Ryan McCaffrey

I was lucky enough to cover Halo 2 for Official Xbox Magazine before, during, and after its release, and so I thought I’d take this special 20th anniversary moment to share a few behind-the-scenes memories from what is, to me, the single greatest Xbox game ever.

Enjoy five minutes of gameplay featuring Psylocke, the latest hero confirmed for Marvel Rivals, the upcoming 6v6 hero shooter that features a whole bunch of your favorite superheroes. We'll have exclusive Marvel Rivals coverage all month long with IGN First!

After spending a few hours playing Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, it’s clear now that MachineGames's first-person romp is more of an adventure-action game than an action-adventure one, and I love it for that.

Introducing Bad Cheese, a first-person psychological horror game rendered with hand-drawn art in the style of a century-old 16mm film cartoon. It's due out in 2025 for PC.

Introducing Terrifier: The ARTcade Game, the retro-inspired, pixel-art beat-'em-up based on Art the Clown's world from the Terrifier horror movies. In fact, you play as Art in this four-player local co-op brawler with a chiptune soundtrack. Terrifier: The ARTcade game, published by Selecta Play and developed by Relevo, will be released in 2025 for Steam, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S.

Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft isn’t terrible, but it’s well below the high bar set by other animated video game adaptations on Netflix.

The creator of Shadowrun, BattleTech, and Crimson Skies – Jordan Weisman – has announced a new deck-building, fantasy-infused, pirate-themed isometric CRPG called Sea of Legends. It's based on the narrative open-world board game of the same name. It's in development now for PC.

The upcoming LEGO-Horizon crossover, LEGO Horizon Adventures, received a release date: it will be released on November 14 for PS5, PC, and Nintendo Switch.

Dragon Age: The Veilguard, Metal Gear Solid Delta, Resident Evil 4 Remake, and Assassin's Creed Shadows confirmed PS5 Pro support during today's Sony State of Play livestream.

Gameloft and HarperCollins Productions have announced Carmen Sandiego, a new single-player puzzle-adventure game relaunch of the popular edutainment hit from the 1980's and 1990's. This one will be based on that original version of the IP (though it does visually resemble the Netflix show, and on a related note, the publishers note that a live-action Carmen Sandiego movie is also in the works at Netflix), and it will launch first on Netflix in Q1 of 2025, and will follow later in the same quarter for PC (via Steam), PlayStation, Xbox, and Nintendo Switch. Gameloft and HarperCollins say there will be a story-driven campaign and "classic modes."