fixes, Switch audio distortion, and an issue where rain doesn't water crops.

Additionally, the patch will also add an improved photo mode and more avatar poses.

“We know it can be frustrating to run into bugs or issues, so we appreciate your patience,” they stated. “There are a ton of fixes coming and many are thanks to your helpful issue reports! Stay tuned for more status updates in the coming weeks and thanks again.”

IGN’s Dreamlight Valley review gave it 8/10 and said: “Disney Dreamlight Valley is an awesome life simulator that flexes its iconic characters to riveting, satisfying effect. Adding these instantly recognizable villagers to your magical kingdom and forging friendships with them through quests is a blast, even when many of those amount to mundane village errands.”

Want to read more about Disney Dreamlight Valley? Check out our Disney Dreamlight Valley tips and find out which expansions are coming soon.

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WB Discovery CEO Shoots Down Rumors of Yet Another Sale

During a time of cost-cutting measures and layoffs, Warner Bros. Discovery's CEO has reportedly told employees the company is not up for sale.

As reported by Deadline, Warner Bros. Discovery held a company-wide town hall meeting today on Zoom, where they laid out the current state of the company. According to Deadline's sources within the meeting, CEO David Zaslav said, "We are not for sale, absolutely, not for sale." Zaslav also reportedly told employees, “We have the strongest hand in the industry,” and, “We have everything we need to be successful to be the biggest entertainment media company in the world.”

Elsewhere in the meeting, Zaslav reportedly said Warner Bros. Discovery plans to release 15 to 20 theatrical films a year across all genres. According to the report, there was no mention of Batgirl or the next evolution of DC. Right now, we know Warner Bros. Discovery is searching for its own version of Marvel's Kevin Feige to helm the future of DC.

The $43 billion deal was first announced in 2021 and closed in the spring of this year. There've been nearly constant headlines regarding Warner Bros. Discovery, HBO, DC, and more since we learned HBO Max and Discovery+ will merge into one platform beginning next year.

The biggest splash came when the company canceled the live-action Batgirl movie, which was just the first in a line of movies and series canceled altogether or removed from HBO Max. HBO has also faced layoffs in wake of the merger.

Logan Plant is a freelance writer for IGN covering video game and entertainment news. He has over six years of experience in the gaming industry with bylines at IGN, Nintendo Wire, Switch Player Magazine, and Lifewire. Find him on Twitter @LoganJPlant.

Lip Reader Reveals What Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman Said in the Deadpool 3 Video

One of the internet's most well-known lip readers has shed some light on what Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman were probably saying in their latest teaser video for Deadpool 3.

If you missed it, earlier today Reynolds and Jackman shared a bit more information on Deadpool 3, after yesterday's announcement that Jackman would return to play Wolverine alongside Reynolds' Deadpool.

However, just as the two break into a description of what appears to be a very violent fight scene between Deadpool and Wolverine, music plays over the video making it difficult to decipher what the two actors are saying.

Fortunately, Jomboy came to the rescue. Jomboy is a sports content creator best known for creating lip-reading breakdowns of important on-field moments in baseball games, where you can see what players, coaches, or umpires are saying without being able to hear them. So this is no amateur lip-reading — Jomboy says his channel has over 2,000 lip-reading videos.

But the lip-reading breakdown suggests what we already suspected: Jackman and Reynolds are simply relaying a fight scene between the two characters with not many details to go on. You can watch the video below to see the full description of this fight for yourself.

Basically, Reynolds and Jackman talk about Deadpool and Wolverine stabbing each other with swords and claws, respectively. But, given their mutual ability of accelerated healing, they're both okay, and even laughing about the fight. Jackman also mentions a "huge huge f***ing explosion", in case you were worried Deadpool 3 would be explosion-free.

One interesting note is that Jackman says something along the lines of "we're in our prime". This suggests that Wolverine won't be in nearly the same deteriorated physical state we saw in Logan, which lines up with Reynolds and Jackman's statements that Logan is a "totally separate thing".

For more, read up on what the Logan director thinks about Jackman's return, and check out our six biggest burning questions about Deadpool and Wolverine's MCU debut.

Logan Plant is a freelance writer for IGN covering video game and entertainment news. He has over six years of experience in the gaming industry with bylines at IGN, Nintendo Wire, Switch Player Magazine, and Lifewire. Find him on Twitter @LoganJPlant.

Terraria Update is a Big Surprise for the Community

Terraria just got a surprise update adding a whole bunch of new content despite claiming in 2020 that updates for the popular sim would end.

The Labor of Love update brings with it upside-down worlds, a melee overhaul, the ability to transform into a wolf, and plenty of new items among other cool additions to the game.

“This update is a love letter to all our fans,” reads the official patch notes. “Labor of Love contains many fan suggestions, while also tackling a lot of little things that we think everyone can relate to and will enjoy. As is tradition, we have left a few surprises behind for you to discover yourselves. Topping it off, we were able to get this out to everyone at the same time… for the first time, Terrarians everywhere can celebrate a brand new update together!”

Terraria’s Labor of Love update was released on September 28 and brings an extensive update to the game. Most notably, a new world seed brings upside-down worlds to the game.

“An idea first discussed during the release of Journey's End, Don't Dig Up turns the world of Terraria upside down - literally!” the patch notes reveal. “The player will begin their adventure in the depths of the underworld, complete with all new flora to help provide early resources.”

Ascending into “The Up” changes things up, however, with threats magnifying exponentially until players reach the Surface – a horrifying and inhospitable place that will test the mettle of even the most seasoned Terrarian.

Other additions include a new range of Town Slimes, which can be easily identified by “their penchant to attempt to dress up and try to fit in with Terrarian society.”

“This cast of characters is packed with personality, and players who are brave and clever enough to seek them out during their adventures will have the chance to have all eight Town Slimes move in to their towns/bases,” they explained.

There are also several new types of block as well as a range of “useful items” that include an upgraded Clentaminator, a teleporting device called the Shellhpone, new building tools, and Lilith’s Necklace – an item that lets players transform into a wolf.

The update also brings lots of overhauls and quality of life features, which can be found in full in the patch notes.

IGN’s Terraria review gave it 9/10 and said: “Though on the surface it looks like just another "me too" indie game seeking to ride the coattails of Minecraft's success, Terraria expands on the familiar sandbox gameplay with a greater emphasis on combat and adventure that proves very satisfying.”

Want to read more about Terraria? Check out Terraria’s Don’t Starve crossover, and find out why it’s been a struggle to bring Terraria to the Google Stadia.

Ryan Leston is an entertainment journalist and film critic for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter.