Starfield players uncover some of the best XP farms in the game through obliterating cosmic wildlife: 'even in a video game this feels wrong'

A Marvel's Spider-Man 2 player has found a way to transform Peter and Miles' universe into Spider-Man Noir's, with just a few changes in the settings menu. 

manages to expand and improve upon its predecessor in almost every way, and despite a few bugs and small qualms, it stands as one of the best life simulation games in years. Just like, this new entry comes from developer Pathea Games and publisher Focus Entertainment, the latter of which has also helped release titles like and. While there will be players who simply don't care for the game's fundamentally task-centric nature or wish for more complex combat, for fans of the genre does almost everything right.

Gamers have been eating well throughout 2023, as it seems like the industry is pumping out an almost never-ending supply of quality titles. We've been handed some of the best reviewed games ever in recent months, thanks to Baldur's Gate 3 becoming a surprise smash hit, Nintendo knocking it out of the park with both Mario and Zelda, and Insomniac delivering arguably the best superhero game ever made.

Last week we launched IGN's Festival of Fear, and part of the occassion was marked by the return of our Best Horror Video Game Face-Off. We added the latest batch of terrifying games to the list, like Resident Evil 4 Remake, Lies of P, and Sons of the Forest to see if any of them had what it took to dethrone Silent Hill 2 (which won the last Face-Off a year ago).

Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines 2 (which I'll be calling 'Bloodlines 2' from here on) has had a troubled history. Its initial developer, Hardsuit Labs, fired both the game's lead writer Brian Mitsoda and creative director Ka’ai Cluney in 2020. A senior narrative designer, Cara Ellison, left later that year. Then Hardsuit Labs got booted from the project entirely in 2021.

The latest episode of VGC: A Video Game Podcast is now available for listening.

Alan Wake 2 is the horror game of the moment, and it's the right moment, with Halloween just around the corner. This weekend is the perfect time to bundle up with something pumpkin spiced, take a cautious glance left and right for black cats, and then dive into a spooky game. 

One great feature of the Nintendo Switch has been the increasing back catalog of excellent Nintendo games available on the system, and the newest additions complete the collection of the truly standout games. The series has long stood out from most party games thanks to both its frantic fun and a little help from its famous mascot, receiving 10 numbered entries and multiple games that opt for subtitles instead. Although some fun can be had with every entry, a select few stand out as the best of the bunch even years after their release.

IGN’s Festival of Fear is underway at IGN as we countdown the days to Halloween, and we thought it would be the perfect time to revisit our best horror video game Face-Off! Do any of the newest spooky games, including Resident Evil 4 Remake, Lies of P, and Sons of the Forest, have the scares to dethrone Silent Hill 2 or the other classics on the list? You can help decide!

Ahh, Bethesda physics, you never let me down. Starfield's no exception—and its physics engine is genuinely impressive, able to handle thousands of potatoes stuffed into a room (with some understandable framerate tanks and whining from your rig). PC Gamer's Lauren Morton even had some fun herself, shoving all sorts into that same locker. 

The best Starfield weapons can turn space pirates into space pulp with just a few shots, and one player has taken this philosophy, and the RPG's weapon modding system, to an extreme by converting a shotgun into portable artillery that devastates entire areas so efficiently that you barely have to aim the thing.

EA Sports FC 24 – the artist formerly known as FIFA – is currently being rocked by a bug that sees players forgo the beautiful game’s rules to score easy goals.