A patent filed by Sony suggests that artificial intelligence could one day take over if your opponent quits a multiplayer game. The patent was first posted to Reddit by user WolfgangKaipZ yesterday. You can check out the full patent listing on the PatentScope website here. The abstract summarizes what this technology would achieve in a convincing manner. "When the first player quits or stops responding before the multiplayer game has completed, the first player is replaced by a computer-simulated version of the first player that selects its actions based on probabilities calculated from the tracked actions of the first player. The multiplayer game is thus able to continue without interruption or disruption, and the first player's playstyle is preserved." [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/05/29/ps5-the-future-of-gaming-trailer"] This means that if we take a fighting game, for example, this technology would allow a match to continue even if your opponent left, via ragequit or unfortunate disconnect, by tracking their previous inputs and replicating how they would play in the following minutes. This would be very handy across many games to stop players who feed, go AFK or rage quit from ruining the match for everybody else. As always with patents, you should take this with a pinch of salt, but it's worth considering that it may appear in practice in the future. Yesterday, we caught another patent that gave us our first glimpse at what the UI of the PS5 could look like. In other PlayStation news, check out our article which explains how to watch today's PS5 conference, titled The Future of Gaming. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Jordan Oloman is a freelance writer for IGN. Follow him on Twitter.

A new set of PlayStation licensed Crash Bandicoot merchandise has been found online, teasing redesigned characters and even a redesign of Crash himself. Twitter user iWanderr brought the merchandise to our attention on Twitter, posting pictures from the website of Blackfire, a European merchandise distributor. After being able to view them earlier today, the listings for the new merchandise have since been taken down. What's interesting about this merchandise is that it looks like Crash has received a redesign since his iconic look in the N. Sane Trilogy, more akin to the Crash Bandicoot Mobile game that launched earlier this year. What's more is that one of the pins shown in @iWanderr's tweet features a new character design, referred to as "Tawna." Tawna Bandicoot first appeared in 1996's Crash Bandicoot as the eponymous hero's girlfriend and has made cameo appearances in a number of subsequent games. Given that these two characters share the same name, it looks like she has been redesigned for whatever the future holds for Activision's Crash Bandicoot series. This new Tawna sports a blue and yellow mohawk among other aesthetic tweaks. Given that one of the pieces of merchandise found is Crash holding a smartphone, this could all be in relation to the mobile game, and Tawna may feature in it in the near future - but really, the door is open. These designs could potentially refer to a new project we're yet to learn about. In other PlayStation news, Sony's rescheduled PS5 reveal conference will take place later today, and you can check out our guide for how to watch it. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Jordan Oloman is a freelance writer for IGN. Follow him on Twitter.

A new set of PlayStation licensed Crash Bandicoot merchandise has been found online, teasing redesigned characters and even a redesign of Crash himself. Twitter user iWanderr brought the merchandise to our attention on Twitter, posting pictures from the website of Blackfire, a European merchandise distributor. After being able to view them earlier today, the listings for the new merchandise have since been taken down. What's interesting about this merchandise is that it looks like Crash has received a redesign since his iconic look in the N. Sane Trilogy, more akin to the Crash Bandicoot Mobile game that launched earlier this year. What's more is that one of the pins shown in @iWanderr's tweet features a new character design, referred to as "Tawna." Tawna Bandicoot first appeared in 1996's Crash Bandicoot as the eponymous hero's girlfriend and has made cameo appearances in a number of subsequent games. Given that these two characters share the same name, it looks like she has been redesigned for whatever the future holds for Activision's Crash Bandicoot series. This new Tawna sports a blue and yellow mohawk among other aesthetic tweaks. Given that one of the pieces of merchandise found is Crash holding a smartphone, this could all be in relation to the mobile game, and Tawna may feature in it in the near future - but really, the door is open. These designs could potentially refer to a new project we're yet to learn about. In other PlayStation news, Sony's rescheduled PS5 reveal conference will take place later today, and you can check out our guide for how to watch it. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Jordan Oloman is a freelance writer for IGN. Follow him on Twitter.

Yesterday, Amazon.co.uk added a number of listings related to PlayStation 5, including a number of games and, most notably, the PS5 console itself at a price of £599.99 (approximately $746 USD). Amazon has now confirmed to IGN that these listings were an error. As noted by Wario64 on Twitter, Amazon UK posted listings for 500GB, 1TB and 2TB models of PS5 (currently, PS5 is listed only with an 825GB model), all priced at £599.99. At around the same time, a reported 118 listings for PS5 games also appeared on the retailer's site, including apparent unnamed games from publishers such as Konami, Bethesda, and Rockstar. Several of those listings included a £69.99 retail price (full price games in the UK typically retail at £59.99 on current-gen). The same pricing across console models, as well as the sheer number of game listings suggested that these were speculative, rather than informed listings from Amazon, and Amazon UK PR has now confirmed that. "This was an error," said an Amazon UK spokesperson to IGN. Speaking specifically to the PS5 console listing, it "was priced as a dummy product with a dummy price." [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/how-sonys-ps5-compatibility-differs-with-xbox-series-x-next-gen-console-watch"] Amazon will often create dummy listings ahead of announcement events, which can be filled out if and when those announcements are made - that goes some way towards explaining the scattershot approach to what was included in this swathe of listings. There's some discussion to be had over how Amazon UK arrived at those dummy prices, but it's unlikely that, if it did have privileged information, it would be posting it publicly before any potential announcements at today's PS5 event. PS5's price has been a constant talking point since its initial reveal. We don't know any specific retail numbers, but reports have said that it's running at a $450 manufacturing cost, that stock could be 'limited' in its first year, in part due to a hugher-than-expected price, but that COVID-19 hasn't affected its RRP. Speaking of that PS5 event, you can stay here with us for all the info, live from the show - here's how to watch Sony's PS5 reveal event on IGN. Before that, there's the matter of IGN Expo Day 2, where we've got more exclusive reveals, gameplay and trailers for you - here's how to watch that (and if you want, you can add the whole schedule to your digital calendar). [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=confirmed-playstation-5-games&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.

Yesterday, Amazon.co.uk added a number of listings related to PlayStation 5, including a number of games and, most notably, the PS5 console itself at a price of £599.99 (approximately $746 USD). Amazon has now confirmed to IGN that these listings were an error. As noted by Wario64 on Twitter, Amazon UK posted listings for 500GB, 1TB and 2TB models of PS5 (currently, PS5 is listed only with an 825GB model), all priced at £599.99. At around the same time, a reported 118 listings for PS5 games also appeared on the retailer's site, including apparent unnamed games from publishers such as Konami, Bethesda, and Rockstar. Several of those listings included a £69.99 retail price (full price games in the UK typically retail at £59.99 on current-gen). The same pricing across console models, as well as the sheer number of game listings suggested that these were speculative, rather than informed listings from Amazon, and Amazon UK PR has now confirmed that. "This was an error," said an Amazon UK spokesperson to IGN. Speaking specifically to the PS5 console listing, it "was priced as a dummy product with a dummy price." [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/how-sonys-ps5-compatibility-differs-with-xbox-series-x-next-gen-console-watch"] Amazon will often create dummy listings ahead of announcement events, which can be filled out if and when those announcements are made - that goes some way towards explaining the scattershot approach to what was included in this swathe of listings. There's some discussion to be had over how Amazon UK arrived at those dummy prices, but it's unlikely that, if it did have privileged information, it would be posting it publicly before any potential announcements at today's PS5 event. PS5's price has been a constant talking point since its initial reveal. We don't know any specific retail numbers, but reports have said that it's running at a $450 manufacturing cost, that stock could be 'limited' in its first year, in part due to a hugher-than-expected price, but that COVID-19 hasn't affected its RRP. Speaking of that PS5 event, you can stay here with us for all the info, live from the show - here's how to watch Sony's PS5 reveal event on IGN. Before that, there's the matter of IGN Expo Day 2, where we've got more exclusive reveals, gameplay and trailers for you - here's how to watch that (and if you want, you can add the whole schedule to your digital calendar). [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=confirmed-playstation-5-games&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.

The consensus appears to be in: Netflix’s new dystopian thriller The Last Days of American Crime has entered an elite group of the worst movies ever made. Following its arrival on Netflix on June 5, The Last Days of American Crime is sitting at 0% on the Rotten Tomatoes ‘Tomatometer’ spectrum. None of the 28 reviews tracked to date have been positive. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=the-last-days-of-american-crime-gallery&captions=true"] As noted by Variety, only around 40 films have the distinction of retaining a 0% rating on Rotten Tomatoes after at least 20 reviews have been collected, placing The Last Days of American Crime in the company of esteemed corkers like Dennis Rodman’s Simon Sez, the 99-minute 1988 McDonald’s commercial Mac and Me, and Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol. Of course, without the 20-review caveat the list of films with 0% on Rotten Tomatoes is much larger; there’s a huge amount of dreck at the bottom of the Rotten Tomatoes barrel with only a small handful of reviews aggregated (including piles of direct-to-DVD debris and several other Police Academy sequels). Directed Olivier Megaton (Taken 2 and… Taken 3), The Last Days of American Crime is an action thriller based on a 2009 graphic novel of the same name. Set in the near future, the story revolves around a crew of crooks seeking to execute one, final big score before the government broadcasts a nationwide signal that will render the population unable to deliberately break the law. IGN’s review called it bloated, boring, and “distractingly dull.” [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/05/29/new-to-netflix-for-june-2020"] [poilib element="accentDivider"] Luke is Games Editor at IGN's Sydney office. You can find him on Twitter sporadically @MrLukeReilly.

The consensus appears to be in: Netflix’s new dystopian thriller The Last Days of American Crime has entered an elite group of the worst movies ever made. Following its arrival on Netflix on June 5, The Last Days of American Crime is sitting at 0% on the Rotten Tomatoes ‘Tomatometer’ spectrum. None of the 28 reviews tracked to date have been positive. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=the-last-days-of-american-crime-gallery&captions=true"] As noted by Variety, only around 40 films have the distinction of retaining a 0% rating on Rotten Tomatoes after at least 20 reviews have been collected, placing The Last Days of American Crime in the company of esteemed corkers like Dennis Rodman’s Simon Sez, the 99-minute 1988 McDonald’s commercial Mac and Me, and Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol. Of course, without the 20-review caveat the list of films with 0% on Rotten Tomatoes is much larger; there’s a huge amount of dreck at the bottom of the Rotten Tomatoes barrel with only a small handful of reviews aggregated (including piles of direct-to-DVD debris and several other Police Academy sequels). Directed Olivier Megaton (Taken 2 and… Taken 3), The Last Days of American Crime is an action thriller based on a 2009 graphic novel of the same name. Set in the near future, the story revolves around a crew of crooks seeking to execute one, final big score before the government broadcasts a nationwide signal that will render the population unable to deliberately break the law. IGN’s review called it bloated, boring, and “distractingly dull.” [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/05/29/new-to-netflix-for-june-2020"] [poilib element="accentDivider"] Luke is Games Editor at IGN's Sydney office. You can find him on Twitter sporadically @MrLukeReilly.

Citing popular demand following blowback from fans over its earlier decision to pull several DC movies from its streaming library beginning in July, HBO Max has now extended the availability of several notable DC movies through December 2020. Those DC films are:

• Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice, 2016
• Justice League, 2017
• Suicide Squad, 2016
• Superman: The Movie, 1978
• Superman II, 1980
• Superman III, 1983
• Superman IV: The Quest for Peace, 1987
• Superman: Unbound, 2013*
• Watchmen (Movie), 2009*
• Wonder Woman, 2017

*Available starting July 1, 2020 on HBO Max. Our original report from June 10 follows. [poilib element="accentDivider"] HBO Max launched at the end of May, with many DC movies fans might have expected to see on WarnerMedia's new streaming service missing at time of launch. Starting July 1, even more notable DC movies will be unavailable to watch on HBO Max. ComicBook.com confirmed that Justice League, Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice, Wonder Woman, Suicide Squad, Batman, Batman Returns, Batman Forever, Batman & Robin, Catwoman, Jonah Hex, and The Losers will all be pulled from rotation as of July 1. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=the-dark-knight-trilogy-and-more-dc-movies-and-series-missing-on-hbo-max&captions=true"] An HBO Max spokesperson said, "We have a collection of DC films that will rotate on the platform. We have a new batch coming in July and then another batch coming in August." Precisely which DC movies will be coming in August remains unclear, nor is it clear when those pulled DC titles might return to HBO Max. As the site points out, the only DC movies currently available on HBO Max that will stay in rotation through July are Aquaman, Shazam!, Joker, Green Lantern, and Supergirl. Will so few DC titles be enough to satiate fans and subscribers until HBO Max releases The Snyder Cut of Justice League next year? Let us know in the comments. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/darkseid-revealed-for-the-snyder-cut-of-justice-league-ign-now"] For more coverage, check out our HBO Max review, our breakdown of all the new HBO Max shows, discover what anime is available to stream there, learn why guns are missing from the new Looney Tunes show, and why HBO Max pulled Gone With the Wind from its service.

Citing popular demand following blowback from fans over its earlier decision to pull several DC movies from its streaming library beginning in July, HBO Max has now extended the availability of several notable DC movies through December 2020. Those DC films are:

• Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice, 2016
• Justice League, 2017
• Suicide Squad, 2016
• Superman: The Movie, 1978
• Superman II, 1980
• Superman III, 1983
• Superman IV: The Quest for Peace, 1987
• Superman: Unbound, 2013*
• Watchmen (Movie), 2009*
• Wonder Woman, 2017

*Available starting July 1, 2020 on HBO Max. Our original report from June 10 follows. [poilib element="accentDivider"] HBO Max launched at the end of May, with many DC movies fans might have expected to see on WarnerMedia's new streaming service missing at time of launch. Starting July 1, even more notable DC movies will be unavailable to watch on HBO Max. ComicBook.com confirmed that Justice League, Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice, Wonder Woman, Suicide Squad, Batman, Batman Returns, Batman Forever, Batman & Robin, Catwoman, Jonah Hex, and The Losers will all be pulled from rotation as of July 1. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=the-dark-knight-trilogy-and-more-dc-movies-and-series-missing-on-hbo-max&captions=true"] An HBO Max spokesperson said, "We have a collection of DC films that will rotate on the platform. We have a new batch coming in July and then another batch coming in August." Precisely which DC movies will be coming in August remains unclear, nor is it clear when those pulled DC titles might return to HBO Max. As the site points out, the only DC movies currently available on HBO Max that will stay in rotation through July are Aquaman, Shazam!, Joker, Green Lantern, and Supergirl. Will so few DC titles be enough to satiate fans and subscribers until HBO Max releases The Snyder Cut of Justice League next year? Let us know in the comments. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/darkseid-revealed-for-the-snyder-cut-of-justice-league-ign-now"] For more coverage, check out our HBO Max review, our breakdown of all the new HBO Max shows, discover what anime is available to stream there, learn why guns are missing from the new Looney Tunes show, and why HBO Max pulled Gone With the Wind from its service.

Home arcade cabinet manufacturer Arcade1Up has announced four new machines: Ms. Pac-Man, Big Buck Hunter, a Marvel vs. Capcom / X-Men vs. Street Fighter crossover and a physical table featuring Zen Studios' digital Marvel Pinball. Announced exclusively with IGN today, Arcade1Up says these mark some of the company's most-anticipated releases in its history. All of these machines will be available to buy before the end of 2020. Check out trailers for all four machines below:

Arcade 1Up Ms. Pac-Man Cabinet

[ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/06/10/ms-pac-man-arcade-cabinet-announcement-trailer"] Ms. Pac-Man is a recreation of the original cabinets, coming in multiple form factors. Ms. Pac-Man has been at the centre of licensing battles over the years, making this a major coup for Arcade1Up, and marks the first time the arcade version has been available in an at-home format. It will be available to pre-order later this year.

Games Included in the Arcade 1Up Ms. Pac-Man Cabinet

• Ms. Pac-Man
• Galaxian
• Pac-Mania
• Pac-Man Plus

Arcade 1Up Marvel Cabinets

[ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/06/10/x-men-vs-street-fighter-arcade-cabinet-announcement-trailer"] Arcade1Up's crossover Marvel cabinets brings together two classic crossover fighting games and... crosses them over. The two versions of the new machine features Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Superheroes, X-Men vs. Street Fighter as themes (and each include several other Marvel-related arcade games) designed for home use.

Games Included in the Arcade 1Up X-Men vs. Street Fighter Cabinet

• X-Men vs. Street Fighter
• Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Superheroes
• X-Men: Children of the Atom
• X-Men: Mutant Apocalypse

Games Included in the Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Superheroes Cabinet

• Marvel Super-Heroes: War of the Gems
• X-Men vs. Street Fighter
• Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Superheroes
• Mavel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter

Arcade 1Up Marvel Pinball Cabinet

[ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/06/10/marvel-digital-pinball-machine-announcement-trailer"] Marvel Digital Pinball is a little more left-field, taking Zen Studios' well-known digital pinball game and housing it inside a physical table. The table features an accelerometer to allow for real nudging in the digital game, solenoid-enabled buttons for proper feedback, and a 24" recessed screen. The machine will include 10 pre-loaded Marvel tables from Zen, which can be accessed from user controls where you'd usually find the table's coin slot. We've reached out about the full list of games.

Arcade 1Up Big Buck Hunter Cabinet

[ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/06/10/big-buck-hunter-arcade-cabinet-announcement-trailer"] Finally, Arcade1Up has partnered with Play Mechanix to bring its Big Buck Hunter franchise to a mid-sized machine. The first Arcade1Up cabinet to feature lightguns, it will be modeled after the original Big Buck Hunter Pro cabinet, but will feature content from four different games in the series: Big Buck Hunter Pro, Big Buck Hunter Pro Open Season, Big Buck Safari and Big Buck Safari Outback.

Games Included in the Arcade1Up Big Buck Hunter Cabinet

• Big Buck Hunter Pro
• Big Buck Hunter Pro Open Season
• Big Buck Safari
• Big Buck Safari Outback

There's much, much more to see from today's IGN Expo, and we're running the Summer of Gaming throughout June – here's the Summer of Gaming full schedule. All month, we're supporting some incredibly important causes – the World Health Organisation and The Bail Project – if you are able, help us support them too at donate.ign.com. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Joe Skrebels is IGN's Executive Editor of News. Follow him on Twitter.