Ziggurat Interactive has announced that enhanced versions of both BloodRayne and BloodRayne 2 will be released on Steam and GOG on November 20, 2020. BloodRayne: Terminal Cuts and BloodRayne 2: Terminal Cuts are enhanced and updated versions of the games that follow the adventures of the red-headed dhampir (Vampire/Human) who must stop a madman bent on using occult relics to bring about a new age of domination for the Third Reich and, in the second game, her siblings who are looking to create a new era of Vampire supremacy. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/11/03/bloodrayne-1-and-2-terminal-cut-teaser-trailer"] These games will receive support for higher display resolutions (up to 4K/3830x2160), upscaled cinematic videos, support for modern gamepads, improved rendering with up to 4x anti-aliasing, support for higher texture resolutions allowing for use of original, uncompressed textures, and more. BloodRayne was first released in 2002 and its sequel - BloodRayne 2 - came out in 2004. The series saw a bit of a revival with 2011's BloodRayne: Betrayal, but this downloadable sidescrolling game for Xbox Live and PSN did not sell well and, as a result, a new 3DS title was indefinitely put on hold. BloodRayne 2 was actually one of the first 13 backward compatible games on Xbox One, but there was no mention as to whether these enhanced ports will make their way to either current or next-gen consoles. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=bloodrayne-1-terminal-cut-and-bloodrayne-2-terminal-cut-screenshots&captions=true"] [poilib element="accentDivider"] Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com. Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on Twitch.

Bend Studio has revealed that PlayStation exclusive Days Gone will run on PS5 at up to 60 FPS with Dynamic 4K. Bend Studio announced the news on Twitter and also confirmed that save transfers will be in place from PS4 to PS5. Days Gone follows 2018's God of War as a PS4 game that will support up to 60 FPS on the PS5, and is another game on the list of PlayStation Plus Classics that are getting these upgrades. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2019/04/25/days-gone-review"] In our review of Days Gone, which was released in 2019, we said it "feels bloated, like a movie that goes on for an hour longer than it needs to or should’ve. It’s messy and confused, but peppered with genuinely thrilling encounters with rampaging hordes of zombies and occasionally breathless firefights. There’s a good game in here somewhere, but it’s buried in a meandering storyline, repetitive missions, and just too much obligatory stuff to do without an eye on the smaller details that could have given it much more character." Even though it only earned a 6.5/10 from IGN, we do believe there is a ton of potential and included it on our list of nine sequels that would make PS5 a force to recon with. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=confirmed-playstation-5-games&captions=true"] Another PS4 game - The Last of Us Remastered - has seen its loadtimes on PS4 shortened by over 70% in certain areas, and while its PS5 improvements haven't been confirmed, news like this for Days Gone are seemingly teasing that playing older games will be a much better experience on PS5. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com. Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on Twitch.

Bend Studio has revealed that PlayStation exclusive Days Gone will run on PS5 at up to 60 FPS with Dynamic 4K. Bend Studio announced the news on Twitter and also confirmed that save transfers will be in place from PS4 to PS5. Days Gone follows 2018's God of War as a PS4 game that will support up to 60 FPS on the PS5, and is another game on the list of PlayStation Plus Classics that are getting these upgrades. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2019/04/25/days-gone-review"] In our review of Days Gone, which was released in 2019, we said it "feels bloated, like a movie that goes on for an hour longer than it needs to or should’ve. It’s messy and confused, but peppered with genuinely thrilling encounters with rampaging hordes of zombies and occasionally breathless firefights. There’s a good game in here somewhere, but it’s buried in a meandering storyline, repetitive missions, and just too much obligatory stuff to do without an eye on the smaller details that could have given it much more character." Even though it only earned a 6.5/10 from IGN, we do believe there is a ton of potential and included it on our list of nine sequels that would make PS5 a force to recon with. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=confirmed-playstation-5-games&captions=true"] Another PS4 game - The Last of Us Remastered - has seen its loadtimes on PS4 shortened by over 70% in certain areas, and while its PS5 improvements haven't been confirmed, news like this for Days Gone are seemingly teasing that playing older games will be a much better experience on PS5. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com. Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on Twitch.

This week in Red Dead Online, claim free rewards for various Role actions, Prime Gaming bonuses, and more.

This week in Red Dead Online, claim free rewards for various Role actions, Prime Gaming bonuses, and more.

Henry Cavill has confirmed that he is heading back down South to continue filming The Witcher Season 2 in the studio after it was announced that England would enter a second national lockdown this week. Taking to Instagram, Cavill, who plays Geralt of Rivia on the hit Netflix show, announced that he was leaving The Witcher Season 2's on-location shoot in the North of England to return to the studio for additional filming, as England prepares to enter a new month-long lockdown on Thursday in response to a recent surge in coronavirus (COVID-19) cases. "England returns to Lockdown on Thursday so it is time for me to depart Yorkshire and The extraordinary North, and head back down South to continue shooting in the studio," Cavill wrote in his post. "Thank you for hosting all of us on season 2 of The Witcher. Hopefully I shall return to your hills, dales and fells soon. Stay strong and stay safe, my friends." [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/01/16/the-witcher-why-season-2-wont-premiere-until-2021-ign-now"] Season 2 of The Witcher started filming in London earlier this year, with a planned release sometime in 2021. However, the shoot was suspended back in March as Netflix paused filming on all of its films and TV shows in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Netflix resumed production on the second season of the Henry Cavill-led show in August after being given the "green light" to start filming again. The Witcher Season 2 is still currently set for 2021, with Season 3 expected to be announced at a later date. Netflix is also working on The Witcher: Blood Origin, a six-part spin-off prequel series set 1,200 years before Geralt walked the lands of the Northern Kingdoms, and The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf, an anime feature film that will be centred around Geralt's close friend and mentor, Vesemir. If you want to explore the extraordinary world of The Witcher in the meantime, check out Netflix's behind-the-scenes specials Making The Witcher and A Look Inside the Episodes or check out our slideshow below for Season 2 photos of Cavill's Geralt of Rivia in all-new armour, Anya Chalotra's bound and bloodied Yennefer, and Freya Allan's Ciri who looks ready to start training at Kaer Morhen. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=netflixs-the-witcher-season-2-photos&captions=true"] [poilib element="accentDivider"] Adele Ankers is a Freelance Entertainment Journalist. You can reach her on Twitter.

Henry Cavill has confirmed that he is heading back down South to continue filming The Witcher Season 2 in the studio after it was announced that England would enter a second national lockdown this week. Taking to Instagram, Cavill, who plays Geralt of Rivia on the hit Netflix show, announced that he was leaving The Witcher Season 2's on-location shoot in the North of England to return to the studio for additional filming, as England prepares to enter a new month-long lockdown on Thursday in response to a recent surge in coronavirus (COVID-19) cases. "England returns to Lockdown on Thursday so it is time for me to depart Yorkshire and The extraordinary North, and head back down South to continue shooting in the studio," Cavill wrote in his post. "Thank you for hosting all of us on season 2 of The Witcher. Hopefully I shall return to your hills, dales and fells soon. Stay strong and stay safe, my friends." [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/01/16/the-witcher-why-season-2-wont-premiere-until-2021-ign-now"] Season 2 of The Witcher started filming in London earlier this year, with a planned release sometime in 2021. However, the shoot was suspended back in March as Netflix paused filming on all of its films and TV shows in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Netflix resumed production on the second season of the Henry Cavill-led show in August after being given the "green light" to start filming again. The Witcher Season 2 is still currently set for 2021, with Season 3 expected to be announced at a later date. Netflix is also working on The Witcher: Blood Origin, a six-part spin-off prequel series set 1,200 years before Geralt walked the lands of the Northern Kingdoms, and The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf, an anime feature film that will be centred around Geralt's close friend and mentor, Vesemir. If you want to explore the extraordinary world of The Witcher in the meantime, check out Netflix's behind-the-scenes specials Making The Witcher and A Look Inside the Episodes or check out our slideshow below for Season 2 photos of Cavill's Geralt of Rivia in all-new armour, Anya Chalotra's bound and bloodied Yennefer, and Freya Allan's Ciri who looks ready to start training at Kaer Morhen. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=netflixs-the-witcher-season-2-photos&captions=true"] [poilib element="accentDivider"] Adele Ankers is a Freelance Entertainment Journalist. You can reach her on Twitter.

A game all about hacking - Watch Dogs: Legion - has seen its source code seemingly hacked in a real-world event that assuredly makes it one of the more ironic stories of 2020. As reported by ZDNet, a ransomware gang by the name of Egregor, in October 2020, claimed to have obtained access to the internal networks of both Ubisoft and Crytek and stole data. Unfortunately for Ubisoft, DSOGaming has said that Egregor appears to have possession of the source code of Watch Dogs: Legion and it has since leaked it online at a size of around 560 GB. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/10/28/watch-dogs-legion-review"] DSOGaming notes that this could lead to enabling mods for Watch Dogs: Legion and cracking the game's anti-piracy measures. Crytek appeared to have been hit even harder, as documents from the company's game development division have allegedly been obtained and contain "resources and information about the development process of games like Arena of Fate and Warface, but also Crytek's old Gface social gaming network." It is yet unclear how Egregor gained access to these networks, but groups like this tend to steal data, encrypt it, and then hold it ransom and force these companies to pay a exorbitant fee to prevent them from leaking the files. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=biggest-video-game-leaks-of-2019&captions=true"] Both Ubisoft and Crytek have yet to announce anything publicly, possibly hinting that these intrusions by Egregor have not impacted any consumer-facing aspects of their businesses. In our review of Watch Dogs: Legion, which was released on October 29, 2020, we said its "bold use of roguelike mechanics in an open-world action game pays off in interesting ways, making this visit to near-future London feel more varied than the previous two games." [poilib element="accentDivider"] Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com. Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on Twitch.

A game all about hacking - Watch Dogs: Legion - has seen its source code seemingly hacked in a real-world event that assuredly makes it one of the more ironic stories of 2020. As reported by ZDNet, a ransomware gang by the name of Egregor, in October 2020, claimed to have obtained access to the internal networks of both Ubisoft and Crytek and stole data. Unfortunately for Ubisoft, DSOGaming has said that Egregor appears to have possession of the source code of Watch Dogs: Legion and it has since leaked it online at a size of around 560 GB. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/10/28/watch-dogs-legion-review"] DSOGaming notes that this could lead to enabling mods for Watch Dogs: Legion and cracking the game's anti-piracy measures. Crytek appeared to have been hit even harder, as documents from the company's game development division have allegedly been obtained and contain "resources and information about the development process of games like Arena of Fate and Warface, but also Crytek's old Gface social gaming network." It is yet unclear how Egregor gained access to these networks, but groups like this tend to steal data, encrypt it, and then hold it ransom and force these companies to pay a exorbitant fee to prevent them from leaking the files. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=biggest-video-game-leaks-of-2019&captions=true"] Both Ubisoft and Crytek have yet to announce anything publicly, possibly hinting that these intrusions by Egregor have not impacted any consumer-facing aspects of their businesses. In our review of Watch Dogs: Legion, which was released on October 29, 2020, we said its "bold use of roguelike mechanics in an open-world action game pays off in interesting ways, making this visit to near-future London feel more varied than the previous two games." [poilib element="accentDivider"] Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com. Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on Twitch.

Ubisoft will broadcast Odin's Hootenanny, an Assassin's Creed Valhalla digital variety show on Friday, November 6 at 9am Pacific / 12pm Eastern / 5pm UK (that's November 7 at 4am AEDT). The show will be hosted by Assasin's Creed cast member Danny Wallace, and will include IGN and other outlets on the bill. Alongside gameshows, challenges and more, the event will include a gameplay reveal of Valhalla running on Xbox Series X. You'll be able to watch the show right here on IGN. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/11/03/assassins-creed-valhalla-odins-hootenanny-stream-trailer"] Check out the full schedule below:  

• Eivor Critiques IGN’s Viking Skills: Magnus Bruun, the talented Danish actor behind male Eivor provides live commentary direct from a Viking long-hall in Denmark as Amy Mallett and Stevie Coales seek to prove their mettle in dark-age Leicestershire.  In true Viking fashion, Magnus’ commentary is brutal and unforgiving, not to mention colourful.
• BAFTA presents The Art of Storytelling: In an extended BAFTA Guru feature, Elle Osili-Wood sits down with Narrative Director Darby McDevitt to explore the storytelling of Assassin’s Creed Valhalla.
• Xbox On presents Assassin’s Creed Valhalla on the Xbox Series X: An extended gameplay segment showcasing Assassin’s Creed Valhalla on the new Xbox Series X hardware.
• Modern-Day Flyting: Gaming rapper and self-proclaimed Rhyming Minister, Dan Bull will go head-to-head with British rap star Lethal Bizzle in a modern interpretation of a dark-age flyting battle, filled with sarcastic wit.
• A Very Viking Gameshow: A live-action, socially distanced game-show where two teams of the UK’s finest presenters and content creators, including Bex Bomb, Elle Osili-Wood, Gav Murphy and Marcus Bronzy square off in a series of Viking challenges, including axe-throwing and mind-games (and Kerplunk) with an actual raven named Loki.

AC Valhalla arrives on November 10 for Xbox Series X / S, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PC and Stadia. It will be followed by a PS5 release on November 12 (and November 19 in territories with a delayed PS5 launch). We recently learned about the game's next-gen enhancements, and we've run down 8 big changes coming in the new game. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/the-biggest-game-releases-of-november-2020"] [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.