Radiangames has announced Speed Demons 2, the side-scrolling highway racer with a visual aesthetic – not to mention high-speed gameplay – that might remind you a bit of the beloved arcade racing series Burnout. It's in development for PC after the original was a mobile game, and the sequel is due out later this year.

The developer says, "The controls are focused on movement, not steering. You'll still have gas, brake, and turbo (or ability) buttons, but you move the analog stick (or mouse) up and down to control your vehicle's direction." The team adds, "It sounds unusual, but it's immediately intuitive once you start playing."

Speed Demons 2 has ten game modes, including the very Burnout Road Rage mode-sounding Pursuit, Takedown, and Rampage, which all task you with destroying other cars in a certain time limit. Another is Scratchless, which harkens back to Burnout's Burning Lap by challenging you with getting to the finish line with as little damage to your car as possible.

Wishlist it on Steam if you're interested.

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Lately the Nabisco company has been releasing a number of limited-edition Oreos that find America’s favorite cookie engraved and/or flavored with promotional collaborations. We’ve seen Star Wars Oreos, Coca Cola Oreos, and Mario Oreos, all of which have come and gone, plus Game Day Oreos for the Super Bowl, which you can still buy right now. Another (perhaps more surprising) collaboration that’s available now are Post Malone Oreos (see them at Amazon and Walmart).

Where to Buy Post Malone Limited-Edition Oreos

The Post Malone Oreos have swirled salted caramel and shortbread flavored cream squeezed between one golden and one chocolate Oreo wafer cookie. I haven’t tried them yet personally (I did place an order for a box), but they sound quite tasty. Also, this was far and away the most popular item we posted yesterday. IGN readers really seem to enjoy a dessert-and-music cross-promotion.

The wafer cookies are embossed with randomized Post Malone-y iconography, mostly from the musical world. There’s a Posty Co guitar pick, a vinyl record, a guitar, plus a butterfly, saw blade, and a knight on horseback. You just don’t know which one you’re going to get when you grab a cookie from the box.

Like the previous Oreo cross-promotions, the Post Malone one won’t last forever. If the flavor or style of the cookies appeals, or you just like the music of Post Malone, you can order a box now. The man has certainly been busy over the years, doing all sorts of solo music, as well as working on the Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse soundtrack and collaborating with everyone from Taylor Swift to Morgan Wallen. Now he’s slinging cookies. What will he think of next?

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Disney is a multimedia powerhouse, the king of every form of entertainment from movies, TV shows, theme parks, and even video games. Over the last 30 years, The House of Mouse had a hand in creating video game adaptations of some classic Disney movies and original games, like Kingdom Hearts and Epic Mickey.

Today, there are plenty of Disney games on the Nintendo Switch for you to enjoy playing alone or with family and friends. Whether you’re relaxing at home and want to take a break from scrolling through Disney+ or taking a trip to a Disney Park, here's every Disney game for the Switch in release order.

How Many Disney Games Are on the Nintendo Switch?

It can be a little challenging to pinpoint what is and isn't "Disney" these days. In total, 11 Disney games have launched on the Switch since the handheld released in 2017. Three of those games are movie tie-ins, one is a spin-off of the Kingdom Hearts series, and one is technically a collection of multiple "Disney classics." I don't include them here in the interest of space, but there are also plenty of Star Wars games on the Switch that technically fall under the Disney umbrella.

Which Disney Game Is Worth Playing in 2025?

Not every Disney game is created equal. The combination of "the Disney Brand" with Nintendo Switch games already being pretty expensive means I wouldn't recommend all of the games on this list at their current price points. That said, there have definitely been some winners in the past couple years. If you're looking for a game that makes you feel like you're part of the Disney world, Dreamlight Valley is as good as it gets. The Animal Crossing-like game places you in the position to rebuild Dreamlight Valley with the help of your neighbors, a host of Disney and Pixar characters with their own questlines.

All Disney and Pixar Games on Switch (in Release Order)

Cars 3: Driven to Win (2017)

The first Disney game that launched on the Switch is technically a Pixar game that also overlapped with the Nintendo 3DS. In 2017, the media giant released a tie-in game for the movie Cars 3. Naturally, Cars 3: Driven to Win is a racing game featuring 20 tracks based on locations from the films (including Radiator Springs). The game also includes 20 customizable "characters," some that are automatically unlocked at the start, like Lightning McQueen, while others, like Mater and Chick Hicks, can only be unlocked by winning your way through the five game modes and various Master Events.

LEGO The Incredibles (2018)

LEGO The Incredibles takes the plotlines of both Incredibles films, released 14 years apart, and merges them into one giant LEGO game. Much like the LEGO Star Wars games, LEGO The Incredibles contains some deviations from the original source material, like changes to the lore we don’t want to spoil for those who haven’t seen the films (even though you had nearly 20 years to do so), and adds original villains to fight along with Bomb Voyage, Syndrome, and the Underminer. But it’s fun to play through, especially seeing that the LEGO version of Elastigirl can stretch herself as far as her movie version can.

Disney Tsum Tsum Festival (2019)

Disney Tsum Tsum Festival is a cute party game inspired by the Disney Tsum Tsum line of collectible toys and the mobile game from Japan, featuring all the Disney and Pixar characters in Tsum Tsum form. The game has 10 different minigames you can play alone or with family and friends, including bubble hockey, curling, and ice cream stacker, among others. You can even play the classic mobile puzzle game with the Switch in a vertical position.

Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memory (2019)

Disney and Square Enix’s spin on the latter’s Theatrhythm Final Fantasy lets you take control of Sora, Donald, Goofy, and other characters from across the Kingdom Hearts universe to slash the Heartless and their ilk to the beat of the series’ iconic soundtrack. Enjoy the musical stylings of Yoko Shimomura by yourself, or share the music with your friends in local co-op or online multiplayer battles.

In the grand scheme of things, Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memory gives a recap of the series up to Kingdom Hearts 3 with narration from Kairi, who falls into a deep sleep under Ansem the Wise’s observation after the events of Kingdom Hearts 3’s Re: Mind DLC. Whether you’re a veteran fan of Kingdom Hearts games or a newcomer, this game does an excellent job of getting you up to speed in preparation for Kingdom Hearts 4, which is currently in development.

Read our review of Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memory.

Disney Classic Games Collection (2021)

Disney Classic Games Collection is an updated edition of 2019’s Disney Classic Games: Aladdin and The Lion King (a mouthful of a title) that includes the Final Cut of Aladdin and the console and handheld versions of The Jungle Book. It has an interactive museum, a rewind function to correct gameplay mistakes, an expanded soundtrack, and a retro-style manual for one of the three games if you buy a physical copy.

This compilation lets you relive the game adaptations of your favorite Disney movies the way you played them in the ‘90s no matter which platform you owned at the time, hence the inclusion of the Sega Genesis and Game Boy versions of Aladdin and The Lion King, as well as the Super Nintendo version of the latter. Adding The Jungle Book makes the compilation even more valuable as no one had seen the game since 1994.

Disney Magical World 2: Enchanted Edition (Switch Release: 2021)

In hindsight, Disney's Magical World series feels a bit like the precursor to Dreamlight Valley. Originally released for the 3DS, the first two Magical World games let players befriend and complete quests for Disney and Pixar characters with additional farming, crafting, and even combat mechanics. Magical World 2: Enchanted Edition is a remaster of the second game in the series released specifically for the Nintendo Switch. Like Animal Crossing, the game syncs to your device's clock for seasonal events and quest refreshes.

Tron: Identity (2023)

Tron: Identity is a visual novel that differentiates itself from other games adapted from the Tron franchise. It reveals another facet of life on the Grid without involving characters from the films, as it is set thousands of years after the events of Tron: Legacy. The game centers on a program named Query, a detective assigned to investigate an explosion in the vault of the Repository, a secure building in the center of the Grid. As the mystery unfolds, the other programs you interact with pose more questions than answers.

Each character you meet gives you the choice to either ally with them, antagonize them, or derezz them, depending on the dialogue. Plus, you have to complete puzzles in order to ask them more questions about the vault explosion. That’s a lot of detective work to do in three to six hours.

Read our review of Tron: Identity.

Disney Speedstorm (2023)

2023 was a big year for Disney games, but the first release from that year flew a little under the radar. Disney Speedstorm is a kart racing game featuring some brawling mechanics and, of course, a pretty extensive lineup of Disney characters with unique skills and their own personalized vehicles. Characters are pulled from everything under Disney's umbrella, from the emotions of the Inside Out movies to Jack Sparrow from Pirates of the Caribbean. While the racing mechanics are relatively solid, IGN's Early Access review of the game comments on the "absurd" token systems and "gacha-like" in-game economies.

Disney Illusion Island (2023)

Mickey Mouse’s latest gaming adventure from Disney Interactive and Dlala Studios sees him, Minnie, Donald, and Goofy travel to the mysterious Monoth Island for a picnic that turns into a high-stakes mission to recover the three stolen Tomes of Knowledge that helps protect the island. Whether you’re playing in single-player or co-op mode with three additional players, you can play as either character and navigate the island Metroidvania style.

Disney Illusion Island carries the same comedic charm as the recent Mickey Mouse cartoons despite the change in art style. Enjoy the game’s story, the lore of Monoth Island, and the unlockable Mickey Mouse memorabilia scattered around the island.

Read our review of Disney Illusion Island.

Disney Dreamlight Valley (2023)

Disney Dreamlight Valley is a life sim from Gameloft that is basically Disney meets Animal Crossing, where you get to live, work, and play alongside your favorite Disney characters. You play as a human who arrives at the titular Dreamlight Valley, which has been gripped by the Night Thorns, leading to The Forgetting. This supernatural event caused the Disney characters who stayed in the valley to lose their memories while others returned to their home worlds for safety.

You work to rebuild Dreamlight Valley using magic called Dreamlight to weed out the Night Thorns, provide housing for the character via Scrooge McDuck’s construction company, cook food at Remy’s restaurant, and build friendships with everyone, both heroes and villains. The best part is, you never have to worry about your clothes, food, and tools taking up space in your inventory. And you can customize your character with the coolest Disney outfits complete with Mickey Mouse ears just like you were going to Disney World — or Disneyland, depending on where you live.

Read our review of Disney Dreamlight Valley or check out more games like Stardew Valley for Switch.

Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed (2024)

The most recent Disney game on the Switch, Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed is a remaster of the original Epic Mickey game that launched on the Wii in 2010. Smoother performance, enhanced graphics, and new abilities make the platformer an overall improvement over its predecessor. Take on the lofty role of Mickey Mouse as you try to stop the "Blot" from destroying the memories of forgotten characters, traversing darker-than-usual Disney environments and, of course, enlisting the helpful of friendly faces along the way.

Read our review of Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed

James Bond audition tapes from 2005 have seemingly appeared online and show Henry Cavill's version of 007 before he eventually lost out to Daniel Craig.

As reported by Games Radar, a handful of the tapes appeared on the Ron South YouTube channel, owned by "an avid filmmaker" with 1,890 subscribers. Alongside Cavill's tapes were those of Sam Worthington, Rupert Friend, and Anthony Starr.

It's Cavill's that have gained the most attention over the years, however, with many believing he would have made an excellent James Bond including Casino Royale director Martin Campbell, who called the audition "tremendous."

In fact, Campbell apparently preferred Cavill for the role but he eventually lost out because other decision makers preferred Craig.

Cavill at least got to live out the spy fantasy in Argylle, where he played the lead role and was joined by the likes of Bryce Dallas Howard, Sam Rockwell, Bryan Cranston, and Catherine O’Hara. The film wasn't received well at all despite the stellar cast, however, earning just a 4/10 in IGN's review.

The actor continues to enjoy a varied career otherwise, appearing as none other than Superman for DC, Geralt of Rivia in the Netflix adaptation of The Witcher, and in many other roles.

Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He'll talk about The Witcher all day.

Whether you’re a fan of the Jurassic World movies or not, it’s hard to argue that there’s never a bad time for dinosaurs. It’s for that very reason that I’m never not going to be excited about the announcement of a new addition to the Jurassic franchise, locusts and all.

The first Jurassic World Rebirth trailer kept things pretty vague, as it had to spend time introducing characters the audience has no real connection to yet. But, even with the limited details, we know that we’re getting some new dinosaurs alongside some old favorites (hello, dilophosaurus!), a new location, and a new crew of humans that may or may not be eaten by the aforementioned dinosaurs.

Let’s dive into what we know and what we don’t about the upcoming Jurassic World film.

Who Are Jurassic World Rebirth’s New Characters?

Let’s start with one that we can definitively answer, yeah?

First up we have Zora Bennett, played by Scarlett Johansson. Turns out Johansson is a huge Jurassic Park fan and has wanted to be involved in the franchise for some time. The actor told Vanity Fair that her opportunity finally came to be thanks to Black Widow reshoots taking place right next door to Jurassic World Dominion’s soundstage. After a meeting with Spielberg himself, Johansson was eventually cast as Zora who she ultimately helped writer David Koepp develop. With some fine-tuning and collaboration, Zora shifted from a straight-up mercenary to a more well-rounded adventurer with personal stakes in Rebirth’s quest for a cure for heart disease.

Next we have Jonathan Bailey’s Dr. Henry Loomis who, to the chagrin of some fans online, is not a grown up Tim from the first Jurassic Park. That said, Henry does, in fact, have ties to the one and only Dr. Alan Grant. We don’t know those details just yet, but I am enthusiastic for any opportunity the film is willing to take to tie back to Sam Neill’s beloved character. Henry may not have the combat readiness of his two counterparts, but he makes up for it in smarts, a good heart, and a genuine reverence for dinosaurs.

The final addition to the new Jurassic World trio is Mahershala Ali himself as Duncan Kincaid. The trailer shows us a good-natured navigator, but Ali implies to Vanity Fair that there’s a hardness to Duncan that will be present in the film as well — one that’s shared between he, Zara and even Henry. As evident in the trailer, Duncan is a longtime friend of Zora. Hopefully this won’t be their last covert adventure together!

Will Any of the Original Jurassic Park Characters Return?

One of the joys of Jurassic World Dominion was the return of Sam Neill’s Alan Grant and Laura Dern’s Ellie Sattler. (We were also happy to see Jeff Goldblum’s Ian Malcolm, of course, but he’d been around more frequently.) Unfortunately, the answer here is a very definitive “we don’t know but probably not.”

There are plenty of ways for any member of the original three to come into play as cameos before or after Zora, Henry and Duncan make it off of the island, but it seems unlikely that they’ll play any kind of meaningful role beyond “don’t go on the danger island, morons.”

What Is the Scene from Crichton’s Jurassic Park Novel They’ve Been Hinting At?

This is another question we got answered thanks to the Vanity Fair interview, and we see a brief moment of it in the trailer as well.

In Crichton’s Jurassic Park novel, Dr. Alan Grant and the two kids try to sneak past a sleeping T-Rex in nothing but a rubber raft. This obviously goes awry, resulting in Grant and the kids swimming for their lives thinking that the T-Rex can’t swim once the water gets deep enough. But the water never does. The T-Rex’s nostrils are high enough in its head that it can float toward them like the scariest, largest crocodile ever seen (move over, Lake Placid) as the giant reptile simply walks towards them instead of attempting to use its stubby arms to swim.

It is, simply put, shit-your-pants terrifying in the novel. Writer David Koepp has wanted to use it since the first Jurassic Park and, given the additional layers he’ll have to play with in a visual medium, this is easily my most anticipated scene of the film.

Which of the Five Deaths Are They On in Rebirth?

The ominous islands known as the Five Deaths — sometimes also called the Five Fates — have been shrouded in mystery for much of the Jurassic Park franchise with the notable exception of Isla Sorna (Site B), the largest of the Death Islands which appeared in both The Lost World: Jurassic Park and Jurassic Park III. Isla Nublar, the most famous island which is now devoid of life after a tragic volcano eruption, is not one of the Deaths. It’s about 200 miles away. However, Nublar was made in the same InGen purchase from the Costa Rican government that included the Five Deaths in a 99-year lease.

So, this takes us to the key question: which of the Five Deaths does Jurassic World Rebirth take place on? The remaining islands include Isla Matanceros, Isla Muerta, Isla Pena and Isla Tacano. There’s also a slight possibility that they go the Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous route and take them off of the Deaths entirely after Isla Nublar’s destruction. But, my guess is actually Isla Tacano.

Tacano has only been explored in the video games thus far, but the history of the island, while sparse, notes two key details that could hint at this being Rebirth’s location. The first is that there was an attempt to build an operation on this island in the past, but the terrain was too rugged and made construction nearly impossible, with the second being the footnote that most Costa Rican fishermen fear the island despite a lack of any notable InGen operations. We see in the trailer that the terrain they’re dealing with is pretty dicey, with only one shot taking place in relatively small, grassed flatland, and Duncan makes it very clear no one else is trying to get to this island but them.

Where Did These Children Come From?

No one’s trying to get to this island but there are somehow kids on their boat? Obviously they’ll need a team to get in and out of whichever test facility they’re working through, but how did kids get involved?

These munchkins aren’t just on the boat, they also appear on the island as Zora, Duncan, Henry, and the rest of the field team rush to get to the boat. They are intercepted by a very large foot that appears to be attached to a very large but currently unknown dinosaur.

Kids of one kind or another have appeared in every Jurassic Park movie, but it remains my recommendation that we, uh, stop that practice. For my money, they haven’t been a worthwhile addition since Tim, Lex and Malcolm’s daughter Kelly. And, in a film that seems less about the wonder of exploring a new theme park and more about the extreme dangers of an unknown island, it doesn’t make any real sense for them to be around. Sure, they could stow away in the same way Kelly did in The Lost World but, given the Jurassic World half of the franchise’s struggle to introduce interesting characters, maybe we just skip this part?

Who Does Martin Krebs Work For?

From what we currently know of the film’s synopsis, the mission of Jurassic World Rebirth is largely a noble one. Zora, Henry and Duncan are on an expedition to source the D.N.A. from three of the world’s largest dinosaurs to cure heart disease according to producer Frank Marshall. Of course, the company that’s discovered this is the employer of Rupert Friend’s Martin Krebs. Look at that man in this trailer and tell me he doesn’t scream “I’m the bad guy!”

At the moment, it appears that Krebs simply showed up out of the blue and gathered a team with the notion that he could cure heart disease — the leading cause of death in the United States. But, as myself and many others have already pointed out, “we need the D.N.A. of the three largest dinosaurs on land, sea and air” is a nebulous and almost silly goal. That’s like a Pokemon side-quest or a Dora the Explorer-level adventure. Which takes us to the real question: which evil genetics corporation is chasing this D.N.A, and what do they really want it for.

The three key corporations at play in the Jurassic franchise are InGen (Hammond’s baby), Mantah Corp, and BioSyn. All of them suck for various reasons, but each represents the hubris of man and our absurd belief that we will always remain at the top of the food chain. InGen has most certainly had its time in the sun across the various film entries, Mantah Corp came into play in the animated Camp Cretaceous as a key competitor to InGen, and BioSyn is the rival corporation that convinced Denis Nedry to betray John Hammond in the first Jurassic Park film that also happened to responsible for much of the disaster in Jurassic World: Dominion.

Based on what we know about the three corporations, Biosyn does seem to be the most likely evil here, especially given their subsidiary PharmaSyn and the company’s “noble” effort to create refuge in a remote area of Italy to house the displaced dinosaurs of Isla Sorna and Isla Nublar. While the company is believed likely defunct after their responsibility for that whole locust pandemic, evil corporations have come back from worse. BioSyn’s pharmaceutical arm seems like an easy cover for Krebs given that all three of Rebirth’s leads seem to be rather savvy with varying ranges of high intellect. As for what BioSyn really wants with the dino D.N.A., we’ll just have to wait and see!

When Does Jurassic World Rebirth Take Place?

It’s been confirmed that Rebirth is about five years after the events of Dominion. This gives the franchise a little space from Owen Grady and Claire Dearing and, if the above theory is correct, gives BioSyn a little time to get out of whatever legal trouble they got in after unleashing a plague of locusts.

That said, it does appear that we’ll be getting a flashback of sorts. In the trailer, we see a man in a tank as another worker looks on in a hazmat-like suit. The worker on the outside looks on as the very large dinosaur looms over his partner, unable to open the door lest they both become lunch. We see a fraction of an InGen logo, confirming this as the original test site and not some off-island location, but what we don’t know is what the suits are for. Previously, much of the experimentation on these creatures had been solely genetic. Are we to take this as a sign that there were more harmful and dangerous experiments taking place prior to Dr. Henry Wu perfecting the hybridization process?

Which Dinosaurs Will We See?

Let’s be real, we’re all here for the dinosaurs. While we don’t know anything meaningful about the failed experiments of InGen’s first test site, we do get a glimpse of a few fun mutations in the trailer. In addition to the play on brachiosaurus and the new and very large flying dinosaur, we know that we’ll be getting a T-rex, mosasaurus, dilophosaurus and, of course, velociraptors.

We also know that they’re looking for the biggest dinosaurs on land, air and sea. Scientifically speaking, those accolades go to the titanosaur — a long-necked herbivore that is basically Little Foot on steroids — on land, shastasaurus on sea (sorry mosasaurus and megalodons) and the quetzalcoatlus in the air.

Of course, the Jurassic franchise is noteworthy for how much it likes to play with the size and shape of its creatures. Velociraptors are actually ridiculous looking and much smaller than how they’re presented, but that’s way less fun than the creature that fed many of our nightmares growing up. So, while the titanosaur, shastasaurus and quetzalcoatlus are the biggest lizards we know of from a scientific perspective, there is still plenty of room for Jurassic World Rebirth to introduce us to a brand new monster of our dreams. Besides, how many folks do you think are going to learn to pronounce quetzalcoatlus?

Matthew Rosenberg and Stefano Landini established a strong partnership at Marvel Comics thanks to their work on the monthly Punisher series. Now they're reuniting for a new project at Image Comics, a sci-fi action story called We're Taking Everyone Down With Us.

IGN can exclusively debut a new preview of the upcoming series, featuring Landini's concept sketches of the main characters. Get a closer look in the slideshow gallery below:

Here's Image's official description of this new six-issue miniseries:

After her mad-scientist father is killed by the world’s greatest spy, 13-year-old Annalise is left all alone in the world. Sort of. Her dead dad’s robot bodyguard is following her around for some reason. Now Annalise has a choice: try to lead a normal life for the first time ever…or seek revenge and maybe overthrow the world order in the process.

Image Comics proudly presents a journey of regret and retribution, super spies and pseudoscience, growing up and global domination from brilliant artist STEFANO LANDINI (Prodigy, Hellblazer) and okay writer MATTHEW ROSENBERG (WHAT’S THE FURTHEST PLACE FROM HERE?, Uncanny X-Men).

"The best thing about working on this book for me is just how many different things it can be," Rosenberg tells IGN. "It has some of the most fun action scenes I've ever written, some of my favorite jokes, and there are moments that I think will really get people emotional. It's pretty wild what you can do with a foul-mouthed little kid and a robot."

Landini adds, "I hope that the work Matt and I are doing can be appreciated, at least as much as we are putting in the effort, and having fun in making it happen."

We're Taking Everyone Down With Us #1 is priced at $4.99 and will be released on March 26, 2025.

For more on what's coming up in the comic book world, check out what to expect from Marvel in 2025 and what to expect from DC in 2025.

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Resident Evil Re:Verse, the multiplayer spin-off of the beloved horror franchise, is shutting down this June after less than three years on the market.

Capcom announced the shutdown in a blog post despite also saying the game had "exceeded expectation," saying it has served its "celebratory purpose admirably" but is no longer needed as it has "reached a new turning point for the series."

Resident Evil Re:Verse and all its downloadable content will be removed from sale on March 3 but those with the game already downloaded will be able to access it until June 29. "You will no longer be able to play Resident Evil Re: Verse once service has officially ended," Capcom said.

The game will go down on all platforms, meaning PlayStation 4 and 5, Xbox One and Series X and S, and Steam. Resident Evil Re:Verse is available by purchasing the latest mainline entry, Resident Evil Village. No refunds for the game itself or its DLC were mentioned.

"Resident Evil Re:Verse was developed in celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Resident Evil series, and your overwhelming support for the game has far exceeded our expectations since the time of its release," Capcom said. "Now that we've reached a new turning point for the series, we feel that Resident Evil Re:Verse has served its original, celebratory purpose admirably.

"We are incredibly grateful for your warm support for Resident Evil Re:Verse, and we deeply apologize for bringing you this disappointing news."

The game made little impact when it arrived in October 2022, earning just a 5/10 in IGN's review. "There are some good ideas in Resident Evil Re:Verse, but balance issues, a lack of content, and aggressive monetization make it little more than a sometimes-fun curiosity," we said.

Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He'll talk about The Witcher all day.

Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater, the remake of the original Metal Gear Solid 3, will release on August 28, 2025, according to what appears to be a PlayStation Store leak.

Konami’s remake of the PlayStation 2 stealth-action title has finally been updated from an obviously defunct 2024 release window, seemingly out of nowhere, with even a new trailer having leaked via the PlayStation App version of the store.

An Ape Escape collaboration has also been teased, which was followed by a message that reads “And More” which seemingly alludes to further crossovers coming to the game.

This first one looks like a reference to the original Metal Gear Solid 3, which featured a monkey minigame in which Snake would attempt to neutralize the animals with stun grenades and his “Monkey Shaker” gun.

It's unclear why the release date and new trailer have appeared now, though if rumours of a Sony PlayStation State of Play showcase coming next week are true, it may well be that someone has simply pulled the trigger a little early. A fatal mistake when it comes to stealth action.

Beyond a new first-person perspective, the game is otherwise shaping up to be an exact recreation of the original. "Metal Gear Solid Delta seems more like a very shiny HD remaster than the elegant remake it could have been," IGN said in our preview. "It’s an admittedly beautiful nostalgia trip, but almost faithful to a fault."

Simon Cardy is a Senior Editorial Producer who can mainly be found skulking around open world games, indulging in Korean cinema, or despairing at the state of Tottenham Hotspur and the New York Jets. Follow him on Bluesky at @cardy.bsky.social.

Back to the Future co-creator Bob Gale has a harsh message for fans hoping for a return of the beloved science fiction franchise: "F**k you."

Speaking to Yahoo, the writer and producer of all three Back to the Future films, alongside co-creator Robert Zemeckis, made clear there are no plans for a canonical continuation of the franchise.

"People always say, ‘When are you going to do Back to the Future 4," Gale said backstage at the Saturn Awards. "And we say, ‘F**k you.'"

While reboots and long overdue sequels are common place in the film industry, with examples such as The Matrix Resurrections and Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny representing two very poorly received attempts, Back to the Future will seemingly, and ironically, remain firmly in the past.

The original arrived in 1985 and sees high school student Marty McFly accidentally sent back in time by the eccentric scientist Doc Brown. While it became one of the most iconic sci-fi films of all time, its sequels, filmed and released back to back in 1989 and 1990, weren't so well received.

The franchise has lived on in other ways despite the more than three decade absence, through not just its legacy and influence but also a Broadway musical. Gale said he has plans for a stage production for Royal Caribbean Cruises too, and even teased he's helping McFly actor Michael J. Fox write a book about his experience.

Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He'll talk about The Witcher all day.

Obsidian Entertainment's upcoming role-playing game Avowed can hit 60 frames per second on Xbox Series X.

Though she offered no further insight, game director Carrie Patel told MinnMax that "you can get up to [60fps]" on Microsoft's more powerful console, though the Xbox Series S version will be limited to the 30fps as previously confirmed.

It's still unclear if Avowed will include a performance mode and graphics mode as has become standard, the former of which generally means 60fps with lower visuals while the latter generally means 30fps with improved visuals, or if the default setting hits 60fps on Xbox Series X naturally.

Avowed arrives February 13 for those willing to spend at least $89.99, though fans only willing to spend $69.99 are forced by Microsoft to wait until February 18. This is a recent trend deployed by publishers but has already been scrapped by the likes of Ubisoft.

Set in the same universe as Pillars of Eternity, Avowed is a first person fantasy RPG with a grand emphasis on player choice. The story weaves through tales of war, mystery, and intrigue, as players navigate the land and forge friendships or rivalries with those around them.

It earned praise in IGN's Final Preview of the game, in which we praised its nuanced conversations, player freedom, and said "Avowed is just a lot of fun."

Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He'll talk about The Witcher all day.

Harrison Ford doesn't care that Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny flopped critically and commercially, noting that "s**t happens," and said he joined Marvel because it seemed like a "good time."

The legendary actor of Star Wars fame told The Wall Street Journal Magazine that, even though it was him who "felt there was another story to tell" in the Indiana Jones story, he doesn't care the fifth film was critically panned and is estimated to have lost $100 million after a box office disaster.

"When [Indy] had suffered the consequences of the life that he had to live, I wanted one more chance to pick him up and shake the dust off his ass and stick him out there, bereft of some of his vigor, to see what happened," Ford said. "I’m still happy I made that movie."

It certainly hasn't stopped him from moving to another iconic franchise, as Ford has joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe in the upcoming Captain America: Brave New World. He replaces the late William Hurt as Thaddeus Ross who, as of this new film, has a bigger role as Red Hulk.

Ford said he joined the MCU before knowing this transformation was in store for his character though, as he hadn't even seen a script for Brave New World. He simply joined because it seemed fun.

"Why not? I saw enough Marvels to see actors that I admired having a good time," Ford said. "I didn’t really know that at the end I would turn into the Red Hulk. Well, it’s like life. You only get so far in the kit until the last page of the instructions is missing."

Brave New World arrives as one of the shortest MCU entries to date on February 14, and the first to star Anthony Mackie instead of Chris Evans' Steve Rogers in the titular role. It's also set to fold in some deep cut characters from Marvel lore, including the pay off for a tease included in the second ever MCU film, The Incredible Hulk, through the introduction of The Leader.

Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He'll talk about The Witcher all day.

To say I'm heavily invested in VR is quite the understatement. I began near the dawn of the medium—when a Sega VR-1 gave me joy (and neck) spasms in '97. Today, I own six of its distant descendants, and, basically, whenever the next big VR model comes out, I'm right there selling another body part to own it.

Why do I own more headsets than hats? For a complete perspective, to authoritatively write and maintain lists like The Best Meta Quest 3 Games to Grab First, and A Heads On Guide to PS VR2 Launch Titles, and The Best PS VR2 Games to Play in 2024.

Once upon a time there was a hugely popular card-drafting game called 7 Wonders. But drafting, where you pick a card to keep and pass the rest on, is pretty boring with two players, seeing as you know exactly what you’re going to be given on each pass. So, eventually, the game got a spin-off for two players only called 7 Wonders Duel which cleverly mimicked a draft by giving players a mixture of face-up and face-down cards to choose from. That was also hugely popular: indeed popular enough that it’s now received a shiny new Tolkien reskin in the form of Lord of the Rings: Duel for Middle-Earth (see it at Amazon).

What’s in the Box

Since this is essentially a card game, that’s the majority of the box contents. Fortunately they’re great cards, vibrant with evocative Middle-earth art. Some of the art actually joins together to make panoramas – although it’s unlikely you’ll manage to collect a set during play. Cards have a colored top bar to indicate what type they are, and most also have several symbols indicating both what that card can do for you, and the prerequisites for acquiring it.

Rules and How it Plays

7 Wonders: Duel simulated drafting for two by having each of its three rounds set out a pattern of cards in which a row of face-up cards overlapped a row of face-down cards. That same layout is replicated here exactly, except rather than competing civilizations, one of you is the dark lord Sauron and the other represents the free people of Middle-earth. You can’t pick a card – or flip it, if it’s face-down – until the cards beneath it in the pyramid have been cleared. This makes your choice of which card to take each turn difficult and tense, because you want to try and minimize the options available to your opponent while also maximising your own further down the line.

This card pyramid isn’t the only thing that Lord of the Rings: Duel for Middle-Earth retains from its predecessor. Indeed, pretty much the entire game flow will be familiar to veterans of that game. Most early cards are free, so you can pick them up and add them to your growing tableau. But as the game progresses, more powerful cards will either require you to have particular skill icons or prerequisite symbols from cards you already own in order to take them. If you can’t afford anything, you can use gold to make up the shortfall of matching symbols or discard a card for gold instead.

You are thus quickly caught into a dilemma as to whether to specialize in certain sets of skills, which will make it easier to get similar cards, or play as more of a generalist. There’s no right answer to this: it depends on what cards you get and in what order, and learning when to break one way or the other is a key tactical skill that comes with experience. Either way, this makes flipping face-down cards surprisingly exciting because there can be a lot riding on it if it’s the next key part in the specialist chain that you’re building. There’s nothing worse than suddenly finding you’ve handed the opportunity to pick-up a critical card to your opponent because grabbing something else you wanted revealed it.

In addition to cards that grow your tableau economy, there are also cards that move you forward on victory conditions. These are where Lord of the Rings: Duel for Middle-earth makes clear water between itself and its predecessor. Ring symbols let you advance on the quest for the ring track. If either side reaches the end of its track, it’s an instant win, with identical bonuses to be had along the way. Green cards represent an alliance with another faction such as Elves or Ents: six different such symbols and you win, while duplicates get you a bonus token from a stack specific to each faction. Finally, red cards let you place armies on the map of Middle-Earth, kicking out rivals on a one-to-one basis. If you conquer all seven regions you win, otherwise the player with the most regions when the card stack runs out takes the victory.

Each victory condition is cleverly designed to close in on its apex during the third round of play. You are pretty much guaranteed to be within touching distance of one, if not two, by then and play becomes a matter not only of trying to inch yourself over the line but selecting cards that prevent your opponent from doing the same. This ensures that play builds towards a truly thrilling climax almost every time, lending the game an epic feel that belies its relative simplicity and snappy half-hour play time.

However, after a few plays it’s hard not to wonder how much of this comes down to skill, and how much of it is luck. As mentioned previously, revealing a card that either you, or your opponent, need, can be absolutely critical to which way the victory breaks and there’s very little you can do about it. The decisions you make along the way certainly matter, but the game is engineered to be close because whatever you don’t have the opportunity to get, your enemy will. You thus pay for that crescendo of excitement with the seeds of doubt about how much your efforts influenced the final outcome. In fairness, it is difficult to design really dramatic games that don’t involve a lot of random moments, and this one hides it fairly well.

One other secret weapon the game has in this regard is its other major new feature: fortresses. At any given time there are three fortress tiles available of the full seven, one for each space on the map. They all cost large amounts of skill symbols and gold, but come with benefits to match. Not only do these rewards tie in with the central game mechanics, such as free ring track spaces if you gain the tower of Minas Tirith in Gondor, but they allow you to place a fortress piece in the matching space, which acts as an undefeatable army there. Fortresses are thus huge pivots in winning over map spaces. At the same time, buying a tile is the only way you can delay taking a card and thus potentially force your opponent into taking one that flips those critical unrevealed cards instead.

For all the vibrant card art and name-checking of key places and people in Middle-earth, the game doesn't end up feeling like an evocation of Tolkien’s trilogy. Grabbing ring cards is no substitute for the long, desperate chase depicted in the books and there’s no real matchup between allying factions and the rewards they offer. Worse, the game often feels counter-thematic. There’s nothing to stop Sauron allying with his most implacable foes, the Elves, and the armies of the free peoples often end up conquering the shadow realm of Mordor and buying its fortress of Barad-Dur. These outcomes would have been unthinkable in the carefully constructed legendarium, but they’re so common here it makes light of Tolkein’s vast imaginative effort.

Where to Buy

• Get it at Amazon
• Get it at Walmart
• Get it at Asmodee
• Get it at Miniature Market

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2025’s summer movie season is officially going prehistoric, because the first trailer for Jurassic World Rebirth is here. The seventh film in the Jurassic Park franchise and the first of a “new era” after the Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard-led trilogy wrapped up with Jurassic World Dominion, this new entry comes from director Gareth Edwards and has an entirely new cast, including Scarlett Johansson, Jonathan Bailey, and Mahershala Ali. However, despite the talent involved, including the return of original Jurassic Park screenwriter David Koepp, the film’s premise as shown in the trailer feels like a step backward for this series. Where is the world of dinosaurs that Fallen Kingdom promised, and Dominion once again seemed to tease?

Let’s take a look at what the trailer does and doesn’t show, and why the Jurassic World series seems to be missing out on its biggest opportunity.

Back to the Cretaceous

The Jurassic World trilogy may have had a mixed reception from critics, but the franchise stands as one of the most consistently lucrative blockbuster properties at the worldwide box office for the past decade and change. Global audiences love their dinosaurs, and even if Universal planned on retiring the cast from the first three World films, more dino blockbusters were all but guaranteed. The studio was quick to snap up a new cast and crew for further installments, with director Gareth Edwards of 2014’s Godzilla and Rogue One fame being the most interesting element. Edwards is perhaps unmatched among his contemporaries when it comes to conveying scale in VFX-heavy blockbusters, and his background in CGI gives him a leg up on four-quadrant films compared to the many Sundance babies or indie film darlings that the likes of Marvel commonly scoop up for their projects.

And it shows in the trailer: The dinosaurs look fantastic in motion, and Edwards’ eye behind the camera and keen attention to detail when it comes to proportions and lighting already make this new film look leagues ahead of many unsightly blockbusters we’ve seen in recent years. That he accomplished this on a truncated schedule (he was only hired in February 2024 and was already in production by June) is all the more remarkable. We don’t get enough time with the new cast of characters in the trailer to get the best sense of whether they’ll be worth investing in, but the action looks good and we’re clearly getting plenty of dino screentime, something that isn’t as guaranteed as we’d like to think. Remember the evil locusts from Jurassic World Dominion? Wait, you don’t? Well, we don’t blame you.

Yet although we have reasons to be cautiously optimistic about Rebirth, the fact that the film doesn’t seem to be using the "world of dinosaurs" concept that’s been teased since Fallen Kingdom’s ending hangs over the trailer like an exploding volcano.

An Island? Again?!

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: There’s another island full of dinosaurs. Seemingly neither Isla Nublar or Isla Sorna, but a secret third thing, Jurassic World Rebirth takes place on an island said to be “the research facility for the original Jurassic Park.” Setting aside that that doesn’t really square with previous canon, it’s retreating back to franchise tradition to set the film on a tropical island populated by dinosaurs removed from any kind of civilization. Why are we doing this same song and dance when the previous trilogy ended with dinosaurs all over the globe? Well, according to the official synopsis provided by Universal, “Five years after the events of Jurassic World Dominion, the planet’s ecology has proven largely inhospitable to dinosaurs. Those remaining exist in isolated equatorial environments with climates resembling the one in which they once thrived.”

I mean, sure, I guess, but does this not strike anyone as an unnecessary course correction? Why spend so much of the previous trilogy trying to set up a literal Jurassic World if you weren’t going to use it? In the same way Dominion walked back Fallen Kingdom’s ending to contain most of the dinosaur action within a gated-off preserve in the Italian Alps, Rebirth is now tossing out the best new idea the series had in years with dinosaurs overrunning the world in the aftermath of Fallen Kingdom’s events. It’s a bizarre creative choice when you’re trying to establish Rebirth as a relaunch of the brand with new characters and ideas when they keep running back to the same well the franchise has always boxed itself in.

It also just doesn’t really seem to make sense with the established lore of the previous films. Dominion showed dinosaurs all over the world in its first half, from snowy areas to urban environments. If the outside world was so inhospitable to dinosaurs, why did they seem to have no trouble with it in the last movie? Especially when the Malta chase in Dominion, where we saw carnivores tearing their way through a city, was the best and most creative setpiece in that film? The Jurassic franchise is one of the safest bets in Hollywood; people are clearly always going to want to see dinosaurs. So why not take a chance and do something truly different with this series, and perhaps unlock new dimensions you haven’t explored before?

Of course, it’s possible Jurassic World Rebirth has more tricks up its sleeve than they’re showing in this first trailer. The movie’s original title was even rumored to be Jurassic City, hinting at a type of environment the trailer may intentionally be hiding. But whatever the case may be, it is way past time for the Jurassic franchise to move past the tropical island motif. We’re not saying they have to go full Planet of the Apes with dinosaurs (but maybe they should…), but surely there can be some middle ground to see the dinos in new environments. We’ll see how Jurassic World Rebirth shakes out, but for now, we hope the franchise will finally learn the value of exploring something new instead of repackaging something old.

Carlos Morales writes novels, articles and Mass Effect essays. You can follow his fixations on Bluesky.