Author: Game Infliction

Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (2nd November)

Wandering Kamurochō.

The weekend is here folks, so it’s time to wash away the stresses of the working week and relax with some gaming.

Before we find out what we’re up to this week, however, let’s see what’s been going on in the world of Nintendo. It’s been a bit of a big week, and although we didn’t get the ‘Switch 2’ reveal that many were perhaps hoping for, Nintendo did nevertheless launch a new ‘Nintendo Music’ mobile app and the Pokémon TCG Pocket mobile game. It also revealed the release date for Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp Complete along with a surprise Switch port of Xenoblade Chronicles X.

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Video: Nintendo Puts Mario & Luigi: Brothership In The Spotlight With This Jolly Sea Shanty

“Yo-Ho, Bro!”.

Nintendo often comes up with all sorts of ways to market its games and for the upcoming release Mario & Luigi: Brothership, it’s decided to release ‘A Sea Shanty’.

In this brand new adventure, the Mario brothers will set sail on ‘Shipshape Island’ (part ship, part island) as they journey the vast world of Concordia. You’ll even be launched out of Shipshape’s cannon to “visit, explore, and quest” across islands.

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Video: 10 Exciting New Games Coming To Nintendo Switch In November 2024

Mario & Luigi, Dragon Quest and more.

We’ve made it to the second last month of the year and there’s a whole bunch of games to be excited about!

The big Nintendo release in November is Mario & Luigi: Brothership. Apart from this, Farmagia is already available, Metal Slug Tactics arrives next week and then there are plenty of other anticipated releases like Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake and LEGO Horizon Adventures to look forward to.

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Video: Digital Foundry’s Technical Analysis Of Sonic X Shadow Generations

“Team Sonic has largely done a great job”.

Sonic X Shadow Generations launched on the Switch last week and Digital Foundry has now released its technical analysis.

In the original release on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, Sonic Generations ran at 880 x 720p at 30 frames per second. In the new Switch release, the game runs at 1080p and technically a “super-weird 31.5fps”. According to Digital Foundry, there’s a “constant stutter” in this particular version of the game as well.

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BioWare Has No Plans for Dragon Age: The Veilguard DLC as It Turns Its Attention to Mass Effect 5

BioWare currently has no plans for downloadable Dragon Age: The Veilguard expansions, seemingly scuttling any hopes for DLC on the order of fan-favorite releases like Trespasser or Awakening. Instead, Rolling Stone reports that BioWare’s “full attention has shifted entirely to the next Mass Effect” now that Dragon Age is officially out in the wild.

While BioWare didn’t offer any follow-up details in Rolling Stone’s report, IGN understands that the studio plans to support The Veilguard with quality-of-life improvements and a handful of smaller content updates. We have reached out to EA for more details.

BioWare’s decision not to release a DLC expansion may come as a surprise given its history with Mass Effect, Dragon Age, and Baldur’s Gate 2. DLC episodes like Mass Effect 2’s Lair of the Shadowbroker, the Dragon Age 2 prequel Leliana’s Song, and the aforementioned Trespasser include some of BioWare’s best-loved stories, offering a deeper look at their worlds and characters. But having finally finished its decade-long journey with The Veilguard, BioWare seems ready to focus its attention on Mass Effect, which has been largely on hold due to the studio focusing all of its efforts on shipping Dragon Age.

In the meantime, fans are busy digging into BioWare’s latest RPG after Dragon Age’s release on Thursday, propelling it to new highs for an EA game on Steam. They have plenty to find even without DLC — estimates on IGN sister site HowLongToBeat suggest that it can take upwards of 88 hours to complete the main story while doing sidequests. We wrote in our review, “Dragon Age: The Veilguard refreshes and reinvigorates a storied series that stumbled through its middle years, and leaves no doubt that it deserves its place in the RPG pantheon.

For more, check out our guide to the major choices in Dragon Age: The Veilguard as well as our complete romance guide.

Kat Bailey is IGN’s News Director as well as co-host of Nintendo Voice Chat. Have a tip? Send her a DM at @the_katbot.

Fortnite Announces Music-Inspired OG Chapter 2 ‘Remix’ Season with spots from Snoop Dogg, Eminem, and More

Fortnite announced today that it is rolling out a new OG Battle Royale season, called Chapter 2 Remix, in partnership with Snoop Dogg, Ice Spice, Eminem, and, posthumously, Juice WLRD. In each week of November, Fortnite will have a waterfall rollout of new map locations “revamped” by the artists, culminating in a finale event.

Week 1 will have Snoop Dogg’s touch, remixing the point of interest formerly known as The Agency as The Dogg Pound. It will also bring back the boogie bomb that triggers “Drop It Like It’s Hot.”

Week 2 will reveal Eminem’s takeover of The Grotto as Spaghetti Grotto (a play on his Mom’s Spaghetti restaurant in Detroit) with a “Rap God” machine gun that spits out lyrics to the 2013 song.

Week 3 drops Ice Spice’s Y2K, New York-inspired Shark Island. Finally, Week 4 will pay homage to Juice WLRD, who died from a seizure in 2021 at just 21 years old. Epic says it worked closely with his mother, estate, and label, Interscope to bring this to life. “Jarad always loved to play Fortnite – it was more than just entertainment for him, it was a way to connect with others,” his mother, Carmela Wallace, said in a statement.

The new season will launch in three phases: on November 1, with The Prelude; on November 2, with the offical launch of Chapter 2, and on November 30, with The Finale, which will be a yet-to-be-announced in-game event. Any players who attend, however, will receive a free cel-shaded outfit.

“We’re starting to see artists understand that gaming is an interesting and important place to meet fans where they are,” said Nate Nanzer, VP of Global Partnerships, at a press event. “There’s a lot of experimentation bringing music and gaming closer together.”

Emily Levy, the director of strategic partnerships, said that artists see an 8.7% lift of consumption on streaming platforms after bringing music into the game. “Fortnite has become a necessary stop for artists on their tours, engage on their campaigns, release cycles,” she said.

At the same event, Fortnite also announced kicks, a new cosmetic item; players will now be able to pick cusom shoes for their avatars to wear. The first will be a classic pair of Air Jordan high tops.

Leanna Butkovic is IGN’s Editorial Project Manager.

Monster Hunter Wilds Players Have Run Into Some Wildly Low-Poly Monsters, and Now They’re Posting Their Favorites

Capcom officially unleashed the Monster Hunter Wilds beta test for everyone on Thursday, and some players are finding that its creatures are a bit…flat.

The Monster Hunter series is known for many things, but its history of delivering creative, detailed monsters is easily one of its biggest draws. While the franchise’s next major entry, Wilds, will surely be no different when it launches early next year, those who hopped into its pre-release beta yesterday are finding that its monsters don’t look quite as they expected. Specifically, many creatures currently sport low-poly models that make them look like they just hopped straight of a PS1 game.

It’s unclear what exactly is causing these low-poly monsters to infest the Monster Hunter Wilds beta, but it appears that PC players are being affected the most. While an issue as widespread as this would be a concern for players who just picked up a finished game, there are those who can’t help but find the fun in this visual glitch during this pre-launch test. Many, including X/Twitter user @khitwins, have taken the opportunity to collect their findings in a thread of posts while asking others to do the same. Reddit user 5centipersecond took things a step further by creating fan art of a monster that looks more like a futuristic motorcycle.

The monsters are the cream of the crop – it really only gets funnier as you scroll through – but the angular models don’t stop at everyone’s favorite huntable creatures. Hunters and even fish have fallen ill to the polygonal virus as well, with players finding more than a few instances of flat people wandering around Monster Hunter Wilds, too.

For now, Capcom has yet to comment on glitch. Let’s hope a fix arrives before launch.

Monster Hunter Wilds launches for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X | S on February 28, 2025. Despite the technical hiccups keeping players from seeing the monsters in all of their glory, the beta is off to a remarkably strong start. Today, we reported that it had reached a peak of 463k players on Steam alone, with the possibility to reach an even higher number on the way as the weekend rolls on. You can dive in for yourself on any of the aforementioned platforms before the beta concludes Sunday, November 3.

Michael Cripe is a freelance contributor with IGN. He started writing in the industry in 2017 and is best known for his work at outlets such as The Pitch, The Escapist, OnlySP, and Gameranx.

Be sure to give him a follow on Twitter @MikeCripe.

Random: This Guy Found A Lost Pokémon Emerald Cartridge And Flew To Japan To ‘Heal’ It

And he documented the full journey on TikTok.

If you cast your mind back a couple of years, you might recall a rather heartwarming story about a guy who stumbled across an “abandoned” copy of Nintendogs on a late-night train home and set out trying to find the lost pups’ owner. It was a sweet tale told in five parts by content creator and Nintendo Life reader Ben Riou-Pollard (@ben.m0v), and now, two years later, he’s only gone and done it again.

Fear not, this isn’t another story of dog abandonment, but it is one of abandoned Pokémon. You see, while hitting up a local car boot sale earlier this month, another lost game found its way into Ben’s path: a battered old copy of Pokémon Emerald. And so, naturally, we’re once again buying a ticket to another emotional rollercoaster of a TikTok series.

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Official PlayStation Podcast Episode 499: Facehuggin’ Fun

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Hey folks! This week the gang returns for a quick episode to discuss the news and upcoming releases. Plus, we get into hands-on impressions of the eerily immersive PS VR2 game Alien: Rogue Incursion coming in December.

Stuff We Talked About

  • Next week’s release highlights:
    • Metro Awakening | PS VR2
  • Alien: Rogue Incursion PS VR 2 hands-on details
  • Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Rita’s Rewind details
  • Horizon Zero Dawn Remaster pre-launch details
  • PS Plus Monthly Games November
    •  Hot Wheels Unleashed 2 – Turbocharged
    •  Ghostwire: Tokyo
    •  Death Note Killer Within
  • Theatrhythm Final Bar Line
  • Darkest Dungeon

The Cast

Sid Shuman – Senior Director of Content Communications, SIE

Tim Turi – Content Communications Manager, SIE

Brett Elston – Content Communications Manager, SIE

Thanks to Dormilón for our rad theme song and show music.

[Editor’s note: PSN game release dates are subject to change without notice. Game details are gathered from press releases from their individual publishers and/or ESRB rating descriptions.]