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Very few video game promotional products can actually make graphics better, but the official eyeglasses from Warby Parker can do just that. A tie-in between prescription glasses and a video game release is a different breed of cross-promotion from the norm, as fans usually see products aimed at children, like fast food restaurant toys or limited run cereals. This makes the Warby Parker collaboration stand out, since prescription eyeglasses are extremely practical, and can certainly do more to improve video game graphics than a new television.

IGN Roundtable is a brand new initiative we're starting that brings together the best and brightest in the worlds gaming, film, TV, and pop culture to talk about what’s really on their minds. From the state of the industry to inspirations, you never know what’s going to happen at these one-of-a-kind chats between legends.

Marvel Comics is shoring up its Black History Month celebration for February 2024 with a new selection of variant covers featuring Black heroes from across the Marvel Universe, and drawn by Black artists.

Tony Todd has revealed that a huge amount of the work he did for was cut from the final game. The horror icon appeared at Fan Expo San Francisco over the past weekend to talk about his role as Venom in the acclaimed superhero sequel and offered an insight into another storyline involving the symbiote and Miles Morales.

The Last of Us 2's director still isn't commenting on whether a sequel is of interest to the developer.

has set up a lot of villains for its sequel. While it may be exciting to see what Insomniac Games has in store for some of Marvel's most iconic villains, there is some concern that the studio may not be able to do justice to each character's arc, especially as it has spoken out about not wanting to do overly long games when discussing 's length. This seems to be a common complaint surrounding some of Sony's movies, with both 2007's and 2014's criticized for juggling multiple villains without giving a satisfactory amount of screen time to each villain's arc.

Marvel's Spider-Man 2 is undoubtedly one of the biggest PlayStation 5 exclusives to come out recently. Off the success of the first game and Miles Morales' own title, the series has become immensely popular with avid and casual gamers alike. So, when you get a Black Friday discount on the PS5 Marvel's Spider-Man 2 bundle, you grab it with both webshooters!

The spin-off title isn't quite as long as its predecessor, but it still manages to juggle a handful of villains. Insomniac Games' first game in the series,, put players in control of an experienced Peter Parker, thus including a deluge of villains, including the Sinister Six. ' villain slate is comparatively modest, clocking in at a total of five, but this smaller cast works for the benefit of the spin-off's runtime and the constraints of its narrative.

Peter Parker and Miles Morales face several villains throughout . While most of these villains have complete arcs in the game's campaign or are used to set up future appearances in sequels or potential DLC, there is one villain who appears in the game but doesn't have a clear story arc ahead.

The greatest challenge for any discipline in game development is the ultimate demon: math. More specifically, exponential math. As the upper boundaries of game development have become more polished and detailed, the effort needed to meet higher bars of quality requires more assets, more content, and more resources—all variables that grow exponentially larger when designers try to support features built around player choice.

The former NPD Group (now named “Circana”) has released its full North American sales data for October, and it was a bit of an up-and-down kickoff to the holiday season. Players spent $4 billion on games, additional content, and hardware in October, a 5 percent year-on-year decrease. The PlayStation 5 was the #1 console, followed by Switch and Xbox Series X/S, but hardware sales were down 23 percent year on year, with all consoles experiencing a double-digit decline in business.

Spider-Man arguably has one of the best supporting casts in comic books, a collection of friends and enemies nearly as iconic as he is. It’s one of the reasons he’s so popular, and why Sony is content to make movies like Venom, Morbius, and Kraven the Hunter based on his rogues’ gallery, with no connection to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and nary a hint of Spidey himself.