Games

AI could support the gaming industry
23 August 2024

AI can support the gaming industry, says Christoph Hartmann
Artificial intelligence (AI) can strengthen the gaming industry, according to Christoph Hartmann. The Amazon Games boss believes that AI technology could help big gaming companies to develop "new gameplay ideas" in ...

Xbox has announced the launch of some new products
23 August 2024

Xbox reaffirms commitment 'to making products more accessible'
Xbox remains committed to making gaming accessible "for the more than 425 million players with disabilities worldwide". The gaming giant has announced details of three "new accessibility devices" that forms part ...

Avowed's game director Carrie Patel has revealed the title’s number of possible endings are 'in the double digits'
22 August 2024

Avowed’s number of possible endings are ‘in the double digits’ reveals game director
‘Avowed’s game director Carrie Patel has revealed the title’s number of possible endings are “in the double digits”. The upcoming fantasy game - which is being developed by Obsidian Entertainment - ...

Guild Wars 2’s fifth DLC Janthir Wilds has launched
22 August 2024

Guild Wars 2 expansion Janthir Wilds releases
‘Guild Wars 2’s fifth DLC ‘Janthir Wilds’ has launched. The expansion to the Massively-Multiplayer-Game - which is developed by ArenaNet - adds lots of new content to the game, including ...

Xbox boss Phil Spencer has defended the company’s decision to bring Indiana Jones and the Great Circle to PlayStation 5
22 August 2024

Xbox head Phil Spencer defends Indiana Jones and the Great Circle port to PS5
Xbox boss Phil Spencer has defended the company’s decision to bring ‘Indiana Jones and the Great Circle’ to PlayStation 5. The upcoming action-adventure title - which is published by Bethesda Softworks ...

Captain America and The Winter Soldier will be joining Marvel Rivals' roster at launch
21 August 2024

Marvel Rivals: Captain America and The Winter Soldier coming at launch
Captain America and The Winter Soldier will be joining ‘Marvel Rivals’s roster at launch. During Gamescom’s Opening Night Live event last night (20.08.24), it was confirmed that the two characters will ...

Dune: Awakening will be launching on PC in early 2025
21 August 2024

Dune: Awakening releasing on PC in early 2025, later for PS5 and Xbox
‘Dune: Awakening’ will be launching on PC in early 2025. The open-world massively-multiplayer-game - which is being developed and published by Funcom in collaboration with Legendary Entertainment - received a ...

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle will be coming to the PlayStation 5 next year
21 August 2024

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle coming to PS5 after Xbox exclusive window ends
‘Indiana Jones and the Great Circle’ will be coming to the PlayStation 5 next year. At last night’s (20.08.24) Gamescom Opening Live event, host Geoff Keughley confirmed the upcoming action-adventure title ...

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 ...