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'It's the Only Genre Where Its Name Is a Mechanic' — Ex-Marathon Dev Explains Why He Really Hates the Term 'Extraction Shooter'

November 12, 2025
Former Bungie developer Chris Sides has called out the term “extraction shooter,” saying it’s a “terrible” genre name because it doesn’t tell the player what to expect from the game. Talking on the Shooter Monthly podcast, the former director of product on Bungie’s upcoming Marathon didn’t hold back, stressing that with so many distinct games…
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IGN AU Retrospective: PlayStation Turns 30 in Australia

November 12, 2025
Incredibly, almost unfathomably, the humble original PlayStation, our little grey slab of joy, is turning 30. It’s got grey hairs, now old enough to have a couple of kids, a few different careers, a car in the garage. You could say it’s accomplished all those…
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The 100 Best Nintendo Games of All Time

November 11, 2025
Video games are synonymous with the name Nintendo. But which of the hundreds of incredible games that have graced the legendary Japanese company’s numerous home and handheld consoles are the best? Well, here at IGN, we’ve teamed up with our friends at Nintendo Life to try and answer that question. What follows is the 100 best Nintendo games of all time, based on a combination of each site’s…
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The Winners and Losers of the GTA 6 Delay

November 10, 2025
I’m not sure if you’ve heard, but GTA 6 has been delayed again. Yes, Rockstar has pushed back Grand Theft Auto’s return to its Miami-inspired setting of Vice City to November 19, 2026. I, for one, am sad about this, as I’m sure you may well also be. But this…
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Pokémon Began Selling Two Versions of Each Game To Try and Beat Mario, Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto Says

November 10, 2025
From Red and Blue to Scarlet and Violet, Pokémon is known for often launching its games with two different versions — and now, Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto has discussed one of the reasons why: to try and rival the sales of his own creation, Super Mario. Since its inception on the Game Boy, Pokémon has typically released its mainline games twice, ensuring diehard fans pay double to own…
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Arc Raiders: Mobilizing Gamers for The Game Awards

November 7, 2025
Shroud has called on his fans to vote for Arc Raiders as Game of the Year 2025 over Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, calling multiplayer gamers “the minority.” Canadian Michael ‘Shroud’ Grzesiek, who specializes in competitive multiplayer first-person shooters, is a…
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'We Had to Stop Focusing on Those Who Hated Us': Ubisoft Says Yasuke Backlash Directly Led to Assassin's Creed Shadows Delay

November 7, 2025
Ubisoft boss Yves Guillemot has discussed last year’s intense backlash to Assassin’s Creed Shadows, and said the unexpected conversation shift “from gameplay to ideology” led directly to its high-profile delay. Speaking during a recent event at Paris Games Week, as reported by GameFile, Guillemot screened a short internal video Ubisoft had created to narrate its response to…
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