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Xbox Unlocked

This Xbox Generation Will Be Remembered for One Thing: Greed

Opinion: The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Hit Harder Than Skyrim – And Still Does

Halo 2 at 20: Remembering My Favorite Xbox Game Ever

Xbox Just Had it Best Showcase Ever – and at the Perfect Time

Phil Spencer and the Battle for Xbox’s Soul

Phil Spencer Has Now Been Head of Xbox for 10 Years; We Look Back at His First Decade

The Xbox Brand Faces an Inferno. Will Something Better Rise from the Ashes?

Xbox’s Developer Direct 2024 Totally Delivered

Celebrating Halo 2’s Online Greatness Ahead of its 20th Anniversary

My Favorite Xbox Moments of 2023

Nintendo Voice Chat +

Kirby Air Riders Is More Like Super Smash Bros. Than You Think

Alarmo Is the Latest in a Long Line of Weird Nintendo Hardware — and Some of It Failed Hard

Zelda, Metroid and Mario Prove the Switch Is Far From Dead

25 Years Later, Super Smash Bros. Is Bigger Than Ever. Where Does It Go From Here?

The Best Games Stranded on 3DS and Wii U, and How Nintendo Can Bring Them Back for Switch

It May Be Mario Day But it's Finally Princess Peach's Year

Pokémon Skipping 2024 Is a Good Thing

Five Obscure Franchises Nintendo Needs to Bring Back

10 Years On, Is There a Future for Amiibo on Switch 2?

Opinion: Why The Legend of Zelda Movie Shouldn't Be Live-Action

PlayStation Beyond

Beyond! Game Club: Restarting Bloodborne: A Yharnam Homecoming

Beyond! Game Club March: Batman: Arkham Asylum

Where Are All the PS5 Games?

Why I Hope Physint Is Kojima’s New Metal Gear Solid

The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered: No Return Is Fun, But It’s No God of War Valhalla

Beyond's Best PlayStation Best of 2023

Who's The PlayStation Portal For? Me, It's For Me

The Axe Drops on Gaming’s Acquisitions Gold Rush

Alan Wake 2 Might Be The Closest We Ever Get to Silent Hills

Spider-Man Is Now the Only True Arkham Successor

Steam Hype

How to Get a Great Deal During the Steam Sales and Beyond

The Steam Frame: VR’s Future or the Beginning of the End?

Steam's Must-Play Rhythm Games

The Best Weird-But-Great Steam Games of the Year (So Far)

Discover Your Next Must-Play PC Game With Steam Hype

Access Designed

Warhammer 40,000 Is an Accessibility Battle

How Pokémon’s Accessible Design Has Kept Me Playing Across Three Decades

Games Done Quick’s New Disability and Neurodivergence Special Is an Important Step for Accessible Events

Hollow Knight: Silksong Reinforces the Metroidvania Genre’s Accessibility Barriers

The Switch 2 Is a Major Improvement for Accessibility Over Its Predecessor

Switch 2 Looks Like a Major Leap Forward for Nintendo's Accessibility Design

The Best Accessible Games of 2024

Switch 2: Will Nintendo Finally Take Accessibility Seriously?

Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree’s Only Accessibility Option Is Its Fantastic Open World

The Proteus Controller Embraces Individualism and Creativity

Forgotten Gems

The Best N64 Games to Play on Analogue 3D

Forgotten Gems: Shadow Complex

Summer Games: The Lost Olympics

Forgotten Gems: Kirby’s Brother From Another Mother

Forgotten Gems: The Legendary Ogre Battle

Top Racer Back In Top Gear

The Time George Lucas Made Me Poop My Pants

The History of Nintendo's Forgotten Zelda Expansion

Forgotten Gems: Beetle Adventure Racing

Pitfall II's Secret Sequel

Streaming Wars

Did The Big Death In Last of Us Season 2 Ultimately Deliver A Killing Blow To the Series As A Whole?

No, Netflix Isn't Saving Hollywood (But It Isn't Killing It, Either)

Mythic Quest Just Changed Its Series Finale and Now You Can't Even Watch the Original Version

Did Daredevil: Born Again Just Confirm A Popular Foggy Nelson Fan Theory?

I Broke Up With The Walking Dead, But The Walking Dead: Dead City Might Bring Me Back

What's Really Going on with Helly R. In This Week's Severance?

Daredevil: Born Again —An Unexpected Connection to the Netflix Series Could Right a Decade-Old Wrong

Severance Chikhai Bardo Explained: What Really Happened to Gemma?

Severance May Have Just Laid the Groundwork For the Greatest Betrayal Yet

Yellowjackets Season 3 Premiere: Why Nothing Is What It Seems and the Trees Are Angry

Review Code

Awards Vs Reviews and Why They Don't Always Sync Up

Explaining – and Fixing – IGN's Face-Off Controversy

How IGN Thinks About Spoilers in Reviews

Game Reviews and The Impossible Problem of Bugs

Why AI Can't Replace Critics

Why Doesn’t IGN Review Everything X Times and Average the Scores?

‘Another 7, IGN?’ Why So Many Games Score 7 and Above

When Is a Game's Release Date Not a Release Date?

IGNition

Forza Horizon 5 Deserves to Be on PlayStation

2024 Was a Slow Year for Our Fastest Genre

Need for Speed Turns 30: The Lasting Legacy of EA’s Fastest Franchise

How the Original Driver Flipped the Free-Roaming Script Forever

Delisting The Crew Makes Sense, Preventing It From Ever Being Played Again Does Not

The Game Awards’ Best Sports / Racing Category Is an Insult to Both Genres

Gran Turismo’s Priority on Product Placement Ruins the Movie

Gran Turismo 7’s Quirkiest Mode Continues to Be a Missed Opportunity

Can F1 23 Hope to Match the Drama of the Real Thing?

Ken Block’s Lasting Racing Legacy

Super Hero Worship

How a Depressed Doctor Doom Became Marvel's Most Fascinating Hero

Robert Pattinson's Batman Has No Business Being in James Gunn's DCU

The Collapse of a Comic Book Titan Is Bad News for a Troubled Industry

Super Hero Worship: Somehow, 2024 Became the Year of Gambit

Joker 2 Should Be a Big Deal for DC, So Why Does It Seem Like Nobody Cares?

Nintendo Life

Opinion: Switch 2 Will Be Nintendo's Best Ever Console From Day One

PS5 Pro’s Pricing Backlash Is A Warning To Nintendo And Switch 2

Pure Xbox

Forza Horizon 5 On PS5 Isn't The End Of Xbox, But It's A Change That Cannot Be Reversed

Xbox Made The Right Call Skipping a PS5 Pro Competitor

Single Player

Black Ops 6's Coolest Mission Shows It's Time Call of Duty Left Modern Warfare Behind

Microsoft Destroyed Arkane Austin but the Studio’s Soul Is Indestructible

Dragon’s Dogma 2's World Has The Spirit of Skyrim

25 Years On, Half-Life Still Feels Like It’s From the Future

Modern Warfare Is Still the King of Call of Duty Campaigns

Assassin’s Creed Mirage Looks Backwards When It Should Leap Forward

The Soulslikes of gamescom 2023 Show the Genre Has Grown Up

System Shock Remake Is an Essential History Lesson for BioShock’s Biggest Fans

Star Wars Jedi: Survivor Has Perfected Lightsaber Combat

10 Years Later, BioShock Infinite Remains One of the Boldest AAA Shooters Ever Made

Push Square

Sony Warned 2024 Would Be Light But PS5 Still Has The Best Games

PlayStation's Classics Are Quietly Making a Comeback, And It's About Time

PS5 Pro Has Bigger Problems Than Price

Time Extension

Are Physical Copies of Games Really The Answer When Nobody Owns Anything?

PS5's 30th Anniversary Range Is Why We Should Always Question Nostalgia

Wrestling Wrap Up

The 6 Best Babyfaces in WWE and AEW | Wrestling Wrap Up

AEW All In: Here's Why Daniel Bryan Needs to Win

Why Cody Rhodes vs. Kevin Owens Could Be Bad News for Owens

The Wyatt Sicks Made Their In-Ring Debut... and It Brought Joy and Tears

SummerSlam 2024 Preview and Predictions

The Best Heels (Currently) in WWE and AEW | Wrestling Wrap Up

MJF and Will Ospreay Crush It With an Hour-Long Classic | Wrestling Wrap Up

Seth Rollins Is Right: CM Punk Needs to Face Consequences | Wrestling Wrap Up

Should Cody Rhodes Lose His Title Before He Faces The Rock?

Ah-Ha! Liv Morgan's Ultimate Revenge Will Be Taking Over the Judgement Day | Wrestling Wrap Up

Planet of the Sci-Fi Fan

In Invasion of the Body Snatchers, at Least Donald Sutherland Tried to Save the World

The Weirdest Planet of the Apes Movie Is Also the Most Relevant in 2024

What Happens When the World Doesn’t Want to Be Saved? Death Race 2000 Has an Idea

Rollerball Is a Dystopian Sci-Fi Sports Movie Second, a Plea for Individualism First

Remember That Time Disney Bet on Star Wars and Lost?

Don’t Worry, George Lucas’ First Movie Promises You’ll Still Have a Job After AI Takes Over

Before Skynet and The Matrix, This 50-Year-Old Movie Predicted the Rise of AI

Confessions of a Poké Maniac

Pokémon TCG Pocket Is the Right Game at the Wrong Time

Was the Best Part of My Epic Pokémon Adventure the Poké-Pals I Made Along the Way?

I Had an Insane Pokémon Battle Aboard the S.S. Anne

The Triumph and Tragedy of Competing in the Pokémon World Championships

No One Does a Tournament Like Pokémon

This Is Why I Shouldn’t Have the Power to Design My Own Pokémon Shirt

Pokémon Cards Are Designed With an Unexpected Philosophy

Japan Has So Much Pokémon Stuff It’s Almost Unfair

Traveling to the Birthplace of Pokémon Was a Real Trip

From The Editor

IGN Awards Celebrates the Best Games, Movies and More

How to Rate Games on IGN

Prepare Yourself for… IGN’s Festival of Fear

From the Editor: Welcome to State of Streaming 2023

Welcome to Space Week @ IGN

Welcome to 90s Week @ IGN

Summer of Gaming 2023 Predictions Revisited

Best Summer of Gaming Ever Predictions

Welcome to AI Week @ IGN

How Players Will Shape Video Games’ Next Big Thing

Hidden Treasures

In Stars and Time Looped Me In, and Didn’t Let Go

El Paso, Elsewhere Wears Its Bloodstained Heartbreak on Its Sleeve

Super Space Club’s Smooth, Celestial Vibes Have Won My Heart

Time Bandit Is Anti-Capitalist, Dark Animal Crossing Bathed in Retro Metal Gear Aesthetic

Venba’s Delectable Cooking Puzzles Are a Labor of Love

Havendock’s Calm Oceanic City Building Belies Its Ambitious Community Development

The Last Worker Melds Work and Play in Clever, Disconcerting Ways

Re:Call’s Memory Manipulating Puzzles Are Snappy, Smart, and Truly Standout

A Space for the Unbound Took Me on an Emotional, Nostalgic Anime Pilgrimage

The Ten Best Games for Playdate in 2022

Experience Points

Five Great Horror RPGs to Play During Halloween

Why Aren’t There More Space RPGs Like Starfield?

Baldur’s Gate 3 Is Proof That We’re In a Golden Age for RPGs

Timecode Party

The Best Soundtracks You Can Stream

4 Things That Every Good Fight Scene Needs

The View From Japan

The PS5 Is Finally Selling In Japan, But Is It Enough?

Invulnerability Frames

Why Ninja Gaiden Black Is the Best 'Pure' Action Game of All Time

Why FromSoftware is Still King of the Soulslike