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Slice $20 Off Doom On All Platforms
PS4, Xbox One, and PC copies of this bloody demon blasting sim are just $40 right now. This is the first big discount I've seen on Doom that doesn't require Amazon Prime or Best Buy's GCU.
Microwave the Chimichangas, Deadpool is Down to A New Low Price
Report: Actor Lists Devil May Cry 5 on Resume
According to an actor’s resume, Devil May Cry 5 may be happening.
According to ShackNews, actor Nils Hognestad posted the role to his resume page, although it has since been deleted.
The Norwegian actor, who has starred in Lake Placid 3, Fighting Free, and had a minor role in Once Upon a Time, listed the role, indicating he is playing the lead character. Whether that means Dante or someone else isn’t immediately clear. It’s also worth mentioning, there’s no mention of the role on Hognestad’s IMDB either. So pinch of salt until E3 and all that.
Paranormal Activity: The VR Game Has a New Name
LA-based virtual reality developer VRWERX’s upcoming Paranormal Activity VR game has a new name: Paranormal Activity: The Lost Soul.
VRWERX notes the game is based on the mythology around the popular Paranormal Activity film franchise and not any one instalment in particular, and will offer up to 10-hours of first-person gameplay.
Paranormal Activity: The Lost Soul will launch in a few months, first on the HTC Vive, followed by Oculus and PlayStation VR.
For a brief look at the game, and a succession of IGN staff members squealing in terror, check out the video below.
Luke is Games Editor at IGN's Sydney office. You can find him on Twitter @MrLukeReilly.
Halo Wars 2 Beta Dates May Have Been Outed
Halo Wars fans looking forward to seeing the game's already announced sequel at E3 next week may actually have a chance to play the game, too.
Pages on Xbox's Games Store found by Mondo Xbox seem to reveal a page for a Halo Wars 2 beta that would run from June 13 through June 20. The supposed start date of the beta would line up with the day of Microsoft's E3 press conference.
As noted by Game Informer, a similar page can be found via Larry "Major Nelson" Hryb's Xbox profile. IGN has followed the same process and independently found the same page.
The Division Will Now Permanently Ban Cheaters on First Offence
In April, Ubisoft Massive outlined a series of changes to how it would punish cheating players in The Division - now it's going even further.
In a post on the game's official blog, the developer explained that despite a concerted campaign of action taken against those caught by the game's detection systems, it would now begin permanently banning cheaters on first offence.
Massive revealed that it had taken action against over 30,000 accounts since cheat detection was put in place, with a 14-day suspension handed out for anyone caught for the first time. However, with 3,800 permanent bans for a second offence also given out, it's clear that the deterrent wasn't quite enough.
Harry Potter Stage Play Has ‘Real Owl’ Incident
The owls hired to star in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Cursed Child stage play have all been fired.
Live owls have been removed from the production after one owl "escaped into the auditorium" after it "failed to return to the handler" during the first show. The Hollywood Reporter reported that on Thursday, performance-goers were greeted by a sign that said "real birds" were no longer being used in the play.
"The production of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is currently in its preview stage," the show's producers said in a statement, "with the process designed to allow the creative team time to rehearse the changes or explore specific scenes further before the play's official opening."
Overwatch Glitch Was Kicking Bastion For Being Bastion
Lots of people hate Overwatch's turret-transforming Bastion character - that list included the game's last patch, it seems.
Overwatch's 1.03 update shortened the amount of time it took for players to be kicked for inactivity, but a bug meant that - for a short while - the game seemed to be reading "inactivity" as "not moving around the map". Anyone who's used/sworn at Bastion knows that in turret form he can look around and fire, but can't move.
Basically, players wishing their hardest that the shell-spewing nightmare would just disappear were having their dreams come true.
The problem popped up on the Overwatch forums soon after the patch dropped (with players complaining of the bug affecting other characters like Torbjörn and Pharah), and was fixed shortly afterwards.
Mysterious Mini-Site Appears on Xbox Website
A mysterious new mini-site may be a clue that Microsoft is ready to tell us more about Crackdown 3.
Uncovered by fans on the official Crackdown forum, (thanks, Videogamer), a secretive teaser site has appeared online.
Microsoft Dismisses E3 Halo 5 PC Rumors
Despite persistent rumours to the contrary, Microsoft insists Halo 5: Guardians will not be coming to PC.
In a statement to PC Gamer, a Microsoft spokesperson said: "Our approach is to deliver epic Halo experiences designed for PC gamers and Windows 10, such as Halo Wars 2 and the recently announced Halo 5: Forge. There are no plans to port Halo 5: Guardians to PC.”
The latest rumour about a potential port surfaced when NeoGAFer Enter the Dragon Punch stated that he had it "on good authority from multiple sources that Halo 5 will be coming to PC".
E3 Games Hub 2016: Pre-Order E3 2016 Games
The biggest and most important event on the games industry calendar has come and gone. E3 always excites and this year's show was no different.
We saw the mammoth gaming giants in the industry, such as Microsoft, Sony, EA, Activision going head to head to showcase their highly anticipated games being released later this year, including the likes of Final Fantasy XV, Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, Battlefield 1, and many, many more.
Here, IGN have brought you a roundup of the best games announced at E3 2016 and where to buy them.
