EA has finally pulled back the cover on the details of next week's Battlefield 6 update, patch 1.3.1.0., revealing new content, improvements, a new map, weapons, Battle Pass, and ranked battle royale quads, too. Read more Read more ›
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Deck Nine Games, the studio behind Life is Strange: True Colors and last year's The Expanse: A Telltale Series, has announced it's laying off approximately 20 percent of its total workforce, blaming "the game industry's worsening market conditions". Deck Nine is perhaps best known as the current steward of Square Enix's supernatural narrative adventure series Life is Strange, having created 2017's Life is Strange: Before the Storm, 2021's Life is... Read more ›
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Skull and Bones, the oft-delayed pirate game from Ubisoft that finally arrived earlier this month following almost a decade of development, has released its first season of post-launch content - introducing, among other things, new world events, new contracts and bounties, plus a battle-pass-style progression track. Raging Tides, as Skull and Bones first season is officially titled, is predominantly focused on new antagonist Philippe La Peste (AKA the Plague King)... Read more ›
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F1 24, the latest instalment in EA's annual racing series, is launching for PlayStation 5, PS4, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, and PC (via Steam, Epic, and the EA App) on 31st May. As part of its release date anouncement, EA teases F1 24 will feature an "overhauled" Career mode, a new Dynamic Handling System, and more, but says it's saving specific details for a full reveal "in the coming... Read more ›
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Happy Pokémon Day 2024! This year's celebrations have been capped off with a relatively short Pokémon Presents livestream, showcasing what's in store for the franchise this year and beyond.Though there was no mention of a main game releasing this year, there's a couple of substantial projects to look forward to. Here's a roundnup of everything announced during Pokémon Presents for Pokémon Day 2024.First up, those of you still enjoying Pokémon... Read more ›
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Publisher NIS America has confirmed a western release for action-RPG Reynatis, which was revealed during the Japanese version of last week's Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase.Reynatis wasn't present in the showcase for overseas, but yesterday NIS America announced it'll also be released outside of Japan on Nintendo Switch, PC (Steam), PlayStation 4, and PlayStation 5.The announcement trailer gives us a flavour of the magic-infused world of Reynatis, set in contemporary Shibuya.... Read more ›
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The release of Doom in 1993 changed the industry forever - and in its wake, developers scrambled to bring their own visions to life in first-person. Star Wars: Dark Forces is one such game, created in a genre completely different to nearly every other product developer LucasArts would release, but it nonetheless became one of the most interesting and inspired Doom-adjacent shooters of its day. Now, thanks to Nightdive Studios,... Read more ›
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As has become tradition, we have a PS Plus Essential game leak for the month ahead.According to the ever reliable billbil-kun of Dealabs, who has a track record of being right with these things, next month we will be able to get our hands on the standard edition of Sifu. If you aren't aware, Sifu is a third-person brawler with "tight Kung Fu combat mechanics and cinematic martial arts action".... Read more ›
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The Pokémon Company has announced Pokémon Legends: Z-A, a new Nintendo Switch (and Switch 2?) game to launch in 2025.The announcement was made at the end of today's Pokémon Presents stream, in celebration of Pokémon Day 2024.Pokémon Legends: Z-A looks to be a follow-up to 2022's Pokémon Legends: Arceus but set in the future - the opposite direction to Arceus, which transported players to a historical version of Sinnoh. Z-A... Read more ›
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PlayStation Studios head Hermen Hulst has confirmed that some projects have been cancelled in the wake of layoffs across Sony Interactive Entertainment. Earlier today, SIE president and CEO Jim Ryan announced 900 layoffs would take place across the company, including the complete closure of PlayStation London Studios. Hulst then followed up with a further statement, to discuss the impact of this workforce reduction and a "re-evaluation of how we operate".... Read more ›
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A digital version of the Pokémon Trading Card Game is heading to mobile later this year. As announced at today's Pokémon Presents, Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket is a mobile game for players to collect and share trading cards, plus battle with others online. And, being digital, it will feature "immersive cards" that will animate when touched and allow players to explore their worlds. Read more Read more ›
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Fortnite's partnership with Lego continues today with the launch of two family-friendly mini-games: Lego Raft Survival and Lego Obby Fun. The first of these is a multiplayer mini-game themed around Lego's popular pirates theme, where you must stay afloat on a raft - and repair it on the fly - while it is under attack from cannon fire. The latter is an obstacle course mini-game similar to those found within... Read more ›
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Sony is to lay off 900 people, equating to eight percent of its workforce. This reduction will see PlayStation Studios' London Studio close in its entirety, plus reductions made within Sony's Firesprite studio. There will also be reductions in various functions across SIE in the UKIn a post earlier today, Sony's Jim Ryan said the company's PlayStation community meant "everything to us", and therefore it felt compelled to share an... Read more ›
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A brand new Elden Ring manga webcomic will be released at the end of March. Called Elden Ring Become Lord, it will follow a particular Tarnished on their journey to become the next Elden Lord - as is the story of FromSoftware's game. The webcomic will be available on the Tatesc Comics website and as an e-book from 29th March. Read more Read more ›
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A number of developers have said they are concerned about the future of Apple Arcade, with one person stating there is "the smell of death" around the mobile game subscription service. A source told mobilegamer.biz that Apple had "cancelled a shitload of projects and pissed off a lot of people" following a 'reboot' of the subscription in 2021. Other sources, meanwhile, said the company had been steadily cutting developer payouts... Read more ›
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The "biggest regret" of the developer behind Cities: Skylines 2 is the game's ongoing lack of modding support, Colossal Order CEO Mariina Hallikainen has said.Writing in the studio's latest developer diary, posted on publisher Paradox Interactive's forum, Hallikainen also detailed the changes Colossal is now looking into based on player feedback.The city-builder sequel released in October last year on PC and was immediately criticised by players for its performance issues... Read more ›
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Four years after its initial release, Square Enix has patched Final Fantasy 7 Remake to amend one of Aerith's lines at the very end of the game. The update comes ahead of the release of Rebirth later this week and additionally makes a change in Remake to Tifa's outfit seen in a certain flashback to ensure consistency across both games. But why amend this specific line from Aerith? Fans are... Read more ›
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Former Xbox exclusive Pentiment currently runs smoother on PlayStation 5 than on Xbox Series X/S, fans have realised - prompting the game's director to blame the situation on a "bug". Social media user PeterOvo shared a screenshot from a video comparison capturing the frames per second performance between Pentiment on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X. The former was running at 120fps, while the Xbox version was running at a... Read more ›
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Happy Pokémon Day! Today is the annual celebration of the Pokémon franchise, and once again there is a special Pokémon Presents livestream set to air - promising "exciting news". The Pokémon Presents livestream will begin today, Tuesday 27th January at 2pm UK time. That's 9am Eastern or 6am Pacific. You'll be able to watch the show via YouTube on the official Pokémon channel - or, when the livestream becomes available,... Read more ›
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Shortly after David Gaider was born, his parents bought a set of 1971 encyclopaedias to freeze-frame the world as it was when he entered it. He still remembers the maps they contained: his first atlas. But there are two moments in Gaider's life when a gift of maps leads to adventure. In the second, he's older, and already working at the job we know him best for. He was a... Read more ›
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Ark: Survival Ascended developer Studio Wildcard has announced it's indefinitely delaying the release of the dinosaur survival remaster's enhanced The Center expansion, just days before its planned 28th February release. Ark: Survival Ascended - the controversial full-price Unreal Engine 5 remaster of 2015's Ark: Survival Evolved - has been plagued with delays since its announcement last year. First, the remaster's launch was shifted from August to October - a release... Read more ›
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