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Black Myth: Wukong has beaten Counter Strike 2 to become the second most-played game on Steam ever
21 August 2024

Black Myth: Wukong surpasses Counter Strike 2 to become second biggest game on Steam
‘Black Myth: Wukong’ has beaten ‘Counter Strike 2’ to become the second most-played game on Steam ever. The action-RPG - which was developed by Game Science - launched in the early ...

Gamescon has scrapped its Best Nintendo Game Award because there are 'too few submissions'
21 August 2024

Gamescom scraps Best Nintendo Game Award because of ‘too few submissions’
Gamescom has scrapped its Best Nintendo Game Award because there are “too few submissions”. The honour has been at the event since 2011, but The Gamescom Awards committee has now confirmed ...

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is reportedly going to launch on PlayStation 5 next year
21 August 2024

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle coming to PS5 in 2025
‘Indiana Jones and the Great Circle’ is reportedly going to launch on PlayStation 5 (PS5) next year. The upcoming action-adventure title - which is being developed by MachineGames - is due ...

Hero Games and Game Science has requested coverage of Black Myth: Wukong does not include any 'feminist propaganda'
19 August 2024

Black Myth: Wukong studio demands ‘feminist propaganda’ be excluded from game coverage
Hero Games and Game Science has requested coverage of ‘Black Myth: Wukong’ does not include any “feminist propaganda”. The upcoming action role-playing-game - which Hero is co-publishing with Chinese developer Game ...

Ubisoft has axed a further 45 jobs in what is its third round of lay-offs so far in 2024
19 August 2024

Ubisoft undergoes more lays off for the third time this year
Ubisoft has axed a further 45 jobs in what is its third round of lay-offs so far in 2024. In April and June, the publisher had let go of a ...

Electronic Arts have celebrated the addition of Eden Hazard to EA Sports FC 25's Ultimate Team by unveiling a 'Garden of Eden'
19 August 2024

EA Sports FC 25 celebrates new Hero Eden Hazard through ‘Garden of Eden’ stunt
Electronic Arts have celebrated the addition of Eden Hazard to ‘EA Sports FC 25’s ‘Ultimate Team’ by unveiling a ‘Garden of Eden’. Just as the beloved Chelsea star was announced as ...

Meta has announced the VR remake of Grand Theft Auto San Andreas has been put 'on hold indefinitely'
16 August 2024

GTA San Andreas VR delayed ‘indefinitely’ by Meta
Meta has announced the VR remake of ‘Grand Theft Auto San Andreas’ has been put “on hold indefinitely”. The company first announced it was developing a rework to Rockstar Games’ 2004 ...

Star Wars: Eclipse’s lead writer Adam Williams has parted ways with Quantic Dream
16 August 2024

Star Wars: Eclipse loses lead writer as dev leaves Quantic Dream
‘Star Wars: Eclipse’s lead writer Adam Williams has parted ways with Quantic Dream. The developer had worked on the upcoming action-adventure game at the ‘Detroit: Become Human’ studio since 2021, though ...

Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney has admitted the company 'probably lost $1 billion' in the four years ‘Fortnite’ wasn’t available on iOS devices
16 August 2024

Fortnite: Epic Games ‘probably lost $1B’ once game was pulled from iOS, says boss
Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney has admitted the company “probably lost $1 billion” in the four years ‘Fortnite’ wasn’t available on iOS devices. The battle-royale title was pulled from Apple’s App ...

Final Fantasy XVI is reportedly going to release on Xbox soon.
15 August 2024

Final Fantasy XVI coming to Xbox, industry insider claims
'Final Fantasy XVI' is reportedly going to release on Xbox soon. The action role-playing-game – which was developed by Square Enix - released last year exclusively on the PlayStation 5, but ...

Bruce Lee is coming to Project Kyzen
15 August 2024

Project Kyzen gets Bruce Lee avatar
Bruce Lee is coming to 'Project Kyzen'. The upcoming title – which is being developed by Impact Theory Studios – will allow gamers to play as the iconic Hollywood martial artist ...

Kingdom Come: Deliverance II has been delayed to 2025
15 August 2024

Kingdom Come: Deliverance II pushed back to next year
‘Kingdom Come: Deliverance II’ (‘KCD II’) has been delayed to 2025. Developer Warhorse Studios were looking to release the upcoming role-playing-game before the end of the year, but the team found ...

Boss Team Games has announced two 16-bit platfomers based on ‘Halloween Ash vs Evil Dead
14 August 2024

Halloween and Ash vs Evil Dead platformers unveiled
Boss Team Games has announced two 16-bit platfomers based on ‘Halloween’ and ‘Ash vs Evil Dead’. The two titles - which are called ‘RetroRealms: Halloween’ and ‘RetroRealms: Ash vs Evil Dead’ ...

Until Dawn’s remastered version for PC and PlayStation 5 is due to launch on 4 October 2024
14 August 2024

Until Dawn PC and PS5 release gets October 2024 release
‘Until Dawn’s remastered version for PC and PlayStation 5 (PS5) is due to launch on 4 October 2024. The beloved horror game - which initially launched exclusively on the PlayStation ...

Arrowhead Game Studios has posted a new roadmap for Helldivers 2 after the recent Escalation of Freedom update 'didn't hit [its] target'
14 August 2024

Helldivers 2 gets new game plan after recent update underwhelms fans
Arrowhead Game Studios has revealed a new roadmap for ‘Helldivers 2’ after the recent Escalation of Freedom update “didn't hit [its] target”. Once the developer added the update to the game ...

Terminator: Survivors' Early Access has been delayed to 2025
13 August 2024

Terminator: Survivors Early Access release pushed back to 2025
'Terminator: Survivors' Early Access has been delayed to 2025. The open-world co-op title was due to release in Early Access via Steam on 24 October, though developer Nacon has now announced ...

The cancellation of The Last of Us Online reportedly wasn't a 'bloodless endeavour' at Sony
13 August 2024

The Last of Us Online's cancellation saw 'heads roll' at Sony
The cancellation of 'The Last of Us Online' reportedly wasn't a "bloodless endeavour" at Sony. After the highly-anticipated single-player sequel 'The Last of Us Part II' released in 2020, developer Naughty ...

Future Assassin's Creed games may have longer development times, Shadows lead producer Karl Onnee has hinted
13 August 2024

Assassin's Creed may have longer development times following Shadows, hints Ubisoft dev
Future 'Assassin's Creed' games may have longer development times, 'Shadows' lead producer Karl Onnee has hinted. The upcoming action-adventure title is due to release this November after spending roughly four years ...

Fallout: London has become the 'fastest-redeemed' game of all time on GOG
12 August 2024

Fallout: London becomes ‘fastest-redeemed game ever on GOG’
‘Fallout: London’ has become the “fastest-redeemed” game of all time on GOG. The fan-made mod - which was developed by Team FOLON and is built on Bethesda Game Studio’s ‘Fallout 4’ ...

Grand Theft Auto VI will not appear on the likes of Xbox Game Pass or PlayStation Plus when it launches
12 August 2024

GTA VI to miss day-one Xbox Game Pass and PlayStation Plus launch
‘Grand Theft Auto VI’ (‘GTA VI’) will not appear on the likes of Xbox Game Pass or PlayStation Plus when it launches. The highly-anticipated Rockstar Games title is due to release ...

Krafton has bought Tango Gameworks and the rights to Hi-Fi Rush from Xbox
12 August 2024

Krafton acquires Hi-Fi Rush and Tango Gameworks from Xbox
Krafton has bought Tango Gameworks and the rights to ‘Hi-Fi Rush’ from Xbox. The company - which is best known for developing the battle royale ‘Player Unknowns: Battlegrounds’ - purchased the ...

Developers of Hellblade 2 switched to Nanite to save costs
9 August 2024

Developers of 'Hellblade 2 switched to Nanite to save costs
Developers of 'Hellblade 2' switched to Nanite to save costs. The makes of the action-adventure game recently made the decision to create their new game with Unreal Engine's virtualized geometry system ...

Krafton insisted on releasing The Callisto Protoco'too soon, according to director Glen Schofield
9 August 2024

Krafton insisted on releasing 'The Callisto Protocol' too soon, according to creator Glen Schofield
Krafton insisted on releasing 'The Callisto Protocol' too soon, according to director Glen Schofield. The video game artist, designer, director, and producer was at the helm of the survival horror game ...

Sega has announced its video game lineup for Gamescom
9 August 2024

Sega announces 'its video game line up for this year's Gamescom,
Sega has announced its video game lineup for this year's Gamescom. The annual event will take place in Germany later this month and 'Sonic X Shadow Generations' will be playable in ...