Monthly Archives: June 2020

Surreal Action-Survival Game Voidtrain to Be Released This Fall

Voidtrain, a surreal, first-person action-survival game, will be released on PC via Steam this fall. Revealed exclusively during today's IGN Expo, developer Nearga showed off a brand new trailer for the game, which you can check out below: [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/06/10/voidtrain-summer-of-gaming-exclusive-gameplay-trailer"] Voidtrain sees solo players or groups of four start on a push trolley travelling down tracks in an abstract landscape, while gathering resources and gradually building a fully working train to speed them through this strange world. As you travel, you'll come across creature-infested islands, puzzles, and Nazi depots to be liberated. The more highly upgraded your train, the harder those challenges will become along the way. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=voidtrain-5-screenshots&captions=true"] There's much, much more to see from today's IGN Expo, and we're running the Summer of Gaming throughout June – here's the Summer of Gaming full schedule. All month, we're supporting some incredibly important causes – the World Health Organisation and The Bail Project – if you are able, help us support them too at donate.ign.com. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Joe Skrebels is IGN's Executive Editor of News. Follow him on Twitter.

Surreal Action-Survival Game Voidtrain to Be Released This Fall

Voidtrain, a surreal, first-person action-survival game, will be released on PC via Steam this fall. Revealed exclusively during today's IGN Expo, developer Nearga showed off a brand new trailer for the game, which you can check out below: [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/06/10/voidtrain-summer-of-gaming-exclusive-gameplay-trailer"] Voidtrain sees solo players or groups of four start on a push trolley travelling down tracks in an abstract landscape, while gathering resources and gradually building a fully working train to speed them through this strange world. As you travel, you'll come across creature-infested islands, puzzles, and Nazi depots to be liberated. The more highly upgraded your train, the harder those challenges will become along the way. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=voidtrain-5-screenshots&captions=true"] There's much, much more to see from today's IGN Expo, and we're running the Summer of Gaming throughout June – here's the Summer of Gaming full schedule. All month, we're supporting some incredibly important causes – the World Health Organisation and The Bail Project – if you are able, help us support them too at donate.ign.com. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Joe Skrebels is IGN's Executive Editor of News. Follow him on Twitter.

Mortal Shell First Gameplay Trailer, Beta Announced

Mortal Shell will be getting a week-long closed beta from Friday, July 3, and we have a brand new trailer to show you. Revealed exclusively as part of today's IGN Expo, the upcoming Soulslike action-RPG sees you inhabiting the bodies of multiple vanquished warriors in its dark fantasy world. You can check out a brand new gameplay trailer below: [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/06/04/mortal-shell-summer-of-gaming-gameplay-trailer"] According to developer Cold Symmetry, the beta build will take around one and two hours to complete, taking you through a frozen shrine called the Crypt of Martyrs and ending in a bossfight against Enslaved Grisha, a giant beast muzzled by a giant cage. You can check out IGN's full interview and gameplay reveal with the developers below: [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/06/10/mortal-shell-is-a-soulslike-made-by-people-who-love-soulslikes"] To get access to the beta, check out the Mortal Shell DiscordTwitterInstagram and Facebook, all of which will be dropping codes throughout the week following July 3. You can check out some brand new in-game screenshots in the gallery below: [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=mortal-shell-5-new-screenshots&captions=true"] Mortal Shell is scheduled for a Q3 release on PC, PS4 and Xbox One. There's much, much more to see from today's IGN Expo, and we're running the Summer of Gaming throughout June – here's the Summer of Gaming full schedule. All month, we're supporting some incredibly important causes – the World Health Organisation and The Bail Project – if you are able, help us support them too at donate.ign.com. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Joe Skrebels is IGN's Executive Editor of News. Follow him on Twitter.

Mortal Shell First Gameplay Trailer, Beta Announced

Mortal Shell will be getting a week-long closed beta from Friday, July 3, and we have a brand new trailer to show you. Revealed exclusively as part of today's IGN Expo, the upcoming Soulslike action-RPG sees you inhabiting the bodies of multiple vanquished warriors in its dark fantasy world. You can check out a brand new gameplay trailer below: [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/06/04/mortal-shell-summer-of-gaming-gameplay-trailer"] According to developer Cold Symmetry, the beta build will take around one and two hours to complete, taking you through a frozen shrine called the Crypt of Martyrs and ending in a bossfight against Enslaved Grisha, a giant beast muzzled by a giant cage. You can check out IGN's full interview and gameplay reveal with the developers below: [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/06/10/mortal-shell-is-a-soulslike-made-by-people-who-love-soulslikes"] To get access to the beta, check out the Mortal Shell DiscordTwitterInstagram and Facebook, all of which will be dropping codes throughout the week following July 3. You can check out some brand new in-game screenshots in the gallery below: [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=mortal-shell-5-new-screenshots&captions=true"] Mortal Shell is scheduled for a Q3 release on PC, PS4 and Xbox One. There's much, much more to see from today's IGN Expo, and we're running the Summer of Gaming throughout June – here's the Summer of Gaming full schedule. All month, we're supporting some incredibly important causes – the World Health Organisation and The Bail Project – if you are able, help us support them too at donate.ign.com. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Joe Skrebels is IGN's Executive Editor of News. Follow him on Twitter.

Disney Announces Phased Reopening of California Theme Parks

Disney announced Wednesday that they plan on commencing a phased reopening of their California theme parks beginning July 17, with the Downtown Disney District shopping area reopening July 9. The company plans to reopen Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel & Spa, Disney’s Paradise Pier Hotel and Disney Vacation Club Villas at Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel & Spa starting on July 23, pending governmental approval. Disneyland Park and Disney California Adventure have been closed since mid-March due to the coronavirus pandemic. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=avengers-campus-all-the-heroes-and-characters-youll-meet&captions=true"] The Disney parks' reopening have been postponed a few times already but Wednesday's announcement says the company is moving ahead with welcoming back visitors and consumers albeit in a limited capacity due to government requirements and to promote physical distancing. The company's statement explains:

"Disneyland Resort will manage attendance through a new theme park reservation system that will require all guests, including Annual Passholders, to obtain a reservation for park entry in advance. Theme park reservations will be subject to availability.  More details about this new reservation system will be available soon. At this time, there will also be a temporary pause on new ticket sales and Annual Passport sales and renewals. Additional details will be available soon. Please check Disneyland.com for the most current information. Once approved, the Disneyland Resort will reopen with enhanced health and safety measures."

Disney parks fans shouldn't expect everything to be back to normal by then. The company says parades and nighttime spectaculars, among other large group gatherings, "will return at a later date. While character meet and greets will be temporarily unavailable, characters will be in the parks in new ways to entertain and delight guests." [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2019/12/06/we-rode-star-wars-rise-of-the-resistance-at-galaxys-edge"] Do you plan on visiting Disney theme parks once they reopen? Let us know in the comments.

Disney Announces Phased Reopening of California Theme Parks

Disney announced Wednesday that they plan on commencing a phased reopening of their California theme parks beginning July 17, with the Downtown Disney District shopping area reopening July 9. The company plans to reopen Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel & Spa, Disney’s Paradise Pier Hotel and Disney Vacation Club Villas at Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel & Spa starting on July 23, pending governmental approval. Disneyland Park and Disney California Adventure have been closed since mid-March due to the coronavirus pandemic. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=avengers-campus-all-the-heroes-and-characters-youll-meet&captions=true"] The Disney parks' reopening have been postponed a few times already but Wednesday's announcement says the company is moving ahead with welcoming back visitors and consumers albeit in a limited capacity due to government requirements and to promote physical distancing. The company's statement explains:

"Disneyland Resort will manage attendance through a new theme park reservation system that will require all guests, including Annual Passholders, to obtain a reservation for park entry in advance. Theme park reservations will be subject to availability.  More details about this new reservation system will be available soon. At this time, there will also be a temporary pause on new ticket sales and Annual Passport sales and renewals. Additional details will be available soon. Please check Disneyland.com for the most current information. Once approved, the Disneyland Resort will reopen with enhanced health and safety measures."

Disney parks fans shouldn't expect everything to be back to normal by then. The company says parades and nighttime spectaculars, among other large group gatherings, "will return at a later date. While character meet and greets will be temporarily unavailable, characters will be in the parks in new ways to entertain and delight guests." [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2019/12/06/we-rode-star-wars-rise-of-the-resistance-at-galaxys-edge"] Do you plan on visiting Disney theme parks once they reopen? Let us know in the comments.

Observer: System Redux Shows Off Exclusive Next-Gen Gameplay

Bloober Team has revealed next-gen gameplay from Observer: System Redux, and explained how it uses new hardware to upgrade many of the game's visuals, as well as make loading times mostly "unnoticeable". Revealed exclusively as part of today's IGN Expo, Observer: System Redux is a huge rework of the original 2017 sci-fi horror game. Bloober says it has "rebuilt and upgraded the visuals in practically every aspect" for System Redux. It will arrive for PS5 and Xbox Series X during the Holiday 2020 season. You can watch the next-gen gameplay (in glorious 4K) below: [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/06/10/observer-system-redux-exclusive-gameplay-demo-and-developer-walkthrough"] As for what's specifically been done to update the original, Bloober has a list of improvements. As you might expect, the game will run at 4K / 60 frames per second. System Redux now includes 4K textures and improved assets, higher quality animations, improved character models and upgraded particle effects. HDR and Ray Tracing support has allowed for a huge lighting upgrade (and, if you've played Observer, you'll know that lighting is a huge element of its atmosphere). The game also uses next-gen consoles' SSD drives to massively reduce loading times, to a level where Bloober says they will be "mostly unnoticeable" to the player. It's not just cosmetic, either - System Redux adds new story content to the game, as well as new neural interrogation sequences and brand new puzzles. Bloober estimates that the game will take 20% longer to finish than the original. Those additions include a storyline titled Her Fearful Symmetry, "a psychotic love story explored through the lens of the game’s dystopian and trans-humanist themes." [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=observer-system-redux-7-screenshots&captions=true"] Observer stars the late Rutger Hauer - playing a detective in a dystopian, futuristic Krakow. We named it one of the best horror games of 2017, one of the 25 scariest games of the current console generation, and one of the best cyberpunk games to tide you over until Cyberpunk 2077 arrives. Observer: System Redux isn't the only next-gen game being worked on by Bloober - the Polish horror experts recently announced The Medium for PC and Xbox Series X. There's much, much more to see from today's IGN Expo, and we're running the Summer of Gaming throughout June – here's the Summer of Gaming full schedule. All month, we're supporting some incredibly important causes – the World Health Organisation and The Bail Project – if you are able, help us support them too at donate.ign.com. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Joe Skrebels is IGN's Executive Editor of News. Follow him on Twitter.

Observer: System Redux Shows Off Exclusive Next-Gen Gameplay

Bloober Team has revealed next-gen gameplay from Observer: System Redux, and explained how it uses new hardware to upgrade many of the game's visuals, as well as make loading times mostly "unnoticeable". Revealed exclusively as part of today's IGN Expo, Observer: System Redux is a huge rework of the original 2017 sci-fi horror game. Bloober says it has "rebuilt and upgraded the visuals in practically every aspect" for System Redux. It will arrive for PS5 and Xbox Series X during the Holiday 2020 season. You can watch the next-gen gameplay (in glorious 4K) below: [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/06/10/observer-system-redux-exclusive-gameplay-demo-and-developer-walkthrough"] As for what's specifically been done to update the original, Bloober has a list of improvements. As you might expect, the game will run at 4K / 60 frames per second. System Redux now includes 4K textures and improved assets, higher quality animations, improved character models and upgraded particle effects. HDR and Ray Tracing support has allowed for a huge lighting upgrade (and, if you've played Observer, you'll know that lighting is a huge element of its atmosphere). The game also uses next-gen consoles' SSD drives to massively reduce loading times, to a level where Bloober says they will be "mostly unnoticeable" to the player. It's not just cosmetic, either - System Redux adds new story content to the game, as well as new neural interrogation sequences and brand new puzzles. Bloober estimates that the game will take 20% longer to finish than the original. Those additions include a storyline titled Her Fearful Symmetry, "a psychotic love story explored through the lens of the game’s dystopian and trans-humanist themes." [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=observer-system-redux-7-screenshots&captions=true"] Observer stars the late Rutger Hauer - playing a detective in a dystopian, futuristic Krakow. We named it one of the best horror games of 2017, one of the 25 scariest games of the current console generation, and one of the best cyberpunk games to tide you over until Cyberpunk 2077 arrives. Observer: System Redux isn't the only next-gen game being worked on by Bloober - the Polish horror experts recently announced The Medium for PC and Xbox Series X. There's much, much more to see from today's IGN Expo, and we're running the Summer of Gaming throughout June – here's the Summer of Gaming full schedule. All month, we're supporting some incredibly important causes – the World Health Organisation and The Bail Project – if you are able, help us support them too at donate.ign.com. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Joe Skrebels is IGN's Executive Editor of News. Follow him on Twitter.

Demon Turf: New 3D Platformer Revealed at IGN Expo

IGN can exclusively reveal Demon Turf, a 3D platformer with 2D elements coming to PC (via Epic Games Store and Steam), Nintendo Switch and Xbox Series X. Revealed as part of today's IGN Expo event, Demon Turf sees Beebz, a young demon, on the path to conquering the Demo World by taking down every one of its warring gangs. It's been created by Fabraz, the developer of Slime-San. Check out a reveal trailer below: [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/06/10/demon-turf-exclusive-reveal-trailer"] It may be taking on a classic genre in 3D platforming, and adopting some of its '90s attitude for good measure, but Demon Turf is aiming to make some changes to the expected style: combat is physics-driven, you can place your own checkpoints (or place none at all if you want to show off), and you can purchase mods for Beebz that can change your playstyle throughout the game. Demon Turf's colourful world - marked by its 2D characters in 3D environments - is split into multiple areas, each of which will change dramatically and can be re-explored once you liberate them from their resident demon gang. There's also a hub town filled with sidequests and challenges to explore - including Photo Hunt, which rewards you for taking selfies in hidden areas of "surprising events". [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=demon-turf-13-screenshots&captions=true"] Demon Turf doesn't yet have a release date, but Fabraz estimates it will arrive between late 2020 and early 2021. There's much, much more to see from today's IGN Expo, and we're running the Summer of Gaming throughout June – here's the Summer of Gaming full schedule. All month, we're supporting some incredibly important causes – the World Health Organisation and The Bail Project – if you are able, help us support them too at donate.ign.com. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/06/10/demon-turf-is-the-next-big-indie-3d-platformer"] [poilib element="accentDivider"] Joe Skrebels is IGN's Executive Editor of News. Follow him on Twitter.

Demon Turf: New 3D Platformer Revealed at IGN Expo

IGN can exclusively reveal Demon Turf, a 3D platformer with 2D elements coming to PC (via Epic Games Store and Steam), Nintendo Switch and Xbox Series X. Revealed as part of today's IGN Expo event, Demon Turf sees Beebz, a young demon, on the path to conquering the Demo World by taking down every one of its warring gangs. It's been created by Fabraz, the developer of Slime-San. Check out a reveal trailer below: [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/06/10/demon-turf-exclusive-reveal-trailer"] It may be taking on a classic genre in 3D platforming, and adopting some of its '90s attitude for good measure, but Demon Turf is aiming to make some changes to the expected style: combat is physics-driven, you can place your own checkpoints (or place none at all if you want to show off), and you can purchase mods for Beebz that can change your playstyle throughout the game. Demon Turf's colourful world - marked by its 2D characters in 3D environments - is split into multiple areas, each of which will change dramatically and can be re-explored once you liberate them from their resident demon gang. There's also a hub town filled with sidequests and challenges to explore - including Photo Hunt, which rewards you for taking selfies in hidden areas of "surprising events". [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=demon-turf-13-screenshots&captions=true"] Demon Turf doesn't yet have a release date, but Fabraz estimates it will arrive between late 2020 and early 2021. There's much, much more to see from today's IGN Expo, and we're running the Summer of Gaming throughout June – here's the Summer of Gaming full schedule. All month, we're supporting some incredibly important causes – the World Health Organisation and The Bail Project – if you are able, help us support them too at donate.ign.com. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/06/10/demon-turf-is-the-next-big-indie-3d-platformer"] [poilib element="accentDivider"] Joe Skrebels is IGN's Executive Editor of News. Follow him on Twitter.