Prove You’re a Legend in Destiny and Win The Taken King

Ever since Destiny first arrived on consoles last September, it has steadily gained a following of loyal fans who immerse themselves in its universe. Their Fireteam is their family.

At IGN, we want to celebrate those who have sunk countless hours into the game; those who are seeking to become legend. Which begs the question - how legendary are you? We're giving Destiny players the opportunity to show off their Guardian, and in return the best players could walk away with one of the following prizes.

One major prize winner will score:

• 1 x Destiny: The Taken King Limited Edition PS4 Console (Includes Destiny: The Taken King Legendary Edition)

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Deadpool Coming to PlayStation 4, Xbox One

A remastered version of the 2013 superhero action game Deadpool will soon be available for current-gen systems.

Releasing on November 17 for $50, this version will include all additional DLC including two extra levels and two alternate suits.

Activision recently re-released Deadpool on the PC platform Steam. Additionally, Deadpool has been the topic of discussion recently as the release of a film adaptation of Marvel Comic's violent X-Man starring Ryan Reynolds draws closer to release.

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Mad Max Review

At its core, Mad Max is a game about the death of hope. It’s about learning to find something to cling to in a pointless existence of murder and regret, and then watching it turn to ash in your hands. But that kernel of anguish is buried deep down in an adventure that demands to be explored through sheepish smiles and wide-eyed amazement as each combustive, sickening, and awesome moment of Max’s warpath consumes every foot of wasteland.

But for Max, the reluctant hero, the wasteland is something to escape. He’s lost his car and nearly his life at the hands of Scabrous Scrotus, the resident Warlord of the refinery-city Gas Town. Fortunately, the deformed, sun-soaked blackfinger, Chumbucket, sees Max as the ordained prophet of his car-based religion, sent from the Angel of Combustion to help build and drive the Magnum Opus - the greatest vehicle the wasteland will ever know.

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Torchlight 3 Isn’t Happening Because Dev Is 'Burnt Out'

Torchlight developer Runic Games is making Hob instead of Torchlight 3 for a couple reasons. Most notably, the team is "burnt out," and wanted to make something new. The other reason? Runic has no interest in trying to compete with Blizzard’s Diablo 3.

"We’re just burnt out," Runic Games President Marsh Lefler told IGN when asked why the team made Hob instead of Torchlight 3. "Let’s admit it, Diablo 3 is killing it right now. Diablo 3 is a really fun game. Not that Torchlight 2 isn’t a fun game, it is, but it’s just different. For us to try to compete with Diablo 3? We weren’t trying to compete before."

Lefler added that Diablo and Torchlight were different kinds of action RPGs, and that after a decade of making dungeon-crawlers, "we just needed a little break" to focus on "something we love" that’s even more different.

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Play Evolve Free This Weekend on Xbox One, PC

This weekend, those who have not played Evolve on either PC or Xbox One will be able to access the game's content for free.

Including the four monsters, eighteen hunters, five modes, and nineteen maps, this allows for people to try out Evolve and, following the weekend-long event, purchase a copy of Evolve and carry over all of their progress.

Additionally, all Evolve players can download the alternate character variant Meteor Goliath, a version of the original Goliath monster with new looks, effects, and attacks with which players can fight the Hunters.

During this weekend event, players can also gain access to all currently-available DLC characters on specific dates. On September 4, all Season One DLC will be availble starting at 12 am PT. Likewise, on September 5, all of the DLC characters from Season 2 will be available starting at 12:01 am PT.

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Disney Infinity Appeals Equally to Male and Female Gamers

The Disney Infinity franchise appeals to both boys and girls at an equal rate. According to a report at The Wall Street Journal, the demographic split for players of Disney's toys-to-life franchise is almost 50/50.

Disney's John Vignocchi told the Journal the demographic split between male and female gamers was initially expected to skew around 70% male and 30% female, but the actual numbers showed an even split.

Vignocchi credited the appeal to young females being attributed to "Disney’s IP treasure chest of powerful and strong female characters."

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Out This Week: Metal Gear Solid V, Mad Max

With so many new games and movies coming out, it can be hard to keep up. Lucky for you, IGN is here to help with a weekly round-up of the biggest releases each and every week. Check out the latest releases for this week, and be sure to come back next Monday for a new update.

Note: The prices and deals compiled below are accurate at the time we published this story, but all are subject to change.

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Nuketown Is Coming Back in Black Ops 3

The fan favorite Call of Duty multiplayer map, Nuketown, is coming back in Black Ops 3.

Called "Nuk3town," the map will be free for those who pre-order the game for Xbox One, PS4, and PC. Check out the concept art below.

"The Nuketown maps have a special place in Call of Duty multiplayer history and we can't wait to build upon that heritage in Black Ops 3," said Mark Lamia, Head of Treyarch. "We carefully adapted the design of the map to make sure that it fit with our new movement system, but also to make sure that we retained the spirit and the fun that made fans fall in love with it in the first place.

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Final Fantasy Versus 13 Was ’20-25%’ Done Before it Became FF 15

Final Fantasy Versus XIII was roughly a quarter complete before it shifted to become Final Fantasy XV.

Speaking to IGN at PAX in Seattle, Final Fantasy XV director Hajime Tabata explained the transition.

“It’s a little bit rough, but in terms of how much it had progressed in terms of development, Versus XIII was around 20 to 25 percent,” Tabata told IGN via translator. “In terms of character designs or visuals, nothing really had been fixed at that point. We were still working on updating it and revising those designs.”

Tabata says that development on Final Fantasy XV started around three years ago, and Versus XIII “was being developed up to the point that XV started development.”

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Daily Deals: Xbox One Elite, Halo 5 Collector's Edition, Samsung 55-Inch 4K TV

The Xbox One Elite Is Coming

Microsoft just announced a new Xbox One with a matte finish, the elite wireless controller, and a 1TB SSHD. An SSHD is a hybrid mechanical-solid state drive that stores commonly used files on the faster solid state portion. Microsoft says it'll get you "to the action 20% faster from power-save mode."

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Konami Workers Gave Up Vacation Time to Ship MGS5 Early

In order to have Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain's PC release date match that of the console releases, many workers at Konami were forced to give up their personal vacation time.

Responding to angry fans, senior producer Kenichiro Imaizumi tweeted: "PC launch day earlier than original plan. Our programmers didn't take summer vacation to make it happen.. kinda sad".

Imaizumi went on to clarify that the team was willing to put in the extra work to get the PC release looking better, but that "their families are not happy".

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Metal Gear Solid 5 Microtransaction Prices Revealed

Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain isn't coming out for one more day, but we already know how much its microtransactions will cost.

New images from Metal Gear Network reveal the prices for Mother Base Coins, which are used in MGS5's online mode, Forward Operating Base -- not to be confused with Metal Gear Online, which won't yet be included when the core game is launched.

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Xbox One Elite Bundle Revealed, Loads Games Faster

Microsoft has announced a new Xbox One console bundle that includes a 1TB Solid State Hybrid Drive and the Xbox One Elite Controller.

As detailed on Xbox Wire, the Xbox One Elite Bundle promises to provide gamers with an optimized gaming experience. In fact, the new hard drive will enable games to load 20 percent faster when in energy-saving mode.

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Hob Is the Next Best Thing to a New Zelda Game

Runic Games’ Torchlight series filled the void left by Diablo’s decade-long absence, and it did it well. The Torchlight games weren’t simple copycats of Blizzard’s dungeon-crawling action RPG either — they brought their own amazing ideas to the concept, improving the genre and challenging Blizzard to do better with Diablo 3. Hob, Runic’s next game, seems to serve a similar purpose.

Like Torchlight, Hob is heavily inspired by the outstanding action games many of us grew up on, blending the best of their brilliant ideas into one beautiful, smart, and innovative action-adventure game. While we wait for The Legend of Zelda, Hob could be the next best thing.

Hob’s influences are clear, and developer Runic Games is completely transparent about drawing inspiration from Zelda, Ico, and Shadow of the Colossus. The team’s love for large-scale, top-down action-adventure games comes to life in Hob, whose gorgeous 3D world isn’t at all what it seems.

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Deus Ex: Mankind Divided Release Date Revealed

Square Enix and Eidos Montreal have announced Deus Ex: Mankind Divided will come out February 23.

Announced in April, Mankind Divided is the sequel to Deus Ex: Human Revolution, set two years later in 2029 with augmented people separated from normal residents. The stealth action-RPG will continue to examine the societal tensions between the two groups.

In addition to the release date, Square Enix unveiled an Augment Your Pre-Order campaign and collector's edition for Deus Ex: Mankind Divided.

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Destiny's The Taken King Will Not Have a Raid on Day One

Destiny’s upcoming The Taken King expansion will not feature the King’s Fall raid on day one of its September 15 launch.

“Its not going to be available on day one,” The Taken King director Luke Smith told IGN during its live show at PAX Prime 2015. “We definitely have a plan for when it’s going to be available. I’m not going to announce the plan for it on the youtube gaming stage.

"But I promise for people who are excited about the raid will know when it's time to take time off work. We’ll give em’ a heads up,” he added.

Bungie previously told IGN that the expansion’s upcoming King's Fall raid is bigger than other Destiny's raids Vault of Glass and Crota’s End. The new expansion introduces Oryx, the father of Crota's End raid boss, Crota. Oryx heads a new class of enemies called the Taken as he seeks to strike revenge for the death of his son.

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CD Projekt Red Teases Witcher 3 Gwent News

During a panel at PAX, CD Projekt Red teased upcoming news about Gwent, the card-game found within The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.

Answering a fan request for a stand-alone version of Gwent during the panel Q&A, senior writer Jakub Szamalek said there will be "good news for Gwent players coming up."

As far as a stand-alone version, Szamalek laughed and said he would pass along the idea to the business team in Warsaw, where CD Projekt Red is based.

A physical version of the card game was part of the Xbox One Collector's Edition, but a digital version of Gwent was part of the game as content within the world of The Witcher 3 on all platforms.

The description of Gwent by CD Projekt Red calls it a game "of initial simplicity and ultimate depth," played by nobles and commoners alike in the Witcher universe.

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Witcher 3 and the Challenge of Adapting Books to Games

During a Witcher 3: Wild Hunt panel at PAX, CD Projekt Red talked about the difficulties present in adapting a book series to a game.

According to senior writer Jakub Szamalek, turning books into games "is not a recipe for success." During the panel, Szamalek and CD Projekt Red translator and English writer Travis Currit pointed to many of the challenges present in adapting a book series into a video game.

"You'd be hard pressed to find book adaptations" in gaming, Szamalek said, contrasting that with the movie world, where book adaptations are commonplace and often times very successful.

One of the challenges Currit mentioned was the fact that often times, "fans are completionists." He said fans will "devour" everything to do with a franchise, making a game adaptation ripe for fan scrutiny.

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Homefront: The Revolution Feels Like Far Cry, and That's Awesome

Homefront: The Revolution feels a lot like recent Far Cry games, and honestly, that’s awesome. In a brief, 15 minute hands-on demo with the 2016 shooter, I was pleasantly surprised to find a sandbox packed with interesting things to do, multiple ways to explore, and some smart systems that really helped pull me into the world and keep me there.

My goal was pretty simple – get from point A to point B while trying to not get killed by the patrolling, near-future packs of North Korean soldiers. Aside from standard grunts on the ground, there were drones that patrolled the streets, snipers perched up high forcing me to find alternate routes, and heavy trucks that could tear me down with a machine gun at a moment’s notice. Lucky for me, Homefront gave me the tools to start my own revolution and really even the odds.

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Final Fantasy XV Dev ‘Tested Out’ VR Support

Square Enix experimented with VR support for Final Fantasy XV.

Speaking to IGN at PAX in Seattle, director Hajime Tabata explained that VR was briefly considered for a segment of the game but ultimately didn’t match the team’s goals.

“We had tested out utilizing VR,” Tabata told IGN via translator. “At the time we were looking into it, we felt that it could potentially work as a passive experience for a portion of the game utilizing VR. We felt that it would potentially make sense for a segment, but in terms of the overall game in itself, the entire game, we didn’t feel that having that headset on for the entirety of the game and that experience would match what we were aiming for with XV.”

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When Will We Find Out Final Fantasy XV’s Release Date?

Square Enix will announce the release date of Final Fantasy XV at a “special event” in March.

The news comes from the game’s Active Time Report panel at PAX in Seattle today, where director Hajime Tabata confirmed that the game will indeed arrive in 2016, but that the team isn’t ready to announce the specific date just yet. No other information about the event was announced.

Speaking to IGN, Tabata also confirmed that an additional Active Time Report will take place in Japan during the upcoming Tokyo Game Show and will contain more information on two characters: Luna and Regis (the father of main character Noctis).

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Dragon Age: Inquisition's Latest Story DLC Revealed

Dragon Age: Inquisition's ending is about to be built upon.

During a PAX Prime panel, IGN learned more about Trespasser, the upcoming story DLC for BioWare's epic fantasy RPG. According to what was shown, the expansion will detail the fates of the heroes two years after they managed to save the world.

More specifically, players will learn new things about the Inquisitor's mark, a Qunari army will have a role to play, and the Eluvian mirror will make an appearance. We expect to learn more soon.

This is the third release of story DLC for Dragon Age: Inqisition, the first being Jaws of Hakkon and the second being The Descent. It will release on September 8, 2015.

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How to Watch PAX Prime 2015

The Penny Arcade Expo kicks off this weekend, and IGN is partnering with YouTube to bring you live coverage of awesome, upcoming games on Sunday, August 30.

In addition to all of our usual previews, interviews, and panel coverage, you can get more IGN from PAX via our awesome live show, where we'll have developers with new demos of upcoming games -- and a few surprises for good measure. Don't forget you can hang out with IGN at PAX as well as tell @IGNAccess what to cover using the hashtag #ControlPAX on Twitter.

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Star Wars Battlefront: Twilight Company Cover Art Revealed

The cover for the upcoming tie-in novel to Star Wars Battlefront has been revealed. Called Star Wars Battlefront: Twilight Company, the novel centers on a group of soldiers fighting in the trenches during the galactic war.

"When orders come down for the Rebels to fall back in the face of superior opposition numbers and firepower, Twilight reluctantly complies. Then an unlikely ally radically changes the strategic equation—and gives the Alliance’s hardest-fighting warriors a crucial chance to turn retreat into resurgence."

The book is written by author Alexander Freed and will be released on November 3. Below is the cover image.

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Fireteam Chat: Are the Massive Changes to Destiny's PVE and PVP a Good Thing?

Download Fireteam Chat Ep. 33 Here

Special guest Holtzmann from Planet Destiny joins IGN resident Guardians Fran Mirabella and Sean Finnegan to discuss the ever-changing future of Destiny.

Please let us know what you think of the show in the comments or email us at the address below. Android users, Feedburner is the way you can get the show in audio form. Also you can join our Facebook Group here! Good Luck!

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How to Help Gearbox Test Battleborn

Today at PAX, Gearbox has revealed that you can sign up to help test Battleborn, starting now.

If you head on over to the Battleborn closed technical test website, you can sign up to participate as long as you have a Gearbox Shift account. You're not guaranteed a spot, however, as participants will be selected based on platform preference, location, availability, and other factors.

Gearbox President Randy Pitchford said those who register before October 15 will be "first in line."

Selected players will help test "various aspects of the game and online infrastructure in an ever-expanding series of closed technical tests."

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Rise of the Tomb Raider Captures the Spirit of Indiana Jones Incredibly

In the span of a 15-minute demo, Rise of the Tomb Raider made me feel the sheer sense of wonder, excitement, and terror of one of the classic Indiana Jones movies (sorry, Shia) better than nearly any game has. I survived a near-death experience (ok…more like a dozen of them), studied ancient murals in hopes of learning a foreign language, got horribly spooked by skeletons and scorpions, and escaped a temple that was simultaneously crumbling as well as flooding.

In short, this Lara Croft is every bit as amazing as Indy ever was.

My hands-on time with Rise began in the sun-baked mountains of Syria. After my driver turned on me, a thing that happened to poor Indy on more than one occasion, I climbed a cliff-side looking for a way inside a long-forgotten tomb. The gorgeous lighting, dynamic wind, and incredible particle effects all immediately worked in tandem to deliver one of the best-looking video game demos I’ve ever played.

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Kojima Hangs out With Star Wars Director J.J. Abrams, BB-8

Kojima truly has a variety of friends.

The game designer took to Twitter today to show off images of him hanging out with Star Wars: The Force Awakens director J.J. Abrams and the astromech droid BB-8.

"JJ, who has been supporting the project for a long time, has also been told that MGS V is complete," he said, pictured in a photo with J.J. and a copy of Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain.

ずっと応援してくれていたJJにも「MGSV TPP」完成を報告。 http://pic.twitter.com/qajeAizxYx

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Batman Meets Bart Simpson and 17 More Lego Dimensions Screens

Lego Dimensions is about to join the toys-to-life party, and it's bringing with it some serious guest star power. The game will blend together several universes, including DC Comics, The Lord of the Rings, The LEGO Movie, The Wizard of Oz, LEGO Ninjago, Ghostbusters, and others.

Take a look at exclusive screenshots of The Simpsons and Midway Arcade gameplay in LEGO Dimensions below!

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Razer Announces Wildcat Xbox One Controller

Razer has just announced its latest Xbox One controller, called the Razer Wildcat. It'll be available worldwide in October of this year for $150 / €180.

The Wildcat weighs in at 0.57 lbs without the cable, which is 25 percent lighter than other tournament grade controllers, and is approximately 4.17 inches long, 6.14 inches wide, and 2.60 inches high.

Its list of features includes: a 4-button quick control panel, additional triggers and bumpers, optional rubber palm grips and grip caps for its analog sticks, 3.5 mm audio port for headphones and a mic, a braided fiber cable, and a carrying case.

The highlight of the Razer Wildcat is its additional, remappable buttons and control panel, which lets users set custom profiles similar to gaming mice created by Razer and other gaming hardware companies.

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Daily Deals: $350 PS4, Fallout 4 Discount, $2 Kindle Books

The $350 PS4 Is Back

If you want the lowest possible price, get this PS4 with The Last of Us Remastered for $50 off the normal retail price.

The Biggest PS4 Bundle In Ages

Pick either a PS4 with Batman or The Last of Us Remastered, then pick another game and Walmart tosses in Madden NFL 16 and three months of PS Plus.

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Minecraft Vet, Rookie Each Play Telltale’s Minecraft: Story Mode

From the flint-and-steel activation of a Nether Portal to a notable ubiquity of clucking chickens, Minecraft: Story Mode’s demo seemed deeply invested in conveying the familiar environmental experiences of Minecraft into its narrative. I’m curious how the open slate of Story Mode will ultimately interface with the mostly-mechanical Minecraft world, but from what I saw, Telltale is off to an encouraging start.

I was happy to see that Story Mode will be the first Telltale game to allow players to choose their player avatar. In a nod to Minecraft’s multiplayer character customization, Jesse is rendered in six different models, with three male iterations voiced by Patton Oswalt and the three females by actress Catherine Taber. All six designs seem carefully crafted from the familiar colors and textures of the Minecraft palette, with cleverly Minimal detailing granting each a distinct look.

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Prove You're A Legend in Destiny and Win The Taken King

Ever since Destiny first arrived onto consoles last September, it has steadily gained a following of loyal fans who immerse themselves in its universe. Their Fire team is their family.

At IGN, we want to celebrate those who have sunk countless hours into the game; those who are seeking to become legend. Which begs the question - how legendary are you? We're giving Destiny players the opportunity to show off their Guardian, and in return the best three could walk away with the following prizes:

The main winner will receive a Bambaland Destiny Titan Figurine (see below), a Destiny: The Taken King Collector's Edition, a PS4 console sticker signed by members of the Bungie team, and a t-shirt from Insert Coin.

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Here's How Nightfalls Are Changing in Destiny

Destiny: The Taken King creative director Luke Smith has revealed some upcoming changes to the way Destiny Nightfalls work.

The big updates include a Level 40 level requirement, a 30 second time-out penalty for death, and your fireteam wiping no longer returns you to orbit.

Smith wrote about these changes on Bungie's website. "The death penalty of being kicked to orbit often leads to players feeling forced to play too safe, rather than running through the world as a monster killing machine."

Smith added "another thing we didn't like about the Year 1 Nightfall was how players could feel forced to play Nightfall as early as possible in the week to maximize the benefit from the Nightfall buff. So, we've shelved that buff until we can reform it into something closer to its original intent - a mark of prestige for having achieved something challenging. We've adjusted sources of XP and Reputation up to account for its absence."

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Why Until Dawn Is Cinematic Horror at Its Best

Greetings Podpeople! It's Friday, which can only mean one thing - the IGN UK Podcast crew return to dribble themselves lovingly into your lugholes. Don't fight it - it's meant to be like this.

This week sees the unholy trinity that is Gav, Rory and Luke discussing how when games try to be like movies they seem to get it right, while movies that try and adapt games continue to get it so, so wrong.

There's also an analysis of this week's news, including Hideo Kojima's last ever trailer, Xbox One's backwards compatibility, and the almighty McWhopper. In the history of missed opportunities, this will forever go down as a big one.

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Companion Book Announced for Tom Clancy's The Division

When Tom Clancy's The Division launches on March 8, 2016, you'll also be able to get your hands on The Division: New York Collapse.

The Division: New York Collapse is "a survivalist field guide designed to help you survive in a post-Black Friday New York City," according to the Ubisoft blog. It looks like the book is what was being teased by Ubisoft earlier this week.

New York Collapse was written before the events of The Division, and will contain helpful tips on how to survive a societal collapse, removable artifacts, as well as handwritten notes from a survivor.

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Disney Infinity 3.0 Review

The “toys-to-life” genre is growing increasingly competitive, but nobody has a better collection of action figures at their disposal than the big kids behind Disney Infinity 3.0. This third entry in the series is the most polished, cohesive, and enjoyable one to date, fusing a rollicking, intergalactic Star Wars campaign with a staggeringly customisable Toy Box mode. In short, it’s an experience that really lives up to its line-up of all-star ingredients.

The Avengers play set included with last year’s game was a disappointment, mainly because it featured one of the most uninspiring video game versions of Manhattan ever made, populated with samey escort missions and rehashed enemy types. Fortunately the Star Wars: Twilight of the Republic play set bundled with Disney Infinity 3.0 rights most of its predecessor’s wrongs. It’s a nicely varied campaign set across multiple planets (and the space between), with diverse mission, environment, and enemy types to keep it feeling fresh over the course of its six hour duration (or substantially longer if you aim to complete all its challenges).

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Dishonored Definitive Edition Review

When I reviewed Dishonored back in 2012, I gave it a 9.2 ("Amazing"), concluding that:

“It's a shame that Dishonored's story isn't greater than the sum of its decidedly memorable parts, but its gameplay absolutely is. Each mission is built as an elaborate network of choices for players to explore, and the same can be said for Corvo himself. Each player's selection of powers, perks and other upgrades will inform how they see and interact with this world, and no two play-throughs will be exactly the same. Dishonored is a game you'll talk with your friends about, and that you'll want to play multiple times. In this game there are always other paths to be taken and other challenges to conquer, and that's a refreshing thing indeed.”

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Mad Max Is 1080p on Xbox One and PS4, Map Isn’t Finite

Avalanche Studios' post-apocalyptic, open-world game, Mad Max, will run at 1080p on Xbox One and PlayStation 4.

Senior producer John Fuller confirmed the resolution details in a GamingBolt interview, along with information about the game’s map size.

“There are no finite limits to the map… in other words, there is no ‘one side’,” he said when asked how long it’ll take to traverse the map. “You can continue driving into The Big Nothing until you get bored or killed.”

“Our tech can support enormous worlds but it is always a case of balancing the density of content and travel distances so that the player feels they are in a rich world.”

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Project CARS’ Old Vs New Car Pack Available Now

Slightly Mad Studios has revealed its next salvo of DLC for Project CARS; a special car pack featuring three classic cars and their contemporary counterparts.

The pack features a 1966 Ford Mustang 2+2 Fastback and 2015 Mustang GT, a 1973 BMW 2002 Turbo and a modern 320 TC WTCC car, and a 1987 Ruf CTR and a current Rt12 R.

You can check out the trailer below, which has been cleverly created as somewhat of an homage to an old Ruf promotional video called “Faszination auf dem Nürburgring”, complete with VHS effects and 4:3 aspect ratio. The ’87 Ruf CTR, nicknamed the Yellowbird, was notable as the fastest sports car in the world at the time of its release, with a top speed above even the Ferrari F40 and Porsche 959.

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Daily Deals: Tons Of $2 Kindle Books, Biggest PS4 Bundle In Ages, $10 Off Madden

Great Books On Kindle For $2

Amazon has dropped prices on a ton of great Kindle books - including The Martian, which is about to be a Ridley Scott movie, the first Game of Thrones book, and Ready Player One, Steven Spielberg's next movie. Be sure to browse them all, and remember you don't need a Kindle e-reader to enjoy these books, you can read them on your phone, your tablet, or your PC with the Kindle app.

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Forza 6 Demo Coming to Xbox One

A playable demo of Forza Motorsport 6 will become available on the Xbox One before the full game's release.

The demo features a selection of the full game's roster of 460 cars, complete with full damage properties and cockpit views. Several of Forza 6's twenty-six locations will also be available in the demo, including nighttime and wet weather.

The Forza Motorsport 6 demo will be available first on September 1 for all who pre-ordered an Ultimate Edition of the final game, after which it will become accessible to all Xbox One owners. Those who play the demo will be gifted with the new Ford GT upon purchase of the full game. Visit the Xbox Wire to learn more.

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Game Scoop!: The Craziest Video Game Contests

Welcome back to Game Scoop!, IGN's weekly video game talk show. This week we're talking about that island you can win by playing Just Cause 3. We also discuss keeping games fun when they're your job and a fan shares his experience growing out of Call of Duty. Watch the video above or download the podcast below.

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New Images of Star Wars Battlefront's Battle for Jakku Released

Two new images for Star Wars Batttlefront's free DLC map Battle for Jakku  have been revealed, bringing with them teasers of what this map will strategically allow for.

A precursor to the events of The Force Awakens, the Battle for Jakku takes place in a battlefield riddled with crashed ships and fallen debris.Players can reportedly use some of the materials on the surface as cover while on the ground. Like Battlefront's other maps, there will be land and air combat options.

The Battle of Jakku map will place players in the skirmish between the New Republic and the Imperial Empire, giving them a glimpse of the precursor action to the upcoming film Star Wars: The Force Awakens.Featuring the crash-landed Star Destroyer from The Force Awaken's initial teaser, the battle takes place after the Rebel's victory on the forest moon of Endor in Return of the Jedi.

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