New information suggests that Dragon Age 4 will only be launching for PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S.

As shared by Twitter user Faizan Shaikh, experience listed on the LinkedIn profile for Dragon Age 4's Lead Player Designer Daniel Nordlander seems to suggest that the game will only feature as a console release for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S, with older generations set to miss out.

Dragon Age Is Next Gen Only & Deeper Character Classes I hope Bioware don't miss this time….@DaXboxUniverse @shinobi602 @Logmey92 @bogorad222 pic.twitter.com/zywS63Enyh

— Faizan Shaikh (@FaizShaikh7681) October 13, 2021

While Nordlander is no longer with Bioware – he left in 2020 to work as the Game Director on Godfall for Counterplay Games – GamesBeat's Jeff Grubb also separately reports to have confirmed rumors that EA is planning a next-gen only console release for the game. At present, however, it should be noted that the publisher has not publicly commented on which consoles that Dragon Age 4 will release for.

With little currently known about Dragon Age 4, and the game yet to receive an official release date, it might not come as a massive surprise to fans that the game may only be launching on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S (as well as PC, of course). Although EA is yet to move other franchises exclusively over to next-gen consoles, Dragon Age 4 could very well still be a way off, and the publisher has already shown at present that it's ready to start distinguishing between console generations in other games.

EA's release of Madden 22, for example, included Dynamic Gameday features that were included for PS5 and Xbox Series X|S users, but not those on last-gen consoles. In a similar fashion, the studio's upcoming release of Battlefield 2042 will see notable differences between its next-gen and last-gen counterparts. Multiplayer battles in the game are confirmed to support up to 64 players on Xbox One and PS4, while the latest consoles increase that number to 128 players.

EA showed off its first Dragon Age 4 teaser at The Game Awards 2018, followed by a behind-the-scenes look during Gamescom 2020. BioWare then debuted a newer trailer for the game at The Game Awards last year. While many fans hoped that the game would make a further appearance at this year's EA Play, it wasn't to be the case. For more on the Dragon Age series, make sure to check out this article discussing how the game owes its title (and dragons) to a random name generator.

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Metroid Dread has a bug that's causing the game to simply shut down – thankfully Nintendo has a workaround, and a patch will arrive by the end of the month.

Announced on Twitter (below), Nintendo apologised for the bug, explained the cause, and how to avoid it. The bug itself sees the game closing down with the message "The software was closed because an error occurred," when a door near the end of the game is destroyed.

A bug has been found in #MetroidDread that can prevent players from progressing under a certain condition. A patch will be released by the end of October to fix this. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Learn more, including how to avoid the bug:https://t.co/iy1dDmOcJ7

— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) October 15, 2021

In a support page, Nintendo explains that the error is caused by destroying the door when a map marker has been attached to it. The solution is simple enough – remove the map marker before you destroy the door and things will progress as expected.

Nintendo's promised that the bug itself will be squashed in a patch coming later this month. It's not clear if that update will include any other changes for the game.

The bug is a less exciting discovery than the secret boss killing method found by determined sequence breakers. Bug or no bug, Metroid Dread is delighting players with its classic 2D exploration – we gave it a 9/10 review, saying that it "brings back the legendary exploration and progression and merges it with excellent modern combat and some of the best boss fights ever."

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Call of Duty's new anti-cheat system, Ricochet has reportedly already seen elements leak. Theoretically, this could allow cheatmakers to circumvent the system before it's released – although it may not be as serious a problem as that seems.

Ricochet was formally announced yesterday, and aims to provide more sophisticated anti-cheat solutions using kernal-level monitors – essentially, tools that give Ricochet the ability to scan applications other than the game itself, and prevent code manipulation.

According to Anti-Cheat Police Department and corroborated by sources close to Modern Warzone, a kernal-level driver was leaked to private groups and subsequently to a public cheating forum. With access to the driver, cheatmakers can theoretically reverse-engineer elements of Ricochet and create workarounds.

Unfortunately, the kernel driver for @CallofDuty new Anti-cheat called RICOCHET got leaked today, and P2C devs are already reversing it, this is already very bad. pic.twitter.com/Vb8f3eXx5b

— Anti-Cheat Police Department 🕵️ (@AntiCheatPD) October 14, 2021

However, this isn't necessarily as disastrous as it may seem. Anti-cheat software is designed to evolve over time, and sources claim this version of the driver is around two weeks old, meaning it may already be out of date by the time Ricochet is implemented. With only a driver and not the anti-cheat's source code, this may amount to a 'head start' for cheatmakers, but not a definitive workaround.

Another going theory is that this is a controlled leak of false information, designed to either expose cheatmakers or lead them in the wrong direction. As Modern Warzone points out, Activision has form here, having previously released fake cheat tools for Call of Duty: Warzone.

We've contacted Activision for comment.

Joe Skrebels is IGN's Executive Editor of News. Follow him on Twitter. Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to [email protected].

Joe Beard assisted with this report.

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Marvel's Secret Invasion is in production, according to a recent post from Samuel L. Jackson.

The Nick Fury actor posted on Instagram, saying, "Time to get back in the groove. Happy to be back on the attack! #secretinvasion".

In the photo included in the post, Jackson is wearing a shirt of Nick Fury turning to dust from the end of Avengers: Infinity War.

Secret Invasion is set to premiere six episodes in 2022. The show was announced in 2020, and will see Jackson as Nick Fury, Ben Mendelsohn returning as the Skrull Talos, and Kingsley Ben-Adir playing the main villain. The cast also includes Game of Throne's Emilia Clarke, and The Crown's Olivia Colman. We previously learned that directors Thomas Bezucha and Ali Selim joined the Secret Invasion project.

The Secret Invasion comics follow the Skrull, alien shapeshifters that invade Earth and replace some of the Avengers. In the MCU, we've seen the Skrulls play a friendly role in Captain Marvel and other MCU projects, so it remains to be seen what approach this show will take with the characters or storyline.

The MCU's latest show, What If…?, just finished its first season. You can check out what we thought in our What If season 1 review. And, to keep track of all the Marvel projects in the works, you can read up on every upcoming MCU movie and TV show.

Marvel is also keeping the flow of shows to Disney Plus steady as the streamer announced it will have a two-episode premiere for Hawkeye this November.

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