IGN Daily Update
IGN Daily Update is a daily podcast covering the world of video games, movies, and television. It delivers the latest news, previews, and reviews from the entertainment industry. The show is produced by IGN, a major gaming and entertainment media outlet. Episodes are short and designed to keep listeners current on key developments.
Episodes
The Social Reckoning Bombs in the Box Office
Rockstar reportedly plans to release GTA 6 on PC during the first quarter of 2027; Beats by Dre has announced an upcoming collaboration with Pokémon
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IGN Gets Hands-On With the New Marvel Comics App
Paramount Pictures is developing a live-action Cyberpunk 2077 film; Deadpool and She-Hulk Are Coming to X-Men '97 Season 3
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IGN Movie Review: Matchbox The Movie
“Based on Matchbox by Mattel.”
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IGN Movie Review: The Social Reckoning
Aaron Sorkin takes on Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook again but this time with mixed results.
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IGN Game Review: Star Wars: Galactic Racer
Roger, Roger ramjet
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The GTA 6 Leaker has Returned
Plus - Rockstar Games has launched a new website which allows you to listen to some of the radio stations and songs that will be featured in GTA 6; Best Buy has announced it will be opening select stores at midnight for the launch of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
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The Odyssey Returns to IMAX
Plus - A new Ape Escape video game is reportedly in the works; According to a report from reliable leaker billbil-kun on French site Dealabs, Forza Horizon 6 will finally land on PS5 early next year
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Former PlayStation Boss Questions Sony's Decision to Kill Discs
Plus - GameStop and Third-Party Resellers Raise Used PS5 Pro Price to $1,400; Spider-Man: Brand New Day is now available to rent or purchase digitally from VOD platforms like Prime Video
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Tom Cruise's Digger Bombs Hard in the Box Office
LEGO has announced three new Batman LEGO sets coming out on January 1st; Marvel star Anthony Mackie has sparked further speculation on the production schedule for Avengers: Secret Wars
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Will GTA 6 Encourage Studios to Charge More for Their Games?
Plus - Disney president Dana Walden has blamed "unusual circumstances" for the live-action Moana movie's disappointing box office numbers; GTA 6 will have sex scenes, according to a new listing from international ratings boards
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IGN Movie Review: Digger
Tom Cruise is back for a global warming satire.
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IGN Game Review: Minecraft Dungeons 2
This shallow sequel provides some peaceful button mashing, but does little to stand out.
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10 New LEGO Set Releasing in October
Plus - GTA's Miami Takeover continues; 24 Jump Street, the long-awaited next installment in the Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum buddy cop franchise, finally has a release date.
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Marvel fans need to prepare for "a very surprising ending" to Avengers: Doomsday
Plus - Coyote vs. Acme is now available to rent or purchase from digital platforms like Prime Video
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GTA 6 Has an 'Advanced' Weather System
Plus - The Witcher 3 Remastered has already broken Steam concurrent player record; Acclaimed filmmaker Guillermo del Toro confirmed that he was involved in early concepts for a BioShock movie, but said the project was ultimately scrapped after a “disastrous” phone call.
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Avengers: Endgame Encore Collects $86 Million at the box office.
Plus - Epic Games' announcement of a Fortnite and Five Nights at Freddy's crossover has now become the battle royale's most-liked post of all time on social media; Set photos have revealed Rachel Weisz reprising her role as Evelyn O'Connell in the upcoming The Mummy movie.
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PlayStation Polling Game Developers After Decision to Kill Discs
A first trailer for Johnny Depp's upcoming movie Day Drinker seems to include several knowing nods at the star's bid for career revival; Nintendo has finally won its long-running lawsuit against a reddit moderator who sold pirated Switch games, and been awarded $4.5 million in damages.
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IGN Movie Review: Heart of the Beast
Heart of Barkness.
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IGN Game Review: Silent Hill: Townfall
Old fog, new tricks.
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GTA 6 Is Getting a $400 Collector's Set Without the Actual Game
Plus - IGN can exclusively reveal the new trailer and poster for the second season of Adventure Time: Side Quests; The Conjuring gets its first-ever video game coming to Netflix next month
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Grand Theft Auto 6's Miami Takeover Begins
Plus - Disney plans to raise the price of Disney+ this week; Grand Theft Auto 5's story DLC was seemingly going to take players to Paris, if leaked footage is anything to go by
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Sega Planned to Kill Sonic the Hedgehog Before Movie Success
Plus - Sega bosses were ready to ditch Sonic the Hedgehog before the franchise's hugely-successful live-action movie helped change their minds; Dragon Ball LEGO sets are coming soon
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Resident Evil Defies Expectations With $108 Million Opening Weekend
Plus - Director Zach Cregger suggested we won't get a "Cregger cut" of Resident Evil, as fans call to see the jokes that got trimmed.
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New GTA 5 Leak Suggests Rockstar Had Ambitious DLC Plans
Plus - Tickets are now on sale online and at participating box offices for the 20th Anniversary theatrical re-release of V for Vendetta; AMC Theaters has revealed its exclusive popcorn bucket for the upcoming Street Fighter movie and it’s a wearable item shaped like Guile’s hair.
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IGN Movie Review: Resident Evil
The best Resident Evil you’ve never played.
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IGN Game Review: Marvel's Wolverine
Good character work props up flashy combat that wears thin over time.
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Spider-Man: Brand New Day Becomes North America's Highest-Grossing Movie of All Time
Plus - Zach Cregger’s Resident Evil is expected to make more money at the box office on opening weekend than any other Resident Evil movie before it; Rockstar will launch a $125 physical edition of the Grand Theft Auto 6 soundtrack, available on limited edition vinyl.
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Rockstar Games Begins Teasing GTA 6's Soundtrack
Plus - Netflix has revealed its logo for Narnia: The Magician's Nephew, the upcoming fantasy blockbuster directed by Barbie's Greta Gerwig; Daniel Craig's first James Bond film, Casino Royale, is returning to theaters very soon for the film's 20th anniversary.
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PlayStation Blackout Boycott Had 'No Significant Change'
Plus - Wardogs’ incredible success has seen it sell 2 million copies after just five days of release; Capcom is opening its first retail store in the U.S.; James Bond game 007 First Light has been delayed yet again on Nintendo Switch 2
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Nintendo GameCube Turns 25 Years Old
Plus - Fortnite has officially confirmed its long-awaited Kingdom Hearts; The first major cast member has confirmed his appearance in Grand Theft Auto 6.
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PlayStation Ditched Kojima's Physint Due to Missed Deadlines and Budget Concerns, Report Claims
Plus - Nintendo Secures Legal Victory Against Sale of Switch Game Piracy Devices; Tom Holland's Spider-Man 5 Reportedly Has a Director, and It's No Surprise Who It Is
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IGN Movie Review: Practical Magic 2
Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman try to enchant us once again.
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IGN Game Review: Onimusha: Way of the Sword
An incredible action game with an excellent story to match.
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Nintendo Announces a 'Customer Appreciation Sale
Plus - Pre-orders went live for Grand Theft Auto 6's new PS5 controllers this morning, and the experience was extremely chaotic.
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The Big Announcements from Nintendo Direct September 2026
Metroid, Kirby, and more!
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5 Big Announcements from The Legend of Zelda 40th Anniversary Direct
Nintendo just dropped a Zelda-dedicated Direct on Tuesday
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IGN Game Review: NHL 27
Nothing is worse than last year, but very little is better either.
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Nintendo Confirms 2 Nintendo Direct Broadcasts This Week
Plus - A flurry of reports point to Marvel secretly mounting a new live-action Disney+ series; Could Blizzard be teasing a new StarCraft game?
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IGN Movie Review: LEGO Star Wars: The Mandalorian
LEGO my Mando.
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IGN Game Review: NBA 2K27
Money doesn’t grow on threes.
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Final Fantasy 7: Revelation Release Date Revealed
Plus - An unreleased Scream game has found its way online thanks to the recent Steam leak; Rockstar Games and PlayStation have revealed a pair of GTA 6-themed PS5 controllers
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GTA 6 Extended Look Tops Netflix Top 10 Chart in First Week
Plus - A Former Disney Interactive concept artist confirmed that Kingdom Hearts inspired a Smash Bros.-like crossover fighting game that never got off the ground; Nintendo has conjured up an eight-player splitscreen mode for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe on Switch 2.
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Sony Reveals Live TV on PS5
Gargoyles creator Greg Weisman has revealed that the live-action adaptation of the '90s cartoon series is no longer moving forward; Nintendo fans believe Ubisoft may have just revealed the date of the next Nintendo Direct
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Ridley Scott's The Dog Stars Bombs in Theaters
Plus -Sony has confirmed not one but two PlayStation State of Play presentations will air later this week
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Grand Theft Auto 6: Extended Look Sparks Netflix Viewership Spike
Hawkeye star Jeremy Renner appears to be teasing a long-awaited return to the MCU; Did you spot the world of Red Dead Redemption 2 in last night's Grand Theft Auto 6 Extended Look?
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IGN TV Review: Reacher Season 4
He’s good at not letting people get away with things.
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IGN Game Review: The Sinking City 2
Lovingly crafted survival horror action.
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Rockstar Reveals GTA 6
Plus - Silent Hill producer Motoi Okamoto says that Konami is gunning for annual releases of new games in its flagship horror franchise; Toy Story 5 is officially coming to Disney+ on September 23rd.
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Rockstar Games Finally Addresses GTA 6 Leaks
Plus: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 will be playable on Nintendo Switch 2 for free this weekend.
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Nintendo's First Switch 2 Bundles Arrive
CyberLeek has dropped another GTA 6 leak video on Tuesday; September's PlayStation Plus monthly games lineup has leaked online ahead of Sony's official announcement.
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GTA 6 Leaks Continue
The past week's extraordinary set of GTA 6 leaks appear to have continued Monday with a significant new release of footage that depicts mass nudity.
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Masters of the Universe Fans Still Have Hope for Sequel
Plus - GTA 6 leaks stretched into a fourth consecutive day; Dave Bautista has officially replaced Ryan Hurst as Kratos in Prime Video's God of War live action series
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IGN Movie Review: Coyote vs. Acme
A few good Tunes.
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IGN Game Review: Madden NFL 27
The gridiron calls once again.
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Physical Video Game Dollar Sales Plunged
Plus - Yet another apparent GTA 6 gameplay video has leaked online from the same group allegedly behind the string of uploads that have hit the internet this week.
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More Fallout From the GTA 6 Leak
Plus - Christian metal band Demon Hunter is suing KPop Demon Hunters streamer Netflix.
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GTA 6 Gameplay and Map Appear to Leak Online
Plus - A GameStop Customer Earns Over $10,000 in Store Credit After Trading in "Hundreds" of Broken Consoles; Tom Holland Could Earn Up to $100 Million for Spider-Man: Brand New Day
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Spider-Man: Brand New Day Becomes First Spider-Man Movie to Reach $2 Billion in Theaters
HBO and Warner Bros. Television announced Monday that It: Welcome to Derry has been renewed for a second season; Pirates of the Caribbean producer Jerry Bruckheimer has reignited hope of Johnny Depp reprising his iconic role as Captain Jack Sparrow one more time
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Spider-Man: Brand New Day Is the Fastest Film to Reach $700 Million at Domestic Box Office
Plus - The X-Files franchise is suddenly heating up again in 2026; A featurette from Warner Bros. showed what appeared to be AI-generated concept art for Lobo's design in Supergirl
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The End of Oak Street Review
"Life... Hath-a-way"
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IGN Game Review: Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls
A gorgeous and innovative fighting game that can appeal to all skill levels.
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Nintendo Now Warning Customers of Switch 2 Price Hike
Plus - Krispy Kreme has announced a Pokémon doughnut collection that will be available for a limited time starting August 18th; Coyote vs. Acme is set for its long-awaited theatrical release, and it’s already proving to be a hit among critics
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Tom Holland's Brutal Spider-Man: Brand New Day Workout Goes Viral
Plus - Sony has confirmed the PlayStation Plus Game Catalog for August 2026; Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 4 has been hit by a delay of 2 and a half months.
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Marvel and Star Wars Are Having Their First Crossover
Toy Story 5 gets a digital release date; Leaked images of a The Legend of Zelda 40th Anniversary Nintendo Switch 2 console and Pro Controller appear to be circulating online.
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Spider-Man: Brand New Day Swings Closer to $2 Billion
Plus - Sonic the Hedgehog is joining Fortnite as part of the battle royale's upcoming gaming-themed season; Warner Bros. is under fire after it collaborated with an AI dog podcast to promote Ewan McGregor and Anne Hathaway's new movie
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An Extended Look of Grand Theft Auto 6 will premiere on Netflix
Ace Ventura and Sonic the Hedgehog star Jim Carrey will front a live-action movie adaptation of The Jetsons; Boxed games still account for 38.5% of Nintendo's software sales
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IGN Movie Review: Ice Cream Man
Eli Roth attempts to make his own Terrifier or Weapons only to fall painfully short of both.
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IGN Game Review: The Relic: First Guardian
The true dark fantasy of The Relic is all of the potential it squanders.
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Nintendo Switch 2 Sales are Down
Plus - BMW owners have discovered that a Spider-Man: Brand New Day ad has been forcefully added to their car's infotainment system; Sony now seems to be placing advisory stickers on PlayStation 5 consoles, warning players that physical games will soon be discontinued.
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Tom Holland and Zendaya Are On an Unprecedented Box Office Run
Plus - Disney Admits Live-Action Moana and Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu 'Underperformed'
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The Secret Character Cameo in Spider-Man: Brand New Day
Plus - Spider-Man: Brand New Day has shattered Avengers: Endgame's domestic opening weekend box office record; Sony's Spider-Man spinoff universe may have come to an end after films like Madame Web, Morbius, and Kraven the Hunter failed to satisfy audiences
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Spider-Man: Brand New Day Becomes Second Biggest Box Office Debut of All Time
Plus - Negotiations for Barbie 2 have come to a halt
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Sony Breaks Silence on "Disc Killing" Controversy
GameCube classic Super Mario Sunshine will join the Nintendo Switch Online catalog in August; Paramount+ has officially greenlit the Clueless sequel series
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IGN Movie Review: Spider-Man: Brand New Day
Mental gymnastics.
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IGN Game Review: Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game
A breath of fresh airbending.
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Long-Lost Pokémon Game Pops Up on eBay After 20 Years
Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige has said he’s holding out hope that Spider-Man and Venom will one day have their long-awaited crossover in the MCU; Final Fantasy 7 Revelation may not have a physical edition, but the director of the game is actively pushing to avoid that.
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Sony Confirms August PlayStation Plus Monthly Games
Plus - Spider-Man: Brand New Day is taking over Fortnite as part of a brand new crossover; Fortnite Will Let You Unlock John Wick as a Simpsons Character
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Spider-Man: Brand New Day Projected to Have Biggest Opening of 2026
Plus - Resident Evil 5 is no longer the highest-selling entry in Capcom's survival horror series
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Gamers Called to Boycott PlayStation for a Week
Plus - The Odyssey has managed to track down another $215.3 million at the global box office
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Nintendo Defends Classic Game Remakes
Johnny Depp has returned to the Hollywood limelight with a surprise appearance at Comic-Con in character as Ebenezer Scrooge; Supergirl debuts in North America on Digital on July 28th, after a disappointing run in theaters
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