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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The Palworld-wide domination continues. Along with some truly monumental numbers on Steam, the open world survival and crafting game - which the internet has dubbed 'Pokémon with guns' - has seen its US numbers on Xbox briefly surpass those of perennial favourite Fortnite. As noted by NPD's Mat Piscatella, Circana's Player Engagement Tracker showed that Palworld surpassed Fortnite's Xbox numbers in the US on 22nd January. According to the tracker,... Read more ›
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A Final Fantasy 14 live-action TV series is now confirmed to be "dead" due to the "size and scale needed to do it right". The series was previously announced as a collaboration between Sony Pictures Television and Hivemind, the company behind Netflix's The Witcher series. However, Hivemind co-founder Dinesh Shamdasani has now confirmed in a post on X, formerly Twitter, the project is no longer in the works. Read more Read more ›
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The Pokémon Company has issued a rare statement addressing the smash hit PC and Xbox game Palworld, after claims the latter has directly copied its designs. In the statement, released this morning via its Japanese website, The Pokémon Company said it now intends to "investigate" Palworld for any content it believes may "infringe on intellectual property rights related to Pokémon". Earlier this week, fans pointed not just to the familiar... Read more ›
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Ever since Netflix took its first tentative steps into video games back in 2021, the company has reportedly a relatively modest response from subscribers, but new figures suggest its recent partnership with Rockstar to bring GTA to the streaming service has paid dividends, with monthly mobile game downloads nearly tripling to 28m in December 2023. As reported by Mobilegamer.biz based on data from Appmagic (thanks VGC), Netflix's monthly game downloads... Read more ›
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People Can Fly, the developer behind the likes of Outriders and Bulletstorm, has reportedly laid off "over 30 people" working on a currently unannounced game - codenamed Project Gemini - that's set to be published by Square Enix. As reported by Kotaku, People Can Fly development director Adam Alker announced the layoffs in an email sent to all staff working on the project, explaining the cuts were being made due... Read more ›
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Major modding site Nexus Mods has confirmed it's "not comfortable" hosting Pokémon-themed Palworld mods, saying doing so would "almost certainly... put us at risk of legal action" given Nintendo's history of litigiousness. Palworld's big hook, of course, is the Pokémon-like pals that roam its open-world, all of which can be caught (in a very Pokémon-like manner) to assist in exploration and survival. The sometimes startling similarity between Pals and Pokémon's... Read more ›
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You might have thought the The Day Before's sorry saga had ended last year when developer Fntastic, amid claims of misleading marketing and Overwhelmingly Negative reviews, yanked the game from sale and promptly shut its doors just four days into its early access launch. But no, the studio has now reemerged with a lengthy statement blaming the whole thing on a "hate campaign" orchestrated by "certain bloggers". It's not entirely... Read more ›
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Twitch is expanding its Partner Plus programme to allow more streamers to benefit from its higher revenue share. The programme was introduced last June and offers a 70 percent revenue split on subscriptions rather than the standard 50 percent. However, its criteria was particularly stringent, meaning many streamers did not qualify. From 1st May, a lower threshold will be introduced and Affiliates will also be eligible - it will therefore... Read more ›
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Supermassive's hugely entertaining PS4 slasher horror Until Dawn is reportedly making its way to PS5 and PC, with an official announcement said to be happening within the next two weeks. That's according to reliable leaker billbil-kun who, writing for Dealabs, says the PlayStation 5 and PC release will be a "brand-new version" of Until Dawn that's been in development for at least a year. Billbil-kun says they were unable to... Read more ›
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Planet Coaster studio Frontier Developments will host a new monthly showcase beginning next week, on 31st January at 6pm UK time, with updates on the what's next from the company. Frontier Unlocked, as the showcase will be known, will look ahead at the coming year for the studio - so expect to hear more about Warhammer 40K: Chaos Gate - Daemonhunters' console edition, and what may be on the horizon... Read more ›
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From the Steam Store description alone, you can tell that there are rather a lot of ideas bouncing around inside Enshrouded. Described as a 'co-op survival action RPG', this is a game stuffed to the gills with different mechanics and systems. It boasts NPC quests, mining, crafting and farming; combat skill trees and intricate base-building - and of course, a vast open world filled with dozens of hand-crafted dungeons and... Read more ›
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The Bulletstorm VR team is "committed to improving the quality" of its recent, really rather broken, release. To do this, it will be prioritising fixes based on severity. In a joint statement, publisher People can Fly and developer Incuvo said they had heard the community's feedback since Bulletstorm VR launched in pretty bad shape. Players have complained about the VR port's botched physics and censorship, among a myriad of other... Read more ›
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Nintendo will stream its previously planned Legend of Zelda and Splatoon live concerts. These concerts were initially meant to be part of 2024's Nintendo Live event. However, towards the end of last year, Nintendo made the decision to cancel the event due to safety concerns following threats to staff and visitors. In a new post, Nintendo said it had heard from many looking forward to the event's Legend of Zelda... Read more ›
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Splatoon 3's campaign DLC Side Order finally has a release date: 22nd February. The second wave of the game's DLC Expansion Pass was first announced a year ago and has been eagerly anticipated by players. Nintendo shared the news on X, formerly Twitter, adding players will "join up with new faces and old friends to escape the world of order". Read more Read more ›
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Nvidia's Super refresh line of updated RTX 40-series graphics cards continues with the arrival of the RTX 4070 Ti Super - an ungainly-named arrival that seeks to replace the non-Super counterpart, offering a range of upgrades: more memory bandwidth, more CUDA cores and 16GB of framebuffer memory - for the same money. On paper, the specs look good, but in reality, Nvidia needs to strike a balance here: we can't... Read more ›
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Poppy Playtime Chapter 3 is set to launch next week and will introduce new antagonist CatNap. Titled Deep Sleep, the third chapter of the horror series will arrive on Steam on 31st January. There's no word yet of other platforms. CatNap, as the name suggests, is a giant fluffy cat who puts players to sleep - but with this being Poppy Playtime, it's far from cuddly. Check out the new... Read more ›
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Following the end of Overwatch League, Blizzard has unveiled new plans for its competitive Overwatch esports circuit. The company sunsetted Overwatch League at the end of its 2023 season. "We will be focusing on building our vision of a revitalised esports program," the Overwatch esports social media team said at the time. "We're eager to share more with you as details are finalised." Those details have since been finalised, and... Read more ›
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Four employees of the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam were suspended due to misconduct during its Pokémon exhibition last year. Though the museum did not confirm the number of employees involved, it confirmed security guards and public service employees were suspended in mid-December for not adhering to the procedures and codes of conduct for staff. Sources at the museum told Dutch site Het Parool that at least four employees were... Read more ›
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Valve likely made over $1bn last year from loot boxes in Counter-Strike 2. That's according to data from CS2 Case Tracker (thanks Dexerto), which released a 2023 year in review. The most striking statistic is that $980m was spent by players on keys for cases, the free-to-play game's loot box equivalent. Read more Read more ›
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Nintendo is ending online play services for both the 3DS and Wii U on 8th April, the company confirmed earlier today. Previously, this shutdown was simply slated for some time in early April. This shutdown will include online co-operative play, internet rankings, and data distribution The only exception to this termination of online services (for now) are Pokémon Bank and Poké Transporter. While these won't be affected immediately by the... Read more ›
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