Back in June, Baldur's Gate 3 developer Larian Studios said that the early access release of its Dungeons & Dragons RPG would happen in August. Maybe. Well, as the developer announced today, it turns out that maybe clause has come into effect. Baldur's Gate 3's early access release won't happen this month. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/06/13/baldurs-gate-3-new-guerrilla-collective-trailer"] Announced on Twitter, Larian said "BG3 won’t hit August, but it’s just around the corner." The studio does have a release date set, though, and will reveal it as part of the 'Panel From Hell', which takes place at 10am PT on August 18. Larian boss Swen Vincke will be joined by his team and Geoff Keighley to deliver the news.

Good news and bad news. BG3 won’t hit August, but it’s just around the corner. We’ll be announcing the release date, as well as big news on the Panel From Hell alongside @geoffkeighley, @LarAtLarian and the Larian crew. Tune in Aug 18th. https://t.co/S1RlVpJ8yw pic.twitter.com/NCkrnHHpH0

— Larian Studios (@larianstudios) August 4, 2020

For more from Baldur's Gate, be sure to check out our coverage from the previous reveals, where we ran down everything new in the latest BG3 build, as well as chatted in-depth to Vincke about how the game is more like Dungeons & Dragons the more it's developed. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=baldurs-gate-3-early-access-announcement-screenshots&captions=true"] [poilib element="accentDivider"] Matt Purslow is IGN's UK News and Entertainment Writer.

Back in June, Baldur's Gate 3 developer Larian Studios said that the early access release of its Dungeons & Dragons RPG would happen in August. Maybe. Well, as the developer announced today, it turns out that maybe clause has come into effect. Baldur's Gate 3's early access release won't happen this month. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/06/13/baldurs-gate-3-new-guerrilla-collective-trailer"] Announced on Twitter, Larian said "BG3 won’t hit August, but it’s just around the corner." The studio does have a release date set, though, and will reveal it as part of the 'Panel From Hell', which takes place at 10am PT on August 18. Larian boss Swen Vincke will be joined by his team and Geoff Keighley to deliver the news.

Good news and bad news. BG3 won’t hit August, but it’s just around the corner. We’ll be announcing the release date, as well as big news on the Panel From Hell alongside @geoffkeighley, @LarAtLarian and the Larian crew. Tune in Aug 18th. https://t.co/S1RlVpJ8yw pic.twitter.com/NCkrnHHpH0

— Larian Studios (@larianstudios) August 4, 2020

For more from Baldur's Gate, be sure to check out our coverage from the previous reveals, where we ran down everything new in the latest BG3 build, as well as chatted in-depth to Vincke about how the game is more like Dungeons & Dragons the more it's developed. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=baldurs-gate-3-early-access-announcement-screenshots&captions=true"] [poilib element="accentDivider"] Matt Purslow is IGN's UK News and Entertainment Writer.

What's up, everybody? We love checking in with the listeners (and viewers), and now you have the chance to actually let your beautiful voices be heard on Game Scoop! At the bottom of this article, you will find an option that lets you share a brief video with us and the IGN community, powered by the audio and video commenting tool, Yappa. We want as many Game Scoop! fans as we can get to answer this question: What do you think about Spider-Man being exclusive to PlayStation in Marvel's Avengers? It's obviously good for PlayStation. But is it good for gamers? Let us know your thoughts, and we'll pick out our favorite responses to play on this week's episode of Game Scoop!

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What's up, everybody? We love checking in with the listeners (and viewers), and now you have the chance to actually let your beautiful voices be heard on Game Scoop! At the bottom of this article, you will find an option that lets you share a brief video with us and the IGN community, powered by the audio and video commenting tool, Yappa. We want as many Game Scoop! fans as we can get to answer this question: What do you think about the Halo Infinite delay? It's obviously good for PlayStation. But is it good for gamers? Let us know your thoughts, and we'll pick out our favorite responses to play on this week's episode of Game Scoop!

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DC Comics has just announced Injustice: Year Zero, a digital-first prequel to the popular Injustice: Gods Among Us video game and its tie-in comic books. While DC's previous Injustice comics have explored the five years of history leading up to the events of the original game and then bridged the gap between that game and its sequel, Year Zero dives even further back in the timeline. This prequel series explores a new conflict set before the fateful day when Superman killed Joker. Subtitled "Fall of the Old Gods," Year Zero sheds light on this universe's version of the World War II-era Justice Society, even as it reveals what happens when the Joker manages to take control of the world's most powerful heroes in the present day. IGN can exclusively debut several pages from Injustice: Year Zero - Chapter 3, which feature Hawkman and Hawkgirl. Check them out in the slideshow gallery below: [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=injustice-year-zero-exclusive-preview&captions=true"] Injustice: Year Zero is again written by Tom Taylor, with a rotating art team that includes Rogê Antônio, Cian Tormey, Rain Beredo and Wes Abbott and covers by Julian Totino Tedesco. The first three chapters are available to purchase now on Read DC, ComiXology and other digital comics retailers. Each chapter is priced at $.99, and a bundle of the first three chapters is also available for $2.49. The series will run for 14 chapters in total, with new installments releasing every Tuesday. “Year Zero isn't as morally grey as what comes after,” said Tom Taylor told The Hollywood Reporter. “This is Superman and Batman at the peak of their friendship. Lois and Clark as a team. The Justice League united, and the Justice Society as a shining example for all. Of course, by its very nature, there's going to be tragedy and shocks and deaths, but there will be hope, there will be triumph, there will be love with the loss and heart alongside the hurt.” While there's no word yet on whether a third Injustice game is in the works, we did recently learn about a surprising influence the series had on DC's Birds of Prey movie. Taylor is also the writer behind the popular DCeased series, which is set in another alternate DC Universe ravaged by a techno-zombie plague. That series recently received a digital-first companion of its own in the form of DCEased: Hope at World's End. Check out the video below to see Taylor reflecting on the challenge of combining superheroes and The Walking Dead: [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2019/07/21/dceased-writer-on-creating-the-walking-dead-with-superheroes-comic-con-2019"] [poilib element="accentDivider"] Jesse is a mild-mannered staff writer for IGN. Allow him to lend a machete to your intellectual thicket by following @jschedeen on Twitter.

DC Comics has just announced Injustice: Year Zero, a digital-first prequel to the popular Injustice: Gods Among Us video game and its tie-in comic books. While DC's previous Injustice comics have explored the five years of history leading up to the events of the original game and then bridged the gap between that game and its sequel, Year Zero dives even further back in the timeline. This prequel series explores a new conflict set before the fateful day when Superman killed Joker. Subtitled "Fall of the Old Gods," Year Zero sheds light on this universe's version of the World War II-era Justice Society, even as it reveals what happens when the Joker manages to take control of the world's most powerful heroes in the present day. IGN can exclusively debut several pages from Injustice: Year Zero - Chapter 3, which feature Hawkman and Hawkgirl. Check them out in the slideshow gallery below: [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=injustice-year-zero-exclusive-preview&captions=true"] Injustice: Year Zero is again written by Tom Taylor, with a rotating art team that includes Rogê Antônio, Cian Tormey, Rain Beredo and Wes Abbott and covers by Julian Totino Tedesco. The first three chapters are available to purchase now on Read DC, ComiXology and other digital comics retailers. Each chapter is priced at $.99, and a bundle of the first three chapters is also available for $2.49. The series will run for 14 chapters in total, with new installments releasing every Tuesday. “Year Zero isn't as morally grey as what comes after,” said Tom Taylor told The Hollywood Reporter. “This is Superman and Batman at the peak of their friendship. Lois and Clark as a team. The Justice League united, and the Justice Society as a shining example for all. Of course, by its very nature, there's going to be tragedy and shocks and deaths, but there will be hope, there will be triumph, there will be love with the loss and heart alongside the hurt.” While there's no word yet on whether a third Injustice game is in the works, we did recently learn about a surprising influence the series had on DC's Birds of Prey movie. Taylor is also the writer behind the popular DCeased series, which is set in another alternate DC Universe ravaged by a techno-zombie plague. That series recently received a digital-first companion of its own in the form of DCEased: Hope at World's End. Check out the video below to see Taylor reflecting on the challenge of combining superheroes and The Walking Dead: [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2019/07/21/dceased-writer-on-creating-the-walking-dead-with-superheroes-comic-con-2019"] [poilib element="accentDivider"] Jesse is a mild-mannered staff writer for IGN. Allow him to lend a machete to your intellectual thicket by following @jschedeen on Twitter.

FIFA 21 is making a number of tweaks to make online play a smoother experience, with less opportunity for trolling - including removing celebrations, making cinematics shorter, and more. EA Sports has explained that several decisions have been made based directly on community feedback, many of which focus specifically reducing the means for annoying opposing players. The Shush celebration (which became increasingly infamous among online FIFA players) and the A-OK gesture celebration (which has recently been added to lists of hate symbols) have both been removed from the game, and the length of goal celebrations has been reduced. Online, there will no longer be a walk back cinematic played after goals either. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=fifa-21-13-new-images&captions=true"] Similarly, waiting times for multiple set piece events have been drastically reduced from FIFA 20's 30 seconds. The new waiting times are:  

• Kick-off: 10 seconds
• Throw-in: 12 seconds
• Goal kick: 15 seconds
• Corner kick: 15 seconds
• Penalty kick: 15 seconds
• Free kick: 20 seconds
• Kick-in (Volta only): 15 seconds

  Online, many animation sequences will be auto-skipped, such as when a player heads to fetch the ball for a throw-in, or the keeper walks to put the ball down before a goal kick. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/06/18/ea-sports-montage-trailer-ea-play-2020"] To stop a different kind of annoyance, EA Sports has also removed all ball collision from outfield players' hands, up to their elbow. It might seem an odd choice, but this prevents any possibility for an arm blocking a shot with no penalty, because of the online game's lack of a handball rule. It's a promising, er, promise, hopefully focusing online FIFA play more on actual football simulation than the somewhat benign bursts of psychological warfare it's occasionally resembled in recent years. We'll see how much that's worked when the game's released on on October 9 for PS4, Xbox One, and PC via Origin and Steam (with next-gen versions coming at a later date, with free upgrades). If you want to know more about the changes it's making, you can check out how Career Mode is changing. [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.

FIFA 21 is making a number of tweaks to make online play a smoother experience, with less opportunity for trolling - including removing celebrations, making cinematics shorter, and more. EA Sports has explained that several decisions have been made based directly on community feedback, many of which focus specifically reducing the means for annoying opposing players. The Shush celebration (which became increasingly infamous among online FIFA players) and the A-OK gesture celebration (which has recently been added to lists of hate symbols) have both been removed from the game, and the length of goal celebrations has been reduced. Online, there will no longer be a walk back cinematic played after goals either. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=fifa-21-13-new-images&captions=true"] Similarly, waiting times for multiple set piece events have been drastically reduced from FIFA 20's 30 seconds. The new waiting times are:  

• Kick-off: 10 seconds
• Throw-in: 12 seconds
• Goal kick: 15 seconds
• Corner kick: 15 seconds
• Penalty kick: 15 seconds
• Free kick: 20 seconds
• Kick-in (Volta only): 15 seconds

  Online, many animation sequences will be auto-skipped, such as when a player heads to fetch the ball for a throw-in, or the keeper walks to put the ball down before a goal kick. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/06/18/ea-sports-montage-trailer-ea-play-2020"] To stop a different kind of annoyance, EA Sports has also removed all ball collision from outfield players' hands, up to their elbow. It might seem an odd choice, but this prevents any possibility for an arm blocking a shot with no penalty, because of the online game's lack of a handball rule. It's a promising, er, promise, hopefully focusing online FIFA play more on actual football simulation than the somewhat benign bursts of psychological warfare it's occasionally resembled in recent years. We'll see how much that's worked when the game's released on on October 9 for PS4, Xbox One, and PC via Origin and Steam (with next-gen versions coming at a later date, with free upgrades). If you want to know more about the changes it's making, you can check out how Career Mode is changing. [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.

Amazon Prime Video has debuted the final trailer for The Boys Season 2, alongside new posters of Billy Butcher and Homelander. The final trailer for The Boys Season 2, which is set to premiere on Amazon Prime Video on September 4, promises another wild and bloody ride as the "most wanted lads in the country" devise a plan to take down Vought in their ongoing battle against Homelander and the rest of the Seven. The fresh new footage explodes with quickfire glimpses at intense action sequences and insane plot twists as Stormfront, a social-media-savvy new Supe, arrives on the scene with an agenda of her own, threatening to disrupt the status quo and challenge Homelander's power. Alongside the final trailer, Amazon Prime Video unveiled two new posters that picture the respective leaders of The Boys and The Seven, Butcher (Karl Urban) and Homelander (Antony Starr), front-and-centre of their opposing campaigns, surrounded by a ragtag bunch of allies and enemies. The Boys Season 2 will premiere its first three episodes worldwide on Amazon Prime Video on September 4, with the remaining five episodes available each following Friday, leading up to the season finale on October 9. In addition, there will be a short film released as a companion piece "sometime in the middle" of the next series. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/07/23/the-boys-in-4-minutes"] For more on Amazon's satirical superhero series, watch The Boys Season 2 official Comic-Con 2020 panel, check out the previous teaser of the show's "wanted" cast members on the run, and read IGN's interview with Karl Urban about the future of Eric Kripke's TV adaptation. Alternatively, for a more complete overview, take a look at everything we know about The Boys Season 2 so far and find out about some of the biggest differences between the TV series and the comic books. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=amazons-the-boys-9-surprising-differences-from-the-comics&captions=true"] [poilib element="accentDivider"] Adele Ankers is a Freelance Entertainment Journalist. You can reach her on Twitter.

Amazon Prime Video has debuted the final trailer for The Boys Season 2, alongside new posters of Billy Butcher and Homelander. The final trailer for The Boys Season 2, which is set to premiere on Amazon Prime Video on September 4, promises another wild and bloody ride as the "most wanted lads in the country" devise a plan to take down Vought in their ongoing battle against Homelander and the rest of the Seven. The fresh new footage explodes with quickfire glimpses at intense action sequences and insane plot twists as Stormfront, a social-media-savvy new Supe, arrives on the scene with an agenda of her own, threatening to disrupt the status quo and challenge Homelander's power. Alongside the final trailer, Amazon Prime Video unveiled two new posters that picture the respective leaders of The Boys and The Seven, Butcher (Karl Urban) and Homelander (Antony Starr), front-and-centre of their opposing campaigns, surrounded by a ragtag bunch of allies and enemies. The Boys Season 2 will premiere its first three episodes worldwide on Amazon Prime Video on September 4, with the remaining five episodes available each following Friday, leading up to the season finale on October 9. In addition, there will be a short film released as a companion piece "sometime in the middle" of the next series. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/07/23/the-boys-in-4-minutes"] For more on Amazon's satirical superhero series, watch The Boys Season 2 official Comic-Con 2020 panel, check out the previous teaser of the show's "wanted" cast members on the run, and read IGN's interview with Karl Urban about the future of Eric Kripke's TV adaptation. Alternatively, for a more complete overview, take a look at everything we know about The Boys Season 2 so far and find out about some of the biggest differences between the TV series and the comic books. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=amazons-the-boys-9-surprising-differences-from-the-comics&captions=true"] [poilib element="accentDivider"] Adele Ankers is a Freelance Entertainment Journalist. You can reach her on Twitter.