Monthly Archives: August 2019
Sony Acquires Spider-Man PS4 Developer Insomniac Games
Sony Interactive Entertainment has announced it has acquired Insomniac Games, the developers behind Marvel's Spider-Man and Ratchet and Clank, as a first-party PlayStation studio.
Sony and Insomniac are in "definitive agreements" to acquire Insomniac, who have long held a partnership with PlayStation throughout the four generations of home PlayStation consoles, from Spyro the Dragon on the original PlayStation through to 2018's Spider-Man on PS4.
Insomniac will become the 14th studio in Sony's current lineup of Worldwide Studios development studios.
"Insomniac Games is one of the most highly-acclaimed development studios in the industry and their legacy of best-in class storytelling and gameplay is unparalleled," Shawn Layden, Chairman of SIE WWS, said in a statement alongside the announcement. "We have enjoyed a strong collaborative partnership with the studio for many years, and are thrilled to officially welcome them to the Worldwide Studios family. The addition of Insomniac Games to SIE WWS reiterates our commitment to developing world class gaming experiences that can only be found on the PlayStation platform."
Disintegration Reveals First Gameplay Footage
V1 Studios has revealed the first gameplay footage for Disintigration.
Shown during the opening night press conference at Gamescom 2019, V1's co-founder Marcus Lehto (the co-creator of Halo) described Disintegration as "a first-person shooter with a lot of real-time tactical elements blended in."
The gameplay trailer introduced us to Roamer, our player character and a grav-cycle pilot who will command a small squad of combat units that all have their own unique abilities.
Disintegration will have both a full single-player campaign as well as a multiplayer component, and will be released in 2020.
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Disintegration Reveals First Gameplay Footage
V1 Studios has revealed the first gameplay footage for Disintigration.
Shown during the opening night press conference at Gamescom 2019, V1's co-founder Marcus Lehto (the co-creator of Halo) described Disintegration as "a first-person shooter with a lot of real-time tactical elements blended in."
The gameplay trailer introduced us to Roamer, our player character and a grav-cycle pilot who will command a small squad of combat units that all have their own unique abilities.
Disintegration will have both a full single-player campaign as well as a multiplayer component, and will be released in 2020.
JR is a Senior Editor at IGN, and you can follow him on Twitter if you're into that.
Nvidia GeForce Now is Coming to Android Phones with RTX Servers
Nvidia has announced its GeForce Now will come to Android phones soon and more immediately the company has activated the first RTX servers for the game streaming service.
Nvidia Turing graphics cards like the RTX 2080 Ti and RTX 2080 Super, have been blazing a trail for new levels for GPU performance and pushing the future of ray-traced graphics, and now streaming gamers will be able to take advantage of all that new power.
Nvidia GeForce Now is Coming to Android Phones with RTX Servers
Nvidia has announced its GeForce Now will come to Android phones soon and more immediately the company has activated the first RTX servers for the game streaming service.
Nvidia Turing graphics cards like the RTX 2080 Ti and RTX 2080 Super, have been blazing a trail for new levels for GPU performance and pushing the future of ray-traced graphics, and now streaming gamers will be able to take advantage of all that new power.
Witcher 3 for Nintendo Switch Release Date Announced
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt complete edition's release date on the Nintendo Switch was revealed during Gamescom Opening Night Live. The well-loved port will be available this fall on October 15, 2019.
Watch The Witcher 3 for Switch announcement trailer below.
The Witcher 3 on the Nintendo Switch was previously revealed during Nintendo's 2019 E3 Direct. CD Projekt Red has said The Witcher 3 "still looks amazing" on Switch, and we know The Witcher 3 will run at 720p in docked mode.
Everspace 2 Announced
Everspace 2 has been announced at Gamescom 2019's Opening Night Live.
Not much was revealed about the sequel to the popular space combat game, but it is being developed by Rockfish Games and will release in 2021 on Xbox One, PS4, and PC.
For more on Gamescom, be sure to check out our Gamescom 2019 hub, and check out the whole show's schedule for a clue as to what else we might be hearing about this week.
Humankind: Endless Space Dev Announces New 4X Strategy
Amplitude Studios - creator of Endless Space and Endless Legend - has announced Humankind, a new 4X strategy game.
Announced during Gamescom Opening Night Live, the game will be published by Sega, and will see players micromanaging their way across the course of human history, from the Bronze Age through four separate eras.
Sega and Amplitude released a mysterious new trailer during the Opening Night Live show featuring a man playing electronic music in a space station orbiting Earth. The trailer then pans over the different eras of human civilization.
Humankind is coming out sometime in 2020.
For more on Gamescom, be sure to check out our Gamescom 2019 hub, and check out the whole show's schedule for a clue as to what else we might be hearing about this week.
Like Loot? You’re Going to Love Borderlands 3’s New Game Mode
We're in the home stretch of our IGN First coverage of Borderlands 3 for August 2019, and today we're bringing you a look at Borderlands 3's all-new game mode, 'Proving Grounds.'
Check out the video above and see Borderlands 3 Lead Level Designer Graeme Timmins take us through an overview of what Proving Grounds is, and what it means for you, the player.
In a nutshell, Proving Grounds is a fast way to kill a ton of enemies and score some seriously great loot. It's one of the many cool new features coming to Borderlands 3 when it releases September 13.
For more Borderlands, be sure to check out the first 14 minutes of Borderlands 3 and a look at four-player Borderlands 3 co-op.
Spec Ops: The Line Devs’ The Cycle Now Out in Early Access
Yager, the developers behind Spec Ops: The Line and more, announced its new game The Cycle is available in Early Access today at Gamescom 2019's Gamescom Opening Night Live press conference.
Described as "PvPvE," The Cycle is available to play via the Epic Game Store as a free download. Yager previously revealed The Cycle in 2018m, when Yager revealed the planet Fortuna 3 as the main location for the game, "a hostile, beautiful new world, full of resources, alien life, and other Prospectors looking to take its riches."
IGN's Spec Ops: The Line review said "The sum of Spec Ops’ unexpected story is an army shooter that makes killing people mean something."