Cloud Imperium Games has now raised more than half a billion dollars for Star Citizen's development, including $100 million since last November.

As reported by Eurogamer, the space trading and combat sim - which has been in development for more than a decade - now claims to have amassed $500,111,757 from backers.

Star Citizen's initial Kickstarter campaign for $2 million started in October 2012, but this was just the beginning. Cloud Imperium Games has raised more and more money over the years, surpassing $400 million in total just ten months ago.

Despite this astonishing amount of money, however, the game is still in an alpha stage of development, with no release date in sight. For context, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt cost $81 million and took around five years to develop. Red Dead Redemption cost between $80 and $100 million and also took five years.

Star Citizen creator Christopher Roberts said in 2020 that the various gameplay elements promised over the years aren't pipe dreams, and that they wouldn't take decades longer to be implemented. A year later, however, an advertising watchdog warned the studio over its marketing of concept ships, saying it needs to make clear that it's selling products that don't exist yet.

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Overwatch 2 designer Geoff Goodman has left Activision Blizzard.

According to PC Gamer, Goodman was the lead hero designer behind many of Overwatch’s most popular characters, but “made the decision to leave Blizzard earlier this year”.

“We thank Geoff for his many years of service at Blizzard and wish him all the best,” the company said in a statement to PC Gamer. “His ability to bring to life Overwatch’s diverse hero roster through gameplay has been incredible, and the mark he’s left on the Warcraft and Overwatch teams will be felt for years to come.”

Goodman’s involvement with Overwatch goes back to the very beginning. He was on board back when it was Blizzard’s project Titan – an MMO that was eventually turned into the Overwatch we know today.

When it comes to Overwatch, he helped rework Doomfist and Orisa as well as design new heroes, Sojourn and the Junker Queen. He also likely helped design many of the heroes in the upcoming sequel, Overwatch 2.

No reason was given for Goodman’s departure, but his exit comes in the wake of numerous high-profile exits following Blizzard’s harassment and discrimination lawsuit. Given the company’s shake-ups already, this is bound to come as a blow.

Especially since Overwatch 2 is less than a month from launch on October 4, 2022.

Of course, much of Goodman’s work on the sequel will have been carried out already, with hero designs for Overwatch’s newcomers well in place. But as a live service game, it’s going to need plenty of new heroes in the coming months and years… and losing Goodman isn’t ideal.

When it comes to Overwatch 2 heroes, the new battle pass system will see new heroes added to the game’s battle pass – becoming unlockable at the free level 50 tier.

“While Overwatch 2 heroes will each have their own clear strengths and weakness, and some heroes will be more effective against others, we believe our game plays better and is more fun with fewer hard counters and a broader range of effective hero picks,” said Blizzard in a statement.

Whether or not this works out, remains to be seen. But it looks as though Blizzard will need to find a new lead hero designer sooner rather than later.

Want to read more about Overwatch 2? Check out why Overwatch 2 is putting new characters in its battle pass and find out how cross-progression and account merging will work.

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Overwatch 2 designer Geoff Goodman has left Activision Blizzard.

According to PC Gamer, Goodman was the lead hero designer behind many of Overwatch’s most popular characters, but “made the decision to leave Blizzard earlier this year”.

“We thank Geoff for his many years of service at Blizzard and wish him all the best,” the company said in a statement to PC Gamer. “His ability to bring to life Overwatch’s diverse hero roster through gameplay has been incredible, and the mark he’s left on the Warcraft and Overwatch teams will be felt for years to come.”

Goodman’s involvement with Overwatch goes back to the very beginning. He was on board back when it was Blizzard’s project Titan – an MMO that was eventually turned into the Overwatch we know today.

When it comes to Overwatch, he helped rework Doomfist and Orisa as well as design new heroes, Sojourn and the Junker Queen. He also likely helped design many of the heroes in the upcoming sequel, Overwatch 2.

No reason was given for Goodman’s departure, but his exit comes in the wake of numerous high-profile exits following Blizzard’s harassment and discrimination lawsuit. Given the company’s shake-ups already, this is bound to come as a blow.

Especially since Overwatch 2 is less than a month from launch on October 4, 2022.

Of course, much of Goodman’s work on the sequel will have been carried out already, with hero designs for Overwatch’s newcomers well in place. But as a live service game, it’s going to need plenty of new heroes in the coming months and years… and losing Goodman isn’t ideal.

When it comes to Overwatch 2 heroes, the new battle pass system will see new heroes added to the game’s battle pass – becoming unlockable at the free level 50 tier.

“While Overwatch 2 heroes will each have their own clear strengths and weakness, and some heroes will be more effective against others, we believe our game plays better and is more fun with fewer hard counters and a broader range of effective hero picks,” said Blizzard in a statement.

Whether or not this works out, remains to be seen. But it looks as though Blizzard will need to find a new lead hero designer sooner rather than later.

Want to read more about Overwatch 2? Check out why Overwatch 2 is putting new characters in its battle pass and find out how cross-progression and account merging will work.

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

We're just a couple of weeks away from Pinhead's return to our screens, and we're now getting a better look at the upcoming Hellraiser reboot with both a new trailer and poster.

The trailer gives us the best look yet at Jamie Clayton's portrayal of Pinhead, along with a few of the other Cenobite characters that come along with the franchise's classic villain. The clips also show the human characters becoming more and more fascinated with the mysterious puzzle box, which of course leads to plenty of suffering and pain for those who refuse to stay away.

We also got a look at the first poster for Hellraiser, which shows a silhouette of Pinhead with the franchise's iconic puzzle box making up the backdrop.

Hellraiser is headed to Hulu on October 7.

Our first poster #Hellraiser arrives this October @hulu pic.twitter.com/ora8MKpDC7

— Asad Ayaz (@asadayaz) September 20, 2022

The movie's official synopsis says, “In the all-new Hellraiser, a young woman struggling with addiction comes into possession of an ancient puzzle box, unaware that its purpose is to summon the Cenobites, a group of sadistic supernatural beings from another dimension.”

Alongside Clayton, Hellraiser will star Odessa A’zion, Adam Faison, Drew Starkey, Brandon Flynn, Aoife Hinds, Jason Liles, Yinka Olorunnife, Selina Lo, Zachary Hing, Kit Clarke, Goran Visnjic, and Hiam Abbass.

Clayton is the fourth actor to play Pinhead, while Hellraiser 2022 marks the eleventh film in the franchise. Fans are hopeful this one can start to right the Hellraiser ship, as 2018's Hellraiser Judgment only dug the franchise into a deeper hole.

For more on horror, check out our picks for the 25 best horror movies of all time.

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.

We're just a couple of weeks away from Pinhead's return to our screens, and we're now getting a better look at the upcoming Hellraiser reboot with both a new trailer and poster.

The trailer gives us the best look yet at Jamie Clayton's portrayal of Pinhead, along with a few of the other Cenobite characters that come along with the franchise's classic villain. The clips also show the human characters becoming more and more fascinated with the mysterious puzzle box, which of course leads to plenty of suffering and pain for those who refuse to stay away.

Unlock your fears. #Hellraiser streams October 7. pic.twitter.com/7sAEDde7vu

— Hulu (@hulu) September 20, 2022

We also got a look at the first poster for Hellraiser, which shows a silhouette of Pinhead with the franchise's iconic puzzle box making up the backdrop.

Hellraiser is headed to Hulu on October 7.

Our first poster #Hellraiser arrives this October @hulu pic.twitter.com/ora8MKpDC7

— Asad Ayaz (@asadayaz) September 20, 2022

The movie's official synopsis says, “In the all-new Hellraiser, a young woman struggling with addiction comes into possession of an ancient puzzle box, unaware that its purpose is to summon the Cenobites, a group of sadistic supernatural beings from another dimension.”

Alongside Clayton, Hellraiser will star Odessa A’zion, Adam Faison, Drew Starkey, Brandon Flynn, Aoife Hinds, Jason Liles, Yinka Olorunnife, Selina Lo, Zachary Hing, Kit Clarke, Goran Visnjic, and Hiam Abbass.

Clayton is the fourth actor to play Pinhead, while Hellraiser 2022 marks the eleventh film in the franchise. Fans are hopeful this one can start to right the Hellraiser ship, as 2018's Hellraiser Judgment only dug the franchise into a deeper hole.

For more on horror, check out our picks for the 25 best horror movies of all time.

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.

As part of Nvidia's GTC keynote today, the company announced Portal RTX — an RTX-enhanced version of the 2007 puzzle classic developed by Valve.

Portal RTX includes updated graphics and supports ray tracing. This is not the first time Nvidia has made RTX upgrades to older games. The company previously made RTX versions of Quake II and Minecraft. However, this latest RTX remix game is special because Nvidia confirmed that the tool used to make Portal RTX will be available to all for free. Meaning others will access the tool and make their own RTX-enhanced games.

Portal RTX will release sometime this November; while pricing was not listed during the event, Nvidia did confirm that those who own Portal on Steam will receive Portal RTX free of charge.

Portal RTX was one of many announcements Nvidia made during its GTC keynote. Other announcements include the unveiling of the long-awaited RTX 40-series, which consists of the RTX 4090 and two RTX 4080 GPUs: one with 12Gb of memory and another with 16GB. For more, check out our roundup of everything that was announced during the GTC keynote.

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The day PC gamers have been waiting for is finally here, new Nvidia graphics cards. Nvidia announced a new Nvidia RTX 4090. Additionally, the computer chip maker announced new a new RTX platform and tools, and even an RTX remastered version of Portal.

Ada Lovelace

Nvidia announced its third generation RTX architecture called Ada Lovelace. This new GPU architecture is based around a 4N process resulting in chips with 76 billion transistors and 90 teraflops of processing power. The RT cores have also been bumped up with 2x the ray-triangle intersection throughput.

Meanwhile, the new tensor core will support FP8 and power DLSS 3.0, which can now use a new AI algorithm to generate entire frames rather than just upscaling pixels. According to Nvidia DLSS 3.0 can boost game performance by up to four times over brute-force rendering. In a demo, Nvidia showed how DLSS 3.0 can double the frame rate of Microsoft Flight Simulator.

Portal with RTX

Nvidia has modded Portal and remastered it with RTX and DLSS 3.0. The game features all-new, realistic lighting effects applied through omniverse tools.

RTX Remix

RTX Remix is a new application that essentially lets you convert any game into an RTX experience. All you have to do is capture the game in a universal scene discriptor, and from there you can scene to alter lighting and other attributes. After that, you can replay the experience with the new lighting.

Nvidia RTX 4090

The Nvidia RTX 4090 is the first new generation card Nvidia announced at GTC 2022. It features 1400 TOPS tensor performance that allows it to be 4x faster for RT games and 2x faster for more traditionally rasterized games. Compared to the outgoing Nvidia RTX 3090, Nivdia claims this new card is two to four times faster.

The Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 will come with 24GB GDDR6X video memory and it’ll be available on October 12.

New pricing

If you’re not ready to jump into the new generation of GPUs, Nvidia also announced price cuts for its older generation GPUs.

The Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 will now come in 16GB and 12GB GDDR6 versions, starting at $899. Meanwhile, the RTX 3060 will return to its $329 starting price.

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Nvidia has announced a new flagship GPU as part of its RTX 4000 series of graphics cards, the successor to its nearly two-year-old RTX 3000 series.

Using Nvidia's new Ada Lovelace architecture, which uses the third-generation DLSS, the first GPU is the GeForce RTX 4090, which includes 24GB of G6X memory and is claimed to be two to four times faster than the RTX 3090 Ti, Nvidia's previous flagship GPU. The RTX 4090 will cost $1599 and will be released on October 12th.

The RTX 4080 was also announced and includes two memory configurations: 12GB and 16GB. The RTX 4080 is claimed to be two to four times faster than the RTX 3080 Ti. While no release date was given to the RTX 4080 GPUs, Nvidia says the cards will release sometime in November. The RTX 4080 with 12GB of G6X memory will retail for $899 while the 16GB variant will cost $1,199.

During the presentation, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang went into extensive detail about the RTX 40's new graphical architecture. Huang notes that the Ada architecture features third-generation RTX, which boasts new features, including real-time path tracing as well as the third generation of Deep Learning Super Sampling (DLSS). DLSS 3 is reportedly capable of generating additional frames and boosting game performance by up to two times.

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The alleged hacker that leaked around 90 videos of Grand Theft Auto 6 and also targeted Uber is being investigated by the FBI.

As reported by Eurogamer, the hacker who claimed responsibility also said they were behind the major cyber attack suffered by Uber on September 18. The taxi company has since released a blog post that announced it is actively working with the FBI and the U.S. Department of Justice to resolve the matter.

Acknowledging that Rockstar had also suffered a breach, Uber said it believes the hacker is associated with Lapsus$, the group behind recent attacks on Nvidia, Microsoft, and Samsung.

"We believe that this attacker (or attackers) are affiliated with a hacking group called Lapsus$, which has been increasingly active over the last year or so," Uber said. "This group typically uses similar techniques to target technology companies, and in 2022 alone has breached Microsoft, Cisco, Samsung, Nvidia and Okta, among others.

"There are also reports over the weekend that this same actor breached video game maker Rockstar Games. We are in close coordination with the FBI and U.S. Department of Justice on this matter and will continue to support their efforts."

Rockstar had been keeping GTA 6 under wraps, having only announced the game in February this year, but footage showing robberies, gunplay, fully voiced conversations, and more appeared on GTAForums last week. The footage all but confirms the rumours that GTA 6 will feature male and female protagonists and a Vice City setting.

Seven British individuals aged 16 to 21 were arrested in relation to the Lapsus$ attacks back in March, not long after the group hacked Microsoft and Nvidia.

Rockstar has promised more information on GTA 6 is coming soon, but there's no telling as to when the developer will have a full reveal for the game. Just like its eventual launch, GTA 6 will only be shown when its ready.

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Lord of the Rings star Orlando Bloom has joined the Gran Turismo movie, along with Never Have I Ever star Darren Barnet.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the 45-year-old actor has joined Gran Turismo – the upcoming video game adaptation by director Neill Blomkamp. Bloom will reportedly play a “hungry” marketing executive who is selling the sport of motor racing… “and just may believe in its art, too.”

Additionally, Never Have I Ever star Darren Barnet has joined the cast as competition for the young racer, as a driver who is “ranked at the top at the GT academy, who is not thrilled to see the upstart teen excel.”

According to the latest report, Gran Turismo will begin filming this week in Hungary.

The Gran Turismo film is based on a true story that sees a teenage Gran Turismo player step up to become a real professional race car driver after winning a series of competitions. It seems to be based on the story of Jann Mardenborough – a British driver who began competing in events such as the F3 European Championship after winning the GT Academy reality show at 19 years old.

The teen driver will be played by Archie Madekwe. David Harbour is on board as a former driver who teaches the upcoming teen everything he knows.

The latest Gran Turismo game was released earlier this year. IGN’s Gran Turismo 7 review gave it 9/10 and said: “On the eve of the series’ 25th birthday, Gran Turismo 7 is more than just a celebration of cars this time around; in some ways, it’s also a celebration of itself... It’s the best the series has been since its dominant PlayStation 2 era.”

The Gran Turismo move has been written by Jason Hall and Zach Baylin. It's due to hit theaters on August 11, 2023.

Want to read more about Gran Turismo? Check out the true story behind the Gran Turismo movie and check out the full list of cars available in Gran Turismo 7.

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