Sony has written to PlayStation customers to advise that hundreds of "previously purchased" digital movies previously available via its online store will "be removed" from video libraries later this year. Read more Read more ›
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It took me a long time to realise that Sludge Life 2 is a diorama. And, wait! So was the first game! These sun-faded, intricate, often queasy worlds that you scramble your way through, part puzzle, part gymnasium, part treasure hunt, these worlds that see you jumping, climbing, leaving a sheen of spraypaint behind you? The only thing that really moves inside these worlds is the player. Yes, there are... Read more ›
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Scavengers Studio, the developer behind Season, has laid off over half its staff as it seeks to downsize. Only 16 employees remain, due to Season performing lower than expected commercially. News of the layoffs surfaced earlier this month, but GamesIndustry.biz has since received the all-staff announcement from CEO Amélie Lamarche in full. Read more Read more ›
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A fresh first-party Nintendo Switch exclusive arrives in just a couple of days, though you'd be forgiven for being unaware. Announced only at the start of this month - and at the time, without so much as a trailer or a screenshot - the sudden unveiling and seemingly quick turnaround for Everybody 1-2 Switch! raised eyebrows. Stranger still, Nintendo chose to make no mention of Everybody 1-2 Switch at all... Read more ›
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Alan Wake 2 arrives this October more than than 13 years after Remedy's original game, and after a number of false starts at getting the sequel made. Much of developer Remedy's original pitch for the sequel eventually worked its way into Alan Wake's American Nightmare, the action-heavy 2012 standalone spinoff which, while not unanimously loved by critics, went on to be one of the cult hits of the old Xbox... Read more ›
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Ubisoft has detailed the accessibility options included in forthcoming side-scrolling Metroidvania Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown. In particular, the game will include The Eye of the Wanderer, which will allow players to pin screenshots to the map to help with exploration. "The genre is quite dependent on being able to 'take mental notes'; remembering and visualising things like blocked paths, or situations that need tools or powers that you... Read more ›
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Upcoming space horror Fort Solis, which stars Red Dead Redemption 2's Roger Clark and The Last of Us' Troy Baker, will release across PlayStation 5 and PC on 22nd August. Clark portrays Jack Leary, an engineer who responds to a maintenance request on an isolated mining base on Mars. "With storm warnings imminent [Leary] heads inside to make contact. As the night grows longer, events escalate, spiral out of control... Read more ›
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The transition from Henry Cavill to Liam Hemsworth's Geralt in Netflix's The Witcher show will be "flawless", and draw on a "meta" explanation inspired by the series' original books. That's according to the series' executive producer Tomek Baginski, who has discussed the upcoming third season of the show - the last to star Henry Cavill as the protagonist - in an interview with Yahoo News, where the shift to Hemsworth... Read more ›
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It looks like Hitman developer IO Interactive's upcoming online fantasy RPG will be an Xbox console exclusive. Earlier this year, the Hitman developer announced it was working on a "bold" new franchise. Very little else was shared, other than a tease it would feel both familiar and "unlike anything" the studio had done before. No platforms, or even a project name, were announced at this time. However, evidence submitted in... Read more ›
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PixelJunk Scrappers Deluxe will launch for PC, PlayStation and Nintendo Switch on 27th July, developer Q-Games has announced. Previously available on iPhone via Apple Arcade subscription (though now discontinued), this beefed-up version of Q-Games' side-scrolling beat 'em-up sees you playing as a team of robotic rubbish collectors. You'll need to use a selection of smart robo-abilities to eliminate anyone in your way as you clean up the streets of Junktown... Read more ›
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Microsoft had intended to "spend Sony out of business", Xbox Game Studios head Matt Booty wrote in an email dated from 2019. The email, sent to Xbox exec Tim Stuart, has publicly surfaced now during Microsoft's ongoing courtroom battle with the US Federal Trade Commission over its proposed $68.7bn Activision Blizzard buyout. In it, Booty encourages Xbox to make further acquisitions to bolster Game Pass and compete with Sony. "We... Read more ›
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Microsoft's promise it would keep Call of Duty on rival console platforms after buying Activision Blizzard prompted concern within Bethesda at its highest levels, a newly-published email now shows. Bethesda marketing exec Pete Hines emailed bosses, including Todd Howard, to highlight the approach Microsoft was taking with Activision in order to court regulatory approval and note that it was "the opposite" of what Bethesda itself had just been "asked (told)... Read more ›
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As Microsoft's court battle with US antitrust agency the FTC rumbles on, more and more juicy snippets of behind-closed-doors business doings are beginning to surface via released internal documents, and today's minor revelation comes via the news that Microsoft reportedly gave serious consideration to buying Sega - and other companies including Bungie and IO Interactive - to help it accelerate Xbox Game Pass. This little bit of what-might-have-been comes via... Read more ›
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Just a day after Bethesda said Starfield's physical release would not include a disc, a resurfaced post on the company's website has further suggested otherwise - for Xbox users at least. Word that Starfield's physical editions would not include a disc first came via a tweet from Bethesda support over the weekend, which, in answer to a customer query, said, "All physical editions include a code for the chosen platform.... Read more ›
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If you're a VR fan and desperate for yet another subscription service to sign up to, you're in luck! Meta has announced - and launched - Meta Quest+, a new subscription package promising access to "the best titles" on its virtual reality platforms. Meta Quest+ isn't quite the Game Pass or PlayStation Plus Extra style smorgasbord you might be envisaging, however; instead, it'll give subscribers access to two "handpicked VR... Read more ›
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Closing in on four year since its announcement, Microsoft's Perfect Dark reboot is still nowhere to be seen, and a new report claims a succession of unfortunate setbacks has lead to "little meaningful progress" on the project since its 2020 unveiling. When Microsoft revealed a Perfect Dark reboot for Xbox during The Game Awards in December 2020, it confirmed the project was being worked on by The Initiative, the Santa... Read more ›
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Xbox, along with Warner Bros. Pictures and Mattel, is bringing exclusive Barbie content to Forza Horizon 5. Forza Horizon 5 players will be gifted two cars inspired by the upcoming Barbie film - a classic 1956 Chevrolet Corvette EV Corvette, driven by Margot Robbie's Barbie (see image above), and a 2022 GMC Hummer EV Pickup as favoured by Ryan Gosling's Ken. Both cars can be downloaded from Forza Horizon 5's... Read more ›
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On the surface, Payday 3 isn't a sequel that radically changes the series' established formula. Instead, it improves on what was already good about Payday 2, and makes the series' heisting action feel far more believable. Starbreeze has always said it wanted to make the ultimate criminal fantasy game and, from what I played at a recent hands-on event, it definitely feels like Payday 3 takes a big step in... Read more ›
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Another week, another DF Direct Weekly, and we kick off our show with 'reaction to the reaction' to our Final Fantasy 16 review. Square-Enix delivers a beautiful, visually accomplished game but one that is (in our opinion at least) best played in its 30fps quality mode. There is a 60fps alternative, but performance is highly variable and resolution takes a substantial hit. In our show this week, my colleague John... Read more ›
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Warner Bros' Minecraft movie adaption will be filmed in New Zealand, with production kicking off on 7th August. That's according to KFTV, which reports that Minecraft: The Movie will focus on the "malevolent Ender Dragon who sets out on a path of destruction". Thankfully, however, a group of brave and "unlikely" adventurers, headed up by a yet to be named young girl, will "set out to save the Overworld" from... Read more ›
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As we learned in May, from an FAQ provided by developer Remedy, Alan Wake 2 will only have a digital release when it launches on October 17th later this year, with "no plans" for a physical release on disc at the time.This has naturally sparked some concern among certain fans, with digital-only downloads posing issues for both game preservation, as shown by the closure of the Nintendo 3DS eShop in... Read more ›
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