October 2023
How to Rate Games on IGN
While it’s not quite over yet, 2023 has certainly been an incredible year for game releases. Whether we look back on it as one of the greatest years in gaming history remains to be seen, but there’s a good chance we’ll be talking about The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Baldur’s Gate 3, […]
M3 MacBook 14 vs. M3 Pro MacBook 14
We’re going to pit the M3 MacBook Pro 14 against the M3 Pro MacBook Pro. Let’s get ready to rumble! The M3 MacBook Pro 14 has the most affordable starting price out of all the MacBooks dropped during the “Scary Fast” event on Oct. 30. If you need something more powerful to compliment your resource-intensive […]
Bungie CEO Claims Layoffs Were Due to Destiny 2 Underperformance
In an internal town hall meeting addressing a Monday round of layoffs that impacted multiple departments, Bungie CEO Pete Parsons allegedly told remaining employees that the company had kept “the right people” to continue work on Destiny 2. Speaking to multiple current and recently laid off employees, IGN has confirmed reports that Bungie took responsibility […]
Elon Musk shares X ‘everything app’ plan in leaked all-hands
Since Elon Musk bought Twitter a year ago, he has blown it up to create something else entirely. What is now called X is in the process of becoming “a single application that encompasses everything,” he recently told employees. Being the “digital town square,” as he has described Twitter in the past, isn’t enough. For […]
Five Great Horror RPGs to Play During Halloween
Great horror RPGs are more difficult to find than you might think. Despite clever innovations like the sanity stat, role-playing designers still tend to favor swords and sorcery over everything else (just ask sci-fi fans). That doesn’t mean there aren’t some perfectly scary RPGs out there, though. Whether they feature raw psychological horror or more […]
M2 versus M3: how the new MacBook Pros compare
In addition to a new iMac, Apple announced new M3-powered versions of the 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pro during its “Scary Fast” event on Monday. The new laptops can be configured with either the M3, M3 Pro, or M3 Max chip, all of which should offer larger performance gains than the last-gen M2 chip. Each MacBook […]
The Best Horror Video Game Face-Off (2023 Edition): The Winner Revealed
Last week we launched IGN’s Festival of Fear, and part of the occassion was marked by the return of our Best Horror Video Game Face-Off. We added the latest batch of terrifying games to the list, like Resident Evil 4 Remake, Lies of P, and Sons of the Forest to see if any of them […]
Google and Match Group reach settlement in app store antitrust case
Google and Match announced today they’ve reached a settlement in the antitrust battle Match waged against the tech giant, even as the court case continues with Fortnite maker Epic Games. As part of the settlement agreement, Match Group — which owns Tinder, Hinge, OKCupid, Match.com, and others — will be able to implement “user choice […]
The Arkham Asylum Files: Panic in Gotham City Board Game Review
After launching a successful Kickstarter campaign in 2022 that raised over $300,000, the first game from creator Infinite Rabbit Holes is here with The Arkham Asylum Files: Panic in Gotham City. This is a unique experience that blends a physical game board featuring a buildable version of Gotham City with augmented reality puzzles and story […]
The Anime Industry Celebrates Halloween 2023 in Style (UPDATED)
The anime industry is celebrating another spooktacular Halloween season in 2023 with special visuals and illustrations of characters in costume. Despite the ban of Japan’s infamous Halloween celebrations at Shibuya crossing this year, that hasn’t stopped the fun of celebrating all things scary and exciting, as October comes to a close. Here are some of […]