NBA 2K21 will be released in Fall 2020, and has been shown first on PS5. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/06/11/nba-2k21-reveal-trailer-ps5-reveal-event"] The game was revealed with pre-alpha in-engine footage. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=nba-2k21-playstation-5-screenshots&captions=true"] Developing...

Astro's Playroom has been announced at the Sony PS5 reveal event. The game will come pre-loaded on every PS5. "Explore four worlds," reads a PlayStation Blog post, "each based on PS5’s console components. Each area showcases innovative gameplay that taps into the new features of the PS5’s DualSense wireless controller." [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/06/11/astros-playroom-announcement-trailer-ps5-reveal-event"] The game is a new platformer featuring Astrobot, and the brief snippet of gameplay showed off a beach segment with plenty of classic style jumping and coin jumping. Before the gameplay trailer, we also saw the briefest snippet of what seems to be the PS5 UI, with a golden glitter-like sheen. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=astros-playroom-playstation-5-screenshots&captions=true"] [poilib element="accentDivider"]

Hitman 3 will come to PS5 in January 2021. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/06/11/hitman-iii-announcement-trailer"] Revealed at the PS5 reveal event today, a cinematic trailer showed the trademark variety of global locations. This will act as a conclusion for the World of Assassination trilogy, and will release on both PS4 and PS5. It will also launch on Xbox Series X, Xbox One, and PC at the same time. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=hitman-3-playstation-5-screenshots&captions=true"] A gameplay trailer showed Agent 47 amid a party in Dubai, supported by his Agency handler, Diana Burnwood. This time, Agent 47 will also join forces with his long-lost friend, Lucas Grey. Once again, missions will provide choice and repeatability, but developer IO says to expect a much darker tone and a sense of closure. Hitman 3 will feature six locations filled with creative opportunities, once again powered by the Glacier technology behind the previous games. That technology also means that Hitman 3 will act as a platform for the entire trilogy; players can import locations from Hitman 1 and Hitman 2 and play the entire three-part campaign in one game. For more from PS5, check out our all-games round-up of the full PS5 reveal event. [poilib element="accentDivider"]

Tango Gameworks, Shinji Mikami's game studio, revealed the first gameplay trailer for Ghostwire: Tokyo at today's PS5 reveal event. It's a first-person spell-casting game where the player uses magic to fight demonic spirits. Ghostwire: Tokyo was first revealed by Bethesda during its annual E3 showcase last year. However, aside from a cinematic trailer gameplay details were not shared at that time. We now have a little extra information, as well as confirmation that the game will release for console exclusively on PS5, with a PC release, too, in 2021. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/06/11/ghostwire-tokyo-gameplay-trailer-ps5-reveal-event"] The PS Blog reveals that Tokyo is under siege from paranormal threats known as The Visitors. 99% of the city's population has disappeared, and it's up to players to be the city's salvation by using a toolset of upgradeable supernatural powers. The Visitors manifest in several guises, including Amewarashi, a child in a yellow raincoat, and Shiromuku, a bride who was unable to marry. These manifestations are rooted in strong emotions such as loss and separation, and each have unique attack styles and weaknesses. And beyond The Visitors, there are also a shadowy group wearing "Hannya” masks that must be investigated. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=ghostwire-tokyo-playstation-5-screenshots&captions=true"] Ghostwire: Tokyo will also make use of the PS5's 3D audio systems, which will be used to inject sounds you would not normally hear in a city realistically into the environment. Controller haptic feedback will also be used to help players feel the special abilities their character uses. For more from the PS5 reveal, check out our round-up of all the games shown at today's PS5 stream event. [poilib element="accentDivider"]

The PS5 reveal event has shown off Jett The Far Shore, the next game from Superbrothers and co-developed with Pine Scented. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/06/11/jett-the-far-shore-announcement-trailer-ps5-reveal-event"] The trailer promises a story where we'll carve out a future for a humanity haunted by oblivion and propelled by dreams. Space travel is seen, as well as exploration of strange new lands. Jett The Far Shore is set for a Holiday 2020 release date. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=jett-the-far-shore-playstation-5-screenshots&captions=true"] For more PS5, check out every game at the PS5 reveal. [poilib element="accentDivider"]  

Oddworld: Soulstorm has been revealed for PS5. No release window was given. Announced during the PS5 reveal event, and introduced by Oddworld creator Lorne Lanning, Soulstorm is an action-adventure platforming game, drawing on the crowd mechanics familiar from the earlier parts of the series. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2018/03/16/oddworld-soulstorm-official-teaser-trailer"] Following on directly from Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee - New 'n' Tasty, Soulstorm will see Abe begin to become the revolutionary hero he needs to to save his race. Per the PlayStation Blog, the game will see you "loot from trash cans, pickpocket, and search through lockers for items to craft into weapons and tools to use to help save your fellow Mudokons while you try to unlock the dark secrets behind Brew." You'll either be able to sneak past problems, or use that loot to equip yourself and other Mudokons with weaponry. The game will also include "light RPG elements, leader boards, trophies for completionists, and a progression system." [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=oddworld-soulstorm-playstation-5-screenshots&captions=true"] It will arrive for both PS4 and PS5, with the new console allowing the team to, "use PS5’s stunning graphic fidelity, mind-blowing 3D audio, and the DualSense Controller, to enhance our storytelling and artistic abilities to bring you closer to the game and create to create an even deeper emotional Oddworld experience for you to enjoy." Lanning ends by saying that Soulstorm is the second game in a quintology - there's lots more Abe to come. Soulstorm was first announced in 2016. [poilib element="accentDivider"]

Ember Lab, a new developer with a background in film and animation, has announced a fantasy action-adventure game called Kena: Bridge of Spirits for PS5. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/06/11/kena-bridge-of-spirits-reveal-and-gameplay-trailer-ps5-reveal-event"] Kena is a story-driven action-adventure game that tasks players with finding a growing a team of tiny spirit companions called the Rot. Kena must also enhance their abilities find new ways to allow them to manipulate the environment. The team at Ember Lab created the fan film Majora's Mask - Terrible Fate back in 2016, and consider Kena: Bridge of the Spirits to be the "natural next step for us. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=kena-bridge-of-spirits-playstation-5-screenshots&captions=true"] Kena: Bridge of Spirits was one of the many games revealed at the PlayStation 5 reveal event alongside Horizon Forbidden West, Resident Evil Village, Demon's Souls, Gran Turismo 7, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, and many more. Furthermore, Sony also revealed the PlayStation 5 console, confirming that is shares the same two-toned design as its controller, the DualSense. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Matt Kim is a reporter for IGN.

Goodbye Volcano High has been announced as part of the PS5 livestream event. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/06/11/goodbye-volcano-high-announcement-trailer-ps5-reveal-trailer"] Developed Ko_Op and set for a 2021 release date, very little was shown beyond a cartoon, animal aesthetic with a somber tone. The trailer promised an 'End of an era'. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=goodbye-volcano-high-playstation-5-screenshots&captions=true"] For more PS5, check out every game at the PS5 reveal. [poilib element="accentDivider"]  

Update: Riot Games has told IGN that it has parted ways with Ron Johnson, the executive who posted a Facebook message that placed blame on George Floyd for his own death. In a statement, the League of Legends developer confirmed that "Ron Johnson is no longer employed at Riot Games." The company also reiterated its support for the Black community and highlighted the initiatives it announced to help Black and marginalized game developers. Read Riot's full statement below:

“Ron Johnson is no longer employed at Riot Games.  The sentiment expressed in the image in question is abhorrent and runs directly counter to our values and our belief that addressing systemic racism requires immediate societal change, something that we’re committed to working toward. As we shared last week, Riot is taking thoughtful and deliberate action to help combat racism and injustice in the communities where we work and live. To start, we’re committing $1 million to areas where we know we can make an impact, including justice reform, long-term solutions to address racial bias, and support for local Black-owned businesses. We’re also striving to change the face of our industry and create opportunities, including by investing $10 million in founders underrepresented in the games industry and helping create a future pipeline of underrepresented talent for the gaming and tech world. We know there is much work to be done, and we vow to do our part.”

[poilib element="accentDivider"] Riot Games has announced it is investigating an executive at the company who published a Facebook post that appears to have placed blame on George Floyd for his own death. Ron Johnson, the Global Head of Consumer Products at Riot Games, shared a post on their personal Facebook account about George Floyd which said that “The media and the left have made George Floyd into a martyr. But who was he really?” The post then lists Floyd’s criminal record. Johnson added, “This is no reason to condone his killing by the officer at all, which still needs to be investigated as a potential crime. It is a learning opportunity for people (and your kids) to teach that this type of criminal lifestyle never results in good things happening to you or those around you.” In a statement to Vice, Riot games says, “We’ve been made aware of the social media post and have launched an investigation. We’ll say firmly that the sentiment in that image is abhorrent, against our values, and directly counter to our belief that addressing systemic racism requires immediate social change, which we detailed in the commitments we made Friday. While we don’t discuss the details of our investigations or their outcomes, we’re following our disciplinary process closely and have placed him on leave pending its conclusion.” Riot Games announced that following the nationwide protests after the death of George Floyd, that it would commit $1 million in initial contributions to The Innocence Project and the ACLU. The company also announced it would contribute $10 million towards investing in startup programs for black and underrepresented game developers. Riot previously came under fire after a report chronicled a culture of sexism that let to a $10 million gender discrimination settlement in 2019. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Matt Kim is a reporter for IGN.

Activision is looking into why the latest patch for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is 80GB for some players on Xbox systems. With the Season Four update to Modern Warfare now live, the process of downloading yet another large update for the game is underway for players around the world. For most people, the update is about 34GB but some Xbox players began to notice that the patch was supposedly 84.82GB. After players have voiced their concerns with the hashtag #80GB on Twitter, which was trending for a few hours, Activision has announced that it is looking into the issue. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=call-of-duty-modern-warfare-and-warzone-season-4-screenshots&captions=true"] "We're actively investigating an issue for Modern Warfare where some players on Xbox are seeing a larger than expected download for today's update," tweeted Activision. You can check out the tweet below in the replies, you'll find plenty of Xbox players upset about the amount of space the latest update requires.

We're actively investigating an issue for #ModernWarfare where some players on Xbox are seeing a larger than expected download size for today's update. Stay tuned for updates

— Activision Support (@ATVIAssist) June 11, 2020

Twitter isn't the only place where Xbox players are voicing their concerns about the update's size. A quick look at the Modern Warfare subreddit will net you plenty of posts with upset players, including a thread with over 2500 comments about the issue. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2019/11/01/call-of-duty-modern-warfare-review"] This update size issue comes at a time where Modern Warfare has just undergone many new changes as part of the game's fourth season. Read about all of the Season Four details for Modern Warfare and Warzone while downloading the update and then check out the Season Four trailer for a quick look at what's new. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Wesley LeBlanc is a freelance news writer and guide maker for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @LeBlancWes.