Gaming — News — October 26th, 2025

Battlefield 6's PC Sales "Among the Best Seen For a Premium Game" in the US
However, the console side is slightly less impressive in the region with the shooter ranking in the "top 15, top 10," per Mat Piscatella.
October 26, 2025 — Source

Borderlands boss Randy Pitchford says the games industry is "just getting started": "We haven't even had our Citizen Kane yet, let alone Jurassic Park or Star Wars. We're just figuring this s**t out"
It definitely wasn't The Pre-Sequel, that's for sure
October 26, 2025 — Source

China's ByteDance reportedly building a Steam competitor — 'GameTop' for overseas markets will distribute and publish games like any other store, while harboring a social space with AI-assisted creator tools
Hiring has already begun.
October 26, 2025 — Source

Hades 2 Patch 1 Preview changes the game's ending, but only slightly
Hot on the heels of the successful 1.0 launch of Hades II, developer Supergiant Games has already rolled out the first preview patch on Steam. The focus of this patch seems to be refining the game's "true ending" experience based on early player feedback, but it also includes bug fixes and balance adjustments.
October 26, 2025 — Source

Solasta II early access has been pushed to Q1 2026
Tactical Adventures, the studio behind the well-regarded D&D-inspired RPG Solasta: Crown of the Magister, has revealed the early access release window for its sequel has been delayed. Announced during the Galaxies Gaming Showcase, Solasta II is now set to hit Steam Early Access in early 2026, a slight delay from the initial 2025 window.
October 26, 2025 — Source or Watch Video

This Week in Gaming (Week 44)
All of a sudden, it's the end of October and it's another busy week with two major releases. In the first one, you get to be a scavenger in a futuristic post-post-apocalyptic world, whereas in the other, you get to be the hero no-one asked for, but got anyhow and it too takes place in the future, but on an alien planet.
October 26, 2025 — Source

Gaming — News — October 25th, 2025

Ludicrous $6 billion Counter Strike 2 skins market crashes, loses $3 billion overnight — game update destroys inventories, collapses market
One small update has crashed the CS2 market.
October 25, 2025 — Source

Microsoft denies accusations of screenshotting your gameplay to train Gaming Copilot
Microsoft recently launched Gaming Copilot, a new flavor of its AI efforts tailored to gamers so that they can get help and useful info on the go, right from the Game Bar on their PCs. However, not everyone is happy about it, and people are now accusing Microsoft of sneakily taking screenshots of their gameplay to train AI.
October 25, 2025 — Source

Gaming — News — October 24th, 2025

Amazon's updated Luna streaming service gets party games, AAA titles, and a Snoop Dogg courtroom game
Play Kingdom Come 2 and Indiana Jones free with Prime
October 24, 2025 — Source

Apple loses UK antitrust lawsuit, tribunal rules firm charged "excessive and unfair prices"
US tech giant could pay up to £1.5 billion in damages
October 24, 2025 — Source

Battlefield 6 to get Battle Royale mode next week
We've known for quite some time that Battlefield 6 will be getting its own Battle Royale mode, but the timing of it has been the subject of debate. We can finally put the questions to rest, as recent datamining efforts point to a launch in just a few days time.
October 24, 2025 — Source

Battlefield 6's Battle Royale Mode Could Be A Free Shadowdrop Next Week Called RedSec
We could be playing Battlefield 6 battle royale this time next week.
October 24, 2025 — Source

BioWare Hasn't Called Jennifer Hale For Mass Effect 5 Yet, But She'd Do It "Anytime"
The Canadian voice actress said she doesn't even need to reprise her role as Commander Shepard to appear in Mass Effect 5.
October 24, 2025 — Source

Black Ops 7 Season 1 adds 6 multiplayer maps, 3 'Zombies' experiences and more
Call of Duty Black Ops 6 was somewhat of a mixed bag, with the latest COD entry featuring excellent gameplay unfortunately hampered by less-than-stellar post-launch support. That said, with Black Ops 7 set to arrive in a few weeks' time, the team at Treyarch have already started teasing their post-launch plans for the game -- showcasing a rather substantial Season 1.
October 24, 2025 — Source

'Counter-Strike 2' update wipes $2 billion in real money from game's economy
Yes, that's real US dollars, and yes, players are freaking out.
October 24, 2025 — Source

Escape From Duckov Briefly Outgunned Battlefield 6 On Steam This Week
You're not going to ducking believe this.
October 24, 2025 — Source

Fallout 4 Director Confirms Bethesda is Working on "Even More" for the Franchise
The recent Fallout Day 2025 saw a few announcements for games already out, but no new entry in the franchise was unveiled, however.
October 24, 2025 — Source

Fortnite X The Simpsons Leaks Reveal Battle Pass Lineup And Map Of Springfield
We'd bet dollars to doughnuts that the official announcement about The Simpsons' Fortnite season is close.
October 24, 2025 — Source

Here's This Week's Free Game From The Epic Games Store On Mobile
Epic is giving free games away every week to iOS and Android users, and here's a look at what you can grab right now.
October 24, 2025 — Source

'I Love That Universe. I'm Ready. Anytime' — Jennifer Hale Calls on Fans to Tell BioWare They'd Love to See Commander Shepard Return for Mass Effect 5
Relay the message.
October 24, 2025 — Source

Over 206,000 visitors attend inaugural Gamescom Asia x Thailand Game Show
Event's business area saw 5,590 industry professionals from 81 countries
October 24, 2025 — Source

Roblox Updates This Weekend: Oct 31 to Nov 2 Event Roundup
See out the Halloween weekend with these game updates.
October 24, 2025 — Source

Tactical RPG Solasta II Sets Early Access Debut for Q1 2026
During yesterday's Galaxies Gaming Showcase, French developer Tactical Adventures announced the early access release window for Solasta II. The sequel to 2021's turn-based tactical role-playing game will be available on PC in early 2026 via Steam, though details such as pricing and the estimated early access period haven't been shared yet. The studio had originally planned to launch this year, but there has been a small delay.
October 24, 2025 — Source

The Outer Worlds 2 launches to positive reviews
The Outer Worlds 2 is just about to unlock later today for Premium Edition buyers, giving them a full five days of early access. Alongside this, the review embargo for the game has lifted, giving us a look at how critics from around the world feel about Obsidian's latest RPG. So far, it sounds like we're in for another fun adventure across colonised space.
October 24, 2025 — Source

Todd Howard Teases "Even More" Fallout Is Coming
Todd Howard gives an update on the future of Fallout.
October 24, 2025 — Source

Gaming — News — October 20th, 2025

A new AAA Lord of the Rings game is reportedly in development
It has been almost a decade since we last had a critically acclaimed Lord of the Rings video game, but that wait may finally end soon. According to reports this week, a new AAA Lord of the Rings game is going to be developed, with the goal of 'competing with Hogwarts Legacy'.
October 20, 2025 — Source

A scream-worthy comeback — Silent Hill 2 remake passes 2.5M as series hits 10M
Konami's Silent Hill revival is real, and the sales prove it.
October 20, 2025 — Source

After Previous James Bond Movie Snub, Fans Think Lana Del Rey Has Recorded The Theme Song For 007: First Light
Lana Del Rey looks to have gotten a second chance at recording a James Bond theme, this time for the upcoming video game 007 First Light.
October 20, 2025 — Source

Battlefield 6 launch was 4 times bigger than BF5 in Europe
After a ton of hype and anticipation, Battlefield 6 finally arrived to huge success, selling over 7 million copies in its first week while amassing a concurrent player count of almost 750,000 on Steam alone. Though already confirmed to be the biggest launch in series' history, we've now gotten some additional details on just how much more successful BF6 is compared to prior entries.
October 20, 2025 — Source

Escape From Duckov Crosses 500,000 Sales in 3 Days
The PvE extraction shooter explodes onto Steam with nearly 176,000 peak concurrent players on the platform and counting.
October 20, 2025 — Source

Escape From Duckov Sells 1 Million Copies, Adds Mod Support
The top-down game made by five people has sold more than 1 million copies.
October 20, 2025 — Source or Watch Video

Fall Guys Player Uses Glitches To Reach Guinness World Record
"I used glitches," they wrote. "I had no other choice."
October 20, 2025 — Source

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Director Says Combat System Isn't "Pre-Determined" For Each New Entry
"Essentially, for the Final Fantasy numbered series, the game design is based on the director's decision himself," says Naoki Hamaguchi.
October 20, 2025 — Source

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth TGS 2025 Q&A with Director Naoki Hamaguchi -- No DLC for Rebirth, But There's a Chance for Part 3
Amid the busy halls of the Makuhari Messe during this year's Tokyo Game Show, we were able to carve out a brief fifteen minutes to talk with Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Director Naoki Hamaguchi as Square-Enix was showing off the upcoming Nintendo Switch 2 and Xbox Series S|X releases of the first title in the Final Fantasy VII Remake trilogy. With questions being handled through an interpreter, we might not have gotten time to answer everything we wanted to know about the upcoming releases, but we were able to touch on some of the bigger questions on our readers' minds.
October 20, 2025 — Source

GTA 6 Will Cost More In Mexico If A Violent Video Game Tax Bill Goes Into Effect
GTA 6 may cost up to $100, and gamers in Mexico could pay more due to a proposed 8% tax on violent video games rated 'C' or 'D'.
October 20, 2025 — Source

Hearthstone and Warcraft Rumble devs vote to unionise
Over 100 employees have voted "strongly in favour" to organise with CWA
October 20, 2025 — Source

Marvel Rivals gets Zombies PvE mode in time for Halloween
Marvel Rivals is getting its very first PvE event this week, taking inspiration from the Marvel Zombies spin-off comic.
October 20, 2025 — Source

Massive AWS outage takes games offline — Fortnite, Roblox, PlayStation and Epic Games affected
Online gaming grinds to a halt as Amazon's cloud outage hits major titles worldwide.
October 20, 2025 — Source

Minecraft devs explain "players have a different appetite for challenge and difficulty" which is why the Ender Dragon isn't allowed on the overworld: "That's not a great game experience"
"We have this guiding principle that bad things happen, but they're technically the player's fault"
October 20, 2025 — Source

New Lord Of The Rings Game Aiming To Compete With Hogwarts Legacy, Apparently
A new third-person action game set in The Lord of the Rings universe is on the way, a report said.
October 20, 2025 — Source

New Report Details How Leslie Benzies and MindsEye's Leadership Failed Their Staff
Build a Rocket Boy's MindsEye is an unlikely candidate for the worst video game ever, but the closer we get to the end of 2025, the likelihood of it being regarded as the worst game this year increases. To say the game has had a rough journey is an understatement, and following an open letter from 93 Build a Rocket Boy (BARB) employees calling out the studio's leadership for mismanagement, a new BBC report further details just how Leslie Benzies and BARB's leadership failed their staff and MindsEye's players.
October 20, 2025 — Source

Next Halo Game May Be "Like Fortnite" With Live-Service - Report
There may be two Halo games coming out in 2026, including a live-service title.
October 20, 2025 — Source

Resident Evil 0 Remake seemingly confirmed by actor
Capcom has had great success with its Resident Evil remakes over the past handful of years. The publisher has no plans to stop anytime soon either, with new evidence pointing to a remake of Resident Evil 0.
October 20, 2025 — Source or Source

Retroid teases its next gaming handheld by proclaiming 'The Future is Now'
Is the Retroid Pocket 6 the future? Or is it something else?
October 20, 2025 — Source

Streamer Emiru Disputes Twitch's Account Of Assault Response At TwitchCon
The popular streamer also announced she won't be returning to the event after being a guest for over a decade.
October 20, 2025 — Source

The Crew 2's offline mode is finally available
While Ubisoft's The Crew series served as a solid open-world racer, the franchise received a ton of backlash when it was announced that the first entry would no longer be playable due to its always-online requirement. In the wake of this outcry, Ubisoft reneged on their decision, confirming that The Crew 2 and Motorfest would be updated with proper offline support. After months of waiting, The Crew 2's offline mode is finally here.
October 20, 2025 — Source

The Division Boss Hasn't Left Ubisoft, And More Updates Are Coming Soon
Despite rumors about his departure, Julian Gerighty is still the executive producer of Ubisoft's The Division franchise.
October 20, 2025 — Source

The Simpsons' Springfield Is Reportedly Coming To Fortnite
Fortnite leakers indicate that the upcoming Simpsons crossover will include a map of Springfield.
October 20, 2025 — Source

The Sims Mobile is shutting down next year
The news comes as the mysterious next Sims game, Project Rene, is slated for both mobile and PC whenever it launches.
October 20, 2025 — Source

The Witcher 3 Gets New Mod with Monster Hunter-Like Mechanics and a Massive Map
An interesting new The Witcher 3 mod has recently appeared on Nexus (spotted by DSO Gaming). Created by Aeltoth, it is titled Wild Monster Hunt and it offers an alternative game mode inspired by CAPCOM's Monster Hunter series.
October 20, 2025 — Source

Gaming — News — October 17th, 2025

Dead Space Creator Optimistic in Reviving Franchise After EA's Buyout
Glenn Schofield also revealed that he had pitched a Dead Space 4 to EA, but said that the company wasn't interested for the time being.
October 17, 2025 — Source

Hitman World of Assassination 25th Anniversary Edition launches today
It is officially the 25th anniversary of the HITMAN series. To mark the occasion, IO Interactive is releasing a new limited-edition 25th Anniversary version of HITMAN World of Assassination, the full package that combines Hitman (2016), Hitman 2 and Hitman 3 into one set.
October 17, 2025 — Source or Watch Video

New Dragon Ball Game Project To Be Revealed In January 2025
A new Dragon Ball video game project will be announced in late January 2026 during a special celebration of the franchise's 40th anniversary.
October 17, 2025 — Source

Gaming — News — October 15th, 2025

Banjo-Kazooie Director Announces Departure from Rare After Over Three Decades
Gregg Mayles first started working with Rare back in 1990 on Solar Jetman. He has also worked on Banjo-Kazooie and Sea of Thieves.
October 15, 2025 — Source

Battlefield 6 devs locked in a tug-of-war with players are "looking at adjustments" to movement "to find a good in-between" following nerfs and exploits
"We already have some changes that are cooking on our side"
October 15, 2025 — Source

Battlefield 6 Is a 'Smash Hit' with More Than 6.5 Million Units Already Sold, Says Analyst
Alinea Analytics reports Battlefield 6 has sold over 6.5 million units, generating over $350 million, nearing Call of Duty sales levels. Steam accounts for the majority of sales.
October 15, 2025 — Source

Battlefield 6 sells over 7m units in three days, EA confirms
UPDATE: Latest instalment marks the "biggest opening ever" in the Battlefield franchise
October 15, 2025 — Source or Source

BluePoint Games job listing hints at a 3rd-person melee-focused action title
Over the generations, BluePoint Games have gone from strength-to-strength, with the studio moving on from simple remasters in the early PS4 era to becoming one of the best teams to go to for an authentic-yet-ambitious remake project. Unfortunately, we've heard little from the studio ever since the release of Demon's Souls back in 2020. That said, the team are continuing to work on something new, with a recent job listing indicating that it might be a 3rd-person melee-focused action title.
October 15, 2025 — Source

Borderlands 4 creative lead promises fans "more options are coming soon" as the crit knife build dominates the meta, and offers a warning: "We will be adjusting it"
Gearbox agrees it "diminishes playstyle variety"
October 15, 2025 — Source

Helldivers 2 is delaying any further new content for now — here's why that's a good thing
Arrowhead delays new content to focus on fixing Helldivers 2's performance, promising a smoother, more stable experience across all platforms.
October 15, 2025 — Source

Long-time Assassin's Creed franchise head departs Ubisoft after 20 years
After 20 years, Marc-Alexis Côte, long-time head of the Assassin's Creed franchise, has departed Ubisoft as part of a recent organizational restructuring
October 15, 2025 — Source or Source

Owlcat Games sets up educational resource hub for game devs
Studio partners with Fireshine Games, 11 Bit Studios, Gaijin Entertainment, and Midwest Games to build database of over 350 learning resources
October 15, 2025 — Source

Remedy issues 'profit warning' as FBC: Firebreak fails to turn around
The company announced that it will recognize a €14.9 million non‑cash impairment, representing the majority of the game's development and publishing costs. While this impairment does not affect Remedy's cash position, it significantly impacts its 2025 financial outlook. The studio now expects its operating profit (EBIT) for the year to be negative and below 2024 levels, reversing earlier guidance that had predicted growth.
October 15, 2025 — Source

Rockstar pays tribute to singer D'Angelo, whose contribution to Red Dead Redemption 2 "will forever be an enduring part" of its legacy
The soul musician sang on the song 'Unshaken'
October 15, 2025 — Source or Source

"Silksong really did take over." Why shifting Demonschool's release date was essential
Necrosoft head Brandon Sheffield emphasises the importance of a successful launch in a crowded market. "If you're a single-player game, it's one and done"
October 15, 2025 — Source

Sonic Can Now Give You Directions While You Drive
Sonic will tell you to turn left with his trademark "coolness and confidence."
October 15, 2025 — Source

Stardock is launching Elemental: Reforged remaster into Steam early access next week
Stardock is launching Elemental: Reforged, a remaster of its strategy game series, into Steam early access on October 23, 2025. The game has been upgraded to 64-bit.
October 15, 2025 — Source

Summer Game Fest Returns on June 5th, 2026
Next year's showcase will air from the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, a venue usually known for hosting the Academy Awards.
October 15, 2025 — Source or Source

Gaming — News — October 13th, 2025

A new Dissidia Final Fantasy is coming, but it's a mobile game
For years, fans have been hoping for a revival of the Dissidia Final Fantasy series. This weekend, Square Enix granted that wish, but with a twist. A new entry in the Final Fantasy fighting game series has been officially announced, but it's not coming to consoles or PC. Instead, the next battle between heroes and villains will take place exclusively on iOS and Android mobile devices.
October 13th — Source

After 47 hours, Palworld lead finally hits 100% in Megabonk on Steam and has "tried a world record run," catching the eye of the roguelike's solo dev himself: "Well bonked"
The gaming community is buzzing over the indie roguelike *Megabonk*, which has achieved over a million sales in just two weeks. Notably, John 'Bucky' Buckley, the global community manager for *Palworld*, has become intensely engrossed in the game, dedicating 47 hours to ultimately 100% completing it and earning 102 achievements. Bucky's enthusiasm is so strong he's publicly urged Geoff Keighley, host of The Game Awards, to consider *Megabonk* for "Game of the Year."
October 13th — Source

Age of Empires studio hiring for unannounced Unreal Engine 5 game
While Age of Empires 2 has been eating up all the headlines recently thanks to new DLCs, the latest entry in the series, Age of Empires 4, was a very decent comeback game. Now, it appears that World's Edge is gearing up for Age of Empires 5, which may utilise an entirely new engine for the series.
October 13th — Source

Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game is a New 2D 1-on-1 Fighter Based on Classic Animated Series
At launch, Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game will feature 12 playable characters, with more coming to the game through seasonal content.
October 13th — Source

Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game Was Canceled Last Year, but Now It's Back on With a Debut Gameplay Trailer and a New Developer Whose Entire Existence Is About Giving Games a 'Second Life'
Aanging in there.
October 13th — Source

Battlefield 6 fixes coming "one step at a time" as devs fix missing rewards, movement bugs, and more within 48 hours of launch, and eye up "other elements of the core loop" next: "Thanks for all the feedback!"
EA is already "deploying adjustments" to the shooter
October 13th — Source

CD Projekt RED and the ESA Got The Witcher Into Outer Space
CD Projekt RED and the ESA Got The Witcher Into Outer Space
October 13th — Source

Despite the massive launch, Battlefield 6 players are once again slamming the FPS game's map sizes: "It really feels like five maps, not nine"
Battlefield 6 multiplayer currently feels like "chaos in the worst way"
October 13th — Source

EA is apparently playing whack-a-mole as Battlefield 6 fans keep using the FPS game's new Portal mode to set up XP farms to bypass the sluggish progression grind
The Battlefield 6 community is finding ways around slow XP gain
October 13th — Source

EA Issues Update On Battlefield 6 App Outage Compensation & Jump Momentum Glitch
EA has addressed several issues arising from the launch of Battlefield 6, acknowledging problems faced by players and offering compensation. Initially, players experienced downtime with the EA app, preventing access to the game. As a result, preorder players who were locked out are being compensated with full access to the Season 1 Battle Pass, or access to the Season 2 Battle Pass if their preorder already included it.
October 13th — Source

Even after 14 years of League of Legends, fighting game 2XKO can do little but make me think of the games I wish Riot was still making instead
Now Playing | If only MOBA experience matched FGC experience
October 13th — Source

Genesis Unveils Its Secret Weapon in California — A Design Studio That'll Change the Game
Genesis opens a major California design studio to lead its global creative direction, reinforcing its luxury identity ahead of new hybrid and high-performance models.
October 13th — Source

Microsoft Responds To Reports Of Target And Walmart Halting Xbox Console Sales
If you want to buy an Xbox console, be it an Xbox Series X or Xbox Series S, chances are good you can waltz into your local Target or Walmart and pick one up. And if not, there's always the online route. Despite some recent hysteria suggesting otherwise, Target and Walmart have no plans of phasing out Xbox consoles, Microsoft confirmed in a statement.
October 13th — Source

Remedy adjusts FY25 outlook following "weak sales" of FBC: Firebreak
Developer recognises non-cash impairment of €14.9 million, representing the game's development costs alongside publishing and distribution rights
October 13th — Source

Report: Asia-Pacific region driving growth in Souls-like subgenre
Video Game Insights data suggests subgenre "shifted heavily towards APAC" between 2020 and 2025
October 13th — Source

Serious Sam 2 gets surprise 20th anniversary update on Steam
Though the series is far past its heyday, Serious Sam is still a classic, featuring fast-paced FPS shooting, tons of enemies and plenty of explosions. In celebration of Serious Sam 2's 20th anniversary, studio Croteam have announced and released a surprise -- yet welcome -- update on Steam: Adding new content, visual enhancements, quality of life improvements and more.
October 13th — Source or Watch Video

Star Citizen Alpha 4.4 Lands Next Month with the New Nyx Star System
Cloud Imperium Games delivered big news to Star Citizen fans this weekend during the CitizenCon Direct 2025 livestreamed event. The game's third explorable system, Nyx, will launch next month with the Alpha Update 4.4. The system features a hazardous, asteroid-dense environment, the Glacian Belt, with distinctive cold lighting and nebulae. Entry into Nyx will be possible from both the existing star systems: Stanton and Pyro.
October 13th — Source

Take a Look at Path Traced GTA 4 from an RTX Remix Test Build
A recent RTX Remix compatibility build for Rockstar's 2008 game, GTA 4, has been released by modder xoxor4d, showcasing path traced graphics. Early screenshots, shared by ResetEra user gabdeg, demonstrate a significant visual improvement without altering the game's original textures.
October 13th — Source

The Outer Worlds 2 has gone Gold ahead of launch later this month
The Outer Worlds 2 has officially gone Gold, meaning it's complete and ready for release later this month, on October 29th.
October 13th — Source

Gaming — News — October 10th, 2025

17-Year Halo Veteran Sparks Fan Concern After Departing Franchise With Ominous Message About Not Trading Away 'Ethics or Values,' and Promising to Explain More 'When It is Absolutely Safe to Do So Next Year'
"I intend to share this particular story in its entirety."
October 10, 2025 — Source

After 250 Job Losses and 'Disastrous' Management, MindsEye Staff Past and Present Unite in Open Call For Better Conditions, as Further Layoffs Feared
"You repeatedly refused to listen."
October 10, 2025 — Source

AMD and Sony preview next-gen game console technologies
It is no secret that AMD works closely with both Sony and Microsoft on future technologies for consoles. AMD and Sony recently revealed some of the big next generation features they are working on, some of which may end up debuting in the PlayStation 6.
October 10, 2025 — Source or Watch Video

Arc Raiders Makes Progression Wipes Optional As Studio Puts Players' Time First
"Wherever possible, we want to value your time spent in the game as much as you do."
October 10, 2025 — Source or Source

Assassin's Creed Actor Has Blunt Message About That Reportedly Canceled Game
Ralph Ineson reacts to the news that an Assassin's Creed game was apparently canceled.
October 10, 2025 — Source

Backyard Sports Leads Announce Completion of the Retro Collection, Discuss Animated Special Wrapping Production, and More
We sat down with Playground Productions to discuss the past and future of this beloved franchise.
October 10, 2025 — Source

Battlefield 6 devs say Labs will "probably be a staple of development for us" going forward after being "a big part of dev" on the new FPS game
"We believe in the power of tapping into the community and what the community wants"
October 10, 2025 — Source

Battlefield 6 Infiltrates NVIDIA GeForce NOW With RTX 5080 Firepower
Battlefield 6 launched and is now available on NVIDIA's GeForce NOW cloud gaming service, supported by upgraded GeForce RTX 5080 pods, with a subscription.
October 10, 2025 — Source or Watch Video

Battlefield 6 Is Having A Massive Debut On Steam
Battlefield 6 is putting up big numbers right out of the gate.
October 10, 2025 — Source

Discord Confirms Over 70,000 Users Affected By Customer Service Hack That Has Compromised Images of Government-Issued ID like Driving Licences And Passports
"We understand the inconvenience and concern this may cause."
October 10, 2025 — Source or Source

EA Exec Insists Players Won't See Anything Made by 'Very Seducing' Generative AI in Battlefield 6
EA insists players won't see generative AI in Battlefield 6, though it's used in preparatory stages. This contrasts with Activision's Call of Duty controversies.
October 10, 2025 — Source

Former Skyrim dev praises Baldur's Gate 3 for the RPG's faithfulness to Dungeons & Dragons: "That's as close as we've gotten to tabletop role-playing on a computer"
It's "at the very top of the list" of true D&D video games
October 10, 2025 — Source

Fortnite dataminers find sus game files that say "PriceChange," but Epic Games denies a price hike for its subscription: "Those rumors aren't true and the price changes aren't happening"
Fortnite Crew seems to be staying as it is
October 10, 2025 — Source

Ghost MMO by Fantastic Pixel Castle Is in Danger After NetEase Pulls the Plug
A few hours ago, Fantastic Pixel Castle Studio Head and Game Director Greg Street revealed via LinkedIn that the company's debut game, the fantasy MMORPG codenamed Ghost, is in serious danger. That's because NetEase, which had provided the initial funding, has decided to pull the plug. Both NetEase and Fantastic Pixel Castle have been looking for another publisher, but with the current market conditions, it's a very challenging proposition.
October 10, 2025 — Source

GTA lead's big gamble turned worst game of 2025 contender was such a disaster that nearly 100 devs are demanding change and apologies for "unbearable levels of overtime" and "mishandled" layoffs
The fallout from MindsEye's disastrous launch continues
October 10, 2025 — Source

Halo Art Director Leaves Halo Studios After Working on the Series for 17 Years
Halo art director Glenn Israel has left Halo Studios after 17 years, citing concerns and promising to share more details next year.
October 10, 2025 — Source

Halo Studios Art Director's Departure Hints at Leadership Issues -- Rumour
In a LinkedIn post, Halo Studios veteran art director Glenn Israel wrote about feeling safe to reveal more details some time next year.
October 10, 2025 — Source

Heart Machine affected by second round of layoffs
Development on its early access title Hyper Light Breaker to wind down
October 10, 2025 — Source or Watch Video

Minecraft's latest test unleashes spears, zombie mounts, and chaotic new combat
The experimental snapshot shakes up survival with new weapons, rideable mobs, and mechanics that could redefine the game's future.
October 10, 2025 — Source

Netflix just added free party games to your subscription - here's how to play
The streaming giant has had video games for years, but these new ones are different. See what's coming.
October 10, 2025 — Source

PolyDream Studio raises $500,000 to accelerate development of FPS project
Azerbaijan-based studio aims to increase its team to over 100 developers over the next decade
October 10, 2025 — Source

Ratchet & Clank's Lost Game Has Been Found And Preserved
After nearly two decades, a playable version of a canceled Ratchet & Clank game has been uncovered.
October 10, 2025 — Source or Watch Video

Report: Ubisoft cancels Assassin's Creed game set in post-Civil War US
Former and current employees claim game was scrapped due to "online backlash" of Shadows' protagonist Yasuke and an "increasingly intense" political climate in US
October 10, 2025 — Source

Union members announce legal action against Build A Rocket Boy over layoffs
An open letter to the studio's leadership alleges systemic mistreatment, mismanagement, and mishandling of the redundancy process
October 10, 2025 — Source

"Usually, we're not on the map." How a new initiative is platforming Palestinian developers
The creators of Dreams on a Pillow and Pomegranates reflect on the help they've received from the newly formed industry initiative Palestinian Voices in Games
October 10, 2025 — Source

Why a 130-Year-Old Japanese Kabuki Company Is Getting Into Video Games
We rode along with Shochiku during TGS as it helped two start-ups pitch their projects.
October 10, 2025 — Source

Gaming — News — October 8th, 2025

As games face censorship on Steam and beyond, Japanese site says fine, we'll make our own dang payment method, and actually pulls it off
DLsite finds an alternative amid Visa and Mastercard moral crackdown
October 8, 2025 — Source

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Has Sold 5 Million Copies
The acclaimed soundtrack, composed by Lorien Testard, has also hit 333 million track streams following the RPG's launch.
October 8, 2025 — Source

EA's $55 Billion Sale Could Help Company Take Riskier Bets, But Not Soon, Expert Says
However, the deal could lead to layoffs, cutbacks, and the sale of assets in the short term.
October 8, 2025 — Source

Epic Is Suing Fortnite UEFN Devs For Allegedly Using Bots To Inflate Player Counts
In newly released court documents, Epic recounts how it detected suspicious activity in Fortnite by UEFN devs.
October 8, 2025 — Source

Fake itch.io game pages are secretly stealing gamer accounts and planting malware
Malwarebytes has outlined a scam affecting the gaming platform Itch.io that exploits the trust between players and indie developers by impersonating popular games, such as Archimoulin. The scammers begin an attack by sending a direct message from a compromised account on a trusted platform like Discord, which increases the chance that victims will click the link.
October 8, 2025 — Source

Game Pass Ultimate Price Hike Delayed in Certain Regions
Prices remain unchanged "in line with local requirements" with Microsoft to provide "advance notice" before ultimately hiking the same.
October 8, 2025 — Source

Ghost of Yotei versus Assassin's Creed Shadows -- Which Game Did It Better?
It's time to pit two very interesting current-gen takes on ancient Japan to see which one comes out on top. It's Atsu versus Naoe and Yasuke in a match that's going to be quite interesting indeed!
October 8, 2025 — Source or Watch Video

IGN Fan Fest 2025: Fall Edition -- How to Watch and What to Expect From the Show
The show will stream live on Wednesday, October 15 at 9am PT, and there will be dozens of exclusive game trailers, interviews with celebrities, and exclusive clips and reveals across games, movies, TV, and more. For all the details on how to tune into the event live, check out the info below:
October 8, 2025 — Source

Left 4 Dead 2 RTX NTD Remakes the No Mercy Campaign with RTX Remix
The Nostalgia Drive Team released a work-in-progress build of Left 4 Dead 2 RTX NTD, a visual overhaul of the No Mercy campaign using NVIDIA RTX Remix.
October 8, 2025 — Source

Microsoft confirms Game Pass price hike won't apply to all subscribers immediately
GamePass Ultimate price hike not for subscribed users in several countries
October 8, 2025 — Source

Mina the Hollower delayed past initial Halloween release date
Back in 2022, the team at Yacht Club Games officially announced Mina The Hollower, their first new IP since the highly successful Shovel Knight. After years of excitement and waiting, the game was confirmed to be launching this Halloween. Unfortunately, fans will now have to wait a little bit longer, as Mina the Hollower has officially been delayed.
October 8, 2025 — Source

Sega and International Olympic Committee announce multi-year licensing deal
Firms to launch "co-branded merchandise programme" centered around Sonic the Hedgehog franchise
October 8, 2025 — Source

Skate surpasses 15 million players following Early Access launch
EA's Skate (2025) has surpassed 15 million players following its Early Access launch last month. The free-to-play title's popularity is impressive.
October 8, 2025 — Source

Turn-Based cRPG Starfinder: Afterlight Reaches Minimum Kickstarter Goal in 80 Minutes
Indie Barcelona-based developer Epictellers Entertainment announced that its turn-based cRPG Starfinder: Afterlight met and exceeded the minimum funding goal on Kickstarter just eighty minutes after the campaign opened.
October 8, 2025 — Source

US Supreme Court upholds Google Play Store changes amid ongoing Epic Games lawsuit
The Supreme Court is sticking to its previous ruling: Google must adhere.
October 8, 2025 — Source

Vampire Survivors is getting online co-op in its next major update
The game that just keeps on giving, Vampire Survivors, is about to get even more addictive. Developer Poncle has today kicked off a series of weekly teasers for the game's next major update, version 1.14, and the first reveal is the big one that fans have been waiting for: online co-op is officially on its way.
October 8, 2025 — Source or Watch Video

Video Game Consoles Are Selling for 12% More in the U.S. This Year Than Last Year
According to Circana, U.S. video game hardware sales are up 32% year-over-year, driven by the Nintendo Switch 2, despite a 12% price increase. NBA 2K26 topped August sales.
October 8, 2025 — Source

Gaming — News — October 3rd, 2025

EA's monster buyout sets financial records -- and sounds alarm bells | Opinion
The stock market is tough for games companies, but being burdened with a $20 billion debt is even tougher
October 3, 2025 — Source

Elon Musk's xAI will pay $100 an hour for video game tutors to train Grok
You can even work remotely
October 3, 2025 — Source

Epic Games launches webshop service on PC and mobile
Feature enables developers to sell in-game content using on separate web stores hosted by Epic Games
October 3, 2025 — Source

Game Pass Ultimate's Price Hike Was Quietly Paired With Another Downside
No longer can you save 10% on Call of Duty Points or BlackCell, it looks like.
October 3, 2025 — Source

Halo: Combat Evolved Remake Coming From Oblivion Remastered Dev - Report
Master Chief's original adventure may be getting a brand-new remake in the near future.
October 3, 2025 — Source or Source

Major Publisher Abandons Steam Deck
Geeky Gadgets reports that Electronic Arts (EA), a major publisher behind franchises like Battlefield and Skate, has withdrawn support for Valve's Steam Deck due to technical challenges, primarily incompatibility of its anti-cheat software with the Steam Deck's Linux operating system, and a shift towards prioritizing larger platforms. This decision renders many popular EA multiplayer titles unplayable on the device, impacting users and the broader vision of cross-platform gaming.
October 3, 2025 — Source

Megabonk Sells 1 Million Units in Two Weeks
The surprise indie hit will receive a "roadmap" at some point, but for now, creator vedinad is "overwhelmed and tired at the moment."
October 3, 2025 — Source

Netflix Is Hiring A New GenAI Gaming Boss With A Huge Salary
The person who gets the job could be paid $840,000.
October 3, 2025 — Source

PAYDAY 3's long-promised offline mode is officially cancelled
PAYDAY 3's long-promised offline mode has been officially cancelled by Starbreeze, who are now focusing on improving the game.
October 3, 2025 — Source

Peak Co-Creator Has Another Chaotic Co-Op Game
You can try out the forklift party game Crashout Crew in a Steam Next Fest demo this month.
October 3, 2025 — Source

'Prime Gaming' name to be retired in favour of Amazon Luna
Amazon recently announced that they are revamping their Amazon Luna game streaming service, offering some new benefits alongside AI-powered party games. In an effort to synergise its gaming services, Amazon has now announced that it is retiring its Prime Gaming label -- folding it instead into Amazon Luna directly.
October 3, 2025 — Source

Rock Band 4 Is Being Delisted from Digital Stores This Weekend
Due to expiring music licenses, Rock Band 4 is being delisted from PlayStation and Xbox digital stores, though owners retain access. DLC will also vanish as licenses expire.
October 3, 2025 — Source

Steam Survey Gaming Trends: AMD Chips Away At Intel & Windows 11 Dominates
The latest Steam survey reveals AMD is gaining on Intel's processor dominance, reaching 41.31%, while Windows 11 adoption increased to over 63%.
October 3, 2025 — Source

The Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 Beta Is Live, And Even In Early Access, Cheaters Are Running Amuck
The multiplayer beta for Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is now live in its early access period for users who've pre-ordered the game and Xbox Game Pass subscribers. It'll be live for anyone who wants to check out the beta, not included in those two categories, on October 5, but even before it opens to the general public, reports have surfaced across social media that cheaters are running amuck through the game.
October 3, 2025 — Source

The Voice Behind Mortal Kombat's 'Toasty!' Is Leaving NetherRealm
Burnt out.
October 3, 2025 — Source

Tokyo Game Show: Flashy booths mask economic and industry anxiety | Opinion
The proliferation of free-to-play mobile titles at TGS reflected Japanese consumers' worries about spending
October 3, 2025 — Source

Gaming — News — September 29th, 2025

$55 billion deal sees EA being acquired by investor group including Saudi Arabia's PIF
Last week, a report came out regarding a deal that might see EA become a private entity again. Today, the games publisher confirmed that a group of investors has acquired 100% of the company, with Saudi Arabia's PIF, the private equity firm Silver Lake, and Affinity Partners being involved. Regarding the deal, EA said that it will help "accelerate innovation and growth to build the future of entertainment."
September 29, 2025 — Source or Source

A New Lord of the Rings Third-Person Action Game Is In Development -- Rumor
A report from Insider-Gaming claims that a new Lord of the Rings game is in development, and that a deal regarding the game's funding, which Insider-Gaming alleges will partially come from the Abu Dhabi Investment Office (ADIO), and potentially even the new game, could be revealed next week.
September 29, 2025 — Source

After AI-Powered Darth Vader, Fortnite Introduces An AI Chatbot
Right now it's only available to 1% of users, but Epic plans to roll it out more widely.
September 29, 2025 — Source

Battlefield 6 Release Times Revealed For October 10 Launch
Here's exactly when you can start playing Battlefield 6.
September 29, 2025 — Source

Brazil bans the sale of loot boxes to minors
The ban is part of a larger safety law that aims to protect children and adolescents online
September 29, 2025 — Source

Famed gamer creates working 5 million parameter ChatGPT AI model in Minecraft, made with 439 million blocks — AI trained to hold conversations, working model runs inference in the game
CraftGPT is hewn from 1020x260x1656 Redstone blocks in the game.
September 29, 2025 — Source

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth "doing very well" following PC launch
Following its PC launch, Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth "has been doing very well" on both PS5 and PC, improving upon initial sales. The third game in the trilogy is in development.
September 29, 2025 — Source or Watch Video

Fortnite Changing Peacemaker Emote Following TV Series Bombshell, After Epic Games Contacted James Gunn's DC to 'Inquire Into Our Partner's Creative Intentions'
IGN is addressing concerns about the "Peaceful Hips" emote in Fortnite, which referenced Nazi imagery revealed in the show *Peacemaker*. Epic Games is modifying the emote and offering refunds.
September 29, 2025 — Source

Gearbox Debuts the First New Vault Hunter Coming to Borderlands 4 in Paid DLC
Over this past weekend, during Tokyo Game Show 2025, Gearbox and 2K unveiled the first of two new vault hunters that'll be joining Borderlands 4 as part of the game's first paid story DLC set to release sometime during Q1 2026.
September 29, 2025 — Source

Hades 2 Passes 110,000 Concurrent Players On Steam, Doubling All-Time Peak For Original
Hades 2's full release achieved a new peak of 112,947 concurrent Steam players, doubling the original's record and earning a 10/10 review.
September 29, 2025 — Source

Halo Combat Evolved Remake Is Rumored to Use UE5 and Blam Engine, Add Gameplay Tweaks
A rumored Halo Combat Evolved remake is reportedly using Unreal Engine 5 and a modified Blam engine, featuring gameplay tweaks like sprinting and updated level design.
September 29, 2025 — Source

It's the first time I've ever missed a Minecraft Live — but I still caught all the best Minecraft announcements
Minecraft will receive updates including "Mounts of Mayhem" with new mounts and combat features, and "The Copper Age," adding new copper uses and a Copper Golem.
September 29, 2025 — Source

Kevin McCoy and Simon Sparks to host roundtable at GamesIndustry.biz HR Summit 2025
Recent news includes Kevin McCoy and Simon Sparks hosting an HR Summit roundtable, Microsoft denying retailer Xbox removals, and Battlefield 6's high Steam user count. Several studios are facing challenges.
September 29, 2025 — Source

Key GTA 6 Story Detail Confirmed By Rockstar Co-Founder Ahead Of Launch
Speaking in an interview, Rockstar Games co-founder and former creative director/head writer Dan Houser confirmed that Grand Theft Auto VI will be the first game in the series since the original written without his direct involvement.
September 29, 2025 — Source or Watch Video

More Japanese Game Developers Are Embracing AI Than Ever Before
A recent survey reveals that over 50% of Japanese video game developers are now integrating artificial intelligence into their game production.
September 29, 2025 — Source or Source

Resident Evil Requiem Producer Says Fans Get Frustrated with CAPCOM Due to Rumors & Theories the Studio Never Promised
CAPCOM's Resident Evil Requiem producer expressed frustration with fan speculation and rumors, particularly regarding character appearances, which the studio hasn't confirmed.
September 29, 2025 — Source

Silent Hill f Reaches 1 Million Copies Sold Faster Than the Silent Hill 2 Remake
Silent Hill f sold one million copies in just one day, surpassing the Silent Hill 2 Remake's sales pace and marking a strong return for the franchise.
September 29, 2025 — Source or Source

Terminator 2D: No Fate Delayed to November 26th
Shipping delays for Day One and Collector's Editions due to global tariffs have impacted the 2D side-scrolling shooter's release.
September 29, 2025 — Source or Source

Tune Into Call of Duty Endowment (C.O.D.E.) Bowl VI Presented by USAA
The sixth annual Call of Duty Endowment (C.O.D.E.) Bowl presented by USAA is scheduled for September 30, 2025, following Call of Duty: Next, and will feature U.S., U.K., and Canadian military esports teams competing for the C.O.D.E. Bowl trophy. The event celebrates six years of the competition and the Endowment's work in placing 150,000 veterans into jobs. Viewers can watch on the Official Call of Duty Twitch® Channel or Call of Duty YouTube® Channel.
September 29, 2025 — Source

Gaming — News — September 25th, 2025

Deus Ex Remastered Coming on February 5, 2026
During today's Sony State of Play, Aspyr and Eidos-Montreal revealed Deus Ex Remastered, the definitive edition of an iconic action RPG, faithfully restored and upgraded for a new generation of platforms with improved visuals, quality-of-life enhancements such as autosaves and faster load times, and controller support. Deus Ex Remastered will release on Feb. 5, 2026, on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC via Steam.
September 25, 2025 — Source

Forza Horizon 6 ads go live early, confirming Japan setting — full reveal aSourcen>
Ninja Gaiden 4 is going to kick ass--mostly yours.
September 25, 2025 — Source or Watch Video

Hitman World Of Assassination Gets PC VR Overhaul To Match PS VR2 Edition
Hitman World of Assassination has been updated on PC VR to match the PlayStation VR2 edition.
September 25, 2025 — Source

How to watch PC Gaming Show Tokyo Direct — PC Gamer's digital 2025 showcase
PC Gamers' Midas and the award-winning radio and television presenter Elle Osili Wood are hosting PC Gaming Show Tokyo Direct 2025.
September 25, 2025 — Source

Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls Gameplay Showcases Spider-Man and Ghost Rider
The gameplay also confirms the inclusion of the Savage Land as a playable stage with multiple transitions and impressive backgrounds.
September 25, 2025 — Source

Persona 5 + Royal have officially sold over 10 million copies
While the Persona series has always had a loyal fanbase, the launch of Persona 5 in particular pushed the sub-series into the mainstream -- crossing over into countless other titles while also releasing its own suite of spin-offs. Just over 9 years on from the original game's release, ATLUS has announced that Persona 5 / Royal have sold over 10 million copies.
September 25, 2025 — Source

Rockstar Games Project ROME (Rockstar Online Modding Engine) for GTA6 rumored to be revealed soon
Rockstar's "Project ROME" could bring official mods to GTA 6
September 25, 2025 — Source

Sarah Brewster to present talk at GamesIndustry.biz HR Summit 2025
Fresh Seed founder to discuss "the unwritten rules of the workplace and how studios can adapt"
September 25, 2025 — Source or Watch Video or Watch Video

Sony Unveils Pulse Elevate Wireless Speakers For Your PC Gaming Desktop
At its State of Play event, Sony announced the Pulse Elevate, its "first wireless speakers" designed for PC desktops and other platforms, including Mac and PS5. The twist here is that they're portable, giving them more versatility than a standard set of 2.0 speakers. They're also compatible with Bluetooth devices, allowing players to simultaneously listen via a PlayStation Link-connected device for in-game audio and a separate Bluetooth device for music, voice chat, and so forth.
September 25, 2025 — Source or Watch Video

Steam beta helps players prep for games requiring Secure Boot or TPM
Steam Hardware Survey will also start collecting Secure Boot and TPM data
September 25, 2025 — Source or Source

The cutting edge performance capture technology behind Squadron 42
Clear Angle Studios offers insights into the Hollywood tech used to create custom characters and NPCs for Star Citizen and its single-player campaign
September 25, 2025 — Source or Watch Video

Transformers: Fall of Cybertron has been relisted on Steam (though not yet purchasable)
In the wake of the acquisition of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft, the console maker has spoken on bringing back many of the publisher's more legacy games and franchises. Following reports that Microsoft was working on bringing some of Activision's Transformers titles back from the dead, the much-loved Transformers: Fall of Cybertron has been relisted on Steam (though not yet purchasable).
September 25, 2025 — Source

Treyarch offers full deep-dive into Black Ops 7 Zombies
In the lead up to Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, Treyarch has been slowly-but-surely sharing new details regarding the upcoming shooter. Following its recent multiplayer deep-dive, the team have now revealed all there is to know about BO7's upcoming Zombies mode.
September 25, 2025 — Source

Two games are free this week on the Epic Games Store
The Epic Games Store refreshes its giveaway promotion every Thursday, and that means it's time to grab a couple of new games. The latest titles are Eastern Exorcist and Jorel's Brother and The Most Important Game of the Galaxy. As always, you have seven days to add the latest indie game permanently to your Epic Games Store library.
September 25, 2025 — Source

Gaming — News — September 22nd, 2025

Bandai Namco trademarks the name 'World Fighters'
Jump Force was an interesting though ultimately somewhat disappointing fighting game from Bandai Namco which featured a ton of characters from across Shonen Jump's line-up of popular manga franchises. Released in 2019 and discontinued just a few years later, it appears as though a follow-up entry might be in the works, with the publisher trademarking the name 'World Fighters'.
September 22, 2025 — Source

Bomb Rush Cyberfunk successor HYPERFUNK officially announced
Bomb Rush Cyberfunk released back in 2023 as a spiritual successor to SEGA's underrated Jet Set Radio franchise. Developed by Team Reptile, the skate culture-focused collectathon platformer proved to be a hit, with overwhelmingly positive reviews on Steam. In the wake of its success, the team have officially announced a follow-up, with HYPERFUNK bringing the 3D platformer into the multiplayer realm.
September 22, 2025 — Source

Borderlands 4 amasses over 2.5m players since launch
Latest title in the franchise has generated over $150 million in revenues, according to Alinea Analytics
September 22, 2025 — Source

FEAR fans should grab the Echo Patch for massive improvements
Warner Bros shut down the studio responsible for the FEAR series earlier this year but shortly after, GOG picked up the games as part of its Game Preservation Program, ensuring they remain accessible for years to come. Now, modders are also getting in on the action, with a new mod that makes sweeping upgrades to UI, amongst other upgrades like controller support.
September 22, 2025 — Source

Fortnite Banned 'Thousands' This Weekend as Proximity Voice Chat Mode Delulu Launches to Big Player Numbers, but Widespread Reports of Griefing and Abuse
"I wish I could shield them all from the sweats and bigots."
September 22, 2025 — Source

Konami Polls Fans To Get Their Thoughts on Which Metal Gear Game It Should Remake Next
Solid strategy.
September 22, 2025 — Source

Playstack revenue increases 52% YoY in the first half of 2025
Balatro and Abiotic Factor combined sold over three million units in the same period
September 22, 2025 — Source

Steam Bug Botched This Indie Game's Launch, Now It's Getting A Second Chance
Planet Centauri was the victim of a Steam bug, but players are starting to notice this throwback side-scrolling sandbox game.
September 22, 2025 — Source or Watch Video

The painful lessons learned from layoffs
Two studios reflect on how they dealt with redundancies -- and what to do differently to avoid them in future
September 22, 2025 — Source

The Witcher III: Wild Hunt Gets New HD Remaster Mod to Fill in Missing Items
Yes, people are very much still modding The Witcher III: Wild Hunt, even more so after CD Projekt RED released the REDkit mod tool last year. On the visual side, HalkHogan's The Witcher 3 HD Reworked Project NextGen Edition is pretty much a must, but even the experienced modder's latest release does not overhaul every single item in the big open world roleplaying game.
September 22, 2025 — Source

Video Games Europe and the EGDF launch Pixels to Policy campaign
The campaign is "the ultimate showcase of Europe's video games sector," says the continent's largest trade body
September 22, 2025 — Source

Which Metal Gear Solid Game Do You Think Should Be Remade Next? Konami Wants to Know
A new survey shared on X (formerly Twitter) by user Metal Gear Network (spotted by Insider-Gaming) reveals that Konami wants to know which Metal Gear Solid game fans think should get the remake treatment next, now that we're beyond the release of Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater.
September 22, 2025 — Source

Gaming — News — September 19th, 2025

As Rival Roblox Looms, Fortnite Will Let Creators Sell In-Game Items
For one year, at least, creators will also get a larger cut of the revenue.
September 19, 2025 — Source

Blizzard Denies It Used AI For New Overwatch 2 Art
Social media posts accuse the studio of generating sprays with AI tools.
September 19, 2025 — Source

Bloodborne Could Be On Ice For A Long Time - Report
Although "nothing is happening" with From Software's iconic 2015 action-RPG right now, that doesn't mean nothing will ever happen.
September 19, 2025 — Source

Grimlore Games Will Drop the First Major Content Update for Titan Quest II "Soon"
After an initial delay that pushed the game out of the first half of 2025, Grimlore Games shadow-dropped Titan Quest II in early access this summer and had a strong launch with more than 300K copies sold in less than three days. Now that the game has been out for a few months, Grimlore Games is preparing to release the first major content update for Titan Quest II, which will be in players' hands "soon."
September 19, 2025 — Source

Indie studio bets on new game after buying freedom from Sega
French developer Amplitude knows that "every game could be the last" as it prepares a big bet on a new strategy title less than a year after buying its independence back from Sega.
September 19, 2025 — Source

Krafton U-Turns In Its Lawsuit Against Unknown Worlds Founders On One Of Its Key Arguments Regarding Subnautica 2
Post the publication of this article, Krafton reached out to Wccftech to provide its statement on the latest update with its legal battle against the Unknown Worlds founders and its sudden change in argument around the relevancy of Subnautica 2 being ready for an early access release.
September 19, 2025 — Source

Patapon Spiritual Successor Ratatan is Out Now in Early Access
The rhythm-focused side-scrolling adventure launches with five worlds and co-op, with plans to remain in early access for 6-12 months.
September 19, 2025 — Source

Subnautica 2 Lawsuit Gets Muddled As Justification For Firing Studio Founders Is Changed
Krafton has withdrawn one of its legal justifications for firing the Unknown Worlds leadership team.
September 19, 2025 — Source

Gaming — News — September 16th, 2025

French voice of Lara Croft files complaint over alleged AI use in Tomb Raider remaster
Beloved Lara Croft voice actor fights back, dispute spreads to other language versions of the game
September 16, 2025 — Source

Game Pass Core, Which Rarely Adds More Games, Is Adding Three More Soon
The base tier for Xbox's subscription service will have three more titles in October.
September 16, 2025 — Source

Game Republic New Horizons reveals Taskmaster star as final headliner
Comedian Maisie Adam is the conference's final session guest
September 16, 2025 — Source

Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford tells Borderlands 4 critics to "code your own engine," calls it a game for "premium gamers"
Pitchford's PR skills deserve their own cautionary class
September 16, 2025 — Source

Grand Theft Auto 6 Touted as "The Largest Game Launch in History" in New Job Listing
The company's claim about the possible success of the game was found in a since-deleted job listing for a lead software engineer.
September 16, 2025 — Source

Hades, Endless Legend 2, Black Ops 7 beta, and much more hit Game Pass
Microsoft just announced a massive wave of games for Xbox Game Pass subscribers, with the next couple of weeks being full of fresh titles for all the membership tiers across console and PC. Members can also jump into the Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 Early Access Open Beta starting October 2 as an additional benefit.
September 16, 2025 — Source

HBO Max Chief Reveals 2026 Release Months for Game of Thrones Spinoff a Knight of the Seven Kingdoms and House of the Dragon Series 3
Slam Dunk.
September 16, 2025 — Source

Hell is Us Director calls Silksong's surprise launch "a little callous"
Following years of leaks, rumours and little-to-no official details, Team Cherry finally released Hollow Knight: Silksong just under two weeks ago. Described by many as the GTA VI of indies, a suite of upcoming games were delayed in order to get out of Silksong's way. While most took this on the cheek, Hell is Us' Creative Director called the surprise release date "a little callous."
September 16, 2025 — Source

"Japanese players will stick with you" -- Why the Canadian studio behind Neverway is targeting Japan
Developers of indie life-sim RPG Neverway explain the advantages of focusing on the Japanese market -- and how Outersloth threw them a funding lifeline
September 16, 2025 — Source

MARVEL versus CAPCOM Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics Tops 1 Million Copies Sold
MARVEL versus CAPCOM Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics took players back in time to an era of fighting games that plenty of fans longed to see come back. At least more than a million of them, as Capcom confirms that the arcade collection has officially surpassed one million copies sold, nearly a year to the day after its launch.
September 16, 2025 — Source

Overseas Publishers Like Microsoft Want Games Done as Quickly As Possible, Says Kamiya, Who Still Can't Let Scalebound Go
It may be over eight and a half years since Microsoft cancelled Scalebound, the action game it would publish as a PC and Xbox exclusive from developer PlatinumGames, but Game Director Hideki Kamiya still hasn't let this go.
September 16, 2025 — Source

Palworld 1.0 to Launch in 2026; PocketPair Will Focus on Polishing for the Rest of 2025
Today, PocketPair announced in a video message that it aims to release Palworld 1.0 next year. To achieve that goal, they will focus on polishing, which means the rest of 2025 won't feature truly big updates to the early access version. Communications Director and Publishing Manager 'Bucky' explained:
September 16, 2025 — Source or Source

Sony Wants AI to Support Creativity in Game Development, Not Replace Developers
Sony game development studios have already used its Enterprise LLM AI tool to develop some of its games, but the company is set to make these tools a support for creativity rather than a substitute.
September 16, 2025 — Source

"The failure of Scalebound was ultimately the responsibility of PlatinumGames, myself as director included"— Hideki Kamiya, creator of Devil May Cry and Okami, takes responsibility for Scalebound's cancellation
Insights into Hideki Kamiya's new studio 'CLOVERS' came in a recent interview, alongside the failed development of Scalebound.
September 16, 2025 — Source

The Online Safety Act is causing some studios to rethink in-game features, says law firm
"No doubt, this summer has been difficult for some," says Isabel Davies, senior associate at Wiggin
September 16, 2025 — Source

Gaming — News — September 9th, 2025

Bayonetta Creator Wants Hideo Kojima to Make a New Game Like P.T.
In a series of posts, Hideki Kamiya spoke about how he could take a shot at a P.T.-styled game but it wouldn't be a horror title.
September 9, 2025 — Source

Bethesda Vetoed Showing Hitler's Penis In Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
There are limits, even in a game that lets you cleave someone's head down the middle.
September 9, 2025 — Source

Celebrate The Start Of NFL Season With Backyard Football '99, Out Now
The classic kid-friendly gridiron game is back, though one real-life player is missing.
September 9, 2025 — Source

Cronos: The New Dawn Sold Over 200,000 Digital Copies at Launch
The horror title is available for Xbox Series X/S, PS5, and PC, and follows a Traveler as they time-travel at The Collective's behest.
September 9, 2025 — Source

Dead Island 2 Breaks 20 Million Players; Dead Island 3 Confirmed
Today, publisher Deep Silver and developer Dambuster Studios have announced that Dead Island 2 has broken through the 20 million player milestone. This comes after the game immediately turned into Deep Silver's best-ever launch, with two million units sold in less than two months. Later, the player base expanded even more thanks to the launch on Game Pass, and more recently, it was even given away for free during the Epic Games Store 2025 MEGA Sale.
September 9, 2025 — Source

Every iPod clickwheel game has been saved from digital oblivion, thanks to a dedicated preservation project
All available on the Internet Archive
September 9, 2025 — Source

FLASK Gamescom Hands-On Preview -- Hardcore Auto Battling
During this year's Gamescom I had the chance to try out many different games. While many like Ninja Gaiden 4 and Phantom Blade Zero were a known quantity, there were a few other unexpected surprises, like One More Level's Valor Mortis and FLASK, a roguelike auto battler by Chop Chop Games to be published by Ghost Ship Games which felt every bit as good to play as it was to look at with its hand-draw style heavily reminiscent of the best comic books.
September 9, 2025 — Source

Hideo Kojima Should Make a New P.T.-Style Game, or Maybe I Will, Says Bayonetta and Devil May Cry Creator Hideki Kamiya
"I hate horror though, so it wouldn't be horror... plus, I have no ideas."
September 9, 2025 — Source

Jobs roundup: September 2025 | Blizzard Entertainment appoints Walter Kong SVP of live games/mobile development
Appcharge appoints new CFO and CRO, Charlotte Nangle joins Kepler Interactive as PR and communications manager
September 9, 2025 — Source

Kingdom Come: Deliverance II Next Story Expansion "Legacy of the Forge" Out Now
Warhorse Studios and Deep Silver announce today the release of Kingdom Come: Deliverance II's next story expansion - Legacy of the Forge - where Henry journeys toward becoming a master of Kuttenberg's blacksmith guild. Additionally, available today is the 1.4 patch update with quality-of-life improvements, updated photo-mode and an adaptive HUD free for all Kingdom Come: Deliverance II owners.
September 9, 2025 — Source

Loot Boxes Might Be Coming To Marvel Rivals
A new datamine from RivalsInfo on X, spotted by GameReactor, points to Marvel Rivals getting a new kind of addition in Season 4 that's not a new set of characters joining the roster, a new map, or balance tweaks. It's loot boxes, though in-game, NetEase seems to be calling them 'Mysteries.'
September 9, 2025 — Source

New indie publisher Gambit Digital to be led by former Kepler Interactive VP
Zac Antonaci is now CEO of the Montreal-based Gambit Digital, after leaving Kepler earlier this year
September 9, 2025 — Source

Over 50% of games industry layoffs have taken place in California
According to Amir Satvat "overall employment in the industry has actually increased", but over 70% of redundancies have affected people in the US
September 9, 2025 — Source

Gaming — News — September 5th, 2025

Tetsuya Nomura Reportedly says Both Final Fantasy VII Remake Part 3 and Kingdom Hearts 4 Are "On Schedule"
During a livestream for Final Fantasy VII Ever Crisis, of all things, a director on the Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts series at Square Enix, Tetsuya Nomura, provided a couple of small updates on Kingdom Hearts 4 and Final Fantasy VII Remake Part 3.
September 5, 2025 — Source

Gaming — News — September 4th, 2025

MindsEye Disastrous Launch Could Sink IO Interactive's Publishing Push
MindsEye's terrible launch may have impacted more than developer Build a Rocket Boy's future, judging from some recent statements from Io Interactive's CEO Hakan Abrak.
September 4, 2025 — Source

Roblox Experiences Will Now Have IARC Age Ratings, Age Verification for In-Game Chat Coming by end of 2025
Roblox has partnered with the International Age Rating Coalition (IARC) to swap out its current maturity rating system for the games on its platform, or what Roblox calls 'experiences,' with age ratings commonly used on individually sold games, like ESRB, PEGI, GRAC, and USK ratings. The company will also require players to verify their age to use in-game chat by the end of 2025.
September 4, 2025 — Source

Voice actor confirms Batman Arkham Shadow sequel in development
While we haven't had a new Batman Arkham game for PC and consoles in over a decade, the series has been living on in VR. Last year, Batman Arkham Shadow launched for Meta Quest VR headsets and now, it looks like a sequel is on the way.
September 4, 2025 — Source

Wildgate Publisher Suffers Layoffs Less Than Two Months After Launch
Dreamhaven, the publisher behind the PvP shooter Wildgate, which goes between boots-on-the-ground first-person shooting and ship-to-ship battle, and launched this past July 22, has suffered layoffs, chief executive officer Mike Morhaime confirmed in a post on LinkedIn spotted by GamesIndustry.Biz.
September 4, 2025 — Source

Gaming — News — September 1st, 2025

007 First Light State of Play Announced for September 3rd
The spy thriller will receive 30+ minutes of new gameplay, highlighting "high-speed car chases," stealth, combat, and more.
September 1, 2025 — Source

39% of gamers in China are interested in generative AI's application in games
According to Niko Partners, 60% of Chinese studios are already using the technology
September 1, 2025 — Source or Source

Assassin's Creed Series Veteran is Now Game Director at Rocksteady Studios
Bill Money is an industry veteran, having worked on Assassin's Creed Valhalla, Mirage, and WB Games Montreal's Batman: Arkham Origins.
September 1, 2025 — Source

Atari head Wade Rosen explains why he bought Thunderful -- and what he plans to do with it
The Atari CEO on the importance of having a base in Europe, Atari's evolution beyond retro, and why he's tired of overly long, overly similar video games
September 1, 2025 — Source

Blizzard Had Filed A Copyright Infringement Lawsuit Against World of Warcraft Turtle WoW Server
Blizzard has recently filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against the Turtle WoW server, highlighting in the suit how the server's operators have built their business on ongoing infringement of the company's intellectual property.
September 1, 2025 — Source

CD Projekt Red grows as work on Witcher 4 and Cyberpunk 2 continues
CD Projekt Red has been very transparent on the status of its upcoming projects. As part of CDPR's most recent earnings report, the company has confirmed that The Witcher 4 and Cyberpunk 2 teams are continuing to grow.
September 1, 2025 — Source

Curveball Leisure launches full-service publishing division
Curveball Games aims to fund "unique" titles from indie to AA
September 1, 2025 — Source

Death Stranding Studio Announces 10th Anniversary Celebration Event on September 23
The event will celebrate Kojima Productions' first decade, while also providing a look at some of its upcoming new projects.
September 1, 2025 — Source or Watch Video

Fairgames loses creative director months after studio head departure
Haven Studios has gone through some worrying changes in recent months. Back in May, it was reported that external playtests for the studio's first game, Fairgames, led to negative feedback. Then, just weeks later, Haven Studios founder, Jade Raymond, suddenly left the company, a move that caused one games industry analyst to proclaim that the game has been cancelled. The game hasn't actually been publicly cancelled yet, but it did just lose its creative director.
September 1, 2025 — Source

Gaming consoles are becoming more expensive as they age for the first time in history — gamers blame tariffs for PlayStation, Xbox, and Switch price increases
Tariffs and inflation are largely to blame
September 1, 2025 — Source

Gearbox details Borderlands 4 post-launch roadmap
Borderlands 4 marks the next major entry in the long-running looter shooter series, with the progenitor of the sub-genre set to launch their successor in just under two weeks' time. While the game already features plenty of content to look forward to on day-one, the team at Gearbox have now detailed the post-launch roadmap for Borderlands 4.
September 1, 2025 — Source

Hollow Knight: Silksong set to release on September 4 — price announced at just $19.99
Team Cherry has finally revealed the full launch times and price tag for its highly anticipated Metroidvania adventure — Hollow Knight: Silksong
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'NBA 2K26' early access has tipped off: Release date, editions, and VC guide
Early access for 'NBA 2K26' is already live. Here's when the global release lands, what each edition includes, and how much VC will cost you this year.
September 1, 2025 — Source

NetEase has shut down T-Minus Zero Entertainment
Studio head Rich Vogel has officially confirmed the closure
September 1, 2025 — Source or Source or Source

Samsung Reportedly Plans To Launch 25-Inch OLED Gaming Display Next Year
We could finally see the standard 24-25-inch OLED panels for gaming as soon as next year, as Samsung is reportedly showing interest in making a 25-inch gaming panel catering to the demands of users on a budget.
September 1, 2025 — Source

Shinobi: Art of Vengeance Accolades Trailer Highlights Critical Acclaim
Available for Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PS4, PS5, PC, and Nintendo Switch, Joe Musashi's return has earned extensive praise from critics.
September 1, 2025 — Source or Watch Video

Skyblivion's First 15 Minutes Shared in New Video
Yesterday, Skyblivion Project Lead Rebelzize has shared the first fifteen minutes of the fan-made Oblivion remake in Skyrim's engine. This is the iconic tutorial section of the game, where the imprisoned main character accompanies Emperor Uriel Septim in his failed bid to escape from the Mythic Dawn's fated assassination.
September 1, 2025 — Source or Watch Video

Sony's State of Play returns this week with new look at 007 First Light
IO Interactive officially revealed its James Bond game this year, titled 007 First Light. We already saw some gameplay over the summer, but we are now due for an even more in-depth look at the game during the next State of Play stream.
September 1, 2025 — Source

Stardew Valley update 1.7 officially announced
Stardew Valley is easily one of the biggest indie success stories ever, with the 2016 farming sim currently sitting as one of the best-selling games of all time at over 41 million copies sold. Despite being almost a decade old, the game has continued to receive major updates on a semi-regular basis -- with developer ConcernedApe having now announced update 1.7.
September 1, 2025 — Source

The Borderlands 4 endgame is detailed — how Gearbox plans to keep Vault Hunters hooked
Gearbox details Borderlands 4's endgame — from Ultimate Vault Hunter Mode to Firmware, Specializations, and returning Pearlescent loot
September 1, 2025 — Source

Yooka-Replaylee officially launches next month
The Yooka-Laylee duology are a series of throwback platformers, harkening to the days of the Nintendo 64 and PSOne mascot titles. Originally released for the 8th-generation of consoles, Playtonic announced last year that a remake of the first game was in the works. Known as Yooka-Replaylee, the current-gen remake/remaster has now gotten an official release date -- set to launch early next month.
September 1, 2025 — Source or Watch Video

Gaming — News — August 29th, 2025

15 Biggest Games of September 2025
The month was already packed with numerous high-profile titles, but it also features the launch of a long-awaited sequel.
August 29, 2025 — Source or Watch Video

400 People at This Massive Support Studio Worked on The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered — but You Probably Don't Know They Exist
"We have a lot of ambition."
August 29, 2025 — Source

Amazon Games reveals new MOBA 'March of Giants', opens up alpha sign-ups
Amazon Games has just revealed its next major project, a new free-to-play competitive title called March of Giants. Described as a 4v4 MOBA, the game is looking to put a new spin on the genre by having players control not just a powerful giant hero, but also an army of hundreds of troops on a dynamic battlefield.
August 29, 2025 — Source or Watch Video

Battlefield 6 Closed Beta to Start Testing Server Browser and 'Player-Owned' Servers
"Our main goal is to observe how it works in practice."
August 29, 2025 — Source

Bethesda confirms plans for new Starfield DLC
When Starfield was revealed to the world, Bethesda had also announced the game's first expansion, Shattered Space. That DLC released last year and while fans had anticipated new announcements this year, Bethesda has been quiet on the subject of new content. That changed this week, with a new Developer Insight video confirming new Starfield content.
August 29, 2025 — Source or Watch Video

Blizzard's Diablo team has unionized
Over 450 devs have organized across multiple departments, following similar action from World of Warcraft staffers.
August 29, 2025 — Source or Source

Bloodlines 2 Gamescom 2025 Q&A -- 'There's a Lot of Subtleties to the Movement and Combat'
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 has been a long time coming, that's for sure. I first attended a hands-off preview of the original project by Hardsuit Labs at E3 2019. Back then, I hoped to play the full game in 2021, but then Paradox Interactive boldly removed Hardsuit Labs from the project and accepted a brand new pitch from The Chinese Room, adding another four years to the development of this long-anticipated RPG sequel.
August 29, 2025 — Source

CD Projekt H1 profit rises 4.3% to $121m
75% of sales for Cyberpunk 2077's Switch 2 edition were physical
August 29, 2025 — Source

Crystal Dynamics undergoes layoffs but Tomb Raider unaffected
Crystal Dynamics is hard at work on the next Tomb Raider game. However, the company did just take a hit due to Perfect Dark being cancelled. Crystal Dynamics had been the main support studio for this game. Now, Crystal Dynamics is undergoing more layoffs.
August 29, 2025 — Source

Elden Ring Nightreign to get new high-difficulty mode next month
Elden Ring Nightreign is one of FromSoftware's more interesting releases, with the multiplayer-focused rogue-like receiving far more post-launch support than any of their previous projects. Following the addition of a two-player co-op mode back in July, the team at FromSoftware have now announced a new "high-difficulty Expedition mode" set to arrive next month.
August 29, 2025 — Source

Gears of War: Reloaded Has Surpassed 1 Million Players Three Days After Launch
Gears of War: Reloaded arrived on all current-gen consoles, including PlayStation ones, just three days ago on August 26, and before its first week on store shelves is finished, The Coalition and Microsoft have announced that it has already surpassed 1 million players.
August 29, 2025 — Source

Like a Dragon team announces 2025 'RGG Studio Summit'
RGG Studio (Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio) has established a strong reputation over the past couple generations for its consistent and high-quality output -- in particular when it comes to the Like a Dragon (Yakuza) franchise. As they have done many times now, the studio has announced that they will be hosting an RGG Summit next month; giving us a look at what's next for the team.
August 29, 2025 — Source

NCSOFT's Third-Person Battle Royale Time Takers Wants You To Have Ways To Win "Even If Your Aim Isn't Perfect"
Time Takers is a new PvP third-person action-hero-shooter that was debuted by publisher NCSOFT and developer Mistill Games during Gamescom ONL 2025. Instead of picking one side of combat, where you're either focused on melee or ranged engagements, Mistill Games wants you to have total freedom with how you play. The studio's chief executive officer and the game's director, Yongmin Jo, also calls it giving more players a chance to win "even if your aim isn't perfect."
August 29, 2025 — Source or Watch Video

Square Enix Is Shutting Down Two Games A Decade After Their Debut
A Final Fantasy title and a Dragon Quest game are both sun setting at the end of October.
August 29, 2025 — Source or Source

Superman and Green Lantern Voice Actors Seemingly Confirm Injustice 3 Is On The Way
DC fans will recognize Phil LaMarr and George Newbern as the two voice actors behind iconic iterations of the characters Green Lantern and Superman, respectively. Beyond LaMarr and Newbern voicing both heroes in various animated shows and features, they also voiced their respective Justice League members in NetherRealm's Injustice games. They've also both seemingly confirmed to fans they met at conventions that WB Games and NetherRealm are making Injustice 3.
August 29, 2025 — Source

Today's game consoles are historically overpriced
Ars analysis shows missing price cuts are costing console consumers hundreds of dollars.
August 29, 2025 — Source

Valor Mortis Gamescom Hands-On Preview -- An Amazing Standout, and One of the Show's Best
Having appreciated some of the features of the first entry in the series, such as the amazing mobility of the main character and its uncompromising approach, but not being particularly keen on how restrictive the entire experience felt, I wasn't particularly thrilled about the new game, which looked at a glance like another take on the formula with an underused setting in video games. My first impression of the game was not only completely off the mark but turned upside down completely when I finally got to spend more time with it.
August 29, 2025 — Source

Yes, That's LoL Star Faker in the New Stray Kids K-Pop Video
Not the first time he's had a Stray Kids shoutout
August 29, 2025 — Source

Gaming — News — August 25th, 2025

Concord's Failure Led To Increased Oversight, Says Sony Exec
Sony's Hermen Hulst argues that Concord's dismal reception proves that games need to be tested more frequently in development.
August 25, 2025 — Source

Could Virtuos' "Region-Specific" Game Strategy Change How We Play?
Regionalism has been one of the buzzier words in gaming this year. You see it in the excitement over culturally rooted blockbusters like Black Myth: Wukong or Stellar Blade. You also see it in the less flashy, behind-the-scenes push to win over players in markets like South Korea, Brazil, China, and Kenya.
August 25, 2025 — Source

"No AI is being used in the creation or production" of Sekiro anime
A little over two years ago it was reported that an anime adaptation for Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice was in the works. Finally, during Gamescom Opening Night Live, Sekiro: No Defeat was officially announced alongside a teaser trailer. In an unfortunate reflection of our current society, the studio has now had to come out to confirm that "no AI is being used in the creation or production of this anime."
August 25, 2025 — Source

Years After Its Announcement, Cyberpunk Action Game Replaced Finally Has A Release Window
Replaced, the stylish 2.5D action game from Sad Cat Studios, was originally revealed at the last E3 ever back in 2021.
August 25, 2025 — Source or Watch Video

Gaming — News — August 22nd, 2025

A Return to the Culture Wars? | Opinion
Bitter fights over game censorship feel like ancient history -- but conservatives have never considered the matter settled, and attacks on sexual or LGBTQ+ themed games are the opening move of a broader re-litigation
August 22, 2025 — Source

Apple Gains Support in Privilege Fight Against Epic Games Ruling
Two business groups have joined Apple's fight against Epic Games, filing an amicus brief that challenges a ruling on attorney-client privilege. The Association of Corporate Counsel and TechNet argue the decision by U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers threatens how companies use in-house lawyers. They warn it risks blurring the line between legal and business advice in fast-moving industries.
August 22, 2025 — Source

At Gamescom, it felt like the industry now has a plan: make games quicker | Opinion
And at least part of that plan involves AI
August 22, 2025 — Source

Battlefield 6 Dev DICE Confirms Big Changes Coming to Player Movement, 'Especially Horizontal Speed'
Other tweaks are also on the way for weapons, maps, modes, player counts, and playlist options.
August 22, 2025 — Source

Battlefield 6 open beta set new records
The Battlefield 6 open beta was a huge success across both of its weekends. DICE has had a week now to collect all of the stats and as predicted, this beta set new records for the franchise.
August 22, 2025 — Source

Bungie now has a new CEO
Earlier this month during Sony's most recent earnings meeting, executives made comments alluding to Bungie losing its independence and becoming more integrated with PlayStation Studios. Now just weeks later, Bungie's long-time CEO, Pete Parsons, has announced that he is leaving the company.
August 22, 2025 — Source or Source

Capcom and Resident Evil Requiem Dominate the Gamescom 2025 Awards
If you were unaware, Gamescom has its own set of awards given out at the annual event that are voted on by members of an independent jury, with the purpose of the awards being "to honor outstanding games, extensions, exhibitors, booths, merch, as well as announcements and trailers," per the awards regulations. For Gamescom 2025, there was a clear winner, with Capcom and Resident Evil Requiem hogging the spotlight and being one of three games to take home multiple awards.
August 22, 2025 — Source

DC Studios Co-CEO Says Big Games Are in the Works, "But it Does Take Time"
While co-CEO James Gunn didn't provide any concrete details about new titles, he did indicate that these sorts of things take time.
August 22, 2025 — Source

Devcom 2025 attendance up 6% from 2024
Conference featured 390 speakers, a rise of 30% from the previous year
August 22, 2025 — Source

Escape From Tarkov Escapes Out of Early Access with v1.0 Launch This November
Battlestate has announced a release date for the 1.0 version of Escape from Tarkov, which will escape its early access shackles this coming November 15, 2025.
August 22, 2025 — Source or Watch Video

Gamescom heads Tim Endres and Felix Falk on opportunities for growth -- and why we need politics in gaming
The minds behind Gamescom reflect on an encouraging year for the show, which is extending its digital reach
August 22, 2025 — Source

Hollow Knight Silksong's Release Date Has Made Two Studios Delay Their Games To Get Out of Its Way
What do Hollow Knight Silksong and Grand Theft Auto VI have in common? Enough popularity to make other studios delay their games to get out of the way, and hopefully not be drowned out by the hype of either. Yesterday, Team Cherry finally announced a release date for Silksong, which will launch on September 4, 2025. Today, developers Aeternum Game Studios and Panik Arcade delayed their games to get the hell out of its way.
August 22, 2025 — Source or Source or Source

Overwatch 2 x Persona 5 officially teased ahead of Season 18
Overwatch 2 is no stranger to video game crossovers. Likewise, the game has not shied away from anime-themed collabs, with the free-to-play Hero Shooter having worked with the likes of One Punch Man; My Hero Academia; Cowboy Bebop and more. As such, it comes as little surprise that ATLUS' highly successful JRPG sub-series Persona 5 is coming to Overwatch 2.
August 22, 2025 — Source or Watch Video

Stygian: Outer Gods' First Major Update, Souls of the Silent Tide, Is Out Now
First-person survival horror game Stygian: Outer Gods, which launched in early access this past April, has just received its first major content update in its early access journey titled Souls of the Silent Tide.
August 22, 2025 — Source or Watch Video

Ubisoft Announces Survival Extraction The Division 2: Survivors and Mobile MMO The Division Resurgence
Ubisoft has arrived at Gamescom 2025 with two significant The Division 2-related announcements. Beginning with what the company is calling a "survival extraction experience," The Division 2: Survivors is due to launch sometime in 2026 and is the latest major part of what's been a long-tail for The Division 2 support.
August 22, 2025 — Source

Gaming — News — August 21st, 2025

German politicians officially open Gamescom 2025
Policymakers want the country to become one of the world's leading games locations
August 21, 2025 — Source

Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection Confirms Mythologies: Sub-Zero, Special Forces in New Trailer
Along with the spin-off titles, the trailer also showcases the Timeline feature that offers insight into the development of the classics.
August 21, 2025 — Source

New Dune: Awakening Free Story Chapter and Paid DLC, The Lost Harvest, Out Next Month, Free Trial On Now
Funcom has announced that the first free story chapter for its massive multiplayer survival game, Dune: Awakening, will be out next month on September 10, 2025. Alongside the free update, Funcom is also releasing a paid DLC called The Lost Harvest, which has a standalone storyline separate from the free Chapter 2 update. And if you've yet to try Dune: Awakening but have been keen to check it out, you can do so now with a free trial on until August 24, 2025.
August 21, 2025 — Source

Nvidia introducing RTX 5080 servers to GeForce NOW and a 100GB of cloud storage for games
Nvidia had a lot of announcements during its Gamescom sessions, and some of them are focused on some major GeForce NOW cloud gaming overhauls. The biggest of which is the addition of brand-new RTX 5080 servers to its stack in September.
August 21, 2025 — Source

Oh No, 'World of Warcraft' Is Getting Me Elf-Pilled Again
The announcement of 'World of Warcraft: Midnight' is putting the spotlight on the Elven races of Azeroth again—as well as one of the best aspects of the MMO's success.
August 21, 2025 — Source

Razer and Side launch large-scale playtesting solution that could reduce costs by 80%
A joint venture between the two companies incentivises millions of Razer Cortex users to provide AI-processed feedback on unreleased games
August 21, 2025 — Source

Silksong finally launches in September
The game has been in development for years.
August 21, 2025 — Source

Well done, EA — what may be Battlefield 2042's final update made me more excited than ever for Battlefield 6
Well done, EA — what may be Battlefield 2042's final update made me more excited than ever for Battlefield 6
August 21, 2025 — Source or Watch Video

"With the waves of layoffs, the way that people are overworked, everyone agrees that there is a systemic problem"
Spring McParlinJones and John Paul Donnelly from the IWGB Game Workers Union make the case for why the UK games industry should be unionising
August 21, 2025 — Source

Gaming — News — August 19th, 2025

Assassin's Creed Shadows is Europe's best-selling new title so far, according to new data
GSD sales data for the first 19 weeks of 2025 suggests Ubisoft's latest title has beaten the likes of Monster Hunter Wilds and Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2
August 19, 2025 — Source

BF2042 gets surprise final update alongside free 'Road to Battlefield' Battle Pass
While fans eagerly await the full release of Battlefield 6, EA / DICE appears to have one final surprise update in store for those still playing the ill-fated Battlefield 2042. Available right now, update 9.2 brings with it a solid amount of new content, including a free battle pass with 60 different rewards -- 30 of which can be claimed in Battlefield 6.
August 19, 2025 — Source

BioShock 4 Developer Cloud Chamber Will Reportedly Suffer Layoffs, Diablo's Rod Fergusson Taking Over as Studio Head
According to a report from Bloomberg's Jason Schreier, Cloud Chamber, the studio that's working on the next game in the BioShock series that we currently know as BioShock 4, is laying off some of its staff, and former general manager of the Diablo franchise, Rod Fergusson, will be taking over as Cloud Chamber's studio head.
August 19, 2025 — Source

BioShock Studio Cloud Chamber Undergoes Layoffs, Appoints Rod Fergusson New BioShock Head
New BioShock game to be "reworked" as team is reduced.
August 19, 2025 — Source

Capcom Gears Up For Resident Evil 30th-Anniversary Celebration With New Website
The main draw right now is some very pretty art.
August 19, 2025 — Source

Cloud Chamber lays off "unspecified" number of staff as Rod Fergusson is parachuted in to lead troubled BioShock 4 production
"I know this is tough news for everyone," said 2K president David Ismailer
August 19, 2025 — Source

Deadlock Is Getting Six New Heroes Over The Next Two Weeks
The characters will be rolled out one-by-one based on player voting.
August 19, 2025 — Source

Hollow Knight: Silksong Special Announcement Confirmed for August 21st
Bloomberg's Jason Schreier also alleges that there will be no release date announcement at Gamescom Opening Night Live later today.
August 19, 2025 — Source or Watch Video

India's government to propose blanket ban on real-money gaming
Real-money gaming companies are reeling as India moves to propose a blanket ban on their operations under a new legislation.
August 19, 2025 — Source

"It's really that simple." Roblox explains its new IP licensing system
The likes of Sega, Lionsgate, and Netflix have signed up to Roblox's licensing platform. But what is it, exactly? And how does it work?
August 19, 2025 — Source

Japanese retailer Parco announces indie game publishing arm
Parco Games will publish indie games and promote them in its department stores
August 19, 2025 — Source

Peak Developers Confirm They Were Talking To Players Through Bing Bong Plush
Get Bing Bonged.
August 19, 2025 — Source

Roblox Responds To Louisiana Lawsuit And "Erroneous Claims" Of Child Endangerment Amid Mounting Pressure
The wildly popular game platform is facing legal and social pressure to better protect its mostly young players, who many allege have been groomed by adult players
August 19, 2025 — Source

Starbreeze Entertainment sees 64% profit boost for Q2 2025, but still made a loss
The company is now "refocusing" on the Payday franchise and internal projects
August 19, 2025 — Source

Sword of the Sea is Giant Squid's highest rated game yet
Back in June Sony teased its next 3 months worth of PlayStation Plus titles, including the announcement that Giant Squid's upcoming hoverboarding puzzler 'Sword of the Sea' would be a day-one addition. Arriving later today, the successor to the PS5 launch title 'The Pathless' looks to be the team's best work yet.
August 19, 2025 — Source

Video game caught using AI-generated influencers in TikTok ads
At least one appeared to be a deepfake of a real streamer.
August 19, 2025 — Source

Gaming — News — August 17th, 2025

NBA 2K26 -- Everything You Need to Know
There's a lot to like in Visual Concept's latest take on the NBA, spanning inspired visual touches to reworked gameplay systems that make NBA 2K26 a title worth having an eye on this year.
August 17, 2025 — Source or Watch Video

Path of Exile 2 finally getting new major update
While Path of Exile 2 had a huge launch in December 2024, news around the game has been pretty quiet since. That is finally changing this week with confirmation of the next major version update, bringing the game up to version 0.3.0 with a bunch of new content.
August 17, 2025 — Source or Watch Video

Why the former editor of Polygon is making a podcast for old gamers
Post Games, Chris Plante's new gaming podcast, is more like an NPR show.
August 17, 2025 — Source

Gaming — News — August 16th, 2025

Fairgame$ Has Been Canceled, Too, According to Michael Pachter, Who Says Sony Has 'Lost Its Way'
Pachter has now confirmed that he misspoke, 'assuming' Fairgame$ had been canceled after Jade Raymond was let go from Haven.
August 16, 2025 — Source

Gaming — News — August 11th, 2025

Bandai Namco boasts "record-high" results for Q1 2026
The Mobile Suit Gundam IP has seen a massive 81.2% increase in sales YoY
August 11, 2025 — Source

Battlefield 6 anti-cheat tackled over 300K cheaters during beta weekend
DICE and EA are looking to take cheaters more seriously than ever before with Battlefield 6. The new game will include a new anti-cheat system and so far, it appears to be doing a very good job, resulting in hundreds of thousands of bans during the open beta weekend.
August 11, 2025 — Source

Battlefield 6 Beta Eclipses Call Of Duty Player Record On Steam
World War fun.
August 11, 2025 — Source

Battlefield 6 Server Browser Will Support Hybrid Approach to Servers, Testing to Start Soon
The server browser for Battlefield 6 will allow players to find games with full progression enabled, as well as fun, custom experiences.
August 11, 2025 — Source

Battlefield 6's Secure Boot Wasn't Meant To Be A "Silver Bullet" Against Cheaters EA Says
"It's another barrier that helps us make it harder for cheat developers to create cheat programs."
August 11, 2025 — Source

Bithell Games Is Laying Off "The Majority" Of Its Full-Time Staff, Two Months After Its Latest Release
Bithell Games, the studio behind indie classics like Thomas Was Alone, John Wick Hex, and more recently Tron Identity and Tron: Catalyst, has laid off "the majority" of its full-time staff nearly two months after its most recent release, Tron Catalyst.
August 11, 2025 — Source or Source

Blizzard's head of Diablo leaves after five years
Blizzard is undergoing more major changes behind the scenes. Last week, the company's head of Diablo, Rod Fergusson, announced that he was leaving the studio after five years at the helm of all things Diablo related.
August 11, 2025 — Source

Carbon Based: The Art of Lewis LaRosa Celebrates a Marvel and Valiant Legend
Featuring stunning artwork from Uncanny X-Men, Bloodshot, and more.
August 11, 2025 — Source

Crossfire: Rainbow Is a Horror-Themed New Entry in the Shooter Franchise
The Crossfire franchise is about to expand with a new installment that looks very different from most of its predecessors. The series was created by Smilegate in 2007 and had enormous success, especially in China, as a tactical first-person shooter centered on objective-oriented game modes. For a while, it was even reportedly the most played game in the world before League of Legends surpassed it in 2017.
August 11, 2025 — Source

EA shot down pitch for Dragon Age remaster, according to former BioWare dev
BioWare is in a very tough spot at the moment, having released two critical and commercial flops in Anthem (2018) and Dragon Age: The Veilguard (2024). In an effort to try and turn things around a bit, BioWare had pitched a set of remasters for the original Dragon Age games, but EA appears to have no interest in sinking anymore money into the IP.
August 11, 2025 — Source

Electronic Arts blocks more than 300,000 attempts to cheat after launching Battlefield 6 beta
Games giant Electronic Arts launched an open beta over the weekend for its upcoming first-person shooter Battlefield 6, and — almost immediately — the game was swamped with cheaters.
August 11, 2025 — Source

Embark Studios Won't Have Another Public Playtest for ARC Raiders Before Launch, Also Skipping Gamescom 2025 as the team is Heads-Down to Prepare for October
Earlier this year, Embark Studios, the team behind popular free-to-play FPS The Finals, was heavily showcasing its upcoming third-person extraction shooter, ARC Raiders, with a large-scale public playtest this past April, followed by a major release date trailer at Summer Game Fest 2025.
August 11, 2025 — Source

Forza Motorsport and Forza Horizon 5 Will Continue Being Supported Even After the Recent Cuts
Last month, Turn 10 was allegedly turned into a Forza franchise support studio after yet another round of cuts at the Microsoft-owned developer. Following the dire news, fans have been wondering whether Forza Motorsport and Forza Horizon 5 would continue being supported with new updates and fixes.
August 11, 2025 — Source

GTA 5 has now sold over 215 million copies
For more than a decade now, Grand Theft Auto V has continued to sell like hotcakes, with the now-two-generation-old title consistently pushing around 5 million copies every single quarter. As part of publisher Take-Two's latest fiscal earnings report, it's been revealed that GTA V has now surpassed 215 million copies -- bringing total franchise sales to 455 million.
August 11, 2025 — Source

GTA 6 Boss On Upcoming Launch: "We Run Scared"
"We're looking over our shoulders."
August 11, 2025 — Source

id Software shadow drops Heretic + Hexen remaster at QuakeCon
QuakeCon took place over the weekend and as usual, Bethesda had some surprises in store. Over the past couple of years, Bethesda has used QuakeCon has a platform to announce remasters for several of its classic shooters and QuakeCon 2025 was no different.
August 11, 2025 — Source or Watch Video

More live-service titles are reportedly set to drop last-gen support next year
Perhaps more so than any previous console cycle, the 9th generation of video games has been closely intertwined with last-gen systems, with a large swarth of titles being released across both the PS4 and PS5. That said, some live-service games have finally started to move away from the decade-old platform -- with more reportedly set to follow-suit next year
August 11, 2025 — Source

Mortal Kombat 1 has sold less than half the copies of MK11
Contrary to its prior release schedule, NetherRealm went straight from MK11 to Mortal Kombat 1 -- skipping their previous cadence of breaking up Mortal Kombat releases with a new Injustice game. So far, this seems to have not quite gone to plan, with MK1 ceasing its post-launch support prematurely. While far from the highs of Mortal Kombat 11, NetherRealm has now confirmed that MK1 has sold over 6.2 million copies.
August 11, 2025 — Source

Ninja Gaiden 4 Includes Hero Mode With Auto-Dodge and Auto-Guard Features
Team Ninja director Masazaku Hirayama wants players worried that the upcoming sequel may be "too challenging" to "rest assured."
August 11, 2025 — Source

Sega Q1 net sales decline 22.7% to $548m
Despite "few new titles" in its games portfolio, Sega says its overall net sales "exceeded expectation"
August 11, 2025 — Source

Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick Insists Projections for the 'Lifetime Value' of Civilization 7 Are 'Very Consistent With Our Initial Expectations for the Title' — Despite 'Slow Start'
"We feel really good about the title."
August 11, 2025 — Source

Tencent makes changes to Light of Motiram Steam page amidst Sony lawsuit
Screenshots of the game have been replaced and its description updated
August 11, 2025 — Source

This Week in Gaming (Week 33)
Welcome to the second week of August and this week's major release involves a pig bladder, shoulder pads and helmets. This is followed by some co-op survival horror set in 1998, a co-op brinepunk adventure, a spot of dungeon stalking, a definitive package of hammers of war and finally you get the chance to play as a toy in a sequel toy world.
August 11, 2025 — Source

Turn 10 addresses fans following Forza Motorsport discontinuation rumours
A couple weeks ago when Microsoft fired over 9000 employees as part of the company's latest round of lay-offs, one of the studios rumoured to have been affected was Turn 10 Studios. Known for their work on the Forza Motorsport series, the team have now confirmed that more post-launch content for their latest entry is still on the way -- despite previous reports.
August 11, 2025 — Source

Vivrato adds nine gaming industry veterans to its consultancy team
Adam Boyes' firm is also launching an industry-focused podcast this year
August 11, 2025 — Source

Gaming — News — August 9th, 2025

Mortal Kombat 1 Has Sold 6.2 Million Units, Devs Want to Make It Their Most Balanced Game Yet
Mortal Kombat 1 has sold over 6.2 million units since its launch in September 2023, up from the 5 million milestone announced back in January. The news was delivered on X by Game Director Ed Boon, who also vowed the studio's commitment to making it NetherRealm's most balanced game yet.
August 9, 2025 — Source or Source

Gaming — News — August 8th, 2025

Battlefield 6 Devs Actually Listened — Assault Class Buffed, Shotguns Still OP?
Get ready for a couple of great beta weekends as DICE has been listening and looks to build on feedback.
August 8, 2025 — Source

Digital Foundry goes independent
Publication buys back outstanding shares following offer from parent company IGN Entertainment
August 8, 2025 — Source

Forza Studio Turn 10 Breaks Month-Long Silence On Its Future Following Recent Layoffs
Turn 10 is still in the Forza business, for now.
August 8, 2025 — Source

Mafia: The Old Country Now Available Worldwide
Today, 2K and Hangar 13 announced that Mafia: The Old Country, the highly anticipated latest installment in the acclaimed Mafia franchise, is now available worldwide for PlayStation 5 (PS5), Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam. The story will take players back in time to 1900s Sicily, which has been painstakingly created with the utmost authenticity and detail.
August 8, 2025 — Source

Marathon expected to launch "within this fiscal year" following indefinite delay, says Sony
Firm also addresses concerns regarding its live services division following failure of Concord last year
August 8, 2025 — Source

Microsoft cancels Avalanche Studios' Contraband
Earlier this Summer Microsoft shocked everybody when they announced that a ton of their ongoing Xbox projects would be cancelled, with just some of the victims including Perfect Dark and The Initiative; Rare's Everwild; Zenimax Online's Project Blackbird and Turn10 -- to name a few. One project which was said to be safe from all this was Avalanche Studios' Contraband. Unfortunately, it seems as though it too has now been cancelled.
August 8, 2025 — Source

Microsoft just turned AI into your gaming buddy -- and you might be using it in Windows 11 soon
Gaming Copilot is Microsoft's latest AI assistant, designed to help you beat bosses, track progress, and even read your screen
August 8, 2025 — Source

OnePlus Eyes Handheld Market with New Compact Gaming Tablet
OnePlus is reportedly developing a compact 8-inch gaming tablet with a 3K display and high refresh rate. The device could be powered by the Snapdragon 8 Elite 2 chip.
August 8, 2025 — Source

QuakeCon surprise: Heretic and Hexen enhanced remasters are now available
Modern makeovers with new content and multiplayer features
August 8, 2025 — Source

Roblox open-sources AI tool to detect child endangerment risks online
Sentinel system analyzes billions of daily messages to spot grooming patterns over time
August 8, 2025 — Source

Take-Two CEO Says Mafia: The Old Country Is a 'Wonderful Premium Title', Seems to Confirm Judas for 2026
Take-Two reported outstanding results for its first fiscal quarter of 2026, delivering total net bookings of $1.42 billion, up 17% compared to the $1.22 billion registered during last year's fiscal first quarter. Net bookings from recurrent consumer spending (virtual currency, add-on content, in-game purchases and in-game advertising) also grew 17%, accounting for 83% of total net bookings.
August 8, 2025 — Source

Take-Two Interactive is Planning For the Long-Term Future, Not Resting on its Laurels -- CEO
CEO Strauss Zelnick spoke about the company's plans on being "the most creative, the most innovative and the most efficient company".
August 8, 2025 — Source

Gaming — News — August 4th, 2025

Epic Games Boss Dismisses Report About Disney Fortnite Project
Epic Games boss Tim Sweeney pushed back against the WSJ report, saying the "anonymous quote is BS" about reported frustrations between Epic and Disney regarding the pace of development on the upcoming Fortnite project. He added that Disney and Epic are actually working around 10x beyond the "ordinary speed of media company dealings in this business." Sweeney said he provided WSJ with a statement about this but the publication chose not to include it.
August 4, 2025 — Source or Watch Video

Larian Studios CEO Reflects On Two Years Of Baldur's Gate 3 And Teases The Studio's "Next Crazy Thing"
Fans will need to be patient.
August 4, 2025 — Source

Lyrical Media launches new indie publisher, Lyrical Games, helmed by Private Division alumni
Independent production company Lyrical Media has launched Lyrical Games, a new, privately funded indie games publisher helmed by Blake Rochkind, former head of business development at Private Division.
August 4, 2025 — Source

Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls Closed Beta - How To Sign Up
Make mine Marvel Tokon.
August 4, 2025 — Source

Next Virtua Fighter Project Gets New Trailer Showcasing Combat, Training Stage
The gameplay shown off in the trailer was quite impressive, with detailed hitboxes, animations, and a large training stage.
August 4, 2025 — Source

Return to Rapture Delayed Again: BioShock 4 and Remake Both Stalled
The highly anticipated fourth BioShock game has hit a major obstacle after failing to pass an executive review at 2K Games. Cloud Chamber, the studio in charge of the project, now has to make substantial changes to the story, which will push back the game's already lengthy development schedule even further. Reports from Bloomberg cited by Engadget suggest that 2K executives weren't satisfied with the current version and requested major improvements to the storyline.
August 4, 2025 — Source

Skyblivion Team Now on Its Final Stretch, Release Still Planned for 2025
Yesterday, Skyblivion project lead Rebelzize posted the sixth development diary for the full conversion mod project. The video is aptly titled 'The Final Stretch Toward Release', and Rebelzize assured fans that the goal is still to launch Skyblivion in 2025, as promised nearly two years ago.
August 4, 2025 — Source

Take-Two overhauling new BioShock following failed internal review, says new report
2K Games has also "ousted" Cloud Chamber studio head Kelley Gilmore in a leadership reshuffle
August 4, 2025 — Source

Valve refutes Mastercard's denial it has not pressured game platforms over NSFW content
Valve claims Mastercard used intermediaries to express concern over Steam's adult content
August 4, 2025 — Source

Virtua Fighter 6's Combat Gameplay First Look Has Old Martial Arts Movie Vibes
Virtua Fighter 6 has its first proper gameplay video, and the fighting game continues to look amazing on the graphics front.
August 4, 2025 — Source

Gaming — News — August 3rd, 2025

Bioshock 4 delayed, creative director and studio head removed
In recent years, we have consistently heard rumours about a new BioShock game. Last year, 2K Games officially confirmed that BioShock 4 was in development, which had fans eagerly anticipating a full reveal of the game. Unfortunately, it seems that right after that official announcement, the game fell back into development hell.
August 3, 2025 — Source

Titan Quest 2 gets surprise early access release
It has been decades since TItan Quest first released. The original game landed in 2006, giving players an alternative to the massive ARPGs of the time, like Diablo. Last night during the THQ Nordic showcase, Titan Quest 2 was shadowdropped, giving fans an entire new game to explore.
August 3, 2025 — Source

Ubisoft reportedly threatened to sue voice actor over Black Flag Remake comments
Over the past couple of years, there have been consistent rumours surrounding an unannounced remake of Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag. It looked like Ubisoft was primed for a reveal this summer when a lead voice actor hinted at the project being real, but don't expect any further comment, as Ubisoft has begun threatening lawsuits.
August 3, 2025 — Source

Gaming — News — August 2nd, 2025

The Epic Games 'total victory' doesn't mean as much as it wants you to think
It simply adds to the confusion.
August 2, 2025 — Source

THQ Nordic Showcase 2025 Recap: All Announcements & Trailers
The THQ Nordic Digital Showcase 2025 has wrapped - and what a ride it was! Whether you were tuning in for updates, unexpected news, or a first look at tomorrow's biggest adventures, this year's showcase delivered the goods. Couldn't catch it live? No worries! The full show is now available on demand across all our official channels. So grab a snack, press play, and dive into everything we revealed.
August 2, 2025 — Source

Gaming — News — August 1st, 2025

A Complete History of gamescom and gamescom ONL
gamescom and gamescom ONL 2025 will be the biggest we've seen in the decade. We're taking a look back at how gamescom in Cologne became the best gaming event in the world.
August 1, 2025 — Source

Assassin's Creed 4 -- Ubisoft Reportedly Threatened Voice Actor With Lawsuit for Teasing Remaster
The voice actor for Edward Kenway, Matt Ryan, had hinted that it might be time to revisit Black Flag during a fan signing in June.
August 1, 2025 — Source or Source

EA Confirms Battlefield 6 Is Getting Battle Royale, Releases Chaotic Teaser Trailer
It looks like a blast.
August 1, 2025 — Source

EA finally listens: Battlefield 6 scraps a decade-old requirement on Steam — a major win for new players and veteran fans
After years of needing to launch "Origin" or the EA App alongside Steam, EA has decided to drop the requirement for Battlefield 6.
August 1, 2025 — Source

EA Isn't Considering The Sims 5 Right Now Because 'It's Not Player-Friendly' To Expect Fans To 'Give Up All of the Content That You've Purchased Over the Years'
Game of life.
August 1, 2025 — Source

EA officially announces Plants versus Zombies: Replanted
Earlier this year, the Brazilian game ratings board published a listing for Plants versus Zombies Reloaded, suggesting that a remake or re-release of sorts was incoming for the first entry in the classic PopCap tower defence series. Sure enough, EA / PopCap have now officially unveiled said remaster -- though under the more appropriate name of Plants versus Zombies: Replanted.
August 1, 2025 — Source or Watch Video

Good Job Games raises $60 million in Series A funding
The funding will be used to scale its mobile game Match Villains globally
August 1, 2025 — Source

Half-Life 3 HLX May Be In Final Phase of Development, AI Scripting Refactoring, Documentation and Developers Moving Onto Other Projects Suggest
It has been a while since new information was unearthed regarding the HLX project at Valve, which is thought to be Half-Life 3. Despite the lack of new details, however, work on the project seems to have been proceeding steadily, and development may have reached the final phase, judging from some recent findings.
August 1, 2025 — Source

Itch.io "re-indexes" free adult NSFW content, paid content to be "slowly" reintroduced
Payment processor Stripe has told the platform it cannot support "content designed for sexual gratification"
August 1, 2025 — Source or Source or Source

SHINOBI: Art of Vengeance demo available now
Back during the 2023 Game Awards, SEGA officially announced that they would be bringing back many of their classic franchises, including but not limited to Jet Set Radio; Crazy Taxi; Golden Axe and more. One of the most exciting revivals is the upcoming SHINOBI: Art of Vengeance. Ahead of the game's launch next month, SEGA has now released a demo for all to enjoy.
August 1, 2025 — Source or Watch Video

Gaming — News — July 29th, 2025

7 in 10 German game purchases are now digital downloads
99% of PC games in Germany were bought digitally in 2024, says new report
July 29, 2025 — Source

All Grounded 2 Mutations And How To Unlock Them
Mutations can help you survive in Brookhollow Park, and here we explain how to make the most of these benefits in Grounded 2.
July 29, 2025 — Source

Assassin's Creed Shadows Update 1.0.7 is Here — Check Out the Patch Notes
New Game Plus! Level cap boost! More!
July 29, 2025 — Source

Assassin's Creed Shadows' Latest Update Introduces New Game Plus, A Higher Level Cap, And More Fixes
Here's what you can find in Assassin's Creed Shadows' 1.0.7 title update.
July 29, 2025 — Source

Atari Announces Agreement to Become 82 Percent Shareholder in Thunderful Group
The deal, worth €4.5 million, has seen unanimous support from the board of directors and largest shareholders of Thunderful Group.
July 29, 2025 — Source or Source

Black Myth: Wukong Underwater DLC Footage May Have Just Leaked Ahead of Gamescom Reveal -- Rumor
It appears to have been confirmed that this video is not a real leak of Black Myth: Wukong DLC and is indeed just some impressive work from a fan.
July 29, 2025 — Source

Despite $200M+ Suicide Squad loss, WB is working on a new DC live service game
2024 was a disastrous year for WB Games. All of the money made by Hogwarts Legacy, the top-selling game of 2023, went straight back out the door due to the dire launches of titles like Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, Multiversus and Harry Potter Quidditch Champions. Has this stopped WB from continuing to push towards live service games? No, of course not.
July 29, 2025 — Source

IGN launches Gaming Trends platform, shedding light on how mobile, Roblox, and more are reshaping the industry
The initial 2025 Gaming Trends report focuses on six key areas, including mobile gaming, user-generated content, and the trend for nostalgia
July 29, 2025 — Source

Indiana Jones' creative director to headline Game Republic New Horizons
The flagship conference takes place in Riverside Stadium, the home grounds of Middlesbrough FC
July 29, 2025 — Source

Sony sues Tencent for Horizon 'clone' Light of Motiram
Back in November, the industry giant Tencent announced that they were working on a 3rd person open-world title which looked eerily similar to PlayStation's own Horizon: Zero Dawn / Forbidden West franchise -- from the enemy designs to weapons and even the overall aesthetic. It seems Sony has taken note of this, as the console maker is now suing Tencent's upcoming 'Light of Motiram'.
July 29, 2025 — Source or Source

The Witcher 4 Will Honor Its Predecessor's Legacy Without Trying to Outdo It, Says Narrative Director
The Witcher 4 will have plenty of new features, but it will also respect its predecessor's legacy without necessarily trying to outdo it, as video games aren't mathematical, and acclaim is subjective.
July 29, 2025 — Source

Those Hoping For Major Diablo 4 Update News May Have To Keep Waiting
In this case, no news isn't good news.
July 29, 2025 — Source

Unreal Engine Engineer Declares 'Great Hitch Hunt' to Rid UE Games of Stutters, Gives Tips to Developers
During the recent Unreal Fest 2025 in Orlando, Florida, Senior Unreal Engine Software Engineer Ari Arnbjörnsson gave a talk dedicated entirely to PC gamers' nightmare: stuttering.
July 29, 2025 — Source

Warner Bros Hiring For Live Service Game, Despite Suicide Squad's Disappointing Performance
This comes after both Suicide Squad and MultiVersus failed to make an impact.
July 29, 2025 — Source

Watch Out For Battlefield 6 Playtest Scams
Bad actors are trying to steal your information.
July 29, 2025 — Source

WB Games Montreal Might Be Making Another DC Comics Live Service Game
In October 2024, a job listing revealed that WB Games Montreal was recruiting for a new game based on a DC Comics license. That was fairly unsurprising in itself, considering that the developer has only ever worked on such games, from 2013's Batman: Arkham Origins to 2022's Gotham Knights. Now, though, another job listing suggests that this project is being designed as a live service, which was enough to ruffle the feathers of many fans.
July 29, 2025 — Source

Gaming — News — July 27th, 2025

Job listing confirms Sony plans to bring PS5 games to Xbox, Switch and more
Microsoft has spent the past 18 months transforming itself into a multi-platform games publisher. Soon, Sony may also try its luck on platforms outside of PS5 and PC.
July 27, 2025 — Source

This Week in Gaming (Week 31)
Welcome to the last week of July and another fairly packed week of new game releases. We kick off the week with a cosy trip to the shire, which is swiftly followed by some vehicular combat, some insect action, a virtual rebellion, a bit of law and order and finally landing in a post-apocalyptic world. We also have a few more new games that didn't quite make the list this week.
July 27, 2025 — Source

Gaming — News — July 25th, 2025

Battlefield 6 release date confirmed via EA website
EA elected to not announce the release date for Battlefield 6 when its first reveal trailer dropped earlier this week. However, the legal fine print on EA's website did confirm a leak that claimed the game would release in October.
July 25, 2025 — Source

CD Projekt Red's Project Hadar Will Be An Action RPG With Melee Combat, According to New Job Ad
New details on CD Projekt Red's mysterious Project Hadar emerged online today thanks to a new job ad discovered online.
July 25, 2025 — Source

Dying Light: The Beast Delayed By Four Weeks to September 19
The release date of Dying Light: The Beast has been pushed back by four weeks to "allow for extra polishing". It will now arrive on September 19, 2025.
July 25, 2025 — Source or Source or Source or Source or Source

EA unveils Battlefield 6, aiming to recapture glory after 2042 flop
New campaign unveiled, multiplayer reveal coming July 31
July 25, 2025 — Source

Fortnite fans left in limbo as Epic blasts CMA for delaying iOS launch in UK
The CMA has decided not to prioritize a decision they made over four years ago in the latest released roadmap.
July 25, 2025 — Source

Games Industry Could Be Worth $300 Billion In 4 Years, Report Suggests
The games industry is already bigger than both the music and movie industry combined.
July 25, 2025 — Source

Intel May Be Prepping a Massive Apology to Gamers
Intel may not be the titan it was, but its upcoming CPU could rekindle a relationship with gamers.
July 25, 2025 — Source

Last Epoch Developer Has Been Acquired by Krafton
The studio is still working on the Diablo-like action RPG, but founder Judd Cobler is looking forward to growing the team soon.
July 25, 2025 — Source or Source

Marvel Cosmic Invasion Trailer Reveals Silver Surfer and Beta Ray Bill
Two cosmic warriors join the fight against Annihilus and his forces in Tribute Games' upcoming side-scrolling beat 'em up.
July 25, 2025 — Source or Watch Video

Microsoft CEO Outlines Plans to Expand AI Infrastructure After Laying Off 9,100 Employees
Satya Nadella also wrote about the decisions to execute the lay-offs despite Microsoft thriving "by every objective metric".
July 25, 2025 — Source

Oblivion Remastered Registered Over 9 Million Players, Says Bethesda
Bethesda Game Studios has announced that The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered has registered over 9 million players since its launch on April 22. The developer shared the news with a brief message and a picture of the iconic 'adoring fan', a Wood Elf commoner who becomes the player character's "groupie" once they have become the new Grand Champion in the Arena. The adoring fan's hair has been styled into a nine for the occasion.
July 25, 2025 — Source

Star Wars Outlaws 2 Was Planned, Has Been Cancelled -- Rumour
A recent report indicates that a sequel to Star Wars Outlaws hadn't yet entered pre-production before ultimately getting cancelled.
July 25, 2025 — Source

The Story of The Last of Us Part I and II Will Be Available in Book Form Later This Year
If you cannot stand video games and TV shows and would like to know what all the fuss regarding The Last of Us is about, the entire story so far will be available in book form later this year. Of course, it's also a perfectly valid option for those who already know the story through different mediums and would like to read it from the perspective of script writers Neil Druckmann and Halley Gross (the latter worked just on Part II).
July 25, 2025 — Source

Twenty-three years after launch, Final Fantasy XI servers are overwhelmed by a new wave of players
Final Fantasy XI remains popular more than two decades on
July 25, 2025 — Source

Ubisoft have reportedly cancelled plans for a Star Wars: Outlaws sequel
Earlier this week, Ubisoft appeared to confirm that Massive Entertainment's Star Wars Outlaws did not perform as the publisher was hoping, with CEO Yves Guillemot blaming the "choppy waters" of the Star Wars IP for its lack of success. As such, it perhaps comes as little surprise that a sequel which was reportedly in development has now been scrapped.
July 25, 2025 — Source

VTuber Agency CEO Admits To Misusing Charity Funds As All Talent Quits
VShojo, the VTuber talent agency, has announced its closure after CEO admits to misappropriating funds.
July 25, 2025 — Source

Gaming — News — July 22nd, 2025

2XKO, Riot's League Of Legends Tag Fighter, Enters Closed Beta This Fall
A new playable build is also headed to Evo next month.
July 22, 2025 — Source

Atari 2600+ Pac‑Man Edition Release Date, Price & Specifications
The new Atari 2600+ Pac‑Man Edition brings a retro icon back to life on modern hardware. Built on the existing 2600+ platform, this limited‑edition console swaps the standard casing for a bright yellow shell and integrates front‑panel lighting that outlines PAC‑MAN and the four ghosts. Under the hood, it's the same Atari 2600+ you know: cartridge slot, AV outputs, and wireless connectivity for CX‑40 style controllers.
July 22, 2025 — Source

Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora to get NG+ and 3rd-person mode in free update
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora released back in late 2023 to a somewhat mixed reception, with the open-world game from Ubisoft Massive being praised for its visuals, though critiqued for its relative mundanity. In a surprise and unexpected announcement, Ubisoft has revealed that Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora is getting a massive update later this year.
July 22, 2025 — Source or Watch Video

Battlefield 6 to Be Officially Revealed This Week
And looks like "Battlefield 6" is the new official title.
July 22, 2025 — Source or Source

Critical Role Finally Confirms A Video Game Is On the Way — And It Will Take Place In Exandria
Team "tossing around ideas and some of the things we must have..."
July 22, 2025 — Source or Source

Directive 8020 Delayed to 2026, Supermassive Announces Layoffs
Up to 36 employees will be affected as the studio deals with the "changing and ever-evolving environment" of the industry.
July 22, 2025 — Source

Donkey Kong Bananza Hits Number 1 Spot in UK Physical Sales Charts in Launch Week
It has already gotten three times the sales figures of Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, and only half of Super Mario Odyssey.
July 22, 2025 — Source

Fable Could Slip to 2027 -- Rumour
The decision is reportedly not due to "doom and gloom", but because Playground Games needs more time to work on the game.
July 22, 2025 — Source

Gabe Newell Is A Big Believer In AI, Calls It A "Cheat Code"
"Essentially AI is going to be a cheat code for people who want to take advantage of it."
July 22, 2025 — Source or Watch Video

Game success in 2025 is down to data, not luck
Every stage of game development needs to be backed by data analysis
July 22, 2025 — Source

GamesIndustry.biz HR Summit returns in October
The 2025 event returns to the Royal Institution
July 22, 2025 — Source

Google Has Some Fun When You Search For The Live-Action Legend Of Zelda Actors
What will they do when Ganon is announced?
July 22, 2025 — Source or Watch Video

GreedFall 2: The Dying World Has Been Hit by Lay-Offs Affecting Animation, Rigging Teams
The studio itself hasn't yet made any announcements. However, lead animator Erwan Perrin has revealed a few details on social media.
July 22, 2025 — Source

Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls Will Be Playable With Six Characters At Evo 2025
Live panel with developers also planned.
July 22, 2025 — Source

Mists of Pandaria Classic Now Live!
Step boldly into the shrouded mists and set foot on the ancient continent of Pandaria once again, embarking on a journey to uncover its forgotten wonders and unravel its deepest secrets in Mists of Pandaria Classic.
July 22, 2025 — Source or Watch Video

New mod recreates original Fallout as a first-person shooter
The popularity of Fallout exploded when Bethesda acquired the IP and shifted it away from its isometric roots and into an open-world shooter. The Isometric view point can be off putting to many who did not grow up in the golden age of CRPGs and as a result, few have gone back to experience the original Fallout games. That may change soon thanks to one ambitious mod.
July 22, 2025 — Source or Watch Video

Ready or Not has sold 1 million copies on console -- pushing total sales past 10 million
Ready or Not is a tactical first person shooter from the studio Void Interactive. Depicting "a modern-day world in which SWAT police units are called to defuse hostile and confronting situations," the game received some controversy back during its early access launch. That said, in the years since its 2021 release, the game has grown massively -- with Ready or Not having now officially sold over 10 million copies.
July 22, 2025 — Source

Rematch Reaches 5 Million Unique Players
After hitting one million players in its first day, Rematch has achieved five million unique players roughly a month after launch. Developed by Sloclap, known for Sifu, the competitive football title is available for Xbox Series X/S, PS5, and PC. It's also included with Game Pass.
July 22, 2025 — Source

Roblox launches Learning Hub with partners like BBC Bitesize
The hub is designed to support students in the summer break months
July 22, 2025 — Source

Supermassive lays off 36 staff and delays Directive 8020 to "first half of 2026"
"This decision was not taken lightly, and we know this will be an incredibly difficult time for everyone"
July 22, 2025 — Source or Source

Ubisoft blames gamers, Steam, trends, and everyone but itself for poor game sales
In recent financial meetings and reports, Ubisoft has doubled down on blaming others for its shortcomings.
July 22, 2025 — Source

Ubisoft CEO responds to Stop Killing Games petition, says "Nothing is eternal"
Are purchased games products or services?
July 22, 2025 — Source

Ubisoft claims microtransactions "makes the player experience more fun"
It's always interesting to see the different ways that video game publishers talk about the industry to different audiences. In the case of Ubisoft, the company has shared some rather out-of-touch thoughts on monetisation, telling investors that microtransactions make "the player experience more fun."
July 22, 2025 — Source

Gaming — News — July 18th, 2025

Apple's New Emoji Game Just Launched In Place You Might Not Expect
It's unrelated to 2017's The Emoji Movie, by the way.
July 18, 2025 — Source

Avalanche Studios’ Contraband still in development
Back in 2021, prior to Microsoft's shift away from exclusive games, Xbox had announced a third-party exclusive game called Contraband, developed by Avalanche Studios. The game quietly missed its 2022 release window and hasn't been seen since. However, new information indicates that the game is still in development and was not scrapped as part of the recent Xbox layoffs and game cancellations.
July 18, 2025 — Source

Gamescom 2025 set to break booking records
The organisers of Gamescom are gearing up for what looks to be their biggest event ever, announcing that exhibitor reservations for 2025 are already tracking 11% ahead of last year's record-breaking numbers. The event is set to be the epicentre of the gaming world this August, with a packed show floor and a major world premiere to kick things off.
July 18, 2025 — Source

Infamous Studio Boss Wants To Bring Back The Franchise
Sucker Punch's Nate Fox is all for revisiting the world of Infamous, but there's a reason why he can't anytime soon.
July 18, 2025 — Source or Source

inZOI Will Showcase Cahaya at Gamescom Opening Night Live on August 19
Krafton has also confirmed that there will be hands-on playable demos of the new location at Gamescom from August 20th to 24th.
July 18, 2025 — Source

Mortal Kombat II film gets first official trailer ahead of October release
The Mortal Kombat series is no stranger to film releases, seeing two live action adaptations back in the 90s and a reboot in 2021. Despite somewhat of a mixed reception to the most recent release, Warner Bros. appears committed to this potential film franchise – with the first official trailer for Mortal Kombat II having now been released.
July 18, 2025 — Source

Retro Gaming YouTuber Is Being Investigated By Authorities For Reviewing Third-Party Handhelds
The YouTuber could face jail time for potential breaches of Italian copyright law.
July 18, 2025 — Source

Roblox's new teen chat requires a selfie to verify age
Trusted Connections feature targets users 13 to 17
July 18, 2025 — Source

Saber Interactive Is Seemingly Teasing A New Gore-Filled Horror Game Reveal For Next Week, Potentially A New Hellraiser Game
Saber Interactive, the studio currently working on the Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Remake, Jurassic Park Survival, and a currently unannounced title based on a Hasbro franchise, to name a few, is teasing the reveal of what appears to be another game, and fans believe it to be a Hellraiser-based horror game.
July 18, 2025 — Source

Tomb Raider composer faces 16 months in jail over Covid loan fraud
Peter Connelly provided music for Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation, Chronicles, and The Angel of Darkness
July 18, 2025 — Source

Gaming — News — July 17th, 2025

Civilization VI is free on the Epic Games Store
Each week, the Epic Games Store gives away a title or two as part of the company's free games program. Available for the next 7 days, all those with an Epic Games account can get their hands on the highly-praised 4x strategy game Civilization VI.
July 17, 2025 — Source

Co-dev specialists Virtuos, which made this year's Oblivion remaster, announces layoffs affecting 7% of workforce
Around 270 employees in Asia and Europe are affected
July 17, 2025 — Source

Despite Laying Off 270 Staff, Development Studio Virtuos Remains 'Fully Committed' to The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered, Cyberpunk 2077, and Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater
"A rebalancing of roles across our studios and geographies."
July 17, 2025 — Source

Dune: Awakening And Rematch Mark Strong Launches As Both Enter June 2025's Top 10 Games By Revenue Per Global Firm Newzoo
Global data firm Newzoo has released its latest report on the top 10 games for June 2025 by both monthly active users (MAU) and revenue. In its report for May 2025, Elden Ring Nightreign was the top story, but this time around, it's Dune all June, as Dune: Awakening breaks into the top-5 games by revenue, and Sloclap's arcade football game Rematch is able to eek into the top-10.
July 17, 2025 — Source

"Father Of Elder Scrolls" Stepping Away From Industry Due To Ailing Health
"Julian must step away from OnceLost Games for his health and to live his final moments surrounded by his loved ones."
July 17, 2025 — Source

Gamescom exhibitor bookings are up on year-on-year as organisers expect record-breaking 2025 event
Netflix, Disney+, and Konami are among the newly announced exhibitors
July 17, 2025 — Source

Guild Wars 2: Visions of Eternity revealed
Following the conclusion of the Janthir Wilds story, ArenaNet isn't wasting any time, officially announcing the next major expansion for its long-running MMO. Guild Wars 2: Visions of Eternity is set to launch on October 28th, continuing the studio's new annual expansion model and sending players away to a mysterious new island.
July 17, 2025 — Source or Watch Video

Julian LeFay, 'Father of The Elder Scrolls,' Steps Back From Game Development Due To Cancer
LeFay is leaving for his health and to "live his final moments surrounded by his loved ones."
July 17, 2025 — Source

Oblivion Remastered Developer Virtuos Confirms Mass Layoffs, Nearly 280 Staff Impacted Across Europe And Asia
Virtuos, the co-development team that is working with Konami to deliver Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater, and the studio that just helped Bethesda develop The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered has confirmed what was previously rumored, that the studio has suffered mass layoffs, with nearly 280 staff impacted, or 7% of the company.
July 17, 2025 — Source

RoboCop: Rogue City -- Unfinished Business, Humanity, DREADZONE, And More Added To GeForce NOW
The latest batch of games being added to the GeForce NOW streaming service has been announced, with nine additions including both the base game and the brand-new DLC for RoboCop: Rogue City.
July 17, 2025 — Source or Source

Roblox introduces new safeguards for teens, including age estimation tech
Roblox announced Thursday that it's launching new safeguards for people who are between the ages of 13 and 18. The company is introducing "Trusted Connections" to allow these users to connect more freely with people they know, alongside age estimation technology, more privacy tools, and insights for parents of teens.
July 17, 2025 — Source or Source

Sonic Racing: Crossworlds comes to Switch 2 months after everywhere else
Announced late last year, Sonic Racing: Crossworlds is the newest entry in SEGA's own take on the Kart Racing genre. Set to arrive on the 25th of September across pretty much all systems, Switch 2 owners in particular will have to wait a few extra months to get in on the racing -- with Crossworlds confirmed to be launching on Switch 2 this Holiday.
July 17, 2025 — Source

The UK's Online Safety Act: A simple guide for game makers
What game companies need to be aware of ahead of the OSA's introduction next week
July 17, 2025 — Source

Two years after the Unity controversy, how are things going with Godot?
Unity's missteps in 2023 prompted a wave of interest in the open-source Godot engine. Here's what happened next
July 17, 2025 — Source

Ubisoft's New Subsidiary is Co-Headed by Yves Guillemot's Son
Charlie Guillemot acknowledged that while he is Yves' son, his position as co-CEO isn't a case of nepotism thanks to his experience.
July 17, 2025 — Source

Gaming — News — July 14th, 2025

A Dragon Quest VII Remake Is in The Works For a 2026, Early 2027 Release -- Rumor
A Dragon Quest VII remake is reportedly in the works and will make its debut either next year or in early 2027, according to rumors circulating online.
July 14, 2025 — Source or Source

Airship Interactive goes into administration, with all employees and assets moved to new entity Airmergent
Airmergent will continue Airship Interactive's work as usual, with expanded co-dev capabilities
July 14, 2025 — Source

EA Quietly Parks Need For Speed Leaving Franchise's Future In Doubt
Talk about sad news if a fresh rumor holds out. Allegedly, the iconic Need for Speed racing franchise, a cornerstone of Electronic Arts' gaming portfolio since its inception in 1994, is facing an uncertain future, with claims circulating that EA has silently shelved the series indefinitely. While EA has yet to issue an official statement, several internal decisions and industry observations point towards a significant shift in the company's strategy.
July 14, 2025 — Source

Jobs roundup: July 2025 | Lego appoints Fredrik Loving as senior VP and global head of Lego Game
Arthur Tolmie joins Pixel Helix as chief communications officer, Jonathan Zweig appointed Keyword Studios as chief revenue officer
July 14, 2025 — Source

KRAFTON Confirms Leaked Subnautica 2 Development Documents Are Real As A Way Of "Minimizing Speculation"
If you were making a list of predictions for the video game industry in 2025 back in January, it's doubtful that you would have included a very public and messy battle between developer Unknown Worlds and its parent company, KRAFTON, over the development of Subnautica 2 on that list.
July 14, 2025 — Source

RimWorld's Massive Odyssey Expansion Is Out Now Alongside Free Update
Free 1.6 update includes performance improvements and quality-of-life changes.
July 14, 2025 — Source or Watch Video

Way of the Samurai studio Acquire Corp and Red Dunes Games announce collaboration on multiple new IPs
The studio will develop games for PC and console
July 14, 2025 — Source

Gaming — News — July 12th, 2025

The Commodore 64 Ultimate computer is the company's first hardware release in over 30 years — pre-orders start at $299
No software emulation, this 'faithful recreation of the original motherboard' runs on an AMD Artix 7 FPGA.
July 12, 2025 — Source

Gaming — News — July 11th, 2025

BioShock Creator Is Glad His Team Is Allowed to Design Judas Without Any Live Service Monetization Elements
It's been nearly a year and a half since we heard from BioShock creator Ken Levine. As you're probably aware, ever since disbanding Irrational Games, he has founded a smaller studio called Ghost Story Games. For the last eight years or so, they have worked on a game that we now know to be titled Judas, a game that is based on Levine's concept of 'narrative LEGOs' to be endlessly replayable, at least in theory.
July 11, 2025 — Source

Every Video Game Canceled in 2025
The 17 known games that have stopped development this year.
July 11, 2025 — Source

Final Fantasy Producer Talks Turn-Based Combat Viability, Final Fantasy XVI Learnings and More
Final Fantasy producer, director, and designer Naoki Yoshida was interviewed by Anime News Network at last week's Anime Expo 2025 in Los Angeles, California. One of the first questions was about the viability of turn-based combat for future installments in the series. It was Yoshida himself who infamously said that, as the visuals get more realistic, it is increasingly challenging for some gamers to stomach turn-based combat without feeling a dissonance.
July 11, 2025 — Source

Fortnite Is the Biggest Competitor to Any New Game or Service; Top Live Games Sucking Nearly Half of the Playtime on Consoles Are a Bigger Threat to the Video Games Industry Than Subscription Services
The games industry is undergoing some radical changes, and the challenges it is facing are caused more by the dominance of Fortnite and other popular live service and forever games than subscription services like Xbox Games Pass, according to a well-known analyst.
July 11, 2025 — Source

Halo Combat Evolved Remake Is Scheduled For a 2026 Release and May Only Feature Single Player Campaign -- Rumor
The rumored Halo Combat Evolved remake is reportedly launching next year, but it may not feature the experience offered by the original in its entirety.
July 11, 2025 — Source

Hell is Us has gone Gold
Hell is Us has been a long time coming, with the 3rd-person melee-focused action-adventure title first being announced back in 2022 with a 2023 release year. Following a lengthy delay, the Nacon-published title was re-revealed last year alongside a September 2025 release date. Thanks to the extra dev time, the team at Rogue Factor have managed to finish the game well ahead of its (renewed) schedule -- as Hell is Us has now officially gone Gold.
July 11, 2025 — Source

Lords of the Fallen surpasses 5.5m players | News-in-brief
2023 action RPG was developed by Hexworks and published by CI Games
July 11, 2025 — Source or Source

SAG-AFTRA video game actors approve new agreement — securing better pay, protections against AI, and more
SAG-AFTRA video game performers went on strike back in July 2024, and have now agreed to a new contract.
July 11, 2025 — Source

Sea of Thieves to get custom and private servers
While most live-service games push back on the idea of custom servers, there have been success cases in the past. Fallout 76 for instance has a very popular private server option. Now, Rare is bringing custom server functionality to Sea of Thieves, allowing sailors to spin up a new server with the ability to make changes to in-game behaviour to best fit your group.
July 11, 2025 — Source

Side to open new studio in Saudi Arabia in partnership with Savvy Games Group
"We believe our Riyadh studio will be able to offer fresh talent, ideas and perspectives to an exciting and collaborative arm of the gaming industry"
July 11, 2025 — Source

Subnautica 2 Leaked Document Allegedly Shows Why KRAFTON Delayed the Game; Former Execs File Lawsuit
The delay of Subnautica 2 has sparked into somewhat of a controversy between developer Unknown Worlds and parent company KRAFTON. Let's take a minute to recap what happened, chronologically:
July 11, 2025 — Source

Subnautica Studio Co-Founder Announces Lawsuit Against Krafton
Co-founder Charlie Cleveland spoke about how more details about the "earnout" will be revealed in due time through the lawsuit.
July 11, 2025 — Source or Source or Source

The Callisto Protocol Devs Next Game Codenamed Project Titan Has Seemingly Been Cancelled
Project Titan, the codename for the next game from Striking Distance Studios, the studio behind The Callisto Protocol, appears to have been cancelled.
July 11, 2025 — Source

The GamesIndustry.biz Summer Party 2025 in pictures
The annual event once again took place at Horatio's Bar on the pier during Develop:Brighton
July 11, 2025 — Source

Gaming — News — July 10th, 2025

4 of the 5 best-selling games in May were Microsoft-published
In the past 5 years or so, Microsoft has swallowed up quite a significant chunk of the video games industry, with the two biggest examples being Zenimax Media in 2020 and of course Activision Blizzard. Given how many fingers it has across the metaphorical video game pie, it comes as little surprise that 4 of the top 5 best-selling games in May were all published by Microsoft.
July 10, 2025 — Source

Arkane Studios Started Full Production on Unnamed AAA Game at the End of 2024
While Arkane didn't name the AAA game in its recent financial report, the timing indicates that it might be Marvel's Blade.
July 10, 2025 — Source

Circle Games secures $7.25m in latest funding round
"We believe they have all the ingredients to become Turkey's next major casual gaming success," says funder
July 10, 2025 — Source

Develop: Star Awards 2025 winners
Remedy Entertainment's Sam Lake was also awarded for his contributions to the video game industry
July 10, 2025 — Source

EA Japan GM Criticizes Microsoft Layoffs And Cancellations As Harmful To The Industry
Shaun Noguchi expressed disappointment and "deep pain" about Microsoft's recent consolidations and cancellations of game projects.
July 10, 2025 — Source

FBI Seizes Gaming Piracy Domains Including 'Pre-Release' Target NSW2U
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has seized the domain names of several gaming-related pirate sites, including NSW2U.com, which has been Nintendo's nemesis for years. The operation was carried out in collaboration with other law enforcement agencies, including the Dutch fiscal police. It is not immediately clear whether the action is linked to any arrests or indictments.
July 10, 2025 — Source

Former Naughty Dog director to launch new Japanese studio
"Moving to Japan tomorrow. Also forming a game studio -- more on that soon!"
July 10, 2025 — Source

GeForce NOW Adds Hit Co-Op Game PEAK to Its Library
NVIDIA announced the latest round of GeForce NOW additions for this week. The highlight is arguably PEAK, the hit co-op climbing game launched on June 16 by Aggro Crab and Landfall. In PEAK, the slightest mistake could mean your doom. Whether you're alone or part of a group of lost scouts, your only hope of being rescued from a mysterious island is to climb the mountain at its center.
July 10, 2025 — Source

Here's This Week's Free Game From The Epic Games Store On Mobile
Epic is giving free games away every week to iOS and Android users, and here's a look at what you can grab right now.
July 10, 2025 — Source

Marvel Rivals New Character Arrivals Won't Rely On MCU Release Schedules
NetEase isn't slowing down its content plans for Marvel Rivals, relying on its "own content development timeline" to add new characters.
July 10, 2025 — Source

Marvel's Blade Game Only Entered in Production in Late 2024, According to a Financial Document
It's been a while since we heard anything about Marvel's Blade. The game was announced at the 2023 The Game Awards event, when we learned that Arkane Lyon, the studio behind Dishonored and Deathloop, would be behind it.
July 10, 2025 — Source

Microsoft says Game Pass is profitable, but layoffs fuel new scrutiny
The numbers may not account for the development cost of first-party games
July 10, 2025 — Source

Phoenix Joins Marvel Rivals: Everything We Know About Season 3 So Far
The new season kicks off with a new duelist, a new Klyntar map and a lot of reasons to be excited.
July 10, 2025 — Source

SAG-AFTRA members vote in favour of agreement, strike officially ends
95.04% of union approves 2025 SAG-AFTRA Interactive Media Video Game Agreement, which includes pay increases and protections against AI
July 10, 2025 — Source

Subnautica 2's early access release delayed to 2026 amid developer drama
The timeline shift could deprive the Unknown Worlds team of a $250 million bonus.
July 10, 2025 — Source or Source or Source

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered is the 2nd best-selling game of 2025 so far
While fans have been waiting well over a decade now for the next entry in The Elder Scrolls series (with no end in sight), instead of re-releasing Skyrim for the 100th time Bethesda Softworks decided to remaster 2006's TES IV: Oblivion using Unreal Engine 5. Despite being a surprise release back in late April, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered is currently the second highest-selling game of the year so far (in the US).
July 10, 2025 — Source

The Long Walk: Exclusive Character Posters and San Diego Comic-Con Announcement
The Stephen King movie adaptation is coming to Hall H.
July 10, 2025 — Source

Video game performers approve contract to officially end nearly yearlong strike
Unionized video game performers have overwhelmingly voted to approve a new contract with their employers.
July 10, 2025 — Source or Source

Wargaming sunsets F2P shooter Steel Hunters just three months after launch
"We've come to the conclusion that continuing development is not sustainable"
July 10, 2025 — Source

What's Free in the Epic Games Store This Week?
This week's free game is a strategy game that has you leading your civilization into a brave new world. Will you succeed, or will you crash and burn?
July 10, 2025 — Source

Gaming — News — July 7th, 2025

Arkane founder claims Game Pass "has been increasingly damaging the industry"
Over the years, there has been a ton of back and forth discussions surrounding Microsoft's subscription service Xbox Game Pass and its impact on the industry. While some have claimed it to be a net negative -- others state the opposite. Now, the founder and ex-CEO of Arkane Studios has weighed in on the matter, calling it "unsustainable."
July 7, 2025 — Source or Source

Capcom Cancels Lecture On Monster Hunter Wilds' Optimization, Amid Harassment Concerns
A planned talk on Wilds' development has been called off.
July 7, 2025 — Source

Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 Writer Wants "Character-Driven Stories" and to "Make the Whole World Sad"
"When people are sad, I feel a bit happy," said writer Bartosz Sztybor regarding the upcoming Cyberpunk: Edgerunners anime sequel.
July 7, 2025 — Source

Cyberpunk: Edgerunners renewed for season 2
Ten-episode anime series currently in production at Netflix in collaboration with CD Projekt Red and Studio Trigger
July 7, 2025 — Source

Destiny's mobile spinoff will arrive in August
Destiny: Rising is a free-to-play RPG shooter for iOS and Android set in an 'alternate timeline' to the main franchise.
July 7, 2025 — Source

Final Fantasy 9 Remake a no show at 25th anniversary stream
For years now, a Final Fantasy 9 remake has been rumoured. When Square Enix announced plans for a special 25th anniversary event for the game, an announcement became widely anticipated. However, the stream came and went this week with absolutely no mention of a new Final Fantasy 9 game.
July 7, 2025 — Source

Final Fantasy 9 Remake May Be in Trouble, and Could Have Been Canceled -- Rumor
The development of the rumored Final Fantasy IX remake may be in trouble, and the game could have been canceled altogether, according to rumors circulating online.
July 7, 2025 — Source

Future Games Show Gamescom Showcase Announced for August 20th
Set for the day after Gamescom Opening Night Live, the showcase will feature its own world premieres, "stealth demo drops," and more.
July 7, 2025 — Source

Lobbying Group Says Stop Killing Games' Petition Would Make Games "Prohibitively Expensive To Create"
Video Games Europe says it welcomes "the opportunity to discuss our position with policy makers ... "
July 7, 2025 — Source

Microsoft reportedly met with Romero Games just a day before pulling funding — and said absolutely nothing about what was coming
A new report shows just how messy the whole situation has been, with the studio fully getting a rug pull without warning.
July 7, 2025 — Source

New Mafia: The Old Country Gameplay Shows Off Italian Countryside, Combat, Stealth, And More
A new nine-minute clip of Mafia: The Old Country gameplay has debuted through IGN that showcases protagonist Enzo embarking on a mission to bring in an enemy of Don Salieri alive.
July 7, 2025 — Source

Publishers Argue Online Games Would Be "Prohibitively Expensive" To Make, If The Stop Killing Games Initiative's Proposals Are Accepted
If you are someone who cares even a little bit about video game preservation, then you've likely heard of the Stop Killing Games initiative. A consumer-focused movement petition with the goal of gaining enough signatures so that a new law can be proposed to the UK parliament and the European Commission to disallow publishers and developers from making games that can be taken offline and rendered unplayable.
July 7, 2025 — Source

Video game industry pushes back as Stop Killing Games petition gains traction
The Stop Killing Games petition has surpassed one million signatures in the EU, meaning the movement may soon move towards next steps to getting new consumer protection laws in place targeting the video game market. As a result of this, a lobbying group backed by Ubisoft, Take-Two, WB, Riot Games, Activision Blizzard, Microsoft, and Nintendo, has spoken out against the petition.
July 7, 2025 — Source

Gaming — News — July 2nd, 2025

Microsoft is laying off as many as 9,000 employees
Microsoft's latest job cuts come after multiple rounds of layoffs over the past year.
July 2, 2025 — Source or Source or Source

The Flame Fatales 2025 speedrunning event includes Blue Prince, Hades 2 and Clair Obscur runs
We might get a one-handed Hollow Knight run before Silksong.
July 2, 2025 — Source

Gaming — News — June 30th, 2025

FTC reopens refunds for players affected by unwanted purchases in Fortnite
Agency issued over $126 million in compensation last week, deadline for submitting a claim is July 9, 2025
June 30, 2025 — Source

Gaming — News — June 29th, 2025

Battlefield 6 multiplayer gameplay leaks
While Battlefield Labs playtests are technically protected by NDA, that hasn't stopped a flurry of leaks from hitting the web over the past few months. As EA gears up for the official reveal of Battlefield 6, more leaks have been found, with the latest leak bringing us new gameplay footage.
June 29, 2025 — Source

DayZ is getting a new expansion in 2026
Bohemia Interactive is preparing a brutal new challenge for those hardened DayZ veterans who found the zombie-infested wilderness a little too forgiving. The developers have officially announced "Badlands", the next major expansion for the survival game, set to drop sometime in 2026. This addition will transport players to a desolate desert zone where the elements themselves pose as much of a threat as the undead hordes.
June 29, 2025 — Source or Watch Video

Resident Evil 9 devs confirm cancelled multiplayer plans
The sequel to Resident Evil Village is finally nearing release. Resident Evil Requiem is due out in early 2026 and developers are already sharing plenty of information about the game, including behind-the-scenes tales from the development process. As it turns out, Requiem initially started out as a very bad idea.
June 29, 2025 — Source

Gaming — News — June 28th, 2025

Battlefield 6 Gets New Alpha Leak Video of Rush Mode
With Battlefield Labs continuing its testing phase with more players from various regions, new leaked videos of Battlefield 6 regularly appear on the Web. The latest one, featuring a full match of Rush Mode from the Alpha, was posted yesterday on the Battlefield subreddit.
June 28, 2025 — Source

Fortnite cheater fined $175,000 for using cheats to win $6,850 in competitive tournaments — Epic bans player forever
The battle royale maker says, "We'll donate what we collect to charity."
June 28, 2025 — Source

Gaming — News — June 25th, 2025

50 Cent Certainly Seems Like He's Joining Street Fighter Movie As A Beloved Character
Gloved up.
June 25, 2025 — Source

Apple Wants a New Judge After Epic Games Ruling — Yes, Seriously
Apple is pushing back against a court order that bans it from taking a cut of in-app purchases made outside its App Store, calling the ruling unfair and unconstitutional. The company has filed an appeal and is asking for a new judge, arguing the decision oversteps the original injunction from its lawsuit with Epic Games.
June 25, 2025 — Source

Dying Light celebrates 10th anniversary with free 'Retouched' update
If Techland is known for one thing, it's supporting their titles for up to a decade after launch with a bunch of free and substantial updates. Despite its sequel now having been out for 3 years, the 10-years-old Dying Light from 2015 is set to receive a major update later this week.
June 25, 2025 — Source

Elden Ring Nightreign's Next Everdark Sovereign Arrives on June 26th
The Darkdrift Knight is the next enhanced Nightlord that players can battle for a limited time starting tomorrow at 7 AM PDT.
June 25, 2025 — Source

Frontier Developments removes gen AI use from Jurassic World Evolution 3
It "opted to remove" use of the tool following criticism from fans
June 25, 2025 — Source

Hytale Is Officially Dead and Its Studio Disbanded
It's game over for Hytale, the long-awaited Minecraft-style sandbox game, and its studio, Hypixel. The news was posted this week on the game's official website, where Director Aaron Donaghey wrote:
June 25, 2025 — Source

Netflix Delisting 20+ Games, Including Hades and Monument Valley
Games exiting next week include Carmen Sandiego, which only joined the service in January.
June 25, 2025 — Source or Source

Now Nobody Will Remember When Netflix Had Great, Free Games
Netflix now imagines tie-in shovelware is the path forward for its struggling gaming arm.
June 25, 2025 — Source

Palworld: Tides of Terraria Update is Live, Adds Moon Lord Raid, Pal Trust Mechanic, and More
Tackle a new Terraria-themed dungeon with materials to craft new weapons and armor or complete missions to recruit Zoe as an ally.
June 25, 2025 — Source

Remedy is in control
Amid a bleak landscape, the studio behind Alan Wake has found a way to survive and grow, all while staying weird.
June 25, 2025 — Source

Resident Evil's Raccoon City: A Complete History - From Sleepy Town to Zombie Nightmare
We're going back to where it all began.
June 25, 2025 — Source

Taco Bell-Themed Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4 DLC Is Coming, And We Hope You're Hungry
You have to eat a lot of Taco Bell this summer to get all the Taco Bell-themed Pro Skater 3 + 4 DLC.
June 25, 2025 — Source

Gaming — News — June 23rd, 2025

Arc System Works Showcase Announced for June 27th
The showcase will feature details on new titles and an announcement for the next project from Ishiwatari Daisuke of Guilty Gear fame.
June 23, 2025 — Source or Watch Video

BAFTA announces 2025 Young Game Designers competition winners
Winners featured in Power Up showcase at three museums across the UK and BAFTA's London headquarters
June 23, 2025 — Source

Battlefield 6 campaign footage leaks
Battlefield 6 is well into development at this stage. EA is gearing up to reveal the game properly later this summer, but leaks have already spoiled a few surprises, including the first gameplay footage from the single-player campaign.
June 23, 2025 — Source

Death Stranding 2 Release Times For All Regions
While Sony hasn't provided an official map of the Death Stranding 2 launch times, we've got them all here for you.
June 23, 2025 — Source

Donkey Kong Bananza Is Officially the Best-Selling Game on Amazon Right Now
Fans are already getting their preorders in ahead of its July 17 release date.
June 23, 2025 — Source

Dune: Awakening surpasses 1 million copies sold
Dune: Awakening has seen huge success since its launch a couple of weeks ago. The game continues to hold an extremely high concurrent player count on Steam, and now the game has hit a new milestone, surpassing one million copies sold.
June 23, 2025 — Source

Escape From Tarkov Patch 0.16.7 Adds Fixes For Audio, AI, And Several Highly Requested Quality Of Life Updates
The latest patch for Escape From Tarkov adds plenty of fixes and improvements based directly on feedback from players, addressing several highly requested quality of life features, fixes for enemy AI in both PvE and PvP, and audio.
June 23, 2025 — Source

Marvel Snap Accused of Stealing Art from Kamen Rider Wizard
Marvel Snap, the digital collectible card game that's been live for nearly three years, has been accused of stealing art from the Japanese tokusatsu drama Kamen Rider Wizard.
June 23, 2025 — Source

MindsEye Developer Build A Rocket Boy Begins Layoff Process Amid Disastrous Launch, Studio Sources Say
UPDATE: BARB confirms redundancy process has begun.
June 23, 2025 — Source or Source

Persona 4 Remake Sounds Like It's Still A Long Ways Away
It's going to be a while before Persona 4 Remake and RGG's Stranger Than Heaven arrive.
June 23, 2025 — Source

Sega to open new store in Tokyo, Japan
Sega Store Tokyo expected to be located in Shibuya Parco department complex
June 23, 2025 — Source

Splitgate 2 developer 1047 Games announces round of layoffs
A "small group of valued team members" were let go, says developer
June 23, 2025 — Source or Source or Source

SpongeBob, TMNT and more confirmed for Sonic Racing: Crossworlds
Following its announcement late last year, recent rumours popped up claiming that SEGA’s upcoming kart racer ‘Sonic Racing: Crossworlds’ would include a bunch of non-SEGA characters. In the wake of the announced inclusion of Minecraft Steve and Hatsune Miku, 3 more crossovers have now been confirmed.
June 23, 2025 — Source or Watch Video

Summer Game Conference Schedule 2025: Every Showcase And How To Watch
Several gaming showcases are gearing up to show what's next for the industry.
June 23, 2025 — Source or Source

Unreal Engine 5.6 can improve performance by up to 35%
Epic Games has delivered a significant performance uplift with the recent release of Unreal Engine 5.6. Comparing an open-world tech demo side-by-side on an RTX 5080 in Unreal Engine 5.6 and version 5.4, we can see the framerate improving by up 35% in some scenes, and that's with Hardware Lumen enabled.
June 23, 2025 — Source

World of Warcraft: Midnight expansion to be revealed at Gamescom
A couple of years back, Blizzard announced a bold change to its World of Warcraft development plans. For the first time, WoW is getting a trilogy of inter-connected expansions. The first released to plenty of praise from fans, now, Blizzard is gearing up to reveal expansion 2, titled Midnight.
June 23, 2025 — Source

Gaming — News — June 22nd, 2025

Battlefield 2 turns 20: a legacy that still shapes multiplayer shooters
Battlefield 2 at 20: when 64‑man servers shaped the franchise
June 22, 2025 — Source

WB Games Montreal's Cancelled Batman Game Concept Art Surfaces, Showcasing Damian and Killer Croc
An older Bruce Wayne and Huntress are also showcased, with artist Rodrigue Pralier saying they're for a "cancelled 2015 project."
June 22, 2025 — Source

Gaming — News — June 20th, 2025

5 years after its announcement, Ryan Reynolds' Dragon's Lair film has found its Director
Over the past half a decade or so, we have seen an influx in adaptations of various video game IPs. One of the more obscure announcements was for a live-action Netflix film based on the classic Dragon's Lair arcade game. Announced all the way back in 2020, the Ryan Reynolds-led project has finally found its director.
June 20, 2025 — Source

Battlefield 6 Campaign Footage Has Leaked Online From The Latest Battlefield Labs Update
A short video clip from the single-player campaign for the next mainline entry in the Battlefield series has been pulled from the files of the latest Battlefield Labs update, with dataminer Temporyal discovering and posting the clip to X.
June 20, 2025 — Source

Battlefield 6 has reportedly hit a new milestone
For the past six months, EA has been loudly playtesting Battlefield 6 with large pre-alpha gameplay sessions leading to numerous gameplay leaks. Now, Battlefield 6 has reportedly hit a new development milestone, and more content is hitting the Battlefield Labs testing platform.
June 20, 2025 — Source

Lies of P Has Sold Over 3 Million Units
South Korean developer NEOWIZ has announced that the Soulslike game Lies of P has surpassed 3 million copies sold globally.
June 20, 2025 — Source

NetEase reveals its first AAA single-player game 'Blood Message'
NetEase has primarily focused its game development and publishing efforts on games with broad multiplayer appeal. However, for the first time, NetEase is now working on its first single-player game, and it is coming from the studio behind Naraka: Bladepoint.
June 20, 2025 — Source or Watch Video

PowerWash Simulator 2 gameplay enhancements detailed
Back in March, the team at FuturLab officially announced that a sequel to the much-loved PowerWash Simulator would be arriving at some point this year. Though a release date has yet to be shared, a new trailer has dropped for the sequel -- detailing many of its new gameplay additions and improvements.
June 20, 2025 — Source

Gaming — News — June 18th, 2025

Developers at Ubisoft Halifax have filed to unionise
The majority of staff have filed to unionise with CWA Canada
June 18, 2025 — Source

"It was like a Christmas holiday present." Digital Eclipse on the deal that got it Mortal Kombat
Stephen Frost and Dan Amrich from Digital Eclipse discuss the upcoming Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection, as well as what's next for the retro specialists
June 18, 2025 — Source

Next God of War Project Has Been Delayed Internally to 2026 -- Rumor
The rumored God of War series Metroidvania spin-off set in Ancient Greece may not be released this year, as the game has reportedly been delayed internally.
June 18, 2025 — Source or Watch Video

'Stargazers' use fake Minecraft mods to steal player passwords
A large-scale malware campaign specifically targets Minecraft players with malicious mods and cheats that infect Windows devices with infostealers that steal credentials, authentication tokens, and cryptocurrency wallets.
June 18, 2025 — Source

Techland Wants to Switch to a 3-4 Year Cycle Starting with Dying Light: The Beast
Ahead of the full interview's publication, here's an interesting tidbit: Smektala not only defends the decision to make Dying Light: The Beast a standalone game (it started as a DLC for Dying Light 2: Stay Human) but also reveals that Techland wishes to release games more often, shortening their average development cycles.
June 18, 2025 — Source

The original 1997 Final Fantasy VII has officially sold over 15 million copies
The Final Fantasy franchise is easily an icon in the gaming space, with 1997's Final Fantasy VII in particular being viewed as one of the most important titles of all time. Despite the reverence for this classic, in the nearly 30 years since its release, the OG Final Fantasy VII has 'only' sold 15 million units.
June 18, 2025 — Source

Warner Bros. Games promotes three studio heads as it focuses on four key properties
Games based on Harry Potter, Mortal Kombat, DC Comics, and Game of Thrones form the basis of Warner's strategy
June 18, 2025 — Source or Source

Gaming — News — June 16th, 2025

Bethesda renews trademark for mysterious game 'SPYTEAM'
We first caught wind of Bethesda's unannounced game, SpyTeam, thanks to a Zenimax trademark filing in 2022. The game has disappeared from headlines since 2024, but that finally changed this week with new trademark filings.
June 16, 2025 — Source

Borderlands 4's Price Has Been Announced, And It's Lower Than Some Expected
The pricing mystery for Borderlands 4 has been solved.
June 16, 2025 — Source

NBA signs another "multiyear partnership" with 2K
The agreement comes as 2K confirms its basketball series has sold over 150m units worldwide
June 16, 2025 — Source

Robust Gaming Demand Drives OLED Monitor Panel Shipments to Rise 69% YoY in 2025
TrendForce's latest research reveals that despite ongoing macroeconomic challenges, both buyers and sellers remain bullish on the OLED monitor panel market. Following a remarkable 132% YoY growth in 2024, this strong momentum is expected to carry over into 2025. As a result, TrendForce has revised its 2025 OLED monitor panel shipment forecast upward from 2.8 million to 3.4 million units—raising the annual growth rate from 40% to 69%.
June 16, 2025 — Source

Rockstar tipped to make Red Dead announcement this week
It looks like Grand Theft Auto won't be the only game from Rockstar making headlines this year. According to the voice actor who plays John Marston, some new Red Dead news is on the horizon this week.
June 16, 2025 — Source

Silent Hill 1 Remake, f, and Resident Evil Requiem Are Leading the Survival Horror Charge
The survival horror genre has quite a lot in the pipeline.
June 16, 2025 — Source or Watch Video

Stellar Blade Has Sold 1 Million Units on PC in 3 Days; CEO Hopes Sequel Comes Out in 2027
Today, South Korean game developer Shift Up announced that Stellar Blade has surpassed 3 million units globally across all platforms. Of these 3 million, 1 million units were sold on PC in just three days on the market. The studio also remarked on the record we mentioned in our previous report (Stellar Blade is now the Sony-published single player game with the highest concurrent user peak on Steam) as well as the strong praise from Steam users, who have left 15.6K reviews of which 94% are positive.
June 16, 2025 — Source or Source

Stellar Blade sells 3m copies | News-in-brief
Published by Sony Interactive Entertainment, Shift Up's action-adventure sold one million units on PC in three days
June 16, 2025 — Source

Summer Game Fest 2025 reaches over 50m livestreams | News-in-brief
Live show had a peak concurrent audience of more than 3 million viewers, up 89% year-on-year
June 16, 2025 — Source or Source

The Witcher 4: CD Projekt Is Taking a 'Console-First' Development Approach, but With Good Reason
"We had so many problems in the past..."
June 16, 2025 — Source

Why Aonic has doubled down on backing mid-tier developers
Co-founder and chief product officer Olliver Heins lays out how the company is managing its growth and how it's helping smaller studio
June 16, 2025 — Source

Gaming — News — June 13th, 2025

Bethesda shares updated player stats for Fallout 76 and The Elder Scrolls Online
Despite relatively little public fanfare, Bethesda's MMO-like experiences -- Fallout 76 and The Elder Scrolls Online -- have both continued to grow steadily over the years. More than a decade on from ESO's release (and 6 years since FO76), both titles are sitting comfortably around 25 million players each.
June 13, 2025 — Source

Boosted by the Netflix Anime, Devil May Cry 5 Sales Top 10 Million — So How About Devil May Cry 6, Capcom?
The devil is in the detail.
June 13, 2025 — Source

Capcom's Devil May Cry 5 Sales Top 10 Million Units
Capcom Co., Ltd. today announced that worldwide cumulative sales of Devil May Cry 5 have surpassed 10 million units. In Devil May Cry 5, players can enjoy thrilling, high-speed gameplay, stylish action, and beautiful graphics, depicted with intricate realism thanks to Capcom's proprietary RE ENGINE.
June 13, 2025 — Source

Creative Assembly teases new Total War at 25th anniversary event
It has been a while since the release of the last Total War game but Creative Assembly does have something cooking up. The studio revealed plans to showcase 'the next era' of Total War later this year.
June 13, 2025 — Source

Devil May Cry 5 Has Sold 10 Million Units, Almost One Million of Which in the Last Few Months
After the news that Street Fighter 6 had surpassed 5 million units sold, CAPCOM has another sales milestone to announce this week, this time for Devil May Cry 5. The latest installment in the popular action game franchise has sold 10 million units since its debut on March 8, 2019, for PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One.
June 13, 2025 — Source

FBC: Firebreak will get two major updates in 2025
We are one week out from the launch of Remedy's first multiplayer game. FBC: Firebreak will send players back to The Oldest House to in squads to investigate supernatural outbreaks. With the release date approaching, Remedy is starting to share some of its post-launch plans.
June 13, 2025 — Source

Games Workshop Just Can't Stop 'Horus Heresy' Scalpers
This week's attempted launch of a new, final anthology in the long-running 'Warhammer 40K' prequel series once again drew the wrath of the the abominable intelligence.
June 13, 2025 — Source

GameStop to Double-Down on 'High Margin Potential' Trading Cards, Pokemon TCG and the Like a 'Natural Extension of Our Existing Business'
I choose you.
June 13, 2025 — Source

Grand Theft Auto 6 May Allow Music Artists To Upload Their Music Directly in the Game
Grand Theft Auto VI is set to revolutionize music handling in open-world games, if a well-known music producer's recent revelations are true.
June 13, 2025 — Source or Watch Video

inZOI Gets New Update Bringing in Child Adoption, Mod Support, and Cheats
The latest update also brought improvements across the board to romance options in inZOI, including the addition of teen romance.
June 13, 2025 — Source

MindsEye Dev Releases Performance Improvement Hotfix as First in Series of Emergency Patches Designed to Address Disastrous Launch
"Our team is committed to do everything possible to urgently action your feedback."
June 13, 2025 — Source

SAG-AFTRA national board approves tentative agreement
Interactive Media Agreement set to be submitted to union's membership for ratification
June 13, 2025 — Source

Sony Admits Marathon Feedback 'Has Been Varied,' but Insists It Will Avoid Repeating Concord Mistakes and Commits to Launch by End of March 2026
"We're going to give the title the optimal chance of success."
June 13, 2025 — Source

Sony Re-Commits To Live-Service Games, Says Bungie's Marathon Won't Suffer Concord's Fate
Sony is "very, very committed to building a diverse and a resilient live-service portfolio."
June 13, 2025 — Source

Steam Beta Adds Native Apple Silicon Support for Mac
Valve has quietly released a Steam Client Beta that runs natively on Apple Silicon, finally ending its reliance on the Rosetta 2 translation layer.
June 13, 2025 — Source or Source or Source or Source or Source

Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 surpasses 7 million players
Released over a decade following its first entry, Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 launched in September of last year to a wave of success; both critically and commercially. As we continue through 2025, it seems as though momentum for the title has not slowed down -- having now reached a sales milestone of 7 million players.
June 13, 2025 — Source

Gaming — News — June 6th, 2025

505 Games Announces Bloodstained: The Scarlet Engagement - Sets 2026 Release Window
The news we've been waiting to share with you all is here! Bloodstained: The Scarlet Engagement is coming in 2026. Helmed by Creative Director SHUTARO and produced by IGA. Bloodstained: The Scarlet Engagement is an entirely new 2.5D side-scrolling RPG that will introduce exciting new lore, characters, gameplay and features to the Bloodstained franchise.
June 6, 2025 — Source

Apple Loses Bid to Delay Epic Games Ruling & Still Can't Collect Fortnite Commission
Apple, which previously imposed hefty fees on applications like Fortnite that included purchases not through Apple's own portal, has faced a string of legal losses regarding the practice.
June 6, 2025 — Source

Astro Bot to get 5 new free levels next month
In the wake of its release last year, Team Asobi have kept their game of the year-winning platformer 'Astro Bot' fresh with new content on a semi-regular basis. Following the last free DLC released in February, the game is set to get 5 new levels added for free next month -- bringing the total number to 90.
June 6, 2025 — Source

CD Projekt Red teases Patch 2.3 for Cyberpunk 2077, bringing even more free content to the game
CD Projekt Red has said a few times that it has 'moved on' from Cyberpunk 2077 but every few months, that turns out to be a lie. There is yet another new update coming for the game, and it is dropping later this month.
June 6, 2025 — Source or Source

Crimson Desert Could Release on December 2nd, Physical Deluxe and Collector's Editions Leak
A recently pulled listing from a retail site could point towards a potential announcement at the Summer Game Fest showcase.
June 6, 2025 — Source

Deathloop is free on the Epic Games Store
Each week, the Epic Games Store gives away a title or two for free to all those with an Epic Games account. During the Summer period, the digital store has been offering some pretty big games -- with this week's titles including Arkane Lyon's Deathloop.
June 6, 2025 — Source

Digital Eclipse Unveils Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection, Launching Later This Year
At Digital Eclipse, we specialize in restoring historic games for modern consoles, giving legendary classics the respect they deserve. As you might imagine, we get a lot of requests from fans, and for many years now, the overwhelming number-one request has been..."MORTAL KOMBAAAAAAAAAT!"
June 6, 2025 — Source or Watch Video

Dune: Awakening is already making big waves before it's even fully released
Steam player counts for the first 24 hours are extremely promising for Funcom's new survival epic.
June 6, 2025 — Source

Dune: Awakening Hit Nearly 100,000 Concurrent Players on Steam — and It's Not Even Properly Out Yet
Spicy.
June 6, 2025 — Source

Summer 2025 State of Play Breaks Viewing Record for Sony
Makes DualSense.
June 6, 2025 — Source

Lies of P is getting a new expansion this weekend
Lies of P fans should pay attention over the weekend, as rumour has it that a secret new DLC for the game is due to drop.
June 6, 2025 — Source

'Marvel Tokon' Puts Marvel Back in Its Best Gaming Home
After nearly a decade away from fighting games, Marvel's making a comeback with Arc System Works' 'Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls.'
June 6, 2025 — Source

Pimax Partners with Motorsport Games Following $2.5M Investment, Bolstering Position in VR Sims
PC VR headset maker Pimax is aiming to strengthen its position in VR sim games by partnering with Motorsport Games, the studio behind the NASCAR game series, KartKraft (2022), and Le Mans Ultimate (2024).
June 6, 2025 — Source

State of Play Peaked at 2.2 Million Concurrent Viewers
With this massive figure, the most recent State of Play has become the third most-watched gaming/tech showcase of the year.
June 6, 2025 — Source

Summer Game Fest Live 2025: Start Time, How To Watch, And What To Expect
Summer is upon us, and with it comes a Game Fest.
June 6, 2025 — Source

Tencent Acquired 15.75 Percent of Helldivers 2 Developer Last Year
The deal between Tencent and the studio was valued at around $83 million, bringing up Arrowhead's value up to around $532 million.
June 6, 2025 — Source

Gaming — News — June 3rd, 2025

A Single Roblox Game Has Toppled PUBG's All-Time Concurrent Player Record
This simple-looking game on Roblox has more than three times as many players as PUBG did at its peak.
June 3, 2025 — Source

Amid Wait for Mass Effect 5, Director Seemingly Confirms Returning Feature
Glaring omission.
June 3, 2025 — Source

Asia and MENA games market generates $86.6bn in 2024
Niko Partners report predicts that region will hit nearly $100 billion by 2029
June 3, 2025 — Source

Call Of Duty's Intrusive In-Game Ads Were A "Test" And Added In Error, Activision Says
Fans are not buying Activision's explanation for what happened.
June 3, 2025 — Source

CDPR will avoid Gwent and Thronebreaker style spin-offs moving forward
After the success of The Witcher 3, CD Projekt Red invested in a number of spin-off games in an attempt to diversify its portfolio beyond massive single-player RPGs. Unfortunately, efforts like Gwent and Thronebreaker did not pay off, and now it sounds like CD Projekt Red won't be going down that path again.
June 3, 2025 — Source

Death Stranding 2: On the Beach Director Has Already Started Working on His Next Game
Kojima spoke about how quite a few of the game's developers will be taking a break after Death Stranding 2: On the Beach is out.
June 3, 2025 — Source

Dune: Awakening's Rentable Private Servers Available at Launch — Here's What You Do (And Don't) Get
Funcom's keen to "manage expectations" on how private servers will work.
June 3, 2025 — Source

Elden Ring Nightreign Crosses 3.5 Million Shipments and Digital Sales Worldwide
FromSoftware confirms more updates inbound, including enhanced Nightlord fights this month and Duo Expeditions at a "later date."
June 3, 2025 — Source or Source

Epic Games to include open-source Arm Accuracy Super Resolution (ASR) into Fornite
We definitely haven't heard much about Arm Accuracy Super Resolution recently, but today Arm and Epic Games have some big news to share: they are adding ASR integration into Fortnite.
June 3, 2025 — Source

Epic is making it easier to create MetaHumans
The MetaHuman creator is now built right into Unreal Engine.
June 3, 2025 — Source

Epic showed off Unreal Engine 5 with an impressive Witcher 4 tech demo
Still no word on when the game is launching, though.
June 3, 2025 — Source

Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time reaches new sales milestone
More than a decade on from its predecessor's release, Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time launched late last month to near immediate success -- selling half a million copies in its first few days. Since then, momentum has yet to slow down, with the game having surpassed another milestone on its journey to 1 million units sold.
June 3, 2025 — Source

From Software confirms plans for Duos mode for Elden Ring Nightreign
Elden Ring Nightreign has been off to a good start sales wise, despite being the lowest-rated From Software game in years. Currently, players are awaiting balance updates to make the game more playable solo, but beyond that, fans are also waiting for From Software to add a duo mode.
June 3, 2025 — Source

IO Interactive is hosting its first ever games showcase this week
Last night, IO Interactive announced 007 First Light, the studio's long-awaited James Bond game. As it turns out, IO Interactive has much more up its sleeve, with the company set to showcase a trio of games later this week as it transitions into being a game publisher, alongside a development studio.
June 3, 2025 — Source

Hollow Knight: Silksong fever grows again as we approach Summer Game Fest — will it finally get a release date?
A tiny update to the Steam packages has its legions of fans getting all worked up once again.
June 3, 2025 — Source

NVIDIA App 11.0.4 update brings light theme, optimal settings for 12 new games
NVIDIA has just updated its all-in-one control and optimization software for graphics and games. The NVIDIA App, version 11.0.4, brings an interesting update: light mode. Interestingly, the option to change the color theme isn't automatic—by default, the app uses dark mode. However, users can manually switch to light mode or set it to change automatically.
June 3, 2025 — Source or Source

Scopely officially closes $3.5 billion acquisition of Niantic's games business
The deal closed as of May 29
June 3, 2025 — Source

Summer Game Conference Schedule 2025: Every Showcase And How To Watch
Several gaming showcases are gearing up to show what's next for the industry.
June 3, 2025 — Source

Tango Gameworks returns after split with Microsoft
Roughly one year ago, Microsoft made the shocking announcement that they would be closing down Tango Gameworks -- the publisher's only Japanese studio who also happened to release the critically acclaimed success "in all key measurements" Hi-Fi Rush. Fortunately, the studio was saved thanks to publisher Krafton last August. Finally Tango Gameworks is ready to step back out of the shadows.
June 3, 2025 — Source

Tara Mustapha announced as final keynote speaker for Develop:Brighton 2025
Code Coven CEO will explore how developers can build sustainable and inclusive studios during times of uncertainty
June 3, 2025 — Source

The Witcher 4 Showcases Monstrous Manticore in New Cinematic Trailer
The Manticore rips apart a carriage smuggling goods and seemingly gets away but Ciri quickly picks up the trail and ventures to hunt.
June 3, 2025 — Source

This Fantastic Game Is Disappearing Soon -- "We Know This Sucks," Publisher Says
An excellent game from the creator of Downwell will no longer be playable very soon.
June 3, 2025 — Source

Torchlight 3 Studio Has Been Shut Down by Zynga
According to a statement provided by Zynga, the studio was closed down due to a "strategic realignment" of resources and priorities.
June 3, 2025 — Source

Ubisoft has officially greenlit a sequel to The Crew, insider claims
Despite there not being too much hubbub around The Crew Motorfest, Ubisoft's relatively new racing series has been a success for the publisher (minor controversies aside), with the first game in the series surpassing 12 million players and its most recent release becoming the fastest-selling entry yet. While Motorfest continues to receive post-launch support, Ubisoft has reportedly greenlit the next entry in The Crew.
June 3, 2025 — Source

Unreal Fest 2025: all of the news from Epic's show
Epic Games' 2025 edition of its Unreal Fest conference is set to kick off on June 3rd in Orlando. There's likely going to be a lot of news from the show; the company's Unreal Engine is used as part of making many of the world's biggest video games and entertainment, and Fortnite is still a huge game that's getting new experiences all the time thanks to the Unreal Editor for Fortnite.
June 3, 2025 — Source

Zynga shuts down Torchlight dev Echtra Games
"This decision is part of a strategic alignment of the company's resources and priorities," company says
June 3, 2025 — Source

Gaming — News — May 28th, 2025

MachineGames Might Have Canceled an Unannounced Project
Swedish developer MachineGames might have canceled an unannounced project a while ago. Timur222 found the tidbit of information earlier today while scouring the LinkedIn resume of a former Lead Artist who worked on Indiana Jones and the Great Circle and this mysterious project between February 2022 and January 2024.
May 28, 2025 — Source

Persona 4 Remake Seemingly Confirmed By Spider-Man
We've been hearing for a while now that a Persona 4 Remake was on its way, but now the game is all but officially confirmed by Atlus after Marvel's Spider-Man and Yosuke voice actor, Yuri Lowenthal, posted about not being asked back to reprise his role as Yosuke.
May 28, 2025 — Source

Gaming — News — May 27th, 2025

Build A Rocket Boy Debuts New MindsEye Trailer, Showcases New Gameplay And Post-Launch Roadmap Details
Developer Build a Rocket Boy has debuted a new trailer for its upcoming game, MindsEye, ahead of its release in just a couple of weeks, at the time of writing on June 10, 2025.
May 27, 2025 — Source

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Sells 3.3 Million in 33 Days — Not Bad for a Game Some Thought Was Going to Get Crushed by The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered
That's a lot of threes.
May 27, 2025 — Source

Games Workshop employees to receive £20m bonus
Payment given "in recognition of staff's contributions" following strong financial results
May 27, 2025 — Source

Guild Wars 2: Janthir Wilds Final Update 'Absolution' Is Out on June 3
Titled 'Absolution', the update follows 'Godspawn' and 'Repentance' to conclude the trio of free updates that the developer had planned for Janthir Wilds. In this patch, players will find additions to game modes, new rewards, and a new map and story. Story-wise, they'll get to experience the robust and action-packed finale for themselves as they discover the ancient secrets at the heart of the Primordial Egress on Tyria's frontiers.
May 27, 2025 — Source or Watch Video

Hellblade II to get physical release through Limited Run Games
Earlier this year, rumours popped up claiming that the Xbox exclusive Senua's Saga: Hellblade II would be going multi-platform. Sure enough, just last week Microsoft officially announced Hellblade II Enhanced for the PlayStation 5 coming this Summer. As expected of a Microsoft release, there won't be a full-on physical release. Fortunately, those who still subscribe to physical media will be able to get a disc copy of Hellblade II through Limited Run Games.
May 27, 2025 — Source

Nacon wins bid to publish future WRC games starting 2027
The official World Rally Championship gaming brand is set to return to a familiar home, with French publisher Nacon announcing it will publish new WRC games over a six-year timespan. This news follows the startling revelation last month that Codemasters would discontinue development support for EA Sports WRC and cease work on any future rally racing simulators, ending its WRC partnership after just one game.
May 27, 2025 — Source

Physint Exists Because People Kept Asking Kojima for a New Metal Gear-Like Game
In January 2024, legendary game designer Hideo Kojima announced a new partnership with Sony to create Physint, a new tactical espionage game in the vein of Metal Gear. While Kojima's focus is currently on Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, which launches next month on PlayStation 5, the veteran developer also discussed what drove him to go back to this kind of project.
May 27, 2025 — Source

Gaming — News — May 23rd, 2025

2K is Getting Ready for a BioShock-Related Announcement "Fairly Soon" -- Rumour
There are no details about whether this announcement will have to do with the upcoming BioShock 4, or if it is another project.
May 23, 2025 — Source

An Elden Ring movie, directed by Alex Garland, is in the works
It will be directed by Alex Garland, who also directed Annihilation and Warfare.
May 23, 2025 — Source

Bungie Bosses Wanted Destiny 2 To Be A Subscription Service - Report
As Bungie faces backlash, the hits keep coming, as now it's come to light that it was floating the idea of turning Destiny 2 into a subscription service.
May 23, 2025 — Source

Capcom Announces More Expansion Plans With A New Development Hub To Be Built In Osaka And Adding 100 New Employees A Year
Capcom has been on a pretty incredible hot streak since 2017, with Monster Hunter, Resident Evil, and Street Fighter all playing huge roles in the company's growth and success since.
May 23, 2025 — Source

Chrono Odyssey Dev Diary Provides the First In-Depth Look at Its Features and Content
Following this week's announcement of a limited-time Closed Beta Test taking place in June via Steam, the Chrono Odyssey team has now published a 20-minute developer diary outlining the MMORPG's setting, features, and content in greater detail than ever before.
May 23, 2025 — Source or Watch Video

Don't Expect Star Wars Battlefront 3 Anytime Soon, Or Ever, Despite Recent Surge In Players
The two new Battlefront games sold 33 million copies but there is still no word on a third game.
May 23, 2025 — Source or Source

FromSoftware and A24 to produce Elden Ring adaptation
Ex Machina writer and director Alex Garland to helm the film, George R. R. Martin on board as producer
May 23, 2025 — Source

FTC drops case against Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard
"The commission has determined that the public interest is best served by dismissing the administrative litigation of the case," says FTC
May 23, 2025 — Source or Source

Gears of War: Reloaded Beta Could Be Announced Soon, Judging From Some Recent Findings
A Gears of War: Reloaded beta could be announced soon, judging from what has been recently discovered.
May 23, 2025 — Source

Kuo: Apple Better Off Paying Tariff Than Moving iPhone Production to U.S.
Apple should absorb a 25% tariff on U.S. iPhone sales rather than attempt to relocate assembly lines to the United States, according to analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. In a post on X, Kuo called the idea of shifting production "unrealistic" and financially unwise, especially with Donald Trump once again pressing Apple to build iPhones in America.
May 23, 2025 — Source

It's Too Early to Tell if Larian Will bring Back Divinity Franchise -- Publishing Director
The social media account for Larian Studios had temporarily changed its name to Divinity, prompting speculation about next project.
May 23, 2025 — Source

Half-Life 3 Main Story Hook May Not Be Widely Appreciated -- Rumor
HLX, the game rumored to be the long-anticipated Half-Life 3, will feature a main story hook that may not be widely appreciated, according to rumors circulating online.
May 23, 2025 — Source

Leaker reveals Ubisoft's upcoming plans for Assassin's Creed Shadows
Earlier this year, Ubisoft released Assassin's Creed Shadows to a decent level of success, achieving one of the highest critic scores in quite a few entries -- while also posting solid player numbers. Though Ubisoft have announced many of their post-launch plans for AC: Shadows, some details remained shrouded. Thanks to insiders however, we now have a much more concrete timeline of what's in store.
May 23, 2025 — Source

Lies of P to get two new difficulty modes in upcoming update
Lies of P represents one of the best non-FromSoftware games to tackle the Souls-like genre. Released back in late 2023, the game has gone on to be enjoyed by over 7 million players. Despite this, its relative difficulty remains a point of contention for some potential players. As such, in alignment with the game's upcoming DLC, Lies of P is getting two new difficulty options.
May 23, 2025 — Source

Marvel Rivals Debuts Ultron Gameplay Ahead Of Season 2.5 Launch Next Week
Marvel Rivals developer NetEase has revealed gameplay for the next character joining the roster, Ultron, and showcased more of what's to come in Season 2.5 ahead of its launch next week on May 30, 2025. The studio also released the latest patch notes for the game's most recent update, which includes all the balance changes and fixes made.
May 23, 2025 — Source

Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater New Opening Cinematic Showcases New Rendition Of Snake Eater Theme
Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater, the highly anticipated remake of Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater is due to release on August 28, 2025, and it looks like Konami is starting to try and ramp up excitement for the upcoming release, first by debuting the new opening cinematic for this new version of Snake Eater.
May 23, 2025 — Source or Watch Video

Pokemon Video Games Are Closing In On Half A Billion Sales
In the nearly the three decades since Pokemon was first released, the franchise's video games have sold almost 500 million.
May 23, 2025 — Source

Resident Evil 3 and 4 Remakes close in on 10 million copies sold
Unlike most publishers, Capcom consistently releases their game sales data -- providing up-to-date figures for all of its 'Platinum Titles' (games which have passed 1 million units in sales). As part of their latest report, Capcom has revealed that multiple Resident Evil games are biting at the heels of 10 million total units sold.
May 23, 2025 — Source

Six One Indie launches publishing label
"[We have] evolved into an ecosystem that can now offer a unique opportunity to get indies in front of players through fresh, unconventional means," says creative director
May 23, 2025 — Source

Sony may be planning a Summer State of Play after all
This past week, there's been a great deal of discussion surrounding Sony and its future PlayStation showcase plans. While it initially seemed as though fans would have to wait until September for the next event, one leaker has claimed that a State of Play could arrive as soon as next month.
May 23, 2025 — Source

Star Wars Battlefront II Developers Would Like To "Get The Gang Back Together" For Battlefront III
EA's reboot of the Star Wars Battlefront series was a roller coaster of a journey, to say the least. The 2015 game was liked but blasted for a lack of content, an offline mode, and no campaign.
May 23, 2025 — Source

This free Warhammer 40K typing game is both brutal and fun
Type for the glory of Ultramar in Boltgun: Words of Vengeance, a free (if short) typing game available on Steam right now.
May 23, 2025 — Source

Gaming — News — May 22nd, 2025

AMD FSR Redstone promises to improve ray and path tracing with machine learning
As part of its Computex 2025 announcements, AMD has given gamers an early glimpse at the company's next major evolution in FSR technology. Named FSR Redstone, this new iteration aims to introduce new machine learning-based features that will directly compete with Nvidia's DLSS.
May 22, 2025 — Source

Apacer Shows New Gaming RAM and Storage Products at Computex 2025
This year at Computex, Apacer was showing off several new DDR5 memory modules and storage products. First up is its NOX RGB DDR5 CUDIMM which delivers a base speed of 8000 MT/s, but according to the company, can be overclocked to 9000 MT/s and there's also a non RGB version. Next up we have the Shield RGB DDR5 modules, which appears to want to take on Corsair's Dominator modules, at least design vise and these are also available without RGB. There was no mention of any speeds for these modules and as they'll only be available later this year, there's no information on the Apacer website either. Finally, Apacer has entered into a partnership with ASUS to produce TUF co-branded memory and was showing off the new NOX TUF RGB DDR5 modules.
May 22, 2025 — Source

As the game industry cuts back, accessibility is feeling the impact
After years of growth, industry turmoil has left the accessibility community at a standstill.
May 22, 2025 — Source

ASRock COMPUTEX 2025 Wrap-Up: Gaming & AI
At COMPUTEX 2025, ASRock delivered a compelling and diversified showcase under the theme "Gaming Beyond Limits, AI Beyond Imagination." The company revealed a strong focus on high-performance gaming gear, cutting-edge AIoT solutions, and powerful industrial computing platforms. Here's a concise wrap-up of what ASRock brought to the show:
May 22, 2025 — Source

Assassin's Creed Shadows Claws Of Awaji DLC Reportedly Set For September
According to a report from Insider Gaming, the first major DLC release for Assassin's Creed Shadows, 'Claws of Awaji' is due to launch this coming September 2025.
May 22, 2025 — Source or Source

Atomfall was immediately 'profitable' upon release claims Rebellion
Rebellion Developments are known best for their work on the Sniper Elite franchise, having released 5 mainline entries in the series alongside a bunch of spin-offs. Launching their first new IP in a while, the first-person survival action game Atomfall arrived a little under two months ago to a wave of success. Now, the team at Rebellion have revealed just how successful it was, claiming the title to have been 'profitable' upon release.
May 22, 2025 — Source

Diablo 4 Season 9 Campfire — Overpower gets a massive nerf, and Blizzard addresses player feedback on the Reliquary
Season 9 'Sins of the Horadrim' comes in July, but testing starts as soon as May 27
May 22, 2025 — Source

Embracer Group sees net sales across PC/console and mobile games fall in FY2024/25
A "solid" final quarter is attributed to Kingdom Come Deliverance 2, which reached 3m sales
May 22, 2025 — Source or Source or Source

Embracer is Being Renamed to Fellowship Entertainment, Coffee Stain Group is Being Spun Off
As part of the move, Coffee Stain Group will keep quite a few IPs with it, including Deep Rock Galactic, Goat Simulator, and Valheim.
May 22, 2025 — Source or Source

Game of Thrones Writer George R.R. Martin Joins Animated Hercules Movie as Producer, and We're Never Getting Winds of Winter, Are We?
Booked.
May 22, 2025 — Source

Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford addresses controversy after saying "real fans" will pay $80 for Borderlands 4
"Not my call," says man publicly defending the $80 price
May 22, 2025 — Source

Former Bungie Employees Claim Toxic Corporate Culture Is Killing The Studio From The Inside
Bungie's leadership has been accused of having a lack of player empathy and being driven by greed.
May 22, 2025 — Source

Fortnite returns to iOS in US and Europe
Epic previously accused Apple of blocking its latest Fortnite submission, federal judge demanded tech giant comply with previous court order
May 22, 2025 — Source

FTC drops case against Microsoft's Activision Blizzard deal
Today's filing brings an end to nearly two years of legal action in FTC v. Microsoft.
May 22, 2025 — Source

'Marvel Rivals' Is Making Ultron a Lean, Mean, Healing Machine
The Age of Ultron? No, the age of aggro support.
May 22, 2025 — Source

nDreams CEO Patrick O'Luanaigh steps down after 19 years
O'Luanaigh will assume the role of non-exec chairperson as Tomas Gillo steps in as CEO
May 22, 2025 — Source

Peter Molyneux on Masters of Albion progress and the influence of Fable on his new game
GamesIndustry.biz catches up with the creator of Fable and Black & White at Nordic Game 2025
May 22, 2025 — Source or Source

The First Descendant 'bounces' a new update as it adds jiggle physics to character models
After months of waiting, fans can now sit back and experience the game's most breathtaking update
May 22, 2025 — Source

The New Expedition 33 Monolith Set Includes Items From The Sold-Out Collector's Edition
The $120 Monolith Set is coming this year, and it could be expensive due to tariffs.
May 22, 2025 — Source

Gaming — News — May 13th, 2025

Activision files lawsuit against creator of Call of Duty hacking software
Publisher says it gave opportunity for defendants to respond, alleged that "each has ignored outreach necessitating this lawsuit"
May 13, 2025 — Source

Almost 50% of players make greener choices playing games addressing climate change
PlanetPlay's Play2Act survey found that 24% felt hopeful after playing games that feature environmental messaging
May 13, 2025 — Source

Amy Hennig And Skydance Games' Marvel 1943: Rise Of Hydra Delayed Into 2026
Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra has been delayed, developer Skydance Games has announced, with the game now aiming to arrive sometime in early 2026.
May 13, 2025 — Source or Source or Source or Source

Former Employees, Community Members Allege AbleGamers Founder Fostered Abuse Behind Closed Doors
20 Years after AbleGamers' founding, new reports detail abuse fostered by management, mismanaged funds, and leadership that failed to protect employees.
May 13, 2025 — Source

Fortnite CEO Meeting With Trump And Other Major Executives In Saudi Arabia Today
Tim Sweeney's name was on a list of attendees for a lunch with Trump and numerous tech and defense executives.
May 13, 2025 — Source

Gun Interactive's Texas Chainsaw Massacre Game Won't Receive Any New Content Or Bug Fixes After Next Update
Gun Interactive's asymmetrical horror game The Texas Chainsaw Massacre will not receive any new content updates or bug fixes after its next patch release sometime this month.
May 13, 2025 — Source

Marvel Rivals Battle Passes May Not Disappear For Good, But They'll Come At A Higher Cost
NetEase is exploring bringing back older battle passes for Marvel Rivals, but you'll have to pay extra for them.
May 13, 2025 — Source

Marvel's WWII action game has been delayed
Its developers say the game needs more time for polish.
May 13, 2025 — Source

Nightdive has seen an "influx" of publishers wanting to work with them
Nightdive Studios is easily one of the most trusted remastering/porting houses around, with the team having worked on all sorts from DOOM to Quake; Turok and of course the System Shock remake. With so many successes under their belt, the team have revealed just how in-demand they currently are.
May 13, 2025 — Source

Remedy schedules playtest for its first multiplayer game -- FBC: Firebreak
FBC: Firebreak, Remedy Entertainment's first multiplayer game, is coming out next month. Ahead of the launch, Remedy has now announced plans for a public playtest, but you'll need to sign up to participate.
May 13, 2025 — Source

Seattle studio led by Big Fish founder raises more cash for mobile battler 'Mutant Forge'
Reflection Games, an independent studio founded in 2021 by several veterans of Seattle's Big Fish Games, is raising more cash.
May 13, 2025 — Source

Silver Palace Is a New Victorian-Inspired F2P Open World Gacha Game Powered by UE5
Silver Studio and Elementa have unveiled a new free-to-play open world gacha game called Silver Palace. Powered by Unreal Engine 5, the game features a rather refreshing Victorian era-inspired setting, albeit still with the anime-like art style we've previously seen in games like Genshin Impact. The game is being developed for PC, console, and mobile devices, and the combination of the reveal trailer and 10-plus-minute-long gameplay showcase has already shown quite a bit.
May 13, 2025 — Source

The First Descendant x Nier: Automata announced
While we've yet to get a brand new console NieR game since 2017's Automata, the IP has not been dormant, with countless games crossing over with Square Enix's burgeoning franchise. Following on from the likes of Stellar Blade; Soul Calibur; Granblue Fantasy; Gravity Rush and many more, series favourites 2B and A2 are now coming to The First Descendant.
May 13, 2025 — Source

Video Game Companies Make Key AI Concession In Latest Offer To End Actors' Strike
A nearly year-long strike by the SAG-AFTRA actors' union aims to restrict the ability for companies to use AI recreations of actors' likenesses.
May 13, 2025 — Source or Source

You'll Need A Visa Card To Grab The Latest Ubisoft DLC
Ubisoft has announced a long-term partnership with Visa Europe, which is kicking off with exclusive in-game content for cardholders.
May 13, 2025 — Source

Gaming — News — May 9th, 2025

Blizzard's Overwatch Team Has Unionized: "We're Not Just A Number On An Excel Sheet"
This is the second wall-to-wall union to form at Blizzard since the World of Warcraft team unionized last July.
May 9, 2025 — Source or Source

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Can Surpass 8-10 Million Copies Sold -- Larian Publishing Head
In a post congratulating Sandfall Interactive, Michael Douse spoke about the potential for more sales thanks to good word of mouth.
May 9, 2025 — Source

Epic Games and Spotify test Apple's new App Store rules
Fortnite maker Epic Games and Spotify are testing Apple's new App Store policies by submitting apps for review that would have previously never been allowed. On Friday, both companies submitted new versions of their respective apps to Apple's App Review.
May 9, 2025 — Source

Epic launches a reward program to lure you away from the App Store
Get 20 percent in Epic Rewards on in-app purchases in Fortnite and other games.
May 9, 2025 — Source

Epic submits Fortnite to US App Store
Epic Games recently promised to resubmit the hugely popular game Fortnite to the U.S. App Store, and it carried through with the promise Friday. It's now up to Apple whether the application will be approved.
May 9, 2025 — Source or Source or Source or Source or Source or Source

IGN Live 2025 Partners Announced including Squid Game, Criminal Minds: Evolution, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, and More
Check back daily as more reveals are announced.
May 9, 2025 — Source

Killing Floor 3 Has A July Release Date After Unexpected March Delay
Killing Floor 3 was initially set to release on March 25, 2025, but the game was delayed with no new release date announced weeks before that initial date. On Friday, Tripwire Interactive finally announced the new release date for July 24, 2025, making it a four-month delay.
May 9, 2025 — Source or Source or Source

Turtle Beach Corporation Announces Growth in Revenue, Adjusted EBITDA and Gross Margins in First Quarter 2025 Results
Turtle Beach Corporation (Nasdaq: TBCH), a leading gaming accessories brand, today reported strong financial results, including growth in revenue, Adjusted EBITDA, and gross margins in the first quarter ended March 31, 2025.
May 9, 2025 — Source

Gaming — News — May 6th, 2025

Apple Arcade June drop brings five new games, featuring LEGO and UNO
Apple has announced the latest Apple Arcade update, bringing five new titles to its game subscription service next month. The company will also push updates to titles such as Crayola Create and Play+, Skate City: New York, and NBA 2K25 Arcade Edition.
May 6, 2025 — Source or Source

Destiny 2: Edge Of Fate Revealed for July Launch; Next Three Expansions, Including The Star Wars-Inspired 'Renegades', Also Announced
Bungie hosted a showcase for Destiny 2's next expansion, Edge of Fate, which will launch July 15, 2025. The showcase focused mostly on Edge of Fate, but also announced that the next major expansion to the game, the Star Wars-inspired Renegades, will arrive on December 2, 2025, and that there will be another two expansions coming in 2026, called Shattered Cycle and The Alchemist.
May 6, 2025 — Source or Source

Rockstar Says the Latest Grand Theft Auto 6 Trailer Is All In-Game Footage
Get ready to return to Vice City in May 2026, when Grand Theft Auto 6 is slated to be released.
May 6, 2025 — Source or Watch Video

Starbreeze reacquires the publishing rights to Payday 3
Starbreeze initially launched Payday 3 with a publishing deal in place, with Plaion taking on publisher duties for the game. Since then, Starbreeze has reacquired the publishing rights to the game, something that will allow the company to "significantly accelerate" its content development roadmap.
May 6, 2025 — Source

Gaming — News — May 5th, 2025

Bandai Namco Opens Up Shadow Labyrinth Physical Edition Pre-orders
Bandai Namco Entertainment America Inc. has announced that SHADOW LABYRINTH is available for pre-order in three physical editions, inviting players to team up with PUCK and explore the mysteries of the labyrinth.
May 5, 2025 — Source

Bugnie's Attempt At Dismissing Copyright Lawsuit Denied By Court Due To Bungie's Inability To Provide Vaulted Destiny 2 Content As Evidence
Last year, writer Matthew Kelsey Martineau filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Bungie, claiming that the studio had stolen his work to create the story for Destiny 2.
May 5, 2025 — Source

Despite rising game prices, 2025's best-reviewed titles are budget hits
Higher prices doesn't mean better games
May 5, 2025 — Source

Destiny 'content vault' causes Bungie headaches as it tries to fight Red War lawsuit
Last year, a writer sued Bungie, claiming that Destiny 2's Red War campaign copied from his own stories published online. The Red War campaign was the original set of story missions that launched with Destiny 2. This campaign hasn't been available in Destiny 2 for several years at this stage and now, that fact is causing issues for Bungie as it attempts to fight the lawsuit.
May 5, 2025 — Source

"Deadzone: Rogue" Early Access Edition Updated with Offline Single Player Mode
Added Offline Single Player Mode: players can now enjoy Deadzone's single-player mode offline, without an internet connection! This was our top-requested feature, and the #1 priority for our team to deliver this week.
May 5, 2025 — Source or Watch Video

EA Sports Is Doing Something It's Never Done Before
For the first time, this is going to happen inside one of EA's games.
May 5, 2025 — Source

Epic challenges Steam with zero percent fee for first $1 million per game
Valve is still cutting a better deal to larger game studios
May 5, 2025 — Source

Fallout 1 And 2 Source Code Wasn't Destroyed After All
Despite a report that the source code for Fallout and its first sequel were lost, Rebecca Heineman still has both saved.
May 5, 2025 — Source

Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 Breaks 3 Million Sold; Previous Game Surpassed 10 Million Sales
Yesterday, Kingdom Come Deliverance developer Warhorse Studios announced two important sales milestones for the franchise. To begin with, the sequel that launched around three months ago has sold over three million units to date.
May 5, 2025 — Source or Source

Marvelous Games Showcases "Daemon X Machina: Titanic Scion" Combat Systems
You've got to have good fundamentals if you hope to survive the battle for humanity's fate in Daemon X Machina: Titanic Scion. That's why we're going to be showing off a series of introductory videos filling you in on the basics of this action-packed sequel's gameplay systems.
May 5, 2025 — Source

The second annual Triple-I Initiative Showcase featured more than 40 indie games — Here's every title showcased for Xbox and PC
The fledgling showcase is only on its second year, but the lineup of indie game reveals are top of their class.
May 5, 2025 — Source

Unannounced Naughty Dog Single-Player Title Cancelled Earlier This Year -- Rumor
However, the studio allegedly has another that's been in development for three years, directed by Shaun Escayg (Marvel's Avengers).
May 5, 2025 — Source

Unreal Engine 6 Will be Culmination of UE5 and Unreal Editor for Fortnite Coming Together -- Sweeney
In an interview, Tim Sweeney spoke about how Unreal Engine 6 will make it even easier for game developers to ship their projects.
May 5, 2025 — Source

Valve Insider Reveals Playable Half-Life 3, Non-VR, in Final Stages of Optimization
The long-awaited release of Half-Life 3 has been on every gamer's radar for years, and recently, an insider has confirmed some interesting details about its development. Tyler McVicker, a trusted Valve insider, shared that a fully playable version of Half-Life 3 is already up and running, with the game currently being optimized for a potential release.
May 5, 2025 — Source

Valve may create multiverse with new Half-Life game
Tyler Mcvicker became a well-known figure in the Valve fandom during the run-up to Half-Life Alyx, after leaking many accurate details about the game prior to Valve's official announcement. Now with Valve seemingly working on a new Half-Life game, Mcvicker is making news once again with claims that the game could be launching later this year.
May 5, 2025 — Source

Gaming — News — May 2nd, 2025

14 Biggest Games of May 2025
Between id Software's highly-anticipated DOOM prequel and FromSoftware's epic co-op rogue-like, players are spoiled for choice in May.
May 2, 2025 — Source

All Minecraft Game Modes And Difficulty Settings Explained
There are more difficulty options and game modes than you'd expect in Mojang's survival game, here are all of your gameplay options in Minecraft.
May 2, 2025 — Source

Bandai Namco Announces Battle Train Publication Deal - Steam Demo Available Now
While we initially set out to self-publish Battle Train, our goal is to make the best game possible. We've had many opportunities cross our paths, and one such opportunity felt too good to pass up. That said, we're proud to announce that we're now working with Bandai Namco Entertainment America Inc. to bring Battle Train to more folks in a couple of exciting ways. You've probably heard of Bandai Namco Entertainment.
May 2, 2025 — Source

Epic Games Store completely eliminates revenue fees for smaller developers
Epic takes no cut for first $1 million in annual per-game revenue under new plan.
May 2, 2025 — Source

Epic Games to launch webshops for developers
Publisher also announces change in revenue share the Epic Game Store, with developers paying a 0% share for the first $1 million per app per year
May 2, 2025 — Source

Fears confirmed! Rockstar reveals Grand Theft Auto VI release date
The cat is out of the bag—and it's not good news for fans.
May 2, 2025 — Source

Ghost of Yōtei Pre-Orders Are Now Live
The open-world action-adventure title launches on October 2nd for PS5 and takes place over 300 years after Ghost of Tsushima.
May 2, 2025 — Source

Giant Bomb undergoing 'strategic reset' as staff depart
Hosts Dan Ryckert and Jeff Grubb are among those no longer with the website
May 2, 2025 — Source

Grand Theft Auto 6 Delayed to 2026 to "Avoid Brutal Crunch" -- Rumor
"Nobody I've talked to at Rockstar has believed Fall 2025 was a real window for a very long time," reports Bloomberg's Jason Schreier.
May 2, 2025 — Source or Source or Source or Source or Source

Rockstar delays Grand Theft Auto VI, gets a firm release date for 2026
Ever since its original announcement in 2023, Grand Theft Auto VI developer Rockstar and publisher Take-Two have been sticking to a 2025 launch window quite firmly. However, it seems that not even this gaming behemoth can avoid delays, as Rockstar today officially delayed the upcoming game out of this year entirely.
May 2, 2025 — Source

Take-Two Boss Strauss Zelnick Moves to Reassure Shareholders as Stock Falls on GTA 6 Delay News
"We remain steadfast in our commitment to excellence."
May 2, 2025 — Source or Source

The new Apple/Epic ruling will change the app landscape | Opinion
What was initially a narrow victory for Epic in a largely quixotic legal fight with Apple just took on profound importance -- not just for Apple, but for every developer in the mobile space.
May 2, 2025 — Source

Wasted: Grand Theft Auto 6 Is Delayed Until 2026
Rockstar Games says it's delaying the game to "deliver at the level of quality you expect and deserve."
May 2, 2025 — Source

Gaming — News — April 28th, 2025

Awaken Realms' Open-World RPG Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon Launches on May 23
After two years in Early Access and four years of development, the Polish Questline Studio is ready to share its dark, first-person, open-world RPG with the world in its final form. Become a crazy alchemist, a blood-thirsty berserker, a blacksmith mage, or a stealthy archer. Become who you want to be and play the way you want to play in this dark fantasy RPG, a love letter to all the genre classics.
April 28, 2025 — Source

Baldur's Gate 3 Studio is "Deep in the Trenches" Developing its "Crazy Ambitious" New RPG
In an interview, Larian Studios CEO spoke about the challenges of developing multiple ambitious RPG titles simultaneously.
April 28, 2025 — Source

Battlefield 6 New Leaked Footage Showcase Impressive Destruction and Massive Maps
New Battlefield 6 footage leaked online, providing a new look at the impressive destruction elements of the new entry in the series, ground vehicles, massive maps, and more.
April 28, 2025 — Source

Blue Prince developer on defining genres, Steam Next Fest's impact, and the influence of Vagrant Story
Dogubomb's Tonda Ros discusses the hit puzzle roguelite
April 28, 2025 — Source

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Is Already a Million Seller
Sandfall Interactive proudly announced an important sales milestone for its debut game, the turn-based RPG Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. The game sold over half a million units in the first day alone, and after three days, it has become a million-seller. This is particularly relevant because it's in addition to the game being available on Game Pass, which undoubtedly reduces full-game sales on PC and Xbox.
April 28, 2025 — Source or Source

Elden Ring Has Shipped Over 30 Million Units
The open-world action RPG launched in 2022 to universal acclaim and received an expansion, Shadow of the Erdtree, last year.
April 28, 2025 — Source or Source or Source or Source

Elden Ring Nightreign PC Requirements Revealed, 30 GB Installation Space Needed
While the GPU and RAM requirements are similar to Elden Ring, PC players will need better CPUs for the multiplayer title.
April 28, 2025 — Source or Source or Source

Google Might Kill Off Play Games App Next, Because of Course It Would
In classic Google fashion, another app may be on the chopping block. A new APK teardown spotted by @AssembleDebug suggests Google Play Games could soon be shut down, with its features, like achievement tracking, rolled into the Google Play Store. While not officially confirmed yet, it fits Google's recent trend of consolidating services. Importantly, this change wouldn't affect Google Play Games for Desktop, which lets users play Android games on Windows PCs.
April 28, 2025 — Source

Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 Director Hopes AI Can Accelerate Game Development Speed
Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 was definitely among the success stories of the first half of 2025. It sold two million units in the first two weeks and received widespread acclaim from critics and users alike. However, the game took a long time to make: there was almost a seven-year gap from the first installment's release.
April 28, 2025 — Source

Multiple Resident Evil titles hit new sales milestone
The Resident Evil series is by far Capcom's biggest, with each entry selling millions upon millions of copies -- especially in recent years. While fans eagerly await the announcement and subsequent release of Resident Evil 9, other titles in the franchise have continued to sell well, with multiple RE titles hitting record numbers.
April 28, 2025 — Source

NetEase executive Simon Zhu steps down from role
Vice president of corporate development Ken Li will take over the position
April 28, 2025 — Source

Nexon, Not Blizzard, Will Reportedly Be Making The Next Starcraft Game
A report from Korean outlet MTN (spotted by VG247) marks the end of a rights battle between Nexon and Blizzard, seemingly resulting in Nexon, not Blizzard, leading development on the next major entry in the StarCraft series.
April 28, 2025 — Source

New Ghost Of Yotei Details From Sucker Punch Dig Into Yotei's Non-Linear Campaign, Story, And More
In an interview with Famitsu, (spotted by VGC) Sucker Punch's Nate Fox and Jason Cornell, both co-creative directors on Ghost Of Yotei, spoke about the Yotei's non-linear campaign, the game's story, and a bit more about the setting, and the research Sucker Punch did while crafting Yotei.
April 28, 2025 — Source

Oblivion Remastered surpasses 200,000 concurrent players on Steam
Following a ton of leaks and rumours, the much-anticipated Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered was finally shadow-dropped to a great deal of interest, seeing a peak concurrent player count on Steam of over 100,000 within hours of its launch. In alignment with the announcement that the remaster has surpassed 4 million total players, Oblivion managed to hit a new peak concurrent player count on Steam on Sunday.
April 28, 2025 — Source

Palworld Dev Says Game Pass Is Great Amid Expedition 33 Sales Cannibalization Debate
Game Pass is not "THE" future for gaming, one expert adds.
April 28, 2025 — Source

RuneScape: Dragonwilds Has Sold More Than 600,000 Copies
Jagex CEO Jon Bellamy took to LinkedIn to celebrate the success of the studio's latest survival crafting game based on RuneScape.
April 28, 2025 — Source

Russian government seizes former Wargaming studio Lesta for supporting Ukraine
Lesta and Wargaming accused of "extremist activities"
April 28, 2025 — Source

Six Star Wars Games Join GOG's Preservation Program Ahead Of Star Wars Day
Classic Dark Forces, X-Wing, and Rebel Assault games have been updated to run on modern systems.
April 28, 2025 — Source

Thatgamecompany launches game jam focused on 'emotionally impactful' projects with Coreblazer
The game jam invites developers around the world to participate, with a $4,000 grand prize
April 28, 2025 — Source

Gaming — News — April 25th, 2025

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Sells 500,000 Copies on Launch Day
Available now on Xbox Series X/S, PS5, and PC, Sandfall Interactive says it reached the milestone "sooner than we'd ever imagined."
April 25, 2025 — Source or Source

Hogo Games raises $5m in funding round
Investment will "empower our team and boost both the quality and quantity of our games," says CEO
April 25, 2025 — Source

I'm Going to Play Some Doom Games Before Dark Ages in May. Here's How You Can Too
Doom: The Dark Ages drops in May, but you can play the other Doom games to get in the ripping and tearing mood
April 25, 2025 — Source

Is Capcom's New RE4 Video Teasing Resident Evil 9?
As Capcom celebrates Resident Evil 4's latest milestone, fans spot a potential reference to Resident Evil 9.
April 25, 2025 — Source

Marvel Rivals datamine reveals new hero characters
The Marvel Rivals team has not been shy about teasing future heroes by leaving references in the game files. Through datamining, all of Marvel Rivals' heroes so far have leaked beforehand. This week, another leak has given us further insight into the next wave of playable characters.
April 25, 2025 — Source

Meta lays off unknown number of staff in Reality Labs division
Teams within Oculus Labs affected, including fitness VR game Supernatural
April 25, 2025 — Source

Metaphor: ReFantazio PC sales "far exceeded" expectations
While predominantly seen as a console-focused studio, ATLUS announced back in 2021 that they wanted to bring more of their titles (past and future) to additional platforms. Since then, we've seen the likes of Persona 5, P3R, SMT V and more come to PC -- to great success. In discussing last year's Metaphor: ReFantazio, the team revealed that sales on the platform had "exceeded expectations."
April 25, 2025 — Source

Resident Evil 4 Remake Breaks 10 Million Sales
Today, CAPCOM announced that the Resident Evil 4 Remake has broken the remarkable sales milestone of 10 million copies. The game initially launched in March 2023, so it's been a little over two years.
April 25, 2025 — Source or Source

Toronto-based developer Mighty Yell lays off unconfirmed number of employees
Its next project, All Systems Dance, is still on track
April 25, 2025 — Source

Gaming — News — April 22nd, 2025

Cult of the Lamb is now Devolver Digital's best-selling IP
Devolver Digital, the publisher behind indie hits like Hotline Miami, Cult of the Lamb, and The Talos Principle, has revealed the impressive financial performance of some of its key titles. According to its FY24 investor presentation, Cult of the Lamb, along with its released DLC content, has generated over $90 million in lifetime revenue, making it the highest-revenue IP in the company's portfolio.
April 22, 2025 — Source

Death Stranding 2: On the Beach Gameplay Previews Will Go Live on May 8
Several publications have revealed through social media that they have been invited to Kojima Productions to play Death Stranding 2.
April 22, 2025 — Source

"If we had a choice in this, we would not pursue any legal actions against Schedule I" — Drug Dealer Simulator developers speak out on controversy involving their publisher
Byterunners, developers of Drug Dealer Simulator do not support the investigation into Schedule I and lay the blame with the publisher
April 22, 2025 — Source

Monster Hunter Wilds Players Warned To Stay Away From Cheaters
Capcom has warned that playing in quests with cheaters could "render the game unplayable."
April 22, 2025 — Source

Remedy drops new gameplay trailer for FBC: Firebreak
We've known for a few years now that Remedy has been working on a multiplayer spin-off set in the Control universe. Last year during the Xbox Partner Preview, that game was officially announced as FBC: Firebreak. Now as we approach launch, Remedy has released the second trailer for the game.
April 22, 2025 — Source

Vendetta is a new games publishing agency with an indie game spotlight initiative
The 'publishing-as-a-service' gaming arm comes from agency Infinitize
April 22, 2025 — Source

Gaming — News — April 20th, 2025

CD Projekt Red might revive multiplayer plans for Cyberpunk 2077 sequel
CD Projekt Red at one point had ambitious plans to implement a GTA Online style multiplayer mode for Cyberpunk 2077. However, due to developmental challenges, those plans were scrapped after several years. Now, it looks like CD Projekt Red is reviving its multiplayer plans for the sequel.
April 20, 2025 — Source

Diablo is getting a Berserk crossover event
A couple of weeks ago, Blizzard unveiled its 2025-2026 roadmap for Diablo 4. One of the more secretive notes on the roadmap was a new IP collaboration event. We've already seen Diablo 4 crossing over with Warcraft for a set of skins, but the next collaboration will be venturing outside of Blizzard's stable of franchises and into one of the greatest dark fantasy manga of all time.
April 20, 2025 — Source or Watch Video

Fortnite is getting a Star Wars Battle Royale with Darth Jar Jar
May the Fortnite be with you.
April 20, 2025 — Source

Hogwarts Legacy patch adds FSR 3 and XeSS 2.0 with Frame Generation
Avalanche Software has released a new patch for Hogwarts Legacy, introducing official support for AMD FSR 3 and Intel XeSS 2.0. This update enables both AMD and Intel GPU users to use frame generation, potentially leading to significant performance gains.
April 20, 2025 — Source

More Battlefield Labs invites sent out ahead of next playtest
If you have signed up to DICE's new testing platform, Battlefield Labs, then it is time to check your inbox as EA and DICE have sent out another wave of invites ahead of the next playtest.
April 20, 2025 — Source

Gaming — News — April 17th, 2025

Dragon Age: The Veilguard leads Gayming Awards 2025 nominations
BioWare's action RPG nominated for Game of the Year, alongside titles including Dragon's Dogma 2, Fear the Spotlight, and Life is Strange: Double Exposure
April 17, 2025 — Source

Motorsport Games secures $2.5m investment from VR firm Pimax
Funding will support future product development and improving company's cash position
April 17, 2025 — Source

Ubisoft still doesn't get it, greenlights yet another "battle royale" shooter, according to reports
What's another failed battle royale for the market? Ubisoft apparently isn't done trying to chase that Apex Legends, PUBG, Fortnite hype train from 2017.
April 17, 2025 — Source

Gaming — News — April 11th, 2025

Agonalea Games secures $2m in funding from Mika Capital
Mobile developer will use investment to support work on its upcoming free-to-play title Punko.io
April 11, 2025 — Source

Atomfall Blows Past 2 Million Players In First Month
Atomfall publisher and developer Rebellion has announced that their new post-apocalyptic adventure in the British countryside has attracted more than 2 million players within the game's first month.
April 11, 2025 — Source

EasySMX Unleashes D10 Controller With EasyPos D-Pad and TMR Sticks
EasySMX, the leading manufacturer of gaming peripherals, proudly announces the launch of the D10 Multiplatform Gaming Controller. Designed for gamers across PC, Switch, iOS, and Android, the D10 redefines competitive gaming by integrating breakthrough technologies that deliver lightning-fast response and ultra-precise control—all refined through valuable feedback from our gaming community.
April 11, 2025 — Source

Future Game Show Summer Showcase Announced for June 7th
Touted as the "most ambitious show yet," the Summer Showcase will feature "world premieres, exclusive trailers," and more.
April 11, 2025 — Source

Influencer report highlights gender pay gap in sponsored content earnings
Women earn roughly 32% less than men in the gaming sector, according to the report
April 11, 2025 — Source

Insider reveals the impact of HBO's The Last of Us on game sales
With Season 2 of HBO's The Last of Us mere days away, buzz surrounding the upcoming series has begun to bubble up. Ahead of this, one insider has shared just how much the success of the first Season impacted game sales.
April 11, 2025 — Source

Mafia: The Old Country Seemingly Set for August 8 Launch
Publisher 2K and developer Hangar 13 previously stated that Mafia: The Old Country would launch this Summer. Now, though, we have a semi-official release date: August 8.
April 11, 2025 — Source

Tariffs and gaming handhelds: Should I buy a Steam Deck, ROG Ally, or even a Nintendo Switch right now?
Prices for a Legion Go, MSI Claw, and more are likely going to go up due to the tariff situation.
April 11, 2025 — Source

Tequila Works Auctions Off Its Brand and IPs
After canceling a new game and laying off employees in October 2024, Spanish developer Tequila Works closed down around a month later due to insolvency. Now, the Spanish website Escrapalia has announced the auction details for the brand itself and all of its assets.
April 11, 2025 — Source

Ubisoft Legal: Players Do Not Own the Games They Buy
Ubisoft is defending itself against a class-action lawsuit filed in California over the shutdown of servers for The Crew, the 2014 racing game. The company has made it clear that when gurus buy games, they don't actually own them outright. Instead, they only get a limited license to use them while the game remains active. Ubisoft believes it's not their responsibility to keep the servers running forever, nor do they need to offer refunds when the servers are eventually shut down.
April 11, 2025 — Source

Video game M&A activity rises to $6.6 billion in Q1 2025, driven by mobile acquisitions
Scopely's acquisition of Niantic's games business was partly behind the spike
April 11, 2025 — Source

Gaming — News — April 7th, 2025

Bill Petras, Overwatch and World of Warcraft art director, has died
Petras worked on multiple genre-defining games at Blizzard
April 7, 2025 — Source

Japanese Gaming Companies' Shares Tank Due to US Tariffs
The burden of the US tariffs enacted by President Donald Trump is taking a heavy toll on the shares of Japanese gaming companies today. Sony was hit the hardest, losing just over 10% of its market value in a single session. Nintendo isn't far off, losing 7.85% today.
April 7, 2025 — Source

Mario Kart World's Cow Can Eat Burgers And Steak
The cow can eat steak, which raises some questions.
April 7, 2025 — Source

Metroid Prime 4: Beyond -- 10 New Things We've Learned About It
Samus returns in a brand-new adventure- here's everything you should know about it.
April 7, 2025 — Source

Netflix is getting a Peppa Pig mobile game
The game will join Netflix's roster in June.
April 7, 2025 — Source

The Duskbloods IP is Owned by FromSoftware
FromSoftware will seemingly have complete control over The Duskbloods IP, including future plans for a multiplatform release.
April 7, 2025 — Source

Twin Sails Interactive becomes independent from Asmodee Group
"Our time with Asmodee provided us with invaluable experience," says CEO Nicolas Godement
April 7, 2025 — Source

Unreal Engine 5.5.4 Cyberpunk Tech Demo Pushes an RTX 4090 Hard With Lumen Global Illumination and Reflections and Hardware Ray Tracing
A stunning Unreal Engine 5.5 tech demo inspired by Blade Runner and other Cyberpunk works is now available for download, allowing users with the proper hardware to experience how much Lumen Global Illumination and Reflections, alongside other ray tracing features, can enhance visuals.
April 7, 2025 — Source

YouTube places age restrictions on Balatro content, linking it to gambling
That's a pretty severe misunderstanding of what 'Balatro' is.
April 7, 2025 — Source

Gaming — News — April 4th, 2025

Deus Ex New Game Has Been Pitched to Multiple Publishers, but None Were Interested, as Series Is Considered Too Niche
Eidos Montreal doesn't seem to have given up entirely on the Deus Ex series and has reportedly pitched a new entry in the series to multiple publishers, sadly to no avail.
April 4, 2025 — Source

ESA Says Tariffs Will Have A "Detrimental Impact" On Entire Gaming Industry, Not Just Nintendo
ESA spokesperson Aubrey Quinn told IGN to expect a "real impact regardless of company."
April 4, 2025 — Source

From Software Is Not Abandoning Single-Player Games, Studio Boss Says
"We still intend to actively develop single-player-focused games."
April 4, 2025 — Source

Gamers beware! This new malware hides in your GPU
Malware that targets gamers is so uncool!
April 4, 2025 — Source

GTA 6's Only Competition For Lifetime Sales Is The Bible, TLOU Showrunner Says
Craig Mazin said he expects GTA 6 to be the "largest-selling piece of media ever," except for the Bible.
April 4, 2025 — Source

Industry Analysts React to Nintendo Switch 2 Pre-order Chaos Due to Tariffs: 'We Are Living in Unhinged Times'
"Would you be surprised now to see Switch 2 hit US$500 for the base model? I wouldn't."
April 4, 2025 — Source

inZOI Eclipses 1 Million Copies Sold In Its First Week
Life simulation game inZOI arrived in early access last week on March 28, 2025, and in its first seven days, the new game from developer inZOI Studio and publisher Krafton has already eclipsed 1 million copies sold.
April 4, 2025 — Source or Source

Marvel Rivals Season 2: Emma Frost Gameplay and Combos
Ahead of the new season launch on Friday, I got some early hands-on time with Rivals' new vanguard.
April 4, 2025 — Source or Watch Video

Marvel Rivals will introduce a new Hero every single month moving forward
Marvel Rivals launched last year to a ton of praise and a great deal of buzz. In the months since, the game has been kept fresh with new characters, cosmetics and more. While Season 2 is introducing two new characters, from Season 3 onwards Marvel Rivals is set to get a new hero every single month.
April 4, 2025 — Source or Watch Video

Monster Hunter Wilds Update #1 Out Now on All Platforms
As promised, CAPCOM has released the first major Monster Hunter Wilds update today. On Steam, the update is a 6GB download or 16GB if you have high-resolution textures installed.
April 4, 2025 — Source

Oblivion Remake Is Still Releasing in April, According to Reliable Insider
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion remake is still scheduled to be revealed and released this month, according to an extremely reliable insider.
April 4, 2025 — Source

"Roman Triumph: Survival City Builder" Available Now in Early Access
Defend Your Empire! And help us shape what comes next! It's finally happening: Roman Triumph is out in Early Access! Five years of solo dev, a mountain of coffee, endless playtests, and a ridiculous number of spreadsheets... and now we're here. Huge thanks to everyone who played the demo, sent feedback, or just cheered us on—you helped shape this game more than you know!
April 4, 2025 — Source

Tekken Boss Katsuhiro Harada Says Dev Team 'Working Around the Clock' to Improve Tekken 8 Amid Backlash, 'Emergency' Patch Planned
Quick roll.
April 4, 2025 — Source

The Sims Competitor inZOI Sells 1 Million in a Week, Krafton Declares It a 'Long-Term Franchise IP'
In it for life.
April 4, 2025 — Source

Titanfall 3 rumoured for 2026 release
Respawn has quietly had a number of projects in the works behind the scenes over the last few years, but the majority of them have been cancelled. Unfortunately, that list of cancelled projects includes another Titanfall revival attempt.
April 4, 2025 — Source

Ubisoft Leamington Officially Closes Its Doors After 23 Years
Ubisoft Leamington Spa has officially closed its studio doors, following confirmation from Ubisoft back in January that the studio would be shutting down.
April 4, 2025 — Source

Gaming — News — April 2nd, 2025

Gameplay of EA's New The Sims 'Concept' Appears to Leak Online, and It's Not Going Down Well With Fans
That's life.
April 2, 2025 — Source

Hollow Knight: Silksong purportedly arrives this year
I'll believe it when I have the game in my hands.
April 2, 2025 — Source

Roblox enables parents to block experiences and friends
Roblox, the popular gaming platform geared toward preteens, has made substantial updates to its safety policy in the last year following accusations of insufficient safety measures for children, which could expose them to risks like grooming, explicit content, and violent material.
April 2, 2025 — Source

Roblox launches new parental controls, including Friend blocking and game insights
The platform also updated its AI voice chat moderation dataset.
April 2, 2025 — Source

South of Midnight, Hunt Showdown, Diablo 3, and much more hit Game Pass
Microsoft today revealed the next wave of games hitting its Xbox Game Pass subscription services. The first half of April carries some heavy hitters, including the Xbox Game Studios-developed South of Midnight, Blizzard's Diablo III complete edition, Crytek's Hunt Showdown, and much more.
April 2, 2025 — Source

ZeniMax union "overwhelming" votes to authorise strike if Microsoft contract negotiations break down
"Microsoft and ZeniMax continue to demonstrate they're unwilling to pay fair wages for the value our labour provides"
April 2, 2025 — Source

Gaming — News — March 31st, 2025

Amaze founder and director steps back following investigation into "inappropriate" behavior
Team apologized to "all the performers, DJs, artists, venue workers and visitors who were affected"
March 31, 2025 — Source

Assassin's Creed Shadows Was Only Beaten By This One Game For A 2025 US Sales Record
Shadows is quickly one of 2025's best-selling games in the US.
March 31, 2025 — Source

Cyan Worlds Halves its Development Team, Securing Financing for Next Project
Cyan friends and family, we have some difficult news to share today. We would like to share with you some very unfortunate news. Despite our best efforts to avoid it, Cyan has made the difficult decision to reduce our overall staff size resulting in the layoff of twelve talented staff members, roughly half the team-effective at the end of March. Industry conditions have forced us into a tricky spot where we are having to weigh the future health of our studio against the month-to-month realities of game development in 2025.
March 31, 2025 — Source

Fable Co-Developer Eidos Montreal Lays Off Staff, The Latest Cuts From Embracer
Eidos Montreal is cutting 75 staff, on top of the 97 positions that were axed in 2024.
March 31, 2025 — Source

Final Fantasy 9 25th Anniversary reignites remake rumours
The 25th Anniversary of Final Fantasy 9 is coming up and Square Enix is already gearing up to celebrate the occasion with a new website displaying some planned special edition items. Fans have naturally dug a bit deeper into the new webpage, discovering hints at the upcoming Final Fantasy 9 remake.
March 31, 2025 — Source or Source

Former EA exec Adolf Kristjansson appointed Starbreeze CEO
Kristjansson replaces current interim CEO, Mats Juhl, who resumes his role as CFO
March 31, 2025 — Source

Ghost of Yōtei Gets New Details from Official Website
Ghost of Yōtei is, without a doubt, one of the most anticipated games scheduled to launch in 2025. Its predecessor, Ghost of Tsushima, was the fastest-selling new IP debut for Sony's PlayStation 4 console when it launched, registering over 2.4 million units sold in the first three days on the market. It was so successful that Sony even fast-tracked a movie adaptation, which was announced in March 2021, only a few months after the game's debut. The film is being directed by Chad Stahelski of John Wick fame.
March 31, 2025 — Source

Half of Myst developer Cyan Worlds laid off
12 employees have been affected, decision due to firm "weigh[ing] the future health of our studio against the month-to-month realities of game development"
March 31, 2025 — Source

Monster Hunter Wilds sells 10m units in first month
Fastest-selling title in Capcom's history previously passed eight million units three days after launch
March 31, 2025 — Source or Source

Naughty Dog has a second mystery game in development right now
Since the release of The Last of Us Part II in 2020, Naughty Dog have remained relatively quiet release-wise. While we of course have gotten the likes of TLOU Part I and a remaster for Part II, the cancellation of the studio's live-service title seemed to push progress back by a bit. In a welcome surprise, it appears as though Naughty Dog are currently not only working on Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet but also a second secret project.
March 31, 2025 — Source

SAG-AFTRA issues new agreements to permit members to work with students and game jams
"Our members want to participate in projects where the future of video games is being shaped"
March 31, 2025 — Source

Split Fiction breaks three Guinness World Records
Hazelight Studios' title is the most played local co-op game on Steam, most sold local co-op game within 48 hours, and most sold local co-op game within one week of release
March 31, 2025 — Source or TeamRICOCHET unveils plan to use machine learning in its effort to ramp up Call of Duty anti-cheat efforts
With Season 3 and the return of Verdansk to Warzone looming, Call of Duty's TeamRICOCHET unveils new cheat mitigation tactics alongside continued efforts to shut down cheat distributors.
March 31, 2025 — Source

The Sinking City Remastered Powered by Unreal Engine 5 Announced; Will Be Available for Free for Owners of the Original
A remaster of The Sinking City, the Lovecraft-inspired open-world detective game released back in 2019 by Frogwares on PC and consoles, has been announced today ahead of the end of the sequel's Kickstarter campaign conclusion.
March 31, 2025 — Source

The Top-Selling Game on Steam Right Now Is Schedule I, an Indie Drug Dealer Simulator With More Players Than Monster Hunter Wilds, GTA 5, and Marvel Rivals
More coming down the pipe.
March 31, 2025 — Source

Tony Hawk Is To Blame (Or Credit) For 3+4's Controversial Soundtrack Changes
"I'm hoping that discovery is half the fun."
March 31, 2025 — Source

Venture capital firm Kameha Ventures launches $27m fund to support European game start-ups
Fund is focused primarily on backing AI, spatial computing, evolving monetization engines, and cloud gaming
March 31, 2025 — Source

When Will GTA 6 Trailer 2 Come Out? Take-Two Boss Says It's Better to Provide Marketing Materials Relatively Close to the Release Window
"We don't always get it exactly right, but that's what we are trying to do."
March 31, 2025 — Source

Yoko Shimomura to receive BAFTA Fellowship
BAFTA to recognise composer's "groundbreaking work" that "paved the way for women in the industry at a time when it was overwhelmingly male-dominated"
March 31, 2025 — Source

Gaming — News — March 28th, 2025

Assassin's Creed Shadows surpasses 3 million players in under a week
Assassin's Creed Shadows is a massively important game for Ubisoft, with the publisher suffering from a long string of commercial disappointments and the fear of being absorbed into competing companies. Fortunately, for now Shadows seems to be doing what was needed -- with the game having already surpassed 3 million players.
March 28, 2025 — Source

Aston Martin's new home racing simulator is peak luxury for gamers
The ultra-premium AMR-C01-R carbon fiber racing rig combines motorsport technology with advanced graphics and stylish design.
March 28, 2025 — Source

Black Ops 6 Season 3 brings 5 maps, new perks, guns and much more
Season 3 of Call of Duty Black Ops 6 is almost upon us. Following a slight delay, the upcoming update is set to go live on the 2nd of April. Ahead of this, Activision/Treyarch have shared a full roadmap for everything we can expect to be added -- including half a dozen maps; new perks; modes; scorestreaks; weapons and much more.
March 28, 2025 — Source

Half-Life 2 RTX Modder Fixes Key Visual Issues, Showcasing RTX Remix's Incredible Flexibility
Half-Life 2 RTX can be easily fixed to look much closer to the original game in terms of ambiance and atmosphere with some choice tweaks showcased in a recent video.
March 28, 2025 — Source

Hogwarts Legacy Definitive Edition Reportedly Canceled by WB
Warner Bros. Games have canceled Hogwarts Legacy Definitive Edition even before its official announcement. The news comes from Bloomberg's Jason Schreier, who was also the first to report on its existence in June 2024. Avalanche Software was developing this version of the best-selling game of 2023 with the help of Rocksteady. A few months ago, insider Tom Henderson wrote that Hogwarts Legacy Definitive Edition was scheduled to launch in 2025 with 10--15 hours of new content and a price of $20--30 for owners of the base game.
March 28, 2025 — Source or Source

inZOI Players Surprised to Discover You Can Run Over Children, Despite Teen Rating — Krafton Responds
"These depictions are highly inappropriate and do not reflect the intent and values of inZOI."
March 28, 2025 — Source

National Videogame Museum appoints new trustees
Trustees include Ukie chief executive Nick Poole and Sony Interactive Entertainment senior director John Booth
March 28, 2025 — Source

Netflix Gaming Boss Wants To Lower "Friction" And Bypass "Expensive" Consoles
Alain Tascan lays out his vision for gaming.
March 28, 2025 — Source

South Korea's life game 'InZOI' challenges 'The Sims'
South Korean game publisher Krafton released early access to its life simulation game "InZOI" Friday, hoping its powerful lifelike graphics will unseat the decades-long dominance of "The Sims" hit franchise.
March 28, 2025 — Source

Square Enix to shut down War of Visions: Final Fantasy Brave Exvius in May 2025
Mobile title launched in March 2020, will end service due to difficulty maintaining "a satisfactory app experience"
March 28, 2025 — Source

Ubisoft and Tencent launch new subsidiary to supercharge Assassin's Creed, other franchises
New entity will focus on building evergreen, multi-platform game ecosystems
March 28, 2025 — Source or Source

Warner Bros. Games reportedly cancels expanded content for Hogwarts Legacy
Unannounced DLC and definitive edition allegedly scrapped "as part of ongoing restructuring"
March 28, 2025 — Source

Gaming — News — March 24th, 2025

2XKO, Killing Floor 3, PLAYERUNKNOWN Prologue: Go Wayback Unfinished Builds Are Leaking Online
Unfinished builds of multiple unreleased video games, including Riot Games' first fighting game 2XKO, Killing Floor 3 and PLAYERUNKNOWN Prologue: Go Wayback are leaking online.
March 24, 2025 — Source

Assassin's Creed Shadows reaches 2m players
Latest title in the Assassin's Creed franchise has surpassed the launches of Origins and Odyssey
March 24, 2025 — Source or Source

Bloodlines 2 Gets ESRB Rating, Suggesting Launch Might Be Near
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 might be nearly at the end of its long and troublesome development cycle. It's been over 20 years since Troika Games released the original game, which, between its lack of polish and the simultaneous release of behemoths like GTA: San Andreas, Counter-Strike: Source, Halo 2, Metroid Prime 2: Echoes, Half-Life 2, and MGS 3: Snake Eater, couldn't sell enough to keep the developer afloat. However, there was an excellent roleplaying game buried underneath those bugs, and it quickly became a cult classic.
March 24, 2025 — Source

Brace Yourself: One Of The Worst Games Of All Time Is Coming To Steam Soon
As if this year couldn't possibly get any worse, here comes an unpleasant surprise.
March 24, 2025 — Source

Capcom announces upcoming Monster Hunter Wilds Update Showcase
As with past Monster Hunter titles, Capcom's recently-released MH: Wilds will soon be getting its first (of many) major post-launch updates. Labeled as the "first free title update", the publisher has announced an upcoming showcase ahead of its April release.
March 24, 2025 — Source

Dataminers get hold of Killing Floor 3, 2XKO and more
A group of dataminers on Discord have caused quite a stir in the games industry this week. People have been able to find early builds for a number of unreleased games, as well as pre-release versions of currently available titles.
March 24, 2025 — Source

Epic expands its weekly free games campaign to mobile
If you have an Android device and are looking for ways to get some free games, Epic Games Store has you covered. The platform now brings its weekly free games campaign, which has been running on Windows for many years, to mobile devices.
March 24, 2025 — Source

God of War to get surprise spin-off this year, claims insider
God of War's 20th anniversary has officially come and gone, and while we did get a couple cool new things in celebration, the rumoured remaster for the OG trilogy was nowhere to be seen. Fortunately, it does appear a God of War game is in fact slated for launch in 2025 -- though it's said to be a Greece-based spin-off.
March 24, 2025 — Source

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle Launches on April 17th for PS5
The acclaimed action-adventure title retails for $69.99. Those purchasing the Premium Edition for $99.99 get two days of early access.
March 24, 2025 — Source

Malware strikes again. I'm starting to worry about Steam's lax security
For the second time in two months, a new Steam game listing has been used to spread malware.
March 24, 2025 — Source

Minecraft is finally getting a massive visual overhaul in upcoming update
Despite evolving over the course of more than a decade, Minecraft has remained pretty much the same since its launch -- at least visually. Finally, the game is set to get a massive overhaul to its lighting and atmospherics in the upcoming 'Vibrant Visuals' update.
March 24, 2025 — Source

Mobile Games To Get A Huge Performance Boost As Arm Introduces ASR Through Plugins Made For Leading Game Engines
Arm has released its open-source experience kit for game developers, enabling them to utilize the ASR technology for better performance in mobile games.
March 24, 2025 — Source

Opus Major raises $10m in seed funding round
Investment for Paris-based developer led by Griffin Ventures and early investor Alven
March 24, 2025 — Source

Silent Hill F has not been banned in AustraliaUpcoming game was previously refused classification, but has since been removed from the Australian Classification Board's website
https://replace.com
March 24, 2025 — Source

Gaming — News — March 21st, 2025

4 Call of Duty Cheat Providers Shut Down in Apparent Sweep and Clear Operation Ahead of Verdansk's Return to Warzone
Clear.
March 21, 2025 — Source

United Videogame Workers union launches at GDC 2025 in partnership with CWA
UVW-CWA is the first direct-join union in North America, initial campaign addresses ongoing industry layoffs
March 21, 2025 — Source

At GDC 2025, Video Game Workers Launch Industry-Wide Union
Gamers will get better games, while developers enjoy a higher quality of life, the newly announced United Videogame Workers says.
March 21, 2025 — Source

Atelier Yumia X Tekken 8 Collaboration Announced
Gust's open-world RPG will receive special skills, outfits and accessories based on Bandai Namco's acclaimed fighting game.
March 21, 2025 — Source or Watch Video

Apple Arcade reportedly saw just 2 million subscribers in its first year
All the way back in 2019, Apple launched its Arcade subscription service -- letting iOS/Mac users access over 100 games ranging from ad-free classics to Apple Arcade exclusives. Despite continued support, the service has reportedly seen quite little in the way of adoption with just 2 million users in its first year.
March 21, 2025 — Source

Assassin's Creed Shadows surpasses 1 million players on day-one
After a ton of waiting and many delays, Assassin's Creed Shadows is finally here. While Ubisoft's latest AC title may not be able to singlehandedly dig the publisher out of the hole it's found itself in, initial response to the game appears solid, with the title having surpassed 1 million players in just a couple hours.
March 21, 2025 — Source

Game of Thrones: Kingsroad Enters Early Access on March 26
Yesterday, Netmarble Neo announced that the action/adventure RPG Game of Thrones: Kingsroad will debut on Steam Early Access in just a few days, on Wednesday, March 26. This follows the demo that went live last month as part of Steam Next Fest. Clearly, the developers received positive feedback and are ready to move on with the next step.
March 21, 2025 — Source

Housemarque CEO talks Saros and growing development costs
With each passing console generation, we've seen the average cost of video game development balloon into upwards of hundreds of millions of dollars. In a surprising move, the next game from PlayStation Studios' Housemarque -- Saros -- has a relatively modest budget for a first-party title.
March 21, 2025 — Source

Metal Eden is Getting a Free Demo on April 8th
The demo features the first two missions and introduces the basic gameplay and progression systems before the game's launch in May.
March 21, 2025 — Source

Nintendo, Xbox, PlayStation Are Teaming Up For Accessible Games Initiative
Twenty four tags have been developed so far to communicate auditory features and input options, for example.
March 21, 2025 — Source or Source

Report: Half of all mobile players have received real-world rewards from games
New study links reward-based UA with increased motivation to download, play, and recommend mobile titles
March 21, 2025 — Source

Samsung Empowers Game Developers with Mobile Cloud Platform
Samsung's mobile cloud gaming platform is transforming the mobile gaming industry by providing developers and publishers with innovative tools and opportunities to create, distribute, and monetize their games. This groundbreaking platform eliminates the need for players to download and install games, offering instant access to a wide variety of titles directly from the cloud.
March 21, 2025 — Source

Wreckfest 2 is out now in Early Access
Last year, Bugbear Entertainment officially announced that they were working on a sequel to the much-loved Wreckfest. With the game officially out now in Early Access, the team have shared a ton of new details on both the current and future state of Wreckfest 2.
March 21, 2025 — Source

Gaming — News — March 17th, 2025

Backyard Baseball Coming To Mobile With No Ads
The kid-friendly sports game series will show up on mobile for the first time.
March 17, 2025 — Source

Discord is plugging directly into games
An easier way to connect with Discord friends.
March 17, 2025 — Source or Source

Ex-Insomniac Games CEO discusses ever-increasing development costs
With each passing generation, we've seen an increase in the budgets allocated for various games -- in particular in the AAA space. With titles consistently costing over $200 million to develop, ex-Insomniac Games CEO Ted Price has now weighed in on the matter.
March 17, 2025 — Source

Fans band together to remake Counter-Strike 1.6
While Counter-Strike has never been more popular than in its current form, there are still a lot of fans who long for the old days of Counter-Strike 1.6. Luckily for those fans, classic Counter-Strike is back on the menu this year thanks to the impending release of CS Legacy.
March 17, 2025 — Source or Watch Video

Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster sells over 5m copies
Overall, the Final Fantasy series has sold over 200 million units globally
March 17, 2025 — Source

God of War's 20th anniversary celebrations includes new game content, merch and more
20 years ago, Sony Santa Monica released God of War -- a platforming spectacle fighter with a ton of ambition and an interesting world. Celebrating the 20th anniversary of this seminal PS2 title, the studio has announced a bunch of purchasable merch, as well as the 'Dark Odyssey collection' update for God of War Ragnarök.
March 17, 2025 — Source

Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet Reportedly Compared to Elden Ring for Its Player Freedom
Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet may be very different from what we're used to in Naughty Dog games. The studio's trademark has usually been cinematic, narrative-driven games, at least since Uncharted and, of course, The Last of Us.
March 17, 2025 — Source

New Star Wars Turn-Based Tactics Game to Be Revealed at Star Wars Celebration 2025
It's true.
March 17, 2025 — Source

Piranha Games Announces MechWarrior 5 Clans - Ghost Bear Flash Storm DLC, Arriving in April
Greetings Warriors! Piranha Games is excited to announce MechWarrior 5: Clans—Ghost Bear Flash Storm! Leo Showers is dead. As Ulric Kerensky changes the rules of engagement, Clan Ghost Bear khans Bjorn Jorgenson and Aletha Kabrinski plot their next moves as they strive to take the lead in the race towards Terra. Take command of the Silveroot Keshik, an elite unit tasked with proving Ghost Bear's strength and reclaiming lost glory.
March 17, 2025 — Source

Resident Evil 9 Is Taking so Long to Release Because It Is a Reinvention of the Series -- Rumor
Resident Evil 9 is taking a long time to release because it will be a reinvention of the series, according to a well-known insider.
March 17, 2025 — Source

Roblox releases its open source model that can create 3D objects using AI
Roblox announced Monday that it's launching the first iteration of its 3D model, dubbed "Cube," to allow creators to create 3D objects using generative AI. The company also launched an open source version so anyone off the platform can build on it.
March 17, 2025 — Source or Source

Split Fiction reaches 2m sales in one week
Hazelight Studios' latest co-op sold one million units in 48 hours following its launch on March 6, 2025
March 17, 2025 — Source

Star Wars: Hunters to be sunset later this year
Zynga's free-to-play shooter launched in June 2024
March 17, 2025 — Source

The KOTOR remake is still alive claims Saber Interactive CEO
Since its announcement many years ago, the Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic remake has been mired with delays among other issues. Once again, following a long bout of silence the team have spoken out to confirm that work on KOTOR is still ongoing.
March 17, 2025 — Source

The Lovecraftian Dungeon-Keeping Game Cthulhu Keeper Gets a Public Playtest Today
Kuuasema, the Finnish veteran game developer, welcomes all aspiring cult leaders to try the recently announced Cthulhu Keeper! All players are invited to head to the Steam page of the game to give the darkly humorous and challenging strategy game a go!
March 17, 2025 — Source or Watch Video

Ubisoft Actively Working w/Canadian Government (CSE) To Censor Negative Assassin's Creed Shadows Coverage
Ubisoft Contacts the Canadian Security Establishment (CSE) In Pathetically Desperate Attempt to Silence Criticism
March 17, 2025 — Source

Ubisoft to Form New Venture With Assassin's Creed IP, In Talks With Investors -- Rumour
This move would fall in line with rumours from back in January where Ubisoft was seemingly in talks for Tencent for a new venture.
March 17, 2025 — Source

World of Warcraft's unholy union with titles like 'Animal Crossing' and 'The Sims' is going to make is the most addictive game in history.
Blizzard Entertainment has shown off how decorating your house with advanced features will work in World of Warcraft: Midnight.
March 17, 2025 — Source

Gaming — News — March 14th, 2025

Avowed Update Provides Extra Talent Points for Your Character and More HUD/Camera Customization Options
Obsidian Entertainment has released a new update for its action roleplaying game Avowed. Version 1.3 brings several community requested improvements, such as providing an extra talent point for the main character at levels 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, and 30. Players who have already leveled up to the max won't have to worry, as their characters will also retroactively receive the extra talent points. While playing the game, I did have the feeling that the game was a bit stingy with talents. This will definitely help with build creation.
March 14, 2025 — Source

Cue The Victory Fanfare, As Final Fantasy Franchise Surpasses 200 Million Copies Sold
Duhn-duhn-duhn-duhn, duhn duhn, duhn-da-duhn!
March 14, 2025 — Source

Disco Elysium is getting a pseudo-reimagining for Android
Disco Elysium was revered upon its release back in 2019 with the choice-based RPG being praised for its writing, atmosphere and freedom. In an interesting move, the game is now being adapted for Android -- with quite a different take on the original game's formula.
March 14, 2025 — Source

Rockstar-Owned Modding Team Working on Official Grand Theft Auto 5 Enhanced Conversion Tool
The tool will "assist the modding community in making their assets compatible with the new upgrade."
March 14, 2025 — Source

Silent Hill f Includes Disclaimer About Gender Discrimination And Child Abuse
Konami advises people to take a break or talk to someone if the game gets too intense.
March 14, 2025 — Source

Gaming — News — March 13th, 2025

Half-Life 2 RTX Demo Announced for March 18 as RTX Remix Is Officially Released with DLSS 4 Multi Frame Generation
As part of its GDC 2025 news, NVIDIA announced that a free Half-Life 2 RTX demo will be released on March 18. Fans will have the opportunity to sample around two hours of gameplay of the work that Orbifold Studios has already completed, checking out the full ray traced graphics, remade assets, particles, and animations in the Ravenholm and Nova Prospekt levels.
March 13, 2025 — Source

Indie studio revives long-dead MMO 'Defiance'
There weren't a lot of MMOs trying to compete with WoW throughout the 2010s and the ones that did try ultimately ended up shutting down. One MMO that falls into this category is Defiance, an ambitious project that was supposed to share cross-promotional elements with a TV series by the same name. Ultimately, the show was cancelled and the MMO servers went offline, but a comeback appears to be just around the corner.
March 13, 2025 — Source

MicroProse Announces Knights of Frontier Valley, a Hardcore Roguelike RPG
MicroProse is thrilled to announce its publishing partnership with Adamant Studios for Knights of Frontier Valley, a challenging, old-school-inspired roguelike RPG that brings the depth, danger, and discovery of classic fantasy adventures to a living, breathing digital world.
March 13, 2025 — Source or Watch Video

Moon Studios Showcases "No Rest for the Wicked" Huge Content Update
The wait is over! Our second Wicked Inside is complete. Join us; for an exclusive deep dive into the new content, features and improvements in The Breach Update as well as everything coming next for "No Rest for the Wicked." There are a few surprises along the way! Let us know what you think!
March 13, 2025 — Source

Gaming — News — March 12th, 2025

Blizzard Boss Says More TV Shows And Movies Are Possible
Remember, it's called Blizzard Entertainment, not Blizzard Games, the company's president says.
March 12, 2025 — Source

Capcom files new trademark for Dino Crisis in Japan
Dino Crisis is a beloved series from Capcom which has unfortunately seen little to no activity in decades. Following surveys conducted by the publisher asking whether they'd be interested in more Dino Crisis, Capcom has now registered a trademark for the game franchise in Japan.
March 12, 2025 — Source

Capcom Was on Its Knees After Resident Evil 6, Now Monster Hunter Wilds Cements Its Golden Era — Here's How It Did It
The fall and rise of Capcom.
March 12, 2025 — Source

Dino Crisis Has Been Trademarked in Japan by CAPCOM, Reigniting Hopes for a Comeback
Dino Crisis may be the next CAPCOM series to see a proper comeback in the future, following the return of the Onimusha and Okami franchises, judging from some recent happenings.
March 12, 2025 — Source

Netflix Gaming And Generative AI Chief Has Left The Company
He was first brought in for gaming, then pivoted to AI before leaving.
March 12, 2025 — Source or Source

Netflix Reveals Legendary Batman Voice Actor Kevin Conroy's Posthumous Role in Devil May Cry Anime With New Trailer
One more adventure with the legend is on its way.
March 12, 2025 — Source

Niantic Games Gets Acquired by Scopely for $3.5 Billion
Just over two weeks ago, Bloomberg reported that Niantic wanted to sell its games division. Today, the deal has been made official, and just as was mentioned in that report, the buyer is Scopely (for $3.5 billion, though Niantic is contributing an extra $350 million of cash for the benefit of stakeholders).
March 12, 2025 — Source or Source

'Poker Face' Season 2 teaser: Natasha Lyonne tangles with Cynthia Erivo, John Mulaney, and more
You won't believe how many guest stars can fit in this bad boy.
March 12, 2025 — Source or Watch Video

Split Fiction Becomes Million Seller in Just Two Days
A few hours ago, Hazelight Studios announced that their latest game, Split Fiction, has already sold over a million copies in just two days since its debut on the market. The immense popularity of the studio's previous release, the award-winning It Takes Two (which sold 23 million copies, over twice as much as A Way Out's 11 million units), certainly contributed to the great hype surrounding the latest co-op adventure crafted by Josef Fares and his team.
March 12, 2025 — Source

Ubisoft Shareholder Plots Protest Outside Paris HQ, Accuses Company of Failing to Reveal 'Discussions' With Microsoft, EA, and Others Allegedly Interested in Acquiring IPs
Threatens to sue "for misleading investors."
March 12, 2025 — Source or Source

This Month in Sea of Thieves: March 2025 and Seventh Anniversary
Find out about the seafaring shenanigans currently planned for the month ahead!
March 12, 2025 — Source

Wolf Games, backed by 'Law & Order' creator, uses AI to create murder mystery games
Elliot Wolf, the executive producer and son of "Law & Order" creator Dick Wolf, is entering a new venture aimed at engaging true crime fans.
March 12, 2025 — Source

"Would you say there is a reasonable balance between what you contribute to Microsoft and what you get in return?" Two-thirds of Microsoft employees say YES — as AI engineers get preferential compensation packages.
A leaked Microsoft survey suggests that about 65% of its employees are content with the compensation they get for their contributions.
March 12, 2025 — Source

Gaming — News — March 11th, 2025

BlizzCon Returns In 2026
BlizzCon is back! The ultimate celebration of our games and the community that unites us is returning to the Anaheim Convention Center Saturday, September 12, and Sunday, September 13, in 2026.
March 11, 2025 — Source

Disco Elysium studio reveals new 'Espionage RPG'
ZA/UM Studio made a name for itself years back with Disco Elysium, but we've heard very little from the studio since. It looks like 2025 is set to be another big year for the company, as their next game has now finally been revealed under the codename 'Project C4'.
March 11, 2025 — Source

Konami to reveal new Silent Hill game this week
Konami's big Silent Hill revival has been a success thanks to Blooper Team's highly rated remake of Silent Hill 2. Now, Konami is gearing up to announce the next game in the franchise.
March 11, 2025 — Source

JDM: Japanese Drift Master Delayed to May 21st
Developer Gaming Factory is putting the "final polishing touches" on the open-world racer and will reveal more details closer to release.
March 11, 2025 — Source

Lego Could Make A Big Change To Future Video Games
The Lego Group might be changing things up, but it's still very early days and we don't know much.
March 11, 2025 — Source or Source

Lena Raine released a soundtrack for Celeste studio's cancelled follow-up game Earthblade
It's now available on Bandcamp for $7.
March 11, 2025 — Source

Pullup Entertainment appoints new CEO
"His profound knowledge of the video game industry and his leadership are valuable assets for the Group," says current CEO
March 11, 2025 — Source

Reflective Tea Shop Narrative Wanderstop Is Out Today
Wanderstop's captivating original soundtrack by composer Daniel "C418" Rosenfeld (the music of Minecraft) is also available for purchase and wishlisting on Steam, Bandcamp, Spotify, and more music platforms. The score includes over 80+ songs, perfect to relax and reflect to.
March 11, 2025 — Source or Watch Video

REPO Has Come Out Of Nowhere On Steam, Topping 145,000 Concurrent Players
Developer Semiwork has also teased a new level on the way for the cooperative horror game
March 11, 2025 — Source or Watch Video

Split Fiction has sold over 1 million copies in 48 hours
Hazelight Studios has amassed a reputation over the past years for its dedication to creating new and unique co-op experiences. So far, this seems to be working out, with each successive game selling millions more than the last. While it's too early to tell whether it can surpass its predecessor, the recently-released Split Fiction is already doing numbers -- having sold over 1 million copies in just two days.
March 11, 2025 — Source

SteelSeries' New QcK Mouse Pads Are Built For Speed And Precision
The QcK Performance Series mouse pads come in three different styles and cost $40-$50.
March 11, 2025 — Source

Tilting Point launches new $150m UA fund to give devs "financial backing without sacrificing independence"
"We know from proven success how important UA funds have been for developers," says CEO
March 11, 2025 — Source or Watch Video

World Of Tanks Studio's Next Game Will Enter Early Access In April
Steel Hunters, a new mech shooter from the studio behind World of Tanks, will enter early access in early April.
March 11, 2025 — Source or Watch Video

Gaming — News — March 10th, 2025

Activision Confirms Release Date for Return of Original Verdansk Map to Call of Duty: Warzone
Target acquired.
March 10, 2025 — Source

Baseball Legend Shohei Ohtani Is Coming To Fortnite
Shohei Ohtani just won a World Series with the Los Angeles Dodgers last season.
March 10, 2025 — Source

Cities: Skylines series turns 10, Paradox unveils anniversary goodies and DLC for fans
Paradox Interactive effectively struck gold 10 years ago with the launch of Cities: Skylines, offering city-building fans a new entry into the genre after being burned by EA's latest attempt at a new SimCity game. With two mainline entries, multiple ports, and hordes of DLCs later, Paradox is now celebrating the 10th anniversary with some goodies and for fans.
March 10, 2025 — Source or Watch Video

Death Stranding 2 gets extended gameplay trailer and June release date
At SXSW this week, Kojima Productions made the most out of its panel appearance by debuting a new trailer for Death Stranding 2. Not only did we get a new look at the game, but a June 2025 release has also been confirmed.
March 10, 2025 — Source or Source

God Of War's 20th Anniversary Event Will Have Donuts And Beach Towels, But No New Announcements
God of War celebrates its 20th anniversary.
March 10, 2025 — Source

Killing Floor 3 delayed from March to "later" in 2025
The Killing Floor series has grown from humble beginnings to becoming a massive and well-loved round-based co-op Zombie shooter -- not too dissimilar to the likes of Call of Duty Zombies. After years of waiting, Killing Floor 3 was announced to be coming in March of this year. Unfortunately, the game has now been delayed to an unknown point "later" in 2025.
March 10, 2025 — Source

Okami Sequel Developer Might Work on New IP After Development is Complete
Clovers won't necessarily work on a follow-up to classics like God Hand and Viewtiful Joe after development on the Okami sequel is done.
March 10, 2025 — Source

Split Fiction Sells 1 Million Copies in 48 Hours
Hazelight Studios' It Takes Two took a month to sell one million copies compared to its latest critically acclaimed co-op adventure.
March 10, 2025 — Source

Steel Seed Hands-On Preview -- A Gem in the Making?
Developing an original experience is becoming increasingly difficult in the video game industry, due both to the market's failure to always reward truly innovative games and the objective difficulty of creating something that hasn't already been done and making it fun. Still, plenty of titles inspired by gaming greats have managed to carve out a space in the industry thanks to the quality of the experience they offer.
March 10, 2025 — Source

You can now vote for the 2025 Video Game Hall of Fame inductees
Each year, the Museum of Play hosts a vote in which the public can decide among a line-up of classics as to which titles will wind up joining the video game hall of fame. For 2025, 12 titles have made the shortlist, including the likes of COD4: Modern Warfare; Angry Birds; Frogger and more.
March 10, 2025 — Source

Gaming — News — March 9th, 2025

Epic Death Stranding 2 Trailer Reveals Release Date, New Gameplay, and Some Serious Metal Gear Vibes
Snake?
March 9, 2025 — Source

Retroid says it will accept limited Pocket Mini returns due to screen scaling issue
The company is offering all purchasers a $10 coupon.
March 9, 2025 — Source

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 has reached six million players
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl has achieved a significant milestone, surpassing six million players just over three months after its release. This success is particularly noteworthy given the game's tumultuous development, which was marked by numerous delays and challenges faced by Ukrainian developer GSC Game World.
March 9, 2025 — Source

Ubisoft Lawsuit EXPOSES Years of Sexual Harassment... Oh The Irony.
Ubisoft, once considered a titan in the gaming industry (long ago, I know... but stay with me here), is now facing quite the reckoning with a scandal that has allegedly festered for years behind the scenes. On March 10-14, 2025, three former senior executives—Serge Hascoët, Thomas "Tommy" François, and Guillaume Patrux—will all come together and stand trial in the Bobigny criminal court, accused of systemic sexual and moral harassment that permeated throughout the French gaming giant.
March 9, 2025 — Source

Gaming — News — March 8th, 2025

Another Woke Slop Studio Goes Down in Flames
Iron Galaxy Studios, the once (at best) mediocre studio that has been constantly propped up by industry trends rather than any actual real talent, is now facing a harsh reality discovering its own failures. In a post filled with the usual corporate doublespeak, they announced that it has been 'forced' to lay off 66 employees, citing the industry's "significant change" and a "slow recovery." But let's cut through that BS fluff—Iron Galaxy wasn't a victim of market shifts at all.
March 8, 2025 — Source

Gaming — News — February 28th, 2025

4A Games Ukraine rebrands to Reburn, announces new IP
4A Games itself has not rebranded, continues to work on the next game in the Metro series
February 28, 2025 — Source

EA Releases Full Source Code For Multiple Command & Conquer Titles
Even more C&C titles have received Steam Workshop support, with some also getting a modding support pack.
February 28, 2025 — Source or Source

Epic Games revokes lifetime bans for some Fortnite cheaters
A second chance for first-time offenders
February 28, 2025 — Source

La Quimera Unveiled by Former Metro Series Devs
Reburn, formerly known as 4A Games Ukraine, today announced its new IP, La Quimera. Featuring talent from across the award-winning Metro series, this new story driven sci-fi shooter set in a futuristic Latin America has kicked off. Wishlisting is now available on Steam.
February 28, 2025 — Source

Razer partners up with Mojang for Minecraft-themed gaming peripheral collection
Razer has joined forces with Mojang Studios, the creators of Minecraft, to deliver a unique collection of gaming peripherals that seamlessly blend Razer's design with the franchise's iconic blocky aesthetic. This collaboration is aimed at Minecraft enthusiasts and gamers seeking to enhance their experience with high-performance peripherals that exude Minecraft charm.
February 28, 2025 — Source

Rekindled Studios raises £225,000 in funding round
Animation studio will use investment to expand its team, enhance its production and work-for-hire services
February 28, 2025 — Source

Salty game dev comments, easier mods are inside Command & Conquer's source code
With the right folks involved, EA can capably preserve and update its classics.
February 28, 2025 — Source

Super7 Expands Its Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Ultimate Line With Iconic Foes And Allies
Goongalah!
February 28, 2025 — Source

Warner Bros games revenue dropped 29% during Q4 2024
Firm also addressed recent restructure in a letter to shareholders, says it expects to "propel games division back to profit in 2025"
February 28, 2025 — Source

'We Have Not Modified It' — The Witcher 4 Director Responds to Speculation CD Projekt Changed Ciri's Face
The cheek.
February 28, 2025 — Source

Wonder Woman Cancelled Due to Failure of Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, MultiVersus -- Rumor
Monolith Productions had been allegedly working on a new IP featuring the Nemesis System, which was cancelled for Wonder Woman.
February 28, 2025 — Source

Gaming — News — February 18th, 2025

Bethesda is auctioning off the chance to become an NPC in The Elder Scrolls 6
Bethesda quite famously announced The Elder Scrolls 6 back in 2018 but to date, we've heard very little about the game. With Starfield now out of the way, the studio has been fully focused on the next mainline Elder Scrolls game and you can now put yourself in the running to be included as an NPC in the game.
February 18, 2025 — Source

Counter-Strike 2 sets new concurrent player record
Counter-Strike has been one of the most popular games on Steam for over a decade but the game is showing no signs of slowing down. Just this past week, Counter-Strike 2 surpassed its old record and hit a new peak concurrent player milestone.
February 18, 2025 — Source

CyberConnect2 begins its 30th anniversary celebrations plans
Nearly 30 years ago, CyberConnect2 was founded, and in the decades since the studio has brought us countless great and fun games across popular franchises including but not limited to Naruto; Dragon Ball; JoJo's Bizarre Adventure and more. In celebration of the studio's upcoming 30th birthday, CyberConnect2 has now launched a dedicated anniversary website sharing its fresh rebrand.
February 18, 2025 — Source

Elden Ring: all of the updates about FromSoftware's open-world hit
Elden Ring is finally here. The huge game, from Dark Souls developer FromSoftware, is set in a world created in part by Game of Thrones author George R.R. Martin. It largely lives up to the massive hype, but it didn't have a perfect launch. Bandai Namco issued a PSA on the day of release, promising updates to fix a PS5 save bug and some PC issues. And The Verge's Ash Parrish wrote about how the game's character creator fails Black players.
February 18, 2025 — Source

Marvel Rivals' US team is undergoing layoffs
After boasting 20 million players in its first month, developers on Marvel Rivals are sharing they've been laid off.
February 18, 2025 — Source

OCCT is coming to Linux, Steam and Steam Deck
OCCT, a popular stress testing and monitoring tool for Windows PCs, is expanding its reach with a new Linux version. Long favoured by enthusiasts for its ease of use and comprehensive testing capabilities, OCCT is now available in alpha for Linux users, marking a significant step for the platform.
February 18, 2025 — Source or Watch Video

Rockstar is in talks with Fortnite and Roblox creators about user-generated GTA 6 content
It's also met with GTA Online creators
February 18, 2025 — Source

Rockstar's working on bringing Roblox creators to GTA VI
Like GTA V and GTA Online, GTA VI's longevity will depend on engaging with the modding community.
February 18, 2025 — Source

Viktor Antonov, the artist behind Half-Life 2's City 17 and Dishonored, dies at 52
"Welcome to City 17... it's safer here."
February 18, 2025 — Source

Xbox Showcases Will Now Have PlayStation And Nintendo Logos
Microsoft's multiplatform initiative takes another step.
February 18, 2025 — Source or Watch Video

Gaming — News — February 17th, 2025

Black Ops 6 announces upcoming TMNT crossover
Back in 2023, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles crossed over into Call of Duty, with fans being able to purchase a Shredder skin in that year's Modern Warfare II. Once again, the two properties are teaming up, this time seeing the turtles themselves enter into battle, with Activision teasing what seems to be a substantial crossover between Black Ops 6 and the TMNT.
February 17, 2025 — Source

Dynasty Warriors: Origins sold 1 million copies in under a month
Dynasty Warriors has had its ups and downs over the series' 25+ year history, with the franchise's primary point of failure for the longest time being its rapid release cycles leading to undercooked experiences. Fortunately, following a lengthy hiatus, the series returned with the release of Dynasty Warriors: Origins -- having now officially sold over 1 million copies in just under a month.
February 17, 2025 — Source

'Fallouts Like That Happen, It's Just Part of the Deal' — Mass Effect 1 and 2 Composer Jack Wall Discusses Why He Failed to Return for Mass Effect 3
"... it was a tough time, but it is what it is."
February 17, 2025 — Source

Game maker Polymath aims to make learning math as enjoyable as Roblox
As gaming platforms like Roblox and Minecraft continue to grow in popularity among young children, and with platforms like YouTube consuming hours of their daily screen time, edtech companies face challenges in capturing their attention.
February 17, 2025 — Source

Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Has Sold 2 Million Copies in Less Than Two Weeks
After selling one million copies at launch, Warhorse Studios' acclaimed open-world action RPG has achieved a new milestone.
February 17, 2025 — Source or Source or Source

Nightdive's "System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster" Coming soon
Hello, Hackers! We have some exciting news to share with you...the release of System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster is fast approaching! In March during GDC 2025, we will announce the game's release date during The MIX's Spring Game Showcase livestream.
February 17, 2025 — Source

Sony's live-service heist shooter Fairgame$ reportedly pushed to 2026
As part of Sony's live-service push from a couple years ago, the console maker announced Fairgame$ back in May of 2023: a "fresh, modern take on the heist genre". While we did not get any concrete release window at the time, one leaker has now claimed that the game has been pushed from its internal release of 2025 to some time next year.
February 17, 2025 — Source

Two weeks into launch, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 has now passed two million copies sold
Warhorse Studios' second installment of the Kingdom Come saga has now passed another massive sales milestone. The studio today revealed that already two million copies of the game have been sold across all platforms. The medieval Europe-set role-playing experience already celebrated a massive sales landmark on launch day, where it surpassed one million copies, and it doesn't look like the title's popularity is dying down anytime soon.
February 17, 2025 — Source

Ubisoft Teases Rainbow Six Siege X, Showcase Scheduled: March 13
A new era of Rainbow Six Siege will be revealed on March 13 at the Siege X Showcase. A teaser shown during the championship weekend of the Six Invitational offered glimpses of the biggest transformation in the game's history, including graphical and audio upgrades, deepened tactical gameplay, and new ways to play the game.
February 17, 2025 — Source or Source

Ubisoft's Siege X Sneak Peak Teases A Major Transformation To Rainbow Six Siege
Ubisoft has been struggling mightily as of late, with the company having to shutter games and managing to draw the ire of industry peers. However, a lone bright spot for the company has been its live service first person shooter, Rainbow Six Siege.
February 17, 2025 — Source or Watch Video or Source

Gaming — News — February 14th, 2025

An Official Monster Hunter Transformers Figure Launches Later This Year
This wild collaboration between Hasbro, Transformers, and Monster Hunter is now up for preorder.
February 14, 2025 — Source

Assassin's Creed Shadows pre-orders are "solid" according to Ubisoft
Assassin's Creed Shadows has had a rather tumultuous development. Initially planned to launch in November of last year, the game was delayed to February of 2025 -- only to then get delayed further to the 20th of March. Despite this (among other controversies), Ubisoft has shared that pre-orders for the upcoming game remain "solid."
February 14, 2025 — Source

Astro Bot dominates DICE Awards 2025, wins Game of the Year
Check out all the winners and nominees
February 14, 2025 — Source

Capcom Has Been Considering A New Okami For A While, Since It's "A Very, Very Unique" IP
Hideki Kamiya adds that he's "always wanted to create an Okami sequel."
February 14, 2025 — Source or Watch Video or Source

Final Fantasy IX Remake, Final Fantasy Tactics Remaster Are Still in Active Development -- Rumor
Despite not having been announced yet, the Final Fantasy IX remake remains in active development alongside another unannounced series remaster, but both may not be released soon, according to a well-known insider.
February 14, 2025 — Source

From Software Apologizes For Elden Ring Nightreign Test Server Problems
From Software is considering adding an extra session to compensate.
February 14, 2025 — Source

Gaming — News — February 7th, 2025

Based 'Lords of the Fallen' CEO Calls Out Lunatic Reddit Mods for Hijacking Subreddit
Marek Tymiński, CEO of CI Games, has just exposed how Reddit moderators have hijacked the Lords of the Fallen subreddit, r/LordsoftheFallen, branding him a "fascist" simply for daring to listen to his players, and ask for feedback on his game.
February 7, 2025 — Source

Bioshock Infinite, The Talos Principle and more are free on Amazon Prime Gaming
Each month, those who are subscribed to Amazon Prime are able to acquire a wide range of ‘free’ games as part of the company’s Prime Gaming initiative. Throughout February, subscribers will be able to get their hands on almost two dozen titles, including but not limited to Bioshock Infinite, The Talos Principle and Deus Ex: Human Revolution.
February 7, 2025 — Source

Capcom shuts down Resident Evil multiplayer spin-off
Resident Evil Re:Verse servers to shut down on June 29, 2025
February 7, 2025 — Source

Civilization 7 off to rocky start with ‘mixed’ reviews on Steam
Civilization, the legendary strategy game series, has hit a roadblock with its latest iteration. Civilization 7 launched this week to an influx of negative reviews on Steam. Now, Firaxis has responded, promising patches.
February 7, 2025 — Source

Dead by Daylight is bringing back its 2v8 mode in collaboration with Resident Evil
Dead by Daylight is kicking off 2025 with a bang. It is bringing back its popular 2v8 game mode with a twist: a Resident Evil crossover. From February 10th to the 25th, “The Fog” event will unleash a blend of asymmetrical horror and iconic Resident Evil characters, promising a unique gameplay experience.
February 7, 2025 — Source

Death Stranding 2 has been rated in Korea
One way in which video games are leaked ahead of time can be attributed to games rating boards, who publicly publish their content reports on titles ahead of their release – making such projects visible for all. First announced back in 2022, Kojima’s Death Stranding 2: On the Beach seems to be gearing up for release, with the game having now been officially detailed by the Korea Game Rating Board.
February 7, 2025 — Source

Dragon Quest 12 Information to Be Revealed 'Little by Little,' Series Creator Yuji Horii Says
"Working hard."
February 10, 2025 — Source

E3 Organizers Announce Return With A New First-Of-Its-Kind Gaming Event
No one would blame you if you didn't realize that the entity behind the defunct E3 gaming expo—Entertainment Software Association, or ESA—still exists. The group is back with a new gaming event, but it's not what you might expect.
February 7, 2025 — Source

Football Manager 25 Canceled After Multiple Delays, Dev Moves On To Next Game
The game was delayed twice.
February 7, 2025 — Source or Source or Source or Source or Source

Insider reveals a bunch of cancelled WB Montreal games
WB Games Montreal is one of the more underrated studios operating under the Warner Bros. umbrella, with the Arkham Origins developers receiving the short end of the stick in many instances. Unfortunately not much seems to have changed in this regard, with a new report unveiling almost half a dozen different game pitches which were rejected since the release of Gotham Knights.
February 10, 2025 — Source

Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 developer claims Witcher 4 development is slow, blasts open-world games on Unreal Engine 5
Co-founder of Warhorse Studios, Daniel Vávra, says using Unreal Engine for open-world games is a bad idea.
February 10, 2025 — Source

Monster Hunter Wilds open beta test is live with over 225,000 concurrent Steam players in less than 24 hours
Monster Hunter Wilds Open Beta 2 quickly reaches impressive player numbers, with more coming in.
February 7, 2025 — Source

New Batman And Game Of Thrones Games May Be In The Works
Rocksteady is said to be developing a new single-player Batman game, with a new Game of Thrones project potentially coming from WB Games Montreal.
February 7, 2025 — Source

PlayStation Network's outage over the weekend should serve as a reminder to Microsoft and Xbox on what can happen if you "put all your eggs into one basket"
All networks have downtime, but Microsoft is historically uniquely keen to rely on other networks to reach customers. PSN's prolific downtime this weekend is exactly why having your own ecosystem is important.
February 10, 2025 — Source

Rocksteady is reportedly working on a new single-player Batman game
WB Games has lost over $400 million on gaming projects in recent years. We already know that Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League led to a $200 million loss, but it turns out WB has lost a further $200 million on Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions, MultiVersus and an upcoming Wonder Woman game. There is at least a little hope for fans though, as Rocksteady has reportedly been tasked with developing a new single-player Batman game.
February 7, 2025 — Source or Source or Source or Source

Smite 2 Dev Lays Off Staff, Apparently Ends Work On Three Games, Including Smite 1
Rogue Company, Paladins, and Smite 1 appear to cease development.
February 7, 2025 — Source

The CDKeys 2024 Game Awards: Who's winning and more importantly, what's discounted for us?
My favorite game code site is running its own game awards, here's who I want to win and what games are on sale.
February 7, 2025 — Source

Trump's Tariffs May Impact Console Sales, Says CEO Of GTA Parent Company
Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick isn't worried about Trump's tariffs affecting game sales. But consoles are another matter.
February 7, 2025 — Source

WB Games has another disaster on its hands
Monolith Productions, the studio behind the Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor and Shadow of War games, has been hard at work on a Wonder Woman game for years. Unfortunately, we are no closer to seeing the game in action, as the title has reportedly been rebooted.
February 7, 2025 — Source

Where To Preorder Yu-Gi-Oh Early Days Collection Ahead Of February 27 Release
Yu-Gi-Oh Early Days Collection includes 14 classic Game Boy games, including some that never made it out of Japan the first time around.
February 7, 2025 — Source

Wonder Woman Game Has Reportedly Already Cost WB Games $100 Million, Nowhere Close To Releasing
Several years after it was first revealed, Monolith's Wonder Woman game might be in trouble.
February 7, 2025 — Source

Gaming — News — February 5th, 2025

2K fires 31st Union president Michael Condrey
2K insists it remains "committed" to the game and the studio
February 5th, 2025 — Source or Source or Watch Video

Abandoned early access games on Steam now display a warning for buyers
Those who browse Valve's Steam platform are pretty much used to seeing a whole lot of early access releases. These are games that are still in development, but Steam users can purchase them to experience them in their early states and still support the developer prior to the official 1.0 release. However, there are also games that have remained in early access for more than a few months, much longer than what the product description had originally promised.
February 5th, 2025 — Source

Activision raises $1.6m for LA wildfire relief
Proceeds from Call of Duty LA Fire Relief Pack will go directly towards the LAFD Foundation and Direct Relief in Southern California
February 5th, 2025 — Source

Apex Legends Isn't Doing the Business for EA, So It's Making Apex Legends 2.0 to Come Out After Battlefield
Royale with needs.
February 5th, 2025 — Source

Apex Legends: Takeover Puts Community in the Spotlight
To celebrate the 6th anniversary of Apex Legends, Respawn Entertainment has released a Dev Diary where players can find out about what to expect for the rest of the year, as well as some major updates coming to the game. This includes features such as Matchmaking, Anti-Cheat, and Competitive Integrity.
February 5th, 2025 — Source or Watch Video

Capcom Fighting Collection 2 Releases May 16, Preorder To Get Exclusive Comic
Capcom Fighting Collection 2's physical edition for Nintendo Switch and PS4 comes with a 32-page comic book at launch.
February 5th, 2025 — Source

Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero reaches major sales milestone in under 4 months
Dragon Ball is undeniably one of the most popular anime/manga franchises of all time, with the series having a long and successful library of video games released over the past 35+ years. By far the biggest new entry in this space is Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero, the latest title in the much-loved Budokai series. Unsurprisingly, the game has already reached a massive sales milestone, surpassing 5 million copies sold in under four months.
February 5th, 2025 — Source

EA Boss Willing to Move Battlefield Release Date to Account for 'Nuanced Year Relative to Competition' (*Cough* GTA 6 *Cough*)
Your move.
February 5th, 2025 — Source

EA CEO Says Dragon Age: The Veilguard Failed to 'Resonate With a Broad Audience,' Gamers Increasingly Want 'Shared-World Features'
Take Solas.
February 5th, 2025 — Source or Source

EA CEO says a "more meaningful update" of Apex Legends is in development
"The trajectory of the business of that franchise has not been headed in the direction that we have wanted for some time"
February 5th, 2025 — Source

EA Q3 results "not the financial performance we wanted or expected"
CEO says declines in revenue and net bookings were driven by "temporary underperformance" of EA Sports FC 25
February 5th, 2025 — Source

EA's Battlefield Labs test program is "the most ambitious community collaboration in franchise history"
CEO Andrew Wilson said the response thus far was "well beyond expectations"
February 5th, 2025 — Source

EA's next Battlefield game will launch before April 2026
Following the disappointment of Battlefield 2042, EA and DICE seem to be going all-in for the series' next entry, featuring more internal tests than ever before, and recently going live with its Battlefield Labs program. While details on the game overall continue to remain light, we do know that the upcoming title will launch before April 2026.
February 5th, 2025 — Source

Elden Ring: Nightreign to get new details including release date next week
Late last year, FromSoftware surprised everyone with the announcement of Elden Ring: Nightreign -- a co-op focused spin-off featuring rogue-like elements and unique class abilities. Ahead of the upcoming network tests slated for later this month, FromSoftware are reportedly planning to announce a ton of new details for the standalone game sometime next week.
February 5th, 2025 — Source

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Becomes More Immersive Than Ever Before With First-Person View Mod
Exploring the Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth open world has become more immersive than ever, thanks to a newly released first-person view mod.
February 5th, 2025 — Source

How Astrid Entertainment is blurring the lines between linear entertainment and gaming
CEO and founder Sharon Tal Yguado discusses the studio's debut project, and what players can expect
February 5th, 2025 — Source

If you're one of the three people in the world who haven't played the latest Call of Duty yet, now's your chance—Black Ops 6 gets another free trial for Season 2
Try out the latest Zombies map, new multiplayer maps and modes, and more with a free trial period in Black Ops 6 starting today.
February 5th, 2025 — Source

Incredibly Expensive Video Games Are Not Necessary And Contribute To Job Losses, Exec Says
"I don't think it's necessary. I don't think it's appropriate."
February 5th, 2025 — Source

Iron Galaxy lays off 66 to protect "long-term survival"
"This was a means of last resort for us"
February 5th, 2025 — Source

It Sounds Like Battlefield 6's Release Date Will Avoid GTA 6
The next Battlefield is slated to launch sometime before April 2026.
February 5th, 2025 — Source

Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 tops 1m sales in just 24 hours
Warhorse Studios thanks players for making PC, PS5, and Xbox launch a "triumph"
February 5th, 2025 — Source or Source

Microsoft Store will soon let you specify what parts of games you want to download
In addition to the new Windows 11 Canary build 27788, Microsoft released a new update for the Microsoft Store app for Windows Insiders. Version 22501.1401 is available for testing with a new feature that lets you select what parts and components of the game you are about to download to get saved on your drive, just like on the Xbox app for Windows.
February 5th, 2025 — Source

MultiVersus Players Praise Major Season 5 Gameplay Changes Ahead of Server Shutdown — and Now #SaveMultiVersus Is Trending Online
Better late than never, right?
February 5th, 2025 — Source

Netflix Won't Release These Six Previously Planned Games
Netflix said it's trying to "learn more" about what its members want, and it's apparently not these games.
February 5th, 2025 — Source

Next Battlefield Will Be Released During Fiscal Year 2026, EA Confirms
The next Battlefield game could be released as soon as this year, as publisher EA has recently confirmed the release window of the yet-to-be-named new entry in the series.
February 5th, 2025 — Source

ProbablyMonsters initiates fresh round of job cuts
Company declines to comment as scale of cuts remains unknown
February 5th, 2025 — Source

Rooster Teeth Is Back From The Dead, With One Of Its Original Founders In Charge
Burnie Burns has acquired the media brand and "much of its remaining assets."
February 5th, 2025 — Source or Watch Video

Valve might be working on a new Steam console
Once upon a time, Valve made something called the Steam Machine, and it was essentially a new kind of console for your Steam library that you could plug into your TV. You could just as easily plug a gaming PC into your TV if you wanted. Those took up a lot more space though, and the Steam Machine was a more compact way to enjoy PC gaming from the couch. A new rumor suggests Valve may be working on a new Steam console powered by an AMD Radeon RX 9070 graphics card.
February 5th, 2025 — Source

Warhorse Studio Founder Daniel Vávra Goes FULL Scorched Earth on Jon Del Arroz Over Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 Tweet
In the latest saga of an (eventfully) never-ending culture war in gaming, Warhorse Studios co-founder Daniel Vávra has gone all-in against writer and self-proclaimed 'defender of Christian values', Jon Del Arroz. The head butting all started over Del Arroz's outrage at Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 featuring an optional side quest with a... heavily gay romance scene involved.
February 5th, 2025 — Source

Gaming — News — February 3rd, 2025

$1bn revenue not enough to offset Meta's AR/VR Reality Labs' $4.4bn loss
Brings overall losses for last 12-month period to $17.7 billion
February 3rd, 2025 — Source

2025's Longest Games Are Coming in The Shortest Month
There isn't enough days in the month to play everything February has coming up.
February 3rd, 2025 — Source

Battlefield is getting its own community test program
While Battlefield 2042 was hyped up prior to release, a series of launch-day issues hampered the game's long-term performance. As a result, EA has made some changes behind the scenes and is now preparing for the next Battlefield game. We'll get our first look at what's in the works later today with the reveal of the Community Test Program.
February 3rd, 2025 — Source or Source

Battlefield Labs is live with first playtest scheduled for February
EA has launched a number of community playtest programs over the years, seeking feedback for projects still in development. Typically, we see these for smaller games, like Skate, while games like Battlefield are kept under wraps until the public beta tests that take place just weeks before release. This blew up in EA's face with Battlefield 2042, as the game launched with a huge number of bugs and issues. To avoid this next time around, DICE is launching Battlefield Labs.
February 3rd, 2025 — Source or Watch Video

BioWare Reportedly Has Fewer Than 100 Staff Members Left
Over the past couple of years, the studio has suffered wave after wave of layoffs and downsizing.
February 3rd, 2025 — Source

Black Myth: Wukong surpasses 25 million copies sold
The success of Black Myth: Wukong shows no signs of slowing down. The action RPG, inspired by the classic Chinese tale Journey to the West, has surpassed the 25 million copies sold worldwide.
February 3rd, 2025 — Source

Borderlands 4 Producer Promises "Seamless Travel Between Zones," "More Dynamic World"
Gearbox's Anthony Nicholson also teases "new traversal mechanics" in the looter shooter, which "encourage and reward exploration."
February 3rd, 2025 — Source

Can I play Kingdom Come: Deliverance II on Steam Deck, ASUS ROG Ally, and other gaming handhelds?
Kingdom Come: Deliverance II is one of this year's best games, but can you actually play it on PC gaming handhelds?
February 3rd, 2025 — Source

Digital Extremes Unveils Warframe: 1999 Update named Techrot Encore, Releasing in March
Digital Extremes' latest devstream for Warframe has unveiled the latest update for Warframe: 1999, which is set to be released in March on all platforms. The update has been named Techrot Encore. Before that releases, players will have a lot of events and content to explore in February to keep them busy before the latest update comes out in March.
February 3rd, 2025 — Source

EA aims to save Battlefield with its new Labs initiative — Here's how you can help shape the future of the franchise
Battlefield Labs will get early gameplay into your hands for testing. Is it the solution to modern Battlefield's woes?
February 3rd, 2025 — Source or Watch Video

EA DICE Announces Battlefield Labs
Today, the storied Battlefield franchise known for uncompromising all-out warfare and world-class gameplay for over two decades, announced the most ambitious community testing program in franchise history - Battlefield Labs. The work on the next Battlefield experience is entering a critical phase in development that will benefit from collaboration with the community like never before.
February 3rd, 2025 — Source or Watch Video

EA Teases Next Battlefield's Gameplay, Modern Setting
EA showed off a little bit of gameplay from the next Battlefield when unveiling Battlefield Labs.
February 3rd, 2025 — Source or Watch Video

EA is giving fans a chance to test the next Battlefield early
Battlefield Labs will let particpants give feedback on basically every part of the next game.
February 3rd, 2025 — Source

Electronic Arts Acquires TRACAB's Advanced Tracking Technology for EA SPORTS Titles
It's been announced today that Electronic Arts has acquired TRACAB's Advanced Tracking Technology to help provide a more accurate and precise experience in its EA SPORTS titles. The company has reached an agreement to acquire TRACAB Technologies, a leader in advanced sports optical tracking and analysis solutions. This will prove to be highly beneficial for the future EA SPORTS titles, where it plans to leverage the power of TRACAB's technology, where it will be able to utilize advanced AI, machine learning, and real-time sports data to create realistic animation and provide an experience that is lifelike and similar to the real-world action of sports.
February 3rd, 2025 — Source

ESA Warns Trump Tariffs Could "Harm" The Video Game Industry
The Entertainment Software Association urged the Trump administration to consult with video game companies about the potential impact of tariffs.
February 3rd, 2025 — Source or Source

Fallout Season 2 Leaked Pic Teases Trip To New Vegas
Fallout: New Vegas players should recognize one of the locations recreated in a new set photo from Fallout Season 2.
February 3rd, 2025 — Source

Fallout: New Vegas writer returns to Obsidian for new game
Obsidian has an extremely busy year ahead with Avowed due to launch this month, followed by The Outer Worlds 2 later this year. In the middle of this, Obsidian is also preparing for its next major game, and it has brought back the lead writer behind Fallout New Vegas to work on it.
February 3rd, 2025 — Source

Former Dr Disrespect studio 'Midnight Society' closes and cancels Deadrop
Midnight Society has been an interesting studio to follow. The company, founded by streamer Dr Disrespect, was working on its own extraction shooter, with a Counter-Strike style skin system that would see players owning their own skins with the ability to trade or sell. The studio faced financial struggles months ago after cutting ties with Dr Disrespect and now, the studio is shutting down for good.
February 3rd, 2025 — Source

"Foundation" Exits Early Access Phase, Version 1.0 Out Now
Hello everyone! The time has finally arrived... Foundation has officially left Early Access, and version 1.0 is available now! After 6 years of new features, bug fixes, and improving the game with the help of your feedback, we are proud to finally wrap up Foundation's incredible journey in Early Access! Since the last major update, we have worked tirelessly to deliver the game we envisioned and the game you want to play.
February 3rd, 2025 — Source or Watch Video

'I Could Make "Fart Fart Boobie Fart: The Game" and Maybe It Would Eventually Get Taken Down' - Devs Reveal Why the Consoles Are Drowning in 'Eslop'
Complaints are mounting about the Nintendo and PlayStation storefronts promoting samey-looking cash-grabs. But what's really going on?
February 3rd, 2025 — Source

Intel Panther Lake on track for 2025, Nova Lake coming in 2026
Intel has confirmed part of its CPU roadmap for the next two years, confirming the arrival of Panther Lake in 2025 and Nova Lake in 2026. But while Panther Lake's future in the desktop market remains uncertain, Nova Lake could shake things up with a new architecture with dual CPU tiles.
February 3rd, 2025 — Source

Konami revises forecasts as profits increase 38% to $560m
Launches of Silent Hill 2 and Professional Baseball Spirits provides boost during publisher's most recent quarter
February 3rd, 2025 — Source

Marvel Star Is Trying To Get The Sleeping Dogs Movie Made--And A Game Sequel
Simu Liu says pitching to movie execs who don't understand games has been "tiring."
February 3rd, 2025 — Source

Midnight Society shuts down
Deadrop developer ran out of funding according to former employee
February 3rd, 2025 — Source

Monster Hunter World Hits 28.10 Million Sales, Monster Hunter Rise at 16.70 Million
Iceborne and Sunbreak also continue to record impressive sales, with the former at 14.9 million and the latter at 9.40 million.
February 3rd, 2025 — Source

MultiVersus Director Breaks Silence On Game's Cancellation, Responds To Threats Against Devs
"I hope that you can take a step back and realize that this is an extremely sad time for the team."
February 3rd, 2025 — Source

Naver-backed Cinamon wants to make 3D video animation easier using AI
It's never been easier to create and publish art than it is now, and if you believe the companies building tech around AI, the production process is going to get even more efficient. That's especially the case with video production, with companies of all sizes using large language models to build tools that let you whip up decent-quality videos and animation with a few prompts and actions.
February 3rd, 2025 — Source

Need For Speed Isn't Dead, But Criterion Is Focused On Road Ahead With Battlefield
The developer--also behind the Burnout series--is now under the Battlefield Studios banner.
February 3rd, 2025 — Source or Source

New Gameplay Trailer Drops for Lost Skies, Showcasing Floating Islands & More
A new trailer has been released by Bossa Games and Humble Games for Lost Skies, an open-world cooperative PvE survival game that takes place among floating islands. This game will be available during February's Steam Next Fest, where players will get to take part in a multiplayer demo.
February 3rd, 2025 — Source

Next round for strategy game lineage in 'Civilization VII'
Fans have waited more than eight years for the new installment in heavyweight strategy game Civilization, with the release of the seventh installment on February 11 promising to get budding philosopher-kings thinking more about the consequences of their actions.
February 3rd, 2025 — Source

Platinum Games Scrubs Website, Removes Previously Announced Project G.G.
It might be GG for the title, previously headed up by Hideki Kamiya and inspired by Ultraman.
February 3rd, 2025 — Source

Resident Evil 2 Remake Sells 15 Million Copies, Resident Evil 3 Remake at 9.6 Million Sold
While rumors of Resident Evil Zero and Code: Veronica circulate, Capcom's other remakes continue selling well years later.
February 3rd, 2025 — Source

Resident Evil 7: biohazard Has Sold 14.4 Million Copies, Resident Evil Village Reaches 10.9 Million
The next mainline title is in development and helmed by Koshi Nakanishi of biohazard fame, though further details are forthcoming.
February 3rd, 2025 — Source

Rockstar Games Co-Founder Dan Houser Teases His New Game With Cast of Characters
To tease an upcoming game in such a way is a very strange way to do it, but this is something that Rockstar has done before. It makes perfect sense that Dan Houser would go on to leave Rockstar Games to work on his own title and then tease it in the same way. He has been working on his new title at his own studio, Absurd Ventures, for a couple of years. Thus far, not many details have been released, other than a fever dream video in 2023 and 12 episodes of a narrative podcast to help set the scene for the debut title.
February 3rd, 2025 — Source

Samsung leader cleared of fraud charges after winning appeal
Executive Chairman Jay Y. Lee has been facing legal issues for over eight years.
February 3rd, 2025 — Source

Sonic 3 Just Achieved A Massive Milestone At The Box Office
Now, only one video game movie has made more money than Sonic 3.
February 3rd, 2025 — Source or Source

Street Fighter 6 Has Sold 4.4 Million Units
Available on PS4, Xbox Series X/S, PS5, and PC, Capcom's flagship fighter has sold an additional 400,000 copies since its last milestone.
February 3rd, 2025 — Source

The Sims and The Sims 2 now available digitally for the first time
Both games will be available with all their expansion content via EA App, Steam, and Epic Games Store.
February 3rd, 2025 — Source

Treyarch Co-Founder Pleads Guilty To Crashing Drone Into Firefighting Plane
Call of Duty studio co-founder Peter T. Akemann recently pleaded guilty to striking a firefighting plane with his drone during the destructive LA fires.
February 3rd, 2025 — Source

Trump's Tariffs on Video Games Would Cause 'Significant Harm' to 'Everyday Americans,' ESA Warns
Could consoles rise in price?
February 3rd, 2025 — Source

WB Games is taking MultiVersus offline soon
After a six month beta, a six month hiatus and a year of 'official' release, Warner Bros is now pulling the plug on MultiVersus. The game officially released in 2024 and is now shutting down alongside another 2024 flop, Suicide Squad.
February 3rd, 2025 — Source

Gaming — News — January 24th, 2025

Amplitude Studios Unveils Endless Legend 2
Endless Legend is back! We are thrilled to return to turn-based strategy in our beloved Endless Universe, where rich lore intertwines with strategic depth and unique factions. For those who have eagerly anticipated this long-awaited sequel to our acclaimed science-fantasy strategy game, we promise you, we have great things (and a few surprises) in store.
January 24th, 2025 — Source or Watch Video

Annapurna appoints ex-Netflix exec Leanne Loombe as head of games
Loombe will oversee the company's publishing, development, and creative segments
January 24th, 2025 — Source

Dishonored 2 Saved Arkane Despite Costing More to Make Than Skyrim and Struggling for Sales, Former Dev Says
Stealth hit.
January 24th, 2025 — Source

Dragon Age: The Veilguard may have just received its final update
After a 10-year break, BioWare finally delivered a new Dragon Age to fans last year, offering a brand-new role-playing experience set in the fantasy universe. BioWare has already confirmed that Dragon Age: The Veilguard won't be receiving any more post-launch content, but now it looks like even regular updates are coming to an end.
January 24th, 2025 — Source

Crash Bandicoot 4 reportedly coming to Game Pass next month
Ever since Microsoft completed its acquisition of Activision Blizzard, we’ve seen the console maker slowly but surely bring over the publisher’s back catalogue to its Game Pass subscription service. Following the likes of Call of Duty, Diablo and Spyro, Crash Bandicoot 4 is reportedly set to finally join Game Pass next month.
January 24th, 2025 — Source

Dishonored 2 Studio’s Reputation for “Refined Games” Saved its Future
Though it wasn't a commercial success, former designer Julien Eveillé says development costs were well over The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim.
January 24th, 2025 — Source

EA shares take a 20% hit after Dragon Age and FC 25 figures disappoint
EA is struggling to replace FIFA
January 24th, 2025 — Source

Epic Games' mobile store gains 19 third-party games, also kicks off its own freebie program
After years of competing in the PC space, it was only in late 2024 that Epic Games revealed and launched its own mobile games store on Android and iOS platforms. Just as it promised, the company has now introduced third-party games onto the store while also kicking off a free games program.
January 24th, 2025 — Source

Epic Games starts offering free mobile games on Android and iOS
Epic Games promised last year to debut a Free Games program on mobile, just like it did on PC many years ago. For the unaware, Epic Games Store offers at least one free game each week to all those who own an account on the store.
January 24th, 2025 — Source or Watch Video

Epic's free games program is coming to the Epic Games Store on Android
Epic also thinks Google is holding the Epic Games Store back, still.
January 24th, 2025 — Source

Four Years After Its Disastrous Launch, Cyberpunk 2077 Has A Great Steam User Score
CD Projekt Red has spent years improving the game, and all that hard work is clearly paying off.
January 24th, 2025 — Source

Gaming Hardware Was Always Expected To Struggle In 2024, But It Was Worse Than One Analyst Expected
Spending on video game hardware tanked in 2024.
January 24th, 2025 — Source

Hironobu Sakaguchi wants his next (and maybe last) game to be ‘a successor to Final Fantasy VI’
The father of Final Fantasy talks about the director’s cut of Fantasian and what he wants to make for his potential last game.
January 24th, 2025 — Source

Savvy Games hires Nika Nour as SVP and head of international business development
Nour will oversee international partnerships, provide advice on mergers, acquisitions, and investments
January 24th, 2025 — Source

Sonic x Shadow Generations has sold 2 million copies
The Sonic series has had its ups and downs over the past many years, but the Blue Blur seems to be on a bit of a hot streak at the moment; having recently released the remaster/expansion Sonic x Shadow Generations to immediate sales success. Since its arrival in October 2024, the game has continued to sell well – now surpassing 2 million total copies.
January 24th, 2025 — Source

The Epic Games Store on Android now supports third-party games
The Epic Games Store has always supported third-party games, but the Epic Games Store on Android has not. That is, until today. Epic has announced that the Epic Games Store on mobile devices now supports a bunch of games from third-party developers. You won’t just find Fortnite and other stuff developed by Epic. Now, you’ll find a whole variety of games like Blade of God X, Super Meat Boy Forever Mobile, Samorost 3, The Grand Mafia, and many more.
January 24th, 2025 — Source

Warner Bros. Games CEO Leaves After Suicide Squad and MultiVersus Failures
Warner Bros. Games CEO David Haddad is leaving the company. The news was broken by Variety and confirmed by the publisher, which shared the following statement from WB Global Streaming CEO JB Perrette:
January 24th, 2025 — Source

Gaming — News — January 22nd, 2025

Assassin’s Creed Shadows Story Trailer and New Gameplay Debuts on January 23rd
Ubisoft will showcase two hours of new gameplay from its action RPG after the trailer drops. Several previews will also reportedly go live.
January 22nd, 2025 — Source or Watch Video

Balatro hits new sales milestone of over 5 million copies
Developed by a single person, Balatro is a unique poker-themed rogue-like deckbuilder which hooked many players upon its initial release back in February of this year. Since then, the game has only grown in popularity -- with its Game of the Year nomination seemingly helping to push Balatro past 5 million total copies sold.
January 22nd, 2025 — Source

Black Ops 6 Season 2 has five multiplayer maps, new zombies map, fresh modes, and much more
Treyarch is shipping the second seasonal content update for Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 next week, and today, it finally gave a full rundown on what's incoming to players. Season 2 has a bunch of multiplayer maps, a fresh round-based Zombies map, new modes, weapons, perks, and more.
January 22nd, 2025 — Source

Call of Duty teases Season 2 for Black Ops 6 and Warzone with what could be AI-generated images
Call of Duty fans speculate what Season 2 could offer Black Ops 6 and Warzone. New zombies map: Check. New battle pass: Check. A working anti-cheat for Warzone and Black Ops 6? One can only hope.
January 22nd, 2025 — Source

Call of Duty introduces a new Operator bundle to raise funds for fire relief in LA
Activision committed $1M to LA fire relief, along with all proceeds from sales of the LA Fire Relief Ultra Skin.
January 22nd, 2025 — Source

Eleven percent of game developers were laid off in 2024, according to GDC survey
A third of AAA developers surveyed are currently working on live service games.
January 22nd, 2025 — Source

Geralt Voice Actor Is Excited To See The Witcher 4 Focus On Ciri
Doug Cockle, the original Geralt voice actor, is very interested to know how The Witcher 4 will explore Ciri's story.
January 22nd, 2025 — Source

Here's exactly when you can play Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 and Warzone Season 2
The first season under Black Ops 6 is almost done and dusted, so here's what you need to know about when the next one begins.
January 22nd, 2025 — Source

Insomniac Founder Ted Price Is Retiring After 30 Years
After Ted Price's departure, Insomniac names a trio of veterans to take over the leadership of the company.
January 22nd, 2025 — Source or Source or Source or Source or Source or Source

Microsoft Edge Game Assist Now Available in Stable Version
Users can access a small Edge browser window without leaving their game.
January 22nd, 2025 — Source

Mortal Kombat 1 tracks behind MK11 with 'just' 5 million copies sold so far
Contrary to its prior release schedule, NetherRealm went straight from MK11 to Mortal Kombat 1 -- skipping their previous cadence of breaking up Mortal Kombat releases with a new Injustice game. This seems to have worked against the series, as following the record-breaking release of MK11, Mortal Kombat 1 has so far 'only' managed to sell 5 million copies.
January 22nd, 2025 — Source

New survey reports one in 10 game developers have lost their jobs in 2025
GDC’s state of the industry survey also included developer opinions on why layoffs are continuing to happen.
January 22nd, 2025 — Source

Phantom Blade Zero Shown in Gorgeous New ‘Year of the Snake’ Gameplay Trailer
Phantom Blade Zero, the exceedingly promising Soulslike game in development at Chinese studio S-GAME, has been shown again today with a gorgeous new gameplay trailer dedicated to the Year of the Snake celebration. The footage, which demonstrates the visual improvements that have been made since the last build, shows a new boss fight against the so-called Seven Judgements.
January 22nd, 2025 — Source

Reflector confirms layoffs as Unknown 9: Awakening failed to meet "expectations"
It is not clear how many are impacted, but layoffs will also affect back-office staff
January 22nd, 2025 — Source

Resident Evil 2 on iOS Has Reportedly Only Made $100,000
The 2019 remake only had 9,500 players since launching for iOS devices on December 10th, even with a discounted price at launch.
January 22nd, 2025 — Source

Resident Evil 9 Won't Feature Jill In Any Major Capacity; Resident Evil Zero Remake is Still in the Works
Unlike what has been rumored for a while, Jill Valentine won't play a major role in Resident Evil 9, according to a reliable leaker.
January 22nd, 2025 — Source

Sega unveils a player account system
Early signups will receive a special outfit for Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii.
January 22nd, 2025 — Source or Source or Source or Source

Several Popular Gaming Subreddits Are Banning Content Pulled From X
Nintendo, PC Gaming, Steam Deck, and World of Warcraft are among the subreddits that have issued a ban on X content.
January 22nd, 2025 — Source

Silent Hill f Has Been Rated in South Korea
The rating could indicate a significant development milestone and a potential release date announcement in the coming months.
January 22nd, 2025 — Source

The hotly anticipated NASCAR 25 game from iRacing will feature a new series for the first time ever
The ARCA Menards series, a feeder into the world of NASCAR is joining the ranks of an official video game for the first time.
January 22nd, 2025 — Source

UK games jobs vacancies fell by 8% in January 2025
Number of studios hiring fell 7% compared to last month
January 22nd, 2025 — Source

Virtuos Strategically Acquires Pipeworks, Abstraction and Umanaia in Hopes of Becoming Powerhouse
It's been announced today by Virtuos, a leading video game developer, that they have strategically acquired three studios across the globe. Virtuos has helped co-develop games like Crash: Mind over Mutant, The Outer Worlds, Dead Island 2, and Hogwarts Legacy, for example. They have now announced that they have acquired Pipeworks (USA), Abstraction (Netherlands), and Umanaia (Canada).
January 22nd, 2025 — Source

Wolverine Dev Refuses To Comment On 2025 Release Date, Acknowledges "Pent-Up Excitement"
Insomniac has multiple games in the works that are "looking beautiful and playing fantastic."
January 22nd, 2025 — Source

Gaming — News — January 20th, 2025

Ace Combat 7 hits new sales milestone on 6th anniversary
Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown is the latest entry in the long-running combat flight simulation series. First launched back in 2019, the game has seen consistent sales for the past half a decade or so -- aided by new releases on additional systems. A little over a year since its last milestone, Ace Combat 7 has now sold over 6 million copies.
January 20th, 2025 — Source

Activision donates $1m to support fire relief in LA | News-in-brief
Developer releases LA Fire Relief pack on Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 and Warzone, 100% of proceeds will go directly to Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation and Direct Relief
January 20th, 2025 — Source

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 developer outlines new tools to fight online cheats
Tweaks to anti-cheat systems see another 136,000 players banned
January 20th, 2025 — Source

Civilization 7 Has Gone Gold
The next title in Firaxis's 4X strategy series is on track for launch on February 11th. It will be available for consoles and PC.
January 20th, 2025 — Source

Cognosphere to pay $20m to settle FTC complaint on Genshin Impact
Games firm will introduce "new age-gate and parental consent protections" and "in-game disclosures around virtual currency" in response
January 20th, 2025 — Source

Dragon Age: The Veilguard Director Confirms Departure, New Offer is a "Can't Turn Down" Opportunity
Corrine Busche has confirmed that her next project is also in the "CRPG space" and upholds "the traditions of great characters."
January 20th, 2025 — Source

Dynasty Warriors: Origins exceeds expectations, breaking franchise records
Dynasty Warriors has had its ups and downs over the series' 25+ year history, with the franchise's primary point of failure for the longest time being its rapid release cycles leading to undercooked experiences. Following its longest hiatus yet, the series made a grand return with the recent release of Dynasty Warriors: Origins -- breaking franchise records on PC.
January 20th, 2025 — Source

Grand Theft Auto 6 Could Be One Of the Industry Growth Engines This Year, And Its Pricing Could Re-Establish Packaged Games Prices After Decades of Deflation
A lot seems to be riding on Grand Theft Auto 6, as the next entry in the series by Rockstar Games is considered to be among the growth engines for the entire game industry this year.
January 20th, 2025 — Source

Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 Dev Denies Saudi Arabia Ban Rumor
"All affairs are purely optional."
January 20th, 2025 — Source

Live-service God of War was reportedly cancelled due to Concord's failure
The monumental failure of PlayStation's Hero Shooter Concord from last year seems to have put a massive stopper on a bunch of Sony's previously-established live-service plans. Despite the console maker continuing to outwardly support the notion of more games-as-a-service releases, last week's cancellation of both a live-service God of War from Bluepoint Games -- and a similar title from Sony Bend -- was reportedly indeed due to Concord flopping.
January 20th, 2025 — Source

Most GeForce Now tiers are currently sold out — Nvidia blames high demand for unavailability
The Free tier is also unavailable.
January 20th, 2025 — Source

Samsung Partners With Nexon To Deliver Unparalleled 3D Gaming Experience With 'The First Berserker: Khazan'
Samsung Electronics today announced a partnership with game developers Nexon Korea and Neople to deliver unparalleled 3D experiences in the upcoming game 'The First Berserker: Khazan.' The game's 3D elements are being specially customized and designed during development, utilizing Samsung technology and the advanced capabilities of the Odyssey 3D monitor to create an immersive 3D gaming experience.
January 20th, 2025 — Source

Gaming — News — January 17th, 2025

As Space Marine 2 crosses 6 million players, Games Workshop is looking for the next big Warhammer 40,000 game
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 has reached 6 million players, and Games Workshop is trying to find what's next.
January 17th, 2025 — Source

Dragon Age: The Veilguard game director Corinne Busche leaves BioWare
UPDATE: Busche confirms departure, was offered an opportunity she "couldn't turn down"
January 17th, 2025 — Source or Source or Source

EA Sports Announces College Football 26, Available Summer 2025
Touchdown.
January 17th, 2025 — Source

Fortinet: FortiGate config leaks are genuine but misleading
Competition hots up with Ivanti over who can have the worst start to a year
January 17th, 2025 — Source

Hollow Knight: Silksong Developer Teases Announcement on April 2
Hollow Knight co-creator William Pellen has changed details about his social media profile, driving fans into a frenzy looking for clues.
January 17th, 2025 — Source or Source

How Star Blizzard tried to hack the WhatsApp accounts of government and diplomatic staff
Microsoft has detailed how the Russian hacker group, Star Blizzard, targeted very influential people like politicians to steal their WhatsApp data right up until the end of November. We all know we have to be on the lookout for malicious actors trying to trick us, but Star Blizzard came up with a fairly elaborate scheme to gain access to WhatsApp accounts.
January 17th, 2025 — Source

Huuuge Games cuts 29% of workforce
122 employees affected, studios in the Netherlands and Finland shuttered
January 17th, 2025 — Source

Path of Exile 2's Patch With Endgame Improvements Goes Live Today
The patch notes confirm more attempts for the Arbiter of Ash boss and additional Essences, Shrines, and more for Atlas maps.
January 17th, 2025 — Source

Poppy Playtime Dev Sues Google Over Counterfeit "Scam" Versions Of Its Games
Mob Entertainment says the copyright-infringing knockoff games appearing in the Google Play Store have gone too far.
January 17th, 2025 — Source

Riot Games Launches In-Game Events To Raise Funds For LA Fire Victims
The digital fundraisers are taking place in League of Legends and Valorant.
January 17th, 2025 — Source

Sony confirms cancellation of live service projects from Bend Studio and Bluepoint Games
Neither studio will be shuttered, but it's unclear if decision will result in layoffs
January 17th, 2025 — Source or Source

The Video Game Industry Pays Tribute To Late Hollywood Legend David Lynch
From Remedy Entertainment to Hideo Kojima, the video game industry is paying tribute to legendary filmmaker David Lynch.
January 17th, 2025 — Source

Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 Crosses 6 Million Players
Saber Interactive's acclaimed third-person shooter reaches a new milestone after crossing five million players in November.
January 17th, 2025 — Source or Source

Winking Studios announces proposed acquisition of Mineloader
Total consideration amounts to £16.3 million
January 17th, 2025 — Source

Gaming — News — January 13th, 2025

15 Cinematic Single Player Games That Can Be Completed in 10 Hours
Are you a fan of single player games and have less time in your hands? Then this list is for you.
January 13th, 2025 — Source

2002's Neverwinter Nights gets a patch in 2025 from "unpaid software engineers"
Bioware's beloved Dungeons & Dragons CRPG remains a rich space for storytelling.
January 13th, 2025 — Source

Activision keeps frighteningly granular data on your Call of Duty gameplay - here's how to see it
A stats goldmine exposing crazy match details
January 13th, 2025 — Source

After new update, Call of Duty players report "Connecting" matchmaking bug in Warzone and Black Ops 6
Players are having trouble getting into Call of Duty: Warzone and Black Ops 6 matches.
January 13th, 2025 — Source

AGDQ 2025 earns $2.5 million for charity with its best event yet
With runs like 'Crazy Taxi with live backing band,' it's gonna be hard to top the runs of this year's speedrunning charity event.
January 13th, 2025 — Source

AGDQ Crazy Taxi Run Turned The Marathon Into A Rock Concert
The speedrunning marathon became a mosh-a-thon on Saturday night.
January 13th, 2025 — Source

Airborne Empire Takes Flight through Steam Early Access
Today Airborne Empire finally takes flight and is live on Steam! We—at the Wandering Band—are super excited for players to get their hands on the game, to celebrate there will be a 10% discount on the game for a limited time. While we celebrate this milestone today we know there is much more to come.
January 13th, 2025 — Source

Astro Bot, Indiana Jones, and Helldivers 2 lead 2025 DICE Awards nominations
Balatro scoops up five alongside Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2
January 13th, 2025 — Source

Audiomob establishes MENA headquarters in Abu Dhabi
"Abu Dhabi has proven to be the perfect home for us"
January 13th, 2025 — Source

Awesome Games Done Quick 2025 Raises Over $2.5 Million For Prevent Cancer Foundation
Speedrunning in service of others.
January 13th, 2025 — Source or Source

Baldur's Gate 3 Dev Now Giving "Full Attention" To Next Game, Codenamed Excalibur
What exactly is Excalibur? We have no idea, but it's in the works now.
January 13th, 2025 — Source

CES sneakily became a great gaming show amid the AI hype
Want to get excited about the state of technology? Look to the gaming hardware.
January 13th, 2025 — Source

Delta Force Reveals Big Plans for 2025 Updates
Today, Delta Force developer Team Jade revealed their plans for continuing content updates coming to the game in 2025, as well as gave an update on the release of the mobile version of Delta Force. Delta Force has a bold plan for bringing its players fresh new content in 2025, including five new operators, seven new maps, new gadgets, new vehicles and more. For a full breakdown, please check out the Delta Force 2025 roadmap.
January 13th, 2025 — Source or Watch Video

Hacker Broke into 'Path of Exile 2' Admin Account, Hijacked Wave of Characters
The forums for Path of Exile 2 have been awash with people claiming they've been hacked and their inventories emptied of valuable items. Now there's an explanation for at least dozens of the account compromises.
January 13th, 2025 — Source

FuturLab drops VR support for PowerWash Sim | News-in-brief
CEO says decision was made to provide "job security for my team"
January 13th, 2025 — Source

Larian CEO Says It's "Been An Incredible Journey So Far," Teases Future News
A short fan-made documentary prompts Larian Studios founder and CEO Swen Vincke to reminisce about past games, and how the studio has grown.
January 13th, 2025 — Source

Marvel Rivals Crosses 644,000 Players on Steam After Season 1's Launch
NetEase's successful hero shooter has reached a new player milestone, exceeding its previous best by nearly 200,000 players.
January 13th, 2025 — Source or Source

Metroid Prime 4: Beyond Pre-Orders on Amazon Are Reportedly Being Cancelled
Pre-orders went live years ago following the title's initial announcement. It's planned to launch this year for Nintendo Switch.
January 13th, 2025 — Source

Phantom Blade Zero Will Receive a New Trailer on January 21st
The trailer will outline S-Game's crafting of the "ultimate melee combat experience" while showcasing unedited boss fight gameplay.
January 13th, 2025 — Source

Space Ape spins out new studio NextBeat
Portfolio will include Space Ape IPs Beatstar and Country Star
January 13th, 2025 — Source

Splitgate 2 Studio Wants to Grow Beyond its Predecessor and Inspirations
The developer got by with comparisons to Halo and Portal since it didn't have a marketing budget for the first game per CEO Ian Proulx.
January 13th, 2025 — Source

Square Enix updates harassment policy protecting employees
Customers that harass the firm's employees and partners could face legal action
January 13th, 2025 — Source

Stolen Path of Exile 2 admin account used to hack player accounts
Path of Exile 2 developers confirmed that a hacked admin account allowed a threat actor to change the password and access at least 66 accounts, finally explaining how PoE 2 accounts have been breached since November.
January 13th, 2025 — Source

Super Evil Megacorp studio head Ian Fielding appointed CEO
Former CEO Kristian Segerstrale becomes executive chair
January 13th, 2025 — Source

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remake Rumors Intensify as Details on the Improvements Emerge in New Report
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remake Rumors Intensify as Details on the Improvements Emerge in New Report
January 13th, 2025 — Source or Source

Three Studios Have Already Shut Down In 2025, Including Godfall Developer
2025 is off to a rocky start.
January 13th, 2025 — Source

Toadman Interactive shuts down, layoffs at Piranha Games
38 employees let go from Piranha, 69 workers affected by Toadman closure
January 13th, 2025 — Source

Ubisoft bruised but not broken by 'Assassin's Creed' delay
French video game publisher Ubisoft's second delay to the next installment of its flagship "Assassin's Creed" series forced it to lower financial forecasts, but the step is not uncommon in a sector where players' first impressions weigh heavy.
January 13th, 2025 — Source or Source

Valve's Steam Page Indicates Unannounced Upcoming Release -- Rumour
Valve's company page currently touts two upcoming releases, though only MOBA shooter Deadlock is visible, leading to speculation.
January 13th, 2025 — Source

Zenless Zone Zero -- Version 1.5 Launches on January 22nd, Adds Astra and New Modes
Fishing, a new Arcade title, alternate outfits for select characters, and much more will arrive in the first half of the update.
January 13th, 2025 — Source

Gaming — News — January 10th, 2025

Amazon Is Canceling Metroid Prime 4: Beyond Preorders
Some longstanding preorders for Metroid Prime 4 are being canceled by Amazon, possibly by mistake.
January 10th, 2025 — Source

Apple Arcade brings 10 new games in January 2025
Apple's video game subscription service, Apple Arcade, has started 2025 by adding 10 new games to its catalog and updates to several existing titles. The Cupertino giant said that seven of these new titles are available immediately, while the three remaining ones will arrive on February 6.
January 10th, 2025 — Source

Citizen Sleeper 2 asks how we stay human in a hopeless future
The sequel to one of 2022's best games arrives later this month.
January 10th, 2025 — Source

Deus Ex: Mankind Divided Writer Reveals Canceled Plans for Adam Jensen's Story to Lead Into the Original Deus Ex
"That's the tragedy of Jensen."
January 10th, 2025 — Source

Elden Ring Nightreign Network Test Registration Is Live Now. Here's How to Sign Up
The Elden Ring Nightreign network test is a way to try the game before it comes out.
January 10th, 2025 — Source

Exient appoints Paul Topping as CCO
Topping will oversee firm's first-party projects and third-party collaborations
January 10th, 2025 — Source

Fortnite Festival is turning into Rock Band with local multiplayer
Up to four people will be able to jam out on the same TV.
January 10th, 2025 — Source

Gaming industry outlook: What's ahead for Microsoft, Amazon, Valve, and startups in 2025
It's been a long, strange year for video games. We've seen some great releases, like Balatro, Astro Bot, and Pacific Drive, but the industry is riding a global downturn, multiple studio closures, two years of escalating layoffs, and several smaller controversies.
January 10th, 2025 — Source

Hitman World of Assassination reaches over 75m players | News-in-brief
IO Interactive's stealth game launched in January 2021
January 10th, 2025 — Source

House Of The Dead 2: Remake Gets Gruesome Trailer And Release Window
The remake of the rail-shooter is finally releasing this year.
January 10th, 2025 — Source

How To Sign Up For Elden Ring Nightreign Beta, Registrations Live Now
Here's how to sign up for the network test and when it takes place.
January 10th, 2025 — Source

Infinity Nikki generates $16m in player spending on mobile
Infold Games' 2024 title made $10 million in its first week
January 10th, 2025 — Source

Lords of the Fallen Studio CI Games Will Not Integrate DEI Elements in Their Games To Maximize Player Enjoyment and Commercial Success
The Lords of the Fallen studio CI Games will not integrate DEI elements in their games to maximize player enjoyment and commercial success after having observed the high commercial risk these elements can present.
January 10th, 2025 — Source

Pokemon Go's Unova Tour In LA Will Go On, But Niantic Is Monitoring Wildfires
Niantic is still planning to hold the Pokemon Go Unova Tour Los Angeles event next month after this week's devastating fires.
January 10th, 2025 — Source

Prime Gaming has BioShock 2, Deus Ex GOTY, and 16 more games for members in January
Amazon Prime members can begin the new year with even more games in their PC libraries. The company has announced what titles it has in store to offer with the Prime Gaming program in January 2025 for no extra cost, which amount to 18 games in total.
January 10th, 2025 — Source

Square Enix Doubles Down on DEI & Threatens Legal Action Against Gamers
Square Enix, a company once nearly-universally celebrated for their iconic franchises like Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest, have now taken a controversial stance against gamers daring to criticize their direction. While the failing gaming giant claims to 'value feedback', their recently published "Group Customer Harassment Policy" raises some serious concerns about whether they're actually, in reality, using legal threats as a weapon to silence dissent and discourage criticism.
January 10th, 2025 — Source

Star Wars Outlaws Ranked 47th Among Europe's Best-Selling Games for 2025
The commercial reception of Star Wars Outlaws in Europe was disappointing, with Star Wars Jedi: Survivor surpassing it in sales last year.
January 10th, 2025 — Source

Tencent Fights Against Its Designation as a Chinese Military Company by the US Department of Defense
Chinese corporation Tencent has announced that it will fight its inclusion in the list of Chinese military companies decided by the US Department of Defense. Earlier this week, the news caused a significant drop (around 10%) in the company's stock.
January 10th, 2025 — Source

The First Berserker: Khazan Demo Launching Soon, Two Months Ahead Of Release
The demo has no end date right now.
January 10th, 2025 — Source

The US Government Wants To Hear Your In-Game Currency Nightmare Stories
A new rule could lead to more protections for those exchanging in-game goods and services.
January 10th, 2025 — Source

Ubisoft appoints advisors to oversee "strategic options"
Assassin's Creed Shadows delayed by a month as part of ongoing reviews
January 10th, 2025 — Source

Ubisoft Hires "Leading Advisors" to Explore "Transformational Strategic and Capitalistic Options"
CEO Yves Guillemot says these advisors will also investigate how to best leverage the company's assets and franchises for more revenue.
January 10th, 2025 — Source

Ubisoft: the 'Assassin's Creed' maker targeted by suitors
From its founding in 1986, French video game maker Ubisoft has grown into a giant of the sector with operations in 20 countries and an uber popular franchise, "Assassin's Creed".
January 10th, 2025 — Source

You can now sign up to test Elden Ring's co-op spinoff
FromSoftware has found a new delivery system for punishing boss fights.
January 10th, 2025 — Source

Gaming — News — January 9th, 2025

Assassin’s Creed Shadows delayed (again) until March 20
It was supposed to be released on February 14.
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Attack on Titan Revolution Update 2.5 Introduces Thunderspears and Armored Titan Raid
Cutting into the new year.
January 9th, 2025 — Source

Elden Ring Nightreign Network Test Coming Next Month to Consoles Only
Bandai Namco has announced that a network test for the upcoming standalone multiplayer game Elden Ring Nightreign will take place next month. Sign-ups will begin tomorrow on this page, but the test is for consoles (PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series S|X) only, so if you're a PC player, you're currently out of luck.
January 9th, 2025 — Source

Grand Games secures $30m in Series A funding round
Studio plans to expand team from 14 to more than 40 in 2025
January 9th, 2025 — Source

Infinite Reality secures $3bn in funding
Investment will allow metaverse firm to grow platform, continue acquisitions and partnerships
January 9th, 2025 — Source

Last Chance to File to Receive Money From the Fortnite Settlement: Here's How
If you bought items in Fortnite between January 2017 and September 2022, you might be eligible for a share of its $245 million FTC settlement.
January 9th, 2025 — Source

Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii to Get New Game Plus as Free DLC After Infinite Wealth Backlash
Booty.
January 9th, 2025 — Source

Mass Effect Actor On Why AI Is "Existential" Issue In Ongoing Strike Negotiations
The "repercussions are vast," Jennifer Hale says.
January 9th, 2025 — Source

Marvel Rivals and five more games join GeForce NOW this week
Nvidia has been busy at CES, announcing plenty of new hardware and AI features. This included the brand-new RTX 50 series GPUs for desktop and laptop use, DLSS 4 with Multi Frame Generation, and more. Even with all that happening, it hasn't forgotten about its GeForce NOW cloud gaming service, which is gaining six games to its supported list this week.
January 9th, 2025 — Source

PTW appoints David Dorans as CFO
Dorans has over two decades of experience in financial leadership
January 9th, 2025 — Source

Razer has announced its own AI to help you get good at games
Project Ava was demonstrated at CES 2025 and you can test it yourself soon
January 9th, 2025 — Source or Watch Video

Squid Game: Unleashed reaches over 10m installs
Battle royale multiplayer has become Netflix's fifth most downloaded game
January 9th, 2025 — Source

Tetsuya Nomura Drops a Cryptic Kingdom Hearts 4 Tease on Birth by Sleep's 15th Anniversary
Goofy.
January 9th, 2025 — Source

Tongue-in-cheek oil rush sim Turmoil is free to claim on the Epic Games Store
The Epic Games Store's holiday giveaways have finally come to a close, but it doesn't look like the store has any plans to stop its weekly freebie promotion for PC gamers. Replacing Hell Let Loose from last week, today the store brought in a copy of Turmoil for everyone to claim. You have seven days to add it permanently to your library.
January 9th, 2025 — Source or Watch Video

Transformers: Reactivate Canceled, Apparent Gameplay Footage Emerges
Supposed gameplay footage from the canceled title has emerged online.
January 9th, 2025 — Source or Source or Source

Resident Evil 4 Remake reaches new sales milestone
Back in October of last year, Capcom officially confirmed that their latest and greatest Resident Evil entry -- Resident Evil 4 Remake -- had reached a new sales milestone of 8 million copies. Just a few months later, the game has managed to hit another major milestone -- now sitting at over 9 million copies sold.
January 9th, 2025 — Source

Ubisoft Investors Grill CEO, CFO on Potential Tencent Sale, Delays, and Financial Woes
They will "inform the market if and when appropriate", but when is that?
January 9th, 2025 — Source

Ubisoft Refuses To Comment On Tencent Rumors But Says It's Exploring Options To Maximize Value
Ubisoft confirms it is exploring "transformational strategic and capitalistic options" to help turn things around.
January 9th, 2025 — Source

Ubisoft reviews restructuring options, postpones new Assassin's Creed
Ubisoft said Thursday it would take decisive steps to reshape itself as the French video game publisher announced it would delay the release of the latest title in its top "Assassin's Creed" franchise.
January 9th, 2025 — Source

Watch Duty App Creator Says He’ll Never Pull an OpenAI
Gizmodo spoke with the creator of the app that provides vital alerts about evacuations.
January 9th, 2025 — Source

Watch Duty surpasses ChatGPT as top free app on App Store as California fires spread
Watch Duty, an app to track wildfires with live maps and alerts, has become the No. 1 free app in Apple’s App Store as of Wednesday morning. The fire-tracking app surpassed the ChatGPT app for the No. 1 spot as devastating fires continue to rage across Southern California. ChatGPT had been in the No. 1 spot in the U.S. since August 9, according to app intelligence provider Appfigures.
January 9th, 2025 — Source

Gaming — News — January 8th, 2025

Cyberpunk 2077 Can Run With Full Path Tracing Way Above 120 FPS At 4K Resolution on an RTX 5080 With NVIDIA DLSS 4
NVIDIA DLSS 4 promises to be a massive game-changer, introducing significant image quality and performance improvements, as highlighted by an early test conducted at CES 2025 with CD Projekt RED's Cyberpunk 2077.
January 8th, 2025 — Source

Diablo, UFC Sports 5 and more come to Game Pass this month
Last week, leakers claimed that the original Diablo was set to make an appearance on Xbox Game Pass in the not-too-distant-future. With January 2025 officially underway, Microsoft has now detailed its upcoming Game Pass line-up for the month -- including the aforementioned Diablo -- though only for PC/Ultimate members.
January 8th, 2025 — Source

Dwarf Fortress' Adventure Mode Officially Launches This Month
After debuting Adventure Mode in beta last year, Dwarf Fortress will finally launch the feature in just a few weeks.
January 8th, 2025 — Source

Fallout Season 2 Production Delayed Due To Massive California Fires
Production was set to resume January 8 but is now delayed due to the blazes.
January 8th, 2025 — Source

Jar of Sparks halts production on debut game as it looks for new publisher
Studio was founded in 2022 as a first-party developer for NetEase
January 8th, 2025 — Source

Online Action Game Transformers: Reactivate Cancelled, Dev 'Potentially' Facing Layoffs
"We have some very difficult news."
January 8th, 2025 — Source

OV Entertainment refreshes strategic board with several new key appointments
Firm says changes are part of "bold steps to fuel its subsidiaries' growth"
January 8th, 2025 — Source

Plaion CEO steps down 31 years after co-founding Koch Media
Deputy CEO Phil Rogers will assume leadership
January 8th, 2025 — Source

PUBG will get AI-powered NPCs
These allies use NVIDIA ACE tech to have conversations and support your gameplay.
January 8th, 2025 — Source

Sony announces Ghost of Tsushima anime planned for 2027
While PlayStation does not typically have a massive presence at CES each year, the console maker has announced a bunch of interesting ancillary projects set to come out of PlayStation Productions and Sony proper -- including an anime based on the much-loved Ghost of Tsushima; set to arrive in 2027.
January 8th, 2025 — Source

Splash Damage jobs at risk following Transformers: Reactivate cancellation
UK studio says the decision "did not come lightly"
January 8th, 2025 — Source

Square Enix Boss Would "Love" A Final Fantasy 7 Movie, But Don't Get Your Hopes Up Just Yet
"I've been hearing things about creators out there who are very interested in the property who love the Final Fantasy 7 universe."
January 8th, 2025 — Source

Switch 2 Release Month And More Accessories Apparently Revealed
Nintendo has not announced the Switch 2 yet, but an accessory company is already hyping the console.
January 8th, 2025 — Source

Transformers: Reactivate Canceled, Apparent Gameplay Footage Emerges
Supposed gameplay footage from the canceled title has emerged online.
January 8th, 2025 — Source

Ubisoft Responds To Accusations Of Abuse At Assassin's Creed Shadows Support Studio
The publisher says it is "deeply disturbed" by reports of alleged physical and mental abuse at the Indonesian studio it outsourced work to.
January 8th, 2025 — Source

Ubisoft+ Classics coming to cloud gaming platform Blacknut
Curated selection of back catalog Ubisoft titles will be available from January 17
January 8th, 2025 — Source

Watch Duty surpasses ChatGPT as top free app on App Store as California fires spread
Watch Duty, an app to track wildfires with live maps and alerts, has become the No. 1 free app in Apple's App Store as of Wednesday morning. The fire-tracking app surpassed the ChatGPT app for the No. 1 spot as devastating fires continue to rage across Southern California. ChatGPT had been in the No. 1 spot in the U.S. since August 9, according to app intelligence provider Appfigures.
January 8th, 2025 — Source

Gaming — News — January 7th, 2025

Activision poured nearly $1.8 billion into two Call of Duty: Black Ops games and Modern Warfare development
Black Ops Cold War is now the second most expensive game ever
January 7th, 2025 — Source or Source

Development costs for 2020's Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War exceeded $700m
Black Ops 3 and Modern Warfare cost $450m and $640m, respectively
January 7th, 2025 — Source

Call Of Duty Budget Reportedly As High As $700 Million Per Game
Sales numbers have seemingly been revealed too.
January 7th, 2025 — Source

Cherry Unveils New Gaming and Office Peripherals
CHERRY XTRFY showcased a wide range of products, including the MX 8.3 TKL Wireless and MX 10.1 Wireless keyboards, the H3 Wireless headset, and the GP6 and GP7 mousepads. In the office segment, CHERRY unveiled its first hot-swappable mechanical keyboard, the KW 300 MX, along with the low-profile KC 500 MX LP series and the wireless KW 550 MX LP. The H3 Wireless headset launches in early 2025, with other products following in the second quarter.
January 7th, 2025 — Source

Concord Lead Dev "The Professor" Gears Up to Wreck Another Studio
The "Professor" is Back in the Saddle—Looking for a New Gig in the Video Game Industry
January 7th, 2025 — Source

Former Annapurna Staff Form New Company To Inherit Private Division Franchises
A new company comprised of members from Annapurna is set to take over games and franchises that were previously owned by Private Division, a studio owned by Take-Two Interactive. The staff that are creating the team are those who resigned last summer after it was said that there was a significant power struggle that led to the staff resigning. Now, they are taking over the portfolio that belonged to Private Division.
January 7th, 2025 — Source

Game of Thrones: Kingsroad Gets New Gameplay Trailer, Gameplay Details Ahead of Closed Beta Test
Playable on PC after all.
January 7th, 2025 — Source

GeForce NOW is coming to Steam Deck soon with a native app
Announced at CES, Nvidia is bringing its native GeForce NOW app to Valve's Steam Deck soon. The announcement arrived alongside all the major reveals the company had at the show, including the RTX 50 Series GPUs, new gaming laptops, DLSS 4 with multi frame generation, and more.
January 7th, 2025 — Source or Watch Video

Horizon Zero Dawn and Helldivers 2 movies announced
Horizon film to be produced in partnership with PlayStation Productions and Columbia Pictures
January 7th, 2025 — Source

Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii Will Receive New Gameplay Deep Dive on January 9th
RGG Studio will offer "first looks" at the upcoming action-adventure spin-off before its worldwide launch on February 21st.
January 7th, 2025 — Source

Metaphor: ReFantazio Official Strategy Guide Is Now Up for Preorder, Out February 28
Pick up this strategy guide for IGN's Game of the Year.
January 7th, 2025 — Source

New League Of Legends Cinematic From Arcane Studio Continues Show's Story
Animation studio Fortiche brings its signature style to League of Legends' 2025 Season 1 cinematic.
January 7th, 2025 — Source

New Virtua Fighter Project Pre-Development Video Shows Impressive Visuals and Animations
A pre-development video for the new Virtua Fighter project in the works by Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio was shared during CES 2025, providing a quick look at the sort of visuals the game should be expected to push.
January 7th, 2025 — Source

New York Videogame Critics Announce New York Game Awards Nominees; Astro Bot Gets Four Nominations
The next game award show is coming up, and the New York Videogame Critics Circle has announced the nominees for the upcoming New York Game Awards. There are a variety of awards being given out across a multitude of categories, but you'll find that there are some games that are nominated in multiple categories. Additionally, this event will be honoring Sam Lake, who is a legendary Creative Director over at Remedy Entertainment, where Sam Lake has received the 2025 Andrew Yoon Legend Award.
January 7th, 2025 — Source

Peacock is testing mini games and vertical short videos
It’s a bit late compared to Netflix and YouTube, but still worth keeping an eye out for.
January 7th, 2025 — Source

Private Division Games including Tales of the Shire and Kerbal Space Program to Be Distributed by New Label From Annapurna Interactive's Former Staff
But its remaining staff are bracing for layoffs.
January 7th, 2025 — Source

PUBG and inZoi Are Getting AI Companions Called Co-Playable Characters (CPCs) You Can Talk to In-Game
Team speak.
January 7th, 2025 — Source

Razer unveiled an AI-powered gaming coach
AI has taken over the world. By that, we don’t mean that killer robots have mobilized against humanity. We mean that companies won’t shut up about it! Obviously, CES was the platform for tons of companies to showcase their latest AI innovations, and gaming company Razer was no different.
January 7th, 2025 — Source

Rocksteady cut further jobs at the end of 2025
It's unclear how many people were impacted by this second redundancy round in just three months
January 7th, 2025 — Source

Sony Debuts Tech Where Players Can See, Shoot, and Smell Baddies From Games Like The Last of Us
Hot sweaty fungus.
January 7th, 2025 — Source

Sony Wants to Make Even More Game Adaptations
Helldivers, Horizon: Zero Dawn, and Ghost of Tsushima are the latest in Sony's catalogue of Playstation series getting the film and TV treatment.
January 7th, 2025 — Source

Sony unveils prototype VR headset Xyn for "creating 3D objects for films, animation, and games"
Sony says Xyn can "accurately capture the real world and seamlessly integrates with third-party tools"
January 7th, 2025 — Source

Sony's "Immersive Entertainment Concept" Could Potentially Let You Smell Zombies
Finally, an answer to a question no one dared to ask.
January 7th, 2025 — Source or Watch Video

Suicide Squad Developer Let Go Of More Employees At The End Of 2025
Rocksteady reportedly already laid staff off in September.
January 7th, 2025 — Source

The Wait For Elder Scrolls 6 Just Reached A Sad Milestone
Fans have been waiting a long time to hear more about The Elder Scrolls 6.
January 7th, 2025 — Source

US adds Tencent to list of firms allegedly connected to Chinese military
"Tencent intends to initiate a reconsideration process to correct this mistake," firm says in additional statement
January 7th, 2025 — Source

Virtua Fighter Fans Hope the New Game Comes Close to Matching This Incredible In-Engine Concept Video
Perfect parry.
January 7th, 2025 — Source

Gaming — News — January 6th, 2025

2K sunsets WWE 2K23 | News-in-brief
This leaves just WWE 2K24 as the only WWE game with online functionality
January 6th, 2025 — Source

Dynasty Warrior M servers to shut just 15 months after launch
Statement stops short of detailing reason for the closure
January 6th, 2025 — Source

Bayonetta 15th Anniversary Year Celebration Revealed, PlatinumGames Teases Announcements
The developer is celebrating the milestone all year round and teases "a few things in store" for fans to look forward to.
January 6th, 2025 — Source

Check out this awesome Street Fighter II car dashboard mod
The classic arcade fighter takes over your gauges with this mod.
January 6th, 2025 — Source

Forza Motorsport Update 16 celebrates the beginning of 2025 with BMW Month
Forza Motorsport's first update of 2025 is now available on Xbox consoles and PCs. Update 16 celebrates the automotive world of BMW, giving you a chance to drive the 2023 #25 BMW Team RLL M Hybrid V8 and add it to your garage by completing the BMW tour.
January 6th, 2025 — Source

Mass Effect 5 Lead Dev Comments on Original Trilogy's Paragon / Renegade System, Teases Its Return
Good or bad?
January 6th, 2025 — Source

Minecraft Creator Confirms Minecraft 2 (Sort Of), Or Maybe Not
"My intentions are to be clear and honest about it."
January 6th, 2025 — Source

Notch is making a Minecraft successor
Markus "Notch" Persson, the creator of Minecraft, has hinted at a potential spiritual successor to the iconic sandbox game. Notch began working on Minecraft back in 2009 and the game quickly became popular even in its Alpha stage. Later on, Microsoft acquired Mojang and the Minecraft IP for $2 billion.
January 6th, 2025 — Source

Notch Says He 'Basically Announced Minecraft 2'
Insists he's "100% serious."
January 6th, 2025 — Source

Resident Evil 4 Remake sells 9m copies | News-in-brief
Capcom's 2023 survival horror surpassed 8 million copies last October
January 6th, 2025 — Source or Source

Sweet Baby Inc's 'South of Midnight' Sets Collision Course for Failure
Compulsion Games: A Dying DEI-infected Studio Surrounded By Complete Chaos...
January 6th, 2025 — Source

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Unreal Engine 5 Remake Could Be In The Works -- Rumor
A The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion remake powered by Unreal Engine 5 could be in the works, judging from some recent findings.
January 6th, 2025 — Source

Gaming — News — January 3rd, 2025

15 Amazing Sports and Racing Games of 2025
We’ve rounded up the best sports and racing games released in 2024, with an order tentatively picked from decent to best.
January 3rd, 2025 — Source

15 Best Role-Playing Games of All Time – 2024 Edition
Role-playing games offer some of the best storytelling, world design, and combat. Check out 15 of the best throughout the years.
January 3rd, 2025 — Source

15 Best Shooters of 2025
The very best of first and third person shooters of 2024.
January 3rd, 2025 — Source

A New Guitar Hero Wii Controller Has Been Announced In The Year 2025
Wii players will soon be able revisit Guitar Hero with a brand-new controller called the Hyper Strummer.
January 3rd, 2025 — Source

Almost A Decade Later, Preorders For This 3DS Game Are Being Canceled
The poorly-received spiritual successor to Mega Man is no longer slated for 3DS
January 3rd, 2025 — Source

Call Of Duty Patch Notes For Black Ops 6, Warzone, And Zombies Reveal All The Big Squid Game Updates
Squid Game comes to Call of Duty today in a big way.
January 3rd, 2025 — Source

Call of Duty Players Are Getting Activision to Send Them Their Personal Information So They Can Find Out Their Hidden SBMM Rating
Behind enemy lines.
January 3rd, 2025 — Source

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 x Squid Game 2 Collaboration Features a Premium Event Battle Pass
Though it contains a free track with some cosmetics, players must purchase the event pass to unlock skins like Front Man.
January 3rd, 2025 — Source

Dragon’s Dogma 2 Director Hideaki Itsuno Announces Work on New Project Has Begun
Lightspeed Studios, which Itsuno is leading under Tencent, is also "looking for people to join us in developing the game!"
January 3rd, 2025 — Source

Eternal Strands Demo Coming One Week Before Release
Yesterday, Canadian developer Yellow Brick Games announced that a free demo for its debut title, Eternal Strands, will be released on January 21, one week before the full game's launch. The demo's content has not been revealed yet, nor do we know if progress will carry over to the full game once purchased.
January 3rd, 2025 — Source

First Superman Lego Set In Over A Decade Is Now Available, And It's Only $15
Outside of minifigures, the Man of Steel hasn't been a Man of Bricks since 2012, but Clark Kent has returned with a mecha-vengeance.
January 3rd, 2025 — Source

Hades 2 – Next Major Update Coming in Early 2025
Supergiant has another major update later this year, though the true ending will only be available when early access ends.
January 3rd, 2025 — Source

Helldivers 2 Creative Director is Working on His Next Project’s “High Concept”
Arrowhead's Johan Pilestedt asked to hear fans' speculation and also revealed concept art for a Star Fox-style shoot 'em up.
January 3rd, 2025 — Source

Jim Carrey Says He's Down To Return For Sonic 4
"Instead of retiring, I've decided to power-rest."
January 3rd, 2025 — Source

Marvel Lego Sets - Check Out All 10 New Builds Lego Dropped This Month
Lego's January 2025 lineup of Marvel sets includes two new mechs, the Marvel logo, and a bunch of Spider-Man playsets.
January 3rd, 2025 — Source

Marvel Rivals Dev Apologizes for Mistakenly Banning Players for Using Cheats
Fantastic.
January 3rd, 2025 — Source

Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Leaked Details Include DLSS 4 and 16 GB DDR7 VRAM – Rumour
A reveal for the GPU is expected at next week's Consumer Electronics Showcase (CES) alongside the rumored GeForce RTX 5090.
January 3rd, 2025 — Source

One Rise Of The Golden Idol Dev Is Making A New "Idol-Like"
The designer has received the developers' blessings.
January 3rd, 2025 — Source or Watch Video

Rust Celebrates 260,000 Concurrent Players on Steam
2024 has been a successful year for Rust with several fresh features, including new vehicles, points of interest, a map revamp, and more.
January 3rd, 2025 — Source

Path Of Exile 2: Best Warrior Build Guide
The Warrior is a brutally lethal class in Path of Exile 2, but only when it's kitted out with the right build.
January 3rd, 2025 — Source

There's An Easy Way To Get Your Previously Hidden Call Of Duty Skill Ranking
Want to know how good you are at Call of Duty? Activision's been keeping tabs on your SBMM rating for years.
January 3rd, 2025 — Source

Video Game Predictions for 2025; Hollow Knight Silksong, Half-Life To Return, Major Ubisoft Changes
We've brought in the new year, and we are now in 2025, where there are plenty of big-name titles that are set to release. There have already been a number of predictions, especially when it comes to the state of the video game industry, which has had a very volatile couple of years. Last year saw a devastating number of layoffs. However, according to Jason Schreier, things will be looking up in 2025 for the industry as a whole.
January 3rd, 2025 — Source

Gaming — News — January 2nd, 2025

Call of Duty's Squid Game Crossover Event Locks Its Best Rewards Behind a New Premium Battle Pass
Money in the bank.
January 2nd, 2025 — Source

CoD: Black Ops 6 Includes A Paid Event Pass For Squid Game Collab
Call of Duty is gearing up for a Squid Game event, and there is an additional cost for high-tier rewards.
January 2nd, 2025 — Source

DoubleU Games acquires Paxie Games for up to $67m
Deal expected to close in Q1 2025
January 2nd, 2025 — Source

Drop Into the Game: Netflix Squid Game Comes to Call of Duty
The competition begins as Squid Game drops into Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 and Call of Duty: Warzone in celebration of the release of Squid Game Season 2 on Netflix!
January 2nd, 2025 — Source or Watch Video

Grand Theft Auto 6 is Expected to Make $1 Billion in Pre-Orders, per Analysts
Industry analysts also predict that Rockstar's open-world title will earn a whopping $3.6 billion in revenue in its first year.
January 2nd, 2025 — Source

Grand Theft Auto 6's Upcoming Release Has Unsettled the Games Industry
2025's biggest game has no competition, and it isn't even close
January 2nd, 2025 — Source

GTA 6 Could Sell 40 Million Copies And Make $3 Billion In First Year Alone
A report said GTA 6 could get new versions for the next PlayStation and Xbox consoles.
January 2nd, 2025 — Source

GTA 6 Projected to Make Over $3 Billion in Its First Year on Sale
Fire sale.
January 2nd, 2025 — Source

Half-Life Actor Stirs Up Half-Life 3 Rumors With Cryptic New Year's Message
Will we see the G-Man return in Half-Life 3 later this year?
January 2nd, 2025 — Source

Helldivers 2 Studio Working On Next Game, Reveals Concepts That Never Materialized
Arrowhead Studios has a "high concept" for what it could make next.
January 2nd, 2025 — Source

Hi-Fi Rush Studio Officially Reborn At PUBG Company
The new year marks a new beginning for Tango Gameworks.
January 2nd, 2025 — Source

KitGuru Games: What Switch 2 Needs to Sell Two Hundred Million Consoles
The Switch is easily Nintendo's most successful video game console of all time, with the system selling more than 146 million units over the past 7 years and managing to shift 1.3 Billion game copies during this period. The Nintendo Switch is a phenomenon and one which the company is undoubtedly stressing about hoping to replicate with its impending successor.
January 2nd, 2025 — Source

Kojima Productions' OD, Physint Faced Development Hurdles Due to SAG-AFTRA Strike
Scanning and filming for OD were suspended in the second half of 2024. Physint's casting was also suspended due to the ongoing strike.
January 2nd, 2025 — Source

Kojima Says OD And Physint Were Impacted By Strike
Kojima said he's hopeful efforts on the games can continue in 2025.
January 2nd, 2025 — Source

Lego's Animal Crossing Series Expands With Three New Sets
Lego's new Animal Crossing sets include the Able Sisters Clothing Shop, Leif's Caravan and Garden Shop, and a $10 kit featuring Celeste.
January 2nd, 2025 — Source

Marvel Rivals Confirms Fantastic Four as Next Heroes, First Trailer Drops January 6th
Mr. Fantastic, The Thing, The Invisible Woman, and the Human Torch hang out while a Blood Moon looms over New York City.
January 2nd, 2025 — Source

Russia Is Reportedly Making Two Video Game Consoles
They apparently won't be as powerful as the PS5 and Xbox.
January 2nd, 2025 — Source

Secret Level TV Show Team Tried To Get A Master Chief/Doom Slayer Crossover
However, Microsoft apparently said, "Nah."
January 2nd, 2025 — Source

SNK opens new studio for fighting game IPs | News-in-brief
KOF Studio will focus on the continuation of franchises including Fatal Fury, Samurai Showdown, and The King of Fighters
January 2nd, 2025 — Source

Stardew Valley reaches 41m lifetime sales | News-in-brief
Since its 2016 launch, the open-ended RPG has sold over 26 million copies on PC and 7.9 million on Nintendo Switch
January 2nd, 2025 — Source

Steam Users Are Review-Bombing Assassin's Creed Origins Because Microsoft's 24H2 Windows Update Has Bricked the Game
Tough task manager.
January 2nd, 2025 — Source

Tango Gameworks rebrands following Krafton acquisition | News-in-brief
Now known as Tango Gameworks Inc, the studio shared it was "excited to continue crafting games that bring joy to players around the world"
January 2nd, 2025 — Source or Source

This World War 2 Multiplayer Game Is Free For The Next Week On The Epic Games Store
Tour the real-life locations of World War II with this week's Epic Games Store freebie.
January 2nd, 2025 — Source

Wccftech's Best Multiplayer Games of 2024 -- With or Against Friends
The multiplayer games category is always a bit harder to assess for a very simple reason: your online experience may vary greatly from that of your fellow gamer due to many factors, such as connection, random matchmaking, and even your choice of friends.
January 2nd, 2025 — Source

Windows 11 is getting more popular among gamers
Not every Windows user wants or can update their system to Windows 11 (quite a lot remain on Windows 10 despite its imminent end of support), but the gaming audience is more receptive to the new OS. Valve reports that in December 2024, Windows 11 reached a new all-time high on Steam.
January 2nd, 2025 — Source or Source

Gaming — News — January 1st, 2025

Balatro's Secret Sauce Is Not Requiring Perfection
Who needs perfection when Balatro lets you skate by with just good enough?
January 1st, 2025 — Source

Can Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Deliver a Solid Action RPG Experience?
Warhorse Studios' sequel seeks to shore up the first game's shortcomings while elevating the medieval experience to a new level.
January 1st, 2025 — Source

Despite Concord's failure, Sony says it isn't giving up on live-service games
Yay...?
January 1st, 2025 — Source

Sweet Baby Inc. INVADES Devolver Digital Games
Sweet Baby Inc. and Devolver Digital: The Collaboration Nobody Asked For
January 1st, 2025 — Source

This World War 2 Multiplayer Game Is Free For The Next Week On The Epic Games Store
Tour the real-life locations of World War II with this week's Epic Games Store freebie.
January 1st, 2025 — Source

Gaming — News — December 31st, 2024

15 Excellent Action Adventure Games Of 2024
With this feature, we will be taking a look at 15 of the biggest action adventure games that were released in 2024.
December 31st, 2024 — Source

Putting people first – practical tips for mental health and wellbeing support | HR Summit Video
Hayley Blundy of Futurlab offers a series of practical advice on supporting employees during the global mental health crisis
December 31st, 2024 — Source

Stardew Valley becomes one of the best-selling games of all time
As fans eagerly await the release of ConcernedApe's new game -- Haunted Chocolatier -- many are continuing to purchase and play the indie studio's previous title 'Stardew Valley' at an ever-increasing rate. Just 10 months after it was announced that the game had sold 30 million copies, the farming/village sim has now shot past 40 million units.
December 31st, 2024 — Source

Sumo Group CEO Carl Cavers receives OBE in New Year's Honours list
For services to the video games industry
December 31st, 2024 — Source

The future of storytelling with Ken Levine
Acclaimed developer also discusses Judas, generative AI and why it "wasn't easy to step away from BioShock"
December 31st, 2024 — Source

Warhammer 40K Space Marine 2 Outlines 2025 Roadmap
With 2024 nearly gone, Saber Interactive has released a community update on the Warhammer 40K Space Marine 2 for 2025. The developer acknowledged the fans' cries for more PvP content, and they plan to deliver next year, starting with a new PvP map set in a closed environment with plenty of tight corridors, forcing players to engage more often in closed-quarter battles.
December 31st, 2024 — Source

Gaming — News — December 30th, 2024

15 Disturbing Scenes We Have Seen in Video Games
These video games do not shy away from macabre moments.
December 30th, 2024 — Source

15 Single Player Games You Disliked At First But Got Addicted to Later
15 single player games that impressed you after the first playthrough.
December 30th, 2024 — Source

Ichiban Is Number One: Why Like A Dragon's Protagonist Stands Out From Other Heroes
Ichiban might be just a video game character, but it's hard not to think he's your best friend.
December 30th, 2024 — Source

Leadership through times of change | HR Summit Video
Rare and Dlala discuss managing teams during times of uncertainty and difficulty
December 30th, 2024 — Source

Neva's Voice Acting Is Incredible, And It Only Ever Says One Word
Neva's harrowing tale of a parental bond between human and beast is heightened via a voice performance with only one spoken word.
December 30th, 2024 — Source

Path of Exile 2 In Security Crisis After Hackers Raid Players' Accounts, Stealing Valuables
At the moment, the reason behind these hacks is unknown, but clearly, it's so that they can get their hands on the valuable resources that can help you to become powerful in the late game. Path of Exile 2 finally made its way into Early Access after being highly anticipated by those who are fans of the cRPG genre. However, it seems that those who are in the late game have logged on to find that their accounts have been compromised, with highly valuable resources missing from their stash and their inventories.
December 30th, 2024 — Source

Sam Lake Says the Remedy Connected Universe is "Just Getting Started"
I feel we are just getting started, so I feel it's too early to start talking about an endgame," says writer and creative director Sam Lake.
December 30th, 2024 — Source

Team17 co-founder Martyn Brown dies aged 57
Tributes pour in for well-known industry leader
December 30th, 2024 — Source

The Steam Deck has finally been surpassed — by a fork of Valve's own experience
Bazzite turns the Asus ROG Ally X into today's best handheld while putting Windows to shame.
December 30th, 2024 — Source

Weathering the Storm. Building Trust and Positivity in Challenging Times | HR Summit Video
Leadership guru and former EA Criterion boss Steve Cuss shares his experience in managing teams during times of change and how to build trus
December 30th, 2024 — Source

What do we expect to see in 2025? | GI Microcast
Latest episode available to download now
December 30th, 2024 — Source

Gaming — News — December 28th, 2024

Everwild Resurfaces with Newly Released Artwork
The long-in-development and repeatedly delayed title has re-emerged with new artwork released by Rare for the holidays.
December 28th, 2024 — Source

Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess Is The Kind Of Game Big Publishers Don't Make Anymore
It's a loving tribute to ancient Japanese culture and old-school game design.
December 28th, 2024 — Source

Monster Hunter Wilds preorder guide – Which edition should you hunt for and buy?
Monster Hunter Wilds preorders are live, and we've rounded every edition so you can pick which one is best for you.
December 28th, 2024 — Source

Nier: Automata has sold over 9 million copies
Square Enix has announced that NieR: Automata, the critically acclaimed action RPG developed by PlatinumGames, has reached a new sales milestone, surpassing 9 million units sold worldwide.
December 28th, 2024 — Source

Palworld is riding high in the Steam charts once again hitting 200k concurrent players
The new Palworld Feybreak update has given the game a breath of new life
December 28th, 2024 — Source

Putin's 'sovereign' gaming console projects detailed, one with a homegrown Elbrus CPU, the other a Chinese knockoff — Russian gov't admits they can't compete with PS5 or Xbox
But what games will they play?
December 28th, 2024 — Source

Over a decade of unreleased classic Halo content just leaked amid major "Digsite" controversy
The big leak contains unreleased and pre-release content from Bungie-era Halo games from Halo CE up to Halo 3 and Reach.
December 28th, 2024 — Source

This World War 2 Multiplayer Game Is Free For The Next Week On The Epic Games Store
Tour the real-life locations of World War II with this week's Epic Games Store freebie.
December 28th, 2024 — Source

Gaming — News — December 27th, 2024

GTA 6 Is Already Breaking Rockstar Records And It's Not Even Out Yet
From the moment Rockstar announced Grand Theft Auto VI, it set the gaming world on fire. Its debut trailer has already managed to amass more than 200 million views on YouTube, a feat that it accomplished mere months after the trailer hit. The game is also being anticipated by the gaming industry at large, with publishers altering plans to avoid being overshadowed and analysts who believe it will be the most important game launch ever.
December 27th, 2024 — Source

Steam hits new record with almost 19,000 games launched in 2024
Steam has had a monumental year, shattering its previous record for new game releases and welcoming a surge of new players. But while the platform continues to thrive, Valve has poured cold water on hopes for a Steam Deck 2 anytime soon.
December 27th, 2024 — Source

The gaming stories and trends that defined 2024
2024 was a year, with quite a few stories and trends worth paying attention to across the gaming industry.
December 27th, 2024 — Source

Gaming — News — December 26th, 2024

Ghostrunner 2 is now free to grab on Epic Games Store
Ghostrunner 2 is now available for free on the Epic Games Store.
December 26th, 2024 — Source

Gaming — News — December 25th, 2024

15 Things We Wish to See in Mass Effect 5
From better choice and consequence mechanics to returning fan-favourite mechanics, here are a few things we wish to see in the next Mass Effect.
December 25th, 2024 — Source

This Roguelike Kung Fu Game Is Free For 24 Hours On The Epic Games Store
Epic is giving out free games every day during the festive season.
December 25th, 2024 — Source

Top 30 Amazing Single-Player Games of All Time – 2024 Edition
Incredible narratives, excellent gameplay loops, stunning visuals - these 30 single-player titles deliver all this and more.
December 25th, 2024 — Source

Gaming — News — December 20th, 2024

11 bit studios Has Cancelled its Narrative-Driven Console Title Project 8
The project started development in 2018 and had had over $11 million invested into its production to date, 11 bit studios says.
December 20th, 2024 — Source

2024 was the year of Microsoft's grand pivot | Opinion
Expectations this year would suffer a drought of high-quality releases were very much defied – but it's the reinvention of Xbox that will be 2024's lasting legacy
December 20th, 2024 — Source

An Elder Scrolls Oblivion remake is reportedly on the way
For years, there have been rumours about Bethesda remastering some of its older classics but so far, nothing has come to fruition. That may change in 2025, as reputable sources claim that a new version of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion is on the way.
December 20th, 2024 — Source

Assassin's Creed Shadows' Protagonist Can Naruto Run
That's my ninja way.
December 20th, 2024 — Source

Far Cry 7 will bring notable improvements to gameplay
Ubisoft has been trying to figure out what to do with the Far Cry series for a while now. With Far Cry 7 on the horizon, Ubisoft looks to finally be switching up its open world formula. Better yet, the next Far Cry game will also have a technical upgrade, as the developers are reportedly moving away from the Dunia engine to Ubisoft's Snowdrop engine.
December 20th, 2024 — Source

GamesIndustry.biz presents… The Year In Numbers 2024
Our annual infographic reveals the global games market value, best-selling games, biggest mobile markets, and more
December 20th, 2024 — Source

Helldivers 2 x Killzone 2’s Second Wave of Content is Free for All Players
Players can also complete a new Major Order in-game to claim the free W.A.S.P. Strategem, based on a Killzone 3 weapon.
December 20th, 2024 — Source

Lightyear Frontier is Getting a Larger Open World in 2025
The early access farming title will also receive changes to "emphasize the mech's size." Players may also get to build their own houses.
December 20th, 2024 — Source

NBA Player Pleads With Call Of Duty To Put Him "In The Trash Lobbies"
Cleveland Cavaliers player Donovan Mitchell loves playing Call of Duty, but not against the elite players.
December 20th, 2024 — Source

NFL's Best Wide Receiver Is Aware Of Madden Curse, Doesn't Want To Be Cover Star
Ja'Marr Chase said he is open to appearing on the front of an NFL Street revival game, though.
December 20th, 2024 — Source

Peacock's Madden NFL Cast Will Blend Video Games With Reality
This weekend's Chiefs vs. Texans game is getting a Madden-themed altcast that will incorporate elements from the video game franchise.
December 20th, 2024 — Source

Raccoon Logic: We're doing the last hurrah of the games industry we grew up with
Revenge of the Savage Planet creative director Alex Hutchinson shares his views on finishable games, subscriptions and a hectic 2025
December 20th, 2024 — Source

Rayman Is Back But Probably Not How You Want
Ubisoft is still doing NFT games.
December 20th, 2024 — Source

Sonic Director On Why Keanu Reeves Was "Absolutely Perfect" For Sonic 3
"Sonic is saying 100 words a minute while Shadow might say five words in an hour."
December 20th, 2024 — Source

The Wait For GTA 6's Second Trailer Just Broke A Sad Record
It's been more than 380 days since GTA 6's first trailer arrived.
December 20th, 2024 — Source

VPN used for VR game cheat sells access to your home network
Big Mama VPN tied to network which offers access to residential IP addresses.
December 20th, 2024 — Source

Gaming — News — December 16th, 2024

10 Times Developer Moves Backfired, Only for Them to Make A U-Turn
Developers are people, and people – at the end of the day – make mistakes.
December 16th, 2024 — Source or Watch Video

Balatro Dev Clowns On PEGI Ratings Criteria As Games With Actual Gambling Are Sold To Kids
Balatro is still stuck with its 18+ rating from PEGI, and its developer is frustrated that other games aren't getting the same treatment.
December 16th, 2024 — Source

Capcom exploring further IP revivals following Okami, Onimusha reveals
Publisher tells investors it will focus on "reactivating dormant IPs" in addition to new launches
December 16th, 2024 — Source

Elden Ring has already sold over 28 million copies
FromSoftware's Elden Ring continues to show signs of its success, surpassing 28.6 million copies sold. This achievement strengthens its position as one of the most successful games in recent history.
December 16th, 2024 — Source or Source

Elden Ring Has Now Outsold the Entire Dark Souls Franchise Prior to Elden Ring's Release in 2022
Oh the humanity.
December 16th, 2024 — Source

Elden Ring Is Rapidly Catching Up To Dark Souls' Sales
In just under three years, Elden Ring's lifetime sales nearly equaled the entire Dark Souls series.
December 16th, 2024 — Source

Dying Light: The Beast gets new trailer ahead of 2025 release
Techland officially announced Dying Light: The Beast at Gamescom earlier this year but last week, a new trailer officially dropped, giving us a new look at the game.
December 16th, 2024 — Source or Watch Video

Former CD Projekt dev art Dark Passenger raises $3m
Funding round led by The Games Fund, Warsaw-based studio working on multiplayer action game
December 16th, 2024 — Source

Former Cyberpunk Devs' The Blood Of Dawnwalker Will Get Full Reveal In Time For Full Moon
Rebel Wolves is still working on The Blood of Dawnwalker.
December 16th, 2024 — Source

FromSoftware and Bandai Namco reveal ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN
The world of ELDEN RING is getting a standalone multiplayer co-op action survival game that challenges players to band together in order to defeat the Nightlord. Developed by FromSoftware, Inc. and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc., the upcoming game, ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN will thrust players into co-op multiplayer PVE combat against a harsh and unforgiving world.
December 16th, 2024 — Source or Watch Video

Okami Sequel – Capcom Shares Message from Director Hideki Kamiya
The company also says it will be "some time" before it shares the next update for the title, and revealed that M-Two and Machine Head Works will be providing development assistance on the project.
December 16th, 2024 — Source

Reflecting on The Game Awards 2024 | GI Microcast
Latest episode available to download now
December 16th, 2024 — Source

Sonic Superstars “Turned Out to be a Disappointment” – Sega President
The 2D sidescrolling platform, which launched for PC and consoles last year. did not perform to Sega's expectations, Shuji Utsumi says.
December 16th, 2024 — Source

Stardew Valley | Games of the Year 2024
Why play new games when you can just keep playing Stardew Valley instead, Marie Dealessandri argues
December 16th, 2024 — Source

Stellar Blade Gets A Cheerful Holiday Update This Week With New Minigame
The holidays have reached Stellar Blade.
December 16th, 2024 — Source

Tekken 8 Dev Talk Videos Detail Final Fantasy 16’s Clive and Phoenix Gate Stage
Ifrit's Dominant joins the roster today for Season 1 Pass holders and will be available for standalone purchase on December 19th.
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The Blood of Dawnwalker, AAA RPG by Former Witcher 3 Devs, to be Unveiled in January
Indie team Rebel Wolves' debut title is described as a AAA dark fantasy action RPG, and is being published by Bandai Namco.
December 16th, 2024 — Source or Watch Video

The Witcher IV’s Ciri Has a New Voice Actress
While the visuals of The Witcher IV were undoubtedly the cinematic trailer's most impressive thing (although pre-rendered on NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 5090), long-time fans of the series may have also noticed that new protagonist Cirilla Fiona Elen Riannon, known colloquially as Ciri, was voiced by a new actress.
December 16th, 2024 — Source

Warcraft Rumble: Everything You Need To Know
Last year Blizzard officially announced Warcraft Rumble, a strategy/tower offense game based on the Warcraft universe coming to Android and iOS devices. This game wasn’t a complete surprise thanks to a few rumors. But up until the official reveal in May of 2022 many elements were still unknown. The name, basic gameplay features, and much more were a mystery until now.
December 16th, 2024 — Source

What impact have layoffs had on the games industry over the past two years?
InGame Job CEO Katya Sabirova shares the key takeaways from the Big Games Industry Employment Survey 2024
December 16th, 2024 — Source

Gaming — News — December 13th, 2024

Astro Bot takes home Game of the Year at The Game Awards 2024
Breakout hit Balatro won three awards, including Best Independent Game
December 13th, 2024 — Source

Baldur's Gate 3 Advent Calendar Offers Rewards And Puzzles From Now Until Christmas
The Baldur's Gate 3 developers bring puzzles and games to fans for 12 days of Christmas.
December 13th, 2024 — Source

Borderlands 4 gameplay trailer reveals new hunters and familiar faces
Randy Pitchford confirmed last week that we would be getting a new Borderlands 4 trailer soon. As expected, that trailer went live during The Game Awards last night, giving us our first look at this next-gen Borderlands adventure.
December 13th, 2024 — Source or Watch Video

Capcom classic ‘Onimusha’ returns with new game in 2026
Capcom released remasters for the Onimusha games years ago, but we've heard very little on the future of the series since. That changed last night, with a brand new game in the series now announced.
December 13th, 2024 — Source or Watch Video

CoD's Newest Finisher Is The Most Absurd One Yet, And That's Saying Something
Unicorn farts are deadly, apparently.
December 13th, 2024 — Source

Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero gets proper local multiplayer in latest update
Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero is the latest and greatest anime fighter from Bandai Namco set in the Dragon Ball universe. While the long awaited return of the Budokai series has proven to be worth it – becoming the fastest selling game in the franchise – the game is not perfect, with one of the biggest omissions being a lack of proper local multiplayer. Fortunately, this has now been added.
December 13th, 2024 — Source

Elden Ring: Nightreign Isn't A Live-Service Game And Won't Be Full-Priced
The co-op survival game is set in the altering location of Limveld.
December 13th, 2024 — Source or Watch Video

Evil Empire shares 2025 roadmap for The Rogue Prince of Persia
The Rogue Prince of Persia is a slick action-platformer rogue-like from one of the teams behind the equally as fun Dead Cells. Following its early access launch in May, the game received its first major update just last month, adding a ton of new content. Even more is on the way however, with a full 2025 roadmap now being revealed.
December 13th, 2024 — Source

Fallout, Arcane Star Ella Purnell On Why She Plans To Avoid More Game Adaptations
Purnell does not want to be typecast as "the video game girl."
December 13th, 2024 — Source

First leaked details for Call of Duty 2026 revealed
Though Call of Duty Black Ops 6 is only midway through its first Season of post-launch content, details surrounding future COD entries have already begun to leak. While we already know some of what to expect from next year’s Call of Duty, the first details on the following entry in 2026 have now leaked – including the return of wall running.
December 13th, 2024 — Source

Game of Thrones: Kingsroad Announced as Story-Driven Action Adventure RPG Coming to Mobile
Coming 2025.
December 13th, 2024 — Source

Game-like ‘task scams’ stole more than $220 million in six months
The FTC says these fake online jobs have accounted for over 40 percent of all scam reports this year.
December 13th, 2024 — Source

Geralt will be in The Witcher IV, confirms CD Projekt RED, calls new entry an origin story
One of the biggest surprises of The Game Awards 2024 show turned out to be The Witcher IV announcement. The cinematic trailer revealed that the monsters are still roaming the lands of the fantasy universe, and Ciri has officially taken the role of being a Witcher. Following the trailer drop, developer CD Projekt RED is now starting to trickle out some information about the next trilogy it's making.
December 13th, 2024 — Source

Helldivers 2 update out with new faction, drivable vehicle, urban environments, and more
Arrowhead Game Studios just shipped the massive Omens of Tyranny update to Helldivers 2, offering PC and PlayStation players a new foe to fight, a way to travel in style, as well as urban Super Earth colonies to fight in.
December 13th, 2024 — Source or Watch Video

Hideki Kamiya returns to Capcom with new Clovers studio, working on Okami sequel
New company has studios in Osaka and Tokyo
December 13th, 2024 — Source

Intergalactic Just Killed Off Naughty Dog...
Well, another of Geoff Keighley’s "The Game Awards" has come and gone, leaving behind a mix of the expected highs and lows for all of us to discuss and dissect. Amid all the excitement of world premieres and memorable moments, one announcement feels like it's risen above all the others in terms of sheer buzz—and not for the right reasons.
December 13th, 2024 — Source

Kraven The Hunter Blu-Ray Release Is Already Available To Preorder
Kraven is the latest Spider-Man villain to get his own solo movie.
December 13th, 2024 — Source

Mafia: The Old Country releases in Summer 2025
Back in August, we received the first teaser trailer for the next Mafia game. Rather than a sequel, we are getting Mafia: The Old Country, a prequel that explores the origins of the Mafia families. Last night at The Game Awards, we got the full trailer, and a 2025 release date.
December 13th, 2024 — Source or Watch Video

Major Palworld Update Feybreak Is Arriving On December 23
The update will bring a huge new island to explore, as well as new Pals, weapons, and more.
December 13th, 2024 — Source or Watch Video

Marvel Rivals is a bright spot in a dark year for live service | Opinion
With so many expensive, high-profile live service games failing, the early success of NetEase’s title is a welcome relief – but the risks of this model have never been more clear
December 13th, 2024 — Source

Naughty Dog's Intergalactic Was Inspired By Akira And Cowboy Bebop
Taking a break from Earth and fungi, Druckmann's next epic looks towards the stars.
December 13th, 2024 — Source or Watch Video

New Deepest Fear Trailer Shows Off More Of The Metroidvania Horror Game In Action
Down where it's wetter, it's definitely not better in this new trailer for Deepest Fear.
December 13th, 2024 — Source

Solasta II Announced – Powered by Unreal Engine 5, Early Access in 2025
During the TGA 2024 pre-show, French developer Tactical Adventures announced Solasta II, sequel to the solid 2021 cRPG Solasta: Crown of the Magister. Like its predecessor, it is based on the Dungeons & Dragons SRD 5.1 ruleset, although set in its own world.
December 13th, 2024 — Source

Sounds disruptive: How video games are resetting the music medium's conventions | Playable Futures
Games have become destinations to host concerts, share singles, and support stars – but the potential impact on music is only just getting started
December 13th, 2024 — Source

The Elder Scrolls Online Developers at ZeniMax Online Studios Have Unionized
Introducing ZOS-United.
December 13th, 2024 — Source

The Elder Scrolls Online Developers Have Unionized
Workers at ZeniMax Online Studios have formed a union that has been recognized by parent company Microsoft.
December 13th, 2024 — Source

The Game Awards 2024 big announcements: 'Elden Ring,' 'Witcher,' and more
From 'Elden Ring' to 'The Witcher,' it was a big night for a few beloved video game franchises.
December 13th, 2024 — Source

The Office Comes To Funko Fusion Today With New DLC
Michael, Dwight, Jim, and Pam are now available in Funko Fusion.
December 13th, 2024 — Source

The Outer Worlds 2 Gets New Trailer at The Game Awards, Coming in 2025
The call to go beyond the stars is here once again, and it's bigger, bolder, and more unpredictable than ever. We just revealed a first gameplay trailer for The Outer Worlds 2 during The Game Awards 2024, promising a fresh adventure in a brand-new colony next year. No really, we know we're not supposed to promise things in marketing, but the setting is completely new, so this is all factual. Just don't break the colony again. We're looking at each of you who sent the Hope into the sun in the last game.
December 13th, 2024 — Source

The Witcher 4 Dev Say It Has Learned From Its Cyberpunk 2077 Mistakes
CD Projekt Red doesn't want the mistakes of Cyberpunk 2077's launch to come back to haunt The Witcher 4.
December 13th, 2024 — Source

The Witcher 4 Director Breaks Down New Trailer Scene-By-Scene
What you saw in The Witcher 4's first trailer may not tell the entire story, according to the game's director.
December 13th, 2024 — Source

The Witcher 4 is Bringing Back Geralt, it’s Confirmed
Though Ciri will be the protagonist in the next Witcher title, former protagonist Geralt will return, as will voice actor Doug Cockle.
December 13th, 2024 — Source

The Witcher 4 trailer reveals Ciri as the new main character
CD Projekt Red first revealed The Witcher 4 a couple of years ago. The game entered full production just this year, so the last thing we were expecting to see at The Game Awards was a full announcement trailer. The Witcher 4 has now been properly revealed, with a full trailer showcasing our new main character.
December 13th, 2024 — Source or Watch Video

Ubisoft Adds Steam Achievements to Swathe of Assassin's Creed Games
Ubisoft recently, and after a long period of reluctance, decided to add Steam achievements to some of its Assassin's Creed games it had launched on Steam. This comes shortly after Ubisoft launched Assassin's Creed Mirage to Steam with achievements already baked-in.
December 13th, 2024 — Source

Why Krafton "made a sizeable bet" on India
Krafton India CEO Sean (Hyunil) Sohn discusses the impact of BGMI on the local market, the support the company is offering startups, and prospects for Palworld Mobile
December 13th, 2024 — Source

Witcher 4 Dev Explains Why Ciri's The Star This Time, Confirms Geralt Will Appear
"She's such a nuanced character," the game's director says.
December 13th, 2024 — Source

ZeniMax Online Studios workers form their own union
The Maryland developer is the latest studio to unionize amid waves of game industry layoffs.
December 13th, 2024 — Source or Source

Gaming — News — December 10th, 2024

After 2 years, Fortnite players are finally getting refunds
Fortnite maker Epic Games waged a war with companies like Google and Apple about how they manage their app stores. However, while this was going on, it’s been dealing with its own drama. Epic Games was forced to send refunds to its Fortnite players, and people are starting to see them.
December 10th, 2024 — Source

Alleged UHC Shooter Once Interned At Civ Studio
26-year-old Luigi Mangione says he fixed more than 300 bugs in Civilization VI.
December 10th, 2024 — Source

Amazon's Prime Gaming has a bunch of incredible free games right now to celebrate Secret Level and you don't want to miss out on them
Warhammer titles, The Outer Worlds, and Baldur's Gate all feature in the current crop of Prime Gaming titles you can claim.
December 10th, 2024 — Source

Amazon's Warhammer Series With Henry Cavill Could Finally Be Entering Development
It'll take a number of years.
December 10th, 2024 — Source

Assassin's Creed Unity Bends History As Ubisoft Celebrates Notre Dame's Reopening
Ubisoft is offering players a virtual walkthrough of Notre Dame as it revisits Assassin's Creed Unity.
December 10th, 2024 — Source

BAFTA Video Games Longlist Revealed; 247 Games Considered
The BAFTA Video Games longlist has officially been revealed, and it's been confirmed that 247 games have been considered by the BAFTA members this year. All of the games on the nominations list were released between 25 November 2023 and 15 November 2024. Each game is now in the running for at least one BAFTA nomination across the 17 competitive categories available.
December 10th, 2024 — Source

Borderlands 4 will be officially shown off at The Game Awards
While the franchise definitely doesn’t have as much cache as it did at one point, the Borderlands series is still well liked by millions of fans. With the sour taste of the ill-fated film (hopefully) out of most people’s mouths by now, Gearbox is set to officially show off the previously-announced Borderlands 4 during the upcoming Game Awards.
December 10th, 2024 — Source

Build A Rocket Boy acquires PlayFusion
PlayFusion CEO and CTO Mark Gerhard appointed co-CEO at Build A Rocket Boy
December 10th, 2024 — Source

Clear Angle Studios opens new location in Los Angeles
Culver City studio has already provided its services for three games industry projects
December 10th, 2024 — Source

Doug Cockle 'Got Slapped' by CD Projekt for Saying Geralt Is in The Witcher 4 but Not as the Main Character
"Even if I did know, I’d have to lie to you."
December 10th, 2024 — Source

First Marvel Rivals Patch Fixes A Ton of Environmental Bugs So You're No Longer Stuck
Almost a week into gameplay, NetEase has updated Marvel Rivals with its first patch, fixing the environmental issues.
December 10th, 2024 — Source

FTC paying out first round of Fortnite refunds
Epic Games coughed up $520 million to the agency after players were "tricked" into making unintentional purchases.
December 10th, 2024 — Source

FTC starts issuing refunds to Epic Games users following settlement
Over $72 million will be sent in refunds, with the average payment being around $114
December 10th, 2024 — Source

Infinity Nikki reaches 10m downloads | News-in-brief
Infold Games' free-to-play adventure title launched on December 5, 2024
December 10th, 2024 — Source

Marvel Rivals Patch Fixes Crashes, AMD FSR 3 Memory Leaks, Collision Issues, and More
NetEase has also confirmed another patch is in development and coming soon to the hero shooter with more fixes and new content.
December 10th, 2024 — Source

Path Of Exile 2 Devs Promise To Make Game More Rewarding With New Update
Grinding Gear Games is making a few adjustments to Path of Exile 2 after listening to feedback from players.
December 10th, 2024 — Source

Rocksteady ends development on Suicide Squad
Suicide Squad launched earlier this year to very little fanfare, with staggering low sales for a Rocksteady title, leading to a whopping $200 million loss for WB Games. Now, Rocksteady has announced plans to end development after the game's upcoming season.
December 10th, 2024 — Source

Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League Support Ends in January 2025; Offline Mode and Deathstroke Out Now
Rocksteady has announced that support for Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League will end in January 2025 with the release of Season 4's Episode 8. That's not surprising in the least, since the game was a massive flop in terms of sales (it cost publisher Warner Bros. Games a 41% decrease in Q2 2024 revenue) and critical reception. Here on Wccftech, reviewer Nathan Birch rated it 5 out of 10 at launch:
December 10th, 2024 — Source

The Witcher 3 Almost Had A Cyberpunk 2077 Crossover
Geralt of Rivia had a brief stay in Night City in a scene that was deleted from The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.
December 10th, 2024 — Source

"This is unacceptable at this point": Activision faces backlash over AI-generated images in Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
Microsoft is all-in on AI, but backlash to AI-generated images and a lack of protections for voice actors is dragging Call of Duty down.
December 10th, 2024 — Source

This War Of Mine Marks 10th Anniversary With New Charity DLC
11 Bit Studios is raising money for charity with its This War of Mine: Forget Celebrations DLC.
December 10th, 2024 — Source

Ubisoft Celebrates Notre Dame Reopening With Assassin's Creed Unity Ad
Vive la France.
December 10th, 2024 — Source

Valve may be ready to revive Steam Machines with Project "Fremont"
Internal code leaks indicate Valve has plenty of new hardware planned
December 10th, 2024 — Source

Why gaming is India's "new entertainment frontier"
Developers and other experts take us through the challenges they face, and how rising player spending is fuelling more ambitious games
December 10th, 2024 — Source

Why GTA VI's Release Window Has Game Developers Stuck In Limbo
Grand Theft Auto VI is shaping up to be an absolute juggernaut of a video game release for 2025. It has dominated the gaming discourse since the moment its debut trailer was dropped on YouTube. A year later it continues to suck up a significant amount of oxygen in the gaming space as fans conjure up theories for when the next trailer might drop.
December 10th, 2024 — Source

You now have one extra year to update your Stadia Controller’s firmware
After 3 short years of operation, Google killed its Stadia game streaming service back in January 2023. With the hardware being rendered useless, the company allowed Stadia owners to update their controller’s firmware to enable Bluetooth support for use with other platforms. At the time, the deadline to make the switch was announced to be the end of 2023 – though this has now been extended for the second time.
December 10th, 2024 — Source

YouTube Adds Multiplayer Functionality To Playables Game Library
Support, so far, is limited to a couple of games.
December 10th, 2024 — Source

YouTube introduces multiplayer mini-games on Playables
It's available for just two titles right now.
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Gaming — News — December 6th, 2024

Bioware releases free standalone Dragon Age character creator
2024 marks the first time in a long time that Bioware has been able to celebrate Dragon Age day in the same year that a new entry has actually been released. As such, alongside the typical celebrations, Bioware has released its character creator for Dragon Age: The Veilguard as a free standalone title for all to mess around with.
December 6th, 2024 — Source

Borderlands 4 Game Awards Trailer Expected To Divulge Details on Returning Characters
big-shots have teased that there are big announcements coming. One such announcement is the reveal of the second Borderlands 4 trailer, which is all but confirmed for The Game Awards, thanks to Randy Pitchford, CEO of Gearbox Software. We already know the game is planned for release sometime in 2025, but fans are itching to know more about what's to come from the looter shooter that dominated the early 2010s.
December 6th, 2024 — Source or Source or Watch Video

Call Of Duty's New Guns Let You Rip The Bong And Rave With A DJ Kitty
Call of Duty's DLC weapons continue to be entirely over-the-top.
December 6th, 2024 — Source

Digital Extremes' Soulframe Devstream Showcases Companions, New Social Hub & More
Digital Extremes did a devstream that revealed some of the features that players can look forward to in Soulframe Preludes (Pre-Alpha) in December. The features contain companion summoning, a social hub for players, environmental hazard mechanics and more. For those interested in the full devstream, you can watch it below, where they go into detail about the features that you can expect in December.
December 6th, 2024 — Source or Watch Video

Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake Has Already Sold 2 Million Copies
Today, Square Enix announced that Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake has already sold two million copies between retail and digital. Given that the game launched less than a month ago, it's a great result for the Japanese publisher.
December 6th, 2024 — Source

EA Just Made Two Accessibility Patents Open-Source
The patented ideas are geared toward helping disabled players access games.
December 6th, 2024 — Source

Escape Simulator 2 Will Take Players Into A Derelict Starship, Dracula's Castle, And More
You won't have to leave home to experience the chilling new escape rooms in Escape Simulator 2.
December 6th, 2024 — Source or Watch Video

Fallout London Mod Will Get Its Own DLC
Developer Team Folon announces its ambitious DLC update for Fallout London and the company's future plans.
December 6th, 2024 — Source

Founder Access for EVE Frontier Announced, Closed Alpha Starts December 10
Today, CCP Games announced Founder Access for EVE Frontier, which gives those who purchased it the opportunity to have a say on features within the space survival simulation game while also being given access to the in-development build of the game on a continuous basis. This access begins on December 10, when those who hold the Founder Access pass will be able to join the exclusive, always-on server in Closed Alpha. This gives them the opportunity to provide crucial feedback to the developers and leave their mark on the game before it is released.
December 6th, 2024 — Source or Watch Video

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle™ Available Now!
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle™ is now officially available on Xbox Series X|S, Game Pass and PC! Jump into the adventure today.
December 6th, 2024 — Source

Infinity Nikki Did the Impossible: It Removed the FOMO Other Gacha Games Give Me
Afraid no more
December 6th, 2024 — Source

It Takes Two Dev's Next Game, Split Fiction, Leaks Online, With The Game Awards 2024 Announcement Expected
What will Josef Fares say this time?
December 6th, 2024 — Source

Marvel Rivals Crosses 444,000 Concurrent Steam Players at Launch
The free-to-play multiplayer title sees a strong first-day response on PC via Steam. It's also available on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S.
December 6th, 2024 — Source

Marvel Rivals Launches with a Bang Thanks to 444K Concurrent Users on Steam
NetEase Games has just released the free-to-play superhero team-based PvP shooter Marvel Rivals on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series S|X, and the early player figures are already very promising. On Steam, the game peaked at 444K concurrent players around ten hours ago, making it already one of the hottest games on Valve's platform. This is already enough to place Marvel Rivals on the 25th spot of Steam's all-time concurrent player peak chart, but there's a lot of room for improvement as we head into the weekend.
December 6th, 2024 — Source

Marvel Rivals Battle Passes won't expire at the end of a Season
Battle Passes have become one of the prime ways that live-service titles monetise their games in the long-run. While in and of itself not a bad system, most games choose to make the battle pass rewards obtainable only during that specific season. Fortunately, Marvel Rivals is not taking this tactic -- confirming that their battle passes have no expiration date.
December 6th, 2024 — Source

Path of Exile 2 Crosses 1 Million Early Access Redemptions, Director Warns of Launch Queues
"We don't know what our backend services are going to be able to handle as we go above a million users," says GGG's Jonathan Rogers.
December 6th, 2024 — Source

Path of Exile 2 Early Access Redemptions Top 1 Million; Queues Over the Weekend Are Expected
Today's Path of Exile 2 Early Access launch is setting out to be a smashing success, considering the huge number of EA redemptions reported by developer Grinding Gear Games.
December 6th, 2024 — Source

Path Of Exile 2 Passes Over 1 Million Early-Access Players, Dev Warns Of Server Struggles
The game's director warns of queues during this opening weekend for the action-RPG.
December 6th, 2024 — Source

Path of Exile 2 Peaks at Over 459,000 Concurrent Steam Players on Early Access Launch
Grinding Gear Games' action RPG is facing significant server overcrowding, with large amounts of players flocking to it on the day of its early access release.
December 6th, 2024 — Source

Riot is making a physical League of Legends TCG, and it's not LoR
Project K pulls from IPs across the entire franchise, including Arcane.
December 6th, 2024 — Source or Source

Rockstar Could Easily Announce the GTA 6 Trailer 2 Release Date but It's Staying Quiet 'On Purpose' Because 'It's a Really Good Marketing Tactic,' Ex-Dev Says
"It's a mystery to nowhere."
December 6th, 2024 — Source

Switch 2 Event Set for May, Releasing in June -- Rumour
An insider has claimed that Nintendo is planning a major event in May focused on its next-gen console, which is allegedly coming in June.
December 6th, 2024 — Source

Tails of Iron 2: Whiskers of Winter Launch Moved Up to January 28th, 2025Pre-orders are live, with the Standard Edition costing $24.99 while the Deluxe Edition, which includes two DLC packs, retails for $29.99.
Pre-orders are live, with the Standard Edition costing $24.99 while the Deluxe Edition, which includes two DLC packs, retails for $29.99.
December 6th, 2024 — Source

The Game Awards 2024 Will Feature "Very Big" Announcements -- Rumour
This year's event, which is celebrating The Game Awards' 10th anniversary, is going to be a packed one, it's being claimed.
December 6th, 2024 — Source or Source

Ubisoft Co-Founders Want To Maintain Control As Talks With Tencent Continue - Report
Something, or maybe nothing, is going on at Ubisoft right now as it relates to the company's future business setup.
December 6th, 2024 — Source

Ubisoft Continues Buyout Talks, Tencent Reportedly Wants More Say Over Future Board Decisions
The Guillemot family is reportedly still in discussions with Tencent over a management-led buyout of the company.
December 6th, 2024 — Source

Ubisoft Shareholders Are Reportedly Discussing Buyout Terms
Two months after the rumors that the Guillemot family and Tencent were planning a buyout of Ubisoft, Reuters reports that the company's shareholders are still discussing buyout terms. One of the key issues is that the Guillemot family wants to maintain control over Ubisoft following the buyout.
December 6th, 2024 — Source

Valve's new 'Powered by SteamOS' branding hints at new hardware
Valve's updated brand guidelines now include SteamOS devices made by other companies... which don't officially exist yet.
December 6th, 2024 — Source

Wanderstop Launches on March 11th, 2025
The Stanley Parable's Davey Wreden reveals that the cozy title was "borne out from a lot of inner stress I was experiencing."
December 6th, 2024 — Source

Gaming — News — December 2nd, 2024

10 Video Games Where Every Gameplay Decision Has Consequences
Be careful when taking any decisions in these games. You may come to regret them.
December 2nd, 2024 — Source

15 Single Player Games That Stunned Gamers
These games knew exactly how to take players by surprise.
December 2nd, 2024 — Source

Amazon Announces Prime Gaming December 2024 Lineup
Star Wars: Bounty Hunter, Overcooked 2, and more.
December 2nd, 2024 — Source

An Original Perk A Cola Is Accordingly Returning To Black Ops 6 Zombies
Get THIRSTY partner!
December 2nd, 2024 — Source

Best PU-21 LMG Loadout in Black Ops 6 and Warzone
A better version of Pulemyot
December 2nd, 2024 — Source

Call of Duty and Squid Game Set to Team Up in January
Netflix will launch the second season of Squid Game on Dec. 26.
December 2nd, 2024 — Source

Citadelle Des Morts Wonder Weapons Are Revealed For Black Ops 6 Zombies
Elemental Swords Everyone!
December 2nd, 2024 — Source

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth sales soar 268% following GOTY nominations
Last week, we reported on the boost in sales seen by the poker-themed Balatro following its Game of the Year (GOTY) nominations at the TGAs. It seems Balatro wasn't the only nominee to see a healthy uptick in sales, with the likes of Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth growing by over 250%.
December 2nd, 2024 — Source

Following Blizzard's remaster launch, original Warcraft I and II are being delisted from GOG
In November, during its Warcraft 30th Anniversary Direct presentation, Blizzard confirmed the existence of remasters for its earliest Warcraft games and promptly released Warcraft I: Remastered and Warcraft II: Remastered. However, years earlier, Blizzard and the GOG store teamed up to release the original versions of these games on the DRM-free platform.
December 2nd, 2024 — Source

Fortnite "Remix: The Finale" in-game concert sets new all-time concert record with 14m concurrent users
Fortnite's latest live concert, "Remix: The Finale", has blown past all previous attendance records, drawing, at least for a moment, over 14.3 million players simultaneously to witness an unforgettable musical experience.
December 2nd, 2024 — Source or Watch Video

Garry's Mod reaches new milestone of 25 million copies sold
Garry's Mod is arguably one of the most influential platforms for user-generated-content, with the 'mod' inspiring near-infinite creativity to this day -- including birthing some of the biggest current memes. 18 years since its release and Garry's Mod continues to thrive, having now surpassed over 25 million copies sold.
December 2nd, 2024 — Source

GOG Delisting Warcraft 1 and 2 at Blizzard's Request, But Promises Continued Support and a Discount in the Meantime
All's fair.
December 2nd, 2024 — Source

Get Warcraft 1 And 2 For $13 Before They Are Delisted Next Week
GOG will still allow those who purchased the games to access them.
December 2nd, 2024 — Source

Halo's Arbiter Actor Says He'd Love To Come Back But Hasn't Heard Yet
"I'd love to reprise my role as the Arbiter."
December 2nd, 2024 — Source or Watch Video

Lego James Bond Footage Allegedly Leaks, But Don't Expect To See It Get Made
No time to cry.
December 2nd, 2024 — Source

Mafia 3 in 2024 -- A Better Experience?
When it first launched in 2016, Mafia 3 was panned for its bugs and bland gameplay. Does revisiting it 8 years later make the experience any better?
December 2nd, 2024 — Source

Motorsport Games sunsets NASCAR games following IP license transfer
A new NASCAR console title from iRacing is expected to release in 2025
December 2nd, 2024 — Source

My.Games sells hyper-casual game publisher Mamboo
Company says decision to sell aligns with "primary business focus on mid-core gaming"
December 2nd, 2024 — Source

New report claims gamers spend more time watching videos about gaming than playing games
Gamers typically spend 7.4 hours a week gaming, and 8.5 watching gaming videos
December 2nd, 2024 — Source

Project Party developer Lilith Games lays off 40 employees
AFK Arena studio almost halves headcount following lukewarm beta test of life sim
December 2nd, 2024 — Source

Resident Evil 9 -- 10 Rumours You Need to Know
These potential details on the next Resident Evil are worth paying attention to.
December 2nd, 2024 — Source or Watch Video

Riot Games to issue penalties for "off-platform conduct"
Firm to also restrict player access across Riot games if terms of services are broken when broadcasting or creating content
December 2nd, 2024 — Source

Roblox's new Party feature makes Discord obsolete
It's no longer necessary to leave Roblox if you want to play in a group.
December 2nd, 2024 — Source

Roblox tries to skirt app store fees by making Robux worth more on other platforms
You can get up to 25 percent more Robux by buying them on your computer or the web.
December 2nd, 2024 — Source

Row Over Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Player Who Used Zombies Exploits to Become First to Hit Prestige Master Level 1,000 and Reveal Rewards
Step away from keyboard.
December 2nd, 2024 — Source

Tencent acquires majority stake in Kuro Games
Developer will continue to work independently as a subsidiary of the games firm
December 2nd, 2024 — Source

Terraria Developer Delays Next Update to 2025 to Avoid Crunch
"We are not going to force anyone on our team or anyone else's team to crunch for what would be an arbitrary deadline," the developer says.
December 2nd, 2024 — Source

UK counter-terrorism unit demands ban on pro-Palestinian shooter
Steam removes Fursan al-Aqsa: The Knights of the Al-Aqsa Mosque from sale in the UK
December 2nd, 2024 — Source

Visions of Mana Director Has Joined Square Enix
After leaving Ouka Studios on October 31st, Ryosuke Yoshida said, "I will do my best to make a game that many people can enjoy!"
December 2nd, 2024 — Source

Warcraft and Warcraft II are leaving GOG on December 13
The storefront is delisting the games at Blizzard's request.
December 2nd, 2024 — Source

Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 surpasses 5 million copies sold
Released over a decade following its first entry, Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 launched in September to a wave of success; both critically and commercially. Just 3 months on and the game has already hit its first major milestone of 5 million copies sold.
December 2nd, 2024 — Source

Yasuyuki Oda on why it's taken over a quarter of a century for a new Fatal Fury game
Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves' producer on new characters, worldbuilding in fighting games, and competitive play
December 2nd, 2024 — Source

Gaming — News — December 1st, 2024

Baldur's Gate 3 Goes Out With a Final Bang in 2025
Larian bids farewell to its fantasy-RPG next year with new subclasses, cross-play, and what else? Photo mode.
December 1st, 2024 — Source

Gaming — News — November 30th, 2024

Riot offering up to $100,000 to find Vanguard anti-cheat bugs
When Riot launched Valorant, it also launched a deeply rooted anti-cheat system, Vanguard. This anti-cheat system requires kernel-level access, so maintaining its security is of the utmost importance. To support that, Riot is putting up some big money for its new Vanguard bug bounty program.
November 30th, 2024 — Source

Gaming — News — November 29th, 2024

Burnout 3: Takedown | Why I Love
Mladen Bošnjak from Misfit Village gives us a breakdown of why the much loved Criterion Games classic holds a special place in his heart
November 29th, 2024 — Source

Dave the Diver has sold 5 million copies
Dave the Diver, the charming and addictive underwater adventure RPG, continues to reel in players, surpassing the 5 million copies sold worldwide.
November 29th, 2024 — Source

Dave the Diver sells 5m units | News-in-brief
MintRocket's deep sea exploration game launched in 2023 on PC, Mac, and Switch, followed by PS4 and PS5 in April 2024
November 29th, 2024 — Source

Devs of the Best Soulslike Game Ever are Making a Sci-Fi Survival Horror Game Next
Something's cooking, and it smells nice
November 29th, 2024 — Source

Early Screenshots of Ubisoft Anno 117 -- Pax Romana Released on Steam
Ubisoft has published the first five screenshots for Anno 117 -- Pax Romana, the latest construction and management simulation game, on its Steam product page. The images showcase a variety of environments, including forests, beaches, marshes, and mountains, illustrating the settings where players will develop settlements and manage production systems. The presence of these screenshots on Steam's updated product page indicates that Anno 117 will be available through Valve's digital storefront at launch.
November 29th, 2024 — Source

Fortnite Chapter 6 Adds a Roaming Godzilla and Much More
Megaton.
November 29th, 2024 — Source

Google seeks to undo Epic Games antitrust win over app store
Alphabet Inc.'s Google is asking a federal appeals court to throw out a ruling in an antitrust case brought by Fortnite-maker Epic Games that would force the search giant to overhaul its Play mobile app store.
November 29th, 2024 — Source

GOTY nomination helps push Balatro on mobile past launch week sales
While the annual Game Awards has seen an increasing amount of criticism year-over-year (be it due to an abundance of advertising, a lack of awards or inaccurate categories) the show still serves a major role in the current video games industry. Following its nomination for Game of the Year at the upcoming TGAs, Balatro has seen a massive surge on mobile platforms.
November 29th, 2024 — Source

Handheld consoles are the industry's next battleground | Opinion
With both Microsoft and Sony planning portable launches down the line, and Switch and Steam Deck defining their respective markets, gaming's future seems to be handheld
November 29th, 2024 — Source

Helldivers 2 wins Game of the Year at the 2024 TIGA Awards
UK awards crown Rebellion as Best Large Studio, and nDreams as Best Publisher of the year
November 29th, 2024 — Source

Lies of P Developer Cooking Up a Horror Sci-Fi UE5 Game and DLC for 2025
Will it be a sci-fi horror-themed Wizard of Oz game?
November 29th, 2024 — Source

Lies of P Developer's Next Title is a Sci-Fi Survival Horror Game on Unreal Engine 5
Coming to PC and consoles, Round8 Studio is hiring level designers and more for the title, though it's "too early" to discuss progress.
November 29th, 2024 — Source

Lies of P DLC Launches in Q1 2025
Further details on the Souls-like action RPG's first DLC, including its setting, story and official title, have yet to be revealed.
November 29th, 2024 — Source

Lies of P DLC to land in first quarter of 2025, studio also working on a sci-fi horror game
Lies of P roared into the Soulslike landscape in 2023, offering fans of the genre a twisted adventure based on the classic Adventures of Pinocchio novel. Following its positive reception and gaining millions of players, publisher Neowiz Games announced in late 2023 that the developer Round8 is already working on more content in the universe.
November 29th, 2024 — Source

Lies of P studio is working on a Sci-Fi horror game
Round8 Studios impressed a lot of gamers with Lies of P. Now, the studio is ready for its next project, which is set to be a Sci-Fi survival horror game.
November 29th, 2024 — Source

Light of Motiram from Tencent Under Fire for Copying Guerrilla's Horizon Series
Though it features co-op, base-building, and Mechanimal taming, the title has drawn criticism for copying Horizon's art style.
November 29th, 2024 — Source

Majority of popular mobile games don't comply with UK loot box ad rules
BBC investigation finds only two of the top 45 Google Play titles follow ASA regulations
November 29th, 2024 — Source

Marvel Rivals has gone gold
The highly anticipated hero shooter, Marvel Rivals, is ready to assemble! With its official launch just around the corner, developer Second Dinner Studios has announced that the game has gone gold, signalling a smooth liftoff for the upcoming hero shooter.
November 29th, 2024 — Source

Neverness To Everness Gets Limited Chinese Closed Beta Test
The upcoming title by Hotta Studio, Neverness to Everness, has officially launched its limited-scale Chinese Closed Beta Test that begins on November 28, 2024. This will allow players in China to explore the upcoming supernatural urban open-world RPG, and get to see some of the fresh new content that has been added by Hotta Studio.
November 29th, 2024 — Source

New Fortnite Chapter 6 Trailer Leaks Early, Shows Off Godzilla
A new Fortnite Chapter 6 launch trailer has leaked early, and has revealed that Godzilla and some other bosses will be making their way into the incredibly popular Battle Royale. The trailer has yet to be officially released by Epic Games, but data miners did what they do best and found it within the game files, as seen on the X account Guille_GAG.
November 29th, 2024 — Source or Watch Video

Sony Buying Elden Ring Developer FromSoftware's Parent Company Unlikely To Happen, Report Claims
It's all or nothing for Kadokawa
November 29th, 2024 — Source

Sony May Find It Hard to Buy All of FromSoftware Parent Company Kadokawa, Financial Report Claims
Ring out.
November 29th, 2024 — Source

Star Citizen funding passes $750m | News-in-Brief
Main game still in early access, with Squadron 42 single-player campaign said to be launching in 2026
November 29th, 2024 — Source

Warhammer 40K Space Marine 2 Has Sold 5 Million Units, Will Get DLSS/FSR Frame Generation with Next Patch
Warhammer 40K Space Marine 2 continues its solid sales performance. The game developed by Saber Interactive sold two million units within a day of its debut (considering pre-orders, of course) and turned out to be the second best-selling game launch of the year in Europe. Less than three months later, the studio announced that Space Marine 2 broke the milestone of five million copies sold, which proves that the game was well-received among the notoriously picky Warhammer 40K fans.
November 29th, 2024 — Source

Gaming — News — November 27th, 2024

Activision uses AI to ban nearly 20,000 Black Ops 6 cheaters
Ranked mode has a massive cheating problem
November 27th, 2024 — Source

Ayasa: Shadow of Silence First Trailer Gives Haunting Little Nightmares Vibes
An adventure into the unknown.
November 27th, 2024 — Source

Balatro Has Reportedly Earned $4.4 Million on Mobile Devices
LocalThunk and PlayStack's acclaimed roguelike sensation launched for iOS and Android devices in September.
November 27th, 2024 — Source

Block Blast reaches 40m daily active players | News-in-brief
Hungry Studio's mobile title has also surpassed 150 million monthly active players
November 27th, 2024 — Source

BioWare legend Casey Hudson shuts down his new studio
Back in 2021, former BioWare lead and director of Mass Effect, Casey Hudson, started up a new studio with the goal of creating a new AAA Sci-Fi RPG. We've been keeping a keen eye on this project ever since, but unfortunately, the studio is closing down before the game can see the light of day.
November 27th, 2024 — Source

CD Projekt Red enters full production on The Witcher 4
After launching Cyberpunk 2077 in late 2020, CD Projekt Red restructured its studios to reduce crunch and even swapped out its in-house development tools for Unreal Engine technology to smooth out development of future games. Since then, the studio has also been very open about its roadmap. In the latest update, we've learned that The Witcher 4 is now in full production.
November 27th, 2024 — Source

Codecks secures €1m in funding
Investment will help firm expand the capabilities of its project management tool
November 27th, 2024 — Source

DayZ Developer Responds To Frostline DLC Review-Bombing On Steam
Player reactions to the DLC's asking price have left the game's Steam user score bleeding out.
November 27th, 2024 — Source

Fallout 76 Crosses 21 Million Players
Bethesda's online RPG crosses another milestone in player numbers, up from 20 million players in June.
November 27th, 2024 — Source or Source

Future Mortal Kombat 1 DLCs reportedly cancelled
Contrary to its prior release schedule, NetherRealm went straight from MK11 to Mortal Kombat 1 – skipping their previous cadence of breaking up Mortal Kombat releases with a new Injustice game. Whether it be due to an oversaturation of the series, or the recent expansion which failed to make a mark, it seems future DLC for MK1 might have been cancelled.
November 27th, 2024 — Source

Get chased by immortal trees in Minecraft's newest update, now available to download everywhere
"The Garden Awakens" is the latest Minecraft Game Drop, and it's finally here.
November 27th, 2024 — Source

League Of Legends Introduces New Seasonal Model With Welcome To Noxus
LoL will now have multiple themed seasons per year, a battle pass, and more.
November 27th, 2024 — Source

Mac Walters' Worlds Untold studio on "pause" as it seeks new funding partner
"This isn't goodbye - there's more to come," BioWare alumni Mac Walters said
November 27th, 2024 — Source

Mass Effect Director's New Studio Pauses Operations As It Seeks New Partner
Worlds Untold was previously working with NetEase on its first game.
November 27th, 2024 — Source

Mortal Kombat 1: Khaos Reigns Sold Poorly, Kombat Pack 3 and Second Expansion Cancelled – Rumor
The cancellations reportedly occurred recently, though the 2023 fighting game could still receive one or two more Kameo Fighters.
November 27th, 2024 — Source

NetEase’s Worlds Untold From Mass Effect Lead Pauses Development Due To Funding Issues, Possibly In Danger Of Cancelation
Another one
November 27th, 2024 — Source

No More Room in Hell 2 Gets First Early Access Update, Adds New Ending & Weapons
Torn Banner Studios, the developer behind Chivalry 2, has just announced that the first Early Access update for No More Room in Hell 2 has been released. This update is called Reinforcement and is currently available for players to explore. No More Room in Hell 2 is an eight-player, co-op horror shooter that just launched into early access and is already doing pretty well for itself.
November 27th, 2024 — Source or Watch Video

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl Guide – Best Armor and Where to Find Them
The best armour in Stalker 2 and where you can find them.
November 27th, 2024 — Source or Watch Video

Scopely opens new studio in Saudi Arabia led by EA veteran
Mirai CEO Charity Joy was previously general manager at Criterion
November 27th, 2024 — Source

Shuhei Yoshida Leaving Sony Interactive Entertainment on January 15, 2025
In an official PlayStation podcast interview, Shuhei Yoshida made the announcement that he will be leaving Sony Interactive Entertainment after working there for 31 years. His official leaving date is January 15, 2025. He has had some truly iconic moments throughout his time at PlayStation. From falling asleep during a monologue from David Cage in 2013 to the iconic video demonstrating how to share games on PS4 right after Microsoft's failed Xbox One announcement.
November 27th, 2024 — Source

Terminally Ill Fan Was Able To Play Borderlands 4 Early, And He Says It's Amazing
Caleb McAlpine confirms that Gearbox gave him the opportunity to play Borderlands 4 early, and he's in awe of what he saw.
November 27th, 2024 — Source

This Top-Ranked College Basketball Team Created A Call Of Duty-Inspired Training Program
Kentucky Wildcats guard Koby Brea explains how his team's "Ball of Duty" drills have helped them stay undefeated so far this season.
November 27th, 2024 — Source

Gaming — News — November 25th, 2024

2K Games' motion capture studio votes to unionise
71% of voters in favour as studio organisers under the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees
November 25th, 2024 — Source

Appcharge raises $26 million
Creandum, Supercell, Bitkraft Ventures, and Moneta Ventures contribute to Series A round
November 25th, 2024 — Source

CMA calls for investigation into Apple and Google's mobile market dominance
Independent inquiry group suggested both firms have "an effective duopoly on mobile ecosystems"
November 25th, 2024 — Source

Entrepreneur Rand Fishkin’s latest venture: A new Seattle video game studio
SparkToro co-founder Rand Fishkin announced Monday that he raised $2.15 million for a new independent video game studio in Seattle.
November 25th, 2024 — Source

Game Where You Hunt and Kill Connor McGregor Pulls DLC Following His Sexual Assault Trial
For a few months, players could pay $4.99 to murder the Irish prize fighter, but the company has severed ties after he was found liable for sexual assault.
November 25th, 2024 — Source

Hitman Has Cut Ties With Conor McGregor After Court Ruling
Hitman developer IO Interactive has made the decision to cut ties with the MMA fighter Conor McGregor after last week's Irish High Court ruling where he was found to be guilty of assaulting and raping a woman in December 2018. The decision to cut ties comes shortly after a collaboration between IO Interactive and McGregor was confirmed, where he would be a character in the Hitman series called SourceThe Disruptor.
November 25th, 2024 — Source

KitGuru Games: A decade of GOTY winners – did voters get it WRONG?
The Game Awards have been around for well over a decade and, at this point, the TGAs have cemented themselves as the biggest awards show for the industry. Geoff Keighley knows how to draw people in with promises of new game trailers and other announcements, leading to huge moments like Bethesda's reveal for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, or Microsoft's Xbox Series X reveal.
November 25th, 2024 — Source

Larian Studios Sets 100 Mod Limit for Baldur’s Gate 3 Consoles
Larian Studios has implemented a 100-mod limit for console versions of Baldur’s Gate 3 to address stability issues caused by excessive mod usage.
November 25th, 2024 — Source

Larian’s Profits Soared Past $200M in 2023 Thanks To Baldur’s Gate 3
Baldur’s Gate 3 has been widely played following its 2023 launch, and now we know just how well it sold for developer Larian Studios.
November 25th, 2024 — Source or Watch Video

Marvel Rivals Interview – Heroes, Maps, Progression, and More
Members of Marvel Rivals' development team speak with GamingBolt about the upcoming hero shooter.
November 25th, 2024 — Source

Microsoft blocks Windows 11 update due to Ubisoft game crashes
Microsoft has temporarily blocked the Windows 11 24H2 update on PCs with certain Ubisoft games installed due to persistent crashes and performance issues. The affected games include popular titles like Assassin's Creed Valhalla, Assassin's Creed Origins, Assassin's Creed Odyssey, Star Wars Outlaws, and Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora.
November 25th, 2024 — Source

Microsoft Puts Windows 11 24H2 Update on Hold for Users with Certain Ubisoft Games
Microsoft has had to pause issuing the Windows 11 24H2 update to users who have certain Ubisoft games installed on their PCs as the games become unresponsive. Here's the blurb from the help article:
November 25th, 2024 — Source

My Games launches mobile publisher MGVC Publishing
Label looking for soft launch projects and established games, and is interested in Asian devs looking to expand to the West
November 25th, 2024 — Source

Sniper Elite: Resistance Hands-On Preview – A Familiar Yet Grander Playground
One shot, one kill
November 25th, 2024 — Source

The Game Awards Lets You Vote Inside Fortnite With A Virtual Geoff Keighley
Fortnite welcomes The Game Awards with a unique event this December.
November 25th, 2024 — Source or Watch Video

The Simpsons Hit & Run Dev Gives Tragic Update On Why We Never Got A Sequel
"Some crazy person" at the publisher said no, apparently.
November 25th, 2024 — Source

Troy Baker To Return in Naughty Dog’s New Untitled Game, Neil Druckmann At Helm
Troy Baker is a staple voice actor in the gaming sphere, and it's no surprise that he'll be making a return to Naughty Dog's new untitled game. For this title, Neil Druckmann will be at the helm, the mind behind The Last of Us and Uncharted. At the moment, there is no real information about the project, but GQ has confirmed that Troy Baker has signed on to appear in the title in some capacity.
November 25th, 2024 — Source

Ubisoft Barcelona unions file lawsuit against return to office mandate
Ubisoft's decision was made "suddenly and without transparency," unions claim
November 25th, 2024 — Source

Ubisoft Now Pressuring Steam to Remove Player Count Tracking After Historic Star Wars FLOP...
Even LESS transparency from the video game industry? I'm SHOCKED I tell you. SHOCKED!!! Ok, maybe not that shocked...
November 25th, 2024 — Source

Video games' festive charity extravaganza Jingle Jam targets 1,000 streamers
The charity hopes to hit £5 million in annual donations within the next three years
November 25th, 2024 — Source

Why has the games industry abandoned events? | GI Microcast
Bumper edition available to download now, also discusses Sony's potential acquisiton of Kadokawa
November 25th, 2024 — Source

Gaming — News — November 24th, 2024

STALKER 2 Team Outlines Next Fixes: Crashes, Bugs, Weapon Price Adjustments and more
Following the good news that STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl has already surpassed one million units sold (not counting all Game Pass users who are playing the game), the Ukrainian development team has now outlined the main fixes that will be released with the first post-launch update. The game is rather buggy and unbalanced, so, understandably, they will focus on these areas first.
November 24th, 2024 — Source

"We've been following your feedback in all possible forms carefully." STALKER 2: The update patches and bug fixes are coming in fast, with one of the biggest issues on Xbox coming later on.
GSC Game World confirms the first post-launch patch should drop next week, here are the full patch notes.
November 24th, 2024 — Source

Gaming — News — November 23rd, 2024

Roblox Rolls Out Even More Protections for Kids as Concerns Persist
Roblox's newest updates are still trying to convince parents and families the gaming platform is safe for kids.
November 23rd, 2024 — Source

Sonic x Shadow Generations hits new sales milestone
Sonic the Hedgehog has been on a bit of a hot streak as of late, with the Blue Blur having recently released the remaster/expansion Sonic x Shadow Generations to immediate sales success. One month on and the game continues to perform well, with SEGA announcing the latest sales milestone.
November 23rd, 2024 — Source

Gaming — News — November 21st, 2024

Activision might be bringing back its old licensed games
For decades, Activision served as one of the biggest publishers of licensed video games, from Marvel titles to Transformers releases, almost all of these games can no longer be purchased due to said licences expiring.
November 21st, 2024 — Source

AFK Journey named Google Play's Game of the Year
Meanwhile, Supercell racks up two wins with Clash of Clans and Squad Busters
November 21st, 2024 — Source

Avowed Is Full Of Discoveries And The Freedom To Find Them--Or Not
Playing the first two hours of Avowed emphasizes how much there is to see and do in the Living Lands, and how much freedom you'll have in making your way through them.
November 21st, 2024 — Source

Black Ops 6: The Replacer's Leaked Finishing Moves Are Some Of COD's Most Ridiculous Yet
The Replacer lives up to his name in the early look at his finishing movies in Call of Duty: Black Ops 6.
November 21st, 2024 — Source

Call Of Duty: Black Ops 6 Ranked Play Starts Now, Rewards Revealed
Black Ops 6 players can now work their way through the ranks of serious competitors for exclusive rewards.
November 21st, 2024 — Source

Coming to Game Pass: Stalker 2, Nine Sols, Flight Simulator 2024, Genshin Impact Benefits, and Others
If you're not too busy taking off for the skies in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 today, may we interrupt your flight with these games? We have a selection of day one games, game benefits, indies, and more. What can we get started for you (aka: what will you put in your download queue first)?
November 21st, 2024 — Source

European video game sales jumped 12% in October on the back of blockbuster launches | European Monthly Charts
Call of Duty, Dragon Ball, Mario Party, Silent Hill, Dragon Age and Undisputed all make the Top Ten
November 21st, 2024 — Source

Game investment and M&A deals pull ahead of 2023 at $10.38bn for Q1-Q3
Number of deals for first nine months up 16% compared to later year
November 21st, 2024 — Source

Hawkeye Joins Marvel Rivals as ‘Doom’s Rise’ Season Builds Launch Hype
Another one added to the roster.
November 21st, 2024 — Source

Heart Machine Falls Apart: Yet ANOTHER Sweet Baby Inc. Studio Goes Up In Flames...
Heart Machine Layoffs: Another Sweet Baby Inc. Studio Faces Workforce Cuts Before the Holidays
November 21st, 2024 — Source

Hyper Light Breaker dev Heart Machine lays off unknown number of staff
But studio says early access launch of upcoming open-world roguelite will not be impacted
November 21st, 2024 — Source

Itch.io now requires creators to declare if their work uses generative AI
Itch.io said the new category "ensure[s] buyers are aware of the origins of the material they are obtaining"
November 21st, 2024 — Source or Source

Kadokawa Confirms Letter of Intent From Sony for Acquisition, “No Decision Made at This Time”
CEO Takeshi Natsuno also said that any facts regarding the matter would be announced "in a timely and appropriate manner."
November 21st, 2024 — Source

Majority of GAME head office staff reportedly laid off since August
New report also claims parent company Frasers Group is failing to order enough stock for new launches
November 21st, 2024 — Source

Marvel Rivals Announces Hawkeye for Launch Roster, New Map Revealed
Marvel Games and NetEase Games have made the announcement that Hawkeye will be joining the launch roster for Marvel Rivals. So far, the roster is pretty nicely stacked and has a lot of variation for those who plan on getting stuck into the game. The release date for Marvel Rivals isn't far away, as the game will be launching on December 6 with all heroes unlocked and free to play.
November 21st, 2024 — Source or Watch Video

NVIDIA GeForce NOW Gets Five New Games This Week
Get ready to dive deeper into the criminal underworld of a galaxy far, far away as GeForce NOW brings the first major story pack for Star Wars Outlaws to the cloud this week. The season of giving continues - GeForce NOW members can access a new free reward: a special in-game Star Wars Outlaws enhancement.
November 21st, 2024 — Source

Obsidian’s Avowed is the cure for “Souls-like” action-RPG fatigue
Preview build shows a rich, colorful world with satisfying, zippy combat.
November 21st, 2024 — Source

Post Malone Probably Loves Hunt: Showdown More Than You, Has 400 Hours Of Playtime
He's an FPS rockstar.
November 21st, 2024 — Source

Racist Rant From Deluded ‘Celebrity’ Cowboy Roasted: ‘What a Clown’
“I’m famous in Austin!”
November 21st, 2024 — Source

Raw Fury Announces Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer with a Demo
Today at The MIX's Fall Showcase, indie publisher Raw Fury and developer Clifftop Games revealed Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer, the second installment in the point-and-click Kathy Rain series. In this new urban thriller, down-and-out private eye Kathy Rain will embark on her most dangerous case yet—pursuing the notorious serial killer, the Soothsayer.
November 21st, 2024 — Source or Watch Video

Roblox is the latest target of state kids online safety bills
The New York Children’s Online Safety Act would require platforms to make children’s profiles private by default.
November 21st, 2024 — Source

Sing Your Heart Out: VR Karaoke Game ‘Songbird’ Launches Today on Meta Quest
Whether you’re alone in the shower or up on the stage, there’s nothing quite like belting out your favorite song. Songbird taps into the swelling feeling of letting the music take you away by turning anywhere into a karaoke stage, and it launches today on Meta Quest.
November 21st, 2024 — Source or Watch Video

Shenmue 3 publishing rights shift to Inin Games
Developer Ys Net says previous work with Inin "deepen[ed] the relationship between" the companies
November 21st, 2024 — Source

Space Marine 2's Next Big Update Will Ban Mods In Public Matches To Help Server Stability
Mods will still be usable in private lobbies.
November 21st, 2024 — Source

Star Wars Outlaws Is Dropping Forced Stealth, So You Can Start Blasting Your Way Out Of Trouble
Han Solo didn't shoot first, but Kay Vess certainly did.
November 21st, 2024 — Source

Star Wars Outlaws just fixed those maddening stealth missions
Players will no longer instantly fail when being spotted.
November 21st, 2024 — Source

Steam Controller 2 And New VR Controller Both Reportedly In The Works At Valve
In addition to a sequel to the Steam Controller, a new VR controller is also said to be under development.
November 21st, 2024 — Source

Steam Outlines Major Changes To Its Season Pass And DLC Rules
It's going to be a lot easier for players to get refunds after Steam lays down new rules for season passes and DLC.
November 21st, 2024 — Source

Two Grand Theft Auto Games Are Leaving Netflix's Game Library Soon
Some of Netflix's most popular games will be leaving the platform after only a year.
November 21st, 2024 — Source

Ubisoft Is Fixing the Stealth Sections in Star Wars Outlaws by Letting You Avoid Them Completely
The long road to redemption
November 21st, 2024 — Source

Ubisoft Releases Assassin’s Creed Shadows Stealth Gameplay Overview
As the release date for Assassin's Creed Shadows looms ever closer, Ubisoft has begun to drop details about the upcoming title, with a new post detailing the Stealth gameplay that players can expect from diving into this title. Assassin's Creed Shadows is set to release on February 14, 2025, after Ubisoft announced that they will be delaying the game from its Sourceoriginal release date of November 15, 2024.
November 21st, 2024 — Source or Watch Video

Valve updates guidelines for season passes on Steam
Developers and publishers must commit to a release date for season pass content
November 21st, 2024 — Source

Valve Updates Steam Season Pass Rules for Better Transparency
Valve has introduced significant updates to its Steam platform guidelines, targeting season passes to improve transparency and protect customers.
November 21st, 2024 — Source

Warhammer Vermintide 2 Welcomed 500K New Players in Versus Launch Week
Swedish developer Fatshark has announced that Warhammer Vermintide 2 has welcomed over 500K new players in the launch week of the new Versus PvP mode, breathing new life into the game. Warhammer Vermintide 2 originally launched in March 2018 for PC, then July 2018 for Xbox, and December 2018 for PlayStation 4. By early 2019, it had already surpassed two million players.
November 21st, 2024 — Source

Why Control 2 Won’t Be Like Any Action-RPG We’ve Played Before
(Para)normal service continues.
November 21st, 2024 — Source

Xsolla to establish Asia-Pacific headquarters in South Korea's Busan Metropolitan City
Move is part of a partnership to "position Busan as a global hub for game development and technological innovation"
November 21st, 2024 — Source

Gaming — News — November 18th, 2024

15 Amazing Horror Games with Stealth Mechanics
We will be taking a look at 15 of the best survival horror games that feature stealth mechanics which use them to their advantage to create thrilling experiences.
November 18th, 2024 — Source

Activision Addresses Call Of Duty: Black Ops 6 2XP Token Issue After Fan Outcry
Treyarch, the developer behind Activision's Black Ops 6, says the tokens should be restored in a later update.
November 18th, 2024 — Source

As Expected, No One Is Happy With Shadow of the Erdtree Getting a GOTY 2024 Nomination
2022 all over again
November 18th, 2024 — Source

Assassin's Creed Infinity (Animus) Hub will be "entirely free"
First announced several years ago, Ubisoft is set to consolidate all of its Assassin's Creed titles through a shared hub previously known as Assassin's Creed Infinity. Since its initial announcement, plans for the service have changed quite a bit, including a rebranding to the 'Animus Hub'.
November 18th, 2024 — Source

Astro Bot and Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth lead the 2024 Game Awards nominees
Elden Ring's big expansion is among the Game of the Year contenders.
November 18th, 2024 — Source

Back 4 Blood 2 Reportedly in Development at Turtle Rock
It seems like Turtle Rock Studios may be working on Back 4 Blood 2. The rumor comes from MP1st, which spotted a project titled Gobi 2 under the resume of actor Jesse Hutch (who previously performed motion capture for JD Fenix in Gears of War 4). Gobi was the codename for the first Back 4 Blood, apparently named after the studio's mascot pet, a bearded dragon that has now passed away.
November 18th, 2024 — Source

EmbracerGroup CEO Surprised that Legacy of Kain Remastered Sales are 'Much Stronger than Expectations'
More vampires games to sink your teeth into!
November 18th, 2024 — Source

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, Astro Bot Lead The Game Awards 2024 Nominations
Both are also nominated for Game of the Year, alongside Balatro, Black Myth: Wukong, Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree, and Metaphor: ReFantazio.
November 18th, 2024 — Source

Gaming for the good of developing valuable workplace skills—old stereotypes of online gaming upended by new report
Maybe the naysayers and detractors of online gaming and its ill effects on youth need to stand down. That's according to a report in the journal Human Resource Development International from Melika Shirmohammadi, assistant professor at the UH College of Technology.
November 18th, 2024 — Source

Half Life celebrates 20th anniversary with new update and 2-hour documentary
Valve is marking the 20th anniversary of Half-Life 2 with a wealth of new content, including a two-hour documentary, an updated developer commentary, and a new update. Unfortunately, in the middle of all of this, there's no mention of the long-awaited "Half-Life 3".
November 18th, 2024 — Source or Watch Video

Half-Life 2 Gets Big 20th Anniversary Update, As New Information On Episode 3 Revealed
Happy birthday!
November 18th, 2024 — Source

Half-Life 2 hits new peak concurrent player count during free weekend
It seems like everyone's jumping back into City 17 this week as Half-Life 2 smashes concurrent player records on Steam. Celebrating its 20th anniversary, Half-Life 2 just got a massive update and a free weekend, prompting the peak concurrent player count to go over the 64K mark.
November 18th, 2024 — Source

Half-Life 2 Just Got a Record Player Count Surge, but Here's Why That Won't Lead to a Half-Life 3
Wake up and smell the ashes...
November 18th, 2024 — Source

Half-Life 2 reaches new record at over 60,000 concurrent players
Surge in popularity follows 20th anniversary celebrations of the Valve title
November 18th, 2024 — Source

Horizon Adventures Will Soon Be An Actual Lego Set, And It's Surprisingly Cheap
The next Lego Horizon set pits Aloy and Varl against fearsome robots, and it's now available to preorder.
November 18th, 2024 — Source

Humble announces Telltale Games bundle
At a pretty regular cadence, Humble offers various bundles of games for a heavily discounted price -- all the while giving a portion of the proceedings to charity. Right now, the platform is offering a 'Telltale Collection' bundle, featuring the likes of The Walking Dead series, The Wolf Among Us and more.
November 18th, 2024 — Source

Leaked Message From Geoff Keighley EXPOSES "The Game Awards" True Agenda...
Geoff Keighley's Push to Trademark "The Game Awards" Raises SERIOUS Questions About the Future of the Industry
November 18th, 2024 — Source

Life is Strange: Double Exposure Launches for Switch on November 19
The game's imminent digital release will be followed by a physical launch in January, Square Enix has confirmed.
November 18th, 2024 — Source

Marvel Rivals' launch roster and roadmap revealed
Following multiple beta periods, the upcoming Hero Shooter Marvel Rivals is finally set to arrive on the 6th of December. Ahead of the free-to-play game's official launch, the team have offered a look at the title's full roster -- as well as their post-launch roadmap.
November 18th, 2024 — Source or Watch Video

Merak Capital launches $80m fund to support MENA games startups
Investment firm aims to support developers, gaming technologies, and publishing platforms
November 18th, 2024 — Source

Of Ash and Steel Hands-Off Impressions -- The Path Less Traveled By
Begone, yellow ledge
November 18th, 2024 — Source

Pacific Drive's Winter Update Adds Goldshells and Garage Decoration
New cosmetics, like neon signs and posters, are available to spruce up the garage. A new customization pack is also available for $4.99.
November 18th, 2024 — Source

Portal 2 Looks Stunning With RTX Remix Path Tracing Mod
A Portal 2 RTX Remix mod is now available for download, introducing path tracing to the amazing puzzle game released by Valve over ten years ago.
November 18th, 2024 — Source

Payday 3's Dev Team Downsizes, No Layoffs in Sight Yet
Typically, when a game experiences a rough launch or a development team decides to downsize, it isn't good news. While Starbreeze has downsized the Payday 3 team, it doesn't seem that there are planned layoffs, which, in the current climate of the game industry, is great news. When it comes to games that were highly anticipated and then flopping, Payday 3 is pretty high on the list. Even Starbreeze is aware of the fact that the game launched unsuccessfully.
November 18th, 2024 — Source

Phil Spencer Is Bullish On Microsoft/Disney Partnership For Indiana Jones And Blade
Although Microsoft's Phil Spencer is wary of licensed games, he praises the company's partnership with Lucasfilm and Disney.
November 18th, 2024 — Source

Phil Spencer Would Rather Revisit Owned IPs Than Rely on More Licensed Games
Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer was featured in several interviews last week. In the second half of the chat with Game File's Stephen Totilo, published over the weekend, the executive said that he'd rather revisit some of Microsoft's many owned intellectual properties than rely on licensed games any further.
November 18th, 2024 — Source

Play Ventures raises $140m in third gaming fund
Firm expects to invest in up to 25 early-stage games companies worldwide
November 18th, 2024 — Source

Rainbow Six Siege gets crossplay, a reworked Blackbeard, AI chat moderation, and more
Rainbow Six Siege is about to close out its ninth year of updates with the Operation Collision Point seasonal update. While there isn't a new operator or new map attached to the content update, a reworked Blackbeard with a slick new shield, matchmaking upgrades, crossplay across all platforms, and more features are incoming from Ubisoft.
November 18th, 2024 — Source or Watch Video

Riot Games Teases More Shows After Success of Arcane Animated Series
On November 16, Riot Games co-founder Marc Merrill announced that more animated shows are in the works despite the cancellation of Arcane's third season.
November 18th, 2024 — Source

Roblox adds further changes to safety systems and parental controls
Under 13s can no longer use direct messaging on platform chats without parental consent
November 18th, 2024 — Source

Roblox boosts safety with stricter controls and better parental monitoring
Roblox is an online gaming platform and game creation system popular with both kids and adults. Now, it is rolling out several significant updates to its safety features and parental controls.
November 18th, 2024 — Source or Source or Source or Source or Source or Source

Roblox Finally Introduces New Safety Measures For Players Who Are Under 13 Along With Improved Parental Controls
Child safety is the highest priority
November 18th, 2024 — Source

Sam Dyer preserves video game history in hardback
Bitmap Books' founder on the power of tangible media and how his books help preserve the joy of gaming's history after ten years in the business
November 18th, 2024 — Source

Samsung Galaxy honors gaming 'excellence' with the Esports Awards and The Mobies
The ceremonies kick off on November 19 with competitions to come later in the week.
November 18th, 2024 — Source

Senator Accuses Valve Of Allowing Hate To Spread On Steam
Virginia Senator Mark Warner calls out Valve for allegedly letting hate groups to come together on Steam.
November 18th, 2024 — Source

Square Enix: 'We Will Not Cheat' With Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3's Airship
Blue-sky thinking.
November 18th, 2024 — Source

The Game Awards reveals 2024 nominees, opens public vote
The Game Awards is airing in December and as always, just a couple of weeks ahead of the event, the nominees are now up for public voting. You can now cast your vote for Game of the Year 2024, as well as pick your favourites in all 28 other categories.
November 18th, 2024 — Source

The Game Awards 2024: The Complete List of GOTY Nominees
Astro Bot and Final Fantasy VII Rebirth lead the way with seven nominations apiece.
November 18th, 2024 — Source

The Game Awards now considers 'remasters, remakes & seasons' for GOTY awards
The Game Awards tends to run into one controversy or another each year and it looks like 2024 is no different. Over the weekend, just days before revealing this year's chosen nominees, show organiser, Geoff Keighley, announced that starting this year, DLCs, expansions, remakes and even remasters will be in consideration for all categories, including Game of the Year.
November 18th, 2024 — Source

Ubisoft Addresses Rumors About Assassin's Creed Animus Hub Features
Ubisoft has officially dismissed rumors regarding monetization in the upcoming Assassin's Creed Animus Hub, a platform designed to complement Assassin's Creed Shadows and future entries in the series.
November 18th, 2024 — Source

Unity CEO addresses decision to cancel controversial runtime fee
"Folks valued Unity as a partner, but they didn't like the way we were connecting with them," says Matthew Bromberg
November 18th, 2024 — Source

Valve Explains Half-Life 2: Episode Three Cancellation and Reveals Deleted Gameplay
In a documentary commemorating the 20th anniversary of Half-Life 2, Valve staff provided detailed information about the development of the influential first-person shooter and the unsuccessful attempts to complete its sequel. Although Half-Life 2, released in 2004, achieved considerable success, the story continued with Episodes One in 2006 and Episode Two in 2007.
November 18th, 2024 — Source or Watch Video

World Of Warcraft 2? Blizzard Says There Are No Plans Currently, But That Could Change
Blizzard might have to think about wiping the slate clean at some point, but not soon.
November 18th, 2024 — Source

Gaming — News — November 17th, 2024

5 Sonic Games That Got Canceled & Why They Were Axed
Since Sonic the Hedgehog's debut in June 1991, the blue blur has starred in a multitude of games — but several others have never seen the light of day.
November 17th, 2024 — Source

GTA 6 Release: Why Rockstar Is Taking So Long
You've probably seen memes by now about how we've gotten some random thing we didn't expect before we got "Grand Theft Auto 6." It stems from the fact that "GTA 6" has taken a long, long time to be released, and gamers have been growing impatient over the last few years.
November 17th, 2024 — Source

Gaming — News — November 16th, 2024

Discord's new feature feels a lot like spying. Here's how to disable it
Discord now keeps deeper tabs on what your contacts have been playing (and vice versa).
November 16th, 2024 — Source

Leaked Monster Hunter Wilds Plot Shows a 20-Year-Old Connection to the Series' Origins
An ancient (Frankenstein's) monster awakens
November 16th, 2024 — Source

Mortal Kombat 1 Kalls In Ghostface to Slash Everyone to Bits
The Scream villain takes some time off from terrorizing teens to terrorize ninjas, gods, and monster people.
November 16th, 2024 — Source

Supervive: Release Date and Everything to Know About the New Battle Royale
Grab your duo or four-person squad and drop into the fray against dozens of other players in this fun, frantic mashup of game genres.
November 16th, 2024 — Source

Unreal and Unreal Tournament Free on Internet Archive
Two pioneering titles that helped kickstart the online multiplayer FPS craze -- Unreal and Unreal Tournament -- have been given new life and are now freely available to download and play courtesy of the Internet Archive.
November 16th, 2024 — Source

VtM -- Bloodlines RTX Remix Mod Alpha 0.0.1 Released on the Game's 20th Anniversary
Today marks the twentieth anniversary since the release of VtM - Bloodlines, the beloved first-person roleplaying game set in the World of Darkness. Developed by the short-lived Troika Games, it was designed by some of the minds behind the first two Fallout games and Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura: Tim Cain, Leonard Boyarsky, and Jason Anderson.
November 16th, 2024 — Source

Gaming — News — November 15th, 2024

10 Easiest Killers to Learn in Dead by Daylight (November 2024)
Easy pickings for The Entity
November 15th, 2024 — Source

Assassin's Creed Shadows Battle Pass Allegedly Leaks, Showing Off Futuristic And Mythological Cosmetics
Killer fashion.
November 15th, 2024 — Source

Avowed will be published to Battle net at launch
Avowed is one of Microsoft's biggest first-party games with a confirmed release date. Set to launch on the 18th of February, the game is of course going to be made available across the likes of Steam and the Windows Store. Interestingly, this Obsidian Entertainment title is also going to be added to Activision Blizzard's Battle net launcher.
November 15th, 2024 — Source

Bit Odd raises €17m in funding round
Investment will support development of upcoming free-to-play multiplayer title
November 15th, 2024 — Source

Blizzard Job Ad Confirms 'Upcoming Open-World Shooter' Is in the Works — and All Signs Point to StarCraft
It's about time.
November 15th, 2024 — Source or Source or Source orSource

Castlevania Anniversary Collection is free on the Epic Games Store
Each week, all those with an Epic Games account are privy to a title or two for free as part of the publisher's 'Free Game' program. This week, EGS account holders can add the indie puzzler Snakebird alongside the Castlevania Anniversary Collection.
November 15th, 2024 — Source or Watch Video

Complete Wuthering Waves Banner History (Version 1.4)
Everyone gets a Resonator
November 15th, 2024 — Source

CRKD Announces the Exclusive NEO S Frost Edition at Select Apple Stores and Online
CRKD, the premium collectible gaming brand behind the award-winning Nitro Deck, Nitro Deck+ and NEO S collectible controllers, announced today the NEO S Frost Edition, an exclusive NEO S design is available at select Apple Store locations and apple.com this holiday season.
November 15th, 2024 — Source

EA's four evergreen principles to keep your service games fresh
Head of operations Arjun Balaram encouraged India GDC attendees to be flexible with how they update their titles
November 15th, 2024 — Source

Everything Announced for Wuthering Waves 1.4 (Release Date & Banners)
The Solaris-3 news
November 15th, 2024 — Source

Half-Life 2 RTX Remaster Looks Stunning In 20th Anniversary Tribute
As Half-Life 2 nears its 20th anniversary, NVIDIA has released a video showing the progress being made on Half-Life 2 RTX by Orbifold Studios, a collection of modding groups who've come together for this project. The aim is to bring a breath of fresh air into this classic title; to create something old fans can enjoy and provide an experience newer gamers might expect in a modern game.
November 15th, 2024 — Source or Source

Horizon Online Could Launch in 2025, Job Listing Seemingly Suggests
Guerrilla Games' co-op Horizon spinoff could be part of PlayStation's release lineup for 2025, a recently published job listing seems to suggest.
November 15th, 2024 — Source

New York Game Awards to honour Sam Lake
Remedy's creative director will receive the Andrew Yoon Legend Award following two decades at the developer
November 15th, 2024 — Source

No More Room in Hell 2 Update Out by November End, Overhauls Difficulty and Adds New Weapons
Zombies will also have improved hit reactions, while the Power Plant offers a random new ending by completing other objectives.
November 15th, 2024 — Source

Phil Spencer Reveals That Bethesda 'Should Have Waited' To Put Buggies Out In New Starfield DLC
Not a good look for Bethesda
November 15th, 2024 — Source

Russian Government Is Reportedly Considering 'Severe Measures' If Stalker 2 Has 'Illegal Information'
That's a tad extreme
November 15th, 2024 — Source

SAG-AFTRA announces new agreement for video game localisation
Agreement expands upon session and voiceprint options, offers AI protections and employment opportunities
November 15th, 2024 — Source

Splinter Cell Movie Sneaks Back To The Shadows After Being Canceled
"Just couldn't get it right, script-wise, budget-wise."
November 15th, 2024 — Source or Watch Video

Starfield Shattered Space Feedback Discussed by Microsoft's Phil Spencer
Bethesda Game Studios released the Starfield Shattered Space expansion roughly two months ago. The reception, however, wasn't great. On Wccftech, the expansion got a mere six out of ten, whereas the base game was rated nine out of ten.
November 15th, 2024 — Source

Starfield, Persona 3 Crowned as the Best Xbox Game Pass Games According to Japanese Gamers: 'You Can't Get Enough of Playing for 1,000 Hours'
Game Pass is being noticed by senpais
November 15th, 2024 — Source

SteamWorld Creators Announce Incoming Layoffs And Focus On Third-Party Games
SteamWorld makers announce another round of layoffs and plans for refocusing on third-party games.
November 15th, 2024 — Source

Speaking Hypothetically, GTA Trilogy Dev Says "It's A D**k Move" To Remove Crediting
Grove Street Games no longer appears on the splash screen for the remakes.
November 15th, 2024 — Source or Source

The original Unreal is free online, Epic Games says it's fine
In a refreshing change from the status quo, Epic has officially given gamers permission to download archived copies of classic game files and play them.
November 15th, 2024 — Source

Two Classic Unreal Games Are Now Free On Internet Archive And Epic Is Cool With It
Today, the Unreal game engine is everywhere, but it debuted in an iconic, eponymous shooter in 1998. The original Unreal, and the multiplayer followup Unreal Tournament, have maintained a cult following all these years, and now they've got a new lease on life. You can download either of these games from the Internet Archive, and Epic Games is totally cool with it.
November 15th, 2024 — Source

Ubisoft's Splinter Cell movie cancelled
Producer says they "just couldn't get it right, script-wise [or] budget-wise"
November 15th, 2024 — Source

Wake Up, Babe--The DK Rap Is Back And Better Than Ever
Get ready to go through this monkey rap one more time.
November 15th, 2024 — Source or Watch Video

WASD expo cancelled, organiser enters liquidation
Event co-founder says "increasing costs and less demand" led to decision
November 15th, 2024 — Source

You Can Buy Avowed With WoW Gold--Here's How
If you play World of Warcraft and have a LOT of gold, you can spend it on Avowed.
November 15th, 2024 — Source

Gaming — News — November 12th, 2024

Call Of Duty: Black Ops 6 - Analyst Says Game Pass Didn't Hurt Numbers
It's still too early to determine the full impact of having Black Ops 6 on Game Pass, but so far, the news is good for Activision.
November 12th, 2024 — Source

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Tops UK Sales in October, Dragon Ball: Sparking! ZERO and Undisputed Score Big
Silent Hill 2 remake debuted in fourth place, but launch sales in the region were lower than the remakes of Dead Space and Resident Evil 4.
November 12th, 2024 — Source

CoD: Black Ops 6 And Warzone Season 1 Battle Pass Trailer Shows Redesigned Layout And Changes
Call of Duty's battle pass gets a new look for Black Ops 6, and here's everything you need to know.
November 12th, 2024 — Source

Concord Episode Of Amazon's Secret Level "Turned Out Really Well," Creator Says
"There was no nicer, more invested group of developers than the team on Concord."
November 12th, 2024 — Source

Dragon Ball and Undisputed deliver big sales in October, as Call of Duty claims No.1 | UK Monthly Report
Game sales up, but hardware continues to struggle
November 12th, 2024 — Source

Displate Unveils Collection Of Arcane Metal Posters
Displate is celebrating the release of Arcane Season 2 with a big collection of stylish metal posters featuring Jinx, Vi, and more characters.
November 12th, 2024 — Source

EA is considering adding subscriptions to Apex Legends
While it remains one of the more popular live-service battle royale experiences, Apex Legends has not been without its own set of controversies. Following in the footsteps of Fortnite, it seems as though EA are toying with the idea of introducing a subscription service to Apex Legends.
November 12th, 2024 — Source

EVE Online Receives The Revenant Expansion Bringing New Ships, Dens, And More Customizations
The twenty-year-old MMORPG EVE Online has just received its newest expansion, The Revenant, which introduces powerful ships, weapons, and dens for capsuleers as well as The Deathless for the alliance.
November 12th, 2024 — Source

Lara Croft's Original Comic Adventures Return In Tomb Raider Colossal Collection
At long last, Lara Croft's first comic book adventures are being collected into one massive Tomb Raider graphic novel.
November 12th, 2024 — Source

First Trailer For It's In The Game Shares The History Of Madden NFL
Prime Video's new documentary series, It's In the Game: Madden NFL, unpacks how the franchise was created.
November 12th, 2024 — Source

Fortnite OG Returns In December, And It's Here To Stay
Fortnite OG makes its return this December.
November 12th, 2024 — Source

Lightspeed launches new Japan studio led by Hideaki Itsuno
Capcom veteran will oversee the development of original AAA games
November 12th, 2024 — Source

Metalstorm developer Starform raises $6 million
Funding round, led by Bitkraft, to go towards further development of its air-combat arena shooter
November 12th, 2024 — Source

Moana sails into Minecraft
Journey the seas of Oceania in this new adventure
November 12th, 2024 — Source

Modern Times Group to acquire Plarium for $620m
Acquisition of the Raid: Shadow Legends developer expected to close during Q1 2025
November 12th, 2024 — Source

More layoffs at Payload Studios
The exact number of staff affected is unclear at this stage, but CEO confirms redundancy round
November 12th, 2024 — Source

Neowiz signs $8m publishing deal with game dev Zakazane
Korean firm will globally publish the studio's upcoming neo-Western RPG
November 12th, 2024 — Source

Reaching Prestige With Pacifism? One Black Ops 6 Player Makes It A Reality
Peacemaker perk.
November 12th, 2024 — Source

Rime developer Tequila Works files for insolvency
Management says it is "doing everything we can to provide support and guidance to our teams"
November 12th, 2024 — Source

Sega Executive Wants To Make The Company Into The Next Disney
Former Disney executive Justin Scarpone is leading Sega's push into Hollywood, and he's pointing to a bright future for Shadow the Hedgehog.
November 12th, 2024 — Source

Ubisoft Faces Class-Action Lawsuit Over The Crew Server Shutdown
Two Californian gamers have filed a class-action lawsuit against Ubisoft following the company's decision to shut down the servers for The Crew, rendering the online-only game unplayable.
November 12th, 2024 — Source or Source or Source or Source

Ubisoft Is Facing Lawsuit After The Crew Was Removed From Platforms
The company removed the game after a decade citing license fees.
November 12th, 2024 — Source

Ubisoft Speeds Into A Lawsuit After Controversially Slamming Brakes On The Crew
Beleaguered game publisher Ubisoft is now facing backlash from players, who are seeking to attain a class action lawsuit against the company after it shut down the online multiplayer racing game The Crew. This lawsuit comes on top of struggles Ubisoft has seen with its recent game releases, with the flagship Star Wars Outlaws' disappointing reception and the studio behind The Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown being shuttered.
November 12th, 2024 — Source

Why Avowed Shunning Romance Options Is a Smart Move
Is romance dead?
November 12th, 2024 — Source

Winking Studio raises $10m as part of dual listing on London Stock Exchange
"We believe we have an opportunity to expand our presence globally, and this listing further supports our ambitions"
November 12th, 2024 — Source

Yakuza Creator Says The Era Where Game Size Is the Selling Point Is About to Pass (But His Next Game Is Also Large)
Yakuza creator Toshihiro Nagoshi left SEGA three years ago to join NetEase, where he founded his own Tokyo-based studio to make global console games.
November 12th, 2024 — Source

Gaming — News — November 10th, 2024

This Week in Gaming (Week 46)
As we're moving closer to the middle of November, it appears we have yet another slower week of the new game releases, which kicks off with some tractor driving, not pulling. This is followed by a family friendly RPG, a detective saga, an arcade co-op isometric something, another remake of a Square Enix title and finally your chance to run your own industrial empire. There's also a new Tetris game with an accompanying documentary to celebrate 40 years of Tetris.
November 10th, 2024 — Source

Gaming — News — November 9th, 2024

Roblox responds to safety concerns with new restrictions for under-13s
New guidelines limit social hangouts and unrated material from popular platform
November 9th, 2024 — Source

Gaming — News — November 8th, 2024

5 Things We Liked About Dragon Age: The Veilguard (and 5 That We Didn't)
BioWare's newest fantasy RPG is a divisive game, which means there's plenty to like, and plenty to dislike.
November 8th, 2024 — Source or Watch Video

Astro Bot sales figures officially revealed
The launch of Astro Bot back in September marked a major moment for the PlayStation 5 console, with the family-friendly 3D platformer breaking genre records upon its release (Mario aside). While we did not have any concrete figures at the time, Sony has now confirmed that Astro Bot managed to sell 1.5 million copies in its first 2 months on the market.
November 8th, 2024 — Source or Source

Amplitude Studios regains independence from Sega
This follows a management buyout from the Endless studio's staff
November 8th, 2024 — Source

Black Ops 6 On Game Pass Helped Bring Back Lapsed Players, Activision Boss Says
Being on Game Pass also might have convinced people who were "on the fence" to give it a shot.
November 8th, 2024 — Source

Borderlands Movie's Massive Failure Detailed By Lionsgate Exec
"Nearly everything that could go wrong, did go wrong," according to Lionsgate CEO Jon Feltheimer.
November 8th, 2024 — Source

CONFIRMED: Dragon Age: The Veilguard Sales Numbers Are ATTROCIOUS
'Dragon Age: The Veilguard' Sells Less Than The Flop Known As 'Star Wars Outlaws' Whilst "Journos" Go On Full Damage Control Mode...
November 8th, 2024 — Source

Dark Souls Developer's Parent Company is Cooking 20 Console Games, Boosted by Elden Ring's Success
Let's hope they don't take 5 years like Elden Ring
November 8th, 2024 — Source

Death Stranding Surpasses 19 Million Players
Kojima Productions' open world title launched for PS4 in 2019, before coming to PC the following year, and is now also available on Xbox Series X/S.
November 8th, 2024 — Source

Endless Dungeon Developer Amplitude Studios Splits From Sega
The studio is now owned by "some" of its founders and team members. Two "exciting titles" are also "currently in progress."
November 8th, 2024 — Source

Fallout Season 2 Adds Macaulay Culkin In A Lovely Role Just For Him
Keep the bottle caps, ya filthy animal.
November 8th, 2024 — Source

Ghost of Yōtei Will Mark the Start of "Major Single-Player Titles" Yearly, Says Sony
The company is also "making steady progress in the development of new titles and in improving our live service game processes."
November 8th, 2024 — Source

GTA Parent Company Boss On State Of AAA Games: "It's Hard And Getting Harder"
"The quality threshold that the consumer demands always goes up."
November 8th, 2024 — Source

GTA Publisher Owner is Convinced that the PC Platform will become 'More and More Important' for AAA Games
Take-Two had to do a double-take
November 8th, 2024 — Source

Monster Hunter World Hits 27 Million Units Sold, Monster Hunter Rise at 16 Million
Meanwhile, Monster Hunter World: Iceborne has now sold 14 million units, while Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak sits at 8.8 million units sold.
November 8th, 2024 — Source

Overwatch 2 Developer Teasing Mysterious Trailer for November 11th
The trailer could be for the rumored mobile version of Overwatch. Current general manager Walter Kong allegedly heads the project.
November 8th, 2024 — Source

PlayStation 5 surpasses the NES with 65 million units sold
Back when the PlayStation 5 first launched, its sales were hampered by global economic issues including but not limited to the COVID-19 pandemic -- affecting the availability of the much-desired system. In the years since, production of the PS5 has stabilised, with Sony's latest and greatest now surpassing the lifetime sales of the classic Nintendo Entertainment System with over 65 million units shipped.
November 8th, 2024 — Source

Pokemon Trading Card Game Pocket Crosses 30 Million Downloads
Pokemon's newest mobile app is continuing to make big waves, with The Pokemon Company announcing a total of 30 million downloads just a little over a week after launch.
November 8th, 2024 — Source

Quantifying the impact of creator programs
Gamesight's Nikolas Racelis-Russell explains how to capitalise on a creator program and what the value in having one is
November 8th, 2024 — Source

Red Dead Redemption 2 Modder Creates Supersonic Horses, Is Killed Almost Constantly By Pony Soprano
I've fallen and I can't giddy-up.
November 8th, 2024 — Source or Watch Video

Resident Evil 2 Hits 14.5 Million Units Sold, Resident Evil 3 at 9.2 Million
Capcom's survival horror remakes continue to enjoy steady sales, as per newly updated sales figures for the company's titles.
November 8th, 2024 — Source

Resident Evil 7 Surpasses 14 Million Units Sold, Resident Evil Village Hits 10.5 Million
Unsurprisingly, Resident Evil 7 is maintaining impressive momentum, while its direct follow-up also continues to enjoy healthy sales.
November 8th, 2024 — Source

Roblox Is Putting Restrictions On Kids In Social Hangouts
Some of Roblox's youngest players will soon be restricted from unrated experiences and hangouts in the game.
November 8th, 2024 — Source

Sega sells off studio behind Humankind and Endless Dungeon
This week has been rife with industry news, as most major games publishers have now held their quarterly earnings calls. SEGA is joining the growing list, with the announcement that it has sold off one of its studios.
November 8th, 2024 — Source

Sega's half-year results driven by 22% rise in games revenue
DLC sales exceeded expectations and repeat sales were "strong" during H1 FY25, the company said
November 8th, 2024 — Source

Sims Competitor InZOI Has Been Delayed, But It Finally Has An Official Release Date
"The extra love and care required to nurture a child to adulthood is how I see our journey with inZOI," the game's director said.
November 8th, 2024 — Source

Sony on Concord's failure: "With new IP, you don't know the result until you actually try it"
Company president Hiroki Totoki shared lessons learned from live service shooter's struggles during earnings call
November 8th, 2024 — Source

Sony Talks Concord's Failure And The Hard Lessons Learned From It
Plight of the Concord.
November 8th, 2024 — Source

Warner Bros. Hints At More Batman As Part Of Its New Games Strategy
Bruce Wayne's World.
November 8th, 2024 — Source

Gaming — News — November 7th, 2024

Borderlands Movie May Have Bombed, But It Still Helped Sell More Games
Numbers go up for the video game franchise.
November 7th, 2024 — Source

Call of Duty Mobile reaches 1bn downloads | News-in-brief
The title originally released in 2019
November 7th, 2024 — Source

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Warzone Season 1 Gameplay Trailer Leaked
Seems like a big year for Warzone
November 7th, 2024 — Source

Call Of Duty: Warzone Mobile Is Dropping Support For Older Devices Soon
Activision gives COD fan a notice that Warzone Mobile won't be working on older devices soon, but can still be played for a limited time.
November 7th, 2024 — Source

Crimson Desert Trailer Teases New Magic-Wielding Boss
Hexe Marie is an enigmatic new boss that G-STAR attendees can face (alongside others) in a playable demo from November 14th to 17th.
November 7th, 2024 — Source

Digital Bros rebrands Hook Indie Publishing label as 505 Pulse
The label says the change "reinforces the indie division's synergy with its larger publishing arm, 505 Games"
November 7th, 2024 — Source

Grand Theft Auto 5 Has Sold Over 205 Million Units
As the wait for Grand Theft Auto 6 continues, Rockstar's 2013 open-world masterpiece continues to set new sales records.
November 7th, 2024 — Source

GTA 6 And Borderlands 4 Won't Be Released Close To Each Other, Take-Two Boss Says
(Don't) let them fight.
November 7th, 2024 — Source

GTA Company Says Only Relying On Sequels Could Spell Disaster
"We're really running the risk of burning the furniture to heat the house, and that doesn't end well."
November 7th, 2024 — Source

GTA Online In November Is All About The Game's Best Feature
Heists take center stage in GTA Online this month.
November 7th, 2024 — Source

Kojima Productions announces full ownership of Death Stranding IP | News-in-brief
The 2019 title is also now available on Xbox Series X|S and Amazon Luna
November 7th, 2024 — Source

London Games Festival launches new consumer games expo New Game Plus
The expo will showcase upcoming games and titles from the festival's Official Selection
November 7th, 2024 — Source

NBA 2K25's $8 Futuristic Minigame Is "Exciting," But Not Necessarily "A Trend," Says Take-Two Boss
The add-on mode offers a unique multiplayer experience inside the basketball game.
November 7th, 2024 — Source

New MultiVersus Season 4 Trailer Shows Off DC’s Raven Gameplay
A new trailer for MultiVersus has been released, showcasing some of the content that players can expect from Season 4. Warner Bros. Games has announced that DC's Raven and Adventure Time's Marceline will join the expanding roster of MultiVersus as part of the upcoming season, Season 4: Midnight Misfits.
November 7th, 2024 — Source

No Man's Sky Finally Has A Cross-Save Feature With Latest Patch
With the introduction of cross-save, No Man's Sky travellers can now continue their journey through the universe across multiple platforms.
November 7th, 2024 — Source

Number of UK game dev freelancers triples amid layoffs and studio closures
Contractors account for 13% of workforce compared to 2023, number of games professionals rose to 28,500
November 7th, 2024 — Source

Red Dead Redemption 2 Sells Over 67 Million Units
Available for Xbox One, PS4, and PC, the open-world title has sold over two million copies in the quarter ending September 30th.
November 7th, 2024 — Source

Remnant 2 Interview: Composer Rob Westwood Talks About His Creative Process, Sonic, Cheat Codes, & His Favorite Soundtracks
A post-apocalyptic masterpiece
November 7th, 2024 — Source

SEGA Delists a Bunch of Old Games for Purchase as it Gears Up for Remakes & Reboots
Out with the old, in with the new
November 7th, 2024 — Source

Sega to delist multiple games from Classics collections
Owned titles will still be available in players' libraries
November 7th, 2024 — Source

Sega will delist a bunch of its classic games from major storefronts next month
Nostalgia-inducing titles like Crazy Taxi, Golden Axe and Jet Set Radio will be removed in early December.
November 7th, 2024 — Source

Sims Rival inZOI is Delayed to 2025, but Devs Really Wanted to ‘Bring You The Game Sooner’
March can’t come soon enough
November 7th, 2024 — Source

Sony is working on a universal ‘rewind’ button for games
A recent patent filing indicates that someone at Sony wants to put a rewind button right on the PlayStation game controller.
November 7th, 2024 — Source

Star Wars Unlimited Finally Suspends Boba Fett Leader, Basically Because It Was Completely Broken
Stick that in your bacta tank.
November 7th, 2024 — Source

Take-Two sells off ‘Private Division’ publishing arm
Over the past six years or so, Take-Two has operated its own indie publishing label, known as Private Division. Over time, Private Division supported games like The Outer Worlds, Roll7 and Kerbal Space Program. Now, following on from Take-Two's major acquisition of Gearbox Software, the company is selling off Private Division.
November 7th, 2024 — Source

Take-Two Squashes GTA 6 Delay Rumors, Commits to Fall 2025 Release Window
Let’s hope Take-Two is really sticking to its guns
November 7th, 2024 — Source

Tencent confirms layoffs at Sharkmob London
It's unclear how many employees will be affected by the decision
November 7th, 2024 — Source

The Golden Age Of Castlevania Is This Week's Epic Games Store Freebie
The Epic Games Store is offering a compilation of Castlevania's classic games for free this week.
November 7th, 2024 — Source

The Sims Rival inZoi Delayed to March 2025: 'The Extra Love and Care Required to Nurture a Child to Adulthood Is How I See Our Journey'
Pregnant pause.
November 7th, 2024 — Source

Warcraft 2: Remastered leaks ahead of 30th Anniversary reveal
Recent discoveries suggest that Blizzard may be working on a remastered version of Warcraft 2. A logo and artwork were reportedly taken from Blizzard's own content delivery network, which has apparently been updated with mentions of “Warcraft II: Remastered Internal Alpha”.
November 7th, 2024 — Source

Warner Bros. Admits MultiVersus Underperformed, Contributing to Another $100 Million Hit to Revenue in Its Games Business
Fighting talk.
November 7th, 2024 — Source

Warner Bros. Discovery says its games division is "substantially underperforming"
The company is now committed to "focusing efforts on those four core franchises with proven studios"
November 7th, 2024 — Source

Warner Bros. Games Lost Enormous Amount Of Money This Year, CEO Blames Lack Of "Consistency"
It has been a painful year for Warner Bros. Discovery and its games division.
November 7th, 2024 — Source

Warner Bros. Games to Double Down on Hogwarts Legacy, Mortal Kombat, Game of Thrones, and DC “In Particular Batman” After String of Flops
Brucie bonus.
November 7th, 2024 — Source

Zelnick on Take-Two's packed 2025, and why PC is increasingly crucial for AAA
CEO also discusses NBA 2K's recovery, how Borderlands sales still rose despite the movie's struggles, and more
November 7th, 2024 — Source

Gaming — News — November 5th, 2024

Apex Devs Talk Lifeline's "Rebirth," Season 23's New Rocket Launcher, And The Future Of Apex Legends
GameSpot spoke with Respawn about the enormous changes coming to Apex this season, the current state of the game, and what its future holds.
November 5th, 2024 — Source

Around 21% of European games professionals have been laid off in the past year
Most of those affected have secured new jobs, some outside the games industry
November 5th, 2024 — Source

Assassin's Creed Shadows was delayed because players "rightfully demand excellence"
Back in September, Ubisoft made the surprise decision to delay the upcoming Assassin's Creed Shadows just one month out from its intended launch. Speaking on the reasons for this delay, the franchise head has claimed that "players can afford to be selective, choosing only the best, and they rightfully demand excellence."
November 5th, 2024 — Source

BioWare says to not expect major news about next Mass Effect for N7 Day this year
N7 Day is the annual celebration of the sci-fi RPG series Mass Effect that happens on November 7. It's named after the designation of the series protagonist Commander Shepard. Franchise developer BioWare usually has something special planned for the Mass Effect community every year for N7 Day, but 2024 may be a bit different.
November 5th, 2024 — Source

Call Of Duty Mobile Season 10 Includes New Battle Royale Map, Anniversary Events, And More
Season 10 includes an anniversary celebration with limited-time events and the new Krai map for battle royale.
November 5th, 2024 — Source

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Players Rotate Between Wanting to Skip the Winner's Circle and Liking It Because It Gives Them Time to Check Their Phone Between Matches
Shhhh.
November 5th, 2024 — Source

Diablo Immortal Is Getting A Lich King Boss Battle For WoW's 20th Anniversary
Also, a ton of WoW-themed cosmetics.
November 5th, 2024 — Source

Don't Expect A Major Mass Effect Announcement This Week For N7 Day
BioWare tells fans to not expect much from N7 Day this year.
November 5th, 2024 — Source

Dragon Age: The Veilguard -- The Best Weapons, Armor, And Accessories and How to Upgrade Them
The best of the best in Dragon Age: The Veilguard.
November 5th, 2024 — Source

Gaming the news: How interactive journalism is changing how we tell stories to the next generation
Journalists have long used newspapers, radio, television, magazines and, more recently, the internet to entertain and inform the public on the stories that matter most. But what if there's a richer, more compelling and interactive way to share and address real world issues?
November 5th, 2024 — Source

GAMM Game Museum to open in Rome
The new video game museum will be unveiled later this month
November 5th, 2024 — Source

GTA 6 Will "Blow People Away," Former Developer Says
"People will be talking about it for ages afterwards, just like they do with GTA 5."
November 5th, 2024 — Source

Hogwarts Legacy 2 Gets Unexpected Update, Connection To Upcoming Show
Plans are in motion for Hogwarts Legacy 2.
November 5th, 2024 — Source

Hogwarts Legacy Sells Over 30 Million Units, Hogwarts Legacy 2 'Huge Priority'
Despite the Harry Potter franchise being incredibly dated at this point, it still has a considerable fanbase. As a result, more and more content within the IP continues to be released, with Hogwarts Legacy being one of the latest endeavors of Warner Bros. Not only have there been books, games, and movies, they are now branching out into a TV show, which is due to debut on HBO in 2026.
November 5th, 2024 — Source

Incredibuild acquires dev-ops pipeline acceleration firm Garden | News-in-brief
The terms of the acquisition were not disclosed, goal is to take "the pain out of long development cycles"
November 5th, 2024 — Source

Kingdom Come Deliverance has sold 8m units | News-in-brief
Warhorse Studios' title originally launched in 2018 (and March this year for the Switch version), sequel is expected in February 2025
November 5th, 2024 — Source

Netflix Shifts Focus to AI-Powered Game Creation After Studio Shutdown
Netflix has appointed former VP of Games Mike Verdu to head its new GenAI for Games team.
November 5th, 2024 — Source

New Pokemon Monopoly Includes Cute Figures, Releases Just In Time For Christmas
This version of Monopoly tasks you with chasing down eight different Pokemon, and it's now available for preorder.
November 5th, 2024 — Source

Over half a dozen new Fortnite game modes have leaked
What was once a relatively humble participant in the battle royale genre has ballooned into one of the biggest games in the world, with Fortnite expanding outwards into all different types of games. According to one leaker, Epic Games has 9 new and different game modes currently in the works.
November 5th, 2024 — Source

Resident Evil 9 Will Star Leon and Jill as Protagonists -- Rumour
The game is set four years after the events of Resident Evil Village, and will also feature Chris Redfield and Barry Burton in prominent roles, it's claimed.
November 5th, 2024 — Source

SEGA credits multiplatform releases for its JRPG success
Over the course of the 9th console generation, we have seen SEGA move away from its previous strategy of platform exclusives; bringing more of its back catalogue to multiple systems. According to the publisher, this change has helped bring a new wave of success to its JRPG franchises.
November 5th, 2024 — Source

Silent Hill 2 Remake Photo Puzzle Has A Surprising Message For Players
One fan cracked the code that was left by Bloober Team in the remake of Silent Hill 2.
November 5th, 2024 — Source

Square Enix to seemingly move away from platform exclusivity
"In the future, titles will be released simultaneously on each platform more and more," Naoki Yoshida said
November 5th, 2024 — Source

Star Wars Outlaws' New Creative Director Promises Big Changes After Disappointing Sales
Help me Drew Rechner. You're my only hope.
November 5th, 2024 — Source

Try the Best FPS Games of 2024 to Scratch Your Itchy Trigger Fingers
Don't forget the Mountain Dew before performing a 360 No-Scope
November 5th, 2024 — Source

What Happened to Dragon Age: The Veilguard?
BioWare's latest single-player RPG has landed after years, and despite fun in some areas, it's several degrees short of exceptional.
November 5th, 2024 — Source or Watch Video

Why A Dragon Age Trilogy Compilation May Never Happen
Don't get your hopes up.
November 5th, 2024 — Source

Why the European Court of Justice's decision on cheats is not a milestone | Opinion
ADVANT Beiten's Dr Andreas Lober analyzes the impact of the Sony vs. Datel case -- and shows that operators of online games still have plenty of options to take action
November 5th, 2024 — Source

Gaming — News — November 3rd, 2024

Monster Hunter Wilds: 16 cool new gameplay details and mechanics you might have missed in the Open Beta Test
Here are some interesting gameplay mechanics from the Monster Hunter Wilds Open Beta Test you may not have heard of until now.
November 3rd, 2024 — Source

Phasmophobia has already sold 20 million copies
Kinetic Games' acclaimed ghost-hunting title, Phasmophobia, has been an increasing success, further strengthened with its recent release on consoles. Since its initial release in Early Access on Steam in September 2020, the game has sold an astonishing 20 million copies across all platforms, including Steam, PlayStation 5/PS VR2, and Xbox Series X|S.
November 3rd, 2024 — Source

This Week in Gaming (Week 45)
Welcome to the first full week of the month of November, which means colder and darker weather for the northern hemisphere, also known as a perfect time to play some games. This week things are a tad slower and this week's major release is a VR version of a famous franchise that takes place inside a metro system. This is followed by some touch typing, slugs made out of metal, roller coasters, loads of ants and finally some post-apocalyptic strategy. As always, this is just a small selection of what launches this coming week.
November 3rd, 2024 — Source

Gaming — News — November 2nd, 2024

Ubisoft wants Assassin's Creed Shadows to change the narrative surrounding the company
Ubisoft, the home of blockbuster franchises like Assassin's Creed, Far Cry, and Rainbow Six, has been having a less-than-stellar year. Even its AAA games of 2024, like Star Wars Outlaws and Skull and Bones, have not met the company's revenue expectations. In a massive shift, Ubisoft even delayed Assassin's Creed Shadows out of the year to early 2025, missing out on a key holiday sales window.
November 2nd, 2024 — Source

Gaming — News — November 1st, 2024

12 Big Games Launching in November 2024
2024 is winding down, but November still has some pretty significant video game releases to check out across several genres.
November 1st, 2024 — Source or Watch Video

Apex Legends Loses Steam Deck Support Due To Cheating Concerns
"There is currently no reliable way for us to differentiate a legitimate Steam Deck from a malicious cheat claiming to be a Steam Deck."
November 1st, 2024 — Source

Baldur's Gate 3 surpasses 50m mod downloads | News-in-brief
Mod support for Larian's RPG was introduced on June 3, 2024
November 1st, 2024 — Source

Black Ops 6 does the business for Microsoft | Opinion
Call of Duty's performance is exactly what Microsoft needed from the landmark franchise, and points the way to the future of its games business
November 1st, 2024 — Source

Call Of Duty: Black Op 6's Nuketown Map Is Live With Double XP
Name a better duo than Nuketown and double XP.
November 1st, 2024 — Source

Control 2 Will Enter Full Production in 2025
The sequel to Remedy Entertainment's acclaimed shooter is continuing to make good progress behind the scenes, as per the developer.
November 1st, 2024 — Source

Death Stranding 2's Title Screen Revealed, But There Is A Catch
Kojima is cooking up a sequel to Death Stranding and it's coming next year.
November 1st, 2024 — Source

Destiny: Rising's Closed Alpha Test Starts Today, Includes Multiplayer And Story Content
The first Destiny mobile game is launching today for alpha testers.
November 1st, 2024 — Source

Discord management platform Levellr raises $1.75m in funding round
Firm plans to use funds to support growth and demand for services
November 1st, 2024 — Source

Dragon Age Boss Discusses Ditching Live-Service And Multiplayer Focus For The Veilguard
"Once we made that decision, a lot of things started to fall into place."
November 1st, 2024 — Source

Dragon Age: The Veilguard Has A Mass Effect Easter Egg
The Easter egg involves a companion.
November 1st, 2024 — Source

Dragon Age: The Veilguard Is BioWare's Biggest Launch Ever On Steam
The game set a new record for BioWare.
November 1st, 2024 — Source

Here's Everything Coming In Final Fantasy XIV's 7.1 Crossroads Update Very Soon
The update and patch includes new quests and raids.
November 1st, 2024 — Source

IWGB Game Workers launches first manifesto
Union for UK-based video game developers calls for equality, inclusion, and fair pay
November 1st, 2024 — Source

KitGuru Games: Omni-movement culminates 30 years of FPS innovation
Introduced to most people at the time through the seminal success of the 1993 classic DOOM, the first-person shooter genre has stayed surprisingly close to the rules set by John Romero and co. more than 30 years ago. That’s not to say that there haven’t been new and innovative ideas over the generations, with the likes of Call of Duty bringing first-person shooters to the top of the video games industry and even breaking through into the mainstream – allowing the opportunity for other devs and studios to experiment with the genre.
November 1st, 2024 — Source

New Call Of Duty: Black Ops 6 XP Farming Trick Turns You Into A Terrible Teammate
Bad bang.
November 1st, 2024 — Source

Phasmophobia has sold 20m copies | News-in-brief
The milestone was reached across all platforms, with Kinetic Games' title having launched on consoles this week and selling 250,000 units across PS5/PSVR 2 and Xbox Series X|S
November 1st, 2024 — Source

Remedy says Alan Wake 2 is close to making a profit, pushes for more self-publishing
After a 13 year wait, Remedy Entertainment managed to finally deliver fans a new Alan Wake installment last year. In its quarterly earnings report published today, the company revealed that the game is close to generating royalties after recouping "most" of the costs.
November 1st, 2024 — Source

Respawn blocks Apex Legends on platforms using Linux including Steam Deck
Developer cites decision as part of anti-cheating efforts
November 1st, 2024 — Source

Roblox bookings jump to $1.1bn in Q3
Revenue increased 29%, daily active user count reached 88.9 million
November 1st, 2024 — Source

Unity appoints Alex Blum as COO
Blum joined Unity in July 2024 as SVP of corporate development
November 1st, 2024 — Source

Video Game Release Dates: The Biggest Games of November 2024 and Beyond
Release the games.
November 1st, 2024 — Source