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COD: Warzone announces new way to win in move away from battle royale
15 January 2024

COD: Warzone announces new way to win in move away from battle royale
‘Call of Duty: Warzone’ announced a new feature that will allow players another methods of winning a match. The battle royale title is due to receive its ‘Season 1 Reloaded’ update ...

Discord has let go of 17 per cent of their staff
15 January 2024

Discord lays off 17 per cent of staff
Discord has let go of 17 per cent of their staff. The social media platform, which is popular amongst gamers, announced that they would be laying off nearly a fifth of ...

SoundCloud is up for sale
9 January 2024

SoundCloud up for sale with an estimated value of $1 billion
SoundCloud is up for sale. The platform was founded in 2007 by Alexander Ljung Eric Wahlforss and allows its millions of users to upload, promote, and share audio but the ...

Amazon has launched an AI tool to help customers with fashion choices
9 January 2024

Amazon using AI to help users buy clothes
Amazon is using AI to help users buy clothes. The tech giant sells everything from books and CDs to clothes and gadgets on the worldwide shopping platform and has now developed ...

Microsoft has confirmed that it is automatically banning Baldur's Gate 3 players for uploading video captures that feature in-game nudity
9 January 2024

Microsoft confirms it is auto-banning Baldur's Gate 3 players for clips containing nudity
Microsoft has confirmed it is automatically banning 'Baldur's Gate 3' players for uploading video captures that feature in-game nudity. Xbox gamers had been receiving bans from the company for uploading ...

'Sea of Thieves' could be coming to PlayStation and Switch this year
9 January 2024

Sea of Thieves could be coming to PlayStation and Switch in 2024
'Sea of Thieves' could be coming to PlayStation and Switch this year. The action-adventure multiplayer pirate game launched as an Xbox exclusive in 2018, though the reputable industry leaker Jeff ...

TGI Fridays has partnered with Nordcurrent for the restaurant simulator mobile game Cooking Fever
9 January 2024

TGI Fridays partners with Nordcurrent for restaurant mobile game
TGI Fridays has partnered with Nordcurrent for the restaurant simulator mobile game 'Cooking Fever'. The chain is set to bring the exhilarating experience of running one of their restaurants to mobile ...

Baldur's Gate 3 Xbox players have been offered a temporary fix for the ongoing firmware issue
7 January 2024

Baldur's Gate 3 Xbox players offered temporary 'work-around' for ongoing data bug
'Baldur's Gate 3' Xbox users continue to be plagued by a "firmware issue". Larian Studios has shared a temporary "work-around" for the data-saving issue whilst Microsoft works on fixing the problem. The ...

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive support has ended
7 January 2024

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive support ends
Valve has ended support for 'Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'. The legacy version of the 2012 multiplayer tactical first-person shooter will no longer receive support and updates as the focus turns to 'Counter-Strike ...

Square Enix is putting all its faith in AI
7 January 2024

Square Enix plans 'aggressive' use of AI to 'reshape what and how we create'
Square Enix has vowed to be "aggressive in applying AI and other cutting-edge technologies." The Japanese video game developer and publisher will be using generative AI in the hope it will ...

Sony sued over damaging third-party Playstation controllers
7 January 2024

Sony fined $14 million for damaging third-party PlayStation controllers
Sony has been fined almost $14 million for damaging third-party PlayStation controllers. The tech giant behind the multi-million selling gaming console has come under fire from French regulator Autorité de la ...

Disney accidentally revealed Star Wars Outlaws will release 'late this year'
7 January 2024

Disney reveals Star Wars Outlaws will release in ‘late 2024'
Disney accidentally revealed ‘Star Wars: Outlaws’ will release “late this year”. The upcoming action-adventure game, developed by Massive Entertainment and published by Ubisoft, was revealed last summer, with the broad release ...

Shigeru Miyamoto won’t retire until the 'day he falls over'
7 January 2024

Nintendo godfather Shigeru Miyamoto won’t retire until the ‘day he falls over’
Shigeru Miyamoto won’t retire until the “day he falls over”. The 71-year-old games designer, who has worked as Nintendo’s representative director and has created some of the most iconic titles to ...

Kim Kardashian's mobile game is to end
7 January 2024

Kim Kardashian to end mobile game
Kim Kardashian's mobile game is shutting down after almost 10 years. The 43-year-old star teamed up with Glu in 2014 to launch 'Kim Kardashian: Hollywood' - on which players made a ...

Gary Bowser claims he has nothing to do with The Mig-Switch
7 January 2024

Nintendo hacker Gary Bowser denies involvement in The Mig-Switch
Nintendo hacker Gary Bowser has denied having any involvement with The Mig-Switch. The first Switch flash cart is a third-party back-up and development device for the Nintendo Switch, not endorsed nor ...

Hideki Kamiya is eyeing a return to gaming this year
7 January 2024

Bayonetta creator Hideki Kamiya wants to return to the gaming industry
'Bayonetta' creator Hideki Kamiya wants to return to the gaming industry this year. The legendary Japanese video game designer and director - who launched his career in 1994 with Capcom, where ...

Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty shifted more than five million copies in 2023
7 January 2024

Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty shifted more than five million copies in 2023
'Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty' sold more than five million copies in 2023. The one-and-only expansion to the 2020 action role-playing game may have had some issues, but that didn't stop people ...

Hideo Kojima teases new game 'OD' will be unlike anything else
7 January 2024

Hideo Kojima teases new game 'OD' will be unlike anything else
Hideo Kojima has teased that his upcoming title 'OD' will be "different" than anything else out there. The legendary Japanese video game creator has teamed up with Microsoft to make the ...

Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater heading to PS5 in 2024
7 January 2024

Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater heading to PS5 in 2024
Sony has confirmed its PlayStation 5 remake of Konami’s 'Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater' is coming out this year. The original 2004 game, 'Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater', was ...

A ‘War Thunder’ user has shared sensitive military documents on its official forums
28 December 2023

‘War Thunder’ user shares sensitive military documents on its official forums
A ‘War Thunder’ user has shared sensitive military documents on its official forums. The title is a free-to-play vehicular combat multiplayer game, developed by Gaijin Entertainment and was released in 2013, ...

‘Starfield’ is getting a range of new and improved features for 2024
28 December 2023

‘Starfield’ heading for huge range of 2024 upgrades
‘Starfield’ is getting a range of new and improved features for 2024. Its maker Bethesda Softworks issued them in a long end of year update shared on their website, and said ...

Epic Games Store has changed its rules to allow blockchain games to be sold on the platform
28 December 2023

Epic Games Store’s U-turn means blockchain games can now be sold on its platform
Epic Games Store has changed its rules to allow blockchain games to be sold on the platform. All games based on blockchain technology or utilising NFTs are rated Adults Only by ...

‘Fallout 76’ is set to get a string of updates for 2024 introducing seasonal events alongside new quests, maps and rewards
27 December 2023

‘Fallout 76’ set for string of 2024 updates
‘Fallout 76’ is set to get a string of updates for 2024 introducing seasonal events alongside new quests, maps and rewards. The game’s producer Jon Rush confirmed on its official blog ...

Rockstar Games had its ‘Grand Theft Auto 6’ release was hacked by a teenager using an Amazon Firestick, a hotel TV and a mobile phone
27 December 2023

Rockstar Games had ‘Grand Theft Auto 6’ hacked by teen using Amazon Firestick!
Rockstar Games had its ‘Grand Theft Auto 6’ release was hacked by a teenager using an Amazon Firestick, a hotel TV and a mobile phone. The revelation comes after more than ...