How Elite Influenced Starfield and 40 Years of Space Games
“One of the first things I wrote in machine code was an expanding starfield. Just literally flying through it, and I found it mesmerizing. I thought ‘It has to be a game.’” That was the moment David Braben,...
Space Week Face-Off Winner: The Best Space Game Revealed
Space Week is still happening over here at IGN, and today we're proud to present the winners of our best space game Face-Off! After thousands and thousands of 1v1 battles with matchups like No Man's Sky vs. the...
I Wish Starfield Had Fallout-Style Radio Stations
Starfield, Bethesda’s new space RPG, is vast, and I’ve spent plenty of hours just running around its planets and cities exploring. And all this exploring and looting has been a lot of fun! But it would be better...
Starfield's Best Factions & Quests So Far (Spoiler-Free Guide)
Alright, look. Starfield is a big game with so much to do it's frankly overwhelming. And once you’re past the introduction the game leaves it up to you. That freedom is exciting, but comes with the potential risk...
JK: Hayao Miyazaki Isn't Retiring From Making Ghibli Movies After All
Photo: Frazer Harrison (Getty Images)Contrary to popular belief, How Do You Live? (aka The Boy and the Heron) will no longer be Studio Ghibli director Hayao Miyazaki’s final film.The Week In Games: High...
Starfield: The Best Ship to Get Early
Space combat in Starfield only gets more challenging as you progress through the main story, but the Frontier isn't going to get any better unless you invest in it. Instead of upgrading the ship you've got buying a...
The Best Starfield Mods So Far
Starfield has only been out in early access for a week at the time of writing, but that hasn’t stopped the modding community from already diving into the game and improving it in a myriad of ways. While...
Starfield Isn’t The Future Of Video Games, And That’s Okay
In the months (nay, years) leading up to Starfield’s September 6 release, the hype for the Bethesda RPG grew and grew until it was a heretofore unseen beast, a giant Kaiju of expectation that threatened to take down...
Firearms Expert Reacts to Starfield’s Guns
Jonathan Ferguson, a weapons expert and Keeper of Firearms & Artillery at the Royal Armouries, breaks down the guns of Starfield, including the P90 in space, the Grendel, a version of the 1911 called the Old Earth Pistol,...
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners Creator's New Manga Series Has A Wildly Unique Premise
We might never get a second season of Netflix’s Cyberpunk: Edgerunners anime, but its creator is keeping us fed with a cool new manga series with a fresh premise.Phantom Liberty Is Undoing One Key Thing That Cyberpunk Got...