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Elden Ring: Nightreign
13 December 2024

Elden Ring multiplayer spin-off and The Witcher 4 officially revealed
‘Elden Ring: Nightreign’ and ‘The Witcher 4’ have been officially revealed. At last night’s (12.12.24) Game Awards, FromSoftware and CD Projekt Red unveiled their upcoming titles, with the ‘Elden Ring’ developer ...

Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet
13 December 2024

Naughty Dog unveils new sci-fi action game Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet
Naughty Dog has revealed its upcoming sci-fi bounty hunter game ‘Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet’. The studio - which is best known for creating ‘The Last of Us’ franchise - revealed the ...

Astro Bot
13 December 2024

Astro Bot wins Game of the Year at Game Awards 2024
‘Astro Bot’ has won the Game of the Year honour at this year’s Game Awards. The PlayStation platformer - which was developed by Team Asobi - bested ‘Black Myth: Wukong’, ‘Final ...

Luke Littler has teamed up with Xbox ahead of the PDC World Darts Championship
12 December 2024

Luke Littler partners with Xbox ahead of the PDC World Darts Championship
Luke Littler has partnered with Xbox ahead of the PDC World Darts Championship. Score More with Xbox has teamed up with the 17-year-old professional darts player - known as 'The Nuke' ...

Destiny 2
12 December 2024

Destiny 2 dev admits The Dawning ‘didn’t kick off on the high note we intended it to’
‘Destiny 2’ global community lead Dylan Gafner has admitted ‘The Dawning’ event “didn’t kick off on the high note we intended it to”. The sci-fi-shooter - which is helmd by Bungie ...

Delta Force
12 December 2024

Delta Force won’t get battle royale mode, game director says
‘Delta Force’ won’t be receiving a battle royale mode any time soon. Fans of multiplayer shooter - which was developed by TiMi Studio Group subsidary Team Jade - have been taking ...

Assassin's Creed Shadows
12 December 2024

Assassin’s Creed Shadows will have ‘Canon Mode’ to make correct RPG decisions for players
‘Assassin’s Creed Shadows’ will include a ‘Canon Mode’ that will make all of the correct decisions for players. The upcoming action-adventure title - which is being helmed by Ubisoft - is ...

Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree
11 December 2024

Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree DLC excluded from BAFTA’s Best Game award
The ‘Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree’ DLC won’t be eligable for BAFTA’s Best Game honour. The BAFTA Game Awards ceremony is taking place on 8 April 2025, though the FromSoftware ...

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
11 December 2024

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle bosses explain why PS5 launch was pushed to 2025
‘Indiana Jones and the Great Circle’s staggered PlayStation 5 release next year is to ensure that the game’s initial launch on Xbox is a “great experience”, Xbox Studios boss Matt ...

Outriders
11 December 2024

Outriders dev People Can Fly axes ‘more than 120’ jobs in second round of layoffs this year
People Can Fly will be laying off “more than 120” employees in the studio’s second round of layoffs this year. The developer - which helmed the 2021 online RPG ‘Outriders’ - ...

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
10 December 2024

The Witcher 3 nearly included Cyberpunk 2077 crossover scene
‘The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt’ almost included a crossover scene with ‘Cyberpunk 2077’. Dataminers of the 2015 RPG have found a work-in-progress script in the title that suggested CD Projekt Red ...

God of War: Ragnarok
10 December 2024

God of War art director joins Naughty Dog to work on the studio’s ‘next big thing’
‘God of War’ head Raf Grasseti has joined Naughty Dog for the studio's "next big thing". The developer - who had served as the 2018 title’s principal artist and the art ...

Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League
10 December 2024

Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League ending after Season 4, Rocksteady confirms
Rocksteady Studios will be dropping support for ‘Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League’ after its next season. After announcing Season 4 - which includes Deathstroke as a new playable character ...

Blue Protocol
9 December 2024

Bandai Namco’s canned MMORPG Blue Protocol reincarnated as Star Resonance
Bandai Namco’s cancelled MMORPG ‘Blue Protocol’ has been given a new lease of life through ‘Star Resonance’. The studio announced plans to pull support for ‘Blue Protocol’ in Japan and cancelled ...

Beyond Good and Evil 2
9 December 2024

Beyond Good and Evil 2’s slow development due to ‘passionate managers’ locking horns
‘Beyond Good and Evil’ (‘BGE’) series creator Michel Ancel has admitted the sequel’s troubled development is down to “passionate managers” disagreeing with one another. The upcoming game - which is a ...

Avowed
9 December 2024

Avowed dev Obsidian focused on finding ‘balance’ with RPG’s companions
Obsidian Entertainment has done all it can to find the right “balance” with ‘Avowed’s companions. The upcoming RPG will feature plenty of different characters that players can team up with on ...

The Mario and Luigi series was almost cancelled by Nintendo
6 December 2024

Mario and Luigi nearly shelved by Nintendo
The ‘Mario and Luigi’ series was almost cancelled by Nintendo. The RPG sub-franchise - which began with 2003’s ‘Superstar Saga’ - was first helmed by developer AlphaDream until the studio ...

Capcom is 'expanding on' ‘Monster Hunter World by bringing over the best aspects of the game to Monster Hunter Wilds
6 December 2024

Capcom ‘expanding on’ Monster Hunter World for upcoming Wilds
Capcom is “expanding on” ‘Monster Hunter World’ by bringing over the best aspects of the game to ‘Monster Hunter Wilds’. The upcoming action-RPG will be the sixth mainline instalment in the ...

Marvel Rivals 'definitelty isn’t coming to the [Nintendo] Switch'
6 December 2024

Marvel Rivals ‘definitely isn’t coming to Nintendo Switch’, game director insists
‘Marvel Rivals’ “definitelty isn’t coming to the [Nintendo] Switch”. The hero shooter - which was developed by NetEase Games and Marvel Entertainment - launched today (06.12.24) on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series ...

Kingdom Come: Delivernace I’ has received a new, earlier release date
5 December 2024

Kingdom Come: Deliverance II launch date nudged forward after being delayed to 2025
‘Kingdom Come: Delivernace II’ has received a new, earlier release date. The upcoming action-RPG - which is being developed by Warhorse Studios - was delayed to 11 February in August after ...

Predator: Hunting Grounds developer IllFonic has announced it will has laid off some staff as it 'realigns to a refined strategy'
5 December 2024

Predator: Hunting Grounds dev IllFonic announces layoffs as it ‘realigns to a refined strategy’
IllFonic has announced it has laid off some staff as it “realigns to a refined strategy”. The developer - which worked on 2017’s ‘Friday the 13th: The Game’ and ‘Predator: Hunting ...

Dragon Age: The Veilguard game director Corinne Busche has teased big changes could be coming to the series
5 December 2024

‘It's a franchise of reinvention’: The Veilguard director teases what’s next for Dragon Age
‘Dragon Age: The Veilguard’ game director Corinne Busche has teased big changes could be coming to the series. The fantasy role-playing-game - which was developed by BioWare - only released in ...

FromSoftware has no plans to make 'Elden Ring 2'
4 December 2024

Elden Ring 2 not on the cards
'Elden Ring 2' is not in the works. Despite the massive success of FromSoftware's 2022 action role-playing game - which is one of the biggest-selling video games of all time - ...

XDefiant is being pulled just six months after its release
4 December 2024

Ubisoft's XDefiant has been axed
Ubisoft's 'XDefiant' has been culled already. The first-person shooter brought together various franchises from the 'Tom Clancy' universe and had attracted 15 million players, but due to "challenges", seemingly the recent ...