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8 August 2024

Epic Games breaking Fortnite promise

Epic Games is scrapping its 'Fortnite' promise to never make Battle Pass items available to buy at a later date. The studio is set to ditch its long standing rule entirely, ...

8 August 2024

Equity introduces new rates to battle 'systemic low pay' in video game industry

Equity has introduced new minimum rates to battle "systemic low pay" for performers in the video game industry. The UK actors' union has addressed issues within the gaming world with pay ...

8 August 2024

The Callisto Protocol was 'released too early' with content cut

'The Callisto Protocol' director Glen Schofield has insisted the game was released too early. The creator has blasted Krafton for their handling of spiritual follow-up to 'Dead Space', which dropped three ...

7 August 2024

Google announces Chromecast will be discontinued as they announce Firestick rival

Google has announced their Chromecast will be discontinued. The digital media player was launched by the search engine giant more than a decade ago but the company has now made the ...

7 August 2024

Amazon announces AI image generator update

Amazon Web Services has upgraded its AI image generator. The tech giant's on-demand cloud computing platform has upgraded their artificial intelligence-based application and promised that the new version is a "powerful ...

7 August 2024

Microsoft and ASOS announce three-year partnership

ASOS and Microsoft have announced a new three-year AI-based collaboration. The clothing brand will be teaming up with tech giant Microsoft that will see them continue using Microsoft Azure as its ...

7 August 2024

A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead release date confirmed

'A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead' will be released this autumn. The highly anticipated solo survival horror game - which is set in the universe of the 'A Quiet Place' movie ...

7 August 2024

Blizzard won't fix popular Diabo 4 bug this season

'Diablo 4' won't get patch to "fix" a useful error. The hit game's fifth season - 'Season of the Infernal Hordes - has revealed a bug which has proven popular and ...

7 August 2024

Descenders gets expanded sequel with more extreme sports

'Descenders' is getting a sequel of sorts expanding on the original game. Developer RageSquid - the team behind the 2018 downhill biking title - are looking to build on its success ...

6 August 2024

Star Wars Outlaws season pass roadmap revealed to include Lando and Hondo missions

'Star Wars Outlaws' will include missions from Lando Calrissian and Hondo Ohnaka through its season pass. Yesterday (05.06.24), Ubisoft unveiled owners of the paid DLC – which is included in Gold ...

6 August 2024

Clash of Clans fans 'claim' dragons in real life

'Clash of Clans' fans have been given the chance to 'claim' their own dragons in real life. As the popular HBO show 'House of the Dragon' aired its season two finale ...

6 August 2024

Bloober CEO 'dreaming that gamers will trust them' with Silent Hill 2 remake

Bloober Team boss Piotr Babieno is "dreaming that gamers will trust [them]" with the 'Silent Hill 2' remake. Fans of the beloved horror franchise have been sceptical of upcoming remake – ...

5 August 2024

Phantom Blade Zero studio hits back at mystery dev who claimed ‘nobody needs’ Xbox

S-GAME has refuted claims a mystery developer said “nobody needs” Xbox. Recently, it was reported at ChinaJoy 2024 an unnamed developer at the studio - which is working on the upcoming ...

5 August 2024

Half-Life 3 in development, says Valve dataminer

A “fully-fledged ‘Half Life’ game” is in the works at Valve, studio insider Tyler McVicker has claimed. Yesterday (04.08.24), fans of the iconic action franchise - which hasn’t been seen since ...

5 August 2024

Baldur’s Gate III dev started work on sequel as it seemed to ‘the obvious thing’ to do

Larian Studios initially began working on a follow-up to ‘Baldur’s Gate III’ because it seemed to be “the obvious thing” to do at the time. After releasing a year ago, the ...

2 August 2024

Bungie shelves Destiny spin-off Project Payback after suffering major lay-offs

Bungie has reportedly canned it’s ‘Destiny’ spin-off ‘Project Payback’. Following the major lay-offs at the company - which saw 220 employees lose their jobs and a further 230 join Sony or ...

2 August 2024

Paradox indefinitely delays Prison Architect 2

‘Prison Architect 2’ has been indefinitely delayed by Paradox Interactive. Having previously been pushed back twice, the simulation title - which is being developed by Kokku - was due to ...

2 August 2024

Avowed delayed to 2025

‘Avowed’ has reportedly been pushed back to early next year. The Xbox exclusive action-RPG - which is being developed by Obsidian - was due to release at some point before the ...

1 August 2024

College Football 25 wouldn’t exist without AI, says EA boss

‘EA Sports College Football 25’ wouldn’t exit if AI wasn’t used during the game’s development, the company’s CEO Andrew Wilson has said. The newly-released sports title has managed to surpass both ...

1 August 2024

Destiny 2 dev bashes Bungie CEO for ‘inexcusable’ lay-offs

‘Destiny 2’s global community lead Dylan Gafner has hit out at Bungie boss Pete Parsons for the company’s “inexcusable” lay-offs. Yesterday (31.07.24), the gaming juggernaut announced it would be axing 220 ...

1 August 2024

Star Wars Outlaws ‘bad faith’ criticisms ‘not worth engaging with’, says creative director

‘Star Wars Outlaws’ creative director Julian Gerighty refuses to engage in “bad faith” debates about the game. The upcoming action-adventure title received criticism from some fans due to the character design ...

31 July 2024

Care home provider uses Amazon voice recognition software to 'improve' lives of residents

A care home provider is using voice technology to improve the lives of residents and carers. Oakland Care - a chain based across Essex, Kent, East Sussex, and Oxfordshire in the ...

31 July 2024

Care home provider uses Amazon voice recognition software to 'improve' lives of residents

A care home provider is using voice technology to improve the lives of residents and carers. Oakland Care - a chain based across Essex, Kent, East Sussex, and Oxfordshire in the ...

31 July 2024

Sonic X Shadow Generations has a new Kingdom Valley Act I music promo

SEGA has shared a 'Sonic X Shadow Generations' music video featuring a remix of 'Kingdom Valley Act 1'. Fans haven't seen Kingdom Valley since 2006's platformer 'Sonic The Hedgehog 06', but ...