Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown Team Disbanded After Critically Lauded Platformer Fails to Meet Expectations – Report

The team behind Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown has been disbanded, according to a report from French media outlet Origami.In a video posted today in French (for which IGN has independently verified a translation posted on ResetEra), Origami reports that the team behind The Lost Crown was disbanded despite seemingly positive reports from developers on their experiences working on the game.Per a tweet by Gauthier Andres: "I've heard and read 'It was the best game production in my entire life' three or four times in a single weekend while getting information on the game's development. One after the other I was told it was seen as a beacon of hope to create a safe space for people that were burnt out by Beyond Good & Evil 2. The team has been disbanded by Ubisoft…

Laurel and Hardy Action Figures In the Works at Wandering Planet Toys

It's been nearly 100 years since Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy first teamed up and changed cinema forever. What better way to put the spotlight back on these two comedy legends than with a new line of action figures?That's what Wandering Planet Toys aims to do, with the company's latest crowdfunding campaign featuring two versions of the Laurel and Hardy figures – one in color and one in period-appropriate black and white. IGN can exclusively reveal the first image of the black and white versions, as well as a new Laurel and Hardy lunchbox set. Check them out in the slideshow gallery below: …

Helldivers 2’s Next Premium Warbond Adds Chemical Weapons, New Stratagems, and a Pull My Finger Emote

Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead has revealed the PC and PlayStation 5 co-op shooter's next Premium Warbond, dubbed Chemical Agents, alongside a September 19 release date.While Chemical Agents does not include any new weapons, it adds two stratagem variants — the TX-41 Sterilizer, which lets you spray a gas at the Terminids and Automatons, and the Guard Dog's ‘Dog Breath,’ which is a corrosive gas sprayer — and, in keeping with the alien exterminator theme, the G-4 Gas grenade, which covers the whole area in a cloud of noxious fumes.Explaining the decision to include new stratagem variants but no new weapons, Katherine Baskin, social media and community manager at Arrowhead, said in a post on the PlayStation Blog: “Adding stratagem variants to Warbonds is new with Chemi…