Blizzard today announced the first full Hearthstone expansion for 2022 - Voyage to the Sunken City. This set of 135 new cards will be available on April 12 in NA and April 13 in ANZ, and will take players deep underwater to the ancient city of Zin-Azshari, once the ancient capital of the Night Elves, before being submerged during the cataclysm. Hearthstone players can expect a typically colourful take on this well-known piece of World of Warcraft lore, and mechanically, the set introduces two keywords: Dredge and Colossal, as well as formalising a brand new minion type: Naga. Let's quickly go through the new inclusions.

Dredge lets players look at the bottom three cards of their deck, and choose one to raise to the top. This keyword will obviously work well if players have sent a "Sunken Sweeper" card down there already, or a Rogue opponent has banished a critical minion to the bottom of your deck. This keyword lets you bring key tools back into the light.

Creatures with Colossal, meanwhile, are kind of like a minion with a main body, but also appendages that take up additional space on the board. A creature with Colossal +1 has one other part that is summoned alongside the main body, while Colossal +2 summons two appendages (both the same). And on it goes until you reach Xhilag of the Abyss (below)! The different parts are designed to synergise with one another, creating small tactical packages for players to experiment with.

Fianlly, the new minion type, Naga, also comes with its own mechanic. These vengeful creatures are spell-focused minions that often give bonuses for playing spells while they're in your hand.

Not only do the cards that have been revealed so far look like they'll shake things up, but they won't be alone in doing so. The release of Voyage to the Sunken City will coincide with the end of the Year of the Gryphon, which means Ashes of Outland, Scholomance Academy and Madness at the Darkmoon Faire will all be leaving the Standard format. This will leave a new - and yet to be announced - core set (which is free to use for all players, incidentally), as well as 2021's sets - Forged in the Barrens, United in Stormwind, Fractured in Alterac Valley - and, of course, Voyage to the Sunken City, as the card pool kicking off the new face of Standard Hearthstone in 2022.

Pre-purchase bundles for Voyage to the Sunken City are now available, and keep your eye on IGN tomorrow for our exclusive Voyage to the Sunken City card reveal.

Cam Shea has worked at IGN since before the before times, and has played more Breath of the Wild than just about any other game. When he's not playing games he's mixing records.

Blizzard today announced the first full Hearthstone expansion for 2022 - Voyage to the Sunken City. This set of 135 new cards will be available on April 12 in NA and April 13 in ANZ, and will take players deep underwater to the ancient city of Zin-Azshari, once the ancient capital of the Night Elves, before being submerged during the cataclysm. Hearthstone players can expect a typically colourful take on this well-known piece of World of Warcraft lore, and mechanically, the set introduces two keywords: Dredge and Colossal, as well as formalising a brand new minion type: Naga. Let's quickly go through the new inclusions.

Dredge lets players look at the bottom three cards of their deck, and choose one to raise to the top. This keyword will obviously work well if players have sent a "Sunken Sweeper" card down there already, or a Rogue opponent has banished a critical minion to the bottom of your deck. This keyword lets you bring key tools back into the light.

Creatures with Colossal, meanwhile, are kind of like a minion with a main body, but also appendages that take up additional space on the board. A creature with Colossal +1 has one other part that is summoned alongside the main body, while Colossal +2 summons two appendages (both the same). And on it goes until you reach Xhilag of the Abyss (below)! The different parts are designed to synergise with one another, creating small tactical packages for players to experiment with.

Fianlly, the new minion type, Naga, also comes with its own mechanic. These vengeful creatures are spell-focused minions that often give bonuses for playing spells while they're in your hand.

Not only do the cards that have been revealed so far look like they'll shake things up, but they won't be alone in doing so. The release of Voyage to the Sunken City will coincide with the end of the Year of the Gryphon, which means Ashes of Outland, Scholomance Academy and Madness at the Darkmoon Faire will all be leaving the Standard format. This will leave a new - and yet to be announced - core set (which is free to use for all players, incidentally), as well as 2021's sets - Forged in the Barrens, United in Stormwind, Fractured in Alterac Valley - and, of course, Voyage to the Sunken City, as the card pool kicking off the new face of Standard Hearthstone in 2022.

Pre-purchase bundles for Voyage to the Sunken City are now available, and keep your eye on IGN tomorrow for our exclusive Voyage to the Sunken City card reveal.

Cam Shea has worked at IGN since before the before times, and has played more Breath of the Wild than just about any other game. When he's not playing games he's mixing records.

AMD announced two new technologies as part of its software lineup on Thursday: FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR) 2.0 and Radeon Super Resolution (RSR), which aim to get more mileage out of GPUs in a "work smarter, not harder" approach.

AMD notes that FSR 2.0 will offer better image quality than FSR 1.0 in all four of its modes (Ultra Quality, Quality, Balanced, and Performance). FSR 2.0 promises to deliver higher frame rates over its original iteration and compete more closely with DLSS 2.0. Whereas DLSS 2.0 uses machine learning, AMD's solution optimizes anti-aliasing based on temporal data.

FidelityFX Super Resolution is AMD's supersampling tech which was released last June as a competitor to Nvidia's Deep Learning Super Sampling (DLSS). Unlike DLSS, which only works on Nvidia RTX GPUs, FSR is open-sourced and compatible with AMD and Nvidia graphics cards.

Alongside FSR 2.0, AMD also announced Radeon Super Resolution, which the tech giant says "takes all the goodness" offered in FidelityFX Super Resolution and put it into a driver. This means that it will allow you to activate features on FSR across a variety of games that do not already have native support, offering an extra boost in performance. However, support for RSR only comes with AMD's Radeon RX 5000 GPUs.

FSR 2.0 currently does not have a release date, though AMD could share more information on a release window next Wednesday at GDC. While Radeon Super Resolution is available today as part of the new AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition driver.

Taylor is the Associate Tech Editor at IGN. You can follow her on Twitter @TayNixster.

Netflix’s live-action Resident Evil series is on its way soon, unleashing the T-virus on July 14.

Resident Evil introduces Jade Wesker, a survivor whose surname should be familiar to fans of the video games. Here’s the show’s official synopsis:

“Year 2036 – 14 years after a deadly virus caused a global apocalypse, Jade Wesker fights for survival in a world overrun by the blood-thirsty infected and insane creatures. In this absolute carnage, Jade is haunted by her past in New Raccoon City, by her father’s chilling connections to the Umbrella Corporation but mostly by what happened to her sister, Billie.”

The core Resident Evil cast was revealed back in 2021, and we know Lance Reddick will be playing long-time Resident Evil character, Albert Wesker. Jade and Billie are the daughters of Albert, and will seemingly be the show's key characters.

Along with the Resident Evil release date, Netflix has also released three new teaser posters (below), and they might just give us a better idea of what the show will be about.

A new logo and a hint of the T-virus (which turns people into zombies, causing the show's apocalypse) are enough to get Resident Evil fans salivating… but it’s the third image that really piques our interest.

Debuting a pill called ‘Joy’ it looks as though the nefarious Umbrella Corporation has been working on a new line of medication. The pill itself is covered in blood – always a good sign that things haven’t exactly worked out. But even the pill’s name itself could be a hint. A new anti-depressant, perhaps?

How that ties into the T-virus and Umbrella’s other schemes remains to be seen. And we have no idea which timeline in which we’ll see Joy make its debut...

A previous announcement from Netflix confirmed that we’ll see the story pan out across two different timelines – Jade and Billie’s childhoods, as well as decades after the viral outbreak of the T-virus.

“In the first timeline, fourteen-year-old sisters Jade and Billie Wesker are moved to New Raccoon City – a manufactured, corporate town, forced on them right as adolescence is in full swing. But the more time they spend there, the more they come to realize that the town is more than it seems, and their father may be concealing dark secrets. Secrets that could destroy the world.”

The second timeline comes after the global apocalypse…

“There are less than fifteen million people left on Earth. And more than six billion monsters – people and animals infected with the T-virus. Jade, now thirty, struggles to survive in this New World, while the secrets from her past - about her sister, her father, and herself - continue to haunt her."

Resident Evil stars Lance Reddick as Albert Wesker alongside Ella Balinska, Tamara Smart, Siena Agudong, Adeline Rudolph, Paola Nuñez, Ahad Raza Mir, Connor Gossatti, and Turlough Convery.

Andrew Dabb is on board as showrunner, writing the eight-episode series alongside Mary Leah Sutton.

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

Super Fantasy Zone, Alien Soldier, and Light Crusader have been added to the Sega Genesis library of Nintendo Switch Online.

The games are available now for any users who have a Switch Online membership and its Expansion Pass, which adds access to N64 and Sega Genesis games.

Super Fantasy Zone is a shooter where players fight against the evil Dark Menon as they seek to avenge their father. IGN said a 2008 Virtual Console re-release was great, "as the game is both fun to play and fun to look at. Great music, great colour, great control."

Alien Soldier puts you in the shoes of, you guessed it, an alien soldier, who must defeat 25 bosses in this side scrolling action game. In an 8/10 Virtual Console review, IGN said "Alien Soldier is a long-lost piece of Treasure's action gaming legacy. It's got the fast-firing, high-energy, overly-explosive intensity that fans of the company have come to expect."

The third and final new Genesis game, Light Crusader, was given a 6/10 Virtual Console review by IGN. This action RPG "isn't lacking depth, and it's certainly home to a fair and playable isometric adventure," but it's just "a little bland overall".

There are now 23 Sega Genesis titles included in the Switch Online Expansion Pass, including classics such as Altered Beast, Castlevania: Bloodlines, and Golden Axe.

F-Zero X was added to its N64 collection earlier this month, joining The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask and 11 other N64 games available on the platform.

The Expansion Pass also grants access to DLC for Nintendo titles including Animal Crossing: New Horizons' Happy Home Paradise and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe's Booster Course Pass, which doubles the number of tracks eventually available in the game from 48 to 96.

Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelancer who occasionally remembers to tweet @thelastdinsdale.

In a move that is just a bit surprising, Disney Plus is now streaming the full slate of Netflix Marvel shows including Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Iron Fist, and more. But despite the mature content in these shows, Disney doesn’t appear to have censored or changed anything for the Disney Plus release.

IGN did an exhaustive comparison between the various Defenders shows from when they streamed on Netflix to how they appear on Disney Plus, and we found that Disney didn’t remove anything from these shows.

In a line-item comparison across 382 episodes and 10 seasons, IGN tracked all of the instances of violent or sexually suggestive moments from the Defenders shows on Netflix to how they appear on Disney Plus and found that nothing has been removed.

This includes the Luke Cage Jessica Jones sex scene in the premiere for Jessica Jones, the many instances of violence in Daredevil, or the dialogue in Luke Cage. According to our research, everything remains unchanged and uncensored.

Disney Plus, at least in North America, is known for sticking to a PG-13 rating for its content, with more mature content going to Hulu, another Disney-owned streaming service. But the Defenders shows appear to be an exception.

Disney did however add a new age-gate to Disney Plus asking users if they wish to access the full library that includes mature content, or opt for a more protected library that doesn’t show some of the new mature shows.

It should also be noted that outside of North America, Disney Plus is host to a variety of shows and movies geared towards older audiences thanks to regional licensing agreements and deals.

Will this pave the way for movies like Logan and Deadpool to appear on Disney Plus? It’s too early to say, but certainly adding unedited versions of the Netflix Marvel series does open up Disney’s family-friendly streaming service to more options for some users.

Matt T.M. Kim is IGN's News Editor. You can reach him @lawoftd.

Additional reporting and research by Laura Sirikul

In a move that is just a bit surprising, Disney Plus is now streaming the full slate of Netflix Marvel shows including Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Iron Fist, and more. But despite the mature content in these shows, Disney doesn’t appear to have censored or changed anything for the Disney Plus release.

IGN did an exhaustive comparison between the various Defenders shows from when they streamed on Netflix to how they appear on Disney Plus, and we found that Disney didn’t remove anything from these shows.

In a line-item comparison across 382 episodes and 10 seasons, IGN tracked all of the instances of violent or sexually suggestive moments from the Defenders shows on Netflix to how they appear on Disney Plus and found that nothing has been removed.

This includes the Luke Cage Jessica Jones sex scene in the premiere for Jessica Jones, the many instances of violence in Daredevil, or the dialogue in Luke Cage. According to our research, everything remains unchanged and uncensored.

Disney Plus, at least in North America, is known for sticking to a PG-13 rating for its content, with more mature content going to Hulu, another Disney-owned streaming service. But the Defenders shows appear to be an exception.

Disney did however add a new age-gate to Disney Plus asking users if they wish to access the full library that includes mature content, or opt for a more protected library that doesn’t show some of the new mature shows.

It should also be noted that outside of North America, Disney Plus is host to a variety of shows and movies geared towards older audiences thanks to regional licensing agreements and deals.

Will this pave the way for movies like Logan and Deadpool to appear on Disney Plus? It’s too early to say, but certainly adding unedited versions of the Netflix Marvel series does open up Disney’s family-friendly streaming service to more options for some users.

Matt T.M. Kim is IGN's News Editor. You can reach him @lawoftd.

Additional reporting and research by Laura Sirikul

The latest ID@Xbox had something for indie lovers of all stripes, including samurai swords, pixelated pro wrestlers, and cute little foxes...with swords. Basically, if you love the unique characters and locales of indie games, you're in for a treat this year. Even better, we've saved you the trouble of scrubbing back through the whole show and rounded up everything we saw during the ID@Xbox event livestream.

Immortality: An Interactive Movie Trilogy

From the mind of Sam Barlow (creator of the critically acclaimed Her Story and Telling Lies) comes a new interactive mystery. You'll trawl through lost home movies to figure out what exactly happened to a woman named Marissa Marcel.

Release date: Summer 2022
Platform: X/S
Xbox Game Pass: Yes

Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn

From the studio behind 2018's Ashen comes a new open-world action RPG. You'll play as a pistol-wielding woman named Nor and her fox-like companion Enki on a journey of "vengeance, gunpowder, and magic in humanity's last stand."

Release date: 2022
Platform: X/S, Xbox One
Xbox Game Pass: Yes

Cursed to Golf

The "What if golf, but weird" genre has had something of a renaissance the last few years. This game looks to promise a more spooky take on the tee, featuring a journey to escape "golf purgatory" with power-ups, ghostly hazards, and an emphasis on replayability.

Release date: TBD
Platform: PC
Game Pass: TBD

Escape Academy

Everyone knows high school can be hell, but at least you never had classes that turned into escape rooms. That's exactly what Escape Academy offers prospective students, featuring over a dozen escape rooms, and can be played solo or co-op with pals. The game is being published by iam8bit (purveyors of fine video game merch) and features music from Doseone, composer for Enter the Gungeon, Gang Beast, and Sludge Life.

Release date: TBD
Platform: Console
Xbox Game Pass: TBD

Whalefall

Described as a combination SRPG/JRPG influenced by the likes of Lord of the Rings, Suikoden, and Final Fantasy. The world of Osfeld is a tumultous one. Giant whales float through the sky, and whenever one of them dies, it plummets to the earth and dramatically changes the political and economic powers that be, and stirs up a huge battle for the resources its body leaves behind. Players will command an army in an effort to stop a plot to kill one of these majestic (and deadly) creatures, averting global chaos.

Release date: TBD
Platform: Console
Xbox Game Pass: TBD

Wrestle Quest

OH YEAH! Pro wrestlers like the late "Macho Man" Randy Savage, Andre the Giant, and a ton of others help you on a quest to become a wrestling legend, all in a pixelated art style.

Release date: TBD
Platform: Console
Xbox Game Pass: TBD

Tunic

Take control of an adorable fox with a sword in this Zelda-like isometric action adventure game. This one has been in development for a while, so you can check out five reasons why Tunic should be on your radar.

Release date: Available right now.
Platform: X/S, Xbox One
Xbox Game Pass: Yes

Crusader Kings III Console Edition

One of IGN's highest-rated strategy games ever finally makes the trek from PC to Xbox Game Pass.

Release date: March 29
Platform: Console
Xbox Game Pass: Yes

Trek to Yomi

We previously saw Trek to Yomi during last week's State of Play, but we're not complaining about another look at this gorgeous black and white samurai action adventure that evokes memories of Kurosawa films and Old Boy's iconic hallway fight.

Release date: TBD
Platform: Console
Xbox Game Pass: TBD

There is No Light

Voidtrain

Chinatown Detective Agency

Other games

• Rolling Thunder (Roblox Game Fund/Splitting Point Studios)
• Beacon Pines (Fellow Traveller)
  • Release date: TBD
• Kraken Academy!! (Fellow Traveller)
  • Release date: March 22, 2022
• Shredders (FoamPunch BV)
• Lost Eidolons (Ocean Drive Studios)
• Paradise Killer (Xbox version, already on PC) (Fellow Traveller)
  • Release date: Available now on Xbox
• Clash: Artifacts of Chaos (Nacon)
• Floppy Knights (Rose City Games) – coming to Xbox Game Pass
• Citizen Sleeper (Fellow Traveller)
  • Release date: TBD

So what was your favorite indie game of the showcase? Was it Tunic's adorable foxy adventure, Wrestle Quest's bodyslamming RPG goodness, or something else entirely? Sound off in the comments and let us know.

Joseph Knoop is a writer/producer for IGN.

The latest ID@Xbox had something for indie lovers of all stripes, including samurai swords, pixelated pro wrestlers, and cute little foxes...with swords. Basically, if you love the unique characters and locales of indie games, you're in for a treat this year. Even better, we've saved you the trouble of scrubbing back through the whole show and rounded up everything we saw during the ID@Xbox event livestream.

Immortality: An Interactive Movie Trilogy

From the mind of Sam Barlow (creator of the critically acclaimed Her Story and Telling Lies) comes a new interactive mystery. You'll trawl through lost home movies to figure out what exactly happened to a woman named Marissa Marcel.

Release date: Summer 2022
Platform: X/S
Xbox Game Pass: Yes

Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn

From the studio behind 2018's Ashen comes a new open-world action RPG. You'll play as a pistol-wielding woman named Nor and her fox-like companion Enki on a journey of "vengeance, gunpowder, and magic in humanity's last stand."

Release date: 2022
Platform: X/S, Xbox One
Xbox Game Pass: Yes

Cursed to Golf

The "What if golf, but weird" genre has had something of a renaissance the last few years. This game looks to promise a more spooky take on the tee, featuring a journey to escape "golf purgatory" with power-ups, ghostly hazards, and an emphasis on replayability.

Release date: TBD
Platform: PC
Game Pass: TBD

Escape Academy

Everyone knows high school can be hell, but at least you never had classes that turned into escape rooms. That's exactly what Escape Academy offers prospective students, featuring over a dozen escape rooms, and can be played solo or co-op with pals. The game is being published by iam8bit (purveyors of fine video game merch) and features music from Doseone, composer for Enter the Gungeon, Gang Beast, and Sludge Life.

Release date: TBD
Platform: Console
Xbox Game Pass: TBD

Whalefall

Described as a combination SRPG/JRPG influenced by the likes of Lord of the Rings, Suikoden, and Final Fantasy. The world of Osfeld is a tumultous one. Giant whales float through the sky, and whenever one of them dies, it plummets to the earth and dramatically changes the political and economic powers that be, and stirs up a huge battle for the resources its body leaves behind. Players will command an army in an effort to stop a plot to kill one of these majestic (and deadly) creatures, averting global chaos.

Release date: TBD
Platform: Console
Xbox Game Pass: TBD

Wrestle Quest

OH YEAH! Pro wrestlers like the late "Macho Man" Randy Savage, Andre the Giant, and a ton of others help you on a quest to become a wrestling legend, all in a pixelated art style.

Release date: TBD
Platform: Console
Xbox Game Pass: TBD

Tunic

Take control of an adorable fox with a sword in this Zelda-like isometric action adventure game. This one has been in development for a while, so you can check out five reasons why Tunic should be on your radar.

Release date: Available right now.
Platform: X/S, Xbox One
Xbox Game Pass: Yes

Crusader Kings III Console Edition

One of IGN's highest-rated strategy games ever finally makes the trek from PC to Xbox Game Pass.

Release date: March 29
Platform: Console
Xbox Game Pass: Yes

Trek to Yomi

We previously saw Trek to Yomi during last week's State of Play, but we're not complaining about another look at this gorgeous black and white samurai action adventure that evokes memories of Kurosawa films and Old Boy's iconic hallway fight.

Release date: TBD
Platform: Console
Xbox Game Pass: TBD

There is No Light

Voidtrain

Chinatown Detective Agency

Other games

• Rolling Thunder (Roblox Game Fund/Splitting Point Studios)
• Beacon Pines (Fellow Traveller)
  • Release date: TBD
• Kraken Academy!! (Fellow Traveller)
  • Release date: March 22, 2022
• Shredders (FoamPunch BV)
• Lost Eidolons (Ocean Drive Studios)
• Paradise Killer (Xbox version, already on PC) (Fellow Traveller)
  • Release date: Available now on Xbox
• Clash: Artifacts of Chaos (Nacon)
• Floppy Knights (Rose City Games) – coming to Xbox Game Pass
• Citizen Sleeper (Fellow Traveller)
  • Release date: TBD

So what was your favorite indie game of the showcase? Was it Tunic's adorable foxy adventure, Wrestle Quest's bodyslamming RPG goodness, or something else entirely? Sound off in the comments and let us know.

Joseph Knoop is a writer/producer for IGN.

The Suicide Squad director James Gunn will guest star on Harley Quinn.

According to /Film, Harley Quinn co-creator Patrick Schumacker revealed that Gunn will appear in Season 3 of the DC comic book show in a very meta cameo.

“He is playing himself,” he teased. “And [he] is directing a movie about Thomas Wayne.” Unfortunately, little else is known about Gunn’s cameo.

It sounds though, true to form, Harley Quinn will be getting a very meta appearance from the director who brought her to the big screen in the form of Margot Robbie. And a movie about Thomas Wayne could give Gunn plenty of room to have fun with the role.

After a wacky Season 2, it looks as though Season 3 is going to really up the ante, bringing some new episodes that long-time DC fans will love – especially for fans of the old Batman cartoons.

“We have an episode that's a big love letter to 'Batman: The Animated Series'" said Schumacker. “We even got some original backgrounds from the show that we use in the episode.”

It’s unclear when Season 3 will debut – Schumacker only says it’s coming “soon”. But the adults-only animated show is making plenty of fans with its off-kilter brand of comedy.

Elsewhere, Harley Quinn’s Kite Man will be starring in his own spin-off – a show that’s described as “Cheers for villains” which sees him running a bar where supervillains hang out.

IGN’s Harley Quinn Season 2 review says: “the series looks to be even stronger in its sophomore outing. The new status quo and a stronger emphasis on Gotham's villains help create a darker tone while still delivering all the zany, deep-cut DC humor fans could ask for. Season 2 may well succeed where Birds of Prey never quite did - exploring what happens when Harley sets out to become her own woman.”

Kaley Cuoco stars as Harley Quinn alongside Alan Tudyk, Lake Bell, Rahul Kohli, Diedrich Baker, Tony hale, Matt Oberg, and Ron Funches.

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