Valve has added over three hours of developer commentary to Half-Life: Alyx. Sections of the commentary can be activated using floating headsets that have been added to Half-Life: Alyx's levels. Players need to simply pick the headphones up and place them on their heads to begin audio playback of the commentary. Each headset is located near one of 147 different points of interest that members of the development team will provide insight on. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/03/23/the-first-17-minutes-of-half-life-alyx"] Valve notes that the concluding weeks of Half-Life: Alyx's development was done during lockdown; developer commentary was originally intended to ship with the game at launch, but constraints meant it was delayed until now. Commentary has also had to be recorded by staff in their homes rather than at Valve's recording studio. For players to activate developer commentary, they will need to start a new game with commentary enabled. Valve warns that the commentary does feature "significant" spoilers, so is best saved for a second play-through. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=every-ign-valve-game-review&captions=true"] While the developer commentary is in English, subtitles are available in English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Castilian Spanish, Latin American Spanish, Russian, Polish, Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese. For more, take a look at our 10/10 review for Half-Life: Alyx - which makes it one of the best reviewed games of 2020 - as well as a cool BioShock mod and six other great VR games to try out. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Matt Purslow is IGN's UK News and Entertainment Writer. 

Monster Hunter director Paul W.S. Anderson has teased the possibility of future sequels being developed in the same universe as his upcoming movie. In an interview with Total Film magazine (via GamesRadar), Anderson spoke about his commitment to the Monster Hunter franchise and the long-running potential of Screen Gems' movie adaptation, which is loosely based on Capcom's bestselling video game series of the same name. He suggested that the expansive world of dangerous and powerful monsters could be explored further. "I've been working on Monster Hunter for 11 years," Anderson revealed before speaking about the vast array of monsters in the movie, which he says are "built to a greater level of detail" than anything in Jurassic World. "There's hundreds of monsters [in the game]. I can only use five or six of them in the movie. So it's a big, fun world that I think we’ve only just started to scratch the surface of." [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/10/14/monster-hunter-exclusive-official-trailer"] In the same interview, Milla Jovovich, who is leading the cast as Artemis, an original character created for the Monster Hunter movie, revealed that Anderson is "already writing" something else for the movie universe. "We would love to make another one," she added. "Hopefully people are going to love it because I know Paul would love to make a sequel. I mean, he's already writing something." Anderson worked closely with Capcom director Kaname Fujioka to make sure that the Monster Hunter movie canonically fit within the franchise, carving out a space for the story that takes place immediately after the events of Monster Hunter World but before Monster Hunter World: Iceborne, with a brand new protagonist who is from our world rather than a native of the realm of the game. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=monster-hunter-movie-images&captions=true"] Jovovich stars alongside Tony Jaa, Diego Boneta, Ron Perlman and T.I. Harris in the Monster Hunter movie, which is slated to hit theaters in the UK on December 4 and in the US on December 30 after having been previously postponed to April 2021. Before the monsters are unleashed, check out IGN's rundown of 12 interesting details about the live-action feature. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Adele Ankers is a Freelance Entertainment Journalist. You can reach her on Twitter.

Marvel's WandaVision will premiere on January 15, 2021 on Disney+. The series – centred on Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen) and Vision (Paul Bettany) – was expected to release in December of this year, but a Twitter announcement revealed the new date, and a motion poster for the show. The announcement means 2020 is the first year without an MCU-related release since 2009.

A new era arrives. Marvel Studios’ @WandaVision, an Original Series, is streaming Jan. 15 on #DisneyPlus. pic.twitter.com/aejE6DNR35

— Marvel Studios (@MarvelStudios) November 12, 2020

Set after Avengers: Endgame, WandaVision will see Scarlet Witch and Vision living as a married couple in the suburban town of Westview - which seems to be a mysterious world that references multiple eras of US sitcoms, beginning with a full black-and-white episode filmed in front of a studio audience. That sitcom set-up won't be all we see however, with multiple members of the cast and crew explaining that it also includes full action scenes - actress Teyonnah Parris explained that the show is like "six Marvel movies packed into what they’re presenting as a sitcom.". We also know that part of the pitch for the series centred on an exploration of Scarlet Witch's full powers, which makes it feel more likely than ever that WandaVision will be the MCU's version of the House of M comic book event. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/11/11/new-wandavision-details-revealed-ign-now"] It's not been made clear why WandaVision has been pushed into January, after Disney previously listed it as a December 2020 project, but COVID-19 related production delays have altered much of Disney's slate this year. WandaVision is the first of 8 planned series that will act as part of the MCU, tying into the movies. Following WandaVision (which ties directly into Doctor Strange & the Multiverse of Madness), we'll also see The Falcon & Winter Soldier, Loki, What If...?, Hawkeye, Ms. Marvel, Moon Knight, and She-Hulk. [poilib element="accentDivider"] 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.

Fortnite's Week 2 XP Xtravanganza Challenges are now live and with it brings a number of brand new challenges that will help you earn the remaining XP that you need to complete your Battle Pass. While the majority of Week 2's XP Xtravanganza challenges are fairly straightforward, one particular challenge may catch a few players off the guard as the Pro Fishing Rod isn't a very commonly used item. So in order to find and obtain a Pro Fishing Rod, we have you covered in our detailed guide below. Looking for something specific? Click the links below to find more information:

• How to Catch 10 Fish with a Pro Fishing Rod in Fortnite

Fortnite Chapter 2: Season 4, Week 2 XP Xtravanganza Challenges

Listed below are all of the week 2 XP Xtravanganza challenges that are currently available to complete:

• Deal Damage with Shotguns to Opponents
  • Stage 1: Deal damage with Shotguns to opponents - 0/1,000 - 20,000 XP
  • Stage 2: Deal damage with Shotguns to opponents - 0/2,500 - 20,000 XP
  • Stage 3: Deal damage with Shotguns to opponents - 0/1,000 - 20,000 XP
• Eliminate Seven Opponents
  • Stage 1: Eliminate opponents with Common Weapons - 0/7 - 20,000 XP
  • Stage 2: Eliminate opponents with Rare Weapons - 0/7 - 20,000 XP
  • Stage 3: Eliminate opponents with Epic Weapons - 0/7 - 20,000 XP
• Damage Opponents with the Choppa's Blades
  • Stage 1: Damage Opponents with the Choppa's Blades - 0/50 - 20,000 XP
  • Stage 2: Damage Opponents with the Choppa's Blades - 0/150 - 20,000 XP
  • Stage 3: Damage Opponents with the Choppa's Blades - 0/250 - 20,000 XP
• Catch Fish
  • Stage 1: Catch Fish - 0/10 - 20,000 XP
  • Stage 2: Catch Fish with a Pro Fishing Rod - 0/10 - 20,000 XP
  • Stage 3: Catch Fish with Explosive Weapons - 0/10 - 20,000 XP
• Consume Foraged Items - 0/30 - 20,000 XP
• Shoot a Gas Can Thrown by a Teammate Before it Hits the Ground - 0/1 - 50,000 XP

How to Catch 10 Fish with a Pro Fishing Rod in Fortnite

Whilst you may have thought that obtaining a Pro Fishing Rod might be somewhat challenging, you'll be surprised at just how simple the task can be if you know what you are looking for. So in order to find a Pro Fishing Rod, we have detailed the two best methods that will have you fishing in no time. The first method is arguably the more challenging, as it relies very heavily on luck, you'll have a very small chance at finding a Pro Fishing Rod in random chests or amongst fishing rod barrels by the lakes. While you may get lucky and find one early on, the Pro Fishing Rods are considerably rare and can take quite some time to find. Otherwise, for those not looking to leave it up to luck, obtaining a Pro Fishing Rod can actually be quite simple and fast. To do so, pick up any standard Fishing Rod and make your way to one of the many Upgrade Benches that you will find scattered across the map. With 100 Wood, 100 Metal, and 100 Brick on hand, you'll have the option to upgrade your Fishing Rod into the Pro model. Now in order to complete the Week 2 XP Xtravanganza Challenge, simply take your newly acquired Pro Fishing Rod to the nearest lake and start catching fish. You'll need to catch a total of 10 fish in order to complete the challenge!

It's finally PS5 time. Sony's new console boasts a more immersive experience with 3D audio and the DualSense's haptic feedback and adaptive triggers, but that's not all that's new. The UI has undergone a significant refresh with the introduction of cards (and integrated game help), a customizable control center, new shortcut options, and new ways to play with friends via share screen and game share. The PS5 isn't completely foreign, compared to previous Sony consoles, but getting down the basics of save data transfer, 3D audio, preset options, and more will make your PS5 experience even smoother. IGN's PS5 guide has you covered with a full set of guides including explainers for every feature and answers for every question.

Getting Started

When starting your PlayStation 5 you'll be guided through all the setup steps, including how to use your PSN account on your PS5. But that's just the beginning. Here are the first things you'll want to do with your PlayStation 5 before you start gaming. 8 Things to Do First

• From how to get all your games (and game save data) downloading and the settings you'll want to adjust while you wait. Transferring data from your PS4 to your PS5 can be done via the Cloud if you PS Plus or via USB if you don't have PS Plus or don't have an internet connection. You'll also want to dig into accessibility settings and preset game options which can be found within Settings > Saved Data and Game/App Settings. Use our Things to do First interactive checklist to ensure you get every step covered.

[ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/11/05/how-to-transfer-data-from-your-ps4-to-ps5"] Setting Up Parental Controls

• You can continue using the parental controls you may have already set up on the PS4 but you can also manage your family account for the first time. The steps can start directly on your console under Settings > Family and Parental Controls. Be sure to have your phone handy for easier sign in and because you'll be directed to the PlayStation website if you're starting from scratch.

Cards and Game Help Explained

Cards are one of the newest features on the PS5. They provide a slew of information such as party related updates (ex. voice chat and screen share), news, game help, recent captures, trophy progress, and more. The game help cards are exclusive to those who have a PlayStation Plus membership. Game help comes in the form of cards associated with a game objective, such as getting every collectible in an area or finishing a quest. Tap the PlayStation button, while in-game, to pull up the cards. Select a card to see the objective and select the objective to watch a video showing the solution; sometimes explainer text accompanies these videos. These clips can be viewed full-screen, overlayed, or pinned to the side. Unfortunately, you cannot play the game while the clip is playing so you'll need to watch the solution and then continue. Even if you don't want game help, these game help cards can help you track your progress and even execute a form of fast travel. If you select an objective in another area you can hit resume and automatically go there.

How to Share Your Screen and Games With Friends

You can share your screen with friends, allowing them to watch you play your games even while they're playing their games (with yours picture-in-picture or pinned to the side). All you need to do is create a party with the friend(s) you want to share a screen with. Select your party and then join voice chat. View voice chat and you can select the double monitor icon to share your screen. From there, your party members will be invited to view your screen. Once you're already sharing your screen, you'll have the option to select Share Screen | Share Play to start sharing your games with a friend. From here just select the play mode: Visitor Plays as You (they try your games or step in to help you get through a rough section) or Play with the Visitor (Play your games together with the visitor).

Other How-To Guides

Skip the guesswork and use these how-to guides to learn the PS5 basics and discover settings and features you may have missed otherwise. You can find the full list of them here but below are some of the most important.

• How to Expand Storage
• How to Preset Game Options
• How  to Disable Adaptive Triggers
• How to See Playtime Statistics
• How to Create Parties - Game Base Guide
• How to Capture and Record Video on PS5
• How to Stream From PS5 to Twitch and YouTube

PS5 Games Lists

At the end of the day, a new console is nothing without some great games to play on it. Below are a few lists that can help you sift through the PS5 library. Keep in mind the PS5 is backwards compatible with the PS4 with the exception of a few games. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=confirmed-playstation-5-games&captions=true"]

• PS5 Games List
• PlayStation Plus Collection
• Boosted Games

Additional Guides

IGN's PS5 guide also includes more information on the hardware and additional PS5 accessories, including a list of PS4 devices compatible with PS5. Now that you're ready to take advantage of all the fun and useful PS5 features be sure to use these game guides to help you on your next adventure. Some of these are still in progress but there are plenty of helpful tips to learn from.

• Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales
• Bugsnax
• Assassin's Creed Valhalla

For more next-gen coverage, be sure to check out our PS5 Review and our Xbox Series X Guide. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Janet Garcia is IGN's associate guides editor. You can @ her with your PS5 questions and ask her about her favorite Bugsnax on Twitter @Gameonysus. The PS5 guide was written by her and other members of the IGN Guides team.

James Gunn has confirmed that the script for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 has now been "written," as the project continues to make steady progress in the wake of his rehiring last year. The filmmaker, who guided the first two installments in the Guardians franchise to box office success, shared a fresh update about the third movie on Twitter, assuring fans that steady progress was being made on the project. Speaking about the sequel, Gunn confirmed that the script for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 had been completed and that the production heads had also been chosen.

Script is written and most of the production heads have been hired. https://t.co/57nRIgchN4

— James Gunn (@JamesGunn) November 10, 2020

In a follow-up tweet, Gunn revealed that "very little" had changed with the script from the original version that he penned before being fired and later rehired by Disney to write and direct the franchise's third installment. This isn't very surprising as, prior to his reinstatement, MCU architect Kevin Feige confirmed that Gunn's draft script would be used for the movie, regardless of the director's involvement. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/04/20/no-guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-4-for-james-gunn"] Although Gunn is back on board for the third volume, he's previously indicated that this next movie will "probably" be the final one with him sat in the director's chair and that it will "probably be the last with the current team" of Peter Quill (aka Star-Lord), Rocket, Groot, Drax, Gamora, Nebula and Mantis, though he cautiously added that "you never know." At one point, Guardians Vol. 3 was meant to be the first, if not one of the first, titles in Marvel's Phase 4 line-up. However, with the deck being reshuffled, and Gunn directing The Suicide Squad for DC before Vol 3., the next Guardians flick failed to make it into the final slate. Fortunately, it sounds like it'll be worth the wait, as Karen Gillan, who plays Nebula, has packed on the praise for the third movie's script. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=marvel-cinematic-universe-every-upcoming-movie-and-tv-show&captions=true"] [poilib element="accentDivider"] Adele Ankers is a Freelance Entertainment Journalist. You can reach her on Twitter.

For most of my life, every time I've started a new game, the first thing I've had to do is make sure the Y-axis is inverted. I don't know why my brain likes to push down to look up, it just does, and it causes a consistent burst of faff before I can get to any shiny new game I've bought. PS5 may, finally, have gone some way towards fixing that issue. The solution comes in the form of PlayStation 5's Game Presets menu, a settings option that allows you to choose your preferred experience in PS5 games from a number of categories, which is then applied as best as possible to every game you play. That menu includes game difficulties, subtitles, performance vs. resolution modes, and preferred audio languages – all options regularly fiddled with before play can really begin. But the option I truly love is being able to choose to invert the Y-axis in both first person and third person viewpoints automatically. So far I've used it to fix Astro's Playroom, Spider-Man: Miles Morales, and Demon's Souls, and I've been delighted every time I confirm it's worked again. To be fair, I actually only discovered the menu when I realised Astro's Playroom doesn't actually include a Y-axis preference option, which briefly made me absolutely furious until I was told about the beautiful Elysian Fields of Game Presets. In hindsight, it feels like another one of Astro's attempts to teach me a little something about my new console (although I'm not convinced it's an intentional one in this case). [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/11/06/playstation-5-review"] As covered in our PS5 guide, the menu is found in Settings > Saved Data and Game/App Settings > Game Presets, and will attempt to apply all of your choices as accurately as possible, depending on the game in question. If you find your choices aren't working out for you, Game Presets will only attempt to change the settings when you first start the game, so you can tinker with them and not have them switch back by accident. It may sound like a small thing – mainly because it is a small thing – but after years of low-level annoyance at starting every game with a boring trudge to the options menu, it's genuinely refreshing to see a little bit of thinking applied to how to stop that. I'm sure the same will go for many fellow inverters, not to mention subtitlers, language changers, hard moders, and other similarly inconvenienced players. Forget haptic feedback, this is my next-gen. [poilib element="accentDivider"] 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.

Every gun in Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War will quite literally feel different thanks to the haptic feedback of the PS5's DualSense controller. In an interview with GameSpot, Treyarch lead game designer Tony Flame spoke about how the controller's adaptive trigggers and haptics bring realism to Cold War's arsenal. "The DualSense controller is pretty awesome. It's got new haptic feedback so when you're pulling the trigger, it's shaking, every time a gun fires there is a little motor in there that's firing every time," Flame explains. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/the-first-15-minutes-of-call-of-duty-black-ops-cold-war-gameplay-pc-ultra-4k-60"] Seemingly, the controller has allowed Treyarch to modify the weapon sensitivity with each gun so that the DualSense trigger reflects how it feels in reality. "There is sensitivity on the trigger that represents the trigger pressure on a real weapon. All of that has been tuned in the game for each individual weapon. So it's quite a lot to take in, but it's pretty awesome, and it gives the guns a feeling like they've never had before." In other Black Ops Cold War news, check out our guide to understanding all of the game's special editions, so you can figure out which version of the new Call of Duty is worth picking up at launch. Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War launches on November 13, 2020 for Xbox Series X and S, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Jordan Oloman is a freelance writer for IGN. Follow him on Twitter.

If you're getting a PS5 today, and you want to transfer PS4 games to it, I cannot impress upon you how much quicker it will be to use a LAN cable. Seriously, do it. Moving games, save data and user profiles from old to new Sony console is a pretty simple process, as our guide on the PS4-PS5 data transfer process shows, but it can also be a slow one if you choose to take the wireless route. I was lucky enough to get a PS5 yesterday, and immediately set about getting my in-progress PS4 games onto the new hardware. I powered on my PS4 and PS5, made sure I was properly signed in on both, connected them to the same network, booted the data transfer app and – because I was too lazy to go looking for an ethernet cable and then plug it in twice – chose the wi-fi transfer process. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/11/06/playstation-5-review"] I had picked Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, Fall Guys, Overwatch, Fuser, FIFA 21, and Marvel's Avengers (I know, I know) to transfer across - meaning several hundred gigabytes of data, all told. Setting up the wi-fi transfer gave me grim news - it would be 27 whole hours until all my games made their way across. Fortunately, my laziness comes second to my impatience. I untangled the rat king of cables I have shoved in a box for just such an occasion, found a suitable one, plugged it in to the back of both consoles, and set up the process again in exactly the same way. My old games were on my new console in less than 3 hours. This isn't revelatory news – we all know wired connections are more efficient than wireless – I just wasn't it expecting to be that much more efficient. If you're getting your PS5 today, consider this an old-fashioned PSA logline: 'If You're Able, Use a Cable'. One issue that's harder to solve is how much space those games are taking up - my PS5 is almost full already. Thankfully, that storage space is one of the few issues we found with Sony's new machine, as you can fiund out in our glowing PS5 review. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=Seriously%2C%20Use%20a%20LAN%20Cable%20to%20Transfer%20PS4%20Games%20to%20PS5&captions=true"] [poilib element="accentDivider"] 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.

Xbox has some pretty clear advice on blowing vape smoke into your Series X: don't do it.