Interplay and Wizards of the Coast have announced that the PS2/original-Xbox-era action-RPG classic Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance is being re-released for PS4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch on May 7, 2021 – meaning tomorrow. It will be available on digital storefronts only for $29.99. Check out the announcement/launch trailer above. This is a re-release and not a remaster or remake, so outside of 4K support for Xbox One X, PS4 Pro, and their backwards compatibility versions on Xbox Series X and PS5, there aren't a lot of new features. Two-player local cooperative play returns, of course. PC and mobile versions will be released later this year. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=baldurs-gate-dark-alliance-re-release-screenshots&captions=true"] Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance was originally released on December 2, 2001, for PS2 and Xbox. It was later ported to GameCube as well. IGN loved it at the time, giving it a 9.4 out of 10 in our review. The developer of Dark Alliance, Snowblind, went on to make an excellent Dark Alliance sequel as well as a fantastic PS2-exclusive EverQuest spinoff in the same vein called Champions of Norrath. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Ryan McCaffrey is IGN’s Executive Editor of Previews. Follow him on Twitter at @DMC_Ryan, catch him on Unlocked, and drop-ship him Taylor Ham sandwiches from New Jersey whenever possible.

Netflix has released a teaser trailer for Stranger Things Season 4, which seems to suggest that the upcoming episodes will reveal more about Eleven’s backstory. The minute-long teaser appears to be set in the laboratory in which Eleven was experimented on. Numerous children can be seen playing with toys as they are observed by a scientist through a camera. All are dressed in gowns similar to the one worn by Eleven back in Season 1.

Eleven, are you listening? pic.twitter.com/rnPHzYt65d

— Stranger Things (@Stranger_Things) May 6, 2021

Not among the children is Milly Bobby Brown’s Eleven, but panicked breathing from behind a door marked ‘11’ suggests we’ll be taking a closer look at the horrors she went through. “Eleven, are you listening?” asks an unseen voice. The story of Eleven’s supernatural origin has been an ongoing one across the whole of Stranger Things, but clearly there are still more stories to tell. The name 'Eleven' always suggested that there were more children experimented on than just her, and it seems like season four will at the very least show us some of the other subjects. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2019/07/04/netflixs-stranger-things-season-3-review"] Netflix left Stranger Things on a high point with a fantastic third season back in 2019. With a huge cliff-hanger at the end of that season, fans have been eagerly waiting for the fourth season. No release date has been announced for Season 4, but creators the Duffer brothers have said that this will not be the final season for the show. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Matt Purslow is IGN's UK News and Entertainment Writer. 

Netflix has released a teaser trailer for Stranger Things Season 4, which seems to suggest that the upcoming episodes will reveal more about Eleven’s backstory. The minute-long teaser appears to be set in the laboratory in which Eleven was experimented on. Numerous children can be seen playing with toys as they are observed by a scientist through a camera. All are dressed in gowns similar to the one worn by Eleven back in Season 1.

Eleven, are you listening? pic.twitter.com/rnPHzYt65d

— Stranger Things (@Stranger_Things) May 6, 2021

Not among the children is Milly Bobby Brown’s Eleven, but panicked breathing from behind a door marked ‘11’ suggests we’ll be taking a closer look at the horrors she went through. “Eleven, are you listening?” asks an unseen voice. The story of Eleven’s supernatural origin has been an ongoing one across the whole of Stranger Things, but clearly there are still more stories to tell. The name 'Eleven' always suggested that there were more children experimented on than just her, and it seems like season four will at the very least show us some of the other subjects. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2019/07/04/netflixs-stranger-things-season-3-review"] Netflix left Stranger Things on a high point with a fantastic third season back in 2019. With a huge cliff-hanger at the end of that season, fans have been eagerly waiting for the fourth season. No release date has been announced for Season 4, but creators the Duffer brothers have said that this will not be the final season for the show. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Matt Purslow is IGN's UK News and Entertainment Writer. 

The ESA has confirmed that games from a number of prominent developers and publishers will be part of E3 2021, in addition to previously announced partners. Square Enix, Sega, Bandai Namco, and Gearbox Entertainment are all confirmed to have games to show at E3’s all-virtual event for 2021. They are also joined by XSEED Games/Marvelous USA, Inc, Freedom Games, Devious Eye Entertainment, Turtle Beach, Verizon, and Binge.com. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2021/04/08/what-to-expect-from-nintendos-e3-2021-nvc-555"] These companies join E3’s previously confirmed partners: Nintendo, Xbox, Capcom, Ubisoft, Take-Two Interactive, and Warner Bros. Games. For more information, check out the game publishers at E3 2021. You can also start planning with our E3 2021 schedule, which will be continually updated as E3 announces new streams. E3 2021 will take place from Saturday, June 12 to Tuesday, June 15 as an all-digital event for the very first time. You'll be able to watch it on IGN as part of our Summer of Gaming event. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Matt Purslow is IGN's UK News and Entertainment Writer. 

The ESA has confirmed that games from a number of prominent developers and publishers will be part of E3 2021, in addition to previously announced partners. Square Enix, Sega, Bandai Namco, and Gearbox Entertainment are all confirmed to have games to show at E3’s all-virtual event for 2021. They are also joined by XSEED Games/Marvelous USA, Inc, Freedom Games, Devious Eye Entertainment, Turtle Beach, Verizon, and Binge.com. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2021/04/08/what-to-expect-from-nintendos-e3-2021-nvc-555"] These companies join E3’s previously confirmed partners: Nintendo, Xbox, Capcom, Ubisoft, Take-Two Interactive, and Warner Bros. Games. For more information, check out the game publishers at E3 2021. You can also start planning with our E3 2021 schedule, which will be continually updated as E3 announces new streams. E3 2021 will take place from Saturday, June 12 to Tuesday, June 15 as an all-digital event for the very first time. You'll be able to watch it on IGN as part of our Summer of Gaming event. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Matt Purslow is IGN's UK News and Entertainment Writer. 

Nintendo has reported that it has experienced its most profitable financial year on record, with operating profit up 81% year-on-year. Additionally, the company is approaching 85 million sales of its Nintendo Switch console. As revealed in Nintendo’s financial results for the year ending March 31, 2021, operating profit has risen 81.8% year-on-year, up to 640 billion yen ($5.9 billion). Ordinary profit is recorded at an 88.4% increase, sitting at 679 billion yen ($6.2 billion). This surpasses the company’s previous gross profit record of 501 billion yen, recorded in March 2019. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2019/09/26/nintendo-switch-lite-review"] It’s not quite a record year for net sales revenue, but it’s close; at 1.76 billion yen ($16.1 billion), it is the second-highest year on record, just behind 2009’s 1.83 billion yen ($16.8 billion). Lifetime sales of the Nintendo Switch are now at 84.59 million units, with 28.8 million of those being sold last year. That’s over both standard and Lite versions of those consoles; 14.7 million of those units are Switch Lites. The year saw Nintendo sell 230.9 million games, meaning 587.12 million games have been sold for the console to date. A huge contributor to the year’s sales was Animal Crossing: New Horizons, which sold 20.85 million units. As for Mario, the leader of the pack remains Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, which sold an additional 10.62 million copies this year, bringing its total to 35.4 million. Super Mario 3D All-Stars sold 9 million copies, but further growth has now been throttled due to it being taken off sale. Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury, meanwhile, has sold 5.6 million units to date. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=a-history-of-nintendo-hardware-1977-to-now&captions=true"] Ring Fit Adventure also saw a strong year, with 7.38 million copies sold, bringing lifetime sales to 10.11 million. Pandemic lockdown and the search for home exercise equipment no doubt contributed to this huge demand. Of the games sold this year, 42.8% were sold digitally, which is an increase over last year’s 34%. Looking ahead, Nintendo expects a decline in profit and revenue in the year that will end March 2022 - the demand for consoles and games experienced through the pandemic lockdowns will be hard to match - but does note that it has an array of anticipated games to come. Those include the already announced Miitopia, Mario Golf: Super Rush, The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD, and Pokémon Brilliant Diamond/Shining Pearl in 2021, and the newly announced Game Creator Garage. In early 2022, we can also expect Pokémon Legends: Arceus. No mention was made of a release date for Breath of the Wild 2. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Matt Purslow is IGN's UK News and Entertainment Writer. 

Nintendo has reported that it has experienced its most profitable financial year on record, with operating profit up 81% year-on-year. Additionally, the company is approaching 85 million sales of its Nintendo Switch console. As revealed in Nintendo’s financial results for the year ending March 31, 2021, operating profit has risen 81.8% year-on-year, up to 640 billion yen ($5.9 billion). Ordinary profit is recorded at an 88.4% increase, sitting at 679 billion yen ($6.2 billion). This surpasses the company’s previous gross profit record of 501 billion yen, recorded in March 2019. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2019/09/26/nintendo-switch-lite-review"] It’s not quite a record year for net sales revenue, but it’s close; at 1.76 billion yen ($16.1 billion), it is the second-highest year on record, just behind 2009’s 1.83 billion yen ($16.8 billion). Lifetime sales of the Nintendo Switch are now at 84.59 million units, with 28.8 million of those being sold last year. That’s over both standard and Lite versions of those consoles; 14.7 million of those units are Switch Lites. The year saw Nintendo sell 230.9 million games, meaning 587.12 million games have been sold for the console to date. A huge contributor to the year’s sales was Animal Crossing: New Horizons, which sold 20.85 million units. As for Mario, the leader of the pack remains Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, which sold an additional 10.62 million copies this year, bringing its total to 35.4 million. Super Mario 3D All-Stars sold 9 million copies, but further growth has now been throttled due to it being taken off sale. Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury, meanwhile, has sold 5.6 million units to date. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=a-history-of-nintendo-hardware-1977-to-now&captions=true"] Ring Fit Adventure also saw a strong year, with 7.38 million copies sold, bringing lifetime sales to 10.11 million. Pandemic lockdown and the search for home exercise equipment no doubt contributed to this huge demand. Of the games sold this year, 42.8% were sold digitally, which is an increase over last year’s 34%. Looking ahead, Nintendo expects a decline in profit and revenue in the year that will end March 2022 - the demand for consoles and games experienced through the pandemic lockdowns will be hard to match - but does note that it has an array of anticipated games to come. Those include the already announced Miitopia, Mario Golf: Super Rush, The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD, and Pokémon Brilliant Diamond/Shining Pearl in 2021, and the newly announced Game Creator Garage. In early 2022, we can also expect Pokémon Legends: Arceus. No mention was made of a release date for Breath of the Wild 2. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Matt Purslow is IGN's UK News and Entertainment Writer. 

In 2013 it was reported that Michael B. Jordan auditioned for a role in the Star Wars Episode 7: The Force Awakens. While we know now that Jordan wasn't cast for director J.J. Abrams' reboot, Jordan is finally ready to share more on his "bombed" audition. "I think that was probably my worst audition to date," Jordan says on the Just for Variety podcast while promoting his new film Tom Clancy's Without Remorse. Jordan auditioned for Abrams on Star Wars but says he just couldn't deliver a good performance. "I think it was I couldn't wrap my brain around some of the sides because you know when you're reading for these high-level projects, there's never really any specificity in the sides." Jordan says the material was "super vague" and "secret" and that reading for a role he "just couldn't connect it." "I definitely bombed that one for sure," Jordan says. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=disney-premiere-dates-and-images-loki-star-wars-the-bad-batch-and-more&captions=true"] The audition process for Star Wars Episode 7 was notoriously secret and actors weren't able to take scripts back for fear of leaks. John Boyega described having to go to Pinewood Studios in London and learn lines on location for the audition. Jordan wasn't the only person to have auditioned and failed to book a role in The Force Awakens. Dev Patel and Tom Holland both auditioned for the movie but failed to land a role. Still, Jordan is doing just fine for himself starring in the new Tom Clancy movie and headlining the Creed franchise. Jordan will star and direct in the next entry, Creed 3, without co-star Sylvester Stallone. Meanwhile, Tom Holland booked Spider-Man a few years later, so it's not like he fell off the radar. Star Wars on the big screen is taking a bit of a break after Star Wars Episode 9: The Rise of Skywalker, but you can check out Star Wars: The Bad Batch, which just premiered on Disney+. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Matt T.M. Kim is IGN's News Editor.

In 2013 it was reported that Michael B. Jordan auditioned for a role in the Star Wars Episode 7: The Force Awakens. While we know now that Jordan wasn't cast for director J.J. Abrams' reboot, Jordan is finally ready to share more on his "bombed" audition. "I think that was probably my worst audition to date," Jordan says on the Just for Variety podcast while promoting his new film Tom Clancy's Without Remorse. Jordan auditioned for Abrams on Star Wars but says he just couldn't deliver a good performance. "I think it was I couldn't wrap my brain around some of the sides because you know when you're reading for these high-level projects, there's never really any specificity in the sides." Jordan says the material was "super vague" and "secret" and that reading for a role he "just couldn't connect it." "I definitely bombed that one for sure," Jordan says. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=disney-premiere-dates-and-images-loki-star-wars-the-bad-batch-and-more&captions=true"] The audition process for Star Wars Episode 7 was notoriously secret and actors weren't able to take scripts back for fear of leaks. John Boyega described having to go to Pinewood Studios in London and learn lines on location for the audition. Jordan wasn't the only person to have auditioned and failed to book a role in The Force Awakens. Dev Patel and Tom Holland both auditioned for the movie but failed to land a role. Still, Jordan is doing just fine for himself starring in the new Tom Clancy movie and headlining the Creed franchise. Jordan will star and direct in the next entry, Creed 3, without co-star Sylvester Stallone. Meanwhile, Tom Holland booked Spider-Man a few years later, so it's not like he fell off the radar. Star Wars on the big screen is taking a bit of a break after Star Wars Episode 9: The Rise of Skywalker, but you can check out Star Wars: The Bad Batch, which just premiered on Disney+. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Matt T.M. Kim is IGN's News Editor.

On this week's episode of IGN's weekly PlayStation show, Podcast Beyond!, host Jonathon Dornbush is joined by Brian Altano, Lucy O'Brien, and Colin Stevens to jump into the latest PS5 and PS4 news and games. The cast first takes a deep dive into the latest Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart PS5 State of Play, including what we thought of the PS5 game's visuals, how it looks to advance the franchise forward, and why it all comes together to look like an absolute PS5 showcase. Plus, we dive into the renewal of a trademark for Insomniac's Sunset Overdrive, touch briefly on Returnal's launch, and more. And while none of us have played Resident Evil Village yet,  we reminisce on the franchise, our love for it, its highs and lows, and more ahead of Village's launch this week. Watch the new episode above! [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=the-best-ps5-games&captions=true"]

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Podcast Beyond! is live every Wednesday. For more on PS5, check out our PS5 console review and our PS5 wiki guide for tips on how to best use your system. And for more Beyond, be sure to watch the first episode of our Bloodborne let's play! [poilib element="poll" parameters="id=6dd2b926-8863-4080-99b2-d08eb61f67f6"] [poilib element="accentDivider"] Jonathon Dornbush is IGN's Senior News Editor, host of Podcast Beyond!, and PlayStation lead.