Unmasking Truths Unraveling Stories
Unmasking Truths Unraveling Stories
Nvidia has announced its GeForce Now cloud gaming service will soon introduce a playtime cap of 100 hours a month for paying Performance (previously Priority) and Ultimate subscribers, although additional hours can be purchased for a fee. Nividia shared the news on Reddit, saying the limit would help it “continue providing exceptional quality […]
Two years after its PC launch and a little over a year since its arrival on Xbox Series X/S, co-op-focused first-person action shooter Warhammer 40,000: Darktide finally has a PlayStation 5 release date, and is set to be available from 3rd December. Warhammer 40,000: Darktide is the work of developer Fatshark, the team […]
Grand Theft Auto and Borderlands publisher Take-Two Interactive has announced the sale of its indie-focused publishing label Private Division. Additionally, the company has finally confirmed the closure of OlliOlli World developer Roll7 and Kerbal Space Program 2’s Intercept Games, six months after CEO Strauss Zelnick insisted, “We didn’t shutter those studios.” Take-Two announced […]
Both seasons of League of Legends spin-off Arcane cost a total of approximately $250m USD to create and promote, making it the most expensive animated series of all time. That’s according to a new report by Variety, with sources telling the publication the $250m figure covered production and promotion costs for Arcane’s two seasons, comprised […]
Following a seemingly solid launch for Dragon Age: The Veilguard, there’s probably a fair few series newcomers considering delving into the original trilogy. But anyone hoping for a Mass Effect: Legendary Edition style remaster shouldn’t hold their breath; Dragon Age: The Veilguard creative director John Epler says the project “wouldn’t be easy” because hardly […]
New York Times tech staff have begun strike action in protest of alleged unfair labour practices, and are asking people not to play the Times’ games – which include the likes of Wordle and Connections – in order to “honour the digital picket line”. The strike, which started today after “multiple rounds of […]
A group of Monkey Island fans have come together to create their own, mini point-and-click adventure game based on Monkey Island series. It is called The Booze of Monkey Island, and project developer Bean Adventure Agency describes it as a “love letter” to the official Monkey Island games. Once again, players are popped into the […]
Slitterhead creator Keiichiro Toyama says that he and the team at Bokeh Game Studio are committed to “originality”, even if that comes at the cost of a game being “a bit rough around the edges”. Toyama – who created Gravity Rush, Silent Hill, and the terrifying Siren series – hasn’t released a new game since […]
Square Enix is looking to boost the availability and accessibility of its games by ensuring future releases are “released simultaneously” on different platforms. Talking to 4Gamer, Final Fantasy 14 producer and director Naoki “Yoshi-P” Yoshida revealed Square Enix was looking to shift away from platform exclusivity, revealing that fans can expect “Square Enix titles will […]
Call of Duty Black Ops 6 players are calling on Activision to suspend the over zealous AFK timer in its Zombie mode. In a reddit thread that has garnered hundreds of replies and thousands of upvotes, DiegoMm shared their frustrations when, whilst trying to solve the Liberty Falls easter egg, they were unceremoniously kicked for […]
Twitch has tightened its rules around broadcasts that include debates about “political” and “sensitive social issues”. In a statement, Twitch said that whilst it is a place “for people to express themselves and discuss the world around them”, from now on, any stream that includes discussions about war, religion, or “reproductive rights, LGBTQ+ rights, or […]
Assassin’s Creed franchise boss Marc-Alexis Coté has addressed the online backlash which has swirled around the main characters of Assassin’s Creed Shadows, the subsequent impact it has had on the game’s development staff, and the attempts by bad faith commenters to disrupt and dissuade creative teams from telling stories featuring diverse and inclusive characters in […]
Fortnite kickstarts a huge month for the game tonight, with its impending Fortnite Remix: The Prelude live event. Epic Games has warned fans to join the game “a few hours early” in advance of the event’s 10.30pm UK (6.30pm Eastern) kickoff time, in order to avoid server queues. Once logged in, the […]
Were you one of those people who thought Alien: Isolation went on a bit too long? Would you have preferred it if the much-loved sci-fi horror wrapped things up after 46 seconds? If so, you’re in luck: one enterprising modder has now released an “impossible” mod that slings a chronological spanner in the works […]
If you want to learn more about the various creatures and species coming to Exodus on the game’s release, Matthew McConaughey has you covered. The actor has been narrating a number of YouTube videos for the sci-fi RPG, offering a look into its world. The videos are made to highlight the “darker” side of Exodus, […]
Microsoft boss Satya Nadella has called last week’s Black Ops 6 launch the “biggest Call of Duty release ever”, saying its arrival set a record for “Game Pass subscriber adds on launch day.” News of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6’s success came amid Microsoft’s Q1 FY2025 financial earnings report, which saw the […]
Sony has announced its PlayStation Plus monthly lineup for November, and it includes a day one release for an all-new Death Note game. As shared by PlayStation, PS Plus subscribers on the Premium, Extra, and Essential tiers will be able to get their hands on the following three games from 5th November: Hot Wheels Unleashed […]
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6’s campaign is a return to form for the series, mixing the usual, slightly unsavoury real-world set dressing with cracking action, horror twists and tongue-in-cheek charm. If you want to sum up Call of Duty: Black Ops 6’s campaign in a single moment – and really all of Call of […]
Dragon Age: The Veilguard is finally here, and lots of people are liking it. And one person liking it very publicly is Baldur’s Gate 3 developer Larian’s outspoken director of publishing, Michael Douse – who’s been praising BioWare’s new RPG, calling it, among other things, “the first Dragon Age game that truly knows what it […]
Like its own hero’s dabbling with time travel, Life is Strange: Double Exposure highlights the troubles of trying to revisit old memories, while raising unanswered questions about the future. Towards the end of Life is Strange: Double Exposure, protagonist Max Caulfield insists she will not accept another impossible choice “between two shitty options”. She’s referencing, […]
The Outlast Trials developer Red Barrels has shared an updated roadmap following a “cyber incident” that caused a “significant “hit” on production. It confirms a new lobby game, a fresh MK-Challenge, and a new Geister event are all on the way. The team said it was “working hard” to deliver “fresh content” to keep Murkoff […]
Dont Nod’s studio creative director has hit out at “hateful” comments about Deck Nine’s take on the Life is Strange franchise. Talking on X/Twitter, Michel Koch said that whilst he hadn’t played the game yet and “have no idea where [Deck Nine] are taking the story”, “nothing justifies hating on people”. To see this content […]
YouTube has denied Guy “Dr Disrespect” Beahm’s appeal to monetise his channel for a further 60 days. Addressing his audience in a livestream in a clip shared to X/Twitter, Beahm revealed YouTube had deferred his appeal “for another 60 days” after which he’d be eligible to re-apply. In the meantime, Beahm cannot draw any revenue […]
Codemasters makes its first push for PlayStation 5 Pro support with an update to F1 24 – a release that adds ray tracing upgrades and integrates the machine’s PSSR upscaling. Of course, F1 24 already has an impressive set of modes on the regular, base PS5, including support for 120fps gaming – and the same […]
As Cities: Skyline 2 continues its attempts to recover from last year’s disastrous launch, Paradox Interactive has announced and released a fresh batch of paid DLC for the original Cities: Skylines, some 18 months after delivering what was supposed to be its final major update. Paradox concluded Cities: Skylines 1’s release roadmap in […]
DayZ may have just turned a decade old, but it’s seemingly more popular than ever, setting a new highest daily active user count of over 500,000 players. DayZ’s second expansion, Frostline, has tempted – and tempted back – hundreds of thousands of players, with 501,222 logging on on 20th October: 235,618 on Steam, 113,897 on […]
With Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 almost upon us (or already upon us depending on your geographical location), analysts have been weighing in on the impact it’s likely to have on Xbox Game Pass, with some reckoning it could bring as many as 4m new members to Microsoft’s subscription service, albeit at a […]
Developer Playtonic Games has announced the consoles its Yooka-Laylee remaster is heading to, and curiously rather than simply adding ‘Switch’ to the list, it has said the upcoming release will make its debut on “Nintendo Platforms”. Do I smell a Switch 2 release on the cards? After all, while Nintendo is yet to fully reveal […]
Roblox Corporation has announced changes to its child-safety policies that’ll impact the way pre-teen users can interact with its popular gaming platform. The move follows persitent accusations the company routinely fails to protect its predominantly young player base, and, more recently, a damning report calling Roblox an “X-rated paedophile hellscape” that exposes children to […]
Sony developer Guerrilla seems to be done with Killzone, instead now favouring its Horizon series. According to art director Roy Postma, Guerrilla’s decision to start working on the Horizon series was a conscious choice by the developer, and one which would see it move away from the darker and more violent Killzone games the studio […]
Delta Force: Hawk Ops, the free-to-play tactical FPS and Call of Duty/Battlefield challenger from publisher Tencent, is launching for PC as a global open beta on 5th December this year. The Delta Force series was originally developed by NovaLogic and debuted in 1998; it would go on to spawn eight sequels, with a […]
I knew that the Fallout showrunners were keen to get the ball rolling on a second season of Amazon’s hit show, but will admit I am surprised by how soon filming is going to start. According to Leslie Uggams, who starred as Vault 33 Overseer Betty Pearson in the first season of Fallout, filming for […]
Indie horror developer Bloober Team says its done making “shitty” games. As Silent Hill 2 Remake enjoys almost universal acclaim from critics and fans alike, Bloober capitalised on the fervor by announcing an original sci-fi survival horror called Cronos: The New Dawn, insisting it has “evolved” and learned from prior missteps. To see this content […]
Physical editions of Black Myth Wukong are on the way. In a tweet posted earlier today on the game’s official X/Twitter account, Game Science thanked players for their patience, and said that now Black Myth Wukong’s master disc is “ready”, “the PS5 physical editions” were coming soon. Let’s Play Black Myth: Wukong – CLASHING WITH […]
Earlier this month, Digital Foundry had the opportunity to go hands-on with PlayStation 5 Pro at Sony’s London office, walking away with high quality capture from The Last of Us Part 2 and Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart. You’ve already seen our analysis pieces on how each of those games compares on Pro against the […]
I can’t quite decide if Antonblast is destructive genius or just a little bit too chaotic for its own good. Following in Wario’s preferred mode of 2D platforming – aka: slamming Anton’s thick shoulders, gritted chin and whirling, Taz the Tasmanian Devil-style hurricane legs into every obstacle going rather than a polite bop on the […]
With the first anniversary of Spider-Man 2’s PS5 release just days away, developer Insomniac has announced the acclaimed superhero sequel will launch for PC on 30th January next year. Insomniac isn’t quite ready to talk platform-specific enhancements just yet, but it has confirmed Spider-Man 2’s PC port will include the acclaimed base game […]
Former PlayStation executive Shawn Layden has suggested the continuing push toward more powerful – and more costly – console hardware is unsustainable, arguing that “fighting over teraflops [is] no place to be… We need to compete on content”. Layden – who served as CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment America and chairman of Worldwide […]
Let’s face it, a lot of the games taking part in this October’s Steam Next Fest don’t give off the best first impression. Promo art suggests a cinematic adventure for the ages, the screenshots depict a few stick-like characters stuck in a graphical nightmare from the 1980s. There are some real gems to find, but […]
Five months after bursting into PC early access, Hades 2 – the sequel to Supergiant Games’ much-loved 2020 roguelike action-adventure – has just received its first major content update, adding a new region, weapon, and so much else its patch notes weigh in at over 3,500 words. Hades 2’s Olympic Update (“practically mountain-sized!”, […]
There’s a case to be made that Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl has endured the most turbulent development of any video game yet created. In the last four years alone, developer GSC Game World has weathered a pandemic, a war that still rages in the studio’s native Ukraine, countless cyberattacks and leaked builds, and even […]
As Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 2 continues to work through its previously detailed Year One post-launch roadmap, developer Saber Interactive has offered a glimpse of the sci-fi shooter’s new PvE operation – featuring the imposing Hierophant Bio-Titan Tyranid – and Lethal Difficulty mode ahead of their release “very, very soon”. As announced back […]
Epic Games will no longer release themed updates for Rocket Racing, the vehicular Fortnite mode launched last December that’s developed by Rocket League studio Psyonix. The decision, tucked away in patch notes released over the weekend, signals a downgrading of support for the mode, which has struggled to maintain player numbers in […]
Microsoft has announced the return of its Xbox Partner Preview digital showcase, which will feature “around 25 minutes” of games when it airs this Thursday, 17th October. More specifically, Microsoft’s “no-fluff, all-games broadcast” kicks off at 6pm in the UK/10am PT and will feature “over a dozen” new trailers across its 25-minute-ish runtime. […]
If there’s one game I’ve been having a hard time waiting for this year, it’s – ironically – While Waiting, the new fidgety puzzle game from the makers of 2021’s gorgeous Moncage. I say ‘fidgety’, as this is arguably about as far away from a traditional puzzle game as you can possibly get. For example, […]
Steam’s next, er, Next Fest is almost upon us, offering “hundreds of amazing demos of games that haven’t even released yet”. Launching tomorrow and running until 21st October, Steam Next Fest features a host of vertical slices to let you try before you buy, including demos of upcoming games like Antonblast, Microtopia, Mini Royale, The […]
Two stars of Supermassive’s teen slasher horror Until Dawn have given our strongest hint yet that a sequel could be on the way. Hayden Panettiere, who played Sam Giddings, and Peter Stormare, who plays Dr Hill, have each separately teased that a follow-up is coming, with Panettiere acknowledging in an interview that “they going further […]
While the world waits, and waits, for Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2, a sequel that only ever seems further away – can you believe it was once scheduled for 2020? – I’m reminded of a vampire role-playing game that nearly passed me by. One of similar size and similar tone: thoughtful, brooding, dark. A […]
Microsoft is reportedly set to significantly expand Xbox Cloud Gaming’s capabilities next month, introducing the ability for Xbox players to stream any of their purchased games. To date, Xbox Cloud Gaming’s streaming features have only been available across a select number of Game Pass titles, but Microsoft has long had ambitions to enable […]
Mubi, an art house streamer and distributor, has acquired the US cinema rights and the global streaming rights for a documentary made entirely in Grand Theft Auto Online, which has a Shakespearean twist. This documentary is Grand Theft Hamlet, and tells the story of two unemployed actors who went about staging a performance of Shakespeare’s […]
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Sunderfolk is the debut game from Dreamhaven, the game company founded by former Blizzard boss Mike Morhaime. Morhaime announced the new company in 2020, which includes a roster of other ex-Blizzard staff and consists of two distinct studios: Moonshot and Secret Door. Sunderfolk is from the latter: a tactical game inspired by tabletop RPGs, controlled […]
Microsoft has unveiled a rather fabulous custom Xbox console and controller, inspired by Indiana Jones and the Great Circle. It’s honestly a really great looking piece of kit. The console itself features a “timeworn yet beautiful design” in a golden hue. The controller, meanwhile, has a leathery look to it and gemstone-like buttons. As a […]
In a moment of enigmatic revery, Nintendo has announced it’ll be playtesting a mysterious new Switch Online feature later this month, and it’s inviting up to 10,000 people to get involved. Nintendo, never one to prioritise form over function, is calling this newly announced venture the Nintendo Switch Online: Playtest Program, and the […]
PlayStation has removed Hotline Miami 2 from sale in Australia and refunded PS5 owners who bought the game, a decade on from the infamous kerfuffle over its release down under. Back in January 2015, designer Jonatan Söderström memorably told Aussie fans to simply pirate Hotline Miami 2 after its release was blocked […]
Few video game companies hold such a personal connection to fans as Blizzard. Now, imagine how deep that connection runs if you worked there. For the many thousands of staff who sweated to build World of Warcraft, Diablo, StarCraft, Hearthstone and Overwatch, this company was their dream job, their social network, their life. And this […]
Pathologic, the acclaimed plague-themed horror series from developer Ice-Pick Lodge, is returning for a third instalment, this time slinging time travel into its gruelling, emotionally draining mix of intentionally dispiriting survival and haunting theatrics. The newly announced Pathologic 3 is something of an oddity in that it’s technically, sort of, the second chunk […]
A beautiful, elusive mood piece, Phoenix Springs’ blend of taut dystopian detective noir and meandering surrealism is likely to frustrate as much as it intrigues. Phoenix Springs doesn’t so much start as awaken, adrift in a shimmering void of static to an only slightly discordant choral swell. And that’s just the title screen. Developer and […]
Five Nights at Freddy’s star Josh Hutcherson says the second Freddy-themed movie is “much bigger” and “scarier” than its predecessor. Talking to Esquire, as spotted by TheGamer, Hutcherson talked about the “higher stakes” and teased that there will be “more” and “different” animatronics, with the Freddy universe “opening up in a big way”. Five Nights […]
Games Done Quick is holding a Disaster Relief Done Quick fundraiser for those affected by Hurricane Helene. From 11th – 13th October, Disaster Relief Done Quick will collect donations for Direct Relief, “a humanitarian aid organisation with a mission to improve the health and lives of people affected by poverty or emergencies – without regard […]
Fortnite brought the storyline of its current Marvel season to a head tonight in a climactic battle with Doctor Doom that attracted a concurrent peak of 5.6 million players. Over the course of an hour, players worked together to tackle an enormous, rampaging version of the classic Marvel villain, until finally his armour cracked, […]
Despite its initially promising duality concept, tactical shooter Spectre Divide is held back by a hesitance to take further creative risks. The results are underwhelming. Spectre Divide review Developer: Mountaintop Studios Publisher: Mountaintop Studios Platform: Played on PC Availability: Out now on PC (Steam) For a new game studio, there are few genres as difficult […]
We already knew they were coming thanks to Gameloft’s most recent roadmap, but Timon and Pumbaa’s officially make their Disney Dreamlight Valley debut next Wednesday, 9th October. The Lion King favourites arrive as part of Disney Dreamlight Valley’s free Jungle Getaway Update, which has now been detailed in Gameloft’s latest developer video. Timon […]
Shattered Space, Bethesda’s first major expansion for Starfield, released a few days ago, but has unfortunately been met with middling PC player numbers and lukewarm reviews. Over on SteamDB, Starfield currently has a 24-hour peak concurrent player count of 17,074, and a current player count of 9,740. In contrast, Bethesda’s much older release The Elder […]
Crow Country, the acclaimed PS1-inspired survival horror adventure from Snipperclips developer SFB Games, is bringing its retro scares to PS4 and Switch on 16th October. Crow Country – which launched for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S in May – catapults players back to 1990 and the titular theme park of Edward […]
Pre-orders for the limited edition PlayStation 5 30th Anniversary range will come with an extra layer of scalper protection in Japan, Sony has said, following the rampant relisting of consoles with exorbitant prices on eBay seen elsewhere. Japanese PlayStation fans can now place pre-orders for the 30th Anniversary collection but require a PlayStation […]
Following the demise of Yuzu earlier this year, Switch emulator Ryujinx has seemingly ceased development and been taken offline after its creator was contacted by Nintendo. Ryujinx initially surfaced in 2018, having started development the year before, and was the first Switch emulator capable of booting commercial games. The open source project has […]
“Beep.” On 10th January, 2018, Marcin Momot, CD Projekt Red’s global community lead, fired up the social media engines and hit “Tweet”. This was the first tease of CDPR’s marketing push for Cyberpunk 2077, ahead of appearances at E3 that year and again in 2019. A group of CDPR developers, huddled around Momot’s computer in […]
With Amazon’s live-action TV adaptation of Like A Dragon/Yakuza fast approaching, the streaming service has shared a first proper trailer for those wanting to get a better look at its exuberant chaos ahead of its 24th October arrival on Prime Video. Like A Dragon: Yakuza, as the series is known, spans two different […]
Kojima Productions has shared several new snippets of footage for Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, including a look at the upcoming game’s very realistic photo mode and Sam Bridges’ stop motion puppet companion, Dollman. The footage was shared as part of a Death Stranding 2 panel, which was held at Tokyo Game Show this […]
Team Asobi says that while “almost 100%” of its most-wishlisted iconic Sony characters made it into Astro Bot, it finds it “difficult to comment” why Square Enix characters were missing. Talking to journalist Stephen Totilo, Team Asobi studio head Nicolas Doucet said that despite hoping that “maybe half” of the characters the team approached would […]
Greedfall 2 developer Spiders says it has heard your early access feedback and is addressing “two important subjects”: “combat and character customisation”. Addressing players on Steam, the Greedfall team said the early access launch earlier this week had been “exciting”, but acknowledged improvements were needed, including improving the drop rate, adjusting AI behaviours, and making […]
Following last week’s shock announcement Nintendo is suing Palworld maker Pocketpair for the infringement of “multiple patents rights”, an IP expert has claimed it’s “exceedingly plausible” Nintendo crafted its patent applications specifically to target Palworld. Writing for Gamesindustry.biz, Andrew Velzen – an associate at law firm MBHB – started by summarising some of […]
Red Candle Games, the developer behind critically acclaimed horror titles Detention and Devotion, has announced its equally well-received Sekiro-inspired action-platfomer Nine Sols is coming to Xbox, PlayStation, and Switch on 26th November. Nine Sols, which released on PC back in May following a successful crowdfunding campaign, casts players as the cat-like Yi, as […]
California will soon require storefronts to make clear that purchasing digital content, including games, movies and music, does not mean you actually own it. As of next year, Californian customers will be informed that buying a game on Steam, for example, means they are simply acquiring a license for the content. Terms such […]
The end is in sight for The Simpsons: Tapped Out, EA’s long-running and hugely successful free-to-play city builder. The publisher has announced it’s removing the mobile game from app stores this October, some 12 years after its initial release. The Simpsons: Tapped Out launched for iOS and Android back in 2012, challenging players […]
Following new of “softer than expected” sales for Star Wars Outlaws, Ubisoft has announced the open-world sci-fi adventure will get its first bit of previously announced post-launch story DLC – starring Lando Calrissian – on 21st November. Titled Wild Card, it sees Star Wars Outlaws protagonist Kay Vess being hired to infiltrate a […]
A demo for Metaphor: ReFantazio, Atlus’ forthcoming epic RPG, is seemingly on the way across PlayStation, Xbox and PC. At present, the demo is live in Korea and Hong Kong, though there’s currently no schedule for its release in the West. According to the description for the Hong Kong Xbox listing, the Metaphor: ReFantazio – […]
If you’re a traditionalist who kind of wishes Baldur’s Gate 3 had stuck to the series’ classic real-time-with-pause combat roots instead of taking a swerve into new-fangled turn-based territory, there’s now – as they say – a mod for that. Sort of. Modder tinybike has just released (thanks PC Gamer) what they call […]
Stardew Valley creator Eric ‘ConcernedApe’ Barone has confirmed the release date for the console and mobile version of the game’s 1.6 update. The console and mobile version of Stardew Valley’s chunky 1.6 update – which introduces the ability for players to drink mayonnaise, among a vast number of other features – is set to arrive […]
If you’re trying to keep spoiler-free as you prepare for The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom’s release next week – and Silent Hill 2 Remake’s release on 8th October – you may want to step away from social media for a while. Over the weekend, hours-long streams of both games are popping up online, […]
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Homeworld 3 has revised its content plans, “unifying delivery” of all remaining paid DLC and free content drops. In an update posted to the official website, developer Blackbird Interactive said it was “combining the content into one beat [to] allow us to focus all our resources and provide you all with a higher-quality experience”. Here’s […]
Motion Twin has gifted us a 15-minute peek at the follow-up to its hugely acclaimed action-platformer Dead Cells, Windblown. The uncut segment takes us through the basics and offers a mostly spoiler-free insight into “what it’s like to step into the shoes of a Leaper for the very first time”. To save you looking, here’s […]
Hollowbody’s familiar magic doesn’t lie in otherworldly places. It lies in the rubble of the ordinary. Hollowbody Developer: Headware Games Publisher: Headware Games Played on: PC via Steam Availability: Out now Though ostensibly set in a future of flying cars and holographic IDs, Hollowbody’s world is one that most of us would recognise – and […]
20th September Hello! Welcome back to our regular feature where we write a little bit about some of the games we’ve been playing over the past few days. This week I’ve managed to convice the wonderful Christian Donlan to write it all! Look, he offered, OK? We made a trade, a secret trade. So this […]
Concord game director Ryan Ellis has reportedly stepped down after the beleaguered 5v5 shooter was yanked offline amid apparently disastrous sales, with staff at developer Firewalk Studios said to be in limbo while they await Sony’s decision on the future of the game. Concord was removed from sale earlier this month, just two […]
A sequel that takes the thrilling cold-survival city-building heart of Frostpunk and evolves it in every way, while losing none of what made the series so special to begin with. Frostpunk remains one of the most thrilling city-building games I’ve ever played, a tense and hard-fought scramble for survival at the frozen end of the […]
If you’re a Minecraft fan with a penchant for playing while wearing Sony’s PlayStation-branded VR goggles, prepare youself for some disappointing news: developer Mojang has announced it’s ending Minecraft’s PSVR support in March next year. Minecraft originally gained PSVR support in September 2020, as a free upgrade for the PS4 version (this year’s […]
Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered has been rated by the ESRB, listing PC and PlayStation 5 as its platforms. A remaster of Guerrilla’s first Horizon game was rumoured back in 2022, but is yet to be officially announced by Sony. This rating brings fresh credibility to the remaster’s existence, though no indication of a release date […]
We already knew another Star Wars Jedi game was in the works at developer Respawn Entertainment, but EA has now confirmed it’ll be the “final chapter” in Cal Kestis’ saga. Not-quite-official word of a third Star Wars Jedi game first surfaced last October when Cal Kestis actor Cameron Monaghan told fans, “We’re in […]
If (like me) you found developer Ironwood Studios’ wonderfully weird four-wheeled survival game Pacific Drive just a bit too exhausting when it launched earlier this year, now might be the time to go back: its new Drive Your Way update introduces a whole bunch of custom difficulty settings and presets to make things easier […]
With the first anniversary of Cities: Skylines 2’s disastrous launch approaching, publisher Paradox Interactive has announced further delays to the game’s DLC as developer Colossal Order focuses its efforts on completing the “crucial” assets editor. Colossal Order initially delayed Cities: Skylines 2’s DLC last November, amid significant criticism of the game’s performance. As […]
“Things- things are good,” Miles Jacobson tells me, before a pause. “We’ve taken on a lot, with FM25.” It’s early August, late in the afternoon on a Friday, and it’s clearly been a long week for Jacobson, head of Football Manager developer Sports Interactive. The studio celebrates its 30th anniversary this year, the same year […]
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Just days after we learned that Flappy Bird is set to make a return later this year courtesy of the fan-made Flappy Bird Foundation, the original developer says he has “no relat[ion]” to the game. In a tweet posted to X/Twitter earlier today (15th September), original developer Doug Nguyen publicly distanced himself from the project […]
Close your eyes. It’s an exercise we’ve all tried: navigating through touch, memory, and educated guesses. Invariably, we panic and open them immediately or run into something we were sure wasn’t there. You can do the same in a video game and have a similar experience of playing chicken with obstacles, both real and imagined, […]
Following a difficult year for Immortals of Aveum developer Ascendant Studios, a “core team” of around 20 employees has now decamped to Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser’s Absurd Ventures, establishing a new studio that’ll be known as Absurd Marin. Immortals of Aveum, a “single-player first person magic shooter”, launched to mixed reviews last August, […]
Blizzard has shared more on Overwatch 2’s previously announced World of Warcraft collaboration – which arrives as part of the MMO’s 20th anniversary celebrations – confirming the event begins next Tuesday, 17th September. Word of its start date arrives alongside a nifty new trailer featuring a first-person ride through a theme-park-style attraction called […]
Annapurna Interactive – the video game publisher behind the acclaimed likes of Outer Wilds, What Remains of Edith Finch, and Cocoon – has reportedly seen a complete exodus of staff following a dispute with the company’s owner, causing “chaos” among developer partners. According to Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier, around two dozen employees – including Annapurna […]
Having teased The Sims 4’s latest season of content last week, EA has more firmly detailed its upcoming Storybook Nursery Kit and Artist Studio Kit DLC releases, which are both now set to arrive next Thursday, 19th September. Starting with The Sims 4’s Artist Studio Kit, it includes – as you’ve probably already […]
Fire up the van and take a dreamy, post-apocalyptic ramble around this gorgeous sci-fi take on Provence. I spent a good part of this morning trying to remember the precise artwork that Sauge, the heroine of Caravan SandWitch, reminds me of. With her baggy, almost plus four style trousers and bouncing quiff, she’s relatively close […]
Starbreeze Studios has announced major changes to Payday 3’s creative leadership team – with former game director Miodrag Kovačevićas “stepping away” from the role – as the co-operative shooter continues to struggle against its decade-old predecessor Payday 2. Back in February, Starbreeze admitted Payday 3 player activity was “currently at significantly lower levels […]
Just days after pledging a fix for Star Wars Outlaws’ “unfair” and “incredibly punishing” insta-fail stealth sequences, Ubisoft has released a brand-new patch doing just that – and it introduces a bunch of other features, including cross-progression support, too. It’s unclear how extensive these initial changes to stealth are in Outlaws’ new Title […]
Following Ubisoft’s decision to shut down The Crew’s servers earlier this year – a move made even more controversial when it began revoking players’ licensing to the game – the publisher has announced plans to prevent other entries in the open-world racing series from suffering a similar fate by retroactively introducing offline modes. […]
Over 340,000 Team Fortress players have amassed as part of the ongoing #SaveTF2 campaign, lending their signatures to an anti-bot petition that has now been lovingly assembled into a hardback tome and hand-delivered to Valve’s offices in Washington. #SaveTF2 was born in 2022, amid a bot situation so severe, it was threatening to […]
Developer Mojang has unveiled changes to Minecraft’s content release schedule that’ll see the blockbusting sandbox adventure trade its traditional single summer update for multiple content drops throughout the year. And that’s on top of plans for a native PS5 release and more. In a blog post outlining the future of Minecraft’s development, Mojang […]
Two-thirds of female players still report being harassed when playing online. In a report entitled “Why gaming still has a women problem”, Sky News reflected on the propensity of misogyny and hatred against women in gaming spaces, particularly on Discord and in multiplayer games. ‘It’s scary to be a woman in gaming’: Two-thirds of female […]
Baldur’s Gate 3’s latest and much-anticipated patch 7 is here, and it seems we’re making the most of it, with over 1m mods installed since the patch went live on 5th September. As announced by Larian Studios’ Swen Vincke, “modding is pretty big – we had more than a million mods installed in less than […]
The developer behind NetEase’s survival free-to-play horror, Once Human, says the feedback it’s received about the game’s second season has been “quite demoralising”. In a statement posted to the team’s Discord server, the team said that it “value[s players’] opinions” and hopes to “fulfil all [player] requests in future updates” but stopped short of detailing […]
High-profile streamer Guy “Dr Disrespect” Beahm has returned to YouTube – two months after admitting he exchanged “messages with an individual minor” that “leaned too much in the direction of being inappropriate” – accusing critics of a “planned and coordinated attack”, and asking, “Did any of you consider [they] may have been over the […]
Concord, Sony’s floundering 5v5 hero shooter, has now officially gone offline just two weeks after its PS5 and PC launch – its short life abruptly ending with an undignified “error” message. Concord was unveiled last May as part of former PlayStation boss Jim Ryan’s optimistically expansive push into live-service gaming. Unfortunately for Sony […]
Among the many questions observers had following this week’s shock shutdown of PlayStation 5v5 shooter Concord (albeit not necessarily at the top of their list) was if the now-defunct live-service title would still make an appearance in Amazon’s upcoming animated video game anthology series Secret Level – and the answer, according to a new […]
This December marks 30 years since the Japanese launch of the original PlayStation, and Sony has now revealed how it plans to celebrate the brand’s big three-oh – with the likes of digital soundtracks, PlayStation-themed toys, and more on the way. Sony’s celebrations begin later this month, with a free online multiplayer event […]
Helldiver 2’s long-awaited third enemy faction, the Illuminate – previously seen in Helldivers 1, but still conspicuously absent from its sequel – has briefly appeared in-game. Which hasn’t stopped developer Arrowhead Game Studios from declaring the incident to be “fake news”. Players began reporting strange sightings across Helldivers 2’s Galactic War map (thanks […]
With Dragon Age: The Veilguard’s October release looming, BioWare is starting to discuss the finer details of its latest fantasy RPG. And its newest deep-dive provides a look at how progression will work for protagonist Rook and the companions they’ll meet along the way. Rook’s progression systems won’t, it has to be said, […]
Battletech, Shadowrun, and The Lamplighters League developer Harebrained Schemes has announced its first project since parting ways with Paradox Interactive last year. It’s a “post-cyberpunk survival horror RPG” called Graft and it’s heading to PC. Graft’s story unfolds in the depths of a decaying continent-sized space station known as the Arc, home to […]
Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics and Capcom Fighting Collection 2 are both now set to launch for Xbox next year following “technical discussions” with Microsoft, after the platform was omitted from Capcom’s original release announcements. Word of an Xbox release was conspicuously absent when Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection and Capcom […]
Enotria: The Last Song, the “summer Soulslike” from Italian indie developer Jyamma Games, has been delayed indefinitely on Xbox – just weeks before its planned 19th September release – with the studio claiming Microsoft has “decided to ignore us” as it attempts to navigate certification. Enotria – a third-person action-adventure set in a […]
Thatcher’s Techbase – the Doom WAD that sees players descending to the Tenth Circle of Hell to thwart the return of “one of humanity’s greatest threats” – has been yanked from Bethesda’s new in-game mod browser after being reported for “real-world politics”. Thatcher’s Techbase initially released back in 2021, but developer Jim Purvis […]
It’s official – The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom take place outside the series’ established timeline. That’s according to Nintendo itself, which shared the timetable at Nintendo Live 2024 in Sydney. Whilst every other game slots into either the “Hero is Defeated” or “Hero is Triumphant” timeline, two […]
Space Goblin Studio – an indie team with “AAA credentials” – has revealed its debut game, Astrobotanica, is set to release in early access in 2025. Delivering a “unique blend of survival, exploration, and plant wizardry”, Astrobotanica is described as a “lush open-world survival adventure” that “transports players to prehistoric Earth, where an alien botanist […]
Steam’s next fest wants to take you out of this world. Steam Space Exploration Fest will go live on Monday 2nd September, offering discounts and demos “by the spaceship-full” until the fest closes a week later on 9th September. You can get a taste of what’s included in the sale in the teaser below: Steam […]
Nintendo has released another trailer for The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, giving us our first look at the princess embracing her inner-Link, and wielding a sword and shield. On the game’s release, Zelda will find a mysterious sword hidden within the lands of Hyrule, which will allow her to transform into her sword […]
As Dame Shirley Bassey once famously bellowed, “It’s all just a little bit of history repeating”. And so it is with this week’s Epic Games Store giveaway of the Fallout Classic Collection, which Tim Sweeney previously wafted at storeshop visitors in December 2022 and February this year. For those who didn’t grab it […]
Against the Storm – the critically acclaimed city building roguelike from Eremite Games – is set to get its first major expansion, titled Keepers of the Stone, on 26th September this year. Against the Storm, if you’re unfamiliar, challenges players to survive the apocalyptic Blightstorm ravaging the kingdom by gradually upgrading the Smoldering […]
Remedy Entertainment has announced a new partnership that’ll see Annapurna Pictures financing half of Control 2 in exchange for the film and TV rights to Control and Alan Wake. Control 2 – the sequel to Remedy’s acclaimed 2019 paranormal shooter – was officially announced back in 2022. Earlier this month, the studio revealed […]
Two and a half years after announcing The Witcher 4 – or rather the “the first instalment in the new Witcher saga”, as it’s now more officially known – CD Projekt has confirmed pre-production is almost over and that full production on the game will begin “soon”. CD Projekt’s joint CEO Michał Nowakowski […]
Beloved 1997 3D platformer Croc: Legend of the Gobbos is being remastered for PC and consoles, and it’s coming from a newly revived version of originaly developer Argonaut Games. Argonaut was founded by Jez San in 1982 and would go on to release the likes of Starglider and Birds of Prey before teaming […]
Sony has announced a significant price hike for PlayStation 5 in Japan, which will see the cost of the standard and Digital Editions of the console rise by ¥13,000 (around £70). Announcing the news in a post on its Japanese PlayStation Blog, Sony blamed the price hike (as per Google Translate) on “the […]
Reuniting developer Massive Entertainment and its Snowdrop Engine technology, Star Wars Outlaws is a sprawling, bounty-hunting, TIE-fighter-battling adventure across a galaxy far, far away. It’s built just for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, Series S and PC – a true next-gen effort – and all of the highlights of this particular engine return. Today I’m […]
Gamescom 2024’s Opening Night Live was a lacklustre event – but one announcement changed everythiong. As the event moved into its final few minutes, new footage of the extremely promising Indiana Jones and the Great Circle was shown, with an announcement that the game arrives in December, followed by a PlayStation 5 launch in Spring […]
A new Nintendo Direct broadcast will air tomorrow, Tuesday 27th August, at 3pm UK time. For those across the pond, that’s 7am Pacific, or 10am Eastern. Lasting roughly 40 minutes, the show will feature upcoming games and announcements for Nintendo Switch, from both major third-party developers as well as indie studios. […]
Good news, shooter fans – Deadlock finally officially exists. Even though Valve’s hero shooter amassed a concurrent player peak of over 16,000 earlier in the month, Valve still wouldn’t admit it existed. Overnight, however, it’s finally been added to Steam. PlayStation live-service Concord won’t sell you a battle pass – but would it be more […]
More Call of Duty Black Ops 6 footage has leaked online, this time purporting to be from its multiplayer mode. Whilst the videos were eventually removed by the uploader themselves rather than a copyright claim, the footage – reportedly from the PC version – gave thousands of fans a sneaky peek before going offline. As […]
Here at Digital Foundry, we’ve already gone into depth on Black Myth: Wukong’s high-end PC experience, with ‘full RT’ (ie path-traced) lighting – but the fact is that the vast majority of the audience will be using mainstream-level PC hardware. Thankfully, the game can scale and we’ve put together some optimised settings for you that […]
Amazon has dropped a free 18-minute behind-the-scenes peek at the making of the first season of Amazon Prime’s Fallout TV show. “Good morning, Vault Dwellers!” the team announced on the show’s Twitter/X account. “Please enjoy this new 18-minute look at the making of Fallout Season 1. For Your Consideration.” You can check it out via […]
Heroes of Might & Magic, Ubisoft’s long-running turn-based strategy series, is returning for an eighth mainline instalment in 2025, just in time to celebrate the series’ 30th anniversary. Heroes of Might & Magic: Olden Era – which will be the first new core series entry in nearly a decade – serves as a […]
MySims, the unexpectedly decent The Sims spin-off that first hit Nintendo platforms back in 2007, is reportedly heading to Switch “soon”. MySims, in case you’re unfamiliar (which would be perfectly understandable given that it’s now a frankly upsetting 17 years old), initially released on Nintendo Wii and DS. Developed by Dead Space studio […]
Starship Troopers: Extermination developer Offworld Industries has shared more on the new features coming to its bug-stomping 16-player co-operative FPS when it leaves early access and launches for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC on 11th October this year. Extermination, which entered early access last May, casts players as members of the […]
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[Redacted] – that roguelike set in the Callisto Protocol universe announced under the codename Project Birdseye, which we reported on earlier this year – has landed itself a release date. It will be coming to Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5 and PC via Steam and Epic on 31st October, Striking Distance Studios revealed today. Described […]
Xbox boss Phil Spencer has addressed the surprise revelation that first-party exclusive Indiana Jones and the Great Circle will release on PS5 in spring/Q2 2025 just a few months after its Xbox debut, stating Xbox is “a business”, and that “the bar is high in terms of the delivery we have to give back” to […]
Black Myth: Wukong is an impressive game from a technical standpoint, especially on PC where it delivers sumptuous visuals despite stutter and other performance issues. The PS5 version of the game offers a chance for developers Game Science to offer a more curated experience, yet baffling design choices and some visual cutbacks detract from what […]
Gamescom Opening Night Live 2024 is done and dusted for another year, but it’s certainly kicked off this year’s Gamescom with a bang – and we’ve got all the news, trailers and announcements right here in one handy summary. Whether you missed the show itself or just want a handy reminder of everything announced at […]
Dying Light developer Techland has shown off a new game in its zombie series that began life as a DLC for Dying Light 2 Stay Human. Announced during Gamescom Opening Night Live, Dying Light: The Beast is a solo or four-player co-op experience pitched as a “tight” 18-hour ride through a fresh area […]
Its dramatic and spectacular boss fights just about keep Black Myth: Wukong afloat, but behind all its glitz and glamour is a frustratingly hollow and rudderless action game. Black Myth: Wukong is nothing if not ambitious. As many of its early trailers and tech demos implied, this was a game punching above its weight. It […]
Nintendo and Level-5 have announced a delay for Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time, which was originally due to launch for Switch on 10th October. “To all of you who have been looking forward to the release, we apologise for any inconvenience caused and sincerely appreciate your understanding,” Level-5 said in a statement […]
Just a month after its last free event, Star Citizen is free-to-play again, from now until 22nd August, 2024. That means everyone can jump in and give the space sim a chance, as well as try out all “top 16 ships”, “granting both green and grizzled pilots the ability to try out eligible ships before […]
A new “modern camera” mod is now available for Silent Hill 3 and Silent Hill 4: The Room on PC. Modder ZealotTormunds has developed a mod that gives Silent Hill players both a first-person perspective and a more contemporary over-the-shoulder camera. Silent Hill 3 – Modern Camera Mod Release (Third Person + First Person)Watch on […]
The Sunday Times has revealed the UK’s top 30 wealthiest developers and gamers, including Rockstar’s Sam and Dan Houser (#4), Frontiers’ David Braben and Wendy Irvin-Braben (#10), and Rebellion’s Chris and Jason Kingsley (#14), and Hello Games’ Sean Murray (#17). Other names on The Sunday Times Gaming Rich List include Felix “PewDiePie” Kjellberg (#25), Alastair […]
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 is one of Digital Foundry’s most eagerly anticipated games, effectively hitting the beats that made the first series entry so enjoyable. The grand scale of the environments, the dense swarms of tyranids, the absolute carnage of combat – it’s all back in Space Marine 2, enhanced by the impressive technical […]
The special, almost intangible loveliness of the Plucky Squire isn’t down to either the game design itself or the way it’s presented. It’s down to both of these things, combined so thoroughly, and with such imagination, that it’s hard to stir them apart. The Plucky Squire Developer: All Possible Futures Publisher: Devolver Digital Availability: Out […]
Video gaming’s premier horn honker, Trombone Champ, is bringing its comedic rhythm-tooting to virtual reality helmets – meaning PC, PlayStation VR 2, and Meta Quest players might want to pucker up in preparation for a vigorous tromboning session this autumn. Trombone Champ: Unflattened, as the new VR version of the 2022 rhythm-action sensation […]
Call of Duty has become an absolute hard drive hog in recent years, with 2023’s entry managing to consume over 200GB of storage in some cases. That all might be about to change, however, as Activision has announced major changes to the way it’ll be handing installs with this year’s Black Ops 6, promising […]
Lonely Mountains: Downhill, the brilliantly serene/controller-snappingly infuriating mountain biking game from developer Megagon Industries, is trading its wheels for a pair of skis later this year, with the arrival of newly announced follow-up, Lonely Mountains: Snow Riders. Much like its predecessor, Snow Riders is all about getting from up to down as elegantly […]
Amazon has reportedly commissioned a new animated anthology series for its Prime Video streaming service that’ll feature new stories set across a variety of existing video game worlds, including Spelunky and Amazon’s own New World. That’s according to Hollywood news publication Deadline, whose sources say the series – which is reportedly titled Secret […]
Sony has announced August’s PlayStation Plus games. Those on the subscription’s Extra tier will get the following titles: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – PS4, PS5 Wild Hearts Standard Edition – PS5 Cult of the Lamb – PS4, PS5 Ride 5 – PS5 Watch Dogs 2 – PS4 (a PlayStation Plus rerelease) Sword Art Online: […]
Arrowhead Game Studios has acknowledged Helldivers 2’s recent Escalation of Freedom update “didn’t hit [its] target” following significant criticism from the community, and it’s detailed the steps its taking to address core areas of complaint over the next 60 days. Helldivers 2’s latest round of community unrest followed the launch of last week’s major […]
Cyberpunk platformer Replaced will now launch in 2025, developer Sad Cat Studio announced today. The game – which is described as a 2.5D “retro-futuristic sci-fi platformer” and, as I have said before, looks pretty darn good from what I have seen so far – was scheduled to release this year, having been previously delayed due […]
Shadows of Doubt, the procedurally generated first-person detective sim from developer ColePowered Games, is leaving Steam early access on 26th September, and it’s getting a PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S release on the same day. Shadows of Doubt entered Steam early access last April, challenging players – in the role of a […]
John Carpenter’s seminal horror movie franchise Halloween is getting two new video game adaptations from Boss Team Games, the publisher behind 2022’s Evil Dead: The Game. That’s according to IGN, which says both titles will be based on Carpenter’s original 1978 Halloween movie, which saw Jamie Lee Curtis’ Laurie Strode taking on masked […]
The Borderlands movie adaptation generated just $4m across 3125 locations on its opening day. As reported by Variety, even with boosted ticket sales from Imax and “other premium large-format auditoriums”, it seems its Hollywood cast isn’t enough of a draw for the $115m production. Borderlands movie trailer.Watch on YouTube Variety points out that distributor Lionsgate […]
As Sega prepares for remaster Sonic X Shadow Generations’ release in October, the original Sonic Generations game is being withdrawn from sale as a “standalone title”. From 9th September onwards, the 2011 game will only be available “via bundles of other iconic Sonic titles on Steam and Xbox”. SONIC X SHADOW GENERATIONS – Summer Game […]
It looks like PlayStation is introducing user reviews on the PS Store. In a thread entitled “When did PlayStation start allowing written reviews?”, an eagle-eyed PS5 owner noted on the PlayStation subreddit that the company was inviting user reviews for a select number of games. Whilst fans have long been able to rate games from […]
Following yesterday’s “enhanced” Doom 1 & 2 release, developer id Software has unveiled another treat for Doom fans as this weekend’s QuakeCon celebrations continue: official mod support for Doom Eternal on PC, which arrives in the form of a new mod browser and the release of its idStudio mod creation tools on Steam. […]
Remedy Entertainment has released its latest half-year financial report, detailing progress on some of its most anticipated titles – with its Max Payne 1 & 2 remake confirmed to have entered full production, while “important” Control 2 features are now in “playable form”. Remedy confirmed it was remaking cult-classic slo-mo shooters Max Payne […]
Microsoft Flight Simulator was already sounding pretty damned spectacular, but my excitement levels are now appropriately sky-high following developer Asobo’s revelation you’ll be able to get out of your plane, stroll about the countryside (or anywhere else), and watch the sun set in your preferred corner of its gorgeous recreation of the world. […]
God of War Ragnarök is making the jump from PlayStation to PC on 19th September, and ahead of its arrival, Sony has shared PC system requirements – which, among other things, reveals players will need to free up 190GB of hard drive space to play. As per the PlayStation Blog, the minimum hardware […]
Eli Roth’s Borderlands movie is nearly here, and early impressions are starting to trickle in – and, well, they’re not great. Critics have taken to social media to brand the live-action film adaptation of Gearbox’s looter-shooter everything from a “huge misfire” to a “disaster”. The Borderlands movie has, of course, been in the […]
Epic Games has announced it’s ditching a long-standing Fortnite promise that Battle Pass items will never be made available to buy at a later date – although it’s implementing an 18-month wait period before items can appear in its in-game shop. It’s a rule Epic has been accused of breaking before, specifically when […]
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6’s October release date is inching ever closer, with Activision growing looser-lipped by the day. Which brings us to the company’s latest reveal: a first look at Black Ops 6’s Zombies mode, courtesy of a two-and-a-half-minute cinematic trailer, ahead of a full gameplay breakdown this Thursday, 8th August. […]
A little over a year after confirming a last-gen release for Star Wars Jedi: Survivor was in the works, EA has announced the action-adventure sequel will be launching for Xbox One and PS4 on 17th September. Additionally, improvements to the much-maligned PC version are coming. Star Wars Jedi: Survivor initially released for Xbox […]
With just a couple of weeks to go until the release of Star Wars Outlaws, Ubisoft has shared a post-launch content roadmap which, among other things, confirms Lando Calrissian and Hondo Ohnaka will appears as part of the game’s paid Season Pass. Star Wars Outlaws launches on 30th August, and owners of its […]
Forthcoming action-RPG Phantom Blade Zero developer S-Game says that as it believes in “making our game accessible to everyone”, it has not “ruled out any platforms”. Confirmation came via the studio itself, which took to social media to clarify its stance after several media outlets reported an unnamed developer said “nobody needs Xbox”. PlayStation live-service […]
Brace yourself, Half-Life fans – rumours of Half-Life 3 have been resurrected once again, this time originating from the unassuming resume of a voice actor. There’s a chance that by the time you read this, Natasha Chandel’s website has already been, uh, revised, but right now, if you scroll down to the “voice over” section, […]
Images of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 have leaked online, including multiplayer maps, menu screens, and perks. Within hours, the screenshots were hit with copyright claims from Activision, adding credence to the claims they come from an in-development build. However, this is the internet, which means nothing’s ever truly gone, and the images are […]
Silent Hill: The Short Message – a two-hour free-to-play first-person horror shadow-dropped by Konami earlier this year – has been downloaded over three million times. Konami marked the occasion on social media, inviting players yet to meet Anita to “please give it a try”. Silent Hill: The Short Message – Launch Trailer | PS5 Games.Watch […]
Salt and Sanctuary, from Ska Studios, is a bit bloody good, serving up an enormously enjoyable, Dark Souls-inspired slice of 2D action-adventure. It’s also now eight years old – but that hasn’t stopped it from getting a surprise update this week, adding a tough new Randomiser mode. Salt and Sanctuary, which initially released […]
Riot Games’ free-to-play hero shooter Valorant launches today for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S, following its recent console open beta. The game will not offer crossplay between its existing PC version and consoles “to maintain Valorant’s renowned standard for competitive integrity”, Riot has said. In a press release issued today, Riot […]
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Following yesterday’s mass layoffs at Destiny 2 developer Bungie – in which 220 employees lost their jobs – a new report has claimed the cuts were a result of Bungie leadership ‘overstating the studio’s financial prospects’ to Sony, which acquired the developer in 2022. That’s according to sources interviewed by journalist Stephen Totilo, […]
Fortnite players are now able to unlock the Tesla Cybertruck, though have found it has arrived with some issues – not unlike its real-world equivalent. Players report that using the digital version of Elon Musk’s motor breaks various in-game items, effectively penalising them for attempting to drive the Cybertruck themselves. Videos uploaded […]
Current and former employees of Destiny 2 developer Bungie have responded to the news of devastating layoffs at the studio – which has seen 220 employees lose their jobs – aiming harsh criticism at the handling of the cuts amid calls for Bungie CEO Pete Parsons to resign. Parsons announced the studio would […]
Microsoft’s ever-expanding line-up of special edition Xbox wireless controllers has increased yet again, this time with the new transparent blue Sky Cipher – which (as well as looking like something straight out of the 90s, when tech wasn’t worth a jot if it wasn’t at least partially see-through) also heralds the introduction of new […]
Wildermyth, the acclaimed procedural storytelling RPG from developer Worldwalker Games, is – after three years revelling in its many accolades garnered while exclusive to PC – coming to Switch, PlayStaton, and Xbox on 22nd October this year. At first glance, Wildermyth is pretty familiar stuff, taking players on a fantasy flavoured adventure of […]
PlayStation has today unveiled a new DualSense controller, inspired by upcoming PS5 release Astro Bot. The controller itself boasts all the features you would expect from a DualSense, such as adaptive triggers and haptic feedback. These will all come into play when Astro Bot releases later this year (although, with more textures to feel through […]
A year after its 22-hour-long documentary series first debuted, Double Fine has released an update to PsychOdyssey. Running over 90 minutes long, the episode – subtitled “We Wrote it all Down” – is the “direct continuation of the acclaimed series Double Fine Adventure, and offers even deeper insight into the passion, humour, and heartbreak of […]
An uncut eight-minute video of Astro Bot has popped up online. The footage – recorded at ChinaJoy2024 – shows off the game’s combat and platforming premise, as well as a delightful boss battle with an octopus in scuba gear (nope, I don’t understand, either) and boxing gloves. You can see the action for yourself in […]
Steam has updated how demos “appear and behave” within the Steam library. In a post to the official website, Valve said that with “thousands of playable demos launching on Steam every year, and millions of players trying them out, we’ve noticed some trends in feedback from both developers and players about the process and functionality. […]
