Ghost of Tsushima has set a new record as PlayStation’s fastest-selling original PS4 exclusive, with more than 5 million copies sold since its release in July, according to PlayStation Worldwide Studios head Herman Hulst.

It’s a strong showing for developer Sucker Punch, who has long had a tight relationship with Sony thanks to their work on the Infamous and Sly Cooper franchises.

By comparison, Guerilla Games’ Horizon: Zero Dawn managed to sell approximately 3.4 million copies in roughly the same four-month window. The Last of Us Part II managed to sell 4 million copies in its first three days making it the fastest-selling non-original PS4 exclusive.

“We're thrilled and absolutely blown away by all of the support!” the official Sucker Punch Twitter account posted. “Thank you to everyone who has played Ghost of Tsushima.”

Ghost of Tsushima received strong reviews for its visually striking world and combat, with IGN giving it a nine out of 10. Sucker Punch has given players a reason to return to Ghost of Tsushima as well with the new Legends co-op raid that lets you and three friends team up and utilize mystical powers not seen in the base game.

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To no one’s surprise, we’ve also seen a few hints that Sucker Punch may be building up their development team for a sequel. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Joseph Knoop is a writer/producer/wandering ronin for IGN. Cut bamboo with him on Twitter.

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PUBG Mobile will soon return to India after a recent country-wide ban that prevented players from accessing the game. PUBG Mobile was banned in India back in September and not long after, the company behind the battle royale game, PUBG Corporation, began figuring out how to get the game back into the hands of players in the country. As reported by TechCrunch, PUBG is set to make a return sometime in the future as a new game called PUBG Mobile India, and this version of the game will be exclusive to the country. PUBG Corporation did not share any details about when it plans to actually release the game, though. It did, however, announce that it and its parent company, KRAFTON, plan to invest $100 million in the Indian video games, esports, entertainment, and information technology markets. It will employ over 100 people in the country as part of this investment as well. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2018/03/21/pubg-graphics-comparison-ios-mobile-vs-pc"] "Thanks to overwhelming community enthusiasm for PUBG esports in India, the company also plans to make investments by hosting India-exclusive esports events, which will feature the biggest tournaments, the largest prize pools, and the best tournament productions," PUBG Corporation said in a statement to TechCrunch. India's capital, New Delhi, recently banned over 200 apps with ties to China, which included PUBG Mobile, over concerns of security. Shortly after this ban, PUBG Mobile cut ties with its Chinese investment arm, Tencent, in India. According to TechCrunch, to further alleviate concerns, PUBG Corporation moved its PUBG Mobile data and processing to Microsoft's Azure service. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2019/12/05/igns-2019-best-mobile-game-nominees"] "Privacy and security of Indian player data being a top priority for PUBG Corporation, the company will conduct regular audits and verifications on the storage systems holding Indian users' personally identifiable information to reinforce security and ensure that their data is safely managed," the company said in a statement. It's no surprise that PUBG Corporation did all it could to get the game back in India. As noted by games analyst Daniel Ahmad, PUBG Mobile was the number one grossing mobile game in India, and it had over 50 million active users. For more PUBG Mobile, check out our thoughts on the game in our PUBG Mobile review, and then check out this PUBG Mobile x BLACKPINK collaboration. If you're a lapsed player, check out what you might have missed in the massive PUBG Mobile 1.0 update that hit the game in September. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Wesley LeBlanc is a freelance news writer and guide maker for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @LeBlancWes. 

Update: Arkane has officially confirmed the May 21, 2021 release date for Deathloop, coming to PS5 and PC. Preorders for Deathloop standard edition or deluxe edition on the PS5 and PC are available now. The standard edition will sell for $59.99. Arkane also revealed the pre-order bonuses for Deathloop including the "Storm Rider" Colt skin, the One Trinket in-game buff, and a Dishonored-inspired Unique Weapon exclusive to the PS5. The Deluxe Edition, which costs $79.99 comes with all the pre-order bonuses along with the "Eat The Rich Tribunal" unique weapon, a .44 Karat Fourpounder Unique Weapon, Party Crasher Colt skin, Sharp Shooter Julianna skin, game soundtrack, two in-game buffs, and a Prey-inspired Unique weapon exclusive to the PS5. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Original Story: Deathloop will now arrive on May 21, 2021, according to the PS5's Store. Arkane's time-looping FPS - which was delayed earlier this year - has now got a pre-order page on PS5 that lists its release as May 21. That's in-line with its previous window of Q2 2021. That release date is presumably for both its PS5 and PC versions, which were originally due to drop at the same time. The game is a timed console exclusive on PS5, which Xbox will honour even after agreeing to an acquisition of Arkane's parent company. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/09/16/deathloop-two-birds-one-stone-gameplay-trailer"] Pre-orders are open for the game (with a discount on the PS5 store), with early purchase earning you:

• Unique weapon: Royal Protector Machete (PS5 exclusive)
• Character skin: "Storm Rider" Colt
• One Trinket (equippable buff)

A Deluxe Edition is also available, coming packaged with the game plus the following:

• Transtar Trencher Weapon
• Eat the Rich Tribunal Weapon
• .44 Karat Fourpounder Weapon
• "Party Crasher" Colt Skin
• "Sharp Shooter" Julianna Skin
• Two Trinkets (equippable buffs)
• Original Game Soundtrack Selections

[widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=deathloop-playstation-5-showcase-screenshots&captions=true"] Deathloop is a first person shooter set on an island upon which lead character Colt is trapped in a time loop, attempting to assassinate those responsible before looping back to the beginning. He's plagued by another looping assassin, Julianna - who can be be played by other real players, who invade your game. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Joe Skrebels is IGN's Executive Editor of News. Follow him on Twitter. Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com.

The PlayStation 5 is finally out and scalpers are already selling the new Sony console for well over its standard price, with some price tags stretching as high as $1700. We just saw this happen with Microsoft's new consoles, the Xbox Series X and Series S, so it's not much of a surprise. The PS5 sold out the night preorders went live and it continues to sell out any time new preorders are available. You can't buy a PS5 in stores right now unless you have a preorder for one either, so naturally, those chasing down the console are looking online. Scalpers are taking advantage of this demand by selling the PS5 at prices two and three times the standard retail price. Here's what eBay looks like today. With Amazon seemingly not selling any PS5s right now, eBay seems to be where the scalpers are trying to sell their consoles. These third-party sellers are free to make the price whatever they want, which is why we're seeing prices as high as $1749. Meanwhile, official online retailers like Walmart, GameStop, and even Sony continue to announce that more stock will be available soon, though, and they'll be selling the console for its standard price. Here's where to buy a PS5 at launch, though the available stock remains elusive even on launch day. However, the guide is updated regularly with all the latest official retail listing. If you're left without a PS5 on its launch day, you should know that Sony has no plans to abandon its PS4 owners anytime soon. The company recently said that it will likely take three years to fully transition from PS4 to PS5. If you do manage to get a PS5 today, here's how to transfer data from your PS4 to your PS5, and heads up: use a LAN cable to do that if you can. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Wesley LeBlanc is a freelance news writer and guide maker for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @LeBlancWes.

In an era rife with concerns about in-game spending and predatory marketplaces, EA is actually taking steps to restrict how much time and money players can spend in FIFA 21.

According to Eurogamer, EA shared details about FIFA 21’s new “Playtime Tool” in a patch notes blog post, describing it as a “new suite of tools that enable players to have more control and visibility over how they play.”

The Playtime Tool essentially acts as a monitor for how many FIFA Points (but not real-world money) and playtime someone spends in-game, plus ways to watch out for communication issues and gating games by their ESRB rating.

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Players can set a limit on how many matches and FIFA Points you purchase, as well as how many FIFA Ultimate Team packs you can open with FUT Coins or FIFA Points.

There’s even some out-of-game functionality as well. The Playtime Tool can monitor how many FIFA Points you buy outside of the game (such as in the PlayStation Store) and count that towards your total. You’ll probably want to be extra careful though since you won’t receive a notification outside of FIFA.

The Playtime Tool is available on PC starting today and will be available on consoles on November 17. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=every-ign-fifa-game-review-ever&captions=true"]

This is all part of EA’s Positive Play project, EA’s public-facing campaign to address toxicity and other harmful elements of the gaming community they cater to.

"Play should always be fun, so we're amping up the information and tools to help you play on your terms," EA told Eurogamer. "Back in June, we rolled out the Positive Play Charter - an updated set of community guidelines designed to make our games and services more inclusive, safe, balanced and fair. This is another step we're taking to make play more positive."

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Pay-to-win, loot boxes, and other gambling mechanics have become a huge sore spot for the games industry and various governments around the world. The UK government is running surveys of the gaming community on what they think about loot boxes, which will inform a review of the 2005 Gambling Act. Surveys are being accepted until November 22. England’s top mental health nurse has also criticized gambling mechanics in games like FIFA and others, calling for “fair and realistic spending limits” on loot boxes.

Earlier this year, the Entertainment Software Ratings Board (ESRB) announced a new label for its game ratings that describes if a game has loot boxes or other gambling mechanics. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Joseph Knoop is a writer/producer for IGN.

Valve has added over three hours of developer commentary to Half-Life: Alyx. Sections of the commentary can be activated using floating headsets that have been added to Half-Life: Alyx's levels. Players need to simply pick the headphones up and place them on their heads to begin audio playback of the commentary. Each headset is located near one of 147 different points of interest that members of the development team will provide insight on. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/03/23/the-first-17-minutes-of-half-life-alyx"] Valve notes that the concluding weeks of Half-Life: Alyx's development was done during lockdown; developer commentary was originally intended to ship with the game at launch, but constraints meant it was delayed until now. Commentary has also had to be recorded by staff in their homes rather than at Valve's recording studio. For players to activate developer commentary, they will need to start a new game with commentary enabled. Valve warns that the commentary does feature "significant" spoilers, so is best saved for a second play-through. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=every-ign-valve-game-review&captions=true"] While the developer commentary is in English, subtitles are available in English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Castilian Spanish, Latin American Spanish, Russian, Polish, Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese. For more, take a look at our 10/10 review for Half-Life: Alyx - which makes it one of the best reviewed games of 2020 - as well as a cool BioShock mod and six other great VR games to try out. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Matt Purslow is IGN's UK News and Entertainment Writer. 

Monster Hunter director Paul W.S. Anderson has teased the possibility of future sequels being developed in the same universe as his upcoming movie. In an interview with Total Film magazine (via GamesRadar), Anderson spoke about his commitment to the Monster Hunter franchise and the long-running potential of Screen Gems' movie adaptation, which is loosely based on Capcom's bestselling video game series of the same name. He suggested that the expansive world of dangerous and powerful monsters could be explored further. "I've been working on Monster Hunter for 11 years," Anderson revealed before speaking about the vast array of monsters in the movie, which he says are "built to a greater level of detail" than anything in Jurassic World. "There's hundreds of monsters [in the game]. I can only use five or six of them in the movie. So it's a big, fun world that I think we’ve only just started to scratch the surface of." [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/10/14/monster-hunter-exclusive-official-trailer"] In the same interview, Milla Jovovich, who is leading the cast as Artemis, an original character created for the Monster Hunter movie, revealed that Anderson is "already writing" something else for the movie universe. "We would love to make another one," she added. "Hopefully people are going to love it because I know Paul would love to make a sequel. I mean, he's already writing something." Anderson worked closely with Capcom director Kaname Fujioka to make sure that the Monster Hunter movie canonically fit within the franchise, carving out a space for the story that takes place immediately after the events of Monster Hunter World but before Monster Hunter World: Iceborne, with a brand new protagonist who is from our world rather than a native of the realm of the game. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=monster-hunter-movie-images&captions=true"] Jovovich stars alongside Tony Jaa, Diego Boneta, Ron Perlman and T.I. Harris in the Monster Hunter movie, which is slated to hit theaters in the UK on December 4 and in the US on December 30 after having been previously postponed to April 2021. Before the monsters are unleashed, check out IGN's rundown of 12 interesting details about the live-action feature. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Adele Ankers is a Freelance Entertainment Journalist. You can reach her on Twitter.

Marvel's WandaVision will premiere on January 15, 2021 on Disney+. The series – centred on Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen) and Vision (Paul Bettany) – was expected to release in December of this year, but a Twitter announcement revealed the new date, and a motion poster for the show. The announcement means 2020 is the first year without an MCU-related release since 2009.

A new era arrives. Marvel Studios’ @WandaVision, an Original Series, is streaming Jan. 15 on #DisneyPlus. pic.twitter.com/aejE6DNR35

— Marvel Studios (@MarvelStudios) November 12, 2020

Set after Avengers: Endgame, WandaVision will see Scarlet Witch and Vision living as a married couple in the suburban town of Westview - which seems to be a mysterious world that references multiple eras of US sitcoms, beginning with a full black-and-white episode filmed in front of a studio audience. That sitcom set-up won't be all we see however, with multiple members of the cast and crew explaining that it also includes full action scenes - actress Teyonnah Parris explained that the show is like "six Marvel movies packed into what they’re presenting as a sitcom.". We also know that part of the pitch for the series centred on an exploration of Scarlet Witch's full powers, which makes it feel more likely than ever that WandaVision will be the MCU's version of the House of M comic book event. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/11/11/new-wandavision-details-revealed-ign-now"] It's not been made clear why WandaVision has been pushed into January, after Disney previously listed it as a December 2020 project, but COVID-19 related production delays have altered much of Disney's slate this year. WandaVision is the first of 8 planned series that will act as part of the MCU, tying into the movies. Following WandaVision (which ties directly into Doctor Strange & the Multiverse of Madness), we'll also see The Falcon & Winter Soldier, Loki, What If...?, Hawkeye, Ms. Marvel, Moon Knight, and She-Hulk. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Joe Skrebels is IGN's Executive Editor of News. Follow him on Twitter. Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com.

Fortnite's Week 2 XP Xtravanganza Challenges are now live and with it brings a number of brand new challenges that will help you earn the remaining XP that you need to complete your Battle Pass. While the majority of Week 2's XP Xtravanganza challenges are fairly straightforward, one particular challenge may catch a few players off the guard as the Pro Fishing Rod isn't a very commonly used item. So in order to find and obtain a Pro Fishing Rod, we have you covered in our detailed guide below. Looking for something specific? Click the links below to find more information:

• How to Catch 10 Fish with a Pro Fishing Rod in Fortnite

Fortnite Chapter 2: Season 4, Week 2 XP Xtravanganza Challenges

Listed below are all of the week 2 XP Xtravanganza challenges that are currently available to complete:

• Deal Damage with Shotguns to Opponents
  • Stage 1: Deal damage with Shotguns to opponents - 0/1,000 - 20,000 XP
  • Stage 2: Deal damage with Shotguns to opponents - 0/2,500 - 20,000 XP
  • Stage 3: Deal damage with Shotguns to opponents - 0/1,000 - 20,000 XP
• Eliminate Seven Opponents
  • Stage 1: Eliminate opponents with Common Weapons - 0/7 - 20,000 XP
  • Stage 2: Eliminate opponents with Rare Weapons - 0/7 - 20,000 XP
  • Stage 3: Eliminate opponents with Epic Weapons - 0/7 - 20,000 XP
• Damage Opponents with the Choppa's Blades
  • Stage 1: Damage Opponents with the Choppa's Blades - 0/50 - 20,000 XP
  • Stage 2: Damage Opponents with the Choppa's Blades - 0/150 - 20,000 XP
  • Stage 3: Damage Opponents with the Choppa's Blades - 0/250 - 20,000 XP
• Catch Fish
  • Stage 1: Catch Fish - 0/10 - 20,000 XP
  • Stage 2: Catch Fish with a Pro Fishing Rod - 0/10 - 20,000 XP
  • Stage 3: Catch Fish with Explosive Weapons - 0/10 - 20,000 XP
• Consume Foraged Items - 0/30 - 20,000 XP
• Shoot a Gas Can Thrown by a Teammate Before it Hits the Ground - 0/1 - 50,000 XP

How to Catch 10 Fish with a Pro Fishing Rod in Fortnite

Whilst you may have thought that obtaining a Pro Fishing Rod might be somewhat challenging, you'll be surprised at just how simple the task can be if you know what you are looking for. So in order to find a Pro Fishing Rod, we have detailed the two best methods that will have you fishing in no time. The first method is arguably the more challenging, as it relies very heavily on luck, you'll have a very small chance at finding a Pro Fishing Rod in random chests or amongst fishing rod barrels by the lakes. While you may get lucky and find one early on, the Pro Fishing Rods are considerably rare and can take quite some time to find. Otherwise, for those not looking to leave it up to luck, obtaining a Pro Fishing Rod can actually be quite simple and fast. To do so, pick up any standard Fishing Rod and make your way to one of the many Upgrade Benches that you will find scattered across the map. With 100 Wood, 100 Metal, and 100 Brick on hand, you'll have the option to upgrade your Fishing Rod into the Pro model. Now in order to complete the Week 2 XP Xtravanganza Challenge, simply take your newly acquired Pro Fishing Rod to the nearest lake and start catching fish. You'll need to catch a total of 10 fish in order to complete the challenge!