Crimson Desert, the open-world action RPG from Pearl Abyss, has a new challenge for Greymanes – a community challenge event that invites you all to commemorate your time in Pywel by sharing a video. Read more Read more ›
0
The Crew Motorfest takes place in Hawaii. After two games set across a crunched-down United States, the developer, Ubisoft Ivory Tower, has given up trying to drive a whole country and settled on a small island. It's like trading in a stretch Hummer and going for a cool little convertible hatchback. The result is a breeze - a tour of tapered-down Oʻahu, a decent facsimile of Forza Horizon, and a... Read more ›
0
Monster Hunter Now, the latest free-to-play Pokémon Go-style augmented reality creature-battler from developer Niantic, made in collaboration with Capcom, has officially surpassed 5m downloads in its first week of release on iOS and Android. Monster Hunter Now, which was announced back in February and got its full launch on 21st September following a series of closed beta tests, employs a similar real-world exploration and interaction system to the ones seen... Read more ›
419
Build A Rocket Boy, the studio founded by former Rockstar exec Leslie Benzies, has announced plans for an imminent PC closed alpha test of its ambitious-looking game creation platform Everywhere. This closed alpha will be accessible to players who sign up for an account at Everywhere.game. A new trailer for Everywhere, released today, shows some of the biomes you can explore and play around with in the game, as well... Read more ›
0
Valve has released the dates for the first Steam sales planned for next year.Yes, as Valve gently reminds us in its announcement post (even if I wish it didn't), "2024 isn't exactly that far away", so the dates for its upcoming sales have been published to allow developers to prepare their applications for inclusion in the relevant events. Confirmed sale dates include the usual Spring Sale, the next edition of... Read more ›
8
As part of this morning's Xbox Digital Broadcast at Tokyo Game Show, we got our first look at Hotel Barcelona. This upcoming release is a time-looping action game from Hidetaka "Swery" Suehiro and Goichi "Suda51" Suda, two legends of game development. It promises to serve us all up some "2.5D slasher film parodic action". So, what's it actually all about? Well, Hotel Barcelona is where America's serial killers have all... Read more ›
98
Microsoft has commemorated its recently-departed Xbox Live Gold subscription service with a shiny new badge on users' Xbox profile screens. The award - which is of course coloured gold - is designed to reward previous members of the service. "Xbox Live Gold 2002 - 2023", the award states, referring to the 21 years since Microsoft first launched Xbox Live for the original Xbox. Read more Read more ›
108
Party Animals, previously one of the most wishlisted games on Steam, has come under fire since its release earlier this week, with scores of players calling out developer Recreate Games for what they say was false advertising. This all stems from the game's description of its offline (and online) multiplayer, which originally read: "Paw it out with your friends both online and offline". But Party Animals does not have an... Read more ›
106
It Has Begun... Again. 30 years on from furrowing the brows of parents and bothering the halls of the Senate, NetherRealm Studios has returned with Mortal Kombat 1, a full re-roll on the mammoth universe and bloodthirsty roster of kombatants that dwell within. Mortal Kombat 1 - not to be confused with video games Mortal Kombat (1992) or Mortal Kombat (2011) or movies Mortal Kombat (1995) or Mortal Kombat (2021)... Read more ›
2
Earlier this week, Microsoft was party to a monumental set of leaks that detailed everything from console plans to video game roadmaps. It also revealed email exchanges between Microsoft's execs, where Phil Spencer, Sarah Bond and others discussed potential games for the company's Game Pass subscription service. One such game was Baldur's Gate 3, the recent hit from developer Larian. As we previously reported, Microsoft estimated it would take $5m... Read more ›
319
Microsoft has announced a string of titles from top Japanese developers coming to Xbox and/or Xbox Game Pass over the next few months. Square Enix's closer relationship with Xbox continues with the launch of Octopath Traveler 2 on Xbox in early 2024, following its launch for PC, PlayStation and Switch in February. Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name and Like a Dragon: Ishin! will both be... Read more ›
80
A launch trailer for the Nintendo Switch version of Mortal Kombat 1 is no longer available to view on YouTube after fans spotted a Steam achievement pop up in the middle of it.The game has already come under fire for a range of technical and graphical issues, with some fans calling its $70 price point "a robbery". It's now receiving more criticism thanks to the official trailer posted on Nintendo... Read more ›
247
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 will include scenes reminiscent of the franchise's infamous No Russian mission, where armed terrorists murder scores of people in a civilian setting. A description of the game's most violent moments has now been published by the ESRB, the US ratings board, which has given Modern Warfare 3 an M rating for Mature. "A handful of sequences depict more intense acts of violence," the ESRB... Read more ›
0
Everything seemed to be going well until the President of the United States crash landed in front of me. Only an hour earlier I had snuck through the mile-high walls of the new district of Dogtown and suddenly I found myself battling through hordes of faceless goons to protect POTUS and escort her to safety. Together we fought flocks of drones and a giant robot, stopped to investigate a ruined... Read more ›
0
One of my favourite things to do in Final Fantasy 7 Remake was to simply look up. Finally you could see the plates of Midgar hanging threateningly over the slums - and in daylight too. This was something only hinted at in the original, with its pre-rendered backgrounds in (seemingly) perpetual night. Seeing the enhancements a remake could bring was awe-inspiring. Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, the follow up to Remake,... Read more ›
0
After two rip-roaring outings, Sea of Thieves' wonderful Monkey Island adventure will soon reach its end; Rare has now confirmed its third and final instalment will launch next Thursday, 28th September - clearing the way for the pirate game's tenth season on 19th October. Sea of Thieves' free, three-part The Legend of Monkey Island adventure got underway back in July, sending players on a quest to Mêlée Island where, thanks... Read more ›
140
Glen Schofield, the co-creator of Dead Space, is departing his Striking Distance Studios following the commercial failure of its first game, sci-fi horror The Callisto Protocol. Schofield founded Striking Distance Studios in 2019, under the wing of a Korean publisher Krafton Inc., which was looking to create a narrative-based game that would expand its PUBG: Battlegrounds universe - although, notably, all connections to PUBG had been excised by the time... Read more ›
2,434
Tomb Raider developer Crystal Dynamics has confirmed ten employees have lost their jobs as part of "internal restructuring" efforts, following multiple accounts from employees that the studio had been hit with lay offs today. Senior brand manager Nicholas Edwards announced his departure from Crystal Dynamics in a message shared on LinkedIn, revealing he was "one of a number of people impacted by the latest round of Embracer layoffs" at the... Read more ›
245
Following the surprise news earlier this month that Paradox Interactive's beleaguered Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 is now in the hands of Everybody's Gone to the Rapture and Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs studio The Chinese Room, the developer has talked a little about its goals for the rejuvenated game, saying it's building its action around 'doing things only a vampire can'. Bloodlines 2 has, of course, had a... Read more ›
441
UK regulatory body the Competition and Markets Authority is reportedly preparing to share its preliminary judgement on Microsoft's revised Activision Blizzard deal next week. The CMA is, of course, Microsoft's last remaining hurdle in getting its proposed $69bn acquisition of Activision Blizzard over the finish line after the UK regulator made the shock decision to block the deal in April, highlighting concerns relating to the burgeoning cloud gaming sector and... Read more ›
34
Criterion, the British studio behind recent Need for Speed titles and the classic Burnout series, will now focus the majority of its efforts on EA's Battlefield shooter franchise. A smaller "core group" within Criterion will continue on with Need for Speed, meanwhile. Criterion has of course worked on Battlefield before, and contributed bits to DICE's Battlefield V and Battlefield 2042 (it also helped out on Star Wars Battlefront 2). The... Read more ›
281
Most popular sources
Ars Technica
|
0% |
Droid Life
|
0% |
Startup News
|
0% |
VentureBeat
|
0% |
ScienceDaily
|
0% |
| View sources » | |
LIKE us on Facebook so you won't miss the most important news of the day!
15.06.2026 10:31
Last update: 10:25 EDT.
News rating updated: 17:21.
What is Times42?
Times42 brings you the most popular news from tech news portals in real-time chart.
Read about us in FAQ section.