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Humankind, the next game from Endless Legend and Endless Space developer Amplitude Studios, is a 4X strategy title that will use an “OpenDev” platform to gather player feedback ahead of launch. In a new post on publisher Sega’s website, it’s been announced that the game will launch in 2021, but that the developers are currently taking applications for a free early access period where players will be able to test certain scenarios and have an impact on development.

You can sign up for the OpenDev initiative now. Players who register right now will potentially be able to access three limited-time scenarios–Towers of Babylon, Battles of History, and Hold the Fort, each seemingly exploring a different period from history.

In the trailer below, being part of OpenDev is compared to joining the game’s development team. Humankind was originally due to release in 2020, but the COVID-19 pandemic has complicated the game’s development.

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Star Wars Celebration 2020 was officially cancelled Monday due to the ongoing novel coronavirus pandemic.

Star Wars Celebration will return to the Anaheim Convention Center on August 18-21, 2022.

StarWars.com has posted details on how fans can get refunds to Star Wars Celebration 2020:

“Fans who were planning to attend Star Wars Celebration Anaheim this year may either transfer their current ticket purchase to the new event dates, receive a refund or receive a credit for Star Wars Celebration merchandise. As a token of our appreciation and to thank all Star Wars Celebration 2020 fans who choose to transfer their tickets to the 2022 show, we are excited to offer a free exclusive Star Wars Celebration stormtrooper character pin for all transferred tickets.”

The ticket refund and merchandise credit request period opens Monday, June 22. The official site says these requests must be completed by August 26, 2020.

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Be sure to check out StarWarsCelebration,com for additional information on hotel cancellations, any existing merchandise pre-orders, and how to get a free exclusive Star Wars Celebration stormtrooper character pin as a token of the convention’s appreciation.

For more Star Wars coverage, find out everything you need to know to pre-order Star Wars: Squadrons, enjoy our Star Wars: Jedi Temple Challenge review, and discover who IGN readers picked as the best Star Wars character of all time.

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Madden NFL 21 will be formally announced on June 16, but ahead of that, the NFL’s social media page The Checkdown has posted a teaser where NFL stars react to the cover.

We know that Baltimore Ravens QB Lamar Jackson is on the cover, but the cover itself has not been released. EA Sport showed it to some of Jackson’s teammates, and their reactions are priceless. In this video, Mark Ingram, Willie Snead, Orlando Brown Jr., Mark Andrews, Ronnie Stanley, and Justin Tucker share their thoughts on the cover. They are all really excited for their teammate; some can’t even get words out. It’s a pretty wonderful video–have a look below.

Jackson was recently in the news after a viral video showed him playing football on the beach, before taking a tumble over a jet ski and falling into the water. Ravens fans were understandably worried, and there is no word yet on if he got hurt. Hopefully not.

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Corepunk – the upcoming traditional style MMORPG – will include a huge endgame, with 60% of the game’s content designed for those who reach the highest possible level.

Revealed as part of today’s IGN Expo, we got a look at brand new gameplay from the game – which is designed to feel like classic MMOs, but with a seamless world and fog of war. Alongside the gameplay, we spoke to producer Eugene Kiver, who discussed how the game is built for those who’ll dedicate the most time to it.

“That’s a problem for modern MMOs – too little of high-end content. Basically, 40% of our game is for you to get to the cap level, and after that 60% of the game is high-level content. It’s open world, it’s a vast wilderness where you can find rare monsters, rare world bosses. That’s dungeons: randomly-generated dungeons and custom dungeons. There’s also raids, arenas, battlegrounds – just plenty of things to do.”

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In fact, much of the game’s design seems to have been built to run counter to current trends in the massively multiplayer game space. Kiver points to the fact that the genre is currently focused on instance-based and session-based games, while Corepunk is more traditional, designed to allow for thousands of players to play in a persistent world.

One of the game’s key differences from classic MMOs, however, is a fog of war. The feature, more traditional in RTS games, is designed to make the game feel more surprising, allowing for players to both plan for or be surprised by ambushes, while exploration becomes more surprising.

There’s a lot more information about the upcoming game in the interview above. If you like what you hear, you can sign up for an upcoming closed beta now.

There’s much, much more to see from today’s IGN Expo, and we’re running the Summer of Gaming throughout June – here’s the Summer of Gaming full schedule. All month, we’re supporting some incredibly important causes – the World Health Organisation and The Bail Project – if you are able, help us support them too at donate.ign.com.

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It was back in March that the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic caused much of the United States and the world to shut down, as people sheltered in their homes and limited exposure to each other as much as they could. Almost everything closed, from stores and restaurants to movie theaters and theme parks.

Now, months later, most US states are in some stage of reopening and that means people are gathering in groups once again, even as the number of COVID-19 cases in the US has topped 2 million. As the world slowly comes back online, though, you might find yourself wondering what the experience of going places is going to be like now. I, myself, wondered that very same thing recently after realizing I likely won’t feel comfortable in a movie theater or theme park for some time.

And yet, when the news came that Universal Studios Orlando would be opening its doors to guests once again beginning in early June, I felt drawn to it. I wanted to experience what visiting a theme park is like in a post- or mid-COVID-19 world. I wanted to see firsthand how these recreational activities we took largely for granted have changed, possibly indefinitely. How different is it? Does it dampen the experience? More importantly, does it actually feel safe? These are the questions I had when I set foot in Universal Studios Orlando to visit a theme park for the first time since a global pandemic introduced a new normal.

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The Destroy All Humans! remake isn’t just attempting to polish up the original game, but adding to it to make it feel like a modern version of the 2005 destruction sandbox.

In an interview as part of IGN Expo today, Black Forest Games’ Dennis Schiefer and Stefan Schmitz covered what has been added along the way while showing off 12 minutes of new gameplay (which you can watch below). The overall philosophy from Schiefer is, “We’re not making a remake of the original game, we’re making remake of the memories players have of that game.”

While the core of the original game’s on-foot combat, psycic abilities and UFO combat all remain intact, Black Forest has added synergies between weapons and psychic powers meaning, for instance, you can throw a grenade and then propel it with telekinesis to fire it more like a rocket. Crypto’s flying saucer can now also shoot its death ray directly downwards, Independence Day-style, to indulge the UFO fantasy better.

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Controls were also a major focus for Black Forest Games, implementing fixes from the Destroy All Humans sequels and adding them to the first game – as well as adding a lock-on system, a new dash move, and the Skate ability, which lets you fly through the world at high speed.

Destroy All Humans! will be released for Xbox One, PS4, PC and Stadia on July 28.

There’s much, much more to see from today’s IGN Expo, and we’re running the Summer of Gaming throughout June – here’s the Summer of Gaming full schedule. All month, we’re supporting some incredibly important causes – the World Health Organisation and The Bail Project – if you are able, help us support them too at donate.ign.com.

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Joe Skrebels is IGN’s Executive Editor of News. Follow him on Twitter.

If you’re into collecting video game figurines, you’re probably aware of Nendoroids, which offer chibi versions of popular characters. They’re higher quality (and thus more expensive) than the more mainstream Funko Pop figures, but Nendoroids are true collectibles that look pretty awesome lined up on a shelf. The latest video-game Nendoroid to catch our eye is this incredible figure portraying Sun Goddess (and Very Good Pup) Amaterasu, from the critically acclaimed 2006 game Okami. Pre-orders just opened for the new Amaterasu Nendoroid–which was created with character designer Kenichiro Yoshimura–with two purchase options available.

Okami Amaterasu Nendoroid | $53

The regular Amaterasu Nendoroid is available for $53, while the DX version is a bit pricier at $74. Both versions include optional parts so you can set up the adorable wolf with different facial expressions and poses. Buying the regular version gets you two different faceplates for Amaterasu: a “gallant” expression and a “charming, open-mouthed” expression. The figure also comes with Amaterasu’s traveling companion Issun and the Reflector Divine Retribution used for fighting demons.

Okami Amaterasu DX Ver. Nendoroid | $74

For about $20 more, you can get the DX version of the Okami Nendoroid, which comes with all of the above as well as an alternate set of legs, the Glaive Tsumugari, Devout Beads Rosary, and Oddly Shaped Turnip.

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It’s a brand-new week, and that means there is plenty of new content coming to Netflix. From movies to TV shows to anime to original content, you may have trouble figuring out what’s best to watch for you, unless you want to pick something from the Top 10. Below, you’ll find everything coming to Netflix this week.

One of the things to keep your eye on this week is the anime A Whisker Away, which arrives on Thursday. The movie follows a young girl who falls deeply in love with a boy that goes to her school. In order to get close to him, she transforms into a cat. However, her choice to turn into an animal has some interesting consequences. Sadly, that’s the only anime arriving to Netflix this week.

Remember the game you played as a kid where the floor was lava, and you couldn’t touch it? Well, Netflix made that into a game show called–get ready for this–Floor is Lava. On this new series, teams have to walk across a room without touching the ground, and they can do so by swining on a chandelier or hanging from a curtain. It’s pretty much the summertime, and it’s prime season for dumb–yet entertaining–game shows. You can check out Floor is Lava when it debuts on Friday.

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