IGN UK Podcast #608: A Far Cry From The Forgotten City
This week the IGN UK podcast heads to Yara, the setting of Far Cry 6. Matt's spent a few hours in its jungles, and so tells Dale and Jesse exactly what he thinks of it so far. There's also chat about House of Ashes, the next game in the Dark Pictures Anthology, as well as more thoughts on time loopers Twelve Minutes and The Forgotten City. All that doesn't mean that we don't have time for an Endless Search and listener feedback, so listen all the way through for the full package.
Want to submit your own Endless Search, food opinion, or a bit of other nonsense? Feel free to get in touch with the podcast at: ign_ukfeedback@ign.com.
IGN UK Podcast #608: A Far Cry From The Forgotten City
IGN UK Podcast #608: A Far Cry From The Forgotten City
This week the IGN UK podcast heads to Yara, the setting of Far Cry 6. Matt's spent a few hours in its jungles, and so tells Dale and Jesse exactly what he thinks of it so far. There's also chat about House of Ashes, the next game in the Dark Pictures Anthology, as well as more thoughts on time loopers Twelve Minutes and The Forgotten City. All that doesn't mean that we don't have time for an Endless Search and listener feedback, so listen all the way through for the full package.
Want to submit your own Endless Search, food opinion, or a bit of other nonsense? Feel free to get in touch with the podcast at: ign_ukfeedback@ign.com.
IGN UK Podcast #608: A Far Cry From The Forgotten City
Fortnite Chapter 2 Season 7 Ends The Alien Invasion With One Final Mission
Fortnite is ending its Chapter 2 Season 7 Invasion event with a grand finale called Operation: Sky Fire. This is a live, one-time event with no replays so you’ll want to start tuning in on September 12 at 1 pm PT/4 pm ET if you want to take part.
Fortnite Chapter 2 Season 7 Invasion began with an alien invasion. Players were tasked by Doctor Slone to fight back the alien menage along with Imagined Order. Now you’ll infiltrate The Last Reality in one final mission.
The Operation: Sky Fire event playlist will be available 30 minutes before the event start so you’ll need to queue in for a spot on the 16-person team. Epic Games is insistent that this event will not happen again and recommends players, particularly content creators, to record their game.
Epic is also recommending you finish up your quests before Chapter 2 Season 7 ends and has provided a to-do list for players before Operation: Sky Fire
Starting on September 9, players should gather and spend Bars at the Bargain Bin Wild Week. A new Legendary Quest will let you earn extra XP for your Battle Pass for doing so.
Complete any remaining Epic Quests and Superman Quests and exchange Battle Stars before the event.
Unclaimed Battle Stars or Alien Artifacts will be automatically redeemed for rewards and styles starting with the earliest available unlocks.
The Superman Quest must be completed before September 12 at 1 pm PT/4 pm ET to earn the special Glider, Pickaxe, and Shadow style before the next season.
Fortnite’s space theme continued past seasons with big cameos and guest characters. Superman and Rick were both part of the Invasion season along with a host of alien-themed cosmetics.
With the finale approaching, all eyes will be on what Fortnite Chapter 2 Season 8 will have in store, which will likely be teased or revealed following Operation: Sky Fire.
Matt T.M. Kim is IGN's News Editor. You can reach him @lawoftd.
Fortnite Chapter 2 Season 7 Ends The Alien Invasion With One Final Mission
Fortnite is ending its Chapter 2 Season 7 Invasion event with a grand finale called Operation: Sky Fire. This is a live, one-time event with no replays so you’ll want to start tuning in on September 12 at 1 pm PT/4 pm ET if you want to take part.
Fortnite Chapter 2 Season 7 Invasion began with an alien invasion. Players were tasked by Doctor Slone to fight back the alien menage along with Imagined Order. Now you’ll infiltrate The Last Reality in one final mission.
The Operation: Sky Fire event playlist will be available 30 minutes before the event start so you’ll need to queue in for a spot on the 16-person team. Epic Games is insistent that this event will not happen again and recommends players, particularly content creators, to record their game.
Epic is also recommending you finish up your quests before Chapter 2 Season 7 ends and has provided a to-do list for players before Operation: Sky Fire
Starting on September 9, players should gather and spend Bars at the Bargain Bin Wild Week. A new Legendary Quest will let you earn extra XP for your Battle Pass for doing so.
Complete any remaining Epic Quests and Superman Quests and exchange Battle Stars before the event.
Unclaimed Battle Stars or Alien Artifacts will be automatically redeemed for rewards and styles starting with the earliest available unlocks.
The Superman Quest must be completed before September 12 at 1 pm PT/4 pm ET to earn the special Glider, Pickaxe, and Shadow style before the next season.
Fortnite’s space theme continued past seasons with big cameos and guest characters. Superman and Rick were both part of the Invasion season along with a host of alien-themed cosmetics.
With the finale approaching, all eyes will be on what Fortnite Chapter 2 Season 8 will have in store, which will likely be teased or revealed following Operation: Sky Fire.
Matt T.M. Kim is IGN's News Editor. You can reach him @lawoftd.
Report: Game Boy, Game Boy Color Games Are Coming to Nintendo Switch Online
A new report claims that Nintendo is going to add Game Boy and Game Boy Color games to its Nintendo Switch Online service.
This news comes by way of Eurogamer, which corroborates a report from Nintendo Life that games from these two Nintendo handhelds might finally come to the company's online Netflix-like service.
Nintendo Life reported earlier this week that Nate the Hate podcast host, NateDrake, had revealed that Nintendo might be adding Game Boy and Game Boy Color games to its online catalogue. The publication confirmed this with its own sources, adding that these games could be coming "really soon."
Now, Eurogamer writes that its own independent sources say the same. The publication also revealed that its sources say games from other retro platforms are on the table as well.
As noted by Eurogamer, a 2019 datamine by OatmealDome of the NES Switch app revealed that SNES titles would be coming to the service before Nintendo made the official announcement. Nine months after that datamine, SNES games were added to the service.
OatmealDome noted that they had discovered two additional emulator types — Hiyoko and Count. Nintendo Life's report, which has now been corroborated by Eurogamer, mentions that Hiyoko could be the emulator name for Game Boy and Game Boy Color titles.
Eurogamer's report indicates that additional retro consoles could be added to Nintendo Switch Online, and perhaps the Count emulator discovered in OatmealDome's datamine is the emulator that these additional consoles (or maybe just one console) will use.
While waiting to see if these games come to Nintendo Switch Online, check out one of the latest game drops for the service in this Super NES: July 2021 game updates trailer. Watch IGN's unboxing of the Nintendo Switch Online SNES controller after that.
Wesley LeBlanc is a freelance news writer and guide maker for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @LeBlancWes.
Report: Game Boy, Game Boy Color Games Are Coming to Nintendo Switch Online
A new report claims that Nintendo is going to add Game Boy and Game Boy Color games to its Nintendo Switch Online service.
This news comes by way of Eurogamer, which corroborates a report from Nintendo Life that games from these two Nintendo handhelds might finally come to the company's online Netflix-like service.
Nintendo Life reported earlier this week that Nate the Hate podcast host, NateDrake, had revealed that Nintendo might be adding Game Boy and Game Boy Color games to its online catalogue. The publication confirmed this with its own sources, adding that these games could be coming "really soon."
Now, Eurogamer writes that its own independent sources say the same. The publication also revealed that its sources say games from other retro platforms are on the table as well.
As noted by Eurogamer, a 2019 datamine by OatmealDome of the NES Switch app revealed that SNES titles would be coming to the service before Nintendo made the official announcement. Nine months after that datamine, SNES games were added to the service.
OatmealDome noted that they had discovered two additional emulator types — Hiyoko and Count. Nintendo Life's report, which has now been corroborated by Eurogamer, mentions that Hiyoko could be the emulator name for Game Boy and Game Boy Color titles.
Eurogamer's report indicates that additional retro consoles could be added to Nintendo Switch Online, and perhaps the Count emulator discovered in OatmealDome's datamine is the emulator that these additional consoles (or maybe just one console) will use.
While waiting to see if these games come to Nintendo Switch Online, check out one of the latest game drops for the service in this Super NES: July 2021 game updates trailer. Watch IGN's unboxing of the Nintendo Switch Online SNES controller after that.
Wesley LeBlanc is a freelance news writer and guide maker for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @LeBlancWes.
Lost Judgment: Sega Details DLC Roadmap, Includes New Story Content
Sega has revealed its DLC roadmap for Lost Judgment, which includes a story DLC, a new fighting style, cosmetic items, and more.
Sega says players who preorder the Digital Deluxe and Ultimate Editions of Lost Judgment will have access to additional content at launch and beyond. Right now there's no word on pricing or availability for standard edition owners.
In Spring 2022, Lost Judgment is getting a major story expansion with The Kaito Files. In this additional content, Masaharu Kaito, Takayuki Yagami's partner, takes center stage as the playable character. Sega says this expansion adds about 10 hours of content to Lost Judgment.
On October 26, the School Stories expansion comes to Lost Judgment. In this expansion, Yagami's friends join the boxing ring minigame as extra opponents. Yagami can also take his boxing moves to the street with a new fighting style.
Before the additional story content launches, players can expect the Quick-Start Support and Detective Essentials Pack. Everyone who preorders the game gets the Quick-Start Pack, which comes with bonus health items, combat buffs, and attacks. The Detective pack is available at launch for those who preorder one of the game's special editions. It comes with cosmetic items, additional playable Sega Master System games for your detective office, a rideable hoverboard, and more dateable characters.
Lost Judgment comes to PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S later this month. The game includes a free next-gen upgrade on PlayStation and Xbox. It launches on September 21 for those who preorder the Ultimate or Digital Deluxe Edition, and on September 25 for the standard edition. For more, check out our Lost Judgment preview.
Logan Plant is a freelance writer for IGN. You can find him on Twitter @LoganJPlant.
Lost Judgment: Sega Details DLC Roadmap, Includes New Story Content
Sega has revealed its DLC roadmap for Lost Judgment, which includes a story DLC, a new fighting style, cosmetic items, and more.
Sega says players who preorder the Digital Deluxe and Ultimate Editions of Lost Judgment will have access to additional content at launch and beyond. Right now there's no word on pricing or availability for standard edition owners.
In Spring 2022, Lost Judgment is getting a major story expansion with The Kaito Files. In this additional content, Masaharu Kaito, Takayuki Yagami's partner, takes center stage as the playable character. Sega says this expansion adds about 10 hours of content to Lost Judgment.
On October 26, the School Stories expansion comes to Lost Judgment. In this expansion, Yagami's friends join the boxing ring minigame as extra opponents. Yagami can also take his boxing moves to the street with a new fighting style.
Before the additional story content launches, players can expect the Quick-Start Support and Detective Essentials Pack. Everyone who preorders the game gets the Quick-Start Pack, which comes with bonus health items, combat buffs, and attacks. The Detective pack is available at launch for those who preorder one of the game's special editions. It comes with cosmetic items, additional playable Sega Master System games for your detective office, a rideable hoverboard, and more dateable characters.
Lost Judgment comes to PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S later this month. The game includes a free next-gen upgrade on PlayStation and Xbox. It launches on September 21 for those who preorder the Ultimate or Digital Deluxe Edition, and on September 25 for the standard edition. For more, check out our Lost Judgment preview.
Logan Plant is a freelance writer for IGN. You can find him on Twitter @LoganJPlant.
Game Director Trying to Regain the Rights to Lost PlayStation Exclusive
The Tomorrow Children was shut down not long after its release in 2016 but, five years later, director Dylan Cuthbert is trying to regain the rights to the lost PlayStation exclusive in the hopes of a re-release.
The Tomorrow Children is a Soviet-inflected multiplayer experience that Cuthbert has compared to the likes of Animal Crossing and Death Stranding – it received a mixed reception upon launch but built up a cult following. Sadly for developer Q-Games, it was shut down entirely just a year after release because of server running costs – and due to its online-only nature, it's been totally unplayable since.
In an IGN Japan video to celebrate the game's 5th anniversary, Cuthbert played through a developer build of the game, and responded to requests from fans for the game to be re-released – something he likes the idea of, in theory:
"Unfortunately, right now the IP is Sony's, really. So I'll keep trying to get the IP back, and if I do get the IP back, then I'll definitely think about ways to kind of relaunch it but without a server, I think. Because it was the running costs of the server that brought it down, if it didn't have that we probably just could have left it running and people could have kept playing it, right?"
Cuthbert also addressed the oddity, and sadness, of having made a whole game that, for all intents and purposes, no longer exists outside of developer builds:
"I don't like having a game I made missing, people can't play it. [...] Especially one as pretty and interesting and rich as The Tomorrow Children – it just feels wrong to not be able to play it, you know? It's great being able to play it now like this, and come back into the world. The people around the office playing it now, they're just like, 'Oh we can play it again?' It's great fun, you know? We're all excited to be able to just get this old build running like this."
As for the feasibility of getting the rights back from Sony, Cuthbert isn't sure at this point: "Hopefully, at some point in the future, maybe we can get the IP back and try to work out what to do from there. We don't know anything yet."
Cuthbert made his name at Nintendo, helping program the original Star Fox, before eventually founding Q-Games in 2001. Most notable for its PixelJunk series, Q-Games created The Tomorrow Children for Sony in 2016, but it marked the last PlayStation exclusive the company worked on.
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.
Game Director Trying to Regain the Rights to Lost PlayStation Exclusive
The Tomorrow Children was shut down not long after its release in 2016 but, five years later, director Dylan Cuthbert is trying to regain the rights to the lost PlayStation exclusive in the hopes of a re-release.
The Tomorrow Children is a Soviet-inflected multiplayer experience that Cuthbert has compared to the likes of Animal Crossing and Death Stranding – it received a mixed reception upon launch but built up a cult following. Sadly for developer Q-Games, it was shut down entirely just a year after release because of server running costs – and due to its online-only nature, it's been totally unplayable since.
In an IGN Japan video to celebrate the game's 5th anniversary, Cuthbert played through a developer build of the game, and responded to requests from fans for the game to be re-released – something he likes the idea of, in theory:
"Unfortunately, right now the IP is Sony's, really. So I'll keep trying to get the IP back, and if I do get the IP back, then I'll definitely think about ways to kind of relaunch it but without a server, I think. Because it was the running costs of the server that brought it down, if it didn't have that we probably just could have left it running and people could have kept playing it, right?"
Cuthbert also addressed the oddity, and sadness, of having made a whole game that, for all intents and purposes, no longer exists outside of developer builds:
"I don't like having a game I made missing, people can't play it. [...] Especially one as pretty and interesting and rich as The Tomorrow Children – it just feels wrong to not be able to play it, you know? It's great being able to play it now like this, and come back into the world. The people around the office playing it now, they're just like, 'Oh we can play it again?' It's great fun, you know? We're all excited to be able to just get this old build running like this."
As for the feasibility of getting the rights back from Sony, Cuthbert isn't sure at this point: "Hopefully, at some point in the future, maybe we can get the IP back and try to work out what to do from there. We don't know anything yet."
Cuthbert made his name at Nintendo, helping program the original Star Fox, before eventually founding Q-Games in 2001. Most notable for its PixelJunk series, Q-Games created The Tomorrow Children for Sony in 2016, but it marked the last PlayStation exclusive the company worked on.
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.