Magic: The Gathering is entering the MMO space with Magic: Legends.
Revealed at The Game Awards 2019, Cryptic Studios, Perfect World, and Wizards of the Coast are teaming up for Magic: Legends, an MMO action RPG “set across the iconic planes of Magic: The Gathering.” You can watch the reveal trailer below.
Beta testing for Magic: Legends starts sometime in 2020, but signups are live now. Additional gameplay details for Magic: Legends will be revealed in January 2020.
During The Game Awards Thursday, publisher Devolver Digital and WolfEye Studios announced the new developer’s debut game, Weird West.
Weird West is described as “an action RPG experience set within a surreal vision of the developing frontier.” It will mix fantasy monsters with a darker take on western gunslingers and have an isometric, top-down view on the action below.
A press release accompanying the announcement also explained that “each journey is unique and tailored to the actions taken – a series of high stakes stories where everything counts and the world reacts to the choices you make.” This could imply it has some sort of replayable or roguelike structure, but that’s just my own speculation as it could easily mean it’s simply a linear game with reactive systems too.
At The Game Awards 2019, the next-gen console finally earned its official name: The Xbox Series X. Initially revealed at the E3 2019 press conference as Project Scarlett, specifics about the console have been scarce. Microsoft has given us some concrete details to focus on, however, including its release window, a major launch title and more.
Xbox Series X Console Design and Images
At The Game Awards 2019, we were given our first look at Xbox Series X. Standing vertically in what looks to be a matte black finish, Microsoft’s fourth-generation console features a power button with the signature Xbox insignia at the top that lights up white when pressed on. There’s metal mesh across the top of the console that gets backlit with an Xbox green glow as well.
Brand-new Ori and the Will of the Wisps gameplay was shown off at The Game Awards Thursday night (see the video above), along with the announcement that its release date has been delayed by one month.
Ori and the Will of the Wisps will now release on March 11, 2020 opposed to the previous date of February 11, 2020.
The gameplay briefly showed new levels and monsters to fight in what looks to be even more intense situations.
It will launch on Xbox Game Pass and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate the same day, and also be available on PC and Steam. At Gamescom earlier on this year, we learned about the addition of spirit trials to the Ori series, which will allow you to asynchronously race against your friends – and the rest of the world – to claim the best times.
Apex Legends is getting all dressed up for the holiday season with a new event called Mirage’s Holo-Day Bash, which includes new activities, cosmetics, and a double XP weekend.
Announced at The Game Awards, this holiday event runs from December 12 through January 7 and features a new limited-time mode called Winter Express. In it, squads of three with pre-set loadouts and fight to capture the World’s Edge train. The first squad to capture the train three times wins. Then there’s the Mirage Voyage Town Takeover, a special party boat loaded with a hot tub, dance floor with dancing Mirage’s, and fireworks. And finally, the double XP weekend starts at 10 AM PT on Friday, December 13 and runs until 10 AM PT on Monday, December 16.
A spiritual successor to the fan-favorite Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance series has been revealed, called Dark Alliance, developed by Montreal-based studio Tuque Games and Dungeons & Dragons publisher Wizards of the Coast.
Debuted during The Game Awards, Dark Alliance is slated to come to PC and consoles in Fall 2020 as a third-person action-RPG for up to four players in local or online cooperative play, with a heavy emphasis on action, along with character progression and loot systems to flesh out its roleplaying elements.
Check out the bloody, snow-covered Dark Alliance reveal trailer above.
Dark Alliance has players taking on the roles of some of Dungeons & Dragons’ most famous characters, created by famed fantasy author R.A. Salvatore: Drizzt Do’Urden, the legendary Drow Ranger, and his companions: the dwarf Bruenor Battlehammer, and the humans Catti-Brie, and Wulfgar.
Artists involved with the making of the Cyberpunk 2077 soundtrack were revealed during The Game Awards.
The musicians shown were Run the Jewels, Refused, Grimes, ASAP Rocky, Gazelle Twin, Ilan Rubin, Richard Devine, Nina Kraviz, Deadly Hunta, Rat Boy, and Tina Guo.
“We want to provide you with the soundtrack to f***ing s**t up,” said Killer Mike of Run the Jewels. Nina Kraviz, meanwhile, called her contribution to the soundtrack “psychedelic, trippy, yet uplifting and engaging.”
Cyberpunk 2077 will be released on April 16, 2020.
Ultimate Rivals: The Rink, a new game from Bit Fry Game Studios, brings NHL, NBA, NFL, MLB, WNBA, and U.S. WOmen’s National Soccer Team players together in one game for two-on-two hockey action.
Now available exclusively for Apple Arcade, Ultimate Rivals: The RInk includes nearly 60 athletes from across major professional leagues, competing either against AI or in online multiplayer. Ultimate Rivals can be played on iPhone, iPad, Apple TV and Mac, and will be followed by Ultimate Rivals: The Court, a basketball-focused game, in 2020.
Sons of the Forest, a new game from Endnight, was revealed at The Game Awards.
Not much was revealed about Sons of the Forest in the trailer, but there were plenty of humanoid enemies crawling around dark areas and the player character was equipped with weapons. Endnight’s previous game, The Forest, is an open-world survival horror game, and Sons of the Forest certainly seems like it’ll be carrying on the horror aspect.
IGN gave The Forest an 8.4 last year for its ability to mix exploration and horror in its “story-rich survival horror sandbox.”
Miranda Sanchez is an executive editor at IGN. You can chat with her about video games and anime on Twitter.
We’re a few hours away from The Game Awards, which streams live tonight at 5:30 PM PT / 8:30 PM ET. In conjunction with the fifth annual event, the Nintendo Eshop is holding a sale on a bevy of Switch games.
Of the games on the list, five are nominated for an award or two. This includes Gris (Best Art Direction, Games For Impact, and Fresh Indie Game), Katana Zero (Best Independent Game), Mortal Kombat 11 (Best Fighting Game), Sayonara Wild Hearts (Best Art Direction, Best Score/Music, and Best Mobile Game), and Wargroove (Best Strategy Game). You check out the list below, along with their original and discounted price.
Nintendo Switch Eshop Deals for The Game Awards 2019
Cadence of Hyrule: Crypt of the NecroDancer Featuring The Legend of Zelda — $17.49 ($25)
Celeste — $10 ($20)
Crypt of the NecroDancer: Nintendo Switch Edition — $4 ($20)