PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds Temporarily Becomes Most Played Game On Steam
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, for a moment, had the most concurrent players of any game on Steam.
Both yesterday and earlier today, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds reached another milestone by beating Dota 2’s concurrent player count and becoming the most played game on Steam temporarily, according to Steam Charts. Each time, PUBG overtook the Valve title by about 30,000 concurrent players, though neither game reached their all-time records for most concurrent players ever.
PUBG vs. Dota 2 player count from August 26-28
Nintendo Switch Nindies Showcase Announced
A new Nintendo Switch Nindies Showcase will be held this week, Nintendo has announced.
The showcase, a Nintendo Direct-style reveal of a host of indie games coming to the Switch, will air on Wednesday, August 30 at 10 a.m. PT.
No information has been revealed about what games will be included in the showcase, but it comes just ahead of PAX West 2017, at which Nintendo will have a daily Nindie Arcade space, as well as a Nindies@Night event on August 31.
Nintendo's first Nindies Showcase for the Nintendo Switch aired earlier this year and included the announcement of 17 games for the Switch. Those reveals included the already released Overcooked! Special Edition, Mr. Shifty, and more, as well as the yet-to-debut Switch versions of Yooka-Laylee and Stardew Valley. Stardew's developers recently offered an update about what to expect from that game. IGN had a chance to preview that slate of Nindies following the Showcase, including several that have still yet to be released.
Apple Reportedly Revealing New iPhone in September
Apple will reportedly be holding a new product launch event on September 12, during which the company is expected to unveil the newest slate of iPhones.
The Wall Street Journal reports that the company, which has not publicly confirmed any plans, will hold the event to reportedly showcase a 10th anniversary iPhone and updated iPhone 7 models. According to WSJ, the celebratory anniversary iPhone will be the larger — and more expensive — version and will include an edge-to-edge display, facial recognition tech, and more.
Those reported features would line up with what appeared to be a leak by Apple of both face-scanning tech and a screen that covers nearly the entire front of the phone.
14 of the Craziest PCs at QuakeCon 2017
I searched the floor of QuakeCon last weekend for the most amazing custom PCs people had brought to play on.
There was a computer inside of a functional gumball machine, full replicas of Overwatch's Bastion and Half-Life 2's Citadel, a case made entirely of Legos, and a whole lot more impressive stuff.
Here are 14 of the coolest and craziest PCs, customs cases, and downright incredible builds at QuakeCon this year:
I think my favorite is probably Bastion. It's a dark room so it may be hard to tell in the photo, but the detail on it is just perfect. It looks like it's straight out of the game, while also being able to run the game itself!
Tom Marks is an Associate Editor focusing on PC gaming at IGN. You can follow him on Twitter.
Sony Unveils New, Cheaper PlayStation VR Bundle
Sony has unveiled a new PlayStation VR bundle that comes packaged with the PlayStation Camera.
According to PlayStation Blog, the bundle will only be available across the US and Canada and is priced at $399 USD/$499 CAD. The camera is required to use the VR headset and had largely been sold separately outside of retailer-specific bundles and the original launch day bundle revealed for the VR headset ahead of its launch last year.
Nintendo Debuts SNES Classic-Themed Nintendo Power Cover Poster at PAX West
Ahead of the Super NES Classic Edition's release on September 29, Nintendo will continue to fuel nostalgia for SNES with collectible Nintendo Power covers.
Available to attendees at PAX West 2017, which runs in Seattle, WA from September 1-4, three Nintendo Power cover posters created for SNES Classic titles have been revealed. Check them out below:
Among those games featured in the cover is the never-before released Star Fox 2, which IGN had a chance to play. Super Mario World and The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past are also included as collectible cover poster options.
Out This Week: Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle, Everybody’s Golf, Yakuza Kiwami
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Gearbox CEO on Possibility of Making Half-Life 2: Episode 3
While Gearbox Software is no stranger to the Half-Life franchise, having worked with Valve on the Opposing Force and Blue Shift expansion packs, as well as the PS2 version of Half-Life, studio president and CEO Randy Pitchford isn't so sure his team should return to the franchise.
On the latest episode of our monthly interview show IGN Unfiltered, we asked Pitchford if, given the opportunity, Gearbox would be interested in making the long-awaited and seemingly never-coming third episode that continues the Half-Life 2 story, and he replied with an air of uncertainty.
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Game of Thrones: “The Dragon and the Wolf” – Dragons on the Wall
Full spoilers for Game of Thrones: Season 7's "The Dragon and the Wolf" continue below. Read on at your own risk!
Game of Thrones went all in on its Season 7 finale, delivering everything from the confirmation that R+L=J to Jon Snow and Daenerys Targaryen finally getting it on to the Wall coming down. There was so much to talk about, in fact, that IGN's Dragons on the Wall hosts Terri Schwartz and Joshua Yehl delivered an extra long episode to dig deep into "The Dragon and the Wolf."
This week's Dragons on the Wall topics include:
-What Jon Snow's parentage (and true name) mean for his future in Westeros