Elden Ring Hidetaka Miyazaki says that George R.R. Martin may be shocked with what he has done with a number of the characters that the Game of Thrones writer created for the game.

During a recent interview with Game Informer, Miyazaki spoke further about the mythological lore that Martin had created for Elden Ring, which sets up the world before its catastrophic Shattering event.

In explaining that the writer had conjured up a number of human characters for the game, Miyazaki then went on to state that the writer may be surprised to see what inhuman monsters From Software has created from the back of his initial concepts.

“When Martin wrote these characters, and when he provided that origin story, that mythos for the world of Elden Ring, these demigods were much closer to their original form, and maybe closer to human form back then, before the Shattering, before it all started," explains Miyazaki in the interview.

The Shattering is an event in Elden Ring's pre-game history. The game's location, The Lands Between, was once a kingdom blessed by the titular ring, and the Erdtree at its centre. However, a war known as The Shattering saw the ring broken, and the land's inhabitants transformed.

"So it was more up to us to interpret this and say, ‘how did they become such inhuman monsters," continued Miyazaki. "And how did the mad taint of the shattered shards of the Elden Ring and its power affect them?’ So that was our job to take these grand heroes and sort of misshape them and distort them into something they were not.”

“And I think if we get a chance to show Martin and if he gets a chance to see the game and see these characters, I think he might be a bit shocked. When he wrote them, he was really envisioning something a little bit more human, a little bit more traditional human drama and fantasy characters. So I hope he gets a kick out of that.”

Last week, From Software finally announced that Elden Ring has 'gone gold' prior to its upcoming February 25 release date. As part of a recent interview during the Taipei Game Show, Elden Ring producer Yasuhiro Kitao recently delved a little further into what fans can expect in terms of the game's length and replay value.

According to Kitao, fans should expect to be able to complete the game's main set of quests in around 30 hours. That being said, the producer did note that Elden Ring includes a New Game Plus option as well as dozens of additional hours of content that hardened players can sink their teeth into.

For more on Elden Ring, make sure to check out this article detailing how Hidetaka Miyazaki believes that more people will finish the game than other From Software titles, despite also stating that he doesn't necessarily think the game is any easier.

Jared Moore is a freelance writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter.

IGN can reveal that The Witcher's Gwent is becoming a new, single-player, standalone game, codenamed Project Golden Nekker and set to launch in 2022.

Project Golden Nekker is currently in development within CD Projekt Red’s Gwent team and aims to provide a “captivating single-player experience” different to previous versions of the digital card game.

Project Golden Nekker will be a completely standalone game, and won’t require players to own any other versions of Gwent to get the full experience.

Gwent was a fan-favourite minigame included in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, but evolved into a standalone multiplayer game in 201. In turn, Gwent got its own spin-off two years later with the excellent The Witcher Tales: Thronebreaker.

Project Golden Nekker will be something else entirely according to Gwent Comms Lead Paweł Burza: “It’s not another Witcher Tales [game] but something different,” he said. “We’re aiming to provide a captivating single-player for players who prefer it over competitive multiplayer Gwent.”

Although this is the first time we've learned that it's an entirely new game, CD Projekt Red has been quietly teasing the project for several months, dropping hints on Gwent streams and community podcasts.

In a developer update streamed during Gwent World Masters #3 in December – the game’s esports finals – Game Director Vladimir Tortsov said an official reveal for the game is coming soon.

He said: “We want to announce stuff that we’re working on when the time is right," continuing, “I’m really excited about this project coming together and I hope you like it as much as I do.”

Tortsov also revealed new concept art for the game to go alongside the handful of images already teased, all of which can be viewed in the gallery above, along with a new image of “The Barbarian” that IGN can reveal for the first time.

Four of the images – The Barbarian, The Golden Nekker, Living Fire, and Fire Elemental – are in the style of Gwent cards, meaning this could be a first look at some of the playable units in Project Golden Nekker. The other two appear to be environment art of some kind, featuring a library (with a lurking Golden Nekker), and a marketplace.

When The Witcher Tales: Thronebreaker released, new cards in the standalone game were also added to the multiplayer version of Gwent, meaning these new cards will likely be added to that game as well.

The 2022 Gwent roadmap has already revealed that new cards are due to be released in April, July, October, and December, and every Witcher game has been released in either May or October in the past.

This means that, assuming the cards appear in Gwent: The Witcher Card Game alongside the new standalone game, it’s very possible that Project Golden Nekker will release in October 2022.

Ryan Dinsdale is a freelance writer for IGN.

PlayStation has announced that it will broadcast a Gran Turismo 7 State of Play on Wednesday, February 2.

The event will be shown on Twitch and YouTube, starting at 2pm Pacific / 5pm Eastern / 10pm UK (that's February 3 at 9am AEDT).

Sony says the broadcast will include "30 minutes of new PS5 footage and gameplay details," and adds that it will cover modes and features in the upcoming driving simulator.

After a delay, Gran Turismo 7 will be released for PS5 and PS4 on March 4, 2022.

Creator Kazunori Yamauchi says the game will be "a title that connects the past to the present and to the future", aiming to bring together 25 years of the series' history into a single game. The game will feature returning features (the used car dealership, variable time and weather) and tracks (High Speed Ring and Trial Mountain) alongside its new inclusions.

It will also include a controversial always-online connection, but Yamauchi says that's to prevent cheating and allow for livery data to work properly.

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.

Update (1/30/22) - The official trailer for the Halo TV series has been released ahead of its March 24, 2022, premiere date on Paramount+.

In the trailer, which you can see below, we catch a glimpse of not only Pablo Schreiber's Master Chief, but also our best look yet at the show's version of Jen Taylor's Cortana. Additionally, we see many of the Covenant enemies Chief and friends will be facing off against, including the Elites (Sangheili), Brutes (Jiralhanae), Jackals (Kig-Yar), and more.

Fans of the series will also notice an Energy Sword, what appears to be a Plasma Pistol, a Warthog, a Pelican, and more.

The original story follows.

Ahead of the reveal of its official trailer, the Halo TV series has been given a premiere date of March 24, 2022.

The announcement came as part of a teaser for the trailer that will air during the AFC Championship Game that will see the Cincinnati Bengals facing off against the Kansas City Chiefs for a chance to go to the Super Bowl.

We’re just getting started. Watch the #HaloTheSeries Official Trailer today during halftime at the AFC Championship Game on @CBS and @ParamountPlus.

pic.twitter.com/dER2sgbLkI

— Halo on Paramount+ (@HaloTheSeries) January 30, 2022

The premiere date can be heard around 0:53 and follows footage of both Master Chief and his fellow Spartans alongside clips of Chiefs and Bengals players.

Our first look at the Halo TV series was given at the Game Awards 2021, and we saw for the first time Pablo Schreiber's Master Chief in action. This show has been in development for some time now, but we only have a short time to wait to see its story unfold.

Speaking of which, the show's story will be separate from the games' canon. Despite that Jen Taylor will make the jump from games to the TV screen to once again voice the AI known as Cortana. Schreiber and Taylor will be joined by Danny Sapani's Jacob Keyes, Olive Gray's Miranda Keyes, Charlie Murphy's Makee, Yerin Ha's Quan Ah, Natascha McElhone's Catherine Halsey, Bokeem Woodbine's Soren-066, and more.

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.

Update (1/30/21) - The official trailer for the Halo TV series has been released ahead of its March 24, 2022, premiere date.

Find the Halo, win the war. March 24 @ParamountPlus #HaloTheSeries pic.twitter.com/u930ruxTBu

— Halo on Paramount+ (@HaloTheSeries) January 30, 2022

Ahead of the reveal of its official trailer, the Halo TV series has been given a premiere date of March 24, 2022.

The announcement came as part of a teaser for the trailer that will air during the AFC Championship Game that will see the Cincinnati Bengals facing off against the Kansas City Chiefs for a chance to go to the Super Bowl.

We’re just getting started. Watch the #HaloTheSeries Official Trailer today during halftime at the AFC Championship Game on @CBS and @ParamountPlus.

pic.twitter.com/dER2sgbLkI

— Halo on Paramount+ (@HaloTheSeries) January 30, 2022

The premiere date can be heard around 0:53 and follows footage of both Master Chief and his fellow Spartans alongside clips of Chiefs and Bengals players.

Our first look at the Halo TV series was given at the Game Awards 2021, and we saw for the first time Pablo Schreiber's Master Chief in action. This show has been in development for some time now, but we only have a short time to wait to see its story unfold.

Speaking of which, the show's story will be separate from the games' canon. Despite that Jen Taylor will make the jump from games to the TV screen to once again voice the AI known as Cortana. Schreiber and Taylor will be joined by Danny Sapani's Jacob Keyes, Olive Gray's Miranda Keyes, Charlie Murphy's Makee, Yerin Ha's Quan Ah, Natascha McElhone's Catherine Halsey, Bokeem Woodbine's Soren-066, and more.

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.

Not only has Spider-Man: No Way Home secured its sixth domestic weekend box office, but it has also become one of the rare films to cross $1 billion overseas.

As reported by Variety, Spider-Man: No Way Home added another $11 million to its domestic total and surpassed $735 million at the North American box office. While it still remains the fourth-highest grossing domestic release in history, it is currently $25 million away from passing Avatar's $760 million for third place.

No Way Home may very well pass Avatar at the domestic box office, but it still has a long way to go to topple its global first place spot with $2.8 billion. Despite that, No Way Home passed another impressive milestone and crossed the $1 billion mark overseas. It has also done so without the help of China, which just so happens to be "the world's biggest moviegoing market." In total, No Way Home has earned $1.74 billion globally and sits at the sixth-highest earning movie of all time at the worldwide box office.

Scream, which bested Spider-Man: No Way Home in its opening weekend, took second place with $7.3 million. This was a 40% drop week-over-week, but Scream continues to shoot past its production budget of $25 million as it now has earned $106.2 million globally.

Sing 2 placed third with $4.8 million, bringing its global tally to $134 million and continuing to raise its record as the highest-grossing animated film during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Redeeming Love placed fourth with $1.85 million and The King's Man rounded out the top five with $1.8 million. The latest entry in the Kingsman franchise has also crossed $100 million globally.

Spider-Man: No Way Home is in for a bit of competition next week as both Moonfall and Jackass Forever will be released in theaters on February 4, 2022.

For more on Spider-Man: No Way Home, read on as to how it was Andrew Garfield's idea to include this meme in the film, how the stars of the movie had a "Spider-Man therapy session" before filming the first scene, and check out the full script of the latest Spidey movie.

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.

Not only has Spider-Man: No Way Home secured its sixth domestic weekend box office, but it has also become one of the rare films to cross $1 billion overseas.

As reported by Variety, Spider-Man: No Way Home added another $11 million to its domestic total and surpassed $735 million at the North American box office. While it still remains the fourth-highest grossing domestic release in history, it is currently $25 million away from passing Avatar's $760 million for third place.

No Way Home may very well pass Avatar at the domestic box office, but it still has a long way to go to topple its global first place spot with $2.8 billion. Despite that, No Way Home passed another impressive milestone and crossed the $1 billion mark overseas. It has also done so without the help of China, which just so happens to be "the world's biggest moviegoing market." In total, No Way Home has earned $1.74 billion globally and sits at the sixth-highest earning movie of all time at the worldwide box office.

Scream, which bested Spider-Man: No Way Home in its opening weekend, took second place with $7.3 million. This was a 40% drop week-over-week, but Scream continues to shoot past its production budget of $25 million as it now has earned $106.2 million globally.

Sing 2 placed third with $4.8 million, bringing its global tally to $134 million and continuing to raise its record as the highest-grossing animated film during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Redeeming Love placed fourth with $1.85 million and The King's Man rounded out the top five with $1.8 million. The latest entry in the Kingsman franchise has also crossed $100 million globally.

Spider-Man: No Way Home is in for a bit of competition next week as both Moonfall and Jackass Forever will be released in theaters on February 4, 2022.

For more on Spider-Man: No Way Home, read on as to how it was Andrew Garfield's idea to include this meme in the film, how the stars of the movie had a "Spider-Man therapy session" before filming the first scene, and check out the full script of the latest Spidey movie.

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.

Not only will HBO Max gain a ton of new films and TV shows in February 2022, but it will also see a number of high-profile season finales for shows like Peacemaker, And Just Like That..., Euphoria, and The Righteous Gemstones.

As for the new content, subscribers will be treated to the second season of Ridley Scott's Raised By Wolves, which follows the tale of two androids raising human children on a mysterious virgin planet. Steven Soderbergh's Kimi will also join the HBO Max library and this new film stars Zoë Kravitz as an agoraphobic tech worker in a COVID-19 pandemic Seattle who uncovers violent crimes and has to leave the safety of her apartment to help ensure justice is served.

Those who have yet to see Free Guy, The Many Saints of Newark, and The French Dispatch will have another chance to do so as all three films will be released on HBO Max in February. Next month will also see the arrival of season 5 of Rick and Morty, a celebrity game show produced and hosted by Ayesha and Stephen Curry called About Last Night, and much more.

Check out the slideshow gallery below for the highlights of HBO Max's February 2022 offerings, followed by the full list:

February 1

• 3:10 to Yuma, 2007 (HBO)
• 12 Years A Slave, 2013 (HBO)
• 21 & Over, 2013 (HBO)
• A Bridge Too Far, 1977 (HBO)
• After The Sunset, 2004 (HBO)
• Airheads, 1994 (HBO)
• Alex & Emma, 2003 (HBO)
• Amistad, 1997
• An American Haunting, 2005 (HBO)
• Army Of One, 2020 (HBO)
• Bad Milo!, 2013 (HBO)
• Black Dynamite, 2009
• The Book Thief, 2013 (HBO)
• Broken English, 2007 (HBO)
• The Butterfly Effect, 2004 (Director’s Cuts) (HBO)
• The Butterfly Effect 2, 2006 (HBO)
• Calvario, 2019 (HBO)
• Casa De Mi Padre, 2012 (HBO)
• Chinatown, 1974 (HBO)
• Chuck
• The Dark Half, 1993 (HBO)
• Defending Your Life, 1991 (HBO)
• Donnie Darko, 2001 (HBO)
• Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas, 2000 (HBO)
• Escobar: Paradise Lost, 2014 (HBO)
• The Falcon And The Snowman, 1985 (HBO)
• Fame, 1980
• Free Willy 2 The Adventure Home, 1995 (HBO)
• Free Willy 3 The Rescue, 1997 (HBO)
• From Paris With Love, 2010 (HBO)
• Good Deeds, 2012 (HBO)
• The Hunter, 2011 (HBO)
• Hyde Park On Hudson, 2012 (HBO)
• Kick-Ass 2, 2013 (HBO)
• La Foquita, 2020 (HBO)
• The Life Before Her Eyes, 2007 (HBO)
• The Loft, 2014 (HBO)
• Love & Mercy, 2014 (HBO)
• Master of Disguise, 2002 (HBO)
• The Mighty Quinn, 1989 (HBO)
• Monsters, 2010 (HBO)
• My Blue Heaven, 1990 (HBO)
• National Lampoon’s Van Wilder 2: The Rise of Taj, 2006 (HBO)
• Network, 1976
• Night Owls, 2015 (HBO)
• Nightmare Alley, 2021 (HBO)
• No End In Sight, 2007 (HBO)
• Ondine, 2009 (HBO)
• The Ones Below, 2015 (HBO)
• Presenting Princess Shaw, 2015 (HBO)
• Rabbit Hole, 2010 (HBO)
• Rango, 2011 (HBO)
• Red 2, 2013 (HBO)
• Return To Me, 2000 (HBO)
• Riddick, 2013 (Director’s Cuts) (HBO)
• Rob Roy, 1995 (HBO)
• Rules Of Engagement, 2000 (HBO)
• Runaway Train, 1985 (HBO)
• Santa’s Slay, 2005 (HBO)
• School Ties, 1992 (HBO)
• The Searchers, 1956
• The Secret Garden, 2020 (HBO)
• Shake!: Otis at Monterey, 1987
• Shrink, 2009 (HBO)
• Splinter, 2008 (HBO)
• Sugar, 2008 (HBO)
• Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street, 2007 (HBO)
• Terry Bradshaw: Going Deep, Documentary Premiere (HBO)
• This Is Where I Leave You, 2014 (HBO)
• Uncommon Valor, 1983 (HBO)
• Unlocked, 2017 (HBO)
• The Untouchables, 2011 (HBO)
• West Side Story, 1961 (HBO)
• Yun, 2018 (HBO)

February 2

• Tacoma FD, Season 3

February 3

• 40 Means Nothing (40 No Es Nada), Max Original Season 1 Premiere
• And Just Like That…, Max Original Season 1 Finale
• Cracked, 2021 (HBO)
• Cry Macho, 2021 (HBO)
• Looney Tunes Cartoons Valentine’s Extwavaganza!, Max Original
• Mass Ave, 2021 (HBO)
• Pure, 2021 (HBO)
• Raised By Wolves, Max Original Season 2 Premiere
• The Snakes, 2021 (HBO)
• When the Sun Sets, 2021 (HBO)

February 4

• Double Cross
• Rhodes To The Top
• Sin Senas Particulares

February 5

• Rick and Morty, Season 5
• Shaq Life, Seasons 1 and 2

February 6

• Big Trick Energy

February 7

• Backyard Bar Wars

February 9

• Smiling Friends, Season 2

February 10

• About Last Night, Max Original Season 1 Premiere
• Adventure of the Ring, Max Original Season 1 Premiere
• The Girl Before, Max Original Season 1 Premiere
• Just Call Out My Name, Max Original Documentary
• KIMI, 2022 (Made for Max film)
• ODO, Max Original Season 2 Premiere

February 11

• Antlers, 2021 (HBO)
• Apple & Onion, Season 2C

February 13

• The Bachelor Winter Games

February 15

• Icahn: The Restless Billionaire, Documentary Premiere (HBO)

February 16

• Off The Air, Season 11

February 17

• Craig of the Creek, Season 4A
• Dream Raider, Max Original Season 1 Premiere
• The Many Saints of Newark, 2021 (HBO)
• Peacemaker, Max Original Season 1 Finale
• Yabba-Dabba Dinosaurs, Max Original Season 2 Premiere

February 18

• La Foquita El 10 De La Calle
• Top Gear, Season 30

February 20

• Last Week Tonight, Season 9 Premiere (HBO)

February 22

• Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel (HBO)

February 23

• Free Guy, 2021 (HBO)
• Robot Chicken, Season 11 A

February 24

• Bilardo, Max Original Documentary Premiere
• Bing, Season 1
• Las Bravas, Max Original Season 1 Premiere

February 25

• The French Dispatch, 2021 (HBO)
• Euphoria, Season 2 Finale (HBO)
• The Righteous Gemstones, Season 2 Finale (HBO)
• Somebody Somewhere, Season 1 Finale (HBO)

Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on Twitch.

Not only will HBO Max gain a ton of new films and TV shows in February 2022, but it will also see a number of high-profile season finales for shows like Peacemaker, And Just Like That..., Euphoria, and The Righteous Gemstones.

As for the new content, subscribers will be treated to the second season of Ridley Scott's Raised By Wolves, which follows the tale of two androids raising human children on a mysterious virgin planet. Steven Soderbergh's Kimi will also join the HBO Max library and this new film stars Zoë Kravitz as an agoraphobic tech worker in a COVID-19 pandemic Seattle who uncovers violent crimes and has to leave the safety of her apartment to help ensure justice is served.

Those who have yet to see Free Guy, The Many Saints of Newark, and The French Dispatch will have another chance to do so as all three films will be released on HBO Max in February. Next month will also see the arrival of season 5 of Rick and Morty, a celebrity game show produced and hosted by Ayesha and Stephen Curry called About Last Night, and much more.

Check out the slideshow gallery below for the highlights of HBO Max's February 2022 offerings, followed by the full list:

February 1

• 3:10 to Yuma, 2007 (HBO)
• 12 Years A Slave, 2013 (HBO)
• 21 & Over, 2013 (HBO)
• A Bridge Too Far, 1977 (HBO)
• After The Sunset, 2004 (HBO)
• Airheads, 1994 (HBO)
• Alex & Emma, 2003 (HBO)
• Amistad, 1997
• An American Haunting, 2005 (HBO)
• Army Of One, 2020 (HBO)
• Bad Milo!, 2013 (HBO)
• Black Dynamite, 2009
• The Book Thief, 2013 (HBO)
• Broken English, 2007 (HBO)
• The Butterfly Effect, 2004 (Director’s Cuts) (HBO)
• The Butterfly Effect 2, 2006 (HBO)
• Calvario, 2019 (HBO)
• Casa De Mi Padre, 2012 (HBO)
• Chinatown, 1974 (HBO)
• Chuck
• The Dark Half, 1993 (HBO)
• Defending Your Life, 1991 (HBO)
• Donnie Darko, 2001 (HBO)
• Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas, 2000 (HBO)
• Escobar: Paradise Lost, 2014 (HBO)
• The Falcon And The Snowman, 1985 (HBO)
• Fame, 1980
• Free Willy 2 The Adventure Home, 1995 (HBO)
• Free Willy 3 The Rescue, 1997 (HBO)
• From Paris With Love, 2010 (HBO)
• Good Deeds, 2012 (HBO)
• The Hunter, 2011 (HBO)
• Hyde Park On Hudson, 2012 (HBO)
• Kick-Ass 2, 2013 (HBO)
• La Foquita, 2020 (HBO)
• The Life Before Her Eyes, 2007 (HBO)
• The Loft, 2014 (HBO)
• Love & Mercy, 2014 (HBO)
• Master of Disguise, 2002 (HBO)
• The Mighty Quinn, 1989 (HBO)
• Monsters, 2010 (HBO)
• My Blue Heaven, 1990 (HBO)
• National Lampoon’s Van Wilder 2: The Rise of Taj, 2006 (HBO)
• Network, 1976
• Night Owls, 2015 (HBO)
• Nightmare Alley, 2021 (HBO)
• No End In Sight, 2007 (HBO)
• Ondine, 2009 (HBO)
• The Ones Below, 2015 (HBO)
• Presenting Princess Shaw, 2015 (HBO)
• Rabbit Hole, 2010 (HBO)
• Rango, 2011 (HBO)
• Red 2, 2013 (HBO)
• Return To Me, 2000 (HBO)
• Riddick, 2013 (Director’s Cuts) (HBO)
• Rob Roy, 1995 (HBO)
• Rules Of Engagement, 2000 (HBO)
• Runaway Train, 1985 (HBO)
• Santa’s Slay, 2005 (HBO)
• School Ties, 1992 (HBO)
• The Searchers, 1956
• The Secret Garden, 2020 (HBO)
• Shake!: Otis at Monterey, 1987
• Shrink, 2009 (HBO)
• Splinter, 2008 (HBO)
• Sugar, 2008 (HBO)
• Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street, 2007 (HBO)
• Terry Bradshaw: Going Deep, Documentary Premiere (HBO)
• This Is Where I Leave You, 2014 (HBO)
• Uncommon Valor, 1983 (HBO)
• Unlocked, 2017 (HBO)
• The Untouchables, 2011 (HBO)
• West Side Story, 1961 (HBO)
• Yun, 2018 (HBO)

February 2

• Tacoma FD, Season 3

February 3

• 40 Means Nothing (40 No Es Nada), Max Original Season 1 Premiere
• And Just Like That…, Max Original Season 1 Finale
• Cracked, 2021 (HBO)
• Cry Macho, 2021 (HBO)
• Looney Tunes Cartoons Valentine’s Extwavaganza!, Max Original
• Mass Ave, 2021 (HBO)
• Pure, 2021 (HBO)
• Raised By Wolves, Max Original Season 2 Premiere
• The Snakes, 2021 (HBO)
• When the Sun Sets, 2021 (HBO)

February 4

• Double Cross
• Rhodes To The Top
• Sin Senas Particulares

February 5

• Rick and Morty, Season 5
• Shaq Life, Seasons 1 and 2

February 6

• Big Trick Energy

February 7

• Backyard Bar Wars

February 9

• Smiling Friends, Season 2

February 10

• About Last Night, Max Original Season 1 Premiere
• Adventure of the Ring, Max Original Season 1 Premiere
• The Girl Before, Max Original Season 1 Premiere
• Just Call Out My Name, Max Original Documentary
• KIMI, 2022 (Made for Max film)
• ODO, Max Original Season 2 Premiere

February 11

• Antlers, 2021 (HBO)
• Apple & Onion, Season 2C

February 13

• The Bachelor Winter Games

February 15

• Icahn: The Restless Billionaire, Documentary Premiere (HBO)

February 16

• Off The Air, Season 11

February 17

• Craig of the Creek, Season 4A
• Dream Raider, Max Original Season 1 Premiere
• The Many Saints of Newark, 2021 (HBO)
• Peacemaker, Max Original Season 1 Finale
• Yabba-Dabba Dinosaurs, Max Original Season 2 Premiere

February 18

• La Foquita El 10 De La Calle
• Top Gear, Season 30

February 20

• Last Week Tonight, Season 9 Premiere (HBO)

February 22

• Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel (HBO)

February 23

• Free Guy, 2021 (HBO)
• Robot Chicken, Season 11 A

February 24

• Bilardo, Max Original Documentary Premiere
• Bing, Season 1
• Las Bravas, Max Original Season 1 Premiere

February 25

• The French Dispatch, 2021 (HBO)
• Euphoria, Season 2 Finale (HBO)
• The Righteous Gemstones, Season 2 Finale (HBO)
• Somebody Somewhere, Season 1 Finale (HBO)

Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on Twitch.

Microsoft has announced that February 2022's Xbox Games with Gold are Broken Sword 5: The Serpent's Curse, Aerial_Knight's Never Yield, Hydrophobia, and Band of Bugs.

As detailed by Xbox Wire, all of these Games with Gold will be available to those with Xbox Live Gold or Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, and the first two - Broken Sword 5: The Serpent's Curse and Hydrophobia - arrive on February 1.

Broken Sword 5: The Serpent's Curse, which will be available from February 1-28, puts players in the shoes of American George Stobbart and "sassy French journalist Nico Collard" as they follow the trail of a stolen painting and a "murderous conspiracy" that has "roots older than the written word."

The Broken Sword series began in 1996 with Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars and the games are point-and-click adventures that have followed the stories of Stobbart and Collard for years now.

Aerial_Knight's Never Yield will be available from February 16 to March 15 and puts players in the shoes of Wally, a "mysterious character always in motion as you run, jump, slide, or dash to the soundtrack of Danime-sama." The game also boasts a "runtime of an action movie," meaning it's perfect for those looking to find a new game that won't take hundreds of hours or those who may want to find their next speedrunning challenge.

Hydrophobia, which will be part of Games with Gold from February 1-15, was, in 2010, setting out to deliver an unprecedented horror game with "next-gen water rendering and other advanced technology." It follows Kate, who must use her engineering skills to "fight back against terrorists who have taken control of her floating city."

In our Hydrophobia review, we said that it "relies on its impressive water simulation to hold up an otherwise standard action game. It's definitely worth playing, though, and using the environment to creatively put down your enemies is quite satisfying."

Band of Bugs, which will be available from February 16-28, was first released in 2007 and has you fighting against spiders, bugs, and "even your friends in Spider Hunter Mode." It is billed as a "fast playing, accessible game for fans of the tactics-strategy genre, that puts you into the game."

In our Band of Bugs review, we said, "Band of Bugs is a success in just about every category, except the most important one. The feature set, most notably the level editor, visuals, sounds, and wit all work and work well. Unfortunately for fans of turn-based strategy games, the gameplay won't hold up to the standards we're all used to."

As you wait for these games to arrive, be sure to redeem January 2022's Xbox Games with Gold before they leave the service, including NeuroVoider, Aground, and Space Invaders Infinity Gene.

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